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^SAWMILLS—POWERS 
T71ARQUHAR Portable Sawmills 
Jl are built in five sizes suitable 
for all conditions. Our celebrated 
Double Belt Feed insures fast, 
accurate sawing. Both forward 
and backward movements of car¬ 
riage controlled by single upright 
lever with the speed regulated by 
amount of pressure operator ap¬ 
plies. Choice of Standard or Log 
Beam Carriage. 
Cornish Engine and Boiler 9hown be¬ 
low is a slab burner, specially designed 
for operating Sawmills. The Farquhar 
Locomotive Rig for both coal and wood. 
These outfits mounted on either wheels 
or sills. 
Farquhar Machinery for dependable, 
economical sawmilling. Write us a3 to 
requirements and we will help 6olve your 
problems. 
A. B. Farquhar Co., Ltd., Bo: 60030 York, Pa. 
Other Farquhar products include Steam and Cos 
Tractate. Threshers. Potato Diggers. Grain Drille. 
Culttcatore. Hydraulic Cider Presset. Descriptive 
. catalogs tree on request. 
Conifer Cuttings 
Conifer cuttings may be made through 
the Winter months up to February. 
These cuttings are made much shorter 
than those from deciduous plants. From 
ro 0 in. is usually the extreme length. 
These cuttings are made of Jho present 
season's growth, having if possible a 
slight ‘'heel" or bit of the former sea¬ 
son's growth at the base. While this 
"heel" is not absolutely essential, a larger 
number of cuttings will callus and root 
when made with one than if made en¬ 
tirely of the soft later growths. These 
cuttings, when made, are set in sand in 
shallow boxes that are from M to 4 in. 
deep. They may he set from one to 2 in. 
deep, having the rows 3 in. apart. After 
watering these cuttings the flats or boxes 
Blue Spruce 10 Years Old 
should be set in a cool, light situation 
where the temperature will hold from 40 
to 45 degrees Fahrenheit. These condi¬ 
tions should prevail until the cuttings 
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Skinner Hydraulic 
Barrel Heading Press 
An improved, prac¬ 
tical press that does 
unusually good 
work. Run by indi¬ 
vidual motor drive, 
or belt drive. Valves 
are rotary type, 
practically wear¬ 
proof. Pump con¬ 
sumes no power ex¬ 
cept when pressing 
head into barrel. 
Other good points 
that appeal to busy 
men. Write us for 
fuller description. 
Skinner Machinery Company 
Eighth Street, Dunedin, Floridt 
Our Roofing Book 
TELLS YOU -ALL ABOUT 
LEADCLAD 
Thu Non-Ku-tim: Metal Rooting—Wire 
Fence amt Barbed Wire. Covered with 
Pure Load. Also Galvanized and Felt. All 
delivered to your R. U, Station, Write 
for samples and price. 
Consumers’ Mlg. and Supply Co. 
P. O. Box 342 Moundsvitle, W. Va. 
are eallused. when they may be given | 
more heat while rooting. After roots are ! 
formed the cuttings may he planted out. I 
or, better, transplanted into shallow 
boxes containing good soil and grown in 
partial shade through the first year. 
A correspondent asked recently how 
much Colorado blue spruce should grow 
per year. The accompanying picture 
(see above) shows a normal tree 10 years 
old. It is just 10 ft. high. 
T. H. TOWNSEND. 
Chemical Treatment for Borers 
During September, 1921, I had my 
class in practical pomology apply para- 
dic-hlorobenzene to about 100 12-year-old 
peach trees and to a few younger peach 
trees. An examination made this Sum¬ 
mer and Fall shows that there are prac¬ 
tically no borers in these trees, and as 
far a< I can determine no injury has re¬ 
sulted by the use of this chemical. The 
work was accomplished as follows: 
The class was divided into groups of 
four. One man with a hoe cleaned away 
the rubbish and leveled the soil around 
the base of the tree, the second man ap¬ 
plied the pa rad i<'h loro benzene in a circle 
about the base of the tree and the third 
t\n.d fourth men. working on opposite 
sides of the tree, threw several shovelfuls 
of soil over the paradichlorohenzene, 
packing it with the hacks of the shovels. 
Figuring labor at S3 per day. we esti¬ 
mated the total cost per tree at about 
o cents. I believe peach borers can be 
controlled with this material more 
economically and with less damage to 
the tree than by the old method of worm¬ 
ing. So far I have not noted any dam¬ 
age to the young trees which were 
treated, but not enough young trees were 
worked with to warrant any definite 
statement. 
Wo have not used the material on ap¬ 
ple trees, and as the department workers 
do not recommend it for apples I would 
hesitate to use it except in an oxperi- [ 
mental way. s. p. hollister. 
Connecticut Agricultural College. 
Popcorn 
Maple Syrup Makers! 
Profit by Adopting the 
Grimm system 
C*attiqwal pan* with 
It is to partitions. 
LkiriM 401I heavy cannot 
intermix Inaurtn* btsb- 
quality with lo H*t 
fuel anU labor. 2'J dif¬ 
ferent *lxoa. Writ* for 
catalog and state num¬ 
ber of tree* you tap. 
GRIMM MANUFACTURING CO. 
619 Champlain Ave.. Cleveland, O. 
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Would you tell me how I can pop pop¬ 
corn? I have raised a little this year, 
anil my boys want me to pop it. I have 
tried in many different ways without re¬ 
sults. ‘ a. J. 
Somerset Co.. X. J. 
Probably the popcorn is not thoroughly 
dry. It will not "pop” fully until it has 
been seasoned. Most popcorn is held at 
least one year before being used. We 
have popped eorn in various ways. It 
can be done in a but oven or in a frying 
pan if the kernels are kept well stirred 
up. The best way, of eoutse. is to use a 
regular "popper." which is a little box of 
wire netting fastened at the end of a 
stick. The eorn is put into this box and 
held over a hot fire by the wooden handle 
or stick and shaken so as to keep the 
kernels moving. 
Do you hear 
the clock strike 
the night hours ? 
H OW often you have heard people say, “I can’t drink 
coffee; it keeps me awake nights!” They’ve 
learned from experience; have you? 
If you are a coffee drinker and fail to get sound rest¬ 
ful sleep, it means that your nerves are over-stimulated 
and that health needs protection from coffee’s drug, 
caffeine. 
There’s no sacrifice in making health safe, as so many 
thousands have found who have turned from coffee to 
Postum. It has a delightful coffee-like flavor, and is free 
from any element that can harm you. As many cups as 
you like, and no regrets. 
Made by Postum Cereal Co., Inc. 
Battle Creek, Mich. 
Your grocer has Postum in two forms: Instant Postum 
(in tins) prepared instantly in the cup by the 
addition of boiling water. Postum Cereal 
(in packages) for those who prefer to make 
the drink while the meal is being prepared; 
made by boiling fully 20 minutes. 
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