THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1904 
187 
with an Appleton Wood 
SAW you can rapidly and with 
ease and safety M . - - 
SAW 
your own wood 
and Save Coal, 
time, labor and 
money; or saw 
your neighbor’s 
wood and make 
$5to$l5aDay 
Strong, rigid 
frame, adjustable 
dust-proof oil boxes, etc. We make five styles. 
Also the famous “Hero” Friction-Feed Drag Saw, 
Feed Grinders, Ensilage and Fodder Cutters, Husk- 
ers, Shellers, Sweep Horse Powers, Tread Powers, 
Wind Mills, etc. Write to-day for free catalogue. 
Appleton Mfg. Co. 27 Fargo St., Batavia, Ill. 
It’s An III Wind 
that furnishes power for your neigh¬ 
bor without doing you a like service, 
but you cau’t blame the wind when it 
isalwayson hand to do your pump¬ 
ing, sawing, grinding, etc. Buy the 
1 dependable mill. You get the most 
1 and best service at all times 
out of the 
Freeman 
Steel 
Windmill. 
Furnishes the greatest power with 
the least friction; long bearings, 
strong shafts, perfectly balanced, no 
over, laug of wheel. Our angle steel 
towers stand any storm. The most 
durable an 1 efficient mill made. 
Also make Wood Saws, Ensilage 
Cutters, Corn Shellers, etc. Ask for 
free catalogue 1®. 
S. Freeman & Sons Mfg. Co., 
RACINE, WIS. 
orn Planting 
C i 
and fertilizing go hand in hand. 
You can plant in hills, drills or 
checks and putin the ground all com- 
inercial or home made fertilizers in 
any condition,as wet,lumpy,etc. with 
Corn Planter and 
Fertilizer Distributer, 
With Improved Row Marker. 
Adapted as well to Peas, Beans, Beets, etc. 
Hills 6 to 45 inches apart. Distributes 50 to 
450 lbs. fertilizer per acre. Wide and easy 
adjustment. Light draft, weight 150 lbs. 
Easy to handle, a model for accuracy and 
durability. Investigate our Eclipse Two 
Row Two Horse Planter. Agents wanted in 
new territory. Write for circulars and terms. 
BELCHER & TAYLOR A. T. CO., 
Box 76, Chicopee Fails, Mas*. 
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Oyster-shell Scale. 
F. IF. 8., Lincolnville, Me .—I have some 
raspberry bushes troubled with the Oys¬ 
ter-shell scale. With what should I spray 
them, and how shall I make the spraying 
material? Would it injure strawberry 
plants to dip them in kerosene emulsion 
before planting? If not, how strong 
should the emulsion be made? 
Ans.— The best treatment for Oyster- 
shell scale on your raspberries is to cut 
out and destroy the worst affected canes 
before the larvae spread, and to spray 
the remaining canes in early Spring 
when dormant with a solution of whale- 
oil soap, two pounds to a gallon of wa¬ 
ter. It is only necessary to dissolve the 
soap in hot water and strain it through 
muslin or bagging, when it is ready for 
the spray. We would not advise you to 
dip strawberries in kerosene emulsion, 
no matter how weak, for the soft roots 
are easily injured by any oily mixture. 
Hybridizing Potatoes. 
M. E., Mogador, O .—Is there any way to 
cross two varieties of potatoes besides 
with the seed ball? If there is will you 
tell me how it is done, for I haye some 
fine potatoes and would like to cross some 
of them. Of one kind I got 50 bushels 
from one-tenth of an acre last year; fine 
tubers. 
Ans.— There is absolutely no way of 
crossing or hybridizing potatoes except 
by transferring the pollen from one 
variety to the stigma or receptive part 
of the flower of another; in other words 
with the seed hall. If this is carefully 
done the resulting seeds when grown 
will produce new varieties, for the most 
part intermediate between the parents, 
though some wide departures may be 
expected, and possibly some new useful 
qualities secured. We hear a great deal 
about the grafting or cutting of tubers 
and binding parts of the different speci¬ 
mens together to secure crosses, but this 
will always fail, each half or part, if it 
grows, will produce potatoes of char¬ 
acteristics similar to itself. A few in¬ 
stances of true graft-hybridization in 
trees, shrubs and other woody plants 
have been reported, but they are so un¬ 
certain and unusual that it is not worth 
while to consider this method of obtain¬ 
ing new varieties. 
Mildew on Gooseberries; Failure of Black¬ 
berries. 
F. (}., White Marsh, AUl. —1. Last Summer, 
after my gooseberries produced a full 
crop, the leaves turned gray. They look¬ 
ed very much as though bonedust had 
been sown broadcast over the patch, and 
a coating of the finer particles stuck to 
them, a good many of them fell off. The 
leaves turned gray about the first of July, 
and after that the bushes made practic¬ 
ally no growth. What caused this, and 
what is the remedy? 2. Last Spring my 
blackberries bloomed profusely, but most 
of the blooms were larger than usual and 
all the large blooms failed to set fruit. 
The year previous they bore a full crop 
and the treatment they received was 
practically the same each year. I had 
two varieties, E’rie and Wilson Jr. Can 
you tell me what caused this and what 
is the remedy? 
Ans.—1. Your gooseberries are doubt¬ 
less troubled with mildew, which often 
injures currants and gooseberries in this 
country quite seriously. The best treat¬ 
ment is thoroughly to spray the plants, 
if possible before the mildew shows, 
with a solution of one-half ounce pot¬ 
assium sulphide to each gallon of water. 
This is quite an effective remedy if ap¬ 
plied in time. 2. Your blackberries are 
probably troubled with an affection 
known as rose bloom. The vital parts 
having been more or less injured by the 
cold or drought, the unimportant petals 
developed and made a showy flower 
without producing fruit. The only 
remedy is good cultivation and sufficient 
fertilization early in the Spring to make 
strong growth of canes, so they may 
store up vitality enough to resist the 
cold weather. It is very possible that 
you may not be troubled this way again. 
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wife, “but she isn’t to be compared ’/ith 
a man when it comes to holding on to a 
five-dollar bill.”—New Yorker. 
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THE COLUMBUS CARRIAGE & HARNESS CO. 
Columbus, Ohio. 
AfiMF .Pulverizing Harrow 
mm IVI mm Clod Crusher and ! evelef. 
SIZES 
3 to 13JS feet 
Agents 
Wanted. 
Clod Crusher and Leveier. 
The best pulverizer—cheapest Riding Harrow 
on earth. We also make walking ACMES. 
The Acme crushes, cuts, pulverizes, turns 
and levels all soils for all purposes. Made 
entirely of cast steel and 
wrought iron— indestructible. 
Sent on Trial 
To be returned at my ex¬ 
pense if not satisfactory, 
Catalogue and Booklet. 
“An Ideal Harrow" 
by Henry Stewart, sent free. 
City, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Portland, etc. 
I deliver f.o.b. at New York, Chicago, 
DUANE H. NASH, Sole Manufacturer, Millington, New Jersey. 
Branch House,: 110 Washington St., CHICAGO. 240 7th Ave. So. MINNEAPOLIS. 131 O W. 8th St. KAN¬ 
SAS CITY, HO. 21 Q E. Jefferson SL, LOUISVILLE, KY. Cor. Water and W. Cay St... COLUMBUS. OHIO. 
PLEASE MENTION TILLS PAI’EB. * 
TWO CROP ESSENTIALS 
are cultivation and keer 
down weeds. 
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1ft 
iWaliSP* 
ieping 
More important than deep cultivation is 
keeping the surface stirred, breaking the 
crust due to rains, and allowing the fight, 
air, moisture and warmth to penetrate 
quickly to the roots of the growing plant. 
J For doing just these things the ideal imple¬ 
ment is the 
B/ CYCTIl IU IT Adjustable Weeder 
Im Ea I w I w IV EL and Shallow Cultivator 
It kill* the weeds at first showing, the top Boll Is pulverized and kept mellow, the plant roots are not 
disturbed and tho moist soU Is not brought up to dry in the sun. Ydjustablo in width. Narrows to 30 
Inchos, widens to 7% toot. Strong and steady running. Furnls led either with round teeth or with Hat 
to suit different soils, as we are licensed to manufacture the fam .us Hal lock fiat tooth. Wrlto today tor 
catalog and booklot of Held acenea showing halt tone pictures from photographs of weeder In sctual use. 
Both tree for the asking. 
KEYSTONE FARM MACHINE CO., 1547 N. Beaver SI., York, Pa. 
’YRAGUSE Steel Frame 
DISC HARROW 
Che farmer who believes it pays to make a perfect seed bed 
finds no harrow better suited to his needs than the one hero 
shown. The flexibility of the gangs, with double jointed 
hinge and vertical and horizontal motion, makes perfect 
working of uneven ground and in rough places. Independent 
operation of gangs, setting at different angles is a valuable 
hillside feature. Perfect command and regulation of all from 
driver’s seat. Individual scraper for each disc, operated by 
foottreadle. Oil tempered steel discs, either round or cut. If 
there’s no Syracuse dealer in your town, write to us. We’ll 
supply full information. Catalog and beautiful souvenir free. 
Syracuse Chilled Plow Co., Syracuse, N. Y. 
Local agencies and complete repair stocks everywhere 
DEERING 
HARVESTERS 
International Harvester Co. of America, Chicago, TL S. A. 
