Show An 1 IMPLEMENTS IE 1 COST I LESS TODAY It J its is supposed b by the he average farmer farmer that he is actually getting less out li of his farm today todar than he got front from r m it five or ten years ago This information below however is quite t contrary to to this idea and because because be be- cause cause caus of f the information being of or general importance we give it to our readers trusting it will be ap ap- In In 1 1906 it took 3 1 S acres acres of grouted ground planted to corn to pay for forone forone forone one good Foot Foot- Lift ft Sulky plow In 1916 the same plow could be purchased purchased purchased pur pur- chased chased Very very much improved and costing considerable able more to make for 2 2 1 acres of average corn cropin crop cropin in the U U. S S. S In 1906 after atter paying laying for tor a Moline 1 or Deere Sulky plow with the proceeds of four acres of corn the farmer had left In In 1916 in the four average acres of corn U. U S S. S would buy the same plow con improved and leave over otter and above the cost These facts facts facts' I Iare are notwithstanding the average yield In 1916 G was as bushels per pcr acre and l d in in 1906 the thc average yield was was bushels per acre Using the average wheat yield per acre we derive the following facts required 13 2 1 viz In 1906 it acres aGres of average wheat crop in this country to pa pay for a standard grain dt binder er In 1916 only 9 4 1 acres acres of wheat would be lw required to buy a Deering or John Deere binder even though the 1916 average 8 yield Is considerably less than the 1906 and the cost of the binder binderIs the tho Putting is now much greater same facts In other words In 1906 there after buying a grain binder was 10 from the wheat crop croll from 15 acres acre while in 1916 after inder the farmer payi paying g for the binder tad had left In the U U. S S. S in 1916 1916 on November 1st bushels bushels' of f corn were wort worth 1 at Chicago while in 1915 1916 bushels of corn November 1st were were ere worth at Ch Chicago 61 5 0 or a of on deficit it in ong on Oll year bushels J I JOn On November 1 I 1916 bushels at Chicago were worth of wheat the One year before on bushels of wheat same same samo market marlet were worth or a deficit of It matters not what kind of or produce we may use It will wail be found that despite the cost of machinery wire leather etc the farmer is very snuck much better off oft January 1 1917 than l het e has u been en for at least a generation gen ge gen 1 If the farmer will fi figure ure the matter over carefully he will discover this important fact viz He Is more able ahle today to buy bur a plow wagon or I anything else he lie needs than he has I II I been heen before for a long long time limn because he is getting the highest prices ever ver paid in this country with I good c chances lances of this condition remaining re- re re remaining re-I re about as it is during the year 1917 I 0 e- e o |