TRACTOR SLOBOZHANETSTRACTOR SLOBOZHANETS

The first powered farm implements in the early 19th century were portable engines – steam engines on wheels that could be used to drive mechanical farm machinery by way of a flexible belt. Richard Trevithick designed the first 'semi-portable' stationary steam engine for agricultural use , known as a "barn engine" in 1812, and it was used to drive a corn threshing machine.