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Motor tractors, both for field work and for stationary work,
are found chiefly in the eastern and south-eastern divisions, and
least in Wales and the south-west, where conditions as regards
type of farming and size of farms are least favourable to their
widespread use.
In connection with the inquiry regarding motive power an
endeavour was made for the first time to ascertain the kind of
machine driven by each type of motive power classified. About
15 per cent. of the farmers who stated the number of engines
employed failed to indicate the uses to which they devoted them,
but the replies given by the remaining 85 per cent. give an
approximate indication of the uses of motive power on farms in
England and Wales as a whole. Most engines on farms are, of
course. used for more than one purpose.
In the following table are shown the kinds of machines driven
by the different forms of fixed or portable engines expressed as
a percentage of the number of engines employed. The table
excludes all returns in which the machinery driven by the engines
was not indicated.
PERCENTAGE OF ToTAL ENGINES oF DIFFERENT Types ox FARMS
WHICH ARE USED FOR VARIOUS OPERATIONS.
Threshing - - =
Chaff cutting, hay
chaffing - - -
Water pumping -
Tumip cutting, root
pulping and cleaning
Lighting - - -
Milling, Grinding -
Kibbling - - :
Corn and Cake crushing
Sawing - -
Elevating - - -
Butter churning .
Ploughing -
Other purposes -
Total*
Steam. |
Gas.
Qil
or
Petrol.
Elec-
trie.
Wind.
| Water.
62-2
41-9
10-2
|
5-77
29:6
24-0
2.8
72-9
ZH
| 64-9
7.5
66-9
10-8
0-6
88-1
58-5
7-1
19-8
2:7
14-8
2.1
14-8
7-6
0-2
16-2
4-7 3.9
145-6 | 198-8 | 198-6 | 216-1 | 101.7 | 207.3
4-4
0-4
28-9
0-3
4-1
7-3
1-5
35-0
3+5
16-9
0x5
L7-0
7-5
0-9
0-2
36-4
2-4
14-3
1-2
11-4
10-7
3-6
1:3
* The fact that tho totals exceed 100 is due to the employment of the
same engine for more thay one purpose.
Engines driven by wind are chiefly used for pumping, and
also to a lesser extent for grinding. Water power, where avail-
