Big Red Tractor

This area was most recently used for agriculture (1850-1960)such as growing wheat and then fruit. Horses were used up until the early 1900's for clearing, plowing and seeding the land. By the 1920's horsepower began being replaced by the tractor. Prior to the tractor 6-8 Percheron and Clydesdale horses were kept for farm work. By the 1940's the horse had entirely disappeared from the farm.

Little Known Fact: The first general purpose tractor allowed for planting and cultivating three rows at a time, increasing productivity. Until the late 1930s, farm tractors had steel wheels (see tractor in Spruce Lane Farm area). Farmers were very cautious about whether rubber wheels would be able to do as much work as those with steel wheels.