DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD
COST OF USING TRACTORS AND
HORSES SHOWN IN YEAR'S WORK
Gives Tanlac Credit
For Splendid Health
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The Responsible Party.
Jlmmle'.s report curd wns full of
distinctly poor grades and tho mother
wuh scolding hfm about them. Stic
even threatened to doprlvo lilin of
picture shown If they wore not made
bettor. "Why, Just loolc ut Teddy S "
sho said. "Almost every ono of Ids
.grades vnn excellent."
Jltnnile's downenst fnce became
,vcrrmor so. "Well, It's your fault
my grades aren't aa good as his," he
declared.
"My fault," ejaculated his mother,
"What nonsense 1 How did vou get
Unit?"
"Well, his father Is a widower nnd
tho teacher Is looking for 11 husband,"
enmo back his perfectly lucid answer.
I Appearances Are Deceitful.
"You nre a fortunate man," said the
'automobile tourist.
"Uow'h that?" asked the farmer
"You are monarch or all you survey."
"I guess you are wrong, stranger. 1
still owe n)ue Installments on that
tractor you see, my hired man won't
, pay a bit of attention to what I say
and there's a mortgage ou the old
home place."
1 Hl Wish.
W. Hkks "Did I hear you say yon
Wanted a divorce?" Y. Zee "Oh, no.
All I want Is a divorcee."
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from the ills which some
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TFien you. have a rich, full-bodied
table beverage which fully satisfies
the taste and there's no ingred
ient to harm nerves or digestion.
Thousands have changed to Postum
as the better meal-time drink
and they don't turn back.
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FAMOUS OLD CHURCH GONE
Flames That Consumed Historic Wash.
ington Edifice Also Destroyed
Relics That Were Priceless.
St. Paul's pariah church, In Rock
Creek cemetery, tho oldest church in
Washington and one of the oldest In
the United States, was recently de
stroyed by fire. Tho Interior of the
building, valuable memorial windows,
old relics and paintings wero burned,
and the four walls of the structure,
erected In 1770, wero all that was loft
of the historic edlllce.
Among the historic relics destroyed
by the 11 ro was a largo folio Bible,
which was contained In n glass case
near tho chancel. Tho Ulble was
bought In 1727, was "used for many
years and was paid for by tho con
gregatlon with tohncco. With the
Hlble, also destroyed, wero two largo
folio common prayer books, tho price
for which, according to records at
the church, was a quantity of to
hacco which was to bring not less
than "ltl per pound."
The tlrst Kaster service to bo held
In tho present territory of tho Dis
trict of Columbia took place at old
St. Paul's church, Hock Creek, in 171)1.
History repeats Itself, but gossip
doesn't have to.
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Preparing Seed Bed
(Prepared by the United States Depart
tnent ot Agriculture )
During October and November, 1920,
representatives of the United States
Department of Agriculture visited 280
tractor-owners In Ohio, Indiana, and
Illinois. A complete record of all the
work done during the year both with
tractors nnd horses wns obtained from
each farmer. Information from which
the cost of using the tractor and the
cost of maintaining the workstock
could be determined wns also obtulned.
The Investigation was made through
the co-oncrutlvo efforts of tho bureau
of animal Industry, ofllce of farm man
agement and farm economics nnd the
bureau of public roads, In accordance
with plans outlined at the furm power
conference at Chicago, III., In October,
1010. The object was to obtain Infor
mation, In addition to that already
nvallable In the Department of Agri
culture, which would aid In determin
ing advantageous forms of power for
different farms nnd different condi
tions, '
Farms Above Average In Size.
The nvernge size of the farms vis
ited wns 2.r)8 acres. This Is consider
ably above the average size of all
furms in these states. t
Two-plow tractors wero owned on
171 of tho 280 farms, three-plow true
tors on 104, and four-plow tractors on
six farms. One farmer owned a one
plow machine, nnd one fanner owned
a live-plow 'machine. Two-plow ma
chines were found on 75 per cent of
the farms with less than 100 crop
acres, and on 53 per cent of those with
100 or more crop ucres.
Ono hundred and six of the tractors
had been In use one year, 100 had
boen In use ono and one-half or two
years, 40 had been In use two and one
half or three years, anfl SI had been
In use more than three years.
Oil the average the tractors were
uaeii for 30.8 full days during the year
covered by the Investigation. Twenty
throe and live-tenths days of this wns
drawbar work on the home farm,
2.7 days was belt work, ami 1.0 days I
was custom work, seventy-three or
tho 280 tractors did less than 20 days'
work during tho year and 20 did 50
or more days' work.
The number of workstock still
owned vnrlcd from two head on 11 of
the farms to more than 15 on tlve of
the largo farms. On the average there
were 0.8 head per farm at the
time of the survey, and their value
wuh ?145 per bend. Iti all there were
1,878 bend of workstock on the 280
farms and 111 colts less than one year
of age.
The average number of full days
work per year per horse, for all farms
was 08.0. On 20 of the farms the
workstock did less than 40 full days
work and on 27 they did 100 or more
days work per year.
Tho tractors did 85per cent of the
plowing on these farms, 7.1 per cent
of the disking, 4.'l per cent of tho har
rowing, planting, rolling, and pack
ing, 11 per cent of the grain cutting,
and about 15 per cent of the loading
and hauling of hay.
Of 207 mon who did spring plowing,
142 did It nil with tractors, 1 2 1 used
both tractors and hor.ses, and four
used hows only.
Of 225 who did fall plowing. 100
itlil If nil u!t)i triiitfir 7 iwi.il hntli
I tractors and horses, and eight used
I horses only.
I In nil, the power for ,'ti) per cent of
the drawbar workmen these farms, as
measured by days of horse labor re-1
quired for It, was furnished by trac
tors and the remainder by ioises.
I The average eoit per head of keep
lag workstock on these farms for tho
year ending November 1, 1020. was
s; 1 HO, and the average cost per farm
WUH $1.70.
Costs 45 Cents Daily to Feed Horse.
Inclusive of grass and stalk pasture,
the average ration per horse consisted
of l.ll tons of hay, 1.2 tons of straw.
j 0.2 acre of stover, !17.8 bushel.-, of com,
i and 22.H bushels of oats. The total
cost of feed per head was $i:u. Itased
on present prices (March, 1021), the
cost of feed per head would bo about
180.
The aVernge cost per day of horse
labor for the year of the survey wns
$2.4fl. ll.ised on present prices the cost
on these farms would he not fur from
$1.50 per day.
The average ilrst cost of the two
plow tractors was S072, of the three
plow tractors $1,354, and of all trac
tors $1,110. The average umount spent
for equipment, mostly plows and disks
for uso with tractors' was about $310.
The average value of tne horse-drawn
Implements disposed of after the pur
chase of the tractors was $12.
The average lfo of these tractors
. evttninltHl by their owners' U 0.7
With Tractor Power.
yenrs. The annual depreciation of tho
two-plow tractors ninoutited to $10-1,
and of tho three-plow $217. The an
nual cost of repairs, including the
value of the owner's time spent In re
pairing the tractors, wns $S0 for both
the two-plow nnd three-plow sizes.
Tho fuel consumption per day for
the two-plow tractors varied from
ubout 18 gallons for fall plowing ts
about 11 gallons for drawing the hay
loader. For Uie three-plow tractors It
varied from 23 gallons for plowing to
15 gallons for drawing the hay loader.
The two-plow tractors' covered 0.0
ncroa per day in plowing nnd three
plow machines 8.0 ucres. The nmount
of fuel required per ncre by the two
sizes wns practically the sume, 2.8
gallons for the two-plow and 2.7 gal
lons for the three-plow trnctors.
Difference in Plowing Costs.
The nvernge cost per ncre of power
for tlio plowing done with two-plow
tractors was nbout ?2 nnd with the
three-plow nbout $2.20. The cost of
power (tor the plowing done with
horses on these furms wns nbout $2.00
per acre. Bused on the present costs
of keeping worktock, the cost of
power for plowing with horses would
be nbout $1.00 per ncre. For most of
the other operations the cost of power
when furnished by horses wns slightly
less thnn wlien furnished by tractors.
The cost per acre of power for disk
ing with tractors was $0.07, with
horses, $0.0-1 ; for cutting grain with
tractors, $0.07; with horses, $0.50.
These figures represent the cost of
power only, and do not Include either
the cost of man labor, or that of the
Implements used.
The nvernge cost per day of two
plow trnftors for drawbar work on
the homo farm was about $12.05, and
of three-plow trnctors nbout $17.75.
The total cost of power furnished by
tho tractors for drawbar work at home
during the year averaged $341. This
drawbar work on the home farm con
stituted 70 per cent of tho total work
done by the tractors, nnd only 7C per
cent of the totnl annual charge for de
preciation, repairs, and Interest on In
vestment, Is Included in it.
Tractor Reduces Number of Work
, stock Needed.
On the 172 furms where there had
been no change in acreage the num
ber of workstock had been reduced by
2.2 head, an average reduction of 20
per cent. Forty-four of these 172 men
had not reduced the number of work
stock, 02 had disposed of one or two
head, 4.1 had disposed of three or four
head, mid 23 of more than four head.
On these 172 farms one horse had
been kept for each 28 acres (total
acres, not crop acres) before purchase
of tractors, nnd at the time of the
surycy there was one horse for each
37.7 acres. For all the farms there
had beon an average of one horse for
each 27.0 ncres before purchnse of
tractors, and there wns one for each
37.0 acres at the time of the Investiga
tion. On the farms where there hnd
been no chunge In acreage there had
lieen ono horse for each 21.5 crop acres'
before the purchase of tractors, and
there was one for each 20 crop acres at
tho time of the Investigation.
Operating Costs May Be Reduced.
There were great variations on In
dividual farms In the cost of power
furnished by both horses und tractors;
and by more careful management
many farmers could doubtless reduce
this co-t. Hepalr costs and fuel con
sumption of the tractors could In many
cases have boon reduced by more care
ful operation.' The cost of keeping
workstock could have been reduced on
many farms by more careful feeding
practices.
The average annual cost of power
for the drawbar work on the home
farm which was done with tractors
was equal to the cost of keeping 2.1
head of workstock and this Is prac
tically tho average number displaced
per f ii rni On tho Imsls of present
prices,, however, tho cost of keeping
workstock has declined considerably
more than tho cost of operating trac
tors. Since, during the year covered by
the Investigation, the cost of power on
the nvernge farm was no greater than
If It had nil been furnished by horses,
my saving In man labor costs, any
gain duo to getting n larger amount
of work done In a given time, nnd any
other advantages connected with tho
use of tractors which cannot be meas
ured directly In dnllurs and cents,
might be considered clear prollt. It Is
doubtful, however, If such gulns wero
great enough to balance tho cost of
operating the tractors on many ,t the
farms where there wns no chunge in
acreuge and where no workstock w
displaced.
T. J. PARKER
4246 Juneau Street, Seattle, Wnsh.
"1 used to think nil tho Tanlac tes
timonials were exaggerated, but 1
have felt thnnkful a thousand times 1
ever believed In It strong enough to
give the medicine n trial," said T. J.
Parker, well-known salemnn for
Gately's Clothing Store, residing at
4240 Juneau St., Seattle, Wash.
"Several years ago I commenced
having periodic spells of sickness and
a few months ago I had an attack that
I thought would finish me. When I
did finally get up, I was senrcely able
to go, I had no nppetlte nnd what lit
tle I forced myself to eat caused so
much gas on my stomach I could hard
ly get my breath.
"At night I wns often so blonted 1
couldn't breathe while lying down and
just had to sit up and struggle for
air. At times I had crumps so bad 1
could hardly endure it.
The Solution.
Little Girl If I was a" teacher, I'd
make everybody behave.
Auntie How would you accomplish
that?
Little Girl Very ensy. When glrhj
were bad I'd tell them they didn't look
pretty; nnd when little boys were bnd
I'd mnke them sit with the gtrls, and
when big boys were bnd I wouldn't let
them sit with the girls. Edinburgh
Scotsman.
A Lady of Distinction
Is recognized by the delicate fascinat
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k bath with Cutlcura Soap nnd hot
water to thoroughly cleanse the pores,
followed by a dusting with Cutlcura
Talcum powder usually means n clear,
sweet, healthy skin. Adv.
Don't cure Is as good a medicine for
some physical ailments as nnythlng
else.
The Alps mountains harbor more
than 1,000 glaciers.
Absence of Disease
Isn t Health; You
Need VitalityEnergy
You may havo no particular dis
ease, and yet fall far short of en
joying real health. To be actually
healthy you must be sturdy, alert,
vigorous, a-3parkle with enthus
iasm and tho joy of living fairly
bubbling over with vitality and
energy. Are you thus?
If you nre well, yet listless and
unambitious, it is becauso you lack
some quality that would fill you
with vim and drive, and nino times
out of ten tho sole cause of this
lack is found to bo disordered, weuk
blood.
Wholesome blood is the very
fountain source of that energy
which puts spring into your mus
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FOR THE BLOOD
Standard for over 50 years
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"My liver was sluggish and some
times I got so dizzy I would nearly
fall. I feit tired and miserable all the
time, couldn't even sleep and for days
at a time I wasn't able to go to work.
"Well, a friend of mine finally got
me to try Tanlnc, and It certulnly hns
done a good job for me. My appe
tite is fine now and although I am
eating just anything I want nnd as
much us I please, my stomach never
gives me the least trouble. I have
picked up In weight, my strength has
come back to me, and I urn now en
joying the best of health.
"All the men at the stdre know
Tanlac put me birt.-k on my feet, nnd I
nm glad to give this statement for
what It mny be worth to others."
Tanlac Is sold by leading druggists
e ei y where. Adv.
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