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THE RURAL* 
NEW-YORKER 
SAFETY FIRST 
Quality and Lower Cost Mileage for 
Goodrich Tire Users 
The Accepted Standard 
Goodrich 
TreaS Tires 
Goodrich Unit Molding is the orig¬ 
inal “Safety First” idea in tire-making. 
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The body of the tire, the side walls, 
the fabrics, the rubber, the bead and 
the Safety Tread are so well bal¬ 
anced and of such uniform high qual¬ 
ity that this, coupled with Goodrich 
efficient workmanship, makes it pos¬ 
sible to mold Goodrich Tires as a unit. 
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The fine, strong fabric and high- 
grade rubber are literally interlocked 
by Goodrich Unit Molding. This is 
one reason why the treads do not sep¬ 
arate and why “tire troubles” are prac¬ 
tically unknown to Goodrich users. 
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The thick, tough rubber bars and 
crosstie of the safety tread as shown 
here, make a “Safety First” road¬ 
way for the car. They clean and dry 
the path and grip it. Because the 
Safety Tread design is built as a 
unit, it rides easier than any other 
non-skid tire, and in fact just as 
smoothly as a smooth tread. 
Best in the Long Run 
The Goodrich 
Safety Tread 
—Five Bars and a Crosstie 
—the ‘ ‘Safety First” Symbol 
The quality ofGoodrich Tires 
today is the standard by which 
all other high grade tires are 
judged. They represent perfection 
of tire-making and tire-fcnowledge 
—which gives Goodrich Tires 
leadership. 
Just the unit-group of bars and 
crosstie which brace and balance the 
strain on the tire so that the Safety 
Tread runs as a smooth tread 
does and gives more actual serv¬ 
ice and mileage. 
Pay no more than the following prices for the accepted standard automobile tire: 
Size 
Smooth 
Tread 
Prices 
Safety 
Tread 
Prices 
Grey 
Inner Tube 
Prices 
Size 
Smooth 
Tread 
Prices 
Safety 
Tread 
Prices 
Grey 
Inner Tube 
Prices 
30x3 
30x334 
32x334 
33x4 
34x4 
$11.70 
15.75 
16.75 
23.55 
24.35 
$12.65 
17.00 
18.10 
25.25 
26.05 
$2.80 
3.50 
3.70 
4.75 
4.90 
34x434 
35x434 
36x434 
37x5 
38x534 
$33.00 
34.00 
35.00 
41.95 
54.00 
$35.00 
36.05 
37.10 
44.45 
57.30 
$6.15 
6.30 
6.45 
7.70 
8.35 
Free—Send for booklet, “Rules of the Road” and other valuable information. 
Address Service Department 16 
The B. F. Goodrich Company 
Factories: Akron, Ohio J$£?rak. 
Branches in All 
Principal Cities 
WEEDLESS FIELD SEEDS 
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We are trying with all our might to furnish ab¬ 
solutely pure. Red, Alsike. Mammoth, Alfalfa, 
Timothy, Sweet Clover, and all other field seeds, 
with all blasted and immature grains removed. 
Write today for freo samples and instructions 
“How to Know Good Seed." 
0. II. SCOTT & SON, 80 Main St., Marysville, Ohio 
For Sale 
JOSEPH 
“Wilsons” Soy Beans, $2.75 Bushel 
Cow Peas.$2 25 to 2.50 “ 
Crimson Clover Seed... 4 00 “ 
Red Clover Seed $8 50 to 9.50 “ 
E. HOLLAND, Milford, Del. 
We are among the III Oll/C Pi fil/PR * n this country 
largest growers of nLOUVL bi-UK Lll an ,j offer good 
clean soed. Bushel. $11: half bushel. $5.75: p“ck,$D. 
C. J. BALDRIDGE, HOMESTEAD FARM, KENDAIA, NEW YORK 
WEEDLESS SWEET CLOVER 
The white biennial. Also Alfalfa, TJpeI, Timothy etc^ 
Sample and booklet telling “Now to Know (loot! SoedS 
FREE. O. M. Scott & Son, 180 Main St.. MarysviHo.O 
SWEETCLOVER SEEDtSis 
MSMner-ivn»va3«Mjii i mi rrri and circular how to 
grow it, sent on request. E. Barton, Box 29, Falmouth, Ky. 
f~‘T OWFI? tsPFn All varieties shipped. 
1,/LrVUyEvK OiUIULF 1)irect F re j tJ i, t Prepaid. 
Click’s Seed Farms. Box 16, Smoketown, Fa. 
—Weedless Mammoth Clover— 
Absolutely true to name. Also Sweet, Red 
and other varieties. 
0. M. SCOTT & SON, 280 Main Street, Marysville, Ohio 
RNMRARR RflflT^ SALE— an extra fancy strain 
nnUDAnDlUJUIO of Linnaeus, the best variety 
Prices, P.O B., per doz.,$l; per 1011, $5: per 1,000. $25 
Cash with order. Tompson Bros., R. D. 4, Attleboro, Mass. 
Beardless Barley and Corn for 
C^J- Cham P io ” Beardless Barley and Salzer’s 
Seeil Great Beardless Barley, 2 bu.. $2.25, 5 bn., 
$5.25, 10 l>u. or more, $1.00 bu. Early Mich¬ 
igan, 100 day corn as early as flint. Strong grower, 
heavy yielder, 1100 bn. of ears on 8 acres in l'J12. Excellent 
for ensilage 1 or grain crop. S'.i.OO j>er bu. shelled. No charge 
for bags. J. N. McPherson, Pine View Farm, Scottsville, N.V. 
FRUIT 
AND VEGETABLE 
BASKETS 
OF ALL DESCKIPTIONS 
Write for free catalogue and price list. Buy direct 
from the Manufacturer and save money. 
WEIlSTEli BASKET CO. 
Box 14 ... Webster, Monroe Co., Y. 
Fruit Trees 
STRAWBERRY, ASPARAGUS, VEGETABLE PLANTS 
AM the Best Varieties. First-C’ass 
Stock. Prices Low. Catalogue Free. 
HARRY L. SQUIRES, REMSEN3URG, N. Y. 
Strength—Strong enough to hold 
up any wire fence and furnish all 
necessary resistance. 
Adaptability— Adapted to all con¬ 
ditions and will prove absolutely 
satisfactory wherever a good 
wire fence is desired. 
Service—Give much more and 
much better service than can be 
expected of wood posts, and will 
not burn, rot or decay. 
Durability—Have been in service 
since 1898, in every section of the 
United States, and the oldest 
posts are today as good as when 
set. 
Adapted to All Wire Fences. Increase 
the life of a fence. Put a wire 
fence on permanent American 
Steel Posts and preserve the fence 
indefinitely; put it on wooden 
posts and it is like building a brick 
house on a wooden foundation. 
For Sale By All Dealers. 
We also make the celebrated AMERICAN 
FENCE, ELLWOOD FENCE, ROYAL 
FENCE, NATIONAL FENCE and the 
ANTHONY FENCE. These fences are 
galvanized by the wonderful new process we 
have developed and employed exclusively 
by us, effecting a heavier coat of zinc firmly 
united to the steel, affording absolute and 
permanent protection against destructive 
elements. Th e greatest Galvanizing discovery 
of Hie age. Dealers Everywhere. 
Frank Baackes, Vice-Pres. & Gen’ l Sales Agent 
American Steel & Ware Co. 
Chicago New York Cleveland Pittsburgh Denver 
PURE FIELD SEEDS 
Clover. Timothy, Alsike. Alfalfa and all kinds of 
PURE FIELD Seeds direct from producer to consumer; 
free from noxious weeds. Ask for samples. 
ft. C, HOYT & CO., - Fostoria, Ohio 
READ and then WRITE for 
Wonderful Offerings in Nursery 
Stock for 60 Days 
Beautify your property. Ttaiso your own fruits 
Special Combination Offerings in fruits, (lowers, 
shrubs, etc., SI.50 to 810. No rubbish. All first* 
class, home-grown, direct from the Nursery. Must 
bo sold to make room for specialties. Write today. 
STEPHEN HOYT’S SONS CO., Hew Canaan, C«. 
"versmr: 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK. 
DOMESTIC.—By the breaking of a 
suspension bridge across the San Joaquin 
River near Fresno, Cal., March 2S, four 
men and one woman, crossing in an auto¬ 
mobile, were plunged fifty feet into the 
swift stream and drowned. The bodies 
were not recovered. 
Floods through the Hudson and Mo¬ 
hawk Valleys, New York, March 28-30, 
caused considerable damage. The great¬ 
est damage was done at Schenectady, 
where 350 families where driven from 
their homes. The loss at Schenectady is 
estimated at $750,000, the total loss in 
the Mohawk Valley at $1,250,000 and 
the loss in the Hudson Valley, at $500,- 
000. On the Hudson the principal places 
to suffer are Troy, Watervliet, Albany 
and Rensselaer. Two men were drowned 
at Schenectady. 
Frank Tannenbaum, the I. W. W. 
agitator, was found guilty, March 27, at 
New York, of participating in an unlaw¬ 
ful assemblage in the Catholic Church of 
St. Alplionsus on the night of March 
4, and to him was given the maximum 
penalty—one year in the penitentiary 
and a fine of $500. 
The total number of employees laid 
off on all the lines of the New York Cen¬ 
tral system between September and 
March, reckoned by New York Central 
authorities, is 27.000. On the Erie 6.000 
men had been laid off since December, 
and the road is now manned by a force 
18,000 less than at the height of main¬ 
tenance and improvement work of last 
Summer. This latter decrease is in large 
part due to the nearing of completion of 
double tracking and improvement work 
that the Erie has been doing on a large 
scale. 
Mayor Mitchel, Police Commissioner 
McKay, the Corporation Counsel’s office, 
the District Attorney and the courts have 
joined in an effort to rid New York of 
men who carry weapons without permis¬ 
sion. The police are also moving to dis¬ 
cover the character of men who have 
permits to bear arms and. to learn 
whether there has been grafting in the 
issuing of such permits. The legal fee 
for a permit is $2.50. The authorities 
have heard that much more than this has 
been paid, and that licenses have been 
issued for large sums to persons who 
should never have had them. 
In response to many inquiries from the 
United States concerning “inheritances 
now lying dormant in the English Chan¬ 
cery courts,” the American Embassy, in 
London, is now sending out printed cir¬ 
culars trying to discourage Americans in 
small communities from being led by 
shyster lawyers and others into the hope 
that they have a chance of getting money 
from these ancient accounts. The em¬ 
bassy calls attention to the fact that 
there are no large unclaimed estates in 
Great Britain and to the additional fact 
that the statute of limitations almost 
always bar recovery. 
The American fishing schooner Valiant, 
which was captured oil May 11, 1913, 
by the Canadian fisheries protection sloop 
Joliffe, was declared confiscated, March 
31, in the Admiralty Court, at Van¬ 
couver, B. C. The Valiant was seized 
by the Joliffe off the northern end of 
Vancouver Island, where she was al¬ 
leged to have been fishing close in shore. 
She raced for the open sea when the 
Canadian vessel hove in sight, but was 
overhauled. One thousand pounds of hal¬ 
ibut, some of the fish being still alive, 
were found below. The Valiant was of 
18 tons and owned in Seattle. 
FARM AND GARDEN.— The pure 
seed train, under the joint auspices of the 
Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce, the 
Wisconsin Rankers’ Association and the 
Agricultural College, Madison, finished 
its two weeks’ tour of the eastern portion 
of that State at Baraboo, March 21. 
Free exhibits of grains best adapted to 
Wisconsin were displayed and lectures 
given to the farmers eu route. 
It was announced. March 30, that the 
United States Weather Bureau is to es¬ 
tablish sub-stations in the Connecticut 
tobacco belt about May 1 in order to 
enable growers to benefit by the govern¬ 
ment’s service in the forecasting of 
storms and frosts. They will be under 
the direction of the Hartford station and 
will be located at Suffiold, Tariffville, 
Hazardville and East Windsor Hill. 
Judge Morton overruled the demurrers, 
at Boston, March 25, of D. Whiting & 
Sons, H. P. Hood & Sons and William 
Graustein, milk contractors, to a Federal 
indictment alleging a combination to fix 
the price paid to farmers for milk. He 
sustained demurrers to two other indict¬ 
ments charging monopoly and conspiracy 
in restraint of trade. The defendants 
bought milk in New England and con¬ 
trolled S6 per cent, of the product 
shipped to Boston and Worcester. 
Indians on the Warm Springs agency, 
in Crook county, Wash., are taking a 
keen and practical interest in agricul¬ 
tural development, says I>. C. Freeman, 
industrial agent for the Hill lines, who 
has just returned from the first farmers 
institute conducted for the redskins of 
that territory. More than seventy In¬ 
dians attended the meeting, says Mr. 
Freeman. Practical agriculturists lec¬ 
tured on farming, live stock, orchards 
and gardening. L. H. Tiffany has been 
employed as agency agriculturist to ad¬ 
vise the Indians and work with them in 
. their agricultural development. 
April 11, 
Experts of the Department of Agri¬ 
culture estimate that the annual loss 
from hog cholera in the United States is 
$75,000,000. They regard its eradication 
as one of the most serious problems that 
faces the bureau of animal industry, for 
the loss caused by it is approximately 
as great as that from all other animal 
diseases combined. The loss from hogs 
killed outright by cholera in 1912 was 
estimated at $60,000,000. The loss to 
the hog industry indirectly resulting from 
the disease was about $15,000,000 more. 
The cholera is most common in the corn 
States of the West and South. The two 
other chief animal diseases are cattle 
tuberculosis and Texas fever. 
INDIANA FARM NOTES. 
The past Winter was a mild one up to 
about the first of February, when severe 
Winter weather set in. The coldest day 
of the season was on the ninth of Feb¬ 
ruary, when the mercury registered 17 
degrees below zero. The first half of 
March maintained its general features— 
blustering, blowing, freezing, thawing, 
etc. The snow has now all gone, and 
with its disappearance our farmers are 
taking an account of the growing wheat. 
There is but one opinion as to its actual 
state, and that is that it is in excellent 
shape, and that, barring droughts, there 
will be a bumper crop. As the acreage 
is quite large—in fact much larger than 
last year; this is another feature to en¬ 
courage the farmers. The fruit is as yet 
supposed to be safe, although April is 
the critical time for this. Spring grass 
seeding is now on hand here and our 
farmers are wondering whether the catch 
will be successful or not. It is quite 
discouraging to sow high-priced seed and 
have it thrown away because of failure 
to catch, as has so often been the case 
in the past. Quite an acreage of Alfalfa 
will again be started this year in spite 
of the fact that a strange worm did some 
damage last year in some fields already 
started. The pest is the army web-worm, 
but is said by the experts to be quite 
easily combated. The latest feature in 
the labor problem in this section is that 
farmers here are compelled as a last re¬ 
sort to make application to the Bureau 
of Emmigration at Washington, for farm 
help. The help furnished by the Bureau 
is said to be mostly aliens. Whether 
such help will prove satisfactory, time 
alone will tell. But few sugar camps 
will be opened here, as most of the sugar 
trees still remaining are so poor as to 
make tapping them unprofitable. Stock 
of all kinds lias wintered well, as there 
was plenty of feed. Prices of dairy cows, 
are still going up, grades now bringing 
from $60 to $80 while purebreds sell at 
from $100 to $150. The present prices 
of farm produce are about as follows: 
Wheat 94; oats 36; corn, per cwt., 78; 
rye 57; dressed pork 11; dressed beef 
11; dressed chickens 16; potatoes 75; 
Timothy seed $2.50; clover seed $8; 
Timothy hay, baled $13; clover hay, 
baled $11; eggs 25; butter 25; milk at 
the condensery, $1.60 per cwt., for four 
per cent. milk. n. L. 
Elkhart Co., Ind. 
Robins and bluebirds are at last with 
us, and although we have considerable 
snow in places our sleighing is gone. Up 
to this time Winter has hung on so per¬ 
sistently we are in hopes that Spring 
weather will now stay steadily. People 
along the Mohawk are fully aware of 
Spring conditions, as the water is excep¬ 
tionally high, and several bridges went 
out this morning. G. K. s. 
Saratoga Co., N. Y. 
Many indications of Spring are here, 
birds are daily arriving on schedule time. 
Farmers are sowing clover seed, pruning 
and spraying fruit trees. Wheat is be¬ 
ginning to show life and the grass looks 
green. No hog cholera or any animal 
diseases we know of. A number of auc¬ 
tion sales; horses and live stock selling 
high; horses $100 to $240; cows $45 to 
$135; eggs 28; butter 30. Not many 
farm sales. W. C. W. 
Huron Co., Ohio. 
The Winter was quite mild and open, 
with practically no storm until February 
22. On that day a heavy mist came on, 
forming ice everywhere. Trees were 
broken down, telephone and telegraph 
wires broken, and the service completely 
demoralized over the entire State. Snow 
to the depth of 10 inches fell and a heavy 
wind piled it into huge drifts, blocking 
the roads. On March 16 farmers began 
preparing land for sowing oats. On the 
18th another snowstorm came and today, 
March 19, there are several inches cover¬ 
ing the ground. There has been much 
complaint of wheat heaving out by the 
alternate freezing and thawing of the 
land, and it is probable a small percent¬ 
age of the crop is damaged. Cattle and 
other stock have gone through the Win¬ 
ter in good shape. Feed is plenty, except 
corn, which failed last year. Alfalfa 
hay $9 to $12 in stack or mow; corn 
66 out of car; wheat 75; oats 40; pota¬ 
toes 90. Butter 23; eggs 18. Clover 
seed $12 per bushel; Alfalfa seed $8; 
Timothy seed $3.75; apples $1.50 per 
bushel. Horses $200 down; mules same; 
cows $50 to $80; fat hogs $8 per hun¬ 
dred. Buying corn has taxed the re¬ 
courses of our farmers to the limit. It 
is estimated that $2,000 a day has gone 
out of this county for corn alone for the 
last 100 days. H. M. R. 
Fairbury, Neb. 
