Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-05-27

rapid Development Of ne biz farn. =,
tlss weSt. Formerly 4 man yr,th .
team Of hoS5es was abis "a turn ov.,
an average Of two and q hair .cr..
per day, now q sang Of plows h,tchsA
to traction engine snansGsA s. to-
men VIII turn ovsY from twsnty-f,vs
to thirty acres per day.
Vast tracts Of land In ii. vsstern
states which wsFs considered unrrof,..
able under the old method OF farming.
have BY means Of the traction ana
sang plow. been brought into pront-
able farms
Traction engines ars used to draw
harvesting machines, wagon trains Of
grasn TO nsr1.et and % every other
kind Of work On the fnem.
Wooden paows aud AaSsows, which
wore formerly ussd. have bssn almost
entirety discarded lor Supplements
made OF stsA. One of the most inn
poztai,t implements h mo cultivation
Of the nsldS y me disc hsrrow. The
discs are arranged IA sanss and pull
verse tho ground ut rnorv rapid rate
and leave It in better condition than
any other implement next to tho har.
row.
The corn harvester and BINDER has
been wonderfully improved during the
past two years. Only short time ago
the corn crop, the heaviest srown on
the farm, had to b harvested by
hand. q hill At time, cut by : single
blade. Now a machine drawn by tvs
horses moves along the rows Of
standing corn. cuts the stocks, binds
them In bundles while S<atsding up.
right. and slides them 10 the ground
ready to be put into shocks. rhis
means better fodder bscause II II
cleaner and cures better,
The modern manure-spreadeY has
yearly added millions to the country's
crops Instead Of haulinE out the ac-
curnulations OF the barns and stables
and distributing II over the fields In
cher|s. OF, scattering Il along tho rows
Of = manure 10 now loaded into
b mounted on wheels and when this
is driven onto the fields, 4 set of rotary
fingers rolls the manure out at the
tail end Of the box, distributing Il
evenly over every portion OF the
ground. @
The manure-spreader makes II pos
sible to use manure a. fast ~ made
and IN this way the highest possible
value Is obtained from H. THIS ma.
chine makes manure 20 very muck
enrtrcr than when di1tftbutSd In TN
I'D WAY Perhaps Il - not saying too
much to assert that II ID the most
valuable machine In use Oh the arm
today.
No longer does the farmer
today shoulder Bag Of Er 4
and from its open mouth wit,
his naked hand SOW the seed
over hts land unevenlv. az the
soil may be rough or smooth. or ac.
cording to the velocity OF the win'l.
He mounts his seat on a grain-drfll
drawn by team, and driving across
the field, the machine distributes tao
seed evenly, and covers it IN rn'"s
close together. The drill Is grt.r
time-saver and adds to the yield be-
cause none of the seed IL wasted.
The nail has given way to the
threshing machine, Just as the sickle
has been replaced by the reaper and
the moving machine. Horsepower
is still used ON threshins machines. but
tho decrease in these machines 10
very rapid every year. their place
being taken by traction engine. On
sonae Of the big farms Of the west
grain Is cut, threshed and sacked BY
one machine In the ield the heads
being removed by q header ana the
straw left standing.