Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-03-01

fA6M WACdtNeHys
0eel lmpasneats dep @ Maks tho
faRnse Independents la His work.
In these days when farm help Is 80
scarce. and often so unreliable. it be-
hooves every farmer to cast about for
all those labor-saving helps that viii
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 ono of these
good wives. that makes tho sewing
machine darn her carpets and the
children's clothes. This b not only
done very quickly. but often so neatly
that it is not easy to find the place Of
the old rent This SAND wife has late
" purchased . button-hole worker,
with which she can do at least four
times as much work rs she could in
the same time by hand. 1t is no. only
good economy. but often wondrous
comfort and satisfaction to SO add
these helps in the equipment of the
home that 1.-the girl may be dispensed
with.
But it is not only indoors but out on
the farm as well that machinery may
be probably added. A year ago l
plowed up piece of my DOGGY marsh
land which had been very thor
oughly drained. had done the same
the two previous years and found that
the preparation of the land in the
spring for corn was y 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 rs good rs
ever. 1t cut or mellowed the soil very
quickly. and without disturbing the
sod.
Governor Luce told me a year ago
that he considered hay-!oader rs 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 purchased
a loader, and Ind it an excellent in
vcs:ment 1t is hitchcd to the wagon in
a moment. With heavy grass it takes
it Just as left by the teddcr. otherwise
it takes the hay from n small windrow
and puts it on tho load as rapidly as
two smart men can handle it I am
glad purchased loader.
One of the serious things on farm
is the going to mill. For us, to feed
proftably. our grain must be ground.
At least we feed our cattle ut 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. have looked aLolt and found
mill which grinds twelve to fifteen
bushels an hour, and grinds well. Nc
more going to mill ut our house. The
work is done by colts which are better
for it, and on stormy days. SO there is
little expense.
Blu: how about power? Steam was
costly. dangerous and unhandy.
Wind-power was unreliable. The wind
might not blow wien l wished to fill
my silo. investigated tread
powers" and found one. two horse.
power, that / think entirely safe. II
works well and easily.~is just thu thing
to steady colts and can be worked en-
tirely under shelter. I 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 pieases me
very much. We have done all our
work this fall. emitting corn to fill 4
large silo. grinding feed and cutting
coarse feed with three and four-year-
old HambletOnian colt. each weighing
about eleven hundred and thirty
pounds. and they are all the better for
the work. I can heartily recommend
farmers to secure these four machines.
Disc harrow. loader, tread-powcr and
good grinder. They vii! soon pay
for themselves. Rural NeaO Yorker.