Show THE HE SALT LAKE TELEGRAM REMARKABLE TRACTOR TO BE EXHIBITED AT UTAH STATE FAIR FAIRi TL a f 4 h I c. c y-i y fin 1 An F d' d nJ M Mn MI n iu It a. a I r h J 1 1 r 1 IP J 14 J h I I II 11 II II IJ i The pl picture ture reproduces reproduces' a scene that will be staged dally at the coming Utah State fair when the Pacific P Nash Motor company demonstrates the new Bates Steel Mule tractor for which It has the distributorship Dead rapture to and despair I A thing that grieves s not and that never hopes hope I I S Stolid lid and nd stunned a ne a. brother e to t tile e oL S CI was th the farmer of yesteryear But But Edwin Markham would never have hae written written writ writ- ten the foregoing had he but seen a avIon avi vi vIon on of ot the modern power farmer It has been the application of ot power to agricultural agricultural ag ag- work that has made agrIculture agriculture agriculture ture one of the most desirable of voca voca- fons The lot of the tiller of the soil was not to be ba envied as long as hand I methods prevailed The soil did n not t produce produce pro pro- duce readily e without t cultivation u a and cc 1 1 i when a man was compelled pel to attack the soil barehanded as It were production I was slow and labor arduous So writes J. J B B. Davidson professor Of ot agricultural engineering of the University of Califor Califor- nia But continues Davidson the application of pow power r to the work of ot the farm has s carried the farmer far away from the drudgery and stolid toil of the theman theman man Inan with the hoe and has been influential influential influential I in making malting him an intelligent and man mn m Manager i ger C. C r. J. J S Simpson r of i the Pacific Nash Motor O a recognized the Im Importance importance im- im company g n of power g farming Kr methods o and d I quickly Saw aw that many other othel beneficial influences on the farmer himself would follow their application The qu quantity and quality of production I is being im irn- proved The soil soli under primitive inadequate Inadequate in inadequate In- In adequate methods of cultivation did no not produces produce lt its maximum yield and the abU abU- Ity Ily to seed and harvest with dispatch at atthe atthe atthe the proper time had marked a n Influence upon the quality of ot the products pro produced pro pro- Crop production said Simpson is largely mechanical In its nature It re remains remains remains re- re mains therefore to furnish the very best mechanical aid to the farmer to secure the best results and 1 T believe this field of motor vehicle Industry to tobe be not only the most vitally essential to the preS present nt and Immediate future welfare of I our country but to the greatest potential possibilities In a business way for the distributor In In fact the importance of the tractor business loomed so large before that rite hat hatI I immediately took steps to fo secure a a c con con- n- n section for the Pacific Nash Motor 1 com company company com com- pany that would put us In the front ranks of tractor dealers and in securing the Bates Steel Mule 1 I believe that we can say without exaggeration that we have the very best farming tractor that the market was ever put on There are so many superior features about the Bates Eates Steel Mule tractor that it would b be ba difficult to enumerate them all 1111 but a afew few of the most Important Improvements improvements improvements im im- Im- Im over the old style tractors lare are well worth considering In the first place tie the crawler type ot 01 tractor praetor has has' been known as the most de dependable dependable dependable de- de and possessing that tha irresistible quality of brute strength that is necessary sary under many circumstances the performance performance performance per per- of English tanks In the great world war being the most graphic Il Illustration illustration il- il of the crawler type type tractors tractor's irresistible power But the Bates Steel Mule goes the theold theold theold old crawler type one better In possess possess- Ing two front st steering steering wheels which make the handling of the tractor 50 per pel percent percent cent easier The Bates steel tractor is built with a very very very- low center d gravity i t id ld still has aground a a ground clearance ot of nearly fourteen inches Indies which Is a big advantage In plowing orchards vineyards or hillsides The Bates Steel Mule Mute Is is especially de designed designed de- de signed for kerosene 1 distillate or other low grade fuels and the mechanism Is light powerful and very flexible with every working part running in an oil bath r r It is constructed of ot only the highest grade materials and and the th motor is a heavy duty overhead valve type which is bolted direct to the th the transmission with witha a bell ben housing which completely s the flywheel l and and clutch All AU parts of ot the machine are readily accessible for quick repairs In all there are are more than a dozen reasons why the model D Bates Steel Mule Is considered the best un the market market market mar mar- ket in the light tra tractor tor class ana and is 18 adaptable to all sorts s of L conditions We have made arrangements arrangements for the demonstration of the Bates Steel Mule at both the Idaho and the Utah state fairs continued Simpson and to insure having havIng having hav hav- ing tractors for the demonstration at the Idaho fair tall we had two t tractors each weighing pounds shipped by express express express ex ex- ex- ex press from Joliet Jollet ilL III to Boise It was wasa a big express shipment but we feel that the importance of this demonstration I cannot canoot be overestimated and we knew that the freight shipments which are arenow arenow now en r route ute could not possibly reach I Boise in time for the fair Simpson will be personally In charge I of the demonstrations at both the Idaho and the Utah state fairs and declares that the Bates Steel Mule will be put through all aU its paces Including the pulling pulling pull pun ing of gang garig plows hauling heavy loads and operating machinery Simpson I also states that much good territory Is open in Utah Idaho and eastern Nevada and that he will be glad to meet any who are Interested at the fair grounds or at at- atthe the company's office at 37 West Fourth South street |