Ford's First Love
In the spring of 1918 I went over to the United States, and in company with one of our representatives arranging for the import of tractors, spent a day with Mr. Henry Ford. He told me that the tractor was his first love. He had worked at it before he produced his first " Tin Lizzie " ; and it seemed to me that the land had his chief affection. The con- trast between 1918 and 1939 is sharp. The tractors are ready in the first fortnight of war, not towards the end of the last year. On the same short visit to the United States few things impressed me more than some figures shown me by the Minister of Agriculture. A number of American towns fore- swore wheat altogether solely because they were told that wheat travelled better than other grains. The people ate maize instead, and it is a poor substitute from the gourmet's angle.
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