Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 5, 1910, Page 7

k. A~ T he_Disk Plow From Lessons in “Agricultural Ergineering” in The Farmer, St. Paul HE disk plow a few years ago was presented to the public and heralded as a plow bound to replace entirely the moldboard type. This it has not done, yet it has found certain conditions un- der which it will work much more sat- isfactorily than the older type of plow. These conditions are two in number, as far as the writer has been able to determine. ~ The hard dry soils of some of the western states are more easily subdued by means of the disk plow than any other. These soils at certain times of the year are turned out in lumps by the plow and the disk plow cuts its way through the lumps and breaks them up. Yet the disk plow can- not be used in extremely hard ground such as might be found in a road, as it could not be kept in the ground. The other condition of soil to which the disk plow is well adapted is where it is so sticky that the moldboard plow cannot be made to scour well, as in heavy clay or gumbo soils. The black, waxy soil found in Texas and other parts of the South is such a soil. The disk plow with its scraper to clean the disk will turn a furrow, regardless of the scouring properties of the soil. ‘Where the moldboard plow will do good work, it is to be preferred to the disk plow. As generally constructed, the latter is a very clumsy implement and very heavy, the weight being neces- sary to keep the plow in the ground. Claims for its lightness of draft cannot be substantiated by tests when com- pared with moldboard plows under favorable moisture conditions. Often The Deep Tilling Machine This is a new machine which has come upon the market within the last two years, and as far as providing a means of plowing the soil to a greater depth than hitherto, it is a success. The machine is a disk gang plow with the second or rear disk set to plow a furrow in the bottom of the furrow made by the first. In this way, it is entirely possible to plow to a depth of 16 inches. The disks are large and do the best work when cutting a furrow 12 inches wide. The draft of this tool is surprising. When tested in a loam soil with a clay subsoil, the draft, when plowing a 12- inch furrow and 16 inches deep, was between 800 and goo pounds. A 16- inch sulky plow, when forced to its capacity for depth,—eight to nine inches —gave a draft between 9oo and 1,000 pounds, or about 100 pounds more. By comparing the sizes of these various furrows, it is to be noticed that the draft of the tilling machine was very satisfactory. Again, it would be quite impossible to plow so deep with any- thing except a special plow of this character. It is not purposed to discuss the mer- its of deep tilling here, yet it is to be surmised that certain soils will be very receptive to such treatment and give paying results in increased yields. Reversible Plows The reversible plow was formerly confined to the hillside type, yet there is a tendency at the present time to make a more extended use of this type of plow. Its use in the irrigated sec- Fig. 6. A new type of reversible disk plow. This plow is made to turn a right or left furrow by swinging the hitch from one end to the other the disk plow is given credit for doing more work than it actually performs, in that the bottom of the furrow is not flat and measurements should not be made at tke deepest point. The disk plow does not have a tongue and does not make as good corners as the modern high class sulky plow. If the disk is of proper shape and size, the plow pulverizes and mixes the soil thor- oughly, which are essential features of good plowing. The plow will cover standing weeds to good advantage, but loose trash is troublesome. It cannot be used at all in tough sod. The size of the disk proper varies from 20 to 30 inches in different plows. A 24-inch disk will do the most satis- factory work under usual conditions. It pulverizes the soil to the best advan- tage—more than a smaller disk, and is not of as heavy draft as a larger disk. A disk blade, 26 or 28 inches in diame- ter, can be used for a longer period, as much more metal is provided for wear. It is a mistake to try to cut too wide a furrow with a disk plow. A furrow wider than eight inches results in more or less “cutting and covering.” It is common to see plows cutting 12-inch furrows which bearly meet each other. The vital part of a disk plow is the disk and its bearing. The former should be constructed of the best of material, for which the faith of the manufacturer must be taken, and the latter should have plenty of material to resist wear and reliable means of excluding dirt and providing lubrica- tion- tions, where dead furrows are to be avoided if possible, is of great impor- tance. The advantage of dispensing with dead furrows in any field and thus leaving the surface level, is worthy of consideration. In Europe, the revers- ible plow has been in more extended use than in this country. The moldboard type of reversible plow consists of two plows, a right and a left hand, which are used alternately. These plows do not have many of the conveniences of the high lift sulky and do not make the usual provisions for relieving the landside friction by placing the load on the carriage. It is, how- ever, an entirely practical tool. The reversible disk plow is so arranged that, by swinging the team and hitch about to the opposite direction, the inclination of the disk is changed, but the carriage is left unchanged and is simply drawn across the field in the reverse direction. 1t would seem that this implement has reached a higher state of development than its moldboard mate—From The Farmer, St. Paul. All rights reserved. NOTE: [This article appears as Las- son No. 2 in a special course in agricul- tural engineering now being published in that splendid farm paper, The Farmer of St. Paul. In its introductory note, refer- ring to this series, The Farmer says: “A farmer’s efficiency today is directly related to a definite knowledge of the proper utilization of mechanical assist- ance. The Lessons in Agricultural Engi- neering, having to do with the intelligent use of farm machinery, including the gaso- line engine, are prepared by Prof. David- son, and will prove of interest and value to both the experienced and the inexperi- enced farmer.”]) A Judicial Favor. A verdant local reporter whose pro- pensities incline to daring rather than to judgment and whose ardency in the quest of news is one of his marked characteristics approached a judge of the United States district court and so- licited a little advance information on a case in progress in the judge's court. 7 “You see, judge,” said the youngster to the astonished jurist, “we go to press in a few moments, and we all know your inclination to do a news- paper man a favor.” The venerable man eyed the youth *sternly and said slowly and emphat- deally: “Yes, young man, I'll do you a fa- (vor this time, and you will see that iyou don’t ask me again.” “That’s fine, your honor. Thanks, wery much. Just a few lines will do.” ! “TI will do you this favor. I shall not send you to jail this time, but if you ever approach me again with such a question your friends will not see you for some time.” The discomfited reporter retired ru- minating on the mysteries of the law and the dignities pertaining to the ju- diciary.—Philadelpha Ledger. The Exclusiveness of Caste. An English oflicer who some years ago was wounded in a battle in India and left lying all night among the na- tive dead and wounded tells this story: “Next morning we spied a man and an old_woman. who came to us with a basket and a pot of water, and to every woundcd man she gave a piece of joaree bread from the basket and a drink from her water pot. To us she gave the same, and 1 thanked heaven and her. But the Soobahdar was a high caste Rajput, and, as this wom- an was a Chumar, or of the lowest caste, he would ‘receive neither water nor bread from her. 1 tried to per- suade him to take it that he might live, but he said that in our state, with but a few hours more to linger, what was a little more or less suffering to us—why should he give up his fate for such an ohject? No; he preferred to die unpolluted.” In Westminster Abbey. Fox’s tomb is perhaps the most ridie- ulous in the abbey, but others run it hard—the naked figure of General Wolfe supported by one of his staff in full regimentals and receiving a crown from Victory; Willlam Wilber- force apparently listening to Sheridan telling a comic tale and coutorting his features in the endeavor not to laugh; the Sir Cloudesley Shovel, in periwig and Roman toga, which excited the mirth even of contemporaries, and all the monuments ecrected by the East India company, with palm trees and other tropical exuberances, to the memory of great soldiers, like Sir Eyre Coote. Krom the point of view of good taste a dictator would be justified in dismissing these and many more to the stonemason's yard.—Cornhill Mag- azine. { joints, How to Open a Can of Corn. One of the smallest of the little girls in a West Philadelphia family had of- ten assisted her mother in preparing the meals. She observed that her mother, who was rather hasty, always talked to herself when she had any difficulty in opening cans of vegetables. The little girl thought that the hasti- ness was a part of the operation. “One day she was visiting a neigh- bor and went into the kitchen to help prepare a meal. She watched the neighbor take a can of corn, apply the opener and remove the top. “That’s not the way to open a can of corn,” said the little girl. “Why, what other way is there?” asked the neighbor. “Well, you take the can of corn and start to open it, and then you bear down and the opener slips. Then you say ‘Darn this can!” and finish it. That’s the way my mother opens a can of corn.”—Philadelphia Times. Diamonds to Lampblack. You may purchase equal quantities of carbon for 5 -cents or a million dol- lars. A bargain hunter might invest a nickel and get a‘ package of .pure lampblack. The million would secure a blazing diamond, easily turned into lampblack; not so easily—intense heat’ would be required. However, coal and wood are really more valuable than diamonds. They surrender life giving heat, while the only use so far discovered for diamonds is to cut glass, and for this carborundum is a good substitute. istence could be annihilated without loss to mankind; but, then, to vapor- ize diamonds would be costly, as the enormous heat of 12,632 degrees F. in the concentration of an electric fur- nace would be required, and then you might get enough graphite to make a lead pencil or a little fine stove polish. —FEdgar Lucien Larkin in Nautilus. Mystery of the Egg. An egg for one thing is a succession of bags, bagged up in one another, a series of envelopes enveloped in one another, bags and envelopes without seams or openings. Tuzzles, ships built up and full rigged in bot- tles, flies in amber, are simply simplic- ity itself as puzzles when it comes to how these hags wrap one another up, bag in ba In a hen's egg there are eight or nine or ten of the sacks in sacks ensacked. Everybody thinks he knows what an egg is, and after weary reading and study in many languages he only begins to learn that nobody knows a tiny fraction of all the world of secrets and mysteries hidden in an egg. “As full of meat as an egg” is not the true comparison, but “as full of mystery as an egg” is nearer the truth. Eggs are the greatest puzzle in all nations.—New York Press. Poor Pay, Poor Preach. Once upon a time there was an In- dian named Big Smoke. A white man, encountering Big Smoke, asked him what he did for a living. “Umph!” said Big Smoke. “Me preach.” “That so? What do you get for preaching?” “Me git ten dollar a year.” “Well,” said the white man, “that’s d—-a poor pay.” “Umph!” said Big Smoke. d—d poor preach!” So runs the world—poor pay, poor preach.—Minneapolis Tribune. “Me “Eating Crow.” The term ‘‘eating crow” comes from an ante-Revolutionary story. A soldier of an English regiment stationed in Virginia shot a pet crow belonging to a farmer. The latter entered a com- plaint with the colonel, who sentenced the soldier to eat the crow. The farm- er was left alone with the soldier to see that he did it. After the soldier had consumed a portion of the bird he took his gun, presented it at the farmer and told him to eat the re- mainder of the crow or he would shoot him. This was the origin of the eat- ing crow story. Didn't Awe Him, The members of a Greek letter fra- ternity from a southern university were being shown through the library of congress. They were apparently stricken dumb with admiration of the beauties of the building. But the at- mosphere of awe was dissipated when one of the party, a red headed youth, exclaimed fervently: “Gee, fellows! Wouldn't this make a dandy frat house?’—St. Louis Re- public. The Old Problem. “This magazine looks rather the worse for wear.” “Yes; it’s the one I sometimes lend to the servant on Sundays.” “Doesn’t she get tired of reading al- ways the same one?” “Oh, no. You see, it’s the same book, but it's always a different serv- ant.” No Cause For Worry. Painter (to his servant)—Now carry this picture to the exhibition gallery, but be careful, for the paint is not quite dry yet. Servant—Oh, that’s all ght. Tl put on an old coat.—Flie- gende Blatter. Both Exempt. “Do your daughters help their mother with the housework?” “We wouldn't think of expecting it. Muriel is temperamental and Zaza is intense.”—Pittsburg Post. Not Acquired. N. Read—How you stutter! Did you ever go to i stammering school? J. Terry—N-n-no, sir. I d-d-do this n-nat- urally.—Brookiyn Life. ——_. 1 M Vs i e All diamonds in ex- | UDGE STANTON Xon-Partisan Candidate for Judge of the District Court Strongly Endorsed ...and... Cordially Favored BY THE LAWYERS OF THIS DISTRICT Statement by Lawyers: To the Voters of the Fifteenth Judicial District: ‘We favor the election of JUDGE C. W. STANTON to succeed himself. has proved himself to be capable, fair and trustworthy. We deem it unwise to dis- place him for a new man. Qualifications only, and not political considerations, should guide the people in the selection of the judiciary. (Signers as follows:) A. M. Crowell, Bemidji. . Russell, Bemidji. Chas. W. Scrutchin, Bemidjl. E. E. McDouald, Bfimh})ll’.l . ohn K. Gibbons, Bemidji. D R opider Graham M. Torrance, Bemldjl, tone, Grand Rapids, Henry Funkley, Bemidji, ear, Grand Rapids. A+ A Andrews, Bemidjl. 'Coleraine, F. 8. Arnold, Bemidji. McQuat, Coleraine. Hiram A, Si . H. Bither, Bovey. John L. Bro C. B. Webster, Bovey. G. W. Camp hinney, Deer River. D. H. Fisk, Bemidii, lor, Deer River, T. C. Bailey, Pemidil. ewiy, Nashwank. M. J. Brown, Beridji. BELTRAMI COUNTY. CROW WING COUNTY. C. R. Middleton, Baudette. A. D, Polk, Brainerd. 1. KKoefod, Baudette. G. S. Swanson, Brainerd. ert Chilgren, Willinms. J. H. Warne Rrainerd. 2. Erieson, Spooner, v Brainerd. A. Jackson, Be nerd. er McKusick, Be . Fleming, Brainerd. . Loud, Bermdji. » Blewitt, Brainerd. He ITASCA COUNTY. C. C. McCarthy, Grand Rapids, Frank F. Price, Grand Rapids. C. L. Pratt, Grand Rapids. G. W. Holland, Brainerd, ¥. E. Ebner, Brainerd. ‘W. H. Mantor, Brainerd. ‘T. Larson, Brainerd. F. Alderman, Brainerd. . H. Crowell, Brainerd. Frank A. Lindberg, Crosby. CLEARWATER COUNTY. Wm. A. McGlennon, Bagley. Nils Hagen, Bagley, AITKIN COUNTY. F. W. Hall, AitKkin. E. H. Krelwitz, Altkin, J. C. Hessinn, Aitkin. Louis Hallum, Aitkin. KOOCHICHING COUNTY. ‘W. V. Kane, Int’l Falls. Geo. S. Langland, Int’l Falls. ¥ranz Jevne, Big Falls, Geo. H. Walsh, Int’l Falls. 0. M. Skinvik, Int’l Falls, Aad A, Toue, Northome, Frank Palmer, Int'l Falls, HUBBARD COUNTY. P. V, Coppernoll, Park Rapids. W. W. Woolley, Park Raplids. U. G. Wray, Park Rapids. L. W, Bills, Park Rapids. F. A. Vanderpoel, Park Rapids. M. G. Wooley, Akeley. CASS COUNTY. Daniel Delury, Walker. E. L. Rogers, Walker. J. S. Seribner, Walker. Harry Paddo Walker. Chas, W E. Forbes, ons, Bemidji. Bemidji. Bemidji. R. M. Funck, Cass Lake. L. M. Lange, Cass Lake. J. E. Lundrigan, Cass Lake. Chas, Argall, Cass Lake. ¥rank Ives, Cass Lake, The bar of the Fifteenth Judicial District, made up largely of republican lawyers, favors a non-partisan judiciary. Every voter should join in this movement to keep the office of judge out of poli- tics. Endorse Judge C. W. Stanton at the polls on Nov. 8th. --Attorneys Bunn T. Wilson, Blackduck, Thos. E. Collins, Cass Lake, and A. R. Hol- man, Pequot, have alto rigned above statement. Subscribe for The Pioneer 1911 Calendars! 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