Graham guardian., 1908-03-27
Farm Conveniences and Farm. Ma
chinery

INTO service the olHerenu kihuS ol
devices for the purpose of saving
labor and doing work better.
In the past rs years there has
been a wonderful development in
farm machinery There are peo'
pie living today who cut grain
with a sickle and cradle; bound
after the reaper; drove the wire
binder; and are now able to see the
twine binder do its work. But the
advent of the twine binder has
been no more wonderful than doz'
ems Of other kinds of machinery
that have been invented for the
farmer. There is the corn binder
which now cuts the coru aud ties
it into bundles; the hay loader, an
ingenious device TO save pitching
the hay on the wagon; the hay
fork and slings for unloading il
The fail has been superseded by
the steam threshlng machine,
which now cuts the bands and
feeds itself; the hoe and the spade
have been relegated to little use
upon the farm, and the plow, the
disc, the harrow and the two
rowed corn cult!vator have taken
their places.
So we might go on and mention
still other, and just as striking, in
ventions that have been pressed
into farm operations, but these are
enough to cause our readers to re-
fleet for moment upon the won
derful development of our agri'
cultural machinery. 1t should
make every thoughtful man appre.
ciate what has been done to make
the work of the farm more effective
and less laborious.
There is now very little heavy
work on the farm compared to the
way it had to be done 80 to 100
wears ago. At that time most of
the work on the farm was done by
hand and very little machinery
was used. What a change so short
q time has wrought? Aud yet, we
are inclined to ,bink that we do
not balf realize our improved con
dItions.
Much as the last century has
contributed to making the farm
work less burdensome, we are still
going on and demanding still
further conveniences to Tighten our
work. There is wave at the
present time passing over this
country demauding moro sanitary
stables and with it has come the
seeming necessity of better barn
convenience.
Instead of carrying the feed to
the stock on forks and in baskets,
it is now wheeled 70 them in carts
made for that purpose or brought
TO them in carriers suspended to a
track attached to the ceiling of the
barn This device is not only used
for carrying feed, but also to re
move the mature from the stable
Il the weather permits, the manure
is dumped from the carrier TO the
wagon or manure spreader and
hauled directly to the field and
spread Handling manure in this
way saves much hard labor, dis
tributes il more evenly, and, OF
course, gives more time 10 do other
things.
Besides these devices for hand
ling feed and manure, we have still
others for making the barn work
easier and giving greater comfort
to the cows. For instance, there
are the watering devices which
keep water before the animal all
the time and require but little at
tention to keep them clean and in
perfect working order. The rigid,
stationary stanchion has been re-
placed by the swinging stanchion
and other ties which afford the COW
greater comfort aud at the same
time make it possible TO keep her
sides and flanks free from manure.
The modern barn also contains
the King system of ventilation and
plenty Of windows for lighting it.
So, in the past DO years, the
sickle has been replaced by the
twine binder, the corn knife by the
corn binder, the pitchfork by the
bay loader, the hoe by the double
rowed corn cultivator, the dark
and poorly ventilated barn is CIV
ing away to the well lighted and
we'll ventilated stable, the hole iD
the ice for watering stock is being
superseded by watering devices
put in the stable and tanks of wat
or warmed by tank heaters; the
hole IN the side Of the barn for re-
moving the manure Is now replaced
by the litter carrier and manure
spreader. So we might go on
making still further comparisons,
but these are enough TO show the
wonderful development in farm
machinery, farm conveniences and
better methods that have been de-
veloped for doing our work.
Hoard's Dairyman.