New-York tribune., 1900-08-12
MACHINERY on WESTERN FARHs.
HOW IT HAS REvoLUr1oS1zED FARMING

HOW IT HAS REvoLUTIONIzED FARMING
From The Chicago Record.
In those parts OF the country where machinery
W, W. WorKLtnat IS upon land free of roeks-ir has
for some time said Secretary wilson the ot5s-
pioGghs tbs, S5Sa P5S!Fis farmers have ne finest
OF the finest steel that will scour in any kind
ploughs gang ploughs etc where one nan bs85Te
nunoer OF horses. Labor is scarce in the West
ever before in the history OF the country The
to-day in gold as they psid N 5e1rsri,,5 @ eoor
currency during the Civt War. II IS necessity
Gnery. f ne use or the steam plough is only found
The common I60 acre or half sec-ioT fSrr-a- a 1-I Is
Uses steam foT pioUshins- The farmer OF to-day
drives three or more horses the head OF his har-
row. and leads three more behind him VV6en IL
cones ~ 20 planting Y ne IS putting out small grain
ce1I deef pulled ey pair OF horses II ne IS planting
pair or horses TO plant in perfect order in checE
or N squares ten 70 fifteen acres a day In cuIti-
vesting the harvester IS USED Vitb S5ir 20 % @ 1sI
IN shocks ready to be set up Wien d F. eors lsss
with pair OF horses and leve ip{ II N 9iTss ssS q
tee al ready for shocking
In haymaking the use OF machinery Is aIzo IN
Ivi,b 1-lC5u - stage @ a man viii 80 into the hsld
wagon with loader behind wiz come s,9 80 ~
nay VIII De loaded on the wagon taken to the
horse fork Sc ycu see the vrG 8 fI ne ~4so3 @ WITH
in the world IS used in the -arie s4+ s5s eansSy S
great staple crops are grown and Where the meats
oes1s pork and mutton-are produced
Is HsEr MheIeyer naehinery can be used the farmer
sSapIed as the Western States for the use OF ma
horses to run harvestsr az s W5h R w 5 @ a5e r fr
sho.T TagnIne ri 20 oIad the grain and two more 70
row Two men will do all that work by the use of
used TO be assigned 10 four and faat is 6rSbsblv
a. LaIr average OF the value Of labor saving ma
- Should H yog visit Western farmer. man who
vii S5d bjs bljsrns Is toI say twenry-ave years. you
N - mar r. ID
common complaint thar the western farmer does
the explanation The moment an i51r92 5S = at nqs 3
rict ne wants H. You will hnd original McCor
@ lCA machines IN the fence corners discarded and
4etning 10 use but the latest iIuprovensnrs: and
thsr IL sttSs LnveItons as they should De. but
worthy fact that the u mn 1 go = : iS nf
from the farmers themselves The general iInpres-
SION IS Lhat We have inventive class who go
around studying the needs OF the farmers and pre-
pare to supply them. This is ali wrong Ths
t5[nleI rs ms own inventor. The manufacturers ge-
@ IAeL IDEAS from the farmers one OF the latest
Fa Fn9Cnines Is purchased and placed IN field BY q
apparent and flIrtRer avenues IS a.
noticed- The farmer then sets about invent and
should be done 70 perfect the machine That this
Is RUE WITH farmers Is evidenced by the fact thai
eaIly the same time.
One Of The great problems OF late years ha been
animals 10 use it-that IS the tearing the fodder
lists demonsJrafed that the stalks are ssoGJ as
ElcA AZ -hS boltom as az the TOP. and the further
fact is being discovered that II is very deuIt to
save the shocks IN any condition except IN the
Held The average shock contains about q per
cent Of moisture as II stands IN the Held Hay OF
corn fodder being stacked viii not keep more than
y per cent or moisture. SO that convenient
ehinery for reducing II the animals need Il dur
Ing the winter has been m great demand This is
an Illustration or how improvements come about.
The truck gardener OF the South and along the
Atlantic Coast uses hne machinery. but he IS com
PEELED 10 depend more upon human hands than
the farmers Of the Northwest. who produce the
staple crops OF the country. Down near Charles
ton. IN the straw berry patches. and in al truck
gardens. as we'll as in the cotton fields throughout
the South. human hands remain in control. the la
Dor being cheap and the nature II the work making
the adaptation OF machinery 20 sUpplanI il dim
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