Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-17
OUR TRACTORS ARE
NOW USED ABROAD


"I am often consulted ~ late Wy
native villagers and Lurop9ad col
onlsts who desire to extend their cil-
ture and would utilize mechanical
tractors / have the honor 70 re-
quest that YOU ask the different
manufacturer Of agricultural mt
.hinory In tho United states Go FOR
ward to my dopirtmrnt their crtn-
logs-especlul of motor-cultured
automobiles or tractors" So from
far-off Cam bodin. In French lndo-
China. wrltos the French official In
charge OF developing local Rgrloul-
turo and comHerco 20 the United
States consul a, Saigon. In ;he sFne
colony. Its request 10 typical OF a
world wide interest that IL directing
tho eyes Of many peoples to Ameri-
can tractor factories for aid In In
croaslng the production Of food or
clothing crops. This French prov
inCe 10 tho southeast OF Slam IN
making efforts 20 Increase It's I'M
portRncc as n producing center Tor
cotton textiles, and tractors from
America arc expected to help. B1mc-
thing OF tho value attached 60 this
variety OF machinery, and the ala II
has given IN the EMERGENCY OF IN
creaAing food production In war
ridden countries. In already known,
American oonsulH have been watch
INK aud reporting on devciopments
and conditions that would prove or
Al a., fHA iTNEtnT
field.
In Switzerland. where the need
OF growing moro food In felt almost
as keenly ms In some other countries,
largo associations OF peasants have
turned to the tractor, Two suCh
bodies have already conducted their
Tests OF u new model In which GER
American factories. are reported TO
have impressed favorably experts re-
tAlned by the associations To pnHs on
the tractor performances. Further
trials are to be arranged near Zurich,
I.ausonne. and nelllnzona. On 40
count OF the small average size Of
the Swiss farm, usually not more
than fivecto ten acres II is thIpuRn
those ass6uia tions that trartorY VIII
be marketed most prvtltably. tho aA-
ISOLATION renting ita machines out
20 It's members.
In the provinces OF Italy. for which
the city OF Turin acts ns center, there
IL considered TO lie a broad future
market for tractors In the rice fields
which are the dlStrictA chief Inter
est. After experience with types not
exactly suited 10 the work at hand,
thore was a considerable amount OF
hkepticism among rice growers con
esrnirg the possibilities or tractors.
Tests OF o new model In which Cer-
tain OF the Italians preferences have
been respected, are reported 70 have
had more generally satisfactory
result. At the government agrlcnl-
turai station In the province OF No
vara, for instance, tests are now
showing that this type meets all re-
auire,nents. Tractors and plow.,
property OF the royal agricultural
station. have boen used by the city
OF Veroeill 10 turn its parks and re-
creation folds into farm and mar
ket gardenn,
In the Itolian procince OF Catania,
the government has provided 20
American tractors aud plows. this
az part OF It's program 10 increaZe
food production. Rented out % the
farmers. these tractors are expected
&c plow an average of five acres
daily.
Possibilities Of the market for
tractors have boen pointed out pre-
viously. Tho the government Ia cur
failing Imports thru n lack OF ship
ping space. II is reported as compare
lively easy TO get shipment OF such
lines as tractors from the United
States, a condition which is expected
20 do much 20 influence the future
Of that market. owing 10 local con-
ditions lack OF skilled labor, md ga
tenslve use OF negrocs In asricul-
hire the average OF work secured 4.
not 40 great as In other countries
whore mechanics are more familiar
with this type OF machinery. Local
farmers demand. too. n plow thnt
will turn un furrow ntnc inches
deep. "a condition originating In the
nature OF the soil, which has not yet
according 20 reports. been fulfilled
New Zealand, 80 far rs preaen,
conditions may Indicate, In aH y,t q
future possibility. tho the United
States consul In Chrlstchurch finds
reason TO believe that tho possihili
tier are real ones. To properly en-
ter this market Z Ia believed that d
branch office should be opened OF
or an agency established, preternbl,
In wellinRton, which II the commer,
ciai center OF the colony and II,
chief distributing port A uonsld
erable amount OF the activities car
r'td on are agricultural aud trnctorl
could be used for piowing harvest
inu hauling and road work