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and we will have a eet of Hatalert 
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ROBERT H. HASSLER, loe. 
Dept, 0^ Indianapolis, Ind.' 
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'he First Successful 
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raiJ the time. Needs tiowatch- 
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Saves Expense of Extra Man 
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and Sorters. 
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Aspinwall Mfg. Co. 
621 Sabin St. 
Jackson, Michigan 
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Middlotown, Conn. 
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p«v YOU for vour old liags. torn or sound,—any 
quaniity. Don’t let them lie around and rot when 
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and we mail cheek as soon as shipment is received. 
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IROQUOIS BAG CO. 
395 Howard St.. Buffalo, N. Y. 
WERTHAH 
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PRICES 
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as soon as received and assorted, 
l Write us at once stating how 
hmany you have. 
WERTHAN BAG COMPANY 
66 Dock Street St. Louis, Mo, 
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Heating Hotbed with Lamp 
AVill j'ou give a plan for making a small 
hotbed in which a lamp is used instead of 
manure? The horses are getting so scarce 
here that manure for a hotbed will soon 
be something of the past. .1. P’- 
Los Gatos. Cal. 
While I have never tried ont the propo¬ 
sition of heating a hotbed with a lamp, I 
am firmly convinced as a general, prac¬ 
tical proposition it would prove a failure, 
or worse. A lamp in a closely confined 
atmosphere is a dangerous thing, as has 
been proven time and again in the de¬ 
struction of chick brooders and small 
colony houses. Then again, if it is the 
idea to supply heat overhead, as, for in¬ 
stance, would have to be done in hot¬ 
beds as ordinarily constructed, the prin¬ 
ciple is wrong, as heated air, being lighter 
than cool air, would naturally rise to the 
top and escape through the crevices and 
supply hilt a small percentage of heat to 
the soil, tlie place it is most needed. Then 
again, if it would be practical and safe 
to use a lamp in closely confined atmos- 
phere. the carlion-laden air which is bound 
to result would have a very bad if not a 
deadly effect on the tender plants. 
It is possible, however, that with a 
specially constructed frame, the idea 
might Im' worked out successfully ; at least 
ill a limited way. If the bed was con¬ 
structed about as follows, it is possible it 
would prove fairly satisfactory and rca- 
sonahiy safe from destruction by fire: 
Gonstnii’t a tight frame as is usually 
done, in a location where the natural 
drainage is good, allowing a depth of 1(? 
to IS inches below the low side; whether 
it be a sunken frame or built on the sur¬ 
face, such a frame should not be over .'Ixfi 
feet long; probably an additional length 
of about a foot to admit of a division in 
the center to provide for chimney vent, 
(’oinmence at the ends of the frame and 
slope an e.vcavation toward the center 
from both ends, making the excavation 
deep enough in th»‘ center to accommodate 
a large colony brooder lamp safely. Now 
.securely nail to the sides of this frame 
2x.‘’, in. scantling, upon which lay a floor 
of good lumber, 12 or 14 inches below the 
top of the low side of the frame, leaving 
a small vent between the floor and frame 
at each end for the heat to escape from 
the jiit into the upiier part of the fiame. 
'Phe frame should have a door in the rear 
where the lamp is located so as to admit 
of easy access to the lamii. Gut a hole 
of the reiiuired size through the floor and 
through the board u.sed to cover the siiace 
at the dividing line in the center of the 
l)('d jiut a galvanized iron jacket large 
(‘iiongh to iU’oteet the lainji from overhead 
drip, with pipe connection long enough 
to extend .several inches above the top 
of the frame, jirotected fimin rain with a 
galvanized canopy top. Nail this jacket 
to the floor to hold it in jdace. Now fill 
in four inches or so of good soil on the 
floor and the bed is ready for jilanting. 
The lamp, being below fhe soil, will give 
limit where it is most m-edi'd, and in my 
oiiinion if there is any way that ii lamp 
can he used satisf.-ictorily and safidy it is , 
by some such arrangement, lly practical 
use of this plan of heating one would soon 
learn just how large a frame can be prop¬ 
erly heated with one lamp. K. 
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Extracting Honey 
III answer to II. .1. W., who wLshes to 
extract honey from a few frames, I have 
been in the same boat this season, and can 
give him my way of extracting, given me 
by an old farmer. 
(’lit out with a warm knife all the 
honey from your frames and put it into a 
large pan or pail; now slash the whole 
lot iifi to a pulp with a Wooden pounder. 
When well bi’oken uii. juit the mass into 
a cheesecloth bag, suspend this bag near 
a warm stove and the honey will drip out 
to its full contents into another vessel. I 
have found it to work nicely, and per¬ 
fectly screened, ready to bottle. I might 
add that hefoi'e finding a way to get my 
honey from a few frames, I was surprised 
at the number of persons who had grown 
honey and wanted to know why I wautel 
to extract it. They said they ate wax 
and all; some said that honey out of the 
comb was spoiled, as the flavor was all 
in the wax. and I had seen them eat it 
between biscuits aud smashed on their 
cakes. This is where comb honey gets its 
sale, from those who can eat everything 
but the wood and glass front. But not 
for me; I can’t even get away with the 
wax. 
Plainfield, N. J, 
• Cross Section of Avery 
I Kerosene Gasifier 
A— Fuel mixture cominpf 
from carburetor and entering gasifier. ^ B—Fuel 
mixture tliorouglily gasified and entering cylin- 
C—Exhanst coming from cylinder and heating intake wall. 
D—Elxhaust exit. E—Fuel heater. 
A Wonderful Invention 
Avenf Gasifier—Turns Kerosene Into Gas 
W E have discovered the way to burn kerosene 
more successfully than it has ever been done 
before in a tractor. Avery Tractors burn all of the 
kerosene instead of wasting part of it on account of it 
not being fully vaporized. Avery Tractors burn kero¬ 
sene so successfully that we are able to use the lubri¬ 
cating oil over and over again instead of using it only 
once aud then wasting it. Avery Tractors don’t just 
run on kerosene—they burn all of the kerosene. 
Avery Tractors are equipped 
with double carburetors. The 
motor is started on grasoline 
and when it warms upyoupuU 
the lever and switch over to 
kerosene without having to 
make a single adjustment o£ 
any kind. 
But while a carburetorwill mix 
g.isoline with air and form a 
gas, no carburetor has as yet 
been designed which will suc¬ 
cessfully handle kerosene. We 
accordingly place on each cyl¬ 
inder head of an Avery Trac¬ 
tor our Duplex (xasifier, which 
takes the mixture of kerosene 
and air as it comes from tlie 
carburetor and .‘so reduces the 
particles of kerosene _ and 
mixes them with the air as 
to form a gas that burns more 
successfully than kerosene 
has ever been burned before. 
Avery Tractors are the only 
tractors with double carburo- 
4 , _|| There is a bIzo Avery Kerosene Tractor 
V|6X 3H XllxS ■ avlo to fit eve^ tiz.e farm—six si/.cs, li-otn 
6-10 to 40-80 H. P. There is iiIho a size Avery Tractor I’low and a size Avry 
Thresher to fit every size tractor. Write for a free copy of the new 1918 
Avery Catalog and get ali the facts. Addre.s3 
tor and duplex gasifier fuel 
system. 
The 1917 National Tractor 
Demonstration proved 
Avery Tractors to be real 
kerosene burners. 
The rules of the demonstra¬ 
tion were that a tractor which 
burned kerosene was allowed 
only 5/6 as much gasoline as 
kerosene for starting. Avery 
Tractors did more, 
—They burned kerosene witli- 
out calling for any more gaso¬ 
line for starting during the en¬ 
tire week than the 5 ■ allowed 
for the first day’s filling of 
kerosene. 
—They burned kerosene without a 
lot of black smoko coining .out of 
the exhaust. 
— Without kerosene passing the pis- 
tons and cutting the hihricalion— 
the oil in the crank-caso did not 
have to bo clianged. 
—A couple of sizcB Avery Tractors 
even burned distillate. 
The official 
cards used at 
the 1917 
National 
Avefys are the Tractors that 
burn ALL th» KEROSENE onstration. 
AVERY COMPANY 
2003IOWA STREET PEORIA, ILLINOIS 
Branch Houses and Distributers 
Covering Every State In the Union 
VERY 
Plant and cultivate your 
row crops with an Avery 
Motor Cultivator. 
, Thresh with an _ 
Avery “Yellow- 
Kid’’ Separator. 
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RHODES MFG. C 
529 So. Division Ave,, Grand Rapids, Michigan 
THE only 
* pruner 
made that cuts 
from both sides of 
the limb and does not 
bruise the bark. Made in 
all styles and sizes. All 
shears delivered free 
to your door. 
Write for 
circular and 
prices. 
The Fanner*5 Concrete Mixer 
SHELDON Batch Mixei^Price$ll^lIe 
Concrete saves lumber and steel for ships. A Sheldon Mixer saves 
labo and gets the work done besides. Designed especially for the 
farmer. Highly praised by users. Farmers everywhere say it s i 
the ideal machine for them. Used now in every State and in a doz- ' 
en foreign countries. Small enough to move easily—big enough to i 
keep six men busy. Lowest in price. Build your own feeding ■' 
doors, silos, tanks, troughs, foundations, cribs and buildings. ' 
D. M. 
Read What These 
Sheldon Owners Say 
1 and my hired man laid a feed> 
Inff floor for my boas ^24x24, in 
one day; also out floor in ray cow 
bam. My neiahbor liked it so well 
1 am not able to keep it at home— 
ANDRBW.GHBiaTKMSBN, Haocock, 
Minn., Ut« !• 
, We have need the mixer dorimr 
past year for pottingr In cement 
x^ndationa for a complete aet of 
farm buildinira.lncludinifeilo.aiHj 
likeitvery mucD^'DaNaTW&lUHT, 
Jamestown* N. D« 
Lest 
mixer 
well sactoiivu. u*u txv>i. 
for it to pay for itiielf and 1 eorely 
can recommend It to nnvona need* 
Inir a big mixer at a small price— 
Wu. Parks. Martinson. 111. 
I am more than busy with my 
Sheldon Concrete Mixer. Have 
more work than I can do. igei $10 
a day when J wo^k out~‘ZvS3M is. 
Witter. Wellsville. N. Y. 
The machine works fine. Bave 
already got the job of mixing con* 
Crete for the bridR^lnthis town- 
ehip—J ohn Rose. Spartansburs. 
Pennsylvania. 
Last sprins we porchasod ot 
yoo a set of castlnsra to make a 
concrete mixer.Itwaaconstruct^ 
per the plans furnished and »t 
surely wor^d prdq(;-D. M* Bku- 
0 ASER, Freeport, lilt 
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Hake your own concrete mixer. 
You can do it at a cost so low you can not 
afford to mix concrete by the shovelmethod. 
Along with our iron parts we send Free i’lans and permit 
for racing your own machine. A good way to ge t n practical 
mixer at a small expense. Or, we will sell 
you the complete machine, ready built. 
Make BIsMoney at Concreting; 
If you buy a Sheldon Mlxerfor your owa 
ose. yon can make many times its co^ In a sea* 
SOD Dy renticsr it to your neighbors. Or. if you 
want to KO out with the mixer on contracts, 
yon can easily earn $8 to $20 a day., Our cus¬ 
tomers are dolnR itinffht now. The jobs go to 
the man with a Sheldon Mixer every time. 
Write For Our New FREE Cataloe 
Shows our full line of mixers which arc sold ai* 
reettoyoa on fitroDflr Ruaranteo. Thirty t^ys 
trial privilege. No other like it. Patented. Two 
styles, band and power. Mi.xe3 2 1-2 cubic feet 
a minute. One man can operate it. but it will 
keep 2. 3. 4. 5 or 6 men busy. Continuoua chain 
drive. Tiltinfir dump. Easily and quickly moved. 
Ali parts guaranteed. Does work equal to$400 
mixers. Re sure to Retthe catalog.Write today. 
SHELDON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Box 776, 
MyNewSpecialOfferj 
1 want to tell you about my co-oper* 
alive plan by which you can Ret my 
time-tried, tboroosbly proven Shel¬ 
don Batch Concrete Mixer at little 
or DO coet to you. I want ten men in L 
every county to accept niy special 1 
co-operative offer riRht now. Are \ 
youRoinsrtobtioneof thetenTWrite \ 
and say: **Seadine special offer.'* 
The Sheldon will pay tor It¬ 
self on first small juh. Taken the 
backache out of concrete. Mak<-3 posid* 
ble thoee many small iraprovementa that 
add so ranch the value of your land. 
Nehawka, Nab« 
