Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-09-07

attractive to the city chap. and 1t has always
! been extremely tollsome 10 the native. But now,
with the aid or mechanical hired hands farming
In the future viii be mere JOy-riding Instead
OF following team OF painting, persplrlng horses
and stumbling rough cods In the broiling
sun while trying 20 keep under control pillow
whose diabollcai disposition Is 10 twist ana turn
from the straight and even furrow. Mr.. Farmer
can put on his automobile goggles and gloves
seat himself comfortably In the spring seat of
tractor. and under cnnvas canopy that shunts
away the sun. guide his obedient steel steed
across the fields. In the sprngtime the blowing
cnn be done 10 the music Of the birds. who gath
er around 20 watch for the lucklcss but luscious
worms turned up by the blades. by one turn OF
the wheel battery Of disk plows can be made
90 obey orders like soldiers.
When the blowing Is done. the mechanical
hired man viii as checrfuy pun n harrow or a
seeding machine and stops need be made In
the shade 20 allow the "crtter" 10 blow"
tractor loves to work ana all Il asks in return Is
That Us stomach be kept fun OF the spirits that
enthuse but do not intoxcate
During the dlnner hour II the farner follows
his efficiency book faithfully he will connect up
his tractor engine with the pump and mi the
water reservoir. or perhaps he viii turn the
churn Tor mother After long pull at the cider
barrel and the diStillate tank. both master and
servant are ready 10 resume operations.
AZ the seasons merge one into another. and
the crops are all planted and growing under the
genial smiles OF Old Sol and the sympathetic min
istratlons OF Jupiter pluylus, Mr. Farmer. with
nothing 20 do but watch his grain grow, can
drive his tractor over 20 the neighborlng wood
lot and with the help OF his husky sons, or his
neighbours salwart sons. can cut enough cord
wood 30 defy the advance and siege OF Jack
Frost, The modern tractor loves 10 be tied 20 a
buzz saw, aud II sings right merrily while doing
Its work When the wood Is cut. the obliging
tractor win haul Il TO the woodshed. and then.
fkQ hg IN az Will fnr
work 20 conquer.
The overwhelming advantage Of the tractor
over horses Is that OF power and endurance. II
the supply tank OF one OF these machines IS kept
fun OF fuel. Il win work indefinitely without
rest whereas beasts OF burden demand time to
eat and sleep and rest Them too. II Is much
easier the farmer to SIT on seat and pillow
by turning wheel than 20 follow the burrows
foot Consequently, the furmer with tractor
viii DO all his blowing IN from fourth TO half
Of the time required with horses. BY equipplng the
machines with electric lights. generated by the
motor. the surrounding ground can be made as
light as day, and blowing can 10 on independent
NJ the Poor pobhlns would give up the
ghost n subjected 20 such treatment.
The superiority OF The tractor Is also demon
'trated hy the ability TO get ground soft
and muddy that ordinary horses and farm Inn
Elements would mirc Ia. The modern 5all-tread
tractor n built IA run on It's own track. Being
Wide and fat with the weight Of the machine
evenly distributed this caterpillar type Of per
'mbulator can navigate through sea OF mud, and
~ It's great traction power pull anything
Except teeth In the rice fields OF California.
where water stands upon the ground during all
he growing season the tractor Il found to be
he only feasible means 81 getting the fields
or blowing. seeding cutting and harvesting the
rop. Il even furnishes the motive power for
hrnshing the ricc.
II the road IN front Of the farm Is rough and
reeds the smoothing influence OF the tractor. II
,ill DO the Job and do e right. II the hens have
zen industrious. or bossy's product has been
onverted into golden butter cheese for the
ity folks. Mr.. Farmer haul them 10 market
y hitching trailer behind his tractor. Many
r the machines are bought for their hauling abll-
~ alone. IL win take the folks to church
u Sunday. II the Jitney happens to break down
n Saturday night
In fact the tractor Is versatile as a movie
tar and II doesn't mind showing on its diverse
alents One has been known TO rid cellar
Z rodents by coughing" the gas from its exhaust
through rubber tube into the private dwell
ng OF Mr.. Rat.
rhs development OF the tractor Is matter of