The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-03-13
for the farmrr.
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ARE vOU DRADv HoR oPR1N0s
Are xou ready for spring! Are all your old
tools and implements in god order fer the opera
tious of the irldf Have you pnIcnaSea' OF 1T
dered made, any new tools or impiements ior the
farm. which you must necessarily have when
the season for field operations really has cou-
mcncedf Have yen laid all your plains we'll
iudiciously and wisely-f"r The seassnf Have
ysu resolyed that the next season you will make,
ave and apply more manure to the soil than
sv.r Ief.re. and thus raise better crops than
nsualf If all things have not been attended to
durine the winter, nav is the time to prepare
for the operations of the field. Let ms enter ON
the docket for the present month.
Are your plows in readiness for the soilf If
you are To purchase . new one two and in
doubt which kind Ia purchase, ask the privilege
of trying three CT four different kinds with .
view of purchasing. Any manufacturer will viii
lingiy grant such privilege. But do not at
tempt q use new pillow until it is we'll pelish-d.
20 that the earth will slip well. The insnufac-
tuners can polish pillow in few minutes. and
would do it If farmers would request It. PlOw'
psints should now DO ordered and broeght home
for future nse. / say, order them cast, because
many manufacturers sre growing little cum
ming about making points, by not chilling the
edge. They will tell farmers that they ere just
as good without being cold chilled a. to chill
chilled will outlast two that are not chilled.
When points are not chilled, they will wear of
on the under side in half day, % much 10 -
cause pillow not to run % deep, nor Of depth
% uniform, nor 90 steadily by great difference,
- if they were chilled. Order not only the
entering points to he chilled, but the wing
of the pillow point to be chilled. By the
wing is meant the entire edge. Besides this, ppt
every point on the grindstOne, and polish il be-
fore il is ever used. This will save in the strength
Of teams, and in doing the plowjpg well, more
than fifty cents on every point.
Ia new harrow Deededf Procure some good
timber, and employ good workman in wood,
who will make the wood " ork in less than day.
A workman by the job will ask from q so to 6
for the work only-besidss the timber. For the
t4etb procure the best of iron, of the proper size,
and employ blacksmith to make the teeth. Our
blacksmiths make harrow teeth for five cents
each with great profit 70 Themselves, as q man
will make ever one hundred per day. By this
system of management good harrow may be
made for six seven dollars, quite As good rs to
pay sixteen dollars for that is neatly var
nished. There is no economy in planning and
painting the wood work Of harrows, because they
are always 10 much ex posed Ia harsh aud rough
usage, which cannot lie avoided, that paint is Of
very little service. Let all harrow teeth he well
sharpened, and if the points were laid with steel,
and tempered, they would be much better than
iron alone
The best, most durable and ncatest kind Of
paint for any kind of tools or implements is
light blue. This is far better than rcd, rs blWe
will reflect more of the heat Of the than red.
consequently, the ~0od ~n'cn Is painted VIII oe
nea'ea anu .ess "neI Ps'n n, oIue;
Let tools ana implements oe washed clean and
painteo Dlue. 10 prepare oine pant tnai VIII
o.y s"on, PIocure g'sa ol'eu III, when WI Gust
ABOUT Ten cents more per gahoh tnan Tue un-
D"lieo. rrocurea quart OF more, aeeoIding 20
the amSuht Oh P.shtIhg 70 oe none, u n?u,a
dner OF lacquer. linen TAKE one pint OF OIL, nan
. pm, Oh orieI; ana m'ngIe; oy stlIring IN Win
2 suck, enough wnite Isaa 10 make u aoo", a.
tnlck as cream. zinc "n..e Is tne oest, unless
You You nave .r an apparatus Iol sI,nuns tne 'sao'
zinc VII !equ'Ie no sruno'hg, p"t must oe mo
.u.i! ss .'ra s.a Al INC u.S p S""
put u. ~ QUO ~" .! 'l'e. .ao'esoS"nls Vi Iru w
s'an oiue, anu SUI u tn"rougnIy. put sna,i
quantity VI piue ". oe Necessary !" mssea mana
some oiue paint. III appears 100 iignt coiored,
Pne III nore que. 1ANnI PREPARED lev ncnrs
oeIole u Is 1sen VII "oIk oetter Ihan ihat Just
pIeIarea II 1ne OIL anu dr.er are g"oa, paint
prepared according 10 the Foregoing directions
VIII H,y !" rom one 10 I'VE Gays a"nongn u
shoui9 oe ah1wed RON one 10 TWO weeks 10 DC,
cum" . na'u l TOT sree" paint Ie. tae wnite iead
Vi ZINC, a"u on snI dIle, oe prepares ID 'he
sIu'e way rs ~. o.uc, ara put III green 'hsteaa
OF pine. continue 10 put In green until the shade
Is DARK enough :" sun the iancy. Yellow paint
may oe prepared IN tue same manner by using
cnromo yellow with the "hite leaf
arc mere no rosements 10 oe made 10 Your
S S'nsa Ae .nese no .rees ainoSt worthless,
Mai y. wv 'e.' we'll Vi "eAr P"or .P-