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Rust 
cannot get 
an easy foot¬ 
hold on this 
roof. It is of the 
lasting kind. It af¬ 
fords protection 
against fire and light¬ 
ning as well as against 
rust. This roof is of 
Armco Iron. 
ARMCOIROH 
Resists Rust 
Armco (American Ingot) Iron 
is not only the purest iron made, 
but it is the most nearly perfect 
in respect to evenness and all the 
other qualities which are the basis 
of rust resistance. Inspection is 
constant and severe. Bars and 
sheets showing even the most 
minute defects are excluded. 
Armco Iron shows practically no dis¬ 
solution when dipped into the molten 
zinc ealvanizing. Therefore the gal¬ 
vanizing is purer and will outlast the 
galvanizing on ordinary iron or steel. 
Get our free book 
“Iron Roofs that Resist Rust” 
Learn all about this rust resisting 
roof. The book shows piping, 
siding, roofing—corrugated; stand¬ 
ing seam: V-crimp; shingles: and 
Armco Terne Plate. 
The trademark ARMCO 
carries the assurance 
that iron bearing that 
mark is manufactured 
by The American 
— Rolling Mill Co. with 
rMhe skill, intelligence 
and fidelity associated 
with its products, and 
hence can be depended 
upon to possess in the 
highest degree the merit 
claimed for it. 
Your hardware dealer or tinner will 
furnish you Armco Roofing. If not, 
we can. Get the free booklet now. 
The American Rolling Mill Co.. 
Box £69 Middletown, Ohio 
Licensed manufacturers under Patents 
granted to The /nternatienat 
Metal Products Company 
AMERICAN 
because tkeyZfly/ 
First choice of engineers and 
road builders and first choice 
of taxpayers whose money foots 
the bills are the celebrated 
ARMCO INGOT !ro3 CULVERTS 
This is because Armco Culverts 
last longest, and for the service 
they give, cost least. Easily in¬ 
stalled, and never need attention 
or repairs. Armco Culverts repre¬ 
sent true economy. The triangle 
trade-mark on every section is your 
guarantee that you are getting the 
genuine rust-resisting pure iron. 
Look for it. 
There is a manufacturer in 
your vicinity. Write him. 
AMERICAN INGOT IRON 
ROOFING 
Defies time and weather; resists rust and 
lightning and is fire-proof. A new roof free 
if our roofing fails to give the satisfaction 
we guarantee. Our bond protects you. Saves 
you money every season and every year. 
Make us prove it. Writelodayfor Catalog and 
prices. It means money in your pocket. 
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THE AMERICAN IRON ROOFING CO. 
Hation 1C MIDDLETOWN, OHIO 
Pur© Iron 
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Rain-water Supply Tank. 
C AN yon furnish me with any informa¬ 
tion about providing rain water to 
supply a country home? 1 have heard 
of an arrangement for collecting rain 
water from the roof of a dwelling house. 
This water is carried off the roof by 
means of a pipe into a filter and then 
stored in a cement cistern, from there 
pumped to a tank, affording running 
water for the entire house. It is claimed 
that rain water can be stored in the 
cistern for months. c. J. i. 
Elwyn, Pa. 
It is common 
water from the 
vanized iron, or 
mestic purposes, 
to store 
lead-lined, 
tanks for 
rain 
ffnl- 
do- 
praotice 
roof in 
concrete 
and. if such water is 
to be used for drinking and cooking, it 
may be filtered. For other than potable 
purposes, perhaps the most satisfactory 
method of storing rain water is to build 
a tank of the desired size in the attic 
or on an upper floor, using for this pur¬ 
pose two by four scantlings placed one 
on top of another and spiked together un¬ 
til the walls of the tank are of the de¬ 
sired height. Joints are, of course, brok¬ 
en and the floor of the room in which 
the tank is built serves as the, floor of 
the tank. This is then lined with sheet 
lead soldered in place. If the water is 
to be drank, however, it should not be 
stored in a lead tank, and one of gal¬ 
vanized iron may be purchased through 
any hardware dealer. In a house al¬ 
ready built, it might not be practicable 
to get a sufficiently large tank into the 
attic, and then an underground cistern, 
or one in the cellar, should be built. Such 
a cistern may be built of brick or. more 
cheaply, of concrete, and, if it is desired 
to filter the water, a single wall of por¬ 
ous brick may divide the cistern into two 
compartments, the larger of which may 
receive the water from the roof, while the 
smaller serves as a storage reservoir from 
which the water may be pumped after 
it has filtered through the brick wall. A 
still better filter may be built in the 
form of a second concrete chamber con¬ 
nected with the storage cistern and con¬ 
taining gravel, pulverized charcoal, and 
fine sand in successive layers through 
which the water must pass before being 
used. Details of such a filter and cis¬ 
tern may be found in Bulletin No. 57 
from the IT. N. Department of 
Washington, D. (’. This 
be sent to anyone, upon 
A tank on an upper floor 
connected by means of ordinary plumbing 
with the rooms below, and, if the storage 
cistern is in the cellar, a small tank may 
he used and periodically filled by means 
of a force pump. If running water is 
not desired, a cistern pump in the kitch¬ 
en will answer every purpose. 
M. B. D. 
turo, 
will 
tion. 
Agricul- 
bulletin 
applica¬ 
nt y be 
ot Steel 
Hens and the Apple Consumers’ League. 
A S stated in Tiie It. N.-Y.. the. “apple 
crop is spotted this year.” While in 
many localities good prices are rul¬ 
ing, we of Western Maryland are puz- 
zh d to know what to do with our big 
crop. 1 have partially solved the prob¬ 
lem this way; I have invited my 200 It. 
I. Rods to a daily feast on "bird’s nest” 
or apple pudding. This is the recipe for 
making it: Take three pecks of apples 
and run through a hand cider mill. Put 
the cider in a barrel for vinegar, (in a 
locked box or room, and the key in moth¬ 
er’s pocket) and place the pomace in a 
tub. Add to the pomace 7% pounds corn- 
meal. 7 V -2 pounds gluten meal, Jive pounds 
wheat bran, five pounds beef scraps, two 
scoops fine charcoal and three handfuls 
salt. Mix thoroughly and feed as a dry 
mash. It is a wonderful appetizer and 
they will get the whole bushel and a half 
out of sight in about 24 hours, besides 
18 pounds of corn. 18 pounds wheat and 
nine pounds of oats fed in the litter. This 
makes a ratio of about 1:5, 37 V- 2 °fo being 
green food and 5 % animal matter. Pret¬ 
ty close to a Summer ration, isn’t it? 
For a change the apples may be boiled 
or baked occasionally. 
I like the new method of feeding the 
grain at Storrs—a handful each time I 
visit the trapuests at eight. 10 and 12 
o’clock and a full feed at three or four 
o’clock. But 12 o’clock and there they 
go again, with the roosters coming in 
strong on the chorus, all singing “Long 
Live the Apple Consumers’ League.” 
Maryland. c. T. sweet. 
R. N.-Y.—We have had more reports 
of feeding apples this season than ever 
before. They are being fed to horses, cat¬ 
tle, sheep and hogs. Here we have the 
hens at it. It will be a distinct gain 
to society when more apples are fed in 
this way and fewer made into cider. 
When you come to think of it, few peo¬ 
ple would ever eat the apples which are 
crushed for cider—worms, rot “specks” 
and all! 
VERTICAL 
FARMING 
The New Agriculture 
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F ^OR 2,000 years most 
farmers have cultivated 
only 6 to 8 inches of soil. 
They have spent millions 
of dollars adding to these 
6-inch farms plant foods, 
such as potash, phosphor¬ 
ous and lime, that already 
lay in the subsoil waiting 
to be made available. 
VERTICAL FARMING 
makes available tons per 
acre of new plant food, 
ensures abundant mois¬ 
ture, and largely increases 
crop yields. 
Dr. G. E. Bailey, Geologint at 
the University of Southern 
California, has prepared a 
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a well illustrated book. It will be mailed 
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Established 1802 Pioneer Powder Makers of America 
T RY an Emerson in your 
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A slight pressure on the Emerson 
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Another slight pressure unlatches the 
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no matter how hard the soil is. The 
Emerson Foot Lift Plow 
Is more compact, has larger 
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only once a season. 
That’s why the Emerson is 
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money. 
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Implement Co. (Inc.) 
Good Farm Machinery 
Established 1852 
912 W. Iron St.. Rockford, III. 
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The TOWNSEND STRETCHER 
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