THE RUEIAL NEW-YORKER 
March 29, 
GOOD SEED CORN. 
The Ohio score card for corn in the 
utility class has only four points, and 
these are the four things that are essen¬ 
tial to first-class seed corn. 1st. Will 
it grow? 2d. Will it yield? 3d. Is it 
adapted to your locality ? 4th. Does it 
show improvement? To insure that corn 
will grow it is necessary that it be well 
ripened and then cared for so that the 
moisture content be reduced low enough 
for safety before very cold weather. 
Corn with above 20 per cent of mois¬ 
ture will have the germ injured very 
easily, but if the moisture is below 15 
oer cent a much lower temperature will 
be passed through with perfect safety. 
When the seed corn is selected it should 
be placed where the air will circulate 
freely aroun I it, thus hastening the dry¬ 
ing process. There are many ways of 
doing this; by suspending the ears in 
some way or laying on slat floor with 
doors open below and windows above. 
Any of these ways are good. If the 
corn is very late and immature some 
artificial heat will be necessary to hasten 
the drying process. There is no way to 
be absolutely sure that the seed condi¬ 
tion is perfect except by a germination 
test. The good judge may by examina¬ 
tion be reasonably sure that the grain 
will grow, and yet the most expert and 
careful man will sometimes be mistaken. 
If the condition seems good a test of 
100 grains taken from a number of ears 
and put in a box together will be suffi¬ 
cient. If the germination is perfect or 
nearly so no further test is necessary, 
but if the test does not show this condi¬ 
tion then a testing box that will show 
the condition of each individual ear is 
the only way. All imperfect ears should 
be rejected. This perfect condition of 
the seed is the first step toward a per¬ 
fect stand, and a perfect stand is one 
of the great factors necessary for the 
maximum yield. 
The second question, “will it yield?” 
is determined by the variety test. Our 
Ohio Experiment Station in testing a 
large number of varieties side by side 
under the same conditions found a great 
difference in yield, often as much as 40 
bushels per acre between the highest and 
lowest yielders. So we see that it is 
very important that we grow a high 
yielding variety. By observing the 
yields obtained at the station we have 
a guide to go by, and yet a variety test 
of half a dozen or more of the be-t vari¬ 
eties grown in our own county on our 
own farm will be still more valuable, 
as striking differences even in well-es¬ 
tablished local varieties will be brought 
out. By selecting the highest yielding 
variety the second factor in obtaining 
a maximum crop is found. “Is it adapt¬ 
ed?” By this we mean will it grow a 
large crop of well-matured corn? To 
grow a very early low-yielding corn on 
soil that would mature a somewhat later, 
higher yielding variety would not be 
good policy. But more often the oppo¬ 
site mistake is made of growing too 
large and late a corn for the soil and 
climate conditions. We consider this 
latter the more serious mistake for 
many reasons. The best way is to grow 
the corn that will take the most of the 
growing season, whether that be 90 or 
120 days, and yet that will ripen in any 
ordinary season in that locality. The 
reason for this is that corn will yield 
approximately according to the length 
of time it takes to mature it. “Does it 
show improvement?” By this we mean, 
has it a well-established type? Do the 
ears look alike, the same shape, size, 
color, and same type of grain? The 
indentation should be somewhat alike 
and color of cob the same. While this 
last is not so important as the other 
points in contributing to yield, it has 
its value in corn for market, and is very 
important to the grower of seed corn. 
I believe the farmer who will care¬ 
fully observe these four points will find 
that he will not only grow larger crops, 
but in a few years will be growing corn 
of a high class that he may well be 
proud of. Now is the time to sort over 
your seed corn, selecting only choice, 
uniform ears. Put to test at once, and 
conduct a small variety test on your own 
farm this year. horatio markley. 
Ohio. 
PARCEL POST NOTES. 
Mailing Hatching Eggs. —You can say 
to our folks that they can send eggs for 
hatching by parcel post; I think it will 
prove perfectly satisfactory. I recently 
sent a box of 15 eggs to a friend in an 
adjoining county and had him return box. 
My rural carrier took them to McKeesport, 
then steam cars to Pittsburgh, 15 miles, 
then a transfer, then 40 miles steam road 
to Butler, then rural carrier five hours. 
Same returning. There was one egg broken 
each way, box in good shape, postage 11 
cents each way. Box same as I use for 
express shipping. t. t. hibben. 
Pennsylvania. 
Parcel Post Dog. —Reports come frome 
Hackensack, N. J., of a new use for parcel 
post stamps. An unlicensed dog followed a 
mail carrier and was noticed by the local 
dog catcher. To save the dog from death 
the mail carrier put a parcel post stamp 
on his collar. This gave him Federal pro¬ 
tection and the dog catcher did not dare 
take him. This incident was reported and 
now letters are coming from all over offer¬ 
ing to buy the dog! 
Express Companies Feel It. —Express 
agents everywhere admit that parcel post 
is hurting their business in carrying small 
packages. A public announcement was 
recently made in which the following is 
stated : “The heads of several express 
companies were willing to admit yesterday 
that the parcel post was making inroads 
on their small package shipments. . At the 
office of one company it was said that the 
decrease in small package shipments under 
eleven pounds and especially in the lighter 
packages would run far into the thousands. 
The express companies as yet are unable 
to say whether the parcel post is going to 
mean a financial loss to them or not. They 
think the reduction in expenses may more 
than make up for the loss in shipments.” 
Troubles of Parcels Post. 
Your paper has been a steady advocate 
of the parcel post before we had it, and 
now that it is a fact you counsel persistence 
in making use of it and patience until its 
faults are remedied. But changes are com¬ 
ing in it rapidly. We are promised a C. 
O. IX development in July, and the Post¬ 
master General, according to the news¬ 
papers, recently stated that books were to 
be included in the mailable articles very 
soon. Is this not the time to protest 
against some of the real hardships that 
the parcel post has inflicted? The old 
merchandise rate of one cent an ounce re¬ 
gardless of distance is still available for 
parcels weighing less than four ounces, but 
postage can no longer be paid in letter 
stamps. A parcel weighing five ounces 
which could be sent to San Francisco 
in 1912 for five cents now costs 12 
cents. When books are included in the 
parcel post rates the change will be for 
the worse in small packages. 1 can now 
send a book weighing 18 ounces to the 
\\ M. C. A. in Manila for nine cents. 
Then the same book will cost 24 cents. 
The fact that I can send 11 pounds of 
books across the first zone for 35 cents 
is small consolation. I can send 11 pounds 
that distance by express for a quarter. 
Further, I live in a small city with a 
mail delivery service, and without the ad¬ 
vantages of the rural free delivery and 
collection enjoyed by my country neighbors. 
The postman no longer takes small parcels 
nor may I post them myself in a bundle 
box. Every package must be taken to the 
post office—a distance of two miles—and 
special stamps aflixed. In the old days I 
used to send a five ounce package for five 
cents from my door. Now I must carry it 
two miles, paying 10 cents for car fare 
and If it Is to go to the farthest zone pay 
12 cents on it. Rather than do all this I 
now send the parcel by letter post. If 
we were allowed to have the parcel post 
delivery wagon call—we who do not have 
the advantage of living on a rural free 
delivery route—half our troubles would 
disappear, and if we were allowed our 
choice of rates, the new rates to be paid 
in parcel post stamps, the old rates on 
books and merchandise to be paid in letter 
stamps—then the parcel post would be a 
tremendous benefit instead of something of 
a hardship. city sufferer. 
Farm Use for Automobile. 
In answer to inquiries as to usefulness 
of auto on farm I will tell you to what 
use I have put my car. I live on a hilltop, 
and have to cart oats, potatoes, etc., up 
this hill. A team of horses has all it can 
do to haul 1,000 pounds. I took the top 
body off, made a body for same which is 
changed in half an hour and use the car 
for all my heavy work, also pulling up a 
trailer besides its own load. Three Sum¬ 
mers ago a team of horses rather light for 
the work commenced mowing 10 acres of 
hay. In two hours they were out. I had 
an old mower on the place cutting five 
feet. I cut the pole off about four feet, 
fastened the mower on body of machine 
and my man took a seat on the mower to 
better balance it, and off we went, and 
in four hours we had cut the 10-acre plot, 
the machine none the worse for it. We 
had to change water in radiator every hour 
as this became quite hot. The same Sum¬ 
mer I wanted to clean a cistern, about 
20,000 gallons of water. To pump this 
by hand would have been a job. I raised 
the rear of the car, fastened one of the 
wheels with strap, put a belt over the other 
wheel on a pump which pumped 90 gallons 
per minute until the job was done. Then 
I wanted to cut some firewood which lay 
in one of the lots. I moved the saw to the 
lot, braced machine and saw, put belt on 
rear wheel and on with the job, and it 
has been used ever since for just such 
jobs. Of course some judgment must be 
used, as water will get hot when running 
standing still, and more oil must be fed. 
but if hot water is- run on the ground 
which can easily be done by disconnecting 
the hose on top of cylinders and a large 
barrel of water wanted to supply new water 
it can easily be run for some time, only 
never run engine too fast. The machine 
is still running. I wish to state that I 
use a cushion tire, no pneumatic tires, as 
they are the greatest expense on a heavy 
car. G. G. B. 
I tat 
\aermotor 
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The Greatest Power eWorld 
If all the winds of the world could be hitched 
to dynamos they would fur¬ 
nish heat, light and power 
enough to supply all the needs 
of the whole human race. It 
would be a big job to harness all of the winds 
for they are very numerous and decidedly restless. 
But it is easy to catch enough wind to pump all the water you require 
for your home and for your stock. Just set up an Aermotor over your 
well and your job of pumping is as good as done. The Aermotor will 
work away faithfully night and day with very little attention from you. 
Power Without Expense 
It costs nothing for power if you do your pumping with an Aermotor. 
The running expenses are trifling—just a little oil now and then is 
all. An Aermotor which receives reasonable treatment will require 
no repairs for 10 or 15 years. Many of them have run longer than 
that without a cent’s worth of repairs. They just simply keep 
right on about their business day after day without bothering 
you in any way. For the past 25 years the Aermotor Co. has 
been supplying the world with efficient, durable and reliable 
steel windmills for pumping water, and has enabled hundreds 
of thousands of people to enjoy the comfort of a good water 
supply with a very small initial investment and with practical¬ 
ly no expense for upkeep. Perhaps we can do as much for 
you. We surely can if you are in need of power for pumping. 
The Windmill of Greatest Merit 
Aermotors are built on honor and'are sold on their merits. The great 
Aermotor factory of today has grown out of very small beginnings 
because of the superiority of the output. The Aermotor is the wind¬ 
mill with a record behind it. The record started in Chicago in 1888 
and it has left its trail around the world. Aermotors are as numer¬ 
ous today in South America and South Africa as they are in Illinois. 
There are villages in the Argentine which are literally shaded by 
Aermotors. They pump all the water required for all of the 
needs of the community. Great herds of cattle depend entirely 
upon Aermotors for their water and they never go dry. 
Running Water in House and Barn 
We have a booklet—called “Water Supply Bulletin’’—which con¬ 
tains a large amount of information in condensed form. It tells 
what size of Aermotor to use, what kind of pump is best under 
different conditions, shows various kinds of tanks and other 
things of interest to anyone who is planning for a better supply 
of water. The booklet is yours for the asking. Just write 
“Bulletin’’ with your name and address on a postal and 
mail it to us today. 
AERMOTOR CO., 
2510 12th Street, Chicago, Illinois 
The Home LandoPh e Nation 
A DELIGHTFULLY healthful summer and winter climate 
with neither extremes of heat or cold—a well distributed 
* rainfall, varying from 45 to 60 inches annually — the 
production of nearly all fruit, vegetable and other crops 
known to the temperate zone—the rural telephone, improved 
highways, modern schools, ample church and social priv¬ 
ileges—these are some of the advantages that tend to make 
the Southeast the “ Home Land of the Nation.” 
A Great Profit Producing Section 
The Dunleith farm in Mississippi, from a 28 acre field of alfalfa averaged 
six tons per acre (from five cuttings). The net profits were $69.17 an acre at 
the local selling price of $15 per ton. 
There is not a state in the South today which does not import annually 
over $10,000,000 worth of beef, yet Government experiments have proved 
that beef can be produced cheaper in the Southeast than elsewhere in America, 
the cost varying from 3 to 4 cents per pound. 
Over $32,000,000 worth of butter is shipped into the Southern Railway 
States each year, though nowhere else can dairy goods be produced so cheaply. 
Northern Florida truckers were marketing strawberries the latter part of 
December, receiving locally $1.00 per quart. 
Good Land $15 an Acre Up 
The present price of Southeastern land is but a fraction 
of the cost of those in other sections. Good two and three- 
crop lands are selling from $15 to $50 an acre, prices varying 
according to improvements and location. 
Market Conditions Favor Farmers 
The large consumption of farm produce by the rapidly growing cities, towns 
and factory districts of the South, and the Northern demand for winter truck will 
always exceed the supply, thereby maintaining good profits to the producer. 
You should investigate now the wonderful opportunities of this 
section. Send for the “ Southern Field.” our free magazine, mention 
the State and line of agriculture in which you are interested, and 
booklets and land lists will be sent. 
M. V. RICHARDS, Land and Industrial Agent, Room 87 Washington, D. C. 
SOUTHERN 
RAILWAY 
Owner Dissolving Partnership, must sell this money maker at 
once. Fight thousand dollars yearly income—books show it 
258 acres; one mile from city of sixty thousand 
people; 12-room house; 2 large barns; one 4U x 100; 
basement, concrete floors. Silo, Fruit, Other Buildings 
all in line condition including 48 cows and heifers; 
27 sheep; 5 good horses; 1 colt; 2 engines; ensilage 
cutter; wagons; mower; sulky plows and cultiva- 
tors;rake; corn harvester binder; manure spreader; 
graiu drill; roller harness; 300 qt. milk route wagon; 
bottle washer; bottles; milk wagon; plenty ottier 
things all for $20,000. $8,000 cash (water running 
to each cow). 
Halls Farm Agency, Owego.TiogaCo., N.Y. 
Yoi»kStaieFarms for S ale* 
Fruit, dairy and garden. Exception- 
B ai opportunities in every county of 
/ State, where farming pays best. Prin- 
fti., C / cipal brokers are co-operating under 
U £J7* / name of FARM BROKERS’ ASSOCIATION OF 
N. Y. STATE. Buyers derive the benefit. 
Address State Farm Brokers' Association, 
130 Stone Building, Oneida, New York, for 
Free Bulletin just issued. 
NEW YORK STATE FARMS. 
Ing in farms throughout New York State, Keferenca 
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