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188 (36) r nrc progressive EAiun:- mmm .mm--- . . .-. - - ..... ill . ... . - X V X V V ?. - v ' 4.-. --r-.-.. : End Your Ploiyvrrihls and Trfimla lionsbyy Usinjfi - an Meet erery reduirement . Stand: everv test under rimd. trvinff "conditions: where other . hlnws hnvp' : . v.. A: 7forfa.per.cmlled plow man hehas had Tin the5 past, ? T ' x:; there was; abihethinlackingin tfact Vralf things -r inline ini running quauues 01 tne piow. ' , i , - " ' " - ' t SHARER All : sh: CutterTpe,: which means a renewed shiiit ;with eacli hare; - ', ft" .r; . side, and rare dcarefully cast thatithW-fit.ktoDi'::M ( ;' v- ; for,mfles.(under test), with only a wooden plug isertediii : place'of theoni bolt that is S . ; : -Wlr fte Pl0 Kextra strong and so smoothly cast that share, mold and ; fit easfly,ach;aH s place; and the holes' and bolts fit in Wery part of ; P ?: oce to tht. bjectkng lug on te Wng it "gidlty nd main- S The plow bottom is exceptionally, s t r 6 n g showing- soli ; W '' "i x- r rigidity in every line. " : X " "oii,?ieyu-S? ePernnent, thousands of fanners have testified as to their aualitv HtThtw 1 djirabilityj they are made for those who want the very best. weir quality,. light draft mthf1Swi est; iJVERY quality-the standard from the time of your grandfathers yuyllAy .-r ;':H'AyrCry.t . incokporated .. ' , , - .f-ysi Atlanta, Ga. i Alempliit. Tom. LOUISVILLE: KENTIirrv Mam M . . . a. ' Stories show how better implements help 'Actual Reports From Many Neighborhoods as Given by Some Vir ; Vginia College Girls. Gasoline Engines, Potato Diggers, Peanut -V-r Pickers, Cream Separators, Etc., All Popular. . ' S OME time ago the classes "in Rural Sociology at the Virginia State Nor- mal and Industrial School; ( for girls ) Harrisonburg," were asked to re . port on the best things, the most' progressive ideas, etc., in their neigh borhoods. "y As. a result a most interesting bulletin, VBest Things from Best Communities' has just .been , issued by the sdhool, and It is remarkable what a large, proportion of these thoughtful young women, largely from country . homes, turned to the coming of labor-saving implementsand machinery, as one of the most significant, signs of progress in their communities. We give herewith some Of the replies as; written by these college! girls, each reply-, being written by a different girl :. . ' ' -A - r: : : ;r.... IJ -Cooperation in Buying Macliinery " in.--Spraying Machine NE of the best conveniences I have seen in actual use is the SDrayer. All through my section of the State, orchards, especially apple orchards, are of great importance; so a success ful sprayer, is much in demand. ' The bid-time; sprayer 'was; hopped ;like a bucket or ; barrel, with a tube at tached. This was tarried from tree ,tol tree, and 'the solution pumped by - hand upon the trees. The hew spray- - er looks very mucb like the' water ' waeona which ara ; msa1 id BnrJnTriA community , is the plan -f the farmers r the- streets in cities. w-The : tank - is have in going together to buy ma- ' filled with the spraying" solution, and chlnery. For example, three brothers the wagon Is driven between the rows own a. threshing machine in: partner- of trees, two ro ws "being sprayed at . ship, and tbey take turns s In running , One driving. r With this machine tho it, doing not only their, own; thresh-v work is 4 done in less 'thanlialf the in g, but the , threshing for a number ' time jreqiiired by the.old prbcess." nood '8 - ighb0, ; ' , :iVA Certain Silo ' iii-A Com rniL,, ia yt' : : T LOUDOUN (County there is a man A mtF T .Machine. , -?b who is very much interested in rjNE good thing I have seen is- an - farming, -especially in ftie. raising of up-to-date corn-cutting, machine, cattle. He lyes on a small farm, a It cuts six- or seven rows of corn tin fact which at first kept him from rais ' the same. time that it would take the lng .many cattle. The small lot of poor, o d farmer,, stooping over in a land did not produce enough feed for '' S.?;'.??80 a eo number. , He decided to build' with the corn knife. With this new a silo. He. built lit one summer and machine the. farmer avoids. the necesT . in the following September packed It slty of employing many laborerg and with fodder .ehsilage.; He keptmore' savesTnuch of his preclousime. The cattle, fattened them - sooner, and timehe saves by .use of the new ma- with less expense. He sold his Vattle" fntutcand sttting other ideas.1 andHhai ZSl He bought orecaUle and fattened - are picked from the vines an them in a short time. He also fed:his out throueh IrS v?5 T -.7 J muic mis irougn is a bag in which thev are SlSfe iT8 V164 Caught' he vinefconSuh to sell more butter than she had ever another pipe; .and the pops' or in- done -More. He saved enough ferior peahuts areblown Sut -thus bl money the first year to nay for tha in a!Mf: silo - .-o v-towu uum mo guou ones. Vm Gasoline Engines Popular - - wmmmm 9fK UW1 O " " III tVA O EVERALi of the "reDorters" noint- fl ASOLINE engines were referred ed out the advantages of the to with favor in a number of,the reports. -.w ... rvr lV4 0 . lVtUl V ed out the advantages of the ureaia separaior. says one:- - -ine cream separator is one of the most useful devices ever invented for """In bur community one farmer the use of country people. By using as bougnt a gasoline engine with ONE good thing in-my community fN Writes one gUrl, "is the plan r the V, j iarmers pave in going together to buy -different; machines, such as reapers, mowers, harrows, drills, etc. These different " machines- would" cost . one TT1A.TV la. PTPn t Abai Vtf mnncv onA na haps no one man alone would be able to have them all; but by this plan of cooperation, each one is able to have the use of all at about the cost of one machine." . . a. "The best thing I know of in mv it, oue ,cuurns oniy pure cream, and sets " ail v the . cream from the milk. Thus the A amount of butter is in creased, While the amount of labor in the process of making it is de creased." - . : ; : ; i :r VI. Potato bigger ' venient implements I have seen 9 M9 . 4' . m . - Here are two of th sovoroi statements: which he runs a small mill for grind-. mg corn, a saw ror sawing his wood a clover seeder, and a threshing ma chine." ; ... . a man in my com munity who has. made a great im provement in his shop by getting- a gasoline engine to take thA nf ONE of the., most useful and con- an old. steam engine. He serves the ' wiw vcmciii lxnpiemems 1 nave seen Wiumuuil-y Dy repairine enHnoa at work is the potato digger. It saves , drills, binders, and all kinds of. farm- time,, and. labor.; It is drawn by two lnK implements. He is expecting to horses', and .'has two. plows, and four .-utilize his engine' still further next forks, two forks behind each plow; summer by putting lights in his Two rows of potatoes are due at onfl . bouse." - - time. The plow llfts the hills out of . " " ; " . thfl Vrnnnd "on tho afVo .k.w it.. VIROIVTA vinifuDoi . potatoes free from the vines and dirt- Working in cooo.ration wk ..t.- This Implement may be used for gath- Raiiwav clfm2n.Aimultttre' the southern ering other crops, also, as'artichokes : 31 ffffi : VIL-Peanut Picket Hrfn . DOWN on the Eastern Shore of Vlr glnla where peanuts - grow in abyndance," says one girl, "the pea riut picker is a very valuable machine. Before this maTiinwaa tntr..,." . . v iuhuviuwu, 'eb. 12 Oak Will o the peoplei picked the peanuts from pii AitofiVS the vines, by ' hand,, and very little vr8"". 10 ft .: Critt. 2vp.m. could be accomplished In a day. Now upwards of 360 bushels can be picked In a day." . . . . 2. '.'One of the.-m'ofit useful in ... . . .. , 2 t m yentions in. my ..part, of the;State ' 1 19 covegviiie, lom.;1 North Gar .,:.vwu wuuv;.. is. me peanut ; p;b- !Ln..k..L..: . ; . J: : ; picaer.iTnis. machine somewhat-nw-i p.m . 7 ".::vr' r ? m Vrane' - Drill km mwwm. 9ut ri an w w n a m j j . a i .111 imnar 1 ii m m vrBJViK.s Jkw r -- nuvab iUlCSUTSl. , illB LT r i ' "iijmiuitina, it p,ni. wiuiD, iiii uu ine ymes, are tnrown z pm. - ' into a-hopper: -.-The pcunit ftOanutaVr-, !-tr"nr. 'H !m.j'-Tmt Brook,; ..v.v,1., xunuwing- 11 tne itinerary: vine? JS0ith Hin'' awrencei" Pb 'iT0"' "a m- Franklin 2 i.k , Febv 10 Drakes Branch. 10 am" . s.ftt.J . F.h Zi?'m: 8ou,til Boiton, 7:80 p.m. C " Feb. 11 Paca 10 a m . tji..- 1 . f e.b,Al?Ift.k."Jn' 9 Cascade, 12:20 SS' Vr8iuart' 10 a m-5 Critt. 2vp.m. 2 p.m. ' iW. iiaraunivme, . Eeb 1Drr Pork, 10 a.m.: Gretna. 2 n.m.' 2p.mi 17TAlty .l0..a.m....Evinston, . Feb. llimi.i'. ,a . :.'.' .' . . " , ' - . . , Arringion,
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