Domestic tractor sales peaked at nearly 157,000 in 1973, and 139,000 were sold in 1979.

The tractor sales and service operation was shut down in October.

The highway was sparsley strung with assorted businesses: tractor sales, a car lot, trailer park, country store, and a service station.

Evan Lewis, who ran a tractor sales and repair agency, and commanded the tanks.

"Our tractor sales are down," he said, "because people just don't want to spend the money, not knowing if wheat is in the bin or not."

No. 1 in tractor sales for India, with 12 dealerships selling around 1200 tractors per year.

The peak years for tractor sales in the U.S. were the 1950s.

That has destroyed the businesses that supported it, from tractor sales - the nation needs 50,000, and has fewer than 400 working ones - to irrigation suppliers.

Peak tractor sales in the U.S. were around 1950.

From a peak of 188,287 in 1979, industrywide tractor sales skidded to 116,933 in 1983 and to 106,746 last year.