The Washington times., 1922-10-24
'TRACT0RsHOW. !.
I.OPENEDNIHh
.'s'T|REET|'P'!AR|A|DIE !
IwslysS Young Women IN spriys-
ing Contest IaFch n Pro-
IN; E cssslon % ldelgs. & r

!. vending !, It's .,way; through the
principAI - d6wntown streets :, Of
washinston. me nafnmoth Fordson
industrial parade today. marked the
6psning ,of thss agricultural and In,
dustrtel / exposition on, the former;
sitss Of Camp. Meiss, Florida avenue
andj Fffth street northeast. -
!, Starting 1T 3sthe camp grounds 1T
10 ,o'ciccky the parade, moved TO K
street, eitkshce west 30 Washington
cireie. returning east on Pennsyi-
yania avenue.s. Z. Hundreds Of spec
tators. lined yhcth thorouEhfares and
svinced kesn Interest IN, the eighty
tractors. iss they dispiaysd their
numerous functions. ;"''% , =,
twelve Giris In Line. Il
Il HsraIdsd ,as IN sindustriaia parade
uunprecedented In lwsshingtou, ana
embracinx lmanya novel Agricultural
and ind1strial appliances. the. spsi
rade .was featured 81 aths appear
at,ee OF the twelve young women
who s.are vying for ;fInal .honors In
The ,WashinEton : Times tractor
driving cont lest this afternoon. !. ~
In addition 10 the. tractors the
parade, consisted of several elabor.
ate floats. arid every model Of the
Ford and Lincoln cars. :.
!. The exposition covers Q six-acre
plot, 'boasts Of. twenty tents having
q, foofage .of "a. .0eo square feet OF
canvas and exhibits valued at ~
0D0 4. q a. :
I ~ FEATURING the Fordson tractor in
,tust Dc many ways as there are
exhibits, the fsxhfbftion, threw open
ftssdoors ut l0Rosciock this rnorHink
and win icortinue until Saturday
fiiKht. Included IN the exposition,
sret tractors utilized As locomotives
by. the Installation OF flanged
wheels. Thiak tractor, locomotive
gwtii J.be tp steady operation hauling
raiiroaA ears over q tpecialiy' ccn.,
Structed tfAck around .the ,csmp,s J
Lm,kefing .taeBe sliswa, z tst
B rtsrs wtii y = scAp lnmefsss IS
ine onsrs don dsnaonst, sted ds,Is .,1 ~ "
ss Hss srs .,s Ss' tsor mi "a, Ss
serspswsgsI, .lsws niiiI where ,rtsey
win he epnvsrted tnte alyzss1Fs.
leading ssschinsrs st the most
son tractors wiif be kept busy, trans
ferrinK loads Of dirt and gravel; TO
huge trailing bodies drawns by ,trac,,
tor There ' Will be - yof1tfnusus
sysis of ! excavation and ioading
% Trsctoys v.lI sbe' .hSwn ouerstirus ,, 4 NJ
electric lighting plants. and "a 4pe-
cial .displny has been Larfnnsed
along this line to sfow the ability
Of the Fordsou tractor In plant op-
eratiori where the coal shortage has
forced the ahandonnnsnt Of steam
power piants.e = & - 49, >,
Machine shop equipment win be
shown operated by tractor. There
viii be q tractor driven planning
mill Tractors win operate derrick
and bucket hoists In the same man.
ner which this type Of work IN now
being done by Fordson equipment
by CONTRACTING concefns throughout
the country. -
Every type Of commercial trailer
witch can be utilized with the trac.
tor. for the moving Of heavy loads
win be shown and demonstrated.
In the commercial car section. yfif-
teen manufacturers Of commercial
car bodies win be represented
among the exhibitions and the
types Of, bodies shown win repre-
sent 4 model for, every commercial
The Washington branch ,ot the
Ford Motor Company has left moth.
Ing undone to- administer I; TO the
comfort .of show /; patrons. !, Rest
rooms are! provided for ladies. and
there will be band Sand radio con-
certs and free moving pictures.
The public 10, cordially invited, ad.
start at 10 q. N. and continue until
10 p, m. . - Ntes ~ Z