The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1911-10-31


over the prairie much interest Is bein
manifested in the work accomplish
by the Little Idaho" harvester durin
the season just closed. The owner
of the machines in this vicinity ar
being fairly deluged with inquiries a
to their performance in the exception
ers have had to contend this year,
being generally conceded that NJ
more strenuous could be imposed thai
the successful handling of the crop be
ing marketed.
That the Little Wonder" gave en-
tire satisfaction to it's purchasers il
attested by the unstinted words o
praise spoken of it by those who have
handled the Idaho" during the out
extraordinary heavy harvest we have
had and the unquestionable success
of this little machine should be a mat
| ter of qualification to every farmer in
the land, for it's adoption, which is
| bound to come, will mean an annual
saving of thousands and thousands OF
dollars in the harvesting of our grain
crop.
Il have had very successful har-
vest with the Little IDAHO" said Mr..
]. P. Manning, one of our prominent
ranchers, when in town Friday last,
"ard l am more than pleased with the
results obtained. l like the Little
Wonder so we'll and consider it so
good that l would NOT TAKE TWO
THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR MY MA
CHINE IF l COULD NOT GET AN
OTHER.
"in all l cut and threshed 270 acres
of grain this harvest in twenty days,
making an average of thirteen and one
half acres day. which l consider fine
work for my first season with the Ida
no.
Some of this cutting I did for a
neighbor under contract, but not
counting this and referring only to
my own crop, my machine saved me
over $500 in actual money, besides pay
me for my own time and the use of my
horses. Also it made me Independent
of all outside help and did away with
the trouble and annoyance of having
them around
Il got as much grain as by any 9TH
er method I have ever used and on one
patch of rank oats I got more than
l could have in any other way. These
oats were so heavy and were down
so bad that l am satisfied that l could
not have saved them with any ma
chine but the Little Idaho With it
| got off this patch an average of fifty
bushels to the acre. l am more than
glad l purchased an Idaho harvester
and would not consider going back to
he old methods for any price
Asked to explain how the idaho"
had saved him over 5000 |
n the harvesting of his crop, Mr. Man
ling said: "My crops yielded me
over $500 bushels of grain,
,ut to take round figures we will say
had $500 bushels. To have cut this
With a binder would have cost me over
100 for binder Irvine alone, and to
ave threshed with stationary rig
t eight cents a bushels would have
een $4,000 more, SO you will see that
y using the Idaho l was actually
n over SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS
hat under the old methods of harvest
ng | would have had to pay out in
ash money.
Nov l will figure it another way:
utting my grain with binder would
ave cost me rs cents an acre for cut ,
ng, 40 cents for Irvine, so cents for
hooking. Threshing at cents a
ushel would add $240 per acre at the
lost liberal estimate, making the to- d,
Il cost of putting the grain into the
ack by the old method, $4.05 per
cre
with my little harvester | cut and
lreshed an average of 1872 acres a
ay. l allowed myself so cents day
er horse for my 8 horses, or 81 per v
ny for the team; So day for my S
vn time; $3.50 day for sack sower
I'd SO cents a day for oil and incid
ltals This would make rs cents to
1T the grain into the sack. l add to
is 25 cents an acre for interest, de-
'eciation, etc., and find l harvested s
y grain for 81 per acre, saving for
yself $305 on every acre, or as | s
i'd, over $500 on my crop, while at
e same time the larger part Of the "
st of harvesting with the Idaho s
me to me and did not have to be
i'd out in cash to an outsider a
did l have any trouble? Why yes, 81
did. But / have had more or less
0uble year after year with my bind K
S and other harvesting machinery, 2.
d am fair enough to say that my
)uble was mostly due to myself and H