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Auto 
Comfort 
Actually helps —because it gives you 
bare-hand freedom with soft, warm 
comfort 1 
Hansen’s 
Gloves 
in many styles.lined orunlined.all of best 
leathers. They feel grood and last long. 
As one farmer said—“Rough work 
goes smooth in a Hansen.” 
Write for Free Book on Gloves and Mittens 
If your dealer does not sell Hansen’s 
write us for information where to buy. 
i 
O. C. HANSEN MFG. CO. 
136 J Detroit St. Milwaukee, Wia. 
lisTimeToNendl(our^&ys 
y\ BAD ROADS ARE MADE GOOD ROAD# Nj 
M IN THE BEST AND EASIEST WAV WITH M 
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The,GLIDE, 
Digs A Ditch 
Levels Theland 
Repairs Roads 
THE I -MAN 2-HORSE MACHINE 
Made in 2 sues : 
No. 1. Weight 750 lbs. 
No. 3. Weight 1300 lbs 
The machine yon surely need. With one team of 
horses and a Glide you can dig your ditches, lat¬ 
erals, terraces and perform every phase of work 
required for preparing irrigated land. Will dig a 
V-shaped ditch from 14 to SO Incites deep. 
For road work Glide Machines have no equal. 
They are the most practical, economically operated 
and easily handled machines on tire market. Thou¬ 
sands of satisfied users have proven their very 
efticieut worth. 
Write today lor our new catalogue amt tree-trial order blink 
GLIDE ROAD MACHINE CO. 
689 Huron Slreot Minneapolis, Minn. 
Five distributing points for quick delivery 
3 Garden Tools in 1 
The BARKER Cultivator 
The only garden tool that successfully, in one op- 
aeration, killi weeds, and forms a complete soil 
L mulch to hold moisture. ‘‘Best Weed Killer 
^Evet Used.” A boy with a Barker beats 
ten men with hoes. Has shovels for 
peeper cultivation. Selfad- 
^adjusting. Costs little, 
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| and special Factory-lo-User 
• offer. 
Barker Mfg. Co. 
Bo* 106, David City, Nebr. 
A Farmer’s Garden 
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Helps his wile to plan her table in busy times. Saves work q 
and worry, saves buying so much meat, gives better satis- 3 
faction to the help. A good garden will be almost iinpossi- 8 
ble in your busy life without proper tools. They cost little 5 
and save much hard work. 
IRQHAGE 
WHEEL HOES! 
ANO DRILLS ! 
will sow, cultivate, ridge, furrow, etc., better than you can s 
with old-fashioned tools and ten times quicker. A woman, 5 
boy or girl can do it. Can plant closer and work these hand 3 
A tools while the horses rest. 38 combinations q 
from which to choose at $2.50 to $12. One q 
combined tool will do all of the work. S 
Ask your dealer to show them and 
write us for booklet, “Gardening 
With Modern Tools’* Free. 
BATEMAN 
M’F’G CO. 
Box 22 
Grenlocb.N.J. 
umiiiimuiimimiaJ 
No.6 
Drill 
and 
Wheel 
Hoe 
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RURALISMS 
FORCING SPRING BULBS. 
Will you state how such flowering 
bulbs as tulips, etc., are forced for early 
Spring flowering? I have bad them com¬ 
ing into bloom, but imperfect blossoms 
and with very short stems. Can they be 
grown successfully in a steam-heated 
dwelling-house, or must they be forced 
in a hothouse or conservatory? a. j. b. 
Lowell, Mass. 
The blooming of pot bulbs in the house 
is an extremely simple process. Short 
stems and imperfect flowers are usually 
the result of forcing into bloom before 
sufficient root growth is formed, or of 
poor bulbs, immature or imperfectly ri¬ 
pened. Some varieties of tulips are not 
very well adapted to forcing, and it may 
be that the selection was not desirable. 
If mixed bulbs were bought one might 
get disappointing results indoors with va¬ 
rieties that would do well chough outside. 
Always buy named sorts of first quality 
bulbs for pot culture; the slight addi¬ 
tional expense is well repaid. 
The whole theory of forcing bulbs is to 
get a good root growth before the top 
starts. Pot in rich loam, but do not use 
fresh manure. It the soil is very heavy, 
lighten it with sand or leaf mold. Bone 
dust, one part to 50 parts soil, may be 
used if the soil is not rich. Puts crocks 
or bits oi charcoal in the bottom of the 
pot for drainage; shake the soil down, 
but do not pack it. and do not press the 
bulb down firmly, or the roots will lift 
it up as they grow. Put the bulb just 
deep enough so it does not show. Tulips 
and miniature hyacinths look well when 
several bulbs are set in an eight-inch 
pan; a large hyacinth needs a five-inch 
pot to itself. After potting and watering, 
set the pots in a cool dark cellar, cold 
frame or pit. One excellent plan is to 
set the pots in a trench a foot deep, in 
the open ground, putting about three 
inches of coal ashes in the bottom to give 
drainage. The trench is then filled in 
and the pots covered. It is inconvenient, 
however, to leave them in this situation 
after hard freezing, even if a further cov¬ 
er of litter is given, as it is*hard to get 
the pots out of the ground, and there is 
danger of frost cracking the pots. After 
a period of six to eight weeks the pots 
may be brought to the light, at first to a 
shady place with a temperature of about 
50 deg., where the bleached top growth 
should turn green, before being brought 
to a sunny window. When bulbs are 
ready to come to the light there should be 
about an inch of top growth, while the 
hole in the bottom of the pot should show 
a mass of roots. There should be enough 
variation among them to produce succes¬ 
sion of bloom. If the pots are kept in 
the cellar they will need occasional 
watering, as they must not dry out. 
Sometimes, when a hyacinth or tulip 
seems disposed to remain very short¬ 
stemmed, the flower stem can bo drawn 
up by enclosing the pot in a tube of dark 
paper taller than the plant, for a day 
or two. 
We find the Parrot or Dragon tulips 
very desirable for forcing; they are large, 
long-stemmed, and extraordinarily showy, 
but not early; they are excellent in Feb¬ 
ruary and March. Due Van Thol and 
Pottebakkor in their varied colors are 
the earliest tulips, but the Van Thols 
are very small. Cottage Maid, pink and 
white, and Chrysolora, yellow, are excel¬ 
lent forcing tulips; also Bacchus, deep 
red; Couleur Cardinal, orange scarlet, 
outside bronzy purple, late; Cramoisi 
Brillant, vermilion; Yellow Prince, very 
fine yellow; Proserpine, deep rose. Per¬ 
sonal experience shows that forced bulbs 
give entire satisfaction in a steam-heated 
house, blit they are treated as outlined 
abote; started in the cold dark cellar, 
then put in a cool north window, and 
finally developed in the living rooms. 
Transplanting Laurels. —If W. A. 
B., West Cornwall, Conn., can find his 
laurels in the open sunshine or partly so, 
and can lift them with a small ball of 
earth, transplant them promptly to their 
permanent location, when in full bloom, 
he may handle any size bush from one to 
10 feet with 95 per cent, success. They 
must be planted firmly, given a good 
watering, a mulching of some loose ma¬ 
terial, and an occasional watering will 
help them. Strange as it may seem that 
is the only time to handle them with 
success > ' 1 • j. M. 
Massachusetts. 
Still Full Contents of Potash in the 
MAPES FERTILIZERS 
WHAT THE HALL-MARK IS TO SILVER, MAPES 
HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO FERTILIZERS—STERLING 
AN ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE 
Of STRENGTH and QUALITY! 
This has always been so in the past. This 
has been so through these troublous war 
times. From the day war was declared we 
have been manufacturing the MAPES 
FERTILIZERS precisely as in the past, with 
the same choice materials, giving our usual 
full contents of Potash, and are doing so 
to-day. 
If you want the Potash in the fertilizers 
for your various crops, which generations of 
experience have proved is advisable, use 
MAPES’. 
THE MAPES FORMULA & PERUVIAN 
GUANO COMPANY 
143 Liberty Street, New York 
Hartford Branch, 239 State Street, Hartford, Conn. 
Over 10,000 Sold 
the Past Season 
Has met with the highest approval 
everywhere, it works the soil at ail 
even depth all down the row. You 
ean set it any depth you wish. Go 
between the rows or astride the row. 
The easiest running cultivator upon 
the market. 
Don’t you want the best? If 
so, write us for our Special 
Introductory price and 
catalogue and 
testimonials. 
Elyria, Ohio 
Dept. E 
THE SCHA1BLE 
MFG. CO. 
r O. K. Champion Sprayer-, 
INSURE the 
* potatoes and 
other 
v e g e- 
tablefl, 
also 
fruit and 
trees from dis¬ 
ease and pesta. 
ALL BRASS 
double acting high pres¬ 
sure pump with relief valve. Absolute satis¬ 
faction Write today for our riirp 
DESCRIPTIVE LITERATURE, ETC. rilCt 
describing Kprayers. Planters, Diggers, etc. 
Champion Potato Machinery Co., 
15lChicago Avenue , Hammond, Indiana. 
LARGE*" 0 
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"FRIEND" MFG. CO. ©ASPpRXN.'K 
Buy A 
Cahoon 
Seed 
Sower 
By 
Parcel Post 
The Cahoon has the only discharger scientifically 
constructed to scatter seed evenly in trout of the 
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 itfor $3.50 pre¬ 
paid in U. S. A. Order today. Warranted to give 
satisfaction. Even Seeding brings Good Reaping. 
GOODELL COMPANY 14 Main St., Antrim, N. H. 
j... Increased the crop of silage corn 
9 Tons Per Acre 
The cost of the phosphate was $3.20 and more 
than three-fourth9 of the phosphorus remains for 
future crops. This is the record of a prominent 
Jersey breeder. 
Equally profitable results have been had on corn, 
clover, wheat, alfalfa, oats and potatoes in other 
states. . 
Send for these records and for prices on Rock 
Phosphate delivered to your station. 
FEDERAL CHEMICAL CO, 
Ground Roch Dept. 
30 W Main Street, COLUMBIA. TENN. i 
GROUND- 
LIME 
STONE 
INCREASE 
YOUR PROFITS FROM YOUR 
LAND with lime from one of the 
oldest and the largest quarries 
in Central New York. All moist¬ 
ure removed by special machinery 
—A BIG SAVING TO YOU. 
Rock-Cut Limestone 
is extra high grade and ground 
just right to sow finely through 
a grain drill or lime sower — and 
not ‘-bridge over.’’ Si.50 bulk — 
bag, $2.50. Write for freight 
rates. 
ROCK-CUT STONE CO. 
531-541 Union Bldg., Syracuse, N.Y. 
Get a “BIG CATCH” and BIG YIELD of 
Clover, Alfalfa, Peas, Beans, Vetch and other 
leeumes—inoculate with 
NITRO-GERM SWE 
Cheapest in the world. Guaranteed perfect. Send 
for valuable circular. 
THE STANDARD NITROGERM CO. 
Glen Kidge, N. J. Dept. 31 
