1907. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
801 
JOHNSON GRASS HAY. 
Johnson grass is pretty well scattered 
over eastern Mississippi, and it is in most 
sections the main dependence for dry 
forage. It is a very nutritious grass, and 
is full of saccharine matter, hence stock 
are very fond of it, as they are of all 
plants containing sugary matter. It is 
more of a hay grass than pasture grass. 
On some soils much pasturing will of it¬ 
self exterminate it; this is true of sandy, 
light soils. On heavier and more waxy 
soils, the grass seemingly disappears after 
a certain period of pasture. The land may 
remain in pasture for years and not a 
sprig of the grass be discernahle, but when 
the ground is plowed and an effort made 
to grow a crop the grass springs up over 
the land, and grows off luxuriantly. By 
planting the land immediately after the 
plow, working the crop rapidly and well, 
good corn crops are frequently made 
Plowing the land loosens up the under 
soil and breaks up the mass of cane-bke 
roots of this grass, and the result is a 
luxuriant growth of grass and a heavy 
yield of hay. In fact, plowing the John¬ 
son grass meadow at least every two 
years is essential to secure maximum 
yields of this grass. On good lands, un¬ 
der fairly favorable conditions, three 
heavy crops of hay in one season is not 
unusual. On such land three and four 
tons of hay per acre is not above the aver¬ 
age. The quality of the hay depends 
largely upon the stage of mowing; if the 
certain to be good money in the hay busi¬ 
ness. 
Johnson grass is by far the most popu¬ 
lar grass for hay with feeders throughout 
this and adjoining States. There is al¬ 
ways a ready market for the hay at good 
prices. It will sell where Bermuda will 
not; it will sell where even Alfalfa will 
not. Johnson grass hay is well known; 
Alfalfa is not. It has taken long years 
to introduce and build up a reputation 
for Johnson grass hay. For a long time 
handlers of hay in our cities, and their 
patrons, were ignorant of the value of this 
grass as a hay, and were prejudiced 
against it. Horsemen would buy nothing 
hut northern Timothy. Not so now. The 
day was, and not very long ago, when 
buyers preferred the coarse, wiry prairie 
grass of the West to any distinctive south¬ 
ern hay grass. Of course that was ignor¬ 
ance, and gross ignorance. They had to 
be educated out of their ignorance and 
prejudices. edwin Montgomery. 
Oktibbeha Co., Miss. 
A HAY BALING OUTFIT. 
The hay baler is an important person 
on many farms where hay is a standard 
crop. All sorts of powers are used to 
work the bales. The picture at Fig. 402 
shows a horse power. F. A. Marsh, of 
Tioga County. Pa., thus describes his out¬ 
fit : 
The team as you see them in the cut are 
hitched to the sweep and travel in a cir- 
NGS WITHOUT REMOVING 
WINDMILL 
MAKE THE |i 
SO EASILY {I 
THE CPF I- .1 
WILL BE Ij 
GREAT 
MOVABLE 'M 
PROVIDE “ 
K E T BE- 
OIL CANNOT 
BY PASSING 
SHAFT. .C: 
INGSARE 
any 
o F THE 
ANYONE WITH A WRENCH CAN 
CHANGE IN FIVE MINUTES. THIS IS 
DONE THAT IT WILL BE DONE AND 
CIENCY AND LIFE OF THE WINDMILL 
GREATLY INCREASED. ANOTHER 
FEATURE OF THE RE- 
ARMS IS.. THAT THEY 
■J***/ A LARGE. OIL-TIGHT POC- 
TWEEN THE BEARINGS. i 
ESCAPE FROM THIS POCKET EXCEPT J 
OVER THE BEARINGS NEXT TO THE I 
THE OIL POCKET AND THE BEAR- I 
ALSO PRACTICALLY DUST-PROOF. f 
THE TRUSSED TRIPOD TOWER IS THE ONLY TOWER 
WITH THE BASE ENTIRELY FREE. CLEAR AND UNOB¬ 
STRUCTED A SERIOUS TROUBLE WITH OTHER TOWERS 
IS. THAT THE BRACES AND GIRTS IN THE LOWER PART OF j 
THE TOWER PREVENT GOING FREELY TO THE PUMP. AND J 
BEING IN THE WAY OF STOCK. FREQUENTLY GET BENT OR I 
BROKEN. THUS WEAKENING THE TOWER. THE TRUSSED I 
TRIPOD TOWER IS THE STRONGEST TOWER THAT HAS I 
EVER BEEN MADE. ANO ALWAYS STANDS ON ALL THREE I 
LEGS. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THE THREE-LEGGED I 
MILK STOOL ALWAYS STANDS FIRMLY ON ALL THREE I 
LEGS. WHILE THE FOUR-LEGGED MILK STOOL I' 
ALMOST NEVER STANDS ON MORE THAN THREE LEGS. I 
THE TRUSSED TRIPOD TOWER IS STOCK PROOF. ONE I 
CAN ALMOST RIDE UNDER IT ON HORSE BACK. AN D AND I 
MALS MAY BE ALLOWED TO RUN UNDER IT WITHOUT I 
OANGER TO THEMSELVES OR TO THE TOWER. A LARGE I , 
TANK MAY BE PLACED CLOSE TO THE PUMP AND THE I / 
STOCK CAN EASILY GET TO IT FROM ALL SIDES WHEN I / 
ERECTED IN THE YARD THE TRUSSED TRIPOD TOWER. 
MAY STAND OVER A WALK OR CLOSE TO A DOOR, WITH- I j 
OUT BFINGIN THE WAY. THIS TOWER IS MADE ON LY BY ill 
ACRMOTOR COMPANY. THE COMPANY WHICH MADE I// 
THE STEEL TOWER BUSINESS i f 
THE 10-FOOT AERMOTOR IS NOW MADE WITH I j 
EVERY PART IN EXACT PROPORTION TO THE 6-FOOT 1/ 
ANO »2 FOOT SIZES 
Aermotor Co., Chicago I 
When YOU BUY AN AERMOTOR FOR 
PUMPING WATER, THE E x'PE NSC 
A.' STOPS WHEN THE OUTFIT IS UP 
YOU. DO NOT HAVE TO KCCP 
HIGHLY COMBUSTIBLE FUEL 
AROUND YOUR BUILDINGS 
^ __ WHICH WILL INCREASE OR IN 
VALIDATE YOUR INSURANCE 
YOU OO NOT HAVE TO TURN A 
CRANK TO GET IT STARTED IT 
; NEVER MISSES FIRE.' IT RUNS 
WITHOUT NOISE AND DOES.NOT. 
^ THROW OFF ANY BAD ODORS. IT IS 
SO SIMPLE IN CONSTRUCTION THAT 
MECHANICAL KNOWLEDGE fS NOT NEC¬ 
ESSARY TO CARE FOR IT PROPERLY 
YOU OO NOT NEED TO SEND FOR A HIGH 
PRICED EXPERT EVERY'FCW WEEKS TO 
OVERHAUL IT. FOR IT NEVER GETS OUT 
OF ORDER. AN AERMOTOR MAY BE LEFT 
TO DO ITS WORK FOR DAYS AT A TIME 
WITHOUT CARE OR ATTENTION. IF YOU 
SHOULD FORGET TO LOOK AFTER IT 
SOME COLD WINTER NIGHT. IT WILL NOT 
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i YOU NEVER HAVE TO WONCER WHY IT 
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i WITH AN AERMOTOR REGULATOR AT- 
l TACHEO TO IT. THE AERMOTOR STOPS 
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\rl OPERATE AN ENGINE OR A WIND- • ' 
\\\1 MILL? WHICH REQUIRES THE 
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I \| - CONSIDERING THE EXTREME- 
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\l V . CIENCY. DURABILITY AND USE- - 
V_ -1 FULNESS. IT IS SURPRISING 
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THE TRUSSED TRIPOD 
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I PUMP ROOM 
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HORSE POWER HAY BALER AT WORK. Fig. 402. 
grass reaches too mature an age, you get 
more builk, but at the sacrifice of quality. 
This is the case with nearly all hay 
grasses. 
As soon as the hay is ready to bale, it 
can be readily sold at from $7 to $10 per 
ton f. o. b. Those who are not posted, 
or who are in need of money, usually sell 
in the Fall and early Winter. Those who 
know conditions better, and are not so 
pressed for money, hold the hay until 
Spring, and get a much better price for 
it. The Spring prices are always better. 
Last Fall most of the hay crop in this 
part of the State was sold, and the price 
obtained was around $8 per ton on cars. 
All who held on till the Winter was over 
received $14 and $15. One man here, who 
works in a bank, who has a partner in 
the hay business, informed me the other 
day that they received a cheek for $230, 
the proceeds of one single car of hay. 
That sounds good for the hay business. 
He stated further that they sold a good 
deal of hay last Fall at $8 per ton, not any 
better quality than this last. Nearly all 
the hay that is raised in this section is 
from lands valued at from $5 to $15 per 
acre; lands that could not be sold for 
more money at this time. These lands un¬ 
der proper treatment have a productive 
capacity of from three to four tons of 
marketable hay per annum. Let us figure 
on three tons per acre at $8. Here we 
have a gross income of, say, $24 per 
acre at the minimum price, or $45 at the 
maximum price. With the best of labor- 
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