The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-05-20


MOTOR CAR PULLING Road DRAG.
will count at least two motor cars In
every Eve vehicles passed In q days
drive.
There is probably not another ma
chine found on the farm today that
can be put 20 so many practical uses
as the motor car. There are very few
things 10 do on the farm except the
filling Of the soil. In which the car can
not be brought into practical use. IL
Is valued by the farmer for its speed
probably more than any other quality.
as the farmer Is learning more and
more 10 value his time. just as the
man In the Office or the factory.
To the north of Sallna a dozen miles
Or so there Is public road which
shows that Il has been well taken care
o. The effect Of the King drag Is 10
be seen for more than a mile along one
farm. aud II Is not an uncommon sight
on hat road to see a farmer with his
touring ear spinning along at the rate
81 SIX 70 eight miles an hour with a
large King drag following. attached to
the machine with chain. This farm
er has used the drag for some time.
but more frequently In the last few
months than ever before. He prefers
car for the drag 20 team Of horses
because he makes better time.
a.
run the car and the other 10 weight
the drag A heavy weight will answer
the same purpose as the second man.
but II Is a custom for the farmers 20
work the roads together. and II comes
naturally since the advent Of the mo-
tor
Il Is seldom that the farmers car
Is seen at the garage. The farmer Is
% accustomed TO making his own re-
pairs that he naturally falls into the
Job with the car He finds Il just rs
easy as repairing his harvester. his
eultivator or bis bicycle. Perhaps he
nay have slight difficulty with some
q the electrical parts Of the engine.
boz when he has seen II repaired once
be never has the same difficulty again.
a, least not to such an extent that an
expert has to see II.
The public roads IN central Kansas
are such that touring car can be TAX
20 out almos, any time Mud cuts no
figure with the farmer. and this II one
feature that makes his car Of such
value 20 him. The town man win not
run his machine I'm the mud. but the
farmer doesn't care much. However.
the farmers are talking good roads
now more than they ever did before
and this Is one reform the motor car
has brought about Already IN many
o. the public roads the little gullies
have been oiled up and the little knots
have been cut down. More than a
year ago the salina motor club began
he advocacy OF good roads. The farm
rs were not IN general sympathy with
ne motorists. and they were slow 20
hse hold Of the scheme. arguing that
he roads IN central Kansas were not
% bad They knew The object was 90
make II easier riding for motorists
anu especially for the tourists from
eastern cities. who desired TO spend
The summer In Colorado. making the
"trip overland.
The farmer. ms a rule. laughed Mt
The idea then. but now he II right In
line. II he doesn't own a car now he
expects TO some day. and he Is In
hopes the roads will be made better
before his machine arrives on his
farm.
More roads were dragged last year
.inn ever before In the history of sa.
una county. and II IL safe to say that
me present year will be a record
preaker In this line OF work.
The motor car of the farmers Is IN.
,uenclng good roads In another way.
ihe dealers are the most active good
'oads advocates IN the state. One Of
ne principal motor denlcrs, for IN.
lance. makes It business 10 deliver
good roads lecture with every car.
ne dealers have been farmers. ana
ney know the subject from the stand.
.'h' ~ both Sides Farmers ret the
YEA ~ the very beginning. and they
e.er go behind the new doctrine.
Kansas City Star.