The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-08-24
DEMONS ALTON
in FLOWING
Two Men Harnessed to j. I. Case
e sulky Gang Plow Turn Sod In
Denison Streets.
II WAS a NOVEL EXHIBITION
Witnessed by Good Crowd Of Farm
ers and Townspeople Last Sat
Y. urday Afternoon.

The ]. /. Case Plow company, of Ra-
cine, Wis, held the boards in Deni-
son on Saturday afternoon. A num-
Der of representatives of the company
were at ]. H. Tamm's implement plant
In the city making demonstration
Of the superiority Of their sulky-gang
plows. An address delivered by one
Of the representatives was feature
Of the occasion. The speaker gave
plenty Of good advice as to how to
handle the plow to make 1t work well,
the length Of the doubletrees to be
used and the points at which the sim
gle-trees should be attached to the
doubletree on plows Of different
widths. The impression prevails that
II the advice he gave was closely fol-
lowed and the suggestions he made
put into use that the work Of both
teams and men would be reduced and
better results secured.
After the address a demonstration
was made in the sod on the
street south of the court house
in order to illustrate the points
made by the speaker. He con-
tended that 1t was not necessary
even to use team to pull pillow
through the ground when the pillow
was properly adjusted, but that the
same results could be secured by
the efforts of two men. He called
for two men, one of whom belonged
to the party showing the plows and
the other William Wilrath, who works
for John Tamm, and they were hitched
to the pillow to show how it would
work. In order to complete the details
Will Eggers, who weighs in the neigh.
borhood of 800 pounds, was put into!
the seat to drive the team.
It was remarkable the way those
men got down on their hands and feet
and pulled the plow and turned the
sod for q distance of a rod or more,
thereby showing the lightness Of the
draft when the pillow is properly adj
justed. It was hard upon the boys
who acted as the team, but the demon
stration was sufficient to make the
point which the speaker had contend
ed for in his remarks. The address
and demonstration were worth great
deal to the farmers who were present
and heard the lecture and witnessed
the demonstration.
We think If more time could be de-
voted to the proposition of scien-'
tific farming 1t would be time well
spent. 1t has now come to be gen
orally recognized that science can be
applied to farming as we'll as to any
thing else. 1t would not be mistake
to have lectures such as the one
made on last Saturday explaining the
ordinary things required to be done
on the farm and to have demonstra-
lions such as the one made for the
benefit of assisting the farmer in
adopting philosophical methods in
carrying on his work.
Men are specially educated for al
most every walk of life, except that
Of farming, and while there are a
few schools for this purpose, there are
not enough to reach the great multi
tude Of farmers.
Why not have the legislature pass
9 law providing for meetings at the
different county seats of the state at
frequent intervals, especially during
the winter months, when lectures on
1 scientific methods of farming can be
delivered without expense to those
who choose to attend them?
The farmers of Iowa are farming
the highest priced land in the coun.
try and the best methods possible
should be adopted in order that prop
er returns can be secured and II there
are scientific methods which hold
4 over the system now in use, let us
have the latest and best and adopt
them for farming the best land in the
world. Nothing is too good for the
Iowa farmer.