The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-05-15

in agricultural sections has placed
him in a position to check up the work
of the Plowman tractor in many diff
ferent soils and under varied condi-
tions and he is confident that the
Plowman tractor has future far
brighter than any other tractor on the
market today.
Factory Has Big Capacity.
The factory the new owners are Sc
curing is second in point of production
among the tractor factories of Water
loo. 1t has a capacity of from ten to
fifteen tractors per day, which will
probably be increased as the new or
ganization proceeds with its present
plans.
Atho Mr.. Stearns will not be on the
personnel of the management, under
his direction heads of departments are
being appointed to insure no deterior-
iation in the make of the Plowman
tractor in the future. The men beng
placed in direct charge of the factory
are men of long tractor manufacturing
experience and all have made a sue
cess in their respective capacities.
An Unlimited Outlet.
The fact that the several organiza-
tions Mr.. Stearns is identified with are
selling the PloWman tractor and each
Of the organizations plan extensive
trade development during the expected
postwar business resuscitation, prom
ises an unlimited outlet to the product
of the Plowman factory
Despite the precarious trade condi-
tlons during the war, the companies
named above have enjoyed singular
success in their respective territories.
Northwest North Dakota and eastern
Montana, which are catered to by the
Minot Auto company, have been forg-
ing ahead with lengthy strides with
the farmers harvesting crop averag-
ing eight or ten bushels to the acre
instead of the usual average of from
II to 20. The general belief is that
that section is due for bumper crop
this year and with the prevalent high
price of wheat and other farm pro-
ducts, the territory is bound to be one
OF the richest agricultural sections of
America.
Banner Year Expected.
The extension of trade into the pra-
lrio provinces of Canada has also tax
en- on new life with the cessation of
war and the present year is expected
to be banner one in this regard. Dur
ing the past year business conditions
improved very considerably in west
ern Canada and reports indicate that
further mprQyeemnt is noticeable al
most daily. With this future in sight.
and his intimate knowledge of the
manner in which the Plowman trac-
tor stands the tests and is popular
among the farmers of the west, Mr..
Stearns quickly conceived the future
of the Plowman tractor and when it
became known that the purchase of
he factory here in Waterloo was possi-
Bile, he lost no time in interesting
eastern capital: Because of his bust
ness standing in the west, and the
known efficiency Of his tractor selling
organizations, the effort met with in
slant success and the purchase was
completed.
Future Plans of Expansion.
Detail plans of the future of the
company under its new owners and
management have not been given out,
but it is generally assumed that ex-
pansions are in order. The factory
as it stands today is we'll equipped for
the manufacture Of Plowman tractors
and repairs and good supply of both
are assured. Undoubtedly the capaci-
ty Of the plant will have to be in
creased when the selling organizations
Mr.. Stearns' connection with the new
company brings to the service of the
Plowman tractor get into full opera
tion
The intention of the new owners is
first to insure owners Of Plowman
tractors Of repairs being stocked as
soon as possible by the Plowman deal
ers in every section where the tractor
has been, or is being sold, and the
matter Of catering to the demand for
increased production will be taken care
of later.
In the meantime complete line of
repairs and parts are stocked at the
factory here, and shipments Of all or
ders will be made the same day they
are received