The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-06-20
MEAT MARKETS IN SOUTH
Ways by Which III. Small Pro-
Queer May Dispose of
His Live Stock.

hSIlCuilufdl tIllCltH'sg III thio ho
tional emergency, is in considerabl
measure a matter of efficiency in tn
use of farm machinery. Man labo
is scarce. The lack must be mad
up largely by better utilization o
men, horses and tractors now OF
farms.
There are three important ways il
which our more efficient farmers i'm
prove on traditional methods of US
ing labor for field operations. name
ly:
(D They increase the horse power
per man by increasing the size of
teams.
(2) They increase the area covered
per man and per team by substitute
ing large-sized implements for small
er ones.
CD They increase the area cover
ed in a given time by increasing the
size of fields.
To increase horse power per man
the farmer merely drives a three
horse team where before he drove
but two horses. or a four-horse or
five-horse team instead Of a three
horse team. This is perhaps the SIM
plest expedient for increasing labor
efficiency on the farm, and one which
is already very generally practiced
by our farmers. Where horse labor
is abundant and man labor scarce
doubling up teams effects a material
saving of labor, even without any in
crease in the size of implements used
since naturally the large team works
more easily and more rapidly than q
smaller one.
When the doubling of teams is ac-
companied by the introduction of lar
ger implements, further saving Of
man labor and of time is effected.
For example, one man WITH a two
row cultivator will cultivate twice
the crop area per day covered by the
man with one-row cultivator. Thus,
too, under favorable conditions an s.
foot mower or binder will cover much
more ground in day than will q g.
foot machine. Similar economies
may be effected with other
machines, such as harrows, sulky
plows, hayrakes, and the like, espec-
ially in the Eastern States, where
small-sized implements are the rule.
In general, the larger sized machines
cost Blu little more than the smaller
ones; indeed the difference is usually
SO small that one seasons saving in
man labor through the use of a big
machine will often pay the excess in
its cost over that of one OF smaller
size. The farmer should always buy
the largest Implement that will be
practical on his land. 1t is false econ
Omy to buy 4 smaller one.
Resort to the third expedient for
increasing labor efficiency in field OPP
erations. namely, charging fields,
depends in great measure on the lay
of the land. Where the land is level
or rolling and two adjoining fields to
be plowed can be plowed as one if a
fence between is removed, it is often
worth while to tear away the fence
and throw the two fields into one.
Thus the straightaway reaches in
blowing and other operations are
heightened and much of the time is
saved that otherwise would be lost in
turning. Incidentally, this procedure
brings under cultivation the waste
land in the fence row.
Farm-management studies have
shown that the size of farm is a con-
trolling factor as regards efficiency
in the use Of man labor, horse labor,
and machinery on farms. That is to
say, other things being equal, the
larger the far the more crop acres
worked per man. II is not possible,
of course. for the average farmer to
increase the size of his farm at will
TO meet an emergency, but many will
find it possible to gain at once
measure of the advantage of a large
farm by making their fields as large
and as few in number as is possible
under the conditions Of topography
and rotation.
For the tractor owner there are
certain special expedients that may
be resorted to in this crisis. IL work
offers an proficient operators are
available for two shifts. he should
work his outfit "a hours a day. The
tractor that works all night as well
As all day is the equivalent Of two