The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-03-13
PROMINENT MEN
PRAISE IDAHO
Observation-Disclosures Visiting
Harvester Plant Laud
Little Wonder"


ous and successful ranchers of the
Cottonwood section, have just re-
turned from Moscow, where they
visited the plant of the Idaho
National Harvester Company and
inspected the 1913 Improved
Idaho, which both gentlemen pro
nounce the greatest harvesting
machine ever offered the rancher.
Mr.. Bruner, it will be recalled,
purchased and operated an Idaho
last season and his experience
with the "Little Wonder" was
more than satisfactory.
II bought an Idaho harves-
ter" said Mr.. Bruner, "because
nv best business judgment and the
most careful figuring convinced
me it was my best interest TO do
so. | have not been disappointed
in my estimates. On the other
hand | have secured better results
than / expected to.
"When | first considered the idea
Of getting the machine it seemed
to me with all the stock we had
it would be impossible to get
along without the straw piles but
when | figured it all out l found
that with the Idaho / could win
ter my stock to much better adj
vantage on hay and grain and
still save lot Of money in doing
So"
"This looked good to me and
the use of the machine has con-
firmed my figures. Despite the
long, hard winter my stock has
faired better than ever before
are in perfect condition, and l
am away ahead in cash.
II cut and threshed two
hundred ninety acres of wheat
and barley the past season at a
1 cost of $100 per acre, including
Y liberal wages for myself and team,
interest on my investment and all
incidental expences. Two hundred
acres of this was my own. The
other ninety l cut for neighbors,
earning practically the payment
4 on the machine, which to figure
N it one way made my own harvest
expense practically nothing.
II got as big a Yield as I could
have with any other method, and
a got it with less trouble, less
worry, and less expense than !
could have in any other way.
THE Idaho made me independ-
ent Of outside help. | needed on
" myself, my own team, one nireC
man and the profit making Idaho
to put my grain into the sack
ready for market.
There was no big header crew
to worry with; no threshing army
to wait on and provide for; nc
extra work or annoyance for Mrs
Bruner, and for myself l found
the work of handling the Idaho
much easier than the usual har.
vest labor.
q 1 worked eight horses-sis
OF them not over 1900 pounds il
weight, and one that was ovel
twenty years old. They handled
The machine with all ease and af
Ter 1t was limbered up went
right along with it, putting fortf
no more effort than they woulc
with other ordinary farm work
If as much.
In the beginning l made The
mistake that a great many de
with their first harvester;
started too early-before the graz,
was ripe. This caused me some
troubles but these were overcome
as the grain ripened and once i
was in proper condition my
machine ran right along wlthou
causing a particle of trouble o.
minutes delay.
Without doubt the Idaho il
great boon to the grain rancher
Also it is a great piece of ma
chlnery. 1t saves the grain
cleans it perfectly reduces tn
neavy harvest costs to practically
nothing and makes the who'll
work easy and economical.
The 1913 Machine, which w
thoroughly inspected during on