The sun., 1919-04-27
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Tractor Era Offers Opportunity to
Thousands of Returned Soldiers,
Including Some Disabled

| ire Of war has made a return to in
door service repugnant to a large
percentage of these awakened lads.
Plainly, then, the trade Of the farm
mechanic should appeal to a great
many Of them.
Importance of tho Tractor.
It is probably no exaggeration to
say that the average American IS
| fairly ignorant OF the economic sig
! nificance of the farm tractor and Of
the way in which 1t has been fitting
into the new order OF agricultural
effort during the last two or three
years. In 1916 our factories turned
out total of 1850 tractors: in 1917
the output jumped to 62.742. and in
1918, despite enforced economies in the
less essential uses of metals, our man
ufacturers produced 132.6S7 OF these
machines. Substantially $1,000 OF
these were disposed OF for use within
the United States.
A year ago there were something
like two hundred makes OF tractors on
the market, most of them boasting
some feature peculiar to each. The
demands for different sizes and differ
ent makes are narrowing as time
| tends to bring about Standardization
and the desirability Of certain funda-
! mental characteristics.
In brief. the tractor Is going through
| much the same evolution as has the
| automobile and the motor truck Be-
| cause OF this trend 1t Is becoming
easier TO train farm mechanics to deal
| with these various products. to drive
them efficiently. and to look after them
at all times. The tractor, to make a
commensurate return upon an invest
ment ranging from $1,000 to $500.
cannot be turned over to a mechanical
ignoramus to drive. Despite the fact
that thousands OF minds have devoted
their best efforts to designing and I'm
proving these machines, still they are
a long way short Of foolproof. The
man that Is able to get the most out
nj them can feel a reasonable measure
OF pride in his capability. No one can
reach this stand OF efficiency without
comprehensive training which Is
interesting from start to finish.
Months back the National City Bank.
In Its bulletin. made this statement:
| 1.-THE amount of energy which has
| been eXppnded In ipfrndYoip0 tha tv,,-
nlement 10 enornoor. Traeto, 80
nanoents hr;n. tog.,hor 1900 -. 49,,
petinp machines and ottract thons.nas
~ .nectators Arr.raar.on.s o. ~,
inc Instruction In hanaI,rs, 49, o.
chine arc made on a Iorea so,,a o..
com many Mans this zoo IoIsI e.. -
duct soo sbort tow, ,.I,arorS, sho,.
one scbool nermono,tI,, Io,atnso.
/ Kanso. CItv bad on o,.ondana -
sooo lost y.ar ard da,,o,aa ~
stor,, huiId,ns .~c,,,s,,,a,,, 80 .ra,,,r
man In bandIing ,ractor. tr,,oi,s "a
a,tor,oh,Ios Tba aanarai 80 =,
,onooh,,os an Farno a., -. "a T..
tntrod,,ci,g tho ,roo,orn "
what IL Does In Kansas.
| One man with a tractor can do IN
a dav what called for the Iabors Of
fifty men upon the farm a century.
back. It is no wonder then that some
of our strictly Agricultural States
achieved so much despite the drafting
OF SO large n mart of their farm labor.
According TO a report by the Kansas
Board of Arriculture.
"The tractor Is doing the worl, NJ
IL 600 TO 90 600 men in Kansas In
the past two years the farmers OF the