THE FARM TRACTOR AND THE HORSE COMPARATIVE C6STS WORKING 50 ACRES . THBEE-HOBSE TEAM: ,/ Gate, SO bushel** % bushel' 15 0 0 HonwCoTers,ite l (l6tt2yVs.') 3 O'O GraziD|(9.»cr»B(S>£2perttorc) 18. J?" « Ploughing, 25 dajrs, wages - Pitting. 10 „ Harrow*, *lo,,ii « . ..-.„■".. Balling 10 „ „ -i" : ' "-. '.fgtt-lfa-L .... $3 0,0 ' : : , -'t#W ; -'ilio* , ''o;"6-' FOBDSONTBACTOR: £ s. d. Tractor costing £325® 6}% 21 0 0 Ploughing, 8{ days, 17 cases _kerosene Disoingj 4 strokes, 6 days, .Fine Hafcows, 4 strokes, 6 'day*, 9 cues kerosene Drilling & Rolling, 6 days, € eases kerosene 26idays 41 cases® 19/- 39 0 0 ~. apwife,,Oil® 6/- -300 Total £94 0 0 Fordtaan Tractor}'/ jjrwif with Tractor fflfcaboto tea summary of the actual cost of working 50 acres by Horses and Fordson Tractor respectively, under exactly similar conditions. The result of this test demonstrates the indisputable superiority of the Fordson in agriculture. Jt can also be used as a Stationary Engine, for cutting chaff, sawing wood and a coor* of Other jobs at which it is impossible to use a horse. Jfot full particulars of the Fordson Tractor apply to the nearest Forason Dealer' tr&Met to The Colonial Motor Co., Ltd., Auckland, Wellington and Timaru. mross—as Wm. THORPE, ELTHAM & HAWERA.B. DERBY & CO., NEW PLYMOUTH,
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Taranaki Daily News, 30 August 1919, Page 10
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198Page 10 Advertisements Column 2 Taranaki Daily News, 30 August 1919, Page 10
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