The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-04-23
low Thex save Farm Labor

one man acc0
With 2S-inch horse-drawn plow.
one man accomplishes from 20 TO -
per cent more than with a single-bot-
tom plow. One man with a 2S-inch
pillow drawn by tractor covers from
80 to 35 per cent more ground in day
than does a man using six horses on
a horse-drawn pillow of the same size.
A three-bottom plow drawn by a suit
able tractor enables one man to ac-
complish from so to 20 per cent more
than does the two-bottim pillow drawn
by six horses.
These facts were brought out By
about 600 replies to an inquiry al.
dressed to farmers in central Illinois
by the Office of Farm Management,
United States Department Of Agri-
culture. Under conditions where the
use of a two-row corn cultivator IL
practicable, this machine enables one
man to cover nearly twice as much
ground per ay swith one-row cuI.
tivator. In the section represented
by replies received by the department.
three horses are most commonly used
on the two-row cultivator and the ad
dition of fourth horse apparently
increases but little the amount Of,
ground covered per day. +.
Such OF these farmers as use corn
binders have found the use Of this ma
chine increases the efficiency OF man
labor so per cent, on the average. over
that achieved when cutting and shock.
ing by hand. Eighty bushels, the re.
ports show, is an average days work
for one man when husking corn from
the standing stalk by hand.
With respect to the value OF hay
loader. they learned that the use Of
this implement reduces by about e
per cent the time required to put on .
load of hay. while the amount Of labor
required for unloading into the NOV
is only little more than half as great
when hay fork is used as when the
work is done by hand.
les milk Cow" Net "Mlleh Cow"
Hereafter it win be milk COW" and
not "milch cow'-at least so far a.
the United States Department Of Agri-
culture Is concerned
This decision marks the termination
Of constroyersy in which etymolo-
gists in the department have had NOT
a little interest. Those defending
"milch' have pointed to scriptuarl uso
and certain of the classics as estab.
fishing precedents. while the oppost
tion has contended that dairymen.
and farmers in general use
milk instead Of "milch" almost uni
versally. The advocates Of milk"
also favored that word strictly an
English word, while "milch" was akin
to German. Since Americanization Of
language as well as ideals Is an article
in every patriots creed. II Is thought
that this last sally of the milk de
tenders helped as much as any TO de-
eide the question in their favor.
A Florida Cirrs Achleken Money"
Marie Bradfisch, who lives In 81
Johns county. Florida, has found
poultry raising profitable. In 1919 the
net returns from her birds was t7ssr
rs.
This little Florida girl two years
ago joined the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture and the state
agricultural college. She made good
profit the first year and won the state
She started her second
year poultry work with los fowls val
ued at 1888.
During 1919 she sold 1880 eggs ana
set Ia dozen. From the fowls raised
she sold 40 for $50 and kept zOs. vaiu-
ed at s525. The total income from ner
flock for the year was s1.SS0-1s. Wnen
her expenses for feed and the value %
the original flock were deducted. her
profits for the year were s7Ss.75.
This excellent record won her the
prize OF $50 which had been Offered
bv two members Of the Board OF Con
troll Of the state Institutions OF Higher
Learning to the girl who did the pes-
work in poultry club in Florida n
1919.
We see no signs that the heart q
- ,vor,a Il broken. Times Union.
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