. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. A Best '•25" Tracklayer Turning Over the Soil in a Cherry Orchard in California. few dealers that their responsibility ceases as soon as the order is closed is not good modern merchandising. If the taking of a commission is to represent a 'square deal,' the seller is under an obligation to furnish the necessary re- pairs as long as the tractor may be used. "It is fully realized that most success- ful machines had a small beginning, and good tractors manufactured in a small way should not be discriminated against, but fly-by-night concerns with undevelop
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. A Best '•25" Tracklayer Turning Over the Soil in a Cherry Orchard in California. few dealers that their responsibility ceases as soon as the order is closed is not good modern merchandising. If the taking of a commission is to represent a 'square deal,' the seller is under an obligation to furnish the necessary re- pairs as long as the tractor may be used. "It is fully realized that most success- ful machines had a small beginning, and good tractors manufactured in a small way should not be discriminated against, but fly-by-night concerns with undeveloped machines should be care- fully avoided. "Much is made today in present day tractor sales of the service rendered, and no doubt this is a very perplexing problem for the conscientious dealer as well as the purchaser. Service is usually referred to as the assistance given the tractor owner in the care, repair and adjustment of the tractor after it has been put to work. It is undesirable from the purchaser's standpoint to have too much of such service rendered pro- miscuously without charge, because the operator will call upon the dealer for more service than is necessary, and in- asmuch as the cost of the service nmst in this case be added to the purchase price, it makes the first costs of the tractor too high. It would seem that only enough free service should be rendered to guarantee good faith and confidence upon the part of the seller and all other assistance not charged to a faulty construction should be paid for. It would seem that the best service arranges for providing quickly the tractor's future needs in the way of mechanical skill and repair parts, rather than to furnish an unlimited amount of gratuitous service. In select- ing a tractor, it would be well to deter- mine accurately the dealer's service policy. "A tractor that is too large does not give good economy either in investment or fuel economy. For most operations, in orchard cultivation, a large
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