THE KUKAL NEW-VOKKEK 
1327 
Anastigmatic and Autographic 
The 3A KODAK 
Has the autographic feature whereby you 
can date and title your films at the time of 
exposure , is fitted with the new Kodak 
Anastigmat f.-j.y lens —a lens that leaves 
nothing to be desired in definition (sharp¬ 
ness) and flatness of field and has more speed 
than even the best of the Rapid Rectilinear 
lenses. 
. The shutter is the Kodak Ball Bearing with 
instantaneous speeds of 1-25, 1-50 and 1-100 
of a second and, of course, the usual time and 
‘bulb” actions. High grade in every detail. 
No. 3* Autographic Kodak, pictures 
SVf x 5V., Kodak Anastlgrmat lens/.7.7, 827.50 
Do., with Rapid Rectilinear lens, - - 22.50 
Ask your dealer or write us .for our beautifully 
illustrated booklet , “Kodak on the Farm.” 
EASTMAN KODAK CO., 
3S7 State St., Rochester, N. Y. 
HAVANA 
STEEL WHEELS 
For any skein or steel axle. 
Your exact measurements of 
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SAW MACHINES 
ENSILAGE CUTTERS 
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YOU TAKE ABSOLUTELY NO RISK 
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207 Katherios Bldg., East St. Louis, III. 
LET US TAN 
YOUR HIDE. 
Cattle or Horse hide. Calf, Dog, Deer 
or any kind ol' skin with hair or lur on. 
We tan and finish thorn right ; make 
them into coats (for men and women), 
robes, rugs or gloves when ordered. 
Your fur goods will cost you less than 
to buy them, and be worth more. Our 
Illustrated catalog gives a lot of in 
formation which every stock raiser 
should have, but we never send out this 
valuable book except upon request. 
It tells liow to take off and care for 
hides; how and when we pay the froight 
both ways j about oilr safe dyeing pro¬ 
cess which is a tremendous advantage 
to the customer, especially on horse 
hides and calf skins ; about tile fur 
goods and game trophies we sell, taxi¬ 
dermy, etc. If you want a copy send us 
your correct address. 
The Crosby Frisian Fur Company, 
571 Lyell Ave.. Rochester. N. Y. 
RURALISMS 
A Freak Willow. 
This queer-shaped willow tree is 
found growing in an Illinois farmyard. 
A sprout of this tree either grew up and 
connected itself with the trunk above, or 
it grew down and joined itself to the 
root. Nobody around the place knows 
which of the two things it is. The owner 
of the farm on which the tree grows says 
that he noticed nothing strange about 
the tree until recently, and then an ac¬ 
cident drew his attention to it. A team 
ran away and brought up with the hub of 
a wheel barking the odd-shaped limb. 
A queer thing happened while we 
were making this picture. Either a 
snake or a tree toad butted into it. We 
did not know that there was any such 
interloper, until we examined a print 
Peculiar Growth of Willow. 
and found a strange object looking side¬ 
ways at us. To make sure that it was 
not a knot or some kind of a bulge that 
looked like something alive, we went back 
to the tree to find nothing of the kind. 
The live creature simply sneaked in while 
we were making the exposure, j. l. g. 
The Durian. 
Bulletin 110 of the Office of Foreign 
Seed and Plant Introduction describes 
the durian, Durio zibotliinus, seeds having 
been received from the Botanic Garden 
at Puitenzorg, Java. This strange trop¬ 
ical fruit may be used as a text on the 
danger of judging by appearances, for it 
is covered with prickles, and possesses a 
disgusting odor, yet beneath its unprom¬ 
ising exterior is a most delicious cus¬ 
tard-like pulp. The bulletin says: 
A very large, handsome, pyramid¬ 
shaped tree, native of the Malayan Arch¬ 
ipelago, and commonly cultivated in the 
Straits, Burma, Java, etc., for the sake 
of its celebrated fruit. The latter is pro¬ 
duced on the older branches, varies some¬ 
what from, round to oval in shape, and 
usually weighs, from five to seven pounds 
or more. It is armed with thickly set 
formidable prickles about one-half inch 
long! when ripe it becomes slightly yel¬ 
low, and possesses an odor which is in¬ 
tensely offensive to most people, especially 
on first acquaintance with it. The cream- 
colored pulp surrounding the seed is the 
edible portion ; this is most highly prized 
by the Malays and oriental people, and is 
also relished by Europeans who acquire a 
taste for it. Firminger describes it as 
“resembling blanc-mange, delicious as the 
finest cream,” whilst Mr. Bussell Wallace 
considered that “eating durians is a sen¬ 
sation worth a voyage to the East.” The 
large seeds may bo roasted and eaten like 
chestnuts. Pounded into Hour they are 
said to be sometimes made into a sub¬ 
stance like “vegetable ivory.” The durian 
tree thrives in the moist low country of 
Ceylon up to 2,000 feet elevation, and 
luxuriates in deep alluvial or loamy soil. 
In Peradeniya Gardens, there are mag¬ 
nificent specimens well over 100 feet in 
height. They usually flower in March or 
April, and the fruit is ripe in July or 
August. Durian fruits are variable in 
size, shape, flavor and quantity of pulp, 
according to variety. The trees also vary 
in productiveness, some varieties being 
almost barren. Selection and high culti¬ 
vation should therefore be practised in or¬ 
der to obtain the best fruits. 
Considering the weight of the fruit, and 
its armor of prickles, it would not seem 
wise to repose under a tree liable to drop 
a durian upon one’s head; there are rec¬ 
ords of fatal accidents resulting from it. 
One author describes the fruit as being 
like a rich custard flavored with almonds, 
the flavor varying so that it sometimes 
suggests cream cheese, sherry, or onion 
sauce. The odor is compared to a com¬ 
bination of putrid animal matter and de¬ 
caying onior.s. 
Good Boots Make Work Light 
Heavy work seems easy if your feet are 
warm and dry. Wear good, solid, comfort¬ 
able, warm Elephant Head Rubber Boots. 
Millions of farmers buy Elephant Head Rub¬ 
ber Boots, because they know they are right. 
Hitch up, drive to town, and buy a pair 
today. Made in all lengths. Always look for 
the Elephant’s Head. Sold by square dealers. 
WOONSOCKET RUBBER CO., Woonsocket, R. I. 
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Drab color Cordu¬ 
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Swap Stumps 
for Dollars 
Make your waste acres pay. Get yearly 
yields from those stump covered fields. Why 
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next spring. Du Pont Red Cross Stumping Powder is 
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It tells in picture and story how up-to-date farmers 
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Wilmington, Delaware 
