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Show 5T0HE SAFE lther of the cribs. This elevator Is operated by either electric motor or gas engine, auJ also may bo wed to carry the amaU grains to tho over ; head bins. Tula building, equipped with a power elevator provldea a aafe storage house for corn and grain, and at the same time cuts the labor cost of storing them. Many farmers build a concrete hog : FDR COBII CROP Millions Lost Every Year by Ira GhrifStof I properly Stored Grain. ; POWER IS HELP. ELEVATOR Crib In the Building Contains Two Largs-Crib- s and Bins foe Small Grain Equip. ' mant Cuta Down tha Labor Will By WILLIAM A. RADFORD. Mr. William A. Radford will answer uMtiona and flvs ad vies FRES OF COST oa all subjects pertaining to the subject of building work on the farm, for the readers of this paper. On account of Me wide experience, as Editor, Author and bras, basing J? en uoies V Crib ... Cbib " Second Floor Plan, nt floor at one end of the crib, It must be pretty discouraging for feeding reducing the labor handling thereby a farmer to raise a bumper crop of the corn that la being fed to the fatcorn and then before It Is marketed see no small part of his grain dlsap-- , tening hogs. ' The construction of this building penr bemuse of the activity of and through spoilage by weather. Still ls almple, the principal polnte being, will millions of dollars worth of com ?rs !ta erect a sturdy building that 'withstand the weight of the grain In rts i- mas has a meaning possessed py no omer nouaay throughout the world. America nas its national, and Christmas is special days, other countries have theirs; the only one alike in spirit and celebrated in all Christian lands. So pure is its principle that it commands who worship respect and admiration among people their Creator in different ways from ours. rT" l1 " '. ; ;; ' j nut DevaUM of uunte uomles of corn. - Corn needs aafe storage; that la, a tors house that la Impregnable to !8ts and weather. At the same time .. pen so that the air can get In, but snow. Facing the sooth, V out his tired arm m called : Hear, oh hear, children of the ' eann, my loyea ones, can yoo not you are becoming selfish and thtt yrn, greedy demands are too great a even for St. Nicholas, king fht at' Christmas spirit? Can't' yon sea, ; children, that you are killing the apfift of Christmas?" Ills chin sank upon his chest uf tears glistened in his kindly eyti i' soft white snowflnke fluttered ton and nestled against his cheek,' taji tiny voice whispered Into all air; "Santa, I will help you." v , "Who are you?" asked StKMctar' "I am a snow fairy," anawertdtlH tiny voice. "As my sisters and I kw danced about the air we hats ata swirled about your sleigh oa Chrtat-- ' inns ere, and have seen fhi wt loads you liuvt always carried mi how tired you have looked" .v ? What, O what, shall I dof askts Santa. , v "Just, gQ about your work u nil,'' answered the fairy. "I and aU sj . sisters will help you." thank thank yon," W you "Oh, St. Nicholas. And the fairy floated at among the other snowflakes.. . . As the children went sbout nt snowflakes whirled around then, nd It seemed as If they heard the dusting of tiny voices, and as tbt k flakes nestled against their can ttj seemed to sing: "Just a sterility bang a stocking up on Christmu en' "Jut a stocking Just k stocklat, rang through the hearts of the chlldrei stretched i . . Christmas on Fun With eve. t And In plsci leaving the great vessels as they om bad done they Just hung p fe stocklngs. Some children were too selfisk hear tle song of the snowflskes vi , left the great baskets as they alC , had done. But when they ww W great Joy the unselfish chlldrw irf contented how In their gifts and selflsa these were happy they were ashnmed, and they, too, bepi to hang up only their stocking! Christmas eve came round. When St Nicholas found stoctoP In place of the great baskets barrels the twinkle came his laughing eyes, his heeki P red, and be sang as he drove . the merry sea of snowflakes. M to With Just stockings to rest, nl Nicholas had time . h -lam .n ana we, grew strong this irnr So lived. of Christmas our toct we hanr of nowadays Christmas Parcels 1 0 . W eight-year-ol- 1 ..i half-a-doze- -- eve. Christmas on k All fhl Jr,"1 It told by a writer, who learned a Christmas fairy. . Pi: St KldSW' workshop Jnte tbi deep The Publishers rijT5':,tri ' n Late, one December day The high corn crib la one of the munity anj3 our thanks are due the patrons and kind hulldlnga that the modern farm owner friends who have given us practical support or extended uses to prevent, waste. While such a it wll) cure properly. To accomplish building as this will be seen on many encouragement during the year. May this be the best these results experienced farm build- farms In the corn belt, there atlll are Christmas you have ever spent, is bur wish to all.. ing architects hart designed what la many farmers who cling to Uie old wasteful method of their crop putting generally known aa a "high corn crib," cribs, built of fence but which lo reality la a atorage bouse into for both corn and small grains, such rails, while some take no other care (Gwnielx. 1921) ,of the corn than to pile It and covet aa wheat, oats, barley, etc The waste of con A good example of a high corn crib 'It with canvas. ;by these methoda would soon pay for la abown In tha accompanying Illustracrib. tion. ' This Is a frame building set a modern, weather-tigh-t on a concrete' foundation and a concrete floor. By reference to the floor" Irian, which accompanlea the exterior view. It' will be seen that a driveway, 'ji 10 feet wide, runs through the center f the building. On either aide la a corn crib that extends to the root pins are used for eyes. These cribs are eight feet wide, and . C.ll kius nrc .me easiest oiiiiiu or uli 84 feet long, and will accomodate to make mysterious. They can be hidaround 5,000 bushels of ear corn. The 8T year we had much more den In Imitation apples, bananas, walls of the cribs are of plain, heavy 'un over the Christmas tree (iranjres nr other kinds of fruit or paboards nailed onto a heavy frame, hiin ever before because per cornucopias or drums. A set of slightly parted so that the air can parcel was wrapped In dollies has been made Into Old Ulon circulate through the corn. The heavy such a way that It was im by using crepe paper covered will construction Is necessary because of the bursting pressure of the grain possible to guess what It contained. American flag. Two of these vert To stimulate the children's Inge- cut out, pasted on cardboard and fast when "the cribs are filled. The floor of Uie erlhg la of concrete, but under-nea- r nuity, a prize of a box of candy was of ened together on each side of the tin:" package of dollies and a small sthl h hns a channel or gutter, Into fered to the member of the family "I guess you will have to be braver A UltAGGIXG ROOSTER. m Biiacneu to which the corn mav be allowed to dron who displayed the greatest cleverness tlinn you ere now," said one sister In wrapping gift. This was won by end. This will So that It may be 'dragged" out chlek. "1 saw you run wlieu the cat OS. HEXXY HEX bad a larse d "wave" Jack. He hung a string The Inside walla of the cribs abovt most dmed you the other day and Mother mlly of chickens and I tini bud to from the first floor cTlilg, are tight, aa la of remarkably lifelike sausages upon effectively drive her away." to tell tbat you sometimes tbey the C h r s t in a s Vorry the floor, which fellows for two bins the tree, as an offering to his mother. "I wasn't afraid of that old pu",H ,did not iM'liave, but pecked and Hew fibbed little Rooster. MI tree. for the srrail grains. These bins bar When the atrlngs were untied wanted to sea at each other, quarreling Just as some A hnttle of hemstitched her run, and when I grow up I shall liltle children do, bothering their cologne Is made handkerchiefs drive her out of the barnyard.". . mother tery much. Into a doll. A tumbled out. Each Rnf his sisters did hot believe this, of - mwp forms the ": '"Little Rooster Chick thought be- and handkerchief had roii!h-vT8they all told hlm.he was afrnld m : ' aw I t '7 cause he was tbe brother that he was ii:id not brave first been rolled In head which Is swathed in a frilly enp enough to be the mler of white crepe paper. Eyes, nose nnr, a small cardboard braver than the sister chicks, and be of lie barnyard. mouth are lightly traced upon Its also thought they should mind him and then wrapped "I urn piped up little nwt-er- . in mottled paper. vacant countenance In water colors. and do Just as be told them. Ml will .how you how brave r am The head Is tied to the top of the botA close second ..Of renrse. this ninde sister chicks some day when a hawk comes to carry to Jsok's was a fountain pen tle, the long dress of white crepe pa verv niuTy and caused many quarrels. off mother. I will fly right at him and concealed in a candle made of thin per put on, and another twist of paper, drive him away." pasteboard wrapped In white tissue runs crosswise for arms. Paula Nlch-No- n Mrs. Henny Hen did not hear her 5In Fnrtner's Wife. paper twisted to a point at the children o.uarrellng. for she had left to top represent the wick and blackthe shade of the bushes and was ened with a drop of Ink to show that REDUCE MILK FLOW OF COWS iciiitrhlng for worms a little wayoff, the wick had been lighted. This waa und Just then she clucked to her chilatuck Into the kitchen candlestick beSerious Injury May Be Avoided by dren to come and have part of the fore placing It under the tree where Drying Up Animal Some Time feast she hnd found. it presented a very realistic appearBefore Calving. All the chicks inn, but little Rooster ance. readied her shb first, and Just as his . Many a good dulry cow is seriously A wrist watch was hidden In a boumother wi s drawing from the ground I .1 quet of pajr flowers. The tiny watch Injured through poor handling before slCct large, ptump worm a very large Mr. hid Itself In the heart of a huge Amer- calving. The best milkers have a long who was sitting on a limb Rlackhlrd, Floor Plan. j Tint ican Beauty that formed the center period of milking. If not discouraged, of the tree Just over Mrs. Hen, flew worth-whilwill In eollk give they down and grabbed the worm. doors In the floor ' connected with blossom of this masterpiece, A brace- Quantities right up to calving. All too He did not get It, hecsuse Mrs. cliutes, by which the grain may be let waa concOtled among the stems and often they are encouraged, lien rather than wide ribbon wus too quirk for him, but little inn by gravity to wagons In the drlve-Va- the baring anything done toward reducing which tied them hut one dsy , Mwethlnf? hupened Rooster, I thinking It must be a hswk, the flow. The consequence Is not only which changed nil this and made litThe cupola on the center of the together. liecped and ran as fast aa bo loudly a t stunted calf, but a freshened tle Rooster feel very foolish. year, a could hack to the bushea. building eitends shove the ridge. This i silkThlaumbrella never three-fourth- s will more "than giTe Is Is to accommodate the spout of the All his sisters One warm dny frs. Ilenny Hen took the milk she Would were she peeped and fluttered to be disguised as power elevator, located at on side Ikt nuder the bushea out of the about, calling him a "fraldy chick" family a six weeks' Is rest. It an given a dachshund by easy of the driveway. The wagoua containbeat and told them to keep quiet, but and telling blra be would neer h. matter to dry up a cow. simply skip first wrspplng It little Rooster began to brag that he brave Rooster who Could ing the husked corn are driven Into In a Milk then milking. protect the again, skip two strong paper the building so that the rear ends are was very brave and that some UG unrnynra fowl. Milk day mUklngs. and twisting then and then again, forget even with the elevator. In the floor "would be the cock of the Llttb Rooster fo't very foolish, but yard 'and around each end and bend- sbout her. At the same time, omit all la a "wagon dump." through which a it that all the cured him of brarrintr. for evrv others would have to obey grain from the ration for a few daya. the carrier belt and cups run. The ing the enda up to form the short T'uere him. time he began to talk of .his Is seldom of Bowwow." further Another bit any trouble. bravery long front of the wagon la lifted, the corn lega "I shall drive out all the other "II his sisters would peep, "Who wss of twisted on the ferrule forms Mlf mlsueKK iim positively ' neees-eerdrops Into the dump and Is carried by thepaper afraid of Mr. Blackbird rcosters and I shall have all the earn tail. The crook handle of the umand little the elevntor to the spout In the cupola. W Christinas osculation," mild 1 WMiit to cat before Rooster would stop la padded with cotton batting for I brella let of bragglnr the any right This spout la movable, so that the "dald be a mistletoe trust way. hens eat a bit," said little Rooster. head and the wAole thing covered Uncle Elen, the ( be In no time." 'grain moy spouted to any part of with brown Coprrt(ht) crepe' paper. Two big J JSjg' S stepped from his Our Yuletide thoughts go out to the people of this com- (thrraln cannot Slfr-childre- around.' -- -- !:j;p ChrlsS' in baskets that the greedy left. The twinkle left his merry and lie no longer sang about his wort, for lie wan and nj .v. l . time that would rme when bs totli no longer build enough preaeuts to makers of newspapers, concerned as they are with, the doings, manifestations and thoughts of their respective communities and the world at large, and recording them in their more important aspects for the information, mayhap the education of readers, are brought into an intimate sense of the spirit and meaning or Christmas. Would that we could express to you alfthe good that we see in the hearts of men and the inaeasecTbrilliancy behind a few shadows of the light which has upheld thevworld for so many centuries, in the hapy auguries we see for the future, there is every reas6n to be merry. . fl'i Lh,M irtac"'-bi- flthe The es .J! iwV" -i Christmas, typifies all that is best in mankind. It is the culmination of the human mmd throughout the ages dwelling upon the wonders and mysteries of existence, turning to a reverence for God and His representative on earth. It expresses the ascendency of spirit, the realization of men of their interdependent and their duty to one another; and so it is marked by the bestowal of gifts and other sentiments of benevolence "l f . sacks! Up In the ereaf .hit relndeerno longer pranced andZ? Impatient to be off on ttristnJJeJ as they once had done 4helr heads and a tlrerf Into their big brown eyes, for t$7j membered how heavy the loakYi grown and how many mow m H were forced to make v. St. Nicholas no longer nxift H' through the summer months, once had done, but Jabored irk day throughout the year, and oftei w built toys late Into the nlghrforit and well wishing. , Hft.- - them to the brlnj children left larger leftjarger vessels spirit of the occasion and with due appreciation of all it implies, we extend Uiristmas Chnst-crrfWmots . b tn the readers of this publication. . reply. v; t they would have said. "WhaT. EtEVATa d, .'-- Christmas We.! A stocking the things we want" throughout the world 'N THE true Manufacturer, he is, without doirtst, the Mgheit authority on all these subjects. Address all Inquiries to William A. Pad-forNo. 1827 Prairie avenue, Chicago, III., and only Inclose two-cestamp for U . n"' them now. . Jeard of ,uch fill Cost W.I a! arlstmaevTutV children had thought of iiireeBng? eaning of Christmas Crj& EARS and year 1 - I Santa 'iwr Fetched Heir' e y. I Ik cow-tha- r r i J v.. I te Kv , " s p ! |