Allis Chalmers to Give Pulling Awards
by: Warren Vollmar
Public Relations
Allis Chalmers
.Tractor Pulling - the
modem-day farm sport is
growing rapidly both in
number of entrants and in
popularity as a spectator
sport.
“This is the only farm
sport directly related to
modem agriculture,” said
Ed Hart, Chairman of the
National Tractor Pullers’
Association, Advisory
Board. “The men who
participate are the modem
farmers of today,”
The Advisory Board is a
part of the National Tractor
Pullers’ Association (NTPA)
which has its headquarters
in Upper Sandusky, Ohio.
Tractor pulling is growing.
This year, AUis-Chalmers
Corp. will give the NTPA
“Stock Tractor Puller of the
Year” free use for one year
of any two wheel drive AUis-
Chalmers farm tractor of his
choice. Selection wiU be
PUBLIC AUCTION
Farm Sold, Tenant must move, Located on Duhamel Corner Road,
justaff Route 300,2 miles East of Sudlersville, Md.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7,1974
62 HOLSTEIN COWS & HEIFERS 62
This herd consists of 37 milk cows, many fresh, some
close springers, many in full flow of milk. Artificial
breeding for over 12 years by Curtiss. 7 spring first calf
heifer, 6 open heifers ready to breed, 12 small &
yearling heifers. Accredited and retested.
FARM MACHINERY: INTERNATIONAL M and 300
TRACTORS, JOHN DEERE No. 45 Self-propelled
combine (2 row com and 12’ grain heads), New Holland
No. 352 PTO feed grinder-mixer, AUis Chalmers No.
829 Haybine, N.H. No. 1010 Haystacker, 2 NH PTO
Chuck wagons, NH No. 68 baler, N.I. spreader, N.H.
spreader, Ontario hoe drill, Case disc, drill, NI mower,
Cross elevator & motor, JD trailer sprayer No. 32, AC 2
row chopper No. 780, Int. 2PR com picker, JD No. 6
chopper w-2 heads, JF flail chopper, NI rake, JD
rotary hoe, Oliver springtooth, JD 8’ disc, land roller,
food mixer, 3 pt. AC blade, 2 tractor seeders, drag
harrow, hay crimper, Int. 2R cultivators, 2 metal grain
wagons, grease equipment, Myers water pump, truck
tires, oil drums, old lumber, 3 wood gates, portable
elevator drag, 1954 Chev. grain truck 8:25x20 tires.
Home comfort stove, etc., etc. Rotary tiller.
MILK EQUIPMENT, FEED EQUIP., UNIVERSAL
PIPELINE and 4 pipeline milkers and automatic
washer. Vacuum line, Universal vacuum pump,
SOLAR 340 vacuum milk tank (stamped), w-auto
washer, water heater, SS wash vats, etc. Feed bunks,
hay rack, feed cart, concrete water trough.
HAY & STRAW: 3000 bales clover & timothy hay
(new), 2700 bales clover & timothy (last year), 700
Lespesda stubble hay, 300 mix hay, 500 bales wheat
straw.
IRVING YEAGER, owner
Sudlersville, Md.
HARRY RUDNICK & SONS, Inc.
Sales Managers & Auctioneers
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DUBLIN LIVESTOCK MARKET
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For further information, contact Reggie Reynolds, 703-992-1009
DECEMBER 4,
Sponsored by the Dublin Feeder Cattle Association
and the Virginia Beef Cattle Association.
All Cattle State Graded
baaed on nominations
originated among competing
tractor pull drivers and from
NTPA local associations.
The selection wiU be made
Feb. 3, foUowing the “Super
PuU,” in Indianapolis, Ind.
“Tractor pulling is fast
arriving at a new status in
the competitive en
tertainment world,” Hart
said. “This year, total purse
in NTPA’s official pulls wiU
be approximately $500,000.”
Who participates in tractor
pulls? According to Hart,
most tractor pullers
represent a strong and vital
segment of agriculture. They
generaUy farm 800 to 1,000
acres. Results of one spot
survey of 50 entrees in the
IS,OOO-pound tractor pulling
class showed these men
grew an average of close to
960 acres of com.”
Formed In 1969
Formed in 1969, the NTPA
had 150 members the first
year. Current membership
stands at around 4,500, with
AT U :OOA.M.
LUNCH
DUBLIN, VIRGINIA
the majority being farmers.
However, people in other
professions and businesses
also compete in pulls. There
are probably three or four
times as many pullers in the
country who pull one or two
times a year at a county fair,
and are not NTPA members.
State tractor pulling
organizations now operate in
some 23 states, with each
state group having two
members serving on the
national organization’s
board of directors.
“The result is that the
tractor puller today has
more say about his sport
than auto race drivers do
about theirs,” Hart com
mented.
The NTPA currently
sanctions about 50 tractor
pulls per year. In addition,
many state sanction pulls in
their own areas. In 1973,
there were over 3,000 pulls in
the United States and
Canada. During 1974 the
Association expects over
3,5000 pulls in the United
States and Canada. During
1974 the Association expects
over 3,500 pulls.
“We wanted rules and
safety standards on pulls so
our members know a pull is
going to be operated the
same way any place he
goes,’” said Hart. “If we
sanction the event, then we
also send the judges.”
Many county fairs now
hold closed pulls so only area
farmers can enter. This
gives local farmers an op
portunity to pull their
tractors and to compete with
other farmers in their area.
After they gain some ex
perience, they can move on
to larger pulls if they desire.
Began As Rural
Sport
Tractor pulling dates back
some twenty years as the
favorite rural sport in the
Midwest as an off shoot of
the old horse and pony pulls.
The present NTPA form of
operating a tractor pull is the
speed pull. It is operated on a
dirt track at least 30 feet
wide and not less than 200
feet long.
The tractor is hooked to a
flat bottom sled loaded with
a predetermined weight. As
the tractor starts down the
track, weight is added to the
sled.
Weight can be added to the
sled in two ways:
1. The oldest method is to
have men stationed along the
track every 10 feet. As the
sled passes each man steps
1974 - 7:30 P.M.
A Sport For
Everyone
Dust, smoke, determination and of a tractor pull,
excitement are the main ingredients
on, adding weight to the sled
and causing the load to in
crease on the tractor.
2. The most popular
method is the mechanical
sled. It is 8 feet long. At
tached to the rear portion of
the sled is a weight-transfer
machine. The machine shifts
5 to 10 tons from the wheels
to the sled.
With standardized pulling
rules, some NTPA members
enter 30 or more different
events during die summer
months. One Ohio NTPA
member told of pulling in
five events in Ontario and
Farm Credit Nominees
The Farm Credit Ad
ministration recently an
nounced the results of a
series of nominating polls
conducted to select can
didates for consideration by
President Gerald R. Ford in
filling two vacancies which
will occur next spring on the
Federal Farm Credit Board.
The Board, whose
members serve part-time, is
the top policy making body
for the borrower-owned
Farm Credit System which
supplies about $25 billion in
loans to farmers and farmer
cooperatives each year.
The candidates, three
from each of two Farm
Credit districts, are Ben R.
Adams, Winter Haven,
Florida; J. Edward King,
Dalton, Georgia; David C.
Waldrop, Newberry, South
Carolina; Ralph N. Austin,
Westcliffe, Colorado; James
S. Culberson, Lordsburg,
New Mexico and Virgil A.
Prewett, Cherokee,
Oklahoma. Adams is a
manager of a citrus packing
company and the others are
either farmers or ranchers.
Incumbents m the two
posts are T. Carroll Atkin
son, Jr., Marion, South
Carolina, present Board
chairman, and James H.
Dean, Hutchinson, Kansas,
Board vice chairman. Their
terms of office, which are
limited to 6 years, are
scheduled to expire March
31.
The nomination process is
prescribed by law and
consists of designation polls
in which boards of directors
of Federal Land Bank
Associations, Production
Credit Associations and
cooperatives holding stock in
the -district Bank for
Cooperatives each conduct
Body Facts
Man’s body includes 500 mus
cles, 200 bones, four gallons of
Mood, several hundred feet of
arteries and veins, over twenty
five feet of intestines and mil
lions of pores
Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Nov. 30,1974-
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Pennsylvania during a single
week last summer. And he
had participated earlier in
Tennessee, Illinois and Ohio
pulls on three consecutive
days.
NTPA is now making plans
for its annual “Super Pull”
to be held Jan. 21-Feb. 2 in
Indianapolis, Ind. This
year’s purse will be the
largest in the liistory of
tractor pulling. The top
puller from each of eight
districts plus 12 pullers with
the most points in National
NTPA competition this year
will be invited to par-
elections to advance their
candidates for the
President’s consideration.
HAVEN LANE FARM COMPLETE
HOLSTEIN DISPERSAL
On the farm located on the Mason-Dixon Line 4Vi miles Northeast of
Rising Sun, in Cecil County, Maryland. From Route 1 take Red Pump
Road to Ridge Road, turn left on Ridge Road and follow Ridge Road to
the farm.
FRIDAY,
170 HEAD OF HOLSTEINS 170
(All but 4are Registered)
100 COWS 62 HEIFERS 8 BULLS
Tested for Interstate Shipment
1974 DHIR average 70 lact 16.969 M 40% 682 F
EXCELLENT PRODUCTION:
1 selling with 25,440 M
2 selling with records from 22,000 to 23,000
2 selling with records from 21,000 to 22,000
4 selling with records from 20,000 to 21,000
5 selling with records from 19,000 to 20,000
8 selling with records from 18,000 to 19,000
9 selling with records from 17,000 to 18,000
7 selling with records from 16,000 to 17,000
5 selling with records from 15,000 to 16,000
Many other young cows working on outstanding
records.
Fifty-one daughters and 1 son of Haven Lane Criss
Tony (EX) proved in the herd and now at Curtiss.
Many are bred to him now. He sires milk.
There are daughters of Round Oak Rag Apple
Elevation, Pawnee Farm ArUnda Chief and Paclamar
Astronaut.
Many first-calf heifers recently fresh selling, and
some excellent cow families in this fine offering. A
number of cows have milked over 100 pounds a day. A
number of VG cows selling with records to over I,OOOF.
The heifers write outstanding pedigrees and offer a
great opportunity to buy foundation females.
The bulls include Tony’s maternal brother by
Bootmaker and bulls of all ages with sensational
production on the dams and by the breed’s most
popular sires.
Don’t miss this sale if you need foundation cattle!
Terms: Cash Lunch Available
Sale in Heated Tent.
MR. & MRS. WILLARD R. LANE
Rising Sun, Maryland
Owners
A. DOTY REMSBURG
Sale Mgr. & Auctioneer
Norman D. Hill, Associate
Jefferson, Maryland
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ticipate in each class.
Following the “Super
Pull”, the NTPA awards
banquet will be held, and the
“Stock Tractor Puller of the
Year” will be announced,
and be given free use of an
AUis-Chalmers tractor for
one year.
As for the future of tractor
pulling, Hart feels it is
unlimited. “There are many
new areas in which tractor
pulling is growing,” he said.
“Take Texas for example.
To my knowledge, there had
never been a tractor pull in
Texas until two years ago. A
recent pull in that state
attracted 80 contestants in
one class. One day alone,
three Texas farmers called
for more information on
starting local pulling clubs.”
DECEMBER 6
10:00 A.M
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