Farmer's magazine (January-December 1920) . s are bound to happen which ordinarily donot, and which would affect the result. An enginemight meet with a slight mishap. Oil might leakout. And other things unexpectedly take place tochange the score. Nevertheless, this happens in allcontests and everybody must Ije game enough to takepot luck. It will be noted that both at St. Annes and atHamilton several leading tractor firms were notpresent and while such was to be regretted, it doesnot detract from the merits of these particular en-gines any more than it reflects on a herd of Short-horns that do
Farmer's magazine (January-December 1920) . s are bound to happen which ordinarily donot, and which would affect the result. An enginemight meet with a slight mishap. Oil might leakout. And other things unexpectedly take place tochange the score. Nevertheless, this happens in allcontests and everybody must Ije game enough to takepot luck. It will be noted that both at St. Annes and atHamilton several leading tractor firms were notpresent and while such was to be regretted, it doesnot detract from the merits of these particular en-gines any more than it reflects on a herd of Short-horns that does not enter at Guelph. Yet it mustbe noticed by e^ eryone that the advertising of ananimal or an engine at a show surely results in in-creased business. At the conclusion of the St. Annes contest thescore card read as follows: Manufacturers Score at St. Annes Area, depth Exhibitors Quality and time Fuel Total Possible score 40 30 30 100 1. Cletrac 30 30 30 . 90 2. Fordson 35 27 . 20 82 3. Happy Farmer .... 27 27 22 76 4. Chase 28 21 16 65. Clark Youngr, of Milliken, Ont., in action with the outfit he prefers. He won the open tractor plowing-event at Hamilton, with a Fordson and two-bottom Cockshutt. The winner was a Cletrac. operated by H. B. plowed thirteen-twentieths of an acre in 54 min.,having lost 4 minutes. He used la lbs. IVz oz. ofkerosene. Its average speed was SVz miles per hour. plowing an average depth of %% inches. Thistractor is rated at 12-20 and costs$1,. farmers contest was carried on at St. Annesand creditable work was done by the used various makes of engines, while the firsttliree drew Massey-Harris plows. The entries were asfollows, standing in this order: 1—Wm. Scott, MacDonalc? —R. Bruce Ness, Howick, —Wm. McRobie, MacDonald —Gordon Bryson, Brysonville, —J. B. Cooperswaith, Agincourt, —Joseph Besner, Vaudreuil, Que. A CHOCOLATE clay soil, dry, and hard, formed the^^ base of op
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