084 
THE RUPiAL NEW-YORKK.R 
October 7, 
KEEPING APPLES IN CELLAR. 
E. F. M., Ellsworth, Me .—What is the 
best method to keep apples in cellar, in 
barrels. If so, with heads in, or in bins? 
How large bins? 
Ans. —My experience and observation 
is that the cellar or storage house has 
more to do with it than the package 
used. I have kept apples satisfactorily 
in both bins and barrels. I prefer to 
put my apples in barrels, unheaded, and 
set on end, two tiers high, setting the 
top barrel so it will squarely set on the 
under one. As I use new barrels, I 
generally put a whole head on the upper 
barrels. It is simply a matter of con¬ 
venience and saving of work. Where 
the orchard is quite a distance from the 
storage house, and large loads are to 
be carried, it might pay to head in the 
field and store laying the barrels on the 
sides, and tier them up as far as con¬ 
venient. Where a cellar is dry and 
somewhat warm for apples, a colored 
package is best. In a moist and cool 
storage place, viz., from 32 to 35 de¬ 
grees, apples will keep in good shape in 
either barrels or bins. I prefer bins 
not over four feet wide and two feet 
deep, and one can be placed above an¬ 
other. They are better so, put together 
that they can be removed as fast as 
emptied; yet I should not use bins when 
I had plenty of barrels. Apples, after 
being put into headed barrels, should 
not be allowed to warm up enough to 
sweat. My best success has been to 
store as soon as picked, viz., 24 hours 
or so, and keep as cool as possible, 
down to 30 or so, if possible26 to 28 
does not appear to hurt them if not re¬ 
moved before all frost is gone, but it 
injures a cold apple to expose it imme¬ 
diately to warm air, which will cause 
it to sweat, and should not be packed 
under such conditions for market. 
the old day hands has another job, while 
the Italians are in another part of the 
State picking cranberries. To-day, Sep¬ 
tember 21. has been spent in gathering and 
marketing vegetables and fruit. This morn¬ 
ing all hands helped get up a load of sweet 
potatoes. Several rows of vines had been 
cut yesterday afternoon with the patent 
vine-cutter pulled by one horse ; this enabled 
Mr. Trucker to start in at once with two 
horses and the digger. The others followed 
him. pulling out the loosened hills and 
shaking the tubers off in conveniently placed 
heaps. Potatoes from six rows were put 
in one row of heaps. After allowing them 
to dry off they were picked up in 20-quart 
baskets. Two grades were made for market 
and the very small ones left for hog and 
chicken feed. When 100 baskets were up 
they .were loaded on the wagon and taken 
to the railroad station, two miles away, 
by Trucker Jr. and sold to a dealer. They 
made 10 4-5 barrels (fell short one basket 
in packing), and the price received was 
$2.35 a barrel. There being two teams 
ahead it was after 12 o’clock when Trucker, 
Jr. got home. In the meantime the men 
were getting up a mixed load of vegetables 
and fruit, this was ready by 3 o’clock, and 
consisted of 21 baskets of Acme tomatoes, 
21 baskets apples, 21 baskets Kieffer pears, 
15 baskets peppers, seven baskets eggplants, 
six baskets preserving citron. 13 baskets 
small sweet potatoes, four baskets Lima 
beans, and two baskets yellow tomatoes. 
This load of 110 baskets was hauled 2% 
miles and shipped by boat to a commission 
house in Chester, Pa. After three o’clock 
the men picked up small potatoes for feed¬ 
ing and made a general squaring up in 
preparation for a storm that seems to be 
brewing. The bell rung at six o’clock call¬ 
ing all hands from the fields. After caring 
for the stock they came to the house for 
supper. And. while partaking of the good 
things that had been prepared by Mrs. 
Trucker, they talked of what has probably 
been the most important event of the day, 
namely, the installation of gas for lighting 
and cooking purposes. This was made pos¬ 
sible by the work of the New Jersey Gas 
Company. Their plant is located at Glass- 
boro. and mains have been laid to about 
17 towns throughout this part of the State. 
One main follows the stone road in front 
of the farm and Mr. Trucker, in common 
with other farmers along the line, con¬ 
nects up. as he believes in making things 
as convenient as possible for the good wife. 
Even then the work at times is burden¬ 
some enough. trucker, jr. 
Massachusetts. h. o. mead. 
f Work on a South Jersey Truck Farm. 
During the past month the truck farm 
lias been the scene of many and varied 
activities. Gathering and marketing vege¬ 
tables, together with making'the necessary 
preparations for Winter and early Spring 
work, made all hands hustle. There was 
time for a dav at the Grangers’ picnic 
at Alcvon Park, as well as one or two 
days spent in visiting other farming sec¬ 
tions, but most of the time all stayed 
right by their work, believing with Mr. 
Trucker that Winter is quite long enough 
for vacations. 
The rainy time in August was taken ad¬ 
vantage of and rye sowed for Winter cover. 
Rye is the one reliable cover crop others 
have been and are being tried, but on this 
light, sandy soil are not dependable, ■while 
rye is almost always successful, not exact¬ 
ing as to the time of planting and is com¬ 
paratively cheap. To the present time 18 
bushels have been sowed. In the cantaloupe 
patch seed was scattered and cut in with 
the disk-harrow, the tomato field was 
plowed deep, harrowed twice with the Acme 
and rye scattered between the liarrowings. 
Rye was also sowed in fields now occupied 
bv growing crops, of eggplants, peppers and 
hush Limas by scattering ahead of the 
harrows at the last cultivation. Most of 
the land now covered with rye will have 
a coat of manure spread over it this Fall; 
all to be turned under next Spring for 
truck crops. The 10-acre field where sweet 
potatoes are being dug will be sowed, when 
sweets are out, as well as the four-acre 
patch of watermelons. Crab grass came up 
thickly after the melon vines died, and the 
ground must be plowed, usually a good disk¬ 
ing is sufficient. It will require about 21. 
bushels to sow both these fields as 1% 
bushels to the acre is the usual amount; 
and sowing can be made here any time 
up to October 20. 
An early frost this year will find Mr. 
Trucker prepared. Last year the first kill¬ 
ing frost came October 28, and did little 
damage. But one year is no guide for 
the next, so this year work is being planned 
to avoid serious loss from frost, no matter 
when it may come. Tomatoes will not be 
injured as the crop is about off. For sev¬ 
eral years the late tomatoes, planted July 
1. have not matured their whole crop, so 
this year planting was done nearly a month 
earlier with satisfactory results. Egg¬ 
plants, peppers, Lima beans, etc., are being 
picked as fast as the fruits reach market¬ 
able size, so that frost will get only im¬ 
mature fruits. The only truck crop left 
for the hurry-up call is Winter squashes; 
these can be quickly hauled in the barn or 
put in piles and covered. Two years ago 
frost came when Mr. Trucker was not pre¬ 
pared. A lot of late-planted tomatoes were 
just beginning to ripen when the cold 
wave struck. It came one day ahead of 
the frost, thus giving Mr. Trucker some 
warning. He had all the large tomatoes 
picked (slightly over 200 baskets) and 
spread on the greenhouse benches, after 
which sash were put on. There was also 
time to gather the Winter squashes, but 
several baskets of string beans, Lima beans, 
eggplants, peppers and sugar corn were lost 
because of lack of time to gather them. 
The tomatoes put in the greenhouse were 
not injured and in the course of three 
weeks had ripened enough to market. There 
was little loss from rot although tomatoes 
were three or four deep all over the 
benches. The small immature fruits picked 
b.v accident suffered worse from rot and 
did not ripen properly. The greenhouse is 
a simple affair used for starting tomato 
plants in early Spring: ordinary hotbed 
sash serve for a roof. A cold frame, cov¬ 
ered with sash, and a layer of straw or 
boards to keep the tomatoes off the damp 
ground, would have answered as well. The 
working force for the truck farm now con¬ 
sists of three hired men, Mr. Trucker and 
Trucker, Jr. The boy is in school, one of 
'[jT There is a \kfj 
yr warm, comfort- 
' able, healthful Winter 
ahead of the man who buys 
Fleece-Lined Underwear 
Lambsdown’s thick, downy fleece 
protects the body from colds and 
draughts, and wards off colds and 
grippe. Lambsdown is good for two 
seasons’ wear. 
Made for Men and Boys 
in Separate Garments and Union 
Suits at 50c, 75c and up. Write 
tor Bodygard Booklet Nol 
UTICA KNITTING CO. 
Utica New York 
GUARD YOUR HEALTH AND COMFORT 
by sleeping under one of our guaranteed, all wool 
bed blankets; and save the dealer’s profit. 
These blankets are made of the finest and most 
carefully selected wool, and are both sanitary and 
attractive. Write for description of quality and 
design. 
N. Wertheimer & Sons, 
Ligonier, Ind. 
TRADE MARK REGISTERED IN U. S. PATENT OFFICE- 
. . . MANUFACTURED ONLY BY . . . 
*flre Rogers & Hubbard Co., 
Middletown, Conn. 
Send for free Almanac telling all about 
Hubbard’s “ Bone Base” Fertilizers. 
T Y0URTIDEA9 
. ,500 offered for one invention. 
Book “How to Obtain a Patent” and 
What to Invent" sent free. Send rough 
sketch for free report as to patentability. 
Patents advertised for sale at our ex¬ 
pense in Manufacturers. Journals. 
Patent Obtained or Fee Returned 
CHANDLEE & CHANDLEE, Patent Att’ys 
Established 16 Years 
^^W^FjJSt^et^Washington^D^k^^^^ 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
Natives digging and loading asphalt at Trinidad Lake 
Genasco is the roofing of 
the age. Its foundation has 
stood for ages past. 
It beats shingles. They warp, 
crack, split, and rot—more so now 
than ever before (lumber is get¬ 
ting scarcer, and shingle-qualitj' 
is becoming poorer every year). 
Beats tin, which rusts and needs 
painting regularly. And even with 
paint tin doesn’t last like it used to 
—quality has deteriorated here, 
also. 
Coal tar has the same old faults 
it has always had—gets soft and 
melts in the summer sun, and gets 
brittle and cracks in the cold, and 
leaks. 
Genasco 
the Trinidad-Lake-Asphalt Roofing 
is the one roofing that lasts. It is made 
of Nature’s everlasting waterproofer. 
Trinidad Lake Asphalt has withstood 
the suns and storms of centuries; and 
in Genasco it gives the same lasting re¬ 
sistance to sun, rain, snow, wind, heat, 
cold—and even fire. 
The oily nature of this natural asphalt 
keeps Genasco alive and strong to de¬ 
fend itself; and this is why Genasco is 
lastingly waterproof. 
The Kant-leak Kleet waterproofs the 
seams of Genasco without cement, and 
prevents nail-leaks besides. It gives 
the roof an attractive appearance. 
Ask your dealer for Genasco mineral 
or smooth surface Roofings with Kant- 
leak Kleets packed in the roll. Guar¬ 
anteed, of course. Write us for samples 
and the Good Roof Guide Book. 
The Barber Asphalt 
Paving Company 
Largest producers of asphalt, and largest 
manufacturers of ready rooflcg In the world. 
Philadelphia 
New York San Francisco Chicago 
Cross-section Genasco 
Stone-surface Roofing 
Gravel 
Trinidad Lake Asphalt 
f! 
Trinidad Lake Asphalt 
Asphalt-saturated Wool Felt 
IVy- 
Cheapest and best light for homes, 
stores, factories, churches and public halls. 
Makes and burns its own gas. Brighter than 
electricity oracetylene. Cheaper than kero¬ 
sene. Over 200 styles. Agents wanted. 
Write for catalogue. 
-^THE BEST LIGHT CO. 
10 J E. 5th St., Canton, O. 
SAVE HALF Your 
Paint Bills 
By using INGERSOLL PAINT —proved 
best by 66 years’ use. It will please you. 
Only Paint endorsed by the “Grange.” 
Made in all colors,—for all purposes. 
DELIVERED FREE. 
From the Mill Direct to You at Factory Prices. 
INGERSOLL PAINT BOOK —FREE 
Tells all about Paint and Painting t~r Durability. 
How to avoid trouble and expense caused by paints 
fading, chalking and peeling. Valuable information 
free to you. with Sample Color Cards. Write me. DO 
IT NOW. I can save you money. 
0. W. Ingersoli, 246 f ijmouth St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 
The Steel Roof 
That Lasts a Lifetime 
And Makes Money for You 
When Your Neighbors See It 
gles last as long as your building stands. 
Proved on thousands of homes and farm 
buildings. That’s why thousands are tear¬ 
ing off old wood shingles, cheap tile and tar 
preparations and putting on the everlasting 
Edwards Interlocking 
“Reo” Steel Shingles 
No wear-on' tc them. No repair bills. Once 
on. your roofing troubles are ovor. You can put 
on Edwards Interlocking “Reo” Steel Shingles 
so easilyl Only a hammer and nuils required. 
$10,000 Guaranty Bond Against Lightning 
An Edwards Roof gives better protection to a 
building than any other roof made. We agree 
to refund every cent you paid us if lightning 
destroys an Edwards Steel-Roofed Building. 
We have a Special Cash Money-Making 
Proposition for the man who writes for it. in 
each community. Get your own roof at the 
lowest price and let it make money fer you! 
Write for our big FREE Catalog No. IliiiiSend 
dimensions of your buildings and we will quote 
you cost of an Edwards Roof—freight prepaid. 
THE EDWARDS MFC. CO. 
1023-1073 Lock Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 
Largest Manufacturers of Steel Hoofing 
Material in the U'ortd. (54) 
Here’s the Corn Shelter 
You want 
It’s only 
$25 at the 
factory (a 
little added 
for freight) 
and it will 
shell from 120 
_ bushels to 150 
bushels an hour. Think of buying 
a fine guaranteed machine for less 
than half of the price of others. 
Has a feed grinding attachment for 
about $11.50 more that does a regular 
grinder’s work — the combination costs 
only about $36.00. 
You can shell when you please ; when the 
market is right. 
Pays for itself in a good two days run; satisfac¬ 
tion guaranteed, 5 daystrial. Write for booklet. 
Seager Engine Works 
1028 Hazel Street Lansing, Mich. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
This New Press Enables Hay 
Balers to Glean Up SIO a Day 
With hay at its present price and a new Sandwich Motor Press, any live fel¬ 
low can clean up $10 a day. Baling hay is a delightful occupation, and you can 
make more money during the six months’ baling season than most men make 
in a whole year. The few hundred dollars you invest in an outfit brings 4 to 8 
times as big returns as the same amount put into farming or a retail business. 
The Motor Press is a combination Sandwich 
All-Steel Belt Power Press and high-grade gasoline 
engine. Complete und compact. Works like light¬ 
ning—easy to move—always ready for work— no set¬ 
ting up of engine required. Chain drive. No belts 
to ndjust, or lose power. Easy to start or stop press 
instantly. 
Outfit of best, most substantial construction 
throughout. Steel press—axles, wheels und plat¬ 
forms reinforced throughout. 7 H. P. hopper- 
cooled engine—brake test. 9 H. P. Tank underneath. 
Equipped with batteries and magneto, combination 
seat, battery and tool box. and standard gasoline 
pump. If you have engine, buy Press alone. Any 
standard hopper-cooled engine can be used. 
Sandwich All-Steel Motor Press 
This outfit bales 
feeder equipment 
Has no condenser box, 
feeds direct from fork, 
ance wheels, no 
complicated gears, 
no high speed ma¬ 
chinery. East.sim- 
hour. Has self - 
charge of hay. 
foot tamping— 
Write for Free Book 
on Hay Baling 
. . _ _ yc _ _ 
smaller outfit —one less expensive and having ca¬ 
pacity of. 6ay V/i tons per hour, we can furnish it. 
nsiug either a 4 or 6 H. P. gasoline engine. 
VVe make presses with or without engines— 
wood frame and steel frame, horse power ami 
engine power, in ull sizes up to 
5-ton per hour capacity. 
Drop us a Hue today for new 
book, about the Astounding 
Profits in Hay Haling. Let us 
tell you more about this wonder¬ 
ful Sandwich Motor Press. 
Sandwich Mfg.Co. 
Spruce St, Sandwich, 111. 
