1906. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
237 
BEATS THE 
Grindstone 
Ten Times Over. 
Grind any tool, knife to mower 
sickle, with the 
Practical 
Grinder. 
3,000 revolutions of 
carborundum wheel 
per minute. Greatest 
abrasive known. No 
pressure needed,does 
not draw temper or ‘ 
heat tools. Every' 
home needsit. Write 
for price and circu¬ 
lar. A few good 
agents wanted. - 
ROYAL MFC. CO., 226 C. Walnut St., Lancaster, Pa. 
MITCHELL SEEDER 
FOR 
Windy Weather. 
Perfect seeding can be done whether thcl 
f wind blows or not—if there is no wind the' 
seed is thrown directly in front, and when 
the wind blows the cast can be shifted so 
' as to throw the seed with the wind the 
. same as sowing right or left hand. The 
changes are made instantly by reversing a 
small 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— a 
mailed free. This Skkokr 
MkG. Co., Homer, 
Mich. Box I). 
1000 Acres Alfalfa 
Sown by the world’s standard 
Cahoon Broadcast Seeder 
N. C. Dunlap, 
Manager 
Watson’s Ranch, 
Kearney, Neb. 
tells all about 
it in an address 
will be 
free 
by 
GOODELL COMPANY, 
W Main Street, Antrim, N. H. 
Milne Mfg. Co.- 860 Ninth St., Monmouth, III, 
Stump and Tree Pullers 
Self-anchoring and Stump- 
anchorcd. Something new. 
Pull an ordinary stump in 
minutes. 1 to 6 
acres at a set¬ 
ting. DilTerent 
sizes to suit 
all kinds of 
clearings. 
Korillustrated 
catalog address 
Powerful, 
Handy, 
Low 
Priced. 
Fertilizer! Sower 
Handles AH 
Commercial 
Fertilizers 
wet or dry, 
coa.se or fine. 
Positive foed, no 
choking, no 
■kips. 
For 
Broadcast 
Too-dres- 
6lug or Drilling 
in Rows. 
Spreads to 
width of 6 ft. 
10 Inches, gOO 
to 1000 lbs. 
LOW AND EASY TO LOAD. 
Broad tires, no rutting. Quick changes fromdril 
Ing to broadcasting also for thick and thin spreac 
V 1 * • Furnished with shatts or tongue. Write fo 
"••crlptive circulars and testimonials. 
Sptolal Largo Size, Sowa 8 Foot 3 Inchea Wide 
Belcher 8 Taylor A. T. Co., 
Bo< 76 Chicopee Falls, Mas. 
GENUINE PERUVIAN GUANO 
Warranted Pure and Unadulterated . 
THE BEST SOURCE OF PLANT 
FOOD. 
Nitrate ot Soda, Basic Slag, Potash Salts 
AND ALL 
Fertilizer Materials at Lowest Prices. 
Our 80 Page Book, Plant Food Problems, 
sent free of charge, if you mention The Rural, 
New-Yorker. 
Our Agricultural Expert will test your soil and 
udvise as to its proper fertilization, free of charge. 
We distribute fertilizing materials from New 
York, Boston, Mass., and Charleston, S- C. 
COE-MOHTIMEI4 COMPANY, 
137 Front Street, New York City, 
HOW TO GRIND TOOLS. 
Which is the proper way to grind tools, 
turn the stone towards the edge or from it? 
Avon, Conn. j. p. N. 
Where it is possible the proper way to 
grind tools is to have the stone turn 
towards the person holding the tool. The 
tool can thus be held firmer and ground 
nearer true than where the stone turns the 
other way and the tool is being drawn 
away from the person holding it. How¬ 
ever, there are some edge tools that it is 
more convenient to grind when the stone 
turns away from the cutting edge. To 
grind a tool properly, to begin with, the 
tool should come in contact with the 
stone at a distance from the cutting edge 
and gradually grind or thin the tool until 
the cutting edge is reached. Tools that 
are ground slightly concave cut much 
better than when they are ground con¬ 
vex. Too many people, and especially 
farmers, do not give edge tools the proper 
amount of grinding that they require. 
Tools ground in a hurry and left thick 
on the edge never do good work, while 
tools thoroughly ground, and a fine edge 
given them on an oil stone, always give 
good satisfaction to the user. 
_ J. J . SHEAHAN. 
Storekeepers Against Parcels Post. 
O. D. II., Table Rock, Neb. _As to parcels 
post, I think you are “barking up the wrong 
tree,” decidedly, in putting the blame on the 
express companies. Of course they will do all 
they can to stave it off, but with our western 
members at least, their influence is but a 
feather’s weight. Do you not know that 
every retail merchant in the country is oppos¬ 
ing it? They claim that with parcels post 
the mail order houses are going to get the 
bulk of the trade, and thus destroy their 
business, and hence destroy the towns that 
depend upon retail trade for their existence. 
It is paid that in one of our Nebraska Con¬ 
gressional districts every merchant has signed 
a remonstrance against it. We all know that 
the people in our little towns dictate the 
politics of their precincts, and hence no 
member of Congress can have any political 
future if he favors any such scheme. 
Ans. —Yes, we know how the store¬ 
keepers feel, and we recognize their po¬ 
litical power. They often control cau¬ 
cuses and conventions—because farmers 
let them. Of course Congressmen fear 
the storekeepers. I hey will find, how¬ 
ever, that these men may nominate, but 
that they cannot always deliver the votes. 
1 lie storekeeper would not be hurt half 
as much as he thinks. A good parcels 
post would help him if he would clean 
up and put in the goods that people want. 
He could have many of his lighter good^ 
sent by mail quicker and cheaper than he 
now gets them, and fresher, too. It would 
not be necessary for him to keep such a 
large stock. The big city stores would do 
that for him, and mail the goods as he 
needed them. Wherever there is a rural 
route the local storekeeper could do a 
great mail parcel business with farmers. 
In Europe, where the parcels post is at its 
best, the business of the small merchant 
has not been destroyed. He has made use 
of the system. It will be so in this coun¬ 
try, and these storekeepers will see how 
senseless they were in opposing it. 
Grain Drill for Dropping Fertilizer. 
R. L. II., Ohio .—We have a five-acre mea¬ 
dow somewhat poor; cannot get manure for 
it; next best is a good potato fertilizer per¬ 
haps? The idea uppermost, is, what is the 
best way of putting it on? Hand work would 
be tedious and uneven. Could we use a grain 
drill for evenly distributing? We have to 
hire everything done that we can’t do our¬ 
selves. 
Ans. —A high-grade potato fertilizer will 
be the best under such circumstances. 
Use enough of it—at least 1,200 pounds 
per acre. Some of our best fertilizer 
farmers u*c the grain drill for dropping 
fertilizer. This requires a good mechani¬ 
cal condition for the mixture. It must be 
fine and dry. All the tubes are opened and 
the hoes put down about as deep as for 
grain seeding. The only trouble is that 
the fertilizer box on the grain drill is small 
and must he filled often. In some cases 
the grain drill is used for dropping into 
the furrows by tying the tubes together 
so as to discharge over the drill. A po¬ 
tato planter would do this drilling much 
better. 
OHNST 
Steel Hay Tedder is the right tool at hay time. It does its 
work right and does it rapidly. Stirs the hay in the proper 
way. No matter how wet or how heavy the hay, it kicks it 
up as no other tool can, much easier than doing it by hand, 
and allows the sun to cure it quickly and evenly so 
that all the goodness is retained. The Johnston 
Steel Hay Tedder 
works without jar or strain, with least possible friction— 
no two forks touch the ground at the same time. The steel 
angle and steel pipe construction make The Johnston 
light* compact, durable, neat—just the machine you’ll like 
to use and ought to buy. Our Tedder | 
Folder tells why—describes it fully and 
shows how it works. Our 1906 catalog ] 
illustrates the complete Johnston line 
of “Not in the Trust” farm tools. 
Write today for both. They are free. 
The Johnston Harvester Co., 
Box 301 Batavia, N. 
FLEXIBLE 
Garden Implements 
FOUR TOOLS and TRUCK. Has Cultivating Rakeg 
Gopher Blades. Chisel Edged Cultivators, Bar Share 
Plow aud Truck. THE ONLY FLEXIBLE PLOW. 
Catalog Free. The Mobile Garden Implement Mfg Co , 27 Oak St., Mt. Gilead, O. 
ASPINWALL machines 
Double up your acreage and profits in potato raising by using 
machines suited to the purpose. 
Twenty-Five Years Experience Building Potato Machinery 
enables us to meet all requirements. Our automatic machines 
cut potatoes to best advantage; plant, 
fertilize and cover to any depth or width 
of row; spray vines, and dig and sort 
at least labor and expense. 
Our Free Catalogue is full of informa¬ 
tion for potato growers. Write for it. 
ASPINWALL MANUFACTURING CO., 
138 Sabine St., Jackson, Mich. 
Aspinwall 
Potato 
Planter. 
o. 6 Iron Age Combined^ 
Double aud Single J 
kWheel Hoe, Hill . 
and Drill 
aSeeder. 
Your Spring Help 
What kind of help will you have this spring. Will 
you do your work the old way with many men and 
much expense, or employ the time-saving, labor¬ 
lessening and money-making 
IRON AGE Implements 
These I mplementa comprise tools for the cultivation of all crops. The 
No. t> tool shown, prepares the ground, sows the seed and cultivates 
the growing crop. The Iron Age (Improved Robbins) Potato 
Planter lias no competitor. The only planter performing 
absolutely perfect work. Riding and Walking Cultivators, 
Sprayers, Hoes, Drills, Potato Diggers, etc., all are shown in 
the New Iron Age Book. Most complete and instructive book 
on crop raising published. Write for it. It’s Free. 
BATEMAN MFC. CO., Box 102, Crenloch, N. J. 
C and f orage W ° “^3 h is b ° 
It rarely f a ;i s if it , ° SUr ^ st crop , 
To be sure, i n a , . s efficient pl a 
bu t the first shower send ns ,ea ves will c 
It planted on ^ *s way rej 
L - active and sure th / ‘ which ar 
severe drouth, becau’se it ^ 
amount of rain to r , e<JUIres only a 
b,e to the crop. Bo .\ " these fertilizers a 
good cultivation, which ferti,izer c °upled 
he moi ' s ture from below wT^ ^ bdn S 
a .7 est °f b °th fodder and 30 ab ^ 
W ! piease you as the buv era ' n ’"~ a West 
^rs; so we wil, bo » a. 
. Duffy. \xr .. PPy* 
Iron Ag9 
(Improved 
Robbins) 
Potato 
Planter. 
. «'• DuUy, w , ^ 
ensilage per ’ a{ - r _ est Hartford 
Sood result frr °P B °"ker’ s o raise 
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