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THE KUKAL NEW-YORKER 
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Farm Management. 
Unloading Hay. 
Regarding hay tinloading by horse 
power I find slings the finest of all un¬ 
loaders for all kinds of hay and grain. 
For unbound oats they are perfect, as 
it is almost impossible to use anything 
else in unloading loose oats which are of 
short straw. 
I purchased one double sling of the 
largest size, six feet wide and long 
enough for lS-foot rack, and from this 
Arrangement of Bolts and Sticks. 
pattern I made three more, buying three 
sets of trip irons to put on those 1 made. 
This makes four sets of slings which 
are enough to unload any load two horses 
can draw to barn. In buying slings one 
must also buy a sling car but if he 
has a car and does not care to buy a new 
one, a special sling pulley can be bought 
that will work on any car, but these 
pulleys cost $3 and are very unhandy. 
Sling That Works Well. 
Slings not only leave the hay-rack clean 
but put hay, etc., into bay in such a 
manner that it is much easier to handle 
and mow away than from a hay fork 
of any kind. By getting one set of slings 
any handy man can from this pattern 
make any number of slings for less 
money and have a better sling, as the 
ropes in ready-made slings are not as 
good as ropes you can get at any hard¬ 
ware store. You must remember of 
Wrong Kind of Sling. 
course to buy the desired number of trip 
irons. My slings for my 16-foot rack 
take about 80 feet of one-half inch rope 
and 20 feet of one-quarter inch; for the 
wood parts four sticks six feet long and 
2x2 inches square of sound straight- 
grained basswood. Get two half-inch 
iron rings about three inches in diameter 
(one at each end of slings). The above 
is for one sling, for three slings three 
times the above would be needed. Each 
sling takes 16 quarter-inch bolts, about 
four and one-half inches long to bolt 
ropes to sticks, staples are not satis¬ 
factory. Take these bolts, cut off heads 
and bend over into a square hook which 
will hold ropes very secure. Here is 
a rough sketch of slings. Hook and eye 
and hook and trip are the set of trip 
irons mentioned and cost about $1 per 
set. Do not get the second sling as 
shown above, as they will not handle 
loose short oats very well. 
My barn is 40x50 and 38 feet from 
floor to peak, and has it window in peak 
at each end through which I pull instead 
of having hay rope come back down to 
barn floor. This method takes less hay 
rope and you get a more direct pull, as 
shown in the cut. As said before it takes 
less rope and you have a more direct 
pull, but it also does away with flying 
pulleys which have been known to kill 
men, for if your pulley should break in 
peak of barn the window sill would catch 
it immediately. F. j. n. 
February 28, 
Fanning on Shares. 
Can you give me some plan of how to 
work a farm of 140 acres on shares? 
The owner wants a married man, either 
on salary or shares. The owner has two 
or three horses, wagons and harness. The 
farm has been worked by a man who 
furnished his own tools, and got half, but 
the owner is not satisfied with his work. 
As he bought this farm but a year ago, 
be has no tools and stock, but would like 
to furnish tools, horses and cattle. I 
have no tools nor stock ; have been work¬ 
ing by the year. I would take one-third 
of all raised and sold on farm. He 
thought of putting on some feeders, but 
I said I preferred milch cows, as there 
are about 30 acres of pasture, with flow¬ 
ing water, and can send milk to cities 
(car stop about three-quarters mile). I 
thought about eight or 10 cows could be 
kept and we both could realize some cash 
every month. Myself and boy, 15 years 
old, can do good part of the work until 
harvest; then I would have to hire some 
help. I said I would take $600 and work 
it for him, but he would like to have me 
take it on shares and I would too. What 
kind of contract should be made as to 
shares, and who is to pay thrashing and 
pressing hay if any is sold? Would I 
have to feed my share of corn and fodder 
to the cows, also hay and oats? c. s. 
Ohio. 
Whore owner furnishes all the equip¬ 
ment and live stock, seeds and fertilizers, 
one-third is usually given for the tenant’s 
share, varying somewhat according to 
the value of the equipment and the con¬ 
dition and state of cultivation the farm 
is in, as the owner of a run-down farm, 
poorly stocked, would have to give more 
than one-third for the labor. As to the 
thrashing and baling hay it would seem 
in this case that the owner should pay 
those bills, but the tenant should board 
the thrashers and pressers, and of course 
pay all the extra help. The stock should 
be fed from the undivided fodder and 
grain, and at the expiration of the lease 
as much should be left on the place as 
owner furnished before crops are har¬ 
vested. The surplus may then be sold. 
In this case as the prospective tenant 
knows the place, he can estimate what he 
can reasonably expect to realize from it 
and the terms he considers necessary may 
become a part of the lease. A written 
lease should be drawn for the protection 
of both the contracting parties. 
w. M. K. 
Septic Tank Again. 
Can a closet be made in a farmhouse 
to empty in a septic tank and work well? 
Can all the connections be done by home- 
labor? This place is in Northern Put¬ 
nam County on the outlet of two lakes 
with water controlled by the city of New 
York. The outlet from these harbors run 
right through our farm, and is about 250 
feet from the farm building. The city 
has taken the land about 200 feet wide 
on each side of this outlet, and the house 
is within 75 feet of the city land which 
the highway divides from us. No descent 
in any way but to the city’s lands. The 
outlet from the kitchen sink went under 
the highway and emptied in the city 
land, and last year we had orders to build 
a cesspool for that outlet on our own 
side of the road, and did it- Can we 
build a septic tank on the other side of 
house and can that be allowed to dis¬ 
charge across or into the road? As I 
understand the overflow from a septic 
tank is not injurious. I. L. B. 
Mahopac Falls, N. Y. 
Any water closet may be connected 
with a septic tank, but the latter cannot, 
of course, be operated in connection with 
ordinary dry closets. The best method of 
disposal of the effluent from a septic 
tank is through a system of tiling laid 
beneath the surface of the ground, and 
it would seem probable from your descrip¬ 
tion that such a system might be installed 
between your house and the city’s land. 
It is preferable that the linos of tile 
should not greatly exceed 50 feet in length 
and they should have a fall of one-six¬ 
teenth inch to the foot; if given much 
greater fall than this, the discharge from 
the tank would at once rush to the ends 
of the lines of tile instead of seeping out 
throughout their length. The grade be¬ 
tween your bouse and the road may be 
such as to make it impossible to secure 
this moderate fall. The tank itself may 
be placed as close to the house as is ne¬ 
cessary. If a filter bed is constructed 
to purify the effluent from the septic 
tank, discharge from that may be safely 
disposed of in any running stream, or 
upon the surface of tbe ground, though 
the city might not permit this upon their 
land. The discharge from a septic tank 
is not innocuous until it has been passed 
through a filter bed. or purified in tbe 
surface layers of the soil- 
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