Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-31
GASOLINE ON THE FARM.

\ very interesting article III the cur
.,V i>>ur + the Review OF Review 5
st. forth some ui the changes being
| Drought about by the use Of gasoline
IN its Various form, III power produC-
T. y, ON I'll" farm |; is pointed out
thu, iarmin. by automobile is n'l cS-
at:iy 4 iar!tiul idea but Il practical APP
~; ton III the aut,mobilc engines and
equipments i"r everyday agriculture. In
addition To- this. many automobiles OF
The regulation type and of special de-
~;gn are employed Ivy the farmers OF
tn, west for both business and pleasure.
thousands Of liyh, automobile trucks
and delivery wagons arc used by the
farmers for hauling almost daily i'll the
harvest >ca>rn farm produce OF per
isl,ahlc nature to market. y trip OF
from ten to twenty miles is easily made
with light load "i peri>Iablc goods.
The saving in fret ght and expense is a
',ig item to consider The truck farm
cr~ near our large cities are adopting
the automobile delivery wagon, for to
them il saves time in delivery over the
old system OF hauling by horse and
;r;lck. The farm automobile is bring.
ing the cities closer to the farms and
opening up Il wider region lor supplies.
The farmer with a good automobile de-
livery truck i closer 10 the market to-
day. when living 1T a distance rf twenty
miles. !hlu another living six or eight
MILES from town if dependent upon the
ordinary horse and truck. The arnihil-
;l,lun Of space for the farmer is thus
4 BIZ {, n>ilcraliun 1t enables him IL
''.l.rr produce III pc; son at lllr mar
kr,> and gel back to the farm early iii
TIE iorcrn",l In addition TO this he has
The pleasure Of a spin. and something to
look forward to on Sundays when re-
creation j. i'll order.
L.: the Last year the biggest purchase
vr> III automobiles in four OF or west
crn states lived in the rural districts or
i'll small ,"wn> and villages About GO
FER cent of these purchasers were farm
,r>. or what might be called ncarfarm-
cr>. In fuur other western states 40
per cent of the buyers of automobiles
,,1 ,t-
breeders. ard ~ per cent of the p,r-
r'la>cr> in five other states belonged to
the same class. There is little wonder
that manufacturers of the west are de-
signing special machines for the farm
and rural trade
The story is not complete without
adding that nearly one hundred thousand
"A >olinc engines. ranging in size from
-. to ~ horsepower. are annually prr-
chased by farmers for use in operating
aho"t ever! Thing from churn and sew
ing machine to big threshing machines
The gasoline engine of small horsepow
or IS adapted to farm OF any size I,
i the only power that can cover the
tholc field as well as the horse. The
small farmer could not afford to own
ard operate a steam engine, but
chicken farmer or small fruit farmer car,
afford ,. 3 CT horsepower gasoline
engine. The wonderful hexibility prac-
teal valuc to the greatest possible n,1n1-
her OF people. In other words. the gas
engine i'll one form or another is rap
idly and steadily etoluionizing farm
conditions from one end of the country
30 the other. 1t is not dream of the
future. but all actuality observable upon !
,cr> Of thousands of farms
In the United States and Canada the
gasoline tractor appeared later than III
England, but it has multiplied far NOR"
rapidly in the last few years. Relatively
speaking. the percentage of crops plant
ed harvested and hauled to market bv
the tractors is very small. but it is III
creas:ng with marvellous rapidty The
question of power on the farm is today
of crucial Importance. The portable gas
engine or tractor is revolutionizing agri
cultural conditions just as surely as the
Use of general farm implements did
quarter and half century ago. Thou
sands of farmers are annually equip
ping their farms with gas engines of
small and large power to operate grind
stones. pump water. saw wood, chop
fodder. grind feed. operate churns and
cream separators. and to furnish light
for the barns and homes. On the larger
farms and ranches the gasoline engines
are doing the blowing, narrowing. NOW
ing. threshing and hauling of produce
to market.
When - per cent of the rural COM
mul1ity is given to mixed farming. COM
biring dairying, hog raising and the
fattening of choice Stalled beef cattle,
the small portable gas engines OF from
) to 10 horsepower are the most popu-
lar. The engine is mounted on wheels