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without modern equipment. We would be one of. the most 

 backward people of the world. We would not have any of 

 the things which go toward making life pleasant and the farm 

 a good place on which to live. 



The use of more and better farm equipment has changed 

 the mental attitude of the farmer, it has increased the wages 

 of the farm laborer, it has decreased the necessary labor of 

 women in the field and home, it has increased the production 

 per capita many fold, decreased the cost of production, and 

 improved the quality of products produced. 



An abundance of food has made possible our cities, our in- 

 dustries, the arts and sciences, our very civilization. It has 

 made America the greatest nation of the world. These things 

 are made possible because one farmer is capable of producing 

 enough food for three families instead of just his own. Many 

 farmers at the present time are producing even more than 

 this, and doing it with a minimum of labor. 



233. Latest Machinery Most Economical. (Fig. 303.) 

 Agricultural production is quite similar to factory production. 

 We find in the factory certain machines for certain particular 

 operations. For example, when we go into a cotton mill, we 

 find a carding machine for making the cotton suitable for use 

 on the spindle. The same thing is true on the farm; we find 

 certain equipment for preparing the soil, special types of seed- 

 ing machinery for planting, and special equipment for har- 

 vesting. The tendency has been too great on the part of 

 many farmers to try to get along without buying the latesj 

 improved machines. The farmer can no more get the best 

 ^i results without the latest modern machines than can the 

 manufacturer. 



