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State farmers add tractors and mechanization rise
Harrisburg reports that Pennsylvania farmers accelerate mechanization with tractors surpassing horses. 195,000 tractors and 130,000 horses now on Commonwealth farms, a 45 percent rise since 1945, signaling broader fuel and farm equipment shifts alongside growing petroleum use.
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