The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-10-14

ade IN the Invention OF Machinery That
i'll Still Further Revolutionize Agricul-
re.
iton Marks in the Boston Transcript
,e modern farmer must be we'll edu-
d in certain practical academies.
chemistry of soils, the botany that
to do with the development and i'm
ement of grains, vegetables and
5. the secrets of soil enrichment by
ton of crops and otherwise, the con-
alton of moisture and the general
zee of intensive farming in its many
es. suggest what is to be the trend
IS reflections. The successful appli-
N of scientific methods on a large
calls for high grade of executive
ty and good judgment. Men and
en- of alertness will awaken to the
I opportunities for service in the
cry of the soil on scientific lines
her they are al present employed on
arm or in the city.
istery over the soil, so far as it is
fest, has been coincident with some
rh able improvements in agricultural
unery. Ingenuity has placed at the
ers disposal some machines that
. the painting of 1.-THE Man With
Hoe" seem an index of conditions
gone by. If the manufacturers
ID announce the perfection of a
power mechanical hired man, it
1 only be the name and not the ma
that would be new. Almost every
OF field work formerly done by hand
,w being done by machinery. The
n. agility and physical perseverance
ie man of flesh and bones seem a
lable vanity when compared with
oerformances of some of the me-
teal products of thought. Yet these
5yances do not take from man his
but may be said to release him
hose gross phases of labor which
or mis- sphere.
VEST BETWEEN Is STEAM AND GAS
OLENE GANG PLoUGHS.
1>- who think that country life is al
thout thrilling incident ought to
one of the contests between labor
z devices that occur frequently in
ing communities. During the pres
lar there occurred, for example, in
lpeg, Canada, one of the greatest
eTitive events that ever was held in
story of farm machinery. At this
trial exhibition there was a practi-
q and endurance contest between
zen makes of steam and gasolene
7 gang ploughs. The gold medal Win
he steam engine class, 80 horse
2 engine hauling a gang Of twelve
.as, ploughed 3.6 acres in one hour
ro minutes. A gasolene tractor of
horse-power, pulling gang plough
rhree bottoms, ploughed LOG acres
= hour, fifteen and one-half minutes,
G- the gold medal in its class and
H-epstakes medal. In the race open
ectors under twenty horse power,
.teresting entry might not inappro-
Is be termed the automobile plough.
POWER REVEALED.
5 machine is very similar to the
automobile trucks seen on city
Is The entry was a sample of the
rachine designed particularly for
Hg purposes that combined the three
'eatures for which a gasolene motor
landed on the farm; the pulling of
-'- and other field machinery, the
.s Of belted machinery, and the
-g Of loads on its own body. This
r.sble 1900 pound vehicle, pulling a
ot-on gang plough, turned the sod
-.pb acres in an hour and twenty
1t also demonstrated its
= 70 carry 1000 pounds of sand over
track at the rate of five miles per
tor two hours. In the ploughing
mis- tractor developed 17.9 horse
p When stationary its motor is in
u to be used to operate threshing
res, hay presses and other machin-
"yen by belt power. While this ma
not exactly run about and prob
would not, in the mind of the hired
axe the place of horse and buggy
!. dresses for Sunday afternoon
lwn, nevertheless it is designed
iuick trips everywhere. AS for
sis Machine for family use that is
question of expenditure, and
.armers find that the time saved in
g PHI automobile is sufficient, sooner
lr 70 pay for the machine.
LING, NARROWING, DRAGGING AND
--sNTENG IN ONE OPERATION.
4'lne appears to have arrived for
Jgres5ive farmers who have large
Is to care for, when the advisability
.ig power in the field is no longer in
3, while its necessity in the barn
ing the harvest season has long
r-sognized. If there is any per-
" he question that arises is: "Shall
m or gasolene MOTOR" There
e-r~tore, a sharp competition be-
70 taese two methods. The advo-
81" the steam engine rests his case
m the heavy work which the
'1 horsepower of the steam engine
@@ But as an example of the work
70 can be accomplished where the
Der has willing mechanical horse of
sasolene tractor type, may be cited
periment of farmer in Montana,
laughed, narrowed. dragged and
gel als ground at one operation. Be-
os tractor he had, first, a gang
u behind this We're attached two
@es modern disc harrows, then two
r and behind these came three or
irllls, all drawn by one tractor.
I~5rs in moist climates where soil
De allowed to settle to form a suit
'eed bed, might be incredulous over
Short cut from ploughing to sowing,
the dry climate of the West it is
practicable on this account. Since
3as tractor engine is lighter than the
L engine it can be used to better ad-
axe for hauling loads on country
where bridges are light, and the
10Y Is sometimes employed to haul
f~elve loads of grain to market at
9 There are farmers working one
sections of land with the gas trac-
'l3 lave only two or three horses
ntire place. The saving of labor
leroyer the steam engine is one of
TasuQs for the general adoption of