Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-23
RESULTS or
TRACTOR SHOW
. ARE lTEMlZED
National Farming Demon
stration Proved Worth Of
Power Farming.

stration Proved Worth Of
Power Farming.
Fargo, N. D., July 23.--Records In:
Guiding both the tractor n horse
farming demonstration held in. Fargo
in June have been approved by the
supervising observers committee of
the National Implement & Vehicle
association. III
The results are in accordance with
the rules and regulations a governing d
the demonstration which dpPovtdesfor@
(1) the average record Of all tractors
Qualifying in the demonstrations; a2oH
the average of tractors whose record
is better than the general average OF
those qualifying, and.G(3)F the average
of the best six records. 4I5S
Averages Provided.
The rules eliminate Individual
]tractor performance, n provide
Averages which fairly represent the
Industry as a whole. Thirty-six trac-
and plowed, prepared for seeding and
seeded a total of $50 acres. OF These
TRACTORS, Is burned kerosene andH11F
burned gasoline. The depth Of plow-
ing was Ave inches.
The general averages Of all tractors
qualifying are summarized as follows:
Kerosene Tractors.
Average fuel per acre. kero->
sem 80. ...... ... 3.01 gal.
Average fuel per acre, gaso-
Lubricating oil, per acre III Sal.
a hours per acre $3.50. -. .94 4?
Preparing and Seeding.
Average fuel per, acre, kero-
sene ......... 1925 gal,
Average fuel per acre, gaso-
line .os4 gal.
Lubricating dill per acre % Gal.
Man hou per acre. $3.50. ALB
Gasoline Tractors .(Plowing).
Average fuel per acre. 4. 2.77 gal.
Man hours per acre. 1888. -.95
Preparing and Seeding.
Average fuel per acre. 1928 gal.
ILubricating oil per acre.. .o3 gal
Mar hours per acre. 80. .43
n above general averages are for
all tractors in the demonstration.
AS provided in the rules another
average was secured for tractors
whose fuel costs were lower than the
general average of those giyen1above
In determining these costs gasoline
was figured at s23.1 cents per GALLON
Kerosene at lis cents per gallon,
which was the current price in Fargo,
and the following results are sum,
married.: f,s5l,f T T.
Flowing.
Average fuel per acre, kero-
Sene 2.S7 gal.
Average fuel per acre, Sgaso-
Lubrieating oil, per acre .oss cal.
Man hours per acre........ .s5
Preparing and Seeding.
average fuel per acre, kero-
sene $3.50. 49,. LIE q
average fuel per acre, gaso-
line .......... .105 gal.
Lubricating oil, per acre. .04 eaL.
man per acre. >.41
The averages for the six tractors 4,
the fuel costs of which were the low
est. based ;on Fargo prices Of liz
cents for KEROSENE ands23.1 cents for
gasoline, were asssfollows:zgs 49,.
Preparing and SEEDING.
Average fuel per acre, kero-F
sene ........s 21.01 yEai
Average fuel per acre, gaso- 'ssa ~
l. llhe $3.50. .034 gal. :
lLubricating oil, per acre. o. gal.
Man hours per acre.:..... .32 gal.
Horse Records.
or the II horse outfits originally
(enteredf in the demonstration seven
withdrew, leaving Ave outfits com-
Ipeting with each other in the work OF
blowing, preparing seed bed and seed
ing 10-acre lots. The feed costs for
horses are briefly summarized as fol-
lows: 3 ].
These results are based on written
reports of observers who Checked the
work OF each horse and tractor. OUTFIT
ana were compiled by the supervising
observers committee comprising III.
Il. Bates, chairman; E. "A. White,
president American Society A~gricul-t
tural Engineers; Prof. ]. B. Davidson.
Iowa state college, representing agri-
cultural colleges, and O.. W.. Youne.
Society Automotive Engineers. -.
This committee, after carefully
checking the work Of the horse ouf-
nts, recommended that the prizes he.
awarded as follows: First, II, R..
Jones, $500; second. R. NJ. Rulisson.
1900; third, Henry Bice, 5000: fourth
va. Francis, 500, and fifth. .Yonk.
n committee advises that inter.
est1ng cost comparisons can be made
between horse power, and tractor
power when the Fargo Recommendation
hgures are reduced to a dollars ana
cents basis and applied to an avera %
farm. 80 taesi
But it must be remembered that
one OF the big items to be c%ongdered
IS the cost OF maintaining horses goes
on throughout the year, whereas
tractor costs stop when the tractor
stops says the committee.