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,, oi unman laoor in almost all tne processes oi iarm wora;. we sow
l. fi'i LI oup. "ops ana tena tiiem ana gamer mem oy machinery, xne grain
s ndrili;: the cotton planterf ' the mower,1 the binder, the potato digger, the
;pea thresher, the peanut picker, the hay loader, the cream separator
, --e" tnese ana coanuess otners ao tasss wnicn men nsea to ao oy
here. Indeed, ; the old hard ' hand tasks of the farm are one by one
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t ivirn mi tiiih wibw mnrninii.rv. nnwnrpp PfimHH i.na nnsHvirm m rifiwur
to ran it, and this,, we believe, is tire,- greatest problem connected .with j
farm equipment. N6' matter how perfect a machine may be, unless there
lr IKnflriftiit riowfir bftckdfrit-ifffood work can not be done: and as the
various mucIUnes grow more elaborate, and .more effective, more force
Cl iAKTi? 9P'ri?aP?l?flP?'P-,n,1e pull a bull-tongue,.
m 0 ,t-rsthea?iti'c vC3,;tQ;- ; ilisk) jplotr ; jUirca coQdmulcs Tare: requteed; and -when
'lone- plbtit' ii finadeto' turn? five sU
power traction engine will be netessary; and so in all: lines r of farm
Now, ,as a general rule, we oeueve tnat, notwitnstanaing tne greater
first cost, It is cheaper for a man to do his work vitii improved 'and
elaborate1 ihanwimcTaae k&d 1 sie'toiplementsl' The most expensive'
plowing is not that done with a t big, gang , and a gasoline . engine, but.
"r that , done r with f one r Uttie . mule and a one-horse plow. It is cneaper to
f j use the binder and .the threshing machine than; the sickle and . the Hail.
I That 'is why ' we believe' it is 'to' the interest of the farmer to unload
Just as many as possible of his tasks on the machine ; why we .have
urced him to get the stumus out of his fields and fill up the ditches and use
I. Digger plows ana, narrows ana xuxuvarars anu mvre;uaresuii wmtuiu')
ucrj; yvbjs we. have advised him to put the burden of just as many as
1 possible"' of the "tasks' in and! about' the home upon various 'machines-
the pump,v the cream separator, the washing machine,, etc instead 01 (
power of some sort horse, steam, gasoline, electric is a necessity,,
life?:
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we would insist again that no reader make the mistake of trying to run
his farm without sufiicient power. Slany , implements wnicn i might j bt
fused to advantage on their farms, many farmers must necessarily wait
for because tliey. can get along fairly well 'without them, and because
.-. they have "not at present , tne money, with " Which L to buy them j . but' f we ,
doubt" if it t pays any farmer i to "economize"; in power. On another
page, Jve have something to say about the insufficiency - of the 1 work
stock on most Southern farms and about how this insufficiency makes
the cheapest and the most effective farming impossible, and .along vthe 7
i same lue we would to the many exacting and weari
some tasks on the average farm which could be done with a small gas
oline engine to the great relief as ! well as to the financial benefit, bf.the
farmer and his, family. There are some fannewhere by taking advan
tage of a water-power now gotog to waste, an electric motor could be
' made to do economical and wonderfully useful service; but on most
farms the gasoline' engine is probably the best source of power for the
"doing , of the numerous "odd' Jobs'' and for some of the steady onesi
Ve do.not beiievVit Is too much to say that every well" equipped farm
should have an engine or motor o f some kind j and that this . power
nhonld Ha considered alons: with ' the Question of more team force. . f
In no case should it be forgotten that one of the first things to con
sider in Uie purchase of ' any. piece of ' machinery 1 the' power to run
itf nor that it is economy j to obtain just as much as possible of, the
motive force needed on the farm from; animals and machinery, ; and
Just as little as possible front human muscle. ; ; 1
A' Tripr Into ' Rural China. . ; . r17
Equipment; for the Small.
m Farm . . . ...u ;1Q
Equipment : of j an Up-to-Date . i
r Farm : . y . ' . ; . :. . .. .; . '. j SO.
Feeding Farm Animals , 18
,Good.:;Worka of ;rtliO i Gasoline ;
ri: Tractor, nn-il. I . .84;
rc A-i tTrirc rki? tuic 'icci itr
f lmplements'Needed on a , Ctot-u-:
; ton Farm. . . . . . . .. . J . . ;' S
Learn to Save Labor in House
: ; keeping: . ... i i ; i . . 14
; Rotations for. Cotton Farmers 3
' $00 a Year for Lack of Shelter 25
Why the Draft V Breeds i of
,1 Horses Are Best ', . 0
IHB GASOLINE TBACT0H AT WORKi "