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Show FORGEIS- - HOME-MAD- E HANDY ON ANY FARM Great Convenience to Farmer Who Has a Little Mechanical ' Knowledge In Its Use How One Can r Be Put Together. Now take tie two sections like "C" Fig 1), and place C indies apart on a piece of tin 3 feet 2 Vi inches long by 6V4 inches wide as at "H" (Fig 3 ) Put the fan, F," between the two parts and run the axle, G," through the hole In the .an, and out through which make the other section, after fan tight upon axle Having done this take the piece of tin, H," bring it up and over, and nail as shown at letter S Then take the piece of wood. 1." which Is G Inches lung, 31? inches wide and T& inches thick, with a hole A forge will be found to be quite a convenience on a farm where there Is a person with a little mechanical skill to use it A manufactured one would cost considerable money, while any farmer cap, in a few hours, by close observation of the following directions, make one with little expense that will do the work as well as any of the higher priced machines. First, take a good pine board 27 inches long, inches thick and 11 Inches wide and cut out two pieces. Parts of a Farm Forge. 2 inches in diameter cut through the center. Nall this piece actoss front This gives you of fan as at Fig 4 the fan complete. Now for the fire bed, frame, etc., construct as shown In Fig 5 Fibred box, '"K," Is 24x24 and fi Inches. The wheel, "L. is that of an old cultivator, and the wind conductor, M," Is merely an old 2 inch water spout with elbow attached to end To operate fotge, connect belt from luige wheel to small one on fan, as size and shape of "A" (Fig. 1). Mark out center as per letter It," and saw out places tnaikecl "X and Y." This pieces like C. Now gives you inches long, take another board, 19 " Inches thick, 512 Inches wide, and and saw in middle, making two pieces Notch each each 914 Inches long part as per letter D" (Fig 21. Each inches wide and notch should be Nall these pieces 23i inches deep. 2, firmly together, as shown In I'i tind bore Vi Inch hole, entirely thiough 3 A to men, will be Just as VISITING GRANDMA CHRISTMAS MORNING AT HER HOME 21S STORIES acred and as new to the hearts of men as it was nineteen hundred Every body years ago " win gtve everybody else a but the ULjMy.il iff t. er-en- will Little Johnny not covet a railroad train. Heal cars on real track, pulled by a locomotive that real makes smoke will not weem a wonderful thing to him, as liHoeaTo The liftlp johnny of The lad of the next century will want a model of the latest airship In his .Christmas stocking He will expect a wot king model, too one that will wall through the Hat like a live bird, and perhaps carry his own weight Within the last hundred years Meant and electricity have been developed and It Is entirely reasonable to imagine that within the coming century nun will travel through the air ns icmimonly as they now travel over the hind. The automobile, the tiollov car, the tallroad train, and the horse as a drtitt animal ail will be gone" Men will usw; the eaith, bs the Midi do, for a resting place for their homes and 4he principal source of food supply: but when they want to 'move fjoiu one place to another, thev will mount Into the ether, even as the birds do. and fl.ty swiftly and safely to their destination It Is probable that there will not be a wheeled vehicle of any kind on the streets of a great city Our tunnel on Cbrismus day, In the year Ltnc.i system will have d reloped until the vast subterranean net wotk of bores, chutes and pneumatic tubes will earry on the heavy (rathe of the city wl'hout noLe or confusion The streets will be to those who walk for given up to pedestrians pleasure or wish to tnuad short clLtances. The ptdew alk as It Is ttctw will be no more, but the entire width of the street will be given up to foot There w til be neither car tracks nor passengers moving vehbles to annoy, The suburbanite who does not fly to work In a pneumatic tube, trnv gh 2009 will be fifty miles of distance In a J space of time thaMmty beTmTy" x?ewBddgngrtintt certainly cannot be more than a few minutes. It may be that few, people will walk anywhere In the year 209. When man learns to fly hevwlll scorn walking as too slow a mean of progress' who no Perhaps our great doubt will live apartment building, towering a half mile from the ground, may go for weeks at a time without setting foot to the dirt earfHT' With the passing of the Christmas sleigh there le no longer any need'for reindeers for Santa Claus. He, too, wilf travel by airship, and while the old Santa Claus will be a myth, the new Santa Claus will be as real, as the bewhlskered and boys whffnow entertain the children In the department mores. It Is pot bard to Imagine that the big stores will develop the Santa Claus Idea to the point that Christmas purchases' w ill be delivered on Christ mas eve fey an airship .driver p to taper- will d forts and the Inconvenience of life In a cottage. It Is possible1, will drive TOYS Of ROOQWIL BE most of the' city 'dwellersr "into tbeMAR VIS .QF.RERFECTJQM apartment buildings, which will grow bigger and'taller asThejears cen senate Santa Claus A hun they will be literally skyscrapers within a dred years from now, if the ln one of these big buildings, while' the machin you want to avoid be sc rush and do your ChrLt ry will be out of "bight, domestic affairs will mas shopping In your ow n mechanical, even automatic, that you can get al the scientists most anything the family needs simply by turning , apartments, eoucUna ou- -a awltclL or pressing a button. probably VHL have VproTldcrttion of telescope and moving picture machine by TbeJlat dweller-o- f tbaCaislant day will net be means of which yob can connect jnur room with Withered with servants oFYhe servant problem Bj come the toy department and see the display by wire pressihg a button the Christmas dinner will or perhaps by wireless and at the same time you up noiselessly from the kitchen on the mechanical get prices and leave your order with the clerk by waiter or perhaps In a pneumatic tube. After your Christmas dinner Is over the dishes telephone Hut perhspsrdhe woman of 2009 will enjoy the will disappear as silently and swiftly as you could wish. Some sort of mechanical dish washer In the mad rush of the shops as much as she does to will kitchen will take care of them or, what Is more day during the holiday season, and then-shlll.ely, they will be made of a cheap composition go to the big store and older her toys and pres ents. The store could deliver them through the and will be destroyed by burning after they are modpneumatic puiknge tubes w letch wllLgo to all tmed once. The antiseptic precautions of the of the kitchens common the to will be It will to of be em but the surgeon city, pdctic niorp parts m xt century and hygiene will be a real science have them delivered by Santa Claus When you have eaten your Christmas dinner, If Christmas eve a score or a hundred Santa Clauses will set. out from the vniiou shops with you want to go out for the evening you can press a button and an aerocab will come ttrther landing at thoir airships laden with ChiKttnas gilts to be cb It will no longer llvcred at the vatlous addn-sseyour door. Or. If you prefer It, you may drop down 1 necessaty to 'deliver all goods in the rear" of the pneumatic elevator to some point 50 or 100 feet the Mg apartment building, but whether von lli holow the surface of the earth and be whirled on the twentieth or two hundred and twentieth through the pneumatic subway at a dizzy rate of story of tin big house you will have vour own s, eed to your destination. Only the speed will not You will not be able to fedt-- t n ake you diaxy. private airship landing, and while the tan II v i gathered at the door to receive Sinta Cl.ui- - the You may sit in your cushioned car, well lighted and airship will settle on thetanding and the rlnerlut warmed and ventilated by some process yet to be "Mprry Chitstmas" of tlie neionaut will glut ve, mLdovered, and before you realize it the miles will as he hands In the pack.iaes ,eed away and you step otij, to the opera or the The Christmas tree A a handled years from I; 17 If you prefer to remain at your apartments the now will be an electrical marvtl Festoons and attached to your telephone tnav be wreaths of rafnliow colored light-- and liasi rs ?ou can will scintillate from Its green bram lies Put the oounected to any theater you desirer-an- d sit In your easy chair and smoke while you see the presents that hang on It will be even mmc wonderful. play projected on the wall like the most perfect There will be dolls as large ns the ltd- girl moving picture! All the stage settings will be there Tli- ' '! f1 Vt'aftff nLth lra'roved u'lp' can walk and with the improved phnnociajliu ,ir phone will bring every shade andubTfoTrHrcctlon of the actors voice to your ear. rangeiuents of another century ttn r will lie doll-tht,i can talk and others that tun .t -It seema certain that this telautoscope arrangeabu- - ta songs. Some of them, no do ,tu, will ment the exact word to1 describe It yylll he coined dance gracefully and to do tifiksilmt would after tbe process 1$ discovered will be one of the miraculous IF performed by an tmtniu.iton tod,,. triumphs of the coming century. It will enable you The mechanical toys of 2w9 will be nut t to see the person you are talking to bver a tele' The most imaginative n ,n i.mnof' phone. - perfection. ' w- ,ehfm re -- The flight pos ltd jTTonfC etve-- t vhc-n-ew airship probably will bt invented in the way of machinery, but It safe so rapid that the business man anf "even the "sST to assume that the wireless transmission of power aried worker. If be loves the country, cin have s Wheels will spin without any will be perfected villa or a cottage at a great distance from tbe city visible motive power. Power may be taken from and go to work In hla own airship at alight cost tbe sun's rays or wireless power stations may lie On Christmas day In the good century to comr operated by the waves, the waterfalls, or even the this flight In the air will be the means of many , winds. Before the Coal supply Is exhausted ttje family reunions that are Impossible now.. A few .need for coal, either for warmth or power, will hours will take one to the most distant part of the haiejpassed away. . country, and the practical cessation of buslnesr triumphs men make In the in the holiday week will leave all free to fore dustrial worhthey Impart to their games and during with the loved ones and pay deferred visits gather POULTRY HOUSE FOR LEGHORNS for-ymt-- n- e -- - shot-throu- - per dotted lines. Fill in around el-- , bow with fine dirt, until (t comes up flush with top, after which a, rnnall piece of perforated steel should be laid over it to keep out cinders or both parts at letter E. Next level all four ends as per letter F. The axle, rod 9 inches is a G, long, upon the end of which is a small wooden wheel 1V inches In diameter and 2 inches in length. ABOVE THE GROUND present present.w Farmers Forge. - ' Mrg"-bTnu- i ve'-ro- 1 And-whaY- The writer has recently visited the poultry bouses of Mr Lets near Midland, Mich, and will briefly describe his methods of handling and feeding Mr Leghorns for egg production is a working man, purchases most of the feed and sells the eggs at common prices, hence his experience wTiriSe in accord with the general farmer, with the greater disad vantage of having to purchase feed, says a writer in an exchange Though no definite data were obtainable as to the income from the poultry Mrs. Lets Informed me that they were a very paying investment. At present white, brown, and buff Leghorns are raised exclusively. The eggs are hatched entirely In incubators and with little loss. The young chicks are put In brooders kept moderately warm. They, are fed very lightly at first A little fine, sharp sand Is t lie- - first Course, followed by a little finely powdered charconl They of arejtow ready for their chief diet to dry oatmtal.' Milt is purchased feed In limited quantities to the young clicks. Later cracked wheat anfeorn are Some clean opt n on bright days. straw Is kept on the ground floor and nests provided along the sides These end rooms are separated from the center of the house by board and This center room, paper partitions. which is about 1G24 Is divided In the center by a partition of wire netting, makfng two sleeping apartments of It. The roosts are along the .north side over a platform to catch the droppings which are cleaned out every few days. The entire floor space is available as a runway and scratching place, as the hens are confined in this part during the very coldest weather. The house is constructed of two thicknesses of matched lumber with building paper between and battens on the outside. I.iee are not very troublesome and are kept in check with Insect pow der. Mr. Lets aims to raise about 400 chickens annually, and keeps mostly pullets over winter Most of them are hatched in April and lay quite well dining the wilder. Last winter the hens averaged an egg Jtplece every two to three days fed. Audubon Societies. The hens get moistened ground feed AUdubon societies have been organized in various states oLthe Union, (oats and cornji in .... the inornlng, wheat - f coTn li at ft U V lie ti n n Ci Ut tk - noon anf aTTHgtirTWy-tlon Is supplemented by waste Meats at from the slaughter house and an casional meal of roultry food, also roots and cabbage. Dufing the summer the, chickens are allowed -- the freedom of the premises, being confined at nfght only. In the winter they are not allowed out oT "thet)bUltt'y ' hovrse.-- - These- - 4teue, the plan of which 4s shown In the illustration, are shed like In appearaficer toward the the higher part being south.- - The one which contains the white Leghorns is about 16 feet wide by 48 long. - At each end is a scratch-ing room about 12x16. These rooms .ire lighted by panels of ordinary fac cloth along the south aide. . These tory .urnlsh light and air and are swung oc- " 1 sTbTrWtmtrtt s Pfmre-"St3Tg- by s have passed laws protectlngdhe birds, but unlil tbe farmers of the country realize the vast Importance and value of birds and until their wanton destruction for , ornamenting feminine" headgear Is ended," the rate of insect increase and bird decrease .will continue at anun8atIsfactory rate. Neat Farm Yard. There is much comfort, jnuch enjoyment to be hadJrcm a neatly arranged front yard on the farm, with its bright," clean stretch of green to rest- - the weary eye. and a few flowers to em bellish the home surroundings and give it that touch of beauty that makes home the great abiding tlace of peace and contentmenL- - sic f & h |