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THE RUKAL XEW-VOEKER 
January 10, 
SIMPLE ELECTRIC ALARM. 
An automatic drop, as is well known, 
is a device for constantly ringing an 
electric bell or lighting a lamp after 
the current has been closed by pressure 
on a push button. One of very simple 
construction can easily be made in a 
few minutes from an old electric bell, a 
small strip of brass or copper and 
two binding posts oft a dry battery. An 
alarm constructed as described below 
was used successfully to protect a hen 
coop from marauders. Secure an old 
electric bell and take off the lower mag¬ 
net spool, being careful to leave the 
upper one intact. Next remove the clap¬ 
per from the armature, it being mounted 
at the point, A2 in diagram. Then re¬ 
move the cqntact and connect spring 
from the armature, leaving the arma¬ 
ture as shown in diagram at A. Bore a 
small hole in the armature, or if the 
armature has a copper contact drive it 
out and insert a small rivet in the hole, 
having the head toward the magnet B. 
Next secure a piece of brass. That out 
of a clock is just right, as it will have 
a hole already in it and thus save time 
of boring. From this strip cut out a 
section as shown by dotted lines in fig¬ 
ure at right. Place the binding part 
(1) just far enough away so that when 
the drop is in the position shown it 
will just rest on the rivet J. Place an¬ 
other post at C, which will be within 
the radius of the drop D. so that when 
it drops it will make a contact with 
C. Run a wire from C to the 
post E. Place bell with drop either 
above or below it. Make connections as 
shown in diagram. Wire from battery 
to push button to post G on drop; wire 
from battery to post F on drop; wire 
from post E on drop to bell; wire from 
battery to bell: tap wire to 1 from wire 
leading from F to magnet B. When 
the button is pushed the armature A is 
drawn to the magnet B and releases 
drop D which drops to C, making con¬ 
tact with C and D, which will ring the 
bell until the drop is again in place. 
Massachusetts. ervin v. gay. 
Acetylene for Power. 
J. R., Seallle, Wash .—J have a well on 
my place 30 feet deep, seven feet diameter, 
depth of water about 16 feet. About 50 
feet from well I have an acetylene gas gen¬ 
erator, capacity. 25 lights, 25. pounds. Can 
I connect a motor or engine with the gas 
plant to pump water from the well and 
will it be necessary to have a tank to give 
force for irrigation ? 
Axs.—The best information we can 
get is that acetylene gas is not suitable 
for power purposes. The gas does not 
equal gasoline for exploding in a closed 
engine nor does it work to good ad¬ 
vantage in a hot-air engine. For light 
and beat it is excellent. 
NEW YORK POULTRY SHOW. 
This year's exhibit was one of the best 
ever held in Now York, both in variety 
and excellence of birds. All the fancy 
breeds were represented, but the greatest 
interest was shown in the strictly utility 
fowls, those that excel in egg and meat 
production. Plymouth Hocks have been 
deservedly popular for many years on ac¬ 
count of their size, handsome appearance 
and readiness to adapt themselves to all 
sorts of conditions, but they have strong 
rivals in the R. I. Reds. This latter breed 
needs careful selection to preserve the de¬ 
sirable color, and weed out the long-legged 
tendency that crops out in some strains, 
but a decided improvement was noted in 
those shown this year. Another breed that 
is being extensively tried by the rank and 
file of poultrymen is the Orpington. The 
English originators of this breed now have 
a pi.int in this country. The Orpingtons 
are bred in various colors, but black and 
buff are those most seen. A Connecticut 
man had a large exhibit of ornamental 
land and water fowl, pheasants, peafowls, 
storks and mandarin ducks. There were 
CO of these little gay-colored ducks in a 
pool in the center of the building, and their 
diving antics were watched by an inter¬ 
ested crowd. The show of poultry appli¬ 
ances was large and complete, including an 
ingenious fresh-air henhouse, which a 
Massachusetts man finds more satisfactory 
in his cold climate than the old style of 
closed house. 
Of course, there are a good many city 
people and others who attend this annual 
show merely from curiosity, but by far the 
greater proportion go there for business, 
and large quantities of stock and eggs are 
sold. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee page 10. 
Planet Jr. 
PERFECT POTATO 
PLANTING 
Beery farmer knows the importance 
of proper potato planting. Here’s a 
machine that does it perfectly. Has 
none of the faults common with com¬ 
mon planters. Opens the furrow 
perfectly, drops the seed 
coneotly, covers it uni 
fo. n,»j. and best of ali 
ne * bruises or 
punctures the 
seen. Send a 
postal for 
o.r free 
book. 
Iron Age 
(Impruve'iftobbmc) 
Potato Planter 
No Misses 
No Doubles , 
No Troubles 
BATEMAN MFG. CO.. Box 103-P, GRENLOCH. N. 
DIBBLE’S SEED POTATDES 
for four years in succession on the Eden Trial 
Grounds in Massachusetts where over 1.000 varie¬ 
ties have been thoroughly tested, have proven the 
BEST IN THE WORLD 
and Mr. Lawrence, the proprietor of the Trial 
Grounds, pronounces four varieties of our intro¬ 
duction “The Best Four Kinds Now In General 
Cultivation.” ' 
We are Headquarters for Seed Potatoes ami 
grow them extensively on our own Seed Farms 
aggregating over 1 , 2(10 acres of choice land here in 
North Western New York. Our Special Potato 
Storage Warehouses, 300 feet in length, are filled to 
the limit with Seed Potatoes (30 varieties in all) 
every bushel of which was saved from* fields free 
from blight or disease. We are Specialists in 
Seed Potatoes and want to tell you more about the 
"Best Potatoes in the World” that we sell direct 
from our own farms to yours at live-and-let-live 
prices. Our 1909 catalog, the handsomest Farm 
Seed Boolj of the year, is Free. Write'for it today. 
EDWARD F. DIBBLE, Seedgrower, 
Box C, Honeoye Falls, N. Y. 
Handbook on 
Gardening 
—I wrote it myself and 
some people who claim to 
know about such things 
say that it is really worth 
while. 
— Twenty years of 
L> f '/•'/! gardening and seed 
growing have taught 
me a few valuable les¬ 
sons, and I am willing 
to give them to you free. 
■ —While X am out for all the busi¬ 
ness -can pet fairly and honestly, 
if I can help yon over some of the 
rough places I will f -*-1 better. 
—If you have had trouble with 
any special crop, I can help you. l^doo’t 
claim to know everything, but what 1 do 
know is at y**ur service. - • J 
—More than that, I will send you 
free samples of seed of varieties specially 
suited to your conditions. Tell me what 
you want most, and I will send it with my 
compliments. 
—Please address me personally. 
HENRY FIELD, Pres. 
Henry Field Seed Com 
Box 26, Shenandoah, la. 
P. S —I forgot to say, I am ia the seed 
business and want to sell you your 
supply of seeds. But the catalog will 
tell you all about it. Send for it.—H.F. 
New No. 14 Pin > 
Double -Wheel j 
Hoe, Cultivate 
Plow with adjustable 
new-idea pronged c*. 
teeth steels for plowing.! 
ing, and covering, als-j 
lifters. 
Give up your farm and garden 
drudgery—let the Planet Jr. do 
your work. 
" I wouldn't be without a Planet 
Jr. for five times the price 
writes P. P. Hamilton. Carlisle, 
S. C. “I never had finer vegeta 
bles with such light work.” 
Planet Jr. 12-tooth Harrow is the 
tool no berry-grower or market-gardener 
in afford to do without. Turns hard work 
for six men into easy work for one. 
Our 1909 catalogue pictures and 
describes 45 kinds of Planet Jr. 
implements. Free. Write today 
S. L. Allen & Co. 
Box I107.y • Philadelphia, Pa. 
The Dnly Harrow That Will 
Crush,Gut, Lift,Turn, Smooth 
and Level, P LOWEST PRICED. 
Ill ONE - W LIGHTEST WEIGHT 
Operation 
RIDING HARROW 
MADE 
Kina ana every conaiuo 
ACME 
The only harrow suited 
to every farmer’s needs, every 
kind and every condition of soil. It is the 
Pulverizing Harrow, 
Clod Crusher and 
Levelar 
When you examine the construction of this 
harrow, and especially when you have tried it, 
you will understand why it has always been the 
favorite and why it is recommended more than 
all other harrows combined, in books written 
by agricultural authorities. 
Not an inch of soil escapes the sharp sloping 
knives, and these knives cut through to the 
undersoil, chopping the sod or trash buried 
by the plow and leaving it buried, instead of 
dragging it to the surface. 
Sizes from 3 ft. to 17% ft.Wide 
The Acme is the lightest riding harrow made, 
guaranteed against breakage, and will last a 
lifetime. Made of steel and iron. Ask your 
dealer. If he doesn’t carry it, we’ll ship direct. 
Book for your farm library Free. 
Write us now for our valuable book by high 
authorities on “Preparation of the Soil.” It is an 
education in itself. We’ll send complete cata¬ 
logue and prices also. We want you to see 
what our customers say of the Acme. 
DUANE H. NASH, Inc. 
137 Central Ave., Millington. N. O. 
PEDIGREED SEED CORN 
COLLIKK’S EXCELSIOR, the most perfect 
type yet produced. The methods employed in it- 
prodnetion the most intensive known in Porn 
Breeding. Eight years in Breeding Plots under my 
personal supervision has produced in the Excelsior 
the climax of all my experience. 
HIGHEST FKOnrCTIVITV— Of 35 leading 
varieties corn in variety test plot, conducted und* 
the supervision of Md. Experiment Station. Exec 
sior far ontyielded all other varieties. At the Md 
State Wheat and Corn Show held in Baltimore. 
Dec., 1907. Excelsior won first prize in every clas^ 
for White Corn and sweepstakes prize for best corn 
any color in the show: and again, last Dec., 190K, at 
the same show, did Excelsior win over s 4 of al. 
prizes for White Corn. My free Corn Booklet telK 
the method employed in its production and what 
Government Experts and others say regarding it 
Write today to W. OSCAR COLLIER, Corn 
Specialist, Easton, Talbot Co., Maryland. 
Test My Seed Corn 
This year I grew 10,000 bushels of corn. 
For years I have been selecting for a more 
prolific crop—for lull sized, perfect ears. I 
kept at it until I succeeded. That’s why I 
grew this year’s bigerou. It is the 
finest type of corn I ever saw and 
I have selected the best of it for | 
seed. I guarantee it. I will re-| 
fund your money if you do not find j 
it satisfactory. Send us your or- 
r ders now—before it is all sold. An 
order means a full corn crib for | 
you next fall. 
My new oats and seed potatoes 
are the same high grade. Cata- , 
logue free. It you are inter¬ 
ested in fruit, I will send you a| 
f nice plant—free. 
W. N. SCARFF, 
Dept. O • New Carlisle, Ohio. I 
60 cts. 
alb. 
Onion Seed 
See Salzer’s catalog page 129. 
Largest growers of onion and vegetable seeds 
in the world. Big catalog free: or, send 16c 
in stamps and receive catalog and 1000 ker- 
I nels each of onions, carrots, celery, radishes, 
1500 each lettuce, rutabaga, turnips, 1 00 pars¬ 
ley, 100 tomatoes, 100 melons, 1200 charming 
flower seeds, in all 10,000 kernels, easily 
worth $1.00 of any man’s money. Or, send 
20c and we will add one pkg. of Earliest Peep 
| O’Day Sweet Com. 
THE SALZER SEED CO., LaCroase, Wla. 
K—fflU II M ■iIIIIHIHIH |i |||| | 
All Northern Grown and 
guaranteed to be 99 per cent 
pure. Should produce hay 
at $40.00 per acre annually. Write for Free Sample 
and instructions on growing. 
ALFALFA 
at $40.00 per acre annus 
and instructions on grot „ 
GRAIN AND GRASS SEEDS 
Northern Grown and of strongest vitality. Wo invito you to 
fet Government Testa on our samples. Send for Cat. No. 23 
THE J. E. WING & BROS. SEED CO. 
Box 223. Mechanicsburg:, Oliio 
00DSEEDS 
^BESTINTHEWORLD 
PRICES BELOW ALL OTHERS 
’ |5- I give a of new sorts for 
vtrial with every order I fill. 
| A Grand Big- Catalog rnpp 
Illustrated with over rHEC 
700 engravings of vegetables 
and flowers. Send yours and 
'your neighbors’ addresses. 
R. H. SHUMWAY, Rockford, Illinois 
TREES THAT GROW 
viPV 
not seedlings. Concord 
Grapes $2.50 per 1U0. 
Forest Tree Seed¬ 
lings $1.00 per 
1,000 up We " 
pay the > 
freight-/^ 
e 
have 
a com¬ 
plete line 
of Vegetable, 
Flower and 
Farm Seeds. Our 
large illustrated cat¬ 
alog free. 
German Nurseries 
Box187 Ueatrice, Neb. 
THAT DO NOT DISAPPOINT 
occno 
JV | f" I I Sold on The Ford Plan, which guar- 
U antees satisfaction and saves you 
money on every purchase. Our cat¬ 
alog tells about it, gives descriptions and low prices on 
Best varieties. Garden, Flower and Field Seeds, Potatoes. 
Bulbs, Trees, Shrubs and Small Fruit Plants. Contains 
lots of testimonials from our customers. It’s free. 
feXAKD SEED CO.) Dept. 24 liavenna, Ohio. 
Be Ready for the 
Traveling Buyer 
The farmer who has a telephone can post 
himself on prevailing market prices daily 
instead of taking the say-so of the'traveling 
buyer. Thus he is able to protect himself 
against possible misrepresentation and to 
■ the best price to which he is entitled 
; products. In no other field is good 
service so important as on rural lines, and 
the farmer above all others needs a reli¬ 
able telephone. 
FLECTiflC Rural Telephones 
C 
are made by the largest and oldest telephone manufacturers in the world 
are guaranteed. All of the material needed to build the very best rural 
phone line—exactly the same as the Bell Company puts up—will cost 
and your neighbors only about as much as two or three sheep. 
With our Free Bulletins before him, a boy can install the 
telephones. 
Write our nearest house for. Bulletin No 48 or cut out this 
advertisement, write your name and address on the margin and 
mail to-day, so that the Free Bulletins, which describe the entire 
plan in detail, may be sent you immediately. 
Eastern 
New York 
Philadelphia 
Boston 
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Atlanta 
Central 
Chicago 
Indianapolis 
Cincinnati 
Minneapolis 
Manufacturers and Suppliers 
of all Apparatus and Equip¬ 
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Seattle 
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Northern Electric and Manufacturing Co.. Ltd., Montreal and Winnipeg 
Made By THE ROGERS & HUBBARD CO., 
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SEND FOR 1909 ALMANAC TELLING ALL ABOUT THEM. 
SE/VT FREE TO ANY ADDRESS. 
