THE HORSE AND HIS MASTER 3 



single Implement or machine. Where the fields are large 

 we frequently see two i6-inch plows mounted on wheels 

 and drawn by four large horses plowing as much as six 

 and even more acres in a single day, more than a hundred 

 laborers could do in a day of the severest toil. A very 

 striking illustration of the economy of horse over man 

 power may be seen in the great wheat fields of California 

 and the Northwest where 14 teams, 28 horses or even 



FIG. 3.— SAVING HUiWAN TIME. FITTING THE SOIL 



more, are attached to a combined machine which cuts, 

 thrashes, cleans and sacks one thousand or more bushels 

 of wheat in a day. One man drives the horses and three 

 others tend the machine and sew up the bags. It would 

 require at least sixty men to accomplish this task in one 

 day with cradle and flail. 



Equally as great economy of human muscle Is seen in 

 our large cities, where men are displaced by horses in the 

 transportation of heavy merchandise. Because of the 



