A study was conducted in three districts of Haryana State to as certain the trends in tractor sales and economic analysis of utilization of farm tractors. The districts were selected according to three different cropping patterns. All blocks from these districts were taken into consideration and from each block one village was selected purposely which was having maximum number of tractors. Total number of new tractor owning farmers surveyed in the above selected villages were two hundred Results of the survey revealed that the average annual use of farm tractor in these districts was 594.32 hours, out of which 58.46% of time, was used for custom work and only 41.54% for own work. Maximum annual use of farm tractor in the state was found in tillage operation i. e. 20.92% for own work and 13.49% for custom work. The operating costs of less than 25 hp, 30–35 hp and more than 35 hp tractors were found as Rs. 147.30, 157.51 and 169.08 per hour, respectively.
