The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, March 10, 1919, Page 18

Aid to New Farmers a Sound Policy North Dakota Plan to Give Effective Aid to Settlers and Home Builders Long Successful in Other Lands BY WALTER THOMAS MILLS 7] LL the world over, it is coming to be understood that it is impossible - to use farming lands to ad- vantage except with an equipment in stock, tools and improvements at a cost which is a long ways beyond the means of the usual workingman. When tools were simple, few in number, and inexpensive, the greatest difficulty of the young farmer was se- curing land, but today the land is fre- quently a matter of secondary impor- tance as compared to the stock and complicated and expensive machinery. For more than a quarter of a century these facts have been recognized and have been acted upon in other countries. Den- mark, Italy, Australia, New Zea- land, Canada ‘and finally Califor- LT i i " MEWARN | e The Most Efficient Transmission System through bevel gears, motor runs at low speed, we are able to use a larger belt pulley, which nia, by using the credit of state and national governments, are providing for farmers the neces- sary equipment in both stock and tools, together with the necessary land at low rates of interest and with an advance payment of only 10 per cent of the cost price of the farms which, from the very start, yield the largest returns for the labor employed. One hundred and fifty farms were recently prepared and made available for use with complete stock, tools and equipments and with modern farm buildings -by the state of California. These were applied for many times over when offered for sale on these terms. The national government has made the California undertaking, in behalf of all its citizens, the national model in its effort to provide for re- turning' soldiers. ADVERTISEMENTS 1r. HERE are just two things you want a tractor to do for ° I you—to furnish you with traction-and belt power. much of the power of the motor you get at the drawbar and the belt pulley depends upon the efficiency of the transmission. The Patented Sliding Frame Transmission in Avery Tractors givesyoua'‘Direct-Drive’ in either high, low, reversé‘orintl_xe belt, How Because the grips the belt better. ‘The Avery" Direct-Drive” Transmis. . sion gives you thegreatest amount of The Tractor with the N 5 .pglw?t‘x at thle1 dfl;awbt:r l:gcause: Ithas “Dr a.f H 2 M t o ree shafts, only threegear con- te hc?n. and only six gears between the : t orse otor motor and the drawbar. All inter- Avery’s are also the tractors with mediate gears, shafts and bearings are eliminated. Furthermore, ail Avery gears are straight spur gears; all are located outside of the frame, easily accessible and yet well pro- tected; all are made of steel and semi- steel, which means that they are able to stand up under the hard strains of tractor work. The Avery* Direct-Drive” Transmise sion gives you all the power of the b; motor atthe belt, ‘The belt pulley is shaft. No power is lost through ex- tra bearings or by turning corners Mention the Leader When Writing Advertisers = the “Draft-Horse” Motor—the Per- fected O signed especaally for tractor work and only for Avery Tractors, the motor with exclusive and protected features, such_as the Renewable Inner Cylin- der Walls, Adjustable Crankshaft Bozes, Duplex late Gasifiers. Avery Tractors are successfullyused farmers in all 48 States and 61 For- lz?e C?nungles. ’ll‘l‘h”t' nrx’-e bulltdcom- - g very Factories and are Sonted Hahton the end of the crank gncked by branch houses and dis- %—lnl}utors covering every State in the on. : AVERY COMPANY, 6225 Iowa St., Peoria, IIL Motor Farmin and Road Building Machinery pposed Motor that is de- erosene and Distil . Thresliing Write for the New 1919 Avery Catalog showing Avery Tractors built in sizes every size farm, with the smallest tractor selling at only $550.00 1. o, b. Peorias the. Avery Motor Cultivator, which cultie vates corn, cotton, etc.; and Avery Graine Saving Threshers and Plows for every size Coneax;unflm “(?v?t nua"Aoo Questions nce rse 1 and Answers to Tractor Troubles.” See Avery samples at the neatest Avery deales, Tractor for The Canadian government in some of its provinces had taken similar ac- tion some years ago. It is now pro- posed by the general government for the whole Dominion of Canada to give its credit, the special skill of experts and the resources of the Dominion to the support of such an undertaking. It is further proposed to make the vast tracts of land held out of use in that country available at a reason- able price for farm homes by doubling the taxes on all lands owned by non- residents or not in productive use. The Nonpartisan leaguers in con- trol of the North Dakota-legislature are proposing to provide homes in the towns and farms in the country on long-time credits at cost. In doing so they are not undertaking an “un- heard of” “wild-cat experiment.” They are simply following in the footsteps of the wisest and most progressive legislation, tried out on a wide scale and under the tests of a quarter of a century, without a single record of failure for the farmers or the home builders, or of loss of one penny to any state or nation. Farming and Politics in Georgia Political Wire Pullers Jump Into Farmers’ Meeting Be- . cause Farmers Neglect State Affairs (The Southern Ruralist) Now to the case in hand. With half of the last crop of cotton unsold, with no present demand, with nominal prices constantly falling and with the new planting season upon them, the cotton growers of Georgia—as of the ”I//@ for size Size Avery whole South—realize that they face a most serious crisis if not positive dis- aster. In response to. common senti- ment the state commissioner of agri- culture issued a call for a meeting for conference and action in Macon. The place, date, details and program were all arranged by this same public offi- cial, who presided over the.assemblage of some 600 representative farmers .and citizens. We were personally an early arrival at the auditorium, where we found a group of men discussing not cotton acreage or farming but politics. The very first words greeting us were: “Well, I hear CIiff Walker is going to run for governor.” The convention was called to order by the commis- sioner of agriculture, who introduced. a distinguished citizen of Macon who delivered a most admirable address of "~ welcome. Next the same chairman in- troduced a gentleman to respond to this address of welcome in behalf of the assembled farmers. No farmer or cotton man was named, but none other than “Clif Walker”—candidate for governor—responded. The only noteworthy remark of the speaker was his statement that he was not a farm- er and knew nothing about farming or cotton. The fact that this estimable gentle- man is a good lawyer and the present attorney general of the state, could not account for his selection by the com- missioner of agriculture to perform a simple function at a convention of farmers. Politics—an attempt to farm the farmer—is the only explanation. Next a delegate, neither a farmer nor cotton man, moved that the chair- man appoint a committee on resolu- tions. The commissioner of agricul- ture responded by drawing a prepared list of names from his pocket. Of the nine selected by the commissioner of agriculture to prepare the public reso-. lutions—platform or demands—of a convention of cotton growers, only one was an actual cotton grower. The chairman of this committee was the admirable speaker of the present state house of representatives but no farm- er. But one reason for such selection can be offered—again, politics, We could give further details but refrain. The whole proceeding might _be taken as a joke were the situation not so serious. We offer a single se- 7 quence to the above political maneu- ver. The committee of nine—includ- ing one farmer—labored and brought forth resolutions in behalf of the dear farmer, read by the political chairman. We mention two of them: 1. Farm- ers are asked to pledge themselves to a reduction of one-third in cotton acre- age. 2. A corresponding reduction of one-third in consumption of ferti- lizer is demanded. These nonfarmer resolution writers failed to say what should be done in the event the land taken from cotton was put into tobac- co or Irish potatoes—crops requiring four times more fertilizer than cotton. They never thought of that. How could they, these politicians who are = not farmers? S it