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GUIiltlG HAY BY USE OF TRUCKS Simple, Cheaply Constructed Labor-Saving Devices Are Quite' Effective. SORGHUMS ARE GOOD CROPS FOR SILAGE Urged That They Be Grown More Extensively for Feed. SIMILAR TO ORDINARY RACK A'-aF "'MUj-: j4&8&&! "fcfek gpHP " yg : lKK . ' pjp ill r - world war mm $lLh A 1917JJJ918 7f . rn , ?r-.M A U AUGUST oe Y' GREEN '01 . Im P T5? f REGISTERED ' - II g , S 4TS Vamerican forestry association ferWf -$$$fa&r WA5HINBTDN.D.C." f m f "' " Protection Afforded From Moisture fn Ground and Canvas Cover Pre vents Injury From Rain Con siderable Labor Is Saved. , (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) A new method of curing hay, eco nomically and effectively even under unfavorable weather conditions, Is made possible by the use of hay trucks, which are simple, cheaply constructed labor-saving devices similar to ordi nary hay racks. A hay truck consists of a f rame,mounted on two low wheels. A number of them are placed about the field, and are used to stack the partly cured hay on. The hay Is thus protected from moisture in the ground, and a canvas cover prevents Injury from rain. When the hay is to be hauled to the barn or baler no reload ing is necessary, for the team can be By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN. k -yEXT to well-equipped and thoroughly up-to-date railways, transportation means good solid wagon roads. Even in normal times the y economic value of such roads is well night incalculable, but in a period of armed con flict victory or defeat may depend upon the condition of the common highways. All . this is well known. And yet, though far-seeing men have for some years been urging the good roads movement upon the people and some progress has been achieved, our highways in general still remain among the worst in the world. -Albert J Beveridee. I think that I shall never see A poem as lovely as a tree A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the world's sweet flowing breast; Atree that looks at God all day And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; . Poems are made by fools like me. But only God can make a tree. ' Joyce Kilmer. If you want to build a road, let the people plant memorial trees along that road and your project is a success.-Charles Lathrop Pack. Thus come closer to the Great Tree-Maker. Plant memorial trees in honor of the men who gave their lives to their country in honorof the men who offered their lives.-Rev. Dr. Francis S. Clark. Roads and trees for remembrance! ing men in the great war ! Roadside planting of trees in memory of their individual deeds! It is a truism that the economic and moral fiber of any community is shown by the condition of -its "highways. Give the community the right kind of roads, schools, churches, factories and banks and the other signs of advancement will soon be in evidence. Memorial roads! What more fitting monument can we build in honor of our heroes? Permanent roads dedicated to them ! How, can a community better commemorate their achievements? And all these memorial roads planned and built as parts of a great system of victory highways victory highways that food may move from farm to city and manufactures back to the farm! that the way of the children to the schoolhouse may be made easy; that the' defense of America against armed force may be certain. , ictory highways that not only serve the na tion's needs but delight the people's . eye vic tory highways beautified by roadside planting of American trees and shrubs and flowers. No walls ani gates and arches with their suggestion- of something closed and set apart,' but memorial trees and groves afnd little parks and wayside camps for the American traveler and food trees for the birds. To Abraham Lincoln have probably more me morials been erected than to any other , man. "hich of all these memorials, is most impressive -most fitting? Consider1 now the Lincoln hlgb AvaJ as it is and as it Is soon to be.- . Thi Lincoln highway is an object lesson of what is and what is to be. in a memorial road. More than 3,000 miles in length, it runs east and est through the heart of America, with giant jorth and south feeder highways, joln!ngthe At lantic and the Pacific. It traverses -11 ; states, 'tfteen millions have been expended. on it in the Rst five years. Already there are, nearly 400 es of concrete and brick and paving and more nan J.ooo miles of macadam. It Is In operation rom end to end. It carries an endless procession Americans In their own automobiles. The " ir round it is dotted with freight trucks. At this very moment the federal government ,as unuYr way on the Lincoln way across tho .onttnnt an exhibition train. It started from anl " tho Lincoln way to Pittsburgh; Camden , rus' ' rort Wayne, Irid. ; Chicago its, in,. Clinton, Cedar Rapids and Marshall- I ov A aua' eu. ; vjneyenno. vvyo. ; oaii finally dropping down the Sierra Nevada to Sac ramento, Cal., and then to San Francisco. This train consists of 60 motor-vehicles of the types employed by the motor transport corps In the conduct of the winning of the war. In addition, ' accompanying this train are several other branches of the United States army service, in cluding representatives of the engineer corps, with antkiircraft defense trucks and searchlights, and certain specially detailed observers who will ; make an Intensive study and report to the war department on road conditions. The trip is being made for both military and educational purposes, including: An extended performance test of the several standardized types of motorized army equipment used for transportation of troops and cargo and for other special military purposes; the war department's contribution to good roads movement; demonstra tion of the practicability of long-distance motor post and commercial transportation and the need, for judicious expenditure of federal governmental appropriations In providing the necessary high ways. - So much for the Lincoln highway as a means -jof transportation a transcontinental road link ing the United States by states. Consider now the Lincoln way as a beauty spot and a me morial, not. only to the Great Emancipator, but to the heroes who followed his example and won the freedom of the world in the great war. ' The roadside planting of the Lincoln way is in charge of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. This organization has a membership of 2,500,000 members. It has a state federation in every state In the Union. Mary K. Sherman, chairman of the conservation department of the general federation," has secured a comprehensive planting plan for the way. This plan has been worked out by Jens Jensen, a noted landscape engineer of Chicago. In general it provides for the planting of trees, shrubs and flowers Indige nous to the locality. For example, blue prints have been made .for the planting of the way 'through 1he 180 miles of Illinois. These prints give all necessary details kinds of trees, shrubs and flowers for each locality ; suggestions for grouping each. The clubs of the several , states through which the way passes will see to it that the Planting is done.' Many clubs In other states will plant-memorial miles Cn the way and In addition carry out the same plan in application to Lincoln wav feeders In their own states. Features of this roadside planting of the Lin pnln way by the general federation are memorial trpes in honor of individual heroes; groves, foun tains camping Places along the -road; fruit and nut trees for the birds and a bird sanctuary from Crnr ten y ears America has been spending from 9ft0 000 000 to $300,000,000 a year f or ; highway 1Jit.' nnrV maintenance without national consirut-Mvy .. ... i u.rt nnin i without relation to the broad needs of the Trv as a whole and with little co-ordination Effort between states. - After spending over v frjm a proper connecting system of ln5irtni highways in the United States as: ever. rala! ,f w eovernment figures show a total mileage in the United States of 2,457,- oil L of this total,' even after the tremendous 334 ana vl . 19 SOme 296.- ondftures novcu, uu. f - S5 miips have received any attention whatever these improvements are scattered in 48 states, and tnese lintffPPHve war. over va- inne ana unci ij, in a Utah; Carson City -and Ely, Nev rious sections of our entire 2.500.000 miles. Now the time for national action has arrived. Thus tlte time is ripe for roads and trees for remembrance. The United States is going to ex pend $500,000,000 in the next few years on a na tional highway system frof interstate arterial routes. It only remains to be seen what agency of the federal government is to have charge of the construction. If the! department of agricul ture and the state highway j commissions do, the work, the government and the states will share the expense, half and half. If a highway com mission Is established ,by congress to have charge of the work the share of the states will be apportioned .in order tnat states like Nevada, Wyoming and Arizona shall not be too heavily burdened. As to the feature of memorial trees, this is also the chosen time. Public sentiment turns toward the idea. Events all over the country forecast a general memorial planting., ! The American Forestry association, of which Charles Lathrop Pack is ; president, has issued a call for memorial tree planting. It is registering all memorial trees and giving certificates of reg istratlon ; also instruction! for planting. Rev. Dr. Francis E. Clajk has called upon the Christian Endeavor societies to plant memorial trees. ,' Georgetown university remembered its war heroes at its one hundred and thirtieth com mencement by planting if 54 memorial trees in honor of its heroic dead. ; To each tree was af fixed a bronze marker, of which a sample is given herewith. To the next of (kin goes a duplicate of the marker. r v ;if' . "My boys made a wonderful reputation for this country on the battlefields of France,'1 says. Dan iel Carter Beard. "I say my boys because I be lieve that there were boy scouts in every Ameri ran division that Darticinated in the war. The boy scouts slogan is, fpnee a scout always a scout.' A plan that we are taking up is the planting of trees as memorials for our heroes This is being done in some parts of Long Island and should be done in-' all sections. After the tree has been planted a ; small tablet should be placed on it bearing the' name of the man who made the supreme sacrifice, and when and where and how he was killed and his branch of, the service." "fi-il; Many victory highways: to be planted with me morial trees are under way throughout the coun ' try.: ."' . r" feC - - The National .Defense highway, between Blandensburg and Annapolis, is Maryland's con tribution. .. New York isf planning a Roosevelt Memorial highway from Montauk Point to Buf falo. In Ohio Col. Webb C. Hays has offered to give memorial tablets on memorial highways in Sandusky county, and William G. Sharpe, former ambassador to France, 'will do the same for Lo rain county, nf The poem by Joyce Kilmer, who gave his life for his country in France, is most touching. What is more fitting than a tree for a memorial? We may attain the most magnificent effects In stone and bronze. Compare 1 them with a permanent road enduring as the Appian way, built 22 cen . : turies ; ago and . shaded I by the Maryland tulip poplar or the Engelmann; spruce or any other of our magnificent Ameriqan trees. The glimpse of an Estes Park road In the Rocky Mountain Na tional park shows nature's way of beautifying a highway. Consider how the trees on guard add the crowning touch to -the Washington monu ment. : : A v I I tr Bit i ; ii IB ii ill ii ii ; ft l" I" !. i ! il 11 w 1 At I: Main Frame of Truck (A), With Rack Indicated by Dotted Lines. hitched to the truck. These trucks can be used to advantage when pro tecting bound grain from the rain un til it is ready to be thrashed and for hauling to the silo, etc. - It Is estimated that a truck and the necessary canvas (9 feet by 14 feet) costs about $20. How the Truck Is Made. A hay truck 12 feet long ,by 7 feet wide will hold about 1,500 to 2,000 pounds of cured hay. It consists of a rack which rests on an A-shaped frame. At the rear, the frame is sup ported by two 16 to 20 inch wheels nlaced about 4 feet from the end. The front is supported by a 6 by 8-lnch wooden block of, sufficient length to hold the truck level. This is known as the trigger, and is fastened by a heavy bolt between the two main frame tim bers near where they come together. Upright standards arte placed at each end of the frame in an A-shaped posi tion. At the top of each standard a notch is cut to receive a 2 by 4 inch ridge pole that supports the canvas covering and keeps it from lying flat on the hay, thus permitting the air to circulate freely at the top. The truck is moved by means of a 2-horse team and a 2-wheel running gear, similar to the front running gears of a low-wheel ed waeon. This gear is attached to the front end of the truck by means of a long clevis pin, and when the team starts the forward movement causes the trigger to trip and drag on the ground, the weight of the load being thus shifted to the running gears. Upon reaching the barn or j baling machine the team is backed a step or two, which , causes the trigger to assume an upright position and again support the front end of the load. How to Use the Truck. Hay may be partly cured before it is placed on the truck to avoid danger from heating and spoiling. It is de sirabld to do the last third or fourth of the curing on a truck under a can- Plants Need; Less Moisture Than Corn and in Many Sections Will , Produce Larger Yield of For age Desirable Variety. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Because sorghums are good crops to grow for silage In regions of light rain fall, the United States department of agriculture is urging that they be" grown more extensively in those sec tions to insure ample feed for stock. Sorghums need less moisture than corn and In many sections will pro duce a larger yield of forage per acre. When properly made into silage they supply a succulent feed which has a tiigh feeding value. Either the saccha rine (sweet) or the nonsaccharine (nonsweet) varieties are used. Of the ' former the orange and amber va- rleties are the most desirable vari eties and of the latter kafir, milo, and feterita are common varieties. Exper iments at the Kansas experiment sta tion show that silage made from kafir and sweet sorghum is nearly equal In value to corn silage for feeding cows that produce milk. Since the differ ence in the results was not great, it Is apparent that when the sorghums give a considerably larger yield per acre. as is the case in seasons of drought. and in sections where there Is limited amount of rainfall.-they are the more profitable source of silage. To obtain a good quality of silage from sorghum it is very Important that they be cut at the proper stage of ma turity. This stage is reached when the seed is mature. Testing the stage of maturity of sorghum may be done by twisting a stalk in the hands and noting the amount of sap it contains. If it contains much sap, the crop is"- too green to be made into silage, and1 if put up at this stage sour silage is- sure to result, especially with the- sweet sorghum, which is high in sugar content. It is better to risk frost than to put the sorghum into the silo be fore maturity. A crop that has not been siloed before frost should be put up immediately after, and water should be added to keep it from becoming dry. CLOVER AS A SOIL BUILDER: Large Increases in Crop Yields Fol low Use of Legume in South Carolina County. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Clover demonstrations started sev eral years ago by the county agent in McCormick county, South (Sarpllna, are beginning to show remarkable re sults. Farmers in neighborhoods where the demonstrations are being conducted are becoming interested ; In Side View (B) Showing Trigger and Position of Wheels. vas cover, where It Is protected from the sun and rain. When the yield of hay Is light, it is a good plan to mow it in the morning, rake It in the after noon and put it on the trucks in the evening or next morning, after the dew is off. When the yield is above a ton per acre, the hay should be mowed in the morning, tedded the next morning, and raked in the windrows before noon, where it should be allowed to lie for about two hours before put on the trucks. v . - - The use of the hay truck ' effects a considerable saving In labor over the common method of cocking and load ing from the cock by hand. Indeed, the hay truck method requires ' even A Fine Stand of Alsike Clover. this legume as a soil bulkier. On one demonstration farm, when the work was begun in 1914, the average yield of corn was ten bushels an acre and 500 pounds of cotton an acre. The next year corn which followed clover, made 15 bushels to the acre, and dur ing the following year cotton which followed clover produced 1,200 pounds an acre. Last year corn which fol lowed cloverl made 40 bushels an acre and cotton i;600 pounds an acre. CORNSTALKS AS FERTILIZER Estimated Value Is Placed at From Five to Fifteen Dollars Per Acre , Save Them. It Is estimated that the fertilizing' value of cornstalks, when they can l. M 3 I A 9 a. ' . ,m lars per acre, according to the quality, and conditions obtaining in the soIL At present prices of fertilizer a con servative average would be ten doI- lars. CROWDING IN HOT WEATHER Coops Should Be Open Enough So That They Will Be Cool Keep but Few Chicks In Coop. Chicks are as likely to crowd In the coops when the weather Is hot as they are when It Is cool, particularly if frightened: : therefore but few less labor than that of curing in the J should be. allowed in each coop, and cock and hauling to press, stack or j the coops should be open enough so barn with the push rake, Jthat they will be cooL
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