The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-13
HATCH ENOUGH CHICKS TO SAVE HUNDRED HENS
Many Values of a Tractor

One cf the principal factors in mak' inS farm profitable is the furnishing of employment for the farmer and ms help through practically the entire year Idle labor represents expense without profit. Since most farm operations in volved Tn producing crops are confined 1 to about nine months, the remaining period of comparative idleness usually has q considerable effect in reducing the net profit derived from the tarm l enterprise. It is because of 'Ae9e i facts that such crops as topacc'' which affords employment for The farn" l l.clp during the winter months "heh i they would otherwise be idle. are sHch profitable crops for farmers. However, every farm cannot raise crops of this nature, but there are often opportuhl- 1 ties for profitable work in the winter which are overlooked.
 | The tractor offers an excellent means 1 of furnishing such profitable employ ment for the farm labor during the | periods in which no field operations 1 can be carried on. This employment may be had on the home farm or dolng l custom work for neighbors. The klhds 1 of custom work which can be per 1 formed with a tractor are far more 1 numerous than is commonly sup | posed Threshing, silo filling, fodder | skredding and wood saving are com | mon kinds of custom work being done by owners of farm tractors and Tn many cases such work is limited 10 only enc or two of these operations The story in our last issue Of the
 money made by MT. Van DoTn by do- ing custom work with his 1o-2o Titan | tractor is a good example or what may be done along this line.
 There are number of other kinds 1 of belt work, however, which offer even better opportunities for profitable GUS
 torn work than those mentioned
 Threshing and silo filling are re-
 stricted to comparatively limited sea l sons and. of course. come at pract1-
 cally the same time as similar work
 must be done on the home farm. Wood
 saving, fodder shredding and corn
 smelling are somewhat better in thls
 respect, but these do not offer as great
 possibilities as do some other belt op-
 erations which are being practiced by
 tractor owners in some sections.
 For example, a tractor owner in a
 limestone region can provide profit
 able employment during the entire
 winter for his tractor and any help
 which he has availab1r py purcnasing
 and operating a limestone pulverlzer. He can not only puIveriZe a sufficient amount of limestone for his own needs but the strong demand for this product should have little trouble in disposin g
 of all he can produce at a profitable figure. In certain limited sections, the , grinding of oyster shells for agrlcul-
 tural purposes. as well as for sale to
 poultry farmers, can be carried on Tn
 the same way.
 1c0
 frequently afford employment through the winter when the tractor and hired help might otherwise be idle. Many } tractor owners find small mill fur $ nishes several weeks of profitable GUS tom work annually.
 Q The value of the tractor for clearing f brush land or pulling hedges is not r generally realized. The tractor will not only do this kind of work much quicker Q and cheaper than can be done by hand
 but will do it considerably better, since
 it will remove the roots far more com.
 pletely than where the slow and expen- sive method of hand grubbing is em U ployed. Of course this kind of Wori cannot be carried on when the grount y is frozen but early spring. just aftel l. l the frost is out of the ground. and be q fore ordinary field work can be started is an ideal time for clearing brush lant n or pulling hedge with the tractor. Thi 3 is one of the most profitable kinds O = work for which the tractor can be used C and will frequently afford a numbe e of days employment in early sprins e when the outfit can be used for yer. r few other operations.
 J In sections of the country wher
 there is considerable timber a smal
 sawmill offers a very profitable forn n of employment for the tractor and farn = help during most of the winter season m The tractor can be used to great ad
 vantage in shaking logs out of tn .. woods and getting them to the mil V after which it can be put into the bel = to operate the outfit.
 There are numerous other kinds O Il work which can be found for the tracto
 during the slack seasons, which vii . not only permit the tractor to help pa ]" for itself. but will offer a splendid op
 portunity for profitable employment 0 farm labor which would otherwise rep
 resent little but expense during such pc
 riods. Every tractor owner shoul dgiv | considerable thought to the possibilit - of utilizing a tractor in the manner in ,r dica ted and find some line of wor y which can be carried on to advantage l a his hborhood-Tractor Farming.