The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-04-08
THE FARMERS TASKS
Machinery Has Made Them -,
Than They Were For HE sAI

MS Father
The modern farmer wears a vG.I
Eollar ami suspenders and "ua
clothes. But the most remarLo, "
velOpment In agricultural evolrn W
his marvellous ingenuity disnlon.I
the application of mechanical Do,.
to those tasks that were for.
performed by hand. Farm hondI.
now consists of the ability, con.'
with the inclination. which 10 aa, s
absent, to apply direct prqssu,.
button aud allow the machine y"
the rest. A visit to we'll onno,, 10
western farm will convince tha 'eli
skeptical That the vogue of brawn I"
passed. except In the field of ud'
football or perhaps wrestling CONT
On recent visit to such n farn
caller was Informed that the nronr,.4
was in the barn cutting seed pot,,aa'
He found that the seed potatoes w..
being cut all right, but the f,,n
was not STOPPING in the old time na',
ton, Indicative of great bodily min IT.
the middle region. while laceratn, a.
jri"v .'Hud with jackknife.
y machine of formidable appeor,n.
was planted under hopper full ~ nv
ta''"s. There was a great gnasbin.
ur tee. and the sliced potatoes IN
rr.rn H. Jaws In "A continuous stro.n
The "a. ar dipped a handful NJ IN.
eel pas "'s from the bag and coun,a1
The dli! ed eyes to determine fl,
l"rrrnta"" of loss and thus arrvs =,
nm in..le of the quantity Of sesa
n"."..e! . plant given area n,
sal he ,mputing machine was nj n,
% Sc n'.l he hadn't time to % att0,
II l.; he seemed to have more finn,
th..H lythlng in sight.
7 Ut part of the barn devoted TO th
II stock was occupied by severn
,leek cows. but the caller looked IN
vain for his bOyhoOd enemy, long slpr
forgiven-the familiar milking stool
The farmer called his attention IN ,
machine that had just appeared as \
by magic at an aperture in the wall
a carrier mounted on a cable stretch
ed from the barn to the house had
conveyed the machine to the cattle
stalls. 1t had been to the sterIllzlng
room to be scalded.
The farmer set the machine at The
back of the first stall, attached the
part Of the milk COW. depressed 4
plunger on pNp of the machine, and The
siphon did the work automatically BY
forced feed. This process was repeat
ed on every COW that seemed to give
promise of yielding an unearned Incre
ment, and then the farmer looked salts
fed. But the animals displayed no 10.
terest in the machine. The product Of
this machine had the peculiar creamy
tint characteristic OF farm grown milk
but when tested In machine called q
separator 1t assayed G5 per cent city
milk, the remainder OF the output be
ing butter fat. The separator wai
planted In the sterIlIzlng room, whert
every conceivable convenience fO
handling dairy products was installed
All of these appliances were operated
by a machine planted In an adjoining
room and connected by betting with
line shaft. The people referred to thl
latter machine 40 tha mower" hut
was really a gasoline engine. 1t smell
ed powerfully
The place was stocked with machlI
cry specially designed for the perfOru
ance Of every function that the farn
er formerly accomplished with b
hands. except voting. The polite
machine is not much in favor In Ii
rural precincts.