-fga Vt
The Commoner
MAY, 1915
27
PJV "" "?TWl'',i t.
861, as compared with $148 on the
poorest farms. The farm management
survey work undertaken in Gage
county is being introduced into four
different systems of farming in a
given locality and the factors that in
fluence these profits.
FARM MANURES
When properly cared for, the ma
nure from a well-fed horse is worth
$14.76 per year; from a dairy cow,
$18.75; from other cattle, $11.00;
from a sheep, $2.25, and from a hog,
$2.10. At present only a few farmers
are obtaining these manure values
because the manure is not made un
der proper conditions or well cared
for.
Over half the total fertilizing value
of the manure (solid and liquid) is
contained in the urine; therefore ev
ery reasonable precaution should be
taken to prevent its loss.
The loss from leaching during
three or four months may range
from one-third to one-half the orig
inal fertilizing value of the manure.
By using impervious floors and by
keeping the stock well bedded, leach
ing may be prevented.
Fermentation may destroy one-half
the organic matter and one-third or
more of the nitrogen if permitted to
go on unchecked for four or nve
months. It can not be prevented but
may be held in check by keeping the
manure moist and thoroughly com
pacted so that air can not penetrate
the mass.
In order to obtain the greatest re
turn, manure should be applied to
thin sandy and clay soils rather than
to those soils already rich in organic
matter. It should be used on soils,
where the organic matter, as well as
nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash
will be beneficial.
As a .rule, in. general farming, ma
nure should be plowed under for corn
or applied as a top dressing on wheat.
The rotation of the crops, the rela
tive value of manure on different
crops, and Ihe convenience of the
farmer should be carefully consid
ered when deciding upon a system of
usage.
When the supply of manure is lim
ited, it is more profitable to apply
four to six tons to the acre than to
nnnlv n Inrfor mmntitV to fewer
acres. In general farming wffere
there is only a moderate supply of
manure produced, applications of
four to eight tons to the acre will be
found most advisable.
The practice of treating manure
with some kind of phosphate is com
mendable. For immediate results,
acid phosphate is preferable to raw
rock phosphate, though either will
give good results in the end. Bul
letin Indiana Experiment Station.
HOW PIGS GAIN
high school. They will bo planted in
tho school gardens, which consist of
twenty-two acres.
The census bureau places our last
cotton crop at 10,012,143 bales of
500 pounds each. Tho yield in the
principal states was: Texas, 4,584,
933 bales; Georgia, 2,713,470; Ala
bama, 1,750,281; South Carolina, 1,
524,595; Mississippi-, 1,244,703;
Oklahoma, 1,201; Arkansas, 1,015,
074; Louisiana, 447,801; Tennessee,
382,431; Missouri, 81,587; Florida,
80,903. There were 81,598 bales of
sea island cotton.
Farm progress In Allen county,
Kansas, has determined eastern loan
associations to reduce the interest
rates in that county from 7 per cont
to 6 per cent, while in adjacent
counties the rate remains 7 per cent.
When W. E. Watkins, tho county
agent prepared the exhibit to be sent
to the International Dry Farming
congress in Wichita last autumn,
which won the first premium for
county exhibits, It wno such a show
ing for this progressive county that
tho reduction of Interest rates was
made.
K
The University of Chicago
HOME
STUDY
in,
984 Year
In arlclltion to rulilcnt
work, ofer lo iiMtruc
tion by correspondence.
For detailed In
formation addreta
u.c.(DiT. C)oiuff.m. ""ri
6
Young animals make more pounds
of gain from their food than when old
er. Dean Henry, of Wisconsin, gath
ered a lot of data on this, and found
that 38-pound pigs required 293
pounds of feed to make 100 pounds
of gain; 78-pound pigs required 400
pounds of feed; 128-pound hogs, 437
pounds of feed; 174-pound pigs, 48
pounds; 220-pound pigs, 498 pounds;
271-pound pigs, 511 pounds; and for
the 330-pound hogs it took 5d5
vimmin t tnnA tn make the 1UU
pounds of gain, or nearly twice as
much as for the 38-pound pig.
This emphasizes the importance or
pushing the hogs from the start In
order to make the most economical
gains. It has been found at the North
Dakota Experiment station that April
pigs can be made to weight 200 to
250 pounds by November 1.
AGRICULTURAL NOTES
Forty-five bushels of seed potatoes
were cut"up by the boys of a Kansas
Greater SpeecfcMore Comfort
Twelve years of Making Gearless Transmission
Cartercars has Produced This Splendid Model
"9" -Selling for $1250 -Complete with Delco
Electric Starter, Lights, Horn and Full Equipment.
The 1915 Cartercar Model "9"
' The gearless transmission is the simplest
and most easily operated transmission.
It consists of a wheel revolved by the
motor and a friction fibre edged wheel
connected" to the rear axle by means of a
Bilent chain in oil.
Every time the wheel touches the disc
the result is f rictional engagement. Every
different place they touch is a different
speed.
Model "9," the 1915 Cartercar, has the
unusual flexibility and abundant leverage
of this form of transmission, plus a mew
motor of exceptional power.
The 4-cylinder motor is of the improved
detachable head type, which makes the
removal 'of the carbon from the cylinders
and grinding of valves a short job.
With the gearless transmission; with a
new streamline body; with the celebrated
Delco system of starting, lighting and
ignition and the many other features of
equipment Model "9" at $1,250.00 is a
value which you will find hard to resist.
The Features of Model "9" Cartercar
The RcarlcHH traawmlmiloB.
Trim Hlrcamllnc body.
Color, RavcH Blue or Cartercar
Gray.
Delco Electric StartlBgr, LlRktw,
Ignition, Horn.
Detachable bead motor.
B-liich atroke, 3-Iaeh bore.
33x4 lack tire; rear, aatl-wkld.
G'cBHlae leather BBkolMtery.
Extra deep cHrtkloH Marl a km.
DiinmlBK Nearcklfa-ktM.
iBMtrumeBt board 1b covrl daxb.
Hora battoH 1b center of Ntecrlsa
vvkeel.
Two-yray veatllatlBj; wladhlcld.
Extrn afe brakeM.
Uceaiie tafc holder aad extra de-
moHBtable rim.
Mohair toj irltk "iBNlde" cartaiaM
Write for "Tho Tranmffl&Ion Telia tho Story."
Pontiac
di
CARTERCAR COMPANY m
I
t.
'1