Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1919-03-21
FORDSON TRACTOR
ATTRACTS NOTICE
Shipment Received at Local Agency
Last Week and Demonstrations
Given To Farmers.

The Fordson Tractor is attracting
considerable notice among the farm
ers and is receiving favorable atten-
tion. The farm tractor is an improve
ment which has undoubtedly come to
stay, and it is only matter of de-
termining the more practical kinds
and the elimination of defects in de-
sign and construction until they will
come into general use on all farms
of any size.
There are many makes, sizes and
types upon the market. Some have
already proven themselves to be dis
NAL failures, such as the old Reeves
steam tractor which was designed to
draw eight or ten plows and turn over
whole valley in few days, but
which in reality proved to be nothing
but pile of junk.
OF the heavy duty tractors placed
on the market, undoubtedly the cater
pillar type has proven to be the best,
and is very efficient machine, the
only objection being the excessive
cost, which places it beyond ninety
nine per cent OF the individual farm
ers. There are, however, smaller siz-
es of caterpillar tractors and these
are being tried out with more or less
successes in various parts of the coun-
try. But at best the cost is high for
the horse power contained.
In making survey of the light
tractor field, the farmer almost in
variably takes into consideration the
reputation and antecedents of the
manufacturer. And this naturally
leads him to the Fordson, for tn,
Ford pleasure car undoubtedly occu
pies position by itself, viewed from
the standpoint of cost and utility.
The fact that Henry Ford, the mar
who organized and developed the great
Ford factory and sales organization
is behind the Fordson tractor and has
already given six years of time il
developing it to point where he il
willing to risk his reputation on it.
performance, is a pretty good guar
antee that it is a success and will
sustain the claims made for it.
So far as we can see the Fordsor
appears to be a well-constructed anC
mechanically correct machine, ant
no Ath he,
tractor on the market, it seems prob
able that it will assume the lead il
the tractor field, just as the Fore
pleasure cars and light trucks hav,
taken the lead in their lines.
The local Ford agent, Mr.. j. II
Fife of the Arrowhead Garage, ha
recently received a car load shipmen
Of Fordson tractors, and this wee
has man demonstrating them I
prospective purchasers, of whom Their
are great many. The demonstrate
is in charge of Waldo Higbee.
Manager Fife of the Arrowhea
Garage states that a trial perform
ance was made with one of the tract
ors in the Cedar Valley last fall, whe
100 acres was plowed at total co:
of $l25, including wages for the ma
operating it at $500 per day. Tn
did not include depreciation, but !
states that the machine was apparen
ly unhurt and that no trouble wha
ever was experienced, not so much
spark plug being removed from Il
engine.
An important mechanical improv
ment found on the Fordson engine
q water reservoir through which {
air is drawn that enters the carb
refer, preventing all dust and G,
from entering the cylinders and Gu
ting them out. When the water b
comes muddy with the accumulate
dust, it is drawn off and the reese
vOir filled with clean water again. tn
is entirely separate and apart fro
the radiator or cooling system on L
engine. Coal oil is the fuel recoi
mended by the manufacturers of {
Fordson, but the coal oil sold he