Show MAY STUDY MERITS OF HORSE AND TRACTOR r i 4 R va 1 g I 1 7 tty ak at g u g the tractor Is supplanting the horse entirely it is proposed to make a careful study of this tendency Pre Pr epard by the united statis states department of agriculture one of the chief means of effecting increased and more economic production on the farms of this country and consequently of reducing high cost of living to a considerable degree Is a more ina re anif complete C utilization of farm power according to jo the report re of a special committee recen recently appointed by the secretary of agriculture tills this report gives formal expression to the conclusions arrived at in nad ma s bof 4 I 1 1 I k wa fal J 1 will such scenes become thing of the past a conference recently held in chicago at the invitation of the secretary this gathering included representatives of tanners farmers horse breeders bleeders bre eders tractor and implement manufacturers manufacturers teed feed producers and workers from the farm management animal husbandry ant aarl agricultural engineering gi departments of agricultural colleges as well ns as representatives of 0 various divisions in the federal de pait palt ments including the bureau of animal industry the rural divis division joll of the bureau of public roads and tile the ollice of farm management merits of horse and tractor studies which should be made to show the relative merits of horses anil and it traders actors for use in various capacities on oil the farm was the central theme of discussion the conference recommended that a series of studies studied ow ami investigations relating to five principal subjects be undertaken under the auspices of the lie united states department of agriculture in operation cooperation co with state agil cultural college colleg ws under farm power requirements it was suggested that be given to the farmers needs 16 va various riou fl id operations in ha hauling tiling and a id in fit the lie 0 i I 1 erat aeration loik of heavy belt dri en ina machinery chinery and in small power opera operations tiong under the topics animal power and mechanical power the recommended field of investigation includes a study of the preferable size of animal nud mechanical pomer units of bual maintenance tenancy tena total utilization ot of power units and the quality of boil done coneby by each classed under the subject relation of forms of farm power t to 0 man labor the themes listed for consideration include seasonal demand for labor the effect direct or of time anil weather limitations the cost of man labor the quality of work required and so on the fifth topic influences of various varis ou s types of power units on oil farm organization and operation covers such items as the size odthe of the farm the size of fields tile topography of ilic lie farm fann intensity of culture and total farm products money for studies the TCP conference recommended that appropriations be made for these fundamental daine da mental studies of farm power problems and that when such appropriations ala become available the investigations be planned by ft i committee of the ablest men available aval lable |