Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-06
TRACTOR IS FINDING FAVOR
AMONG FARMERS OF STATE
Owners of Large and Small Estates
Discover Usefulness of Me-
cEanical Horse.
DOES EVERYTHING DESIRED
Requires No Rest, Food nor Sleep,
and Accompanies Work of Many
Horses and Mcn-Dcmonstrati
mt State Fair.


7 mt State Fair.
Virginia is so rapidly motorizing its
: farms that dealers in tractors and auto
= mobile trucks many OF whom will cN-
hibit at the state Fair this week, de-
8 clare they have been unable TO ill the
!. multitude OF orders which are flock
!. ing their way. During the past two
years more tractors have been put TO
!, use by Virginia farmers than the COM
~ bned quantity purchased in the pre-
, viouS history OF the machines. while
motor-truck dealers show sales which
$ farm products.
Not only have the owners of large
: estates in Virginia adopted the use
j, of the tractors and motor truck. but
:. many of the smaller land owners are
:. Supplanting their horses and mules
with the engines which. may be used
work. 1t is the opinion or both truck
and tractor dealers in Richmond that
this year will be the greatest in their
history. insofar as sales to farmers in
/: Virginia are concerned
Two days have been set aside ut the
State Fair for the demonstration of
tractors, while practically every truck
dealer OF any consequence will have
an exhibit and detail facts relating
tation on farms NJ. l.. Nichols head
of the agricultural engineering de-
partment of the farmers extension
strations. The tractor blowing viii
take place a. 10 o'clock on Tuesday
opposite the Fair Grounds. Each trac-
tor Will be allotted a piece OF ground
and given two hours in which to pillow
this. AT l o'clock tho same tractor
VIII prepare the ground for seeding
by the use OF disc harrows. pulverizers
and other implements, thus demon
their yields by modern methods These
demonstrations will be repeated on
i ih4Tsdny a. the s., sane hours
OF MOTOR FARM IMPLEMENTS
That the more general use of plcn :
sure utomobiles during the past few
tractors and trucks by the farmers or
one dealer in Richmond
r,- Untii Two or three years ago the
FARMERS or Virginia, as we'll as OF
other states. We're Very slow in takinc
up the tractor or motor truck" said
familiar with motors and motor con-
struction as We're their families ana
hired help about the farm. 1t was
the general impression that in order
IT was necessary for one to be a
trained mechanic. But when they be-
gan 70 use pleas ire cars and learn the
simplicity OF the machines and their
operation they more readily realized
the advantages of the truck and
Thus to-day II tour through the rural
districts OF the State will reveal num-
eronS tractors at work, while many
grain are passed en- route to market.
The multitude of uses to which the
tractor 1i may be put makes it possible
10 keep the machine in operation al
most continually the entire season,
while in the case of the truck it takes
the r!ace of the several wagons for
merry used in transporting back and
forth between town and farm and do
ing similar work on the estate.
TRACTOR Will DO WORK
OF SEVERAL HORSES
II is figured that tractor will do
from two 10 four times as much work
In the same time at comparative
cost ms will horse-drawn implements
or vehicles. Two acres II day is the
average amount of ground which may
be plowed by Two horse implement
recurring the labor of one man. y
and the services Of but one man. ac-
cording to the figures OF dealers.
In discussing the ADVANTAGES of the
erS point out that the perfected ma
,hines are no; stopped by hard ground.
have added To til-- burdens o! the farm
or in blowing, and that the tractor
Is power III a concentrated form. equal
After preparing the seed bed "A tractor
VIII pull II drill To put the crop in.
pun q binder or header to harvest il:
drive separator to thrcsh it. pull
the wagons 10 haul it and drive tho
elevator to unload it.
TRACTOR NEEDS No REST;
WORKS IN ALL WEATHER
During the past TWO years the more
varied CAPABILITIES OF the tractors have
come into more general use. Outside
OF blowing The chief advantage OF the
tractor is in harvesting. Grain must
he cut quickly when it becomes ripe.
and this is generally at the hottest
period OF tie wear AS a tractor
neither has 10. sleep, cat or rest the
harvesting can be accomplished in half
the time taken 10y users of horses and
,ules according 10 users OF the ma
Win the tractor all the work Of
raising a cotton crop corn crop, other
crops planted in rows can nc accom-
piishcd Motor cultivators have bec,
devised for this work, making posi-
hlc The planting ana cultivation of the
CROPS in The fan the users of trac-
tors may pull their corn binder or
picker By tractor and harvest the corn
crop, Then the tractor can he beltcd
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