Imperial Valley press., 1912-09-12
HORSE FLESH ALL But
ELIMINATED BY RANCHERS

Riverside Press: Gasoline and gas
engines are fast taking the place OF
hay and grain and horse flesh on the
ranches of Riverside county. Yet these
putting, snorting engines will never
do all the work of faithful old Dob
bin. Some of the old work steeds
must be on the ranch. no matter how
large the estate may be. to do work
horses have so long done.
The automobile is now becoming
nearly as common in the rural dis
tricts as on the main thoroughfare5
of the city. Every rancher in this
county, no matter how good the roads
may be in his district, has benZire
wagon to take him and his family to
the nearest town. The automobile is
proving to be a great money and time
saving machine. Where the farmer
formerly had TO lose a day in g trip
to town he now jumps into the ma
chine, and in short time is back from
a business trip 10 the city.
Another expense and time saving de-
vice that is in use on many ranches
is that of the gasoline hay baler. With
this the hay can be baled and placed
on the cars sooner after it is cut than
by the old process of the horse press
and the merrY-go-rOund affair. With
less time elapsing between the cutting
Of the hay and baling of it, the farmer
can get water on the stubhle sooner
This hastens the growth of the new
crop and the next cutting In a year
the rancher gains at least one cutting
by his rapid baling. No sooner does
- =, i
horses to move Oh as they drag the
gang plow across the field being pre-
pared fer grain. Drawn by chugging
iron horse, the series of six or eight
disc plOws, cutting a strip from 20
TO "A feet wide, turn over the loose
lCam
The manufacturer of farming imple-
mentS, fOreseeing what the advent Of
the tractor into the ranches would
mean, has been engaged in preparing
the gang plOws that are drawn behind
them. The result is that today these
DOW erful engines draw a series Of
three or four plows capable OF turn
ing any soil from that in country
road to some summer fallowed grain
land
Now. the disc plows are taking he
place of the old style share plow
/ These are manufactured in a and 2S-
inch discs with 6, s, 10 and II discs
to the plow The farmer with his five
or 1O-acre orange grove finds such
plows to be of great service. With
such a device for turning the soil he
is able to reach greater depth, and
pulverize the soil better than with the
old style plow.
Throughout Riverside county the
! farmers are now carrying on their
work in a more scientific manner.
says Luther Cell of the Davenport
Wheeler & Allen Implement Company
I The result is that the old implements
are discarded and those equipped witt
more recent improvements are pur
chased"
1t is the grain and fertilizer drill
| upon which the most noticeable i'm
| prOvementS have been made recently
! These changes have led TO a drill be
! ing placed on the market that does
| the work in a more effective anC
| economical manner A late improve
ment on one of the fertilizer drills i:
that OF shield covering the wheels
| protecting the lower limbs and frui
trees from ENHANCEMENT in the re
volving wheels. The outlets have ais;
been enlarged until any amount of fer
| tilizer from | to - pounds can b.
placed to the acre.
Little grain is now sown broadcast
| 1t is found to be more economical, ant
at the same time more effective tt
drill the wheat and barley into th'
soil. For this purpose large machines
| supporting 20 drills, regulated to seet
from one quart to one and One-hal
bushels to the acre, are in use. Thi
f, is also a great saving in both grail
and time. The farmer now does al
/ his work in one trip over the field
At the same. time he may place tn,
| grain in the ground at any depth VI
| To six inches