The Holt County sentinel., 1912-07-12
A VALUABLE FARM IMPLEMENT
The Disk Harrow Leads Other nipple
u,ents In Usefulness.

n1ento IN UsetuIneSs.
George NJ. Logan. indianapolis. Ind
n properly understood and used. no
better implement tan be used on the
farm than n good disk harrow. This
Information has been gained bv actual
experience In the field and from cx-
pcricncc of the hest farmers.
For sowing oats broadcast there Ia
no better way than Ia disk the ground.
then SOW the oats and disk the ground
again. The better the seed bed. the
better the crop" Is an old adas. and
that is why II paws any farmer To disk
his ground bcEore sowing the oats
All good farmers know that II they
properly prepare their corn ground
before planting. they not only raise n
better crop. hut less cultivation IL ~.
Guircd after the crop " planted. Disk
the ground before blowing. In a gOnd
plan to follow with any condition OF
soil suppose the ground In corn stub.
bile: the disk successfully cuts the
stalks. leaving them on the ground
as n fertilizer M well AZ serving the
purpos" ~ keeping the ground loose.
when plowcd. this loose dirt Is turn
81 under. and when disked aeain. 4
good seed he'd IN deep ~ III. furrow
T. procured
Suppose III" ground Is n heavy blue
grass or timothy sod: " disked we'll
before blowing. II viii pillow better. the
sod will "" Hat aud not stand NJ on
edge causing dry spots on which the
corn will not grow or he q bother In
aftercml'i,ation A meadow Of blue.
grass. timothy. or alfalfa that has
become sod hound" can he p,aced In
proper condition better by the use OF
the disk harrow than by the use of any
other implement.
Very often the ground IL dry enough
20 allow the top to he worked one or
two inches. hut IN too wet to be- piOw-
ed: by disLing this ground can be put
IN proper condition for blowing much
sooner and the s""i he'd viii also be
improved \ seed led which has
hecn pr"pa cd. bnt which has since
been rr'"rd down hy heavy rains,
can h" mi IN better condition. with
less expense and time. with the disk
harrow han with any other impie-
moni.
tn" question OF she II important.
Whether II should he n fonr, five, six,
seven, ~ IN "ighi-'no, harrow depends
entirely upon the condition OF the soil
and the amount Of horse mower ~ the
farmers command Whether the disk
blades should he sixteen. eighteen, or
twenty inches IN diameter l. another
matter or these three. the iG-inch IL
the proper size. for u Will disk the
ground five and one-halr ar six inches.
which II as deep AZ practical. aud II
will cut the ground better and easier
and has less draueht than the larger
sizes A disk II not n wheel running
over the ground and carrying q load
like a wagon; u Is II pillow, or q spade,
cutting and turning the soil
To better illustrate. draw three ctr
cles, one sixteen inches one eighteen,
and one twenty inches IN diameter;
then draw a straight line across each
Of them, say -four inches from the
edge: which one Of these three circles
will require the most weight to put u
IN the ground up to the line? Which
one VIII nave the largest body or dirt
20 move NJ one revolution? Which one
will stir the ground hest on account Of
speed? Then consider that on the disk
harrow there are eight, ten. twelve,
fourteen or sixteen Of these circles.
Look AZ Il from another standpoint.
Does not the front wheel Of a wagon.
when loaded equally, cut depper In the
ground than the hind wheel, aud does
II not break or cut a rail In two that
the hind wheel will almost jump over
without marking?
The 2o-inch disk harrow IL some
times unsatisfactory and the farmer
who has made the mistake Of investing
in q harrow not adapted to his soil gets
an entirely wrong opinion of its nae.
fulness. The owner OF a good disk
harrow finds II the best implement
that can be used on the farm.
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