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influenced our agricultural conditions along almost every 

 line. 



235. The Problem of Farm Power. The farm power 

 problem is one that is being given much more attention at the 

 present time than ever before. To show the tendency to- 

 ward mechanical power, the census of 1914 shows that the 

 power from horses and mules is equal to 14,230,000 H. P., 



FIG. 303-a. Two-row cultivator with team. 



while the power from mechanical sources is equal to 9, 675,- 

 000 H. P. This vast amount of power is more than that 

 used by all other industries combined. The investment is 

 also much larger than that invested in other forms of power 

 in the United States. 



236. Wasting Power and Machinery on the Farm. 

 Some of the greatest losses and wastes on the farm are due to 

 the use of inadequate machines, poor operators, and to lack 



