Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-19

OUARTERMASTERS DEPARTMENT

: partment of Agriculture:
| Keystone Tractor and Farm I'M
plement Co.. Ltd, the Parrett, 1886.
Huber Manufacturing Co., the
Huber, 1925.
Frick Company, the Frick. 1895.
NJ. L. Mumma, the Reed One-Man
Tractor.
Walter S. Schell. the Moline.
Pen Mar Auto Co., the "R. s. p"
Crispen Motor Car Co.. the Knick-
erbocker Form-a-Tractor.
The n-Brantingham Co..
the "E-B." 1920.
The Harrisburg Auto Co., the
Cleveland Caterpillar.
The Overland Harrisburg Co.. the
Plowboy, 1890, and Plowman. 1880.
International Harvester Co.. the
International, sic. and Titan. 1920.
John Deer Plow Co.. the Water
| loo. 1925,
Overseas Sales Corporation. the
Allis-C Chalmers.
There will likely be others that
will participate but as yet they have
not been announced.
The following rules and regula-
tions have been issued by the State
Department of Agriculture, govern
ing the exhibition:
1-Entries-Only one tractor of
each model of a manufacture can be
entered.
demonstrating Hours-Demon-
strations will take place during the
following hours:
Thursday. September 10, plowing,
II a. m. to 5 p. M; Friday, Sep
tember 20, plowing. "A. m. to IL
noon. Fitting and seeding. 1.S0 p.
m. to 5 p. M; Saturday, September
21, plowing, a. m. to IL noon. Fit
| ting and seeding, 1.SO p. m. to p. m
3-Area-The area of land to be
| plowed by each tractor during each
| period will be determined by the
number of plows pulled. the width of
! plows and the speed of the tractor
as given in company catalog. A
! tractor is not permitted to run more
than ten per cent. in excess n its
catalogued speed.
4-Depth of Plowing-All plows
on any given gang must be set at the
same depth to be announced by the
field manager and kept there dur
ing the entire demonstration. OIL
cial observers will report Immediate
| ly to operator failure to plow requi-
site depth and continuance of failure
to plow at correct depth after warn
ing will be due cause to request oper-
! ator to desist from demonstration for
that period, a period being either a
| forenoon or afternoon.
5-Positions on Field-Positions
on the fields will be arranged by lot
/ in the following manner:
9 Drawing for positions VIII
take place Wednesday evening, Sep
| tember IS, at a place and time to be
announced to all entrants. OBJ The
one drawing for position will serve
! for the three periods of plowing; (c)
The number drawn by an entrant
entities him to the plot with cor
responding number for each and all
periods; (d) Where an exhibitor
does not have a representative pres
ent at the drawing. same will be
done for him under the direction OF
the field manager.
6-Group Plowing-All exhibitors
will be allotted. land in the same or
adjoining fields during each fore
noon or afternoon period of the
plowing. All three plow tractors will
be grouped as much as possible.
This also applies to two-plow trac-
tors.
7-Fuel-A tractor may use kero-
sene or gasoline as specified in the
entry blank. Where kerosene Is used.
gasoline will be permitted for start
ing if so specified. The following
regulations will apply to fuel used:
(a) Gasoline-Tractors using gas
oline will have their tanks filled
from the same tank wagon with the
same gravity fuel. Tanks when
filled will be sealed by the Fuel
Committee and seals must not be
broken by the operator except in
the presence of the observer and
with the observers consent and
knowledge
b)-Kerosene-The same rule
will apply as used with gasoline
(c) Thursday Fuel Filling - All
competing tractors must report at
field headquarters at 3 a m to be
filed with fuel by Fuel Committee.
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