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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
March 10, 
* THE CUTAWAY HARROW CO 
CLARK’S REV. 
BUSH PLOW and HARROW 
Cuts a track 5 feet wide. 1 
foot deep. Connects sub' 
soil water. Can plow a 
newly cut forest, stump, 
bush or bog land. 
CLARK’S Mbl. ACTION 
*-4. A.j ClITA WAT Moves 18,000 
Tons of liarthin a May. 
Send for circulars. 
HIGGANUM, C0NN..U.S.L 
Improved Seed Sower 
This improved 
Seed Sower is, 
without doubt, 
the most dur¬ 
able and easily 
operated Seed 
Sower on the 
market. Con¬ 
st r u c t e d 
of the best 
m aterials 
thro ugh- 
out, it uis- 
£ri l>u tes 
evenly and 
works per¬ 
fectly. It can he regulated to any quantity per 
acre, and will sow from 40 to 60 acres per day. 
Suspended by a strap that passes over the 
shoulder, the sower hangs in a position permit¬ 
ting a convenient and effective operation of 
the machine. | 
Our New 600 Page Catalog No, 90 
gives description and prices of our complete 
line of farm implements, together with 20,000 
articles for farm and household use. It con¬ 
tains a wider variety and many new lines not 
found in the old one. Write for it to-day, and 
also for our Grocery Catalog, showing how you 
can save one quarter of your living expenses. 
Prices lower than ever. Freight and ex¬ 
press rates aro lower from New York than any 
other city in America. 
White,Van Glahn & Co • 15 Chatham Sa. 
NEW YORK CITY. 
01 DEST MM Off OEM 
HOUSE IN AMERICA 
MITCHELL SEEDER 
FOR 
Windy Weather. 
Perfect seeding can l»e done whether the 
T wind blown or not—if there is no wind the 
seed is thrown directly in front, and when 
the wind blows the cast can be ahifted so 
^ hr to throw the seed with the wind the 
■.same as sowing right or left. hand. The 
changes are made instantly by reversing a 
null lever. Very simple—nothing to get out of order. 
Fully guaranteed. We also manufacture wheelbarrow 
seeders—lightest, best and cheapest. Sow perfectly 
under all conditions. Seed box on springs : 3 sizes. 
For sale through dealers or shipped 
direct from factory prepaid. Write 
for booklet and prices show¬ 
ing our complete line—, 
mailed free. Tim Skkdku 
Mfg. Co., Homer, 
Mich. Box D. 
Kills 
Weeds 
Stirs 
Soil 
Keystone 
Weederand Cultivator 
Makes sure crops, increases yield. Preserves 
moisture at plant roots. 7 l A feet wide, narrows 
to 30 ins. Famous Hallock flat tooth. Ask 
for book of many photographed field scenes 
of weeder at work. 
KEYSTONE 
Cultivator Attachment 
for any cultivator. Runs __ 
on the row, where shov- 
els can’t go. Weeds, cultivates, 
uncovers corn, levels. Makes 
cultivation complete. Send for cir¬ 
culars of Weeders, Cultivators and 
Attachments. FREE. 
Keysfon^armMjchlne.COj^SCni^eavo^hjTork^P^ 
the national 
A modem 
plow, 
quick to 
get Into 
highest 
favor. 
Thousands 
In use. 
REVERSIBLE 
LESS TURNING, 
I more rapid work and no dead furrows. Right or 
left hand Sulky, right or left hand Walking 
Flow. Works equally well on level land or side 
hill, all soils. Ask your dealer to show you. If 
! not there, write us for full particulars and test¬ 
imonials. 
BELCHER & TAYLOR A. T. GO., 
Box 7f», Chicopee Falls, Mass. 
Use of Nitrate of Soda. 
IF. II. M., Jocelyn, Ontario. —Is it possible 
or advisable to sow nitrate of soda with a 
seed drill between rows of roots, beets, carrots, 
etc., rows to be 14 Inches apart? I have 
sowed poisoned bran in this way to kill 
cutworms with good results, I think. 
Ans. —The nitrate of soda furnishes ni¬ 
trogen, and if these crops are backward it 
will surely start them on. We doubt if 
the nitrate alone will run well through 
the seed drill. It is apt to “cake.” We 
would scatter it by hand about four 
inches from the plants, and work it into 
the soil with rake or cultivator. 
Silage and Condensed Milk. 
J. IF. IF., Washington, Pa. —I am told that 
milk condensers will not use milk from cows 
fed on silage. Is this correct, and if so why? 
Ans. —The Bordens, who supply a large 
proportion of the condensed milk sold in 
the East, will not use milk from cows 
fed on silage. The silo is prohibited on 
farms from which their milk supply 
comes. We are told that in some West¬ 
ern States condensed milk of good qual¬ 
ity is made from silage-fed milk. The 
Bordens refuse the milk on the claim 
that it contains an injurious acid, though 
scientific men can find no good reason 
for such refusal. 
Fodder and Permanent Meadow. 
G. B., Pittsburg, I‘a .—We expect to go into 
the stock business on a small scale, and 
would like to know how to get the following 
fields in grass quickly as possible. Buck 
wheat was grown in one, another had oats 
and the third field had corn. The ground 
is full of sandstone rocks, making plowing 
difficult. The soil is acid. Though owners 
of farm we are not practical farmers. 
Ans. —Any acid soil needs lime. If 
you want a permanent meadow and im 
mediate stock food you must plow or 
break up the soil in some way. Our plan 
would be to fit the soil with plow or 
Cutaway harrow and sow three bushels 
of oats per acre, using 500 pounds pet- 
acre of a good fertilizer. Cut the oats 
for hay when the seed is soft. Work up 
the stubble and sow a ton to the acre of 
lime. Fit the soil as well as possible, and 
sow Timothy and Red-top—at least eight 
quarts of each per acre in late August, 
using at least 400 pounds of fertilizer. 
The better you fit the soil at seeding the 
more permanent the meadow. 
A Culvert of Concrete. 
E. IF., Cincinnati, Ohio .—I am to build a 
culvert 15 feet long, 10 feet high, and eight 
feet broad. Is it cheaper to build it with 
stone or with concrete? 
Ans. —The expense would be less to 
build of concrete than cut stone. I 
should feel safe in an arch of this size 
to build it as a monolith or single block. 
That is, it would not be necessary to 
provide expansion joints. The arch, if 1 
understand the question correctly, would 
ie 10 feet high, 8 feet across and having a 
drive width of 15 feet. If built 18 inches 
wide at the base and gradually narrowing 
to one foot thick for these side walls and 
carrying this size to the arch, there would 
)e 250 cubic feet of concrete; a barrel of 
cement containing 3.5 cubic feet mixed 
1—3—6 will make 24 cubic feet of con¬ 
crete if the aggregate or broken stone 
contains 40 per cent voids. This would 
call for about 11 barrels Portland cement, 
or 115 cubic feet sand and 230 cubic feet 
of crushed stone. As to the expense, 
the questioner can figure much closer than 
, because he knows local cost of material. 
The foundation construction and expense 
will depend upon conditions. If this arch 
is to be built upon new soil, and the 
course of the stream changed, it will be 
necessary to put in a base or floor the 
depth and strength of which no one could 
figure without seeing the place. If it is 
over a stream so that erosion will not 
ie appreciable upon hardpan subsoil, then 
would dig a foundation two feet or 
more, depending upon soil conditions, 20 
nches deep at the top and 30 inches at 
the bottom, and fill with a 1—5—10 mix¬ 
ture. This would require approximately 
three barrels cement, 50 cubic feet sand 
and 100 cubic feet crushed stone. Gravel 
or small stone would be as serviceable as 
crushed stone. Cinders are also used, and 
are acceptable, but they must be thor¬ 
oughly rammed to reduce the voids to a 
minimum. h. e. cook. 
FULL DIRECTIONS 
FOR BUILDING 
This Greenhouse 
CHEAPLY 
Any Kind of Carpentering 
TAUGHT BY MAIL. 
H. S. MARTIN, Kenmore, New York. 
MATTHEWS' 
0 TOOLS IN 
UNIVERSAL" GARDEN TOOLS 
Double or Single Wheel Hoe 
Seeder, marker, 
hoe rake, plow, 
cultivator. Single 
or double wheel. Adjust¬ 
ments easily made. 
For planting and 
all kinds of cul¬ 
tivation. 
Send for FREE 
BOOKLET of val¬ 
uable informa¬ 
tion for planting and cultivating the garden 
and full description of these Implements. 
6 Styles Seeders 
Opens fur- H Models 
row, drop* Li 0 f 
kb?* 1 ” 5® Accuracy 
covers, 
marks. 
Cultivator, Plow, Rake. Changes 
quickly made. Cultivate do- 
tween or astride the rows. Any 
depth, any width. 
Note High Arch and Plant Guards, 
Bent Oak Handles on all Tools. 
AMPS PI nw company 54 MARKET STREET, BOSTON, MARSaOHUR^tts 
SAVE HALE YOUR TINE 
using the Plans* Jr. Lins of farm and garden tools. They do the work faster, easier 
and better than it can be done in any other way. Our No. 8 Horao Ho a Is a perfect one' 
horse cultivator for corn, potatoes, cotton—indeed all crops planted In rows. Our Planal Jr. 
No. 2B. is a Hill and Drill Seeder, Wheel Hoe, Cultivator and Plow combined. Sows all 
garden seeds in continuous rows or drops in hills, 4, 6, 8, 18 or 24 Inches 
apart. Works astride or between the rows throwing the earth to or 
from as desired. , 
Our new catalogue shows Seeders, Wheel Hoes, Horse Hots, 
Harrows, Riding Cultivators—one and two row—Beet Culti¬ 
vators, etc. This book will delight and instruct 
everyone Interested in farming and gardening. 
Write for It to-day. Mailed free. 
. L. Allen & Co., 
Box 1107V, PhllidsIphli.Ps. 
Dfkl I I|yf2 I Aun you want a plow that turns a 
LHI1U smooth furrow up or down. You 
to work equally well on the level. The 
Syracuse- Combination Plow 
leads every other. The type which other plow makers pattern after 
—imitated but never equaled. Steel moldboard, separate shin 
fiece.cast landside, chilled or steel shares, right or left 
land, with round or flat coulters. Demand unprece¬ 
dented. It’sthe plow that’s next to perfection for all-around 
work. Ask year dealer to show you or write us for de¬ 
scriptive catalogue. 
Syracuse Chilled Plow Co., Syracuse, W, Y* 
Grimm Charcoal Tin, Honest Measure Syrup Cans. 
They do not leak and are better made than cheap Coke 
Tin Cans. Price $10.00 per 100 terms May 1st, next; $9.00 
per 100 for cash with order, f. o. b. your station in 
lots of 50 or more. 
GRIMM SAP SPOUTS will produce one-fourth more 
sap with less injury to trees. I will ship spouts on trial 
to any respoDs ble sugar maker,—use them this season 
and return them if not satisfactory. Ask for Print “C” 
and sample Spout, Free. 
Grimm Spout No. 4. G. H.GRIMM, Rutland, Vt. 
ACENTS 
WANTED 
SPRING 
TOOTH 
HARROW 
ON 
WHEELS 
Lightest Draft Harrow made. Adapted to any noil. Saves a lialf- 
horse power. Seat adjusted without bolts. Used either as walk¬ 
ing or riding harrow. Teeth controlled by lever. Easily cleared of 
rubbish. Made of very best materials. Awarded Gold Medals at St. 
Louis World’s Fair, w rite for free catalogue describing this harrow. 
THE HENCH & DROMCOLD CO., Mfrs., York, Pa. 
Two Horse Elevator Digger. 
Weight 600. 
Patented and Patent Applied For. 
Potsto do y0U want Go,d Dust in exchange for 
^ your check? 
Let us tell you how you can have it. Read what farmers think of it: 
Cedar Falls, Iowa, January 31, 1906. 
I bought a half interest in your O. IC. Digger last fall of Mr. Crance who 
had been trying for 3 years to find a digger that suited us. L. M. YALE. 
West Webster, N. Y., February 8. 
I have already taken forty orders as the result of our sweeping victory on 
Eldrige s farm last fall; shows merit; don’t it? G S BRFWFT-f 
Guaranteed as good as the best. 
We have a rich field tor agents, 
D, Y, HALLOCK & SONS , Box 8O8 Y0RKf P4 . 
Mr 
