4IO SECTIONAL TRANSACTIONS.— M. 



In other words, while the tractor offers great opportunities for saving, it 

 probably offers still greater opportunities for wasting both time and money. 



It is not generally realised that of two tractors of equal power and equal 

 reliability, one may be capable of hauling a three-furrow plough, while 

 the other on the same land may be overloaded with two furrows. This 

 difficulty arises from the fact that every tractor is designed to give a definite 

 working power, while running at certain speeds. If the draught of the 

 plough does not fit in with these, the tractor must always be working at a 

 disadvantage. 



For grassland farming the ideal tractor would probably be something 

 utterly different from any of the standard tractors marketed at present. 

 The ruling conditions are quite different from those of arable farming, and 

 the number of ' one-horse ' jobs to be done will eventually make smaller 

 power units an essential. 



Mr. A. J. Hosier. — Some problems of extensive farming with mechanised 

 equipment. 



The problems of overproduction and low prices are accentuated by 

 the application of science. Science must be applied to distribution and 

 consumption. 



For ten years the author has been doing pioneer work in agriculture, 

 firstly in the successful establishment and mechanisationof open-air dairying, 

 and secondly in the mechanisation of haymaking and the making of stack 

 ensilage. 



For the large mechanised poultry farm the author has adopted a folding 

 system whereby poultry can be folded over the land. They are in small 

 houses holding twenty-five hens. By this means the land may be fertilised 

 cheaply. The folding pens are so constructed that cows can he. turned out 

 among them without fear of injury. 



Mr. D. R. BoMFORD. — Some problems of intensive farming with 

 mechanised equipment. 



The paper discusses the economic selection of machinery from the 

 farmer's point of view. 



Details of recent attempts to use machinery, particularly as regards row 

 crops. 



The national aspect of mechanisation. 



Discussion, 



Afternoon. 

 East Riding Agriculture : — 



Dr. S. E. J. Best. — Geographical and historical aspects. 



The East Riding can be divided into nineteen Soil Regions, each with an 

 individuality, though within each, largely owing to glacial action, there are 

 minor variations. This area has a higher percentage of arable land than 

 most counties, with a low percentage of permanent grass, and almost no 

 rough grazing. The percentage areas of the chief cereal and root crops are 

 well above the average for England and Wales, and the yield per acre is 

 seldom below. There are less cattle per loo acres, and almost as many 

 sheep, though on the Wolds the number of sheep is above the average. 



