THE PROGRESSIVE FA1 HER, 1290 (6) 3 UHRJflUL ONE-HORSE FARMING EXPERIENCES. Grinds HitCrtde Flours and tie Beit Stock Feed Product cornmetl thttla seldom equallod ad never excellent and aisheat trade rye. tra. nam and waoiewneat uoui. Also beat lor triad. ins chop feed, producing- a smooth, nutritions -. meal. Doeaa't tear or burn the grata; Amr lag investment lot private of public grinding. Our mills have been sold in the Souta for ever iortr years. Repairs almost tmheerd oft and practically no damage from wear. Intense, ly simplaand easily eared for. No breakdowns Genuine imported French Buhr millstonea,not soft native stones, not iron grinders. Requires little power. Low first cost. Fully guaranteed. 30 Days Trial ass-g. you. write tor trial plan and "Book on Mills" Sold by leading responsible machinery houses j Nordyke & Harmon Co. (Est. 1051) 1271 Morris btreet Indianapolis, Indiana America's Leading Hour Mill Builders RodHCod Factory P ricos K. 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ES, I am a one-horse farmer, and while It is not satisfactory in every respect, yet I think on the and-all. have been given a complete nign scnool education, except one, and he will soon graduate. ; I have raised them in such: a way that they might associate with a good , class of people. They all love; the farm and of fQols in the world; first, the man who acknowledges himself a fool, and never tries to learn anything; and second, the man who thinks he knows it all, and will not listen to anything.. I resolved to be in neith-, er of these classes: but to learn any-"farm neoDle.' and their chief Inform whole it has been the best plan for thing I could from any source I seems to ber centered in farmlife. me to follow. r - could, provided it was worth learn- But I don't-clainr alt bf .the credit Now let me tell you about the . way ing ..v. -, : --v . - for this. -My family, have done their I manage it. Of course, I break all ; Thus 1 went to work. My first Daft;- In &l things "we have . Wr, a crop was not a brilliant success, )inlt. We7 have .worked together, neither was my second, nor my' third; rBuved together, -and , planned togeth but I succeeded in getting along. Af- er. . Not one of the boys Taas. ever ter the . first : year I got rid; of my had an individual crop, and' not one bulls, anji: entered the one-horse of them has'eyer. had :to, ask for the THE A. W. STRAUB COMPANY piM.88th. A W. Filbert St., Philadelphia, IV JNpfcL. 870149 BO. auinna m( iiugu, uu SCIENTIFIC SWEEP CI ILL This No. 6 triple geared, double act ing sweep mm naa more capacity and win do better work than any other cwo-norse mm; m TURNS CORN TO DOLLARS Avoid waste, and make big profits by grind ing your feed with one of our mills. We make power mills also for engines of anv size. Send, for free catalog THE BAUER BROS. CO., Box 414 SraimnEU. Ohm with 20TII CENTURY GRADER With one man to operate and a team of horses a ditch 4 ft. wide, 26 in. deep, a mile long, can be dug in one aay at cost or only zo per rod. Built of reinforced steel. Direct nnll onload. Weight only 600 lbs. light. strong, guaranteed, lasts a lifetime. Does 3D men's work. Pays for itself in '. J . a 1 1 - - a uhjh. aibo iuaK.es roaas, levels clean sage brush. Many other iarm uses. ixw priced. Bible parties. Write today for 1 free book containing manv valuable pointers for- increasing, crop pronto. The Baker Mf ar. Co. ' p60 Exchange Bldg; jwempnia, aeon. 1 1 20 V JkJ3 ano. PAYS TO PLANT POTATOES BY MACHINE. Much quicker, .1 far less work, just as sure as hand planting and more uniform m spacing and depth. Fays even on small acreage, lhink this over care- folly and then find' -out about 0 v Taey plant too per Cent of tht seed, i piece In every space and one only. Plants by machine but provides for band cot. rections of misses and douu le. No pickers are used there is no injury to the seed. Perfect placing. Sold with or without ler tilizer attachment. Ask' your dealer to show It and write us for new booklet a 1U0 ptr nt pUntli" BATE MA If M'P'O CO. Boal8-PCrenloch, N.J. ' of my land with two horses. I have a brother living about half a mile from me, and we own a-; two-horse plow between us. We put our horses together and break our land. "This answers very well for us so far, but of course we are not able to order our land as we wish to do. We also have a two-horse wagon and dolour hauling the same way. We also have two other brothers living near us, who have an interest with us in our mower , and hay rake, and we help each other put our hay in the house after it is cut. I keep as much stock as I can feed so as to, make as much manure as possible. They tell us in the farm papers to keep more cattle but I think a lot of us poor people keep too many. Of course, I think a great deal of manure, but if we would keep fewer and feed them better, we would get better profits, and also make more, manure. As to the money I makef, I might say that I am not making any, for there is very little of that coming to a man working with one horse. How ever. I make a living for myself and family, and manage to keep out of debt .. I have never run a .store ac count since I have been farming. Let me say right here, too, that we white people around here have to do our own work, it being practically im possible" , for us to get any colored labor. I have not hired a day's la bor on my farm work in six or eight. years. I have a farm of 80 acres, 40 acres coming to me at my father's death, the other 40 I have bought and paid for with my one horse. Of course, I Jknow it is very poor farm ing a man can do with one horse, yet I think I do better thari a good many who have two horses. My brother and I are planning to get us a third horse this winter, which will give us as much team as we need for another year or two, and enable us to use better implements, which we will also buy jointly. We are particularly anxious to join to gether in buying us a manure spread er, a grain drill and a disk harrow. A. W. ABERNATHY. Cochran, Va. Editorial Comment: This article of Mr. Abernathy's is one of the best possible examples of practical co-op- feration, and we commend it to all one-horse farmers. We hope every one-horse farmer who reads this let ter will ask himself, "Now, can't I arrange with some neighbor of mine to work along the same line -to get two horses, for breaking my land, and for. managing the heavier implements and machinejSy; and can't I joinwlth some one" in getting a two-horse wagon, a manure spreader, a grain drill, and a disk harrow?" AGEtlTS $36 A WEEK JkHandreds ot Agents coining money . S5.60 wortn oi tools for the prloo of one. Dion forged from finest steel. Low priced. nasi seiier. aa demand. Jack Wood sold 100 In two dam. TI sayst "Beat seller I ever saw." uet in tne gamo. . Write' at orioe for terms and f reeampla to worker. TBOB1S HKQ. 0O 5055 Wayaa Stmt, DATTOK, OHIO Have you read "Southern Field Crops," by Prof. J. F. Duggaf? :, Tott should read it, and then keep it where you can refer to it. "We can tupply you with It for i.87, post- BEGAN IN THE NO-HORSE CLASS A Good Experience Story and Our Second Prize Letter. W HEN I started out : to farming some 30 years ago, I could hardly be said to be in the one-horse class; for I was dependent 4 for : my horsepower on a pair of little red bulls, and for my running expenses! on the odd jobs which" I did for my neighbors. . Having been trained under; an ex Yankee farmer, I knew little about class. This was better. I continued this for a year or ' two, when I be gan to realize that I couid do more work with two horses. So I hustled around and bought another - horse. Theoretically, I was now out of the one-horse class ; but really this was not true literally. But I soon found that by the aid of my extra horse, I was becoming in reality a two-horse farmer. - By this time, my. oldest boy was getting large enough to help me, and together we could get along pret ty well. ; ;;i ' Up to this time, I was working rentedland. I had not yet learned that interest is cheaper than rent. Neither had I learned that the only way to ever become a really, pros ' perous farmer is to own one's own farm, and to improve it. I had yet to learn the great truth .that the far mer's prosperity consists, not in what he gets out of his land, but in what he puts into it. It was a great day at my house when I told my family that I bad bought some land. It was 13 acres at first, which I : later in creased , to 2 5. This land was as poor as Job's turkey, but it was my land; and I set about to make it bet ter. I soon found that the rent ex-' ceeded the interest wonderfully, and that improvements increased my re turns: rapidly. : By turning under' weeds, cowpeas and stable manure, I found that poor land could be im proved, even while making its yearly return. I now bought some more land and -another horse. I thought if. two horses would pay. better than one, three might pay .better than two. I continued to work, to turn under cowpeas - and stable manure, to pay for and improve my property, and to provide for my family." My Yankee instinct taught me the benefit of labor-saving devices; and I took ad vantage of all I could. I had a reg ular time to work, a regular time to feed, and a regular time to sleep; I had a place for everything, and ev erything in its plaee; and above all, I kept good tools, and kept them in good fix. I realized that the saving of money at the expense-of time is not true economy. I kept my eyes and my ears open, and tried to profit by the experience of others, and to adopt all new methods whiph proved themselves successful. My. own ex periments; were always made on a small scaie. In this way I. got the benefit of new methods without much risk or loss. I also found the agricultural papers a great source of information along this line. As a result, I now own about 200 acres of land, most of it in good con dition as compared with the section; six good horses, two of which are fancy drivers; three wagons, a couple of buggies; a binder, grain drill, mower and rake, disk and drag har rows, disk plow, sulky and riding cultivator; walking. plows, harnesses, and' other tools in proportion; good cows, and several young cattle; 13 fine hogs; and, a house and barn worth $2,500. I am in good comfortable, shap6 to live. There is still a debt outstand ing; but it is small as compared with privilege of driving, a horse, jor for any other privilege a boy should have. All feel the strength of united effort, and all join in willingly. This, I believe, has been the secret of our success. . .: : ' - ':. . ' . ; The Progressive Farmer is a wel come visitor in our home, and we would riot be without it- I recom mend it to every farmer, and believe that if he will read it judiciously and act accordingly, he, too, will soon be out of the one-horse ciass, if he is not already but. " : : CH AS. M. BENNETT. Reidsville, N. C. TOOLS FOR THE ONE-HORSE FARMER. I Third Prize Letter Because It Ought to Help Other One-Horse Farmers. HAVE : found the following tools to be the best for my .soil, which is most gray gravel, or sand. . First. A 1,00,0-pound mule, sound and well proportioned in make. ' Second. A good strong one-hqrse wagon, weight 550 to 600 pounds. Third, A steel-beam plow, ' with three sizes of moldboards with it, weighing -50 to 60 pounds. " zr; : Fourth. A 2 5-tooth section' har row, and I prefer.one with, teeth fast ened with a clip and set scr&w, so that the teeth can be easily adjusted. Fifth. A good combination planter with fertilizer attachment. I prefer one with flexible, beam, because I can sow up nearer, stumps, rocks, and other things with a flexible or loose beam than I can with the stationary. Sixth. A weeder, ' about 7 Vz feet wide, with 39 steel teeth. : Seventh. A lot of one-horse har rows and cultivators with different size teeth and shaped "hoes. v A. P. STRICKLAND. Louisburg, N. C. DOUBLE YOUR EFFICIENCY BY INCREASING YOUR POWER. You Can Raise Crops With; Horse, But the Expense Is Great. One Too I WAS reared as a one-horse farm er's son, on a one-horse farm, and never plowed with anything, else but a blind mare, until I .was IT years old . I started out inlife for myself as a one-horse farmer, having gone in debt for a small farm, consisting of IB acres of stumpy; fields and 55 acres of swampy woodland and a young mule. This, in a country. un developed, and no market to speak of for anything except cotton. ' I have be.en a reader of agricul tural papers, bulletins and station reports since I began farming for my self, and as I became convinced of the importance of .deep plowing, s thoro preparation, rapid cultivation and judicious, fertilization, I have al ways endeavored to carry, out these ideas, 'whether I worked one or inoro horses. I soon learned, .' however, that I could double my efflciency as a laborer, when I. had a sufficiency of the property which secures it, and; horsepower, .andv pneenademy'

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