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T ires are seuinx at tabnious 6irure* In Europe. 
War conditions may make them go almost as high 
here. You owe it to the country and to yourseilto 
make your present set give the greatest possibie mileage. 
Shodi Absorber Gars 
Hassler Shock Absorbers save tires because they sup¬ 
port the weight oi the car. When the car strikes a rut. 
they gently compress and absorb the Jolt Instead of forc¬ 
ing the tires to lift the car. The increased mileage from 
one set oi casings pays for them. 
Hassler Shock Absorbers make your Ford ride as easily 
as a $2,000 limousine.They save gasoline, reduce up-keep 
cost one-third, and increase the resale value of your car, 
300,000 Ford (Wners recognize their economic necessity. 
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S12 Naom St, In&oapo^ Ini 
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Catalog 
^Free 
Corn F^lanter 
Plant.3 corn, bcan.<t, peaa, beets, etc.— 
any distance apart, any depth—in hills 
or drills. Plants uniform depth, puts oii 
fertilizer (if desired) up to 800 lbs., oov-i 
ers over, marks for next row. Steel 
and malleable iron construction-that 
means lightest weight and least cost 
of repairs. Driver can Bee seed drop¬ 
ping. Made for ouo or two rows. 
Eureka Mower 
Company 
Box 864 
Utica. N.Y. 
VFrite 
1’oday 
Asplnwalli 
Potato 
Planter 
fThe 
le First Successful 
Potato Planter. The 
miy correct dirop, otie- 
Jman, autoynatic, potato 
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fa/Z the time. Needs no watch- 
Hng. Plants more acres per day. 
'Saves Expense of Extra Man 
fAtt^hmenta for peas, beans and 
-——trertilizer furnished, 
when desired. Write for FRKE BOOKI 
containing valnablo information on 
this important crop, also attrac¬ 
tive folder illustrating the 
Aspinwall complete line of, 
potato machinei-y—Cutters, 
Planters, Spray ers.Diggersi 
and Sorters. 
World's Oldest and 
Largest Make^ of 
Potato Machinery 
Aspinwall Mfg. Co. 
621 Sabin St. 
Jackson, Michigan 
HOT BED SASH 
ONLY $2.95 
GLAZED with 5 rows 6-in. (^lass. 
Frames I’sin. thick, No ICyprcMH, 
with lug:8 and painted one uont. 
Crosn bars hard wood. Ready to ship 
NOW. Can furnl^ IS-4 in. 
for $3.S3. Price ungrlazed on re- 
queat. Coal StM>rtage haa curtailed 
Kreenhouse producte. Hot Bada are 
u substitute for greenhouses. Food 
Shortage makes not bed sash a 7isos«- 
wity. New England gartleners know our 
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low prices make this offer a rich bar- 
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BROODER Catalog. Help win tlio war 
by raising more poultry. 
WEBBER LUMBER a SUPPLY CO. 
811 Thompson Street, Fitchburg, Mass. 
Make them at low cost. Get big¬ 
ger crops. Increase farm valnea. 
Farm Ditcher, Terracer 
_ and Road Grader 
All -Steel — Adjustable—Re versible—No wheels, 
levers or cogs to get out of fix. Cots new farm 
ditches or cl^na old ones to 4 feet deep—grades 
roads—builds farm terraces, dykes and levees. 
Prevents crop failores; reclauns abandoned land. 
Does the work of 100 men. Needed on every 
farm. Write for free book full of valuable drain¬ 
age information and special introductory offer. 
OWENSBORO DITCHER & GRADER CO.. Inc. 
Box 534 Owensboro, Kentucky 
Notes from a Maryland Garden 
A corresiioiulont tvlio is a subscriber to 
The II. N.-Y. and tells me that be reads 
everything I tvrite for the paper, asks 
‘AMiat advantage is there in using two- 
year asparagus roots rather than one 
year?” Of eour.se I told him thiit there 
was no advantage, but ratlier a disadvan¬ 
tage, since it t.-ikes a two-year root longer 
to recover from the transplanting, but 
that I did not figure between one and 
two-year roots, for I do not use either. I 
have long ago proved that I can get good 
asparagus Ji year sooner from sowing the 
seed right where the permanent bed is to 
be. The root that is imdisturbezl at the 
end of one year’.s growth will he far 
stronger at the end of another season’s 
growth than the root that was dug find 
transplanted, and will give fair-sized 
shoots a .\car .sooner than the traiisplant- 
e<l roots. The transplanting method has 
come into use because jisparagus roots 
came to be grown by nurserymen as a 
regular luirsery product, find people got 
to using the tramsplanting method without 
ever thinking of sowing the seed and get¬ 
ting tlie crop sooner and cheaper. 
This peninsula between the Delaware 
and Chesaiieake bays grows more to¬ 
matoes than any equal area elsewhere in 
the T'nited States. But the farmers are 
getting their blood up because .someone 
claiming authority has fi.ved the price for 
tomatoes sold to the cauuers at !i'2i a 
ton. The opinion is very general that the 
Cauners’ Association was instrumental in 
having the price fi.xed so that they can 
name the price to he jzaid for the j)acked 
goods. The cauuers will have their pndit 
guaranteed. But who is going to guaran¬ 
tee the profit to the farmer? lie takes all 
the risk of bad season, diseases and in¬ 
sects, and well claims that much depends 
on tliese condition.s as to what he can 
afford to grow tomatoes for. I.ast season, 
for instance, the average crop over the 
peninsula was less than three tons an 
acre. When such a season occurs the .^21 
a ton will not pay the cost of production. 
The price Avill have to be changed if the 
canners are to get the tomatoes and the 
government get the goods, for few if any 
will contract to grow the crop for the 
l)rice named. They can do better on the 
general market and the local family trade. 
True, in a g«x)d season, with good and 
well-cultivate<l land, a farmer could make 
something at $21. a ton, even in the lal)or 
conditions now prevailing and the extra 
cost of everything the farmer uses. But 
no one proposes to guaiointee him a good 
season and plenty of lalx>r, so that his 
margin is not broad enough to cover con¬ 
tingencies. 
Men engaged in nmuufacturing any¬ 
thing for the government are very gener¬ 
ally awarded a fair profit after expenses 
are allowed. But the farmer is expected 
to furnish products for all and must take 
all rLsks himself. If he makes a pn)fit, all 
right; if not, then he gets the thanks of 
the public, and the consumers are happy 
in getting food for less than it cost the 
grower. Last year, under the iullueuce 
of supply and demand, few cauuers paid 
less than .$25 a ton, and if they get the 
tomatoes this year they will have to pay 
more than $21 a ton. To those familiar 
with labor conditions on the farms, the 
prospect is almost appalling. The army 
and our Allies must have food, and rely 
on this country ft>r a large part of what 
they need. How the supply from this 
country Ls going to be increased or even 
held at the present rate it is hard to seo 
unless more lalior is made available on 
the farms. If the farms fail, everything 
else fails, and all our elButs will have 
been in vain. Brice fixing of farm pio- 
ducts is not going to help to increase the 
product. 
It is getting far nuire like gaidening 
since ilarcli camt! in, and we ar«‘ doing all 
we can to he ready among the first with 
garden crops. But here, t<X), the question of 
labor comes in. I have a good and large 
garden, hut one in hi.s Tilth year cannot 
do as much gardening as he did years ago, 
and as I cannot get a laborer for love or 
cash, I fear much of my gurdeuiug will he 
later than usual. But, with the grass 
greening and the shrubbery swelling its 
buds, and the hyacinths, tulips and Nar- 
cissu.s w'ell above ground, the garden is 
calling for work. w. f. ii.vssfa'. 
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Racine Country Road and Multi-Mile 
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good service. The secret lies in the many 
Extra Tests to which these prov^ quality 
tires are subjected in the factories. 
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aaa 
MultirhOle Cord 
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sure Extra* Tested throughout. Csich of 
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is lens-examined against flaw in warp or 
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Also red and gray tubes Extra* Tested. 
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16-lneh Hog Penes • 21 !lifs a rod 
47-lnoh Farm Penes - 31 Ve a rod 
48-ineh Poultry Panes-SdKo a rod 
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A 
This 
ONE Register 
Delivers enough heat to warm 
your whole home —every room, far away, 
and nearby. It isn’t too warm near the 
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This register—(thru the outer portion)— 
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It comes up warmed through the inner cas¬ 
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