The Holt County sentinel., 1916-12-08
HORSE SENSE IN TRACTOR
BUYING
So,nsthins Of in,ere,t,to Every Farmer
IL tais Community

so,nsshins Of in.erest,to Every Farmer
l., tais Community
That the light tractor may replace
The horse IN the heavy grind Of farm
work, just--as the automobile has re.
lleved 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 10 comes to feplsc.
ing their horses with . tractor, many
obstacles appear, IS was shown Ut
recent tractor blowing demonstration
where all sorts Of tractors were going
through their PAGES.
A salesman had shown an inter.
ested farmer all the good points his
tractor possessed. He had plowed for
him, shown him how easy II was to
control the tractor, and somewhat
against the farmers will, had got him
Into the seat and let him start it,
steer IL, and stop 1t. lie then began
than horses for farm work. "That's
Just it," broke In the farmer, "if 1t
was q horse I'D know what you are
talking about, but this thing might
be wind broken and spawned In both
hind legs and probably wouldn't find
It out until IL WAS paid for and had
taken 1t home 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 Is shown the
frame Of mind OF the majority Of pro.
spective light tractor buyers. They
| all know how TO Judge horses, because
they have raised them, broken them
TO work, and studied them. Buying
Q new horse Il simply measuring him
up to standard Specifications.
But how Is farmer to know he 10
getting so .newhere near value received
when he buys tractor with no stand.
ard specifications" on which to rclyf
Or, putting IL as II really IL, how Is he
to know What are STANDARD spcci,lca.
tlons" when all tractor manufacturers
claim theirs as standard2 How II he,
IN other words, to detect spawned and
weak lunyed conditions In q tractor2
From the results Of experiments
and tests upon all types Of tractors, q
general summary can 10 made show
Ing the points OF merit necessary for
q good, sefyiceable light tractor to
have. For tho average farm, tho
amount Of power should range I'm tho
neighborhood Of eight horse on tiie
dftwbar and sixteen on the belt. ON
the average iG1-acte farm, according
To census reports, there are six work
horses and a colt. The tractor with
en- eight.horse drawbar Pull gives a
little more power than the avera %
farmer has In horse-iiesh and IL, there.
fore, q practical size. A tractor for
use In all sizes OF fields should 10
low and short coupled. This makes
short turns possible and gives avail
able power where orchards are 10
lie cultivated. Select one with two
drive wheels. A single drive wheel
cuts the tractors chances ut the load
IN half. Would You buy an automo-
bile with = single rear whcelp Two
drive wheels with q diiiefcntial are
absolutely necessary to meet all trac-
ton conditions. he sure, also, that
the wheels, both front and rear, arc
high enough 10 give clearance In soft
or uneven ground. This height, AGO,
gives q ''cttrr leverage on the load.
The power plant Of the tractor
should DO q motor OF the simplest
possible construction with low speed
ard the lewcst possible number Of
cylinders 10 deliver the required power.
The h!gh.speed motor wears faster,
uses moro fuel, and relies too much
upon Its speed for power. Conse-
Quently . low-speed tractor reduces
possible repair costs and gives q maxi.
mum Of service with = minimum Of
trouble.
liza light tractor Is to mean economy
on the farm, IL must use kerosene as
fuel. The increased consumption Of
gasoline IL greatly raising the price,
and experts predict o shortage In the
supply for the near future. On the
other hand, kerosene II not OF 10
general use and consequently Is far
cheaper. In selecting . kerosene trac.
tor great caro- 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 10
select o tractor that can burn kero.
sene ~ evenly, smoothly, and with ~
much power rs gasoline. Test the
contents OF the fuel tanks yourself.
Finally, when you 60 to market for
. tractor, select the product Of Q rep
utable com pany 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
field, can realize that their best inter.
esta are To serve your interests and
give you your moneys worth In trac
Cor power.