1008. 
TUB RUR.A.L NEW-YORKER 
716 
VERY EARLY TOMATOES. 
As I have just succeeded admirably 
in growing tomatoes by a process of 
my own I will give you my plan, earli¬ 
ness being the object. About the middle 
of March I took a box about two feet 
square. About six inches below the 
open top, on the inside, I nailed strips. 
I then made a shallow box about two 
inches deep and of the exact size to fit 
inside the box resting on the strips. On 
one side of the box I fitted a door of a 
size to admit a lamp. I filled the shal¬ 
low box with very rich soil and planted 
the seed. I used a glass frame over the 
top and covered the box at night with a 
horse blanket. With care in airing and 
watering and by the use of the lamp to 
give bottom heat, by the middle of 
April I had a lot of as fine plants as 
could be found. I then made a hotbed 
of horse manure in ordinary way, plac¬ 
ing about a foot in depth of manure in 
the excavation over which the frame 
was placed. I used the ordinary 3x5 
sash. I put about two inches of soil on 
the manure, patting it down smoothly. 
I then got tin fruit cans of quart size 
from where they had been dumped by a 
scavenger. I put these in a fire and 
took off the top and bottom, the seam 
also, in the side, coming apart. I 
brought them together and put a string 
around each to hold them. These I 
placed close together in the bed and 
filled them with rich soil, also filling in 
the interstices between them. Into 
each can I planted a tomato plant, 
and treated them in the ordinary hot¬ 
bed manner. By the middle of May 
each had formed a large bush and was 
in bloom. The ground being well pre¬ 
pared a hole was dug for each plant of 
the depth of the can, the can placed in, 
the string cut, the soil drawn close 
about the can, when the can was lifted 
off without disturbing a root or check¬ 
ing the growth. On June 25 we had 
ripe tomatoes, and have now, August 4, 
sold more than 50 bushels, averaging 
$1.25 per bushel. The plants are still 
in fine condition, and we shall get good 
prices for three weeks yet. b. f. m. 
Voorheesville, N. Y. 
Eggs with Brown Yolk. 
A. II. J., So. Sandwich, Mass. — I have a 
flock of about 150 liens and have been feed¬ 
ing them a mash once a day. I give them 
a mixture of bran and meal 12 quarts and 
four quarts of beef scraps, and the other 
meal, cracked corn and wheat: Lately I 
have found quite a number of eggs the 
yolks of which are auite brown ; the whites 
are as nice as ever. Could you tell me 
the cause of this and remedy? 
Ans. —Your trouble is probably due 
to.too much beef scrap, beef scrap of a 
poor quality or a lack of green food. 
As you did not mention that the fowls 
have a grass run, we assume that they 
have none. If possible give them a 
grass run, or give them lawn clippings, 
cut clover or grass at least three times 
per week—every day if practicable. Cut 
down the beef scrap to one quart or 
less for a tim,e, increasing the other 
feeds proportionately. Many poultry- 
men greatly prefer green cut bonq to 
beef scrap. When green food is not 
procurable an excellent substitute is 
good clover hay, cut fine and mixed 
with a wet mash or placed in a pan 
with hot water poured over it. This 
not only gives an excellent color to the 
eggs but also increases the production. 
C. f. B. 
Chemicals with Hen Manure. 
Reader (No Address.) —What chemical 
should be mixed with hen manure to he 
used upon ground for turnips and toma¬ 
toes, vineyard and orchard? 
Ans. —It will depend somewhat upon 
the crops and soil—also the cost of fer¬ 
tilizers. In Florida we should use 1,200 
pounds hen manure, 500 fine ground bone, 
200 muriate of potash and 100 cotton¬ 
seed meal—or smaller quantities in the 
same proportions. The manure should 
be crushed very fine before trying to 
mix it. 
TRV THE 
NEW WAV 
We have a word for the people who are still 
buying goods the old-fashioned, hit-or-miss way, 
and are paying several profits for goods that may 
or may not be right in quality. 
For nearly 40 years we have been saving money for our 
customers and more than that, giving them Quality Insurance. 
With over a hundred expert buyers devoting their lives to knowing 
just one line of goods, it is scarcely possible for anyone to supply us with 
any but the best merchandise. If iteverdoes happen that a mistake creeps 
in, we promptly make it right and you lose nothing. 
Catalogue No. 77 is the Harvest 
Our buyers have gathered together all 
the high-class things from the markets 
of the world. They have been careful 
of the price but more careful of quality. 
All these things are shown in the 1200 
pages of our new catalogue. Faithful 
pictures of the goods, honest descrip¬ 
tions and low prices are what wo aimed 
at In getting out this encyclopaedia of 
values. Some of the things are pictured 
In color, just as they will look in your 
home. 
You will save one-half on lots of 
things, one-third on others; and maybe 
only 15 per cent on a few Items; but 
QUALITY is the key note. Even at no 
saving at all you would be the gainer 
because of the house that stands back of 
your purchases. The risks YOU used 
to run in purchasing an article of which 
you wore not an expert judge WE 
cheerfully take, because whatever you 
buy from Montgomery Ward & Co. got 
Into the catalogue because our expert 
decided it was good value. 
of a Year’s Careful Planning 
The very cheapest article in this Im¬ 
mense book is endorsed by us; we WILL 
NOT HANDLE TRASH. It might look 
nice to see some unheard of bargains In 
big head lines; It might tncrease our 
business a MONTH or a year, but we 
are growing in a different way. We 
have 3,000,000 customers and they 
RELY on our catalogue. They know 
our word is good and they don’t bother 
much about quality. As a customer 
wrote us, “I make out the order and let 
YOU do the worrying”. We promise to 
please him and that's all he cares to 
know. If you are willing to be shown.we 
earnestly suggest that you send for 
CATALOGUENo. 77. Millions of copies 
are belli" printed and you are entitled 
to one if you want it. It is a guide to 
proper Styles and Prices and a trial 
order from it will probably put you on 
our regular list. Any way, we will TRY 
to please you and feel sure enough that 
we will, to send you this 3 pound book 
free of charge, by paid mail. 
i 
Remember, this modern method of buying will give you a sat¬ 
isfaction and service that you will never want to leave. Just 
consider for a moment what a power is behind your purchases. 
We stand back of every Item, buying a thousand dozen where 
the retail merchant buys one, and you reap the benefit. All YOU 
have to do to get started in the new order of things Is to put 
your namo and address on tho coupon, send it in an envelope 
addressed to us—you will receive your copy promptly. 
Montgomery Ward & Co. 
Michigan Ave., Madison and Washington Sts. CHICAGO 
or, Nineteenth and Campbell .Sts. KANSAS CITY 
Fill in 
the Coupon 
below, cut 
it out and 
Bend to Montgomery 
Ward & Co.,Chicago 
or Kansas City 
Send me the new, large No. 77 Catalogue without charge. 
Name.. 
.R.F.D.. 
All Farmers Without Telephone Service 
Should Write for This Book 
A valuable book on the rural telephone. It shows the 
importance of the telephone to the country dweller; 
it tells how to organize a telephone operating 
■ ■■company, and gives model constitution 
and by-laws; it describes telephone equip- 
"H ment, apparatus and construction used in 
I I rural lines; it treats of maintenance and oper- 
US ation ; ^ tells what is needed for the construc- 
f III tiou of a rural line and how to estimate cost. 
f Nowhere is more dependence put upon the telephone after 
it is once installed than in the country. Rural lines need 
the best apparatus and equipment. The recognized best is 
that made and sold by the Western Electric Company. Do 
not fail to get this book before making arrangements for 
telephone service. 
In writing ask for Booklet 20, 
“Rural Telephone Equipments’* 
WESTERN ELECTRIC CO 
Manufacturers and Suppliers of All Apparatus and Equipment Used 
in the Construction, Operation and Maintenance of Telephone Plants 
tern Central Western Pacific 
York Chicago Paint Louis San Franc 
adeiphia Indianapolis Los Angel, 
iburg Cincinnati Dallus Seattle 
uta Saint Paul Omaha Salt Lake 
Let Me Pay 'Pie Post, 
on My Big Free Book, to 
Although it costs me 8c to mall every one of these Books, yet I’ll send you one FREE just 
because I want you to know about my Celebrated SPLIT HICKORY BUGGIES Mado to 
Order—Sold Direct from my Factories on 30 Days’ Free Trial—Guaranteed Two Years. 
Over 135.000 Split Hickory Vehicles are now in use—giving satisfaction in every part 
Of the country. 
My Direct Factory Prices save you BIG MONEY 
' ck 
-.j ...— -....j ....... My 1908 Book gives descriptions and 
prices of over 125 styles of Split Hickory Vehicles and Full Lino of High-Grade Harness— tells 
you how Split Hlekory Vehicles arc made— and why they are best to buy. Write for the 
Book today. Address me personally, H. C. PHELPS. President, 
THE OHIO CARRIAGE MFC. CO., Station 290 Columbus 
