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1H (6) MODERN IMPLEMENTS PAY ON THIS THREE-MULE FARM Work of the Stag Breaking Plow and Disk Cultivator-U.ing the Gasoline Engine a. Handy Man of All Work-Fir.t Prize Letter By William E. Blocker, Jr., Ariton, Ala. the farm tools. T AM writing of my experience wuu upu iau w..o am wriung ui , Vfkrm Water is forced with a pump, from I "f-v - ' . i.nnA o ,,rpil 100 feet deeo into a tanKou roller, bearings and depth regulators, ; and various sizes and shapes ot at- tachments which are adapted to all kinds of work, such as making cotton beds at one passage, cultivating and plowing up peanuts. For two years I, have planted my corn in five-foot rows and this allows me to go between the rows after corn is too tall td.strad a The singletrees are taken oft U X o THE: PROGRESSIVE FARM ing from 12 to 30 acres, and has qost. one cent for. repairs. When necessary , to leave in the field Ver mgiit -i , wcicu.jap With a lar ranvas. No one. has eva. j ' 'ft Ky.j ...n ion Lot dpen info a tanK5U j 0c enkcfiHiteri: 1 J. ... I lArAlv1Tlfl -J AJU r I I I 711 1 V- L U W W br '1T1I1 V I I I I I I I'lll I .1 IJ IlJ L. A t. V V w ,tmnless Last year by means of feet high, from which I run pipes to The manure spreader is onef the ?"X:Umv nine-ear-old barn, dwelling, garden and pasture implements which does a hard, disa- foy one w,ge hand and myself, with "watering head of cattje ana - Doy, one Wi,c u , , . : uA nf ho?s at one-fourth the ex- eotton, 55 acres in corn and beans, 30 Jn neannts. and one acre . . t ...ii: t-A A ocmc in three muies, cumvaicu -r Vv- - . , r Ar thft pCUSC I vvatwing lyjr v..-. - in same urnc weiiti u-'6 v.--, cane and pota oes-making'a total of the washer and wringer .are cleawng pletrients is a hay tedder. Not being ?eiP tZ was keot:as the clothes, saving , my-w.fe muck fa iodoa great deal of heavy, work AW C W A w A. -aa.iki"-;rth in a short time and a gitvouu J " good deal better than is possible by hand. - . . My latest addition to my lot ot lm- - clean as the Average wihout 'the-use of the hoe,- except. to chop cotton. ; The -nine-blade f- stalk -cutter was- used instead of school boys to rid, the ca e etniisc. Terrares were then ii r-. in ill siainiji laid off and plowed up with a. stag plow, such as is seen on the .front page of The Progressive Farmer. The road scrane- was- used to drag, tip.the. low places, -The entire : farm was then flat broken with the stag plow, u is of the times improved implements the barn by feeding througn a snute muit be used, else farmers -become onto, the thresher table. The straw hard labor. , - and with extra 'help unavailable, I Before many months I. hope to in- foun(j.the tedder enabled me to cure - stall, a dynamo and -make .my . lights, my.-hay when T could not have "done while the water is being pumped. it without. - No farm is complete without a can- t hired a binder last summer to cut ning machine to , save the surplus my grainy and- intend to do so again ' fruits and vegetables .for market and this year, as it saves more and better winter use. .Ours is a small one used grain and does it promptly, on the stove, but amply large for al? One of the biggest labor savers I most any farm. . " use is a hay. carrier with slingsjtb carry Improved farm tools make farming hay, etc., into the barn .1 put com Unit Arc ft onA do constructed that the, n' real nleacnre and at the same time from shock, peanuts from stack, etc., weight of plow and rider is carried more profitable. They will help keep into barn with it, and then cut up the- K,r three wheels, all of which run on the hovs on the farm and raise farm- corn on rainy days. 1 also put wneat hard land. The three mules stay on ing to a higher plane. To keep abreast and oats in the barn and thresh from . . t 4 .4 . " 1 1 i t 1 ZnnA'.,r -Vi rrV 1 eVlH A hard land also. " . ' This plow cuts slices, according to depth of furrow and strength of team, up to 18 inches wide. It has a rolling coulter that divides the turf. Clay and Bermuda sod are easily turned With it my nine-year-old boy can do the work of three men with single mules. The labor saved in breaking the 100 acres was enough to pay for the plow, besides the work was done better than "was possible with small plows. Stumps and small plows are keeping many a man poor. After "the land was broken the rid ing cultivator was converted -into a disk harrow and with this and a 10 foot section harrow, with riding cart attached, clods were broken and soil ' pulverized. The land . was then bedded with ridf jl .1 1" J. . i. nig IMC UISK. LUlllVdlUl) JHC .IUY ai the time, the wheels marking uni form width for rows. A Miss Dixie planter was then used to plant corn, cotton, peanuts, velvet i beans, and sorghum. It opens, drops and covers any depth, and a roller packs the soil on the seed if desired. . Just before the plants were up the section harrow, with teeth slanting backward at an angle of 45 degrees was run diagonally across the rows of corn, cotton, and peanuts; this was repeated at right angles just as the next coat of vegetation was "being born." Nowhere in creation is the adage, "A stitch in time saves nine," truer than at this time. Eighteen acres may be covered in one day with my 10-foot harrow, and when done at the proper time saves much tedious and expensive hoeing. but myself or my sons. Yon c? likely to last us a life time. " Just "so with other implements ai though we only work a small farm i find it pays to own' a drill, stalk St t err mowing machine,- hay-1 akfTd" I harrow, spike-tooth : harrow, pC cultivators and planters. When want, to use an implement we kno ' it is in . the tool shed ready for and we do not have to hunt around over two or three farms to find what we want. : . . 1 At; first , thought the'amount invest ed - in -jmpleraentsi -seems" large - W when you thirik-of the ease 'with which :we dot pur;work, and the satis faction of - knowing-, jiist when ani how we can : do it, is not-the money ' well invested,' and could it be invested better? V y v; W; D. NELSON -Hephzibah, Ga. ' . . M 1 IIBlijUl LifliililBhii 1 1. Linn tu j hi hiiri6rtijw'rf;.flwi-i Nothing Ahead of the Disk Harrow FIRST of all, after the farnrlaj , . bought such tools as. one and two', horse plows, double shovel, and the common drag harrow,, he should pur, chase a disk harrow, even if he is compelled to borrow th e money to buy same. , there is .nothing ahead of it .for pulverizing a good seed bed es pecially in turf land. I also use a 'disk cultivator, which is a good tool for bedding land for cot ton or corn in low; lands because yon can make a bed as high as you like, or only raise the bed above a level The disk cultivator; is good to bar off small plants, as well as dirting them later on. I also use a wheat drill and a binder to cut the wheat when ripe; Every farmer should keep a good portion of his farm sowed to clover; pe'as and grass. I keep a mower and rake to take care of the hay crop.r . Last, but not least, let the farmer keep his tools housed when not in use. . ROBIN YALE, " McKenzie, Tenn. .-' Two Farm Helps The Boy and the Typewriter Young Ralph Tilghman, Kenton, Tenn. " bankrupt. : Too many farmers are is taken from the tail of the thresher economizing on .labor-saving tools to arid carried back into the barn, their own hurt. They walk behind Another "Jack of all trades" is a a mule a whole half day through the four and one-half horsepower gaso- plowed ground to pay the drummer's line engine mounted, with- saw rig at- way over the paved streets from tached. This runs a saw", feed cutter, depot to town, and call the farmer thresher, fanning mill, etc. When on the riding plow a lazy man. building a new barn we rigged up a swing saw and cut all framing by IMPROVED IMPLEMENTS SOON power, thereby saving a lot of time PAY FOR THEMSELVES (Second Prize Letter) I HAVE more implements than the average farmer on a farm of the size of mine, but some of them were bought very cheap and the others The riding cultivator was used un- were tried and found to oav for them- til the crops were too large to strad- selves. die. The 30-inch scrape did the rest." The guano attachment, consisting . of two zinc hoppers holding 50 pounds each, was put on the cultivator and the crops fertilized and cultivated at the : same time. Peas may be dropped from one hoooer while i?uaao is beiricr ;. siTPwn trnm tn mnr i in hnt novo i j i ' - - J- K"-" vmvo, ou,u dS VCILU HU TdiUK the umbrella is attached. . peavines. This would be remedied by . t But few people appreciate the value using a rolling coulter. I use a join- vi uic mowing macnine ana raice; These were used to save peanut tops and crow-foot grass. Only the hay press made it possible for me to store and preserve the strength and flavor of the hay. j The four horsepower gas engine is indispensable as a labor saver on my farm. From a line shaft, it spins a wood saw that makes cutting wood a real pleasure. It runs a crush r cn!ut, 1. -m . - . '-i"uui narrow 10 sections) or t I a c I 1 mK,n P'ank drag or roller,as necessary, cow feed of. corn cobs, velvet bean After crops are planted I use the Jul. and-cotton seed mixed, equal spike-tooth harrowWon .they come A corn teller-with-a" -caoadtv-nf ?d weeder after one'hushel 5n m?n.. ; . ' -V ;,,vjr VU1HC "P. ana oeiore tney are Whi,e the grinne iWed1 11 XJl VMIUYttlUl, Willi The plow I use is the Oliver N. 23, two-way plow. "It needs three good tough soil. It .does beautiful work "I? cu,ts and sPllts- My cor" is cut and leaves no dead furrows. and hard work, and getting spme fun also. I have used an eight-disk fertilizer grain drill for several years, and have had little trouble with winter killing since using it. I also get better stands with fewer seeds. Another fine machine' I use is a No. 13 Cyclone feed cutter,- with home made elevator. I like the work this does better than either the knife cut ter or shredder, that is, for corn. It A Hint for Demonstration Agents T HAD a striking illustration a few A days ago of the - wisdom of the county farm demonstration agent keeping a good supply of bulletins on hand for free distribution. It was at Monroe, where the representative of a nursery was delivering fruit trees, one hundred of which had been sold as making an acre orchard. T. J. W. Brown, the live agen!' for that county, at once distributed' to cash purchas ers two Government bulletins; "The Apple and How to Grow It," and "The KamJItr Oroliivl ntA Unm 4-n CntP f Of It." Mr. Brown keeps on han&afujj supply of bulletins and takes pleas; ' ure in distributing them from his of fice in the courthouse. J. K. F. Get These Books and Bulletins About tvith a home-made sled drawn by one the. only plowing I've found that it se' ine knile being a piece of old doesnt "do well is turning under tan cross-cut saw. Areola, N. C. J. F. HUNTER, ter,; which is a valuable attachment for turning under any trash, weeds, etc.. After .the plow comes the Clark double-action cutaway harrow, which does fine work. The objection to it is the difficulty of oiling. By using tnis narrow both before and after THE SELF BINDER A GOOD INVESTMENT . (Third Prize Letter) W??N.I,i)-ought my Present 'binder " I had 12 acres in grain. My three boys (the oldest not 18 and the youne- est u years old) and I were working xnis narrow DOtn beiore and after nnr r ji- ".s , own iubucbwu plowing the land can he Ltn in ll "w Cradhng was too hard MIouH Experiment. Station, Columbia JSVii fl CabC g?t f 11 m e.X" y.fk for and if we deoended nn ' Bulletin, Vo. .120-Ratlon8 for B cellent condition . Th.n wii,. Vt," " 'U1 . U8 "u " wc depended on . .M. " : V " - c mring extra labor for th hv. . . " "i we were at the mercy of day hands and kci, to lose part of our grain. I bought a binder and in one day our grain was in shock. The next day we were back at work in our crop, no time lost, our grain saved. We are now independent , of hired help That binder has cut six crops, rang- Tou may get any of the following bulWj free by applying to the address given; wnw books may be had of The Progressive Fan" er at prices mentioned. N From United States Department of Ai ture, Washington, D. C. .' . Farmers' Bulletin No? 62 3 Ice Houses the Ufleof Ice on the Dairy Farm. Farmer's' ' Bulletin No. 632 GwjjJ PeachesPruning, Renewal of Tops, i nlng Inter-planted Crops,-and Special PV tlcea. : . - Bulletin No. 147 The Effect of the Tick Upon the Milk Production of Cows. Bulletin No. 159 Soils of the SassaW Series. , - Bulletin No. 163 A Field Test for sulphur Dipping Baths. State Publications . uuiifiin ' nn . i 1 1 warinna xui ev ri 1 nm l0 " v-ircuiar iNO. Yl, tsnocK w ..till age: Circular No. 72, Silage for Horse" Mules. .r Pennflylvanla Experiment Station, Stat '. -le:e;'ra. q, Bulletin No. 131 The Use of Wme.. Land. . . rf If VOU hflVA nlirTihnJra ' who dO "01. .j -The Progressive Farmer, send us thf,rjj and we will, send them some SflnP,e.J Then call on them and -ask them i : scribe. .. .' : . ':
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