§ 37. General CROFTasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food how many tractors the Government have purchased from Henry Ford, of the United States, and how many have been received in this country?
§ Mr. PROTHEROThe Government have ordered 6,000 Fordson tractors. Of these some 3,000 have already arrived assembled in this country. Complete parts for a further 1,200 have also arrived and the bulk of the parts of the remainder.
§ 38. General CROFTasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether any Ford tractors now working in this country have killed any of their drivers; and, if so, how many?
§ Mr. PROTHEROI regret to say that one fatal accident has occurred in connection with a Fordson tractor. This was 15 caused by the driver attaching the implement to a wrong part of the machine instead of to the draw bar, thus creating a leverage which caused the tractor to overturn.