Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-04-14
TRACTORS
GOOD ROADS
BRITISH FARMERS
TURN TO TRACTORS
GuN crumCut Department for Food
Production Increases it,
supply

How England and other parts VI
the. British islands urr turning to|
tractors bs uu aid to Increasing food
production. aud something uf the
Stops forward that have been made
800 thu pruHtw is set forth in fig
urpa Ir,rwIi disclosed lt % sWslun
ul parliament IN tu the end of
October uHt nearly 100000 had
been spent hy the British govern
mvutH Zoo production dvpUrtmogi
Iof which flNHAFlt was for the
purchpac ~ tractors plowr and the
liko. and It.1ah,nui ON working cN.
pcuHys attached Go the tractor using
plan. Including fuel and spare parts
That authorities IN England as
elsewhere have found the American
| type of tractor tu produce what "
expected Of It is shown Ia statements
/ by men In various pRrtH Of the
/ islands that IA large proportion Of
/ tractors used at present are from
/ the United States Tho Increased
use which In being given tractors In
actual surNiCe may be known from
IA report that 2l0 tractors were
added TO the governments irnt avail
able for farmers use In the course
| OF hut seven weeks During the
week, ending October ~, there were
/ .4bO tractors owned by the depart
ment, and during that week, rented
out on equitable terms TO farmers,
these tragDrs plowed l0i4O acres,
an average Of 72 acres per machine,
In this period there was an average
OF a937 working hours when each
tractor was idle'on account OF bad
weather ny December /, the mum
bcr OF tractors had increased to
900, and these accounted for
l4.Ob3 acres OF plowing. an aver
age OF nine acres per week with
only an average idleness OF sos
per cent on account OF bad weather
From agricultural sections comes
testimony to the appreciation which
In growing OF tho tractors value,
one Scottish farmer points out that
now II will be possible 10 carry ou,
a series OF experiments on the ques.
ton OF growing beets for sugar
lScotlapd, Il will be remembered, wa
the scene OF tractor tests and ex.
hlbltions last fall conducted undsl
the auspices OF the Highland az
rlculturnl society, when popular In
tercst In tho governments program
was heightened, and the practica
points of "A tractor desirable for tina
market were worked out,
In the farming sections OF Eng
land, much interest has grown on
or the inuoduution OF tractors int
daily uhe.> Farmers have been n,
daring as 20 wager and lose sum
OF money on their ability TO mattel
with horses the daily acreage plowe,
by a tractor. In the district Rroun,
Bristol. n small light tractor IL pre-
ferred on account OF the heav
gummy nature Of the soil. A poin
is brought out also In the prefer
ence OF local dealer for a trncto
that IL geared with two speeds 8
that II may cover considerable roa
distances as well as travel througl
the difficult soil.
Ireland, where the Increase
acreage devoted TO agriculture dur
Ing 1917 was 500 900 acres as com
pared with that OF 1915. is expectin
TO make stronger efforts to increas
this cultivated area during the com
ing year, At present most OF IN
use OF tractors In Ireland has bee
confined TO blowing. harvesting op
erations being largely dependan
on the kind OF season at harves
time
- In all cases tractors using kero
sene or paraffin are preferred I
, those which roly on gasoline or pc
troll. this due TO the present conditio
OF gasoline supply In England, Iris
authorities refuse tn eppnuraee a
to aid In any way the acquiremen
Of machines which use the latte
, fuel In tAe report OF Scottish test
while II Is recognized that unit
more normal conditions return no
much can he done. "a preference 10
ghBollne or petrol. IN expressed o.
account Of tho comparatively poore
vnporizing qualities ~ the 10,
grade fuels which are the only one
available now.