1904 
429 
EVERYBODY'S GARDEN . 
A Hard Proposition. —The neighbors 
tell us that this is what is before us. A 
naturally light soil that for years has been 
cropped continuously and Yed poorly of¬ 
fers little encouragement to crop pros¬ 
pects. Stable manure is plentiful, but ex¬ 
pensive because of the long haul. We 
could use commercial fertilizers in any 
amounts; but vegetable matter and plenty 
of it is what we need, with due regard to 
a proper balance of the essential elements 
of plant food. We have spread 81 loads 
(not jags) of manure on about eight 
acres. No ground has been planted un¬ 
til carefully fitted. We are not plowing 
deeply but thoroughly. 
Numerous Varieties. —To keep up 
successions with a list so large as we 
must grow, the sowings have to be re¬ 
peated at short intervals, else we shall 
have a shortage. So when a rotation of 
radishes, beets, lettuce and many other 
vegetables has been sown, it is but a few 
days until the round must be made again, 
and the work is never done. 
Plant Protectors. —A correspondent 
inquires how the tarred paper plant pro¬ 
tectors, mentioned a short time since, 
are made. We buy the paper by the roll, 
choosing a stiff, heavy grade, one yard 
wide. Unroll it upon the barn or shop 
floor, and with carpenter’s square and 
sharp knife, mark and cut the paper into 
different sized rectangular pieces, as we 
wish different sizes in the protectors. 
For tomato plants we cut the pieces about 
12x27 inches; another good size is 9x20. 
Then cut as many square pieces as you 
have of the rectangles, using a 10-inch 
square for the largest size and an eight- 
inch one for the smaller. The ends of 
large pieces are brought together and 
lapped about one inch, being secured by 
brass paper fasteners. This forms a hol¬ 
low cylinder much the size and appear¬ 
ance of a half-length of stovepipe. When 
fearing a frost these protectors are put 
over the plants, lightly pressed into the 
soil and covered on top by one of the 
squares of tarred paper. A handful of 
soil or small stone holds it in place. We 
find these protectors very useful in cold 
windy weather to prevent tender plants be- 
ng whipped to pieces or stunted in growth. 
For this purpose we leave the covers off, 
so the plants get benefit of sunshine and 
air, while fully protected from harm by 
wind. Among the flowers or very small 
plants, empty tin cans, flower pots, or 
paper pails come in very handy. Plant 
growth should never be checked from 
start to finish if we wish best results, and 
oftentimes a cold' wind or rain will give 
the plants a setback from which it seems 
hard to recover. 
Nitrate of Soda. —This is surely a 
good fertilizer in its place; but used in¬ 
discriminately or in the wrong way it 
may work great mischief. One of my 
helpers applied a heaping tablespoonful 
of the nitrate close around each one of 
several hundred newly-set tomato plants, 
cabbages and squashes. A rain dissolved 
the whole mass before I discovered what 
had been done, and every plant was killed. 
Half the quantity mixed in the soil would 
have been beneficial. 
Flowers. —We have 200 feet of double 
row of sweet peas, hundreds of Dahlias, 
Gladioli-, Cannas, Tritomas, pseonies, etc. 
beside nearly everything in annuals that 
will do for cut flowers. The same hotel 
which makes way with the vegetables 
raised in our garden takes the flowers. 
Michigan. __j. e. morse. 
Is Dwarf Essex Rape a Weed ? 
A. B., Bordentown, 2V. J.—Will Dwarf 
Essex rape live through the Winter in this 
climate and be a troublesome weed the follow¬ 
ing season, like wild mustard, for instance? 
Ans.—A small orchard sown with 
Dwarf Essex rape last Fall did not show 
a single live plant this Spring, although 
there was an excellent stand and it went 
into Winter quarters in good condition 
and was well covered with snow. The 
chance of rape wintering in central New 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Nature’s Greatest Cure 
For Men and Women 
York is exceedingly remote. I do not 
think one need be seriously concerned 
about this possibility in any part of New 
Y ork State. Consequently there is no 
danger of it becoming a self-seeding weed. 
JOHN CRAIG. 
A Plan For Cold Storage. 
G. 8. 8 ., Kerrmoor, Pa .—As I am going to 
build a cold storage as shown in diagram, 
and am not sure whether I am right, would 
like to have your advice. The building is 
one-fourth of my wagon shed, 14 feet square, 
with eight inches tilled with sawdust, and 5 
inside for a dead-air chamber, with one thick¬ 
ness of boards and paper, celled with 
matched lumber, with sides of same with 
cement floor, which would matte five thick¬ 
nesses of boarus. 
Ans. —This plan for a cold storage 
room is all right as far as it goes. But 
you do not speak of ventilation and of the 
disposition of the ice which is to cool the 
room. It is presumed that the .icehouse is 
nearby so as to minimize the work of re¬ 
newing the ice supply, which will have to 
be done every few days. The receptacle 
for the ice should be as high towards the 
ceiling as convenient, or at least up off 
the floor. Tfie warm air having a ten¬ 
dency to rise a circulation of air in the 
< 
* 
room will be favored. The floor of the 
icebox should be of galvanized sheet 
.metal with a slope to one corner, where is 
a drain pipe to lead off the water from the 
melting ice. This pipe should be 
“trapped” at the outlet, that is, it should 
be bent in such a way that there will al¬ 
ways be a little water in it to prevent the 
admission of warm air. Ventilation 
should be through the roof so as to pre¬ 
vent warm air accumulating over- the ice. 
The ventilating flue should be fixed so 
as to be adjustable and no more ventila¬ 
tion allowed than is necessary, as it must 
always be borne in mind that ventilation 
and the preservation of a low temperature 
in a cold storage do not go well together 
on a hot day. Opening the ventilator at 
night and closing in the day time is not a 
bad plan. If a glass window is thought 
necessary it should be as small as prac¬ 
ticable and have about three sash with 
two dead-air spaces. Glass is poor mate¬ 
rial for building non-conductive walls. 
G. D * 
For the land’s sake, use Bowker’s Fer¬ 
tilizers. They enrich the earth.— Adv. 
Galvanized Steel Tanks 
Guaranteed to the user. Built to 
suit your particular needs at re- 
markabiy low prices. Also 
manufacture Corrugated Iron 
i steel roofing,etc. W rite for prices to-day. 
GUNGE BROS. IRON ROOFING CO, 36 Gedge St, Anderson, Ind. 
If the Bull Runs 
next to the poultry, use Page Poultry Fence. 
PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., Box 63. Adrlin, Mich. 
Be yourown agent 
! Buy fence from tho makers. 
Advance Fence 
* 
J 
is made right and sold to yon I 
direct. We allow no agents,S 
middlemen or dealors to take part of your money. Wo I 
allow you 80 1)\YS’ FREE TRIAL and freight I 
paid to your depot* Send at once for Free Fence | 
liook telling all about our fencing and giving prices. 
ADVANCE FENCE COMPANY, 
721 8 Old street, Peoria* Illinois* 
WHAT IS 
FR0ST f 
BEST 
.CHEAPEST 
that makes the Frost wear a life time? It contains 
ih? weight, strength and quality of material. Does the 
woven wire fabric? No. It pays to buy and erect the 
Frost 
THE FROST WIRE FENCE CO., Cleveland, Ohio. 
Swamp-Root Is the Most Perfect Healer and Natural 
Aid to the Kidneys, Liver and Bladder 
Ever Discovered. 
Swamp-Root Saved My Life. 
I received promptly the sample bottle of 
your great kidney remedy, Swamp-Root. 
I had an awful pain in my back, over the 
until the face looks pale or sallow, puffy 
or dark circles under the*eyes, feet swell, 
and sometimes the heart acts badly. 
I here is comfort in knowing that Dr. 
Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, the great kidney, 
liver and bladder remedy, fulfills every 
wish in quickly relieving such troubles. 
It corrects inability to hold urine and 
scalding pain in passing it, and overcomes 
tliqt unpleasant necessity of being com¬ 
pelled to. get up many times during the 
night to urinate. Tn taking this wonder¬ 
ful new discovery, Swamp-Root, you afford 
natural help to Nature, for Swamp-Root 
is the most perfect healer and gentle aid to 
the kidneys that has ever been discovered. 
Swamp-Root a Blessing to Women 
My kidneys aud bladder gave me great 
trouble for over twb months and I suffered 
kidneys, and had to urinate from four to 
seven times a night often with smarting 
and burning. Brick dust would settle In the 
urine. I lost twenty pounds in two weeks, 
anu thought I would soon die. I took the 
first dose of your Swamp-Root in the evening 
at bed time, aud was very much surprised; I 
had to urinate but once that night, and the 
second night I did not get up until morning. 
I have used three bottles of Swamp-Root, and 
to-day am as well as ever. 
I am a farmer, aud am working every 
day, and weigh 190 pounds, tlie same that 1 
weighed before I was taken sick. 
Gratefully yours. 
Sec. F. A. & I. U. 504. T. S. Apker 
A pril 9th, 1903. Marsh Hill, Pa. 
There comes a time to both men and 
women when sickness and poor health 
bring anxiety and trouble hard to bear; 
disappointment seems to follow every 
effort of physicians in our behalf, anil 
remedies we try have little or no effect. 
In many such cases serious mistakes are 
made in doctoring, and not knowing what 
the disease. is or what makes us sick. 
Kind nature warns us by certain symp¬ 
toms, which are unmistakable evidence of 
danger, such as too frequent desire to uri¬ 
nate, scanty supply, scalding irritation, 
pain or dull ache in the back—they tell us 
in silence that our kidneys need doctoring. 
If neglected now, the disease advances 
(G> 
untold misery. I became weak, emaciated 
aud very much rim down. I had great difa¬ 
culty in retaining my urine, and was obliged 
to pass water very often night and day. After 
I bad used a sample bottle of Dr. Kilmer's 
Swamp-Root, sent me- on my request, I expe 
rienced relief, aud I immediately bought of 
my druggist two large bottles aud continued 
taking it regularly. I am pleased to say that 
Swamp-Root cured me entirely. I can now 
stand on my feet all day without any bad 
symptoms whatever. Swamp-Root has proved 
a blessing to me. 
Gratefully yours, 
Mrs. E. Austin, 
19 Nassau St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
To prove what SWAMP - ROOT, the Great Kidney, Liver and 
Bladder Kemedy, Will Do for YOU Every Reader of the “Rural 
New-Yorker” May Have a Sample Bottle FREE by Mail. 
nmr\ T r >K i AL i XO f TI( iF^7 If y u OU a r e sick or “ feel badly” write at once to Dr. Kil- 
, . c ’’ in ghamton, N \., who will gladly send you by mail, immediately, without 
cost to you, a sample bottle of Swamp-Root, and a book telling all about it. and con¬ 
ning many of the thousands upon thousands of testimonial letters received from 
men and women cured. In writing to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y„ be sure 
to say that you read this generous offer in the New York City “Rural New-Yorker.” 
nn h u mP " •°° t v .P leasan J : to take and you can purchase the regular fifty-cent and 
one-dolla 1 size bottles at the drug stores everywhere. Don’t make any mistake, but 
remember the name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, and the address, 
Binghamton,, N. Y., on every bottle. ’ 
BLIZZARD Feed and Ensilage Cutter or 
Shredder with Wind Elevator 
New anil Improved 
with Sell' Feed Table. 
Send for 
Free Catalogue. 
Does better work than any 
other Ensilage or Fodder Cut- 
* ter ever made; will elevate to 
any desired height and in any di¬ 
rection. Kernels of corn ground 
- into meal, mixed all through the 
silage. Stalks and leaves battered 
an .. . and softened, settle quicker, pack closer. 
Silo will take 1-4 more Silage. Less heating 
fermentation, and souring. Better unil sweeter 
Hilaire. Oood for all stock; no waste, all palatable and 
well digested. Does splendid work in » tired (Unit and 
cutting dry Htnlkn. Fully iruurunteed 
JOSEPH DICK AGRICULTURAL WORKS 
Box (i9 ( anion, Ohio. 
SPieVIkaB 
ock Supreme 
There are reasons tv by the large poultry plants 
all buy Union Lock Poultry Fencing. You 
don’t have to cut it to lit uneven ground—its 
stretching does that. Its fine meshing at bot¬ 
tom holds the small chicks. It doesn’t sag be¬ 
tween posts. Above all it’s the - 
Poultry Fencing That's Strong 
All horizontal lines are cables—made of the best quality eaivanized 
steel wire. The one poultry fence that’s erect when others are tumble 
dowu. Extra heavy fences for lawns^ and farms. Factories in Con¬ 
necticut, Illinois and California. Quick shipment a specialty from 
factory nearest you. Write today for free catalogue of all fencing. 
CASE BROTHERS , Colchester, Conn . 
