TRACTOR v. HORSE
VALUE OF THE MACHINE Some striking comments on tli<? value of modern, machinery on th-i farm were made by .Mr D. SkilbccK, of the Institute for Research in AgricuJtmal Engineering, whini lie spokj recently at a meeting of farmers in the South of England. l£ l do feel," he .said, ''that only those who can equip their farms up to a certain point with modern machinery will survive in the race. Horses arc extremely useful—to those who can afford to keep them. But I have found that the bulk of the jobs on a farm can be done so much more cheaply with tractors that the horse; becomes an uneconomical unit." The value of tractors in solving the labour problem was also stressed. "It is machines that are going to give us greater output and make it possible to pay wages that will at. tract men back to the land '' he said. ■7 ''My experience is that once you put a man on a tractor he is much more contented, and prepared to stick to agriculture.''
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 37, 17 July 1939, Page 2
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179TRACTOR v. HORSE Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 37, 17 July 1939, Page 2
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