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V CULTIVATORS AHD CROP CUL- TIVATIOH - HI. Style of Cultivator Shovels ,; nhov'e heading V series of- &v 1 win appear. These articles should T...'.?- . . - . . . . " artlcles hi pvfrv farmer interested in rais- ' capacity, but the principles of con- iitation. These things are provided of matched lumber. The windows crgetic and conscientious will do bet forJn plans for a model storage hbuse ,and doors should be made 'tight and. ter where he is placed largely on his given in Farmers' Bulletin 548,-"Stor- ventilators put in where needed. The own resources and made responsible ing and Marketing Sweet Potatoes.' ' bulletin already mentioned describes for the satisfactory performance v of The plans Njiere described are . for how the bins, may be made, V " i ' j his work. It pays to treat farm labor a; building of 2,500 to- 3,000 bushels - ' - '.' :' r; -f kindly and considerately, and to re. be ing a maximum corn or cotton crop. struction . can be " as readily followed THERE ire almost as many, varieties ana applied in providing storage for 1 nf shovels and teeth used on' culti- 500 bushels or for 50,000 bushels::-; : ?Ll octhpre are makes:of auto- - lt 13 economy to build a substantial MFFTIMflrTHF'" HlfiH.rfiQT.nF member that thewnrWr,.;. ,e LAB0RPR0BLEM ApLTX Better Management. Lessens. Labor Scarcity of labor obliges me to use : Weeds More and Better Machin- VtzyiT machinery and larger horses eryand Horses WM Help ' ,n 0T tQ crease the efficiency of - a;WUOr. . it compels me to utilize Mies Ml is -true 'that the land in sweet potato, storage house;, because mo '.;:. f-tH South demands 'wiir last longer and require less IhT of different" cultivators and attention' than a 'cheap, poorly con- THE exodus of colored help from livestock; in the handling of cron !itivator attachments than those" in rjtructed'one. It would be possible to 1 the Southern states -to 'Northern -which' with. an abundant and chean " .1 Atinm hut in1- a. larKC nia- it .... ,..Kvi. ,vihcj, w.uclc uiumuuii aim uiuusiriai j wuui auuuiv - couin re hnrvoeto A v,ritv of f cases the' satrne" style-'of , less carefully constructed house, but plants offer high wages to common- "marketed: for cash.' Lack of help 'hovels can be used in. both. ; . ' ;v the attention required and jthe;addi labor, has "put ar severe crimp; in the, ' makes-for the practice' of a simple The dik cultivator, tig. lis especi- i.p; , .. . . , : r : 7- : 1 .. -a system of management. ilir 'fprntnm i,nncr in bedding upiand, in -vsrbrk-. ing these beds -down: more -level," or merely to " loosen lip ...the 1 beds just ,, ahead of the corn er cotton planter;. It can also he used for, the. first one or two cultivations' of. the. young corn or cotton. - But for all-purpose;, cultivation the disk cultivator; is not . as satisfactory as stfme styles of, shovels, sweeps, or teeth. . 'I , Ea'rly cultivation should, be; deep, -and consequently the "test." atyaclw' ment for this purpose "is the plain, two and one-half to four-inch V-point shovel, Fig. 2. A six-sHoyer cultivator set to penetrate three to four inches ' will'destroy or coyer.all young weeds and will as$ure a good layer of loose soil being left to hold the soil mois ture throughout theN growing period of the crop. After' the first or second cultivation these shovels ; shpuld be - replaced by. sweeps, Fig. 3. These will - not penetrate' deep" enough to "injure . -ji 'i.ra:r-"-Vi-t til,'' rrs- : r Yfr..- -.-'-.:..::r':-:.n; 1 the4 control o'f leaks. . It develops in- ' Vuaiijr oi. operation and: production, for -the farmer, soon appreciates that he cannot have as large an acreage " in crops he must aim to increase the yield per acre of the land which he is able to till. f 1 Four or five' horsp! fr tJiA rtKi' ' action disk harrow under the direct- i ion. of -one man "will accomnlish mnr and. better work than will two or, tm cc. singic ujsks wnicn wm require mree drivers. A two-bottom riding ; plow drawn' by; heay-horses is more economical of la hnr ktV. ; board plows.' Five or six horses hitdh--ed to. the heavy binder will Jcoveri . ...w. w ft.uiiuu ttuu.vuijUjurc grain man ; if the horses are used on. two smaller machines .with twice as many men. A gasoline tractor of adequate size" and , power will' minimize soil preparation. work on the- farm, while itwill .prove. f Valuable, at threshing- and - silo-filling I uic idpiuiy .B4.u. p , . fig. i.THfi disk cultivat5r;atvork - , wse ot such an'.outfit. involves .experi- growing corn -pi vcot toy 1, but, if -kept : . - - . . , - . ' . ' ; " ; ' . ence and knowledge on the part of sharp, will destroy all, Weeds .and: tional fuel used. would soqn exceed cropping schedule and farming activ- the ownercohcerriing its proper 00- leaye a good, loose mulch; on the sur- the cost' of the extra care andmate; ities of - many 'Dixie farms. hr my eration and repair. ... , : face of the ground. . On a.six-shoy,el rial required in a better one. The section I have found it advisable to j can'cut dow r f 11 - cultivator, eight or. ten inch sweeps chances;of loss are much greater in hire 'farm labors by the year," supply- .np-QPC u,r n lves. . lat,or, ex"; should be usedT The two outside , a poorly built -than 'in a well built ing married men,-who are more per-. shovels do not need to b.e moved house? , . " ' . - manent and contented -than single LffortheS . until about the last .cultivation.' Storage , Houses may , be. built of menr with' houses,- garden patches, 0le off'' the cS witti Many farmers firidithe spring-tooth;.. wood, brick, cement, or stone. .Wood-, fuel and an average of 300 pounds.of By the use of hurdles arid temnora" TJ: : r T- : : ! n fenc 1 V qt cowpeasV "' 1U1. V":.U.V.WA . . 7 y - , oy beans, clover, and alfalfa instead uie nrSl xwoor inrec cmuyauous v, ; i 1 " - , ' Ov f - of. harvesting them. I can "hogoff" a tney do not penetrate deep enougn i- - , . , iKjir Pr.t,on of th.e crn crop. In fact, un- iu uiurougxiiy open me sunatc aim . - v . KNpKSK : aer present conditions it ..is most provide a good layer ot loose sou so essential for properV?noisture con trol. The '"diverse" or, "dee Whiz"-; one-horse , cultivator is ' merely a spring-tooth walking. cultivator. ".The one-horse walking . cultivator should be a five-shovel . machine equipped ' with the shovels shown in- Fig. 4. These can be used for, early cultiva- . tion and then " removed " and the ' eight-inch sweeps',. Fig 3, attachedln J their place. -' F. R." JONES.' A . rw4 : profitable' to directly, convert field : crops into-, meat .products . or into ; milk, cream, or, wool ,by obliging the j animals to harvest the '.cropsi instead ' ; of' performing this work, with expen-; ; sive-man labor and marketing the produce as cash crops. : '' , Instead of extra farm hands we will use this year a gasoline engine for pumping water, jawing . wood "and. grinding. feed; a seven-foot-cut bin der ; a . double-action ' disk harroW; a farm water system: seven' and eieht- PRERARF TOR ACF ROftM FOR en houses are referable because they pork, one barrel of flour arid eighteen - foot-cut,. tripleSgeared rmoweri ; hay rarer datItaec V ' : are cheaper and easier .to keep . dry. bushels of corn meal, in addition to al loaders where- the .ground is suffi- ; OVYLtl rUlAlUtd . Itls dim-cult to keep'.moisture from cash wage of. from $200to 250 per cntly level; manure spreaders ; gang o rm. t -t,-- t A ' collecting on' the walls of a cement, year. It means added bother and an-. Plows V tractors, and. combination li S. tf?rorU h$J ; stone or bribk .housi. ;The".house noyance ,to have to fool .with rations - tools for harvesting, and threshing a, ally Through Careless Method, of M be buiU on' posts orpierssd but.most of the married Southern la- crop in the field. . G. H. D. 'C nandiing , and Lack ' of Proper . , . cIrculation of air un(ier borers' are accustomed to such ar- , ' , r ' rage t- acuities ' . fit. The "dugout,", or a house built ' rangements and will pot hire' for an ONb-MTH of the sweet potato crop partly under ground, fails because jt: out ai me oouinern states-iu,uw,uvw is praciicaay imywiu m ivvvi Aiy SOME USEFUL CULTIVATOR ATTACHMENTS a wagon oca win oe an i tis - sopn as inmgs uo noi sun hiimub uusiguu, uvchuwc h trie noor ot tne nouse,. tncmtyquii. jviarrica men nave una, wmy mc sptiu$9 m mcy vc rms ih the South there ' to cafe for, their families Vand are been ; oiled with adhesive tape or ' CVMAllrvr Ant Cmmmva " . . . - . . .... wuutaa t nuiu . kjuiiuxa oui ana oui casa wage. - .... " . ' , v exoenence has been that month CQUEAKY auto springs are anno- wuoucis oi tne averace cron nt 3U.uuu.- tvne oi nouse ury, aim lnuisiuic nanas ana aav iaoor are not aepenu- mg, auuiut umv way w uymwuc 0O is lost annuallyiby.decay. . Care- : the storage house will cause the.po-J able. ' They are with.iyou today and this is by oiling them with graphite less handling atharyest time and im- ; tatoes to ot. . The sills should be ' 'without framing probably leaving or heavy grease. This is objectiona proper storage cause almost the 'in- ' placed on posts or pillars 12. to 15 you tomorrow in many cases. Single ble, however, as it causes dust to col tire loss.' To save these 10.000.000 . inches from the ground, .'or- just . high men- .tiiftalfy are :.very . independent, lect oh them,., hastening wear, and uuineis to, the food supply this year enough so that na aiso take care of the probable on a level wit increase ' in . nrAr1tirt ie Ka'nKUf On manv f: of efforts the United' States Depart- are buildings, such as abandoned teh-;, iievcr-.sQ-.asty about taking or Jeav- heavy cord the color of the car. . This ment of Agriculture is making to in- 'ant houses that could be converted ing a 'job. I find that, it pa-ys to lo- will prevent the accumulation of duce growers in the South to prepare into' sweet potato storage houses:at ,cate the best laborers in my section dust, and will not, look unsightly, if well-ordered "storage houses as soon ' very little expense Where there are and pay them a little premium above tape cord of the proper .color, is as possible for the coming harvest. --such buildings , they should.be used the average wages to. obtain and re- . used. If heavy, cord is used and, the Storaire- .v aLa w v' .'than in . build a new house, - tain their faithful service. It pays to .springs are we l wrapped, it will in- o- v. . wvaMV : WJ.- WW-..- - ...... . X ung vacant buildings into stor- lhese age houses, or in specially construct-. ceiled vu uunaings. -l wo things are ess en- pose tial in till" ttnrA rnnm rnrA inelilo. . f a tion and provision for thorough yen-, with, building paper and then a layer ., of nervous makeup who is active, en- their ridint? nualitiea as well as houses Will usually necu w uc ,?iuuy mc . . ----- on the inside. For this pur- 'treat them according 'to their temp- strengthen them. " This .is proved; by ; " . -4 - ..- t.-. i't uJ ; a 'mitirrrrieU wArtrr the fact that the serines on most rac- Z DV 4-mCn Scannings snoum uc . ci aiucn is., a siu66.j ..v... ... - - - . M;6t thft wall and covered first driving and supervision, while a -man ing cars are wrapped in this manner. X . X.Ala
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