The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-09-12

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Nmachlnery has aided greatly
in maintaining farm production
in all the war ridden countries
of Europe the last two years
just as it has helped speed up
farm work throughout the
world for the last quarter CEN
tury. Never more than since
the war period, however, has
its efficiency been proved and
generally recognized,
When France came out Of
the world war with her farm
help reduced to the minimum,
her horses practically wiped off
the face of the land, and her
former productive acres shell
torn and to a great measure
untillable, the American tractor
played a big part in her rehabll-
itation in an agricultural way.
Tractors and disc plows speedily
worked wonders.
When harvest time came along even
OK drawn reapcrs made possible the
garnering OF crops that otherwise
might have been in part sacrificed
to the lack Of manual labor to care
for them. Save for the adverse
exchange conditions which makes
machinery purchases for the time
being virtually prohibitive, there would
be a tremendous market for agricul-
tural machinery in France today.
Much the same condition prevails
throughout Europe.
They're Redeeminp France
Demonstrations OF American trac-
tors, disc plowS and other agricultural
machinery during the last two years
in France have attracted widespread
attention. These have had the ap-
proval and personal attention OF the
Minister Of Agriculture and have
paved the Way for IN uinmate exten-
sivc market there. Recently very
successful experiments have been made
in disc ploving in the vineyards at \
surprising reduction OF cost.
Once conditions yet back TO some
thing approaching nofruulry in RUSS,
another productive field will be re-
opened. Before the war descended
upon Europe with IFS hlighting effect
Russia Was one OF the NOS; prudnisirg
potential markets for American agr1-
cultural machinery. In the richly
productive Uuainian wheat renon
American reapers and hIAders had
long been IN use. The rrncrcThad not
g1ined such favorable recognition,
being = later production, bur even
70 had received favorable Official ar1en-
iion and indorsement, the result OF
government conducted experimental
demonstration.
similar conditions existed IN Rou-
mania, also a great Whea; producing
region, and there upon the Ergrr
estates American made rcapers and
binder wcrr operated extensively, In
what one might term batteries, it
beng NO uncommon sight In harvest
season 20 ser as many as halt a dozen
methoiicallyplowing ;hrir-wsy through
aFfan feit, Rnumanis's loss uf man
poWe- Will make necessary for some
wears 90 come o. more liberal use Of
.auor saving machinery in the farming
territory Tractors have been intro
dl,cd upon only q lImrfrd SCAR in
Roumania.
Tractors on the Veldt
Dropping down into Africa one
finds the Aigcusns making much the
.smr extensive usr ui harvesting
machinery, hut Vet 90 Cnme into cN-
feaavc adoption ~ the tractor ana
ihc di.e p.ov AZ the other extreme
ui Aiuea, however, IN thc expansive
NcIat region OF the IransNaal, tractors
sba disc p.ows have been 80 use for
rumhcr u' yclf.. thc hrG being
introduced from England, There
more pcrhzp, thsr an, other section
ui Airts. che farmers arr welded 20
Jccr ulHaf and the larger the piuw
iht better 'u reception. American
reaper abound ana arr preferred
shove u.i others.
Asia also IS catching the prugrrssiv,
agricultural spirit anu improved Amer
lean machinery be- I'M use in Korea
lr small. way ir Siberia, and 'o about
che same degree ir India. Harvesting
machinery .cais with ail oi them
beinr older, hut tractors and dis,
r.ows a-r ra.nlns rapidly in favor
1ractots and rluws particular, are also
b,ire eNtcrsyt', used in the agricul,ut.
81 and cane hcld districts oi Cuba.
probab'y uf ai the potential matketi
iuf American agriculture. maghincN
hone is u' greater promise than 'ha
81 South America. IN the Arscnun,
more attention IS hC'ne paid annual,
to wheat fa,sinu This wears whoa
crop promises tu exceed aI iutmc
records aud as agricultural develop
mcnt grows mote ard morc uf tha
cndols.y favored coun'f, will h
converted into productive farm land
instead ui being held entirely tor ran.
purposes.
Counties thousands of actcs r