The Washington herald., 1922-10-22
Trailers, Mowers, Road
And Agricultural Ma
chinery Exhibited,
INCLUDES 20 TENTS
Special Demonstrations Daily
VIII Show Adaptability
OF Motor Car.

Meigs. Over 100 Invitations were
extended prominent Industrial con-
Germs to enter floats In this parade
and many have signifsd their in
tention Of elaborate entries. These
floats viii typify industry In its
broadest sense and will be . source
of interest to all viewing the pro-
cession.
The parade, which will be headed
by prominent Ford officials from
the Washington district. will con-
sist of a showing OF practically
every portable appliance to be later
exhibited on the show grounds at
Camp Meigs. Included in its ranks
will be every model of Ford and
Lincoln cars. at least fifty Fordson
tractors powering that many ap-
pliances, such as trailers, mowers.
road machinery and agricultural
equipment. This parade VIII also
feature eight girl tractor drivers.
the pick Of the best girl drivers In
the Washington district. Ford Of
ficials declare that the Washington
parade will be the greatest agri-
cultural and Industrial implement
revue that has ever passed before
a Capital City public.
VIII Cover Six-Acre Plot.
The Fordson Industrial exposi-
tion. aside from the fact of Its mag
nitude as an Industrial educational
showing. will completely cover a
SiN-acre plot, boasts of twenty tents
having a footage of $4,000 square
feet of canvas and exhibits valued
at over $3.00O.eO0. The Washington
exposition is the last of a series Of
like shows that have been staged in
every important city in the United
States since May. Officials of the
washin~tnu Ford branch. who have
surye eyed the other shows. dec.
that the ioNi! exposition will be the
les; word in completeness and will
boast several Industrial innovations
not exhibited at any other city.
Featuring the Fordson tractor IN
just as many ways as there are ex-
hibitors. and there will be eighty
five nf these IN addition to the regu-
lar Ford and FOrdson line. the ex-
position will throw open its doors
ct 10 a. m. daily from October "a
to IS and will close at 10 p. m
Included in the exposition will be
tractors utilized as locomotives by
the installation of fanged wheels.
This tractor locomotive will be In
steady operation. hauling railroad
cars over a specially constructed
railroad track about the camp.
There will be a complete lumber
ing operation demonstrated daily In
its entirety. Huge logs will be
"snaked in" by tractor from nat
cars on the siding to a large trac-
tor-powered saw mill where, under
the capable hands OF Virginia
sawyers. they will be converted into
any size lumber.
Loading machinery of the most
advanced types mounted on Ford
son tractors will be kept busy
transferring loads Of dirt and gravel
to huge trailing bodies drawn by
tractor. There will be continuous
cycle Of excavation and loading
work Lime pulverizers and rock
crushers Of different makes. all of
them operated by the ordinary trac-
tor, will be demonstrated every day.
The adaptability Of this exhibit has
a particular appeal to highway en-
gineers and contractors. There will
be tractors shown in connection
with all types Of road-building and
road maintaining equipment. scrap
ers. ditchers, planers and graders.
representing the latest and most
efficient development Of many Of
the largest manufacturing concerns
in the country in this type OF in
dustriaI equipment
Operate ms Power Plants.
Tractors will he shown operating
Will he a tractOr-driren planning
ciaI display has been arranged
along this line to show the ability
of the FOrdsOn tractor in plant Op-
Grafton where the coal shortage
has forced the abandonment OF
steam power plants. This special
exhibition has been developed be-
cause Of the demand for FOrdson
tractors by many manufacturing
plants throughout the country who
met the recent coal shortage by
utilizing the Fordson power plant; !;
they're handy TO have at any time.
Machine shop equipment will be
shown operated by tractor. There
will be tractor driven planning
mill. Tractors will operate derrick
and bucket hoists in the same man
ner which this type of work is
now being done by FOrdson equip
ment by contracting concerns
throughout the country.
Every type Of commercial trailer
which can be utilized with the trac-
tor for the moving of heavy loads
will be shown and demonstrated.
VIII show Body Types.
In the commercial car section
fifteen manufacturers of CONNER
ciaI car bodies will be represented
among the exhibitions and the
types of bodies shown will repre-
sent a model for every commercial
requirement.
The Fordson exposition, said to
be the greatest adjunct to the the
state Fair in the history Of Vir-
ginia, was staged under the same
auspices as Is the Washington
show. A record attendance was
made at the Virginia Fordson ex-
position when over 10000 people
attended the exhibit in one day.
a few unusual features that will
ho,d the center of the stage at
Camp Meigs is the fact that the
entire show will be handled in
much the same manner as a circus.
excepting the fact that the animals
and performers are replaced by
tractor-powered appliances all re-
spending to the whip-crack of that
ablest of ring masters-gas and
kerosene. For the first time there
will be a showing of tractor-pow-
cred ice-making machinery, eleva-
tors. oil and well drills. tractor
shovels. pumps handling thousands
Of gallons per minute and tractor
driven threshing machines.
The Washington branch of the
Ford Motor COmDany has loft