Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-13
MANY SALES MADE
AT TRACTOR SHOW
Best Buying Crowd that Ever At.
tended Exhibition, Say Manufac-
turers of Big Machines.
ONE FIRM DrsPosFs OF FIFTY

"The best buying crowd that ever
attended a tractor show" is what
the tractor manufacturers are saying
at Fremont OF the crowds attending
the National Farm Tractor demon
stration there this week.
One firm reports the sale of fifty
tractors up to Thursday afternoon.
Another firm reports selling twenty
five tractors. Others tell of from a
dozen to twenty sales. and altogether
General Manager Hildebrand esti-
mates that 150 tractors have been
sold to farmers already this far.
A representative of the International
Harvester company said Thursday that II
today Is az good n day as Thursday the
week win total far greater sales OF trsc-
tors than did the weeks show at Hutch
inson, which Is the show that up TO this
time has held the record for total OF sales
Foreign Buyer n Booster.
Mr.. Mohler, representing the Austrian
government who has been on the ground
all week looking the tractors over and
buying machines for various lines of ag-
ricultural work In his country. says,
II have been IN this country over year
now studying agricultural conditions as
have studied them always in my own
country. believe / am safe In saying
that within ten years there win be a
tractor on every farm in the state of
Nebraska. Every indication is that the
tractor is indispensable TO agriculture and
is here 10 stay"
Mr.. Mohler has just placed an order
with the manufacturers OF the Holt Cater
pillar tractor of Peoria, ILL.,, for sixty
machines. lie bought sixty of the eight
cylinder. i2o-horsepower Caterpillars for
use on some OF the big ranches in Austria.
He says there are many ranches in Aus
tria OF from 5000 20 10000 acres and. IN.
his opinion, he has found the machine
he wants for these. si
With special trains from the Albion
branch and the Sioux City branch Thurs
day. the demonstration had the largest
crowd yet seen this week. Conservative
estimates placed the crowd at between
1000 and 120oO.
The Sioux City special brought In 500
and the Albion train brought between 400
and 600. Dozens and dozens OF automobiles
came In from Grand Island, Holdrege and
even farther west.
Many See wrestling Match.
Hundreds and. perhaps. thousands OF
people came Thursday in order that they
might be in time to see the steoher-Hen-
derson wrestling match. which was
pulled off in Morris park at night as a
special feature of the weeks festivities
INtftv ~ the tr.ctora ga,,o dar.onat.a
tlons in plowing and other work on the
big field during the day. This Is the
greatest amount OF tractors that has yet
been out at any time There are wet
spots in the fields. where the ground IL
too wet 10 piow. II the day is fair today,
Il IL expected that all OF the ground will
be in shape to plow and It is expected
that the eighty tractors will all be out
dynamite Demonstrations.
Special demonstrations In dynamlting
ground and stumps were also given dur
Ing the day Moving pictures of all the
work were made.
The accessory manufacturers who are
the technical points OF the
engines, are greatly pleased with interest
that is being shown in these special
schools OF instruction. This is what is
known as the short course in tractors,
and the room is always crowded with
farmers and ranchers who are anxious to
earn the last and most up-to-date detail
of the motor of each machine. The &C
cessory men say this Is the best indica-
lion OF all that the tractor Is here TO
stay. that the farmer feels be must have
Il. and that the day OF horsepower farm
ng is rapidly drawing 20 a close.
Here IL today's program;
lay.
$3.50 to I2-Private demonstration.
10 to 1880 a. m.-Tractor short course.
Free dinner. South Omaha Union Stock
ards barbecue.
$50 TO $3.50 p, m-Public demonstration.
Union Pacific Railroad, North Platte
Grand Island. Columbus. Omaha divisions
excursions.