1913. 
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THE FARMER’S SAW 
MILL 
T\7’E MAKE other mills, and all 
sizes, but the cut shown here 
is one of our 
LEVER SET VARIABLE FEED SAW MILLS 
especially suited tofariner’sneedsand light work. 
This mill can bo run by eithersteam or gasoline 
engine, 5 to If) H.P. It takes logs from 12to30ft. 
in length, has many superior featuros found in 
no other mill and our low price will interest you. 
Our free catalog will tell gov, all about it —if in¬ 
terested in saw mill machinery it will pay you 
to send for it at once. 
WM. BARTLEY & SONS, Bartley. N. J. 
Forkner Light Draft 
Hangs low and has Uoy*fnW 
great extension—you HdllUvr 
work right up to trees without dis¬ 
turbing houghs or fruit. With it you 
can cultivate 20 to 30 acres a day 
with one team. Low-priced, but built 
for long, hard service. 
THIS BOOK FREE 
Modern Orchard Tillage, written 
by a practical orchardist, chock- 
full of valuable informa¬ 
tion. Write 
for it. 
Light Draft Harrow 
Company 
612 E. Nevada St., 
Marshalltown, Iowa 
HOLE AUGER 
?o*„ IWAN 
at least two inches larger 
than your posts. You need 
this much room to tamp it solidly 
at the bottom. A six-inch post in a 
six-inch hole cannot be set solidly 
because you cannot tamp it at tbo 
bottom and tamping at the top alono 
is useless. 
Iwan Post Hole Augers 
Special 
price to 
intro¬ 
duce 
if not 
sold by 
your 
dealer 
are furnished in sizes from 3 to 
16 Inches in diameter, and sold by 
nearly all hardware and imple¬ 
ment dealers. Don’t accept an 
Imitation if you want an auger 
for long service, quick boring and 
easy work. A million farmers already use 
them. Our “Easy Digging , ’booklet and catalog 
free. Write for It now while our address 
is before you. 
IWAN BROS., Box E, South Bend, Ind. 
Do You Need Farm Help? 
We have many able-bodied young men, both 
with and without farm experience, who wish to 
work on farms. If you neod a good, steady, sober 
man, write for an order blank. Ours i» a phil¬ 
anthropic organization and we make no charge to 
employer or employee. Our object ii the encour¬ 
agement of farming among Jews. 
THE JEWISH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 
176 Second Ave., /V. Y. City 
I' 
The demand for Edwards "Reo” Steel Shlngl 
has become 60 big that wo now sell them fro 
factory to user for less—actually LESS—thi 
common wood shingles. And we pay a 
toba * an 
No Trick to Put Them On 
You don’t havo to nail these steel shingles, like wo- 
•hinglos, ONE AT A TIME. Put on as hi K h as 100 atone 
for they comoin big sheets ready to nail on sheathing ore 
roof. It b ton times easier than putting on wood sliingh 
No extra materials to buy, no painting to do, no tools 
borrow. Your hired man can do the job with a hainmt 
Absolutely Rustproof 
Please don’t judge Edwards Steel ShiuKlcs by comm' 
galvanized iron roofing—the kind that mats. Wo havo i 
▼ented a method that absolutely prevents rust from ev 
getting a foothold, as 100,000 delighted owners of Ed war 
Roofs havo found out. It’s the famous Edwards Tightco 
rrocesa applied to genuine Open Hearth Steel. 
Protect Your Buildings from FIRE 
Don t take chaneos of lire from defective chimneys, fl 
s ,PJ™ an d lightning. Roof your buildings with the 
Dipeel . hinglos and make them safe. Remember, uinoo 1 
of every ton fires shirt with the roof. Wo specifically gua 
anteeovory Edwards Steel Shingle Roof against lightnin 
This Guaranty is backed by a $10,000 Cash Bond. 
Cheaper Than Prepared-Paper Roofln 
Edwards Steel Shinclcs cost loss, far LESS, than pr 
roofing, IK YOU EldUKETi 
COST PER \ EAR. And that’s tho right way to figure 
Write for Special Proposition 
Bend postal ntonce for latest Rooflni? Bools 373 at 
Special lac.ory Prices. Give size of roof, if you cai 
THE EDWARDS MFG. CO. 
323-373 Lock Street, Cincinnati, Ohi 
A VINE-CLAD ARCH. 
In the northwest angle of our house 
is a porch which we use in Summer for 
a (lining room. It is boarded up from 
the floor about three feet, down from 
the ceiling about the same, the inter¬ 
vening space being covered with screen¬ 
ing. It was delightfully cool in the 
forenoon, but the afternoon sun would 
pour in on us mercilessly, while a hard 
rain would sometimes blow in and 
drench the. table. We decided that 
vines would be the remedy, but how to 
keep out the sun and rain without also 
spoiling our view of the fields and lanes 
was a puzzle. I finally called on the 
blacksmith and asked him to take three 
iron bars (old wagon tires were used) 
and bend them alike to form an arch, 
transverse bars, equi-distant, were bolt¬ 
ed on to hold the arch in position. The 
boys then went to the wood lot and cut 
four posts of equal size, peeled 
WISTARIA AND GRAPE TRELLIS. 
them nicely and set them in the ground, 
two at each end of. the porch. The 
completed arch was then set onto the 
posts, the oak piece being nailed 
firmly to' the top of them. This made 
a good strong support, for the vines did 
not touch the building, as Father was 
afraid of mildew; still does not obstruct 
our view and admits the air freely. 
The trellis was still somewhat open 
on top, so we took two lengths of fen¬ 
cing wire and laid side by side, fasten¬ 
ing them with wire to the bars. There 
was a two-year-old Wistaria growing 
already at one end. which soon covered 
about half the trellis, and we had just 
planted a wine grape vine, which grew 
well that season, and last Summer the 
two completely covered the trellis, then 
dropped over the front and with a 
little training made a beautiful curtain, 
completely shutting out the rain and 
sun. The part which brought such fav¬ 
orable comment from family and friends 
was the clusters of purple flowers, the 
Wistaria beans and fine bunches of 
grapes which dropped through the wire 
and hung side by side underneath, while 
the vines doubled and twisted and 
sprawled over the top. dalton. 
Crossing Beets With Cabbage. 
N. D., Orient, N. Y .—Would green-headed 
cabbage and red beets set out for seed 
mix side by side? Would they mix in color; 
that Is would the beets give a red color 
to the cabbage planted from the seed from 
that cabbage? I have been informed that 
is tho way they got red cabbage. It looks 
rather funny to me, but I would like to 
know if I have been misinformed. 
Ans.—T here is not the slightest rea¬ 
son for believing that the proximity of 
beets and cabbage would make any dif¬ 
ference in the color of either. The beet 
belongs to the goose-foot family 
(Chenopodiacese), the cabbage to the 
Cruci ferae or mustard family, and there 
is no likelihood of pollen admixture. 
Peculiarities of soil affect color of 
both flowers and foliage, hut the near¬ 
ness of one plant to another certainly 
would not do so, except as the stronger 
plant starved the weaker. Both beets 
and cabbages are extremely variable in 
character. There are some ornamental 
beets with deeply colored, variegated 
and curled leaves, while the cabbage 
Las “sported” into great variety of 
form and habit during the centuries it 
has been cultivated. Since the first 
“break” into a reddish tint, which was 
probably noticed and perpetuated by 
some gardener who returned to earth 
generations ago, the color has been in¬ 
tensified by careful selection. The sug¬ 
gestion that a crimson beet might turn 
a neighboring cabbage red reminds us 
of the English gardener who buried 
his favorite tortoiseshell cat under a 
smooth-fruited gooseberry hush, and as¬ 
serted that the following crop of 
gooseberries bore a heavy covering of 
tortoiseshell hairs. 
Berry 
Baskets 
A R R O W, 
BRAND 
Berry Baskets all sizes 
Peach Baskets all sizes 
Best quality goods Factory prices 
Berry, Peach and 
Grape Crates, etc. 
ORDER EARLY AND SAVE MONEY 
Write for Illustrated Catalogue 
COLES & COMPANY 
109 and 111 Warren St. 
Established 1884 New Yokr 
“The Best Is the Cheapest” 
applies to fertilizers as well as anything 
else. When the careful farmer buys fer¬ 
tilizer, he should not only aim to get the 
most Plant Food for his money, but he 
should also demand to know the materials 
which enter into its composition. The analysis does not tell the 
whole story. It is the availability of the materials as Plant Food 
which counts. 
Hubbard’s “Bone Bass” Fertilizers 
Standards of Purity and Reliability 
Remember that one dollar invested in high-grade fertilizers will buy 
as much Plant Food as $1.70 to $1.90 in low-grade goods. Why 
not let us help You to have Bigger, Better Crops for 1913 ? The 
Science of Fertilizers, applied in a simple, practical way will make the 
Business of Farming a great success. 
Write today for our booklets, “Soil Fertility,” “The Grass Crop,” “The Apple” 
and Hubbard’s Bone Base 1913 Almanac, which contains much valuable infor¬ 
mation about soil, fertilizers and other farm subjects. Sent free to any address. 
THE ROGERS & HUBBARD CO., Department A, Middletown, Conn. 
\ / ,. Cold 
Vaseline Cream 
Thoroughly cleanses the pores of the skin and keeps it 
healthy. Relieves irritation and roughness. 
A perfectly pure, safe cream for constant use—for children 
or grown-ups. 
Just one of the famous “Vaseline” preparations, which 
are needed for the little daily ills and accidents in every home. 
If your druggist cannot supply you, write direct. 
Chesebrough Manufacturing Company 
35 State Street (Co-ona.ud.) New York 
15c. Post-paid 
Interesting booklet on 
request 
0 
Planet Jr 
rower, and Ridger is a wonder in cultivating corn, potatoes, and 
similar crops. It is light in draft, simple and 
strong in construction, and comfortable to ride 
upon. Either regular or spring-trip standards may 
be used. Can be equipped with roller-bearings, 
spring-trip standards, and discs. It works rows 28 
to 44 inches, and cultivates corn until 5 feet high. 
FQFF An instructive 64-page 
1 illustrated catalogue 
Describes 55 latest tools including one- and two-horse 
cultivators, wheel-hoes, seeders, harrows, etc. 
Write for it today! 
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S L ALLEN & CO 
Philadelphia 
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BOOK FREE 
“The Soil 
and 
Intensive 
Tillage. 
Follow Our Advice—It Pays 
Practice intensive tillage. Our new 48-page 
book, “ The Soil and Intensive Tillage,” tells 
why and how. And it is free for the asking. 
Implements are made expressly for 
intensive tillage. They are de- 
, signed and constructed with that 
onepointalwaysin view. TheCux- 
away Grove Harrow, shown totheleft.isonly oneof 
a hundred styles and sizes that we make. There is a 
Cutaway for practically every tillage purpose. Ask 
yourdealer tosliow you Cutaway disk plowsand har¬ 
rows. If he can’t supply your needs witha Cutaway, 
write us. Under nocousiderationacceptasubstitute. 
CUTAWAY HARROW CO.. 839 Main St., Higj|anum*Conn. 
Makers of the original CLARK cutaway n disk harrows 
