Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-03-27
THE MOTOR WAGON ;v
Improved Roads May Bring It In
= Use in the Country.
automobiles Are Rapidly DdspIaO-
Ing the Horse IN the Cities, hut
the AniAnaF,Will Always Re
'maln on the Farms.

Some of our contemporaries are al
!ea6y discussing the possible applica-
ton of automotors to country and farm
uses. This, of course, is upon the as
sumption that they are 10 be success
fully introduced INFO the cities and,
sooner or later, drive equine vehicles
from our streets. OF thar. there cannot
be much doubt. The extraordinary tri-
umph Of the bicycle shows how rapidly
the public will adopt an improved We
hicle when it's practical value has once
tcp demonstrated.
The motor wagons use in the country
'" another matter. Automotor car
'aGts ard wagons cannot become very
"Oi....:0n on the ordinary country roads
IL i~..ay. The highways must first be
y. owed so that these motor vehicles
." e driven fairly up to their best
-";... There would not be much en-
"a ell. .rmPnt 10 farmers tCr investment
q I'm if they were requiI cd to drive
he q. over bad roads at a SLOW racc and
TO the detriment of the mac" merry. On
inn roved roads. however. InSy would
soon demonstrate their superiority
owe. vehicles drawn by hoIs;<.
Whether they can be U..,ably EN-
pcj cd OH the farm itself Is u question
hereafter TO be solved. There are some
forms Of farm work now dor> by horses
10 which it would be difficult 10 apply
any other power known. Steam p!ows
arc seen and used on the great prairie
farms OF the west, but none has ever
been devised which can be successfully
up. I'd 10 the small farms Of the east.
PiCwing. dragging, or narrowing,
drilling, hauling hay and grain from
the fed to the barn, and other similar
agricultural work will tax the--in-
GeDuity Of inventors who may try to
solve this problem. "... -. g.
Bu. ii would be absurd to declare that
t. Cannot be done. When Tie moving
machine first appeared it was thought
HAT no machine could be devised that
&oil.d do the farmers grain harvest
ing. But the harvester speedily fol-
lowed, though at first no one .thought
of ,.Gding the grain by machinery as
it H..S ut. Two men were stationed on
the hrst machines, one to drive and the
mkcr to rake off the bundles. Then
Others followed 10 bind up the sheaves
in ,"r old-fashioned way. Later came
tho ':achine binder, and now self
biz .s," as they have been called, are
: in .versal use. Farmers used to do
: all !eir seed sowing by hand; now
"vt farm has its grain drill. Long
aft the thrashing machine came into
col IN use beans and buckwheat were
tn: hed with the fail, or, in the case
OF i" former, were trodden out of the
pc, 10y horses. Now beans also are
thr,.$hcd and potatoes are dug by ma
chincry.
i, Would be impossible within the
limits of n brief article to enumerate
the Eumbcrless machines adapted to
fal =. Uses by the ingenuity ofinventors
within the past so years. And it is 10 be
no..,,d ;hat the American farmer
Civ. every useful invention cordial
wC. Cr:c. However slow he may have
hc: - sec the value Of good roads, he
Ina .,rn quick ard generous in re-
pt"G.ng TO the efforts of inventive
genus. There is every reason to be-
flew. therefore, that motor wagons and
carriages and some motor power other
tina" horses would find market among
the farmers OF the country as soon as
they could demonstrate their practical
value.
The value of good roads as an object
lesson will be greatly increased by the
appearance of the motor carriage and
wagon upon them. When farmers see
how much more economical as we'll as
more speedy and pleasant the new We
hicles are upon suitable roads than
horses. the more liberal and enterpris-
ing among them will be eager to make
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