1906. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
871 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
[Every query must be accompanied by 
the name and address of the writer to in¬ 
sure attention. Before asking a question, 
please see whether it is not answered in 
our advertising columns. Ask only a few 
questions at one time. Put questions on a 
separate piece of paper. 1 
Mixing a Fertilizer. 
A. n. IF., Cambridge, 3 fax a .—Will you give 
me a formula to mix ground bone, tankage 
from meat and muriate of potash to make 
a good dressing for grass on clay loam soil? 
Ans. —We would use 400 pounds 
muriate, 600 pounds tankage and 1,000 
pounds ground bone if these chemicals 
are to be used. They are not the best 
for top-dressing, because neither of them 
is soluble enough when left on top of the 
ground. We would rather use nitrate of 
soda and acid phosphate for top-dressing, 
as when put on the ground the rain will 
dissolve them and carry the plant food 
down. We orefer to use bone and tank¬ 
age where they can be plowed or har¬ 
rowed into the soil. 
Plowing Under Cow Peas. 
E. 8. IF., New Monmouth, N. J .—Is it 
hotter to plow cow peas under green in the 
Kail, or to let them die on the ground and 
plow under in the Spring? Will the cow pea 
hay that, is moldy injure cows where it is 
used as fodder? Musty hay will cause 
heaves in horses. Is there the same danger 
in feeding it to cows? I have a lot of cow 
pea hay, but it heated in the stack. 
Ans. —>We would rather plow the cow 
pea vines under when ripe, and sow rye 
to cover the ground through the Fall and 
Winter. When they are left to die on 
the ground you lose most of the leaves, 
which are blown away, and something 
from the soil. We should not be afraid 
to feed musty or moldy cow pea hay to 
cows if they are also fed bran or other 
grain. It is safe to trust a well-fed cow 
to reiect food that would hurt her. We 
would not feed such hay to horses. 
Ashes and Ground Bone. 
R., New Rochelle, N. Y. —A're wood ashes 
as good as ground bone for an orchard? Ilow 
much coal ashes will it do to put around 
trees? 
Ans. —You cannot fairly compare the 
two. as the following figures show: 
rounds In One Ton. 
Phos. 
Nitrogen. Acid. Potash. 
Wood ashes. 0 35 100 
Ground Bone. 60 400 0 
Thus vou see the ashes contain no ni¬ 
trogen while the bone has three per cent 
or more. The ashes contain five per cent 
of potash, while the bone has none. This 
potash is a necessity in growing fruit. 
The ashes also contain 000 pounds or 
more of lime. You might use ashes and 
grow some crop like clover or cow peas 
to furnish nitrogen, but unless you were 
sure vour soil does not need potash the 
ground bone would in time fail. The 
best wav is to combine the two, using 200 
pounds of ashes with each 100 pounds of 
bone. We use about a peck of coal ashes 
to the tree, but would use any amount up 
to a bushel if we had them. 
Keeping Cabbage for Winter. 
R. B., Elkton, Md .—I wish to put away 
about 6,000 cabbages for my hens this 
Winter. Many of the beads are immature 
and these I shall bed in furrows root down, 
throwing the dirt with plow to each furrow 
as we fill with cabbage, and covering this 
with about four feet of straw and thatch. 
The rest I wish to put in the large dry 
feed room cellar, placing the layers on dirt, 
covering with short straw, and piling them 
up as high as convenient, alternating cabbage 
and straw. Will they keep that way in a 
frostless cellar? If not can I keep them in 
any way but bedded in earth? I wish, if 
possible, to avoid the labor of digging them 
out of frozen ground. 
Ans. —There are several ways of stor¬ 
ing cabbage for Winter use. All of them 
are reliable and safe methods if properly 
done. Failure to keep cabbage and other 
such vegetables is due to keeping them too 
warm, or storing them where it is damp, 
and confining the impure air without 
means of escape. A large frost-proof cel¬ 
lar, such as the correspondent refers to, 
should be an excellent place to keep them, 
provided it is well ventilated. Cabbages 
that are to be stored for Winter should 
be left in the field as long as it is safe for 
them without being injured by frost; they 
should be puiled when dry, the stump or 
root cut off about two inches from the 
head, all decayed leaves removed; they 
should then be packed tightly in slat bar¬ 
rels or crates. Where they are stored ex¬ 
tensively permanent bins or racks are 
made to hold them when thus stored. 
Pack them edgeways to avoid moisture and 
water collecting around the base of the 
stem; this will often cause decay and rot. 
Ventilation should be given freely except 
on the coldest days. t. m. white. 
Another Seedless Aptle. —I have sent 
you an apple which may belong to the 
“Spencer” variety. The tree that produced 
this apple is about .SO years old and in 
all its life has not produced five bushels of 
fruit. The tree, like the fruit, is worthless. 
It came from a nursery in an adjoining 
county and was sold under the name 
“No Core.” I have been interested in the 
“Spencer” discussion and thought I would 
send a sample of our “No Core.” When you 
cut the apple you will notice the absence of 
mature seeds, but the cells are there, as in 
any other apple. j. m. B. 
Ilomcr City, Pa. 
R. N.-Y.—The apple is somewhat like the 
Spencer in outward appearance, and seems 
to be of much the same type. The core is 
larger aud there are more seeds. The quality 
is very poor. Of the dozens of seedless 
apples reported to us practically all are 
very low in quality. 
Portland Gutter 
Only $15.70 
This handsome, stylish, 
and popular cutter Is made 
ot guaranteed materials 
throughout. The body Is 
the latest style, SUx841ncb, 
22-lnch back, gives warmth 
comfort and elegance In appearance, Gear woods 
are select air-seasoned, runners are rock elm, steam 
bent, 1)4x94 Inch. Knees and beams, 1)4x34 Inch, 
channel shoes 94 x 1)4 Inch, braces clipped to knees 
and gears Ironed up very strong and secure. Re¬ 
movable trimmings, dark green union cloth or whip¬ 
cord, as preferred; regular stuffed cushion and spring 
back. Paint—body black with fancy moulding, gear 
and shafts Brewster green or carmine neatly Btrlped. 
Complete with shafts and shifting bar. Only $15.70. 
A Full Lino at Factory Cost. 
All these cutters have channel shoes and re¬ 
movable upholstery, also fitted with good shafts 
aud quick shifting bar, which Is held In position by 
thumb-screw, can be changed from one position to 
another In a minute's time and gives you choice of 
having horse travel straight ahead or at one side. 
Remember this, more cutters are made In 
Kalamazoo than in any other city In the 
United States and when you deal with the KAL¬ 
AMAZOO SUPPLY HOUSE you deal athead- 
quartersand pay one small profit only, to actual 
factory prices. 
Only $20.50 
A favorite cutter, e 1 e- 
gant design,extremely sub¬ 
stantial, heavily Ironed, 
well braced, wing dash, ex¬ 
tra high roll back. Body 
84 In. wide, 80 In. long, seat 
18 In. deep, highly finished 
spring cushion and back removable. Trimmed In 
green cloth or whipcord. Has carpet, nickel arm and 
dash rati. Body painted In black, striped with green 
or carmine, gear also striped. Channel shoes. This 
cutter Is extra quality, only 120.50. 
L-80 
Only $21.50 
This Great Eastern Port¬ 
land Cutter,very fine, high¬ 
ly finished,nicely trimmed, 
extra roomy, easy riding, Is 
trimmed In heavy green 
wool cloth or whipcord. 
Body painted rich black, 
striped with green or carmine, gear also Btrlped. 
Channel shoes and removable upholstery. Carpet 
and all other trimmings. Price *21.50. 
Extras for any cutter. Pole, Instead of shafts, 
add #1.50; pole and shafts, add #3.00; genuine car 
plush, red or blue, add #3.75; 28-oz. rubber top for 
any cutter, add #112.50. 
We will stake our business reputation on these 
cutters. They are high class and cannot be dupli¬ 
cated by anybody else for the price and we will prove 
It. Select the cutter you want, send us the whole 
amount with order or #3.00 Just to show good faith 
and we will ship the cutter at once on approval. If 
satisfied pay the freight agent the balance due. If 
It Is not exactly as represented, we will pay freight 
bath ways and at once refund your *3.00 or any other 
amount you have paid us. we have many other 
styles. Including a very fine speeder, price only 
#46.50, Old Comfort, #26.00, and Spring Cutter, 
only #20.85. Also runners, very handy to put on 
buggy axles, only #5.25. Light and heavy bobs, 
etc. Send for our new general catalogue C88. Full 
of bargains In everything for the farm and home. 
Buffalo 
RobesSI. 
ON APPROVAL 
For buggy, sleigh or 
automobile there Is 
nothing finer to be had 
at any price. Ameri¬ 
can Buffalo Robes are a thing of the past, but we 
offer the ‘KAZOO*' BUFFALO ROBES, a 
substitute that has every appearance and many ad¬ 
vantages over the genuine Buffalo Skin Robe. They 
are pliable, soft, lined with astrakan and Interlined 
with rubber cloth, making them absolutely wind and 
waterproof and much warmer and more comfortable 
than any stiff skin robe. These robes are worth 
$10.00 of any man’s money and you will say so when 
you see It. You cannot buy a more elegant appear¬ 
ing or more serviceable robe at *25.00 retail. We sell 
to you direct at almost factory cost. 54x52, #5.00; 
54x62, #6.00; 54x72, #7-00. Send *1.00 as guaran¬ 
tee of good faith. Pay the agent the balance when 
you get your robe. If you are not absolutely satis¬ 
fied, tell the agent to return It to us at our expense 
and we will refund you your *1.00 and pay charges 
both ways. 
Why not order robe and cutter together and save 
all transportation charges on robe—will pack it under 
Beat of cutter and guarantee safe delivery. 
CASH SUPPLY & MFG.CO. 
696 Lawrence Sq. t KALAMAZOO, MIOH, 
WANT COMFORT 
WHEN DRIVING? 
IF SO, USE 
Lehman Heaters 
You can avoid winter discomfits and 
make your driving a pleasure while out in 
the cold by heating your carriage, wagon 
or sleigh with a celebrated 
LEHMAN 
Heater 
They burn LEHMAN COAL, from which 
there is no smoke, smell nor danger of fire. They 
can bo operated at a cost of 2 cents a day. Horse¬ 
men, farmers and physicians everywhere use and 
recommend them, and they are making many 
friends particularly among farmers. 3a0,000 
LEHMAN HEATERS are in actual use, which 
alone speaks as to their merits. Write for circular 
telling all about them, mentioning The Rural 
New-Yorker. 
LEHMAN BROS., MFRS., 
10 Bond Street 
New York 
&r :BEWARE 
J. W. ERRINGER, 
Oen , l West. Sales Agent 
45 E. Congress St., Chicago, Ill* 
OF IMITATIONS. 
Wire Fence 9QC 
48-in. stock fence per rod only * 
Best high carbon coiled steel spring wired 
Catalog offences, tools and supplies FRKI^ 
Buy direct at wholesale. Write today. 
MASON FENCE CO. Boi G7, LeeBburg, (K 
WE LEAD THE WORLD 
We are the largest manufac¬ 
turers of Grooved and Plain 
Tire Steel Farm Wagon 
Wheels in America. We 
guarantee our patent 
Grooved Tire Wheels to 
be the best made by anybody 
anywhere. Write us. 
HAVANA METAL WHEEL CO. 
BOX 17 HAVANA. ILL. 
WHAT DO YOU SAY? 
Several hundred thousand farmers say that 
the best Investment they ever made WM 
when they bought an 
Electric Ha Wagon 
Low wheels, wide tires; easy work, light draft. 
We’ll sell you a set of the best steel wheels 
made for your old wagon. Spoke united with 
hub, guaranteed not to break nor work loose. 
Send for our catalogue and save money. 
ELECTRIC WHEEL CO.. Box 88. Qulney, III. 
FENCE 
Made of High Carbon colled wire. We 
have no agents. Sell direct to user at 
factory prices on 30 day* free tnil. 
We pay all freight. Catalog shows 37 
styles and heights of farm and poultry 
fence. It’s free. Buy direct. W rite today 
COILED SPRINC FENCE CO. 
Box 2^. WINCHESTER, INDIANA 
[heaviest fence made 
l All No. 9 steel Wire. Well galvanized. Weighs/ 
" I more than most fences. 15 to 85o per rod f 
lellvered. We send free sample for inspec - 1 
Ltion and test. Write for fence book of 133 , 
styles. The Brown Fence* Wire 
Oo., Cleveland, Ohio. 
SUPERIOR 
WIRE FENCE 
Made of very heavy, high ear-^ 
bon steel wire, heavily gal van-% 
ized, securely connected with 
the Superior Lock, strongest and 
most easily attached lock made. A _ 
SAMPLE PIECE to test and OATA-* 
LOG FREE. Write to-day. 
THE SUPERIOR FENCE CO., Cleveland. Ohio. 
Tr UP TO STAY I 
w There’s noth 1 n^flimsy| 
^ about Frost Wire Fence. I 
It's *25 to 50 per cent, heavier than | 
'any wotcu wire fence : 
"made, and doesn’t cost I 
'any more. Write for free 
catalogue. 
We Pay | 
Freight 
THE FROST WIRE FENCE CO., Cleveland, Ohio. ] 
H. B. DRAKE A CO., 29 Broadway, New York. 
ICE 
M ad. 
In Three 
SUM. 
CUTTING *ViS 7 
PORSCII All Steel, Double- 
Row ICE PLOWS. Marks s 
cuts two rows at a time; cuts any size cake 
and any depth, and does It with ease and economy. 
Does the work of twenty men sawing by hand. Pays for Itself W 
two days. No farmer, dairyman, hotel man or other can afford t. 
be without It. Ask for catalogue and introductory prices, 
rfohxt Dorsoh& Son*. 2 2 6 Wells St..Mil waukee. W lx. 
You never saw a 
saw which saws 
likethis saw saws 
andl ast so long a time. 
Frame of heavy angle 
steel strongly 
braced—absolutely 
no shake. Patented—adjust¬ 
able, dust-proof, non-heating 
oil boxes, etc. We make these 
Appleton Wood Saws 
In 6 styles—strong, simple, safe andsuceesssful 
—and we make a 4-wheel mounting for wood 
saws and gasoline engines which is unequalled 
for convenience and durability. Saw your own 
wood and save time, coal and money—then saw 
your neighbors’ wood and make $5 to $15 a Day. 
We make the celebrated 
HERO FRICTION FEED DRAG SAW 
nothing like It—no other so good. Also feed 
grinders, shellers, fodder cutters, buskers, 
manure spreaders, farm trucks, windmills, 
etc., all guaranteed full Appleton Quality. 
Catalog free for the asking. Ask for it now. 
MANUFACTURING CO. 
APPLETON 
27 Fargo Street 
Batavia, Ill., U. S. A. 
The 
Scales 
Don 9 t 
Lie 
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The weigh scales don’t lie. If you have given your fowls '{I 
Dr. Hess Poultry Pan-a-ce-a regularly with the daily ration, 
there will be more pounds registered on the scale beam when 
you come to sell; there will be no disease in the flock, and the 
poultry buyer will find eggs in the crate next morning. 
DR. HESS 
Poultry PAN-A-GE-A 
is the famous poultry tonic-formulated by Dr. Hess (M. D., D.V.S.). By the 
action of bitter tonics the medical authorities attest that the organs of 
digestion will extract more of the egg-making material from the food, as 
well as other nutrition which is applied to the manufacture of bone, muscle 
and feathers. Dr. Hess Poultry Pan-a-ce-a besides making hens lay, cures 
and prevents cholera, roup, indigestion, etc. It contains germicides that 
destroy the minute bacteria which produce so man, fatal diseases. Re- / 
member Dr. Hess Poultry Pan-a-ce-a bears the indorsement of leading , 
Poultry Associations in the United States and Canada, costs but a 
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kj lev mo ‘1H H L/UllaUd, LUhlH DUO i 
penny a day fox’ about 30 fowls, and is sold on a written guarantee. 
11-2 lbs. 25c., mall or express 40c. ’ 
5 lbs. 60c. ; 12 lbs. $1.25 
25 lb. pall, $2.50 
Except in Canada 
and extreme 
W est and South. 
Send 2 cents for Dr. Hess 48-page Poultry Book, free. 
DR. HESS & CLARK, 
ASHLAND, OHIO. 
.HI 
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