| Show t L j. j C I c r irm 1 fg Elevators Found Helpful on Farms arms Perform Most of Heavy Lifting Transport Jobs JobsOn On today's electrified farms elevators elevators elevators ele ele- ele- ele perform most of the heavy lifting and ond short transportation jobs Although used for a number of years to some extent these devices did not acquire widespread popularity popularity popularity larity until World War II It was during the worst of the manpower shortage period that elevators elevators elevators ele ele- were used most They answered answered answered an an- the demands of older men menor for or mechanical help to replace employees employees employees em em- called to service And they saved the day for younger farmers In helping them save time for more Important production tasks sw This photo shows how bow baled hay bay can be raised with an inclined in- in inclined inclined in in- plane elevator Farm elevators are either portable portable portable porta porta- ble or stationary In general motors for portable elevators range in size from one hall to one horsepower Tests made at Idaho state college indicate that an average load of grain can be emptied and cribbed by one man in from six to eight minutes with the aid of a portable elevator Elevators also are arc used for raisIng raising raising rais rais- ing or moving a wide variety of farm produce including hay loose or sacked grain The use of elevators in farm work has been found highly desirable because because because be be- cause of the freeing of labor for other tasks and the amount of time saved over the run of a crop year |
