The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-07
POWER FARMING At THE
FARMERS INSTITUTE
(Co Underwood g. t-nderv

Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
Blacksburg, Va, Aug. 6.-There
viii! be two big power farming demon
STATIONS Thursday afternoon. August
IA, the second day of the State Farm
ers' institute at the Virginia Polytech
mic institute. BlacksburgssNa-
At 1880 Wayne Dinsmore, secretary
of the Percheron Society OF America
VIII put on horse power denonstra-
lion and will demonstrate the four.
Ave and Six horse multiple bitches.
These have been worked out by the
Percheron Socieyt of America. and the
Illinois Experiment station and are
intended to show how the new null
tiple bitches solve the problem of
rowe- waste in the use of horses.
The Claim is made that this is the
snos. efficient practical and scienti-
tcally correc: method of hitching that
has ever been worked out.
TIE reasons for this are:
First. The pulling of all horses
Is increased by keeping the traces of
the leaders and swing teams at the
same angle as the traces of the wheel
team. thus Iroviding for the same
angle o. pull for all horses so that
the distance from the load does not
lessen their pulling power. This is
regarded as a great Improvement over
the old ordinary tandem hitch.
Second. 1t allows for the spread
ing and cooling of the horses and
eliminates the danger OF the horses
tran,pling each other. especially on
the turns
Third-It distributes the load
equally &c all horses as the pulley
hitch provides for an equalization be-
tween teams.
Fcurth--It facilitates the driving
ar1 handling the horses by employ
ing the methods OF tying in and
bucking lack system. This enables
the driver TO control a four, six,
eight or ten horse team with a single
pair Of lines extending.to the leaders
only.
IL IS claimed that by using this
siX-horse multiple hitch with two bot
! tom lS plows six acres can be
plowed per day, and by using the
eht-horse hitch on the tree bottom
| AZ gang. fry acres can be plowed
per week. If the multiple hitch
dem orstration proves that all these
claims are true it will do much to-
wards revolutionizing the use OF
horse power on the farm. and this is
matter of importance TO all farmers,
F'PV~AaAiy tHtsS III the mountainous
sections of Virginia
At 800 In the afternoon, directly
after the horse power demonstration,
the tractor farming demonstration
will begin Each tractor will pillow
and order an acre of land All will
start blowing at the same time and as
they finish will change from plows
TO disk harrow. cultipacker and
smoothing harrow. and order the1and.
leaving it in shape for seeding The
farmer will have an opportunity to
decide just how practical and efficient
the tractor is in farm operations and
the chance to see the following trac-
tors in operation.
Case, Cleveland Moline, Fordson,
| Iltan. International, Emerson -Brant-
lngham and Wallace Cub. The Huber,
Avery and r. & r. will also be present
II they can possibly get a machine
here in time for the demonstration.
There will also be a complete line OF
tractor drawn implements on display.
Alter the demonstration is over some
OF the tractors will demonstrate the
various operations that their tractors
can do on belt work.