| Show Find Improvement in Farm Machines Committee Compares Outfits of 20 Years Ago With Those of Today Prepare Prepared by Agricultural Service Ohio state University Service Although cultivators walking plows harrows barrowS and other ot of the less com plea plex farm machines were found to be greatly improved greatest progress In farm machinery manufacture was noted In the corn picker ensilage cut cutter t ter three horse power engine and the tractor plow A committee of agricultural college engineers comparing the farm ma machine machine chine today wIth that of 20 years ago releases this Information following I measurements ot of the efficiency dura dura- durability and operating costs of farm ma ma- ma machines chines As reported by Prof G W McCuen ot of the department ot of agricultural en one of the committee the quality value ot of the ensIlage cutter and corn picker is more than twice that of the machines sold to do the same ame work ork 20 years ago In quality values alues as reported by the committee are 70 per percent cent for the grain binder and 05 pet pel cent for the cultivator The grain drill was Improved 40 per cent farm engines per cent disk harrows 90 00 per cent mo mowers ers 70 per cent corn pickers per cent corn planters 55 per cent traCtor plows 90 per cent cent gang plows 50 per cent and t two 0 horse walking plows 35 per cent Spraying machines were Improved 7 75 per cent ensilage cutters per percent percent cent feed grinders 75 per cent cream separators 45 per cent sulky rakes 35 per cent cent and manure spreaders 80 per percent percent cent The committee was requested to tomake tomake make tests by the American Society ot of Agricultural Engineers |
