Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-22
TRACTORS NEED
THE UTMOST CARE
Can Not Be Run Regardless of
Consequences by Farmers
or Anyone Else

The opening of the spring farm
ing season will see large number
OF farm tractors at work on the
farms of Pennsylvania. Many of
these tractors will be in the hands
of new and inexperienced men.
Some of the machines will give en-
oellent service and others will give
a lot of trouble. This is to be ex-
pected when new and somewhat
complicated machine is being used
for the first time.
. The tractor has its limitations"
says j. I. Campbell, farm adviser
or the State Department of Agricul-
ture, "as has the horse, only the
limitations of horsepower are so
we'll known and recognized that we
are scarcely cognizant of these limi-
tatons. The tractor has limitations
OF somewhat different character.
These limitations must be learned
and recognized.
Farms and fields must be made
ready for the tractor. Many fields
Will need to be laid out differently,
wet spots drained, useless trees and
fences removed, and old bitches
filled. The tractor. will work quite
well and economically in small fields
ASAN 40 ANlNy iOl 10
use.
What Pennsylvania farmers need
Is an all-around machine which will
plow, harrow. haul loads, cut grain
and do belt work, The four-wheel
type, with the four-cylinder automo-
bile type motor, is rapidly gaining
in favor and has advantages over
other types where q light weight,
strongly built, flexible machine is
needed. 1t is the part of wisdom to
avoid the freaks and the cheap open
gear construction. Breakage of eX-
pensive parts is a fault common to
some of the poorly constructed ma
chimes. l know one farmer who
broke an intermediate gear four
times last season, much to his an
noyance and expense.
1.-THE fabrication of the tractor is
factor that the inexperienced op-
orator Is very apt to overlook the
Importance of. The tractor motor is
expected to do continuous heavy
duty, and If it is to deliver the requi-
site amount of power and render
efficient and durable service, the lu-
brication must be of the best. The
best oils obtainable are none too
good. Owing to the great demand
for lubricating oils, the quality has
been reduced and there seems to be
tendency among some manufactur-
erS to put the tractor user off with
lower grade of oil than that sup
piled to automobile men. 1t is of
great importance that the tractor be
supplied with the highest grade oil
| of the proper grade to enable the
machine to do the best work with
the least wear. Changing the oil at
short intervals of two or three days
| nndnd hNy ha t,fa
| turers Is highly advisable. The saw
ing of a few dollars on oil will not
| overcome the loss resulting from the
| excessive wear due to faulty lubri-
cation. During the last few months
the writer has made special study
of tractor fabrication and the ad-
vice here given is timely and worth
while. Many tractor motors have
already been ruined by neglect of
fabrication. 1t will pay to study
the problem with great care"
BIRTH OF THE LINEN COLLAR
The wife of a Troy IN. " black
smith is said to have been the first
person to have made separate collars
| for mems shirts. This happened in
1925, and men have been suffering
ever since. Outside of inventing the
separate collar, this woman did the
| family washing.
Accordingly she set herself to
work making separate collars for
her husbands shirts and then made
enough to sell outside the home. This
| innovation attracted the attention of
Rev. Ebenezer Brown, retired
Methodist mi mister. and he, with the
aid of the women of his family, went
about selling collars. This was in
1929.