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Student Union Ballroom
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braska's tractor testing station
is the only such installation
in the nation.
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A NETCHE Convocation
Spring Semester, 1970.
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A film on the
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On your locol Public Television
station.
Because Wilmot F. Crozier
bought an hnposter Ford trac
tor in 1919, the East Campus
now has the country's only of
ficial tractor testing station.
Crozier's tractor stopped
dead in his Osceola wheat field.
The company using Henry
Ford's trusted name had gone
out of business, leaving Crozier
without servfce or parts for his
tractor.
The Osceola farmer
responded by getting elected to
the Nebraska Legislature and
introducing a bill requiring
testing and an adequate parts
supply for all tractors sold in
Nebraska.
As a result, Nebraska
farmers today drive tractor
models tested through the only
public tractor testing station fn
the country. Tractors from
nearly every tractor company
in the United States and even
from Czechoslovakia, Poland
and Japan are tested in Lin
coln, L. F. Larsen, engineer-in-charge
at the station said.
The testing station is not the
Ralph Nader of the tractor in
dustry because it measures
performance and gives no opi
nion of quality, Larsen said.
But he noted over 15,000
booklets comparing the
performance of 166 models
from 11 companies from
Allis-Cahlmers to Zetor have
been distributed so far thfs
year. The next booklet will
have comparisons of sound
levels in 1970 models, Larsen
added. Future tests will also
check safety features, he
said.
If a part needs to be replaced
during the test or if the tractor
fails to meet its advertised
claims, this fs shown in the
report, Larson explained.
"There is no attempt at in
fluencing anyone," he said,
"because the results speak for
themselves."
Before a tractor can be sold
in Nebraska the model must be
run through the testing process.
Since 1919, 1,060 tractor models
have been tested, including 29
this year, according to the
engineer.
The station has a 2.200-ft.
oval track and about $150,000
worth of equipment for
testing.
The tractors tested are stock
models, certified by the com
panies not to be "hot-rodded"
or altered, Larsen said. After a
12-hour warm-up allowing
company representatives to
make adjustments, the tractor
is given an exhaustive 40- to 50
hour examination.
The tractor fs put through a
Nebraska n
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"power take-off" performance
run, or no, wnicn transiers
power to a tractor's accessory,
such as a corn sheller.
The PTO test measures the
fuel consumption and other
performance indicators. Fuel
consumption is measured in
"horsepower hours per gallon,"
giving farmers a standard to
judge all sizes and powers of
tractors, Larsen said.
The lab also checks the trac
tor's pulling ability fn relation
to horsepower and fuel con
sumption, its "lugging ability"
under increasingly heavy loads
and its performance with and
without ballast. During the
tests, oil use, wheel slippage
and performance under dif
ferent fuels are recorded.
Larsen said he believes the
design and engineering of the
tractor industry is ahead of the
auto industry in looking out for
the consumer, because the
tractor is designed to do a job,
not provide a status symbol.
The cost of the test, depen
ding on the size of the tractor,
averages about $2,100, he add
ed. Students
work for
Matzke
About 80 University students
are campaigning for Stan
Matzke, Democratic candidate
for secretary of state.
Matzke is assistant director
of resident instruction in the
College of Agriculture. A ma
jority of his student workers
are associated with East Cam
pus. "Contrary to what some have
believed," Matzke said, "these
students are very well recefved
by voters of all ages around the
state. 1
Everywhere we have
gone to campaign they have
made a favorable impression."
Matzke's campaign manager,
John Rosenow, . a senior in
agriculture engineering,
believes Matzke is an open
person who listens to students
and shares many , of their
vfews. , ,
"Many of those who are
working for Stan see him as a
person who can help make
state government more
responsive," he said.
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