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126 . (10) Bigger - Crops . a ft gf&jjg ; ,. crops Sways, follow bet- Less Cost from with er ter disking: and thorough cultivation with one trip over, instead of twojis a worth-while saving in cost. Are you using the B-.. r l machine for better disk etter Disking ingisthe cutaway f y . VwnutV 'jLv Disk Harrow the origin al double action brrnw ? Tt's the larmer s greatest ume and labor-saver in his most important work. Disk Before Plowing as well as after,with a Cutaway (Clark) Double , Action Disk Harrow; makes plowing easier,gives better results. Every particle of soil is thoroughly stirred -because the rigid frame a patented feature forces the rear disks to cut just between the furrows of the fore disks. Double Action Disk Harrows MM t penetrate deep because of the cutlery steel disks forged sharp. The dust-proof, oil-soaked, hardwood bearings and perfect : 1 ; balance make it noted as a light draft implement If your - ; dealer hasn't the genuine CUTAWAY, write us direct Send '-"' w today for Cop of new free book, "The Soil and Its Tillage.". The Cutaway Harrow Company 9715 Main Street ' Higganum Conn. Maker of the original Clark ' ,J OSv jOisk Harrows and Plows . SVt lZ V See Thai "fel (( ft it V TeneeBodk Catnpteie line of Gates for every parpou and. int to sead you a copy of my fine new fence book free, vie quote you tny rock bottom wholesale prices, direct grom-factory-toyou, all freight prepaid wherever you live. Let me show you why a half million other progressive farmers have bought over 125 million rods of Brown Fence. 1 THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER MACHINERY FOR THE LARGE FARM " 2 wm "S "Will It Deere Cast Productioa and Xmcreaa Prtj?"l ft Test U BuyUf a Uachiaa or ImplementSam Ttat VRl Pay the Large Farmer--- - s l' ' ' ' ; - , - - ty & H: Aitar - ' .v .; - ; i- THE United : States Department . horse Uxmtr walks fifteen mUes in . of Agriculture- and numerous , breaking one v acre of' ground: It h agricultural colleges have com- not uncommon for two men with a piled much valuable data from rep- 25-horsepower tractor to plow, disk resentative farmers relative to the and - harrow from twelve to fifteen cost of -crop production, so that every l acres in one -day; -Cr ;; '. farmer may -now know the-approxi--. - On many of the large farms of the mate cost of producing almost any' West it' is ;now common for a fifty crop he grows. The next logical step horsepower . tractor to pull sixteen will be to analyze this xost of pro- ten-inch plows, four . six-foot har duction -to find vout whether . or not rows,, and i a -drill for planting the some of the cost items may not be seed,all at the; same time. This ma-' sufficiently, reduced ., to considerably chine does : thcTwork of many horses affect the whole? cost of . crop , pro--an en more, efficiently than could duction... . J..." - ' be "accomplished .many pther man- r TVDauiy inc in v . yxavc wi mittai w - w"4 y w'm uviut, even on investigation lies in the, labor items . large farms, prevent the use of such of cost. This of course would in- macninery, out-there are thousands volve the question of -the use.of larg- of 4arms in. the , Cotton Belt where ef :. m e r....-rf. .1." ... . "". . er and more etncient iarm implement cugaics,; gang .-; piows, large bindersr cultivators etc., should taW? the place of, or supplement the use . of, other - implements - and machin s eryv - - .' ; t - The auto fits , into the farm work- as if made for it -It does' not replace and machinery Intensive Effort on an ExtensTve Scale PROF. "Vyarrenjr of .Cornell, an au ftirtriftr nn farm manaffpfliftlt. has t.ivx.vj. w.. - 0 T ' shown that the average farmer operating, less than 150 acres is riot . the horse.- The.; horse goes into the nuking fair . wages, r On ! the other : neia . in tne.,.niorning..1and the auttf hand, farmers operating 200 acres and carries tne miiK, vegetables, etc., to over are making much larger wages, town, goes-to, the grocery for groe- It is necessary to practice intensive eries in a hurry,, or makes a quick farming, but it is ; also necessary to dash to the-machine shop for a part farm on an extensive scale in order to repair the binder, threshing ma- to secure the most profit. . chine, or other machinery. Fr.miPfl ar ranidlv heeinninff to . Ane targe tarmer snouia ot course realize, the. absolute necessity . for overcoming one of the greatest7obT stacles M:o the most, 'successful farming and are purchasing : such farm implements . and machinery as. sulky plows, riding culti vators, ' hay presses, tractors, etc., for use on farms of" sufficient have a good orchard and give itat- tention in the wav nf 'snravincr. The advantages, of power spraying are -many. "With, a power outfit, the steady high pressure that is so neces sary to obtain the best results can be maintained at all times, and the in gredients of the spray tank can al- . -, - ;., f . f .1 ..'it. size, to make the use of such imple- 5 inorousmy meu w.u ments and machinery profitable. The tnc agitator. prosperity of any -f armef is largely Almost .every day platform wagon, determined by the kind and value of scales on the large farm would save the improved farm machinery intelli--the owner dollars in cattle, hogsrhay; gently-used on his farm. If the farm and other farm products should al ls large enough' to make the use of ways be weighed. before selling. It is such implements as -the tractor, an easy matter to know the yields of thresher, auto wagon, etc., profitable, different crops, by the use of-the plat it will usually pay to borrow money form wagon scales. to buy such implements and machin ery. - ' Of course farm machinery is more or less expensive to purcnase. it costs something to keep machines in repair, and the capital invested is withdrawn from other uses. For these rcasons the purchase of machines that are not needed for a sufficient number of days during the year is an injudicious investment of. money" But oh:' the other hand, if the ma chines are needed in order to enable the farmer to do efficient and econ omical; work, thle money paid for them is. far better invested than it would be in a bank. No large farmer can afford to farm without at least large plows, disk harrows, two sections of a drag 'bar row, 5. a good combination planterr ne horses. Use the Typewriter DRACTICALLY all business men and quite a; few farmers use type writers now. -Every - neat, typewrit ten letter sent out by, the farmer rais es him in the estimation .of the man receiving it. . Thousands xf farmers can get good "returns from, purchasing a moderate-priced T typewriter and learning, to use -it during the-long winter evenings:. . With the modern manure spreader one man now does the work of two men with much "greater ease than formerly. More 'ground can now be uniformly coated with :manure in one day by: one man than was formerly done by two or even three laborers, and without increasing the strain on grain drill, binder, mower, one or two-row planter, manure spreader, There is no machine,. that is used on the farm tha'-wi!l-do more to- , Calaloathotc tnnn $tyles of Loan Fenct at . ' ,rrice$ that MDeyoa tig money. . S My prices this year begin at 13c per rod, freight prepaw. xetme tea you how Brown Fence is made-of Basic Open Hearth Wire-rand now it is 1 heavily DOUBLE GALVANIZED eo it last two; td five times longer-than 2 others. I'll prove it by hundreds of letters from users of Brown Fence. Z s Get thefacts. Get posted on real fence value this year. ; , r$f m "- J 7r "-T -v " io big stores. Hog fence, bheep V1 "rs f nr TW f n.A Baffin f Mir pMilf rv nrA. PjiSWt fence. Lawn fence. Farm Kates. Self - raising gates, Lawn gates, ttarbwire and Steel Posts. All illustrated and described in Free J3O0K. STEEL POSTS Brovn nmojfftrt m Steel Fence Pt aim Price you'll U Just send postal. . With toe book I will send you free sampla of Brown Fence Wire andcopyof Standard Galvanizing teat so you can compare nist resisting nalitiea of ALL fences Wore fwmhf. Send me a postal NOW. Address Jim Brown, President. . DevUZXJ ;vAvvCLOTIAI,OHIO 3 V When writing to advertisers say: "X am writing you as an advertiser , In The progressive Farmer, which guarantees the reliability of alt the ad-: vemstng it carries. thresher, gasoline engine, feed grind- " wards: helping the farmers already erieed cutter, hay press, stalk cut ter, corn harvester, a goodsized rake, corn sheller, labor-saving, hay-load ing and unloading 4001R, and numer ous other implements. It: does 'not. take a mechanic to make a.: farm .work shop pay." Almost any over-worked wife in: her. duties than a cream separator-and at the s-ame time, make and save, more money for the farmer than 'any -other imple ment he can buy or, use on the farm. Every year the farm implements ajid machinery of the 'South deter- farmer, by a little application, can lorate unnecessarily : thousands ol learn enough, to make it very valua- dollars in value because they are left Die..( t iorge, nammers, tongs, pin- exposed to the weather. ;. loaay cher's, , chisels anvil, vise, dies for fence corners and in ojtHer ou't-of-the- tuning mreaus, anus tor Doring way places are. many COstiy. pieces v? holes, and numerous ftYur frr1 farm - mlinf ' .UVXiif rnver Of noies, ana numerous should make up "the equipment. Place of the Tractor THE thresher, has-; displaced the flail; the binder has displaced the sickle' and cradle; and the traction engine should displace a number, of shelter: takin rth -rairi and sun as they come. The tpamtis cracking and falling oiff; and rust and ccay are attacking the expo sed-iron and wood. "It would be safe;to-ay that one half 3f all. f epair- work .on the farm is caused jjy lack of -oiU-A very w ' f--' tint' irf draft horses'and mules on many of the ; cessful manufacturer says "First we large farms ' in the- South;,-- Many! ; lay out; an oiling system and then we farmers now consider the tractor the ' build the rest of the machine around best draft horse. The average one-: It"' v- ' .,:v..;:.- ;
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