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be carried either into cisterns or disposed of as waste, so that 

 the yards may b§ dry as possible. 



EVERY FEEDER 



should have a first-class three or four-ton scale on his farm. 

 To be an expert in judging the value of stock, a farmer 

 should know very nearly the weight of any thing he wishes 

 to buy or sell the moment he places his eye on it, otherwise 

 the world will overreach him, and dearly will he pay for his 

 ignorance. A farmer never having used scales can not appre- 

 ciate their value ; having once had them, he will not be without. 

 Every farmer and stock feeder should have one pair of low 

 wheels or trucks. 



THE WINDMILL 



has become one of the most prominent economies of the 

 farm. I have one ten-foot Halliday, and one improved 

 twelve-foot California windmill. The twelve-foot mill grinds 

 about 150 bushels of grain in a month, on the average. 

 It also pumps well water at a distance of twenty-five feet from 

 the mill, by means of what is called a quadrant. This quad- 

 rant also drives a suction pump that draws the water from a 

 large cistern at the barn, 130 feet distant. It also has an at- 

 tachment by which all our churning is done. The water pumped 

 is conveyed in pipes to the stable door, to the hog sheds, 

 and wherever it is wanted, thus saving a great deal of labor 

 and supplying water to the stock at all times fresh and sweet. 

 The fact is, the windmill is indispensable, and no large farmer 

 can afford to be without one. 



TILE DRAINING. 



The people are rapidly waking up to the importance of 

 tile draining. In this part of La Salle County there is much 

 land that is very low and wet, but the topography of the coun- 

 try is such, and the fall is so good, that nine-tenths of the land 

 can be drained advantageously. Within a year I have put 

 down 10,000 tiles. The experience of laying about two miles, 

 has taught me several lessons wherebv labor can be saved 



