This tractor (serial #6808) was made by the John Deere Tractor Company in Waterloo, Iowa. From 1935 to 1952, Deere produced 111,340 Model Bs. The Model B's Nebraska Tractor Test was #232, started on November 15th, 1934, and finished, after the winter season, on April 19th, 1935. You can view the original test results as a pdf by clicking or touching here.
Stuhr Museum's Model B is displayed with a well-digging attachment connected to the rear. The three posts against the wall are also part of the well-digging equipment. Before inventive minds came up with other means to dig or drill wells for water, workers had to dig them by hand. Using spades, shovels, and other tools, well diggers slowly removed foot after foot of dirt and sand before reaching water that could be hauled up or pumped. The attachment on the tractor made it easier for the diggers to haul dirt up out of the well hole as they worked. They may have even used it to haul themselves up and down as the well hole got too deep to climb out. Wessels Living History Farm, located in York County, Nebraska, has more information on well-digging which you can access on their website here.
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