The Holly chieftain., 1908-08-07
THE FAIL. us TASKS.
Machinery Has M=de Them Lishtss
Than They Were FOR His Father.

Than They Were FOR His Father.
The modern farmer wears white
collar and susI.rnd-rs and store
clothes But the ulusI reInark;,te de-
yeiOpment In agricultural evolution H.
bis marvellous ingenuity displayed ir
the application of mechanical power
10 those tasks that were formerly
,'rfnrnsed by hand. Farm handicraft
.iow consists of the ability. cOupia,;
with the inclination. which Is seldom
absent. to apply direct pressure to II
button and allow the machine to DE-
the rest visit to a well appointed;
western farm will convince the most
skeptical that the vogue OF Drawn has
passed. except In the field Of mere
football or perhaps wrestling contests
On recent visit to such II farm ilie
caller was informed that the proprietor
was in the barn cutting seed potatoes.
He found that the seed potatoes were
being cut all right. but the farmer
was not stopping in the old time posi-.
ton. Indicative of g.eat bodily pain In
the middle region. while latprating the
juicy spud with jackknfe.
A machine of Formidable appearance
was planted under hopper full of pO-
tatOes. There was great gMi.shing
of teeth. and the sliced potatoes fell
frori the jaws in IL continuous stream.
The farmer dipped handful of the
cut potatoes from the bag and counted
the damaged eyes to determine the
percentage OF loss and thus arrive at
an estimate of the quantity of seej
required to plant given area He
said the computing machine was at the
office and he hadn't time to so after
1t. But ha seemed to have more time
than anything in sight.
That part of The barn devoted to the
live stock WIS occupied by several
sleek cows. but the caller looked in
vain for his boyhood enemy. long since
forgiven-tlie familiar milking stool.
The farmer called his attention to a
machine that had just appeared as fr
by magic al an aperture in the wall.
A currier mounted Oh a cable stretch
ed from the barn to the. house had
conveyed the machine to the cattle
stalls 1t had been to the sterilizing
room to he scalded.
7 The farmer set the machine at the
back of the first stall. attached the
rubber hose to the profit producing
part Of the milk COW. depressed n
plunger on top of the machine. and the
siphon did the work automatically by
forced feed. This process was repeat
ed on every COW that seemed to give
promise Of yielding an unearned incre-
ment. and then the farmer looked satis-
fed. But the animals displayed no In
terest in the machine. The product Of
this machine had the peculiar creamy
tint characteristic of farm grown milk.
but when tested in machine called a
separator 1t assayed 65 per cent city
milk, the remainder Of the output be-
ing butter fat. The separator was
planted In the sterilizing room. where
every conceivable convenience for
handling dairy products was installed.
All of these appliances were operated
by machine planted In an adjoining
room and connected by betting with
line shaft. The people referred to this
latter machine as the power" bnt 1t
was really a gasoline engine. 1t smell
ed powerfully
The place was stocked with mnchin-
cry specially designed for the perform
ance of every function that the farm-
er formerly accomplished with his
hands. except voting. The political
machine Is not much In favor in the
rural precincts