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Show Mechanizing the Farms With mechanization poing on eviTyii hcrv it is lint natural that ire slmultl finil n.i trend in evulcm o also on the farm. Although the jarm horse is by no means "through," he is l-ss in evidence, than formerly. In ti lour of the. I'luludel pitta urea si'vend 700 mechanical farms were found, as shown by these pictures. Implements, f typical of a mechanical i farm's equip- : j V ment, in action : j s 'X ' h on the 6 500- ''J "2 ' ,lV' acre Km, UA K? LX i , M r,s, .;. r. P'; ' r. - m U'W f I -5 A V 'ice v( i s JT t i way out in this Ml" V;lf1'c" ri'T?f '-"'V picture at left, . i U 'Plt'Ji V ul.Hhshou a rlY , '! ' 100-foot go,cn . '., .'W JlV V , ued to combat Nk ' ( t T plant lice. : ' 1 Above: A machine that plants twelve, fc ; .' . Xs - 5 ron-4 o beans at one time. Arm on right r - .: il'c-J i 14 draiving line that will guide next series 1 of 12 rous. Below: Future farmers on the I i Roland Comly farm near Philadelphia, r t v', i istf'S f y .V - J 5 i , I j ; . jt - '! " - - . - a v ,v N ; S v v. ' ! - j AVIATIOy - FARMING! Jimmy Holsomback piloting his plane over the King Farms as he dusts the field of snap beans with rotenone, a non-poisonous insecticide. By plane, 20 acres can be covered at one time. By n ay of contrast, here j is a view of the 100-acre t farm of Frank Baughman, in Ohio, run by horse la- ( , K t bor. He is shown plowing fs r xs.s sX - . for the potato crop. t.?WK ;v .. vj' ' ''v ' . - - ; A J N Licking the cucumber beetle on King farms. |