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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
September 1 
Farmers’ Club. 
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W E / GHT OF A WAGON TIRE. 
How Thick for Carriages ? 
One of our readers asks a question re¬ 
garding wheel tires? He says he has always 
advocated heavy tires, one-quarter inch 
thick for carriage wheels, and so on up 
to one-half inch thick for a cart or farm 
wagon. He says he is told that the very 
light tires generally used by manufacturers 
are best adapted to conserving the life of 
the wheel. It seems to him that in many 
parts of the country it would be better to 
use heavier tires than those found on most 
carriages and wagons. Is it better for or¬ 
dinary wheels to have a light or heavy 
tire? 
Heavy tires are a good thing if you 
have a heavy rim that will hold the tire 
out, but the reason light tires were put 
on buggies was that where you had a 
rim not over one inch or 1% inch deep, 
and put on a heavy tire, when the 
wagon is running and the wheels strike 
something, the tire is so stiff that when 
it is bent in, it will hold the rim right 
with it, when, if it is a light tire, it will 
bend in and the wood is heavy enough 
to throw it back. That is the reason of 
light tires. groton carriage co. 
We aim to use a tire on regular buggy 
wheels 17-64 inch, carriage wheels 21-64 
inch, heavy trap and six-passenger 
vehicle wheels three-eighths inch; this 
is just a little heavier than most manu¬ 
facturers use. We believe, however, 
should a tire be made heavier than size 
above given, the weight of the tire 
would be out of proportion with the 
wheel, and would tend to the destruc¬ 
tion of the wheel on account of exces¬ 
sive weight; these sizes are not theo¬ 
retical sizes, but have been found to be, 
by many years’ experiment and use, 
such sizes as will best prolong the life 
of the wheel. columbus buggy co. 
The question of thickness of tire is 
determined largely by the character of 
the vehicle, its weight, the size of the 
wheel and axle and also the country in 
which it is to be used. Our established 
rule is for all tires three-fourths inch in 
widm 3-16 inch thick; for seven-eighths 
inch in width throughout the eastern 
country 3-16 inch thick, and throughout 
the southern and far western territory 
one-fourth inch thick. We are governed 
in these matters largely by the demands 
of the trade. For an ordinary buggy 
weighing in the neighborhood of 265 to 
300 pounds, to be used on good roads, 
with first-class wheels, in our esti¬ 
mation a tire 3-16 inch in thickness is 
better for the wheel than one which is 
heavier. cortland wagon co. 
In the tiring of wheels there are a 
number of elements we have to take 
into consideration before we settle upon 
the size of tire to be used, such as sec¬ 
tional strength of the rims, quality of 
wheels, conditions of use, spacing of 
spokes, etc. As a rule, it is our practice 
to proportion the tire to the size and 
strength of the rim or felloe, keeping in 
mind the elements mentioned above. 
The rim is the foundation for the tire, 
and the latter must be so proportioned 
that it will allow the rim to assert its 
strength and elasticity. Otherwise, it 
would cause the rim to flatten between 
the spokes, owing to the severe blows, 
and its excessive strength. We know of 
no rule that would justify us in saying 
that a one-fourth inch tire would be 
suitable for a carriage, and so on up to 
one-half inch tire for a cart or farm 
wagon. The whole wheel and tire must 
be in proportion in order to conserve 
the life of the wheel. It might seem 
curious to your readers to know that on 
many heavy vehicles for city use we are 
obliged to favor the “off” side in propor¬ 
tioning the wheels, springs and axles. 
This is owing to the thrust of the load 
which results from the curvature of the 
streets, and the tendency of the load to 
work to the right side of the vehicle. 
STUDEBAKER BROS. MFG. CO. 
For years, on two-seated buggies and 
two-seated vehicles of all kinds, we 
never used anything heavier than a 3-16 
inch tire, and our experience is that it 
did better than a heavier tire. The 
trade in the country, however, in the 
last two or three years, has demanded a 
heavier tire, and we have consequently 
used almost altogether tires one-quar¬ 
ter inch thick on all two-seated, light 
vehicles, and the same thickness on 
four-seated pleasure vehicles. We are 
not sure but what we have more trouble 
with heavier tires than with a light one, 
for if the rim of the wheel is made of 
second-growth material, which is in¬ 
clined to spring, the tire will go with it, 
and being very heavy, it will not come 
back to place again, whereas with a 
lighter tire, it will spring back. On 
light pleasure vehicles, our opinion is 
that the tire in no instance should be 
thicker than quarter-inch. Anything 
heavier detracts rather than adds to the 
wearing quality. 
COLUMBUS CARRIAGE & HARNESS CO. 
CURING CORN FOR THE SILO. 
Will corn cut at the glazing period, and 
allowed to stand in shock a couple of 
weeks, make as good or better silage than 
if immediately put in the silo? Some peo¬ 
ple think that if corn is not partially cured 
before packing In the silo, there will be 
too much acid in the silage. 
With a suitable variety of corn the 
degree of maturity reached is such that 
the water content of the freshly cut fod¬ 
der at time of ensiling will not exceed 
70 to 75 per cent and with this amount 
of water the acidity in well-made silage 
will be very small. The extra labor in¬ 
volved in shocking fodder will so in¬ 
crease cost that such a course could not 
be recommended unless a very consider¬ 
able advantage is secured thereby. Cer¬ 
tainly good silage can be made by using 
water on over-dry fodder, but it certainly 
cannot pay to shock fodder, allow it to 
become over-dry and then use water. 
WM. P. BROOKS. 
I should not recommend that corn be 
allowed to stand in shocks before cut¬ 
ting into silo. In order that good 
silage may be made, it is necessary that 
there be a sufficient amount of water, 
as this keeps the temperature down to a 
certain extent. The danger of putting 
in the dry corn would be that the fer¬ 
mentation would continue, and the 
whole mass become moldy. This is the 
experience of many who cut or shred 
cornstalks, and pack in the barn or 
elsewhere. Furthermore, the practice 
which has been found desirable, that is, 
to pour water upon the corn when being 
cut and put into the silo, which because 
of drought or any other reason has be¬ 
come dry, is further evidence on this 
point. E. B. VOORHEES. 
Corn that has become fairly well 
glazed at the time of cutting usually 
contains no more water than is needed 
to make it pack firmly in the silo. If 
corn is allowed to remain standing in 
the field for quite a time after cutting it 
will dry out too much to pack well. 
Unless the mass of corn put into the silo 
will pack sufficiently close to exclude 
the air the silage will not keep properly. 
When the stalks and leaves are quite 
green and succulent at the time of cut¬ 
ting it is a good plan to let the corn lie 
in small bundles in the field for about 
24 hours before hauling to the silo. 
Succulent, immature corn has been 
shown by experiments to produce a 
silage which contains a relatively large 
proportion of acid, but if the corn is al¬ 
lowed to become fairly well glazed and 
the leaves to turn yellow at the bottom 
before being put into the silo, it will not 
contain much acid, and little if any 
more water than is needed to make it 
pack thoroughly. We have heard of in¬ 
stances where partially-cured corn fod¬ 
der has been put into the silo, which 
has kept fairly well by-wetting down the 
mass thoroughly with water after the 
silo was filled. c. s. phelps. 
Corn had better be cut when in 
the proper condition for cutting, and be 
put into the silo at once. There is no ad¬ 
vantage whatever in allowing it to stand 
in the field and partly cure. The ears 
should be somewhat beyond the glazing 
period when the corn is cut, but the 
weather conditions will determine some¬ 
what when to cut. If a heavy frost is 
probable the corn should be cut at once, 
or if the corn is injured by a frost it 
should all be cut down the next day and 
put into the silo as soon as possible 
The practice of adding water at the time 
of filling the silo is a poor makeshift, 
and cannot fully replace the moisture 
which should be in the corn at time of 
cutting. A fairly good quality of 
silage can be made if the wetting is 
thoroughly done, but it is not a practice 
which should be necessary. 
L. A. CLINTON. 
Carman Grape. —So The R. N.-Y. wishes 
to hear what its subscribers have to say 
about the Carman grape. As it came from 
the South we were a little doubtful about 
its ripening so far to the north, and trained 
it upon the sunny side of a building. It 
has borne three years, and we are losing 
interest in it. Growth vigorous, ripens 
with Concord, nice bunches, not large; ber¬ 
ries not so large as Concord, and not so 
good a relish. Inclined to mildew. 
Wayne County, N. Y. s. reeves. 
McCORMICK 
WINS 
PARIS. 
Beautiful Strawberries in 1901 
We can furnish you with 
pot-grown Strawberry Plants 
that will bear a full crop of 
fruit next year. Celery and 
Cabbage Plants. Full line of 
Fruit and Ornamental Stock. 
Write at once for our Summer 
and Autumn catalogue. It 
explains all. Fruit packages 
of all kinds for sale at low 
prices. T. J. DWYER & SON, 
Orange County Nurseries, Box 1. Cornwall, N. Y. 
The McCormick Harvesting Machine 
Company of Chicago, has been awarded the 
Grand Prize on Harvesting Machines at the 
Paris Exposition. This is the highest 
award. 
The McCormick Company also received 
the highest award, a gold medal, on binder 
twine, for the superior quality of its product. 
Special twine machinery from the celebrated 
McCormick twine mill was exhibited to the 
jury and awarded a medal. 
The McCormicks have received the 
largest number of awards, as well as the 
highest awards made to any American 
exhibitor. In addition to the Grand Prize 
on machines and Gold Medal on twine they 
have received two medals in the department 
of metallurgy for superiority in forming 
metals into special parts for machines; in 
the department of machinery a medal for 
factory mach nery, and also silver and 
bronze medals in other classes, six medals 
in all, besides the Grand Prize. 
The International juries of the Exposition 
have recognized the great revolution wrought 
by McCormick machines and this large num¬ 
ber of awards is a great triumph for America. 
in addition to winning these awards, the 
Gold Medal and 200 francs, the single high¬ 
est award for binders, was won easily by the 
McCormick Binder at the field trial at 
Coulommiers on July 19, against all comers. 
This is the greatest and most important tria 
held in France during the Exposition year. 
October Purple Plum Trees. 
The best of all of Mr. Burbank’s Plums. We offer 
a large stock of tine trees, one and two years old 
Address STEPHEN HOYT’S SONS, New Canaan, Ct. 
200,000 Peach Trees. 
We offer a choice lot of Peach trees, grown from 
I'ennessee pits. These trees are healthy and fine. 
Address STEPHEN HOYT’S SONS. New Canaan, Ct. 
200,000 Peach 
HEADQUARTERS FOR 
YORK IMPERIAL ako KIEFFER. 
One tree to a carload. 
Business trees at business prices. (They are bear¬ 
ers.) Inducements to Peach buyers. Let us 
quote you on your want list. 
WOODVIEW NURSERIES, Box 100, Uriah, Pa. 
Red Russian Wheat.— Yielded this 
year, on ten acres unmanured land, 850 bushels. 
Sample and price four cents stamps. 
ISAAC E. EDWARDS, Newtown, Ohio. 
OLD COIN and EARLY ARCADIAN Seed Wheat, 
Vj” SI per bu.. in new bags, f. o. e. in Geneva for two 
bushels or over. GOLD COIN the greatest yieldcr 
grown. Pay must accompany order. 
H. D. BENNETT. Geneva, N. Y. 
■D udy Seed Wheat. — Yield 30 to 45 bu. per acre. 
1,100 bu. of choice, pure seed, clean of cockle and 
rye. at $1.2" per bu. 7,000 bu. grown on neighboring 
farms, at 11.15 per bn., sacked. Free sample to-day. 
JOHN HERR SUENK, Lancaster. Pa. 
QnoH Whoatc -Yiel,ls of 17 varieties - Sample 
OCuU If liCQId free (to our readers). 
SMITH’S POTATO FARM. Manchester, N. Y. 
CHOICE SEED WHEAT S* MlV; 
Send two stamps for samples and description. 
HERBERT F. CHILDS, Niagara Falls, N. Y. 
APPIf U/UC 1 T We are headquart- 
XF ► || fa raPffl 1 ers for choice new 
■■ ■■■■” ■ wheat. Varieties: 
Harvest King, Economy, Winter King and others. 
Descriptive Circular and Price-List free. 
GEO. W. MACE, Box F, Greenville, Ohio. 
JONES’ WHEATS 
never were as much in demand as now. Try these 
champion yieldcrs from headquarters. Catalogue 
free. A. N. JONKS, Wheat Propagator, Newark, N. Y 
]\/I AMMOTII White Winter SEED RYE 
1 VX— Noted for its productiveness both In grain 
and straw: awarded first prizes at several N. Y. State 
and American Institute Fairs. Also first at the Tenn. 
Centennial, Mo., Vt. and Mass. State Fairs. Price, *1 
per bushel. Send for iLustration. Defer by permis¬ 
sion to THE R. N.-Y. K. L. CLARKSON, Tivoli, N. Y, 
Recleaned Seeds. 
WHEAT, RYE, CLOVER, TIMOTHY 
and other FARM SEEDS. 
Write for Wheat Circular and Seed Price List; free 
The Henry Philipps Seed and Implement Go., 
115 & 117 St. Clair St., Toledo, Ohio. 
CUD C Al C— 50 ° bushels Delaware-grown 
rUn CRIMSON CLOVER SEED. 
JOSEPH E. HOLLAND. Milford, Deb 
ForestTrees. ForestTrees. 
Sugar. Norway. Sycamore, Silverleaf, and other 
Maples by the 1,000 or 10,000. Also Lindens, PoplarB, 
Elms, Willows, Mountain Ash, Birch, etc., in large 
quantities, and Shrubbery by the acre. We can fur¬ 
nish trees from one to three inches in diameter. 
Address STEPHEN HOYT’S SONS, New Canaan, Ct. 
jglffePEAR POSSIBILITIES 
BlKl Standard Kiefer Pears.. 
Mill 1 hHBKT ^ ur 8loc ^ * 8 renowned for vigor and rapid 
L ll IjllffijlM growth and absolute freedom from disease, etc, 
« l iiilMi This pear is enormously productive, large size. 
fine flavor and handsome appearance. A good 
seller. Trees are free from blight ; ripens late. 
Our stock is the best the growers* art can produce. 
UAimifcON’SiNUKSKKlES. Box 2 U Berlin, Md. 
fTADK bestbytest— 74 YEARS. We DA V CASH 
\J A&e WANT MORE SALESMEN r/\I WEEKLY 
GrfRLH Stark Nursery, Louisiana, Mo; Dansville, 1 .1. 
APPLE 
BARRELS 
If you want Apple bar¬ 
rels, and want to get 
them when you want 
them, write to 
ROBERT GILLIES, 
MAKLBOKO, N. Y. 
H0R0UGHBRED TREES 
bred from finest bearing strains. They not 
only bear, but you know what they will bear. 
■ awiiwww.av ——^ You like a well-bred horse or cow, the sama 
inciple applies to trees. That's our business, and our booklet, The Tree Breeder, will tell you more 
out it. No secret, fake or patent methods, but common sense business talks for business people. 
THE ROGERS NURSERIES, Tree Breeders, Dansville, N. Y. 
I will send, by express or freight, 1 Paragon, 1 Alpha, 1 Parry’s 
Giant, 1 Early Reliance, 1 English Walnut, 1 Japan Walnut 
ecan, 1 Bismarck Apple, 1 Dwarf Rocky Mt. Cherry, worth $8.20. Full line of 
rsery Stock. Certificate. ARTHUR J. COLLINS, Moorestown, Burlington Co., N. J- 
or $5 
Choicest Fruit and Ornamental Trees. 
44 Greenhouses 
Correspondence 
Shrubs, Plants, Bulbs, Seeds. 40 Acres Hardy Roses, 
of Palms, Everblooming Roses, Ficus, Ferns, Etc. 
solicited. Catalogue Free. 47 Years. 1000 Acres. 
THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., Painesville, O. 
