The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-11-01

~ SAYS The Horses. -
Flowing is at best the hardest work
our farm horses have to perform. Few
plow teams are not doing ten to thirty
per cent of unnecessary work The
writer has seen plows which he be-
lieyed were pulling fifty per cent
harder than they should. 81
We are told that about fifty per
cent of the draft of pillow is due
to the cutting of the, furrow slice.
The condition Of. the cutting edge
must then be of Importance Expert
.plowmen recognize this and in COM
petitions, file their shares to knife
edges. One authority claims that. an
old share re-sharpened has. shown
thnty-six per cent heavier draft than
a new share. Again, engine plows of
the same make and size have under
the same conditions shown fourty-five
per cent difference in draft in favor Of
the new freshly filed shares over the
re-sharpened shares in ordinary con-
dition. \, 1t will certainly pay to keep
the plow, shares sharp and in pro-
per. form.
The set and adjustment, of plow
is almost as much to do with draft
as, the condition Of the share A riding
should pull littiesor no harder than
walking pillow, or plows of the same,
widths. Yet how many do it? About
thirty per cent of the draft of walk
ing plow is due to the friction of the
plow on the bottom side of the fur
Pow III tie riding pillow this friction
Isl eliminated by carrying the weight
and down and side pressure of pillow
bottom on wheels. To accomplish
shis the rear furrow wheelis set out
about an inch and a quarter so the
land side cannot touch the side of
the furrow. This wheel is also set
down sosthat the heel Of Landslide is
faised one-half inch of better off
bottom Of. the :furrow. When so set
The pillow bottom will sink into the
ground and hang there. When pillow
bottoms float" in ffe frame none of
the bottom, and side pressure is re-
moved and the. draft Of the bottoms
IS the same as that Of walking plows
TO which mist be added that due to
the weight Of. the pillow frame and
driver. F.. w. HAMILTON,
Agricultural Engineer.
" 90 49, ~ . $500 VI, b. l. /
Don't Pat Things You Don't Like. |
\ In the Woman's Home Companion, |
Harvey w. Wiley, former chief OF the
United States Bureau Of Chemistery,
writes an article entitled Intelligent
an article full Of practical |
K Following is an extractl
Y. Some people cannot eat potatoes. i
others are made i'll BY Strawberries,
md others by this. that. or the other
odd product WHICH is perfectly whole
tome and palatable to most people.
Ehe why fo'curc an idiosyncharsy is
act to hold jtin contempt; it shold be
.espected. It is a human attribute of |
Which everyone Of us may be III pos
session, in some form or other. /
you'd not, for moment, attempt to
orce either, q child or an adult to eat
! wholesome food product if he had |
IN antipathy to- It. A S's i
4 II should like to cali attention, at
his point, to the wisdom of the sim
lie life. First, let us have pure, whole
ONE. and nutritious foods similar to
hose | have already suggested, not
Ieteriorated' IN any way Of adding in
urious Substances of any description;
nd. secondly, diet Of simple food, |
Welding the complex dishes and null,