Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-08-30

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f-2:= HE farmer took to The autoIno-
bile as he does TO a circus. Old
Dobbins of the buggy has long
since been smothered by the
Ia exhaust from the four-cylnder
KrR.h gas vehicles, and now he Is be-
IA h\NkN Ing ousted from his old and
~ IL ~ arduOus vocation of blowing
NJ and harvesting. If it were not
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\~CM for the welcoming arms OF the
HA% beiligerent war buyers, there
@'SM would be no one to love or
IXNS cherish our black beauties,
HlkYD and, Ike poor relations. they
nv would have to survive on the
-U husks. Farming has ever been
ntttactive 70 the city chap, and It has always
been extremely toilsoIne to the native. But now
with the aid of mechanical hired hands, 1arh'ns
in the future will be mere joy-ridins. instead
of following a team of painting, p%erspirins horses
and stumbling over rough clots In the orollhs
sun while trying to keep under control n plow
whose diabolical disposition Is to twist ana turn
from the straight and even furrow, Mr.. Farmer
ran put on his automobile goggles and gloves,
seat himself comfortably In the spring seat Oh u
tractor, and under a canvas canopy That shuhs
away the sun, guide his obedient steel steed
across the fields, In the springtlme the plo"'ns
can be done to the music of the birds VINO gain
or around to watch for the luckless but luscious
WOEmS (uEueu up W ~ plhuSs. ~ "~ '"-"
the wheel, u battery of disk plows can be made
TO obey orders like soldiers.
When the blowing Is done, the mechanical
hired man will as cheerfully pull a harrow or d
seeding machine. and no stops need be mace IN
the shade to allow the "~critter' to blow" A
tractor loves to work and all 1t asks In return Is
that Its stomach be kept full OF the spirits mat
enthuse but do not intoxicate.
During the dinner hour, II the farmer follows
, l~-A So hh will rnnnpnf nn
his tractor engine with the pump and fill the
water reservoir, or perhaps he will turn the
ehurn for mother. After a long pull at the cider
barrel and the distillate tank, both master ano
servant are ready to resume operations
As the seasons merge one into another, ana
the crops are all planted and growing under Inc
genial smiles of Old Sol and the sympathetic MN
istrations Of Jupiter Pluvius, Mr.. Farmer Win
nothing to 40 but watch his grain grow can
drive his tractor over to the neighpofihg WIZ"
LOT, and witt the help Of his husky sons, or ms
nelphhor's stalwart sons, can cut enough cord
wood to defy the advance and siege or Jack
Frost The modern tractor loves to be ued 10 Il
buzz saw, and 1t sings right merrily WINE uoihs
It's work. When the wood Is cut, the oDllelhs
tractor will haul 1t to the woodshed, ana theh'
like the famous man of history. Will look Tor ne"
work to conquer. ~
The overwhelming advantage OF the tractor
over nOTSpS Is lIUk - l''""s
rho su,n,y tank Of one Of these machines IL KEEP
FIJI, Of fuel. II will work on indefinitely withou'
root whereas beasts OF burden demand time u
eat md sleep and rest. Then, too' II III"
easler on the farmer to sit on q seat ana p'oM
by turning a wheel than to follow the 1uFro~s ..
foot. Consequently, the farmer with a uuelo
will do all his blowing In from q iourtn 10 a n .h
~ tho time reoulred with horses. BY %eQuipping tn
machines with electric lights, generated oy IN
motor, the surrounding ground can be maze a
light o. day, and blowing can 90 on indepehden
If the sun. Poor Dobbins would give VT III
Ghost II subjected to such treatment.
The superiority Of the tractor Is also ae"o
strated nv the ability to get over ground 30 y"
and muddy that ordinary horses ana iarm ~
Elements would mlre in. The modern D""sle'
tractor Is built to run on Its TRACK ne.1
wide and fat. with the weight OF ue msen -.
evenly distributed, this caterpillar type OK W
s%,nhuIstor can navigate through a sea OF mud. al
hv its vreat traction power can pull anyth'!
.,con+ teeth. In the rice fields Of CaHloTh'
vhsra water stands upon the ground curing
,hs growing season, the tractor Is found 70
the only feasible means of getting over tne w.
for nlowine. seeding, cutting and harvesting .
crop. It even furnishes the mouVe power :
~thrasting the rice. !. .o,,,h n
,oo,s mo smoothing influence OF the tractor
viii do the fob and do It right. II the neus "a ~
hcon irdu.tr,ous. or bossy's product has "
converted into golden butter or sneess y.
city folks, Mr.. Farmer can haul them 70 m Ma
by hltching u trailer behind ms ua na,,,,,, Il
VI the machines are bought TOT ."e ~" :" Chr,
ity alone. II will even take the '"'" h,e.. 40
~. on Sunday, II the )itheS ""p''"'
on Saturday night. ...,. =. . mo
In ficf The tractor Is rs versatile as l" ~"
star and It doesn't mind showing on ~. Ia = ~ cs
,nIoo,v Ono has even been known 10 ro |" !.
Of rod rodents by coughing the gas from n,, it, es a%
through a rubber tube run into the p''V"'e u"
ing Of Mr.. Rat. ,.o matte,