The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-05-19
INFLUENCE OF TRACTOR ON
Use OF HORSES lrr


| The number Of horses displaced by
tractors in the corn belt is largely de-
| ternlined by the number it is necessary
| to keep for corn cultivation, and other
| work current at the same time which
| the tractor can not do. This is, per-
| haps, the most important of the facts
brought out by an investigation recent
lily made by the United States depart
ment of agriculture in seven corn belt
| states, relative to the influence Of trac-
tors on the use of horses, the results OF
which have beer published in Farmers
Bulletin 1893.
The department has drawn on the eX-
perience of 191 tractor owners, in the
preparation of this bulletin, which is
designed to enable the corn belt farmer
to answer for himself the following
questions:
For what operations can use the
tractor? @
In what operations will it displace
horses in whole or in part?
How many horses will it displace on
my farm?
1t was found that the number of
horses disposed of by the farmers in
question after buying tractors was be-
tween two and three a farm. The av-
erage number, of acres tillable by horses
was increased -, and the average size
of the farms by a total OF % acres. Sey-
eral operators displaced horses entirely
in blowing, disking and narrowing. Few
operators allowed their horses to stand
idle while the tractor was In use.
The horses remaining on these farms
are doing rs per cent of the tractive
work, and the tractor the remainder.
The tractors were used for an aver
age Of 20 10 hour days a year on the
home FARMS no records being taken OF
81 A thran,nInxV tractor
these farms does the work Of s V horses
in blowing disking, narrowing and har-
ryeSting.
The results Of this study further sub.
stantiate the conclusion that the prln.
cipal advantage of tractor lies in its
ability to do heavy work in a shorter
time than is possible with horses.
NEWS THAT TRAVELS
Not long ago, the story runs, a tray
cling salesman visited certain small
town and sold the proprietor of its
general store an order of jewclry. When
the iewelry arrived it was not as rep
resented and the merchant consequent
ly returned it, But the wholesale house
nevertheless attempted to collect the
bill and drew a sight draft on the mer-
chant through the local bank, which re.
turned the draft unhonored.
postmaster inquiring about the finan-
cial standing of the merchant, and the
postmaster replied laconically that it
was O.. X.
BY return mail the wholesalers re-
quested him to hand the enclosed ac-
count to the leading lawyer" of the
place for collection.
This is the reply they received:
"The undersigned is the merchant
,4%n ,Nr>fn m I'm
your worthless goods. The llndersign.
ed is president and owner of the bank
to which you sent our sight draft. The
undersigned is the postmaster to whom
you wrote, and the undersigned is the
lawyer whose services you sought to
obtain for your nefarious business. If
the undersigned We're not also the pas.
tor of the church at this place he would
tell you where to 60"
-[Fl-
r. e. Stone & Sons. of Nehawka,
Neb., started in the Spotted Poland
China hog business year ago, and
they have found the breed the real one
for the average farmer. Zone year
ago we started in with the Spotted Pol.
;lnds,'' said Mr.. Stone. with three bred
soWs. After trying them out we felt
satisfied they were the hogs the farmer
wanted. We now have rs pigs that car
ry a strain of English blood ana our
aim is to own a herd second to none.
AS yet we have been unable to try them
out as a stock hog. as the breeders de-
mand is too great. With the brood
sows we must use great care for they
fatten readily. AS to prolificacy, our
experience has been that they farrow
more than they can care for. The man
who raises is aiming to get the great
est number Of pounds on the scales in
the shortest possible time for the least
cost and it is our honest opinion that
this hog meets his demands. This
alone assures the future of the SPOTS. J"
I'll
Eight thousand head of sheep bring
$4,000 Tom Arnold, one OF the pio-l
neer big sheep raisers in the territory
contiguous to Rapid City, South Dako.
ia, sold 5000 head of sheep last week
to Noble & Rragg, of foWood, Wyom-
ing for 100000.