DRY-FARMING 



wheat lands of western North Dakota— 

 where coal is cheap and abundant— will 

 be turned over by the steam plow. 



Let us take as a typical example a 25- 

 horse-power engine operating in North 

 Dakota. Such an engine equipped for 

 plowing costs about $2000, while the 

 plows themselves run from $125 to $600 

 depending upon the make. A 2 5 -horse- 

 power engine with six 14-inch plows 

 generally averages from 13 to 14 acres 

 per day, plowing three to five inches 

 deep. The fuel used in this State is lig- 

 nite and costs from $2 to $3 per ton in 

 the field, according to the distance from 

 the mine. This size of engine will use 

 about four tons of coal per day. The 

 engineer usually receives from $3.50 to 

 $4.50 per day, and the other men, of 

 whom there are usually three or four, 

 from $1.25 to $1.50. The average total 

 expense is reckoned at about $20 per 

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