Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-11

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Since wednesday, morning there have
been conducted Id the center field ct
the Inter- Mountain fair grounds plow-
Ing Demonstration Of great interest to
the farmers. by the John Deere COM
pany. The demonstrations that arc
Of especial interest 70 the farmers are
tn, operations of the Heer 26-herse-
power. fourswheel drive gasoline trac-
tor pulling John Deere pony gang
plow. which has four bottoms.
The greatest feature of the Heer
tractor engine Is that one man IL all
that IL needed to operate both the
tractor and the gang pillow. It IL prof.
liable for the man with only 100 acres
or more Of plow land, to use this tractor
and gang pillow. This Heature can be
appreciated from the fact that four
men are necessary to operate steam
enginee outfit pulling q gang plow.
With the steam outfit It IL necessary
to have water hauler, q fuel hauler.
a fireman and the engineer. and he
must be q licensed engineer. And. too.
such a steam outfit Is suitable only
on very large ranches.
At the, fair grounds demonstrations
this week. which are being done by
John Morgan for the Heer Engine COM
pany OF Portsmouth. Ohio, Mr.. Nor
gan is showing to the utmost satisfac-
ton Of the many farmers who are
daily watching the operations. that
he alone can and does most success
fully and easily operate the tractor and
the gang pillow. Mr.. Morgan is con-
Quoting these demonstrations In con-
nection with the John Deere Plow COM
pany. He came to Boise direct from
the state fair at Sedalia. Mo-. where
he conducted similar demonstrations
Other Plow Demonstrations.
In connection with the tractor and
gang pillow demonstrations at the Inter.
Mountain fair grounds. there is being
used the John Deere two-way mold
board plow and the reversible disc pillow
these plows being particularly adapted
to irrigated land. as they leave no dead
or back burrows. They are also suit.
able for hillside land. because they
throw the dirt down hill. and because
they plow both going and coming.
Tho John Deere company Is also dem.
onstrating their alfalfa renovator ant
cultivator. special tools for cultivat.
ing alfalfa.
All tn, foregoing demonstrations ar,
being done, in connection with tho az
ricultural class of the Boise high school
which Is in charge Of Professor Dixon
This high school class has its agricul
tural experiment ground in the cente
field at the fair grounds.
Great Features Of Hser Tractor.
The Heer tractor can be successful.
operated with either gasoline. kero
sene or distilline. 1t runs at the rate
Of one to six miles per hour. The trac
tor Is provided with an enclosed cal
and can be used in all kinds OF weather
The Heer tractor is the only four
wheel drive engine on the market. Al
the wheels pull. and they also steer o
guide. The tractor Is equipped witt
the celebrated Heer engine. double op
posed. and noted for having the leas
vibration Of any gas engine on tn
market.
| The Heer tractor Is good not onl
for blowing and seeding. but 1t Is use,
with great success for threshing. sill
filling. road work. running grinders
etc.
The farmer can pillow with this trac
tor and gang pillow on land Of 100 acre
and upward, at less cost than wit
team work. When the engine Is no
In use 1t is costing nothing.