680 
THK RURAL* NEW.VOHKKK 
The Best Investment 
SHALL IT BE SMALL FARM OR BONDS ? 
[Od page 512 “C. F.” stated a some¬ 
what new proposition about back-to-the- 
landing. At 85 years he expected to have 
$10,000 saved. Should he invest this in 
sound bonds as an investment, or buy a 
small farm with part of the money?' We 
submitted the question to our readers and 
many opinions have been received. Here 
is the first installment.] 
Giving this man advice on the inform¬ 
ation presented is not as simple as might 
seem. I make a specialty of selling 
farms in connection with other real es¬ 
tate business, and in the past three 
months have on the average of once each 
week advised people in this city not to 
buy farms, because the probability was 
that they would fail. If this man was 
to ask me I should say: “If your wife 
understands what living on a farm means 
and likes it and is sure of it; if you like 
farm work and understand it and can 
stand it; if you do not like your present 
employment ; if your present employment 
is not good for your health; if you can 
sell your products well; I would say yes. 
If your wife has never lived on a farm ; 
if you do not know how to handle a team 
and do farm work; if you cannot stand 
hard work and long hours at it; and if 
you like your present employment; then 
go carefully and try yourself out on 
these different problems before buying. 
Do not expect to buy the farm and put 
the balance of the money on interest; 
you will need not less than $1000 work¬ 
ing capital to start, and if you have more 
so you can be sure to be able to pay cash, 
your chance for success is much greater. 
Forget your good job and put your mind 
and energy ou the farm. This man is out 
of the ordinary in ability and stability, 
and I would predict success for him 
where many others fail. G. A. w. 
For a man of S. F.’s temperament to 
retire at the age of 40 to 45 years and 
live on his income would, to my way of 
thinking be about the worst thing he 
could do. Any man of that age who en¬ 
joys work and who is healthy, could not 
possibly be contented for any great length 
of time if he had nothing to do but kill 
time. Then too, seeing their father loaf¬ 
ing around would be an excellent way 
to make those kiddies the laziest mortals 
living. If he should buy a small farm 
there would be some definite object to 
hold the interest of himself and family. 
With a liking for gardening combined 
with an aptitude for it he should he able 
to make enough money from a 25-acre 
farm to live comfortably and give his 
children a good sound education. At the 
same time they would be trained to ap¬ 
preciate the value of money and also be 
able to take care of themselves by know¬ 
ing how to work. The really happy fam¬ 
ilies are those who must work for their 
pleasures, and who combine the two so 
that neither becomes a bore. w. c. 
York Navy Yard, will be installed by the 
General Electric Company at a cost of 
$481,000, ‘ according to announcement 
made, April 26. by Secretary of the Navy 
Daniels. The California will be the first 
battleship in the world to be equipped 
with electric instead of turbine drive. 
Secretary Daniels claims that electric in¬ 
stead of turbine installation is cheaper 
and he points out that the General Elec¬ 
tric Company submitted an estimate of 
$681,000 for building steam equipment 
for the California, this bid being $200.- 
000 in excess of the one accepted. 
Announcement was made at the Treas¬ 
ury Department, April 26, that Capt. 
Paul Thierfelder. commander of the 
Kronprinz Wilhelm, the German con¬ 
verted cruiser that put into Hampton 
Hoads some time ago, has decided to in¬ 
tern his ship and men until the end of 
the war. Many of the crew are ill with 
beri-beri, and Allied cruisers were said 
to be waiting outside the three-mile limit 
in the hope of capturing the German 
vessel. 
At least 27 persons dead, a heavy 
property damage, wire communication in¬ 
terrupted and railroad schedules disar¬ 
ranged by washouts, soft track and threat¬ 
ened bridges, was the known result April 
27, of a rain, electrical and windstorm, 
general over nearly all of Texas and the 
eastern portion of Oklahoma, April 23- 
26. About 15 persons were still missing 
April 27. In the Thrall oil field near 
Taylor, Texas, tanks containing 150.000 
barrels of oil were struck by lightning 
and a fire started in an oil warehouse in 
Dallas causing the loss of $120,000. In 
Oklahoma the Canadian River at Chick- 
aslia has cut a new channel two miles 
from its original channel, and passenger 
trains were marooned there. Bursting of 
a gas line at Alvord, Texas, left Dallas 
and Fort Worth without natural gas. 
The total loss is estimated in millions. 
A fire which destroyed seven barns, 
fifteen fine draught horses, forty regis- 
tered cattle, feed stuffs and implements, 
April 27. threatened for a while to raze 
the great mansion at Florham Farms, 
near Madison. N. .T.. the famous estate 
of the late Hamilton McK. Twombly. 
The damage is estimated at $100,000. 
The American Red Cross announces 
that it is unable to get supplies to Mex¬ 
ico City, where typhus is epidemic. This 
situation. Miss Mabel T. Boardman, head 
of the American Red Cross, explained, 
April 27. has been brought about not so 
much by the mere physical difficulties of 
transportation as by the fact that every 
consignment of supplies which the or¬ 
ganization attempts to move has been 
commandeered by troops. 
Mrs. Hattie O’Neil, charged with buy¬ 
ing votes in the recent city election, at 
Faris, Ill., was discharged at the prelim¬ 
inary hearing, April 27, and II. Clay 
Moss, a Democratic politician charged 
with the same offense, waived examination 
and was bound over to the Grand Jury. 
Mrs. Bertha Franklin, who had signed a 
receipt stating that she and Mrs. Lola 
Dover had received $3 each for their 
votes from Mrs. O’Neil, testified that she 
got the money from two politicians and 
that Mrs. O’Neil took her to the polls in 
an automobile, but neither gave nor prom¬ 
ised her money. 
A decision was handed down by the 
Admiralty Court at Montreal, Canada, 
April 27, holding the collier Storstad’s 
first officer responsible for the collision 
■with the liner Empress of Ireland in the 
St. Lawrence River on May 29, 1914, 
The accident cost approximately 1,000 
lives in the sinking of the finer with 
nearly all aboard. The liner’s crew was 
exempted from blame. The Canadian 
Pacific Railway had sued the owners of 
the Storstad for $2,000,000 damages for 
the loss of the finer. The damages will 
be assessed later. 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK. 
DOMESTIC.—The Panama Canal has 
been operated at a net loss of about 10 
per cent, for the first eight months of its 
use. according to official figures received 
at Washington, April 24. The indica¬ 
tions are, however, that in a few months 
this loss will be reduced to less than 
live per cent., and it is hoped that it will 
disappear altogether before the end of 
the calendar year. This percentage of 
loss does not. however, represent the real 
excess of canal expenses over receipts, 
since the interest on the investment is 
not included. The inclusion of interest 
on Panama Canal bonds and other 
charges on the investment made by the 
United States in building the canal 
would make the operating deficit vastly 
greater. 
The Grand Opera House, the oldest 
playhouse in New Haven, Conn., was de¬ 
stroyed by fire, April 25. Various office 
buildings were endangered for a time. 
The loss is $107,000. The theatre, origin¬ 
ally known as Music Hall, was erected 
in 1860. Stage notables and singers of 
world fame appeared there. Mass meet¬ 
ings to encourage enlistment were held 
during the Civil War. Charles Dickens 
lectured in the house during his American 
tour. 
The “old Coleman fort.” one of the 
few remaining Indian forts in southern 
Indiana, was destroyed by fire when a 
holt of lightning struck the big barn on 
the farm of Emery Lett, near Washing¬ 
ton, Ind., April 24. The old fort was 
only a short distance away and had served 
as a refuge for the whites in their battles 
with the Indians more than a hundred 
years ago. 
The propelling machinery of the battle¬ 
ship California, now building at the New 
FAIRBANKS 
PORTABLE 
FARM SCALE 
CAPACITY-1000 POUNDS 
The new guaranteed scale, built 
especially for farmers by 
Fairb anks—and now on sale 
everywhere at 
A MODERATE PRICE 
Write today for full particulars 
THE FAIRBANKS COMPANY 
416 Broome St., New York City 
May 8, 1015. 
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Prevent 
House Flies 
Those Carriers of Typhoid and 
Other Dangerous Diseases. 
While fly swatters, sticky fly paper, 
fly traps and other devices are effective 
on the adult fly, the best safeguard 
against this pest is to prevent the fly eggs 
from hatching. 
The United States Department of Agriculture, 
after extensive tests, recommends Powdered Borax as 
the most effective, economical and practical substance 
for this purpose. (See Bulletin of the United States 
Department of Agriculture No. 118). 
The fly lays its eggs in garbage, stable manure or other refuse. 
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20 Mule Team Borax 
Prevents Fly Eggs from Hatching 
Directions 
Apply through a fine sieve or flour sifter, 2 ounces 
of 20 Mule Team Borax (the same Borax you have 
always used in your home) to the can 
of garbage, daily. Apply in the 
same way, 10 ounces of 20 Mule 
Team Borax to 8 bushels of 
fresh manure, and sprinkle 
with 2 to 3 gallons of water. 
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Everywhere 
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Levels TheLand 
Repairs Roads 
he,GUD& 
THE I-MAN Z -HORSE MACHINE 
Made ia 2 sizes : 
No. 1, Weight 750 lbs. 
No. 3. Weight 1300 lbs. 
The machine you surely need. With one team of 
horses nnd a Glide yon can dig your ditches, lat¬ 
erals, terraces and perform every phase of work 
required for preparing irrigated land. Will dig a 
V-sliaped ditcli from 1* to 30 inches deep. 
For road work Glide Machines have no equal. 
They are the most practical, economically oper¬ 
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Thousands of satisfied users have proven their 
very efficient worth. 
Write t.d», for our new catalogue and tree-trial order blank 
GLIDE ROAD MACHINE CO. 
569 Huron Strool Minneapolis, Minn. 
Five distributing points for quick delivery 
Spraying Pays 
Not only as protection against bugs and blight, but 
every spraying makes healthier plants and larger 
yields of better quality. Machine pays for itself on 
ten acres, first year. 
IRON AGE Sprayers 
have double acting: pumpa. wood tanka, thorough automatic 
mixing of 6olutiona. wind shift, pressed brass nozzles ui.ii 
strainers. Kor one or two horses. See your dealer and write 
us for new “Spray" catalog and spraying guide. Both free. 
BATEMAN M’F’G COMPANY 
50 or 
100 
Gallon 
Tanks 
Box 
29 
Grenloch 
N.J. 
Orchard 
Attachment 
if wanted 
The New GREENWOOD LIME 
and FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTER 
lippreaiiisiii: 
CERTIFICATE FREEnS N 5 SPREADER 
A chance of a lifetime to own a real spreader. Heavy 
I channel steel frame, double chain drive. Flexible 
rake, scientific beater. Sold on 80 days trial. Pricea 
down, quality better than ever. Th e G alloway ia 
already famous from o_i 
roast to coast for con- ^ / /7C1 
Good CIDER 
Will make you big profits. J 
Mount Gilead Cider and Grape Juice Presses 
produce 10 to 400 barrels daily. 
All sizes, hand or power. All 
g ower presses have steel 
cams and sills. 
Fully Guaranteed 
We make cider evaporators, 
apple-butter cookers, vinegar 
generators, cider and vine¬ 
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HYDRAULIC PRESS MPG. CO. 
137 Lincoln Are., Mount Gilead, Ohio. 
‘Or Room 119 L 39 OortlandtSt., New York, N. Y. 
HAY CAPS 
Stack, wagon and implement covers: 
waterproof or plain canvas. Plant bed 
cloth, tents, etc. Circulars, samples. 
HENRY DERBY 
453 Y, St. Paul’s Ave., Jersey City, N. J. 
TOP FEED—NO RUSTING 
-NO CLOGGING 
Accurate indicator for 100 to 3,500 lbs. per acre 
whether material he wet, dry, sticky, lumpy, he:nv 
or light. Write for booklet R to 
GREENWOOD MFC. CO., Lawrence, Mass. 
Standard Fruit Books 
Successful Fruit Culture. Maynard... .$1,00 
The Nursery Book. Bailey. 1.60 
The Pruning Book. Bailey. 1.60 
American Fruit Culturist. Thomas.... 2.60 
Citrus Fruits. Hume. 2.60 
California Fruits. Wickson. 3.00 
Dwarf Fruit Trees. Waugh.60 
Plums and Plum Culture. Waugh. 1.50 
Fruit Ranching in British Columbia. 
Bealby . 1.50 
Farm and Garden Rule Book . 2.00 
Live Stock - Poultry 
Types and Breeds of Farm Animals. 
Plumb .42.00 
Principles of Breeding. Davenport.2.50 
Swine in America. Coburn. 2.50 
Diseases of Animals. Mayo. 1.50 
Farmers’ Veterinary Adviser. Law.... 3.00 
Principles and Practice of Poultry Cul¬ 
ture. Robinson.2.50 
Hens for Profit. Valentine. 1.50 
Diseases of Ponltry. Salmon.50 
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