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Bring Your Figures Up to Date
By H. S. Campbell, Special Spreader Salesman TO BEGIN the new year right, being a machine man, I sat down at home today and picked up a copy of a trade paper which had come in while I was out on the road trying to induce local dealers to put in stock for spring trade— more of those ma¬ chines which make two blades of grass grow where but one grew before. I refer, of course, to our line of ma¬ nure spreaders. While looking over the trade paper above re¬ ferred to, my eye fell upon an article by a Mr. Taylor, entitled " B a r n - yard Manure and How to Spread it Advantageously. Why fertilize the barnyard? Manure that is spread either dries and stops fermenting or else leaches into the soil. At once I forgot it was New Year's day, and that my time belonged to my family. I read with much interest all that had been written on the subject and the facts set forth were good, but I could not but notice many of the arguments were way back when corn was 40c per bushel, oats 28c per bushel, and hay $5.00 a ton. On the same page with this very able article, but having no connection with it, I saw a little squib that took my eye. It read like this: "The chips off the old block are often so lazy they li3 where they fall," It struck me that perhaps that might be the reason none of us machine men took the trouble to bring some of these experiments, made when prices were as 1 have mentioned, up to date. If proper use of manure brought so many more bushels of 40c corn, what is the reason it will not bring the like results with $1.26 corn? So, if you will bear with me a few inoinents, I will endeavor to bring things up to a 1918 model. I will be¬ gin by showing the difference between the manure spread by hand as comijared with the same amount spread by a good spreader. Note the tables above. Tlie farmer is patriotic and will move when he sees the reason. Don't try to push him.
Price .40 CORN Price $ 1.26 Price .28 OATS Price .78 Price 5.00 HAY Price 25.00 Then let us ( $ 4.80 per ( 1.5.13 " 3.92 " 10.90 " ( 2.00 " ( 10.00 " follow with Excuses for not owning a spreader don't go now— since the light-draft narrow-box No. 8's came on the market. The ortly way to handle manure — direct from the gutter into the spreader. Value of Crop Increases — Machine Spreading over Hand Spreading 4.80 per acre or $192.00 on 40 acres " 605.20 " " " 156.80 " " 436.00 " " 80.00 " " " " 400.00 " " " Value of Crop Increases — Machine Spreading over No Manure 8.80 per acre or $ 352.00 on 40 acres ' 1,108.80 " " " " " " 201.60 " " " " " " 560.40 " " " 300.00 " " " " " 1,500.00 " " " Now, Brother Dealer, doesn't it look well in its 1918 dress suit As a rule there is no one that hates to be behind the time so much as the American fanner. He is lord of all he surveys, and I felt as though those low prices that prevailed some years ago might give him a chill. Now, when our nation is dealing in billions, who wants to think of 40c corn or milk at 60c per hundred pounds? The farmer is done with those Price .40 ( CORN < Price $ 1.26 ( Price .28 ( OATS < Price .78 ( Price 5.00 ( HAY, \ Price 25.00 ( $ 8.80 27.72 5.04 14.01 7.5J 37.50
Object Description
Title | The Harvester World: Volume 9, number 2, February 1918 |
Object Type | Periodical |
Language | English |
Source | McCormick Mss 6z |
Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Physical Description | 7.25 x 9.5 inches |
Electronic Publication Date | 2008 |
Year | 1918 |
Volume | 009 |
Issue | 02 |
Date | 1918-02 |
Rights | © Copyright 2008 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
Series | The Harvester World ; v. 9, no. 2 |
Format | TIF |
Description | Harvester World magazine was first published by International Harvester Company in October of 1909. From 1909 to 1946, Harvester World functioned primarily as an employee magazine, carrying news from various factories, branch houses and dealerships around the world. The magazine included biographical sketches of employees; notices of retirements and promotions; announcements regarding new company initiatives or building projects; and a variety of other news relating to nearly every facet of the company’s world wide operations. The magazine was published by the company’s Advertising Department, and also functioned as a way for headquarters to communicate with dealerships. In 1946, the magazine was redesigned and eventually shifted from an employee magazine to a more customer-oriented focus. By the 1950s, most Harvester Articles were human interest stories centering on the people and organizations who used International Harvester products. At the same time, photography became an increasingly important element in the content and presentation of the magazine. The magazine was discontinued in 1969. |
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Title | page 6 |
Object Type | Periodical |
Source | The Harvester World, February 1918 |
Page Number | 6 |
Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Physical Description | 7.25 x 9.5 inches |
Electronic Publication Date | 2008 |
Year | 1918 |
Volume | 009 |
Issue | 02 |
Date | 1918-02 |
Rights | © Copyright 2008 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
Series | The Harvester World ; v. 9, no. 2 |
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Bring Your Figures Up to Date By H. S. Campbell, Special Spreader Salesman TO BEGIN the new year right, being a machine man, I sat down at home today and picked up a copy of a trade paper which had come in while I was out on the road trying to induce local dealers to put in stock for spring trade— more of those ma¬ chines which make two blades of grass grow where but one grew before. I refer, of course, to our line of ma¬ nure spreaders. While looking over the trade paper above re¬ ferred to, my eye fell upon an article by a Mr. Taylor, entitled " B a r n - yard Manure and How to Spread it Advantageously. Why fertilize the barnyard? Manure that is spread either dries and stops fermenting or else leaches into the soil. At once I forgot it was New Year's day, and that my time belonged to my family. I read with much interest all that had been written on the subject and the facts set forth were good, but I could not but notice many of the arguments were way back when corn was 40c per bushel, oats 28c per bushel, and hay $5.00 a ton. On the same page with this very able article, but having no connection with it, I saw a little squib that took my eye. It read like this: "The chips off the old block are often so lazy they li3 where they fall" It struck me that perhaps that might be the reason none of us machine men took the trouble to bring some of these experiments, made when prices were as 1 have mentioned, up to date. If proper use of manure brought so many more bushels of 40c corn, what is the reason it will not bring the like results with $1.26 corn? So, if you will bear with me a few inoinents, I will endeavor to bring things up to a 1918 model. I will be¬ gin by showing the difference between the manure spread by hand as comijared with the same amount spread by a good spreader. Note the tables above. Tlie farmer is patriotic and will move when he sees the reason. Don't try to push him. Price .40 CORN Price $ 1.26 Price .28 OATS Price .78 Price 5.00 HAY Price 25.00 Then let us ( $ 4.80 per ( 1.5.13 " 3.92 " 10.90 " ( 2.00 " ( 10.00 " follow with Excuses for not owning a spreader don't go now— since the light-draft narrow-box No. 8's came on the market. The ortly way to handle manure — direct from the gutter into the spreader. Value of Crop Increases — Machine Spreading over Hand Spreading 4.80 per acre or $192.00 on 40 acres " 605.20 " " " 156.80 " " 436.00 " " 80.00 " " " " 400.00 " " " Value of Crop Increases — Machine Spreading over No Manure 8.80 per acre or $ 352.00 on 40 acres ' 1,108.80 " " " " " " 201.60 " " " " " " 560.40 " " " 300.00 " " " " " 1,500.00 " " " Now, Brother Dealer, doesn't it look well in its 1918 dress suit As a rule there is no one that hates to be behind the time so much as the American fanner. He is lord of all he surveys, and I felt as though those low prices that prevailed some years ago might give him a chill. Now, when our nation is dealing in billions, who wants to think of 40c corn or milk at 60c per hundred pounds? The farmer is done with those Price .40 ( CORN < Price $ 1.26 ( Price .28 ( OATS < Price .78 ( Price 5.00 ( HAY, \ Price 25.00 ( $ 8.80 27.72 5.04 14.01 7.5J 37.50 |
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