1913. 
<T£ire RURAL NliW-VORKER 
216 
AN ORCHARD MUZZLE. 
I was interested in the article on page 
66 on contrivance for keeping cattle 
from eating fruit and leaves from 
trees, while giving them freedom to 
eat grass or anything on the ground. A 
muzzle made like the illustrations might 
do the work. To a simple leather hal¬ 
ter is pivoted the specially made muzzle 
which is always held in a horizontal po¬ 
sition by the counterweights shown, no 
matter in what position the cow’s head 
may be. The muzzle is open at the bot¬ 
tom so that the mouth is free when 
feeding from the gruund and covered 
when the head is lifted, thus prevent¬ 
ing eating from a tree. Perhaps this 
would not work but it looks as though 
it might. w. L. c. 
Connecticut. 
A Hygienic Cook Book. 
J. P. T., (.Vo Address). —Will you state 
if a thoroughly hygienic cook book is 
published? 
Ans. —Not knowing your particular 
food fad, we are at loss whether to 
commend a hygiene of the squirrel type 
in which nuts are made the chief article 
of diet, or one of the tiger variety 
which considers scraped raw beef the 
maximum of food value, or even the 
more popular bovine brand which would 
exclude all foods not of vegetable ori¬ 
gin. We realize that whole dietetic sys¬ 
tems have been built upon the vagaries 
of one man’s digestion, and that since 
the time of Nebuchadnezzar men have 
gone to extremes in insisting upon crop¬ 
ping only one variety of herbage. Our 
own opinion, however, is that when the 
Creator gave man dominion over all 
lower forms of life, he made that do¬ 
minion one not only of the head but 
also of the stomach, and that, conse¬ 
quently, man is violating no natural laws 
when he combines the dietary of the 
squirrel, the tiger, and the ox to make 
one for himself. Our advice, therefore, 
is that, properly prepared, practically 
all our foods are hygienic when due at¬ 
tention is paid to the needs of the indi¬ 
vidual. The hygiene of the nursery is 
not that of the hay field, and the cook 
who deserves the most at the hands of 
her dependents is the one who can so 
prepare the common as to tempt the ap¬ 
petite, flatter the digestion, and console 
the conscience. m. b. d. 
Back-to-the-Land Advice. 
My advice to the back-to-the-land 
man, page 102, is to stay at his trade. 
He has a much better thing than farm¬ 
ing. At 70 cents per hour, eight hours 
per day, and 10 months per year, nets 
him $1,456 and nothing invested, no 
responsibility, no worry, just live. To 
commence farming he must invest 
$7,000 in 100 acres of land, $1,000 in 
tools and stock (this for general farm¬ 
ing, not dairying, which would be 
more), then must work an average 
of 14 hours per day for 310 days and 
six hours the remainder of the year. 
His wife must also work as many 
hours as he. Then figure interest, 
taxes, spraying, up-keep of tools, veteri¬ 
nary bills, allowance for dead stock, and 
numerous other farm expenses, he will 
do well to come out even. I was raised 
a farmer and am farming now, but have 
also lived in the city; have been on 
public works and been in business, 
which has given me quite an experience, 
and I feel safe in saying with this man’s 
job of 70 cents per hour I can keep my 
family of four as well as the average 
farmer, and lay aside $1,000 per year. 
Still if he wants to farm he would bet¬ 
ter hire out to a good up-to-date farmer 
for a year or two and see if it is as 
nice as he imagines. The course in 
a correspondence school will no doubt 
be a curse to him. Almost anyone can 
learn a trade, but farming is a science, 
not a trade, and a man must have ex¬ 
perience to know how. There is always 
something to learn. There have been 
too many glowing reports in the papers 
of the billions of dollars the farmers 
raise in a year, but never a word about 
the expenses which take it nearly all up. 
Ohio. L. F. GIBSON. 
Tomatoes for Canning. 
A. D. wants to know about growing 
tomatoes for canning. ITior to a couple 
of years ago tomatoes were contracted for 
by the canneries at about $8 a ton. In 
the last two years a couple of new can¬ 
neries have been put up and the price rose 
last year to $11 a ton and in strongly 
competitive territory 50 cents extra was 
paid_ for hauling, bringing the price to 
$11.50 a ton. In some cases the canners 
found the tomatoes coming in too fast, so 
they began cutting the weight, giving as 
a reason that the fruit was not up to 
contract agreement. In some cases this 
cutting was equal to a half ton on each 
ton and in others the loads were rejected 
entirely. Our experience here is that the 
contract form used is entirely in the in¬ 
terest of tlie canner, and in cases mentioned 
the farmer had absolutely no redress, not¬ 
withstanding the fact that the entire load 
was taken and put_through. It is said that 
the canners get 35 dozen cans of tomatoes 
from a ton of fruit and that they never 
get less than 70 cents a dozen for their 
pack, or a total of $24.50 per ton. What 
we cannot understand is where the other 
$13.50 goes that the canner gets after 
paying for his tomatoes, allowing a rea¬ 
sonable interest on his investment as weil 
as depreciation on the plant. Some of 
them do not pay for the tomatoes until 
after December 1, or after they have sold 
their pack. In other words the farmer 
furnishes the canner most of the money 
to do his business on and gets no inter¬ 
est. ROBERT N. MERRITT. 
Maryland. 
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MORE POTATOES PER ACRE 
Think of finding one to’eleven $5 bills 
in the furrow, on every acre you . 
plant. It’s been done many 
times. Plant the spaces you - ■ 
skip, sell the potatoes, 
and you've got the 1 nou- 
ey. No extra land, 
no extra work, 
It costs no 
more to 
prepare 
ground, 
fertilize 
cultivate, 
spray and 
dig a per 1 
feet 
staud 
This 
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chine soon 
pays for it¬ 
self and yet puts 
real money into 
your pocket. One seed 
piece in every space and 
one only. Uniform spacing. 
No injury to seed. Ask 
your dealer to show it 
and write us for free 
booklet, "100 per cent 
Potato Planting ." We 
make full line Potato 
machines. Garden tools, 
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BATFIHAN ftVF’G CO. 
Bo* 102(5 Grenlocb, N. J. 
ON YOUR FARM OR COUNTRY ESTATE 
It is now time to plan and prepare for the summer planting. You can grow Alfalfa on your 
farm / But you must meet your particular soil conditions—therefore—we will without cost or ob¬ 
ligation give you expert advice on the selection of seed—seed bed preparation—planting— and 
care necessary to meet your requirements and secure a perfect stand with the aid of 
FARMOGERM INOCULATION 
Standard throughout the world 
Let ns tell you of the method of growing Vetch with your spring planting of Oats to increase the Oat crop 
and enrich the soil at the same time. Also how to secure the same results by growing Soy Beans or other le¬ 
gumes with your Corn. All spring sown clovers should be inoculated, and a little fertilizer applied now means 
more hay. Cow Peas and Soy Beans for Hay— as milk producers, cannot be excelled. This is practical inform¬ 
ation of value to every farmer. 
TELL US TOUR PLANTING IDEAS FOR THE TEAR AND LET US HELP YOU PLAN IT 
ECONOMIUALI.T FOR SOIL KNRIHMENT AND GENERAL FARSI IMPROVEMENT 
EARP-THOMAS FARMOGERM CO., Bloomfield, N. J., U. S. A. 
_ Our New Book No. 54 ready Januarv 1st. Sent free. 
AND HOW TO 
'GROW THEM 
LOOK HERE! 
Threo kernels In a pod. from an actual photograph as 
grown on our big Canadian Seed Oats farm. 
You can raise 75 to 140 bushels to the acre with our seed. 
Imported direct from Canada. Extra fine. Send for free 
sample. It speaks for itself. Our customers who bought 
from us last year raised from 75 to 140 bushels to the aero 
against one-eighth to one-half as much from their old 
seed, which proves our statement that farmers need a 
change of seed in this country. 
Wo specialize on extra fine Seed Oat* on our bigCan- 
adian Farm—new. clean land—and grow the Genuine 
Regenerated Swedish Select Oats which has brok¬ 
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conditions in the U. S. Matures from 12 to 15 days earlier 
than other kinds. Extra large white berry. Thin husk. 
Stiff straw. Tremendous yielder. Rich in protein, and 
just the oat you have been looking for. 
Why not start a seed patch on your farm this year? 
It has paid others big. It will pay you. 
Write us early. The demand for our seed is tromendous. 
Last year wo had to return orders we could not fill. 
Write early. Demand tremendous. Supply limited. 
™ AT ,s ou t rn E w tle of FREE BOOK 
which wo send you for the asking, together with a free sample of 
our pure Canadian Grown Regenerated Swedish Select Oats. 
This book was written by William 
Galloway, Professor Bow man, and oth¬ 
er seed experts. It contains priceless 
information—worth real money—about 
how to make big money in oats; how 
to make a seed bed; how to start a 
seed patch, how to make oats stand on 
rich ground and how to grow a bump¬ 
er crop of oats. It is profusely illus¬ 
trated by photos from actual life, and 
contains besides facts, figures and 
opinions as given by farmers all over 
the country. 
Now remember, this book is free for thoasking, and we will send 
It to you together with a free sample of the oats, or better still, en¬ 
close ten cents to cover cost of packing and postage, and we will 
send you a Big sample packet, or a Trip!® Size for 25c. aud for 
50c, a packet three times tho size o* the 25c packet, and 
what is more, the empty packets will bo accepted the same as 
cash in part payment on any future orders you send in. 
Feed Your Oats to the Horses or Hogs, or Sell It 
You can afford to do it when you stop to figure up the net re¬ 
sults between our 6eed and ordinary seed. Which is cheaper— 
Genuine Imported Regenerated Swedish Select Oats that 
germinate nearly 100 per cent—every oat sprouting—Fresh, Hardy, 
Full of Life and Vitality— or oats that are half hulls full of 
weaklings, that plainly prove they are inferior and run out? Our 
thoroughbred Imported Canadian oats cost a little more than com¬ 
mon seed at tho start, but if you paid twice the price and re¬ 
ceived common seed for nothing, our oats would be cheaper and 
bring you the most profits. It’s net results that count. 
J. E. Andrews, Dassol. Minn., writes: “Yielded 105 bu. to acre.’* 
Oscar Kiing, Alamosa. Colo, writes. “Yielded 141 bu. to acre.** 
H. Hendrick, Roanoke, Ill., writes, “Got 95 bu. from one acre.'* 
A, J. Barber, Clinton, N. Y., writes, “Galloway, you are right. 
Last spring I bought some seed oats of you. Just threshed. Yield¬ 
ed 80 bu. per acre. 
GALLOWAY BROS.-BOWMAN CO., Seed Oats Specialists Box 662 WATERLOO, IOWA 
GRAND SWEEPSTAKES TROPHY 
($750.00 Sterling Silver Cup) 
BEST STATE EXHIBIT OF POTATOES 
AT THE 
New York Land Show 
1912 
WON BY 
The E.L. Cleveland Company 
HOULTON, Me. 
o ne of the largest and most 
reliable seed potato houses 
in the United States. Competi¬ 
tion open to the entire United 
States and Canada. Messrs. E. L. 
Cleveland Company also won the 
First Prize for Best County Exhibit 
of Potatoes. (Silver Cup valued 
at $200.00.) 
The E. L. Cleveland Company use 
E. FRANK COE 
FERTILIZERS 
E. Frank Coe Fertilizers have 
been the business farmer’s favorite 
for over fifty-five years. Why not 
follow the example of these lead¬ 
ing commercial potato growers. 
You ought to read "The Story of A Profitable Potato 
Crop" written by an Aroostook County, Muitio farmer. 
A copy is sen! free on request. 
The Coe-Mortimer Company , 51 
