The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-12-27

farm machinery and tools. Ii does not
require a very old citizen Of Indiana 70
nave a distinct recollection OF clearing
and logging bees. as they were called. or
when the Indiana farmer relied on his
logs, more 'han NJ ifd on his crops. to
furnish both necessarles and luxurier.
This primitive condition was too good 10
Vast. and In iso W. fnd our state denuded
of its forests. and only remaining large
fields OF stumps. Something must be done.
These large clearings must be converted
into fields OF golden grain. and the ring OF
AK and buzzing OF saw must he super
seeded by the harvest song Of the reaper
and hum Of the thrssher. How was This
20 BE- done h man with the hoe was =
back number and too slow. The means
was at hand IN improved farm implements
and tools. What the world owes TO i'm
proved farm machinery cannot be set
forth more ~forcihly and clearly than in
the proof Of what has been lone for In
diana. bringing prosperity ard thrist 10
farmers. who would otherwise he founder
Ing in the ashes OF their stumps.
Agricultural Progress.
The stump puller was the advance
guard. followed by the chilled cast iron
pillow. which was quickly superseded by
the high-grade steel pillow. and both rid
ing and walking gang and sulky FLOWS.
These perfect tools were equipped with \
view 10 good work and light draft. and
supplemented with the most useful Of all
tools. the disc harrow.
Next ir evolution comes the two-row
check-row corn planter. with perfect drop
and capacity of twenty acres per day.
this tool having relegated to the rear
all thu t~tpnftfx-a v,ashnsla fvrr, tha ia
fashioned way OF dropping by hand and
covering with a hoe. UP to the two-row
corn planter operated by hand.
Next come cultivators, and we reach
perfection In the hammock rider. and tho
farmers who now combine business and
pleasure can look backward over the vast
fields Of advancement along this line, from
the hoe until he. sitting under his sun
shade on his riding cultivation. IL thank
full that he lives at the parting OF the
ways between the nineteenth and twenu-
eth centuries. These tools and impie-
ments are all for the planting and Guilt
waiting OF corn.
For wheat and small grain we have ;he
perfect two-horse drill and broadcast seed
ers. So rapidly have we advanced along
this lin etnat We can easily remember our
fathers with bags across rnefr shoulders
sowing broadcast by hand. weary AMI
footsore.
The binder has supplanted the old Grad,
and sickle.
The magnificent thresher OF today. With
power and wind stacker. pours the
grain. ready for market. into the
farmers wagon. and. although we remem-
will some pleasure the old days %
Hail and winnow. we should not want 10
return to this ancient method.
Now the question Is. what has all this
for Indiana and how many years
IL have taken to bring our W
ifoosier state up 10 the present high Level
3f cultivation. IL We were without i'm
proved farm machinery? The wealth
brought 10 the Indiana farmer. and in
TO all our citizens. by the in
reduction OF the very highest grade OF
'arm implements cannot be- o~vsrestimased.
Vast improvements.
star ding on inc Threshold Of shs suen-
ieth century and looking hack over the
asst ten years. we see an advancement
Improvement In farmers and farming
hat Is phenomenal. and this can be st.
to the adoption OF the most i'm.
proved methods 81 planting. cultivltinc
md harvesting The world has been ana
: now pouring Into our laps the products
II our best brain and Drawn. What Goes
I mean for the Hoosier state, This:
a. a basis lsp. II IL estimated ty
competent statisticians and compilers
hat there Is q -f3 per cent. more CT the
and cultivated than in 1880. and that IL
: 70 per cent. better cultivated.
This IL all To the credit OF improved
arm machinery. The hest agricultural
Implement. have been brought 20 our
Ioors. The capital city OF the state has
ome In for it, portion OF the benefit de
from the advanced condition OF
srmlng. With railroads and shipping IA
u~neuuaied IL has invited and sc-
ured the headquarters and storehouses
+ large manufacturer and hundreds OF
OF dollars worth OF the best
ne world can produce In the way OF I'm
roved farm machinery Is constantly on
and for shipment TO all parts Of the
Prominent Firms.
Among those who have become identi-
"A with us In a permanent way. their !
being n sure guarantee of
srmanency. we find frst the John Deere !
OF Indiana, n branch Of I
~ frmous Moline. III. factory. the larry !
Z and best equipped brarc house IN ]
- state. They carry a full line Of Inn I
MANUFACTURES by DE re y Co.
"a Deere a Mansur company OF Moline.
II. a large stock Of repairs and extras. I