Prairie farmer's directory of Morgan and Scott Counties, Illinois

PRAIRIE FARMER'S RELIABLE DIRECTORY Of FARMERS andBREEDERS AND SCOTT COUNTIESMORGAN ILLINOIS Published By FARMER- Illinois Oldest and Best Farm PaperPRAIRIE FARMER'S RELIABLE DIRECTORY WM. H. President WELLIAM KAEDNKR, ManagerWITTE, H. H. Vice-President OSCAR and TreasurerWESSL.EK, GUSTAFSON, Secretary Jacksonville Monument Co. Under the laws of IllinoisIncorporated GRANITE MONUMENTS AND MAUSOLEUMS SPECIALLYDESIGNED None Too or Too SmallLarge ILLINOIS PHONE 531 BELL PHONE 173 330 East State Street JACKSONVILLE ILLINOISANDFARMERS AND MORGAN SCOTT COUNTIESBREEDERS, HEALTHFUL HEAT Warm air is to beacknowledgedheating most economical and satis-the sanitary, to use. We are infactory system specialists and most com-this work and have the largest line of warm air inplete heating apparatusWe sell and recommend the It will to have us in-county. pay you the following; stall next Plant.your HeatingGoodsTriple-O AND SHEET-Welcome METALWORK Universal We do all kinds of tin and metalslate, Faultless and sheet metal work of allshingle roofing kinds, downspouts,including gutters, valleys, Comfort and etc.roll, ventilators,ridge We build and iron tanks.Ideal heavy lightWrought We automobile radiators.repair Iron Furnaces Bell 444 PHONE 111. 1301 222 North Main St. ILL.G. A. FAUGUST JACKSONVILLE, CHERRY'S Auto Funeral Livery Phones 850 JACKSONVILLE ILLINOISPRAIRIE FARMER'S RELIABLE DIRECTORY mm* "All the News All the Time" iswhat when subscribe for theyouyou get JACKSONVILLE COURIER Morgan County's Leading Daily Newspaper ' ' U a in advance andmail,$3.00 year by payable stopped ^ at unless renewed. No back bills to !HE]expiration pay. The Courier is a !Hnlclean, live, wide-awake,good, which reaches theeasy-to-read evening newspaper, 5p of its subscribers a few hours after it isgreat majority p= thus them News It [U5printed, giving "Today's Today." is full of the latest and most of theinteresting day's jy^j both in andhappenings, Jacksonville ^Morgan County and its as well as the anlworld atsurrounding territory, Most all of the BIG NEWS of the day happens hours and is in news-during daylight printed evening on the same and is thepapers day, by morning twelve or more hours later. Check that up statement and it to if won't be-prove yourself you lieve us. You'll like our and itspaper price JACKSONVILLE COURIER a$3.00 year rciucMORGAN AND SCOTT COUNTIESANDFARMERS BREEDERS, imit Jimimimimimmiimiimiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiimimmiiiiiiiiii Sntrobuctton| | this we have endeavored to anddirectory give Morgan farmers a and reliableScott County complete directoryIN of the breeders and merchants of thefarmers, county, with such other as will make the ainformation directory valuable reference book. The task of on farmer in a andcalling countyevery the information for such a is a tre-collecting directory mendous one. We have received splendid co-operation from the farmers and withoutbusiness men of the county, which the of such a would bepublication directory impos- sible. In a few cases we have found farmersvery unwilling to the information which accounts for a fewgive requested, names that do not appear. A in thatfew mistakes are bound to occur a directory involves so an amount of but we havework, sparedlarge andno effort or to make the informationexpense complete and we believe that the mistakes are few.accurate, very want to word of for the ad-We aspeak appreciation vertisers liberal has to bearwhose support helped materially and ask thatthe of thisheavy expense publishing directory, wheneverfavor them withyou your patronage possible. and believe that the of this direc-We publicationhope service to andwill be a real Scotttory Morgan County PRAIRIEfarmers and in line with FARMER'S of servicepolicy ofto the farmers Illinois. We that the increased cir-hope PRAIRIE FARMER inculation of and Scott Coun-Morgan inties which has resulted will the movement for betterhelp better farm and more for thefarming, living, prosperity newand that our friends will becomecounties, many per- manent members of the PRAIRIE FARMERbig family. BURRIDGE D. BUTLER, Prairie Farmer.Publisher, TlllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllilllJIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIINIIillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllh" 1PRAIRIE FARMER'S RELIABLE DIRECTORY ESTABLISHED 1865 INCORPORATED 1906 MORGAN COUNTY ABSTRACT OFFICE the set ofonly complete Morgan/^perating abstracts canTitle Records from whichCounty lots inbe made for land or townaccurately any Morgan County. Our Certificate Is an Asset IN ALL ITS BRANCHESINSURANCE GradeHighest Companies ANDREAL ESTATE LOANS WALTER& A. F. AYERS Inc. Both Phones 27 W. State St.232V2 JACKSONVILLE ILLINOISPrairieFarmer'sDirectory sf and Scott CountiesMorgan Illinois of ofthe Farmers and ScottComplete Directory Morgan with valuable information about each farm.Counties, Breeder's full classified list of breedersDirectory, giving of livestock andpurebred poultry. Business list of all business houses inDirectory, giving and Scott Counties.Morgan Valuable statistics and information.general 1917Copyright, PRAIRIE FARMER PUBLISHING COMPANYBy and PublishedCompiled by Prairie Farmer Co.Publishing ILLINOISCHICAGO,PRAIRIE FARMER'S RELIABLE DIRECTORY BINDER TROUBLES AND ADJUSTMENTS By C. O. Reed, of in Prairie Farmer.University Illinois, To have to await the services of an will test one at a time and shouldpart when minute of the har- locate the trouble without difficulty.expert every vest is is not an ex- In out head for failure to redays money only testing most cases isbut in hand at backpensive practice, volve, operate by if of machinean one the shaft whchunnecessary operator through will use and drives head from elevator chain.patience good judg-only ment and to understand a fewtry General Binder Troublesof what seemsvery simple principles a machine. Thecomplicated purpose Chains. Undue wear in chains may this is aid theof article to operator be caused the chain toorunby being in his most common binder troubles. or backwards. Run the chaintight To cover the in the mostground log- with the hooks of the links leading con-ical and concise* let usmanner, and with the of the hooksopenings sider troubles under the three general out. The use of oil or ongrease binder bind-heads: troubles,general if the binder ischains, run inbeing and knotter header head troubles a or under con-sandy country dusty troubles. is not to be recommended,ditions, newIf start theStarting. possible, for the oil will collect the fine parti- machine on a road or in a pasture cles of and cause excessivegrit wear before into the field. Usegraingoing Under such conditions use dry graph- of kerosene and run the ma-plenty ite. Chain is caused thejumping by for about fivechine minutes,empty chain too loose or thebeing by duct to bear-notice thattaking every worn. If a wornsprocket being badly is Thenand oil holeings every open. is the cause for the trouble oil. When areyouapply lubricating a new one will have to be supplied. enter the with a newto grainready Canvas Troubles. The ofcreepingraise the machine wellmachine, up, canvases is caused themby runningthetilt the forward;platform open too loose or the elevators not be-bymachinethroat of the by throwing Test the elevators to seeing square.forward start inthe butt andadjuster if are means of meas-they square byswath.with about one-half of a full the anduring diagonals, then squareAfter five minutes work the machine theby to be foundspecial apparatus is for maximum results. Ifready for that Have the canvasespurpose.to make a full swath at thecompelled of the same on both sides.tightnesscut the extrastart, high.grain Canvases not thethe of a elevating grainNever change adjustment be caused slats 01into the may by missingnew binder head before going loose canvases. Broken slats aremiss atfield. It a few bundles gen-may caused the elevatorserally not be-but do not a lib- byfirst, adjust. Apply or theing square, canvases noteral amount of coal oil to the knotter by buckled andbeing thus thehead and the trouble will dis- evenlyusually slat is forced to over the rollerpassappear. at an to it. Chewed slats mavNew Machine to Start. Oc- angleFailing be caused a bolt or thea new machine fails to start by projectingcasionally canvas out ofto some or catch- guides beingdue shape.part sticking Throw the binder out of Draft. draft bring. gear Heavy Heavy may and see that the bull wheel revolves caused from lack of sufficient good without Remove the eleva- oil, bull wheel encatching. lubricating being tor chain and throw in This tered ingear. quadrant wrong; chains, espe- will test the sickle. Next on ele- main driveput cially chain, toobeing vator chain and throw off reel chains. or varnish nottight; paint cut This will test the rollers. Then con- out of the or rollers bindim--bearings; and test method oilnect the reel. This to theApply lubricating bearing.--.2T FARMERS AND MORGAN AND SCOTT COUNTIESBREEDERS, Enter the bull wheel in the the of the band on the bun-quadrant position Have the tension in dle. Do not the butter toproper expectsquare. the chains. Coal oil will cut the shove the straws down under thepaint or varnish from surfaces. breast theAdjust ofbearing plate. position machine is the head to the strawsWhen underempty, operator bring the breastshould be able to move elevators and then theby plate adjust hand on elevator chain. butter to smooth the butt of the bun- Sidedraft. Sidedraft in a binder re- dle. In uneven the but-grain head, fers to such resistance of the ter and reel must be shifted often toplatform of the as to cause a obtain the best results. Inend machine shortvery and hence re- or in downof toward"dragging" platform, grain grain leaning sults in a to run the ma- the elevators we have thetendency probably chine into the It be worst conditions for bundlegrain. may good caused wheel for bind-bearingby (a) grain making, especially eight-foot too wheel out ers. do allFirst, to retardlight; (b) grain being possible sickle the h