The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-08-28
PECULIAR POINTS
OF A TANNING MILL
There Are Many Profitable Ad-
vantages Gained by Opera
ton of Machine.
(By NJ. COVERDELI..D

The mere separating OF wee 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 az it came from
the threshing machine.
Uncleaned grain contains more dust
and other non-nourishing material than
NEST 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 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. conner
that of improvement in both the guam
tity and quality of the crops produced
The sowing of carefully selected see
grain from supply that has been
passed through the fanning-mill will,
IL persisted in from one year to anoth-
er, work wonders in the small grain
crop. 1t will mean plumper, heavier
and soldier grain for seed-one that
will possess strong terminating quail
tiles and propagate sturdy, vigorous
plant. Under such system, il will re
quire much less seed to sow than II
light, weak seed were sown. Neither
will the shriveled, split and broker
grains be sown and waste the ground
by not propagating a good stand OF
plant 1t also takes Z !oss quantity OF
seed grain to seed a field; while the
stand of plants is sure to be OF uni
form size, vigor and productiveness. :.
NOTE.The screenings secured
from cleaning grain should be careful.
ly saved and stored away for the poul
try, since it contains such variety OF
seeds and grain that it makes fine
ration for them, being either scattered
in the scratching shed for the layers
to scratch around for, or worked into
their mash three times week. Where
there is considerable quantity OF
screened seeds and small or shriveled
grains, these will make a good feed
for the live stock, as most weed seeds
are not at all injurious to the animals
OF course, IL the weed seeds are In
eSc2ss to the refuse grain, 1t Is not
advisable to feed them. as this would
again establish the danger of seeding
the fields to weed pests.