Saturday, July 6, 1918
USE AND CARE OF MACHINERY IN JULY
By G. H. ALFORD
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neignoors tor the use. ot their ma
chinery or for them to purchase the
f HAVE hustleaVfrom early till time to make a careful inspection of jimer iauc tnis matter over
, nn. v x-. - . . . . . . '' , . "with snitlp nf vnnr niohfinrc atiH
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into the silo or shock it for the first -Sun; flian the metal parts. Just as
time this year. "It will be necessary soon as ah implement finishes its work
for them to make arrangements with f0j the , season' it should be cleaned.
the wooden part? painted, and the
iron parts greased and then placed
under a shed.
f months; and the, sun" is note of what is wrong or needeaY The c,df t0. Pchase ensilage machine?
livv ' . t i - . .' r . anil nut a . larorA Mrt "t fha nrn f-kf-k
:noW
rest.
Men Who Can Help Farmer;
Vimirs -parlv: in
inb for say .
and
should be carefully tested out
1 "nff and four hours late in the all broken and; badly worn parts re
"lornl!vL dtirintr,: this month, culti- placed. The skeins, clips and bolts of
a . rntton. peanuts, cowpeas, the axles should be tested and the
va "Churns: and all other; culti-
necessary repairs made.: The car in
keeo the land from, crusting and same tool may be used to good ad
.. in-., .,fifK ciihtvKr) vantage in insnerHncr wnornnB '
i a rroos. What is needed now is spector uses a small hammer, and the
, 1- Ll. nnd nrti tIPpd 9 Wh1 1C tllA Vital naff rtffliA iwoiifAn''
.excecuie , itm .n - . -,; . .it ' re.(mUnnrB n a u..t-into, tne silo, : or at -least r to . cut-and--i-Wt -k- i u,, .
However, iey u, xClar v "f " "V shock the com rmn anH S9v, ino nM H tow unaer tne jeaaersmp ot..
cent instead of about 60 per cent of it. V r-"' j"v. u, ,
- . , chamber of commerce or county coun-
, It . . ,. I;-' r; 'riV- of : 'defense, ' itself 'should - tmme'di-:-i:
K It will .oon be to get busy pre;: ktely make a sumy of all able-bodied
paring land or fall crops In fact, men who ha ve had farm experience;
now is the time to break land on and obtain led to spend a day or
which acrop is not. growing. The two out of each Week, or a week if
plows, disk, harrows, peg-too hi har-; , .heed be Qut of the month, at the peri
rows planters and seeders should be yods J)f test demand; in order to '
put in c) firstass condition as soon , hel tne farmers. There afe mani
as pos ible. The individual farmeror, ;menrWorkintr in, the towns -whose d
a n' winded harrows and V-l- V Tt. e u T 4M a number ot farmers in a community "niarpe k".. uJituiT'
rows,cultivat ,ygedhaowsa condition for the fa 1 hay crops,
heel sweeps ai ict.v vvW . mowing machine, the hav rake, the j .xi..- .i.r--.: "XC in parucmany men wait-
... - Aorth mulch nn the l , , ' , jjwmcis, sccucis auu uiucr.u
keeo a KOOQ eartn muicii ou mc l-v .teddersu the : hav tnaHpr the ,i . . v .
surface of the soil and largely in- stackers and the barn hay, tools
crease the yields of crops. . ( . - should be gone-over carefully and the
I admit that it is rather difficult to necessary repairs ordered at once.
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vated crops
I.AAft til (
l eo up the capillary water supply by vantage in inspectiog wagons
..i .... n( horrnwc n ri
the frequent v..,..t-
vators.and winged sweeps. .Shallow AU kind, of haying tools ancf mal!
nd frequent cumvauuu witu,.ai- -chinery should be put in first-class
ers', elevator boys, and clerks whose
keen bright, sharp harrow'and culti- The ordering of repair parts should
vator teetn irom cumvauus twuruwHf- nui uc uciayeu uniu ine aeaier, jODDer
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machinery-
of this kind at an early date so that works can be wen substituted, if the
i nrrir 1 1 1 4 v up Tin up av in inp iirrnara i. . . . . .
tion of the soil or in planting the fall
crops. '
if- V;'i .;.!;
..-joiiv in sandv land. The culti-
vator or harrow tooth next to the
corn and cotton will cut man large
roots in spite of our efforts to save
the roots. I. know that we may short
en the traces and put them high,' up
on the backhand and tat : we may
fasten the singletree in the .lowest
hole in the clevis'and riiake our arms
sore holding the harrow or cultivator
out oi the ground and then cut thou
sands of the feed roots of the grow
ing crops.
Tenants and farm hands on my
farm gave me considerable trouble
for years, vbut I finally solved this
problem. I found by wrapping wire
around the harrow or cultivator teeth
from one to two inches above the
points of the teeth that the wire
would prevent them from running too
deep and at the same time assist in
fining the surface of the soil. After
numerous experiments, I found barb
ed wire to be ideal forthoroughly fin
ing the surface of the soil.- .
The length of the pieces of barbed
wire necessary for the harrow will,
of course, depend on the number of
teeth, the distance apart of the teeth
and the shape of the harrow or cultivator.-
Just simply wrap the wire
around one tooth and then around
the next and so on. It is necessary,
of course, when wiring A-shaped har
rows and riding cultivators to wrap
a tooth on one side and then on ''the
other side. In fact, the wrapping and
crossing may be continued until there
is a perfect network of wire to keep'
the harrbw from runnine too deeo
and to form very fine soil mulch. .
My original reason for using the
wire was to prevent the harrow from
running too deep, but later I often
used the barbed wire on section har
rows and other harrows and culti
vators for the. purpose of thoroughly
fining the surface of .'the soil. The
wire cannot be used on the teeth to
the best advantage among stumps and
gives considerable trouble when used
on trashy ground, but it is a treat to
watch a harrow or-cultivator equip
ped in this way with barbed wire pul
verize the crust on old land devoid of
vegetable matter. The harrow or cul-
vator teeth go the same depth-at all
times and the barbed wjre thoroughly
n"es and levels the surface' of the soil.
J U J7 imPrant that all harrow
and cultivator teeth, heel and winged
weeps, shovels and sweeps used in
In? -Vation of 'crps be kept bright
and sharp until all crops are given the
wt cultivation. It is impossible to
crnnc aCt0ry work in cultivating
brlPh?nl!SS.th implements used are
Drignt and sharp. - : r .
joritvrnfU ragon on the lare ma
J.unty Of our farmc on u v-i
snol !d ?P-on t0 do its work-under
latter na;t gf C..nd,t,0nS- Durin the
atter Part of this month is i splendid
and manufacturers are rushed with
orders. Transportation is also very
uncertain. . . . . ,
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Thousands of farmer will put corn
The crops will soon be laid by, and
the inipleme'hts left put in the rain
and hot sunshine to shorten their lives
of usefulness. ;Rust is more destruc
- tive than wear, and the wooden parts
are . more affected . fey rain andhot
business sentiment of the town will
act resolutely and persuade employ-1
ers to use women temporarily in or
der that the men may be released for .
farm labor as the occasion may re
quire. Clarence Ousley, Assistant
Secretary of Agriculture. .
Make your neighborhood a reading neigh
borhood. - ' ?
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BNERMTONS know that the name-
plate f'Fairbanks-Mbrse" w
assures quality.
prpauct
This is the famous "Z" engine all sizes
with more than rated power that - over
150,000 farmers have backed with $10,000,
000 to do their work best. No farm engine
evetbefore has.made such a record.
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Cuts fuel costs in two the 3 and 6 H. P.
engines giving more than rated power on
kerosene at half gasoline war-time prices.
Tfl You Also Get This Local Dealer Service
The3iand6H.P.sizes
built to use kerosene,
tillate, stove oil, tops
gasoline. ; The V H.
size uses gasoline only,
Go to the Fairbanks-Morse Dealer. He is in position
to render you prompt and
personal service, tie nas
exacuy cne c ior
your need in kock
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Jt-Tl 1 , - to render you prompt and 11 j v
are mn r iir- - personal service. Hehas II ' .
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