Show ff C J if r ain t C X 6 i T v th j it 14 A q it 4 7 wind win for many uses A IL sensible arrangement Is portrayed portray ed by farni farm and homo showing 1 how nn an ingenious north dakota farmer makes full use of wind power the machinery consists of a i scared geared windmill attached to a i pump churn washing machine feed mill wood saw and grindstone the illustration shows the pump house the feed mill Is on the upper floor while on oil the ground floor Is the washing machine churn and pump all so arranged as to be easily hitched to the wind the deep setting cre creamer which is neatly kept Is set in one corner adf I 1 y A f i A CHEAP op OF rowan of the pump house A spout carries water also to lo a watering tank near by where cattle and horses quench their thirst tho the circular wood saw the grindstone and the corn she cr e have I 1 been added in making the illustration ns as has also a water tank this last is for use as a reservoir in very cold weather to supply water to a smaller drinking tank outside the building the water in id this reservoir and in the creamer can call be kept from freezing in winter by placing a small stove if necessary c sary in ili the room the stove would also lie bo very useful it at cli churning time and on washing lays days having machinery clil nery in a small house under the windmill does not prevent carra canning ing the pov er cr by moans means of a chain belt or tumbling rod from the mill to other adjacent buil buildings dID S screening wheat grinding shelling cutting food feed or other operations can usually be mote conveniently leniently done near the storage rooms the mill is convenient to the 11 kitchen and saves much labor in pumping water churning washing etc A convenient farm farin llen cli tile the illustration herewith taken from the american shows a bench easily made in the home workshop and very convenient in many operations erat ions about the farni farm when planting tile the garden grafting in the orchard 4 rolden assorting t ss orting fruit dressing fowls and a hundred and one other times when it is desired to have tools or packages raised above ground round when not in uge use it can be folded into small space and put away as shown lit in the fir girat t illustration the Is so plainly shown in the cut that little explanation is needed the braces running from the middle it ID the bottom of the legs art are hill clug ed cd to tile the logs legs and go into slots a underneath der derri neath cath the bench beach near the center the betia ready for use is seen scon in the second picture c careless Far arlem arl cM A western range grange allicer who lias has been traveling through the rural districts was hu pressed with the careless habits of many of the farmers lie ile tays ays 1 I have been much over the country during tile the last two years and when I 1 see a plow bIl ludIng in tile the corner of the lie feuce fence a binder under a tr tree el wa wax ons oils carriages anti anil implements bt anding y promiscuously about the yai yard d it always ivies attracts WY attention and I 1 have been very much surprised at the lack of c care are and thrift which a ride over the country will disclose farmer t appler appice tor for NV winter Inter most cellars are too loo wani to keep fruit well they are also to frequent changes chances of ili 11 k which tile the fruit lieffers agnost is s as it does docs by beinli being apt lpt pl too loo cirni i we have klio iti far farmers aliers to put apples in pits as potatoes and roots are arc pitted spreading a layer of straw over ther iu in order to keep k cep them thein from con coji tiit taLt with the hie earth such apples conie out with very little loss in aprin whore caro care Is taken that none which art arp specked were put up tip iu in tho the hill fall auril world cut feed for Ifor ses all fat banners liters use cut feed for horses when it at hard voik because there Is a great saving in the labor needed to digest cut feed if mixed with some grain meal and wet so that the meal can only bo be got of by elten eating the cut feed mixed with it the ibe whole will be chewed sufficiently to in moisten it with saliva which Is necessary to quicken digestion nut but this economy in feeding cut feed is also important when the horse is not working if the cut feed Is corn cori stalks st bilks it should always be steamed with etli very liot hot water so as to soften tile the cut buds of the stalks which may cause injury this Is the best also it if hay bay or str straw lw Is cut particularly wile wheat at or rye straw which being harder than cut hay bay and less nutritious is not likely to bo be thoroughly chewed the stomach of the horse needs a slight irritation this is the advantage which oats have over other grains its hull bull helps tile the grain to digest better and this makes the horse feel frisky and able to do ills best it Is an old saying of farmers that when an old horse begins to act unusually coltish he has probably got an oat standing corner wise against ills his stomach and he jumps around so as to get it out it is a homely illustration but may have truth in it american cultivator mutton I 1 ie the best meat mutton is more easily digested than beef though in a healthy man no marked difference would be observed since in ili the stol nich of such a man mail the there re arl arises ses no inconvenience from the digestion of beef hoin however ever mutton will be found to tax the stomach of a dyspeptic person less than beef does docs lamb is not neatly so nutritious as mutton the tissue is soft gelatinous and rich in water lamb should not be selected tor for those whose digestive organs are weak A de device tice for liotine Lif tine tinz it Is of often ten desirable iu in the stable barn or 0 other buildings to raise some come article front from the floor fur for weighing or other purpose this Is usually done by sheer strength in lifting the simple device figured fi bedein herewith ith will save 1 r tr ZI C I azz wn S ais LIFTING DEVICE much strength exerted in this way on the top of a beam or crosspiece of the framing mount a wooden roller 1 as I sit suggested in the sketch whenever a weight Ls 6 to be lifted it Is only necessary to throw a rope over the roller and raise it as one would with a pulley the roller should of course be as largo large in diameter as the be beam am is thick so the rope will not draw across the coiner of the beam leavina lea vine the form farin it Is generally a inist mistake bic for the tanners farmers boy to leave the farm anti and in quite as many instances it is also a mistake for the old man to leave and move to town it is a mistake for the be boy to Y to think lie he knows as much as his father the latter may not be the more intelligent of the two but lie he at least has the benefit benefit of a great deal of experience that the boy has not acquired plenty of clover plenty of clover will go aion a long way toward making a farm krofl profitable table think liow how many ways it can call be dutli utilized for pasture tor for bay tor for feeding the stock or for feeding the ill L land sometimes serving the double purpose of feeding the stock and then going back to the soil in the product roar fear not raising too much it will always find a market Profi profitable I 1 able lable cows it seems doubtful whether largo large craibe cows are more profitable when giving a heavy milk product TI they ley are always very heavy eaters caters and liar hard d to keep in ili a rough pasture A moderate sized cow active and vigorous vi or will thrive better in rough pastures and upon coarse fodder land poor ioor Fur farmers sinay far farmers luers are arc land poor others have poor laud both may be rudd to tn bo be robbers s the one robs his tenant and ami tile the other robs ills his soil and himself the remedy is to sell a par part ot of the farm in the one ease case ad a d to add fertility and to adopt a wise rota rotation tiou to in the other of good roade road it lias has been estimated that with good roads uie the farmers of this countr country yv would save lu in getting their products to market the savings of two years would be enough to pay off tho the national debt ulbio barrun nearly 2000 farms changed bands in ohio last year for a recorded consideration sidera tiou of or an all average of 0 a little over 30 per acre ran ranging in froin 8 in hocking g to 77 in lake county |