Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-15
VIEWS OF TRACTORS WORKING AT FREMONT
FREMONT TRACTOR
SHOW A SUCCESS
Attendance Large, Demonstrations
All that Were Promised and
Sales Satisfactory.
MANAGEMENT IS PRAISED

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manufacturers more than did the Ma
tionai Farm Demonstration. which closed
at Fremont. Friday While the shows
at Hutchison. Enid and ChampalSne. this
year were more or less successful. the
rains at all Of these put the dsmper on
the demonstration and on the buying
activities. so that II remained for the
| Fremont show 70 cap the climax.
Tractor mon are greatly pleased with
4 the result OF their weeks work at Fre-
mont. They cannot praise too highly
| this Fremont show. which Is, after all
/ the show that started them all on the
path. Three years ago tho first show
of this character was held at Fremont
| The other thows in Kansas, Oklahoma
and III nois, are merely copied after the
pattern OF the big show at Fremont,
which was originated. planned and exc
euted by the Twentieth Century Farmer
publication Of Omaha.
Many sales Are Made.
With some OF the tractor manufacturers
/ selling as many as 100 tractors and even
more during the week, there was good
! cause for cheerful parting. when all
! pulled up stakes Friday evening.
| Many of the companies sold upwards
OF seventy-flve tractors during the week,
and one firm reported 100 tractors sold
| to one dealer in Kansas, who is TO repre-
sent the company in that state.
1t was a good buying crowd that at
tended the tractor show all week. The
| tractor men said so. Demonstrations or
no demonstrations, the sales booths were
/ always crowded with prospective purchas-
ers. and for time the tractor men dur
ing the latter part OF the week. wrote
orders almost as fast as the pencils could
' work.
The success of tractor farming has
long since been demonstrated. The aues-
tion with the farmers simply is which
style Of tractor do they want. or which
style OF tractor Is peculiarly fitted 20 their
especial needs on a larger farm, a small
farm, hilly farm. or a level farm.
Keeps BACK Invaders.
I'VE think of the tractor as a machine
of construction, but it is also capable
of great destructive power.
This is vouohed for by Edward Molnar
OF Budapest. Hungary, who has been In
attendance at Fremont looking over trac-
tors for the Hungarian government.
Count Molnar tells of how he mobiliEed
$50 tractors for use in the war. and how
he used no Holt Caterpiliars in dragging
forty-two centimeter guns and twenty
fve-ton loads of ammunition over snow
and ice In the Lupkow and Uzsok Passes
| up to the firing lines In the mountains.
He asserts that this alone enabled the
Hunsarians to keep supplies Of ammuni-
ton on hand to repel the Russian hosts,
saving Hungary from the invaders.
Grades Fremont streets.
Mayor Dahlman, omaha's Cowboy
Mayor, tried his hand at operating u
IIart-Parr tractor at Fremont Friday.
and despite the fatal thirteenth, per-
formed in great style. plotting the Lat
tie Devel' over the field and turning up
the sod Ike a veteran
! The H0rt-Parr tractors made a hit with
the popuace of Fremont. too, as they
were used TO grade seven city blocks.
grading nearly half mile OF city streets
in three hours. And 1t cost the Fremont
taxpayers nothing-so they should worry.
Take IL Home to Try out.
Talk about guarantees. the SanduHky
Tractor company offers one which shows
absolute faith In the product on the part
of the maker. The sandusky Tractor,
THE Little Fellow With the Big Pull"
Is offered to prospective buyers on a
proposition whereby they may try II at
home for three days This enables the
farmer to see for himself just what the
machine will do at his work. and GER
tainly speaks well for the manufacturer
who can show such implicit faith in his
product.
PulverlEes the Soil.
The Aliis-Chalmers three-wheel Tractor
and Rotary Tiller were two singular ma
chimes which attracted great deal OF
attention. The tractor with Its cast steel
frame, differential, and easy steering
qualities Is worthy Of comment. but most
attention was given the tilIer which is n
/ Swiss invention. The tiller does its work
by means Of long, strong steel forks
which dig into the ground and turn II
up in a perfectly broken and pulverized
condition, thus preparing the ground for
seeding at one operation.
Many Use Beaver Motors.
The Beaver Manufacturing company,
makers Of the Beaver motors lad very
elaborate and complete display at the
Fremont Tractor show. Beaver motors
are designed especially for tractor work
and are being used to advantage In some
OF the leading machines. Their work is
giving very good satisfaction and this,
together with the interesting display put
on at Fremont, gained many flattering
comments from visitors at the demonstra-
tion.
Tractor with n MuffIer.
L. ]. Sweeney OF the Sweeney Tractor
company makers OF the Iron Horse"
stells an Interesting experience which IL
Illustrates the desirabllity OF muffler on
tractor At The conclusion OF demon
straiion tie prospective purchaser said,
Wen, Mr.. Sweeney. there's one big
ature about your tractor which greatly
cases me. and II Is that your machine
res rot drive a man crazy with noise"
SIR. Sweeney predicts that In the future.
to gaia approval. all tractors must be
equipped with mutflers. and that other
improvements will be made with a view
OF giving more comfort and convenience
TO operators.
Wallis Cub o. Popular.
The Wallis Cub tractor was one OF the
most sought after machines on the
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