The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette., February 10, 1912, LABOR-SAVING SPECIAL., Image 1

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LABOR-SAVING SPECIAL.
I TTxXVII. No. 6. SATURDAY, EEL?* »H2. Weekly! Si7y77.
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The Disk Harrow is Almost Essential to Economical Cultivation.
A FARMER WHO HAS PLENTY OF HORSE-POWER AND GOOD TOOLS, AS THIS MAN HAS, CAN DO BETTER WORK,
DO IT IN LESS TIME, AT LESS EXPENSE, WITH MORE EASE, AND TO GREATER "PROFIT THAN CAN THE FARMER
WHO “ECONOMIZES” ON WORK STOCK AND MACHINERY BY DEPENDING MORE LARGELY UPON HUMAN LABOR.
FEATURES OF THIS ISSUE.
V°U UP WITH YOUR WORK?—A Vital Question Just Now 1»
BETTER work STOCK THE FIRST ESSENTIAL — We Must
pTv^ave Larger Horses and More of Them. T
'1 THINGS IN THE WAY—Some Changes We Must Make in
C(UmUr Methods Before Ure Can Use tlie Best Tools. 3
OT> TOOLS PAY FOR THEMSELVES——One 'Farmer Has Found
This True. 7
LIJN FOR THE HOUSEKEEPER — The Fireless Cooker, the
r,.*11™1’1 Waiter, the Steam Cooker, and Others. IB
, ,HK GASOLINE ENGINE HELPS—Does Work for Less
HO\v 4\n Ha,f AVhat It Costs by Hand. ,()
' ‘HE ONE-HORSE FARMER CAN SAVE LABOR — Some
HOW *,',*?ements He Can Use With Profit. 32
^ V to HANDLE THE INCUBATOR—Plain Directions for the
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LABOR-SAVING GARDEN TOOLS—The Han<l-Hoe an Expensive •
Implement . 20
LITTLE TALKS ABOUT GOOD TOOLS—A Batch of Splendid Let
ters About a Number of Tools. h
MISSISSIPPI FARMERS SHOULD ACT—The Selection of u New
President for the A. & M. Colllcgc Is a Matter of Vital Import
ance . 9
ONE THING YOU MUST NOT FORGET—Take a Look About the
Kitchen and See What Your Wife Needs. :k*
PLOWS AND PLOWING—An Article for Farmer Boys, and Older
Farmers, Too . .. 12
PREPARATION FOR THE COTTON CROP—Early Preparation In
variably Best. (1
TWO GOOD IMPLEMENTS—The Manure Spreader and the Disk
Harrow . 34
WILL WE KEEP UP?—If We Continue to Use Out-of-Date Tools
We Must Surely Remain Behind . jg