Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 53, Number 26, Jasper, Dubois County, 7 April 1911 — Page 2

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Winter Months How to Improve Them

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. Over $100.kW,ton Is expanded annually In the United States for farm machinery. The average American farmer exhibits progressiven In his adoption to nnd ready purchase of Im proved machinery, but woefully falls by the wayside In his care of this sam machinery. A short trip Into even th. best farming districts will ebovr barnyards dod wl'h valuable machines w hie h h n- al-olutely no I'p!' Mun frot.i - or nth and weatherInj? The farn r bouses his stock, cribs bi corn, t 1- b.N alio and granarl s n d prot '- Mi - from the elei cnts i..it eh - ghred!y leaves his graJn 1 mder. n.l ivator, plow, drill and th-' rest of his machinery exposed all k;rcU of weather. Exposure Worse Than Wear. If Lhio same tanners will stop to consider that by ihelr own shlftiossnoss, they are shortening the life of this machinery from SO to S'" per cent., the neod of better methods will be selr-evldont To a certain extent they are aiding In the ultimate wreckage of tholr machinery Just as though they gradually smashed it to pieces with a sledge hammer. There Is no need to ask for the solution of this question. It is so simple. Some $200 or 1300 expended In a machine shM would pay for Itself In two yeara due to the prevention of a depreciation In value of the machines through exposure. Practical experience has shown that while machinery without Hheiter laata only five yeara, that tho same mnchlut't. well housed and protected remain In good servlcable condition for over 12 years. A machine shed returns at least 30 per cent on the original Investment. It Incroasos tho life of the machinery from 50 to 100 per cent. Furthermore, the Improved appearance of the barnyard argues in favor of tho storage of machinery. The prospective buyer or real estate agent always notes unstorod machinery Hcattered about the yard and accordingly values the farm at a lower price, due to Its unfavorable external appearance. Farm Tool Shed. An excellent machine shed, with a farm shop In ono end roadlly accessible for repairs, should be about 24 by 60 feeL Tho shed should bo provided with sufficient sliding doors so that tho various lmplomonts can be taken out and returned with greater saving of tlmo and labor. The building Khould face tho south so that the doorB will not bo exposed to beating, driving storms from the north or to the accumulation of snow and Ice. Such a shed and shop provided with a ooncrote foundation would coat approximately $350 Considering the prolonged life and value of the machinery, duo to storage the cost of the building would averago about J20 a year. The farmer, well provided with a suitable shop and machine shed, can omploy his anaro time very efllclontly -during tho wintor In repairing and i -caring for his machinery. i One ironclad rule should bo rigidly 60'Practical farm enforced on the farm, and that is that every Implement or machine should be returned to Us placo In tho machine shed Immediately after It has been used. Then ono knows the location of the machine and Its condition, whon It Is ngaln required for uso. It takes but little extra tlmo to return tools to the shed when the team Is Llihed to them In tho field. Lieaninrj and Oiling Machines. V 'hi- macaines should be orerha ! .Mid thoroughly r'oaned before -to'lng them for the wluter. I)rrK- i: patta ahn.l b ordered and rer i s ü Jorcd an m allow p'enty of M:i lor their t-hlprn-'iit. All boiU Bl . l ! uga . m;i. hnringa at-uta't-! wi b lub ; .tl! i". and wearltif. a fl .1 b- . oHlt'd with a goM 4 ity t i b .id .tj tu prevf-nt rusMn 1 h b . r a'turhtnent of the grain i.indc ami !h mowi-r turchanlent should lo i ik i ap;ttt nnd thorought) cioaned. All tho old gummy oil shou'il !? re tiov l, iumo of tho more d 'Irate parts of the machine should be cleaned In kerosene. There are examples of gram binders well cared for and Intelligently used which havo been worked 30 years. Tho cultivator plows, common plow chares, and harrow troth Hhotild bo sharpened during the period of slack work In the wintor. New hay rake teotb, hlcklo tiectio'ia. and other "broken or ready to break parts sho.'ld be replnced wherever nocr-s arv The to&nure sproader la usually lu use d ar

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Winter Care of Machinery How to Store Farm Implement) to Prevent Rust and Rot and to Get Greatest Service By PROF. C. A. OCOCK If'Uomjn Coflcjt of jfgtkullun

Hal lng the winter months and should be carefully looked after. '1 he bpreader should be cleaned out alter being used, or somo of the soft manure will froezo In the box drum and a breakdown may result. An occasional cont of paint is an other great preservative which considerably lengthens the serviceable use of the farm machines. A small htotv can be Installed in tho workI shop during co d weather and the various implements can be painted in j the shop wi:u good results. I Special attention should be paid 0 the same and storage of farm steam j engines during cold weather. No oil or grease tould bo left in the cups to congeal or harden. Resting in the stuffing boxes should bo prevented by cleaning out and replacing tho old packing. On large engines the scalo should be removed from the interior of tho boiler while the exterior should I receive a cont of asphalt paint. Duri lng tho co!d mouths uf ver leave water overnight in boiler or water Jackot of the englno. or It will freese and probably burst those parts. Winter Care of Gasoline Engine. The inexperienced operator meets with many difficulties in handling gasoline nnglnos during severe winter weather. The first essential of the gasoline equipment, year in and year out. is a good, strong, concrete foundation. Where use of concrete is Im possible, the engine should be sej curely bolted to henvy timbers fasI tened to the floor. They should be of ! sutliclont size to absorb all violent vlI bratlon. A secure foundation inI creases the floor bearing of the en- ! glne and secures greater rigidity. ! The engine should ntver be run I faster than Its specified speed, as othj erwise tho operator Is morely wasting I the power of the machine without obj taining the most efficient results. Care ! should also be exorcised in bolting the ! engine to a piece of machinery to uso J the correct size pulleys, so otherj wlso energy which the engine gene- ; rates will be wasted. In starting n new engine the valves I are sometimes gummed to such an ex tent that they will not entirely close. This reduces the amount of the compression of the engine. In other Instances the valves stick so that the compression Is wholly lout. The remedy Is to squirt a little gasoline or kerosene on the valve stems and clean ofT the sticky oil. Compression is also lost due to a lack of lubricating oil on tho piston and cylinder walls. To correct this difficulty the operator should turn the flywheel over until the piston Is drawn out of the cylinder and then cover the projecting portion with a liberal coating of lubricating oil. The oil will act as a seal. In general the operator should use judgment and common sense as regards tho amount of work an engine should do. One cannot abuse a gas engine without disastrous results. Good lubricating oil should bo used in the engine, and care should bo observed to see that the ol! cups are kept free and machine shed. that the oil Is not restricted In Its passage from the cifp to the cylinder. Another great dlfUculty Is the starting of engines during cold wonther. Water-cooled engines enn be more ensHy startod by closing the drain In the bottom of the cooling Jacket and pouring in about two palls of warm water. Tho last pail of water should bo very wnrm but not to tho boiling point, as radically sudden expansion mlcht I result In cracking the cylinder. Tho , lacreitaed warmth of the cylinder will result In a quick ignition of tho charge. Another simplo plan used In care of ither air or water-cooled engines is to opn the Intakt or exhaust valve and I then inject a snall amount of gaaollno ! Into tho cylinder. Allow the onglne to 1 stand for a few mlnutos so that tho I gasollno may evaporate, then crank It and It will usually start on the first trial. Strangles In Horses. An epidemic of strangles Is always a Hotirce of nlttrm to hoi so owners, as this dlscaso Is most Insidious In Its atj tack and usually leaves Its victims In I such a debilitated coudltlon that d.tir nro Incapacitated for work for v eeks. j t Hothouco Hogs. I The hothouso hog schomos hatched I by experienced city farmers lntoly are t more likely to bring them valuably oxptrlence than great riches.

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SKIM CREAM WITH SYPHON Handy Little Implement Devised That Will Do its Work Expedltioucly In Any Receptacle. A New York man has devised a syphon particularly for the purpose of removing cream irom milk, which It will do expeditiously, no mutter what kind of recoptacl'i tho milk Is in. The syphon cimipr.sej an enlarged chamber with two rrilght pipes diverging from It, oue of them longer than tho othor. At th top of this chamber Is n rubber bulb. To remove tho cronm a cup is placed at the aide of tho pitch vr or bottle containing the milk. The Syphon for Cream. yphon Is then placed In position with the short leg In the milk bottle and he long leg In the cup. By gquoezlug the rubber bulb the cronm Is sucked up and pumped Into the cup. It Is necessary, of course, to watch the line of cream so that the pumping can i be stopped as soon as It Is all removed. I This method is n big Improvement In i skimming the milk with a spoon, a proj ceding which cannot be done If the 11- ; quid is in bottles. WATER TROUGH IS AUTOMATIC , Receptacle Fills Itself as Often as I Emptied, but Never Overflows j Valve Does Work. J A watering trough which will fill I an often as emptied but will not overj flow Is shown In the illustration. The trough hangs from a spring nrm, which Is mounted on the water pipe. When the trough becomes nearly filled with Automatic Watering Trough. A-nter the weight forcers the valve stem 4own and shut otT the supply. Before the water In the trough Is completely exhauattMl. the spring nrm. no longer held down by tho weight, lifts sufficiently to raise the valve anil start ; the flow. DENATURED SUGAR FOR CALFi Found to Form Valuable and Economical Addition to Skim Milk Result of ExDeriment. It has been found that denatured Mjgar forms a valuable and economical addition to Bklm milk for calves. Denatured auear Is sugar to which various ingredients have been added for the purpose of rendering it unfit for human consumption. It Is claimed thnt, contrary to general belief. It does not havo an Injurious effect on the digestive organs; on the contrary, lhat Its solubility renders It more digestible, nnd thnt It has a hlxh food value. Tho amount fod at first Is one ounce per quart of skim milk, and It Is claimed that It can be fod o calves ten days after birth without danger. At first not over 3'-- ounces is given at a feeding, but e'trranls the atrount may bo ruisrd to IV ounces por quart of kirn milk. Of two lots of four calves each fed on skim milk supplemented hy stnrch nnd don-mured sugar, ns an oxoeriment. the respective profits nVorngcd $13.24 per calf In the lot fed sunnr and 50.12 In the lot fed starch. The ealvos were kept an average of 05 dnya. r-eeoing moiay i-orage. i On gonial principles It Is not nilvlsablc to compel rows o ent moldy forage, but if the forage Is but slightly moldy and ro other Is available one must perhaps take tho chances of any resulting Injury. Disposition Is Important. A cow's disposition Is n very Important faclor. The anlma? ahould be gentle and kind and yet hnve the typical dairy, nervous temperament.

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CARING FOR THE "DRY" COWb

No Profit In Allowing Animals to Run Down In Flesh During Wintor Should Have Grain. (Ily V. M. kkmj:y.) I know dairymen who do not feed strippers or dry cows any grain food during tho wintor until they freshon late in tho winter or early spring. This may bo a cheap way of roughing thorn through the winter, but such methods have nover returned n profit on the writer's farm. I know that It seems a loss to food dry cows, but It Is not so much a question ns to whother a farmer can afford to food them grain as It Is whether or not ho can afford to have them become run down In flesh and be unablo to give a good yield of milk after they freshen In the spring. Two pounds of good wholesome I grain food a day to each cow will help wonderfully and In connection with good ousllago nnd clover hay will main tain her In very good condition. We have found early cut clover hny ono of the best wintor foods for dairy cattle. Wo have often changed from clover to timothy hny and Invariably the yield of milk would fall off. Well cured clover hay comes noarer to being a balanced food than any other one crop we grow on our farms. If the ?ow could hold enough clovor hay we would not neod to feed anything else, but sho likes a variety and does decidedly hotter whon fod ensilage with her clover hay. Corn ensilage adds palntablllty nnd succulence to the ration and runkes It easier to masticate and digest than dry fodder. The silo Is also a great saver of labor nnd barn room and four tons of corn cnsilngo can be stored In the space occupied by one ton of hay. The dairyman who Is without n silo to provide succulence during the winter mouths is rertalnly up against a hard proposition. COVERING FOR A MILK BOX Improvement Over Old Method of Hold lng Cans In Place by Strip of Board Is Illustrated. The usual practice of dairymen to keep their milk cool Is to put the milk cans under running water In a box Cover for Milk Box. The cans are usually kept benea'h the water by slipping strips of board of proper length, over tho tops of the cans and under ledges nt the sld" of the box. In using this method one runs the risk of upsetting the cans when putting the strips in position An Improvement over this method la , shown In the accompanying sketch which Is solf-explanatory. The appara- j tus Is made of strips of board, ono Inch thick. The lower sketch shows how the device Is put In to the mflk ' box. B Is a hingo nnd A Is a button to lock the tongue C In place when tho device Is straightened out. : Selecting Good Cow. 1 Whon a man attempts to Belect a good cow by some theory that has been fostored and cherished as an idlo dream, he is going against the proscribed nilos that have hern form lng for generations and his success will be discouraging. Milk nt regular periods. Clean the dairy stable each day. Oood butter is always In demand. Do not wet the hands at mllkln 1 time. Feed the cows cither before or after milking. j The dairy barn should always be neat and clean. ; The cow does not require animal foods; the hen does. Uo tint allow tho milch cow to be come dirty from jn 0f bedding. Thousands of young pigs are nnnually lost through lark of exercise. One rhould not try his hni'd at Improving his hord by cross-breodlng. It Is not so much In the breed of a fowl or animal ns In the care In feed. Kven with the r:reatest enre It Is hard to keep tho cow stable ventllatod ns It Fliould be. Do not allow any foul air around tho cow stable or places whore milk and cream are kept. Last year Canada shipped Into the United States 369.917 younds of cheesp and 1,111,325 pounds of butter. No cow should ho kept that will not bring In $10 a month at present prices and she ought to do better than that. If you hnvo plenty of sllago no danger of tho milk flow falling off. If you hnvon't you will have learned a lrsLon. Bo sure that the cows receive plenty uf exercise. Allow them to run In the open yards during the pleassuit part of the day.

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Prolific, A cenaufltaker while on her rounds callod at a house occupied by an Irish family. Ono of the questions she asked was: "How many males havo you In thta family?" The answer came without hoslta Hon: "Three a day, mum!"

CURE THAT SORE THROAT Soro throat is Inflammation of tho mucous mombrnnc of tho throat, and If this membrane happens to bo at all sensitive a predisposition to euro throat will exist. l'axtlno Toilet Antiseptic la both a pruveutatlvo and a cure for soro throat because It possesses extraordinary cleansing, healing and germ'cldnl qualities. Just a ltttlo In a glas of water, used ns n gargle, will oulckly relievo all soreness und strength."! tho mucous membrane of tho throat, and thus ovorcomo all tendency to soro throat. Paxtlno Is far superior to liquid antisopticB or Peroxldo for all toilet nnd hygienic usos. Poxtlne may be obtained nt any drug store, 25 and 60c a box. or sent postpaid upon receipt of price by The Pa.xion Toilet Co.. Dostou, Mass. Send for a froe sample. Exercise. "I'm afraid you don't get enov!;h exercise," said the i hyslclan. "That." replied Senator Sorghum, "Is because you never snw me at home with my fellow citizens lined up to shake bands with me." Important to r.lothors Examlue careluliy every tott! of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for Infants nnd children, and sco that it Bears the fv? Glgnature of Culff-Uct, In Uso For Over 3D ' Years. The Kind You Havo Always BouKht. I am not eo lost In lexicography as to forget that words are the daughters of earth and that things are tho sons j of heaven. Samuel Johnson. I Thou.nd of Con.umnive; Ve rvory yrr. Cfn?umit;on result frori ,i nrK Irtwl cod rn the limtr. Ham' n ViiH Oil will run tket etl .T-.it ru' it int Ihe clioM and draw out the inflammation Head not to contradict and confute, bot to bellove and take for granted, not to find talk nnd discourage, but to wolgh nnd consider. Uacon. Tak.ng trnrfield Tea kecjw the vtc:n rimn. the blood pure and th- general ben Ith good. Buy from jour druggist. Some men. Ilk some roosters, are always crowing but what's the use? WWW The Any ever

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