Canadian Automotive Trade March-December 1919 . d in the spring, going twice ineach furrow. Later it will open furrowsfor fertilizer or for planting; it coversthem and plows to or from the cropduring the season. The wide cultiva-tor tooth may also be used for openingfurrows, or for cultivating and hillingbetween the rows of plants. NEW HAY-LOADER A new harvesting machine (or hay-loader) will shortly be placed on themai-ket by Sheppard, a farmer andmachinist, who is working on his newmodel in a Toronto machine shop, andhas been trying out his machine prac-tically during the past few months
Canadian Automotive Trade March-December 1919 . d in the spring, going twice ineach furrow. Later it will open furrowsfor fertilizer or for planting; it coversthem and plows to or from the cropduring the season. The wide cultiva-tor tooth may also be used for openingfurrows, or for cultivating and hillingbetween the rows of plants. NEW HAY-LOADER A new harvesting machine (or hay-loader) will shortly be placed on themai-ket by Sheppard, a farmer andmachinist, who is working on his newmodel in a Toronto machine shop, andhas been trying out his machine prac-tically during the past few months onhis farm at Concord, about 15 milesnorth of Toronto. This is a one-processharvesting machine, and will cut twosix-foot swaths. It has eight mech-anical feeds. Mr. Sheppard has beenhandling farm power machinery fornearly ten years, ever since he boughtan old Mogul Tractor in 1910. He is agreat booster for the tractor new machine will be on the marketabout May of this year, and will costthe farmer about $100, says the DRIVE YOUR TRACTOR By a new device, model G tractor,manufactured by the La Crosse TractorCompany of La Crosse, Wis., may bedriven by a farmer just as he woulddrive a well-broken team of horses, andwith no more difficulty. The far-ierwould need no assistance in thus operat-ing his tractor in the field. Two pairsof leather lines do the work. One pairconnects with the ends of the steeringapparatus over +he front wheels, andthe other operates the clutch, to startand stop the tractor. TRACTOR, A. The Tractor and Machinery Com-pany, Chicago, Illinois, have announceda four-wheeled 20-30 horsepower ma-chine designed to meet a variety offarm requirements. The motor in thistractor is a four-cylinder, and is espe-cially designed to use kerosene as fueland all working parts are enclosed. Thecrankshaft is IV^ inches in diameterwith a total bearing length of 12 governor is of the fly-ball type andhas ball bearing throughout. The c
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