Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 3, 1916, Page 18

One of the good reasons for mak-| ing the date of the tractor show Au- gust 7-11 was to get into the water- melon season as ecarly as possible. For there will be lots of fun as well as a good deal of work connected with the big show. And some of the fun will come from eating the lus-| cious melons that grow in the oui- skirts of Fremont, i Last year a barbecued ox was also on the program. While details are “not yet arranged there is no reason to believe the preparations will be on a less elaborate scale than in previous years, One thing is almost certain. There will be more room than last year. The grounds comprise 640 acres, but last year there was rain almost every day and there was nothing doing on a Lrge section of that space unless one wanted to use high rubber boots. 1f coming events cast their shad- ow before the ox for the barbecue will come, as last year, from the South Omaha stock yards, and coffee will be served by the German-Ameri- can Coffee company. There will be experts on ever hand to explain to greenhorns all about the big machines. All kinds of questions mafi be expected to be asked, from whether or not the trac- tors are the same kind as are used in the European war, to whether it will take two or four horses to draw them. These tractor shows are like picnic n many respects, and after work is done there will be lots of opportunity for good times and recreation. Last year there was a summer school one hour in the forénoon. The lecturer told just what the big ma- chines would do and what they could not do. He showed how the tractor should be operated. Then when he had talked himself out, or the crowd thought he had, permission was given to ask questions, That would give one a chance to sece that the lecturer had not run down at all, but could keep on talking all day and night if necessary. Women were “lmost per- suaded that they could not plant a flower garden without a tractor, and ‘the small children stopped playin, horse and automobile and, imitate their. elders with some improvised w{l that looked like the big ma- chines their daddies had come to buy if they could find the cash or credit. There was a time when' these dem- onstrations were contests. But that way of conducting them was a dead failure. Contests are all right in old- fashioned fire engine company meets, when the ambition of each contend- ing’ p;rtg is to play the biggest stream, but in tractor shows the ob- ject is not to beat the other fellow in speed or endurance so much as to sell ‘machines. Of course no one wanted to buy old fire engines, but there are hundreds of farmers at the shows to buy tractors as soon as their "shif.comu in,” if not before, - For it 1s not always the fast ol the most enduring machine that a|g man waats. There are tractors for cvera kind and condition of man. One wants a machine that will last a life- and he wants a big one. His : wants a cheap affair that will -last him until he gets enough _money to get a better one. One farmer has a big farm that can ac- . commodate all kinds of "big equip- . ment—the bigger the better; another :':.u::&f small urmh.lnd l"ld“l 3, of gomewhere, next year, and wants a machine that he can Yod &v freight for not more than it cost the beginning. Oh, yes, there are plenty of good reasons why the dem- onstration plan is superior to the con- test plan. Every dl!y there are dynamite ex- hibitions. In these the lecturer shows how to plant trees by dynamite. The idea is that in this m¥| the ground is not tramped down so hard as is the case when the hole is dug, for there is not so hard a wall for the tender rootlets to break through. Ditches are also dug by dynamite and all such suggestions as these go with the trac- tor demonstrations. ‘There is always a parade one day. The “animals” are all out in their cages, or well guarded.” One day is devoted to Nebraska alone, another to Towa and Kansas, or serhupl to the two states together, and there are other days for representatives of such states as may show interest. The im- plement dealers, of course, have a day of their own, and the Ak-Sar-Ben men have a day to themselves in makin things hum. Last year the school children were drilled in a singing fest and there was a sort of pantomime of _ the civil war and intervening history in which the veterans of '61 to 65 fig- ured. The Redpath chautauqua was there, too, with a force of speakers, and there was plenty of good music %flle bands and various orchestras. e Fourth regiment Nebraska Na- tional guard had an encampmeht near the grounds last year and there were ‘other side shows too numerous to mention. The hot tamale sellers, the peanut venders, the nevupnrer ungsters and the politicians will all be there, for it is presidential year this year, ‘and besides preparedness upon the farm there will be appeals to be pre- ared to fight the combined hosts of Europe after they get done slaughter- ing_uch other. he, first tractor show on record was held in Nebraska. It was held in Omaha during the big land show of 1911, The credit for the original idea~ of demonstrating the tractor, gn almost unknown in its nxuhc_a- n to farming, belongs to E. A. Hil- &bmd. who with the late R. H, Woodruff, advertising manager of | the Twentieth Century Farmer, and | : Dimond managed and directed | that part of the show. ! " The next year there was much tnlka a tractor show in Omaha, but there | ‘not peem to be any ground avail- Eien i 1913 permission.to_use th ; 1913 permission to use the Coad near Fremont was ob- e Wolz, at tuat time :&mmt. became deeply in- e enterprise and it was hold the enterprise under e Fremont and the Twentieth er poste! wenty- . mul in that ex- thirty-nine tractors. t enthusiasm and it the demonstra- . The next yeur | cl Farmer, ALL SORTS OF POWER FOR TRACTION. tractors. The grounds were at that time enlarged by taking three other farms. The farmer gets a demonstration of what the tracto. can do in such a lo- cality as the one in which he lives. Of course, an expert can run a ma- chine where a green farmer would make a failure of it. The farmer is allowed to-see for himself just what can be done with the expert out of the Way, ‘ther: are certain rules that are adhered to in the demonstrations. For instance, in the public demonstra- tions only one machine of any one, make is allowed on the ground at one time. This rule is riii{dly enfo-ced to prevent crowding. owever, if a manufacturer has seyeral machines he can exhibit one one day, anothdr the next and so on. With the widespread use of trac- tors the time may come in a few years when demonstrations like this will be superfluous, cxcept for the pleasure enjoyed at such outingu. ut for THE \ \ some fime yet there will be good shows at Fremont and the one next year will in all probability be bigger and better than the one of 1916, Those who don't take in the Fre- mont demonstration will surely. re- gret it, especially if they are inter- ested in the use of tractors. Kerosene Engine Finds Favor The remarkable difference between the price of gasoline and kerosege has caused the farmers of the country to sit up and take notice of the fuel O situation, The latest available sta- tistics show that the average price the country over for gasoline is 19.1 and 8.5 cents for kerosene. At the same Wiley & Morehqusé JOBBERS OF FRUITS and VEGET Covering all territory cluding the Northwestern ABLES tributary to Fremont, in- lines, Union Pacific and its branches, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, north and south, PROMPT SERVICE—RIGHT PRICES— Fremont, SQUARE DEAL. Nebraska Learn of Profits Power Will Prcduce There are a score or more of labor-saving uses that power machinery may be put to on your farm—duties that either you have performed yourself or left to horse power. Practical farmers appreciate increasingly that the power way is the practical way. Tractor Show at \ Fremont, Neb., August 7 to 11 will show you how to make your farm turn in the profits to which you are entitled. You will there gain many practical hints on agriculture from the thousands of other farmers that will attend. Demonstrations of power farming held each day of the show. Arrange to attend, and when you go, remember that agent for particulars, UNI PAC -“w : UNION PACIFIC will take you there quickly and comfortably. Splendid traim service into Fremont from each way every day. Ask local ON IFIC _BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, AUGUST_3, /1916, WHEN THE LADY DRIVES. time the price of gasoline is a great source of worry because of the vast ?uantities consumed by motors. The armer who wishes power for his tractor is not worried, because there is' now a complete line of farm en- gines and tractors that are guaran- teed to burn keroséne as successfully ‘Iil any gasoline engine will burn gaso- ne. It is claimed, however, that the ker- osene engine td be practical is b#ilt on the horizontal order, because they do not depend on the 'splash system of oiling, but are lubricated by mechan- ical oilers. It is said that upright en- gines cannot burn kerosene on account of their splash system of oiling. When T a cfurge/ of kerosene is taken into the cylinder and is exploded there is a small portion that does not explode but which falls down into the oil chamber. This kerosene soon dise solves the lubricating qualities of ¢he oil and the upright motor is without|E lubrication. On the horizontal motor the lubrication comes from a mechani- cal oiler which is operated from the = cam shaft, insuring a constant. flow | & of oil to all parts of the motor as|E long as the engine is in operation, Oné of the largest manufacturers of this class of equipment is now offering a complete line of farm en- gines and tractors operated by kero- Order Your Fall Suit While ' in Fremont Attending the Tractor Show! Early orders recelve our most careful attention, and besides, you get the pick of the choicest patterns. We will deliver your suit to you any time you say. THE GLASGOW TAILORS | 414 No. Main Street, Fremont, Neb. --ROGERS-- The Tent Man Is Furnishing All the & 414 Main St. For Foot Comfort during the “Tractor Meet” call at the " ECONOMY STORE. R. P. TURNER & CO. Fremont, Neb W il " To Buy BOILERS, STEAM ENGINES, OIL ENGINES, GASO- LINE ENGINES, ELEVATOR PANS, ELEVATOR BOOTS, COUPLINGS, SHAFTINGS, BOXES, HANGERS, COLLARS AND ELEVA- ¢ TOR BUCKETS. 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