Show Z TO MAKE GO D IRE JOINTS ohio man invent s ingenious ample mont that does tha work in most workmanlike fashion an ingenious implement implements for a making wire I 1 joint joints baa has been patented by oya an ohio man with its it s aid two iwo pieces of wire ire can be joined 80 firmly that the a single Ins 1 wire a nd 1 joint Is s as strong as g 1 ad n in a moat most workmanlike fash ion on the tool toot la Is in topan ta part ch with a hub section and a handle the u hub sections have laterally projecting teeth and lots slots through which the ha froe free ends of the wires enter A piece ot of wire is put into each of the slots cud the two sections placed together to make wire joint joints ae As the tool la to worked backward and forward the wires are wound around each other and the curling teeth coll coil them up neatly along their length lengths until both end ends are wrapped and a neat strong joint te to formed it re quires aures only a few minute minutes to accomplish thie this information FOR A FARMER table of weights ht and feature measures brov ident housekeeper insists upon in buying produce the botlo aing table ot of weight and measure may prove ot of value to proal dent hou Is who look alter after their own owl marketing and seek to get the worth of their money one peck of spinach weighs three pounds one peck of ralea weighs twelve and a halt half pounds one deek 0 of carrots turnips pars nips or sweet potatoes weighs thirteen and thren fourtha fourths pounds one peck of onions weighs fourteen and a half halt pounds one leek eck of potatoes or beets weighs fifteen pounds one quart of airing string beans weighs three fourths of a pound oie quart of chan cranberries berries weighs one pound and one ounce one quart of dried apple apples weighs three fourths of a pound one quart of dried peas weighs one tine and even seven pounds SAVE ALL THE ALFALFA SEED side delivery flower or bun Buni buniger hern her ha has been perfected that any blacksmith can make the heaviest loss la in cutting a geed crop of alfalfa fth an ordinary mow er comes conies from shattering by the wheel wheels and tramping of the horses over the last cut swath to avoid this loss a side delivery rower or bunch bunchie te has been eted and Is now on the market markel one may easily be made by any bluka blacksmith mith at comparatively ively small coat cost says t the h a fann farm ers ira mail and breeze twelve or ill teen iron rods 0 of f proper length bent as shown and slid fastened to the back of the sickle bf br b f Is all there it I 1 to it the bunching derice device on the inner end mildor may or may not be used V here this attachment Is used it has been found a il good plan to bunch the swath swaths into ancher Bt cher attached to sickle bar mail shocks with a fork makin hem them jut just large enough to be litte loto the wagon as one this doe does way away with the chattering ih that conic amra tearing larger luger cocks to n piece pieces when loading oa din Z value of silo silos the small 10 lo Is more ei IQ in proportion to its capacity 7 A iio i should be n not ot less than 10 feet diameter tast past twice the T aa as gleat height in the ld b at it on the diameter diA moter average firm size sited 4 at silos I 1 us are more two medium satisfactory one dulk extremely than large one nw farm home horne yass wily well a neat farm homo with allty goes firm a COW a anybody I 1 FOR GROWING BETTER BE TT ER CRO ue use of commercial fertility fertilizers J pend upon kind and Char charant Ch araci act which to to be raised dy by P D C allow me to answer the quest a as to whether hether commercial tenile must be used by saying that i V answer tt it in the excean o 0 perhaps in the case of the fara tar who carries on dairying to a comy erable extent on purchased bed cone feeds or the man vho aho ho bueil stock and fattens tt it out on grain even in these cases the addition eo so much nitrogen manures to the it 0 will put it out of balance and tad better crops could be made by the 4 of somo some phosphoric add acid potash far aba i or furm whew u corn and wheat can be grown where the laud Is kept in pasture pr of the time the four field cicur ya rotation provides a paying crop ty year keepe the land covered biti ii growing crop nil all the time humus to the eoll sell and prevents p event V loss by washing or leaching the farm made mauuel can be i piled plied during the winter on tho the land k tended for corn and turned under it can be allowed to accumulate i vell bedded box stalls and aan after breaking tho latter plan a greatly in lu favor with those who tui adopted it no arbitrary plan can be laid dc as to the depth of breaking banking bal butoi best authorities aaroe that a igodt depth Is ja as well adapted to mst as deep breaking Is and takes lei labor for corn it ie to preferable to dortu work fertilizer at least GOP 60 pounds per o 0 of a 2 6 8 or 2 per cent nitrogen per cent phosphoric add acid anil ant I 1 cent potash into the eoll sail before p ing some may ask why N by a 2 6 1 ir thy not morr more nitrogen nItro genT toshu to answer that the clover timothy y turned under has provided thu this u the necessity of buying this I 1 lid priced element of plant food ti Is s KEEP vegetables IN WINT considerable valuable room p may de be saved by the conat ni tion of hopper hoppe rick rk la in storing your winter vege considerable room can be b e sarell mayel making some hopper racks as in the illustration under the c cs stairs if the shaira are against winter vegetable hopper hoppers wall you will bare hare to board up ca w one side the are ed ad to the floor beams apples potatoes and onions caa on i placed li 12 the hoopers in the thee cri named the hopper at the top t be the warmest and jhb one EM the floor the coolest you g att I 1 vege tallis by reaching tb t klain nitrogen of hen manure hen ilen manure unmixed with tb ent ant or chemicals suffers very loe iya of nt rogen but thia this loss 1033 ca prevented fre vented by tho the free i of fine dry loam or the admill it if uc materials as an banit ack ch pt phate mur flite oi of potash or b or a combination ot of soa there a early fall plowing ie if t the t a cheap ches 0 and best crop lourance ln urance known it has never seemed advisable 9 low ow alfalfa in the fall with rye sometimes it Is a good plan 0 leave the stubble to catch tho ADO sa the successful garden ji Is art the fall although not a eed seed mal planted to have winter parsley and letti lett 0 lift some plants and set 0 out ut in W 1 cold frame framel silage madg made of corn ana soy boy b ts Is more digestible than that B from rom cora corn silage alone one of the qualities of the be NY 1 bean that rom commends mends it to the t feeder Is jag jt protein richness clean up the garden A few wo w and other rubbish make a nesting places tor for many destruct insects J jt it Is clatzel early sown I 1 wheat ie in benefited when with sheep to keep down the rol n gro growth groth th I 1 many stany awers say shy hat that need eeds vt Is valuable as fertilizers as choto cle and ax hilliers til liers a as calet every yar soil 1411 ta an alft from a well alfalfa nid ft ald and spread oa on land to P lov owa to alfalfa Is a very good AS tj inoculate it cowpeas CP that have a lot of a cro brass grass and fox tall mixed alth ith mike even better bale hay bay 1 straight vines vine many farmere farmers every year lose a i tion on of the ut at their cw cause they have not riot force 0 MW low them la in neson ne son that la is towa grown tipon lipon i frn farm 1 to often egre palatable ta that which Is ased in coo wee grated ted form and it IP is also chop ches |