Breaking the speed barrier, Oliver’s new “more speed—less draft,” plow bottoms demonstrated that furrows could be beautiful even when plowed at 6 to 7 mph. And it was done with a purple tractor and an ...
Though his name is not nearly as familiar as John Deere’s, James Oliver of South Bend revolutionized agriculture with his invention of a new type of plow. An 1878 advertisement for the Oliver Chilled ...