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FARM MECHANICS 



only disappointment, but it reached out a strong right 

 arm and harrowed the furrows down fine, just to show 

 that it "wasn't mad at nobody." 



Modern farm methods are continually demanding 

 more power. Larger implements are being used and 



Figure 101. Well Sweep. The length 

 of the sweep is sufficient to lower the 

 bucket into the water and to raise it to 

 the coping at the top of the brickwork. 

 The rock on the short end of the sweep 

 is just heavy enough to balance the 

 bucket full of water. 



heavier horses are required to pull them. A great deal 

 of farm work is done by engine power. Farm power is 

 profitable when it is employed to its full capacity in 

 manufacturing high-priced products. It may be 

 profitable also in preventing waste by working up 

 cheap materials into valuable by-products. The mod- 

 ern, well-managed farm is a factory and it should be 



