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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 11764, 26 February 1919, Page 6

£139 £139 THE M4E-I-ACTO& ' ' OonTerts an ordinary Ford Car in twenty minntes into a powerful Farm Tractor, equal to the continuous work of a 4-horse team. Can he changed • hack into a Touring* car in the same short period of time. The Most Wonderful Application of Low Cost Power for the Farm ever developed OVER 7000 BAK-A-TRAOTORS are Giving Excellent Service in America and Great Britain. The Mak-a-tractor successfully accomplishes all kinds of farm work, from preparing the ground for seed to cutting the grain, ‘ hauling the sheaves to the thresher, and finally hauling heavy loads You can plough at half the cost. You can get your crops in earlier. You can work 24 hours a day if necessary. o market. No Heavy Capital Outlay. „ „ « , . , , o Kn n nv Oftnn n will have the double use of a Ford for Touring and Market Work Few farmers can afford to lock up £SOO or A6OO in a iractor. _ f*. . ... |*. c. snrt a nowerful Farm Tractor capable of doing the average woik hit the farmer who possesses a Ford Car —or is thinking of buy_ * na a " ng one—only requires to spend £139 for a Mak-a-tractor, and h© of four horses, * What a * 5 Mak-a-Tractor Is. The Mak-a-tractor is a scientifically designed attachment diich, when fitted to a Ford, provides a Farm Tractor capable of oing the work of 4 strong horses and yet enables you to have our Ford ready for use as a touring car in about 20 minutes from ie time it stops working as a Tractor. The unit consists of a channel iron frame which clamps to the Ford frame. It is also secured to the Ford rear axle housing, by two wide sleeves which clamp xound the housing at a point just inside the rear wheels. Two 38-inch tractor wheels 8 inches wide are used ami operated by bull gear and driving pinions, the driving pinions replacing the Ford rear wheels. No holes need be drilled in the Ford to attach the Mak-a: ractor frame. Neither is it necessary to remove the body. Prominent P®si»t*BLros of tin© 6e ffiak-a-Tr^ctor B 5 Amyone —man —woman —or child - who can drive a Ford can in a Mak-a Tractor. Many women operated them in England nring the War. No special implements are required, the ordinary self binder arrow, roller or other farm implement can be used. With the Mak-a-tractor is also furnished, without additional cost, a Patented Force Feed Oiling System similar to what is found on the high-priced cars. Pumps oil through a slight feed on the dash. It is cheaper than horses and easier to handle. Does not »at its head off ” when not working. No grooming and feeding i Sundays. The special cooling system that goes with the Mak-a-tractor >comes a permanent fitment on your Ford. Is thoroughly e£fint and without it no Tractor unit can be a success. There is no strain on differential or Ford Engine. The four horse work which the Mak-a-tractor will do cannot possibly strain these parts. The secret is gear reduction of 11 to 1, which enables you to start and run the motor ON HIGH GEAR without overloading the engine. The Total Weig*ht of the Ford & Mak-a-Tractor is 17 cwt. only. This lightness prevents packing and hardening the ground, which is one cf the disadvantages of the \ ery hea\y tractoi. Get the full service value of your Ford by purchasing a MaK-a-Tractor, the price of which is Only C 139 For further particulars and demonstration, apply to — Neil ML M^cclottgall, (Proprietor of the Turner Cycle, Motor and Novelty Stores) Broadway - - ~ - MARTON. Sole Agent for Rangitikei, including Hunterville, Bulls and Turakjna to Wangaehu River.