No. 123.] SUPERINTENDENT FARM MACHINERY. 69 



before, is the secret of successful farming by machinery. As 

 one large farmer who has purchased a tractor has stated, 

 "Successful tractor work depends 85 per cent on the driver 

 and 15 per cent on the machine." And so, in answer to the 

 many who would like 'to see a detailed report of each machine, 

 as to cost and earnings, we wish to say that after all figures 

 have been published, we would simply have the record of the 

 driver instead of the machine. We are giving the figures re- 

 garding two of the State units, A and B. Unit A came as 

 near or perhaps nearer to paying its way than any of our 

 units. This is largely because of a good man who started 

 with the machine in the spring and stayed with it throughout 

 the season, — a man of wide farm experience who knew how 

 to do a good job and did it. In this section you will hear much 

 praise of the work. The fact is also true that this unit was 

 located in a splendid agricultural section. Unit B was of dif- 

 ferent make, and was placed in a different section of the State. 

 It has been a very expensive unit to run. We have had three 

 or four different drivers on this unit, and it was a long way 

 from the service station. The last move in regard to this 

 tractor was to get a local man to drive it, and another year 

 this unit would no doubt make a different record. 



It is also true that it makes a vast difference whether or not 

 the farmers fully co-operate in a project of this kind. If we 

 get fields of good size, and such as can be handled by the unit 

 to good advantage and not be too far between jobs, all these 

 things count to make a great difference in the total work done. 



Unit A. 

 Paid for unit, including tractor, plow, harrow and thresher. 

 Paid for operator's services, 

 Paid for repairs, gas, oil, etc. 

 Acres plowed, . 

 Acres harrowed. 

 Bushels of grain threshed, 

 Money earned, 



$2,230 75 



$830 70 



$408 05 



245 



35i 



6,298 



$1,765 83 



