Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-11
FARM HORSE DISPLACED
BY FARM AUTO AND TRUCK
Telephone and Modern Ma.
chincry Making Farm Life
More ToIcral,lc.
"nonn'>'s" VALUE DECREASES
'r">"s Hrp"rt shows Decrease OF IL
yer Cent since I9i0-Shc~p, CnttIc
swine mud Gonts Increase from 20
Ia Iht Fer Cent.

The extent 20 which the farmers
II the Cni;od States arc now utilizing
INC latest aids which inventive genius
mas offered to the producing ana bust.
ness " Grid is Illustrated by som. facts
presented IN the 1920 census. For IN.
hrS' time, save the Trade Record Of
the National city Bank OF New York
Iht i:ZO census now presents figures
on the number OF automobiles ,pn,cr
'rrcHe telephones and farm tractors
IN use on 'hc> farms Of the country.
IA" number 81 farm homes lighted
Win raS or electricity. and the mum.
hef having water pped into the
house"
Auto fncior In Farm Life,
Ih"s" feurcs, says the Trade Ecc.
"rn' indIcat" that the automobile and
l'I'Phoh' are no" big factor in
farm iif". not merely as = comfort or
convenience. but ae AN actual aid j.,
business The number OF telephones
ny winch the farmer MAY cotnmunI-
'at" Win his local trade center or
WIN IN" great cities in which IN.
prIcos and markets for his ,,r.di,c,y
ar" determined. IL officially stated .,
its.t'3 IN 1920. while another an
'h"rirr puts the total number or
'''''''T ''' HiE Tue I Nlltt 81 risS
ont regard 10 ownership" at tho end
- 1920 At I3.tli,37a. which suggests
mat nearly one. NTH OF tho rhones
IN IN" United States are now in IN.
arm nome and farm business service
Whlle ~ per cent of tho reporting
farms were equipped with telephone
service in 1920.
nc automobile statistics are also
extremely suggestive. They show the
~ u.
1870 at c,lt6.3e2. while figures com.
niied by Automo,ive Industries mn,
INC total of automobiles in use I'm
al Inc United states in 1920 at 1905
600. suggesting that tho farmers
owned IN that year considerable more
than onc-fourth OF the automobiles
"t the country. to say nothing OF tho
i"y,p 900 motor trucks and ciG0oO farm
tractors reported in operation on tho
farms IN 1870 over 30 per cent OF
tn" reporting farms in 1920 utilized
automobiles.
Farm Implements increase.
Still another evidence OF tho dis
position OF the farmer to utilize ma
'hihery IN increasing his business ac-
tiNitics is found in the fact that mo
value Of his farm implements and
machinery reported in 1920 was
nearly three times as much as in 1910
ny" times as much as I'm 1900 and
seven times as much as in 1870 The
official valuation of farm implements
and machinery in 1920 Is s2Ia5.00O.
600 against sl.e65.ooo 600 in 1910.
s7"o.ooo.oo9 in 1900 and s4ni oar. 600
N 1890.
II - not surprising. then. adds the
Trad. Record. in view Of the increas-
ing use by the farmer OF these time
ana iabor-savinE devices. the teic-
rhone, the automobile. the motor
truck and the farm tractor, couplet,
with the enormous increase in his
farm implements and machinery, to
md that the census REPORTS the value
OF horses on farms In 1920 only
Sl,'Se,ooO.oo0 against s2.os4 900. 900 in
1910. decrease of II per cent in
value OF horses. while all other
classes OF farm animals increased in
value in the same period, the increase
in value of sheep being 20 per cent:
poultry. III per cent; cattle. I43 ncr
cent; swine. l4s per cent and goats.
1877 per cent.