Oic RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 31, 1917. 
48fi 
!ooK Free 
I book—telU ali about a com¬ 
plete line of farm implements 
and how to adjust and use 
many of them. A practical 
encyclopedia of farm imple¬ 
ments. Worth dollars. 
Describes and illustrates 
Plows for Tractors; Walking 
and Riding Plows; Disc Plows; 
Cultivators; Spring Tooth and 
Spike Tooth Harrows; Disc 
Harrows; Alfalfa and Beet 
Tools; Farm and Mountain 
Wagons; Manure Spreaders; 
Inside Cup and Portable Grain 
Elevators; Corn Shellers; Hay 
Loaders; Stackers; Rakes; 
Mowers and Side Delivery 
Rakes; Hay Presses; Kaffit 
Headers; Grain Drills; Seed¬ 
ers; Gradn and Corn Binders. 
7*hi8 book will be sent free to 
everyone stating what imple¬ 
ments he is interested in and 
asking for Package No. X<33* 
John Deere, Moline, III 
John Deere Harvesting 
Machinery 
The John Deere -Dain Mower 
cuts satisfactorily 
even after years of 
use. 
It has only three 
gears, so arranged 
that they hold each other in 
mesh, even after^ they start to 
wear. No power is lost in trans¬ 
mission from axle to knife, the 
mower runs smoothly and cuts 
steadily. 
The John Deere Sulky Rake 
has a lever of absolute control. 
The teeth can be set for trans¬ 
portation and to gather only 
clean hay, leaving trash and 
manure undisturbed. 
■PI—rt ' 
John Deere-Dain 
Mower 
Cuts clean—cutter 
bar always can be 
kept in alignment 
and knives centered 
in the guards. 
21-i>oint clutch— 
instant cutting—not 
necessary to back up 
to start. 
John Deere 
Sulky Rake 
Frame with strong 
truss rod does not sag 
in center—axles arch¬ 
ed, give wheels cor¬ 
rect pitch to keep 
them running true. 
Rake head turns on 
axle. Wheels remain 
in proper position 
when rake is dump¬ 
ing. Wear is reduced. 
John Deere Spreader 
• The Spreader with 
the Beater on 
the Axle 
■M 
Mounting 
the beater on 
the axle simpli¬ 
fied the con¬ 
struction, elimi- 
nated troublesome parts and 
made possible a successful low- 
down spreader with big drive 
wheels. There are no shafts to get 
out of line, no chains to cause 
trouble, and no clutches to 
adjust. The only spreader with 
beater and beater drive mount¬ 
ed on axle. 
Low down, with big 
drive wheels out of 
the way. Easy to load. 
Revolving rake, 
driven by manure 
moving toward the 
beater—no bunching 
of manure. Ball bear¬ 
ing eccentric apron- 
drive—a new and ex¬ 
clusive driving device. 
Makes uniform 
spreading certain. 
Widespread 
attachme nt 
for spread¬ 
ing seven 
feet wide can 
be furnished 
for the John 
Deere 
Spreader. 
No chains 
nor gears. 
Quickly re¬ 
moved. 
The John Deere-Dain 
System Rake 
Here is what you do with the 
Dain System Rake: 
Follow the mower closely, rake 
while leaves are still active and 
place hay upon clean stubble. 
Make straight windrows, and 
no dumping of rake is required. 
There is no bunching of hay in 
turning corners. 
Put the hay in medium size 
windrows, with the 
bulk of the leaves in¬ 
side and the majority 
of stems outside. 
The windrows will 
'be loose in the center 
for the free circulation 
of air. The hay retains 
its color and nutrition. 
|The John Deere- 
Dain System is the 
rake employed with 
the Dain System of 
Air-Curing Hay. 
Reel raised or low¬ 
ered, rake thrown in 
or out of gear and 
angle of teeth chang¬ 
ed by means of con¬ 
venient levers. 
Ample capacity. 
The inclined frame 
grows higher where 
the windrow becomes 
larger — an exclusive 
Dain feature. 
I nMir 
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To insure the best in 
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a plow factory; their hay- 
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Every tool in the John 
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factory organized and 
equipped to make such 
tools. 
All John Deere fac¬ 
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Each has the benefit and 
experience of all. 
When it comes to pur¬ 
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John Deere factories as 
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This is an advantage to 
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John Deere, Moline, Illinois 
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PLANS 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK 
DOMESTIC.—The alien registration 
bill, sponsored by Assemblyman Schuy¬ 
ler M. Meyer, was reported favorably 
to the New York Assembly, March 13, 
on the receipt of information through the 
Attorney General's office that the city 
and Federal authorities engaged in spy 
plot investigations in New York City 
urged its early passage. The Meyer bill 
provides that “Whenever a state of war 
shall exist, or be imminent, between the 
United States and a foreign country the 
Governor may, by proclamation, direct 
and require every citizen of such foreign 
country in this State within twenty-four 
hours to appear before such public au¬ 
thorities as the Governor may direct and 
personally register his or her name, re¬ 
sidence, business, length of stay and such 
other information as the Governor shall 
prescribe. Upon the proclamation, the 
owner, le.ssee or proprietor of every hotel, 
inn, boarding or rooming house and pri¬ 
vate residence shall within twenty-four 
hours notify such public authorities of 
the presence therein of every such sub¬ 
ject or citizen, and shall, each day there¬ 
after, notify such public authorities of 
the arrival thereat or departure there¬ 
from of every such subject or citizen.” 
A penalty is provided. 
(’apt. Charles A. Polack of the North 
(ierman Lloyd steamship Kronprinzessin 
(’ecilie and 47 officers and members of 
the crew were summoned, March 15, to 
appear before the United States District 
Court, Boston, on April 2 to show cause 
why they should not be adjudged in con¬ 
tempt for having w’antonly damaged the 
machinery of the vessel January 31 
while in the custody of the court. The 
(Guaranty Trust Company of New York, 
w’hich has entered suit against the own¬ 
ers for .$2,300,000 damages for failure to 
deliver a shipment of gold to European 
bankers at the outbreak of the war, al¬ 
leges that $.500,000 damage was caused 
by the acts of the crew. 
Frank Koucher, an Austrian employee 
of the T^tna Explosives Company at 
Emporium, Pa., was arrested March 18 
in connection with the explo.sion at the 
plant a few days earlier. Officials are 
said to have charged that the explosion, 
which cost the lives of six workmen, 
was the result of an attempt to destroy 
the mills, at which munitions are made 
for the Allies. 
Constitutionality of the Adam.son 
eight hour law was upheld by the United 
States Supreme Court, March 19, by a 
vote of .5 to 4. The immediate effect of 
the decision will be to fix a permanent 
eight hour basic day in computing wage 
scales on interstate railroads, for which 
a nationwide strike twice has been 
threatened, and to give, effective from 
.Tanuary 1 this year, increases in wages 
to some 400,000 trainmen of about 25 
per cent, at a cost to the railroads esti¬ 
mated at from $40,000,000 to $50,000,- 
000 a year. Effect of the court's de¬ 
cision is to affirm the power of Congress 
to fix a legislative standard of wages to 
protect the public right and safeguard 
the movement of inter.state commerce. 
But by the same principle, the court de¬ 
clared the rights of employees engaged 
in a business charged with a public in¬ 
terest are subject likewise to limitations. 
It is held to be within the province of 
Congress nut only to compel the railroads 
to confoi-m to a certain standard of 
wages and hours of employment, but to 
compel railroad men who enter such em¬ 
ployment to submit to compulsory arbi¬ 
tration, or whatever other measures may 
be provided by law, to keep the channels 
of commerce open. No principle has 
been fought by the labor unions more 
vigorou.sly than this. 
Tender cover of darkness seven sailors 
of the German commerce raiders Kron- 
lu'inz 5Yilhelm and I'rinz Eitel Friedrich, 
interned at the I^eague Island Navy 
Yard, made an attempt to escape March 
19. It is believed two got away. The 
interned crows, numbering about 7.50, 
have been sent to Forts ()glethorpe and 
McPher.son. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—The Cana¬ 
dian Council of Agriculture meeting at 
Regina, has decided that the w’heat crop 
of (3auada shall be taken for the British 
Government. The price fixed is for No. 
1 Northern at Winnipeg a minimum of 
$1.5() and a maximum of $1.90 a bushel. 
An optional suggestion is $1.70 flat at 
Fort William for grades from No. 1 
Northern down, to be valued according 
to milling tests. The British offer was 
$1.30 at Fort William. Australia’s 
wheat crop was purchased last year by 
(ireat Britain, but the shorter voyage 
from Canada is understood to have 
prompted the British authorities to buy 
in Canada this year instead of in Aus¬ 
tralia, 
Motion pictures to attract settlers to 
abandoned farms in New Brunswick, 
Canada, will be used by the Ht. .John 
branch of the Farm Settlement Board. 
Films depicting interesting phases of 
farm life will be sent to training camps 
in England. 
The cyclone that swept over Central 
Indiana, March 11, did enormous dam¬ 
age to commercial greenhouses in the 
vicinity of New Castle. The loss sus¬ 
tained by F. J. Benthy, who had 105,- 
000 feet of glass, and P. .T. Lynch, en¬ 
gaged in a catalog business, is estimated 
by trade authorities at $150,000. 
