| Show TRACTOR GAINING IN popularity IN WEST WESTI machine reported profitable by owners in corn belt principal advantage reported Is I 1 ability to de do heavy work quickly saving of man power also of importance prepared by the I 1 riled states Dit dupart part merit ment of agriculture evidence of the arow brewing ng popularity of tractors on corn belt farms Is vs by reports made by more than GO tractor owners nine out of every ten reporting report lne that their investment in a tractor had profitable these data were vere obtained in the summer and fall of 1017 and in the spring of 1018 1918 on representative illinois farms by specialists specialist of tin fill united states department part ment of agriculture in order to determine just what conditions justl justi tied fled the purchase of a tractor in that section d tractor owners who made reports stated that tractors will vo profitable on most corn belt farms of ISO acres or more while in their opinion they not be expected to do go so on farms forms of much less than ISO acres the report of the ln in published as farmers bulletin states that while the fig urea were obtained in only one state they are applicable throughout the tho cot coin n belt and add that the prospective tractor purchaser may reasonably count upon equaling the average perform performances auces reported in the study nearly three fourths 71 per cent of those who reported owned tr tractors ito capable of pulling three plows eleven per cent recommended two 0 plowing not difficult tak task for farm tractor dlo plow machines while 13 per cent advocated cheuse of four plows in answer aai er to th tho 3 question 1 1 lint do ou find to be lie the principal advantages of a tra tractor actor for farm u borki ork I 1 I 1 the ansu er indicates that its ili ability to do heavy work and do it quickly thus covering tha the desired acreage within the proper season wua was considered the principal advantage the diving of man power and the doing atay with hired help a man to farm a larger acreage and thus the crops ho can raise was uns neit next in importance the ability to plow to a good depth especially in hot weather was al aly ala A emphasized under disadvantages the difficulty of clIt bulent fU lent lerit operation was the principal paint lat and this fact should be kept in mind ly by everyone who considers the purchase of a tractor says the bulletin in thia ibis connection it suggests that tractor eners take a course of training under competent instructors in this line as the results of sul such ch n course usually amply ja justify the time and t opense involved packing of the grouia when damp uns mentioned by several owners is a disadvantage but pot not as frequently as was the case when more of the older and heavier machine machines liere arc in use tho the expense delays and inability to tie use the tractor tor for some kinds of work ork for which horses could be used were disadvantages mentioned by several owners |
