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An Outfit of Tools. 
W OULD you give me a list of machin¬ 
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porting 20 head of cattle, four horses, 
1,000 poultry and a few pigs? a. m. s. 
We will assume that this is a farm 
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potatoes. The following list can be mod¬ 
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One manure spreader. 
Two large walking plows. 
One small plow. 
One weeder. 
One cutaway or disk harrow. 
One Acme harrow. 
One spring-tooth harrow. 
One riding cultivator. 
One single walking cultivator. 
One mowing machine. 
One horse rake. 
One potato planter. 
One potato digger. 
One farm wagon with rack. 
One single horse wagon. 
One marker. 
You will, of course need hoes, pitch- 
forks, spades and other hand tools. As 
you have two teams you need two plows. 
On favorable ground a three-horse riding 
plow will pay but you should be pre¬ 
pared to work two teams when in a hur¬ 
ry and the soil is just right. The Cut¬ 
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up plowed ground and with three good 
horses on it will often do the work of a 
plow. The Acme is used for crushing 
clods and fitting the surface for seeding. 
You can make a plank drag for smashing 
down or scraping the soil. The spring- 
tooth is good for tearing up old plowed 
sod, or for working among stones. It. is 
a great tool for cultivating trees. On 
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level land free from stones a two-horse 
riding cultivator will be very useful. It 
does not work so well on hilly land. It 
pays to have two walking cultivators. 
We add the weeder to this list, as it does 
superior work in scratching over the field 
when the crops arc small, saving much 
hand work. It would pay better to have 
two mowing machines if you can afford it, 
since there will come perfect haying days 
when the grass is just right when, if 
you can work two machines you can save 
the price of one in a season. The same is 
true of rakes. An extra tool at the right 
time quickly pays for itself. The pota¬ 
to planter and digger will pay if you 
have five acres of potatoes. The marker 
and the small plow are necessary in pre¬ 
paring for crops and with the amount of 
stock you mention the manure spreader, is 
necessary. You will need hay slings or 
a horse fork at the barn to unload the 
hay, and there should he a good barn 
equipment for the stock. A small port¬ 
able gasoline engine is now about as ne¬ 
cessary as a hired man. The list here 
given could easily he extended. There are 
farmers who add a corn harvester, ditch¬ 
ing plow, lime spreader, roller, sprayer 
and other machinery, while others get 
along with one plow, one harrow and a 
few other tools. 
Manure for Watermelons. 
W OULD you give the best method for 
growing watermelons for home use? 
K leek ley Sweet is the variety gen¬ 
erally planted. Would not hog manure 
re-enforced with acid phosphate be an 
ideal manure? Last year fertilizer was 
thoroughly worked in the soil and also a 
handful put in each hill, and the crop 
was a partial failure. I grew very fine 
ones on the same ground four years ago 
with just stable manure as a supplement. 
Nottingham, Pa. o. w. C. 
We never undertake to grow water¬ 
melons with fertilizer alone. In fact fer¬ 
tilizer is seldom used, as we depend al¬ 
together on manure. Hog manure is per¬ 
haps the best. We have never tried it 
when reinforced with acid phosphate, but 
I feel sure that it would be an advantage. 
If hog manure is not available then good 
stable manure will make a fine substitute. 
The usual practice here is to mark out 
the ground in rows eight to nine feet 
apart each way. The rows one way are 
made with a two-horse plow set deep, so 
as to open up a deep furrow. A large 
forkful of manure is placed where the 
rows intersect. This is leveled and 
firmed; then a light furrow is thrown 
over it so as to keep the manure moist. 
At planting time these furrows are lev¬ 
eled above the manure and seed planted. 
It is important to have the manure in 
early, to have it well firmed, and to have 
:i good layer of soil above the manure so 
that there will be no trouble to get per¬ 
fect germination of the seed. 
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Dodge Brothers 
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