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Vf>e  RURAL  N  E  W-Y  O  R  K  E  R 
February  12,  1910. 
Which  way  do  you  work? 
The  old 
back-breaking 
way? 
The 
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You  can’t  afford  to  cultivate  in  the  old  slow  back¬ 
breaking-  way.  The  Planet  Jr  way  takes  the  drudgery 
out  of  labor,  and  produces  bigger,  better  crops.  Planet 
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garden;  and  the  most  economical  cultivating  tools  you 
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Planet  Jr  tools  are  the  product  of  a  practical  farmer’s 
inventive  genius  and  manufacturing  experience  of  half  a 
century.  Last  a  lifetime.  Fully  guaranteed. 
No.  4  Planet  Jr  Combined  Hill  and  Drill  Seeder,  Wheel-Hoe, 
Cultivator  and  Plow  pays  for  itself  in  a  single  season  in  the  family 
garden  as  well  as  in  larger  acreage.  Sows  all  garden  seeds  (in 
drills  or  hills),  plows,  opens  furrows  and  covers  them,  hoes  and 
cultivates  easily  and  thoroughly  all  through  the  season. 
No.  11  Planet  Jr  Combined  Double  and  Single  Wheel-Hoe, 
Cultivator,  Plow  and  Rake.  Straddles  crops  till  20  inches  high, 
then  works  between  rows  with  one  or  two  wheels.  The  plows 
open  furrows  and  cover  them.  The  cultivator  teeth  work  deep  or 
shallow.  The  hoes  are  wonderful  weed-killers.  The  rakes  do 
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Address. 
THE  MAILBAG 
When  you  write  advertisers  mention  The  R.  N.-Y.  and  you’ll  get  a  quick  reply 
and  a  “square  deal.”  See  guarantee  editorial  page. 
St.  Regis  Raspberry 
As  I  read  in  the  new  catalogues  the 
Continued  superlative,  lauding  of  the  (to 
me)  worthless  St.  Regis  raspberry,  I 
must  rise  to  condemn  it.  Two  years  ago 
1  fget  an  experimental  000  and  while  they 
made  a  wonderful  luxuriant  growth, 
there  has  never  been  enough  fruit  at  one 
time  to  be  worth  considering ;  and  most 
of  their  long  bearing  period  we  would 
not.  bother  to  pick  their  scattered  ber¬ 
ries.  They  are  large  and  fine-looking, 
but  are  Hat  and  insipid  in  flavor,  and  are 
the  only  variety  we  grow  that  has  worms 
among  the  seeds.  J.  <;.  LfiiiuirroN. 
Pennsylvania. 
R.  N.-Y. — We  have  had  varied  reports 
of  the  St.  Regis.  Some  utterly  condemn 
the  variety  as  Mr.  Leighton  does,  while 
others  go  so  far  as  to  praise  it  highly. 
Some  of  them  may  never  have  had  the 
true  variety. 
Painting  Cement  Cistern 
I  notice  on  page  108  an  article  by 
C.  G.  I*,  entitled  “Painting  a  Cement 
Cistern.”  Following  is  our  experience: 
We  built  cement  cistern  in  Full  of  1014, 
and  were  advised  by  some  to  pump  out. 
the  first  water,  for  it  would  not  be  soft 
water,  also  advised  by  one  person  to 
paint  the  cistern  with  melted  paraffin, 
which  we.  did.  For  a  100-barrel  capacity 
cistern  we  used  about  75  cents  worth  of 
paraffin.  In  order  to  keep  it  hot,  after 
melting  we  put  it.  in  a  shallow  vessel, 
placing  the  vessel  with  the  paraffin  in 
a  larger  vessel  containing  hot  water. 
We  used  an  old  whitewash  brush 
to  do  the  painting.  Our  cistern  was 
not  perfectly  dry  when  painted,  that 
not  being  necessary  as  the  paraffin  closes 
the  pores  in  cement,  causing  it  at  once 
to  be  both  air  and  water-tight.  The  above 
treatment  of  cistern  has  given  the  best 
of  satisfaction,  as  the  water  has  always 
been  soft.  N.  B. 
Ohio. 
Another  Back-to-the-Land  Problem 
I  have  a  chance  to  get  a  400-acre  farm 
with  water,  100  acres  open  and  stonc- 
dearpd.  the  remainder  in  chestnut  and 
maple  timber,  house  and  barns,  etc.  One 
hundred  acres  fenced,  two  horses  and 
Cows.  Now,  after  paying  for  (lie  place,  I 
shall  have  practically  no  funds.  I  am  no 
farmer.  Here  comes  my  question  :  Would 
we  starve  on  such  a  place?  Family  of 
five.  I  am  45;  know  no  trade;  am  not 
“lmndy  with  tools,”  am  rather  a  dreamer 
a  la  Thol-eau,  and  generally  speaking, 
helpless.  G.  P. 
This  man  now  lives  in  a  Southern 
State,  and  the  farm  lie.  mentions  is  in 
New  England.  The  chances  are  that  lie 
would  starve,  or  come  close  to  it,  unless 
lie  struck  a  country  where  land  values 
will  rise  rapidly.  A  baek-to-tbc-lander 
should  have  all  the  qualities  which  this 
mart  lacks,  though  lie  is  honest  enough  to 
admit  it.  Thoreau  would  have  come  close 
to  starving  if  his  sister  had  not  helped 
him  with  food.  We  fear  our  friend  is  not 
built  of  the  stuff  which  makes  successful 
back-to-the-landcrs. 
Battered  Hammers 
During  the  past  Summer  two  serious 
eye  injuries  came  to  my  attention,  occur¬ 
ring  to  men  who  were  using  battered  ham¬ 
mers  on  iron.  One,  a  laborer,  lost  liis  eye, 
a  large  piece  of  steel  flying  into  if.  and  it 
being  so  much  injured  it  was  necessary  to 
remove  I  he  eye.  In  the  other  case  a 
young  farmer  had  a  fine  piece  of  steel 
penetrate  liis  eye.  It  was  removed  with  a 
powerful  magnet,  but  his  sight  has  not 
returned.  Safety  first  and  always. 
New  York.  o.  fund  pitts,  m.  d. 
Clover  in  Wheat 
I  have  an  apple  orchard  of  four  acres 
sown  in  wheat  and  wish  to  sow  it  down  in 
clover  this  Spring.  It  is  a  clay  soil  and 
an  altitude  of  2,000  feet.  When  would 
you  advise  me  to  sow  it?  Would  you 
mix  Timothy  ot*  Red-top  with  it? 
Romney,  W.  Va.  a.  j.  t. 
It  is  not  stated  wlnit  methods  may  he 
followed  in  the  future  in  caring  for  the 
orchard.  It  seems  that  clover  usually 
gives  better  results  sown  in  wheat  in 
Spring  when  the  ground  is  frozen  and 
honeycombed.  That  may  be  any  time 
from  February  to  April.  I  should  not 
advise  sowing  Timothy  nor  Red-top  with 
it.  Orchard  grass  and  Blue  grass  would 
be  better  for  the  orchard,  if  it  is  to  re¬ 
main  in  sod.  Also  Alsike  clover  is  ad¬ 
vised  along  with  Red  clover.  A  little  Al¬ 
falfa  with  it  may  be  a  good  thing  to  get 
the  bacteria  started,  and  get.  a  stand  of 
Alfalfa,  the  next  time  the  orchard  is  to  he 
Heeded  down.  u.  t.  c. 
Moving  Tahoe  Trees. — To  move  a 
large  tree  cheaply  and  safely  in  England 
they  cut  down  on  one  sine,  cut  off  roots 
some  feet  from  body.  In  h  year  or  so 
many  rootlets  will  have  started,  enough  to 
keep  the  tree  alive.  No  special  care 
needed  then  to  make  tree  live.  The  above 
was  told  me  a  short  time  ago  by  a  relia¬ 
ble  man.  You  may  know  it  already ;  I 
did  not,  though  interested  in  those  things. 
New  Hampshire,  o.  a.  kinoshuky. 
What  Standardization 
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Car  Buyers 
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Standardization  means  definite, 
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Of  the  million  autos  that  will 
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