The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-05-03
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hIled with earth and the new-made fields presents
hney mulched even surface
Inc tank Is not only first in war 1t is first in
peace For Its weight 1t has more pulling power
imam any farm machine made. 1t is the biggest
money saver and time saver ever introduced for
power purposes upon the farm The division Of
hsrcuitural engineering of the University of Cali
AOihia mas round that one man with As horse
po"eF tractor on the university farm can do the
WORK OF from three to six men with mules More
over the same machiDa may be ken going dsv
anu N'ghe a great advantage in California where
1t Is necessary to get large amount OF work done
IN snort time. And 1t requires no feed or care
when not working - NA''
for varied Illustration Of what a trock lover
can 10 take the case of the I-54 n buel,,, ,it4Io
30 horsepower tractor which has been out of tho
shop Tor eighteen months The writar ,rotota,
her working and learned of her career s,rco 49,
day she left the factory INC
one was hauling beets when I first saw bar
ohuer the thrust of her powerful engines sbo
went forward In cloud of dust that MA - ~ 9ilo
all eyes but her drivers She mounted 81 l'uiu
Oh the leFee, dragging her own weight oF a. 80
ohe-hsn tons and two eleven-ton trucklooI ~
peers as easily as IL there had been no load ~ al
me ground on the island is what rancbers In
nv u su q, the san Joaquin river call peat hot
tom nun 1t gave under like saw Iogs n - -,
boom as the little LISA dragged ber 7ro,r,t !" mn
u, huggIng the ground as closely ne baSro-
"heh she had reached the top lisa stoDroa ~ -
ment ana the driver got his bearings Tbo" ~ ~.
gears connected with her right trock bar , ,te
racN remaining stationary and she SWING 49,
rom right TO left on her own axis opIte o Vunu
IDLY as lady in the fox trot Us rap
This. however was nothing for a.
'ah 90 backward or forward up hin or 49,, "
Vah SPIN around all day like deryisb n bo 5. rlu
ln'C"s Ia nut one clutch Time and again che ~.
P'SAeu her way over the peat hogs ~ +ba I.'S
iee'a'heu land, skrted the edge Of hi, -,
NN y. eght feet deep. backed and sidestaur"I
""u "'uGed miniature chasms conedort -.
"9'nns short of a cave-in OF the whole oath 'l|t
SIop her progress and that the harrows nIo,.o
led ~ ''''o" Wherever she
L''4 Is ponderous deliberate creotpro ,r,,,
49,, ' ' grip upon the earth. II covered Wien
sheet iron and armorcd she could 80. o.et'u win
,"tV0Sn wire entanglements as easily as r.,
,unSS 'nre through the German defensss a. Ca,,
u'o' hut more than all things else 81, I'm,
money saver and man saver -
rms Is all IN the days work with -,
.'N"' ""rA too In fact her driver can -, s'Iu
yer "hen she worked all day and tbsr - s.'.eiu,
~ AT night with an acetylene lamn ,,I,,,. - at
,et's with Suhsoil pillow is inches deem cup Sp
u"S oeen on the job in way or ono+bsr -, s .
time for Is months "N''"eF all the
- Uou pulled grader holding five cr,t,
- " u.'' 10 level the land for irrigation n,
,''s single acre had been nut into no. -,
had been lent to a farmer in M, -, us,,S' she
ne had htched her up to a cbISa, sb,r, S'''.,,S
S'"er tnat would break the hardest sro1,r, =,
u.S'IlS' anu she had SUBSIDIZED the land = - '.'e
=, - inches, breaking up the bsrf.DI w ~. t'-
""'te zen Sh2n or horses had failed Fo- ar s s"i
u'ne 10 . years that land had produced On -,
els or wheat to the acre. 'o push
me L'04 mounted the levee with her ,rro