The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-09
LABOR
MACHINE USED
Work Once Considered Hard,
Hot and Wearing Now Done
with Ease and Pleasure
fSnccIal to The Times-Dlspatch.l

WORTHWHILE, VA. Aug. S.--The dou-
BILE shovel is passing away, and with 1t
many long, weary hot day IN the n, :, CON- :,
agriculturst. With the double shovel, the
sidewipes a cultivator with three teeth,
the five-tooth cultivator, the various
less implements used in this cultivation
OF corn will be relegated to the shades
Of oblivion. No longer will the various
fine points of genuine Malta be the
subject Of a reoccurring discussion to
the crowd on the porch of the country
store.
Who knows? It may only be few
years until we see the discarded double
shoVels bought up at fabulous prices, re-
painted, tied up with ribbons and placed
in the parlors Of the wealthy beside tho
old spinning wheel, the wooden pltchforka
and the rustic chairs of our forefathers.
round which will gather halo Of ro-
fulncss.
The mind Of many corn-grower Of tho
past Will turn back as he reads this to
manhood and he will remember how
starting out In the wake of the double
inGyef before the suns rays had yet
speedily soaked from head to foot by the
dew on the cornblades, his boots soon
coated with mud. how, as the sun slowly
mounted higher growing each moment
iiercer and more unbea ra BILE he labor9d to
Keep Keep the e. plates up against the row, to
rope ns Sse hsWeen h i've
often lost on all three points. how when
ne 9a morn sounded the hor ns
then, hot, dusty. hungry, and tired; he
climbed the steps to the vinc-covered back
end debonair, the girl who in his opln-
ion stood several notches above any other
girl IN the world and who unfortunately
for him selected that day to visit his
ElStprS. Awkward. miserable and fOrlOrn
he longed for the earth 10 open and swal-
low him. That the maiden was pleasant
and friendly. only embarrassed him the
Hut to the corn cultivator of the future
all that Is past, At noon or night he VIII
dismount from comfortable riding cul-
tivator, with an umbrella over the seat
in the pink of condition, with clothes
clean and spotless and with his sisters
ling, Khayyam and the latest historical
novel or plan for those social diversions
| that youth ever longs for, II little
| fancy he can wear kid gloves, patent
| leather shoes, etc, sit on an air cushion
and with fan geared to the wheels,
corn-plowing, whore once drudgery, viii
BECOME the soft job on the farm,
The, riding corn cultivator which is
equally useful In preparing corn land for
seeding, Is rapidly supplanting the double
shovel In Northern Virginia. The IN
tfoductlon of one In community Is
Followed by q general adoption. Al pres
ahead. Large dealers in agricultural Inn
Elements, who sell two or three makes
of riding cultvators, and keep in stock
a full limo of repairs, will to-day furnish
repairs for the once universally used
double shovel, only when specially Or
dered,
Mr.. ], NJ, Price Of I3ealeton who once
| sold hundreds of double shoyels. now has
a stock Of two on hand, and has no,
| sold one this year.
! The umbrella long used by fruit, light.
! Ilmg ROD, sewing machine agents and
/ farmers on open wagons is being sod
inns year on mowers, corn cultivators and
nGlnaers ~ ms section. The umbrella Is
ta,ehment costing bur 80 cents and corn
EloWins, once the largest, hardest and
| Hottest work on the farm. has become the
tAs!est WIN a great saving IN .abor and
The farmer with q rested body will have
! Ia read and can plan the better for Ills
business, With the passing of the double
shovel is drawing {. brighter day for Tia
farmer 1t nobly did its duty in its day
\ but let It go without one word of regret
/ over It's exit save for the associations
that are linked With the double shovel,