Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-09
power FARMING
is OUTGROHTH
OF AUTOMOBILE
WHY'S Says Farmer Has
Benefited Most by
New Mechanical
Era.
BY JOHN WILLYs.
OF WIIlys-Oyerland. In

than any other individual by the
great mechanical era which has
emancipated him from toll, short
ened his hours of labor, making pos
sible great advantages for himself
and his family.
From the time when natives
plowed the ground with pointed
sticks, either drawn by oxen or, men
farmers work has been revolutions
lied by one invention after another.
The reaper, the power thresher and
the cultivator have all had their
part and now with the advantages
brought about with the two last adj
ditions to the farmers equipment,
the automobile and the tractor, the
modern country gentlemen holds
more than ever the enviable place
In the eye of his civ ne;phbors.
Closer to Market.
Take first the automobile. With
this modern time saver at his com
mand the farmer 20 miles from town
IS as close to his markets as the one
five miles from town who depends
upon the horse-draWn vehicle. The
former feeling of isolation of farm
er living 10 to so miles from a city
has been completely lost with the
newer methods of transportation.
And with the shortening OF distance,
which consumes a great part oflhis
lost time in getting back and forth.
has come the reduction in the long
hours thus formerly expended. For,
just ahead of the steering post of
the automobile, lie the glimmering
lights of the city.
This gives the modern farmer all
of the helpful advantages of farm
life coupled with closer touch with
the city where he finds a market
both for buying and selling. 1t is
now an easier matter to dispose of
perishable product at a greater pro-
fit and for the farmer to do his buy
ing at times when lower prices pre-
vail.
Adds Pleasure to Life.
With the automobile the whole
social and educational life of the
farmer has taken on added pleasure
Friends are now close at hand,
schools, colleges and music lessons
are an easier matter. For these rea-
sons the farmers children are not
so easily tempted to leave the farm
for the glamour Of the city.
Every country fair and every mar
ket day tells plainly who is buying
the automobiles. For in the rural
communities surrounding the $780,
600 farms in the country, 100000
passenger cars were owned and OPP
Grated by these farmers or by dwell
ers ia the rural communities ada
cent to them during the past year.
There are countless other ways in
which farmers are prohting through
the use of the automobile.
Farmer Quick to See.
But we must consider the produc-
ing end Of the farm business Every
farm is a factory and just as we in
the manufacturing business are quick
to grasp every time or labor saving
device. the far-sighted farmer who
has taken advantage of these labor
savers has prohted in direct proper
ton.
On the producing side of the farm
er's business. the tractor has sprung
into prominence with the call for
more intensive methods. During the
war the whole world looked to the
farmer and still looks to him to cul-
tivate his land in a more intensive
manner than ever before.
Even before this time we had real
lied the part the tractor would play
in relieving the tremendous burden
of labor under which the farmer has
been operating. However. we cast
about to secure more than simply
horsepower" and when the inter-
ests of the Moline Pillow company
were combined with those of Willy
Overland, Inc, we secured in this
transaction not only a mechanical
pulling arrangement but complete
system of mechanical farmer. For
the Moline Universal Tractor is de-
signed to accommodate various units
to do every kind of farm work and
which are quickly attached to its
fran and become an integral part
of its construction. 1t is a great step
forward in the complete motoriza-
ton of the farm.
Easy to Watch Work.
The seating arrangement is simi-
uar to that formerly occupied on the
horse-drawn vehicle and is located
at a point where the operator may
watch the work going on beneath
him with the power end in front and
easily controlled. A power wheel at
tachment enables the farmer to
make additional use of his equip
ment for saving wood, churning and
other kinds of work formerly CLASH
fed under the head of Chores"
The farm today equipped with this
double advantage of the power trac-
tor at work on the production end
of his business, combined with the
automobile to help on the shorten
ing of distance and delivering prod
uee to town and fastening back
with repair parts or needed equip
ment occupies an enviable position.
Automobiles today can be OBJ
served on any country road. They
may be discovered carrying milk
butter, eggs. garden truck and live
stock to the markets or making a
quick run to town for repair parts.
In former days a break down might
have delayed a threshing crew or
several hands in the busy season for
q half a dag or longer. Now it is
q matter of an hour or so. And this
time is vital to the farmer in the
busy season when delay may spoil
his entire crop.
Misfiring at Low Speeds.