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Ellis Champion Thresher 
^Best or the farmer who desires to 
thresh only his own grain as well as 
the man — 
Cut shows Ellis Champion No. 2 complete with 
wind stacker, tailing elevator and grain bag. 
Can be operated by either steam or gasoline 
engine. Made in four sizes and various styles. 
We also make ensilage cutter, corn shelters, 
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about our line of threshers and other machinery. 
Hlis Keystone Agricultural Works 
Pottstown, Pa. 
4 H. P. Cushman Engine 
Mounted^ on Potato Digger 
Saves Horses 
Same engine does 
all other farm 
work. 
The 4 H . P. Cushman is 
the Original and Successful 
Engine for Potato Diggers. Cushman En¬ 
gine operates the elevator, shakers and sort¬ 
er independently. Saves a horse or two and 
does cleaner and more rapid work. Slipping 
of traction wheel doesnot matter—enginedoes 
the work. Leaves potatoes clean and on top. 
For. All. Farni^ Work 
Same 4 H. P. Cushman is the All-Purpose En¬ 
gine. May also be used on Grain Binders and 
Corn Binders, and for all other work. Cush¬ 
man Engines are very light in weight and easy 
to move around from job to job. 4 H. P. weighs 
only 190 lbs. 8 H. P. 2-cylinder only 320 lbs. 
15 H. P. only 780 lbs.—a splendid engine for 
silo filling, grinding, small threshers and other 
heavy jobs. Very steady running—no violent 
explosions or fast and slow speeds like ordin¬ 
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Governor, Schebler Carburetor and Friction 
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Cement for Leaky Cistern 
What kind of cement or waterproof 
covering would be best to put on the in¬ 
side of a large cistern that leaks neiir 
the bottom? Is there any cement that 
will withstand frost, and that water will 
not affect? s. 
If the leak is caused by a spring under 
or at the side of the cistern it will he 
very hard to stop it without tearing out 
the cisteim and building new. In that 
case the best way would be to provide a 
good drain to carry off the water and 
then put in 'a good liement cap over the 
spring before starting to 'build the cis¬ 
tern. If the leak is simply a crack iu 
the wall it may be stopped if very small 
by painting the inside of the cistern with 
a thin “whitewash” of pure Portland 
cement. Larger leaks can be stopped 
by plastering with a mixture of equal 
parts of cement and sand. I know of 
many succes.sful cisterns in clay soil 
which are simply a hole in the ground 
with an inch thick plastering of Portland 
cement and sand put directly on the 
earth wall. When the \vall cracks an¬ 
other coat of plaster is put over the first. 
Good Portland cement properly used 
will withstand frost as well as stone, and 
is very little affected by water. Strictly 
speaking, there is nothing that is not 
affected by water. In many chemical 
analyses it is necessary to know how 
much of the gla.ss vessels is likely to be 
dissolved by the water and make allow¬ 
ances for it. I have never seen any re¬ 
sults of comparative tests, but should 
expect that properly-made Portland ce¬ 
ment walls would be dissolved by the 
water more slowly than ordinary lime¬ 
stone. In mixing cement two things are 
necessary; first, to have a proper mix¬ 
ture, and, second, to have it wet enough. 
Theoretically, a proper mixture con¬ 
tains just enough small stones to fill the 
spaces between the larger ones, just 
enough sand to fill the spaces between the 
small stones, and just enough cement to 
fill the spaces between the sand grains. 
A test used by some engineers is to take 
a certain bulk of an average sample of 
the gravel and find out how much sand 
can be added without increasing the 
bulk. Then add as much cement as pos¬ 
sible without increasing the bulk. These 
amounts of sand and cement are the least 
that will give a good mixture with that 
sample of gravel. In practice a little 
more sand and a little more cement 
should be used to be sure that the mix¬ 
ture is not too poor if some of the gravel 
should hapiieu to be coarser. Enough 
water should be added to this to make a 
mortar that will pour easily. Where a 
water-tight wall is wanted a pailful of 
mortar that goes out iu a lump is too dry. 
In work of this kind a good cement 
mixer is a very great help. It is very 
hard work to turn over a batch of cement 
by hand, and even if it is turned twice 
before the water is added and three times 
afterward it is not likely to be as well 
done as a small gasoline engine would 
have done in three minutes with almost 
any kind of good mixer. After the 
cement is poured into the forms it is 
well to push a thin spade down next the 
forms frequently to keep most of the 
stones away from the outside of the wall. 
This makes the surface denser and helps 
make it wateriiroof. A cistern with such 
a wall eight by 12 inches thick should 
last a great many years. A, c. w. 
Grass for Steep Bank 
I intend seeding down to grass a steep 
bank facing a northe n exposure on Long 
Island sound. This bank was built up 
recently with heavy yellow clay dug out 
of a foundation for a house. What kind 
of grass would you recommend? We do 
not expect to cut the grass very fre¬ 
quently. w. A. 
Great Neck, N. Y. 
That kind of soil will not grow any 
kind of grass satisfactorily. When the 
soil lacks the essential elements for the 
production of plant growth, grass or any¬ 
thing else cannot be produced on it. A 
covering of good top soil to a depth of 
five or six inches will have to be spread 
over this sterile clay before you can ever 
expect to produce grass on that terrace. 
When you have done that, you cau sow 
any of the good general lawn mixtures \ 
sold by the New York seed stores. It | 
will simi)ly be a waste of money and j 
labor to sow grass seed iu that yellow 
clay subsoil. k. 
Bare Spots Are Costly 
Make All Your Land Produce 
Farmers in California increased their yield three to 8ix bushels, 
Illinois five bushels, Kansas three and one-half bushels, and Iowa over 
nine bushels per acre by using an accurate grain drill. 
You gain both in the yield and cost of the seed sa^ed by using a 
John Deere-Van Brunt Fertilizer Grain Drill 
Plants All the Ground—No Costly Bare Spots 
The Van Brunt Fertilizer Grain Drill 
plants all the ground without skipping, puts 
the seed in even, continuous rows 
of equal depth across the entire 
field, and does not waste high- j*' 
price seed. Equipped 
with the famous Van 
Brunt Adjustable Gate 
Force Feed that com¬ 
pels seed to leave seed 
box in even, continuous 
streams. Merely shift 
f eed gauge levers to regu¬ 
late amount of seed 
No clogging in gumbo, muddy, sticky or 
trashy soils. Notice the adjustable spring 
steel scrapers. The Van Brunt 
Single Disc Drill was the first 
ever designed that could do the 
work right under such 
conditions. Discs con¬ 
trolled by powerful 
pressure springs adjust¬ 
able to make al 1 discs 
cut the same depth. 
Grass seed attach¬ 
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for any Van Brunt 
sown per acre. Any standard fertilizer is I Grain Drill. It sows broadcast or drills as 
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A Bigger Yield 
From the Same Field 
Manure well shredded and spread evenly gets the best 
results. It goes farther. Plant roots get all of its plant food. 
On any field that you have been manuring by hand you 
get approximately a 25 per cent increase in crops by using 
The John Deere Spreader 
The Spreader With the Beater On the Axle 
Ask any farmer who uses 
Spreader. How much would 
you in these years of high 
crop prices? And you’ll 
find there is a saving of 
60 per cent in time and 
labor. 
Beater on the Axle is 
found only on John 
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clutches and half the 
castings otherwise nec¬ 
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Spreader only hip- 
high—easy to load. 
Big drive wheels — 
light draft. Easy to 
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The Bottom Is the Heart 
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The right kind of plow bottom lays the foundation for 
the right kind of seed bed. Crop yield is increased. The plow lasts 
longer and pulls lighter—a saving in actual cost, power, trouble. 
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The bottom on every John Deere plow is 
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They make one-man tractor plowing out¬ 
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the rope by the 
man on the trac¬ 
tor lowers or 
raises the bot¬ 
toms high and 
level, and the 
tractor does the 
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work. The bottoms do not gather trash in 
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