Farmer's magazine (January-December 1920) . t hascarried it without mishap, think that the practice isquite right. By ELUID KESTER It looks like a good future for the tractor and thetruck on the farm. Farm needs are calling for powerdevices, and with better prices and cheaper fuel,the deynand will outrun the production. The OntarioPlowing and Tractor demonstration at Hamiltonnext week should be a splendid meeting place forfarmers. It is being held on the Asylum farm, butthat does not meayi that you will have to be crazyto go there!—Editor. Likewise a tractor may be put to a job that strainsit.
Farmer's magazine (January-December 1920) . t hascarried it without mishap, think that the practice isquite right. By ELUID KESTER It looks like a good future for the tractor and thetruck on the farm. Farm needs are calling for powerdevices, and with better prices and cheaper fuel,the deynand will outrun the production. The OntarioPlowing and Tractor demonstration at Hamiltonnext week should be a splendid meeting place forfarmers. It is being held on the Asylum farm, butthat does not meayi that you will have to be crazyto go there!—Editor. Likewise a tractor may be put to a job that strainsit. Last August just as the threshing season began,I noticed a light tractor going by my farm house ata good rate of speed. The road was a good gravelroad and the little puffing horse was making fairtime. I. wondered where the thing was afterwards the question was answered by theappearance of the same little tractor drawing a bigthreshing machine. Apparently the owner had pur-chased this old machine and was going to operate it. with his tractor. But he had some time to pull itover a bit of fresh gravel. Other evidences werequite numerous to show that he was using his en-gine to its limit of power. He was decidedly particular light tractor was too light for sucha job. Tractors of all kinds are at work in Canadian used their tractors to draw their binders andthey did good work. During one days trip in Cen-tral Ontario at that time I saw a Fordson, a Case, aMoline, an International, a Lauson. and a Massey-Harris tractor at work where they were cuttinggrain. They did surprisingly good work. Later I haveseen all at belt work. Apparently they were doingthe job right. Doubtless the use of power machinery is going toincrease in farm operations. The fact of so muchrough work to be done in agriculture, and alsothe fact that too few people are anxious to stay onthe farm is going to force its use. Trucks, automo-biles and tractors will be used by every
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