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The Farmer’s Friend 
Formaldehyde has been rightly 
dubbed “TTie Farmer’s Friend” 
because it serves the scientific 
farmer in a thousand ways. 
FORMdLDEHyDE 
** Former’s Friend 
is the best and cheapest disinfectant— 
officially endorsed as the standard treat¬ 
ment for seed grains. It rids seed grains 
of smuts and fungus growth, also flax 
wilt and scab and black-leg diseases 
of potatoes, insuring healthy grain, 
clean potatoes, onions, cucumbers, etc. 
One pint bottle costing 35 cents treats 
40 bushels of seed. Big book free. 
Write to-day. 
Perth Amboy Chemical Works 
100 William Street New York 
Nifrate of Soda 
Data as to increased crop yields 
due to the use of Nitrate are 
available. Why not make your 
business of crop fertilizing 
profitable by the use of Nitrate 
of Soda whose efficiency is 
known? 
A bushel of com or wheat 
or a bale of cotton today will 
buy more Nitrate and more 
Acid Phosphate than ever be¬ 
fore. 
Send for “Increased Crop Yields 
from the use of Nitrate of Soda ” 
Dr. WM. S. MYERS, Director 
Chilean Nifrate Committee 
25 Madison Avenue, New York 
OHINA 
- CE'jMErMT 
STANDS HOT'AND COLD WATER 
Quaker City Feed Mills 
Grind corn and cobs, feed, 
table meal and alfalfa. 
On the market 50 years. 
Hand and power. 23 
styles. ®4.80 to $40. FREE 
TRIAL. Write for catalog. 
THE A. W. STRAUB CO. 
Oept. E-3740 Filbert St., Philadelphii.Pa. 
Dealers — Write for contract. 
Send for 
Catalo 
FARM WAGONS 
High or low wheels— 
Bteel or wood—wida 
or narrow tires. 
Wagon parts of all 
kinds. Wheels to fit 
^ any running gear. 
Catalog llluatrated In colors frea 
^Electric Wheel Co., 48Elm St..Quincy. Ill, 
I Small California Farm CE 
crops you know about—alfalfa, wheat, barley, etc.— 
also oranges, ernpes, olives and figs. Ideal for 
dairying, pigs, and chickens. No cold weather; rich 
soil; low prices; easy terms; good roads: schools 
and churches. Enjoy life here. Newcomers wel¬ 
come. Write foronr San Joaquin Valley also Dairy¬ 
ing and Poultry Raising Illustrated Folders, free. 
C. L. SEACRAVES. Industrial Commissioner A. T. & S. F. BY., 
1963 RAILWAY EXCHANGE, CHICAGO 
The Farm Brokers’ Associafion, Inc. '‘g 
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good 
farms and other country real estate every wliere in New 
York State. Personally inspected properties. Careful 
deserlptions. Right prices. CENTRAI. OFFICE AT 
ONEIDA, N. Y., other ollices throughout the State. 
For Sale-Four Splendid Farms " vu® 
ginia, and one in Louisa Comity, Virginia, on 
.account of owner’s death. For booklet, address 
B. Jt. CHAFFIN & CO., Inc., Bichmond, Va. 
FARMforSALE aflS "il 
near Salisbury, Maryland. The land is fertile and 
this is a section where farming pays. For particu¬ 
lars addresi SAMUEL P. WOODCOCK, Salisbury, Maryland 
IF you want books on farming of 
any kind write u$ and we 
will quote you prices 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 West Thirtieth Street, New York 
THE MAILBAG 
That Game Law Nuisance 
I note on page 1376 what is said about 
a fine of ?25 for the trapping of muskrats 
out of season. The “pivotal point” in this 
is not the “trapping out of season,” the 
“ruined pond” or “protecting property 
from damage,” nor even the .$25 .7. II. M.’s 
father is out, but in the three hides he had 
which the game protector took. Had 7. 
H. M.’s father buried or thrown the whole 
carcasses of the rats away, hides and all, 
no game protector would have troubled 
him. The saving of these hides made him 
a trapper out of season for profit out of 
the_ sale of the skins for fur. With a 
majority of level-headed farmers in the 
New York Ivcgislature, this fool game law 
nuisance will go out of fashion. 
New York. g. m. doolittle, 
Lime on Growing Rye 
Recently I seeded my garden in rye, 
intending to plow it under in the Spring. 
I had meant to spread ground rock lime 
at the same time I seeded the rye, but on 
account of car shortage I did not get the 
lime in time. It has now come. The rve 
i.s beginning to come up. Would it be bet¬ 
ter to spread the lime now, over the 
growing rye, or would you wait until 
Spring jind spread the lime when the rye 
is plowed under? o. ii. v. 
Hendersonville, N. C. 
By all means hold the lime until Spring 
and use it after plowing under the rye. 
It is always better to work the lime into 
the soil whenever possible. 
Extracting Honey 
H. 7. W. wants to know of some way 
to extract honey without an extractor. 
This may be done by fastening a cord in 
each of the four corners of a shallow dish, 
like a drip pan or a bi’ead pan, anything 
that is as large as the frame of honey is, 
and^ whirl it around one’s head. The 
motion will throw out the honey. Pro¬ 
vide the dish with a frame of wire cloth 
with a little space for the honey to accu¬ 
mulate. Now place the comb of honey on 
the dish on the fiat, take the four strings 
and whirl it around the head. I do not 
see how you can extract this time of year 
without vei-y thoroughly heating it, and 
ev^ then it will be only partly done. 
Oswego, N, Y. _F. n. c. 
Paying for Grain Bags 
I note on page 1425 on conservation of 
grain sacks. II. B.’s cas is rather a 
“raw” one to me. The following is the 
way the grain dealer from whom we ob¬ 
tain onr grain handles the bag question : 
All grain bought in original bags (those 
that are sewed) belong to-us. All bags 
that come tied with a cord are his, and 
loaned to_ us and are to he returned to 
him. This grain dealer was telling me 
the other day that some of his customers 
were not “playing fair” with him in re¬ 
gard to the grain bags, as they kept all 
the bags, and he is compelled to buy 
more bags, for which he says he is coin- 
polled to pay 12 and 14 cents each. He 
says if his customers continue to keep his 
bags he will be compelled to charge them 
for same. _My suggestion to H. B. would 
be to furnish his own bags and see that 
the dealer deducted the price of the bags 
from the price of grain. c. M. E. 
New 7ersey. 
Sell the Old Bags 
There have been several notes about a 
shortage in the stock of hags for grain 
and fertilizer. It appears that this short¬ 
age is getting to he a serious thing, and 
the fertilizer people are having great 
trouble with it. Burlap from which these 
bags are made is now over 20c a yard. 
Thus a bag for 200 pounds of fertilizer 
costs something over 30c, including the 
stitching. It takes 15 yards of burlap to 
make 10 200-poiind bags, and 22 yards to 
make 20 100-pound bag:. The fertilizer 
manufacturers have been forced through 
this situation to give up the use of the 
100-pound bags, and now sell in 200- 
pound lots. The dealers in second-hand 
bags pay from 6 to 15c apiece, depending 
on the size and condition. There is a de¬ 
mand for all such bags, and there seems 
no good reason why a farmer cannot dis¬ 
pose of any stock he may have at a fair 
price. The grain bags an be used again 
and again without great trouble, but fer¬ 
tilizer bags, especially those W'hich have 
contained acid phosphate, are not always 
in first-class condition, and many of them 
are in such shape that it would hardly pay 
to risk another load of fertilizer. Of 
course, a bag must be free from holes or 
worn-out fiber in order to have much 
value, and there has been some trouble 
when the dealers throw out torn bags or 
figure them ac a low price. This is not a 
time for a farmer to hold his stock of sec¬ 
ond-hand bags. He can sell them to fair 
advantage, and it would be better for him 
to put them into circulation by gelling 
those which are in fair condition. Some 
of these bags can be ripped apart and 
used for other purposes, but they will all 
save a quantity of burlap and thus help 
out the bag situation. There must be 
millions of good bags idle now upon our 
farms, and they should be put into circu¬ 
lation promptly, and thus relieve the situ¬ 
ation. 
Make Every Seed Count 
Increase the Yield — Add to Your Profits 
You are careful in preparing your soil &nd in selecting your seed—^then 
why be indifferent about putting the seed into the ground. This factor, 
more than any other, is responsible for a full harvest because an even 
distribution at uniform depth, is the right way to get big results. 
Farmers’ Favorite Grain Drills 
are made in both grain and fertilizer styles and in every size. No seed is 
too large and non© too small for the Farmers’ Favorite Force Feed to 
sow. The seed is put into the soil right at the bottom of the drill furrow. 
No spilling on top or half way covering. No clogging and leaving empty 
furrows. All the seed sprouts, grows and ripens evenly. This insures 
bigger yields and added profits. Have been on the market for more than 
50 years and are used in every grain growing country in tho world. 
Send for the Farmers* Favorite Catalog 
and note the special features of this Grain Drill. Strongest angle steel 
frame; axle of cold rolled steel shafting; drag-bars of high-carbon steel; 
double run force grain feeds; steel,ribbon grain tubes. 
Constructed for Use with Any Tractor 
Call on your dealer and have bim show and explain these and other 
special features and the merits of The Farmers’ Favorite Grain Drill, 
which is sold under tho strongest possible warranty. 
The American Seeding-Machine Co., inc. 
Springfield, Ohio 
Turn Cutlery Steel Into Your Fields! 
Do It Early DISK 
With HARROWS 
That’s what the disks are made of“a special cutlery steel—forged edge (cut 
out or solid)—so sharp and sturdy that 
mother earth crumbles into tiny particles 
mst as you want her to. 
Pulverize the soil early this Spring. Get 
it in the best condition to give the world 
bigger and better crops—and make it a 
poor season for Lady Insect and her family. 
WRITE FOR THIS BOOK 
It’s a valuable one to have; tells what you need to 
know_about “The Soil and Its Tillage’. With it, 
we will gladly send our complete Implement Cata¬ 
log and names of your nearest dealers ia CUTAWAY 
(Clark) Implements 
The Cutaway Harrow Company 
669 Main Street, Higsanum, Connecticut 
Maker of the orisinal CLARK Disk Harrows 
and Ptows, 
USE NATCO DRAIN TILE 
Farm drainage demands durablo tile. Onr drain tile are made of best 
Ohio clay, thoroughly hard burned—everlasting. Don’t have to die 
’em up to be replaced every few years. Write for prices. Sold in carload 
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1121 Fulton Building, Pittsburgh, Pa, 
Plow and Pull 
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Telephono No. 84 Walton Heigiits, QUINCY, ILLINOIS 
