a package
a package
and
*
Tractor Investigations, with special
reference to the influence of the trac
were made in the
1918 on 1891 corn-
operators of
were
labor,
summer and fall of
The
tractor
these
arms,
all OWnDers, vis
all farm
The Inquiry
#0 that the
be
information
gathered,
detailed on op-
was
covered a full year's work,
by
its relations,
played the tractor might
in all
The Investigation was earried on in
part
noted
In
were visited In
Kansas and Nebraska, each of
the be
which
states localities
a lar
in operation
ined; while
fully
traciors were
{ ation
sirictly
ge number of
1 in ob
Pe ri aps
applicable only to the farms vy
ted, may be tuken
as to the results
tained
A8 a gener
which might
ans
in using a tractor on
belt farnu
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FEARED IT WAS FOR SPITE
Mrs. Green Considerably Relieved
When Husband Explained His
Reascns for Singing.
Mr. Green fancied his volce, and
i
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i
i
i
Good Angels.
Good angels do not of necessity op
Often they are moved bj}
sical evenings that were given In his
neighborhood.
On iis occasion, however. he was
rather nervous, for his wife was going
with him for the first
had never heard him sing
ifn fact, she didn't know he
done so.
Y'hen the meeting was drawing to a
time,
in
the
big,
needs help.
Only
idea of helping a person
promising, panting world
In it
tes, a small of Its
S«¢
it sees
{fraction
good angel helps. When
song. Green at once climbed upon the
platform and obliged to his
wife's annoyance, if one could aceept
her expression as a criterion her
feelings.
“George,
much
of
”
she whispered, when the
for ft thus they advance the
So In proportion as you try («
your you will be
under observation of goo
“Grit.
is
wirid
benetit fellowmen
Jug the
aNSe 8 ~
Better Stay in France,
According to a in the vital
statistics office, a certain doughbuy,
still “over is going get »
clerk
there” to
ever made you sing?”
“Why, my dear,” sald her hushand
“Oh,
Green,
I'm Mrs,
with
so glad!”
great relief.
sighed
"1
re
dinner this evening!"—London Tit
Bits.
Your body is a
Tanke care of it.
-— - ——
delicate machine,
BT TT ET chasms
It is
ti
A
It seems his wife went to register
baby. After answering all
the necessary questions she put down!
“There no charge” the
register,
“What,” answered the mother, and |
thinking, murmured: |
“Wait till he comes home. It has cost |
me a dollar every time he has regis
tered our six children."-—Los Angele
Times. !
new
is said
“Try, try again” is the motto |
of many an actress who finds mar
riage a failure,
t
taste
AE ER NEE BER EE ERR EN
Le.
The statement
i
clusions drawn are
{
ein finai, bu
the available
farm tractors
Range of Conditions,
To obtain
AR near a reg
Tor
results which would give
HesSeniative AVerage as
possible, an effort was made to gel re
ports covering tractor operation
hilly. The soils
heaviest gnmbo ti
ous loams to light,
soils, Some of the
under cuntivati
firey vol
LOTTI
horse labor will be more noticeable
in the case of this crop than that of
any other crop grown, the average
acrenge of corn per farm of those vis
which is 32 per
of these
ited being 83.0 acres,
cent of the
farms, The remaining
these farms, in order of crop acre
age, are: Wheat, hay, barley
and rye,
Only the of
ractor power to horsepower hag heen
considered, no
here the
doing work by these sources of power,
The number of
these farms is also shown, but no In
tillable area
Crops grown
Onis,
physical relationship
and attempt is
to compare relative cost8 of
horses displeced on
has been drawn as to whether
the
as a result
Summary of Results.
¥ "Hy 1g fo Hoa
fly immarized, these
work 18 being done more cheaply
of the change
Bri
principal
are the
facts brought out or em
phasized hy this studs
horses od sposed
i a acres
le
fo
S816 after the purcha ctor
Nipe 191 dis
plowing,
opernto
placed horses
4 nly 18 ope ' allowed their
the
tractor
5. The number of horses displaced
wns
governed
by
retain
rig AR nec
for eorn cultivation
other work current ant the same
we, which
8 The h
farms are doling about 75 per cent of
the tractor could not do
reeds retaining on these
der,
7. The tractor was used for an ay
Year on
No the
work done was ob
farm record of
*
amount of custom
8 A
farms
three-plow tractor on these
loes the work of 8% horses In
disking. harrowing and har
plowing,
vesting,
8. After purchasing the tractor, the
size of the farms was In-
creased by acres, or 6 1.3 per cent,
10. The principal advantage of a
tractor is its ability to do heavy work
Average
3
Work of a Tractor.
successfully in what would be termed
While the section covered is rough-
are not uniform throughout the re
In most parts of the eastern
used, these helng ap
In
preparing the land for crops all the
tractor In the busy season. Whether
the spring. depends largely on loca
Where fall and spring plowing
individual farms, the tractor is used
more in the fall than in the spring,
and horses vice versn. It was found
that when all the reports obtained
were grouped together only five more
operators plowed in the fall than In
the spring, but the ndmber of acres
plowed in the fall averaged 23.7 more
per farm. The number of men using
horses as an auxiliary source of power
was practically the same in each case,
Tractor Saves Labor,
Many farms have woodlands, and as
these are cleared the tractor ls used
for sawing wood for market, thus in-
aereasing the days of belt operation.
The scarcity of labor In 1018 ham-
pered the gathering of crops, and In
the sintes on the eastern edge of the
corn belt the tractor was used to a
considerable extent in the hay field, to
the exclusion of horses,
As corn is the principal crop In this
region, the effect of the tractor on
GRADING ALL PRODUCE
Size and Quality.
Grade Specifications Recommended by
Bureau of Markets Have Bene.
fited Farmers Materially Where
Practiced.
When a farmer orders a box of bol.
of a certaln make and size he does
not expect to find a thin layer of the
and assorted bolts underneath. In the
world of commerce a marafacturer
who pursoed such practices
soon be bankrupt.
gale of farm products, say specialists
of the bureau of markets,
fore sending produce to market
size. The burean of markets from
specifications for varions
and wherever these
have been followed satisfaction and
increased monetary returns have gen
erally resulted,
timated that in 1919 the potato grow-
ers in Virginia increased thelr profit
a half million dollars by grading their
produce. Similar results are being ob-
tained in other states,
PLOWING FOR WINTER WHEAT
Decided Advantage in Preparing Land
Early Is Shown by Experi.
ments in Kansas,
In Kansas experiments, wheat plant.
ed on land plowed In late July or
early August yields on the average cf
15 bushels per a wherens, wheat
planted on land pl in September
has yielded only 11 bushels per acre
For Infants and Children.
helpful Remedy for
ul Rem
Conia paon and Diarrhiecs
and Feverishness and
Genuine Castoria
Always
In
Use
For Over
Thirty Years
“FREEZONE”
Lift Off Corns! No Painl
Doesn't hurt a bit! Drop a little
‘Freezone™ on an aching corn, instantly
that corn stops hurting, then
you lift it right off with fingers
Your druggist sells a tiny be
shortly
Truly!
ttle of
remove every bard corn, soft
corn between the toes, and the caliuses,
without soreness or rritation,
Out of Babes’ Mouths.
corn, or
truths unconsciously,” said Senator
Hiram Johnson,
“1 once asked 8 tiny tot what a
demagogue was The tot thought a
momen. and then answered:
“'A demagogue Is a vessel contaln
ing beer and other drinks”
USE “DIAMOND DYES”
right! Don't risk
your material in a poor dye
Each package of “Diamond
Dyes” contains directions
so simple that any ‘woman
can diamonddye a new,
rich, fadeless color into old
garments, draperies, cover
ingn, everything, whether
wool, silk, linen, cotton or
mixed goods.
Buy “Diamond Dyes”
no other kind-—then perfect
results are guaranteed,
Druggist has “Diamond
Dyes Color Card”—186 rich colors. Adv.
Steady Decline,
“Some men seem to reach the zenith
of their powers early in life”
“Neu?
“There's Henry Butterbean, for in.
stance, whose wife runs a bonrding
house. When Henry was a boy he
was captain of eur baseball team and
had the largest library of dime novels
in town, but he hasn't been prominent
“Cold in the Head"
ie an acute attack of Nasal Catarrh
Those subject to went “colds in the
head™ will find that the use of HALL'S
and render
them less Hable to colds. Repeated at-
tacks of Acute Catarrh may lead to
Chronie Catarrh,
A CATARRH MEDICINE a3
ake ternally and acts through the
filood on the Mucous Burfaces of the Sys.
tem, thus reducing the Inflammation and
restoring normal conditions.
All Drugeista. Cirenlars free,
¥, J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, Olle.
Well Acquainted.
Mrs. Bacon-—-How long since your
oew pelighbor moved in?
Mrs. Egbert—Two months,
“And do you know them yet?
“Oh, my, yes. They began borrow.
ing things the first week they moved
int”
Dr. “Dead Shot” not
Worms or but cleans Bg Pog oo
cus in which (hey breed and tones up the
digestion. One dose suMclent «Adv.
No city In the nation & removed
from starvation more than two
THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NTW YORK CITY
EATONIC Users
' —Do This—Get the
Greatest Benefits
Chicago, Il—Thousapds of reports
| from people all the U. 8.
tonie, greatest
it for a
tablets
who
over
| have tested ef show the
| benefits are
i f
|
ined by using
few weeks,
{ after each mes
Eatonic t stops
Jelching, doating, sartburn, and
uickl the
are obtained by
ough to take the
ess acids and gases entire.
the system, TI quires a
eatonic ta up the
t excess acidity and polsons and carries
| them out course,
when it is all removed, the sufferer gets
well, feels fine——full of life and pep.
If you have been taking an eatonle
now and then, be sure and take it regu-
larly for a time and obtain all of these
wonderful benefits, Please speak to
your druggist about this, so that he can
tell others that need this help. Adv,
FRECKLES SEREsrasssn
of
little time, for kes
fu rel of
3 Na
of the bods nd
Let's Go to Durham,
In the county of Durham, England,
it is an old custom to give fruit cake
and cheese to the first person met on
the way to the church by a christen
ing party.
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less quinine, —now comes nauscaless caloe
mel. The new improvement calied “Calo~
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For biliousness, constipation and indie
gestion the new calomel tablet in 8 prace
tically perfect remedy, #8 evidenc by
the fact that the manufecturers have an-
thorized all druggists to refund the price
if the customer is not ectly delighted™
with Calotabs. One tablet at bedtime with
a swallow of water—that's all. No taste,
no nausea, no griping, vo salts. By morn
ing your liver is thoroughly cleansed and
you are feeling fine, with a hearty appe
tite. Eat what you please—po danger—go
bout your business.
Anlutate are pot sold in bulk. Get an
) package, thirtye
Sve cents. —(adv.)
Husband and Wife,
“You pever take me anywhere. 1
never see any life”
“What are you talking about? You
can see plenty of life watching the
motorcars whizz past our front wine
Ls
The Cuticura Toilet Trie.
toilet preparations. The soap to cleanse
and purify, the Ointment to soothe ahd
fume. No toilet table is complete
without them. 206c¢ everywhero.—Ady,
Reduced to It.
“1 feel as limp as a mpg”
“That i= because you have been torn
hy emotions”
or Adult,
weeks Asbury F. Lever,
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