Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1911-01-26
COnnell Farmer LaudS Mos
COW-Made Combine.

Judging from the interest manifest
by the farmers from every section Of
the Northwest, and even the Pacific
coast, the impression made by the Ida
no National Harvester of Moscow has
been most pronounced and favorable.
Farm organizations like the Farmers
Union and the Grange are sending al
most daily representative men to
Moscow who come to see the factory
and make arrangements to buy COM
bines. Particularly is this true of
Utah where there is an immense de-
mand.
Another section where the farmers
are making urgent demands for these
wonderful machines is the Big Bend
country in eastern Washington. From
Connell letter has been recently re-
ceived from the secretary Of the Farm
ers Union asking for detailed informa-
tion and pictures, one request being
for large picture which the farmers
want to frame and hang up in their
hall.
The secretary of the Connell Farm
ers Union is ?. +. Oehlscholoeger, a
man who owns considerable land in
that section, and also manager of a
farmers warehouse at Connell. We'd
nesday of this week Mr.. Oehlsch-
logger visited Moscow for the purpose
Of personally inspecting the machine
of which he had heard so much, and
which had appe..lcI to him and his
neighbors as ust what they must
have if they aie 20 make living
raising wheat. He said that the time
had come when the farmer must have
Just such a machine at the Idaho Ma,
tional, and illustrated his statement
with his own experience the past sea-
son. Mr.. Oehlschoeger said;
"'The past season harvested 24(
acres, averaging little better thar
thirteen bushel to the acre. Th'
heading cost me, figuring only my ac
tual cash outlay, not including fec'
for horses and board for the men, $93
and my threshlng bill, also omittin.
feed for men and horses, was $500
This was total of 1912 in cash tha
l had to pay out, and is more thai
+ any farmer can afford from a thirteen
S bushel crop. Add to to this my out
!. lay for board for men and horse feeC
you will see that my balance is nc
very much.'
$ Regarding the Idaho combine M
r Oehlschloeger o said: 81 am no
). thoroughly convinced, after seeing tn
II machine and investigating its recor
,e of work accomplished the past seasol
e that it is just what we want in tt
e: Connell country, and from what
r. have heard the farmers say know th;
N there will be a heavy demand ft
these machines from my neighbor
They are simply forced to have the
Moscow machines, the only regret b
u ing that the Moscow plant is not alb
st to turn out as fast as the farmers wi
la want them. For example, came
e Moscow to buy four, this in the fa
H. of all kinds Of stories told by the He
+. combine people to the effect that Il
n Idaho combine of Moscow is failur
p l had made up my mind to buy a b
combine, but heard of the Moscc
machine and investigating the ne
~ combine decided that it was Il
- machine for me. This made the 9th
no people wild, and the agents are CO
tinuing their fight trying to prejudi
the farmers. However, the farme
are judging for themselves from t
en- actual work the Idaho hes done, al
I'd that is sufficient to satisfy any farm
n that these new combines are superi
,ir to anything pet placed on the market
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