Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-08-10
TINE GREAT FIRE.
MONT DEMONSTRATION.

getting a blow squarelN between
the eyes at the great tractor dem
Onstratinn at Fremont. Nrh.. this
week. where 200 acres are be
ing turned upside down before Il
crowd that is estimated by en-
perts to reach over 200. 900 before
the. week ends. More than sixty
different makes OF tractors are
entered. and while blowing is he
feature. vet several of the COM
panies are equipped to demon
strate. the adaptabiliiy of the
tractor tn do practically all "f the
horse-killing field work ON he
farm.
One mile outside of Fremont,
covering ten-acrc field. is the
city of tents which serves as he
daylight home for the tractor
men. who are on hand from all
parts of the country. out he
yond the city of while and khaki
colored canvas are the broad
acres that are being turned up 10y
the latest the power farming
world has to offer i'm TRACTORS
Watching the performance on
all sides are the thousands of
people on foot and in automo-
biles-power hungry thousands
that have travelled many miles.
following with interest this dem
onstration of cheaper power for
the farm Most of the farmers
are from Nebraska. Kansas. Iowa.
Missouri. South Dakota and
Wyoming. There are MANY rep
resentativcs. however. from all
paris of the country.
AS one watches the great
ihrOngs i'm attendance and the in
tense interest NANTES ted in this
exhibit. he realizes that no cir
Gus ever attracted as many peo-
pie. and no act of court or leg
iSlature ever inspired people with
more seriousness than this great
demonstration.
The opinion of all The repre-
spntTiNnS OF The tractor COM
panies was we'll summed up bv
II. T.. Daniels. Omaha general
agent of the International IIar-
v4ster company. when he said:
THE tractor demonstration has
raS sed the educational Stage, and
is now a business proposition for
the thousands of farmers who
want to buy tractors because they
have come to recognize theil
merits. We are all convinced
that the tractor is here to stay
and hal the farmers henreforiil
will buy tractors in he same
spirit hat they buy wagons on
binders.
There have been three tractor
demonstrations held al Fremont
and every year We have seen q
new impetus added to the iiar-
| tor business. Last year, after the
great show. we thought tractor
sales We're unusual. but ] mus
say they were nothing compared
! to our regular sales this year M
10 The beginning Of this demon
stration. Our tractor business
thus far this year has been NOR,
than twice as large as il was
last year.
"Our company has more Than
sixty Mogus and Tilans on hanl
here at Fremont for immediat.
delivery. and we do moi expect f.
have enough to meet the demand
These special sales are merely
| nn evidence of the regular trac-
tor business That has grown up
and g now Il regular part of ouI
trade.
Omaha and Fremont dailies. q
we'll ss the newspapers all thu
Nebraska and the surrounding
states. are issuing the call to r.,
gee agricultural army to mol.
lilize al Fremont and witness hi
ecea; demonstration. The %lni,
i lc.ri'pr, is resounding W:!h N
,c!a-h -; steel upon the sunbal,e,
sod ana! stubble. The papers an.
ihr people are Interested becars
til. coming OF the tractor is tn
coming of new era of farmin;
An era which will lessen tn
:ahnr as we'll as cut down the la
Scr costs of farming. The in
1':iance of the farm tractor upnl
a.. existing institutions promise
Ia he as powerful for good as wa
the appearance Of the grail
binder itself.
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