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THKUUOH  better,  more  intelligent,  more  econom¬ 
ical  use  of  good  tools  will  tome  the  profit  that  is  so 
hard  to  find  each  year  on  many  crops  Plant  right  so 
you  will  get  full  benefit.  Work  faster  with  better  tools 
so  you  can  cultivate  and  spray  often.  Study  whether 
there  isn’t  some  tool  that  will  do  your  work  better. 
I  was  very  much  pleased  to  see  A.  T.  first  or  the  second  year,  but  you  will  find 
T.’s  reply  on  page  1479  to  E.  L.  Fish’s  one  sure  thing;  when  you  get  your  farm 
article  ou  page  1894.  The  ©illy  objection  and  get  everything  moving  properly,  if 
I  have  to  offer  is  that  he  did  not  make  you  do  by  chance,  take  a  day  or  so  off, 
it  strong  enough.  Any  animal  can  be  you  will  find  everything  will  go  on  and 
improved  by  proper  feeding,  but  it  is  increase.  Not  that-  way  where  you  are 
the  large-framed  one  which  shows  the  working  for  wages;  when  you  stop  every- 
inost  profit.  Why  not  apply  this  to  thing  stops  hut.  your  expenses,  and  they 
land?  If  I  had  put  as  much  labor  on  a  keep  right  on.  I  started  on  the  farm 
field  as  Mr.  Fish's  friend,  anti  paid  for  about  14  years  ago,  and  today  it  would 
all  the  various  expenses,  carrying  it  for  take  ten  thousand  to  buy  us  out,  and 
three  years  at  five  per  cent,  interest,  aud  still  have  the  motor  car  of  our  own. 
selling  for  a  .$75  advance,  I  should  not  Connecticut.  a  hack  lander. 
care  to  mention  the  fact.  Such  articles 
should  be  bidden  from  the  poor  "baek-to- 
the-laiider,’’  and  more  like  Mr.  Morse's 
on  page  1477  put  before  him 
ERNEST  F.  PROSSER. 
Orange  Co.,  N.  Y. 
R.  N.-Y. — The  article  was  headed 
“Thanksgiving  Feeding.”  No  one  ever 
heard  of  a  Thanksgiving  dinner  that  was 
built  on  the  single  basis  of  economy. 
Most  people  try  to  commit  suicide  on 
Thanksgiving  Day  in  the  most  expensive 
and  agreeable  way. 
Potato  machinery,  spraying  machinery,  garden  tools,  etc. ,  are 
built  lo  give  you  just  what  you  need  to  do  things  right  Al¬ 
most  any  combination  you  can  think  of  in  each  line.  Eighty 
years  olfactory  and  tarm  experience  behind  tbei  manufacture. 
Ask  your  dealer  to  show  them,  but  write  us  for 
separate  booklets  fully  describing  lines  in  which 
you  are  interested.  Let  us  make  good  our  claims. 
Bateman  M’f’g  Co.  Box  26,  Grenioch,  N.  J. 
Wintering  Pine  Seedlings;  Moving  Apple 
1.  I  have  a  number  of  White  pine  seed¬ 
lings  in  a  small  “flat,”  they  are  an  inch 
or  inch  and  a  half  high.  What  is  the  best 
way  to  take  care  of  them  over  Winter? 
I  have  a  cold  frame  I  could  put  the  fiat 
in,  if  it  would  be  all  right.  2.  Last 
Spring  I  cut  off  a  little  apple  tree  about 
three-quarters  of  an  inch  in  diameter, 
about  10  inches  from  the  ground  and  put 
in  a  graft  which  has  grown  over  six  feet. 
Would  it,  be.  all  right  to  transplant  it  in 
the  Spring  aud  plant  it  deep  enough  so 
the  old  stock  would  be  entirely  under 
ground?  My  reasou  for  transplanting  is 
that  the  present  location  is  too  close  the 
drive  so  the  horses  nibble  at  it. 
Stamford,  Conn.  a.  f.  b. 
1.  Plunge  the  flat  of  pine  seedlings  in 
the  cold  frame,  the  full  depth  of  the  box, 
water  well,  and  mulch  lightly  with  forest 
leaves  and  pine  branches,  being  careful 
not  to  have  the  mulching  too  compact. 
Put  ou  the  sash,  but  keep  it  slightly 
raised  in  the  rear  to  admit  air  at  all 
times.  Examine  the  flat  occasionally 
during  the  Winter  with  the  object  of 
supplying  moisture  by  watering,  if  indi¬ 
cations  point  to  the  need  of  it.  Ever¬ 
greens  must  be  reasonably  moist  at  the 
roots  during  the  Winter,  to  hold  them  in 
good  condition, 
2.  It  would  not  be  advisable  to  plant 
the  apples  so  as  to  cover  the  union,  nor 
could  there  be  any  possible  advantage 
gained  by  doing  so.  The  feeding  roots  of 
trees  must  be  near  enough  tu  the  surface 
to  get  a  certain  amount  of  air  or  they 
will  become  stunted  and  refuse  to  make 
progress  until  new  roots  have  been  formed 
near  the  su face,  which  in  some  cases  re¬ 
quire  a  long  time.  K. 
The  more  thorough  the  spraying  opera 
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Endorses  the  Advice 
In  the  issue  for  Dec.  IS  is  a  “Plaiu 
Talk  About  Dairying,”  and  I  think  Mr. 
Morse,  who  answers  the  baek-to-the-land- 
er's  questions,  is  a  little  too  severe  with 
that  gentleman.  Possibly  the  lmek-to-the- 
landers  need  just  such  severe  advice. 
I  think  the  Foods  aud  Markets  De¬ 
partment.  is  a  great  thing  for  the  farm¬ 
ers.  I  have  not  tried  any  sales  there,  as 
I  am  not  a  fruit  grower.  In  time  we 
shall  see  them  handling  bulk  products, 
I  think,  but  they  must  have  time  to  do 
it  all.  It  certainly  is  helping  the  tip¬ 
ple  men,  and  I  am  glad  of  it.  The  R. 
N.-Y.  is  the  only  farm  paper  which  I 
would  not  drop  off  the  list  unless  1 
couldn’t  get  the  dollar  to  buy  it.  As 
far  as  I  know  about  it  Tiie  If.  N.-Y'.  is 
the  only  farm  paper  that  is  on  the  watch 
for  frauds  of  all  kinds  and  colors  and 
that  alone  is  worth  a  good  deal  to  farm¬ 
er  folks.  EDMUND  R.  GRANGER,  JR. 
New  York. 
I  am  writing  this  iu  answer  to  Back- 
to-thc-landcr  L.  A.  G.  and  Grant  Morse. 
1  think  that  Mr.  Morse  is  as  far  one 
way  as  L.  A.  G.  is  the  other,  from  my  ex¬ 
perience  which  has  been  three  years  in 
the  East,  but  not  in  New  l'ork  State, 
a  little  farther  East,  in  the  State  of 
Connecticut,  Let  L.  A.  G.  get  a  small 
farm  close  to  a  good  market  where  it 
would  not  take  a  motor  car  to  take  him 
there  and  back  the  same  day,  but  close, 
say  two  miles  away,  and  about  one-half 
the  sine  he  is  speaking  of.  Then  have 
a  few  cows  and  some  poultry,  aud  a 
yoke  of  oxen,  well  broken,  and  one  good 
mare,  and  let  her  give  him  a  colt  each 
year,  and  keep  just  what  stock  he  can 
raise  feed  for  himself.  Leave  that  hired 
man  out,  for  only  a  few  days  in  haying, 
then  keep  him  at  work  just  It)  hours  a 
day,  aud  see  that  he  actually  works  that 
length  of  time,  for  a  man  who  is  any  good 
will  do  as  much  in  10  hours  as  he  will  in 
13.  Buy  a  little  one-horse  mower  and 
rake,  which  will  cost  about  $00,  and  a 
small  disk  harrow  and  a  smoothing  har¬ 
row.  which  would  cost  $30;  a  walking 
plow  and  a  cultivator  for  $15.  Keep  a 
good  flock  of  hens,  ducks,  geese,  turkeys 
and  have  his  whole  family  interested. 
Buy  a  small  separator,  make  butter, 
raise  all  the  stock  possible.  Plow  up 
four  or  five  acres  and  till  that  well,  then 
seed  it  down  and  take  some  more,  till  it 
intensively.  Make  four  blades  of  grass 
where  there  was  only  one.  Do  your  own 
work ;  when  it  is  wot  you  will  find  plenty 
around  barn  that  wants  doing;  when  it 
is  hot  work  early  and  late,  and  lie  in  the 
hammock  through  the  heat  of  the  day. 
Have  a  time  to  do  your  chores  and  do 
them  at  that  time,  and  never  take  more 
to  do  than  you  are  able  to  do,  and  drive 
your  work,  not  let  work  drive  you.  Don’t 
take  Mr.  Morse’s  advice  to  bite  off  more 
than  you  can  chew. 
Don’t  stand  around  aud  murmur  and 
complain  when  it  rains;  find  something 
to  do  if  it  is  only  to  go  aud  read  your 
R.  N.-\T.  It  would  be  bettor  than  com¬ 
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have  no  control  over.  Do  your  part  and 
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