The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-09-09
GA!LING's AUTOMOBILE FLOW.
With Which One nan can:do Work of Fifteen
Men and Thirty Horses.

Diverse as tn plow and tho automobile
would seem At hrst glance. D.. Calling.
INC famous inventor Of the gun that bears
his namo, has hitehed the TWO together
and made farming a thing of beauty
and a joy forever"
The hardest farm labor is thus rcdnaed
to 9 fascinating pastime, and the horny
handed son Of the soil is transformed into
q begloycd and helmetcd chauffeur. ono
more occupation for the horse is de-
stroyed, and one man with an automobile
pillow can 10 the work that formerly re
CURED fifteen pairs Of hands and thirty
horses.
Peace hath its victories no loss re-
noWned than war" quoth the inventor
of the famous death-dealing gun when he
finished his model for q piow.
In these days we do not beat out
spears and swords into ~roaping hooks
and sickles. We lind our gun barrels use
full for that which they were made. but
it is & dc per and more lasting pleasure
TO mo to be able to do something that VIII
help to make humanity more prosperous
and comfortable than to construct instru-
ments that are intended to take away
life"
Or. r. J. Calling is now 70 years old,
bur his mind is as active as ever. and
his new contribution to domestic indus
try is probably the most important event
in his long and busy life. He was born
in Gates county, North Carolina.
Many years ago the cradle took the
place Of tho sickle, and that was lator
Crivcr out IF the field BY the reaper,
which after a short but useful career was
replaced by the sclf-bindirg harvester.
| ana each in its newer and better methods
cneapening the cost Of producing wheat.
During all his time, while the methods
of harvesting the crop were being so
much betteTed by introducing labor-sav-
ing machinery. very little progress has
been made toward cheaponing tho cost
Of preparing the land for the seed.
We have seen the ocean plowed BY tic
steamship carrying its thousands Of peo-
pie and millions of tons Of freight from
one continent to another; the steam
railroads carrying their thousands OF pas
sergers and millions Of tons Of produce
from tho Atlantic to the Pacific, tho
horseless street cars and the horsoI IS
wagons plying our streets in cvcry city.
Tut the farmc- is still turning tho soil
in the Same old way our forafathors used
TO do. with blows drawn hy horses. as
though. il would seem, his occupation
were Immune from civilized proeress. u
has remained for Or. Calling. however. tc
snow what could b. done for him.
The Calling motor-p4oW is driven To-
{ gasoline engine Of sufficient power to
propel the pillow at any desired dopth
Gown to twelve inches. The truck is
built like the trucks used With traction
engines. except that the steam boiler is
replaced by a strong platform on which
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connected to the traction gearing by .
series of wheels; to this truck is at
tached a set OF disc ploWs. when may
be geared to run at any depth or any
anglo needed to give the best results
when blowing.
With this machine il IS estimated thar
one man can plow from thirty 10 thirty
five acres in one day. To pillow this num-
boz Of acres in one day with the ordinary
pillow would require fifteen men en! thirty
horses. so when it comes TO cultiyating
one Of our large Western farms il il
easy to estimate the large drove o.
horses and the great number Of men re-
Quired to do the blowing and the i'm
nensc cost to the owner to house and
feed thom.
All tina is required TO operate the Cat
ling is for tho farmer TO sit upon the
cushioned scat OF the truck md work the
controller. which is not unlike those At
tached to automobiles; or, if he happens
TO be indisposed his Wife can take hi
place. The idea OF one weak, little Wo-
man blowing thirty acres 81 her husbands
land in one day. attircd in an auto
mobile costume. and actually prefcTrine
The work TO her simple household duties
may or may not appeal to the ordinary
ina Gination.
IT is generally estimated that the cos
OF blowing under ordinary conditions i
S1.5c per acre. Then tho further pTePa
ration Of the ground b. narrowing an
rolling costs another fifty cents per acre
With the Calling machine tho ground be
comes thoroughly pulveriz@d and tho roll
ing is not required. a harrow attacne'
to the machine viii do the smoothing
and a seed drill attached behind thi
will do the seeding. so that the blowing
narrowing and seeding may all be don