CHAPTER XXII 

 FARM MACHINERY 



Lack of care of farm machinery. 

 Plows. 



Walking, sulky, gang, disc, subsoil. 

 Harrows. 



Disc, spring-tooth, spike-tooth, blade. 

 Cultivators. 



One-horse, straddle-row. 

 Weeders. 

 Planting implements. 



Broadcast seeders. 



Grain drills. 



Corn- and cotton-planters. 



Potato-planters. 



Transplanters. 

 Hay-harvesting machinery. 



Mowers. 



Rakes. 



Tedders. 



Loaders. 



Stackers. 



Harpoon forks and slings. 

 Small grain, corn, and potato harvesters. 

 Threshing machines. 

 Farm tractors. 



IN the days when the crooked stick was used as a plow and 

 most of the farm labor was performed by hand, a man by his 

 own efforts could crop only a very few acres. To-day with the 

 aid of the many efficient machines one can farm a large acreage, 

 which means increased crops. This gives more food for the 

 nation and releases men for other kinds of work. There are 



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