1903 
2i5 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
GRAIN DRILLS FOR SOWING FER¬ 
TILIZERS. 
Why do not the manufacturers make 
larger fertilizer hoppers on their grain 
ilrills? They are so small fhat It Is neces¬ 
sary to fill again and again if one desires 
to put on a large dressing of fertilizer. 
Are there any grain drills that broadcast 
the fertilizer? 
We know of no grain drill or seeding 
machine that has a hopper large enough 
to carry 1,000 pounds of commercial fer¬ 
tilizers, particularly of the sort that is 
distributed heavily. Commercial ferti¬ 
lizers are very difficult to sow evenly 
with any machine now on the market. 
We think there is no greater waste of 
money than using low-grade fertilizers. 
You, of course, understand that it is a 
very small percentage of any fertilizer 
that contains the chemicals necessary 
for making the crop. The larger part of 
the material that makes up this stock 
is absolutely worthless, but the money 
paid for freight, the labor in handling, 
and the great difficulty in distributing 
makes up the larger part of the expense 
to the farmer. Why not use the same 
money’s worth of high-grade fertilizers 
and save all the useless expense? 
THE CHAMPION WAGON CO. 
Owego, N. Y. 
We do not know of any manufacturer 
making a grain drill with fertilizer hop¬ 
per sufficiently large to carry 500 
pounds. The objection to this is that 
the hopper would very much increase 
the weight and size of the machine, and 
the additional load of 500 pounds of fer¬ 
tilizer would make the machine pull 
hard, especially on loose soil, with the 
consequent result that the sale or de¬ 
mand for such a machine would be lim¬ 
ited to a very few customers. We do not 
know of a broadcast distributor that 
will sow both grain and fertilizer. So 
far as we know all grain and fertilizer 
drills have a sowing capacity of from 
100 to 600 or 700 pounds per acre, but 
the hoppers are made so as to carry only 
about 200 pounds of fertilizer at one fill¬ 
ing. In our opinion it would be imprac¬ 
ticable to construct a hopper with 500 
pounds capacity for general purposes, 
for the reason that it would be consider¬ 
ably higher from the ground to its top, 
and consequently add much labor and 
inconvenience in refilling, beside the 
additional load that the team would be 
re(pured to draw. 
York, Pa. thio spangi.ek mkg. co. 
Tlie capacity, as to quantity that the 
fertilizer attachment of our grain drills 
will hold, as well as all other grain drills 
we know of, is from 100 to 150 pounds, 
owing to the character of the fertilizer. 
As you perhaps are aware, there is a 
great difference in the weight, as com¬ 
pared to bulk, in the many different 
brands of fertilizer. In explanation of 
our reason for not making the fertilizer 
attachments of our grain drills larger, 
so as to hold more fertilizer, we are 
compelled to make our machine as neat 
and light as possible, and also to keep 
the top of the hopper low down in order 
to make it convenient to put in the fer¬ 
tilizer in filling them. It is absolutely 
necessary to have a certain amount of 
space between the axle and hopper of 
the machine and the ground, in order to 
give clearance in passing over obstruc¬ 
tions, and for transporting them, there¬ 
fore the only way to make the hoppers 
larger would be to make them higher, 
which would be objectionable on account 
of difficulty in filling. Should we equip 
our grain drills with a fertilizer hopper 
large enough to hold 400 or 500 pounds 
of fertilizer, it would make a clumsy, 
ungainly machine, difficult to operate, 
could not be evenly balanced (a great 
disadvantage on hilly land), and we do 
not believe that one farmer in fifty 
would buy such a machine after seeing 
it. We do not know of any machine 
that is so arranged as to drill the seed 
and sow fertilizer broadcast. Long ex¬ 
perience in the manufacture and sale of 
the machines has demonstrated that 
the present construction of combined 
grain and fertilizer drills will best suit 
the largest number of farmers. 
Springfield, 0. p. p. mast & co. 
We do not know of a combination 
grain and fertilizer drill that has a ca¬ 
pacity to carry 500 pounds per acre. In 
fact, our experience is that the farmer 
prefers a smaller one. He fails to see 
why he should kill his team by pulling 
400 or 500 pounds of fertilizer over soft 
plowed ground when he can just as easy 
distribute his sacks over his field, and 
each time he passes one fill his hopper 
up thus Insuring a good supply to the 
distributors of the fertilizer feed. We 
know of no grain drill which broadcasts 
fertilizer at the same time it drills 
the seed. There are, however, broadcast 
seeders and there are fertilizer or guano 
distributers which are used for no other 
purpose then distributing guano, lime, 
plaster, etc. 
BICKFORD & HUFFMAN CO. 
Macedon, N, Y. 
Inbreeding for Poultry. 
W. 8. H., Flanders, N. T.—l have a rooster 
that I bred pullets from last year. Can 
I breed the same bird to his pullets this 
year and get good results? 
Ans.— Do not breed the pullets back 
to their sire. That Is inbreeding and 
although line breeding, if rightly under¬ 
stood and followed out, is all right, in- 
breeding is never good and will rapidly 
deteriorate a flock. Keep the old hens 
with the rooster if he is a good one; if 
not it will pay to get a cockerel to mate 
with both hens and pullets. 
white & RIOE. 
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SOMETHING NEW IN GATES! 
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OOILKII SI’KING WIRE. 
Fencing wire sold to farmers at re¬ 
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agents’ commission? Catalogue free, 
describing the Best Fence on Earth. 
15c. to 30c. per rod. CLEVELAND 
FENCE CO., Cleveland, Ohio. 
We Heartily 
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PACK IVOVKN WIRE FE.NCK €0., A BRIAN, MICH. 
800 3MCXXjX:S 
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OUR LOW HITCH 
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Best, simplest, strongest and 
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Center draft. All 
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Bond Steel 
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‘•Uncle Sam’s 
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box arrived to¬ 
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want. It is the 
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AND YOU 
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AGRIGULTURALSALT 
pays foi’ itself first year. Benefit 
lasts for several seasons. Write 
for information and price.s. 
THE EMPIRE STATE SALT CO., 
Le Roy, N. Y. 
Two Million Tons of 
BASIC SLAG FERTILIZER 
Sold in 1902. 
Send a 11 Orders to 
400 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
Wanted—A teamster for farm work, 
single, to work by the month. Steady work the year 
around. Good pay to the right man. 
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Wanted—Position on Poultry or Poul¬ 
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R. I. College Course In •'Poultry Keeping. ’ Age 21; 
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Farm Superintendent 
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HAifES OF FARMERS WANTED 
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CURED while yon work. You pay 
RUPTURE 
ALEX. 8PKIR8, Box 831, Westbrook, Maine. 
Hubbard’s Fertilizers do not rest until the work is done; when the ground 
freezes, they rest, l)ut only then. In connection with this statement, kindly read 
the following' from the Past Master of the Massachusetts State (J range : 
THK Rogers & Huhraud Co., Middletown Conn. makbouo. Mass., Oct. 6,1^- 
Gentlemen-I used about nine tons of Hubbard’ Fertilizer this season and am satisfied that It paid. This 
was particularly true of the H.ubbar<l’sOats and Top Dressing. Its use enabled us to cut the iirst crop before 
July Ist, after which date there came on a long spell of wet weather, and while most farmers were com¬ 
plaining because their hay was spoiling or getting over-ripe, we were growing a fine rowen crop which cut 
over a ton per acre by the middle of August, and at this writing there Is a third crop almost heavy enough 
to cut. Yours truly, E. D. HOWE, Past Master, Massachusetts State Grange. 
The letter speaks for itself—comment seems unnecessary. We hope you will 
decide tou.se the Hubbard Fertilizers. Our hook, “ Hubbard’s Fertilizers foi’ 190.1,” 
giving full description of our different brands, sent free to Hiiy aildres.s. Apply 
to our “ Local Agents” or direct to 
THE ROGERS & HUBBARD CO., 
MIDDLETOWM, CONN. 
THE BOUNDS WIRE FENCE. 
Bright, 
Active 
Agents 
Wanted 
PATENT APPLIED POR 
Liberal 
Commission and 
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