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dent satisfaction. American farmers are shy on roots. 

 They do not raise roots in quantities because it re- 

 quires a good deal of hand labor, but roots make a 

 juicy laxative and they are valuable as an appetizer 

 and they carry mineral. Pulped roots are safe to feed 

 and they offer the best mixing medium for crushed 

 grains and other concentrated foods. 



FEED CRUSHER 



Instead of grinding grain for feeding, we have what 

 is known as a crusher which operates on the roller-mill 

 principle. It breaks the grains into flour by crushing 

 instead of grinding. It has the advantage of doing 

 good work quickly. Our feed grinding is done in the 

 two-story corncrib and granary. It is one of the odd 

 jobs on the farm that every man likes. The grain is 

 fed automatically into the machine by means of the 

 grain spouts which lead the different kinds of grain 

 down from .the overhead bins. The elevator buckets 

 carry the crushed feed back to one of the bins or into 

 the bagger. In either case it is not necessary to do any 

 lifting for the sacks are carried away on a bag truck. 

 We have no use for a scoop shovel except as a sort of 

 big dustpan to use. with the barn broom. 



STUMP PULLER 



Pulling stumps by machinery is a quick operation 

 compared with the old time methods of grubbing, chop- 

 ping, prying and burning that our forefathers had on 

 their hands. Modern stump pulling machines are 

 small affairs compared with the heavy, clumsy things 

 that were used a few years ago. Some of the new 

 stump pullers are guaranteed to clear an acre a day of 



