The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-03-27
SLOPE DEALERS
OF HARVESTER
COMPANY HERE
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crs have been using for years. The
pillow was necessary to turn the soil,
the disk harrow and spring-tooth
harrow essential in breaking up the
ground, the culti.packer fills in the
gaps before planting your seed, and
thoroughly pulverizes the soil and
seals up all air spaces and preserves
moisture. The culti-packer can be
used to good advantage in going
over the land just after the plant
has come through. 1t helps to cul-
tivate the soil, fill in the air spaces
pull out the weeds and preserve the
moisture. He told how this tool is
constructed.
Mr.. !. l.. Bankston spoke on the
New Racine thrcsher. In his talk
he explained the progress Of the
early thrcshing methods up to the
very latest methods used. He eX-
planned how first grain was thrcsh-
ed by means known as tramping
and how we progressed to the
method Of using horses in the help
Of this work to part the fail. Then
the Step known as the tread power,
then the first step toward modern
methods where ->thcy used steam
power and large clumsy thresh
ing rig. He explained the large part
the thresher plays in determining
whether the farmers grain crop will
show profit or loss. No matter
how big yield Of grain you may
have, your, crop will not show a
LODI nFi
way in which to get all the grain
out of the shock. He showed what
an important part the Harvester
company has played in helping to
make the thresher the efficient ma
chine that it is today. The com>
pany has overcome many difficulties,
and explained how the company feels
in having one Of the best thrcshcrs
on the market.
Buffet Luncheon
At noon buffet luncheon was
served in the company's building.
At the afternoon session j. A.
Waggoncr, from the Chicago office,
was introduced lie spoke on the
McCormick-Dccr tractor. Mr..
Waggoncr used large charts to make
his talk more interesting. lie call
cd attention to the position the
company is in to build and design
the right kind of tractor. He eX-
planned how in the eighteen years
Of experience, throughout the world,
the company has been able to store
up n vast amount of practical cX-
pcricnce on the correct tractor de-
sign, He told how the 80 branches
in the United States is an organiza-
ton of $4,000 dealers, prepared to
give service uncxccllcd. lie told Of
advantages of power farming in
preference to horse power. Power
farming makes far faster work, bet
ter work, cheaper work and greater
returns and also provides ample pow
lie told of the practical design Of
the MISUNDERSTANDING tractor. lie
explained how the company spared
no expense or effort to make this
tractor as simple and fool proof as
possible. Several mechanics incor-
poratcd< in this new tractor were
gone over in detail and very care
fully explained. From the interest
shown it is very evident that the
talk was well received and the deal
ers who had the slightest doubts in
mind when they came to this meet
ing, went away sold 100 per cent
on this tractor.
Upton Addresses Men
Mr.. Upton, sales manager of the
Northwest district, gave q talk full
Of pep and inspiration. He thanked
the dealers for the way they turn
cd out and for: the = interest they
showed in aQ the talks. He told
how the Harvester company appre-
ciatcd the way in which. the dealers
had worked during the past year
and how they had all made q SPLEEN
did showing, and brought business
back to nearly normal basis in
spite of the uphill fight with which
they had to contend. He also told
how the Red Baby service idea,
which the company started q year
ago, had proven such wonderful
success. He told how this service
idea had made bigger and better
dealers, and including he urged
every dealer to follow this same eff
fort and enthusiasm in 1928 rs he
did in 1922 .;ts~. ~
w. F. Pape, of the wagon and
spreader department, told how and
why they have re-designed and siM-
proved several. of the Important
parts, of their sspreaders, filing .
long felt need IN 'spreader that will
be as simple ass possible to- set up
bv.. an unexperiencedA hand. He cx-
planned the financing plan that the