. Agriculture and the farming business . m will cost approximately as much as the gasolinetractor. The team will depreciate in value as rapidly asthe machine and horses go on eating whether they are atwork or not. The gasoline tractor ofifers another advan-tage over horses in that during rush times the machine canbe worked from earliest morning until late at night with-out weariness or exhaustion. In fact, by using two shifts ofdrivers and a headlight it is possible in emergencies tocarry on most farm work at night or during any part of thetwenty-four hours. THE FARMING BUSINESS 691 Not to dis
. Agriculture and the farming business . m will cost approximately as much as the gasolinetractor. The team will depreciate in value as rapidly asthe machine and horses go on eating whether they are atwork or not. The gasoline tractor ofifers another advan-tage over horses in that during rush times the machine canbe worked from earliest morning until late at night with-out weariness or exhaustion. In fact, by using two shifts ofdrivers and a headlight it is possible in emergencies tocarry on most farm work at night or during any part of thetwenty-four hours. THE FARMING BUSINESS 691 Not to displace the horse.—It is not to be thought,however, that the farm tractor will altogether displacehorses. There are many farm uses which can not possiblybe taken by the machine. On every farm of reasonablesize it will certainly be necessary to have at least one team,no matter if the tractor is given the greater part of thework with the farm machinery. In the case of truck farm-ing or with smaller farms, it is possible that several farm-. Popularity of the automobile. ers could together own a tractor with which to do themajor part of their farm work. The best that can be said at the present time is that thetractor, so far as the average farmer is concerned, is alreadypast the experimental stage, and promises great things forthe future. While the cautious farmer will not rush intothe market and buy a tractor because it is highly adver-tised and recommended by its makers, he will, on the otherhand, keep an open mind and not be so conservative as to 692 AGRICULTURE AND fail to take advantage of higher efficiency and cheaper laborfor his farm if these can be secured through the gasolinetractor. The Production of Automobiles Probably never before in the history of the world hasso great an industry as that connected with the production,sale and repair of automobiles arisen in so short a recent compilation of statistics suggests something of themagnitude of the business: Motor-C
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