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History
In
1918, Nebraska farmer W. F. Crozier from Osceola in Polk county
bought a tractor. When that tractor—the Ford B— (our mascot and
not made by the Henry Ford Co.) didn’t live up to its advertised
claims, he and fellow State Senator Charles Warner decided to ensure
that all farmers would get a fair deal when buying any model of
tractor sold in Nebraska.
Under
their leadership, the Nebraska Tractor Test Law was passed in 1919
to
ensure that tractor manufacturers met their advertised claims of
tractor performance.
At the same time, the legislature established a facility for tractor
testing on the campus of the University of Nebraska.
The Nebraska Tractor Test Laboratory is known around the world as
the leader in tractor testing and is the only one of its kind in
the United States. The Lester F. Larsen Tractor Test & Power Museum
is housed in the original Nebraska Tractor Test facility on the
East Campus of the University of Nebraska in Lincoln.
The
building was declared an historic landmark by the American Society
of Agricultural Engineers and dedicated as a museum in 1980.
Nebraska
Tractor Test Law
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