Twentieth Century

Agriculture

The ox, the horse, and the muscle of man, powered farm work for small farmers until the arrival of tractors. The steam powered machines of Victorian times could be afforded only by the rich.

Tractors first appeared in the countryside after the First World War. But it was government schemes during the Second World War, to encourage more efficient farming methods, that led to widespread ownership.

How comfortable would it be for a farmworker sitting in this tractor cab?

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