The daily morning oasis., 1919-03-21
CONCLUSION OF AN.
INTERVIEW WITH
mr.. WEEK.-MRS. ON ]
THE KANSAS CITY
AUTOMOBILE SHOW

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Ut will be recalled that day or
two since Mr.. W.. E.. Karns favored
The Oasis with an interview upon the
recent automobile and tractor show
at the convention of the Ford auto
mobile agents at Kansas City, whicll
he attended recently. At that time
he exhausted the subject by no means.
So this morning he returns with the
following additional infornation:)
There are at present approximately
6 1000 900 farmers in the United States
which number will be materially in.
creased and also the acreage Of these
100000 farms will be doubled by
the use Of power-farming for there
are very few farmers who are able
to make use Of their entire ground
space on account OF the scarcity OF
help and lack of lac lities. Tbs trac-
tor, with it's ability to accomplish so
much more than animals, in addition
to the saving to the farmer of their
food consumption, will eliminate this
condition entirely.
The presence Of, and the interest
shown by, the bankers (wlio ale the
watch dogs Of the entire finances of
the country indicate sthe tremendous
value and solidity Of the power.farm-
ing proposition and one banker stat
ed in open meeting that: "He would
finance any farmer in his community
who wished to purchase a Fordson
tractor and its implements.
Government agricultural experts
and heads Of college farm experiment
tai departments, and men who have
directed farm tractor shows ever
since their inception, addressed the
meetings with authoritative data of
the result of the improved agricul.
ture methods used today and this in
formation to both farmer and layman
would tend to astonish, and would be
received with some scepticism if CIV
en- out by other than the United
States agricultural department iself.
For instance, it was shown that
there was full Is pc rcent increase
in crops raised in certain locality
in Kansas where plowing was done
between the LIST and 18th of March,
than where the plowing was done
Between the 18th and 30th of March.
The tractor having ability to perform
at greater. speed and, therefore, per-
mitting the planting at a most ad.
vantageous time, emphasizes its value
in this increase in production.
It was shown that at a certain ex-
perimental government test where
several different makes of plows were
used that on account of it being
drought year every crop was an en-.
tire failure with one exception, and
this exception raised a 80 per cent
full crop. The reason for this differ
ence was that the particular plow
used, with a truly scientifically de-
signed share, turned the ground
smooth and without air spaces
which tends to allow excess water
evaporation with the resultant loss
in growing possibilities. Also, this
plow used small rolling coulter and
jointer which turned a small portion
of the surface soil to one side per-
hitting the main plow to turn down
The top surface completely, putting
The previous crop, stubble and weeds
lnder the ground, and, as the moist
ire was retained on account of the
'moothness of the plowing, this ma
'erial rotted and fertilized the field,
md, as before stated, a 90 per cent
'rop raised in a drought year, with
| complete failure on the other fields. |
This is the plow lightened, strength
ened and improved, now adopted and
used in conjunction with the Fordson
tractor. The value Of disking and
rolling and doing this work at the
proper time was also shown. Here
again, the result was 20 per cent in.
crease of crop over the ground not
so treated, caused mostly by the fact
that the moisture loss is only one
third as great per year where the soil
is properly mulched on top. Where
crops can be raised by proper cult
vation and care with total increase
Of probably 40 per cent additional