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July 21, 1917. 
Oic RURAL NEW-YORKER 
finrl a hen laying 150 eggs in a year you 
have, a very good hen. Of course dozens 
of hen men will start up to say that 150 
eggs is mere evidence of a piker in feath¬ 
ers, but we doubt if the average farm hen 
lays 75 eggs per year! 
A Farm Evaporator 
The picture. Fig. .37.3, shows a small 
evaporator for the farm, though many suc¬ 
cessful farm plants are not even as large 
as this one. Notice that it is one story 
high fn front and two in the rear or fur¬ 
nace end of the plant. This one is built 
of concrete and brick, though many home 
plants are constiucted of wood. The ap¬ 
ples are I'eceived in front, the floor of the 
building being but a few feet above the 
ground level. The land naturally slopes 
at the rear, and this provides excellently 
for the furnace rom. In Wayne County, 
New York, are hundreds of evaporators, 
many of them smaller than this one, in 
which is put up the finest grade of evap¬ 
orated apples. The smaller evaporators 
are found profitable to the orchardist, 
since they afford an outlet for a grade of 
fruit that otherwise would be sold for 
less money, and employment to members 
of the family is offered in the process. 
A. n. PXJLVEB. 
What a Farmer Thinks About 
I have neighbors, I fear, who do not 
get the good in farming they might, sim¬ 
ply because they do not look at it from 
its pleasant standpoints. There is a joy 
in the w'ork if we appreciate it. Nature 
worked unlimited time to fix this soil for 
us. She ground various rocks carrying 
the different chemicals, and used waters, 
heat, frost, air, insects, worms, animals 
and plants; also w’ar and friendship of 
chemicals, bacteria, molds, fungi, mildews 
and parasites. Some one said: “Every 
green field represents carnage, the death 
of plants and animals,” and we have them 
at that price, an enormous one compared 
to the money we paid for them. 
There is a chapter about each of these 
agencies, but bear with a few remarks 
on the first. I can pick up pebbles, little 
rocks, m any of my hills that came from 
everywhere. Limestone from Northern 
Michigan, boulders from the Arctic Circle, 
granite from the Thousand Islands and 
the Alleghenies, some of the rock from 
Niagara Falls, and creamy white pebbles 
from miles deep of the ocean beds, all 
mixed with our native sandstone. No 
one knows how large the chunks were 
when broken off at their home and started 
toward me, nor just where they left their 
abrasions, but all the agents named oper¬ 
ated on them since. One thought on the 
insects. Is the firefly (lightning bug) 
for the entertainment of children only? 
Did it incubate in the soil and in the 
proce.ss make available some phosphorus 
and nitrogen, and accumulate them and 
leave its body in the soil for amusement? 
It is but one of countless species, busy 
through millions of their generations, for 
me. Nature used all these means, over 
and over before I was born in Ohio and 
fixed it nicely so I could grow things for 
sheep. Jly ancestors might have crossed 
with old Ponce de Leon to Florida, part 
of which the ocean has not vacated long 
enough by 20.000 years, and I might have 
had nothing but climate, but every Buck¬ 
eye and plenty of other folks, who own 
dirt, should be ready for Thanksgiving 
Day any time of the year. 
Well, we are cultivating corn now, and 
it has stretched quickly up to knee high 
this .Tuly ,3. A cold, wet June kept it 
small, but the past Avarm week has made 
it jump, so one more week is all we can 
expect for it, and the wheat fields say 
they need us shortly. Then there is part 
of a mow of Alfalfa, and the growing 
crop says it wants to be on top of it just 
as soon as the wheat is done, and the 
3'imothy heads are nodding to us, saying, 
“It is our turn next.” The oats are pok¬ 
ing their heads out also, and will soon 
have their say. Clover disregarded all 
the inducements -we could offer, and there 
will be very little in this section. This 
seems a great hardship but nature knows 
exactly what she is doing and it is for 
the best somehow. The sheep may not 
see it that way when they are eating the 
fir.st cut Timothy, salted, but they must 
put up with it. and more oats in their 
troughs, until we are sure the Alfalfa 
will reach. 
No two years, seasons, days nor crops 
are alike. Think of a city man in the 
same old rut, at a desk, or a laborer fol¬ 
lowing the same old monotonous grind. 
Our continual change and variety gives 
magnificent, kaleidoscopic views. On a 
crooked road, one wonders what is beyond 
the turn, and has the plea.sure of antici¬ 
pating and realizing, and the farm oper¬ 
ator has them in the superlative degree. 
Here now we i)lan already about what 
will be marketed and what live stock will 
get of it. We can see them about the 
mangers and troughs, stowing it away 
with merry hearts. Even the fodder 
sheaves of this knee-high corn are men¬ 
tally thrown in portions on the snow, or 
frozen ground, and they are rushing out 
of their stables to it. like a bunch of chil¬ 
dren from a schoolhouse. There is no 
ennui, blues nor monotony about the fields 
and barns. We w’ork for ourselves and 
nature works for us. The sun rises and 
sets, the rain falls, birds sing, winds 
blow for us and we will strive to care for 
all we can to feed the hungry. 
Ohio. W. W. EEYNOLDS. 
North Carolina Peach Growing 
A very good pamphlet on “Peach Grow¬ 
ing in North Carolina,” is issued by the 
Department of Agriculture at Raleigh. 
This is one of the clearest and best de¬ 
scriptions of peach growing in the South 
that we have seen. While not so well 
adapted to peach culture in the North, it 
is one of those pamphlets Avhich everyone 
interested in peach orcharding may well 
read. It covers the subject Avell from 
planting to picking and packing. Just 
now farmers are particularly interested 
in coA^er crops, interplanting and fertil¬ 
izing orchards, and these departments of 
peach groAving are avcII handled in this 
pamphlet. 
OBITUARY.—L. A. Goodman of Kan¬ 
sas City, Mo., leading horticulturist of 
that State, died suddenly, .Tune 27, at 
Goodman, Mo., Avhere he had been looking 
after his large orchard interests in that 
vicinitj’. Death Avas due to acute iudi- 
ge.stion. Mr. Goodman Avas born and 
educated in Michigan. He Avas graduated 
from Ann Arbor as a civil engineer in 
]S<!7, and the same year came to West- 
port and bought a large farm. For 25 
yeai-s the ^Missouri Valley Horticultural 
Society held an annual picnic at the 
Goodman home. During these 25 years 
Mr. Goodman Avaf^ president o£ the society. 
He served for 10 years as president of 
the American Bornological Society. Mr. 
Goodman was one of the first members of 
the Westport Presbyterian Church and 
one of its stronge.st supporters for 40 
years. He Avas for years president of the 
Westport school board, giving up that 
office Avhen Westport became a part of 
Kansas City. He is survived by his 
widoAV and three daughters. 
The outlook for apples is very Fght in 
this section. I do not think theie is a 
quarter of a crop. I’eaches are iooking 
fine, all varieties look good. There will 
be an immense crop of prunes. Grapes 
normal but late; pears a light crop; 
cherries, a light crop. E. W. B. 
Niagara Co., N. Y. 
25 Bushels 
Per Acre 
That's the yield set 
for the New Yark 
State Million Acre 
WHEAT CROP 
of 1918. Other! 
States, too, are 
speeding up wheat _ 
production. You can produce 25 bushels 
per acre or better if you use good seed, 
fertilize and make a perfect Seed Bed with 
^‘Acme” Pulverizing Harrow 
L. H. Moulton, Farm Superintendent, Cornel 
College ot Agricul'ijre, say*; “We have three 
Acme Harrows vvhich have been in use for years. 
They are most efficient tools where an exceptionally 
fine seed bed is required.” Light draft and comfort¬ 
able seat. Size*3 ft. to MVih. wide. Send today for 
tree book. The Acme \Vau to Crops Thai Pay. “ 
Duane H. Nash. Inc. 
141 
Elm St. 
Millington 
N. J. 
FOR SHORTAGE 
OF FARM LABOR 
A big shortage of farm labor this fall is inevitable. Be pre« 
pared. Bring in a recruit that needs no training—one that 
Won*t be drafted. Prepare to harvest your potato crop with a 
Hoover Potato Dig^ger 
It is crop protection 
Not only does a Hoover Digger help to solve the farm labor 
shortage but it harvests your crop at less cost. One man with 
a Hoover Digger and horses will dig as many potatoes as any 
ten men can dig by hand. 
The Hoover gets them all out of the ^ound—no waste. Stalks and weeds 
are delivered to one side. The Hoover Digger can bo furnished with a picker 
attachment which delivers the potatoes in piles or in crates. 
Hoover Diggers are built to last. Built al¬ 
most entirely of steel and malleable castings. 
Elevator rods are offset. Potatoes do not roll 
back. This construction promotes separation. 
Dust-proof roller bearings are used in all 
portant bearing points. Big 
drive wheels are used. 
Write for booklet covering 
the full line of Hoover Potato 
Diggers. Ask for'package P—33, 
JOHN DEERE 
MOUNE, ILU 
tVeslern 
Style 
Easy to Get More Money 
For 
Your 
APPLES 
The highest 
prices are paid 
for box-packed apples. They always 
command a better price because they 
“look” a better price; besides, the 
dealer and consumer prefer boxes— 
always—to barrels. Easier to handle, 
easier to sell. 
Baker Bushel Apple Boxes 
are strong, made of selected material and 
shipped knocked-down. Furnished in either 
Eastern or Western style. The extra price 
you get leaves a fine margin of profit over 
cost of Baker Boxes. 
Write now for price*, slatina number and 
•tyle boxea wanted. The »afe way is to 
order at once and make sure of delivery. 
BAKER BOX COMPANY 
84 Foster Street, Worcester, Mass. 
VEGETABLE PLANTS 
BY MAIL OR EXPRESS PREPAID 
Cabbage, Caullflower,Tomato, Beet, Celery, Pepper, 
Efig, Parsley, Asparagus plants. Lar(C6 or pmall lotn. 
Firnt-ciase plants and safe delivery guaranteed. Al»o 
Strawberry Plants 
Tot-grown and runner, for Buminer and fall planting 
—will bear fruit next summer. Catalog free. 
HARRY L. SQUIRES . GOOD OROUND, N. Y. 
CRIMSON CLOVER 
The great soil improver and valuable 
for early green food, grazing and hay 
crop. Special circular free, also sample 
and price of seed sent On request. 
Alfalfa 
High-grade American grown seed. 
Write for sample and price of seed, also 
a copy of our Alfalfa Leaflet, free. If 
in need of Farm Seeds of any kind, 
please write to us for prices. 
HENRY A. DREER 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
/TOMATO PLANTS 
All Leading Varieties. Price, $1.60 per 1000 
CABBAGE PLANTS 
All Leading Varieties. Price, 76ci per 1000 
Celery Plants, Qreen varieties, $2.00 per 1000. Golden 
Self-Blanching and Easy Blanching, $3.00 per 1000. 
Plants are carefully packed in moss and expressed 
OROL LEDDEN, SEWELL. N. J. 
Largttt Grower of Veoetahle Plante in New Jereey 
OABBAGE 
LANTS 
SUREHEAO, FLAT DUTCH. DANISH BALL AND COPENHAGEN 
MARKET, @ #1.60 per 1,000. Have an extra fine 
lot of nice, stocky plants. Romance Seed and 
Plant Farms, Caleb Booos & Son, Cheswold, Del. 
Cabbage and Celery Plants7t^o„g& 
grown plants in large qnantities at 81 per 1,000: 
#8.50 for 10,000. J. C. Schmidt, Bristol, Pa. 
C ABBAGE PLANTS. DANISH. BALL AND ROUND HEAD, SAVOY 
LATE FLAT DUTCH AND SUCCESSI0NJI.50 per M. Large 
quantities $1 per M. Tomato Plants, Stone same 
price. Express only. J/tMEI MOSS. Jghnsville, Buck* Cs .Ps. 
RahhflffnPliinfq BALL-HEAD, FLAT DUTCH ALL- 
uaDDagerianis head, red rock at$i per i.ooo; $7.50 
for 10,000. Ready now. C. E. BOYLE, Gladstone, N. J. 
500,000 Cabbage Plant8l.!VSo^Y».Y„"e^^y 
sAiE-Cow Peas-Soy Beans-Scarlet Glover Seed 
JOSEPH E. HOLLAND, Milford, Delaware 
Best Standard APPLE BARRELS??" 
KOBT. GILLIES 
rompt shipment. 
>mpt 
Medina, New'York 
PureUnleached HardwOod Ashes 
THE BEST POTASH FERTILIZER 
They solve the fertilizer Problem. Correspondence 
invited. Address JOHN JOYNT.L.B. 297, Lucknow, Ontario 
GRIMM ALFALFA 
Free From Weeds 
0. M. SCOTT & SONS CO., 630 Main St., Marysville, Ohio 
Ouaranteed Genuine 
0 Everlarting Jb 
tunmm Alralfa 
Doe# not winterkill. Outyleldsother varietic#, in hay anti soeft. 
1 rt^omniend summer plantiner. Booklet "How I IHucovcvd the 
Ortmm Alfalfa" and sample, free. 
A. B. LYMAN, Grimm Alfalfa Introducer 
Alfalfadale Farm, Excelsior, Minn. 
E have books on 
all subjects of 
farming by rec¬ 
ognized authorities. 
Write us and we will 
quote you prices .*. .*. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 West 30th Street, New York 
/^UR PLANTS give a crop of finest 
berries in two to ten months from 
planting—the Everbearing varieties in two months; the others the 
following June. A full list of the best varieties, including the remarkable 
Van Fleet Hybrids, covering the whole season from earliest to latest. 
Our booklet No. 2 of Pot Grown Strawberries tells all about them; how to prepare 
the ground and cultivate. IT IS FREE. If you would have bigger and better 
strawberries than your neighbors or you have ever had before, plant LOVETT'S 
POT GROWN STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 
J. T. LOVETT, Box 162, Little Silver, N. J. 
