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NOTE:  Even  after  its  experience  of  nearly  a  century*  Case  is  not  content  to  publish  adver¬ 
tisements  unless  based  on  the  very  latest  authoritative  information.  This  is  one  of  a  series  of 
messages  to  farmers,  prepared  after  visiting  tractor  demonstrations,  talking  to  hundreds  of 
farmers,  and  carrying  on  a  national  investigation  through  our  sales  organization  and  by  mail  to 
find  the  gas  tractor  needs  of  the  farmers. 
The  Home  Acre 
Notes  from  a  Maryland  Garden  fusely  each  year.  T 
The  beds  of  bulbs  have  determined  tbe  °ther  vines 
that  Spring  has  come,  and  the  hyacinths  count  for  the  failu 
and  Narcissus  are  making  a  gay  show,  bloom? 
In  the  shrubbery  the  Forsythias  are  Ipper  Montclair, 
showing  their  golden  flowers,  but  to  one’s  To  maintain  the 
feelings  there  is  still  a  chill  in  the  air.  lence,  the  best  spec 
Even  the  early  peas  have  not  shown  Wistaria  chinensis  ai 
above  the  ground,  and  row  after  row  of  seedlings  of  the  sar 
sown  seed  shows  no  signs  of  growth.  And  fruitescens  a  native 
.vet  the  perennial  plants  get  heat  enough  lings  of  the  Chines' 
to  stir,  for  the  clumps  of  peonies  are  to  he  shy  bloomers  i 
showing  their  red  shoots  and  the  percn-  will  not.  bloom  at  all. 
nial  Phlox  is  a  mass  of  green  leaves.  The  mind  now,  a  seedlinj 
Crocuses  finished  their  bloom  iu  the  cold  that  has  never  had 
of  March,  and  the  lawn  grass  is  almost  bloom.  The  only  re 
tall  enough  to  need  the  mower.  The  in-  ing  the  sterile  plant 
fl uenee  of  the  longer  days  tells  on  plant  reliability  or  graft  il 
life  even  when  it  still  seems  wintry  to  a  plant  that  does 
us.  The  early  tomato  plants  spotted  out  roses  or  honeysuckle 
in  the  cold  frames  have  the  double  glazed  Wistaria  iu  any  ws 
sashes  over  them,  and  we  will  hardly 
have  enough  now  to  reach  them  to  do 
any  damage. 
The  geraniums  iu  four-inch  pots  are 
also  out  in  the  frame,  for  the  greenhouse 
is  now  too  hot  for  them.  Geraniums  are 
worthless  here  for  bedding,  aud  we  grow 
them  only  in  pots  for  decorating  the 
porches.  A  better  bedding  plant  here  is 
the  everblooming  Begonia  Vernon. 
These  change  their  greenhouse  green  fol¬ 
iage  to  a  rich  reddish  bronze  wheu  set  in 
the  beds  and  they  make  a  nice  border 
for  beds  of  Cannas. 
The  Dahlias  and  the  Cannas  are  still 
buried  outdoors,  and  will  not  be  taken 
up  till  the  weather  is  more  settled.  I 
usually  find  the  Dahlias  sprouted  wheu  I 
uncover  them  and  are  in  the  right  con¬ 
dition  to  divide.  I  cut  most  of  these 
sprouts  hack,  for  the  main  trouble  here 
with  Dahlias  is  their  growing  too  early 
and  trying  to  bloom  in  the  hot  weather, 
when  the  flowers  are  apt  to  be  poor.  We 
keep  them  back  till  June  and  try  to  get 
a  later  growth  and  better  flowers.  Some 
of  the  best  Cannas  I  keep  in  a  warm 
cellar  to  make  sure  of  them,  hut  the  main 
lot  are  buried  and  covered  with  the  dead 
tops  and  then  with  soil,  and  finally  a  Nearly 
heavy  cover  outside  of  rough  strawy  ma-  are  for  1 
mire.  Another  plant  which  beds  nicely  chines, 
and  blooms  well  in  Summer  is  the  locality, 
spotted-leaf  calla.  The  tubers  are  per-  like  myse 
fectly  hardy  here,  hut  I  lift  them  in  the  and  a  ho 
Fall  for  increasing  them  by  division,  as  use  fertil 
they  can  be  cut  up  just  like  Irish  pota-  and  so  n 
toes.  I  plant  them  rather  thickly  along  rial,  are 
the  bed  where  the  Gladioli  are  planted  ofit  of  tht 
and  they  harmonize  well  with  these.  a  hand  s 
I  find  that  the  so-called  Dutch  Iloman  vertised  i 
hyacinths  hold  their  own  here  year  after  on  the  g 
year  from  home-grown  bulbs  better  than  high.  T1 
the  regular  Dutch  hyacinths.  While  the  nozzles  u 
White  1  toman  hyacinths  stand  our  Wfn-  (o  the  en 
ters,  they  always  try  to  bloom  too  early  out  expei 
and  get  frozen  flowers.  The  White  Itul-  lime-sulpl 
ian  hyacinths  are  a  little  later,  and  make  stains  the 
longer  spikes  and  just  as  many  as  the  ble  oil  eo 
Romans,  and  the  bulbs  mature  well  here,  spray.  I 
After  having  temporary  fences  rot  five-pound 
down  I  have  now  put  around  my  garden  can  of 
a  woven-wire  fence,  chicken-tight,  with  sprays, 
steel  posts  set  in  concrete.  I  think  this  use  the  o 
will  stay  there  and  will  he  an  orna-  15  parts 
mental  feature  when  covered  in  Summer  spoonfuls 
with  Lima  beans  aud  next  the  street  with  0f  ]eati  a] 
ornamental  climbers.  It  call  he  used  for  40.  to  a  r 
all  sorts  of  climbing  beans  and  save  the  0i,j  trees 
ugly  poles.  In  fact  I  long  ago  quit  poles  enough  gi 
and  pea  brush  and  use  various  widths  of  r;os  ani]  ( 
chicken  wire  netting  set  to  posts,  for  the  amount, 
ugliest  feature  in  most  gardens  is  the  coming  in 
array  of  beau  poles  before  they  get  hid-  Baldwins 
den  by  the  foliage.  Narrow  wire  can  he  fancy,  an 
used  for  the  taller  peas,  and  the  five-foot  0f  course 
width  set  a  foot  above  the  ground  at  the  pruning  a 
base  is  enough  for  Lima  beans.  This  the  small 
wire  is  rolled  up  and  stored  inside  in  ei%  don’t 
Winter  and  lasts  indefinitely.  get  a  sul. 
W.  F.  U ASSET.  nwn  -nrm 
says  one  who  knows  because  he  runs  a  Case  gas  tractor 
year.  Each  horse  requires  27  minutes  of  care  a  day.  Horses  eat  when 
idle  or  working.  Expense  goes  on  winter  and  summer — 24  hours  a  day. 
Too  many  men  are  “horse-poor” — over-horsed  but  under-powered. 
Too  many  farms  are  burdened  by  unnecessary  expense. 
Farm  help  is  mighty  hard  to  find  and  a  continual  source  of  expense. 
Case  Comes  Forward 
Now  comes  this  international  organisation  of  farm  engineers,  with  the 
answer  to  your  problem.  "Case  Tractors"'- that  is  the  answer,  for  small, 
■  or  large  farms.  One  man  can  do  more 
Case  10-20  tractor  than  with  the  ordi- 
lovv,  five-horse  outfit.  These  tractors 
:  hurry-up  jobs  to  meet  a  sudden  de- 
-they,  too,  are  backed  bv  our  experience 
agricultural  field.  "It  is  extremely  im- 
nt  to  consider  the  reputation  behind  the 
u1,”  says  the  Farmers’  Mail  and  Breeze, 
e  should  be  taken  to  guard  against  trac- 
bui It  on  half-baked  ideas.  When 
buy  a  tractor  of  a  standard  com-  \  i 
y  you  are  certain  of  getting  an 
fine  that  has  received  thought  VIA. 
d  study  by  specialists  who  know  ttY,  ’ 
e  problems  of  farm  tractors.”  \IW  ' 
Then  The  Country  Gentleman  / 
rarns  farmers  from  investing  in  nf; 
ractors  hurried  to  the  market  Vy. 
)y  companies  which  lack  ex-  W 
perience  in  this  or  the  farm  im¬ 
plement  field.  “Not  all  the  light 
tractors  on  the  market  are 
practical,"  it  says. 
Case  Leads 
st  be  a  good  reason.  For  farm- 
for  fun.  Some  farmers  choose  I 
Lase  because  it  is  an  old  reliable  concern,  having  been  in 
business  74  years.  Others  know  the  sound  financial  basis  ' 
of  this  company.  Some  have  already  used  Case  ma- 
cbinery,  and  they  need  no  proof  of  Case  workmanship.  I  - 
J  \  When  a  farmer  really  goes  into  the  tractor  situation  1  1 
thoroughly,  he  finds  so  many  reasons  for  Case  leadership.  1 
Lima  Beans  Drop  Pods 
Will  you  tell  me  why  bush  Lima  beans 
do  not  bear?  They  grow  large  in  bush 
and  vine,  bloom  and  set  small  beans,  and 
then  the  bean  falls  off.  j.  l. 
Baltic,  Conn. 
The  principal  causes  of  bush  Limas 
dropping  the  immature  pods  are  over- 
rich  soil  and  crowding,  generally  the 
latter,  particularly  if  the  season  is  wet. 
Lima  beans  need  good  air  circulation  at 
all  times  during  the  cropping  period.  If 
deprived  of  this,  the  blooms  will  not  pol- 
lenize  properly,  or  fail  to  make  pollen  at 
all,  with  the  result  that  the  small  pods 
soon  wither  and  drop  off.  The  stronger- 
growing  bush  Limas  should  he  given  at 
least  three  feet  between  the  rows  aud  24 
inches  between  the  hills  in  the  row.  Good 
soil  is  necessary  to  produce  a  good  crop, 
but  should  not  be  excessively  rich,  as 
over-stimulation  of  these  plants  nearly 
always  results  iu  a  very  poor  crop  of 
beans.  K. 
Buy — But  Think  First 
7’bcre  ar«  20  reasons  why  Case  tractors  are  bound 
to  lead.  Five  of  them  are: 
1.  All  Case  machinery  is  made  at  the  Case  plant  by  Case 
trained  workmen,  2.  All  Case  experimenting  is  dune  by  US, 
at  our  expense,  not  yours.  3.  For  74  years  Case  has  served 
successfully  farmers  everywhere.  4.  Our  first  gas  tractor 
was  built  24  years  ago— not  one  year  ago.  5.  Case  tractors 
are  not  orphans  because  of  Case  service.  9000  dealers. 
J.  I.  CASE  T.  M.  CO.,  Inc. 
722  Erie  St.,  RACINE,  WIS.  H 
(349)  Founded  1842  j 
The  Sign  of 
Mechanica  I 
Excellence 
the  World  Over 
Leaders  in  Other  Lines  of  M 
Agricultural  Machinery 
Casesteam  engines.  Case  threshing  machines.  Case  \  } 
road  machinery,  Case  automobiles,  and  every  Case 
product  is  each  a  dominant  factor  in  its  own  field. 
Write  today  for  our  complete  Case  Catalog.  It  is  an 
album  of  information  that  should  be  under  the  read- 
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Wistaria  Fails  to  Bloom 
I  have  a  Wistaria  vine  covering  one 
corner  of  my  pergola,  of  healthy  growth, 
about  eight  or  niue  years  old,  but  which 
has  never  bloomed.  Oan  you  tell  me  the 
cause  of  this  and  if  there  is  anything 
that  can  he  done  to  make  it  bloom?  The 
pergola  is  nine  feet  by  14  feet  iu  size.  On 
the  nearest  corner  to  the  Wistaria  is  a 
honeysuckle  vim*,  and  on  the  two  further 
corners  are  Crimson  Ramblers.  The 
honeysuckle  and  Ramblers  bloom  pro- 
Tiie  visitor  to  a  country  farm  was  be¬ 
ing  shown  round  the  premises  by  his  host. 
Presently,  as  they  walked  along  the  side 
of  a  field,  he  touched  his  companion  on 
the  arm.  ‘‘There!"  he  exclaimed  quickly. 
"Is  that  a  scarecrow?”  “Where?"  asked 
the  farmer.  “That  shabby  tiling  in  the 
middle  of  the  field?  It  must  be  a  scare¬ 
crow.  It  hasn’t  moved  all  the  time  I’ve 
been  watching.”  "That’s  no  scarecrow.” 
replied  the  farmer  sadly.  "That's  a  man 
I’ve  got  working  by  the  day.”— New  York 
Times. 
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