TS^tt RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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RURALISMS 
Cleaning Carrot Seed 
I have been raising carrot and mangel 
seeds, for my own use, as we can raise 
them successfully here, but I should like 
to know what is best way of cleaning 
the seed so it will work through the 
drill. Carrot seeds are too high in price 
to buy. o. J. n. 
Everson, Wash. 
Those engaged in the business of 
growing seeds of various kinds on a 
large scale have special machinery for 
properly cleaning them. When only a 
sm.all quantity is to be cleaned for in¬ 
dividual use, it may be easily, though 
not so well done, by the use of riddles 
with the proper-sized mesh, and by 
blowing the fine dust and chaff out with 
the mouth. For cleaning carrot seed two 
riddles will be sufficent for the pur¬ 
pose, one with about nine meshes and 
the other with about 14 meshes to the 
inch. The largier meshes will screen the 
seeds from the coarse chaff by allowing 
the seeds to drop through and catch¬ 
ing the chaff, while the finer meshed one 
will allow the dust and small particles 
of chaff to pass through and retain the 
seeds. For home use, further cleaning 
will hardly be necessary,* as the seed will 
now be dean enough to run through the 
drill without choking. If it is desired to 
make them more free from chaff, etc., 
it may be easily done by blowing it away 
with the mouth. In the cleaning of 
some kinds of seeds in this way the 
operation is often tedious and difficult 
of accomplishment, 'but it can be done, 
and in a manner sufficiently well for 
market, as the writer can attest, by hav¬ 
ing cleaned many pounds of various 
kinds in this manner. K. 
Transplanting Wild Hemlocks 
I am thinking of planting a small 
clump of hemlocks on one corner of my 
place, probably about half an acre in area. 
Will you inform me how far apart the 
trees should be planted? As I have a 
large number of trees on my place I had 
thought to use small stock, not needing 
the trees for immediate effect. s. w’. 
Scarsdale, N. Y. 
Wild hemlock does not bear transplant¬ 
ing well, except when they are quite small. 
This is perhaps not so much due to the 
change of soil, as it is to the lack of 
fibrous roots. But few varieties of ever¬ 
greens have a natural tendency to make 
fibrous roots very abundantly. Nursery- 
grown tixjes are usually transplanted one 
or more times before being disposed of. 
The cutting and breaking of the principal 
roots incidental to the digging of the 
trees, forces them to make fibrous root 
growth, and the oftener the trees are 
transplanted the greater the number of 
these fine roots there will be. These fine 
roots hold the soil, making it possible to 
remove the tree with a ball of earth, and 
bring the working or feeding roots of the 
tree, they very soon commence new 
growth after removal, which makes it pos¬ 
sible to transplant quite large trees with 
almost certain success, whereas compara¬ 
tively small trees devoid of fibrous roots 
are always uncertain as to what the re¬ 
sults will be after transplanting. 
When making a planting of evergreens 
such as you contemplate, they are usually 
placed in irregular form and at a distance 
of four to six feet apart, with the idea 
that when the trees begin to crowd a 
little, every other one is to be taken out, 
and either sold, or transplanted else¬ 
where on the place, or burned as the 
owner may think best. To plant them as 
far apart in the beginning as they should 
be after a few years, gives the planting a 
sparse appearance that but few owners 
would be satisfied with. K. 
Gabdkn Guide; The Amateur Gar¬ 
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gardener just what he wants to know, 
with planting tables, lists of desirable 
planting material, and a number of illus¬ 
trations and diagrams that amplify the 
text. The planting plans are especially 
good and much attention is given to veg¬ 
etable culture, which is a live subject to 
everyone with a scrap of ground to spare 
this season. The chapters on hedges and 
fences, and on garden furniture, are very 
interesting. Greenhouses and hotbeds, 
plant propagation, and a variety of allied 
Bubjects are discussed, including garden 
birds. This book is published by A. T. 
De I.a Mare Co., New York; 25G pages; 
price, in paper covers, 50 cents; cloth 
binding, 75 cents. 
Friction 
Is the Problem Solved in 
Hudson Super-Six 
This is to give you a clear under¬ 
standing of what the Super-Six motor 
means. 
This is why it holds unquestioned 
the leading place in Motordom. Why 
it won all the worth-while records. 
Why it stopped the trend toward 
Eights and Twelves. And why it 
gave supremacy—perhaps forever— 
to this new type of a Six. 
What Friction Does 
Motion causes friction. You know 
this in farm machinery. It is frjction 
that finally destroys it. 
In a high-speed motor the vibration 
makes friction a big problem. A 
large part of the power is consumed 
by it. The motor’s endurance is 
limited. 
So the chief problem in motor car 
engineering has been the reduction of 
friction. 
Sixes Disappointed 
The Six-type was adopted to lessen 
this vibration. The Light Six, with 
small bore, was made to lessen it 
further. But the highest attainment 
in a Light Six proved a disappoint¬ 
ment. Motor friction was not reduced 
as engineers had hoped. 
So some leading makers, including 
the Hudson, started tests with Eights 
and Twelves. It was hoped that twin 
motors, set at angles, would solve the 
friction problem. 
Then Came This 
That was in 1915. Many engineers 
thought the Six type was doomed. 
That the V-types would displace it, 
as they had in certain cars. 
But in that srear Hudson engineers 
invented the Super-Six. In December, 
1915, we were granted patents on it. 
Tests proved that this invention 
added 80 per cent to the efficiency 
of the Six. And it did that solely by 
reducing friction beyond any other 
type. 
All Records Won 
Last year, in a hundred tests, the 
Super-Six won all the stock-car records 
which can prove a motor’s value. It 
won the records for speed, for hill- 
climbing, for quick acceleration and 
endurance. 
It broke the 24-hour endurance 
record by 32 per cent. It twice broke 
the transcontinental record in one 
continuous 7000-mile round trip. 
So, in performance and endurance, 
the Super-Six has no rival. And that 
is due to the fact that friction is 
reduced almost to nil. 
The Economy Car 
This endurance will probably 
double the life of the Hudson car. 
The reduction of friction saves im¬ 
mense power waste. 
In addition, we this year add to the 
Hudson a wonderful gasoline saver. 
So the Hudson Super-Six means 
economy to you. It means a daily 
saving—in the long run, a very big 
saving. 
It means pride in your car. The 
Super-Six owner knows that he rules 
the road. And, in beauty and luxury, 
the car stands out as a master-piece 
in any crowd. 
You can have all this, and still save 
money, because of the Super-Six 
economies. These are things to con¬ 
sider well when you buy a car to keep. 
If you don’t know the nearest 
Hudson dealer, ask us for his name. 
Let him show you all the ways in 
which this master car excels. 
Phaeton, 7-passenKer, $1650 
Roadster, 2-passenger, 
Cabriolet, 3-passenger, t950 
Touring Sedan ... $2175 
Limousine ..... 2925 
(All pricea f,o. b. Detroit) 
Town Car.$2925 
Town Car Landaulet . 3025 
Limousine Landaulet . 3025 
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