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A tractor «3 & [n î\ SEW 1 -1 Moswv - Morris carbure tors are precision de signed and adjusted to individual engines. As sures correct mixture at oil speeds. W^m OMWIWRMROWj y Ta ■ 4 tm ■ r 1 Free-flowing, long throat | I manifold means fast, | I uniform vaporization. •• | W p quick fuel delivery • • • | equal charge to each 'i cylinder. ? 1 *5 V r .— 1 ~ ■ \ £ r' N feêu »f"* « « m Cyclo -Head combustion || spins and swirls the bum M Ing fuel • • . gives it a H cyclonic turbulence for P| the full length of the i piston stroke. I Longer piston stroke I means greater power I leverage • • • more » "torque reserve" • • • I more lugging power of I low engine r.p.m. Ü Massey-Harris transmis sion gears have a posi tive full-rolling contact. They're cut to toler ances of less thon c 1/T000 port of an Inch. J ideas! with a lot of MASSEY-HARRIS 44 Special BICCER...MORE POWERFUL balance. Here's real comfort. A clear, unobstructed platform — no braces — "in-the-way" controls. Everything easy to reach, easy to operate. Wider spaced pedals. A follow-up hydraulic system with a host of adaptations — powered 2-ways. A live-power take-off. Ball-bearing eased steering that takes the strain off arms and shoulders. There's more. You can see and try every feature of the new "44" Special at your Massey-Harris dealer's. Drive one never be happy until you own one. For folder, write The Massey-Harris Company, Inc., Dept. a-2'O. Racine, Wis. 45.85 max. drawbar h. p., 50.29 on the belt alk around the new "44" Special. Check each side . . . the rear .. . up fîont — every angle. Climb up on the seat. Get the feel of the wheel. Set your feet on the pedals that are so easy *nd comfortable to operate. Start the engine! At once you feel the eagerness . . . sense the greater power ... in the willingness, the smoothness that says let's go to work. It's the performance of an all new tractor ! Exciting in every feature — the most powerful 3-4 plow row-crop trac tor you can get for your farm. ' A bigger 277 cubic inch gasoline en gine with removable wet sleeves, ex haust valve rotators, greater power leverage in long stroke pistons. A new firing principle — Cyclo-Head combus tion twis.ting turbulence the full length of the piston stroke. It's power that heavy loads don't pull down .. . "torque" reserve that's more than a claim. And the "44" Spe cial does it at a low 1350 r.p.m. for longer engine life, lower maintenance. Now look around a bit more. The "44" Special is huskier — with heavy cast wheels, bigger tires, better weight w DO that spins and swirls fuel in a compare it. Once you do, you'll # f wm ■ A authorized dealers Parts and Service through more than 2500 J Solid frame ... no fa engine loading V- . I 1 . Heavy-duty 4 } clutch ... 9 4 r«nu/ pressure springt ft Bigger tiret front and rear • . . cast wheels Velvet Ride Seat . , « cushioned comfort, clear platform Big 277 cubic inch engine, wet sleeves. Highly flexible, 1350 r.p.m. - adaptable ' hydraulic system 9 - 7J See these outstanding Mossey-Harris Tractors of your nearby Mossey-Horris Dealer MONTANA DEALERS MALTA . MILES CITY . MISSOULA ... ..Dobson Motors _ Custer Equipment Co. Carroll Motor Impl. Co. Connie's Auto & Impl. FAIRVIEW... Booke's Automotive Service FORT BENTON Haas & Assoc, impl. Co. GERALDINE Spevac Hdwe. & Machinery GLASGOW. Hi-Line Impf. & Motor Co. Birdsall & Zody GREAT FALLS . Hoos & Assoc. Impl. Co. HAMILTON HAVRE . KALISPELL...Flathead Impl. Co. LAMBERT Burgess Garage & Implement LEWISTOWN DILLON C. C. Motor & impl. Co. .Jake's Repair Shop _Billings Implement Co. Mountain Machinery Inc. BAKER . BIG TIMBER BILLINGS .... BOZEMAN .. CHESTER ..Marias Implement Co. PLENTYWOOD Modern Implement Co. RICHEY ._. RONAN .... Holzwarth Implement Co. .Emmert Implement GLENDIVE . Abbott Implement Co. CIRCLE ___Circle Motor & Impl. CONRAD . Honnoh & Holmes impl. Inc. CULBERTSON . CUSTER . . . CUT BANK_ CHOTEAU ... SCOBEY. H. P, Larson implement Co. SHELBY .Brandbo Motors Haas Implement Co. Hannah & Holmes Impl. Co. SIDNEY ..Northern Motors, Inc. ..Galt Bros. Hardware Weogel implement Co, .Highway Motor Co. Cooper Chevrolet Co. .Custer Grain Co. .Cut Bonk Motors STANFORD ... ERRY . WOLF POINT Don Morriston & Sons Sei c \ t v . **gf !l K? • • • N this fast movin' age of scientific discovery and development, we are inclined to forget that almost every convenience or laborsavin' de vice, no matter how commonplace, had its origin in comparatively re cent years in terms of human his tory. In 1850 a traveler reported that he saw "a queer thing, a cook stove," somewhere in Michigan., At that time, a mere hundred years ago, most American families were still cookin' over the fireplace. In many } parts of the world, most of the I cookin' is still done that way. • • • Most of my worst fears weren't realized in 1953. so I've resolved not to do any worryin' in 1954 unless some really robust threat chases me into a corner and insists on havin' my undivided attention. Even then, I think I'll just turn the darn thing over to one of the regularly constituted investigatin' committees at Washington. • * • Some of us humans get pretty im ! patient once in a while if we aren't saved from the devilment we get I ourselves into quite as soon as we would like. • * « Thai neighbor of ours says the thing he likes ai>out New Year's resolutions is the masterful feelin* it gives him when he breaks them a few days later. It's a little like the fat man who says it lakes a terrific amount of will power to pass up some of those attractive re ducin' diets everybody is talking about. • • • Foxtail Johnson of Arizona Farm er contends, "After all our guvver ment is merciful. It may tax away all you've got, but then it'll support you with part of what it taxes away from somebody else." • ♦ • Protein Pete is gettin' so tired goin' south with the birds every winter that he's decided to raise some cattle along with the wheat. Then he'll have a good excuse to give the Mrs. for stayin' home. And considerin' what he'll iravelin' and livin' expense, his foundation stock will cost mighty little. save on * • ♦ Dogie Johnson thinks, the trouble with price supports for cattle is they would convert an acute but tempo rary pain into a chronic disease. • * • Martha isn't goin' to like this one, but I've got to tell it anyway. Ba-Ba Wilson was complainin' about a certain salesman the other day. "I never heard a man talk so much in my 1116," says Ba-Ba. "but I suppose he can't help it. His fa ther was a tobacco auctioneer and his mother was a woman." Montana Farmer-Stockman Jan. 1. Vol. 41. No. 9 Published twice a month on the 1st and 15th by The Montana Farmer, Inc., Great Falls, Mont. Subscription price is $3 for five years, $2 for three years, $1 for one year; Canadian, one year, $2. Entered as second class matter at the Postoffice at Great Falls, Mont, under act of March 3, 1879.