"OLD RED"


THE FIRST COMMERCIAL SPINDLE COTTON PICKER


BUILT IN 1943
IT PICKED 8000 BALES IN CALIFORNIA.
IT WAS RETIRED IN 1959
AND RESTORED IN 1964.
IT IS STILL MOUNTED ON ITS
ORIGINAL FARMALL TRACTOR.


BECAUSE OF THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION
THIS MACHINE AND ITS SUCCESSORS
HAVE MADE TO AMERICAN AGRICULTURE
IT IS DESIGNATED A


HISTORIC
LANDMARK OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
DEDICATED BY THE
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERS


1978