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Dobbin and the Tractor Battle in American Agriculture
A historical essay argues the horse’s decline in favor of the tractor as farm power shifts. It notes horse numbers and prices drop from 1914 to 1927, the rise of mechanized farming, labor shortages, and greater wheat and corn harvesting efficiency driven by combine tractors, forecasting a long-term shift away from horses toward machinery.
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Dobbin
Ike
Kansas
Hordman
Coili & Page
Kia
Ture
Neodous
Wheat Belt
Pennsylvania
Siu
Eatra
Qeesar
Iilala