1914. 
THE RURAL NEW -YORKER 
140 
The blue sky isn’t a Rood roof 
for farm machinery. Koof your 
barn and machine shed with 
Certain-teed 
ROOFING 
Guaranteed for IS yeara 
and wlil last longer 
There is no test by which you 
can know how long a roof will 
last. Your safeguard is the man¬ 
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Your dealer can furnish Certain' teed 
Roofing in rolls and shingles—made by 
the General Roofing Mfg. Co., world’s 
largest roofing manufacturers. East St. 
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POWER SPRAYER 
Jor L&rgo Orch&rc/s 
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I chines, 200 lbs. pressure with 6 to 8 nozzles, 2H.J 
I four cycle, air or water cooled engine, gear driven P 
I double acting pump, hemp packing, ball valves, ■ 
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' Iron Age Farm 
I and Garden 
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| Company 
| Box 102S „ 
> /-» I i &i f V \f \\w 150 Gallons 
I Grenlocli,N.J. \^[\/ with ar without ’ 
Truck. Handles 
any kind of solutions. 
Buy A 
Caltoon 
Parcel Post 
The Cahoon has the only discharger scientifically 
constructed to scatter seed evenly in trout of tt.o 
operator and not against his person. Years of world¬ 
wide use prove it to be simplest, most accurate and 
durable Broadcast Sower made. Sows all grain or 
grass seed. Made entirely of steel, iron, brass and 
heavy canvas. Wide breast plate makes it easiest 
to carry. Needed on every farm. Some alfalfa 
ranches have a dozen. If dealer will not supply 
you, Parcel Post permits us to send it for $3.50 pre¬ 
paid In U. S. A. Order today. Warranted to give 
satisfaction. Even Seeding brings Good Rcajnng. 
G00DELL COMPANY, 47 Main St., Antrim, N. H. 
Seed 
Sower 
By 
RHODES DOUBLE OUT 
PRUNING SHEAR 
PAT. 
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Cuts from 
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limb and does 
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We pay Ex¬ 
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WE PAY THE 
FREIGHT 
Brow] 
Strongest, most durable mado. Basic 1 
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Bargain Prices — Direct From Factory I 
150 Styles —13 Cents Per Rod Up 
Wo pay freight anywhere. Write now 
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THE BROWN FENCE & WIRE CO. f 
Dept. 61) Cleveland, Ohio ’ 
FARM FENCE 
41 INCHES HIGH 
100 other styles of 
Farm, Poultry and 
Lawn Fencing direct 
from factory at save-the- 
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KITSELMAN BROS. Box 230 Muncie, Ind 
21 
CENTS 
A ROD 
Farm Fence %ikb 
26-inch Flog Fence,_14c. M 
41-inch Farm Fence,.—21c. 
48-inch Poultry Fence.. 2214c. 
80-rod spool Barb Wire, $1.40 
A Many styles and heights. Our largo Freo Catalog 
contains fence Information you should have. 
COILED SPRING FENCE CO. Box 263 Winchester, Ind. 
THE HARDIE SPRAYERS 
are noted for their 
HIGH PRESSURE 
LARGE CAPACITY 
SIMPLICITY OF CON¬ 
STRUCTION 
ACCESSIBILITY OF 
ALL PARTS 
FREEDOM FROM EX¬ 
PERIMENTAL RISKS 
Known by over 6000 growers 
as “ The Sprayer with the 
Trouble left out," 
Hardie Junior as shown here 
PRICE $140.00 
with complete equipment 
TRUCK $25.00 EXTRA 
WE PAY THE FREIGHT 
The Hardie Junior is the biggest little sprayer 
ever made. It is big in everything except price. 
Never before have you been offered so mnch for 
such a small price. 
Specifications: 150 gallon tank, 1% inch thick; heart 
cypress; rotary agitator running in brass bearings; 1J4 
horse power 4 cycle engine, water-cooled pump with cut 
gears, bronze bearings, bell metal ball valves, 4 gallons 
per minute, 800 lbs. pressure, machine fully cabbed, 25 
feet high pressure hose, Hjlo spray rod; large tank 
strainer; full kit of tools. 
You should know more about this wonderful 
machine. Our catalogue shows twenty kinds of 
hand and power sprayers. 
The HARDIE MFG. CO., Hudson, Mich. 
More than 100,000 Farmers and Fruit Growers 
Use the STANDARD SPRAY PUMP 
hour or better. They whitewash their bams and chicken 
coops and spray “dip’’ on their live stock with the Standard 
Spray Pump. 
Made throughout of brass, with nothing to ( jS? 
wear out or break, the Standard Spray 
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Warranted 5 Years. Price $4 Pre- 
paid. (West of Denver $5.) \\ 
Money back if not satisfied. - • 
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I ''VERY farmer, truck- or fruit-grower needs this book. It is more than a catalog. 
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the various remedies which experiment has proven successful and directions as to how 
and when to apply them. The book also contains illustrations, some in colors, of the 
famous HURST SPRAYERS—28 different styles and sizes—from small hand power outfits to large 
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One Batrrei ojf"SceTecide 
,s many Trees avsThree Barrels 
y --- Lime Sul-fur 
Scalecide” has 
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. T'-" on your orchard—kills more scale, eggs 
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Our Service Department can furnish everything: you need for 
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Ruralisms 
AMERICAN MEDICINAL FLOWERS, 
FRUITS AND SEEDS. 
The above is the title of Bulletin No. 
2G, of the U. S. Department of Agricul¬ 
ture, contributed by the Bureau of Plant 
Industry. It is prepared by Miss Alice 
Henkel, whose previous bulletins on medi¬ 
cinal leaves, herbs and Barks possess 
much interest and value. 
In collecting medicinal material, the 
bulletin states that flowers bring the best 
price when,, after drying, they retain as 
nearly as possible their natural color and 
odor. They should be gathered when they 
first open, and no faded flowers included. 
They should be carefully dried in the 
shade, and not allowed to become moist. 
Fruit or berries should be gathered when 
mature, and dried carefully, so that they 
do not stick together or become moldy. 
Seeds should be collected as they are 
ripening, just before the pods open; 
placed in trays, and dried carefully in 
the open air. They should be shaken 
frequently to insure even drying, bits of j 
stem, leaf or shriveled seeds being re- i 
moved. 
Shipments should be carefully packed 
in sound burlap bags or clean boxes. It 
is advised that samples be sent before 
shipping, with full information as to the 
quantity the prospective seller has to 
dispose of. 
Berries of the common juniper, Juni- 
perus communis, sell for two to 2 1 / 4 
cents a pound; they are collected when 
ripe, usually about October. They are 
used for distillation of oil, for flavoring 
gin, and medicinally as a stimulant and 
diuretic. 
The berries of the saw palmetto, Sa- 
bal serrulatum, are used officially iu medi¬ 
cine, and sell for 25 to 27 cents a pound. 
The fruit ripens from October to Decem¬ 
ber, but collection begins before it is 
fully ripe, in August, aud extends into 
January. 
Wormseed (Chenopodium anthelminti- 
cum) is a very common and exasperating 
weed, but its dry seed brings from eight 
to 10 cents a pound, while oil of worm- 
seed is $2.25 to $2.50 a pound. We are 
told that in some parts of Maryland 
wormseed is cultivated to a considerable 
extent, for the distillation of this oil. 
The berries of the familiar pokeweed 
(Phytolacca Americana) are gathered 
when fully mature, and carefully dried iu 
the shade. They are poisonous, but of 
value iu medicine, and sell for three to 
four cents a pound. Poke-root is also 
used medicinally. 
Black Tnustard. Brassiest nigra, and 
White mustard, Sinapis alba, are both 
troublesome weeds, and are both used in 
medicine. The fruiting tops are gathered 
before fully ripe, and placed on a clean 
shelf or floor to dry out and open the 
pods, when the seed is easily shaken out. 
It is quoted tit two to four cents a pound. 
Prickly ash (Zanthoxylum clava-her- 
eulis and Z. Americanum) furnish ber¬ 
ries which, when dried, command 19 cents 
a pound. They are pungent and aro» 
matic, and as found in commerce consist 
of the brownish seed capsule, sometimes 
still containing the black seed, but usual¬ 
ly it has shattered out. 
The handsome red berries of the 
smooth or upland sumac (Rhus glabra) 1 
should be gathered and dried while bear¬ 
ing the velvety covering, which gives 
them their acid taste. They bring about 
five ceuts a pound. 
Linden or basswood flowers are col¬ 
lected in May or June and carefully 
dried in the shade. A tea made 
from the flowers is used for headache, in¬ 
digestion or colds. In some European 
countries linden tea is regarded as very 
soothing to the nerves. The dried flow¬ 
ers are quoted at 35 cents a pound. 
Seeds of the dangerous and deadly poi¬ 
son hemlock (Conium maculatum) tire, 
while green hut fully grown, carefully 
dried in a dark hut well-ventilated place, 
and then stored in tight cans or boxes 
so that light and air are excluded. This 
seed brings eight to nine cents a pound. 
It has medicinal value, but the gatherer 
should always remember that it is a 
deadly poison. 
Jimson weed (Datura stramonium) is 
another poisonous plant whose fruit and 
leaves are used in medicine. The seed 
capsules are cut when mature but still 
green and dried until they open. The 
seed is then shaken out. and spread to 
dry thoroughly. The seed is worth six 
to seven cents a pound. 
Mullein flowers are collected when 
fully open, but not ready to drop, and 
carefully dried. They are listed at from 
70 to SO cents a pound. Elder flowers 
tire dried quickly when fully opened, so 
that they are yellow »sli in color, not 
brownish or black; they are used as a 
home-remedy, and also officially, selling 
for IS to 20 cents a pound. e. t. r. 
