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of cutting where they used the machine and where they planted 

 by hand. 



A Member. Which was the earlier? 



Mr. Garrahan. The machine planting. They told me it 

 made about two weeks' difference. 



A Member. Now in those plants that you cut out, how long 

 before you set them do you water them? 



Mr. Garrahan. We soak them up thoroughly right before 

 planting. 



A Member. Just before? 



Mr. Garrahan. Yes. 



A Member. What do you use for a cultivator? A horse or 

 motor power? 



Mr. Garrahan. We have been using horses altogether, but 

 I think the day of the small tractor is close at hand. I expect 

 to get one this spring. They are making them now so that I 

 think they can be used on the small farm to advantage. I was 

 looking at a tractor in Chicago last fall, where they cultivate 

 cabbage, onions and such things with them, but it didn't look 

 good to me. It was a small gasoline motor. 



A Member. Why? 



Mr. Garrahan. Well, it was too low for one thing. You 

 couldn't cultivate onions with it, except when they were very 

 small, but when they got up good and high I don't believe you 

 could get through with it. It is all right going between rows for 

 tomatoes or cabbage, or something like that, but I think those 

 machines are not to be compared to hand work for such things 

 as onions. I believe that motor machinery is yet in the experi- 

 mental stage, but a tractor for plowing I believe will be a profit- 

 able machine. 



A Member. Do you ever subsoil when you plow? 



Mr. Garrahan. Yes, we have some soil that is of a pretty 

 heavy clay nature that we subsoil. 



A Member. Do you get better results from your Skinner 

 system on your light soils or heavier soils? 



Mr. Garrahan. That would depend on the drainage. If 

 you had your heavy soil properly drained you would get just as 

 good results. It is probably better on the heavier type of soil. 



