The Little River news., 1922-11-01
TRACTOR DOES WORK ON
 FARM AT BIG SAVING
FOrdsOn Demonstration Saturda, Shows How Land Can Be Flowed
 at Small Expense.

at Small Expense.
 Several hundred people attended the tractor demonstration on the Hemp hill farm Satuday. All day long peo- pie went to the farm to see the iron horse at work. The demonstration was On black stiff land where it would be impossible to blow at this season Of the year with mules. The Fordson was pulling a double disc blow on an average of twelve inches deep, cut ting up sprouts and grubs, johnson grass and cotton stalks. The blow covered every thing, leaving the ground free to be cultivated. An other tractor was pulling a double disc and a cultipacker This cut up all clods and pulverized the ground, leaving it in good condition.
 The Fordson carried it's load and travelled at about six miles per hour, never stopping Or tagging behind. Jim Hemphill, the manage of the farm, stated that he intended to break all his land with tractors, putting all grass and stalks deep under the sod. This will greatly improve the land, as green stuff turned under at this sea- son of the year is better than commer- cial fertilizer.
 MT. Mccormick, of the Mccormick Motor Company, for whom the demon station was given, and also Ford expert gave much information to the operation f the machines. Many spectators drove the tractors, making | 1t do many stunts. The tractor, like other improved machinery, is coming to the front, and it will be only few years until practically all our farm Ii ing will be done with improved ma chinery. It has been proven that all kinds of blowing can be successfully done, even the cultivation of small corn or cotton. The Fordson can be used to pull wagons and trailers. One machine was equipped with rubber tires and it was demonstrated on the streets of Ashdown at what speed it could make. Bill Sanderson perform ed on this tractor all day, making about fifteen miles per hour.
 Picture Show at Night.
 Off h; ture show was given at the Mccormick Motor Co.'s building in this city free to everybody. The large garage room had been cleared out and seats ac- commodating several hundred putin. A lage screen was erected and pie ture machine installed. Several reels were shown, requiring about two hours. A large crowd attended, the seats were filled and standing room all taken. Farmers were in the majority, showing their interest in i'm proved farm machinery. An expert lectured as the earlie pictues were shown and throughout the show when necessary. The. manufacture of the Fordson tractor was shown in all the details from the mining of the ore to it's progress through the great plant until It came out a finished machine under it's own power. That in itself was of great educational value. The great power farm of MT. Ford was also shown in another film. covering land preparation, planting, cultivation and harvesting. It would be hard to tell all of the duties which the Fordson performed. Then, there were educa- tional films of various kinds. One was shown that belonged to the U. S. Agricultural Department and showed in motion pictures the various opera tions in poisoning the boil weevil. and the Investing of the cotton. The pic- lures were not only instructive, but really entertaininf. A second show was given to accommodate the over flow crowd. The events of the day were a complete success, and the Me Cormick Motor Company and the manager, MT. Mccormick, and all the employees are to be commended upon their splendid enterprise in putting it over.
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