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RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 20. 1ft 18 
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Haying with Sweep-rake 
Fanners in Western New York are 
using tbe sweep-rake in harvesting their 
hay crop, and effecting a HO per cent labor 
saving. This kind of a rake .saves the 
fanner the hard pitcliing and allows 
handling a greater crop in a shorter time. 
While two men jtitching onto a wagon 
and one man loading cannot h.aul more 
than eight tons in an afternoon, a two- 
man crew in tlie satne length of time, using 
the sweep-rake and four horses, .with a 
haul of one-fourth of a mile to the barn 
or stack, can haul double that amount 
of hay. Not only does the sweei)-rake 
eliminate hand labor in getting the hay 
from the held to the barn, but does the 
work (piicker and more economically. 
Amt this is a big item in haying, with 
labor hard to get. .\ny farm boy can 
Longfellow is grown quite extensively for 
grain. 
2. Potatoes are best planted in drills, 
with hills a foot or 18 inches apart. Too 
much room would be required if check 
row system was used. Potatoes planted 
in drills will usually need one rough hand- 
hoeing oi- weeding, but most of this can 
be done with a horse hoe. ir. F. .T. 
White Millers or Clothes Moths 
Can you tell me the cause of the little 
white millers which were such a pest last 
season? Where do they come from and 
what remedy may be used to get rid of 
them? D. 
New York. 
The white millers mentioned in tlie 
foregoing letter are the adult moths of 
th(! rascally caterpillars that eat liolcs 
in woolen clotlu's. and destroy furs. 
This FACT and the first 
announcement of this new, FAST 
method in Rural New-Yorker, August 
26th isssue, 1916., is 
Proof of Priority 
Ask patent office for copies of all-spray gun patents 
and see “who’s who.’’ 
IlayinK with a Sweep-rake. tig. 51 
‘Friend” nu.SYStm Power Sprayer 
and Gun at work. 
no 
a 
Hundreds who used 
the “Friend” gun last 
year testify that it 
saved from 15 to 25% 
of concentrated spray 
material and did a 
bette?^ job with half the 
labor. 
Works on any 
Power Spray er 
“FRIEND” gun is 
the best. It is faster, 
lighter and more dur¬ 
able. One-half turn 
opens and closes, no dripping—no clogging- 
catching in the branches. 
Throw Away Your Towers and 
Your Spray Poles! 
No more BACK-BREAKINGor tower climbing! 
Mr. Clark yIIIis, former President of New York State 
Fruit Grower Association.^ says: ^ACs the first time my men 
preferred spraying to farm work.''"' 
The best fruit grown last year was 
sprayed with the “FRIEND” Gun 
By co-operation of the United States Government (apples 
for ‘our boys’ over there) we make this 
New Large Production Price, $12.00 
Dealers wanted EVERYWHERE 
Friend” Manufacturing Company, 
Manufacturers of the FIRST POWER SPRAYER 
Manufacturers of the famous nuSYStm Power Sprayer 
!(li-iv(‘ I he tcuiii on t lu* swcop-iuikc ami 
handle imuc hay than a man pitching by 
|haml. 
The ])ictnrc. Fig. HI, shows the type of 
rake commonly used on Fastern farms. 
It consists of s<‘vcral long wooden teeth 
lying almost flat on the ground, pointed 
at one end and fastened to a strong frame¬ 
work at th(‘ other. 'I'he jioint may be 
caj)i)ed with a steel over the end. The 
teeth should be about eight feet long, about 
a foot apart. 'I'Ih' rake should he 12 feet 
wide, thus giving a wide sjiace on whieh 
to carry the hay. The rake may he used 
in gatheiing hay from the swath and haul¬ 
ing to stack ()!• barn, when a storm threat¬ 
ens and the hay is ready to gather. Hut 
it is best lirst to rake the hay into wind¬ 
rows and run the .sweei)-iake under these, 
until a load fif from TiOO to 1,000 iionnds 
of hay has been swejit onto it, according 
to the jiower of the tf'juii. There ai’e two 
t.vpes of rak(>s, those with wheels, as 
shown in 1h(‘ picture, which are b.v far the 
best, and thosi? without wlieels, which ride 
on tlie frame of the rake and which are 
harder for a team to haul. 
.\ .sling, made especially for moving 
awa.v the hay, must be made*. This con¬ 
sists of a rope net made in two sections, 
which arc fastened together with a trip 
fastener. This is spread out on the 
ground or barn floor, the luad drawn di¬ 
rectly above it. the teeth of the rake 
drojiped and the rake backed out from 
under the load, leaving the hay on the 
sling. The ends of the sling are fa.stened 
to the roiie n.sed to draw the hay into the 
mow, and in this manner the entire load 
of the rake drawn into the mow at one 
operation. KAur. w. gack. 
Chautampia Co.. N. Y. 
CUT OUT AND MAIL ' 
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RNYllS. 
Sweet Corn Silage; Drill or Check Rows 
for Potatoes 
1. Does sweet coin make good silage? 
How about the advisability of planting 
sweet corn for the silo, marketing the corn 
and putting stalks in silo? What variety 
of corn is best for silo, and what best for 
grain? 2. What is the best method of 
planting jiotatoes. in drills or check rows? 
If planted, how can they he keiit clean of 
weeds unless by ho»‘ing? P. \v. H. 
Phmnix, N. Y. 
1. Sweet corn docs not yield sufficiently 
luuivy or make enough eai' to warrant its 
luse as a silage cro]). It is quite common 
practice for men who grow corn for the 
canneries to jiiit the stalks in the silo. 
Of course, this silage is not as nutritious 
as silage with well-matured ears, and this 
must be recognized in the grain feeding. 
It does, however, make the be.st po.ssible 
use of the sweet cornstalks. As to varie¬ 
ties of corn to grow for silage and grain 
in your locality, would suggest you write 
I to the Agronomy Department at Cornell, 
jlii this locality, Eureka, Learning and 
Early Mastodon are grown for silage, and 
feathers, and similar articles. 'I'liis jiar- 
ticrnlar kind of miller is known as the 
webbing clothes moth. 'I'he moths are 
very small and appi'ar in Ma.v and June 
in honsi's, being often attracted to lamps 
in the evening. 'I'he catmqiillars are 
whitish in color and although small are 
easil.v .si'cn with the naked eye. The 
caterpillar sjiins wherever it goes a path 
of silk hut doi'S not make a case. It is 
ver.v destructive to clothes .stored in 
chests or hung in clo.sets. ('.specially dur¬ 
ing the warm season. 
In the first place it is well to know 
that cedar chests or closets lined with 
cedar are of no avail if eggs are once 
deposited on clothes stored in them. The 
value of cedar che.sts lies in repelling the 
moths and keeping them away from the 
garments. 'The clothing, however, must 
be free from nil eggs and larva* of the 
moths before being jnit away. Great 
care should he taken to shake and brush 
the garments and to hang in the sun and 
air until all the larva; and eggs have 
been shaken loose and destroyed. In tlie 
second place it should be understood thak 
garments whieh are often worn are not 
liable to injury. 
Sunlight and air are among oiir best 
available agents of protection from 
clothes moths. Before garments are put 
away for the Summer, they should he 
hung in the air and sun, and then he 
thoroughly brushed and shaken so as to 
di.slodge the eggs and larva* that may he 
on them. In additifui, they should he 
taken out occasionally, perhaps once a 
mouth, and brushed, shaken, and aired. 
'I'he same treatment should he accorded 
woolen bedding and blankets that are to 
he stored. Aftc'r the clothes are once 
thoroughly cleaned, sunned, and aired, 
(hey may be paek(*d away with a suiiply 
of eamidior halls disti'ihuted among them 
to repel the moths. It is advisable to 
spray the cracks in clo.sets and che.sts 
with benzine or ga.soline before )uitting 
the clotlu's in th(‘in, in ordei' to kill any 
eggs or larvfc of the moths that may he 
lurking there. 
A few old woolen rags or pieces of old 
furs, stored in attics hut never used, are 
prolific hrceding-placcs for these moths 
and should be taken out and burned. 
Nowaday.s, moth-iiroof cases or hags are 
available for the storage of clothes. 
'These hags, usually made of strong jia- 
per, art* very useful, conv(*nient and form 
a safe protection for garments that may 
he stored for a season. 
GI.KNN W. IIEKKICK. 
“Any complaints, corporal?” asked 
the colonel, making one morning a per¬ 
sonal inspection. “Yes, sir. Taste tliat, 
sir,” said the corporal. “Why,” the 
colonel said, “that’s the be.st .souj) I ever 
tasted.” “Yes, sir,” said the corporal, 
“and the cook wants to call it coffee.”— 
Boston 'I’ran.scriiit. 
