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PAGE TEN â€" © World War, however, astounding progress had been made in the development of the farm tractor, and by 1919 we had available maâ€" chines which were the actual proâ€" totypes of present day tractors, excepting that the day of tractors on rubber had not yet arrived. The period between 1925 and 1930 might be designated as that of the introduction of the pneuâ€" matic tire for tractors. By the end of that period the value of tires on tractors was established, but then followed the great depresâ€" . During World.War I the call for food was perhaps more seri~ ous than was the case in the early stages of the Second World War. Because of a lack of adequate mechanical power units in the form of tractors, and an acute laâ€" bor shortage on farms, due to esâ€" tablishments and drafts into the armed forces, expansion of farm production was much more diffiâ€" cult than it was in World War II By the latter years of the First Usually it is possible to predict the future, to some extent at least, by observing the trends of the past. In evnlunm:ggfln possiâ€" bilities of trends in immediâ€" ate future in farm mechanization this is only partly true. The reaâ€" son for this is that, in the past, the two great, progressive surges in farm mechanization were war engendered. In 1914, at the beâ€" ginning of World War I, th@ farm tractor was hardly a factor in farm production, excepting in western Canada, where it was esâ€" tablished as a source of belt powâ€" er at threshing time and, to a lesser extent, as a source of drawâ€" bar power in land tillage. sion from the results of which agriculture was just emerging when World War II broke out. Fortunately, food surpluses at the beginning of the war, available to the Western Allies, were much geater than at the beginning of orld War I, but, even if they had not been available, we were in a much better position to inâ€" Trends in Farm Mechanization Urban meets rural each year at the many fall fairs held throughout the country. The populariâ€" ty of these fairs is evidenced by the fact that two district fairs, Eimira and New Hamburg,â€"ceiebratâ€" ed their 100th anmversaries this year. the Second Worlid War brought forcibly to the farmers‘ attention by the fact that, while he now had good tractors, .t.ge thing that was missing was ate duction e?lmpment toew;o wnE it. mut followed is now well own: the selfâ€"propelled comâ€" bine harvester, the forage harvesâ€" ter, the various versions of the oneâ€"way disc, the variety of sprayers for improved weed and insect control, the rubberâ€"tired farm wagon to accompany the highâ€"speed tractor, larger capaciâ€" ty manure spreaders and the deâ€" velopment of these machines as combination wagons and manure spreaders; the pickâ€"up baler for tay and straw and the power loader to mention only some of the new devices, all were deâ€" veloped to enable the farmer to do with one man those things which formerly required two, ".hree or more men to accomplish. ‘ fAnot.her addition to the array of new machi to accompany the m'odern tnr:z-r was the deâ€" velopment and standardization of crease food production than was powerâ€"takeâ€"off drive for trailer and tractor carried equipment. Still another very valuable accesâ€" sory to the tractor and modern tractor equipment is hydraulic lifting and controlling devices for tractorâ€"drawn and driven maâ€" chines. All this equipment is here and available though much of it is not yet in very wide use. One of the predictions one can safely make in connection with future mechanization is to say that mechanization will most certainly expand. It is interesting to note, for instance, that according t studies by the Agncul_tur;iallni‘._co nomics Department of the Onâ€" tario Agricultural College, Guelph, approximately 60 per cent of the grain crops in Ontario are still harvested by the binder, the case at World War L Nevertheless, the beginning of THE WaTÂ¥RLOO0 (Gaisk) curkoUIcLR® _ [ sizes it will not uire much custom work for n&orgto perâ€" In a study on the use of the combine harvester when the maâ€" chines were relatively new in Ontario, J. M. Arm.stron“ of the Central Experimental Farm at Ottawa reports that a sixâ€"foot combine harvester can harvest 200 acres of crop within the time limits of the harvest season if the range of crops includes barley, oats, buckwheat and clover seed. If fa L ;ve}ée:t atgd alfalfa of;;r seed are i o the range up to 300 acres can be hm by this size of machine. It becomes apparent, therefore, that it dosinnot W as large an acreage‘in crop eep a comâ€" bine harvester busy during the do not carry the heavy investâ€" ment the mechanized growâ€" er must carry. lndeeg.ou:gr@e can safely carry the investment ing. Probably the rate at which is e ns ex w epend on ra at which productive farm units will grow in size or on the inâ€" crease of the coâ€"operative use of this equipment, the spread in the practice of small farmers hiring work done by custom operators or by neighbors with large farms. may have imagined. A size of farm which can provide up to 150 or 200 acres of grain and seed stooked and threshed with staâ€" tionary thresher. 7 We know that, in the wing °f¢!in!'MMm§';ie.m bors, but it is also true that they necessary to complete mecharrizaâ€" tion of forage and grain harvestâ€" farm". Even on smaller farm mit the use of such machines as the combine harvester and forage harvesters to a capacity which will make ownership of the maâ€" chines an economic possibility. (The above is a portion of a report by L. G. Heimpel of Whitby to the Ontaric Plowmen‘s Association). %-â€"unnomb Clasa 35~â€"tractorsâ€"open to boys who _ e Rite s fooifs twe o en T?’can'? prize winners in class 4 on Cluo,Hu' ‘.w AC. u:flu.a inâ€" â€".'hn- : tlage K an II.J-..A-.. ass 33â€" n’u.'umf â€" former first prine winners in/this class, or any first prize winner in class § on Wednesday. _ _ aas .â€"A’n--nlfi;‘ l:..C (arm : generator)â€"apon t prize Mahdfiu‘um. PATRONIZE CHRONICLE ADVERTISERS wWATERLOO COUNTY SUPPLIES COâ€"OPERATIVE PHONE 8â€"§431 Your SURGE SERVICE" Dealer for Waterloo, Wellington and Perth Surge Milker Stalls n Operation The International Plowing Match YOU ARE INVITED TO INSPECT Farm Weiding Corner Duke & Frederick â€" Opposite Market Mr. George Cardinal on the farm of to all exâ€" R.R. 2, Bresiou* AZID V OeF + ANY e uce v P tetiivdt 66 nand Class 45â€" tractors * openâ€"3 furrowsâ€" _ plows set not less than 10 inches. c&{_:l-:*nm AC. (limited inâ€" &'-_:': 12â€"Arcâ€"welding, D.C. {farm size In addition to the plowing comâ€" titions, the "International" is gpou for its displays of the latest in farm equipment. Each year the headquarters area takes the same form! and has become known as the "Tented City". tnche« «+ tractors â€"â€" open 3 or gsore s. Plows set not lpss :- 12 KITCHENER