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TIIK KURAL NEW-YORKER. 
March 7 
Harrowing the Spring Wheat. 
Wlx’ii s'lwjiip^ cluv'or Kood HfMl 'I'iiii<>( liy 
among the wlioal this Spiing, will it injure 
the W'lieat to run a si)ike harrow through 
it preparatory to sowing if a roller be 
used upon it immediately afterward? 
What has your experience been in harrow¬ 
ing and rolling Spring grain? Under what 
conditions of the soil and weather would 
you advise it? If you have not found it a 
ilcsirable practice will you tell us why? 
A slight scratching of the wheat field 
previous to sowing grass seed would he 
beneficial to the wdieat crop, and improve 
the probabilities of a good catch of 
grass. We have never rolled after har¬ 
rowing, and would prefer not to. We 
would harrow as soon as the ground was 
settled in the Spring. The harrowing 
of a field of wheat would be fine; no 
doubt would materially help the crop 
and also assist in a good catch of grass. 
New .Jersey. J). c. i.iowis. 
It all depends upon the conditions of 
the soil. We prefer to seed while the 
ground is in what is called ’‘the honey¬ 
comb condition” from the action of the 
frost, but if this is not possible we prefer 
thoroughly to harrow the ground, break¬ 
ing up the cru.^t, then seeding and fol¬ 
lowing with the roller. The barrow will 
do more good than harm running 
through the young wheat, practically 
acting like a cultivator to the plant and 
making a good seed bed for the grass 
seed. I practice with good success the 
cultivation of oats with the weeder, in¬ 
creasing the yield from five to 10 bushels 
I)er acre. s. w. wadhams. 
Monroe Co., N. i. 
While it may not seriously injure the 
Winter wheat to run a i)roperly con¬ 
structed pin-tooth harrow over it in the 
early Spring, if the condition of the soil 
is right, the benefits to be derived from 
so doing are not apparent, as the light 
cultivation thus given would not ma¬ 
terially aid in the growth of the grain, 
nor yet would it be likely to secure a 
good stand of grass among the grain, 
which appears to be the object of your 
correspondent. Here on our light soil 
1 w'ould not use the harrow or roller on 
Winter grain (or grass) under any cir¬ 
cumstances, as the practice, so far as 
my experience goes, has not been fol¬ 
lowed with good results. 
Cambria Co., Pa. o. w. sktti.kmyei:. 
The Tree Paint Humbug is Abroad. 
.1. I\., WaalitHt/lon, .1/c.—There is an agent 
here selling an “insect destroyer;” it is 
litpiid. He claims if it is inserted under 
the bark of a fruit tree at the root, it will 
kill all the insects in and on the tree and 
make it produce good sound fruit, not only 
for one year, hut for any length of time. 
It will kill all the borers, also the blight. 
li. Itwkt! Idler, O.—l send a cala- 
higue of a tree fluid which is being well 
pushed in this neighborhood. 1 would like 
your opinion of same. The promoter claim.s 
that by putting wash on trees dow'ii next 
to ground it assimilates with sap and in¬ 
vigorates trees; also that putting w'ash on 
trees on the body will kill the San Jos6 
scale louse on the limbs. Some of the tes¬ 
timonials claim that it has done so. 1 
don’t think there is any San Jos6 scale 
here in this neighboi-hood. but there is 
plenty of the Scurfy bark-louse. This last 
year was wet, and 1 put plenty of nitrate 
of soda and fertilizers around my trees and 
they made a big growth; the lice have 
nearly all left for some reason. Some 
trees that were bad are clean and nice now, 
and I think maybe that accounts for read¬ 
ing of some of the testimonials. 
Ans.—S uppose a man came and told 
you that by soaking your feet in hot 
water in which he dissolved a powder 
you could cure a red nose. Suppose an¬ 
other came and said that by snuffing a 
liquid up your nose you could cure a 
corn on your toe? Is it possible that 
any sane persons would believe such 
things, and back their belief with 
money? Yet they are no more sensible 
than the claims made for these tree pow¬ 
ders and “paints.” We are told in the 
Good Book not to grow “w'eary in well 
doing,” but it may be doubted whether 
in Paul’s time otherwise sensible men 
listened to such wonderful stories of 
tree medicine! It requires much phil¬ 
osophy to answer questions about these 
humbugs. Of course nitrate of soda or 
other good fertilizers will start a tree 
and often drive it beyond the power of 
insect or disease to do it serious injury. 
But do not believe these humbugs when 
they claim to cure a sick tree by painting 
it or j)oking medicine through its bark. 
How Much Potato Seed per Acre ? 
It. Itiiili, N. y.—How many bushels of 
uAcrage potatoes would it take to plant one 
acre, row.s thiee feet aparf and potatoes 
IS inches in the row, one piece in a hill 
cut to two to four eyes? 
Axs.—There ■will be 9,680 plants on an 
acre if planted 18x86 inches. Some years 
ago E. S. Carman counted the potatoes 
in two barrels of the Green Mountain va¬ 
riety and found 1,346. They cut on an 
average about four pieces to the tuber, 
or .5,384, which means over 10 bushels 
for an acre. It will depend much on the 
variety, as some potatoes cut up to better 
advantage than others. In some varie¬ 
ties the strongest eyes are clustered at 
one end so that they make few seed 
pieces. Farmers who plant in rows three 
feet apart and guess at a distance of 20 
inches in the drill figure on about nine 
bushels of seed per acre. 
Poor Milkmaid Molly and Dairy Dan, 
They scrubbed all day al pan andean 
Till both were tired and sick and 
sore. 
And Molly wept and I fear Dan swore. 
But after a while they found that 
they 
Could turn their dairy work to play 
By running their farm in the Empire 
way. 
They’re Jolly Molly and Dandy Dan 
Since they' adopted 
It’s Just 
TKis Way: 
Yon can go on losing money on your 
milcli cows if you like, or you can 
stop wastes, save half the labor and 
double your profits, by using an 
Empire 
E&sy R^unning 
Crea.m 
Sepagravtor 
It's the easy machine, with light 
weight bowl, few parts and abso¬ 
lute simplicity of construction. 
Empire No. 0. C /LA 
Capacity 175 lbs per hour. sp Uw 
Empire No. 1 A, *7^ 
Capacity 300 to 325 lbs per hour. • 
Empire No. 2, lAA 
Capacity 4,50 to 500 lbs per hour. MW 
Empire No. 4, 
Capacity 675 to 725 li'S i>er hour. M«*/ 
Don’t buy a Separator until after 
you have investigated the Empire. 
Send for our book on “Making 
Cows Pay.” 
Empire Cream Separator Co., 
Bloomfield, New Jersey. 
Spjxvliv.. 
Cvirbi 
SpliivI 
Cure These Blemishes 
Also Ringbone, hard or soft 
i enlargementB, Sweeny, Knee. 
~ omng.FiBtnla and Poll Eyll. 
tght cost and certain cares. 
Two big booklets telling how 
to do It Bent free.Write today. | 
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MS Dolon Stockyardt,Ckleago,ni. j 
GOMBAULT’S 
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A safe, speedy and 
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Curb, Splint, Sweeny, Capped Hock, 
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and all lameness from Spavin, Ringbone 
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diseases or Parasites, Thrush, Diphtheria. 
Removes all Bunches from Horses or 
Cattle. 
As a HrittABT KEMEWY for Khen- 
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is iuvaluable. 
Every bottle of Caii«tlc Balsam sold la 
Warranted to give satisfaction. Price 1K1.50 
per bottle. Sold by druggists, or sent by ex¬ 
press, charges paid, with full directions for its 
use. ^nd for descriptive circulars, testimo¬ 
nials, etc. Address 
THE LAWRENCE-WILLIiMS COHPANT, CleTeland, Ohio. 
THE MIETZ & WEISS 
Keroteno Engines, Sizes, 1 to60 H.P. 
Cbeapest sad bsfdst Power Known 
For pumping and elactrlo llcht* 
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cream, sawing wood and allpewa> 
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I Srll one 
\J For Any Purpose 
Statlonaries, Portables, Engines 
and Pumps, Holsters, 
Sawing Outfits. 
Bend for Illustrated Catalogue and 
Testimonials. State yonr Power Needs. 
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Do You Feed 
ENSILAGE ? 
U not, write 
tts and we will 
tell you why 
you should. 
ROSS 
We will also 
tell you about 
Profit-Mukinz 
Ross Ensilagt 
Cutters. 
Address, 
ENSILAGE 
CUTTERS 
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Our Illustrated Catalogue No. 45 is Free. 
Curb, Splint, 
contracted cord.thrush.grease 
heel and all forms of lameness 
Sdeld readily to 
Tuttle’s Elixir. 
l•ExpreB«Co, 
Readior Trotting Park, Mass., Ana. 31,1899. 
Dr. S. A. Tuttle, V. S. 
Dear Sir:—>1 want to add my testimonial to your list recom. 
mending Tuttle’s Eltzir for curba, broken tendona, thruab, and nalli 
in the feet. I have used it on all of tbeae cases many times, and 
never failed to make a cure. J. 11. NAY. 
Qiyen internally it is sure cure for €ollc» Distemper, 
Founder) Pneumonia) etc. 
^ TUTTLE'S FAMILY ELIXjR cures rheumatism, sprains, 
bruises, etc. Kills pain instantly. Our 100-page book, 
“Veterinary Experience,’' FREE. 
Dr. S. A. TUTTLE, 30 Beverly St., Boston, Miir 
Bfwsr. of so-called Elixirs—none genuine but Tattle's. 
Avoid all blisters; they offeronly temporary relief if any. 
Round or Square 
WHICH WILL 
YOU HAVE? 
Makers of rural maM 
boxes are allowed to use 
thin metal in a round box, 
on their claim that it Is the 
strongest form. One con¬ 
cern, however, contends 
that rust and the elements are no re¬ 
specters of form, and stubbornly keeps 
on making square boxes of double the 
average weight. Circulars with the 
why and wherefore sent by the HOND STEEL. 
POST COMPANY, Adrian, Mich. 
PPFAM SEPARATORS 
B B Ilk H III All about them and other things fur 
the dairy & creamery. A. H. REID, Philadelphia 
1 prilling 
W ^^ACHiNES 
Over 70 sizes and styles, for drilling either deep or 
shallow wells in any kind of soil or rock. Mounted 
on wheels or on sills. With engines or horse iiowers. 
Strong, simple and durable. Any mechanic can 
operate them easily. Send for catalog. 
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LIGHTNING WELL MACHY 
IS THE STANDARD/ 
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WRITE FOR CIRCULAR QE 
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Baker’s Traceless Harness 
The farmer’s ‘‘Ha-ndy Ha.rness” saves labor, makes farm 
work easier. A practical and up-to-date harness, without 
whiffletrees or traces. Particularly adapted for all kinds of low- 
down work where ordinary whiffletrees and traces cause so 
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its cost every season. Highly endorsed by users everywhere. Comfortfor 
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RODERICK LEAN Implements 
a postal requesting illustrated catalogue will save you dollars in the 
purchase of Spike-tooth, Spring-tooth 
t and Disc Harrows or Land Roll- 
t r -J Don’t buv until vou learn 
V T' VA t L the RODERICK 
Famous for 
good work. A 
cent spent for 
superior to 
LEAN 
any other. 
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At tlie Nebraskii State Dairynieii’.s Con 
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THE HIGHEST SCORE OF ALL 
was awarded the Adams Centre Creamerv 
Archer, Neb., on 
BUTTER MADE FROM U. S 
SEPARATOR CREAM. 
This is only one of the many victories for 
U. S. Separator Butter this season. 
For Western _trade we transfer ^our ^ Separators from 
Wr-ite for circulars 
Vermont Farm Machine Co., Bellows Fails, Vt. 
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