1904 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
201 
the seeds followed, deeply covered with 
more fine dry soil. The tops of these 
beds were then lightly raked over every 
day until the plants appeared. In no 
case did our seeds fail, though the gar¬ 
dens around were bare. Till the rains 
came the beds were watered by the use 
of narrow trenches between the rows of 
vegetables. The garden hose filled these 
with water every other night, then the 
rake covered them loosely with dry dirt. 
The top of the ground never baked, and 
this method seemed much more satis¬ 
factory than top sprinkling. 
We pulled radishes for the table May 
20 with delicious lettuce a week later, 
and were never without an abundant 
supply of the latter from that time un¬ 
til November, when I picked a fine 
bunch covered with newly-fallen snow, 
for a foundation to our last tomato 
salad. June 10 there was spinach, and 
the 15th we gathered tiny, crisp onions, 
and had also a fresh pieplant pie for 
dissert. As the earlier vegetables were 
used, we replanted the spaces, thus hav¬ 
ing successive crops. Cucumbers were 
vetoed at first as requiring too much 
room, until the idea suggested itself: 
await developments. A bright idea; put 
them into the oval five-pound grape bas¬ 
kets. Covers not being necessary, three 
or four attractive peaches could be 
placed on top. Surely they would at¬ 
tract the eye of the pleasure-seeking 
throng. 
But up before us came the old prob¬ 
lem—how bring the producer and con¬ 
sumer together, a problem much greater 
because of the intervention of pride. 
Mother suggested that we dress up in 
our prettiest, fill the two-seated car¬ 
riage brimful with the baskets and 
drive to town. On the back seat I sat 
looking after the precious load while 
sister drove. Arriving in town, sister 
held up a basket as if admiring the 
crimson of the delicate fruit when we 
noticed a man, wife and six children in 
a wagon alongside of us. Surely they 
will want a basket. The question was 
put, two baskets were sold. From that 
moment demand came to supply until 
supply failed. A trip home replenished 
us. Demand was not satisfied. Will we 
bring more down to-morrow, or fur¬ 
nish peaches every day during the 
season? Success had crowned our ef¬ 
forts. The trade was ours. The grasp¬ 
ing of that opportunity gave us a pros- 
pei'ous Summer with the proceeds from 
TWO KINDS 
OF CHILDREN 
Children that grow too fast 
and those that seem hardly 
to grow at all, both need 
Scott’s Emulsion. 
It gives that rich vital 
nourishment which is the 
secret of all healthy growth. 
It rounds out the long limbs, 
and helps children to grow 
without using up all their 
strength in growing. 
Mothers ought to know 
more about the wonderful 
help which Scott’s Emulsion 
would give their children. 
We’ll send you a sample free upon request. 
SCOTT & BOWNE, 409 Pearl Street, New York. 
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perry oav.s- SORE THROAT 
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ELEGRAPHY 
Stenography, etc., thor¬ 
oughly taught. EASTMAN 
trains for practical work. Positions for all 
graduates. Complete Home Learner’s tele¬ 
graph outfit, &S5. Simplified Shorthand by mail, 
*2. Catalogue free. C. C. HAINES, Box 
©37, I’oughkeepsie, N. Y. 
A BACKYARD GARDEN. Fig. 83. 
“Why not train them on the picket 
fence?” This was done and they pros¬ 
pered finely; but our greatest triumph 
was in the one hill of them for which 
we made room. At each corner of this, 
old gas pipes were driven and the bill 
enclosed by a network of stout twine. 
Up this climbed the vines, the starry 
blossoms really ornamental, while the j 
flint hung clean and glossy among the 1 
dark green foliage. 
The seeds, including phosphate, cost 
$1.10. Following the market prices, we 
had, as a result of this expenditure: 
Radishes, $1.30; spinach, 60 cents; pie¬ 
plant, 20 cents; beets, 75 cents; onions, 
$1.10; parsley, $2.50; lettuce, $2.45; cu¬ 
cumbers, $1.20; endive, $1.25; tomatoes, 
$2.25; salsify, 60 cents; parsnips, $1. A 
total of $15.20, besides nasturtiums and 
sweet peas in plenty for our home and 
our neighbors. A large interest on a 
small capital, and a host of pleasure 
free. m. 11. w. 
Utica, N. Y. 
over 200 bushels of peaches. In this 
case surely woman was the mistress of 
her fate. Would you succeed in busi¬ 
ness? Improve your opportunities. 
E. R. 
WITH PATENT FOLDING FILLERS, 
Agents Wanted. 
ECLIPSE EGG CASE CO., Coshocton,0 
NATIVE EVERGREENS 
White Pine and Hemlock, 6 to 12 In., $5 per 1000; 5000 
for$20. Balsam Fir, Arbor Vitae, American Spruce, 
$4 per 1000 : 5000 for $15. Also Transplanted Ever¬ 
greens, Fruit Trees and Ornamentals. Write for 
price lists. MRS. JAMES A. ROOT, Skaneatelcs, N.V 
TELEPHONES 
For Farmers’ Lines. 
Organize an exchange in your 
community. Full particulars fur¬ 
nished. Catalogue free. 
THE NORTH ELECTRIC CO., 
152 St. Clair Street, 
C- N. 301. CLEVELAND, O. 
What would you do if you had a hard cold and couldn’t 
get Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral? Think it over. 
J.C. Ayer Co., 
Mass. 
Eye 
Lowell, 1 
RUBEROID ROOFING is and has been for 
THIRTEEN YEARS THE ACKNOWLEDGED STANDARD 
OF ROOFING QUALITY. 
HENCE, IT IS IMITATED. 
THERE IS A WAY TO AVOID IMPOSITION : 
ACCEPT NO ROOFING WHICH DOES NOT BEAR THcl 
REGISTERED TRADE MARK “ RUBEROID 'V 
STAMPED ON THE UNDER SIDE OF THE MATERIAL 
EVERY FOUR FEET. 
THERE IS NO ROOFING "THE SAME AS” RUBEROID 
ROOFING, WHICH IS ANO ALWAYS HAS BEEN. 
MANUFACTURED SOLELY BY 
~THE STANDARD PAINT COMPANY, 
AND ONLY AT 
NEW YORK AND HAMBURG. 
YOU CANNOT AFFORD EXPERIMENTS. THEREFORE 
CLING TO THAT WHICH IS KNOWN TO BE PER.) 
FECT, AND HEED ONLY 
Marketing PeacEes 
It was Labor Day, 1900. The hired 
men must, of course, have a holiday, as 
arrangements had been made for a big 
celebration in town. The Early Craw¬ 
fords had ripened rapidly the preceding 
Sunday, and the beautiful peaches turn¬ 
ed their expectant faces toward us for 
the first picking of the season. The op¬ 
portunity for making money was offer¬ 
ed. Could we grasp it? We, my sister 
and I, donned our sun hats, shouldered 
our stepladders, carried our baskets and 
made a raid on the peach orchard. The 
baskets were soon filled and taken to the 
sorting room. Now arose the problem 
of putting them into shape so that a 
woman could market them. Go to town 
in the high seat fruit wagon with big 
baskets of peaches behind? Never! 
Well, we would sort them carefully and 
No Smoke House. Smoke meat with 
KRAUSERS’ LIQUID EXTRACT OF SMOKE. 
Made from hickory wood. Gives delicious flavor. 
Cheaper, cleaner than old way. Send for cir¬ 
cular. K. Kranser Sc Bra., Milton. Pa. 
TELEPHONES 
and LINE MATERIAL for 
FARMERS’ LINES 
so simple you can build your own line. 
Instruction book and price list free. The 
Williams Telephone & Supply Co. 
98 Seneca St., Cleveland, 0. 
ARROW BRAND 
can be very 
advantageous¬ 
ly applied on 
SILOS, Farm 
Buildings or 
Sheds by any 
ASPHALT READY R00F1NS GO. 
82 Pine St., Mew York. 
samples. 
$33.00 TO CALIFORNIA, OREGON 
AND WASHINGTON. 
Via the Chicago, Union Pacific and North- 
Western Line. Daily from Chicago, March 
1 to April 30. Correspondingly low rates 
from all points. Pullman tourist sleeping 
cars Chicago to San Francisco, Los An¬ 
geles and Portland daily. Double berth 
rate from Chicago only $7.00. Daily and 
personally conducted excursions. Three 
fast trains daily to the Pacific Coast. The 
only double track railway to the Missouri 
River. All agents sell tickets via this 
route. For full information, time sched¬ 
ules, maps and book on California write 
to W. B. Kniskern, Passenger Traffic 
Manager, C. & N. W. Ry, Chicago. 
Rose 
Bushes, 
15 
Large, strong, 2-year- 
old, Held-grown plants 
—2 feet high with Hvo 
to eight branches 
Bloom profusely the 
first year More than 75 kinds to select from. Sent 
by express, purchaser paying charges. Send for 
handsome lOO-page Rose and Seed Catalog. 
Elbridge E. Wheeler. 16 Elm St.. Bnd" , ennrt. Con- 
FI nWFB ^ |J8r,£ ’ 8 Floral Magazine, trial, 
r LLP TV hlU Park’s Floral Guide, 1904, and 
Park’s Seed Pkg.,1000 sorts, for a big bed that will 
jurprise you with new flowers every day all summer,all 
for_ W Park, B21,lj.4*ark. Pa. 
Looking for a Home? 
Then why not keep In view 
the fact that the 
farming lands of 
are sufficient to support a 
population of 50,000,000 or over? 
The immigration to Western 
Canada during the past six 
years has been phenomenal. 
Homestead Lands 
easily accessible, and other 
lands may bo purchased from 
Railway and Land Companies. 
Western Canada’s grain lands 
produce marvellous crops,while 
the grazing lands contain all 
the nutritive qualities for fat¬ 
tening cattle and other stock. 
Markets, Schools, Railway* 
and all other condition* 
make Western Canada a 
desirable spot for the home- 
seeker. i 
Write to the Superintendent Im- 
migration.Ottawa,Canada,for a 
descriptive Atlas, and other in¬ 
formation: or to the authorized 
Canadian Government Agent— 
W» D. SCOTT, Supt. of Immigration, 
Ottawa, Can. 
Built for Bumps 
’ 5 95 
Write for free 8o-p. 
Trunk Cat. 
The 
Gib¬ 
ral¬ 
tar 
Trunk, built in 
strongest pos- 
sible way : 1 5 
braces on each 
end and 22 on 
sides. Count 
them yourself. Write 
at once for our special catalogue 
of trunks and valises and read about the many at¬ 
tractive trunks we sell. Prices all rock bottom. Our 
trunk catalogue will interest you. Write today. 59 
Montgomery Ward Co., 
Michigan Ave., Ma dison and Washington Sts.. 
— ■ — Chicago 
"■BURTS SUPERB DAHLIAS 
PAN AMERICAN GOLD MED/vl 
20 KINDS $1. Purchaser’s selection $1 doz. 
and up. 500 kinds, latest and best. Catalogue 
free. II. i>\ BURT, Taunton, Mass. 
JAYNE’S TONIC VERMIFUGE 
CURES DYSPEPSIA and BRINGS HEALTH 
