The farm tractor in Mason and Berkeley counties . of the tractors at the time they were purchased. Thismakes the figure somewhat higher than it would be at present pre-vailing prices. TABLE 6.—Depreciation on Tractors Make ot Tractor No. ofTractors AverageCost New Estimated Ho. of Years Tractor Will Last AnnualDepreciation Fordson 1016 7311240 $ 1, 1, 1, 1, $1, $ 25 Cleveland Sampson 119 67 LaCrosse 100 00 Moline 95 00 Case 128 12 Average $ The cost of the tractor and the length of time it w
The farm tractor in Mason and Berkeley counties . of the tractors at the time they were purchased. Thismakes the figure somewhat higher than it would be at present pre-vailing prices. TABLE 6.—Depreciation on Tractors Make ot Tractor No. ofTractors AverageCost New Estimated Ho. of Years Tractor Will Last AnnualDepreciation Fordson 1016 7311240 $ 1, 1, 1, 1, $1, $ 25 Cleveland Sampson 119 67 LaCrosse 100 00 Moline 95 00 Case 128 12 Average $ The cost of the tractor and the length of time it will last de-termine the annual depreciation. The estimated depreciation onthe Fordson tractor was the lowest, $, and on the Clevelandthe highest, $ The Fordson was the lowest priced tractorand the Cleveland the highest priced. Since but few tractors Hadbeen worn out, the length of time they can be used is yet unde-termined. The tractor has not been used on the farms in this State long 10 W. VA. AGRL EXPERIMENT STATION [Bulletin 180. A Small Tractor Furnishes the IVeeessary Power for Filling: a Large Silo. enough to have had any very great effect upon production. Fif-teen of the 60 farms reported an increase in crop yields after usingthe tractor; 45 reported no appreciable change. The average area of land on 59 of the 60 farms was 232 these 59 farms, 47 were operated by owners and 12 by more owners than tenants were using tractors at thistime. Because of the topography of the State it is impossible, in agreat number of cases, for the farmer to shape his fields as hewould like. The general tendency, however, is to have the fieldssquare or rectangular. Of 56 farms giving these data, 23 had thefields arranged as nearly square as possible; on 14 the fields wererectangular; and on 19, due to conditions over which the farmer hadno control, the fields were irregular. The shape of the fields didnot seem to have been a result of the use of the tr
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