A photographic print of Industry, Agriculture, Machinery - Tractors

FOR FIRST PUBLICATION FRIDAY'S EVENINGS, Jan 31st, SHADOW FACTORY WILL AID WORLD FOOD PRODUCTION 31.1.1947. A considerable contribution towards the solution of the world food shortage is being brought about by a revolutionary agricultural machine, the Fergusson Tractor, which is now being produced in large numbers at the former wartime shadow factory of Standard Motors at Banner Lane, COVENTRY. Full scale production of 500 daily will mean employment of 10,000 men and women. The tractor is of lightweight specially treated alloy steels, designed to pull great loads with ease, and has finger-tip hydraulic depth control, etc. Half the present output is not being exported to the eastern hemisphere, and this will increase as large-scale production commences. The picture shows completed Fergusson tractors filling the bays at the Banner Lane Factory of Standard Motors.