Lincoln County leader., October 18, 1912, Image 2

FARM AN!
ROAD
SUPPORT FOR THE TOMATOES RIGHT,' USE.- OF ADJECTIVES
IMPROVMENT
CONSTRUCTION OF CORN CRIB
Modern Farmer Now Use Elevator
for Cribbing Crop Section of
Building la Shown.
Modern machinery and methods
have brought about great changes In
harvesting the corn crop and the mod
ern farmer now uses a corn elevator
for cribbing his corn. In response to
several Inquiries and for the benefit
of those who intend to build new cribs
to be filled with an elevator, we pub
lish herewith a sectional drawing
showing how the crib should be built,
how the timbers should be placed and
the various sizes of same, says the
Iowa Homestead. The drawing shows
a section of a 24-foot crib with a ten
foot driveway in the center and a
grain bin over the drive. The length
may be any size from 25 to 200 feet
long. In building one of these cribs
It must be remembered that the roof
must have an angle of at least 45 de
grees, that Is, the slope of the same
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Section of Corn Crib,
must be what is called half-pitch,
meaning that the distance from the
peak down to the plate must te half
the width of the building. This steep
roof is necessary to accommodate the
corn conveyor and distributing spout
which is hung directly from the raft
ers. For this reason care must be
used not to have any cross ties higher
up on the rafters than shown In the
drawing. The studs are two by six
Inches set 24 Inches on centers. The
braces A, B and C are all two by six
Inches placed four feet on centers.
The rafters are two by six inches 'set
24 inches on centers; the sills; if crib
set's on piers, should be six by " six
Inches or six by eight Inches square.
A tie rod one-half or five-eighths
Inches in diameter should bo placed
across the building ten feet apart, as
shown. The guide boards are for dis
tributing the corn evenly in the crib.
but should not be nailed In place un
til the conveyor Is installed, as In the
distributing spouts In the various ma
chines, the spout is bo arranged that
the center studs forming the driveway
may be extended up above the plate
line as much as three Xeet, increasing
the capacity of the grain bin Just that
much. The roof may be covered' with
any material, but a good composition
roof Is recommended.
Improved Roads.
According to a report of the director
of the office of publlo roads, the five
leading' states In Improved roads are
as follows:
I Mllengo.Improved.
1904. 190!).
Indiana 23,877 24,9.13
Ohio ....23.4110 24.HKI
New York 6.876 12,787
'Wisconsin 10,633 t 10.187
Kentucky S.4S6 .'' 10,114
Digging Potatoes Promptly.
Irish and sweet potatoes should be
dug as they mature. Do not let them
remain in the ground after they are
ripe. They will never keep so Well as
when dug as soon as ripe and care
fully dried out. The injured and dis
eased tubers should be carefully sort
ed out as soon as possible rafter dig
ging. Development of Acidity. ,
Acidity in marsh soli develops com
monly where lime carbonate is not
brought in from surrounding higher
land. 'This acidity does not Interfere
wth the growth of crops provided the
soil la properly fertilized.
Push Fight on Weeds.
The fight against the weed pest
should be pushed to the last notch
' from now on because this year's weeds
and next year's seed can be destroyed
at one stroke.
Getting Most Profit.
The ultimate end of the hog la pork
and the quicker the growth 'to mar
ket maturity, the more profit there Is
la It for the feeder
One 'Shown . In Illustration, Used for
Several Years, Hag Given En
tire Satisfaction; '
The illustration herewith shows a
tomato support' that' I have used- sev
eral reasons with much satisfaction,
as It takes so little time and trouble
to place it, and performs its office so
perfecVr writes "Henry C. Little of
Massachusetts in the Rural New York
er. All that is required is three stakes
2 feet long and one inch or more
Bquare, sharpened at one end, and
notch cut on one side at the other,
just sufficient, to. hold, the hoop up,
and two barrel hoops of different
sizes; a sugar barrel hoop and, a flour
barrel hoop work well, or hoops from
. '"fomatq Support.'.
end and middle of flour barrel. Drive
the three stakes on a slant on a circle
around base of plant as much smaller
than the, smaller hoop's diameter as
the difference, indlametes of the two
hoops. Place the larger hoop In place,
In the notches on top, 'and then, press
in the smaller one till all is taut. At
end of season I make a bundle of all
the stakes, and another-of the hoops,
and hang up out of the way till
wanted the next season..' Mine nave
been used five seasons, and are still
good. ' ,
POLE DRAG IS SERVICEABLE
Next Best Implement Where One
Does Not Possess Land Roller
Easy of Construction.
If you don't possess a land roller,
the next best thins: is a nole drae.
The one shown In the cut is better
than a rol.'er for leveling and pulver
izing the soil. It is composed of three
hardwood poles 6 Inches through and
I ieet loi.g, writes Fred O. Selby in
the Farm and Home. They are fas
tened together about 2 feet apart by
means of short pieces of chain.
To hold the seat a piece of board
is bolted to the middle of the -first
pole and allowed to extend slightly
A Serviceable Pole Drag,
beyond the last one. On ton of this an
old mowing machine seat is fastened,
and the arrangement Is such that
while the seat Is held in place the
poles may work independently of each
other. As the seat is bolted to the
board, it can easily be removed, mak
ing the implement much easier to
house when not in use. The drag
should be drawn by a short piece of
chain attached ' to. the' center of the
first pole, as is Indicated.
Breeding Flies.
: The number of flies on the farm can
be kept in check by keeping all man
ure carted away to the field, thus re
moving, their breeding grounds.
(Hood I$&ds
It's the stray cqckleburr that seeds
the field for next year.
Nirver hoe or cultivate beans when
the vines are wet. with dew or rain.
A heavy crop of weeds will check
thd growth of the clover a great deal.
Blood meal is rich in protein, peas
are much richer in protein than corn.
Corn planted to secure a large yield
of ears makes the most valuable sil
age. The seeling of rape and turnlpB in
corn has become an established prac
tice. Sow some clover; if nowhere else,
sow in, corn efter the cultivation Is
over.
Alfalfa will grow on nearly all good,
well-drained soils, but best on a rich,
sandy loam.
The ouly good way to shock grain
is In round shocks with one or two
cap sheafs on top;
.. Pick cucumbers often and. clean. If
permittee' to mature and ;make seed,
the productiveness of the vine stops.
Some-Authors Employ Them Lavish
ly, Others Sparingly but With No
Loss of Strength.
Did Cobbett say: "When a man
comes to his adjectives, I tremble for
him," or did he tremble at the thought
of a writer using the word "It?" The
only book by Cobbett now on hand Is
his '"Tour' in Scotland," In which he
says dreadful things against potatoes
and shouts the praise of brose, oat
cakes and oatmeal, ( a book' delight
ful by reason of its' vituperation, as
when he described the Globe newspa
per as, ('that rumble tumble of filth
and beastly Ignorance" and Denman
as the "dirty bill of indictment draw
er" for the , Broughhams and the
Greys. "Probably the saying Is in Cob
bett's English grammar. We were
reminded of it by reading about John
Walter, the founder of . the London
Times. That Journal was at first
printed logographlcally:- that Is, a
number of words and phrases were
cast entire, to save compositors the
trouble bf colecting type. Thus these
phrases were on a single block:
'.'Dreadful robbery," "atrocious out
rage," "fearful calamity,!' "interesting
female." There are writers today who
always jqln the same adjective to cer
tain nouns, just as it is easy to fall
into the trick of characterizing a per
son' or qualifying a thing by applying
three adjectives, as the Irish lady was
descrlhedin her epitaph as "bland,
passionate : and dedply religious."
They; say that Klnglake, writing' "The
Invasion of the Crimea," worked f6r
a' number of hours and left ; spaces
for adjectives. He then rode on horse
back, meditated the fitting adjectives,
and on his return inserted them. Was
it not Daudet who said that the ad
jective should never be the legitimate
wife of the substantive? Look through
"Gulliver's Travels;" mark the sobri
ety in' the use of words, and note the
Strength and authority, thus gained.
Lafcadio Hearn's description of the
Windward islands la in striking con
trast the style is as lush as the
tropical vegetation; the reader should
don . colored spectacles.' Yet with a
few adjectives Poe and Coleridge
could work wonders, and Walt Whit
man was often fortunate, as when he
spoke of . the "gorgeous, indolent
sun;" the sun "so calm and haughty;"
"mad, naked summer night." Philip
Hale, in Boston Herald.
. Says Chinese Are Heroic.
C. H. Chu, evidently a Chinese stu
dent, of. Columbia university, New
York, writes the New York Sun to
contradict certain . statements that
have appeared In newspapers since
the Titanic disaster, to the effect that
among Chinese in similar circum
stances the rule is. "men first." Mr.
Chu asserts that "the teachings of Con
fucius all favor self-sacrifice, the
helping of others than yourself. Con
fucius says that a man who in peril
steals ' bis own life Instead of dying
under duty's call is less than a man.
"There is nothing in Confucianism,"
continues Mr. Chu, "justifying any
man who saves himself by letting a
woman or a child lose life.
' "The experience in China is that
many, niftny times the noble rule Is
followed: ., 'Women and children first'
Sometimes of course the men neglect
the higher law, and are severely blam
ed by the people In general if they
do." . . ' .
, A Sea Mowing Machine,
The first sea mowing, machine has
been launched at San Diego. It will
be used for cutting the millions of
tons of kelp and seaweed that grow
along the coast. A gasoline launch
has been fitted with a horizontal jack
shaft revolving at right angles to the
keel. Two vertical shafts are fitted
with four-foot' blades that revolve at
high speed ten feet below the surface.
The: mowed kelp floats ashore, is
taken out and dried, and later is haul
ed to a factory to be converted into
fertilizer. ,
A Relay. Event.
"How vere you on athletics In col
lege, son?" . -.
"I was good at relay" events, AM."
"That's what I understood. Well,
you kin Just relay all the carpets
your ma took up last spring."-
Pittsburg Post.
'' 'More Than a Fad.
"My friend, have you an object Id
life?" .
"Huh?"
"Have you anything to work for?'"
"You bet I have... Got a wife and
five children."
Wasted Diplomacy.
Mrs.' Knlcker Does your huBband
rage when be gets the bills?
Mrs. Bock'er Yes, though I .al
ways place them face down Just as
the waiters do. Harper's Bazar.
!',H)d Reason to Feel That Way.
"I'd like to see the man who could
persuade me to 'promise to love, honor
and obey him," said Miss Wellalong.
"I don't blame you," replied the pert
young bride.
Shylcck's Insistency Beaten by a Black Portia
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. Notwithstand
ing the fact that the United States
Constituion declares that no one shall
be Imprisoned for debt, the effort Is
sometimes made to use the police
court as a collecting agency, generally
by a creditor preferring a charge of
obtaining goods by false pretences or
embezzlement. Of course this doesn't
always work with the iudee. and it
generally results n; the prosecutor
Deing taxed with the costs
There was a reversal of this pro
cedure the other day at the noilce
court when Elsie Allen, a tall, gaunt
negro woman of forbidding aspect, was
arraigned oh a charge of disorderjy
conduct based on her efforts to collect
a debt of 20 cents.
The old woman acted as her own
attorney in the case and In the ability
to ask rambling questions easily came
up to any of the distinguished - prac
titioners that dally haunt the city
forum. ' Not only that. fih did -what
a lawyer rarely -doe3 in the police
court she cleared ., the defendant;
thereby setting aside the familiar ad
age that "he J or she) who is his for
her) own attorney has a fool, for a
cneni. .
The principal witness against the
amiable Elsie was a Xanthie rnl nrpfl
maiden of elephantine proportions
named Molly Maybray. Molly's state
ment was to the effect that she had
purchased 20 cents worth of ppacbis
from the angular Elsie, and -that she
intended to pay for them sometimo
Go-Cart Is Cause of Mix
DETROIT. MICH. "The Comedy of
a Go-Cart" would be an apt title
for a sketch in which a woman, her
two little children, a boy and a trolley
car figured the other nfternoon The
curtain rose when E. H. Lerchen. 146
Tuxedo avenue, hired Ed Schultz. aged
sixteen, 322 Hunt street, to take a
go-cart to his sister on the West side
From then on the action was swflt.
Ed bearded a Jefferson car and not
having any little brothers and sisters
who use one of the tiny. carriages, he
forgot all about Mr. Lerchcn's when
he alighted from the car at Fourth
and Grand River avenues.
In a few seconds it dawned on Ed
that he must be In that part of the
city for something.
"Ah, ha, I have It," exclaimed the
boy.. "I was to deliver Mr. Lerchen'S
go-cart. But where Is it?" he asked
himself, feeling in his pockets. "Must
have left it on. the car," he said finally.
Ed appealed to a patrolman, who
advised him to wait on the corner for
the car to return and recover the
cart.: That .appeared logical, so he
sat down on the curb to wait. Then
it dawned on him that he didn't know
the number 6f the car, and all cars
( on Grand River avenue look alike. He
j decided to wait until he thought his
,car had time to go u the end of the
. line and return. ' '
Aftef a while a pay-enter . came
along and Ed saw a go-cart on the
rear platform. He Jumped at the
conclusion that It was Mr. Lerchen's.
Municipal Elephant Serves as a Thief .Chaser
NNIE, the municipal elephant, the
other day rescued Mrs. Jennie
Pluu, 3338 Paris avenue, from three
hoodlums in the Brookslde Park
woods. Minnie dispersed the young
men and nearly caught one of them
in an exciting -chase down the side of
one of the peaks that rise across Big
Creek opposite the Fulton road en
trance. Mrs. Plau is the wife of Paul Plau,
Minnie's keeper. She had taken her
young son, Arthur, eight years old, to
the park to accompany Minnie and
her husband on their morning walk
before the visitors began to throng the
meadows and woods. '
Minnie Is becoming very sure-footed
and climbs hills like a goat, Plau
ays. On the morning of the ad
' ' . -' -it
before the winter holidays. According
to Molly's testimony, Shylock was not
mdre Insistent for his pound of flesh
than was Elsie for her two dimes, the
aforesaid insistency resulting in an at
tack on the fairy form of the corpu
lent Molly J with a ferocity that
caused her to vacate her happy; home.
"Do you want to question the wit
ness?" asked the judge at the conclu
sion of the statement of Molly.
"Does ah want to ax any questions?"
snorted . Elsie.. "In course ah does.
Didn't , ah gin , yo dat basket er
peaches fur 20 cents?".
"Ah reckon so." .
"Did yo' pay me dem two dimes
when ah axed 'yo' fur 'em like er
lady?"
"Lak er lady! ' Yo' said if ah didn't
pay yo' would frow er brick at ma
bead." ,
"Did.yo" gin me. dat change?"
"Ah done tola yo' ah didn't have no
money" , , ,
, "Yo' ain't payed me twell yet. Is
yo?" ,
"No."
"Dar yo'.ls," said Elsie, triumphant
ly addressing' the Caledonian on the
bench. ' '
"Do you want to ask any more ques
tions?" asked Judge Douglas.
!'Mo' questions? What,. mo" ques
tions does yo' want me ter as? Ah
knows nuffin . erbout dis yere coie,
ah nevah has bin in jail."
"That will do" commented his honor,
"you are discharged, but you must not
undertake to collect any debt by such
forceful methods." '
Elsie glared at the Judge a moment
and said: . '.
"Ah bet ah gets dat 20 cents hefo'
dat jailer nigger is er day older."
- Up in Thrilling Comedy
Km
He stepped the car and the platform
door sung open. , Before the cr-tduc-tor
could close it again Ed baCF the
go-cart and was making off. V
Mrs.- Frank Marvin, 273 McGraw
avenue, spied him. She had two little
childrenu with her, but that didn't de
ter her. She grabbed them both and
made a race for Ed.
'.'Where are you going with my go
cart?" she commanded. "Put It down
this Instant."
But Ed ignored her and tried to con
tinup his Journey. Mrs. , Marvin
wouldn't have It that way, and there
was a struggle for possession of the
cart The boy wouldn't let go and
Mrs. Marvin' clung on. Somebody
called the police and Mrs. Marvin, the
children, Ed and the go-cart were giv
en a ride to police headquarters In a
patrol.
At the station neither Mrs. Marvin
nor Ed would relinquish claim on the
cart Finally . Mr. Lerchen was sent
for and he quickly settled everything
by saying the cart wasn't the one he
gave the boy to deliver.
At that point the curtain fell on the
first act. The cast Is still In rehearsal
on the rest of the show.
venture he had taken on a high path,
fringed with bushes, that runs near
the edge of the cliff. Mrs. Plau and
her Bon had preceded the keeper' and
the pachyderm by 100 feet or more.
Suddenly three young men jumped
from behind a clump of trees and one
of them made1 for her. Mrs. Plau
carried a handbag with $40. in it In
notes and she screamed.
Plan and the elephant arrived in a
hurry. The boys had not seen the
elephane, which had been concealed
by the bushes '
"One of the, boys was only a few
feet away from Mrs. Plau when Min
nie saw nlm," said Plau. "I had hparrf '
the elephant snort a little while before
omu i luougni euner a man or a
dog
was near..
uo arter hlra, Minnie,' I told
the
eiepnant and she did. It was the first
Irst
in-
ume i naa ever seen her try to
.jure, anyone' and she surely did
try
to get that fellow. He dodged
hind a tree and then nn i
be-
hlll.
Minnie went after him. hut th
saved him. MlnnU is slow in going
down hllL"; !,..,...