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HOW TO MAKE A FLOOD QATE. Two Effective Devices. lst Premium,—Having two small streams running through our farm, we were troubled a great deal with different devices used ns flood gates, but finally solved the problem by adopting just two styles that work all right and are very little trouble to keep in good condition. The cheapest anil most simple of these was made by placing a sill above and across the stream at the fence line. Let it be large or small. Ballast or anchor the ends with posts set deeply on each side, or by building triangular pens of small logs and filling them with stone. Having such a sill in position, we excavate up-stream from :______________=______; this a few feet, so anotber sill could be placed on a level with the bed of the stream. From one of these sills to the other we spiked split timber, like short fence rails, nnd the work was complete. The fence line sill was set from two to three .feet clear of the bed of the stream, and this gave the proper slope for all drift wood or trash to pass over. There was no trouble about drift hanging and obstructing the gate so constructed, and it also completely prevented any kind of stock from passing up or down. Such a flood gate lasts for years and is cheaply ===== constructed. The other style of a gate is more band- some in appearance and does the work well, but is some trouble to keep irr working order and costs more to build. It is made as follows: Place a mud-sill, securely anchored at the ends, just level with the surface of the water when the stream is at its lowest. Make a gate, about three feet in height, of sawed slats one by three inches. Securely nail these slats to two other slats, as long as the gate is to be in width, and place these slats so they will be on the down-stream side of the gate. The gate is then liiuged to the mud-sill, so it can be raised up perpendicularly, or it can fall flat with the bed of the stream at tbe time of high water. This style of a flood gate is held up in position by a post on each side, nbotrt two feet from the bottom, to hold it up. These latches, when the water gets up to them and drift is liable to gather, open automatically by a float being attached to each of them. The greatest trouble these flood gates give the farmer is that after each big rain, when the stream gets more than two feet high, they drop down so that everything passes over them, and have to be raised up by hand in position and latched to the uptight posts. But they can't gather drift and trash, and it is very little trouble tn raise them up and secure the latches, as they should be after each spell of high water. Of the two flood gates described we can fH'ominenii either as very complete, but think the first one the most simple and lnn-st adopted to the wants of the farmer, because or its simplicity and cheapness of construction. \V. A. G. A Swinging Gat*. 2d Premium.—The use of flood gates is to turn stock. Therefore when constructing a gate we should keep this in mind, and fix the sides of gate so stock canaot pass through. Also the gate should let the overflow from the fields pass through, with its driftwood, weeds, etc., aud not take the gate with it, or let the cows in your neighbor's corn field some day when you and the boys lutve gone to town and there is nobody at home to see after the water gap. Set posts, in line with the fence, securely on each side of ditch. Make a gate The Bible Teaches the Unity of Qod. Knllt.m Indiana Farmer: ' On the Bible questions I will say: The Hebrew scriptures evidently teach the unity of God. Though the plural form is used in the account of the creation of man it has the lingular sense and meaning The plant form is the exception, while the singular form is the rule. "Tlie Lord said, shall I hide from Abraham that thing which that I do." Gen. 1*:17. "By myself have I sworn, aaitfa the l.oid." Cen. 22:10. I am the God of Ahaham thy father." Gen. 2(!:24. The Trinitarian idea doea not help the matter for trinitarians believe in one God, not in three Gods. This one Qod—thia Almighty Qod* created all things, and Alfalfa Fed Hogs Fresirm. California. Dairy Farm that will swing wide open and let the water and drift go right through. The gate may be made to hang at the top on a pole, and should be made close, so no water can pass through and no drift catch in the gate. Then when the overflow comes the gate will take the drift on through the gap under the gate, and do no damage to the gate or the fields. A chute should be made by setting 3 posts on each side of ditch and planking up close, so the water will not wash the banks, and so it will pass swiftly through. If the stream or ditch is wide, a double gate may be made, either like the one mentioned above, or on the plan of a fence, with the slats secured to the scantling at the end next to the post, and fastened to the post so it can have free motion to swing open and let the drainage paaa. Then it may be laid up after the water goes down enough to permit one iu the stream . Reader. Premiums of $1, 75 cents and 50 cents are given for the best, second and third best articles for the Experience Department eaeh week. Manuscript should be sent direct to the Indiana Farmer Company, and should reach us one week before date of publication. this includes tlie creation of num. The holy scriptures teach the existence of oik* God, and they do not teach Polytheism. J. G. Cass Co. Mixed Pasture. Editor, Indiana Fanner Much is said every year about mixed pasture on the farm, so I will give my experience of last year. The last day of June when we were laying by the corn, I sowed my poorest field of corn to timothy. When the ground was fresh plowed, and in the last week in March, I sowed the field to clover, and to day I have a nice field of mixed pasture. Try it brother Carmen, and if the weather is favorable you will not regret it. J. J. H. issued on the The weather summary 2iith, reports as follows: "The temperature during the week just Spokane Inter-State Pair. Editors Indiana Farmer: Spokane will have a fair this fall which will be the finest exposition of western resources ever held in this part of the country. These Spokane fairs have beeu ii. progress for a number of years and have beeu growing in importance and siope. Last year, $14,000 was cleared and this and large additional funds will be put iu this year, making the fair better than ever in its history. The official title is the Spokane Interstate Fair, but it is popularly known throughout the Pacific Coast as the "Fruit Fair." It started in 1S:I1 :is a fair showing the trull resources of the country and though it has been greatly enlarged and extended, it still is commonly known by that term. —_——-_____= Fast year, the expenditures of the fair amounted to $35,000. This year, Mauager itobt. H. Cosgrove and his associates already have outlined an expenditure of $05,000, And instead of being held for only J one week, the exposition will last this year from September 24th to October 6th— t wo weeks. Special attention will be given this year to fruit exhibits for which purpose the Spokane Chamber of Commerce h:,s appropriated $2,500 to be awarded as premiums for the counties or districts making the best exhibit of fruit and grain so ===^=- prepared that it ean be preserved indefinitely for permanent exhibit in the chamber of commerce rooms. The first prize will be $1,000. Numerous counties are greatly interested in this and are planning to make exhibits of their very lest products. The fair is also giving a great deal of attention to live stock for which liberal premiums are offered and has added this year a poultry show in response to the demand from many persons. Premiums in the live stock department are $20 first; $15 second and $10 third, for best individuals in Shorthorns with other premiums in proportion and a number of tempting specials. The premiums offered for live stock have been increased from $2,- 400 last year to $6,200 this year. The entire amount of premiums offered for fruit is $5,150 this year as against $1,750 last year. Storey Buck. 1W0 BAD WEEDS. The weeds sent us by G. McD., Mont- ended was below normal in all sections of ****** l",lntv* for name* are the red S01" Topics for future numbers: No. 539. July 7. Show the value-of the honey bee to the farmer. No. 540, July 14.—Tell how to break and train a colt. No. 511, July 21.—Give good working rules for putting in a system of under- drainage. the State, the1 deficiency at Indianapolis averaging about 8 degrees per day. Both the day and night temperatures were unseasonably coo!, but the decided departures from normal were generally due to the abnormally cool nights, when temperatures ranged from 45 to 60 degrees. In portions of Gibson and Steuben counties the rainfall was somewhat excessive, making the ground too wet to plow. Thunderstorms occurred on the 19th, 20th, 22d and 23d. On the 23d considerable damage was done locally in the southern section, particularly in Gibson and Pike counties." rel and the buckhorn: both are bad customers, and dilllcult to eradicate. Mr. McD. says he finds the sorrel in his potato field. If he cultivates the potatoes well he will kill it out there, but the chnnces are that it will spread iuto the pasture or meadow, and there it will take hard work to destroy it. The quickest and surest way will be to break up the ground and put it in some cultivated crop. If the patch is quite small it may be smothered out by covering it a foot deep with straw. The buckhorn should be dug out with a spud, before it goes to seed.
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1906, v. 61, no. 26 (June 30) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA6126 |
Date of Original | 1906 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | United States - Indiana |
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Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Title | Page 1 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
Rights Statement | Content in the Indiana Farmer Collection is in the public domain (published before 1923) or lacks a known copyright holder. Digital images in the collection may be used for educational, non-commercial, or non-for-profit purposes. |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
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Transcript | HOW TO MAKE A FLOOD QATE. Two Effective Devices. lst Premium,—Having two small streams running through our farm, we were troubled a great deal with different devices used ns flood gates, but finally solved the problem by adopting just two styles that work all right and are very little trouble to keep in good condition. The cheapest anil most simple of these was made by placing a sill above and across the stream at the fence line. Let it be large or small. Ballast or anchor the ends with posts set deeply on each side, or by building triangular pens of small logs and filling them with stone. Having such a sill in position, we excavate up-stream from :______________=______; this a few feet, so anotber sill could be placed on a level with the bed of the stream. From one of these sills to the other we spiked split timber, like short fence rails, nnd the work was complete. The fence line sill was set from two to three .feet clear of the bed of the stream, and this gave the proper slope for all drift wood or trash to pass over. There was no trouble about drift hanging and obstructing the gate so constructed, and it also completely prevented any kind of stock from passing up or down. Such a flood gate lasts for years and is cheaply ===== constructed. The other style of a gate is more band- some in appearance and does the work well, but is some trouble to keep irr working order and costs more to build. It is made as follows: Place a mud-sill, securely anchored at the ends, just level with the surface of the water when the stream is at its lowest. Make a gate, about three feet in height, of sawed slats one by three inches. Securely nail these slats to two other slats, as long as the gate is to be in width, and place these slats so they will be on the down-stream side of the gate. The gate is then liiuged to the mud-sill, so it can be raised up perpendicularly, or it can fall flat with the bed of the stream at tbe time of high water. This style of a flood gate is held up in position by a post on each side, nbotrt two feet from the bottom, to hold it up. These latches, when the water gets up to them and drift is liable to gather, open automatically by a float being attached to each of them. The greatest trouble these flood gates give the farmer is that after each big rain, when the stream gets more than two feet high, they drop down so that everything passes over them, and have to be raised up by hand in position and latched to the uptight posts. But they can't gather drift and trash, and it is very little trouble tn raise them up and secure the latches, as they should be after each spell of high water. Of the two flood gates described we can fH'ominenii either as very complete, but think the first one the most simple and lnn-st adopted to the wants of the farmer, because or its simplicity and cheapness of construction. \V. A. G. A Swinging Gat*. 2d Premium.—The use of flood gates is to turn stock. Therefore when constructing a gate we should keep this in mind, and fix the sides of gate so stock canaot pass through. Also the gate should let the overflow from the fields pass through, with its driftwood, weeds, etc., aud not take the gate with it, or let the cows in your neighbor's corn field some day when you and the boys lutve gone to town and there is nobody at home to see after the water gap. Set posts, in line with the fence, securely on each side of ditch. Make a gate The Bible Teaches the Unity of Qod. Knllt.m Indiana Farmer: ' On the Bible questions I will say: The Hebrew scriptures evidently teach the unity of God. Though the plural form is used in the account of the creation of man it has the lingular sense and meaning The plant form is the exception, while the singular form is the rule. "Tlie Lord said, shall I hide from Abraham that thing which that I do." Gen. 1*:17. "By myself have I sworn, aaitfa the l.oid." Cen. 22:10. I am the God of Ahaham thy father." Gen. 2(!:24. The Trinitarian idea doea not help the matter for trinitarians believe in one God, not in three Gods. This one Qod—thia Almighty Qod* created all things, and Alfalfa Fed Hogs Fresirm. California. Dairy Farm that will swing wide open and let the water and drift go right through. The gate may be made to hang at the top on a pole, and should be made close, so no water can pass through and no drift catch in the gate. Then when the overflow comes the gate will take the drift on through the gap under the gate, and do no damage to the gate or the fields. A chute should be made by setting 3 posts on each side of ditch and planking up close, so the water will not wash the banks, and so it will pass swiftly through. If the stream or ditch is wide, a double gate may be made, either like the one mentioned above, or on the plan of a fence, with the slats secured to the scantling at the end next to the post, and fastened to the post so it can have free motion to swing open and let the drainage paaa. Then it may be laid up after the water goes down enough to permit one iu the stream . Reader. Premiums of $1, 75 cents and 50 cents are given for the best, second and third best articles for the Experience Department eaeh week. Manuscript should be sent direct to the Indiana Farmer Company, and should reach us one week before date of publication. this includes tlie creation of num. The holy scriptures teach the existence of oik* God, and they do not teach Polytheism. J. G. Cass Co. Mixed Pasture. Editor, Indiana Fanner Much is said every year about mixed pasture on the farm, so I will give my experience of last year. The last day of June when we were laying by the corn, I sowed my poorest field of corn to timothy. When the ground was fresh plowed, and in the last week in March, I sowed the field to clover, and to day I have a nice field of mixed pasture. Try it brother Carmen, and if the weather is favorable you will not regret it. J. J. H. issued on the The weather summary 2iith, reports as follows: "The temperature during the week just Spokane Inter-State Pair. Editors Indiana Farmer: Spokane will have a fair this fall which will be the finest exposition of western resources ever held in this part of the country. These Spokane fairs have beeu ii. progress for a number of years and have beeu growing in importance and siope. Last year, $14,000 was cleared and this and large additional funds will be put iu this year, making the fair better than ever in its history. The official title is the Spokane Interstate Fair, but it is popularly known throughout the Pacific Coast as the "Fruit Fair." It started in 1S:I1 :is a fair showing the trull resources of the country and though it has been greatly enlarged and extended, it still is commonly known by that term. —_——-_____= Fast year, the expenditures of the fair amounted to $35,000. This year, Mauager itobt. H. Cosgrove and his associates already have outlined an expenditure of $05,000, And instead of being held for only J one week, the exposition will last this year from September 24th to October 6th— t wo weeks. Special attention will be given this year to fruit exhibits for which purpose the Spokane Chamber of Commerce h:,s appropriated $2,500 to be awarded as premiums for the counties or districts making the best exhibit of fruit and grain so ===^=- prepared that it ean be preserved indefinitely for permanent exhibit in the chamber of commerce rooms. The first prize will be $1,000. Numerous counties are greatly interested in this and are planning to make exhibits of their very lest products. The fair is also giving a great deal of attention to live stock for which liberal premiums are offered and has added this year a poultry show in response to the demand from many persons. Premiums in the live stock department are $20 first; $15 second and $10 third, for best individuals in Shorthorns with other premiums in proportion and a number of tempting specials. The premiums offered for live stock have been increased from $2,- 400 last year to $6,200 this year. The entire amount of premiums offered for fruit is $5,150 this year as against $1,750 last year. Storey Buck. 1W0 BAD WEEDS. The weeds sent us by G. McD., Mont- ended was below normal in all sections of ****** l",lntv* for name* are the red S01" Topics for future numbers: No. 539. July 7. Show the value-of the honey bee to the farmer. No. 540, July 14.—Tell how to break and train a colt. No. 511, July 21.—Give good working rules for putting in a system of under- drainage. the State, the1 deficiency at Indianapolis averaging about 8 degrees per day. Both the day and night temperatures were unseasonably coo!, but the decided departures from normal were generally due to the abnormally cool nights, when temperatures ranged from 45 to 60 degrees. In portions of Gibson and Steuben counties the rainfall was somewhat excessive, making the ground too wet to plow. Thunderstorms occurred on the 19th, 20th, 22d and 23d. On the 23d considerable damage was done locally in the southern section, particularly in Gibson and Pike counties." rel and the buckhorn: both are bad customers, and dilllcult to eradicate. Mr. McD. says he finds the sorrel in his potato field. If he cultivates the potatoes well he will kill it out there, but the chnnces are that it will spread iuto the pasture or meadow, and there it will take hard work to destroy it. The quickest and surest way will be to break up the ground and put it in some cultivated crop. If the patch is quite small it may be smothered out by covering it a foot deep with straw. The buckhorn should be dug out with a spud, before it goes to seed. |
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