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Portrait of Willis K. Baker (Pug) on the tractor engine and Roy (Doc) Ellis on the binder binding rice near the Jacinto School 1935. Binding rice near the Jacinto School house in 1935 on Baker Bros. property. Willis K. Baker (Pug) is on the engine and Roy (Doc) Ellis is on the binder. The binder is power take-off driven from the tractor. In 1950, this method of binding rice was obsolete. The TD 40 Tractor was purchased in 1934 for $4,200 and was used 22 years. A tractor of equivalent horse power of the TD 40 sold for $8,500 in 1950
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