The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-04-02
|sE OF THE TRACTOR.
Continued from last page.

nothing for wear and tear in the case
Of the horse, harness or implement.
Il should be placed at 90 OF their
value. The other operations Of this.
nature will show almost as great a.
saving. / say of this nature for
there are many things which the
tractor is advertised and illustrated
as doing which, in my opinion, are
done at loss: for example, drawing
manure spreader with rs H. p.
tractor, a, load for OF horses at
the most-pumping water for the,
stock which should be done by ! IL
H. p. engine, etc. A good rule to
follow is this: Keep only enough
horses to- do, the work after the
ground is plowed and fitted, keep
them busy, as between the horses
and the tractor let the tractor stand
idle.
The character of the work done by
the tractor and it's effect upon crop
Yields can be stated in very few
words, for while there may be urged,
nv the tractor enthusiast, various
more or less speculation advantages
still the chief benefit to, be derived
from the use of tractor is that you
can do the work when itsshould be
4 done, quickly and we'll; do it under
conditions where horses are out OF
the question. The plows can he put
into the ground at the desired depth
and kept there and the work will go
OH day and night If necessary.
Deep blowing With horses is very
y expensive and so very hard on the
teams that many will not do.it. This
is the reason for shallow blowing, It
isn't that the farmers do not believe
in it as you might be lead to suppose,
That there is any special advantage
in fitting the ground 1.-THE tractor
way / cannot gee other than speed
which has been considered under
another head.
4 It may be- urged that because the
gang pillow runs at a uniform depth
end cuts a uniform furrow better
job with all attending advantages Is
secured, but this is not true, for
good single bottom sulky plow VIII
do as good work as any gang.
y AT the right time, in the right
manner. without fear or mercy is the
tractor way. But farmers say
whats the use of buying a. tractor
we have to keep horses anyway s!
Yes but there is a lot Of difference
between Is and 6. between IL and Q
!. and besides right now every. farm
must. | say must have it's own
power plant to be operated az any
thing near it's possible high marx
OF efficiency
True now, it will be doubly true
within few years for the travelling
outfits so common few years ago
ore decreasing in number and every
tractor. that is placed means one
less patron for the machine man.
And these tractors are going to pei
"placed" for the multitude OF uses
to which this machine can be ana Isl
being put is rapidly CHASING 1t among
the "indispensables."
: During this past year my tractor
has plowwed and fitted practically al
the. ground turned; it has ditched,
leyeled and graded these same ilelds,
If has done the heavy hauling OF
lime and fertilizer to the farm ana
over the plowed ground TO the as
tributor; it has harvested the nay
crop, using large sized Hats ana nay
loader: it has baled that hay; 1t mas
4 threshed the wheat. the oats, the soy
beans: it has filed the silo; It mas
sawed the wood; 1t has ground Inc
feed; it has moved small buildings;
+ pulled hedges. trees and fence posts;
it has stretched wire fencing. it.has
graded, ieveled and rolled my roads
and cleaned the side bitches, etc
For all this work It has furnished
the power, steadily, reliably ana at a
very reasonable rate.
Now the question naturally arises
as to whether my farm is naturally
adopted to the use of tractor Or
whether it is fairly representative OF
the farms in Cecil county. = On this
can say that the farm presents
every condition that is likely to De
met in this county except that 1t IS
neither stony nor extremely hhiy;
there are, however. some very heavy
grades.
My conclusion Is, therefore, that
the tractor is practical here In Cecil
county, taking the county as ~noie'
1t is true there are some farms whefe
the tractor would be of little use IN
blowing and whether, with TINS
aside, it is still good investment IS
for the owner OF that land to decide,
but on the vast majority OF Ceeii
county farms the right macnlhe
would do it's full duty. say tine
right machine" for the manufacturer
has not yet standardized his product.
Some continue the use of unnecessary
complications and refinements tna'
prove very troublesome and expen-
sive under field and farm conditions
where the work is slow and feavy =
some continue to transmit the power