Show IS TT ff I Washington ton Jan 19 When When th the winter breaks over In France It Is ex expected expected the tho cables will begin to bring brine to the United States stories of ot the heroism of ot Americans In the front lines stories of or the soldiers who will willby willby b by that time bo in action against the Germans the stories with tho the tinge ol oi adventure and romance Perhaps nothing much will he be s said l lot of ot another American army arm armIn In Francean France France- an arm army which expects expects to go Into action when spring softens the heart of old mother earth This second arm army Is a prose commercial sort of an n arm army but much will depend on Us its success It Is an army of tractors trac trac- tors ni Right ht now it Its divisions are being be be- lug ing rushed rushel across and b by summer the arm army expects to have havo plowed a million f acres ecres of ot ground In France A million acres Think how many men rilen a million acres proper properly sown sow and cultivated will feed That Is u tl the objective of tho the tractor drive to drive to feed Ir If f an arm army fights on Its stomach a as asha ha lias been said the tractors' tractors part looms big biS' In the war 11 I Is to do o Lend Era Rm This arm army of or tractors homel homely grand daddies rand rand- 1 of oC the more homely tanks s which have e been crowned with laurels b by the English and French efforts at Messines lessines ridge and antl andt at t Cambrai will be in charge of oC a commission of ot Americans headed b by Henry Henr Jr Tr son of oC the former ambassador to Turkey who ho was as In the limelight a few years ears ago because of his difficulties with Persia In the the- upper ph phOto to the tractor shown is Js pulling an eleven doing w doln doing the he work ork of oC eleven cleven men and eleven cleven horses and doing doing- it In third one 1 the time It would take the eleven cleven men and horses It Is a common type of or oft t tractor rae tor In tho the other photo a newer tractor the the caterpillar t type is type is shown Thi Thi tank Is a direct descendant of the I caterpillar tractor It Is practical on ona a lyn ayn n sort of oC ground its lon long traction surface making level all sorts of or ruts rutsor I or mounds The on one shown Is pulling the discs and harrowing the ground at t the same operation Much of or Tractor American machinists and American with the farmers are being sent over O big big- machines to operate them and to teach the French to run them I Tho The commission was formed and de- de 1 LACKING IN THIS S STO SPRING I I TRACTORS TO ATTACK SOIL OF FRANCE I I I i I 9 6 I i h h v x v a I iV i. i Wl F V W h i 7 I I 1 c I 1 I c t f I AS v s r v V B i s. i 4 1 e 4 l T u I J p. I II I I 5 Ordinary tractor pulling an eleven cleven gang plow above and caterpillar tractor pulling harrow Insert Insert Henry Henry hau Jr I elded on the tractor drive e at the suggestion sug II I of the thc food tood administration on World production of food must be beI speeded up yip p and broadened to meet the I war needs and th brunt of or the labor falls on on time the American farmer The fhe food administrators administrator hell believe eve that no noland noland land is going to 0 o be he left uncultivated lt In iii the United States but even going going- tilt full-tilt the tho American farmer Carmer will have difficulty feeding the world from hl his own land So tho thio vast farms of France left leCt b 1 by the time men called to the colors are to be called on to do their bit |