The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1916-03-31


III the Walter Farm.
rd only H. rods or IL. \ round was
Ga rod. long. IN actual blowing the
circuit 70. 'hi. field was made in frv
minutes lc-. than an hour That.
'hnn, b. blowing 2l2 square rod, ur
Hu acre and u thiri. an ordinary half
day, blowing in an hour And you
know there can be- crowded IN between
rain, q lot more hours than half day.
There are all sorts Of things that
can Ice done with a tractor ilcn Hunt.
uf Blrrluw. has u small one, an S.if.
which he declares d, handler than
a team "r mules" he pulls gang
pillow with a. has cut IL acres II
wheat day with i, and an s-ropt
binder. ha, used IL in the hay field
pulling two 6-fopt mowers. operating
III" hay halcr and hauling the hay to
town. Md just how we'll II docs
thos" task j. illustrated 10y n bit of
experience that Nj. Hun, had lat
year
~ early spring. before Mr.. Hunt
had bought the tractor. he was COM
ing home from a hay baing trim out
south Of BlgeIow. The balcr and en-
giuc mounted on same truck. weigh.
ing 1000 pounds, was drawn by four
mul,r. About three mile, from home,
IN the guWbO sod, the outfit stuck.
The mules couldn't bulge wheel, so
the balcr Wa left there. Then Wet
weather came on aud there the balrr
stayed all spring, all summcr-till
September. By that time the wheel
had settled into the sod and mud ha
washed In around them. This time
Mr.. Hunt went after the baler with
his tractor.
Some Of us had nm argument abou,
the pulling power Of the tractor" said
Mr.. Hunt, "My brother said Il
could pull on the road well enough,
hut that II couldn't start "a load out
of a tight place. | thought il coul l.
We hooked onto the balcr and when
the boys wanted to dig out the wheel,
| told them just TO wait till we tried
the tractor on il. Then | put il in
low gear and started up-just easy.
And II walked right out of there,
balcr, mud and all.
Then, after We had got il home,
and balcd a day with it," continued
Mr.. Hunt, 81 told the boys we'd better
haul what we'd baled to the barn, for
II looked little like rain. told two
of them To take the mules and the
others to take the tractor and the big
rack. The boys with the tractor
hauled las bales in two loads and
the mules pulled in just go bales in
two loads. and even then they got
stuck with 30 bales and We had to null
them out with the tractor.
DO you find il hard to turn with
two mowers" ! asked. 81 should
think il would be hard to do a good
job at the corners"
"Why, not at ALL" said Mr.. Hunt.
ITS just this way. When you start
out, you 20 around the outside of your
field and keep out just as close to the
corners rs you can get. Then its
easy enough the next time around
FOR II II can go around once il can 20
around again in just the same curve,
don't you see?" And II does sound
much simpler after talking to man
who knows.
Takes the Know How.
"It's just like driving an automo-
bile" continued Mr.. Hunt. "You
learn how far to keep out from the
standing grass when you round a
corner just as you learn how much 10
turn he wheel on your car when you
see bump in the road that you wish
to avoid, II comes easy after you've
done it time or two"
In proof Of this statement Mr.. Hunt
asserts that even his youngest boy,
only years old, can drive the tractor
Tor any sort Of work. And this iron