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Walnut Timber. 
I have two walnut trees on my place 
measuring IS feet before they branch. 
They measure 16 and 21 inches thick. I 
wrote to a mill near here asking what 
they paid for timber. They write saying 
they are paying $25 per 1,000 feet for 
logs of this sort. This would bring the 
price of each tree very low—it would al¬ 
most be better to utilize it for firewood. 
But when I price walnut furniture I 
find it very costly and there is said to be 
an extreme scarcity of this wood. I am 
told the smallest pieces are utilized for 
veneering, etc. Is not the price quoted 
me entirely too low, and what would be 
a fair price? m. s. 
Johnsville, Pa. 
There is no standard price for such 
small lots of timber. In our own case 
we have been obliged to take what the 
buyers offer. Where you have a lot large 
enough to invite competition you can say 
something about the price, but with only 
a few trees the buyer has all . the ad¬ 
vantage. We have been all through this, 
Of course good Black walnut is worth 
more than $25, but you will have no way 
of dictating the price if you have only 
two trees. 
Market for Maple Syrup. 
I have a lot of maple trees on the 
farm, and before I waste my labor in 
tapping them, I would like to know if 
there is anybody who buys raw maple 
syrup and what is the market price per 
gallon? B. C. 
New York. 
If you don’t find a ready market for 
good maple syrup in your neighborhood, 
there is something wrong with the peo¬ 
ple. It has sold readily in my section, 
for as many years as I can remember, at 
from $1 to $1.25 per gallon; standard 
legal weight of 11 pounds to the gallon. 
There is always a market for it in the 
cities, though what is done with it there 
5s a mystery. I have frequently found it 
upon the bill of fare at good restaurants, 
but never on the table. Pure maple 
syrup is a luxury always in demand, and 
most farmers are able to dispose of all 
that they can make, selling directly to 
the consumer, and getting all of the dol¬ 
lar. If you can make the syrup, don’t 
worry about the market. M. B. D. 
Fertilizer Value of Coal Ashes. 
Tell me what value, if any, coal ashes 
have mixed with nitrate of soda or pot¬ 
ash, as a top-dressing for meadows? 
E. J. V. 
There is no plant food value in coal 
ashes. Unlike wood ashes, they do not 
contain profitable quantities of lime, pot¬ 
ash, or phosphoric acid. They have 
a value as absorbents, and for helping the 
mechanical condition of the soil. They 
make what is called a carrier of plant 
food. Sifted coal ashes can be used for 
distributing nitrate of soda and potash. 
Probably the best way to use them would 
be to dissolve the nitrate and potash and 
sprinkle the solution over a good sized 
pile of sifted coal ashes. Mix this solu¬ 
tion thoroughly through the ashes. Then 
let it dry, and broadcast as you would 
any other fertilizer. As the pile dries, 
the water evaporates, and leaves the plant 
food in the nitrate and potash thoroughly 
distributed all through the ashes. Then 
if these are kept dry they make a good 
application for handling the plant food. 
Pruning Apples in Idaho. 
At what age can one expect an apple 
tree to bear, and how should a tree be 
pruned to bring it into bearing as early 
as possible? Should the new growth be 
cut back each year, or after, say the 
third year, would you simply thin out the 
branches and let the main limbs grow? I 
have in mind Jonathan and Home 
Beauty. J. W. A. 
Boise, Idaho. 
1. Apple trees and all other kinds of 
fruit trees bear very early in Idaho, and 
all of the Western regions. It is very 
seldom that an apple tree there fails to 
produce some fruit at four years from 
planting and I have seen many at that 
age holding about a bushel of apples, or 
even more. While this is too early in 
the life of a tree to produce such heavy 
crops without some injury or the retard¬ 
ing of their normal growth it brings 
quick returns. There is a general tend¬ 
ency to precocity rather than tardiness 
in bearing in all of the Western country. 
Jonathan and Rome Beauty are not 
as early bearers as some few other va¬ 
rieties, but they usually bear soon 
enough. The trees are not likely to need 
any special pruning to bring them into 
bearing. If they are well shaped while 
in the first three or four years of their 
growth they will not need much more 
pruning for several years. It is not well 
to thin out the branches severely, for as 
they begin to bear loads of fruit they 
will be spread by its weight and the 
tops thus be made more open than might 
be thought at first. There should be no 
severe cutting back of the tops while the 
trees are very young, for the more this 
is done the more nature will try to re¬ 
place the parts cut away and bushy 
tops are apt to result. Be moderate with 
the pruning tools and use plenty of com¬ 
mon sense rather than to follow set 
notions about the supposed great need of 
a lot of pruning. n. E. van deman. 
Pickle* on Sour Soil. 
I have four acres of loam land; cut 
a small crop of hay last season. In the 
early Fall I plowed it, harrowed once. 
Immediately the sorrel started to grow 
and in about a month the field looked 
like a spinach patch from a distance. 
My intention is to spread this field with 
manure and plant to pickles about June 
1. Do you think the conditions that 
cause this growth of sorrel will be in¬ 
jurious to the pickle crop, and if so can 
you suggest a remedy? R. F. s. 
Deer Park, N. Y. 
The sorrel indicates a sour soil. The 
pickles will not do their best in such a 
soil, but will be much better if you use 
lime. The usual remedy for land badly 
run to sorrel is to plow it and harrow 
in a ton of air-slaked lime to the acre. 
This will fit that soil better for the 
pickles. 
Wells in Florida. —The State Geo¬ 
logical Survey of Florida has begun a 
very good thing in calling for records of 
drilled wells in that State. Many wells 
are being drilled, some of them to con¬ 
siderable depth, and the geologists asked 
the well drillers to keep accurate ac¬ 
counts of the depth of the well, and the 
character of the under soil through which 
the well goes. Thus this is the best way 
of learning about the underside of Florida 
soil, and such data would be of great 
importance in the conservation of v. ater. 
This is a good thing for all well drillers 
to work out. We shall come to a time 
when the under soil, for the water there 
may be in it, will be almost as important 
as the surface soil. 
Tommy (explaining his late arrival at 
Sunday-school) : "I wanted to go fishin’, 
but father wouldn’t lot me.” The Min¬ 
ister : “I’m delighted to hear you have a 
parent with such excellent principles re¬ 
garding the Sabbath. Did your father 
explain his reasons?” Tommy: “Yessir. 
’E said there wasn’t enough bait for two.” 
—London Sketch. 
Mrs. Briggs : “So there’s not going to 
be a postal strike after all, Mrs. JohtP 
son?” Mrs. Johnson (remembering the 
coal strike) : “Well, you never can tell 
but what it may come at any moment; 
so I shall lay in a good stock of stamps 
now.”—Punch. 
An inquisitive young gentleman read 
this advertisement in a local paper— 
“Young man, some woman dearly loves 
you. Would you know who she is? Send 
postal order for ten shillings to Occult 
Diviner, address as below, and learn who 
she is.” lie sent the money and received 
this answer—“Your mother!”—Credit 
Lost. 
There are many plmisible “tests” 
of roofing, but there is only one 
true test—the proof on the roof. 
Therefore, roof your buildings— 
every building on the farm—with 
Certain-teed 
ROOFING 
—the roofing with a 15-year-ser¬ 
vice-guarantee.The threebiggest 
rooting mills in the world are behind it, 
to make that guarantee good. 
Your dealer can furnish Certain - teed 
Booting in rolls and shingles—made by 
the General Booting Mfg. Co., world's 
largest roofing manufacturers , East St. 
Louis, Ill., Marseilles, Ill., York, Pa. 
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I’D Pay’ll for Every Knot 
That’s My 1914 Challenge To Every 
Man Who Buys or Sells Lumber 
'‘‘I’ll pay $1.00 per knot for every knot any customer can find in our 
Red Cedar Siding shipped from Bay City. I stand ready to prove to 
you in this way that the lumber in Aladdin houses is higher grade 
throughout than is regularly carried by any seller of lumber in America. 
Clear Siding, Clear Flooring, Clear Interior Finish and Clear Shingles 
are furnished for every Aladdin dwelling house.” 0. E. SOVEREIGN, Gen. Mgr. 
ALADDIN Quality Excels 
Shrewd buyers quickly understand the great 
advantage of the Aladdin System. It cuts out the 
waste. You pay for only the lumber that goes 
into the house—not what goes into the waste pile. 
The lumber that’s wasted costs just as much as 
the lumber that’s used. The Aladdin system, 
saves $18.00 on every $100.00 in material waste 
alone. Then, too, the price of lumber is 30% 
less than the average dealer’s price. The Aladdin 
Readi-Cut System of construction—all lumber cut 
to fit—saves proportionately on labor. These facts'!__ 
make the below price possible—five room house complete $298.00. 
Clear Siding—Clear Flooring—Clear Finish 
We positively go on record and guarantee that the ma¬ 
terial in Aladdin houses, framing, siding, flooring, finish, 
doors, millwork, paints and hardware, are all of higher 
grade than any other manufacture of houses in America— 
we stand ready to prove it. And it’s far better than the 
average grades carried by any lumber dealers anywhere. 
Cut Out the Middlemen and Builder’s Profits 
The timber for Aladdin houses is cut from the logs, 
piled, dried and manufactured under one roof and 
shipped direct to you. No other manufacturer in 
America completes all these operations in one plant. 
No middlemen between the timber and the finished 
complete house when you own an Aladdin house. 
The Aladdin catalog tells the story. 
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Save $200.00 to $900.00 On Your House 
Consider carefully the completeness of the following list of material which is furnished 
with each Aladdin house. All framing lumber cut to fit; siding cut to fit; sheathing cut + 
to fit; flooring cut to fit; all inside and outside finish cut to fit; windows, frames, 
, stainvays, glass, hardware, locks, nails, paint and varnish for the outside Jy .w 
casings, . .__ . . _ 
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342 Aladdin Ave„ Bay City, Mich. 
Mills in Michigan, Florida, Texas. Missouri and Oregon. Canadian 
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5 Room House $298 w inter h ? me - 
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$298. Price includes all material A So 
cut to fit, all hardware, nails, 0* 
paints—in short everything £ 
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RIEMERS 
WOOD SOLE 
Shoes or Boots 
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Your Best Working Partners 
Are a Pair of Helpful 
Hansen’s Gloves 
This “Glad Hand” Gauntlet is a fine 
example of how Hansen’s Gloves are 
built to share your work and make it 
easy and fast. 
Their perfect protection proves that rough 
work does not mean rough hands. It is also the 
truest economy—a saving in time, labor and 
hand-health. Price, $1.25 up. 
The 500 styles include the right glove 
Book * or driving, motoring, cycling and all 
p ports. For lighter chores, heavy 
rreo work, threshing, lumbering, etc. 
AA Specially tanned leather, can- 
not shrink or shrivel, hard- 
, 3 ?^ en, stiffen or peel. Easily 
M cleaned in gasoline. Gloves 
for the boys, too. If your 
, W dealer is not a Hansen man, 
r CsSfifWlErjJ /write us for book and full in- 
■ '* M formation. 
O. C. Hansen Mfg. Co. 
IS6 Detroit ft., 
Milwaukee, Wit. 
Just the thing for farmers ! 
Light, durable, sanitary. 
( waterproof—way ahead 
of leather or metal soles for all farm and dairy work. 
Try a pair and be convinced. Send money and 
state size wanted. SHOES, $2 "C BOOTS, 
$2.75, Delivered by Parcel Pest, tree, direct to 
your door. Satisfaction or money back. 
CPCC I For a limited time we will give absolutely 
mCC « free a can of Riemer’s ‘* Shoe Life*’ with 
every pair uf our wood sole shoes or boots. It’s a perfect 
dressing lot* w<*rk shoes, tarots or harness. 
Illustrated booklet free. 
A. H. RIEMER SHOE CO. (Established 1887) 
291 1 Vllet St., MILWAUKEE, Wla. 
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\ Potato Profits / 
depend largely on how the crop is planted. 
Every skipped hill Is a loss in time, fertilizer 
and soil. Every double wastes valuable seed. 
It means $5 to $50 per acre extra profit if all hills 
are planted, one piece in each. That is why 
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often pay for themselves In one season on small 
acreage. They also plant straight, at right depth, 12 
to 24 inches apart. /} New angle steel frame and 
steel seed hopper. With or 
without fertilizer distrib¬ 
utor. Ask your dealer to 
I show you this Planter and 
[ write us for booklet, ‘ '100 
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Farm and Garden News. 
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