CONSERVATORY OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY OF PONT-DU-CASSE
The Conservatory of Agricultural Machinery of Pont-du-Casse, 4 km from Agen, South West of France, was created in 1987 by Gilbert Fongaro, farm machinery dealership and then mayor of Pont-du-Casse. Financially supported by the General Council of Lot et Garonne, the purpose of the Friends of the Museum Association is to preserve the museum and the rich agricultural heritage of this region.
The collection includes about a hundred tractors, mostly restored, approximately 60 models ranging from 1940 to 1960. Many come from other countries : USA, Great Britain, Germany, Italy and even Eastern countries. Many of them are issued from the Marshall Plan (1947-1951). There are seven crawler tractors.
This conservatory Agricultural Machinery will visit no more than on appointment. Should be large investments to make it known and displayed for normal visit, but it would be unlikely to become profitable. The General Council has decided to put it on sale soon.
Photos of the museum, royalty-free, were taken by J. M. Maclou on July 22, 2015 in Pont-du-Casse.
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Warehouses |
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Bates Steel Mule, 1918. In 1919, two companies merged to form Bates Machine & Tractor Co., based in Joliet, Illinois. This company produced tractors until the late 1930s. Bates built this conversion kit for Fordson tractor. http://www.farmcollector.com/tractors/half-track-bates-steel-mule |
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Citroën tractor, 1920, built at 500 units. |
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Citroën Tractor in the 50s |
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Lanz tractor Type HE D 2416 of 1958. http://vieilles.soupapes.free.fr/?page=tracteur&marque=Lanz |
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Field Marshall, Series III, 1947. Very reliable and economical, it was also used for forestry work. http://tractordata.co.uk/field_marshall/pages/field_marshall_2/index.htm |
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Mc Cormik Farmall Cub, 1947-64, imported in quantities by Marshall Plan. http://tractors.wikia.com/wiki/Farmall_Cub |
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IH Mc Cormick Farmall WD 9, 1953-56, 10 938 units produced. http://www.tractordata.com/farm-tractors/003/2/5/3251-mccormick-deering-super-wd-9.html |
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Mc Cormick Deering 10-20 tractor, 1927. http://www.mccormick-deering.com/project1927McD1530.html |
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HSCS Le Robuste 40 tractor, 1935, imported from Hungary. Tire wheels dates from the 50s. |
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HSCS KL40-376 from Hungary. This brand will become Dutra. http://tractors.wikia.com/wiki/HSCS |
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HSCS KL40-376 |
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John Deere Model D, 1923-1953 from USA. http://tractors.wikia.com/wiki/John_Deere_Model_D |
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Champion Comet tractor with 24 hp Ceres engine. |
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Fordson Model F built at Dearborn, USA between 1917 and 1928 at about 650,000. http://tractors.wikia.com/wiki/Fordson_Model_F |
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Fordson F |
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Fordson Super Major E1A Tractor from 1961 to 1964 from Ford, Dagenham, England. http://tractordata.co.uk/fordson_to_1964/pages/fordson_super_major_1964/ http://www.tractordata.com/farm-tractors/001/8/2/1829-fordson-super-major.html |
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Babiole tractor, 1950-57, France. http://vieilles.soupapes.free.fr/?page=tracteur&marque=Babiole |
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Eddington Traction-engine, 1926 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Garrett_%26_Sons |
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Traction-engine of Brouhot & Compagnie, Vierzon. SFV bought this company in 1914. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brouhot |
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St-Chamond TLV 357 tractor from the end of 40s, built at St Etienne by Compagnie des ateliers et Forges de la Loire and used in vineyards. http://vieilles.soupapes.free.fr/?page=chenillard&marque=saint%20chamond |
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Cletrac 20 K, 1925, http:// Kgfivecompany.blogspot.fr/2010/09/history-of-our-cletrac-k-20.html |
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Overview : from R to L : Cletrac, International and Fowler crawlers. |
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International TD 6 crawler built from 1940 to 1956 at 38,450 (includes T-6 and TD-6) units. http://tractors.wikia.com/wiki/International_TD-6 |
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Fowler Mark VF crawler from England. Fowlers were Field Marshall with crawlers motorized by Fowler VF and VFA had a single-cylinder two-stroke. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_Marshall |
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Renault type HI, 1920. http://retrorenault.free.fr/tracteur/tracteur.html |
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Ransomes MG5 tractor, 1948-1953, 5152 built. http://tractors.wikia.com/wiki/Ransomes_Tractors |
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Ferguson TE 20 tractor, 1948-56, 517,651 produced at Coventry. http://www.ferguson-museum.co.uk/52_ferguson.htm |
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Massey Ferguson 821 http://web.821.pagesperso-orange.fr/pages/indexpag.html |
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Lanz Bulldog HR5 hot bulb tractor. This one dates from 1929 http://tractors.wikia.com/wiki/Lanz_Bulldog |
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Fahr D-90 tractor built from 1953 to 1956 at 4260 units. https://de.wikibooks.org/wiki/Traktorenlexikon:_Fahr_D_90 |
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L to R Renault, Landini and Farmall Cub |
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From L to R : Fordson F, Deering, tractor with Douge engine, behind from R to L : Belarus T40 tractor of the 60s, Mc Cormick, Deering 'Sauterelle'. |
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