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Good Plowing 
is necessary for good crops, and good plowing is 
largely dependent on the plow von use. 
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Equipped with Moline guaranteed chilled bases or 
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An excellent plow for hillside work and difficult 
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^am has 3 to 6 inches more clearance than other 
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quickly adjusted so that operator always sits ' 
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Moline Best Ever Sulky and Gan^ 
An easy foot lift plow made in 1 or 2-bottom 
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wheel control is correct. The rear wheel is 
not affected by any motion of the tongue, and the 
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chilled bases or Moline steel bottoms. 
Moline Power Lift Gan^ 
Fits any size of tractor. Powerlift is so arranged 
that bottom can be raised entirely out of the 
ground or any intermediate distance by simply 
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plowing. Very strongly constructed for hard 
usage. Thoroughly turns soil and covers trash. 
Made in 2, 3, 4 or 5-bottom sizes. Equipped with 
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Your Moline dealer will be glad to show you these 
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Moline, Illinois 
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RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
Hotbed with a Lamp 
On page 11, R. X.-T., .1. U. inquires 
about heating a hotbed with a kerosene 
lami). and your correspondent K. answers 
it. lie admits that he has never tried it 
himself, so as I rau a small hotbed of two 
ordinary sash 6x3 feet all last Winter 
from the time in the Fall that heat be¬ 
came necessai-y until the temperature be¬ 
came so warm in the Spring that lamp 
I heat wa.s not needed, my success in using 
I a lamp for this purpose may be of some 
I interest to your readers. 
Previous to trying a lamp in a hotbed 
I had for a number of years been success¬ 
fully heating small greenhouses in this 
way. in which I kept lemon and orange 
trees, most of the common bulbs, such as 
tulips, h.vaciiiths and Narcissus, also 
pineapples, fig trees, geraniums, carna¬ 
tions, ferns, etc. So a year ago last Fall, 
as I have the same difficult.v in getting 
horse mauui-o for heat that .1. U. speaks 
of, remembering my former experience 
with small greenhouses, I thought I would 
tr.v a lamp in my hotbed. K. says 
“whether it has a sunken frame or one 
built on the surface.” I have always pre¬ 
ferred one built on the surface. I think 
they are warmer and drier. In this cli¬ 
mate in the Winter it is hard work to 
keep the air in a hotbed warm enough and 
dr.v enough. A pit bed does not seem to 
be as easy to keep in this condition as one 
I built on the surface. I was surprised 
how little during the cold weather I had 
to water, even with plants in pots. It 
will be understood from the size of the 
sash that the bed was 6 feet long, I dug 
a hole in its center 16 feet square for 
the lamp deep enough, so the upfier end 
I of the ohiumey came within about 12 
inches of the glass. The sides of the'hole 
should be protected b.v wire netting or 
b.v driving latli.s around them to prevent 
the earth as it dries fi’om running down 
to the bottom. A box does not work well, 
as it prevents radiation, causing the tem¬ 
perature to ri.se in the box if you ad.iust 
the wick to what seems the proper height 
it will draw and smoke, and that means 
di.saster. I got caught once; after that I 
was more careful. If the wick is kept 
properl.v trimmed and the lamp clean 
yon will have no trouble; even in the 
coldefd. weather it will be warm enough. 
I have opened the b(‘d on cold mornings 
and found the gla.ss at 90 degrees, but 
you soon learn to regulate the heat cor- 
rectl.v. 
_ A deflector should he hung from the sash 
directl.y over the chimne.v about 2 inches 
from the sash, this prevents the heat 
from the lamp from cracking the glass. 
You can buy them or make one from a 
tin plate. I used an ordinar.v glass lamp 
large size, with a flat wick D' hurucr. a 
sheet iron chimney with a mica-covered 
hole opposite the flame. I found that to¬ 
mato seeds would not germinate unless 
the.v were near the lamp. They require 
about 70 degrees and require .some care 
to jirevent damping ofT. Iv. expresses some 
doubt as to the success of this scheme, 
and I wdll say that I found soiiu* plants 
that would not live under these condi¬ 
tions. I lost some plants of ton Aveeks 
S'tock and some fine Campauula isoph- 
ylla, white variety, but lettuce, tomatoes, 
geraniums, rose.s, asters, New Zealand 
spinach and ivy geraniums did well, and 
beans, the seed of which got .seattenHl in 
the bed, came up and grew aud blo.ssorued 
until the.v were a nuisance. 
I covered the glass* at night with a 
double thickue.ss of fertilizer hues and 
shutters; everything was porfectlv safe in 
temperatures as low as 15 hegrees below 
zero. I nailed two pieces of 1 inch board 
3 and 4 inches wide and three feet long 
upon each of the outer corners of the 
frame, one end of the pieces flush with 
the top edge of the frame which was 18 
inches deep, the other ends extending 18 
inches below the bottom edge of frame. 
This strengthened the corners of the 
frame, and an.swerc'd for stakes for it, 
leaving the inside of the bed clear of ob¬ 
structions. 
I planted my seeds in flats and pots, 
and raised the flats nearer the glass by 
placing bricks under them. This brought 
them up where thei’e Avas more heat. I 
had a shelf on the back of the bed for the 
same reason. Avhich was filled Avith plants 
in 3 and 4-inch pots. M.v reason for 
having so deep a bed was that I had some 
plants of such a size I 'coiild not get them 
in otherAvise. I used in the coldest 
AA*eather one quart of oil per day of 24 
hours. I filled my lamp at night. As the 
Aveather became Avanner I could turn out 
the lamp during the middle of the day and 
air the bed. starting up again as the .sun 
Avas setting. I Avas not troubled Avith 
plant lice to any great extent. In the 
Spring A\'e Avere so fortunate as to have 
a large flight of Avarblers; some Magnolia 
Avarblers flew into the bed and lit upon 
the tomato plants, going o\*er them and eat¬ 
ing quantities of lice. I had not noticed 
the iilants before; they looked healthy 
enough, but Avhen tliese beautiful little 
birds Avent aAvay I took the hint and 
sprayed them. 
For anyone who Avishes to keep a few 
plants through the Winter, or rai.se some 
early vegetables. I think this sohenie will 
do. I expect to do better, as I improve 
my outfit and gain in experience. I am 
interested to see what can be done in a 
small Avay with_ this scheme. If you 
have a boy or girl Avho is interested in 
vegetables or flowers, build them a frame 
or small greenhouse and let them care 
for it. J. p. POLAND. 
ITampshire Co., Mass. 
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