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122.(6) PLANTERS AND J5EEDERS Some of the Essential Thing About Good Corn and Cotton Planters, With Suggestions for Operating Successfully Fertilixer Attach ments for. Planters - ; . v THE PROGRESSIVE FARM hill is regulated 'by the Jengtbl of .the allowed t5". be comeVfusty, this fingers. The drill furrow is" 'opened interferes . with their prompt working with a small scooter plow, or V-shap- the next tunc, that they are used. ed shoe, attached to the frame; the seed are covered with a. pair pt me tal, shares (in front of packer wheel, see figure 4) or. a metal drag. - The By E F. CMitktR . . . . . "A J I -A t A . tU. U ?1 1 i AVtltl GOOD planter or seeder should box and an ag.ta.tor to. Keep ne eea kri""T.rX A bp.e in con t u Ubn;drk- jessed down on the disk.' This type . ed by .theumber 'of finger, on the ii able and serviceable. In addition - of planter has never proved very satis- d.sk and by the use of d.Serent.ied . , J, .1 i4 k. MrtA'fartnrv iwniise one seed droooed in sprocket wheels. - ' . to tnese Qualities, n miuuiu us v vw , - . . - , -, . . , . , lw l"'5 H"""--"' - , . .. .a..m4 TViie tYiorhinA rtrnnc tni Keen not lfl a mil usually gives -a jjuui aiv u. v.. . plants. ' , -" - 1 - a "wad but slightly scattering-them. The type of planter shown in figure When the plants come they are 5 has given general satisfaction. It not crowded together and are more is compacV and strong and easy tof easily thinned. : . , v- operate.. " , .This: planter :isv easily 'changed-to The eeA are dronned bv means of one, that sows the seed. It. 'is- also. operate, capable of easy adjustment, and do its work accurately. , ' ' Corn Planters GORN planters may be divided into twoclasses: those madeto drop the seed in checks and those to drop the " A seed in drills. In late years the me- revlvinr olates verv similar to those provided with plates for corn, sorg- thbd of planting corn in cnecKs is not use( jn corn planters. It has a teed num, peas, Deans,, ana oats very extensively employed in South- tjiat orives any required quantity" of ern states, because the land is. roll- see(j ; the" seed are kept in a steady ing, and cross cultivation encourages .stream by an agitator that keeps them Washing of the soil, but in those sec- pressed to the feeder. The drill fur row is maue wiin a v-snapcu suuc auu follows a coulter-like scooter that pulls out all trashy and holds , the ma chine steady on the bed. Short wing like arms project on each side of the foot; and knock off clods, trash, vand . the top of the bed, leaving it fresh and clean. The beam is not fixed but works oh a hinge to give free motion to the machine. The seed are covered 'tions of the country where cross cultivation is practised, both single and double check-row planters (see figure 2) are used. - . -The dropping mechanism of the corn planter consists of a revolving isk or platewith a circle of cells .near (see figure 1) its rim or cut in the edge and a brush cut off (see figure 3)i As the plate passes under y the seed box, the cell is filled with! kernels; as it passes out , under the cut-off brush, all kernels that do not fit in the cell are raked off. . The planter using thex edge cell , plates seems better adapted to un graded corn. Each planter should be provided with three sizes - of corn plates so that the machine may be adjusted to plant large or small ker nel varieties! The dropping of kernels in check hills is done -by means of a check wire (see figure 2) or by chain and sprocket worked by clutches, With the use, of the wire the plates move intermittently producing a shock that fills the'" cells evenly and gives a more uniform stand of plants. The planting furrow is .made with a shoe opener' (see it in front of wheels in figure 2) of diskr" The shoe open- er is more often used and seems bet ter adapted to general farm condi tions ; it penetrateTthe soilnd makes it easy to hold the machine in line. The opener is set to give uniform depth of seed furrow. . ; - The seed are covered by means of open or solid tire wheels, (see on Fertilizer Attachments ALU the modern makes of seeders V have fertilizer attachments to go with the machine, if the buyer wishes them; These are usually placed in front of the seed box on the frame, and are detachable. - The fertilizer is sowed in a con stant stream. A . rotating disk in the bottom of the dropper feeds it but into a spout that conducts it to the ground. Within the hopper is an agitator to keep the flow, steady. Mpst I il MR. BROWNE f 'f J ill i liiiiiiiliite mmmmmmmmmm wrnmm TYPE&-OF-PLANTERS Figure 1 Is a corn plate showing cells near Its rim. Figure 2 shows 'atworowTctieck planter. Fige. 3 Is a seed box showing a plate andcut.off brush. Flgure4 is a cotton seed dropper or, sower.- Figure 5 is another, type of a cotton planter. The front box is for fertilizer. . j packs the dirt machines have a guage to regulate the flow, and the rate of distribution per acre is marKea on tne j?uaee. " ' . THE PEAUUT PICKER Difficulty in Harvesting, Once a Um. . iting Factor in Peanut Production" Hat Been ' Eliminftl Tk r. cessful Peanut Picker T. THE begrririing of the Twea- uein v.eniury,wnen the growin? of. peanuts commercially t! ' United States, began to assume some proportions and to .attract some at-. M-ention in the in, dustrial world, it' was .a commnn -. sight to see doz4 v ensv, of Negroes V ; fire" in the peamit ..fields picking - tlie ' ' - nuts off of the "f vines. Whole fam, . . ilies, including the . baby, who was of- ten. huddled . up in ! a box at one side, - were present, and while some "pick ed" others , "roasted peanuts" in the A fire-coals arid ate. - This process be gan as early as the- nuts were dry enough to take froin the vines and of ten continued through the entire win- ! ter.. '-::.v . As the acreage devoted to peanut growing increased, the many object ions to hand-picking become more ap- " parentr The delay in getting the crop haryested, leaving r them yn the field, . exposed to the; depredations of birds, forced many farmers to build large sheds orshelteirs under which to stow the stalks until. the. hands could pick -them. -TheTdangerfrom-re-was-in--creased by the natural propensity of the Negro to. watit. a fire while picking the peas, and often the, severity of the weather made;: fire necessary. There was an enormous destruction by rats' when , stowed away in these sheds. The anxiety and tedium . of having to weigh up these small lots at. night, and the settlement with the large number of hands, were some- 1 Ihing terrific. In addition to all this was the ease with" which small sacks "o r peanuts coul d be take n on h om e at night, and frequently farmers' crop, : yielded much less than the growth of the vines arid nuts would indicate. The writer remembers very dis tinctly the efforts of his nearest neighbor toward 'making a' machine prompt germination. . Thp nne-row corn drill-meets the ' necus ui tiic average laimci in liic Cr4-rn Ttkb '- Tf Jo in vrAti c? wo oocw A - 1 J1 J J 1 ki iifi i ir. x i i i i in h w it iiv i iiir in ii .r. o n9 .w uawvvtoa w owww In addition to the regular corn plates, with a drag that planter in figure 2), blade shares, or slightly on them. Arocre Thow rnvpr thp sppH tr tVio TJio lrrlJti crnff r( f Vt o 1-1o rtrA same depth, and at- the same time the making of the surface of the bed However the rate of sowing depends wnicn -wouiq, pun;ine nui pii yi lu slightly pack the soil othem to give fresh, the drilling, dropping, and cov- on the kind of fertilizer and the op- vules and not crack thehulls. His hrst ering of the seed are all performed erator should test his machine if he at one operation. When the seed are wishes to distribute a given amount planted ata uniform depth and in fresh per acre, soil, conditions f or prompt germina- : : Care of Seeders tion are secured. : Figure 4 shows another type of - A PLANTER, like any other piece of the planter should be provided with planter that drops in lulls or sows machinery, should receive" due plates for beans, sorghum, peas, etc. the seed. The seed box has a nar- care. The bearings require oil, the Cotton Planters ' ow PerPendicular slot in one side nuts must be kept tight, and an occa- THERE are numerous forms of disk that has two, three or four pro- ; length of its life. When it is not frame the nuts, which hung cotton planters now made. .The '; jectinfif;-nngers'. These' .fingers' Teach.in -use.- keep -it in a drv tool room or through were pulled off and droppea . . ' f - , T m m .1. nnn - old type that- required a. bushel or through the slot into the seed-box shed and do not leave it in the lnt0 a receptacle, ne, naa siruc. uy : more seed to plant an acre is no long- and pull but the seed for a hill, drop- field from one season to anoth- the right principle, and he has contin x er desirable except in rare - cases, ping them down through a short er. All the disks or plates af- ued to develop ' this same principle : With the high price of seed now. Spout into the drill. The seed are fed ter they have been used should have untn he ls recognized astne mvcm prevailing and the expense of "chop- into' reach of the. fingers by a re- a thin coat of axle grease rubbed on of the most. successful peanut picKer pox. ine amount 01 seea xor eacn iorminj? on tne suriace. it thev are ..vvjm.u mav-umv, attempt, al remembered, was made of two wooden frames about three feet wide and six Or eight feet long. These frames were; each covered with diamond-shaped mesh wire netting, the meshes about ' one inch across the narrow way. The, vines, after they were dry, were placed upon the top frames, and as it was moved back and forth by hand upon the lower station ing, the need of a dropping or a thin sowing planter is, mbre keenly felt -However, the grower of cotton ..should not lose sight of the import-, ance of a good stand of plants. Un der weevil conditions, the planting must be made early, and to secure a stand from an early planting it may. be necessary to sacrifice a great many : , seed. . . The type that sows seed has a seed box mounted on a frame, an opening in the bottom through which the seed fall and some, form of an agitator to press the seed out in a, constant stream. The seed fall fn an open fur row made by a drill plow and are cov ered with' a board drag. , All' these 1 operations' are performed at one trip, on the row. : :. ' ' , The one-seed planter has a re volving disk in the bottom of the seed GET A HYDRAULIC RAM I HAVE recently installed a hydraulic ram below a spring 200 yards ' from my house. The flow from this spring is only two gallons per ' minute and my fall is about seven feet from spring to ram. The lift from ram to tank is 65 feet. The stream of water to the house is very small, but this stream counts like interest on money loaned out it is working night and day. I have ample water for kitchen, bath room, and bedrooms, both hot and cold. The tank overflows nearly every night, and I run this overflow to trough in lot for stock. My only regret is that my supply of water is not greater, so I could use a -larger ram and get ample water for both house and stock. My ram and equipment cost me around $100. I consider that the money invested is drawing me at least 25 per cent dividend, and any man who lives near flowing water-and has $100 in the bank and does not install a ram is losing a great opportunity and a big interest on :" his money.- . ' -.;,- J. P. LEAQH. . Littleton, N. C. ' ' . .'.. .- one rated by steani power, which will pick from to 600 bushels of peanuts per day, re move the stems and pops or unfilled , hulls as they pass before the fan, and leave the vines in excellent condition for hay. . , " T. E. BROWNE. Coming Farmers' Meetings 3 Farmers' Short Course, Blacksbur?, V" February 1 to 28. N Farmers' Short Course, West . Ralelgfc C, January 16 to February 14. ..,. Farmers' Short . Course, College of Af,,e ture, University ot Tennessee, . Knoxvw January 1 to February 10. II you," ialX Pat, "the ould frI'Tndcfta t, after all and, -what's more, cao. "I tell the best, nrnvA it.' 'How are you -goto' to trove ltT' j hal '.'Where will you find a new frl'nd that shtud by ye . as long as the ould ones nav Last Word."-'-v" - w- - "' . ' . X
The Progressive Farmer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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