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I. L. ACHESON
HEADQUARTERS FOR
International Harvester Company
Implements and Machinery
INCLUDING
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f ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA
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Members local Union No. 1138 PHONES: 5Q and Red 440
By G. H. Alford. I H C Service Bureau,
Atlanta, Ga.
Haled hay is much more valuable aa
a feed than loofe hay, even when the
looae hay ta well housed.
Txoae hay carries a great quantity
of riuat and often gives thg fsffm anl
mala a severe cough while baled hay
doea not.
Baled hay takea up about one-fifth as
murh room aa looae hay and for this
reHaon the entire crop of baled hay
can usually be atored under cov er
while looae hay muat be exposed to
the weather In stocks and rlcka.
Rating breaka up eoarae hay eo that
the stock will eat It more readily and
there Is no waste in feeding; baled
hay.
Baled hay la always ready for the
market. It Is mvenlent and satis
factory to handle In every way. It
can be hauled by team or shipped by
railroad.
Much of the tops and eides of stacks
Is spoiled by the weather.
Loose hay becomes dusty and
musty. Bnling liny leeps out the dust
nnd preserves the hay.
Baled hay retains much rf the
sweet hay odor that Flock relish.
There's n freshness and Rp0atiz!n;
quality and feed value In lafed rny
that Is never to be found l- lec r
hay.
We should bale our hav wtv h r we
feed It on our own fp.rmr- cr Fell if O'
course, the market ; mend i? lot hi
hny--and for baled hay r.nl- artel
this rej'sj n baling !s the rpl Vrv 'ti
he ruir at having a ranifcct fcr
It.
The growir.g of hrv fifcd ' '"y
tegumlnouc hay aa cr w- . a. ley In n.
peanut nnd lespedeza Will raetlly
crease the fertility of err soils, rrnl e
the raising of good live rfocli r ! 1
able and add very much to the Income
on the forms.
We can liny a one-horse pull ovvcr
hny press or we can buy n motor hay
presa. For the small farmer who
bales his own hay, the one-horse pull
power hay press will prove very satis
factory and economical. With it he
can bale his hay at the time most con
venient and with a small amount of
help. For the farmer who grows large
quantities of hay or for the farmer
who bales hay for his neighbors the
two-horse pull-power or the motor hay
press Is necessary.
Of course, no man can tell the exact
capacity of any hay press as this de
pends to a considerable extent upon
the kind and quality of hay being
baled, the skill of the operators, and
the speed of the team. However tin
der ordinary conditions a 14x18 two
horse pull-power hay press will bale
about 8 tons per day. a 14x18 press
operated with a 2-horse power engine
win nnie aiout il' tons per day, a
l ig the rale, it f 1 1 . . to go
KfOSad the I ale thamfeSf to the op
l lit! Bice. The (:iff r hen id tie on
str.icted 1 rlrr : j ally cf steel and high
grade ircn and should te stiong and
durable.
The two-horse pull-power t ress nnd
the motor bal'ng press should have a
self-feed attachment' as it li creases
the capacity of the press nnd at the
same time rf duces the work of feed
ing the press.
The hay press Is a money maker
nd a money saver and should be
used on every farm.
THE (POLITICAL) SUGAR PLUM TREE A PROPHETIC VISION
OF EUGENE FIELD.
SORGHUM (ND JOHNSON GRASS
Mr. H IT. Humphrey, Arlington,
Arizona, w rites: "What property does
sorghum take from the ground that
other grains need? I notice that
wheat and barley grown this spring
on aplot of ground that had Borghum
on it last summer was very poor,
while on an adjoining plot of exactly
the same kind of soil the crop was
very good, making nearly twice as
much grain to the acre, fan you
advise me what is the best method of
kiiing Johnson trass V
We have been unable to find an
analysis of sorghum which shows the
amount of the different plant food
elements thai this crop takes from the
soil. Borglltrra fodder is lather low In
protein and h gh in crude fiber as com
pared with co n fodder. This won d
lead us to beliee that soighum is not
as heavy a nitrogen feeder as the com
mon corn. The amount of sugar
which sorghum contains varies from
two to twenty per caul of the juice, or
from one and one-half to twcHe per
cent of the cane. We note what you
say regarding the growth of oat and
wheat on a blot that produced sor
ghum last year. The decrease in yield
may not have been due to any particu
lar drain on the plant food elements
caused by the soighum, but might
have been the result of a lack of
moisture. Sorghum is a heavy feed
ing plant and requires considerable
moisture, hence it may have taken so
much moisture from the soil that
there was not a sufficient amount as
compared with other fields to produce
a good crop of wheat or oats.
We do not believe that you will
have any trouble In cutting your corn
with the ordinary corn binder, even
though there are pea vines in the
corn. The corn binder may be used
very satisfactorily for cutting sor
ghum, also mllo maize. Where these
crops grow unusually high and heavy
some of the machines may not handle
them as easily as they do corn because
they are built for corn and not for
heavy sorghum rops. The height of
grain that can be cut with the ordi
nary grain binder varies some with
the binder. This machine will handle
grain considerably higher than the
at
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16x18 press with a t-horse nower en- o;uinary run en au.
1 ne,"mosr buccebiui memou 01 fin
ing Johnson grass is to plow early in
the fall and to harrow the land thor
oughly, using a spring tooth harrow if
possible, or a peg tooth if the spring
oirfh is not available. I his will tear
gine nbout 14 tons per day. nnd a
17x1!!.' preM "itli filiorse power en
gine Ifi tons per day.
We should purclase a hay preai
that has been designed for conven
ience. There should be a eonslderable
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The steady growth of the Bell Telephone
System in Nebraska is irrefutable evidence of
its worth to the public, and of the excellence
of its serviee.
Kvery day many new telephones are in
stalled in the state. That is convincing proof
Of the sincerity of the public's appreciation of
the value of the service.
The telephone is a viial factor in the pleas
are, eomfort and prosperity of the ieople who
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distance between the sweep and the
feeding table. Moth of these points
1 should be located at the extreme end
; of the pi so that the baling eham
1 her may be set well into the interior
j of the shed or barn and ample room
' be had for the rt volution of the sweep
to be made outride the shed or barn.
Another advantage of the arrangement
' of such a press in that the bale cham
ber may be set between two stacks
and fed from both slacks without re-
senilis the press. The close arrange
; ment of feeding table and sweep will
not allow sufficient space for the
sweep to describe the circle necessary
to operate the press.
The reach bed should be verv nar
row and should not be more than four
i or five inches high to enable the
! horses to walk over it without the
least trouble. When operating presses
that have a high step-oer. the horses
will generally slow down, hesitate,
and ofter stumble at this point which
is annoy lug to the map. wearing on
the horses, and slackens the speed of
I the press.
The power construction of the press
! should be such that when the horses
reach the stexver. they are pulling
practically no load. One stroke should
! be completed before they reach the
step-oxer and the load of the next
stroke should not begin until the low-
narrow stepover has been passed.
The bale chamber should l.e very
low so that it is au aaey matter to
reach acrotu and tie the bale. This
eaves mm b time unn trouMe as, in ty
out a large nniribe.- of the root stalks,
which should be icmoved from the
field. A heavy seeding of small
grain or UiUlet should now be
sown which will keep down the John
son areas during the lata fall and crfrty
sre ing. This crop should be cut for
hay. nnd the land should next lie plowei
and harrowed as before It Is well to
keep this land under thorough culti
vation during the summer months,
not permitting any of the Johnson
grana to grow to any extent. By fall
ihe field will be free from the Johnsou
grass. The main objection to this Is
the loss of one year's crop, but it has
been found to he the most satisfac
tory way of killing out thlp grass.
Close pasturing arid considerable
tramping is very injuiious to Johnson
gias. and will practically kill it out
In lime. A thorough drainage of the
land, combined with the above, will
of niateiial assistance In eradicat
ing Johnson grass.
SALT AS A FERTILIZER
n. H Munday. London, Ontario,
I writes as follows: ("an you please
tell me if dirty salt from a tannery
spread thinly on clay loam would be
of any benefit as a fertilizer? What
Is a good fertilizer for onions?"
You will find that salt is not much
good as a fertilizer We have known
' ef expel inients in fact, it has been
I experimented with considerably- In
I which it did not affect the yield to
I anv material extent. It may have a
little effect on the physical condition
of the soil under some conditions, but,
generallv speaking, whatever this
effect may be. it is not worth the
trouble of applying the salt.
The four principal plant food
elements are nitrogen. phosphor
us potassium and calcium. The
first three named are the most im
! portant. Salt does not supply any of
I these Plant food elements. Salt b.
made up of bdroen and chlorine.
The bst fertilizer for onions df
Iperida upon the conditions of the soil,
nnd as we are not familiar with your
toil we cannot give you this d.
1 uitelv Generally speaking, onions re
noire very fertile land in order to give
best returns. This crop seems to
demand an unusual amount of avail
able potassium, and for this reason It
Is sometimes advisable to apply a
potassium fertilizer. Sulphate of pot
ash has been found to give better
returns than tvotash in other form K
Stable manure is very good for Mini
but should be applied in the fall. P
obiection to using stable manure is
that it carriea a great many weed
eeds. and thus may increase the labor
of caring for the onions. The res
ence of lime is also ery cenducive to
growing good onion crops.
You say but the word to that gingerbread dog
And he barks with tuch terrible zest
That the chocolate cat it at once all agog,
As her swelling proportion! attest.
And the chocolate cat goes cavorting around
From this leafy limb unto that,
And the sugar plumt tumble, of course, to the ground
Hurrah for that chocolate catl
Webster in New York Globe.
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