The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-07-17
THE NEW TRACTOR
PROVES SUCCESS
IN REAL TEST
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Large Crowd Witness
the Demonstration
Yesterday.
is HANDY MACHINE
Gives Promise of Being the
Light Weight Power Plant
Needed by Farmers.
is HANDY MACHINE

All sorts of vehicles from sway
backed sorrel horse hitched to a
decrepit buggy to the finest of seven
passenger automobiles wended their
way to the plot of ground near the
Lytle factory yesterday afternoon
and carried goodly sized crowd of
business men and farmers to witness
the try-out of the Iowa Farm Tract
or which was given by Salesmanager
Hart and Foreman Nelson, represent
atives of the manufacturers.
The demonstration was great sue
cess The machine was given it's try
out on what one farmer present de-
clared to be one of the stoniest tracts
of ground anywhere near the city,
yet it pulled the four share gang
plow as easily as if it had no load
at all and the plow under the stimuli
us of such excellent motive power,
cut its burrows deep and wide. The
machine was operated by Mr.. Nelson
and he had an assistant to work the
plow. 1t has been claimed that the
tractor and plow can be operated by
one man and this is evidently true on
a piece of ground where the rock is
absent and where long furrow may
be plowed at one time.
After the engine is started all
that remains for the driver is to
steer it and it is surprising how the
whole affair will climb over bumps
and knolls without swerving from
the course laid out by the man at
the wheel. 1t developes twenty horse
power on the draw bar and has the
ability to go over irregular ground
and climb around in small bitches
and depressions which would be i'm
possible in a heavier machine.
The company hopes to have lis Of
fices opened here within two weeks
after the commercial club closes the
deal for it to come. This Will mean
an addition to the city of about iwen-
,y-five PEOPLE, in the families of Tho
office force at once. Many of the
machines are already sold and the
expressions of the farmers in attend
ance at the demonstration yesterday
would indicate that several OF them
will undoubtedly be placed in this
vicinity.
The machine sells for $500 com
plete and is nifty looking piece of
mechanism. The commercial club al
ready holds the option for the site
selected and it is probable that il the
factory comes to Mitchell tho north
ern half of the Lytle factory will be
used for is first machine SHOP and
i'm addition one story bu;l';ins ,")
by 200 feet will be added to it, + ger
the plant Is in full running orGe: it
is expected to put in foundry here
and make ald assemble the entire
machine in the one big factory.
The company is making special
feature of the clutch of the engine.
The levers are located at the right
hand side of the operators position
in the cab One lever controls both
the friction clutch and forward re-
verse. When in a tight place con-
fusion is impossible. The two levers
controlling the fuel and ignition are
conveniently placed for the operator
easy control of the engine. The
tractor has proved to be very usefu
in road work and two of them have
been sold to Cerro Gordo county
Iowa, for use in hauling graders and
road drags.
A description of the new tractor is
as follows:
One Man Tratcor.-Burns Kerosene
or Gasoline.
Weighs only 5000 pounds. De
velops 20 H. p. on the Draw-Bar ant
35 H. P. on the belt.
Draws fourteen inch plows; pull:
three seven foot binders; drags a.
many discs, seeders and harrows al
fourteen horses can pull; runs ;
thirtytwo inch separator with feed
er, stacker and weigher attachments
pulls road grader and hauls produce
to market.
The handiest machine on the farm
Runs corn shelters, huskers, shred
ders, grinders, cutters, and will fill
silo, saw wood or drill a we'll.