Meade County news., 1916-05-18
HORSE SENSE m TRACTOR
BUYING
Something of Interest to Every Farmer
in this Community

0QLuGNuIuk VI AubCECob 10 Lively - - LhACA
in this Community
That the light tractor may replace
the horse in the heavy grind of farm
work, just as the automobile has re-
lieyed him from pounding over the
roads to town to keep the family In
groceries, is proposition to which
most farmers in this vicinity will
agree. But when 1t comes to replac-
ing their horses with q tractor, many
obstacles appear, as was shown at q
recent tractor plewing demonstrates
where AL sorts of tractors were going
through their PAGES.
A salesman had shown an inter-
osted farmer all the good points hia
tractor possessed. He had plowoA foR
him, shown him how easy IL wAe -
eontTol the tractor, and goneWha1
against the farmers will, had goS HIN
into the seat and let him start Il
steer II, and step II. 1e then begSA
70 tell him how much better 10 Wa0
than herDes for farm work. "Th9t'O
juSt IT," broke In the farmer, "K 10
was . horse I'd know What y0u GTo
talking about, but this thing might
be wind broken and spawned IN both
hind logs and probably wouldn't find
it out until 10 was paid for and / had
taken II homo and used Il Q while.
No, I'm not IN the market today, I've
got to look around before ! buy"
In this plain statement II shown the
frame OF mind Of the majority Of pro.
-spectiYO light tractor buyers. They
AL know h0w 70 Judge horses, because
they have raised them, broken them
70 work, and studied them. Buying
q new horse 10 simply measuring him
mp to standard specifications.
But how II . farmer TO know he l9
HettinR RsomewhoY near value received
When he buys . tractoH with no stand
ard specihcations'' on which to YOly3
o., putting IL - II really Il, how 10 he
TO know what are standard gIeclAca-
tions" when oil tractor manufaebuYOr
claim theirs - gtandard2 How 10 he,
In other words, to detect spawned and
weak lunged conditions Ia tractorf
From the results Of experiments
and tests upon al types Of tractors, Q
general summary can be made show.
Ing the points Of merit necessary for
. good, serviceablo light tractor to
have. For the average farm, the
amount Of power should range IN the
neighborhood of eight horse on the
drawbar and sixteen on the belt. On
the average 160-acre farm, according
to census reports, there are six work
horses and q colt. The tractor with
an eight-horse drawbar pull gives q
little more power than the average
farmer has In horSe-nesh and is, there
fore, Q practical size. A tractor for
use IN all sizes of fields should be
low and short coupled. This makes
short turns possible and gives avail
able power whore orchards are to
be cultivated. Select one with, two
drive wheels. A single drive wheel
cuts the tractors chances at the load
IN half. Would you buy an automo-
bile with single rear wheel2 Two
drive wheels with q differential are
absolutely necessary to meet all trac-
tion conditions. Be sure, also, that
the wheels, both front and rear, are
high enough to give clearance In soft
or uneven ground. This height, also,
gives better leverage on the load.
should be motor of the simplest
ard the fewest possible number Of
OyAnuOAD b0UOnVOI bBO OIOQuiI0Q UOW0Is
The high-speed motor wears faster,
uses more fuel, and relies too much
upon its speed for power. Conse-
Quently . low-speed tractor reduces
possible repair costs and gives maxi
mum Of service with minimum Of
trouble.
II . light tractoris to mean economy
on the farm, 1t must use kerosene as
fuel. The increased consumption of
gasoline is greatly raising the price,
and experts predict Q shortage In the
supply for the near future. On the
ether hand, kerosene Is not Of 90
general use and consequently Is far
cheaper. In selecting q kerosene trac-
tor great care Is needed, for many Of
the so-called kerosene burning trac-
tors are not able to live up to their
claims under actual tests. Be sure to
select tractor that can burn kero-
Deno as evenly, smoothly, and with as
much power as gasoline. Test the
contents of the fuel tanks yourself.
Finally, when you 60 to market for
Q tractor, select the product of q rep
utable company who have had years
OF experience In making successful
kerosene tractors. They will not be
experimenting atyour expense in time
and money, for their product will be
standard. They alone, in the tractor
Held, can realize that their best inter
osts, are to serve your interests and
give you your moneys worth In trac-
Tor power.