Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1917-03-02

More Crops Grow.
(By J. c. McAmis, Division OF Exten'
zion, University OF Tennessee, Knox
Fille.)
One may we'll think now about the
farm equipment for the next year
Lime distributors should be made q
part OF this equipment, and If you de-
eide 70 buy or make one you will want
u do 80 early.
\ The best distributor is the regular
tWo.horse machine, which is eight feet
vide, holds ten bushels Of limestone,
and costs $45 retail. Where four or
Eve or more men club together and
buy one OF these machines, they are
not 90 very expensive.
Where only small part OF lime Is
to be put out, the one-horse distrib-
utor, which does the work about half
40 fast as the two-horss spresder, il
very satisfactory. This model costs
about SIS retail.
You Can, Make One.
II enc has knack for making
tAinss. II 10 quite possible to construct
4 good spreader out Of material which
may 30 found on almost any farm
Make a hopper similar to that Of
Any ordinary grain drill, except that
Il should be s feet long, with sides
md Yep 10 TO ~ inches wide. Let the
sseaem be . inches wide in the clear
end cut In II row OF oval holes, one
iHss wide, two inches long and eight
fnahss apart. Make a false bottom
with holes in il of the same size
sna shape as those OF the main bot.
tom and 30 spaced that they will regis
tor. Let this false bottom slide loose
y under the hopper, moving upon
supports made by leaving space for
II above bands OF strap iron, which
should be carried around the hopper
every two feet to strengthen 1t. Both
bottom pieces should be Of smooth,
seasoned wood, seven -sighths of an
inch thick and well oiled or painted.
To the lower strip rivst . v-shaped
arm, extending an inch in front of the
hopper. with half inch hole In the
Point Of the V, In which drop the end
Of q strong lever. boiling the lever
loosely but securely to the side of the
hopper, three or four inches above the
bottom. Let the lever extend six or
eight inches above the top Of the hop
per, and fssten to the side of the hop.
per Q guide Of strap iron, In which the
lever may move freely back and forth.
fhs object Of this lever is 70 regulate
the size Of the openings by moving the
bottom plate. Make frame for the
hopper with tongue TO 1t, similar to
ths frame Of an ordinary grain drill.
4 Old Material Can BE Used.
Get q pair OF old moving machine
wheels with ratchets on the hubs, and
tive pieces of round axle Of sufficient
length to pass through the wheels and
frame and into the ends of the hop
per, where they are welded to bar OF
iron ~ inches in diameter and the
length Of the inside of the hopper. The
axles should be fitted with journals,
bottled to the underside Of the frame.
Make q reel to work inside OF the
hopper by securing eight short arms
OF one.Qusrter inch by three-quarter
inch iron to the axle, fastening to
thess four heaters or wings of three I
Fights inch by fve-eights inch iron,
and about an inch shorter than the
inside Of the hopper, the reel being SO
Adjusted that the wings will almost |
scrspe the bottom of the hopper, but |
win revolve freely between the sides. |
These arms should be made OF two
pieces, bent so as to fit around the !
anis on opposite sides and secured by /
small bolts passing through the ends
and through the heater which is held .
between them. The diameter of the .
complete reel 10 about Ave inches and
10 length IN inch or 70 less than that
of the inside OF the hopper. This reel
serves - . force feed.
Tack two pieces Of oiieloth to the
bottom Of the hopper, one In front and
ons behind. OF SUFFICIENT width to
rsssh the ground. Thsse are TO re-
lace the annoyance to mAa and team
VI the 1yiag lime dust.