The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-12-27

e eds:; many IF them OD-,,-N
section or small FAM 'sas
state 6eo has probably fr' ~.
i4'OOO wheat farmer ~ 4, m
however nov are handlinSp nv
ana a nS doing their worf 5 H.a
II was formerly done NE
for cult cuIavs Sfw types :II, Of i1ss.
helped to increase ~ lsll's
farms IN the plains = y, 1I'' {
tboan i states of the " ". Z
ines :, implements is can ~ : 9
foot" Use of the due ~ Z:
came general in the OH. ~. e
eF basin and spread fun fCo., 8
MOnIana and other stss -- L
the Rockies. Some T St-.sa =
IN the State of WasbinTa-....s i'''''
O. iS implement for y.
! S Ene farmer in that state
morse teams on 12-foot' =
cultlvatOrs as a 49, NJ. I'd
plows Is able to farm MIS- ! y,
per man. Another new ~ -,
mat Is gaining in poU1l, :
central and northern Pa F'si,'' :
Is the one-way disk zlr-. s
cuitivatOr, which Uerm -li.l,'
effective cultivation an ',
better yields. '-u ''s-
! Outstanding IN ~.
chanical developments (,
ture is the rise Of IL &c
ha,rvester-thresher In =,
where among farmers ! -
3ne }, in the territorv - !.
Rockies, where it was s' =.
heVed that wheat could =. /.
standing until riDe ero1 8.
harvested by the cOmb;Ts
the practicability Of he
Cd Of harvesting was e..
Tor the Plains region. - -
ton of the combine Va q -. =.
rapid. In 1926, 80 Der e~-
Kansas wheat crop was
oy the combine, S,274 ms..
ing used in the work. IN lSSl
Sas had 10000 combines
pine appeared in North DR.
the first time in 1925. T--u
later in that state 1000 -
were used in small-grsh -
ing.
Harvesting BY ~COnhinf
This year more than h,liar
hard spring wheat, and :
proportion of our soft -
wheat was harvested by am
This machine eliminates IL
binder, the shocking Of IL
stacking and the use Of tie s
ing machine. It reduces IL
OF harvesting % a small ina
OF what it formerly was AZ
Gus problem connected Wit L
OF the combine is the io 1
much combined grain an
more moisture than grzn !.
safely contain when put nin
Accordingly, means ar =
studied whereby the mOis.rE =
tent of grain may be reducsi }
fore it is placed In storage 4
cations are that q solution q :
problem viii be found.
Increased use Of sutsz:
and trucks for road Ecik !
greatly extended the msrkz =
available to farmers. In lAs
mers on the eastern shOls q II
land and Virginia moved llEs
loads of Strawberries }! Is
Some of the shipments Fs,i
far north at Albany, n !
Boston, Mass. Grapes frcz -
gan are today moved as tr s Z
dianapoliS, Ind. In some -;
hauling by automobile a. -
saves two-thirds of The A
time in delivering his prod1A
recent study showed that :
the introduction Of trucks =
ket points used BY esrisn
of farmers averaged ssya
from the farm. After Il
duction of trucks the sTs''s
lance to market point u
miles.
Cincinnati. indianapolis
troit, Milwaukee, MinnesPA
st. Paul, receive 90 pei 2
their milk supply BY msi'i
Receipts of hogs, eailA
and sheep by truck have ~,
at most of the large lIyss''s
kets. In 1928 more thar
cent. of the hogs reosls-
dianapolis, Oklahoma Cs,
Sioux City. and an eglai
ton of the cattle receive.
dianapolis. the calves Tss'
St. Joseph, and the shes3
at indianapolis, Louls',.-s
Oklahoma City arrived
means than rail trs lis
BY truck. At -
percentage. while ineTsis 4.
remained negligible. y
five years the number Z !. &
hogs marketed by trnsA 2 =
from 10 to 22.5 per esI- -
botal marketed. ms -
been accompanied BY !, :, y.
IN the percentage Of q
ne directly from farm J.
plant. Fourteen per .
fruits and vegetables gE:., y
Delaware-M Maryland -
n slii !. : including more =.
he more perishable es,s
iuch as Strawberries r
left that sis. !,
y = 81 n fe2S. Fouriss' Il
f the receipts Of fruls -
a aolfs < al ner Ne cert t. Of th',' !. :
Srs1c : ps' and nd. at least :
+ those at Boston. rs
ruck. Perishable cos s z
.ussd W adsn 70 90 offer b:
aarkst So -, ,,ovenert