The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-09-14

" husks Farming has been
attractive to the city chap and 1t has always
been extremely tollsome to the native But now,
with the aid of mechanical hired hands. farming
in the future will be mere joy-ridng. Instead
of following team of painting persplrlng horses
and stumbling over rough clods In the brOlllng
sun while trying 10 keep under control pillow
whose diabOCal disposition IL to twist and turn
from the straight and even furrow Mr., Farmer
cnn put on his automobile goggles and gloves
seat himself comfortably In the spring seat of a
tractor, and under II canvas canopy that stunts
away the SUM- guide his Obedlent steel steed
across the fields, Ia the springtime the blowing
can be done TO the music Of the birds, who gath
or around to watch for the luckless but luscious
worms turned up by the blades. lily one turn OF
the wheel n battery Of disk plOws can be made
to obey orders like soldiers
When the blowing is done. the mechanical
hired man viii as chcerfully pull harrow a
seeding machine, and stops need be made in
the shade TO allow the "crltter" TO blow" A
tractor loves TO work and all It asks in return Is
that its stomach be kept full of the spirits that
cnthose but do not intoxlcate.
During the dinner hour. II the farmer follows
his efficiency book faithfully, he viii connect up
his tractor engine with the pump and MI the
water reservoir or perhaps he will turn the
churn for mother After long pun ut the cider
barrel and the distlllate tank, both master and
servant ready to operations
As the seasons merge into another. and
the crops are all planted and growing under the
genial smiles OF Old Sol aud the SYMPATHETIC min
istrAtiuns Of Jupiter pluvius MIR. Farmer, with
nothing to do but watch his grain grow can
drive his tractor over to the nelghborng wood
lot. and with the help Of his husky sons, or his
neighbours stalwart sons, cut enough cord
wood TO defy the advance and siege of Jack
Frost, The modern tractor loves 10 be tied to
buzz saw, and II sings right merry while doing
Its work when the wood Is cut. the obliging
tractor will haul Il to the woodshed. and then.
like the famous man OF history, win look for new
work to conquer.
The overwhelming advantage OF the tractor
horses Is that Of power and endurance. II
the supply tank Of one Of these machines Is kept
full OF fuel. II will work on indefinitely without
rest. whereas beasts Of burden demand time To
eat and sleep and rest, Then. too Il Is much
easier the farmer 20 sit seat and pillow
by turning a wheel than Ia follow the burrows on
foot. Consequently. the farmer with tractor
win DO NIL his blowing IN from n fourth 10 Il half
OF the time required with horses Nv eduippiuG the
machines with electric lights generated by the
motor, the surrounding ground cnn be made
light ms day, aud blowing can 10 on independent
~ the sun. roor pohhtus would give up the
ghost II subjected TO such treatment.
The superiority Of the tractor Is also demon
strated by the ability TO get over ground soft
and muddy that ordinary horses and farm Inn
PIGMENTS would mirp In. The modern haltrcad
| tractor Is built Co run on It's own track. BEING
! wide and fiat with the weight 81 the machine
| evenly distributed this caterpillar type 81 per.
| ambulatur can navigate through - of mud and
| by its great traction power can pun anything
except teeth. In the rice hrlds 81 California,
/ where water stands upon the ground durtug all
/ the growing season. the tractor Is found to be
| the Only feasible means ~ getting the fields
/ for blowing seeding, cutting and harvesting the
| crop Il even furnishes the motive power for
| thrushlnE the rice
! II the road In front of the farm Is rough and
/ needs the smoothing influence 81 the tractor, q
| ~lll do the rob and do q right II the hons have
] been industrious hoSsy'S product has been
| converted into golden butter cheese for the
| city folks. Mr. Farmer haul them 10 market
| by hitChlng a trailer behind his tractor. Many
AZ the machines are bought for their hauling RhI.
| It's alone. II viii take the folks 10 church
! on sunday, n the tltney happens to break down
| on saturday night
In faet. the tractor Is versatile movie
| star and n doesn't mind showing OF It's diverse
talents. one has even been known To rid cellar
Of rodents by coughing" the gas from its exhaust
through rubber tube run into the private dwell
ing of Mr.. Rat
Ths Development OF the tractor u = matter OF