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RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Chalmers 7-Passenger Tonring Car—Price $1350 Detroit 
Full Value for Every Dollar 
In this Chalmers, 7 - Passenger Touring Car 
Scan the list of other 7-passenger cars for the equal of this Qu^ity 
Chalmers. You will not find it. Only in this Chalmers are combined so 
many real values. You may pay $300 to $500 more and find nothing better. 
Only a builder of long experience and with a 
yearly output of thousands could produce this 
car at so low a price. Only thus can quality of 
materials and of manufacturing be combined 
with economy of production. Because Chal¬ 
mers does this is the reason why this Chalmers 
7-passenger Touring Car has no competition at 
anj'where near its price of $1,350. 
These Prove Qualify Claims 
Chalmers claims a motor of unexampled 
smoothness, of unusual power. Prove it by ex¬ 
amining Chalmers Lynite pistons, 1/3 the weight 
of the U8\ial cast iron. These give smoothness, 
less strain on bearings, admit of higher power. 
Compare the Chalmers crankshaft with others. 
It is one-piece, special steel, drop-forged, bal¬ 
anced in motion to a fraction of an ounce. 
See the Chalmers Transmission 
Gears are crucible nickel steel, case-hardened 
and heat-treated. They shift easily, without 
clashing, ■ and properly used are practically in¬ 
destructible. The Chalmers type of dry-plate, 
disc clutch is far in advance of other designs. 
Chalmers rear axle is the same as used in expen- 
give foreign and American cars. It is silent, ef¬ 
ficient, economical. 
A Big Beautiful Body 
Big—122 inch wheelbase. Beautiful—berause 
graceful in form, hand-finished in Chalmers shops, 
upholstered in genuine pjebble-grain ^ leather, 
with new Scotch “fluted” finish. Auxiliary fold¬ 
ing seats, Pantasote top, curtains oi>en with the 
doors, fasteners arc the “lift the dot” pattern. 
Compare Quality—and Price 
Think how great the difference between this 
quality Chalmers and other cars. Realize what 
unusual value is here offered. You will go much 
higher in price before you will find any other to 
please you so well. And aU these claims we sub¬ 
mit for your decision. Come try the car. In¬ 
vestigate. Then only can you decide. 
Touring Car, 7-passenger . 
Touring Car, 5-passenger . 
Touring Sedan, 7-p)assenger 
$1350 
1250 
1850 
(All prices f. o. b 
Roadster, 
Limousine, 
Town Car, 
Detroit.) 
3-passenger 
7-passenger 
7-passenger 
$1250 
2550 
2550 
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GARDEN TOOLS 
Ans-wer the farmer’s big questions: 
How can I have a good garden with 
least expense? How can the wife 
have plenty of fresh vegetables for 
the home table with least labor ? 
7T>n A r'V' Combined Hill 
IKUIS ALr£. and Drill Seeder 
solves the garden labor problem. 
Takes the place of many tools— 
stored in small space. Sows, cov- 
^ ers, cultivates, weeds, ridges, 
etc. ,better than old-time tools. 
A woman, boy or girl can 
^ push it and do a day’s hand¬ 
s' work in 60 
minutes. 38 
combina¬ 
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to $15.00. 
Write for 
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? iPUISBURCli $ 
Insures greatest resistance to rust and corrosion, and best protec¬ 
tion from fire and weather. Specially adapted to farm buildings. 
Made from APOliLO-KBysTONE Cower Steel Galvanized Shwts-highMt quaUty 
sheets manufactured. The added Keystone indicates that OppperSt^l is used. 
These sheets are also unexcelled for Silos, Tanks. Cii^rns, 
3 Sold by weight by leading dealers. Send for free Bettor Buildings booklet. 
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Slarch 17, 11*17. 
have fine head lettuce ready early, for 
there will be little of the far South crop 
in the way. In fact I have found that 
April lettuce has always paid better than 
any other. In Winter the hothouse let¬ 
tuce is bought mainly by the wealthy, 
but in Spring every one wants it, and 
the demand is greater and larger quan¬ 
tities can be sold at a profit. The green¬ 
house growers in the North depend 
mainly on the early Winter crop of let¬ 
tuce and devote a large part of their 
glass later for tomatoes, and this will 
make more room for the Spring crop of 
lettuce. Those here who can put to¬ 
matoes in the market in mid-June and 
through July will probably have a 
profitable season. In fact, the prospect 
never was better for the truckers who 
use skill and energy. 
W. F. MA.SSEY. 
Tenant and Live Stock 
I wish to rent a farm having on it the 
farm buildings, and with it, two cows, 
horse and large flock of poultry. In re¬ 
gard to the livestock, what is usuall.v 
required of the tenant as to its upkeep? 
For instance, if a cow died, who .stands 
the loss, part or whole? Who maintains 
the flock of poultry at its number? (\an 
a landlord—or does he often—make cer¬ 
tain stipulations as to the amount and 
kind of grass and clover and cover crops 
for an orchard that shall be put in each 
year in a general way? Is a deposit re¬ 
quired of a tenant to be, and of what 
amount in proportion to rent? R. 
New England. 
The common requirement is that the 
tenant leave as much and as good live 
stock as he found. A value should be 
fixed at the start and a rate of depre¬ 
ciation agreed upon. Losses fall upon 
the tenant, who is expected to offset them 
by raising young stock. He maintains 
not only the number of the poultry, 
but also its proportion of yearlings and 
pullets. The tenant usually furnishes 
team and tools, but sometimes these may 
be hired with the rest. The orchard 
leases in this section so far as I know 
of them, require only “good care,” or 
“good care and cultivation.” This M’.prks 
out in practice to include good pruning, 
spraying and general oversight, with 
plowing and harrowing if cultivation is 
required. Of course the owner can re¬ 
quire a special system of cover-cropping 
if he puts it in the lease and the tenant 
is willing. A tenant is hardly ever will¬ 
ing or able to deposit cash as a guar¬ 
antee. If he will even pay his rent in 
advance be is a pretty good tenant. He 
is usually taken on the strength of his 
references and of his records- on other 
farms. The owner runs considerable risk 
under the circumstances, and he should 
obtain some definite guarantee if he cun. 
Good books along these general lines are 
('aid’s “Farm Management” and Hunt’s 
“What a Young Farmer Should Know.” 
' 6. B. F. 
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LARGER CROPS 
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Boston Produce Markets 
EGG TRADE SHOWS STRONG UNDERTONE. 
AVhile the usual Spring slumps in the 
eggs market appeared about on schedule 
time, they did not go so far as they often 
do, and recoveries have been frequent. 
Demand has been active; cold storage 
stock is out of the way, while receipts 
have been moderate as a rule, for the 
time of year. The.s^ conditions have 
given the market a strong undertone and 
have tended to dim the hopes of those 
who are looking for low priced choice 
eggs for cold storage. From the middle 
to the la.st of March is the time when 
the season’s lowest prices are sometimes 
seen. Arrivals are usually large, the 
cold storage and Easter buying has hard¬ 
ly begun, and the absorbing power of the 
market is severely tested. This year, 
the public has been eating lightly of eggs 
for many months past and seems inclined 
to step in with vigorous buying when¬ 
ever the price gets within easy reach. 
Said a Clinton Street receiver: “Re¬ 
ceipts of eggs are increasing and the 
price seems bound to go lower with or 
without favorable weather. The trade 
hardly expects very low prices, but is 
anticipating that eggs will go into stor¬ 
age three or four cents higher than last 
year’s figures, and there will be heavy 
buying for storage because money was 
made that way last year. The foreign 
demand should continue, peace or no 
peace, and most of us assume that steam¬ 
er space will be found for such articles. 
I’oultrymen on our shipping lists seem 
to have cut dow’n their flocks very severe¬ 
ly last Fall, on account of the cost of 
feed, and we are looking for a rather 
light output in New England.” 
LIGHT MOVEMENT OF POULTRY AND MEATS. 
Dealers hardly know how to take the 
poultry boycott which has shown ^ f 
dency to ex- (Continued on page 44D) 
