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^htt RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March Ki, 1918 
Turner Simplicity Tractors 
The Light Tractor With the Heavy Pull 
It pulls three plows on most land and two 14-foot bottoms on any kind 
of lanrl. This is our Guarantee. All fields are alike to the Turner. 
It has a light weight, powerful, strongly built Waukesha 4-cylinder 
motor, the highest ty'pe gasoline motor built. The tractor is light in 
weight, handled with single gear shift lever. All of the working parts 
run in a bath of oil and are enclosed in dust and dirt proof cases equipped 
to operate (ui either gasoline or kerosene. The Turner Tractor is a Twen¬ 
tieth Century proposition, not built from old discarded patterns, not an 
old style tractor cobbled up, but an up-to-date, light weight tractor built 
by men who have been in the gasoline engine industry all their lives, 
who understand farming conditions; a tractor that has been tested out 
carefully under the worst kind of conditions and back of this tractor is 
our own organization. With 23 years meeting the farmer and knowing 
his problems and conditions we do not sell you a tractor and then kiss 
you (iood Bye and let you look out for yourself; but 
We Give You Service and Service That Means Something 
liccausc w<> have hcon handling this kind of an engine all one live?!. tVhen we 
sell you a tractor we do not .send a boy or a drygoods store j-lerk to run it, 
but a man who knows farm conditions, who knows engines, who will go to 
your place and set it going for you, show you how to operate it and leave you 
in complete control of a tractor that you will thorotighly tiuderstand. Every¬ 
thing 4n the tractor is time te.sted units that there is no chance for trouble. We 
have tractors now en route and for prompt orders can make early delivery. 
You will get more money this year from your crops than ever before. Help is 
scarce. You can use the tractor day or night. It does not get tired ; it won’t 
need to knock off at six o’clock. You only need one man to run it and 
remember i/ou i/ull two li-ineh bottoms in ann kind of (jround and three in 
ordinary yoing. For printed matter and other information, write or call on 
R CONSOLIDATED GAS & GASOLINE ENGINE CO., 202 FULTON STREET, NEW YORK CITY 
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Farm, Garden and Orchard Toolt 
Answer the farroers’ bipr questions. 
How can I grow crops with less 
expense ? How can I save in plant¬ 
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solves the labor problem and makes 
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Means $5 to $50 extra profit per acre. 
Every seed piece in its place 
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The Greatest Labor Saving Tool 
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Runs easier and does better v. ork 
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any depth you wish. Works 
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down the row. Easier to push 
than alawn mower. 
Use it 2 weeks if not 
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For 8 Pounds Gillies Famous Broken 
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Better than Retailers’ 35c. Coffee, 
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DARKER Weeder, Mulcher and Cultivator, 3 gar- 
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,^retaining mulch, in one operation. Intensive 
^.cultivation. ‘‘Best Weed Killer Ever Used.” 
A boy or girl can operateit and do more and 
^better work than ten men with hoes. Gets 
^lose to plants. Guards protect leaves, 
jHas easily attached shovels for deepei 
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k David Oty, Neb. 
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Things to Think About 
Sawing Wood 
We .are told tlmt the coal shortage next 
Winter will be much greater than at 
present; in fact, in rural communities no 
coal will be available at any price. The 
reason for thi.s is because the suiiply will 
be diverted into the manufacture o.. nuiui- 
tions for this country and the Allies, 
and other purpose.s demanded by the war. 
Therefore it is tip to us in the country 
where wood is available to cut it for our 
own use iiiid for those in vill.-iges who 
cannot obtain coal. Itesides. .sea.soued 
stovewood is sure to bring a good price. 
Many will be obliged to cut wood who 
never bandied an ax before to any ex¬ 
tent. and no doubt some of these will 
consider it a hardship. However, it will 
be wood or nothing, and perhaps a few 
reinai'ks ttpon the cutting of this necessity 
will not be amiss. 
Wood should be cut so it will htive 
time to season before used, if the full 
fuel value is desired. Help will be very 
scarce and expensive, and many will be 
obliged to work at it alone. A good ax, 
bucksaw and sawbttek and one-man saw 
will be necessary if it is desired as a 
family supply and is to be worked up at 
odd sjiells. Those who wisli to g(*( iq) a 
f considerable (juantity will find some sort 
Working Up the Wood Supply 
of engine or tractor .and buzz saw neces- 
sai'.v, and if the timber is large, a drag- 
saw in addition, 
Xeev beginners will find the care of 
saws rather difficult, and to get the best 
results men who have had considerable 
experience in saw fitting should have the 
care of them when dull. Usually there is 
such a person in every coipmunity. Cut¬ 
ting bard, frozen timber will dull a saw 
quickly. The saw should only have set 
enough to clear the blade sufficiently so 
that it will not pinch. Some one-man 
saws are on the market at in-eseiit that 
are thin, which cut very fast, but their 
thinness is against them when the cut 
is not very Jiear perpendic-ular, for under 
.such conditions and in a side wind as 
well, they will flatten on the further end 
when at work. A one-man saw, for all- 
around work, should taper from the 
handle to the tip and from the tooth edge 
to the hack. Such saws reipiire very 
little set in frozen timber. Diamond, 
champion or lance style teeth are very 
good and cut fast, and are the easiest to 
keep in order. The bucksaw should have 
plain V teeth. 
Saw’s should not be ’‘touched up” more 
than two or three times before being 
jointed, for the reason that some of the 
teeth will become higher than others, 
which will cause the saw to “jump,” 
New cross-cut and one-man saws are 
rarely in condition for greatest efficiency 
when they leave the store. If the teeth 
have an acute cutting angle, joint the 
teeth down about one-eighth inch and file 
them with less angle and more bevel. 
The rakes should be about oue-thirty- 
second inch shorter than the side cutters; 
the exact amount can be determined only 
in your ow’n timber. Never file the 
straight sides of the rakers. It is a good 
plan to carry an eightiuch mill file to 
the woods and if the saw has too much 
set. side file till the saw cuts free and 
smooth. It is surprising M’hat judicious 
side filing will do' in making a saw cut 
fast and easy. 
(’in ul.ar ciit-ofi; saws should be filed as 
they jire wluui new, and if the timber is 
hill'd and fi-ozen. very little bevel should 
he given tlie hacks of the teeth, which 
will luevent “chattering.” 
It is a j)oor ju-acrice to cut heavy stntV 
with a hneksaw; iinything less than three 
inches in diameter is the best for this 
saw. Take the size .saw adapted to your 
size timber if yon want to make the work 
easy as possible. Kemember that a saw, 
of whatever kind, is a fine cutting tool 
and to secure the greatest efficiency it 
mu.st !)(' "just so’’ and used properly. 
There is a one-mau .sawing machine on 
the market for heavy timber which i.s 
practical for the man who cannot obtain 
help and has heavy logs to cut. 
Timber which grows in the ojien is 
sappy, tough and usually knotty, and the 
lu'st wood for fuel, especially if it is to 
be burned green, is that which has con¬ 
siderable age and grown deep in the 
woods. Such trees are mostly heart wood. 
Wood should be split and piled soon as 
cut. F. L. HARRIS. 
Chenango Co., N. Y. 
Sales from a Small Farm 
I have just been figuring up the amount 
of produce that can be raised and sold 
from a small farm, I am a renter, and 
pay cash rent. The farm has 68 acres 
in it; only 55 are tillable land; three 
acres are w’ood lot, with no use of it at 
all. The remainder is permaneut pa.sture, 
old orchard, hog lot. with half-acre pond 
in it, and yards. The soil is sandy, both 
black sand and yellow sand. The land 
is rolling, but does not drain well. There 
are some very wet spots in it. Only one 
fi<‘Id has a few tiles in it. These wi't 
sjiots cut the average down considerably. 
Kvei'y field has some of the wet spot.s. 
The land would be stricdly first-class if it 
were thoroughly umlerdrained. 
Before presenting my figures I want 
to say, in order to make things eonnt, we 
do a considerable truck business. We 
have to. In our family are 10; eight of 
us have been at home for the whole year. 
-■\t present there are nine of us. The 
following figures are my cash sales up to 
the iiresent time. Carden truck includes 
green onions, spinach, lettuce, cabbage, 
dry oniuiis. sweet corn, melons, apples, 
potatoes’, etc: 
Ih'uck ...; . .‘?1.()4.5..T5 
8he(*i> lU’odncts, wool, lambs 
and old ewes. 201.47 
Hogs . OllS.Sfl 
7414 bu. wheat. 1.50.4.’a 
Total cash sales. .'?2.042.-I0 
"We have on hand for sale and 
flour 240 bu, wheat at .$2.10 
a bu. .”)04.(M> 
U)0 hn. of i)otato(‘s for sale and 
sei'd at .'?1.2.1 a hu. 187.00 
Total . .'i:2.7.‘18.00 
‘I'lie above figures do not include any¬ 
thing we have used for the family or feed 
for the livestock. The livestock family at 
present con.sists of four horses, one year¬ 
ling colt, three cows, one yearling heifer, 
two calves, 21 .sheep, eight September 
pigs and three brood sows. The follow¬ 
ing figures are a fair estimate of what 
the value is of the feed used : 
For the Home— 
1,000 lbs. live hogs for pork. .^165.00 
40 hu. potatoe.s’ .$1.25 a bu. 50.00 
50 bu. wheat for flour. 
$2.10 a bu. 105.00 
Beef and veal. 20.00 
Butter aud milk. ,5(1.00 
T’dulti'y and eggs. 20.00 
Smaller vegetables . . , .50.00 
Fruits . 20.00 
Total . .$490.00 
For the l.ivi* Stock— 
150 hu. oats. OOe a hu. 
(worth 90c a bu. now) $90.00 
75 bu. barley . 75.00 
180 bu. corn. $1..50 a bu... 270.00 
0 toms hay. $20 a ton. .. 120.00 
10 acres fodder . 25.0() 
Straw . 20.00 
Total . $1,090.00 
The above amount added to the cash 
sales and inventory makes a grand total 
of $3,823.66, or an average of about $56 
per acre for the 68 acres. The above 
amounts do not include the sales of but¬ 
ter, eggs aud ijoultry. The woman claims 
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