Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-09-03
PECULIAR POINTS
OF A TANNING MILL
There Are Many Profitable Ad-
vantages Gained by Opera
ton of Machine.
Cpv M COVERDELL)

The mere separating OF weed-seeds
and other foreign objects from small
grain should not be regarded as the
single benefit derived from the use of
the fanning-mill. This is essential. but
there are other profitable advantages
gained by the operation.
Cleansed grain will present much
better appearance on the market, and
also command a higher price, since
it actually delivers more pounds of
good, pure grain than does like guam
tity Of uncleansed, just as 1t came from
the threshing machine.
Uncleaned grain contains more dust
and other non-nourishing material than
most farmers suppose, and the fan
ning-mill removes these, making the
grain actually healthier for stock feed.
ing purposes, and consequently better
adapted to nourishing and developing
the tissues of the body.
Grain that has not been cleaned by
the fanning-mill, but fed to the stock
just as it came from the threshing ma
chine will pass through the animals
with part of it remaining unchanged,
and where there are weed seed i'm
purities, these are transported back
to the fields in the manure as it is haul.
ed and spread for fertilizing purposes.
Many of these seeds do not have their
terminating qualities impaired by
passing through the animals, and by
being scattered with the manure, they
find rich seed bed in which to sprout
and develop a bounteous crop of weeds
the following season. The use of the
fanning-mi would avoid this seeding
down Of the farm to weed pests.
Ranking still above the Importance
of cleaning grain to guard against
seeding the farm to weed pests, comes
that of improvement in both the guam
tity and quality of the crops produced
The sowing of carefully selected see
grain from a supply that has beer
passed through the fanning-mill will
If persisted in from one year to anoth
er, work wonders in the small graiI
crop, 1t will mean plumper, heaviel
and solder grain for seed-one tina
will possess strong terminating quail
tiles and propagate a sturdy, vigorou
plant. Under such a system, it will re
quire much less seed to SOW than
light, weak seed were sown. Neithe
will the shriveled, split and broker
grains be sown and waste the groun
by not propagating a good stand @
, plant. 1t also takes less quantity O
: seed grain to seed field; while tn
stand of plants is sure to be of un
form size, vigor and productiveness.
NOTE.-The screenings secure
from cleaning grain should be careful
> ly saved and stored away for the pou
7 try, since it contains such variety {
= seeds and grain that it makes a fin
9 ration for them, being either scattere
. in the scratching shed for the layer
. to scratch around for, or worked int
. their mash three times a week WheI
= there is a considerable quantity (
screened seeds and small or shriyele
= grains, these will make a good fee
. for the live stock, as most weed seek
a are not at all injurious to the animal
OF course, if the weed seeds are
excess to the refuse grain, it is n,
- advisable to feed them, as this wou
again establish the danger of seedir
the fields to weed pests.