Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1911-11-16

SAVED MONEY WITH idaho"
Fred Cole Tells Of Favorable Elk
perience with Harvester.

Everybody on Camas Prairie knows
Fred Cole, knows him to be man Of
his word, man with high sense of
honor. Therefore what Mr.. Cole
says means something-the moreso
because he does not speak lightly, nor
commit himself until he knows where
Of he speaks.
Mr.. Cole is prosperous and sue
cessful rancher of the progressive type,
who has a firm belief in the stability
Of Camas Prairie soil, and who makes
the business of farming pay.
This year Mr.. Cole purchased and
harvested his crop with a "Little
Idaho" Harvester-the Moscow built
combine that is destined to revolu-
tionize present methods, and when
questioned as to his experience with
the machine was very emphatic in
pronouncing the "Little Wonder"
- the Idaho is known, a complete
success.
"Why,' said Mr.. Cole, Il got
through harvest the easiest / ever
did and with practically no expense.
Not only easy for myself but for Mrs.
Cole, who, / don't believe knew we
we're having a harvest. Give me the
"Little Idaho" every time. 1t saves
money, worry and trouble. l do not
believe any man that tries one would
ever think Of going back to the old
way of binding and threshing. I'll
tell you my experience and then
you'll see why.
Il cut and threshed this year 225
acres of wheat, oats and barley with
the little machine. My crop was a
little better than the average. |
know ! saved as much if not more
grain than | could have in any other
way Besides | got much better
job Of cleaning. l had to pay out no
money except for oil which was a very
small amount, and | saved for myself
from $500 to $3.50 in the cost of
harvesting every acre Of my grain,
after allowing wages for myself, my
son and my team.
Il had seven horses on my machine
and they carried it along with nc
trouble at all. In fact on good level
ground they handled it too easy and
had more power than | needed. The
horses came through the harvest fine.
Better than they usually do. | took
my own timeSand did not try to make
aspeed record. Cut and threshed an
average Of from eight to twelve acres
. day. Of course l had some bother,
but not as much as I have had some
years with binder. The Idaho is a
simple machine and although it was
new to me and | had to learn to
handle it in the actual work | got
along fine and my machine is in good
shape for another year. Were it not
nat the Company is going to put the
new improvements on for me it would
not even have to be overhauled.
l haven't yet checked up my
exact averages, but kept track Of
Wnat was doing and / know the
Idaho saved me lots of money-more
'nan half its cost. | was actually
out nothing but my little oil bill, you
see Sc and counting hauling and every.
'nlng | have not had to pay out any
money to speak of this harvest. A
whole lot different from what it has
oeen, Ill tell you. l wouldn't even
N MINK going back to the old methods.
NO sir. I'll take the little Idaho
every time.
I've heard men who have never
run ~ an Idaho say it was no good, but
laey have only to use one to be con.
sla snced that it is not only alright and
no' only the cheapest but the best
way va to harvest. All this talk about
= : loullng the ground is wrong. There
q, :, nothing to it. | watched my work
aoseiy and am sure that all the wild
%s.s ;a. a and all other grain cut went
a .aso the sack. What little foul STUFF
.ha. a. went back on my ground was
a;s als' which ripened before cutting. i
u'u not come from the machine. A
a aal, that wants to raise wild oat,
uon need an Idaho.
h. Another thing, I've heard it sale
y some people that the machine wa.
uofse killer. This is not true. 4
m. aa'ned off my machine as every
u H. should do to keep the dust from
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