'THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 191T.
FOR BEST WORK GIVE
TRACTORG00D CARE
Finst Consideration is to See
that Machinery is Well
Housed and Not
Exposed.
Tbe man who buys a tractor with
the idea that it will do his work and
be able to take care of itself will be
sadly disappointed, but the man who
buys expecting to give the tractor
good care, keeping it well housed, as
clean as possible, finding loose, brok
en and wornout parts as soon as they
need repair, will find the tractor will
more than pay him back.
The first consideration in taking
care of a tractor is to see that it is
properly housed. The man who buys a
tractor without a good, dry place to
keep it starts to lose money as soon
as he gets the machine. Weather, with
its rust and dirt, will start to work
on an exposed new tractor at once
and it is too costly a piece of ma
chinery to treat that way.
A good tractor shed which will be
adequate weather protection will not
. cost very much and it can be set in
some convenient place away from the
major farm buildings. Thus the dan
ger from fire which might possibly
be caused by the gasoline and oils
which must necessarily be kept about
the tractor will be lessened.
It is of the utmost importance that
the tractor shed be weather-proof. If
it were not, the depreciation on the
tractor would be enormous, due to
needless rust and corrosion. Since
the tractor is a finished machine and
also a costly piece of machinery, it
stands one in hand to take care of
it after he has purchased it. A single
wall is all that is necessary, provid
ing it has no cracks or knot holes
for the rain and snow to beat
through. The roof -should be tight
and should be made either of shingle
or some good prepared roofing
c Small Shed Will Do.
It is not necessary to have a very
large' building for the tractor shed,
but it is very desirable to have, it
large enough to include a work shop.
No matter how good a tractor a man
may have, there is always more or
less work necessary to keep it prop
erly tuned up and in good running
condition. If the work shop and the
tractor shed are combined in one
building, it is very easy to do this
necessary tinkering. There is always
considerable repair work to be done
on the various machines about any
farm, so that the repair shop will be
a great advantage for them as well.
Jhe floor of thetractor shed should
be compact and should not be allowed
to get dusty. Unless the tractor
which one has is a very light one a
concrete floor might not prove as de
airable a's6ne"of weHtrarhp"ed eirtfi
,or cinders. ' The lng en the drive
wheels, old factor .vyould not , get
much traction on a concrete floor and
unless the concrete was, of excep
tionally good quality they would soon
chew the surface up till it was quite
roogh. A number of farmers have
put plank floors in their tractor sheds
and like them very well. Where the
tractor shed and the repair shop are
in one room it is a good plan to
make one-half of the floor of concrete
for the shop and leave the rest of the
floor as it iMo keep, the. tractor on.
Stay in at Night.
A tractor .belonging to a careful
farmer will spend very few ; nights
outside the tractor shed. During the
harvest season or any other rush
season when the tractor is being used
almost continuously it will not hurt
to leave it outside over night. It is
advisable, however, even , then, to
cover up the- main part of the tractor
with some sort of a canvas.
Some farmers have (he mistaken
Impression that when they buy a trac
tor and sell their horses thry will have
no more chores to do. They might
find this true for a while, but sooner
or later they will discover that it takes
constant watchfulness and" care" to
keep a tractor or any qther machine
in service. A tractor should be
, groomed every morning that it U to
be used just the same as one would
curry and feed the horses. This work
involves wiping off the various parts
of the engine, oiling the bearings
which must be oiled by hand, filling
all' the grease cups and the lubrica
tor or oil reservoir, seeing that the
radiator is filled with water and that
the gasoline tank is filled. If this is
done each time before the tractor is
taken out it will not take very long
and will save considerable time. The
best thing about a tractor is that this
work is not necessary if the tractor
is not in use.
Work Systematically.
The writer has found that the best
way to do the chores on a tractor is
to do them in a regular order. For
instance, each morning first fill alt
the grease cups, then oil all places
needing oil from a hand oiler, then
fill the oil reservoir, next fill the radi
ator, then fill the gasoline tank; aft
erwards one can wipe off the ma
chine and then he will be ready for
a day's work. While one is doing
this work, he will naturally be watch
ing the various parts of the machine
and if anvthinn ts wrone or any part
is broken, the chances are he will
notice it and repair it before any se
rious damage is done.
Too much cannot be said to em
nhasue the need for continual watch
fulness for things that are not right
with the engine. The tractioneer
who can operate his machine year
after year with the least expense is
the man who is continually on the
lookout for strange noises and pe
culiar actions in any part of the en
gine. Then he is very seldom sur
prised by finding anything wrong
which will require a great deal of
work and the replacement of a num
ber of parts. Just as soon as a re
pair or adjustment is necessary, he
will notice it and will attend to the
matter before it becomes, serious.
Use Good Oil. -
"Another matter which will receive
considerable attention on the part of
a careful tractor owner will be the
kind of oil to use and . the way to
use it. The life ot a tractor oepenas
very largely upon this one feature.
A tractor which is kep't supplied with
a good quality of oil of the right con
sistency will last mucn longer, win
do a great deal more work and at
the same time use less fuel than will
i i -.it
a tractor wnicn is givcu pour un
which is too thin or too thick and
which is given to it at irregular in
tervals. ...
The man who takes care of his
tractor and who looks it over every
time before he puts it into service
will find that he will get better serv-
ice from it. He will have fewer break
downs. His repair expense will be
much less, and yet at the same time
his tractor will last longer than will
the one belonging to his neighbor
who will not look it over as long as
the thing will run Twentieth Cen
tury Farmer.
When the Tractor Becomes an Engine of War
True Tractor Tales
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A. L. Mason & Son. Sac County,
Iowa. ,
I purchased my tractor a year ago
last fall. It pulled the three bottoms
fourteen inches to our desired depth,
and owing to the wet weather last
fall the soil was left in sued condi
tion that it was almost impossible to
plow very much of it with mules.
We even tnea to use our xour
mules on a sixteen-mch sulky, and
the draft was so great that they
couldn't stand up under the work.
the soil was wet and soft in some
places and dry and hard in others;
in fact, we had all the variations one
could think of. '
In snite of these unfavorable soil
conditions We plowed this ground
with this tractor to a depth of four to
six inches, and did the work without
any trouble. In places the engine
went into the mud six to eight inches
and in other places the ground was
so hard that it scarcely made a track.
Of course, it took a greater amount
of power to plow under those condi
tions, about three gallons per acre.
We plowed irom six to eigni acres
P" dav- . . . .. ..
Last spring) we rjroue some oia al
falfa, sod. Here we compared its
work with a four-horse gang plow
for one day. The horses gang cut
twentv-four inches, the engine cut
fortv-six. In the day's work th1
horses' gang gained about two
rounds, but the engine plowed prac
tically twice as much , ground by
measurement. The soil was in good
condition and the engine consumed
about one and one-half gallons of
gasoline per acre in plowing. The
gas cost 18 cents per gallon; thus the
cost per day, including, gas and oil,
was 31 cents an acre. The cos of
feed for the horses that pulled , the
gang plow amounted to 50 cents an
acre: these figures, of course, do not
include the labor incident to take
care ot the tractor, out was ceriamiy
not in favor of horses.
We have used our engine for disc
ing and harrowing this spring, pulled
a double sixteen-sixteen, disc, wi(h
harrow attached, and we found that
the cost of discing and harrowing is
about the same as plowing. In the
fall we use the tractor for cutting
our wheat and oats and for such belt
work as is usually done on the farm.
For heavy work I am 'a strong be
liever in the tractor, as it can be used
night and day, provided you have a
good headlight at night; still, I like
the moonlight much better. Charles
E, Dawson, Ray County, Missouri.
I have used my tractor, pulling
three fourteen-inch plows eighj inches
deep and turning tinder from eight to
ten acres per day. It costs me about
$3.50 tier dav to olow this amount of
ground, usinj kerosene, which costs
fyi tents, per. gallon,. and lubricating
oil, which costs 28 cents.
One thing I like about the machine
i that it can do the work when it
should be done. I have used it also
pulling two eight-foot discs heavily
weighted. I can disc from thirty to
fortv acres ner dav at a cost of about
$3.50, or approximately 10 cents per
acre, and I feel I can do a better lob
than I can with horses. Since buying
this tractor I have sotten along with
one team and one man less, and our
work is up in better shape. ;
I have also used the tractor for
baling hay, grinding corn, running
ensilage cutter, and the facts are I
can use it for most anything when
anything is needed. R. J. Mehaffey,
Dodge county, MeorasKa.
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We purchased a tractor the last of
Anril. 1916. and have used it for plow-
ing, discing and harrowing in the
held. Have done, considerable heavy
work around the barnyard, such as
pulling over an old silo, hauling out
a dead steer, pulling stumps, etc.
. We have nulled a cylinder sheller
with a drag feed for a neighbor to do
considerable shelling and have found
that we can shell about ten loads of
rcorn an hour.
We expect to fill four silos this
fall besides our own, and have al
ready done enough outside work to
earn the interest on the tractor for
a year besides our own use. We will
use it to null our hay loader for our
coming haying and could hardly do
without it since we have become used
to using it. We have been to no ex
pense on the tractor, and so far as
we can see it is not hurt a particle
Mr. J. Hoebner of Dodge county,
Nebraska, states that he is very en
thusiastic over the tractor. The ma
chine has been in use on their 200
acre farm for three years. It is a
20-35 machine and is used for plow
ing, seeding, threshing and all odd
jobs about the farm.
Mr. Hoebner gives credit to the
tractor for keeping his son on the
farm. The boy had been raised near
town and was acquainted with the
ways of the city, which made the
farm work very unattractive, and he
decided to go to the city. He se
cured work in the factory where
their tractor is made, in Illinois, and
became much interested in the trac
tor. After spending the winter in
the plant he proposed to his father
that if he would get a tractor he
would stay on the farm, While his
father did not care to buy a tractor,
yet he did so under this condition.
After trying out the machine for
three years they say they would not
think of farming the old way.
I am using a tractor I purchased
in August, 1916, size 10-20. I find
this size very satisfactory for my
needs and I believe if I were buying
another I would get the same sized
machine.
Since getting this tractor I have
plowed with three fourteen-inch
plows, pulling a six-foot harrow be-
thoroughly and as quickly as it it J business.
plowed. I have also used it on a
four-roll shredder, a ten-inch ensi
lage cutter, and pulled all these ma
chines on the belt and on the road
easily.
I think a tractor is, all right as an
investment. They are especially val
uable where there are long rows,
from 160 to 320 rods. We plow
from eight to ten acres per day and
use from twenty-five to thirty gallons
of kerosene. This makes it much
cheaper than horses,- considering the
amount of work done. So far we
have had no trouble worth mention
ing. William Garnick, Valley
County, Nebraska.
As the tractor pulls the plow, so
advertising in The Bee pulls the
' Fremont's Reliable Department Store
6th and Park Ave.
One Block from the Postof f ice
Next to the New Pathfinder Hotel
Tractor Visitors will find it convenient to
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Men's and Boys' Clothing
Ladies' Ready-to-Wear
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Dress Goods, Silks, Shoes,
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Shop in Fremont and Save Money
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Experts choose these Products
For several years the committee in charge has speci
fied Perfection Kerosene Oil, Red Crown Gasoline
and Stanolind Gas Engine Tractor Oil for the Fre
mont Tractor Demonstration. This repeated choice
is a high tribute to the efficiency and quality of
these fuels and oils.
Perfection Kerosene Oil is standard in the oil indus
try as a high-grade tractor fuel. Uniform in qual
ity, it burns up clean, leaving but a minimum of car
bon deposit ;
Red Crown Gasoline is liquid power. Every drop is
full of pep and punch. Pure, straight-distilled, it
heightens the efficiency of the tractor.
Stanolind Gas Engine Tractor Oil has demonstrat
ed its qualities as an efficient tractor lubricant.
Keeps its body at high temperatures. ' Practically
free from carbon. Recommended for -t cylinders
and for every bearing on the tractor engine.
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The Standard Oil Company of Nebraska can supply
these products at any point in the state. The 250
stations insure ijuick deliveries. Deliveries made
direct to tractors by tank wagon or auto truck.
Standard Oil Company
(Nebraska)
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