Meade County news., 1916-11-02
CROWDING OUT THE HORSES
Tractors Will Do All Work on Farms
in the Future, Says. College
Authority.

The Tractor can completely supplant
the horse for all work on the farm
only when the farmer ceases to think
of work in terms of horses and begins
to think of it in terms OF engines, in
the opinion of W. H. Sanders, instruc-
tor in farm motors in the agricultural
college. If the farmer dem..lds it the
designing engineer will construct en-
gines to do every task which the
horse does today.
Just as horse power in the past
has supplanted the man with the hoe,
so In the future the tractor will sup
plant the horse" says Mr.. Sanders.
1T took man many ages to realize that
by using horse drawn machines he
could greatly increase his efficiency.
Today few men realize that the trac.
tor is slowly taking the place of the
horse for all manner of farm work.
1t is replacing the horse for the same
reason that the horse replaced the
slave-it is more efficient"
The advent of the tractor, believes
Mr.. Sanders, means there must be
some changes in the methods of ag.
riculture just as the working of horses
has meant changes in methoGs since
the work was done by slaves. Next
spring at least three traction compa-
MES will place upon the market en-
gines designed especially for the cul-
tivation of rowed crops. This is az
indication of the trend of progress in
the manufacture of tractors.
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Visited State Troops.-Fort Riley
presented an animated scene the other
day as several thousand visitors-rel-
atives and friends of members of the
First Kansas Infantry arrived
to visit the troops and inspect the
government reservation. A battalion
parade presented the formal portion
of the entertainment, while football
games and other kinds of sport fol-
lowed:
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Capper Borrowed" Shave.-Because
he forgot his razor when ne started for
Salina on a Rock Island accommoda.
tion train, Governor Capper had to
borrow" a shave on the way. The
trains engineer furnished a razor a
brakeman furnished a cake of soap
and the conductor managed to dig up
lather brush. Hot water for the
shave came from the engine tender.
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X. U. Student Dies Of Typhoid
Paul Huxman, University of Kansas
freshman, died recently in Wichita fol
lowing an attack of typhoid fever. His
parents live at Pretty Prairie.
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From Village to city.-Augusta, the
Butler County oil town which sprang
from avillage to city of six thousand
population in a year because of the oil
boom, will pass from the third to the
second class at once. The CONNER
cial club has made application for the
increase, the third class limit being
three thousand The latest Kansas
Il
census gives the town twice that pop
ulation. The commercial club will in
augurate campaign at once to put
the town under commission govern
ment.
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Petroleum Company EnIarging.-
The Petroleum Products Company o.
Independence has begun work or
eight new stills, which add about one
thousand barrels refining capacity
The Armours of Chicago are interest
ed heavily in the corporation.
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Kansas Exhibit Wins Prize. = Kan
sas won the first state prize for the
best agricultural exhibit at the Inter
national Soil Products Exposition
which is being held at FL Paso. Tex.
in connection with the Internationa
DRY Farming Congres-