Cavalcade of Farm Mechanisation Advocates Tractor Rise
The article argues the tractor arrived at a pivotal time for American agriculture, expanding output without overexpansion. It notes farm population, land use, and livestock trends from 1920 to 1930, comparing horses to mechanization and stressing that power boosts per farm unit raise gross returns.
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Great Plaina
Atmple Resson
United Sates
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Railway accident at Gladstone linked to derailer block
A goods train leaving Gladstone yards struck a derailer block on January 13. The engine louvre Van and six loaded trucks derailed and spilled wheat while zinc concentrates were scattered. Fireman Foote and driver von Bertouch escaped injury. a departmental inquiry followed amid repairs and crane recovery. Nine years earlier a similar incident occurred nearby with engine and trucks damaged.
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Port Pirie
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von Bertouch
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Pirie
Adelaide
Peterborough
C. H. Smith
Bowls Close Matches Highlight Jamestown Visit
Tuesday night bowls featured tight finishes as Crystal Brook beat Jamestown by a slim margin with Ted Daly and Otto Wehrmann delivering key plays. Joe Williams, Boyle, Daly, and McLennan starred for their sides, while Crystal Brook and Jamestown traded heavy scores in a competitive clash at Jamestown.
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Joe Williams
Doug
Boucaut
Boyle
R. McLennan
Sergeant Gasnner
Ted Daly
Bill Davoren
John Williams
Otto Wehrmann
O. Kurtzery
Otto
Stu
Gordon
B. Teron
McLennan
Daly
Wehrmann
Kurtzer
Crystal Brook
Jamestown
Geo
Mundy
H. Nevitch
Joe Willams
Stan Boyle
EF. Daly
Ken Moore
Jack Symons
R McLennan
Treloar
Abell
Giles
Kiely
M. Weston
Frisk
O'Shaughnessy
Favy
Thomas
McDonald
Kendrew
J. Symons Carrere
Clark
R. Symonds
Threadgold
A. Nerlich
Weston, Munny
G. Mundy
Harvesting Wheat Yields Cut Labor Time With New Machinery
The USDA notes that harvesting an acre of wheat with a sickle and flail requires 47 man hours. Using a binder and threshing machine drops this to six hours, and a combined harvester-thresher with motor trucks reduces it to about two hours. The report points out the combined system delivers roughly three times as many units of wheat per labor unit as binder-thresher and about 23 times as many as sickle and flail. Similar labor reductions are cited for other farm tasks.
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Department of Agriculture
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