They've been there since the 1930s, when the first tractor arrived.

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Holt, whose great-grandfather invented the first track-type tractor (which led to the formation of Caterpillar), came to the rescue in 1996.

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Holt, whose great-grandfather invented the first track-type tractor (which led to the formation of Caterpillar (nyse: CAT - news - people )), came to the rescue in 1996.

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He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II upon his return to England, but continued exploring -- reaching the South Pole by tractor in 1958, joining the first group to climb Antarctica's Mt.

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Then along comes the tractor, the mechanical baler, the first milking machines, and the need for labour on the farm falls precipitately.

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The Tractor Boys failed to win any of their first 14 league games but rallied to finish 15th.

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In the first classes that Lu Gauthier taught on the Act, he handed out applications to tractor trailer driving school, because he thought some of his students would want to be looking at new trades.

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