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If seeds are 
worth sowing 
—your lawn, garden, hothouse 
or flower beds are worth car¬ 
ing for. Planting and then just 
letting things grow never gets 
the same results as careful 
cultivation. 
Nor can you get from inferior tools 
the results that come from the use 
ofKEEN KUTTER Farm and Gar¬ 
den Tools because there's a tool 
responsiveness in the steel, design, 
balance, swing and handle finish 
ofKEEN KUTTER that keeps you 
enthusiastic in their use. 
Every KEEN KUTTER is built to 
last, and guaranteed. Get our Gar¬ 
den Tool Booklet No. 1646F. 
SIMMONS HARDWARE CO. 
Manufacturers and Distributers 
St. Louis New York Philadelphia 
Toledo Minneapolis Sioux City 
Wichita 
“The recollection of QUALITY 
remains lonfi after the PRICE is 
forgotten."—E. C. Simmons. 
Trade Mark Uesiatored. 
THE SELF-OILING WINDMILL 
has become so popular in its first three years that 
thousands have been called for to replace, on their 
old towers, other makes of mills, and tc^ replace, at 
small cost, the gearing of the earlier ^ 
Aermotors, making tliem self-oil 
ing. Its enclosed motor^^^^ ^ 
keeps in the oil 
keeps out dust andj^^ 
rain.The Splash Oilmgl 
System constant!^ , 
floods every bearing with oil pre¬ 
venting wear and enabling the' 
mill to pump in the lightest breeze? . 
The oil supply is renewed once a year. 
Double Gears are used, each carrying half the load 
We make Gasoline Engines, Pumps, Tanks, 
Water Supply Goods and Steel Frame Saws. 
Write AERMOTOR CO., 2500 Twelfth St., Chicago 
WELL WELL 
Own a machino of your own. Casb or easy 
terms. Many styles and sizes for all purposes. 
Write for Circular 
WILLIAMS BROS., 432 W. Stale St., Ithaca, N. Y. 
Steel Wheels 
will make your old farm wagon n AAtf 
as good us new. Save money he- DwvR 
cause they never need repairs. 
Write for our big free l>ook toll- Fll FF 
ing all ulxjut thorn ond how they ■ 
pay. Empire Mlg, Co., Box yoeQuInojf, lilt 
KITSELMAN FENCE 
Get It From * 
ffte Factory j 
Direct < 
I HORSE-HICH, BULL- 
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Made of Open Hearth wire 
heavily galvanized—astrong 
durable, long-lasting, rust-re- 
I slstlngfence.Bolddlrocttotbe 
Fanner at wire mill prices. 
Here’s a few of our big values 
26-lnch Hog Ponce - 21 Yo a rod 
47-lneh Farm Fence- 31)4o a rod 
48-inch Poultry Fence —34Ko a rod 
I n,,. »,i Priooa on Galv. Barbed Wire 
OUT Dig Catalog of fence values shows 100 styles 
ana heights of Farm, Foultry and laiwn Fence at 
reduced money-saving prices. It’s free. Write today. 
KITSELMAN BROS. Box 230 Muncle. Ind. 
OStf RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
That Deposit PAYS 
The Biggest Interest of All 
M ore than five dollars worth of increased crops were secured from each 
dollar spent for acid phosphate supplementing; farm manure. This was 
the average result at the Ohio Experiment Station after nineteen years 
of testing;. Similar results were secured at Purdue, Indiana and other P2xperi- 
ment Stations. When fertilizers pay JSS.OO for every ^1.00 invested, can 
you afford to do without them? Can you deposit money anywhere else where it 
will be so safe—where it will pay so high a rate of interest? 
Suggestions from Illinois 
I have been mtich interested in the dis¬ 
cussion in this State during the pa.st year 
or two, of the application of quick-action 
fertilizers, nitrate of soda, to hearing ap- 
jtle trees for iniinediate results. Those 
who have tried it somewhat extensively 
report satisfactory resnlts in vigor of 
trees and larger and more safisfsictory 
fruit, hy applying four to six pounds per 
tree about tlu' time of Itlooming. Some 
also claim that in this way the habit of 
bearing only in alternate years may be 
corrected. The application is made to 
each tree, indiv'dually. sowing the fer¬ 
tilizer under the tree to the extent cov¬ 
ered hy the Itranches. In this way it 
can he applied to all the tret's or merely 
to those which it is seen are jtrejtared to 
fruit that year cr sire lacking in vigor, 
while other trees which are showing no 
signs of fruiting or do not need pu.shing 
nitty he omitted. T have liad no exper¬ 
ience in this line, but think I can see 
where individual trees that are niiiking 
too little growth may he revived and es¬ 
pecially where somewhat adviinced in age 
and budded for a good crop tltey may be 
given an extra stimulus with good results, 
particularly when a dry season follows. 
We had such an experience this year 
A Cluster of Apples 
where some lluclu'ss which failed to bear 
the yetir before set a very heavy crop, 
and the settson was very dry at maturing 
time and the conse(|itenee was that the 
apples were extremely snitill. An appli- 
ctition of nitrate of sodtt at blooming time 
would jtrobahly have resulted in larger 
fruit. 
While T think that the use of nitrate 
of .soda in certain seasons and under cer¬ 
tain conditions will nave good results I 
am not yet preimred to admit that in this 
section it will do away with the need of 
thoroiigl) Summer, surface cultivation, 
cover croiis and tlie application of stable 
mitnurt'. 
In spraying, the use of “gums” hy which 
a much greater amount of sjiray cjtn lie 
ajiplied hy the (tpertitor, will wit boat 
doubt h(‘ greativ increased this yetir, 
largely owing to tlie labor problem. The 
economy of the.se will depend very much 
on the skill and attention of the “man be¬ 
hind the gnu” as it is evennc.ss and thor- 
oughne.ss ttf distriltntion which mtike ef¬ 
fective work more than jmst the amount 
of litpiid run through the hose. A care¬ 
less, iiK'flicient man may waste much ma- 
tt'rial and g(‘t poor results, while a care¬ 
ful man may conserve mucli time. 
Illinois. L. B. lUtYANT. 
But the best crops cannot be secured 
by supplying; one element alone. Plants 
need several chemicals elements which 
they combine in certain proportions 
like a good cook making a cake — 
One element cannot take the place of another. 
Nitrogen is needed. The Nitrogen in 
fertilizer is quickly available. Experiments 
have shown that the Nitrogen in only 100 
lbs. of 8-2-2 fertilizer exactly equalled in 
producing power the Nitrogen contained in 
a ton of manure. 
Feed your crops with V-C Fertilizers. 
Give them all the chemical elements needed 
to make good strong stalks and a full 
yield of fruit. It costs very little more to 
supply all of the elements instead of only one. 
The thing that makes your farm valuable 
is its fertility—producing power. In V-C 
Fertilizers you bring more fertility—more 
producing power to your farm, so you can 
ship more crops or livestock away. 
Order V-C Early! 
Our 50 factories and distributing points 
enable us to get fertilizers to you with a min¬ 
imum amount of hauling. But don’t delay 
ordering. Write us for names of dealers near 
you who sell V-C Fertilizers. 
VIRGINIA-CAROLINA CHEMICAL CO. 
New York City 
Haltimore. Md. 
Cincinnati, Ohio 
Kort Wayne, Ind 
jhreveport. La. 
Richmond. Va. 
INCORPORATED 
V-C Sales Offices 
Norfolk. Va. 
Alexandria. Va. 
Durham. N C, 
Winston Salem, N C 
Charleston. S. C. 
Columbia, S. C. 
Atlanta Ca. 
Athens, Ga. 
Savannah Ga 
Columbus. Ga. 
Gaiuesvillc, Fla. 
Jacksonville, Fla. 
Sanford, Fla. 
Ihiminirham, Ala. 
MonUromcry. Ala. 
Mobile. Ala. 
Memphis. Tenn. 
Mt Plcasanc, Tcnn 
V'C Fertilizers 
LIMESTONE 
When You Use Lime—It Pays to Buy the Best 
You want the form of lime that does most good to soil and 
crops, at lowest cost. Pulverized limestone is the safest, 
cheapest, best form of lime for the farm. Solvay Pulverized 
Limestone, Purest Quality—tests 94% carbonates; ground 
very fine, easy to handle, and sold at a reasonable price. 
FREE BOOKLET: About lime and how to use it. Free on request. 
THE SOLVAY PROCESS CO., SOI Milton Ave., Syracuse, N. Y. 
Food Will Win the War** 
BEE LAND I .me 
Immediate results for War Crops 
Mice in the Greenhouse 
A corrospoiidoTit of tho Florists’ Fx- 
chango gives tho following suggestion for 
destroying mice in a greenhouse, which 
will he found helpful where these posts 
itife.st hotbeds or frames: 
“I was troubled with mice in the green¬ 
house; they would dig up the seed planted 
or sown in flats, and even the small 
plants. T knew tlie mice were very fond 
of squash seeds. I out out tho meats 
(kernel) of a handful of .seed, soaked 
them in a strong hot solution of strych¬ 
nine, then dried them. ’I'heso meats wore 
placed on the top of the flats and I had 
no more trouble after that.” 
' Order Now on Account of Car Shortage 
ROCKLAND & ROCKPORT LIME CO. 
New York, 101 Park Ave. Rockland, Me. ^ Boston, 45 Milk St. 
mm 
^Unce 
FREE 
Get rock bottom direct from factory prices- 
21c per rod ui)—on Urown’H UOUIJLK GAL¬ 
VANIZED Btlfl stay fence. Outlasts all others. 
FACTORY PRICES, FREIGHT PREPAID 
Brown fence Is made of Basle Open Hearth 
Wire — DOUBLE GALVANIZED. Free 
Book shows 150 styles. Also Gates 
and Barb Wire. Our prices save 
you 25 4 to 40 “t. Write today for money 
saving Free Book and sample to test. 
THE BROWN FENCE & WIRE CO., 
DEPT. 359 - CLEVELAND, OHIO 
