The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, November 4, 1909, Page 3

DETAILS AND CARE OF FARM MACHINERY Mower Is Simple and Easy of Management, Yet Its Care and Adjustment Need Attention—By R. Crane. Prof, Fred Showing the Cutter-bar The mower is a simple machine, easy of management, and yet certain details of its care and adjustment must be attended to carofully to se cure good and economical work. The cutter-bar sometimes gets out of line with the pitman, causing the machine to run hard. This may also result in breaking the sickle near the sickle-head at A as shown in the drawing. By the proper adjustment upon the Cutter Bar in Line with the Pitman. to bring the cutter-bar into line with the pitman, Another trouble is that some of the sickle-guards may become bent up or bent down so that the sickle cannot work smoothly upon the wearing sur face of the guards. The remedy is to pound each bent guard into exact line with the other guard so that the sickle-sections He down upon the ledger-plates. Bent guards cause “ragged” cutting and extra wear upon Showing Cutter-bar Out of Line, line B, where the cutter-bar hinges, this bar may be brought into line with the pitman, and it should never be worked when out of true, The prop- er line-up is shown in the drawing. B, wristpin joint upon which cutter-bar works and the line the upon which the adjustment must be made nt ARRAN ARN RN PLANK FRAME BARN BUILDING It Is No Longer An Experiment and Has Made Good Wher- ever Properly Con- structed. In genera] the foundation and roof are costly parts of a barn. Added storage capacity costs little in height. 80 it is wise to build of good height. The plank frame is no longer an ex- periment. It has made good where Properly constructed. Its advocates claim a saving of material over the old style frame barn, writes KE. L. Al len, in Rural New Yorker. But if the building is high (as should be) it will require longer material for braces The long timbers are hard to get and are more expensive. Another advant age in the plank frame is that it is much more quickly and easily, erected Quite a large saving may be made here. The rooting question is a com- plicated one. A good deal might be said for and against almost any kind of roof. But the slate roof is the cheapest and most satisfactory in the end. If the barn is to house stock let the stable receive your special at- tention. Study the subject of ventila- tion, and adopt some system, as King’s, that will enable you to have pure fresh air in the stable constant- ly. It is vital. Plan for all the sun- light practical. Make it ‘sanitary There is a chance for a lot of head- work here. Money expended to secure best stable conditions will pay you the biggest kind of interest every year you use it. CLOD CRUSHER AND LEVELER Illustration and Directions for the Construction of Handy Farm Implement. The clod crusher, and field leveler for plowing ground shown in the ac- companying illustration may be made any size desired. Six pieces of two) by six timber may be used, set on edge as indicated, and placed four inches apart. They are held together with blocks having holes in the cen- ter, through which are passed half- {nch iron rods, 32 inches long. Ground Dries Quickly. The time of year has come when the sickle and require more force to run the machine, The main-spring of the mower | should be adjusted tight enough to as sist in raising the cutter bar, but not o tight as to cause the bar to keep flopping up and down when in the field, eutting BUILD YOUR SILO EARLY Thrifty Farmer Will Have [t Ready to Take Care of Crops Before the Frost Comes. Silos should be built in time to take care of the crops before frost ¢¢ and the thrifty farmer will build as early as possible. I built a round silo, 16 feet 4 inches in dis by 30 f ind placed in it : drilled coru well of hill corn from the silo, 1 down well, Farmers’ R of the hest v that I ever saw. We started feeding it to 50 cows and ten head of youn tock on De- cember 1, and it was ‘nt to last them until March 10, The corn put in in this way furnish- ed not only the roughage, but concen trates, and all needed to balance the ration was four pounds of en meal and four pounds of wheat bran per day for each cow. Follov his stock in the barnyard were about 30 hogs, shotes and sows, and with practically no other feed I never saw stock look any better on March 1. We found the best way to feed was to feed the bran and ten meal be- fore and during milk », and the ensilage after milking bought by one of the e milk com- panies which supply C! go with bot- tled milk and was pronounced by them a fine article, testing on the average about 3.7 per cent. butter fat by the Babcock test For a dairy of 50 cows, two round silos, each 18 feet in diameter by 36 feet high, should furnish enough for ' the winter's feeding and to carry the stock through the dry time the next | fall. I do not put anything on top of the silage after filling, and did not lose six inches on top, and the pigs took care of that when it was thrown into the barnyard How to Build a Stack. Start the stack as though you were | going to put up a large shock, except ‘that the sheaves must be a little more slanting. This will insure a good slope for drainage from the bot- tom to the top with very little, if any, spoiled grain in the bottom of the stack. Lay the butts of each circle of sheaves a little farther out till the stack is of desired size. Then start another layer, beginning at the outside. After laying the outside circle start the second, the butts of which should reach just to the band or twine, on the first. Continue this to center of the stack, then back to the outside circle again and proceed as before to center of stack. Follow this plan carefully, remembering to keep the middle full, and your stack the ground dries out very fast after t will shed water like a shingle roof. a rain. Give plenty of time after | each rain for the soil to dry out be- fore you begin work on it. More in-| jury than good is done~by- working | tention as any branch of the farm's | the ground when it is too wet. Do income. It should be studied as care. | something else while the soil is dry- | ing so as to be ready when it is in @ good workable condition. Attention to Poultry. Poultry should be given as much at- tully as dairying or hog raising and the farmer will find his profits from this source are not inconsiderable. ‘ | re milk was a4 VW Liuty S fs j | J 3 u naturally endowed with muct sertiveness, he assumed a i that com & of tespect. Furthermore he v ane and the title of doastful, biu noticeably vaporous ev phisticated fellow But the cornerstone of h of renown rested upon the | varried in proper place vest pocket—a real wate ais apparel by a ponde | was the only sure-énov third grade, and was 1 profound adniiration, bord: by the rank and file of t ment of learning, The tej of whit@ metal, weighed sc less than half a pound, and ran with hig a noise re bling that of a wheezy traction engine in the net-toa-sc mow distance. Windy Hobbs’ appreci of his own emine 2ame so ke ed to s e off the mautie gance when entering th hoo and at times manifested a dis pr be insubordinate to rules--a t that oc ionally resulted in with the teacher, Th jamed Jenkins, like many o teachers. ’ “was a pond with a vi i In tair wea dv é tine of st rec ceeded gat j tn a chair tilted the rear of tite | window But wi misbe- havior among the e to ihe evil doers, Mr, J elod the unruly by in ‘ ien pad dles, whittled out k knife during the intervals ave be- tween classes, “My pa says,” declared Windy Hobbs one mc beior rt had “taken up,” “that old . bet. ter not whip i {dles ; any more, or he'll t As if to test “px fixer, the fates d ed should have cause for com y. Made boid bj threats of vengenn ily ver of the white metal aich manifested such a bold and surly ran class that, just befers | ol was dis- he hoon nour, he ¢ ne to with M ‘The paddle was bre t into and vigoro and t vicious he yel's of Windy. t lo ne hattered into iis vsirophe | was coi i i ‘ y tearful i . 8 ‘ v his “I didn't ) hurt,” declared the vic . }iment, “but when I heard n |-bust it made meso mad I j L. | If da had a rock I'd a busted him ia }the head with it. | & sympathetic crowd of us jostied | about Windy, elbowing one a r } tor a chance to inspect the damaged j timepiece ; “Just wait till my pa hears about this,” ue coat “Yu bet you | he comes down here to this school ad | Whales the stuffin’ out of old Jenkins | drat him! He'll show him how ‘to | beat me ‘round with clubs and bus! a id silver, seven-jeweled stems | wind—” And just then occurred the ascvn- Rue, sion of Windy. In the very mid r his threats, with the clatter of $y ue disappeared “from our midst. C) did not go through or around the sur crounding crowd. He went up! There Windy had been; an instant later he was hot. His astonished auditors looked about in all directions, but failed to discover any sign of Fot a few seconds the mystery 1 thick and dark. But only for a fow | seconds. Suddenly there broke upon the tortured air a staccato of paddie strokes and a series of howls and wails such as the pupils of the third grade never before had heard. ‘the | whereabouts of Windy was settled | The mystery of Windy’s aerial flight was easily soived. In voicing his com. plaints against “Old Jenkins” and vow- ing vengeance, he had indiscreetly taken his stand beneath the open window of the third grade where the teacher was wont to sit. “Windy's” oration floated in at the open window | where Mr. Venkins was tn the act of untying bis lunch basket. That pon- derous person, though somewhat over- , heated from recent exertions, did not | hesitate. He quietly leaned out of the | window, reached down until he could grasp a handful of jacket collar, and deftly removed Windy from the row trum of his indignation. Baltimore's Satisfactory Growth. Baltimore is congratulating herself on the figures shown by the new city directory, just issued... A +nearly 12,000 in population in the last | year are indicated. The populaticn is | pleced nat 691,128, which is a gain of j ito ed onticipated that the anti-opium | ‘) China will be the means of 2 new market for Amert s Tha ca not! Iowa 3 nan died bef t . da. Y } he ! ent tol ‘ ‘ ‘ 1 ' nd did she go hii ‘ g \ he ¢ \ ‘ t s hor ! i 1 ber and tr r n-law,. b b i h voy loved her V i often fille 1, and all | on were a ) rnd thus } ( ne i t he 1 1 do what} \ 1 v to ! ( lived y \ d ‘ { i ‘ } C] of hed V | that 1 toh b he hac t had a quict ¢ ! ! Mor t 1 v to the i excellent up fn the reprblie,”"~-Houston Pc Marriage Tie in Russia. div sxample land days of fr ent ree dissoluble death wife is not ¢ n be ¢ rside at wi 1 i t will not come ae | ee are | two 1} there that | show in ih ing the rev- erence j ied state is held. N r i until r the rth ship i hed; t d urs t € te rl} decided | growth commercially goa a gain of | sito to make according to the directory ed | | Chu just been fined $10 for exc speed limit “Now, your ironor,” he said, “ft de. re aainet® this no man ded liceman who breus! “What = charge the judge. “Same as mine, your honor,” Chumpleigh. If I was going 40 » an hour in my car he must have gone 41 on his motorcycle, or he never would have caught me."—lHarper’s Weekly. DUCK DOG WEARS HAT be Come In and Try Ona Pair of REGAL SHOES If you have never yet worn Regal Shoes, by all means let us supply you with a pair this season. Only in custom- made shoes can you obtain equal quality —and then you must pay many times the Regal price. All the Regal styles are exact reproductions of expensive cus- tom models—you can tell that by their smart, trim lines. And we can give you a made-to-measure fit in Regal Shoes, because they are made in quarter-sizes. The new Regal styies will win your approval on sight, tiram Nichols Shoe Co “THE HOUSE OF BETTER SHOES “Cannon Miscepresented It.” DECOY AND NABS ‘EM, City, Ia, Oct ( uly Game Warden Puzzled: in an int to Whether Canine Hun- Cannon j ier Needs a License. in his rece in’ Elgin od Betzold, Deputy Game Wat He said the fight against the pul an 1 was a fight to istat id lhis t tat low ( 1 famed -°" 9 , onthe ' gift al + | Ae | We ! 1 ’ mW i th y 1 \ alt 1 t : t wat 1 vou +e M i 1 ks are feeding. Bet : A 1 } } tk tl rt is ( \ , ! Le \ ul rl | iti : , WI ab I \ ol the rm , Bean part i uit 1 next House AR AS TAA TERME EE AMEND GARMAN STN EE DO YOU NEED A SHIN i$ We are carrying several standard makes--- New Home, New Royal and Free Machines | All of them High Grade Machines, Priced From $18.00 to $35.00 SOLD $5 CASH AND $5 EACH MONTH SOLD ON TRIAL, NO SUIT—NO SALE. Try one of them, and if it does not suit you SEND IT BACK. A. H. Gulver Furniture Co, Headquarters for Good Furniture Library votes given here. ERE POE er TE ene NRE PE ANE UE RAT OEE NAN AE EO. LAR OT BE SR OT