The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1912-01-11
LITTLE IDAHO A
MONEY SAVER

OF land about two miles west of
Cottonwood, is an enthusiastic
owner of an Idaho National Har-
vester.
MY experience with The
Idaho says Mr.. Brown, con
vlnces me that it furnishes the
best and the cheapest method of
harvesting that is possible.
= cut and threshed with my
machine, the past season, two
hundred and seventy eight acres,
to be exact, of barley and wheat
under very adverse conditions.
and the results given me by the
Harvester were more than salts
factory.
my land is practically all side
hill and 'patchy'. My horses are
all small. | had only one on the
machine that would be classed
as reasonably sized work horse.
and that one would not go over
1850. Then too, my land is rocky
my fields are full of extra large
boulders, so altogether my work
certainly gave MY Red Headed
Girl. as we have nicknamed The
Idaho, severe test.
Notwithstanding these draw
backs, however, | got along fine
with The Idaho and | saved
through its use, not only time ano
worry, but A LOT OF MONEY
in the cost of the work.
81 had a good heavy crop the
past season. My barley averaged
something over rs bushels to the
acre, while my wheat went bet
ter than So bushels to the acre.
The Idaho got all the grain for
me and with it my harvest ex-
pense averaged just zoe per acre
which you will see meant big
saving to me over the old meth
DDS.
81 worked eight horses. all
small as l said before. On some
of the steep hills the work pulled
them pretty hard, but on the
whole the work was no heavier
for them than ordinary farm
work.
81 averaged only about nine
acres a day, but this was due to
the lact that we worked short
hours, 7 and 8 hours a day. One
day we made IA acres which
shows what we could have done
had we put in all the time.
II started in to cut my wheat
too green and as a result | had
some trouble. | do not blame the
machine, though. 1t was alto
gether our fault. | do not think
ordinarily any man would have
any more trouble with the Idaho
than any other piece of harvest
machinery, if as much.
1.-The Idaho certainly does the
work fine. AS a proof that it
takes the foul stuff off the land
| want to tell you of something
1t did for me. / had one piece
OF short barley that was badly
mixed with extra long timothy
l cut and threshed s acres of this
with The Idaho, and out of the
barley grain off this s acres |
have sold 1880 worth of tim
othy seed. This looks to me as
positive proof that The Idaho
puts all the grain into the sack,
and none back on the ground.
Now, l had ID acres more
OF the same kind of grain that
] had harvested in the old way.
1t cost me exactly $2.75 an acre
to cut this and put it into the
stack and because Of the hard
threshing made by the mixture
of barley and timothy, it cost me
lie per bushel to have it thresh-
ed. This shows how much the
Idaho saves a fellow in the cost
OF harvesting.
81 have not said very much
about my experiences before, ex-
cepI TO my nelSnDorS anu lfleHus.
Have not even written the COM
pany about how got along, but
so much interest has been dis
played in the Idaho and so many
have wanted to know about my
experience that am glad to have
it published.
Il can strongly recommend
The Idaho to any man that wants
to do his harvest work with the
least trouble and worry and that
wants to make and save for him
self the most money out OF his
ranch. / would not consider 60
ing back to the old method for
any price"
Mr.. Browns experience is in
line with that of the other users