The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-10
MN WITH HOE IS
NOW BACK NUMBER
UP-TO-DATD METHODS ARE NOW
EMPLOYED nv THE UP-To-
DATE FARMER.
MODERN METHODS USED
NO LONGER DOES FARMER co
FORTH TO SOW, BUT RIDES
ALOFT AND DOES BET
TER WORK.
MODERN METHODS USED

TEN "OhN.
When Edwin Markham sang OF the
man with the hoe and other interest
ing things along that special line.
doubtless he never dreamed OF up
to-date methods OF farming and pres
ent-day implements such as are 10
be seen at the Virginia State Fair.
which threw open its gates yesterday
under promising auspices, even though
the skies were just a trine overcast
with clouds.
For the day is now at hand when
the man with the hoe Is back num-
Der. even IL 1t is hardly more than
a decade since Markham ground out
his world-famed poeW-
OF course, there are certain times
when the hoe has to be welded just
as lively as 1t ever was, but those
times are not sufficiently frequent to
cause the farmer much annoyance
or worry.
Labor saving devices are the order
Of the times these days on the farm
as well as in other walks of life.
Machinery Working.
Farm implements are to be seen
in the northeast section Of the lair
IL to be seen in actual working
operation. For instance. a modern
shucker was working full time yes
terday afternoon, much to the amaze
ment of many OF those who looked
on. Into this machine, which IL
operated with a gasoline engine. the
corn stalk. with ear, fodder and all
Is injected by one man. Then be-
hold, A bright new ear comes out
- nXr 70 h.. ai do
while the shuckS are blown out Ok
long pipe high in the air. The
stalk and fodder fall to one side OF
the machine.
Then there Is the ansilage cutter,
blower, and silo. which forms an
other com bination for the benefit OF
King Corn. The cutter chops of the
stalk, blade and ear into small sec
tons. Next. the blower gets in its
work. sending the chopped corn Up
a long pipe over into the silo. big
wooden tank-like AFFAIR. OF s6-ton
capacity. Here II remains. ready for
any purpose to which the farmer may
wish to put 1t.
Saves Much Labor.
In one exhibit Is to be seen the
farmers favorite grain drill. to which
as many as fifteen to twenty teeth
NAV be attached. This sows the grain
and puts 1t in the ground while the
farmer is perched aloft on the ma
chine holding the reins- No longer
does the farmer have to go forth ana
sow. az OF yore, scattering the SEED
with his hands.
A Case cuittvator with riding crank
shift, does the work OF fully three
men, though only one is required 10
manipulate It,
A potato planter solves the PROB
lem OF putting this tuoer In the
ground by hand, while potato digger
does the work In harvest time
There are plows Of all descriptions
from the double~iisced flexible har-
row to the five-disced cultivator.
An Acme dump wagon. built some
what on the order OF Eondoia car.
Is a most serviceaole vehicle for the
farmer, and does away with much
hand work.
Docs -Four Mems Work.
In one display section there u a
variety of implements and contri-
yances that attract attention. A con-
tractors sewer pump shows how the
work OF four men can be supple
mented at one stroke. ar-py Is a
working illustration of 7oo-galion
artesian well. which pumps that many
gallons every minute. An under
ground storage tank illustrates how
water may be stored in the cellar or
basement Of a building instead of on
the roof. the water being pumped
as high as 100 feet by means OF q
pneumatic system. Hand and power
pumps show how water may be
pumped from a well either by hand
or BY power. according to the within
Of the operator The power system
il operated by gasolene. The gasolene
engines range in power from one
horse to 100-horse.
Water Flows Uphill.
Hydraulic rams that make water
fow uphill from the spring to the
farmers house or to any other point
There Is a big gasolene engine, or
steam engine, as you please. with
sufficfent attachIAents and power to
operate q planning mill at one end and
q wheat separator and binder AT the
other thus executing the seemingly
impossible feat OF doing two things
At the same tree,
Again there are hand and power
sprayers for use in orchards and vine
yards
A pea and bean harvester Is said to
he one Of the latest inventions in the
implement market. This machine not
only harvests the crop. but also
thyashes II at the same time.
lake Prairie Schooner.
cieverly shaped road wagon putit
on the order OF the old-tims prairie
schooner, IL one OF the exhibits in
the section occupied hy Ashton
Starke, who is said to have toured
Texas in a similar vehicle soon after
the war. The wagon IL equipped with
Rates that open both in the front
and rear, and Is also equipped with
skillet and other cooking apparatus
It 10 said TO be especially suited for
the purposAp of tobacco growers In
getting their crop to market.
ALLEGED BAD Check.
Upon a warrant sworn out by ]. NJ
Atkinson, Detective Wiley yesterday
afternoon arrested Fred q. Ripper. on
the charge Of passing a bad check