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Extravagance Must be Avoided, But There Are Certain Tools
We Cannot Afford Xot to Owf A Few of the Host Essen
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r-'r By -A. U French. Cascade. V. ' : "r'.'V--.
TX 7nENBVEIl 1 Etand- eslde a can : be bought for a dollar. La
Vy r fine machine and observe its horse planter for and-a
i . ainiosi -auman vtqtk, jl can- horse planter for 132;-'
r.not help but: marvel at the gift of I am not a believer ia the Idea that
vhrain that the Creator', has bestowed the menon thevBmall farm (from 60
-. upon : nis in---, to 3 0 0 acres) should buy every new
;;7ventlve - .car e a- fangled high-priced . tool that comes
tureaV. Intrl- out and that Is rn-nhnhiv a p-nnd id
eate, pieces of . vestment on the, big farm where ithe
machinery have ; work is spread . overVso much -terrl-always
J b e enY, tory that it is necessary r to do every
my admlrationi - thing on a. big scale In order to keep
but .it has;come expenses! within" bound's; But J do
Ao me"- many; ; believe ;that' the XgoodTi Jabor-eavmir
times that the -common? tools that . have been itried'
h e a id a' tVa t : and tested bv the farmers of averar
thought out-the meaha iaU ' oyer : the i United States
r principles upon
. 'iwhich : some; . of
simple-; tools -depend t for,- their r fine
. ? work, are even ntore admirable.
1 Take ; the disk: - harrowa most
simple "machine in its make ,np and
. ' didn'tjthat' fellow do -something for
" v farming humanity when he arranged
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. should be in more general use on the
farms of - or section. A farmer can
buy. a disk harrow, an Acre harrow,
a smoothing harrow (twj sections) ;
. a two-horse cultivator, a. mower, a
two-horse .corn planter, hay Take
r and a weeder for $19 4, and, it seems
J.o me: .that these . tools should be
found on' every farm. There .is a
those dinner plates in a row and pro-, good deal of . talk- these days about
dueed the finest ' soil-pulverizing ma- cooperative purchase of iarm tools
by a number, of neighbors. My ad
;yice - is to steer clear Qf ' that sort . of
thing; for I doubt if a more prolific
means of bringing discord into a
neighborhood .was ever invented. The
most of farm operations need looking
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"chine known a harrow, that in : its
-. thorough work beats :all4 other har
rows.: Jvwas, .about, eight years )ld
vz when: I sawiny Arst disk harrow.- It
- was a rough , old beggar, not much
like ;the. fine machines . of -today.
W hen - t attempted to' ride that first ' after, on the same day on all the farms
machine . ovr newly broken hard ot the neighborhood, and, every man
land its easy, motion reminded me of -'will think that is the day he should
my experiences when, attempting "to have'; the use, of the company tool
; breat father's colts tor ride; but she Then, too, it will be a hard matter
was doing s business' at every jump, for, different men to agree as to how
and the machine of today iSvalmot a tool should be cared for,when re-
; indispensable ta men . who. are, en paired, etc.V A plan rrould Tather
deavoring "to do any sort of good favor in the case of. heavy expensive
farming - X.- ... " tools, one of which could well handle
I wonder how mW: boys of -The buSTness:of a comWlty-a
Progressive Farmer Family have ever tshing outfit or f largehay baler
Jeen, urged to help.Vstir out" wind- Instanceould, be for ,some.
rows of heavy elover that- taabeen inember of , the community . to pur
caught in. a, heavy rain Those of ' anaijliiojatter his.-neigh-you-
who vhave 4 partaken of this J" f? witten agreement
healthy exercise will appreciate thfi & h m.their work at the going
big grin that was working, all. over Prlce lon& as kept'Ws machin-
' my .l6yface whenI: observed -the Af ?Ajld
- -;vvt' nf mvr tPrtrtM. I ' could be stipulated in -the agreement
;;was so anxious to observe' the entire' r Degin,at one end
working of all eigU of ' those forks- .f community the first year, toking
back' behind' that a passerby : might succession, ana swap
41ia ottiYtiv ho nn' about the following year,- -
Kf 4oe'Jf There is one machine that Is being
'a owhw TftTi much. talked about these days that I
- ia im will w.vA, do not believe can 4e a profitable In-
f t,rtt.. MA-hniWi!ft thA; vestment 4n the moderate sized farm
'hard work that had required; the f11
' worke of .ten men .to: do -as rapidly- .mJXr
' and Wpir-hofftrA . great, the upkeep too costly, and the;
- " .;,,-- . IuelbiUttool:heavy,?lrefer.j.toUhe
My grandfather, was eavysbllnetractor Mahylof
- Yy v m these: $2,000 outfitsare being, pur-
uy ui.a caa get ou io my bu-ui , eft. . by ;menowning; small :arms,
ueermg mower anacui iour. umes i i,-; v ,vnlr i1p!r rRf
' grass he could cut In the same CQgt iQ tt0 purchaser. ;i6, say nothing
- time, and never, start the -perspira-., , fn. h nnkt-nj'tnt hnia:
tiojuThere were no, mowersin my . If olir readera do not eUeve
? ;i 5 7 - -jT- ' .v'Tvt s "y V , - this statement I am .wuiing.to argue
; plements the viprogress .of. the times . 5 v
; . -uiui : maue. avaiiaoie. to ; mm p. xhm.
what can we think of the- man of to
.. v day who cultivates his crops with a
. Tone-horse plow when hundreds I of
" Y-ir great factories are turning out nun
lv dreds ot.-tho usands of cheap twK
; ;hcrse priding . cultivators .annually,
the work of. one of which - would
; double his power ot accbmpllshTnent?
;'?-:;:The ;ioiiy ;of
-.Tf WWVPli i4M Jmo Vikmi tin Iianil dnil
-: ; ; - :-,mu wuvr.v,m iitin tke Weather..-. A vluW plow. rfte
, , j r !- C0Ver With a COUDle Of bulltOnEUes; .rt whM'lt'vii laat uteO: a Blower, a rake,
r .;,.but.I usea.to p!ant,1)y "wJtKttojj..-.S
-drop planter and t was mighty hard playB -hftvoo with the metai pan.- .
" : ast it ia With the present-dty. two- - give farmers. U It any wonder that bo many
W riaiir planter that mark-th8 Jj-- "SS'i'LJ?.
- rows and plants 15 acres per day. r that tool waa oTer haa it brought over
, Don mention itputsldeof the fam-r :?$Z&g SfflJ
-..' v iiy, but itis a iact'that One-third, at -farmer waa a aucceaa. - "What think Troa? 4
Jeast, of the corn planned in the Pied- (N. c.Rohctmian.-v::rc .t, .
v toont South, ia dropped by. hand, and ;vL"l , V'lr" :
. i ; , covered .tth tt, fioubb shoxcl yet. la JtSSWiaK'
, -.-epi.tft .the fact thr hand , ylanter, .? Bttthtm. ;t ; v '"" ..
WO' years ago' Mr; Bakli of Coshocton, : Ohio,
.boucht a Studebakeiv f arai wagon.- - He used this wagon (or
Ctwen wo years and ten turned ; Jt t)ver to his sori,; L J Batch.
In a letter to Stadebaker. ordering another wagon. Mr;Balch writes:
; "My father used it for?2 years and I hare used it for twenty years
r-; andean tav that there hat never been a spoke moved in anyof the v
, vrheelsand It liaa the tame lkxing and spindles that were put in it '
j:' vhen inade. Tires have been changed from narrow to' broad, but "
udea bolsters smd singletrees are those originally furnished with ' C
wagon. Last hummer 1 hauled 6,800 pounds of weighed material ) -
, Jnit at bneload.)TOV
: 1I0W. TO STOP ONE BIO JTARlt LEAK.
r Perhaps there is no J n item in farming'
that presents aucn a leakage aa tnai 01 iarra
tools or Implements. -Why is it that n farm
haa to have so many plowa, wagona ana
other tools? One answer ia, because proper
care la not taken of the property. This Is
. tma. Tha model farm will hava a tool hus
and "when. the aeaaon-Is over for' this plow
that of machinery, it will ha pot In
Ita proper place until wanted again. How
manv farmi in Roheson County hava such a
Iimm and in ' how - many .Inatances r. where
there ia auch a house la it naed as it should
ba? In riding along the roada. one may sea
at any. time,, any 'kind f farm implement
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You cjui a S be offered a wagoa dial looks as
that will wpeatthe performanceol th wajoit!; good as a Studebaker and theprice may be
owned by Mr. Balch. K We are buHdlng fe-but vbeii you stop and fcure tbat the
wagons today fcesani for
. . i -vi. i r.i.t . ,,ti years whereas a Studebaker will la va
as genai we wf WPM there is only one answer -You
- evea oeucitoaay. . Studebakej s policy is rbuild not the
: - &s looks alone.' Stop and think what minder f Invest your money where you cet the lsxsest
. neaththe paint. - - v , i : rerurns-rbuy a 2tudebakerf
. , See our dealer or unite us
STUDEBAKER
South Bend9incl.
NEW -YORK -MINNEAPOLIS
CHICAGO DALLAS KANSAS CITY f-DENVER
SALT LAKE CITY , v SAN PRANCISCO U , PORTLAND ORE,
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GetStumps Out
fThe iisejof explosives tojndl stumps inures little
capital, tew and simple tools and requires no expenence,''
says Farmers Bulletin 26 i't Wisconsin Experiment Station.
Blast out your stumps 'turn that idle land into money. - You
do the work yourself, easily," quickly, and. cheaply
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hole, put in the charge, light K Atlas :- Farm ,. Powder ' Is m
and tnework is doncl Atlas especially, for the farm. - It
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Powder blows the stumo little and works wonders in clear-
tirely out of the wound, split-, V ingr land A stumps and boulders.
n na so 11 can De nanuiea .; preaKingupxnesuDsoUjireepianx-
iy. ii oreaics up uie suosou - L in& aiicmrz ana araininer. 11
dgreatly increases its fertility. saves labor, time and money.
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