The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-02-10
FARM MACHINERY,

Farmer Independent in His Work.
In these days when farm help is so
scarce, and often so unreliable, it be-
hooyes every farmer to cast about for
all those labor-saving helps that will
aid to make him independent in his
work. With what satisfaction we see
our good wives work the excellent
sewing machines, doing in hours what
it would take days and even weeks to
do by hand! I know of one of these
good wives, that makes tho sewing
machine darn her carpets and the
childrens clothes. This is not only
done very quickly, but often so neatly
that it is not easy to find the place of
the old rent. This same wife has late
ly purchased button-hole worker,
with which she can do at least four
times as much work as she could in
the same time by hand. 1t is not only
good economy, but often wondrous
comfort and satisfaction to SO add
these helps in the equipment of the
home that "the girl may be dispensed
with.
But it is not only indoors but out on
the farm as well that machinery may
be profitably added. A year ago I
plowed up piece of my Doggy marsh
land which had been very thor
oughly drained. 1 had done the same
the two previous years and found that
~ ho lon IN
spring for corn was tremendous task.
Last spring l read an account of the
disc harrow. l purchased one. and
believe it almost paid for itself this
one season, and it is still as good as
ever. 1t cut or mellowed the soil very
quickly, and without disturbing the
sod.
Governor Luce told me year ago
that he considered hay-loader as one
of the very desirable additions to his
farm. machinery One of our best
Lansing farmers who has had loader
for ten years says he values it nearly
as highly as he does his mower. He
considers his machine, after ten years,
really as good as new. So I purchased
a loader, and find it an excellent in
vestment 1t is hitchcd to the wagon in
moment With heavy grass it takes
it just as left by the tedder, otherwise
it takes the hay from u small windrow
and puts it on the load as rapidly as
two smart men can handle it. ] am
glad purchased a loader.
One of the serious things on farm
is the going to mill. For US, to fno1
proftably, our grain must be ground.
AT least we feed our cattle at a great
loss unless we do grind our grain. If
we drive OFF four or FIVE miles the
delays. toll, ETC.. make the thoughtful
farmer wonder if there is not better
way. l have looked about and found
mill which grinds twelve to fifteen
bushels an hour, and grinds well. No
more going to mill at our house. The
work is done by colts which are better
for it, and on stormy days, so there is
little expense.
But how about power? Steam was
cOStly, udLgCTOuS anu uuudHuV.
Wind-power was unreliable. The wind
might not blow when wished to fill
my silo. I investigated tread
powers " and found one, a two horse.
power, that / think entirely safe. 1t
works well and easily, is just the thing
to steady colts and can be worked en-
tirely under shelter. / use this power
to grind all my feed, to cut my corn
for the silo, and to cut my stalks and
other coarse feed. 1t is a grand way
to work in rainy days, and pleases me
very much We have done all our
work this fall. cutting corn to fill
large silo, grinding feed and cutting
coarse feed with three and four-year-
old Ham bletonian colt. each weighing
about eleven hundred and thirtr
pounds, and they are all the better for
the work. / can heartily recommend
farmers to secure these four machines.
Disc harrow, loader, tread-power and
q good grinder. They will soon pay
for themselves, -Raral Neg Yorhsr,