Arizona republican., 1920-05-02

though probably the signs of missing are not so apparent 5n ranching as they are in the motor.
 On the ranch, as in the shop or fac tc-,. hand labor must give way to mechanical power. There's a practical answer to every practical problem It is true with agriculture. We have heard much lately regarding the hope lessness of trying to raise big crops because of the lack of labor; it being estimated there are 100000 less men on the farm now. than before the war In the old days of the ranching busl- ness there was plenty of labor but little power machinery. Now the lack of labor is at least made up by the great increase of available motor driven equipment and even expensive power machinery costs less than labor used to. Power farming will keep the ranch Hitting on all four"
 Agriculture is the basis of all in dustry. The farm motordriven ma chine is not only associated with it. but is the thing that forms the very sinew of agricultural endeavors. The world is putting agriculture on power machinery basis and this evo lution is taking place at a speed never witnessed by any other industrial change. The ranchers power is form ing the basis of his operations and his farming tools are designed for motor power.
 In ranching the tractor and motor cultivator enables the rancher to elim mate the mapority. if not all, of his horse stock and the heavy expense of keeping them. The motor driven ma chine does not require fuel or upkeep expense when not in use, therefore en- abling him to do his work cheaper, quicker and very important, especially in our irrigated sections, at the right time.
 About one fourth of the feed that can be raised with horse is required to feed him. With the product of the rench soaring skyward this alone is an item of importance to be compared with the upkeep of motor driven ma chimes. Paying for labor at such high rate is proving a losing game. To banish this high cost of feed, to meet the labor and power problems of the rancher. was the motor driven chine evolved. Motor power machinery and agriculture are absolutely insepar- able with the American farmer. He is the man who created the machinery on the farm.
 The International motor driven cul- tivator, is filling a long felt want. Take rancher with four good horses or mules, he can till his ground. plant and cultivate crop of about 40 acres and do it moderately well. A few more acres might possibly be added if he did not do the work thoroughly. With an S-16 International tractor pulling two blows, he can blow and prepare 100 acres of land and with the
 motor cultivator. he can handle the planting and cultivating. He can, in other words, with motor power, more than double his output, and where di- versified crops are grown, increase it
 more with less investment and with considerable less operating expense. It can readily be seen that with the cost of feed, cost and scarcity of labor, | the motor driven machine is the means | of the rancher to at least double his acreage and farm it easier. It is un- doubtedly the one thing that fills the labor shortage gap. It is the one big l thing that fills the bill for cheaper and bigger production, the solution to high cost of living.