The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-13
FARMHAND'S JOB In PERIL.
TRACTION ENGINES DOING Ms
WORN IN the WEST.
Farms Getting Bisxcr Out There and
Machinery Sod Ia Hun Them nr
Work Done Brttrr and Cheaper I'm.
pro, emrnt In the Farmers Tot.

The farmhand's finish l. N plain sight :
said a man who had Just returned from a."
Wet. And IA. farm hor~r j. headed dow.
tie same plkc. Ia their stead D., ,nulr;
the little ClDo-choo cng.u" Of the tra,Iuu
type.
'Ou, I'm the prairie region th" tond"ncv
is all toward hig farms IT," agricultural
unit out there has b-sn th" quarter section
or IO acr"s.
Pew Il the farmers are satisfied nov
with such a small bunch of land, and 'h'v
are reaching out all tie time for mon
Wheat and corn have been topping Oh"
market at such prices that nearly ever
fellow il crazy To 60 into raising them ol
a good hig scale. And they ave the mu''N
and the intelligence Ia do It and d. o.
probably
'Rish here j. where invention 'oN'-
In. On the ordinary farm. wher" ~" 90
threc men with the same number Of '"ai'-
81 horses can do all the work. ~ isn't really
necessary TO call on the machine man i'r
"A artificial AID. hut when the farming T. dom
on a big scale II pays l-ttert To huysira'i.n
engine These are not a." ordinary big
clumsy attachments to thrshing ouif',,
hut cnmpartly built little fellows. Will
ga-o,an. AZ the motive power.
with them there j. no need 81 c'''lne
out at ungodly hour- in th" morning 49,
feed and water a iot 81 auiuAis fl''
minu,,-' work nlls the tank and make
machIn" ready Ia 30 your lt"1g'tIt
narrowing or CultiNat lug.
The hrst cu-, uf th'-. engines i rr"i''
steep. from sI.UDp mp. hut u costs l"s
run them than II dee 'ot"tdh HORSES hn'
never get taitN They lat longer '''.
the average vurkhurs" and tl"N do L..
timos a. much Wurd in a day
ONT ~ NchrssKl ] ran across q follow
with a gGng 81 yrh, five ~ a ro" h''''.
e. uI. Of thee. li'tla rugiIc~. a'd ~ VA
steadily moving across TIA" hurdr'd 100
field and tearing up N" sCd al a I've
rate THIS saiuc mar Told me that w.
II came w. Na'roviug he tackled On ~
or three lg ores and DID the J"h IN a -FOUR
- iho former ilu"
Potato are planted and dug up "
the-" e. gir.- H. planting a larR" dfoVf"
j. r.sl and 100 digging them a -I+'nI ~
- pluugt - ompl"N'-'
Vile. y rum.- i'm" M IN" fall T." ihr"S
,lo ..gtur i~ osuul,i To a s"pd-tipr a.
tuo iuh b, dur" short order u r'v'-
-,rv during 'hH winter o." grind f'"si J."
the cattle u i- ilr work - bay . ''w minutes
80 Ere o. up atd starr ~" ruhl "lei
grai, - 'o b" hauled tu MAJ k"' ""N"iA
farm wagons arr aitach~i and The pro-
C,~siuu move ~
TL.,n -r.rr,.Iv a ding about farm
work that thr-" War'Irc- vii not 10, ara
they ar growing NOR" popular ,cN'''
wear The ayvitE" laiIu"f 'h",lRi' '''
acme e cum'Hi' art perfection had To-
rrarh.d IN tI" -ulAN ii ugh Md a." ill''
o~uliI.Aiuf. NNlu' -lE'~i him many YEA
s',u-. aud ~ has r,l ''-'. without "
.iS.-,lT. 'rrlia 'lp' ln t. |'-n" '1l '-.
rp TAX. up 'u' traction "'gIr'
-Hu'1r,-i~ Z 'h'~' ave- A" tong ma ~
f%a,rur,Si a'd -li every Nr'f Tie 'm
- -. .y,s q I'M O. show 9. q. '.||"
haR tu fuu th" aFNf U'd 'HN ''
| .' m various lat"t saving was u a
/ ,aka lpuc 'u learn 'li~, and 'h" "r'.' "' ''''
1 mo ono fIr.t'r e. u'Iv q ''w "'"'- q.
.SiNtv-c.rt wheat AMI hi'y-cr'' 'Hr '-'
making Western Nrn"r~, wh"r" NV
2 Lfi-i els 81 wheat aud siN'N ~ corn i
.,,rrg" Weld o. i"p"ld"uily rr'
lr.I acre. of vI'pf T. az "rdIuI''
a.I this ,Iauc i- enough 80 u'"
/ iY,1m. up 90" iuy"-tm"u'
irnrh IT cattle will pay th' ~
| and M other crops arr velvet IT,
Ia. l.s,u - run up ~" price 81 lafi
Tracts that sold foT t?5 two V'N'-
hri.g SO and s4S. and 81 land - 49,
= easily markutdbl" ~ So I'd 90
life b. much "1-l,r. th" VOLS f- "
80 hard. nor the hour 49, lufg
Thi- h's had the good 'H"' "'
the farmer -uu~ NOR" cont
On III" farm. amt MANY q
tn the stat" Agricultural -i'..- d.
a p,ltr" M ~Hi"uiiu. az H..' '''
l..isf fsrmsr- and i-'''. .f.."f-
III" rural fr'" mu d''".'.' N'
f1riluis- fHJ k,-uu.F r
of NE" out-'l" uHr.. H'' ..' 90
-uI,-' 'u'. frr 'l' .Fr'tc r' '..'
~ 'hc work .. faI t"Ff. E'.
IT,, an ,n,c ,'Krtcr "n ~, nar'.
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