Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1912-11-29 | Page 2 | [Illegible] Driver of Horses

Ireful driver of morses erne Men Can Get More Out of Anl- mals In One Round With Plow I Than Another Will In Two. How many acres of tillable farm Pid will one horse work? This, of Purse, depends on the kind of farm-Ig farm-Ig done, on the kind of machinery fsed and on the efficiency of the man who works the horses, it would not he difficult to find 100 acres of tillable till-able land worked in one cas6 Tvith two good horses and from this on up to six work horses. Probably mora depends on the ability of the driver to handle his horses than any other one thing. Some drivers will tako more out of their horses at one round with the plow than another wiil in two rounds. In one case the plowing plow-ing is done in a haphazard sort of way, the horses are tangled at tha ends, are backed and turned un. necessarily, are jerked viciously when out of line, and possibly the harnesses do not fit properly. In the other case the horses are given a steady, true gait which is kept up, the turns are smooth and without yelling and jerking and the driver watches tha working of his plow and fit of his harnesses all day long. No team should be worked over an hour at hard pulling before the harnesses are looked over to see that all parts set properly. To some this carefulness comes naturally; to others It never will come. Efficiency in the driver means efficiency in the team, and it Is a pleasure to see horses worked well. j ,