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Mechanizing the Farm

7th July 1931, Page 63
7th July 1931
Page 63
Page 63, 7th July 1931 — Mechanizing the Farm
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AGRICULTURE in Great Britain must keep abreast of the times, and to do so it is of the utmost importance that more reliance should be placed upon the employment of mechanical aids wherever these can improve efficiency, expedite production and open up wider markets.

It is notable that 36 per Cent, of the work on American farms is .performed by power. We do not know the corresponding figure for this country, but it cannot be anything like so great. To a certain extent this is due to the restricted size of individual cultivated areas, but the smaller types of tractor can well perform their task, even against this disadvantage.

It is not only on the tractor, however, that the farmer must place his reliance. There are ' a hundred-and-one uses for the motor vehicle, which can greatly extend his sphere of operations, open out more promising markets than purely local ones and enable livestock to be carried with considerable economy by the reduction in shrinkage, whilst eggs, butter, etc., can be delivered by road in very much better condition than by other means ; for the conveyance of milk, increasing use is being made of the road tanker, although, in this instance, the individual farmer is more often, concerned with the supply of the commodity than with the actual provision of the means for transport. A suitable lorry on the farm will replace several horses, the cost of the upkeep of which would far exceed that of The vehicle. In ad'dition, the grain and hay, if fed to:other live stock, would give a much better return than if given to horses.

In utilizing tractors and motor vehicles, it is important to ..remember that it takes about five acres of land to support one horse for a year, so that if a limnber of horses be employed a farmer must consider that the productive area of his estate is diminished by this extent for each animal.

One great advantage of the motor vehicle is its ,speed, and where markets are not too far distant and it is found that prices are satisfactory the vehicle can be sent back to the farm for further loads.

The -Commercial Motor is in an unrivalled position to deal with all those problems which confront the agriculturist, whether he be market gardener, cattle breeder or concerned with the raising of cereals. Its staff includes experts in the various sections of mechanical farming and they are always ready to assist readers in every possible manner. New tractors, machines for tillage and vehicles especially designed to meet the needs of the farmer are constantly dealt with in its columns— in fact, there is no better medium for the dissemination of such information amongst agriculturists.

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