The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-01-26
FARMER LIKES
NEW. COMBINE

Judging from the interest man
ifested by the farmers from every
section of the northwest, and even
the Pacific coast, the impression
made by the Idaho National Har-
vester of Moscow has been most
pronounced and favorable. Farm
organizations like the Farmers
Union and the Grange are send
ing almost daily representativ,
men to Moscow who come to see
the factory and make arrange
ments to buy combines. Particu-
larly is this true of Utah where
there is an immense demand.
Another section where the farm
ers are making urgent demands
for these wonderful machines is
the Big Bend country in eastern
Washington. From Connen a let
ter has been recently received
from the secretary Of the Farmer
Union asking for detailed infor-
nation and pictures, one request
being for a large picture which
the farmers want to frame and
hang up in their hall.
The secretary of the Connell
Farmers Union is p. f. Oehlschl-
oeger, a man who owns consider
able land in that section, and
also manager of a farmers ware
house at Connell. Wednesday of
this week Mr.. Oehlschloeger Wis
tied Moscow for the purpose Of
personally inspecting the machine
of which he had heard SO much,
and which had appealed to him
and his neighbors as just what
they must have if they are to
make a living raising wheat. He
said that the time had come when
the farmer must have just such
machine as the Idaho National,
and illustrated his statement with
his own experience the past sea-
son. Mr.. Oehlscoeger said:
1.-The past season / harvested
240 acres, averaging a little bet
ter than thirteen bushels to the
acre. The heading cost me, fig
uring only my actual cash out
lay, not including feed for horses
and board for men, $93, and my
threshing bill, also emitting feed
for men and horses, was 1920.
This was a total of 1912 in cash
that / had to pay out,and is more
than any farmer can afford from
a thirteen-bushel crop. Add to
this my outlay for board for men
and horse feed, you will see that
my balance is not very much"
Regarding the Idaho combine
Mr.. Oehlschloeger said: Il am
now thoroughly convinced, after
seeing the machine and investi-
eating its record of work accom-
plished during the past season,
that it is just what we want in
the Connell country, and from
what | have heard the farmers
say, | know that there will be a
heavy demand for these mach
ines from my neighbors. They
are simply forced to have these
Moscow machines, the only regre
being that the Moscow plant is no
able to turn them out as fast as
the farmers will want them. Fol
example, / came to Moscow tc
/ buy four, this in the face of al
kinds of stories told by the Holt
, combine people to the effect thai
| the Idaho combine of Moscow il
a failure. | had made up my
mind to buy big combine, but
/ heard of the Moscow machine
: and after investigating the new
combine decided that it was tn,
machine for me. This made tn,
: other people wild, and the agents
are continuing their fight trying
to prejudice the farmers. Howeve
, the farmers are Judging for then
: selves from the acual work tn,
), Idaho has done, and that is suf
: ficient to satisfy any farmer tina
: these new combines are superio
0 TO anything yet placed on tn
:, market"