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the  rrop  lias  never  gained  many  friends 
in  this  country.  Some  of  the  advertise¬ 
ments  go  so  far  ns  to  claim  that  it  will 
yield  over  .300  tons  of  green  forage  to  an 
acre.  These  figures  are  always  obtained 
from  taking  the  weight  of  one  particular 
plant,  and  multiplying  it  by  the  number 
of  plants  which  might  be  grown  on  an 
acre.  In  some  part  of  the  country  such 
as  Western  Oregon,  this  so-called  Eureka 
clover  might  pay,  but  judging  from  ex¬ 
perience  it  is  not  likely  to  do  so,  and  the 
best  advice  to  the  average  reader  is  to 
either  let  it  alone,  or  to  try  it  as  an  ex¬ 
periment  in  a  very  small  way. 
RURALISMS 
Culture  of  Hardy  Larkspurs 
1.  What  month  is  best  for  transplanting 
Delphinium  (perennial  larkspur)?  Can 
old  clumps  be  divided  same  as  pmonies? 
What  is  the  variety  most  sought  for  by 
city  people  owning  gardens?  t:.  w.  It. 
Denver,  Col. 
spring  is  the  best  season  for  trans¬ 
planting  established  plants  of  the  hardy 
Delphiniums,  though  they  will  succeed 
very  satisfactorily  if  transplanted  in  the 
Autumn.  Division  may  be  done  in  early 
Spring,  or  immediately  after  they  are 
through  flowering.  In  case  the  latter 
period  is  adopted  for  dividing  them,  all 
the  old  tops  should  he  cut  off  close  to 
the  ground.  All  varieties  are  very  pop¬ 
ular.  The  tall  English  sorts  are  used 
quite  extensively  for  background  in  the 
hardy  'herbaceous  border,  as  they  fre¬ 
quently  reach  a  height  of  six  feet  or 
more,  producing  very  large  spikes  of 
bloom,  and  are  considered  by  most  gar¬ 
deners  as  being  the  finest  of  all  the  hardy 
delphiniums.  The  Belladonna  and  its 
hybrids,  Formosum  and  Formosum  cede- 
stinum,  are  probably  more  extensively 
planted  than  any  other  sorts.  They  grow 
three  to  four  feet  high,  are  very  vigorous 
and  free  and  almost  continuous  bloom¬ 
ing.  The  beautiful  rich  dark  blue  with 
white  eye  of  the  Formosum,  the  exquisite 
celestial  blue,  with  white  center,  of  For¬ 
mosum  Ccelestinum  and  the  clear  tur¬ 
quoise  blue  of  the  Belflndonnn,  are  scarce¬ 
ly  equaled  by  any  other  flower  in  cul¬ 
tivation. 
Seeds  of  any  or  all  of  the  hardy  spe¬ 
cies.  sown  in  shallow  drills  in  the  cold 
frame  in  April,  grow  readily  and  soon 
make  plants  large  enough  to  set  in  the 
open  ground.  As  a  rule  the  young 
plants  transplant  quite  as  successfully  as 
lettuce  and  cabbage,  and  Spring-raised 
plants,  if  set  out  when  large  enough  will 
bloom  in  the  Autumn.  These  will  make 
fine  marketable  plants  by  Fall.  Named 
sorts  are  increased  very  largely  by  root 
division  and  cuttings  of  the  young  shoots. 
Worms  on  Grapevines 
My  grapevines  are  being  destroyed  by 
a  green  worm.  What  can  I  do  for  tile 
vines?  Leaves  are  being  eaten  and  a  web 
is  formed  on  the  leaf.  M.  I.  n. 
Kitchawan,  N.  Y. 
For  all  leaf-eating  insects  of  the  grape 
arsenate  of  lead  at  the  rate  of  three 
26  Extra  Features 
73  New  Conceptions 
F.o.b.  Racine 
MID-YEAR 
MODEL 
The  Expert’s  Car 
This  Shows  What  Men  Think  of  a  Bate-Built  Car 
Hardly  a  casting  remains  in  it.  But  440  parts 
are  either  drop-forged  or  stamped  from  tough¬ 
ened  steel.  He  allows  big  margins  of  safety. 
He  uses  much  Chrome-Vanadium  steel.  Im¬ 
portant  parts  are  all  made  oversize.  The  result 
seems  to  be  a  lifetime  car.  Six  Mitchells  have 
averaged  164,372  miles  each,  or  over  30  years 
of  ordinary  service.  And  they  are  running  still. 
That  is  why  men  who  get  expert  advice  are 
buying  this  Mitchell  now.  They  want  a  car  which 
John  W.  Bate  calls,  “The  best  car  I  can  build.” 
Most  of  the  Mitchell  sales  in  cities  are  made 
to  very  able  men. 
Our  Chicago  dealer,  in  one  week,  sold  Mitchells 
to  five  big  bankers.  Our  New  York  dealer — in 
the  home  of  the  critical — has  ordered  2000  of 
this  Mid-Year  model. 
Your  nearest  Mitchell  dealer  has  a  list  of  en¬ 
gineers — men  of  national  fame — who  selected 
the  Mitchell.  They  chose  this  car,  among  400 
makes,  because  of  its  mechanical  perfection. 
Trouble  With  Raspberries 
Whit l  can  bo  dono  for  my  raspberries? 
Tim  bearing  ennos  on  mo  out  last.  Spring 
in  bent  of  condition,  had  a  splendid  set  of 
blossom,  and  n  very  good  sot  of  fruit, 
but  soon  dried  off  and  fruit  nil  withered. 
The  now  canes  for  fruiting  next  year  are 
the  best  I  ever  had,  yet  old  canes  are 
all  dried  off.  n.  K. 
Brentwood,  Pa. 
The  fruiting  canes  of  raspberries  die 
off  every  year  after  fruiting.  Nature  has 
provided  for  this,  and  they  should  be 
cut  out  and  burned  as  soon  after  fruit¬ 
ing  as  possible.  When  the  fruiting  canes 
die  prematurely  with  only  a  part  of  the 
crop  ripened,  it  is  usually  caused  by  lack 
of  nourishment  or  moisture,  or  both. 
Raspberries  should  be  liberally  fed  with 
well-rotted  manure,  and  should  have  good 
cultivation  during  the  fruit  ng  season.  If 
these  important  details  are  properly 
looked  after  there  should  he  no  cause  for 
the  plants  not  maturing  tlieir  crop  of 
fruit,  and  otherwise  being  entirely  satis¬ 
factory  to  the  grower.  K. 
Now  73  New  Touches 
The  Mitchell’s  position  among  shrewd  buyers 
is  due  to  John  W.  Bate. 
This  great  efficiency  engineer  designed  all  our 
factory  buildings.  They  now  cover  45  acres. 
He  equipped  those  buildings  with  2092  up-to- 
date  machines.  He  trained  our  workmen. 
The  result  is  a  model  motor  car  plant.  He 
has  reduced  our  factory  costs  50  per  cent.  No 
other  plant  in  America,  we  think,  could  build 
such  a  car  at  our  cost. 
That  is  why  such  a  car  can  be  sold  at  our 
price.  And  why  it  includes  26  costly  extras 
without  any  extra  price. 
Extra-Strong  Parts 
In  the  car  itself  Mr.  Bate 
has  worked  out  more  than  700 
improvements.  He  has  spent 
13  years  on  it.  This  is  his 
17th  model. 
The  Mid-Year  Mitchell  is  our  second  1916 
model.  It  was  completed  after  other  new  mod¬ 
els  came  out.  Our  experts  examined  257  cf  the 
latest  models  to  get  ideas  for  this. 
So  this  Mid-Year  Mitchell  combines  all  the 
best  attractions  brought  out  in  this  year’s  cars. 
In  addition,  it  has  26  extra  features — things 
other  cars  omit.  Things  like  a  power  tire 
pump,  cantilever  springs,  an  extra-cost  carbure¬ 
tor,  an  easy  control,  a  ball-bearing  steering  gear, 
etc.  You  will  find  here  the  most  complete  car 
shown.  You  will  find  beauty,  luxury  and  com¬ 
fort  in  extreme.  You  will 
find  the  car  which  you  will 
want  when  you  buy  a  car  to 
keep.  Go  see  it.  If  you  don’t 
know  your  Mitchell  dealer, 
ask  us  for  his  name. 
MITCHELL  MOTORS  CO.,  Inc. 
Racine,  Wis.,  U.  S.  A. 
Propagating  Rambler  Roses 
Will  you  toll  me  bow  to  slip  or  pro¬ 
pagate  Rambler  roses?  I  have  tried  to 
root  them  in  water  and  have  set  the  slips 
iu  ground  ;  both  failed.  f.  ii. 
North  Rose,  N.  Y. 
The  best  time  to  take  cuttings  from 
Rambler  roses  is  just  when  they  arc 
shedding  their  blooms,  using  the  branches 
that  have  bloomed.  The  wood  of  these 
branches  at  this  time  is  nearly  mature, 
and  iD  the  best,  possible  condition  for 
rooting.  Old  experienced,  rose  propa¬ 
gators  frequently  use  the  one-eye  cut¬ 
tings,  hut  for  general  use  particularly  in 
the  hands  of  the  inexperienced,  t he  two 
and  three-eye  cuttings  will  probably  prove 
the  more  successful.  When  making  the 
slips,  cut  the  lower  end  of  the  slip  diag¬ 
onally  and  dose  up  to  the  bottom  bud 
or  eve,  remove  the  leaves  from  the  lower 
buds,  pulling  the  leaf  sterns  from  the 
slip.  Cut  the  leaf  stem  of  the  top  bud 
so  as  to  leave  only  about  half  the  leaves 
remaining.  Now  fill  a  box  four  inches 
deep  with  perfectly  clean  sharp  sand, 
firm  it  with  a  brick,  after  which  open 
narrow  channels  in  the  sand  with  a  table 
knife  or  other  like  instrument,  into  which 
the  cuttings  are  inserted  about  1  %  inch 
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For  5-Passenger  Touring  Car  or 
3-Passenger  Roadster 
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High-speed  economical  Six.  48  horse¬ 
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equipment,  including  26  extra  features. 
