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The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
October 14, 1922 
WHEELBARROW 
STUMP-PULLER 
^ Hish to hire *xpensive help. 
Martinson Mfg. Co., 
HOom 1304 Lincoln Building, Duluth, Minn. 
Try the Martinson. 
You will be glad of 
it* as long as you 
.Vic. . live. 
Write for full 
particulars. 
Things To Think About 
The object of thie department ii to give readers a chance to expreai themselves on farm 
matters. Not long articles can be used—just short, pointed opinions or suggestions. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER does not always endorse what is printed here. You might 
call this a mental safety valve. 
This marvelous One-Man Wheelbarrow Stump-Puller 
actually has the strength of 672 men. It is today A 
the marvel of all Land Clearing Demonstrations, 
Positively outclassed all competition last season w 
by pulling 64 stumps in 3 hours — ONE man doing all M 
the work of operating machine and hitching to stumps. # 
Made of best steel; light, handy and easily^^^P"V 
operated. Mounted like a wheelbarrow, easy^^B^T 
to push any place in the field. Cable has FRF.E\. 
tensile strength of 23 tons,enough to pull 
any stump. Has two speeds, contin - 1 ° P rove BllfWi 
uous pull, shifts without loosening hold everything we say clil[n|i 
on stump. “My girl and boy, 8 and lO^^r a k OU f thi<! wonderful ma ^ 
years respectively, pulled a 12-inch ,. aDOUC ”OnderiUl nia- 
stump with the Martinson, ",^^ chine we will send! it to you for FREE trial, 
writes John Scottino, of Ar- If the Martinson fails to make 
»oId, Minn. "The best^^ good, return it and the deal 
machine out, says A. • ~L rr j. : .1 . ,, wonder. Have I 1 
J. Engfer, Prior ,S h IS the Stump-puller acre* ready roi 
Lake, Minn, i # for the poor man who does not -Hr VtamnilT 
**Wy machine la w 
wonder. Have 19 
•crea ready (or 
the plow.— 
• la m DI all 
\ pulled with 
\ tb« Martin- 
-7[ ton" I treat 
Phillip*, Ake- 
icy. Mina. 
The Traveling 
I, therefore, as a city man, take advan¬ 
tage of your low prices and buy direct 
from you farmers? We could safely use 
a barrel or two of potatoes, same of 
apples, five baskets or more of tomatoes, 
two barrels of onions, carrots, celery, 
beans, peas, cabbage, etc., etc. I am per¬ 
sonally willing to motor the supplies 
home in my limousine—bill where shall I 
put them? My kitchen is 0x10, with 
many a fixture in it, but no special pan¬ 
try or food storage room. My wife does 
not know how to can or preserve. The 
maid is an excellent help at other work. 
My daughter is frequenting high school 
and has not as yet taken the cooking 
course. The house is an extra modern 
apartment house—two elevators, ‘phone, 
shower baths, clothes closets, parquet, 
colored porters, rich draperies, etc-., but 
no storage room for food. 
No, we do not know any other tenants; 
we are New Yorkers! So of course we 
cannot get together and buy or entrust 
some one with our buying. The icebox 
is our limit, and purchases are made 
daily or for more days at once. 
Yes, we do pay high prices—enormous. 
I am ashamed to know that I am robbed 
and submit, and that I nearly can buy 
the farm supplies for a week with the 
expenses of a day. 
Mrs. K. has a fiat in the east side of 
the Bronx. There are five in the family. 
Their income is smaller. They buy sheer 
necessities—no room for storing, no 
facilities of bringing their purchases from 
a distance—mistrust to buying by mail. 
She buys from the peddler or the retail 
store nearby. They cannot ever get 
enough. The prices are high, so they 
tighten their belts. 
My friend L. has a home in Ilastings- 
on-IIudson. In her proximity are quite 
a number of homes. Some have large 
progeny, some without any. Their little 
vegetable garden keeps them supplied in 
Summer. Their coal went, in last month. 
Their order was put in February or 
Ma rch. She has plenty of room for 
storage. My friend does it. So do 
others. 
Grocery Store 
ceives my card to call, as the case might 
be, every six months for re-examination 
or prophylactic treatment. I have gained 
the confidence of thousands. No, they 
are not the very rich. I have been recom¬ 
mended. I have done honest, conscien¬ 
tious work. a. s. 
The Traveling Grocery Store 
In these days of automobiles, airplanes, 
etc., few of us, 1 imagine, ever think 
back to the time when mother needed 
groceries or other essentials, and it was 
up to some member of the family to hitch 
up and go to town. Sometimes it was 
mother’s luck to be the chosen one. 
Ordinarily it was u treat for her, for, as 
we all well know, our grandmothers and 
a great many of our mothers were 
usually buried in work to their necks, 
and to tear away for perhaps a few hours 
gave her a rest from the dishpan. the 
washtub or a basket of holey stockings 
which needed mendiug. Some of those 
• poor souls would arise from their graves 
if they were to know that an automobile 
carrying groceries, clothing, etc., drives 
Up to the farmer's door nowadays, and he 
doesn't have to go to town for them. 
One of the most complete outfits and. 
in fact, the only one of its kind, I have 
ever seen in my travels from Massachu¬ 
setts to Oregon and back to New York 
State, makes a trip once u week through 
our part of the county. It’s a veritable 
department store oil wheels. 
The truck is a ton and a half. The 
total weight, including stock, is about 
four tons. The owner told me that he 
covers 25 miles daily, and on one of his 
routes he is out two days and covers 
about 5<J miles. He averages 12 miles to 
a gallon of gas. 250 miles to a gallon of 
oil, and his tires give him from 12,000 
to 15,000 miles. 
Ilis stock consists of groceries of every 
description, shoes, work clothing, kitchen 
utensils, lamp chimneys, cigars, tobacco, 
notions and auto supplies. It is interesting 
to note that his groceries especially are all 
of a high grade. Little attention was 
given lho other part of the stock, only to 
notice the neat arrangement and fine sys¬ 
tem- of display. l’rices are practically 
the same as one would pay at a store, 
and the greatest factor to be considered 
is the convenience of having those things 
brought right to your door. The inven¬ 
tory value of the merchandise is $1,000, 
and the average sales for a day are $100. 
MRS. II. K. 11 A 8 LETT. 
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high speed—look to your spark plugs first, as these 
troubles usually are caused by old or incorrectly 
designed plugs. Very often costly repair bills are in¬ 
curred, various adjustments made and finally it is 
found that new spark plugs are the remedy. Avoid 
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More than 200 car and truck makers now use and 
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You can’t go wrong following 
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Ford Owners: The AC 1075 for Ford engines 
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Will Place Farm in “Cold Storage” 
After 45 years farming, and in recent 
years seeing labor and farm conditions go- 
ing from bad to worse, with old age forcing 
me to hire about all labor, I concluded to 
quit, and put my farm in “cold storage.” 
I have seeded all my cultivated land to 
Winter rye, there to remain without 
further cultivation or attention until con¬ 
ditions change. This will conserve soil, 
keep weeds down, and rye annually seed¬ 
ing itself will return land all possible to 
the original prairie condition. With 
nothing to sell, no labor to pay, buying 
only absolute necessities, I anticipate 
pleasure in relief from the many imposi¬ 
tions farming has now to contend with. 
AN ILLINOIS FARMER. 
It. N.-Y.—We have had much the same 
report from other farmers. We think 
grass seed with the rye would help bring 
that soil back to the "original prairie 
condition.” 
A Puzzled Consumer 
I have read carefully your marketing 
impressions, and regret to see you not 
finding a solution to the distressing state 
of disposing of your products. I am a 
city man. I live in New York City— 
Riverside Drive. I have a wife, two chil¬ 
dren, a maid and some other Casual help 
to feed. A good part of my income goes 
on rent, a larger part on food. IIow can 
Do not get^ after us flat and apartment 
dwellers. We arc the prey of retailers 
until you can bring it to our doors in 
small quantities. 
Did you. you Turgenev of Hope Farm 
Notes, try to form a farmers’ club with 
your neighbors, under a special name, foi¬ 
lin' advertising and selling of your farm 
products direct? Did you advertise in 
I lie papers of small communities in large 
black print what you have for sale, and 
at. what prices, and deliver same? Did 
you get a list of the borne owners from 
your tax collector, and mail them period¬ 
ical postnl cards with wlmi you have for 
sale? Did you form a mailing list? Did 
you gain their confidence by giving them 
honest treatment throughout? Did you 
start to form an advance sale mailing 
list w'ith orders for your produets before 
they came to be harvested? If your list 
is falling, find out the cause. Do not sell 
on credit. Advertise from time to time 
in local papers with big. bold type. 
Get new sections of the city, map your 
routes, use the express, the post office, 
let “Totn” make deliveries, and 1 assure 
you he will not have to hide beyond a 
screen of smoke his desire to clutch 
"sky’s” Adam’s apple. 
I am a professional—a dentist. I sell 
services. My profession is a nagging, 
tedious one. People fear us. They either 
come when they are forced to or too late. 
My duties are to see that their masticat¬ 
ing organs are in order. A terminated 
case is not a finished patient. lie re- 
Cannot Equal 
C# f mm lyiCIl the Great Power 
of this One-Man Stump-Puller 
When you write advertisers mention The R. N. - Y. and you ’It get a 
quick reply and a “square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
