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I Womens, Misses and Mens underwear, | overalls, shoes, groceries, crockery, I sm ked meats, flour, fruit jars. etc. I All Straw Hats at Cost I You know the Mayer Shoe. We I are excluaive agents for it. It's the best. I I ■ i Kennewick Trading Co. I Opposite Postotfice ■ ® Twin City Ice & Cold Storage Co « Usf absolutely pure distilled water in the manu- Ln acture of yjj) \ Crystal Ice | And in bottling their full line of L* | $oda, Ginger | I Ale, Etc. I A delicious line of cool beverages for summer thirst. Try our products, you'll be pleased. Jfc « Twin City Ice & Cold Storage Co « S PHONE 212, Kennewick, Wash. 1 M-I-L-L-I-N-E-R-Y I 1-2 OFF ON ALL HATS I=2 j J JL ApC °n our complete line of Savoy I 3 vTr Shirtwaists The kind for the m weather, stylish and at prices you can afford. j Thornton & Cameron Accountant, Stenography, Typewriting, Court Reporting Insurance a Specialty You Need not Lose Sleep if you are fully Insured hire, Life, Accident, Marine and Plate 01as a Insur ance. llay and other crops insured for short terms. Agent for Liverpool it London & (Jlobe, (the largest in the World,) Queen Insur ance company, Norwich Union Co., etc. 1 cannot give you the best rates, as all rates are the same, but I can give you the choice of the BEST companies. Companies 1 represent paid dollor for dollar in the San Francisco tire. Insure in the largest and best. :-: : .: :- : It pays. R. STANTON First International Bank Bldg , Agent for Hover Inv. Co.s Properties kennnewick, Washington Abstracts for sale at Half Price DON'T PEAD THIS f YOU MIGHT HAVE something that needs "fixin'. " Any old thing from a baby carriage to an automobile; from an electric door bell to a trolley car REPAIRED. MECHANICAL ELECTRIC COMPANY Kennewick. Wn. F. E COULSON. PROP. Phone 532 Home Course In Modern Agriculture Xll.—The Selection and Car? of Farm Machinery By C. V. GREGORY. Agricultural Di-O iiion. Ictua State College Copyright, 1909, by American Press Association THE methods of farming followed today are made possible only by the use of modern labor saving machinery. The farm hand of today needs brains more than muscles. The ability to handle a com plicate-l machine successfully is more valuable than the power to do a hard day's manual labor. With the coming of improved ma chinery the problem of what to buy and what to get along without has be come a serious one. The farmer has more money tied uj- in machinery than in any one thing besides his land. Having too much machinery is nearly as bad as having too little. What is needed - is a wise selection. it is always well to do a little figur ing before buying a new machine. Di viding the cost of the implement by the number of years it may be reason ably expected to last will give the amount that must be charged to de preciation each year. Add to this an allowance for repairs, storage and each year's share of the interest, and you will have the yearly cost of the machine. A little further figuring will show whether the benefit received from it in a year will warrant this cost. Machinery may be roughly divided into five classes—tillage, planting, hay ing, harvesting and miscellaneous. Of the many tillage Implements there are some that are absolutely necessary on any farm. Among these are the plows, for the farmer on a quarter section a sixteen inch riding plow will be all that is needed for the field work, in addltiou it may be well to have a cheap walking plow for plowing the garden, turning out potatoes and for use In case of an emergency. A gang plow requires too many horses to be practicable on the"average 160 acre farm. On larger farms, where plenty of horses are available, a gang plow will save the time of an extra man. It Is a good plan to have the plow sup plied with two or three moldboards of different slants. A steep mold board pulverizes the soil more and for this reason is a good thing to use on stubble land. On clover sod, however, a longer moldboard should be used in order to lessen the draft. One of the most important tillage implements is the disk. No other ma chine will pulverize the soil so quick ly or thoroughly. The use of a tongue truck—a small two wheeled arrange ment—under the rear end of the tongue is of considerable advantage in taking the weight off the horses' necks. Solid wheel disks pulverize the ground more thoroughly than spaders or cutaways. A good harrow is a necessity on any farm. The flexible type is best for all conditions, as It gets down into the hollows and rides over trash better than will a solid frame harrow. Spring tooth harrows, rollers and weeders all have their special uses, but can hardly be said to be neces sary on the average quarter section. Next in order come the cultivators, and there are so many styles of these that choosing is a difficult matter. The most important part of the cultivator is the shovels. A happy medium is struck in the six shovel type. The shovels on this can be run deep! FIG. XXIII—A HANDY TYPE OP GASOLINE ENGINE. enough to loosen the soil well the first two times over the field and can later be set shallow enough to avoid serious Injury to the spreading roots. If you are In the corn business ex tensively enough to afford two sets of cultivators It Is well to have spe cial surface machines for the last two cultivations. Some companies make surface blades which can be attached In place of the shovels when so de sired. In the hands of a careful man the two row cultivator does good and rapid work. First in the line of planting ma chines come the seeders. While cost ing a little more at first, there Is no better implement for sowing small grain than the disk drill. The disks cut through cornstalks and other trash, and the seed Is deposited evenly and at a uniform depth. The result ing evenness of stand will cause an Increased crop sufficient to pay the entire cost of the drill in a year or two. Ia selectiug a corn planter the rua ner type of furrow opener is prefer able to the disk, since the latter is hard to guide. The essential point ill planters, however, is the drop. It you are in the habit uf grading your seed • urn carefully so that the kernels are all about the same size the edge drop plates will give a more even stand than will the round hole drop. Plant ers in which the plates are turned by a chain from the axle and the wire used only to open the shoe are surer to drop every time than those in which all the work is done by the wire. There are two haying Implements that are absolutely essential, the mow er and the rake. Be sure to pick a wide cut mower. Six feet is a good width. The extra draft amounts to little, and considerable time will be saved In going over the field. Where much hay is made the old way of raking In bunches and pitch ing it on to the wagon by hand is too slow and laborious. A much better plan is to rake the hay into windrows with a side delivery rake and gather it up with a hay loader. Where the hay is put In the barn a set of double harpoon forks will make short work of the unloading. If it is to be stacked some form of stacker will save a great de.'il of hard work. The most Important harvesting ma chine is the self binder. The binder is FIG. XXIV—LOADING THE MANURE SPP.EAt- ER DIRECT t'ROU THE liAIiN WITH A LIT TER CARRIER. the most complicated machine on the farm and the one most likely to get out of order. In buying a binder sim plicity of construction, ease of adjust ment and handiness of oiling are im portant points to look after. A tongue truck is an attachment that should go IT. A. HOWE Hardware 'Furniture Implements Builders Hardware, Undertaking Ooods, Carpets, Shades, Stoves and Ranges Plumbing We have in our employ Tin experienced and Up-to-date plumber. We can serve you better in this line than ever before. If you want GOOD ' plumbing, give us a call. & J* Bonn Refrigerators We nave the celebrated "WHITE MOUNTAIN" line of Refrig erators. ihe name: "WHITE MOUNTAIN" is a guarantee of perfection in a Refrigerator. Over a MILLION of tnem in use. YOU need one! Let US supply that need. j, Baby Carts See the nice late patterns in Baby Carts in our window. They are DANDIES! & Prices are very reasonable. & * Tents and Awnings we can supply your needs in Tent? and Hwnings. & STONE-WARE CROCKERY-WARE CHINA-WARE GLASS-WARE CUT-GLASS We Have the Best Stock in Town! witli every binder. This Is the only means of eliminating side draft that has yet been discovered. A tongue truck is rather expensive, but so are sore shoulders and necks 011 the horses at harvest time. Where much stock is kept the corn binder is a necessary implement. By cutting a large share of tlie corn and using it as fodder or silage much feed is saved That would otherwise be wast ed. About 40 per cent of the entire feeding value of the corn plant is in the stalk. When these are left stand ing in the field the greater part of this feed is wasted. The shocked fodder may profitably be run through a shred der before feeding. This will husk the corn and leave the stalks in the best shape to be fed or used for bedding. One of the most important of the miscellaneous Implements is the wind mill. No farmer can afford to pump water for his stock by hand when the wind will do it for nothing after the mil! has once beeu put up. In erecting a windmill be sure that it is put on a nigh enough tower so that surround ing trees or buildings will not cut off the wind. A mill which is geared back so that the wheel makes three revolu tions or so to one stroke of the pump will run in a lighter wind than will the straight geared type. A three legged tower is just as strong as a four and considerably cheaper. A machine that is almost indispensa ble 011 a stock farm Is the gasoline en gine. The original cost of th?se en gines is reasonable, and the amount required for fuel and repairs is small. With a gasoline engine to furnish the power to run a sheller and grinder feed can be cheaply and easily pre pared for the stock. The engine will also saw wood, if you are fortunate enough to have any to saw, run the silage cutter, grindstone, separator, churn and washing machine. It may also replace the windmill as a source of power for pumping. In selecting a gasoline engine be sure to get one large enough to do the required work easily, remembering at the same time tiiat where much light work is to be done a small engine will do it with much less gasoline than will be used by a large one. This objection to a large engine can be overcome to a large extent by so arranging the work that several light machines may lie run at the same time. The most reliable type of en gine is the four cycle, in which there are two revolutions of the fly wheel to one explosion. The water system of cooling is the most efficient, though air cooled engines are all light for light work. •Another necessary machine of the r.took farm is the manure spreader. \ot onfy does this save a great deal of work, but it also applies the ma nure more evenly and will cover a greater amount of ground with a giv en quantity of manure. There should be little wood In a manure spreader, since it rots out quickly. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS t I» theeHHtern part of Be n ». I as reported by the struct Co. from May 24th Iv< 1 elusive. "".is J P N Harris to A C Hohhi, _ M »S «i „ PS \ S Marsha et al to FE Ev '"1 war deed tract 5 of Chicago ten acre tracts ■ B J,Ellis to EA C smith war'"! deed 17-7-29 | I- L hvans to Meadow brook 1 Farm company, war de*| east ST» acres of tn , ct g | Chicago ten acre tracts fg Hover Investment co to L | Amundson wa deed 577 f In sw% sec 31 8-31 * B SC Emmons to F VV Brown "I war deed lots 3 and 4lu hit J 7 Anions add •I .1 Cole et u\ to Forrest IQm J war deed tract no. IS of the Kennewlck Hardens II * ®(t Hover Investment Co to T | Cook Q c Deed, tract 35nnd fr. 1 tract 3«, Ist add to Hover II S Anion ot ux to St. P a m & | Tacoma Lumber company war deed all I.lk 2 of Anion addition to Kennewlck T T Maynard et ux to the N c By. war deed a strip of land So feet in width over and across lot 1 in sec 18, and 11 w % nwX of sec 17. and a strip of land 100 feet wide over and across the of su-% of sec 8 and lot 5 in sec 7 SI-17, fi.9 acres A H Uicliards, et ux to .ioiin W Kirk et ux, contract, nec.s 27 and 29, twp 7 n r 30 E VV M 11 w% sec 20-7-30 31^ I> N Van I)usen et ux to X C By co. war deed, a strip of land 80 feet wide over ana across tlie ut*} sec 15-8 30 0 John Belirmann of Independence, Kansas Is here visiting his old frleßd Christ Kruse. He is In the general merchandise business and Is looking for a location In the west. MrKrute located him in Kansas when he em there from Indiana and he followed him to the Pacific Northwest to haw him locate him again so he mast have done a satisfactory job the first time.