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Show Non-Stop Plowing Non-stop records in flying, swiming, dancing, piano-playing and other activities ac-tivities have been given a great deal of publicity of late, but one of the most interesting as well as useful tests of this nature to be reported was a plowing record recently set at the farm' operated oper-ated by the University of California. In this test a tractor was run continuously contin-uously for 17 days and nights, drawing a disk plow, during which time the outfit traveled 1,330 miles and disked 1,280 acres of land. During the 408 hours of the test the engine was never stopped, but the tractor was halted 15 minutes four times a day for re-fuelling and servicing. Only one case of mechanical me-chanical trouble developed, the loosening loosen-ing of a valve push rod, but this was adjusted without stopping the engine. During the test 1,151 gallons of gasoline and 117 quarts of oil were consumed. This demonstration may forecast a marked change in fanning of the future, fu-ture, when mass production methods shall be applied to agriculture as they have been applied to industry. |