Agricultural equipment has changed in many ways over the years. From using horses to having automated technology and GPS systems, farmers are innovative. Nathan Pierce of Cumberland owns a 1919 Wisconsin tractor that was built in Sauk City. This is one of only 15 left of its kind in existence. Pierce says this is just one thing that makes this tractor so unique. 

“It's a 1632 which means it had 16 horsepower on the drawbar to pull things and 32 horsepower on the belt, which is what it was really made for,” explains Pierce. “Begun in 1917 in Lodi, the Wisconsin Tractor Company moved to Sauk City and produced tractors for a number of years. The McFarland Company still exists in Sauk City and continues its legacy of manufacturing farm implements and preserving the Company's history of the Wisconsin Tractor.”

Agricultural equipment has changed in many ways over the years. From using horses to having automated technology and GPS systems, farmers are innovative. Nathan Pierce of Cumberland owns a 1919 Wisconsin tractor that was built in Sauk City. This is one of only 15 left of its kind in existence. Pierce says this is just one thing that makes this tractor so unique. 
“It's a 1632 which means it had 16 horsepower on the drawbar to pull things and 32 horsepower on the belt, which is what it was really made for,” explains Pierce. “Begun in 1917 in Lodi, the Wisconsin Tractor Company moved to Sauk City and produced tractors for a number of years. The McFarland Company still exists in Sauk City and continues its legacy of manufacturing farm implements and preserving the Company's history of the Wisconsin Tractor.”

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