The Washington herald., 1921-10-02
DEMON FORDSONS
PLOUGH FIVE-ACRE
TRACT In One DAY
Washington Branch Ford
Motor Co. Gives Tractor
Demonstration.
LOCAL MEN ATTEND
Snappy Parade of Forty
FOrds Precedes Novel
Event.

With their engines industrially
humming, fve ForGson tractors
ploughed a FIVE acre tract in
i'"1tr ~ time last Monday on
the estate of former Senator Blair
Leo, rea- Georgia avenue and the
District line.
The following local Ford dealers
were represented at the dcmonstra-
tion: Hill and Tibbitts. Robey
Motor Company Universal Auto
Company. Strobel Motor Company
Parkway Motor Company, r. l..
Taylor Company. Donohoe Motor
Company. and Stewards Garage.
Each company had a tractor on the
field.
Leaving the Washington branch
Of the Ford Motor Company at 10
o'clock in the morning the process
sion Of tractors and approximately
forty Ford automobiles rode up
Pennsylvania avenue from John
Marshall place, around the Treas
ury, up Sixteenth street and then
TO the demonstration grounds.
a huge crowd gathered on the
grounds. including many rural folk
evidently interested in the reputa-
Tor CT the Fordson tractors. The
tract Of ground was about $50 yards
deep. but the tractors upturned the
soil with apparent ease. The depth
OF the ploughed ground was esti-
mated at nine inches.
After all was in readiness for
the sowing. a machine was attached
TO the rear of the tractor and the
ground was sown with wheat seeds.
One of the spectators humorously
remarked that former Senator Lee
will have little trouble with the
high cost of bread in the future,
providing his wheat sSeds turn out
successfully.
The demonstration closed Tues
day with a display Of hauling dirt.
Huge hauling wagons were at
tached to the tractors and carried
dirt.
Agriculture workers are urged
by the Ford motor people TO own a
Fordson tractor because they claim
II Is the most economical, simple
and durable tractor that can be
bought for s6532O. 1t is estimated
by the Ford people thAt a tractor
uses approximately ten gallons Of
kerosene a day. 1t has a twenty
one-gallon kerosene tank and a
small compartment for gasoline
which starts the engine.
The following companies were
represented at the demonstration:
Roderick Lean Manufacturing Com
pany, Slower Manufacturing Com
pany, Backus Motor Company.
oliver Works Each company had
a representative on the field. Harry
y. Vaughan, OF the Washington
branch and Warren G. Eynon, man
ager, were in charge of the affair.
Many Ford statesmen were also on
the field.
\ Fordson has a twelve horse
power at the draw bar and tVen-
ty-two pulley. 1t is estimated that
there are approximately 10000
Fordson tractors used in the United
States. The engine of the tractor
is larger than the one on stock
cars. having diversified cylinders and
crank shaft. 1t weighs 200 pounds.
In a book called The Fordson
at Work" the following is quoted:
The FOrdson tractor on the farm
makes manufacturer of the
farmer. He can go to his work the
same as the manufacturer in the
city goes to work; 1t takes the
sting of drudgery out of the
farmers life; in other words the
farmer with the FordsOn tractor
farms with his brain and the trac-
tor does the work. Farming as a
mechanical. or factory proposition.
will hold close to the farm the
boys and girls; the lure of the farm
factory, with its sure rich profits
will be more attractive than the
factory in the city. In another de-
cAde the cry will be coming from
,ne cities for men and women"