More to the story. Some 30 years later I bought that quarter and farmed it. I know why he picked that spot for the photo. It is on a severe side hill on a tributary of Jumping Deer Creek. Right behind the tractor the land drops down steeply towards the trees. It was hay land when I farmed it and there was a little strip there I did not even dare to cut for fear of tipping over.
I think the Co-op might have been similar to the Rockol but Co-op was their own company. You can read a little more on he National Farm Machinery Co-op and their tractors here.
True, the first Co-op tractors rolled off the assembly line of Duplex in 1936 but the manufacturing arrangement was cancelled in 1938. A total of 11 different state Co-ops got together and formed the National Farm Machinery Co-op. Manufacturing then took place in Shelbyville, Indiana. Its an interesting bit of history and I've got the book "Cockshutt The Complete Story" with all the details.
Used to be able to hear that sound all over the country side at harvest time years ago when most combines were powered by the Chrysler flathead six. My dad's Massey Harris model 60 combine had one and can remember riding along hearing the sounds.
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