THE LINCOLN TRACTOR TRIALS.
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The Programme of a Busy Week.
The plans for the trials of tractorsi being organized by .the Society of Motor . Manufacturers and Traders are wdrating out very well, and we should be greatly surprised if the demonstration is not more successful and of greater material usefulness to the farmer than that held at Wichita, Kansas, in the middle of July, where many defects of organization were observed.
The demonstration occupies the whole week from Moeday, September 22nd, to Saturday, September 27th. The vehicles "report" at 7 o'clock on the Monday morning, and two days'will be occupied in the dynamometer tests lay Mr G. W. Watson, the Society's techilical adviser.
The drawbar pull of every difterent type of tractor will be measured, the tractor being driven at 2i m.p.h., and pulling a loaded trailer fitted with screw on brakes, and baying_ the pecording apparatus, speedometer, brake gear, and seats for two observers. One observer will control the speed and the other watch the recording apparatus.
The drawbar pull necessary with the principal types of plough will also be ascertained, and with this information entrants of tractors Will be advised as to the size of plough to use.
The official lunch on Tuesday will be held in the exhibition buildings (two large aeroplane hangars on the South Carlton Aerodrome, which is in the middle of the trials ground). The site, by the way, is about 21 miles north of Lincoln on Lord Monson's land, about 25 fields, some with heavy three-to-four
034 horse land and some with lighter soil, being available. Ploughing occupies the Wednesday, Thursday, and part of Friday, the heavy lands being tackled on the first day.
Every type will plougn for 15 hours during the three days under observation (one provided by some other entrant and one from a panel of farmers). On Friday afternoon three hours of cultivation will be undertaken by every tractor.
During the three days those makers who have entered an extra machine will be called upon to set the duplicate machines at threshing on four farms where corn is available, whilst on an awkward half-mile of road near -South Canton there will be demonstrations of haulage capacity.
In the hangars an agricultural machinery exhibition will be staged, including tractors, implements and acces• sories ; this will be open to the public from Wednesday to Saturday.
Arrangements are being made for catering on the grounds and for a charki-bancs service into and from Lincoln.
The entries include 15 Dritish makes of tractors which will demonstrate ploughing and cultivating with 21 machines and threshing and hauling with three others. The foreign makes number 18, with 24 machines ploughing and cultivating and 10 hauling and threshing. The Samson tractors have been withdrawn, as despite all efforts they cannot reach this country in time.
Manufacturers of chars-A-banes should be able to gain a good advertisement by sending a vehicle to Lincoln for the Tractor trials, say from the Tuesday or Wednesday until the Friday, and if possible the Saturday. The gap of 4 miles between Lincoln and the trial grounds has been a source of much anxiety on the part of the S.M.M. and T. officials, and half-a-dozen chars-l-bancs would be a godsend.