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Saturday,..April 2) SUNNY IIOIIi: UG (9) 93 Some Community-Bc-Insr I&r Some Livestock Needed cn Every Farm Weed Out tha Inefficient Farm Methods v y: ing the farm will feel that he Is mak- lineof draft sqaare.cn iliz shoulder ing a personal sacrifice for the bene- ; as it should be. - - fit of: another profession or line "of - r It is easier to prevent a sore than work. - . ' . . if i to curft onp. Rarhinr the should- -: 1 ' ; ers at night, with cold water helps-to V I trust, all the talk in the- oaoers toughen them, especially, at the be- concerning balanced rations, barns, . ginning ortne neavy-voric season.- n. u u j t - AMAJN saiu v.ctxj .t f SUOs,.etc., wui not scare us out of -the jmv o ic umvwiiy..u1'iwi-- farmer s.ivould stop gadding about - jdea that-practically every farm needs ' ida Experiment Station, recommends (n much, stay at; home and work, they ;Some cattle of cood Gtialitv to, con- an application, of strong salt water would soon get-well fixed.. - My ques-. ,sume -the-grass-on the waste acres, for sores. - Apply, at night. Twenty iiioa.wa,- 5 .; the straw and. corn fodder that would .grains 01 zmc suipnate 10 an ounce 01 fixed how ?"Whyv otherwise be wasted, and the cotton- water makes a good - healing sblu theyvvould have :see(j meal and hulls that would: were tion. , V:;' -r the cattle not present, be sold fromv- the f&rm, carrying. away fertility and humus that j practically every?' farm in" the Cotton B elt needs." - r v v - inese animals may oe grazed "in a -IF - - v more money," .was . his reply. And this is. probably, true, provided' they, -did hot stay "at home Glusllethcd cf fcocditir.2 Seed FROM FEEDER TO CTACKC3 7112 OEBoDIUOD MR. FRENCH . it oav after all ' so closely r;l as.: to pasture enclosed with a four-strand "simple method of insuring, soil inocu ;lriiss3good buying rwK-wire fenced and mkv he wintered : lation at slight Cost.. County, demon- and selling oppo. undei a $25 shed,' and will, handled stration agents have "found ordinary tunities; But wduld: ttnder such V.Anditinns hrin inst furniture glue effective in holding par- this every-day' dig manv dollars of income as thev would tides" of inoculated soil to ."the seeds. after more dollars? : - ; ' :; . were their pasture enclosed with, a This, method gives each individual The thing that brought up the. con- five-foot woven wire."fence; and were seed some,.of the particles of inocu versation was the passing" of many, thpv -sf-abtpH in nm h Th lated soil ' which it carries with it farmers along the road; to -attend a .fine barn is -mostly for style and the' meeting, when an extraordinary 'ef- economical handling of the worjc of fort was being made to improve the, feeding. . ', ' schools of the-section.' tl . -: ? . ; " " - I have been about the county con-?. The churches all over the land have siderably for the , past 20, years and --been, taking collections recently, for. observed more or less, closely. I have missions, called self-denial offerings; seen communities where the majority that is those giving were to deprive of the people were engaged heart and themselves, of some pleasure or.'ob soul in money "getting.;, Other com-'Ject they had set their hearts on and munities 1 nave- visuea .wnere ,me crive fa m ssinns-the amount of mon ey thus saved. - -The suggestion of, mine to some of our-people was that instead of depriving our families of. something that was really needed in our homes we deprive ourselves of rOATINfrthe seed of legumes with yj inoculated soil before planting is a. Is a Practical ThrcshlnG C3achlnD' ' There is no w&ste of power, there w no s , waste of grain, there is no loss of motion, ' there is no mats of unnecessary parts that lumber up the work. spirit of thrift was not Peking; but where the farmers took time' to beau-, tify somewhat their homes, ;to; pro vide excellent schools for .their- chil dren, and where 'nearly, every; one ?jn the community was.a booster for the some of the" time we had been idling I have visited neighborhoods where there was no moneytmaking or anyr thing else much; save eatingi drinking and gossiping. ' This last mentioned jort of a com- awav heretotore. put that time to work, and use , the remuneration re ceived, as' our offering. In that way ,we would make our lives more valu able to-the world,. because, of doing more with them: make the same or munity is the kind nobody with any iarger offering forhe cause mention gumption wouia want 10 oe with for a minute : for the I believe, would; rather have doing something a little mean than doing just nothing at all "' And. one would soon tire of the conditions in the kind of r a ; community first' men i Via trirtTcf inpn CfAr1 iictn connected ed and stir not' deprive our families, -mnct nt ttc - - ut'x lt i halt to i gauon 01 airt tor y kmi 111 1 lip iirrrss 1 1 lr n ui 11 1 r. . , . , ...... . . , . , neonle- t it i na'c el ot seed, mixing - when it is planted The" scheme . re quires but a small amount of-inocu lated soil and costs ut a. few cents an, acre. , The methbd .is described in . Farmers' Bulletin 704 of , the Unitdd States Department of Agriculture as follows? ' ' - . - ."Dissolve two; handfuls of furniture" glue for. every 'gallon of boiling water and .allow" the .solution to" cool. " Put the;seed in 'a- washtub .and -then sprinkle .'enough; of the - solution 6n ,the seed to moisten but nbt to wet' it (1 quart per bushel is sufficient), and stir the mixture thoroughly :until all the seed are' moistened. . -r'"Se'cure the: inoculated soil from a place where the same kind of plants as the seed are growing, making sure" that the roots have a vigorous devel opment of nodules. Dry the soil in the shade,' preferably in the barn or basement and pulverize it , thoroughly into a dust. Scatter this dust over from one each bush- thoroughly until It Is Duilt to Separate Grain And it does this and does it Just as fast and just as well as it can be done with simple ' ' efficiency and with compound economy - It is the one supreme machine for its class . .of work. J This supremacy, has been ; pained by sixty -eight years of constant , : improvement upon the one great idea of ' ' nundicj your own business. You Got RESULTS That Vay Good friends of yours are ' m'aking money , And saving grain tar using this machine. They tell Jou how they do it in the Home Edition of the ed-River Special paper. You'd better send' in your address for a copy of the last edition, If yon -would like a Big Catalog, just mention it when you write. . niGHOLS (TsilEPARD GO. (In Continuous Business Since 1848) BUILDERS EXCLUSIVELY OF TlinCGHinC nACHINERY Bed River Spedal ThretWrs, FeeJen. Ib8 Stacker! ' . -Stesm and Oil-Gas Tractioa Engines . 12 CATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN The Value of a Farm Paper in the , School Room . it. M M A A AAA. 1mm . AiAl iAAAitl AM above would not be the real self-de- . ZTr.X in nt " nying course? .,And as I. understand' The $ee are ,then,ready t0 SQW' o- the matter th$? self-denial was to be l" Anfai and nnt'mir familv's.. itioned, for selfishness is pretty. closely ; r : , -. making is about the only business,!-JH m r journal in ev- and selfishness isatithe bottom m .hhmS? usof oF t,mf.?nl ery schoolroom; can scarcelyrbe practically aU the meanness an the theiarm is, it seems to me, one of the estimated.;; Unfortunately, it happens world. How well I remember riding one ' " ,so mu?h 4totthe, luest!0n J hat " " apply to the - immediate territory with evening down In a little Galley Ipeb- a whole book to contam a .simfcle which : the author sV,most ; familiar, pled for the most part with what I enumeration ofthe many ways n TeacherS fccl that becaUse a subject am going to designate as my sort of which we ttuteJS.prpfiteWe -use $ treated in the text, it is necessary farmers-men and women who - were ;r -?mha 'we-shA03ld:: And1-aU - for them to teach this subject. - For too busy to have any time, to : fool -vi 1 sI! to sa at thls time. ?eJ example, the study of cotton and rice away, but who never get so busy they the. seed time, of the year, is 1? tu would be of little value except in the couldn't stop long enough -to through any good.work that needed ie e 0 looked upon moneyf-i"-- TZlZUl Z' ed primarily in the interests of a par- tnen correct tnera. - . a. . A. L. FRENCH. getting as a means to an end; and not as the whole end and aim of life; and who considered Ke highest type of men and women to j ' t- f be really the big business of life. Hl-fittins Collars Make Sore Shoul- money-grabbing 'farmers,- nor ; were ders gives which is usable. I am inclined to believe that one progressive farm -journal in a schoolroom is of more value than several books which apply tcr remote conditions. Boards of ed ucation and - superintendents can spend a' few dollars m no more prof- they gad-about loafers and scandal- T0 YOUR work animals.have sore mongers : but were m unA wflWA n U cftiiter? ' Then look at the COl- ?; tlle broadest visi6nrearcommun-;:Iars. ' Numbers of farmers are trou-; one farin journal for each of their y builders;. This then, as 1 see it, bled with sore shoulders" on their Schools.. ' M. J.' ABBEY, s what we farmers should aim at: : horses and mules. There is scarcely West. Virginia College of Agriculture. 1. Devote to ,them the timer and V farm on which'some trouble is not , , v thought that is necessary - to make 'had; every season.- Sore, shoulders : iit- 11 p-- rflrm uomM . ?r commuiiities the sort .nf nemh. eem to have become a chronic habit Ut US Have TOlty Mtlll Homes borhoods we would wish tolring up ; on-most farms and they are accepted yOU could not do a better thing to our children in: ' - . - - n an unavoidable evil. . - 1 improve general conditions than - Put into our farming business' Most sores could .have -beeir'prc- to stimulate our people to beautifying the necessary thoucht nnd work to vented. A rood felt lined collar that their premises. This is far more make of it a home-sustaining busi--fits snugly is the kind' most apprecia- wide-reaching than. appears; on the ncss n the first-Dlace. .then n hnine5 ted hv the animal. It needs no sweat surfaxe; It will enhance the value of and this is,' I believe, of vita! i m. rad. wh th mav work out from under property in our communities, bring in Portanee-of which Our vnnniT nennTe tlie roll.tr and cause trouble. By keep settlers, help our graded schools, help "ui uc asnamed When thev make incr.iuch a collar well OUCQ ana luc us an 10 Keep iiung siiiu-sulic anu scraped off, sore shoulders may tnus save years 01 ume in nunung JmJnated in most cases. ' things which are out of place and m u a 11 mm , u - w - ne comparison, in. their own minds,' dirt scrape oeuveen lt ap4 some other business be eliminat as a life work. : , Sometlmi More Money SHireBred Cottonseed There is always a big demand for the best grades of Cotton Lint. Use the best purebred seed for planting, since it is just as easy ; and twice as profitable to feed a purebred Cotton Plant as it is to feed a low-grade Lint Producer. Don't forget that Nitrate doubleo the : yield of both Cottonseed and ; Lint. Grow more Corn and other crops, but select , your seed tor ; ail with the greatest care, f , ; ; . If von frrow a longer stable Lvca WUl get , a longer pnee raryuur Cotton, and you will have money; and if vou crrow more Cereals and' Livestock, you will have a Detter chance to make money all around. . Send Post card 'f or free literature WILLIAM 5. MYtao, Uircctor 25 Rladiioa Avena, New York lsz mm m cAM.fMA tt.. iim.i iri nttnwe fmrfinc our tool broken and dull at uc iaca that many farm boys and to sag at the top, thus throwing the the time we need to use them. Pr,s nave, that it ' is nccesssary to 1 draft on the point of the shoulder. In It increases the self-respect of peo- eave home when they wish to take such cases sore shoulders may result pic to live in a pretty home. .It helps rfiV . Proftsslon or engage in a although a good collar is used. The keep the young people on the farms, to i .ncss Js decidedly obnoxious hamcs should be fastened as close to- . I thank yon from ray heart for the th 1 am looking forward to nether as possible without pinching, stimulus you arc giving. 5 ' nc time when a young person Icav- the upper neck. This will place the MRS. L. L. HODBS. 1 j ill 1 A m .13 f . If n) Order NOW some of &! Seed Corn tint thrift vith llala raloML Larce nred type irrnrlnf two cr to talk. Excellent for (eel ' Plant After Grain Crop h Harvested Tie debt com for Ute plantlnf tfter wbt tad ott-cia be p!tnt ed la Bubble. Uw It for ifpUmlni where bcf pUotlnn railed. 40 to 50 Bushels To Aero rode 70 bwbeli per acrt tfter ITiIa tu htrreited. Or dertodif. rrke.S2.St ferbwbel. Cuh. J.ILGCIRT, thsLcx Rett Drouski SEIUNG OUT BROWN LEGHORNS W tr goint ta tell tt onc ocr entire itodc, battneu tnd fliinrti. Write for pardailtr. ' STCimiJrf B20S. UCSOEI FIW f l - , KtuItU. ill. Make rour nelibborbocJ torbood '
The Progressive Farmer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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