Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-03-02
FARMERS IN CITY
TO ATTEND CASE
TRACTOR SCHOOL
CROP CONDITIONS m PANHANDLE
DISCUSSED ny VISITORS
YESTERDAY.
ENTHUSIASM IS SHOWN
Dealers aud Farmers From Over the
Panhandle and Eastern New Mexico
Are Making n study o.
Case Tractors.

A school ~ 100 earnest and enthunlas'
tic students opened In Amarillo Tuesday
morning and will continue today and TO.
morrow. II is the ]. I. Case Tractor
School. and In being held In a large hall
~ the J. I, Case building. 1913 North
Taylor street.
The sessions are being conducted by
4. J. Rawlings ~ Clovis. assisted by
Il. y. I,ainey Of Phoenix. Ariz. Interest
In tho short session exceeds the expcc.
tations of General Manager Rawlings.
One.fourth II the school In made up
of J. I. Case dealers. and the remain.
Ing threc.fourths. or 75. are farmers
of the Panhandle counties and Eastern
New Mexico, Though II In piowInE and
seeding time. farmers quit their work
to take advantage ~ the technical In.
struction the tractor school affords.
y. y. Rainey In the principal instruc'
tor. Iy means OF stcrcopticon slides
he explains the asa tractor. part by
part. In minutest detail. Ignition and
the carburetor are dwelt upon by the
instructor, aud much attention In given
To the Use ~ gas and oil, The many
little troubles first.timc users Of trac'
tors experience are discussed at length.
and one of the very interesting fca.
lures Of the school Ia questions brough,
out by members of the big class.
Instructor Rainey In inclined 10 the
Socratic method of teaching. inviting
questions. and students avail themselves
Of the privilege offered. II In n sacrifice
for farmers to quiet their fields nj this
season. said one OF the dealer students
yesterday. hut. he added. the school will
increase efficiency In the operation Of
tractros In the Panhandle 90 per cent.
School sessions open nj 3 o'clock each
morning. and last till In the afternoon.
an hour being allowed for noon. In
addition To regular class work. n 1000.
foot film of intense interest to tractor
people will be put on the screen either
tonight or tomorrow evening. II viii
show the tractor from the raw material
to the finished product. and also the
Case factory at Racine. Wis.
During reccsHcs farmers find time "a
discuss crop conditions. and simple
statements of what farmers are doing
are eye.openers ms 10 the progress oi
farming In the Panhandle.
One farmer from Dumas registered
Tor the instruction school Tuesday.
bought some parts for his tractor, and
left for home saying much as he needed
the benefit ~ the school, his plowlng
must he done.
W. A. Knox ~ Hereford In another
who spent only n short while at the
school. declaring he must return 90 FIN.
ish threshing. Threshlng of maize and
kafir. Il developed. IN In progress In
Il number u Panhandle counties.
That there was never a better pros
pect for bumper crop at this season
of the year. IN the consensus OF opinion
among the assembled farmers. and that
1921 will see the biggest acreage OF
wheat harvested In the history of the
Panhandle. is "a statement In which all
agree.
J. d. Vaughn of Swishcr county has
500 acres of wheat which he estimates
viii yield 10 bushels 10 the acre should
there H. no more rainfall before har
est Much spring wheat, according Ia
reports. N taing sown.
Cotton. once king ~ the South has
no champions at the tractor school
J. II, Reagan ~ Floyd county reports
that between rows Of unpickcd cotton
In his county, spring wheat Is bcing
drilled.
Manager 4. \ Rawlings announces
the !. l. Case Tractor School is open
20 all. and that any one interested In a
tractor. whether II bc a Case tractor
or not. IL invited to bc present and take
part In the program ~ the tractor
school the remaining two days.
Floyd IL the best farming county In
the Panhandle. says !. a. Reagan. a !
|. Case dealer ut Floydada. who II at
tending the tractor school In Amarillo