Lawn and garden tractors
By: April Allen
Here is a diversity of examples of these Lilliputian machines. (text by Dave Mowitz)
Lawn and garden tractors lurk in the shadows of their bigger brothers. But these little machines contributed greatly both to the productivity of American agriculture as well as the advancement of mechanical power to the acreage owners. From its beginnings in the 1920s, the lawn and garden tractor also was a force in the manufacturing might of America.