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118 (18) Planting At Peanut At Peanut Picking Ti ie Le Benfhall Machines Save Money For years Mr. Benthall has made a study.of peanuts. Jienas nd the best wav to pick them. He has now produced the The Benihall Peanut Planter found the best way to pick ideal machine to plant tnem. t There has long been a need tor macnines max wouiu per fectly plant peanuts. ror peanuis are aeiicaie seeu. is easy to injure tnem. vvnen mr. Demnau au maw his peanut picKer as peneci as mauuuery uui uc, ic proaucea mis piamer , . . . . r or me past year or su wg nave mccu wouu " j it. have given more even , stands than farmers could ever secure before. . - Spanish peanuts should be planted in the shell but the Vir ginia variety should be shelled and Mr. Benthall has built this planter to plant them justtnatway. Don't be satisfied with planters unsuited to handling peanuts, let the Benthall Peanut Planter pay for itself by giving you better and more even stands. Write now for full information. UA 7.1. nw" The Picker of Proven Worth You can't afford to feed peanuts to your hogs. Food stuff brings too high a price. The peanuts must be saved. With a Benthall Peanut Picker you solve the problem of help. You and your boys can do the work of a hund red hands and do it better. You keep the wages. The Benthall requires little power, only a fraction of what is needed to run big cylinder macnines inai ci usu me uuu aim um theitay so that it is unfit for feed. The Benthall picks the nuts from the vines as accurately as human fingershundreds of times faster doesn't crack the nuts saves the vines, which are the equal of alfalfa for feed. . The man who picks by hand paf s for a machine over and over again without ever owning one. Dealer Wanted ""-We are now appointing agents to as the Benthall Peanut Picker Write Q us today In regard to the agency for the machinery tbut is admittedly the right machinery for handling pea nuts The Benthall Machine Co. Dept. A SUFFOLK, VA. The New Agriculture WRITE FOR THIS FREE BOOK a For 2,000 years most far mers have cultivated only 6 to 8 inches of soil. They have spent millions of dollars add ing to these 6-inch farms plant foods, such as potash, phosphorous and lime, that already lay in the subsoil waiting to be made availa ble. Vertical Farming makes available tons per acre of new plant food, en sures abundant moisture, and largely increases crop yields. Dr. G. F, Bailey, Geologist at the University of Southern California, has prepared a reading course of instruction in soils and vertical farming. We have printed it in a well illustrated book. It will be mailed FREE ON REQUEST to anyone owning a ffrrm in the United States. Get this book about soils. Work your'farm to its full capacity. Know your landr Learn its compo--"sition.-Use the fertilizers nature is storing beneath your 6-inch farms Send a postal request today for Vertical Farming Booklet 177-F. Be sure to state the acreage of the farm you own. DU PONT POWDER CO., Pioneer Powder Makers of America,' Established 18Q2r Wilmington, Delaware. THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER POINTS TO CONSIDER IN BUYING ' " " " ' , - - i ' ' ' - r - . - . Kind of Farming Done a Factpr Necessity for; Adequate Power -Cooperative Ownership Best With, Expensive jMachiaery Tools Must Be Properly Cared For , n: By C. K. McClelland, Experiment, Ga. TO DO, work properly, ,to,dojt ongrin dqlKIbindcrs, Jhreshcrscorn-.-timer and, to do it cheaply, the harvesters, . silage , cutters, potato proper implements are neces- planters and diggers, spraying outfits sary This is the age of implements, and all the varied line.of implements In a dairy country the first question used for special; crops, which one in often asked an applicant for work is; dividual would use-but a few days "Can you' milk?" And now the first annually could be owned cooperative question m6st any place- is likely to ., lyith advantage .to all concerned, be 4What is your knowledge of ma- . In lieu of the , cooperative, or chinery? Can you operate and adjust possibly - corporation ownership, ft. -asoline engines, drills, binders, sep-. often happens ; that one man of a Orators and so on?" Implements hav- -neighborhood may own an "outfit for in been made to do certain kinds of doing -certain work and he does this work formerly done by nana, tne ;wurr iur uic.ur more of his farmer, to be prosperous, must em ploy such implements, unless he is able: without them, to produce as cheaply' as does his neighbor who uses them. neighbors .at a certam,figure per acre per bushel, or by the job. This is es pecially true of the ownership of such implements as . have large capacities and require .high power, such as cot- Where, labor is cheap, farmers will ton gins, grain threshers, silage cut I "" . ' . , " " :: ' VERTICAL '-! mm .!. i i I ii mi in,i im i, I,. , mil ' i .1 - I , gjj fifitliiliSW '-. v ". MM:-. 'MKSs' 'SiA .... :: always be slower to begin the use of machinery ; in the West where labor has always been higher than in the South, the use of machinery has be come much more general. ' ' ' The type of farming largely deter mines, .too what implements .it ; is necessary to use. On a cotton farm, or example, the main implements in use are for tilling the soil and plant J. J 1 II . T . lers,, anu corn sneiiers. it requires some calculation on the part of the farmer to determine whether it is more profitable to own certain imple ments or to hire, "them to estimate the expense of. interest, housing, in surance, wear, and. "deterioration, as compared with' the' expense of hiring the implement outright if it is posst- 4-. A nn. i-t. f . J . -1 ' uic iu uu su, iui iiic icw uays ne is ne 'the croo no harvesting imple- likely to need it. .The liability of the ment having yet been devised that is crop to damage unless the imple satisfactory and cheap. On a diversi- -ment can be hired exactly when fied farm, in addition to those needed wanted is a factor not to be over- on the cotton farm, would be required looked in these calculations, implements for handling hay, small To do our work quickly, to do it grains, corn, potatoes and such other well, is not enough;;; the implement crops as were grown. One reason must also do it cheaply and the cost why cotton has so long been "king" of the machine per acre fluctuates ac- in the South is because of the fact cording to the greater or lesser num- that no great outlay for Implements ber of acres over which it is used, to work the crop was needed; mil- Many farmers, ignore: this point and lions of bales have been made in the greatly increase, their.cost of produc- past with no other implements than tion by not giving the proper care to a Georgia stock, with its several at- their implements. The life of an im- tachments, and a hoe. i Diversified plement depends on the 'care which farming calls for a more Varied line it receives. If the life.of a binder re- of implements and for a much greater ceiving good care is 1,000 to 1,200 acres When writing to advertisers say: "lam writing you as an advertiser in The Progressive Farmer, which guarantees the reliability of all advertis ing it carries. ,outlay for the same. Best Results in Large, Open Fields . ASIDE from the type of farming and the cheapness of labor, other fac tors determining or limiting the use of implements are the size and shape of the fields, whether rocky, swampy or stumpy, and the steepness. Machinery finds its best use on large fields, reg ular in shape, level or gently rolling, well drained, and free of rocks and -stumps. " Given the proper implement for do ing a certain piece of work and grant ed that - it is in correct adjustment. over a period of 10 to l years, bad care, such as lack of oil or proper tightening of the. -parts or lack of shelter, may shorten its life to 600 or 800 acres in a period of six to eight years, and the cost per acre will thereby be greatly increased and this same truth applies" in greater or less degree to the use and care of all implements. ' I -i Books could be written on this sub ject alone. Many implements rust out rather than wear out. To get the greatest wear possible out of an im plement it is necessary to house it when not in hsp. tn-Vppn wnndwork,. well sharpened and so on, the next and if possible the' iron, parts, well painted, to coat bearing surfaces (as factor determining whether or not one can use it economically is the question of adequate power. If you will observe your neighbors, you will find that those who have good teams as well as. implements are the ones ttloldboarrM with a rain rnmnosed of Venetian red and machine or crude oil, to keep all parts adjusted, properly-tightened and oiled when in use, so that there will be as little friction who get their work done properly as dossIMp snrl'-tn trnvo the imole and on time. When the Georgia stock-ment or run 'it at such speed as com- WdS U1C SOie implement, tne "cotton" mon sense and thP manufacturers in- hpd.S SO I rnt DU witn tne employment of well prepared that a complicated har mule vdncu tinu neavier lmoie- cotton mule or even a "mine" mule might be ments necessary on a diversified farm the use of mules of a heavier type becomes imperative. A noted agri cultural writer and teacher, Professor Roberts, in one of his books, has crit icised the foolishness of having "to sit on the plow handles and wait until vester will not be shaken to pieces m going over the fields. Wants a Million Copies Printed REFERRING to The, "Progressive : Farmer of January 16, page U . subiect. "An Annual n White Towns- , : v w 7 TV...Vw ih.c icdia accumulates enough, energy men and Legislators": ,. to go another round." As to the use - I would respectfully suggest that of gas or oil tractors as sources of about one million circular -copies pi Pwer ' on..the farm, it is quite likely this appeal be printed 'and a half do-, that these will prove economical only en copies be enclosed loose in The ; on the larger farms and on those hav- Progressive Farmer- to each sub-. ; ing fairly level fields. ' criber, to be mailed by them to the In diversified farming there are most prominent business men' in the . . many expensive implements which community, and one each to state sen will be useful only for a few days of ators and representatives. Space he '.yJ and which the small farmer should be provided at' bottom of the finds himself hardly able to purchase; circular for name of subscriber giving. Plows, harrows and cultivators, even' his approval and asking support of mowers and rakes, are used for longer addressee. - W. A. WOOD, periods and must be privately owned ; Atlanta, Ga. '
The Progressive Farmer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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