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RURAL NEW-YORKE 
heMeeaiest 
Job onthefe^m 
—work so 
disagreeable that 
it often is left undone, even though leaving 
it undone means smaller production and some¬ 
times severe money loss—is mixing and applying 
whitewash. You can turn this disagreeable task into an 
easy, pleasant, rainy-day job. You can save yourself time, 
labor, money, and get better results. You can do both your white 
washing and your disinfecting at one operation. You can make 
your farm buildings, cellars, etc., lighter, better looking, a pleasanter 
place to work and a healthier place for your livestock to liv if you will use 
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'n>«Dwniec\\ng YfWrte 
a snow-white paint in powder form combined with a eermicide. or'disinfectant that ■*<» 
it'kdla *hce^ >s neither poisonous nor caustic, but 
fhst afriri n^/i Will help prevent the srerms of contasrious diseases 
P^^bry and livestock roup, white diarrhea, cholera, danders, contagious abor¬ 
tion, etc., from getting a start and spreading thru your flock or herd. 
water—no straining or waiting—and it 
1 " cl “bPl'cd to wood. hnck. stone or cement surfaces, or over whitewash, with either a 
brush or a spray pump. One gallon covers about 200 square feet. Carbola will not blister. 
V ol*. >t lias no disagreeable odor to taint milk or other food products, it will 
not cIoK the sx>raycr, it docsn t spoil by standing. The dry powder is unexcelled as a 
Use It Instead of Whitewash 
lice powder. 
in your poultry houses, stables, hog pens, cellars, out-buildings, etc. Make them 
sweet smelling and sanitary. Satisfaction^guaranteed, 
10 lbs. (10 sals.) $1 andlpostage 
20 lbs. (20 Sals.) $2 delivered 
50 lbs. (SOrsals.) $4 delivered 
Trial packaga and Interesting booklet for 25e postpaid 
hard-wart, stfd, faint or druf deattr has Car^ 
bola or can ert it. J/not. order direct—shipment by 
pcercel post or express the day order is received, 
CARBOLA CHEMICAL COMPANY, Inc. 
Department R 
7 EAST 42nd STREET. NEV/ YORK 
first, only three feet to the east or wei?t. 
If these lines are not carefully laid off 
the dipiiing needle may refuse to work 
accnrately. Then start at the north or 
south side and sot up the instrument and 
test every - three feet, keeping the box 
exactly between the two lines. lie should 
make 70 tests on a 21()-foot acre side. 
When the first throe-foot section is tested, 
.set one line over three feet and rejieat. 
Allowing a minute for each test, about 
SO hours will be needed to test an acre, 
but it must be remembered tliat there is 
little use of attenijitiug it unless it is 
done systomaticully and carefully. By 
keeping bis ground staked or charted, 
S. I), can carry on bis work indefinitely 
until satisfactory results are obtained. The 
anger is to be used only when the needle 
does not jioint at tlie proper angle. Care 
must be taken to test in the center of a 
three-foot square, and do this over the 
entire acre, since to neglect this impor¬ 
tant point might be to tlirow away the 
entire effort. 
It must be remembered that ordinary 
coins are not capable of acting sensibly on 
even a very delicate conijiass, abso that if 
the kettle is entirely rusted away it will 
have little or no cliect. Moreover, in a 
swamp there are usually .several plant 
acids present in considerable concentra¬ 
tion. and these help other foree.s in rust¬ 
ing the iron. Taking it all in all, pro¬ 
vided there is treasure there, S. I). ba.s 
a few chances in a million of finding it, 
and from plentiful experience in dealing 
with people similarly placed, the writer 
know.s he never will rest satisfied until 
he has made the complete examination. 
He is, in fact, inoculated with the same 
lure that led thousands across the United 
States in ’49, a lure that lurks, hidden 
almost, in the hearts of at least 95 per 
cent of all Americans who have faith in 
the invisible. Ii. c. S. 
Large Asparagus and Rhubarb Roofs 
for next yt'Jir’B crop or for forcing in celliir or greenhouse 
during winter. Also Witloof tihicory roots, PiirBley, Let¬ 
tuce, Sage idants. Cat. free. H»RRrL.S(JUIIIES,OoodOround.ll.r. 
5,000 KIEFKEK PEAK, 2 iin.i S vear ' 
5.000 VEI.LOW TKANSP. APPLE, .1 year 
5,000 DELICIOUS “ 2an(liyear 
500 MONTMORENCY CIIEKRY, 3-yoar 
EIUDGEVILLE NURSERIES,MysrS Son, ltniDaEVllXE,I)BL. 
RUSSIAN PITKUS RYE cower. Blgyielder. 
, . r eround Ireezes. 
1 to 5 bu.. S?.75 per hn. Over 5 bn.. $2.£0, Bagged. 
Sample for stamp. CLOVEROALE FARM. Charlalte, N. Y. 
Tree Protectors 
Protect your Trees from Rabbits and Mice with 
B aifords perfect protection at a 
>’er Tree. Satisfaction 
firuai antoed. Wrlto for prices. 
CALL'S NURSERIES. Perry, Ohio 
Establishod io 1877 
Apple BARRELS 
Rest quality made 
for price, delivered. 
For 
by first-class coopers. Write 
SAMUEL DEUEL, Pine Plains, N. Y. 
SFFIl RYF “'Visconsiti Pecllgreo,” clean, pi 
OCCU IHC HENKY A. TOdD. Onyleslawn. P 
lump. 
enna. 
APPLE BAR BELS w^E.^snVi:i.^^^^^^ 
Only fiiKt quality and lowoHt prico. Monoy rpiurm*d 
when not B.ili.sUi-d. IIE.NUY l»eVI.\ K. .Milm,.,, N. 
mention 
When you write advertisers .. 
The Rural New-Yorker and you’ll get 
a Quick reply and a “square deal.” See 
guarantee editorial page. 
MALONE Y TREES 
For Fnll plnniinir. Fruit and Omamcntalfl. 
Vines, ShrubH. Maloney A-1 guality soIecU'd 
from tno choiccat stock irrown in our 400- 
acre nursorica. Direct to you at cost plus 
one pront only. Hardy, fresh duK. healthy, 
true to name—Write for free wholesale cuta- 
loif« Maloney thxpa all Block by tTpreati anti 
charora prepaid. 
MALONEY BROS. « WELLS CO. 
E3 Main Sireai Danavlllo, N. Y. 
Danavillc's Pioneer Wholesale Nurseries 
Pot-Grown and Runner 
Strawberry Plants 
For September and Full planting. Will bear fruit next 
sumnior. Also K.tSPIIKUIty, III,ALKItKIlilY, (iOOSEIlKIIKY 
miHANT, ASI’AKAUIJS, (illAI’K IM.ANT.S, PIiriT TlIKKS 
BlillUB.S. Catalogue free. HARRY L. SQUIRES, Good Bround, H. » 
The Sled Corn Cutter 
We have hnd several e:ill.s fur .q de- 
scrijitiou of the sled or iilatforni corn 
harvester. The Deimrtiucut of Agrieul- 
fiire lias !i iiaiuphlet. Farmers’ Bulletin 
992, which well describes thi.s implement. 
October 5, 1918 
ties, but this is not necessarily true. The 
mineral phosphorus has absolutely no con- 
iieetiou with the light-producing phe- 
uoinenon of iihosphoresceuce. I’hospbor- 
escenoe in wootl is due to the decomposi¬ 
tion and breaking down of the material 
which uiake.s up tlie wood cells. Fxcept 
where it is jiresent in animal or vegetable 
life, as in the ease of the firefly and the 
glowing mushroom, it is usually found in 
decaying organic matter. In fact it may 
often be cousider<-d as the direct result 
and under certjiiu conditions the natural 
accoinpiiuiuieut of decay. 
A scientist might dismi-ss the whole 
question by saying that phosphorescence 
as we have .seen it in tlie root is can.sed 
by catalysis. But if he wasn’t careful, 
neither he nor the person to whom he was 
explaiuiug would know exactly what he 
wa.s talking about. Catalysis is perhaps 
most easily dc.scrib(>d as the breaking 
(io\yn or decomposition of organic ma- 
tenal, due to the action of an agent which 
does not it.self enter into the resulting re¬ 
action. 'Ihis agent, by the way, is known 
as an enzyme; and an enzyme is defined 
as one of the unorganized ferments, such 
as diasta.se, iiepsin, etc. 
Besides iihosphoresoent wood there i.s 
phosplmroseonce in the sea described by 
many travelers in .southern waters. There 
are many varietie.s of fireflies, some of 
which grow to a much larger size than 
our own, with which we have all been fa¬ 
miliar from our earliest oliihlhood. Per¬ 
haps you have gathered them in a hand- 
to l9ive a 
light of so many firefly power.” In the 
tropics of South America there is a species 
ot hrefly known as the cnciijo, which the 
ornnm^ Strings and use as hair 
ornaments. Ihere is also a native mnsh- 
room, an Agancus, which is luminous. 
J he myeeluim, or mn.s.ses of tiny threads 
of tins fungus, extending through a piece 
hiiE^'fi^'osiilt m phosphorescence, 
but this glowing appearance in decayiS 
thTfiiSgul*’"""’*' ^“‘Jependently of 
MR. BUSINESS FARMER 
Grasp This Money 
Making Opportunity 
READ! READ! 
One-row ^led Corn Cutter. Fig. 55.9 
'riie two pictures lierewUh are tiiken from 
this bulletin. Tliey show both ii single 
and <l()iibk'-row cutter. As we see. the 
prineiiile is that of a .sled or low-down 
wheeled platform with knives at the side 
to cut the stiilks. The horse pulls tliis 
cutter along the row, .slicing off the hills 
or stalks. Two meu usually work with 
Cover Crop on Unplowed Land 
T fiave a strip of land on the bank of a 
river. Jhi.s is too .steep to plow, and is 
now ooveii'd with weeds. Could I burn 
tlKrse off .and broadcast rye. Sweet clover 
and vetch? c. J. c. 
Tt is not likely you can get a good 
seeding of rye and vetch without working 
up this ground in some way. You can 
scratch it over with a spring-tooth or with 
a disk, Init it would not pay to put in the 
.seed witliout working. It is too late now 
to seed Sweet clover. 
Coni is goinRT to bo higher and bard to 
olitaiii in iiiaiiy cabuh at any iirioe. 
This nionnB n l)ig market for wood. 
Eb’Ci-y liuBiness fanner Bhoiild now 
clean up all llio salable llrewood lie 
liHB. Get ready for tlie big (iciimiid 
that Is coming and ilio way ix> do tliis 
is to buy a UEAVI-DUTl wiwiiig 
. . outfit—the most simple, the most ilur- 
tnlo ami comp-oct engine ever built —and a saw outfijt that has no equal anywliore. Full information and 
catalog I lee. W lUTK TODAY. R. CONSOLIDATED GASOLINE ENGINE CO., 202 Fulton Sfreel. New York City 
Loans to Farmers 
Long Time Low Interest 
No Commissions—No Renewal—No Worry 
Under the Federal Farm Loan Act, we will loan money to actual 
or prospective farmers'with which 
To buy or improve farm lands and erect buildings 
To buy live stock, fertilizers, and equipment 
To pay off existing mortgages and debts 
We will loan you from $100 to $10,000, according to your needs and 
security. The interest rate is 5%%. The mortgage will be complete¬ 
ly "wiped out” at the end of 35 years by paying Q%% annually— b\< 2 % 
for interest and 1% on principal. Or you may pay off all or any part 
of the principal after 5 years. 
Write today for full particulars—if you live in any of the following 
states; 
Maine 
Connecticut 
New Hampshire 
Rhode Island 
Vermont 
New York 
Ma-ssachusetta 
New Jersey 
THE FEDERAL LAND BANK 
145 State Street, Springfield, Mass. 
fYhcn Writing Bo Sure to Give the Location of Yoar Farm 
Two-row Fled Corn Cutter. Fig. SCO 
the cutter, lifting off the bmiilles ns they 
iiccuiniilate. ►Such a <-utler will ju.st 
iibout do the work of one unin tvitli a com 
knife—that is, two men aucl the cutter 
will about equal three men with knives. 
•V test in Nebraska showed that with one 
of these cutters two men cut live acres 
of corn, averaging eight tons of silage 
corn per acre, in one da.v. 
The Wonders of Phosphoretcence 
We burn roofs in the sfove. One night 
we thought tliore wiis fire in flu* wood 
basket, took out a root and it was all 
aglow; and .so it was for tliree nights. 
Tt has stopped burning now. ('onld you 
tell nio what would Ciiuse it, or if .some 
mineral is in the ground, as it is all new 
land? II. K. 
Buena, N. J. 
The glow'ing root which you have de¬ 
scribed is due to the jiresence of plios- 
phorescence or “fox fire.” It is not at 
all uncommon, altliongh it never fails to 
awaken interest. TTnlike the glow Avhich 
iiccoinpanies the burning of wood, there 
is no iieat produced. In fact you had 
before you porliaps the most efficient liglit- 
produciiig agent that is known. Strangely 
enough, in spite of its iippearance in na¬ 
ture in ii gi’cat number of forms, man has 
not yet been able to take advantiige of it 
to any great extent. To us, prolnibly the 
most common appearance is in tlie light 
of the firefly. For the light of the iiiece 
of root which you brought in in the 
liiiskot and that of tlie firefly are the 
same. 
This glowing is not the result of com¬ 
bustion, neither is it the effect of chemical 
action upon either the wood or some 
mineral which might be in the soil. ]\Iaiiy 
people are (piick to belii've tlnit phos¬ 
phorus is present in cousiderable quanti- 
Piling Horse Manure 
^ What is you opinion on horse innnnre 
in idles? Some per.sons believe that it 
bnrns^ iili and loses its value, and other.s 
Unit it merely rots and becomes more 
oflicient. u. 
■\\nien horse manure is left in a loo.so 
and open pile the air works in, dries out 
the innnnre and starts a strong fermenta¬ 
tion. This results in what is known as 
“lirefangiiig.” In this condition the ma¬ 
nure lieiifs to a very high temperature, 
becomes very dry and takes on a light 
coloi*. _ During this process a quantity of 
the nitrogen is lo.st, being burned away 
by the high Inait. When the manure, 
however, is stamped down hard and well 
soaki'd witli water, tills firefanging doi's 
not occur, as the air cannot work in 
freely. Under tliese conditions of mois¬ 
ture and a compact pile the mainire de¬ 
cays instead of burning, and thus becomes 
more aviiilable as plant food. The best 
way to hold such manure is to stamp it 
down hard and firmly and see that it is 
kept moist by using much water on it. If 
the liiiuid from the stable can be poured 
over the pile this would make an ideal 
jn-actice, but keep the pile firmly <*om- 
pact .so as to keep out an exce.ss of air. 
Manure Imndled in this W’ay will carry 
through the Winter uicely. In order to 
make it more effective there may be added 
40 liounds of acid phosphate to each ton 
of manure. This should be scattered all 
through the pile and add needed phos¬ 
phorus to the manure, and al.so make a 
chemical combination to hold the am¬ 
monia. Handled in this way you. will 
Lave a very good product. 
Eat the Woodchuck 
I notioerl a recent article seeking a 
way to exterminate the woodchuck. Let 
me' t(‘ll your readers what farmers in !i 
little hilly town in Connecticut are doing. 
They are eating them and find them ex¬ 
cellent. They only eat the fat, young 
ones. They are skinned and parboiled in 
slightly salted water, drained, rolled in 
flour and fried in salt pork fat. They are 
equal to rabbit. 'There were great num¬ 
bers of them hist yoiir, and they did much 
mischief, getting into gardens, eating 
peas, lettuce and cabbages. Meat is very- 
expensive, but farmers must oat lieartily, 
so a woodohuok wiis kilh'd and carefully 
dressed and cooked. It was so well liked 
traps were set and many taken. One 
farmer salted some for Winter use, and 
doubtle.ss they will try canning the meat, 
as it is growing in favor, and befon* long 
there will not be many left. It is a good 
thing to know. On (»iir great lonely farm 
woodehueks have things all their ovvn way 
and Inid grown very bold. 
Connecticut. SARAH ISIIAM coit. 
