FARMERS' FRIEND TRACTOR COMPANY
MAKERS OF EARTHWORM TRACTORS
EARTHWORM CITY, ILL.
November 2, 1924
Mr. David Crockett Suggs
Dry River Junction, Tex.
Dear Sir: This will acknowledge your valued favor of October 31
requesting that we use all possible haste in sending you a gear which
you need to repair your tractor. We are also pleased to report the
receipt of one No. 6843 gear which we shipped you on October 14 and
which you returned unused owing to the fact that it will not fit your
tractor. We are crediting your account with $41.26 C.O.D. which you
paid on this shipment.
The broken gear which you sent as a sample has been carefully checked
over by our Engineering Department. They report that they have been
unable to identify this gear, and they are of the opinion that no
gear similar to this has ever been manufactured by this company. We
are, therefore, at a loss to understand how this gear ever came to be
in your tractor. We do not make gears similar to the one you have
sent in, and it will therefore be impossible for us to supply you
with one. However, it is always our policy to be of the greatest
possible service to Earthworm owners, and we would suggest that the
best thing to do in the circumstances would be for one of our service
mechanics to inspect your machine.
Fortunately, it happens that Dry River Junction is the nearest
railroad point to the Canyon Ranch, which has just purchased a
Ten-Ton Earthworm Tractor. Consequently, Mr. Luke Torkle, one of our
service men, will be at Dry River Junction in a few days to unload
this tractor and drive it overland to the ranch. If you desire, we
will have Mr. Torkle stop off and inspect your machine, advising you
what steps to take to put it into first-class running condition; or,
if this is impossible, to confer with you in regard to turning in
your old machine and purchasing one of our new models. Kindly let us
know what you wish us to do in this matter.
Very truly yours,
FREDERICK R. OVERTON,
Parts Department.