January 2021 - In the mid 1920’s, a momentous change was under way as farmers turned from using horses and oxen for farm work to using mechanized tractors. Tractors didn’t need to be fed, didn’t need to be watered and didn’t need rest intervals throughout the day. The additional acreage needed to feed the working farm horses (about 12 acres for the average farm) was free to be used to grow more crops, and thus the market was flooded with more supply than could be sold. As a r