The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-10-06
VINITA FAIR
WANDERERS
They Learn How Seeds Are
Planted on a String.

quart. But the twentieth century
gardner and farmer Is going to buy
them by the yard, and instead Of labo-
riously dropping them In hills or SOW
Ing them In rows he will reel of
string OF them from wheel and sim
ply plant the string. When John was
let into this secret Of advanced sclen-
titic agriculture by the polite and
loQuacious inventor u the process, he
merely murmured "You are string
Ing me-"
But th9-e were the strings OF seeds,
and there were boxes with tiny plants
growing IN them from the seeded
strings. Like everything else at this
great exposition, the demonstration
left nothing for the imagination. The
whole process was shown.
The seeds are twisted within rib
bon Of tissue paper and rolled up on
little reels holding about sixty feet.
As usual, the most interesting feature
OF the exhibit is the mechanism by
which the product is turned out. In
this case the machine Is marvel of
Ingenuity. On one side IS reel Of
tissue paper ribbon, resembling that
OF stock-ticker. As IL unrolls IL
passes over wheel that is set with
little steel pins. These dip into liquid
glue as the wheel reyolves and make
little dots at intervals upon the pass
ing paper To these moist dots the
radish seed, or turnip seed or any kind
OF seed that Is desired, adheres, the
space between the dots being deter
mined By the kind Of seed that is to
be planted The machine then folds
the strip OF paper over to enclose the
seeds, twists 1t into a string and winds
II upon a pasteboard reel. To plant
the string there Is a little, long-han-
died wheel which the gardener pushes
up aud down his garden, and which
uncoiis the string, laying IL In fur
row aud covering IL with a smooth,
thin layer Of dirt. IL Is easy TO see
the wind can't blow these reels away
while sou are sowing the seed, and
they are also safe from marauding
birds.
Everything in this palace Of agri-
culture is calculated to impress one
with the fact that the life Of the IN.
ture farmer is to be life Of ease. If
he doesn't operate the entire farm
with electric push-butt0ns, he viii, at
least, be able 70 bring fGth bonntlfui
crops without the exposure and ex-
penditure OF physical energy incl
dent 10 farming in the early days.
Here is an automatic time feed-box
for horses which enables farmer to
lie IN bed As long as he wants 70 IN
the morning. At a certain hour a
clock unloosens latch aud ration OF
grain runs down from a hopper in
front Of each horse. While the stock
Is being automatically fed the farmer
may read his morning newspaper de-
livered at his door by the rural mall
carrier.
Everything on the farm IS to be
done by machinery, except the house
hold work Of the farmers wife. | see
no mechanisms that will enable her
TO cook the meals aud operate the
household machinery by pushing eler.
trie buttons. And yet, some OF her
work has been iighteued. Here are
machines for separating cream from
the milk and butter from the cream.
The farmers wife doesn't have to
wait for cream to rise 70 the surface
aud then churn the butter out Of It
by long, laborious process. The rea-
son household work Is not a push-but-
ton affair and a life OF ease, John says,
is because men have had nothing %
90 with IL.
And the farmer no longer walks.
lie rides. Everything seems 70 have
wheels on IL. There are manure
spreaders, corn planters, hay leaders
and staekers. drills, pea piekers, pota-
TO dlggers, great steam plows, wind
pumps, self.blnders. al tending to
make farming delightful pastime.
And In addition 70 1t all the great
est display OF highly.bred i've stock
ever brought together In the world.
IN the live stock pavilion we saw
what seemed "a be an endless process
sion Of prlze-wlnnlng Jerseys, Gun-
seys Polled Durhams, Holstelns, Ab-
erdeen Argus, Aryshires and other
fancy breeds Of cattle, some Of which
were literally covered with ribbons,
trophies Of past conquests
and set ! doubt II any one thinks
OF great live stock show, the great.
est ever held, ia connection with the
Worlds Fair MRs -