1914. 
THE RURAL NttW-YORKER 
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Here’s an example of power efficiency 
that you should have. Note the hat 
in the furrow with the foot rule indi¬ 
cating: the 12 inch depth. These 4 fur¬ 
rows—all 13inches wide—wouldbe im¬ 
practical, if not impossible, with horse 
power. It’s work that calls for the 
Leader 
Farm T ractor 
On many farms the Leaderhas saved 
its entire cost in one to two years. It’s 
designed for farms of 120 acres to a 
section or more. Its enormous 
strength and light weight (only 2,'A 
tons)are secured by building it of the 
lightest grade heat treated steel. It’s 
used for pulling corn and grain bind- 
ders as well as plows, harrows, drills, etc. 
Belt power drives threshers, silo fillers, etc. 
Double opposed cylinder engine. 
You Try it Before Buying 
Do as others have—sell 3 or 4 horses and 
double your farm power efficiency. * Write 
for trial offer—you to be satisfied in every 
way before accepting. Ask for the Book of 
Farm Power. Arrange for free demonstra¬ 
tion at once. Write today: 
LEADER ENGINE CO. 
25 State St. Detroit, Mich. 
John Deere 
Two Way Plow 
Thef ulky with the Steel Frame and 
Pate..t Auto Foot Frame Shift. 
A Few Strong Features 
1 A11 Steel and Malleable Frame—• 
Steel Arch: 
S rong—Light— Durable, Alignments 
Permanent. 
O Patent Auto Foot Frame Shift: 
“ Perfect Control—accurate widthof cut. 
O Long Malleable Beam Clamps: 
** Beams held rigid—uniform cut. 
A utomatic Shifting Hitch: 
Clovis always in position. Correct line 
of draft. 
C Automatic Horse Lift: 
** Pull of team raises bottoms. 
C Adjustable Jointers: 
" Clamped to beam. Every adjustment. 
*7 Wide Tread: 
* No tipping on hillsides. 
O Chilled, Full Steel and Combina- 
® tion Bottoms: 
Every style for Eastern conditions. 
Q Removable Shin Piece: 
** Keen cutting edge—easily renewed. 
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Handsomely Illustrated in colors—Free. 
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"Better Farm Implements and How 
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contains 169 pages of money making ideas. 
It cost us a large sum to produce. It is 
yours for the asking. Send for package 
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A post card will bring you your book. 
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HEN MANURE AND CHEMICALS. 
What should bo added to hen manure, 
dried with coal ashes, to make a fertilizer 
for fruit and garden truck, such as to¬ 
matoes and melons? H. H. 
That is the substance of more than 50 
questions about hen manure. This ma¬ 
nure varies in quality more than any 
other, depending on the way it is kept 
and the sand, ashes, feathers or litter 
mixed with it. We answer the question 
therefore In a general way. The litter 
and coarse part of the manure should be 
kept separated from the solid parts found 
under the roosts. We put this litter 
around trees or shrubs as a mulch, or 
mix it with the stable manure. 
There are many ways of handling the 
solid portions. The quickest and easiest 
way is to scrape it up at intervals and 
spread it at once on the grass or grain 
or on the ground for the garden. There 
is not much loss in this, hut it is not the 
most economical way. The following 
plan suits us best. Keep the droppings 
under the roosts well dusted with some 
drying material like land plaster, ground 
phosphate rock, sifted coal ashes or dry 
road dust. We consider land plaster 
best. Never use wood ashes. 
The object in using these dusty ma¬ 
terials is to dry and harden the manure 
for safe keeping. Fermentation will not 
go on unless there be moisture and heat. 
This dried manure is scraped from under 
the roosts frequently and stored in bar¬ 
rels or boxes in a dry shed. In the 
Spring the manure will be in the form of 
hard dry chunks. The object now is to 
make a fertilizer using this dry manure 
for what the fertilizer dealers call a 
“basic” mixture. Grind or crush these 
chunks as hard as possible. This may be 
done by heating them with a mallet or 
heavy spade or grinding in a machine. 
Sift this through a fine sieve and crush 
the larger pieces. As with all fertilizers, 
the finer the manure the better distribu¬ 
tion you can make. 
Generally speaking, hen manure is 
from three to four times as rich in plant 
food as ordinary stable manure. It is 
strong in nitrogen, but comparatively 
weak in potash and phosphoric acid. 
You have doubtless noticed that hen ma¬ 
nure used alone gives a very rank and 
green growth of leaf and stem. The 
economical use of hen manure means the 
addition of the mineral elements to 
“balance” the nitrogen. By drying and 
grinding the manure we are able to make 
an even mixture with the chemicals. The 
most common mixture of chemicals to go 
with manure is .300 pounds of acid phos¬ 
phate and 100 pounds muriate of potash. 
This is mixed with 800 pounds of crushed 
hen manure and makes a good mixture 
for drilling with small grain or for using 
in the hill with corn. When used on 
grass more available nitrogen will be 
needed than the hen manure alone will 
furnish. This we should use for grass 
as a Spring dressing, 100 pounds nitrate 
of soda, 1.200 pounds sifted hen man- 
nure, 500 pounds acid phosphate aud 200 
pounds muriate of potash. For garden 
crops and potatoes we should use 150 
pounds each of nitrate of soda and dried 
blood, 1.000 pounds fine hen manure, 
500 pounds acid phosphate and 200 
pounds muriate of potash. These mix¬ 
tures will suit the needs of the various 
crops and will provide an economical 
use for the hen manure. There is a 
chance in this for some of the larger hen 
men to develop a choice little business 
of mixing a high-grade garden fertilizer 
from the manure and chemicals. 
Seeding to Cow Peas. 
What is the proper meting?seeding 
a field to cow peas? I have a field 
measuring 25 acres, which 1 plowed in 
the late Fall. The soil is of several va¬ 
rieties, ranging from a light sand to a 
yellow sandy loam, and has not been cul¬ 
tivated in the last four years, being some¬ 
what sour. I expect to use phosphate pow¬ 
der and muriate of potash for fertilizing. 
Would a three-section tooth harrow he 
satisfactory for harrowing in the seed, 
or would they have to bo disked in 
lightly to assure proper covering? k. g. 
It would be better to disk the cow 
pea seed under about three inches or a 
little deeper, and then smooth the sur¬ 
face with a light harrow. The spring- 
tooth, however, if set to run deeply will 
cover the seed well, but we should smooth 
the surface with a tool like the vveeder 
or a plank drag. When broadcasting 
cow peas vve plan to use five pecks to 
the acre. 
The Spirit 
W HEN the land is storm- 
swept, when trains are 
stalled and roads are blocked, 
the telephone trouble-hunter 
with snow shoes and climbers 
makes his lonely fight to keep 
the wire highways open. 
These men can be trusted 
to face hardship and danger, 
because they realize that snow¬ 
bound farms, homes and cities 
must be kept in touch with the 
world. 
This same spirit of service ani¬ 
mates the whole Bell telephone 
system. The linemen show it 
when they carry the wires across 
mountains and wilderness. It is 
found in the girl at the switch¬ 
board who sticks to her post de¬ 
spite fire or flood. It inspires the 
leaders of the telephone forces, 
of Service 
who are finally responsible 
to the public for good service. 
This spirit of service is found 
in the recent rearrangement of 
the telephone business to con¬ 
form with present public policy, 
without recourse to courts. 
The Bell System has grown to 
be one of the largest corpora¬ 
tions in the country, in response 
to the telephone needs of the 
public, and must keep up with 
increasing demands. 
However large it may become, 
this corporation will always be 
responsive to the needs of the 
people, because it is animated 
by the spirit of service. It has 
shown that men and women, 
co-operating for a great purpose, 
may be as good citizens col¬ 
lectively as individually. 
American Telephone and Telegraph Company 
And Associated Companies 
One Policy One System Universal Service 
» Mi J / -M a im 4 A k jaI 
Last 5 Times as Long 
Modern Tools.” 
38 styles and combinations 
Use of these tools solves three problems: 
High coat of living 
Fresh vegetables and fruit 
Healthful exercise 
A 
Saws 
in drills 
or hills ft 
BATEMAN 
MANUFACTURING CC 
Box 102-G CRENLOCH. N. 
Saves 
hard work 
Gardening 
with 
2 mm 
Drills and 
Wheel Hoes 
Opens 
its own 
furrow, 
sows accurate 
ly, covers aud 
packs the soil, and 
marks next row. 
is a very simple matter—the stand-up, straight ahead way—the 
safe way for the plants—the most economical way for ground, 
time and money—the most productive way for good crops—the 
only way to get a good garden in dry time—the healthiest 
way for all concerned. 
Market gardeners, home gardeners, seed growers, nursery¬ 
men, poultrymen, are all interested in these tools. 
Women, boys and girls can handle them—many farmers’ 
wives have been able to supply their tables, in season 
with the best of fare, and with little 
expense or etfort, when they could 
not depend on the men making 
garden 
Ask your dealer to show 
you samples and write 
us for booklet: 
