Carson & Barnes 1959 (Jack Moore owner)

Scan10912, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. I received this farm magazine article from our friend Rebecca Apponey and added the picture. Buckles FARMALL vs. the CIRCUS ELEPHANT In the 1950's, I worked for a Farmall dealer in southern Minnesota. His brother in law had a John Deere dealership, and they constantly kidded each other. One line I especially remember was when my boss said, "John Deere tractors have so little power, the cylinders can't even stand up straight like a Farmall's. They lay down." One day, though, a small circus came to town and asked my boss if he'd provide a tractor to have a tug-of-war with their elephant. They hooked the elephant to the drawbar of a brand new H, back-to-back. When the signal to pull was given, that elephant pulled the tractor all over the ring. The circus guy knew exactly what he was doing. The elephant's harness dropped down from his shoulders to the low drawbar on the tractor, lifting the H almost off the ground so it had no traction. Ronald Anderdon Fargo, North Dakota