The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1921-03-31
BEAT THE WEATHER

If the Hood River ranchers can ac.
complish the heading of this article
| they will have to 20 some. The pro-
| tracted wet weather has so delayed
work that when the sun does come out
to stay, and we hope to live to see the
time that it will, at least for longer
period than we have seen for some
time, there is going to be very linn
tied time in which to work the land.
There is only one salvation and that is
to own power equipment. Horses will
not cover the ground fast enough nor
can they pull the tools that will do sat
isfactory cultivating.
A number Of people are expecting to
have their work done by tractors which
they will hire ats much per hour and
no doubt this will prove satisfactory to
certain point. That point is passed
when the machine on which you are
depending is unable to get to you be-
cause there is not time. The shorter
the time we have to do the spring
work in, the more chance you are TAX
ing when you depend on equipment
other than that owned by yourself.
The investment, considering the re-
suits, is small and the investment abb
solutely insures you against loss due to
poor cultivation.
The saving in man power and horse
feed will more than pay the interest
on power equipment and the advantage
Of good work properly done at the
right time is all pure gain. believe
that there is no banker or good busi-
ness man but what will concede that
this year is a year in which everyone
should produce at the lowest possible
cost. If by making a reasonable in
vestment in power machinery, it is
possible to make saving in operating
expense and insure yourself against
loss due to lack of proper handling of
the ranch, believe that it is gross
false economy to not make the invest
ment.
Great care should be taken in the Sc
lection of the size and type tractor
that is bought. Every particular pc
culiarity of your own ground and con-
ditions should be given consideration
and then select the tractor that will
meet as near hundred per cent of
these conditions as possible. There
are trac tors built that do good work
under certain conditions and if put to
work under different conditions will
make very poor showing. lnvesti-
gate all makes represented in your
territory and be sure that you will
have good service from the seller and
that the machine is a general purpose
power plant as far as your work is
concerned. A tractor that meets your
needs is the best investment that it is
possible to make as far as farm tools
are concerned, but on the other hand,
a tractor that does not meet your
wants is a mighty poor investment and
m investment that is well to keep
away from. Have the dealer from
whom you expect to buy put the ma
chine on your ground and do the work |
10 your satisfaction before paying for |
it,
A purchaser should not expect to |
have a lot of work done for nothing by |
a dealer and then not purchase, but on |
the other hand, the dealer after look |
ing over the land you expect to work /
should be willing to show you and you
in turn should be willing to agree to
purchase II the machine performs as
represented.
Economical operations are necessary
now If they ever were and an invest
nent that will save operating expense
IS certainly practical econmoy. Ask
your banker. On small acreage the
saving is as great proportionately as
)n large acreage.
b. G. Davidson.
Distributor for Avery Orchard Trac-
or.