:turday, February 7, 1914.
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Implements Ideas Worth-WTiile
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- Several Ideas All Good -
keep ofTils six mules costs him $3.00
T W us begin with the yagon, for Pfr,d0aJA HeIal80 employs a foreman
L .AirWit- hnv r at S2.00 and furnishes him with a
known make as you can afford: nut . Baddle horse , to oversee', the plow
it tnrAt.hrTiph:- kefin it' lindpr pW-san&; we find that this man's ex- ,
- .v-r -i Penses are: hired helD $9.50. feed ofA : .
ntr thWWlr th foiinA- in ;-n-- mules and horse, $3.50, total. $13.00. Editorial . Comment. Now is the
'and when thoroughly dried In pint'f0 ;the roads; are bad and
u iftiui ui iuc vamurma .man OI uiuer laiiu w ut ft. is uuv uressxus
for one man (the driver)) to rightly
'direct the . course and work of the
drag by stepping from point to point,
as .common directions go; in. fact,
ofttimes impossible. Then the driv
er's weight is not always needed on
the drag, but can be there in an in
stant when required. -
f - JNOK. GOODMAN.
with white lead and oil, finishing with
the original color; keep all bolts in
filace and tight, and the life of your .
tii v-.'.1i.,iMj.' iv, : Dama man.
let! ux w aguu . r in. u& uvuuicu, vy uivu
is good pay for the time and material
''so spentri'lyc
; The same; treatment should :; be
given the buggy, with this addition:
wash it f requently, : and when so -"do-
Ing, look carefully to the tightness of
all bolts and clips. In oiling, first
C25, and whose capital , invested when every townsh4p in the South
was much less than that of .the "Ala-
ma - man. -v , : . , X' '. '; ;; '
The Alabama man put only money
in . the business. The California
man put money, brains and machin
ery into his business and saved $9.25
daily. s . . .
- .This same Alabama farmer, when
he .dug: his sweet potatoes had the
should be using the drag. If your
road authorities are still behind the
times, and make no use of it, wake
them up. -.
wipe all old grease, from the i axle, and , PuUed and piledby fhand po
do not run so . much , oil on as to er and the potatoes plowed out with
Vf.91iRB. tv tn run off anrt Rmear; hnth r r-.-rrr - r ""r'-. . v-"?-. "Aowv
ends of the hub, as oil on the, ground grouna-
Making the Wagons Advertise the
-: r Farm .
E MADE a new box last week for
the one-horse i wagon jv 2 2 inches
deep .and x decided to paint it. We
painted the' box, green with a yellow
stripe and repainted .the . . running
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having - plowed . - and farrowed ; the
same, I laid off the rows with a one
horse plow. I then distributed the
fertilizer iir the ' rows . .with a one-
horse machine;; Next 1 threw up the
cost of 60. cents for paint. - Then the
idea came to,1 me. to advertise the
farm on the wagon, as the storekeep
ers; do in;' towns;". So we painted on
each sidep of the box "Goslar Farm,
ridges, by plo wing-twp rounds (four Fine Cattle?' in neat,: yet conspicu-
t ji i a ii. . . . i-ii v rm niontmtv oTfrft : Ntnt-n ..- 9- mr - rrrr n w rt on otto t tit r inarc o t a
oi ine uud smears aresses: pure cas
tor nil la best : . one who works hard
for ,the money with vwhich j to buy it,
should hot cramp a buggy so short as
s to strain' it all over in turning. : Back
ujj li .ueucsso.! , ui, mi wo icai uu.
The use of a buggy will determine '
"eavAn "Viq 'Vknll VlQO I ' td ' Irnnmn rSTr- Vila ' '
M saved the Local $2 2 on ah ensilage
make, by spending a few; stamps and
J thev time to .write . different dealers ,
me larmer. as a .ruie.' aoes not. iook
. the local dealer, knowing this,' waxes ;
. v fa r ri nia Tiacrn van no .
- i Clean, And liouse all implements a s x
. r cnnn . si a t n T-nii o-n nainir: rnnin - r h nil 1 1
: nnvtWnw ifl . in nAAd - nf rAnair.!; Ait.h Ar '.r
fix it .when ioundi or. ii 4to&vbisy, put ,
.. 1.110 ya c. luvuQ -wekjr, wiixj y ," wj-;
be walked around and leave it there r
; until repaired and replaced, so that it; ,
will be ready when needed. ' V' 4
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draw clevis for ours We took an old:
TQTnn 1 ' tlrYY 4 ' Alii Tl A TTT7. A T I "
. placed it on the rear of the beam,
within handy reach ;frdm the walking
ion, cut the lever down to prac-
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Imp
rpvements
for 1914-
in our muneer oysiemx 1
Outfit- give the ginner
the big thing he is looking
for increased output with
no additional labor cost. V
The high quality of sample, ;
which has madeMungerSys
tem Outfits io popular with;
cottoiv growers as well as
ginnefs, is alsomaintained
J Write nearest Continehtal Sales ;
Office (or our hew catalogue G-5,
the most serviceable , book ginners v
can have.
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yAxk Implement Every Southern .Farmer Should,. Know. -About
tical length : had the smith make an ; furrows) with a one-horse plow. As , ous lettering, -we - were, bo,, pieasea
L clevis .for the front (ehd, , attached, a a final operation I . went over the7 with it that we painted out the name
strong rod. to the ratchet lever.: thus .ridges (four at a time) with a 14- .of the Southern agents on, the big
enablinffius'to reeiiifttft' thn i amount foot nlank to level and rsmooth them; twb-horse Newton wagon : and put
of land taken fromUhai handles; -It and brush away the clods. To !cpmr , "Goslar, Farm, Fine Cattle," on that,
works"!flne and we should vervtmuctt numbered the wagons,
disnirA hftinrr wHtiniit it wMn Wrr recftiirfid six and a Quarter: VtriDS. nainting :Waeon A No. ,1 on the rear
the. clevis, from, center 4o any point'; across the field. .; :J,----:y.i-- find-gate ot the Newton wagon,' and
six inches either way. - " , - - ,1 This year I -.shall use . a two-row Wagon - No,- 2'. on the' one-horse
: Cruso, N. C.' .-.' W. "VV SHAYl. I fertilizer; machine, with marker, ; an d
,:: '";"''" ' ': " ; 'r ' ' J, ' C . ' throw, up the ridge with a disk culti-
1 Q,,A A tuui,. a; : ; Tator, to wmcn l snau attacn a smau
wagon. Have been to town once
with the big wagon after cottonseed
meal,, and the ; advertisement of the
farm seemed -to attract considerable
attention. - v.:;- r'.:J:'j-(- ':
; Most " of the fields on Goslar Farm
block of wood, to smooth ridge and
FARM papers from;' M!aine to Cal- brush away the clods and rubbish. ; I
ifornia have for years tried to shall finish a ridge ready for plant-
educate us .farmers to depend more ing, ( by : making one and a half trips were so rocky . that they couldn't be
upon 'adequate farm machinery ;and, across' the ,field I , shall accomplish mowed, a rock; hauling is still one
less upon hired: help, but how many ' as much in a day and a half as I
of us have' heeded - the' advice? It formerly did in six and a quarter
days. BAY MINETTE, Jr.
takes hard '.knocks to hammer this
truth into Our skulls: We think that '
the hired man with the hoe is "It."
Did we but , stop' and consider, and
take; a dollars and cents view of it,
we would "X conclude .. that human,:
power, when compared with horse .
and traction; was rather "Nit.V ;
I once had a neighbor who. owned,
four good horses; He 'purchased a
iree-gang oisK plow. . This man
paid the man who drove - the :' team
How to Use the Road Drag
of our favorite ways of keeping out
of mischief. This is hard on the
wagon boxes, so . I made a shallow
box about three by six feet out of old
chestnut planks. This can be set on
the bottom of the hay frame of the
one-horse wagon or directly on ;the
TT ERE are some simple lessons.
Xl worth considering, which I have bolsters., -This; lightens: the -weight
so that one mule can pull a good
load eyen 6ver plowed ground. I
hauled rocks off the back' of a 20
acre field last fall while the smooths
ihg harrow worked around us and
the drill was putting in wheat .in the
learned by years of experience with
the road drag. -
1. Make your drag reversible,
(i. e. to move dirt right or left) y
lalterlng the hitch. Have the hind
section about - five-sixths the length
and operated the d16w $ 1.7 5 Der day. of the front one: and face bothJront front of the field.' One use we made
If we estimate the, keep of his horses ' and rear sections entire length with of the rocks was to wall up the house
at 50 cents each per day, ; we find ' iron or steel, ;; - ' . ; underneath on all four; sids. The
that his daily ' exnense was 13.75. ' 2. For best results under vary- house looks 100 per cent better than
His average daily, plowing was .six - ing conditions of road surface as to when it stood on stilts, It is infinitely
acres. He disked his ground with a dry, damp; hard or soft, I find 4 it " warmer, there is V one less hiding
12-foot disk harrow, and followed pays to have a man along at the end place; for setting ; hens; battered
Vrith a four section smoothing bar-" of a rope attached to the rear end of buckets and old sacks, and besides it
.row. Did he live 'In Alabama? No. drag-to properly steer the' machine; -made a place for more than ; 100
My Alabama neighbor . owns aix and counteract its tendency to slide loads of rocks,; The work was done
fcuwu muies. lie aires six colored r arouna nara Dumps wmcu neeu inm- ui yuu viiuea moi Bummci auu &an.
' men at $1.25 each per day to driv6 ' m ing off and' smoothing. It is not - r - - CARli HAMMER.
" . Bix mulea to single plows. The so easy a matter as talking about it, - Salisbury, N. C. r
Lack Of
Proper Machinery
? Wastes land, labdn seed. Makes the land
poorer each year. Makes labor scarce for
work that does need it." Makes life a grind
for people who do this needless hard work.
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i: Farm, Garden and Or-v
; chord Implcntsl
Do the work' better than human hajids can
; do it. Do the work quicker ;
kiidlng Cultivators can'go through many
times more and every cultivation puts a
blanket on your ground and saves moist'
ure. -' . . '- ,
Traction . Sprayers prevent blight and
increase the yield. :
Potato Diggers get all the potatoes without
- injury ana save their price in labor and
- cwttinor n market Quicker. - . .
Powar Sprayara .'111 ure your trees, improve the
quality of the fruit and increase the yield.
Baekal and Barrel Sprayara will earn their cost in a
short time. - ' ; ' .
Oarden Wheal Haaa work close, keep all weeds out
and hold the moisture without hard work. - Just
because they are hand tools doesn't mean hard
work, but the easiest, most economical and most
thorough way to do It. - - . ' t , "
Cotton plan tare will save two-thirds of .your labor
in that Important crop. - -
We have booklets and folders, covering: each of
these lines and others full set will be mailed on
request Also, see your dealer about these tools.
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Box 189 CRENLOCIIi N. J.
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