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Show i I Mechanizing the Farms With mechanization going on everywhere it is but natural that tee should find this trend in evidence also on the farm. Although the farm horse is by no means "through," he is less in evidence j than formerly. In a tour of the Fhdadelphia area several 100o mechanical farms were found, as shown by these pictures. typical of a ' ' . t mechanical t , - farm's equip- , ' ' . V f i mcnt.m action j cs Xt"l ! on the-WO. W'Ay-:..- V Jf : acre King MlMhMKi' Hk arm at Mor VZbikM. 4t'VSr I fiff V'v&: k- l-' - h "ay out in this V i2- jVjit s 30-ootvapo- R'rM ',W JM uWlo comfort t'V I Above:- A machine that plants twelve 1 .. '.J fel roM, o beans at one time. Arm on right i..-.y1-A 1 of 12 rows. Below: Future farmers on the i Roland Comly farm near Philadelphia. i , ' . V j I 1 AVIATION IIS FARMING! Jimmy Jlolsomback piloting his i plane over the King Farms as he dusts the field of snap beans with ! rotcnone, a non-poisonous insecticide. By plane, 20 acres can be covered at one time. j By way of contrast, here "'':' is a view of the 100-acre , j farm of Frank Baughman, -i , ; j in Ohio, run by horse la- ; V, u a T'V , . bor. He is shown plowing i for the potato crop. ' ' ' '. , i r V3i 1 A r V" -k i'VXrl i 1 J t;vk XV'-' ' Licking the cucumber beetle on King janus. |
