TShe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Ground Bone With Rabbit Manure 
I put two or three pounds clean rabbit 
manure in the strawberry hills; have a 
few pounds ground bone fertilizer on 
hand. Shall I add that to the rabbit ma¬ 
nure or hold it for the Spring? Soil had 
horse manure last Spring. Should 1 put 
any other fertilizer in the hills now? i 
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We wotild add the ground hone now. i 
This is the time to use phosphoric acid, 
and that is mostly what the bone will 
supply. The fruit buds for next year’s 
crop are formed in late Summer and early 
Fall, and phosphorus is needed to push 
them along. The plants will not need 
other fertilizer this Fall. lie sure to 
mulch the bed just after the ground 
freezes. __ 
Smut in Corn 
I have been troubled with a lot of 
smut in corn this season, and would like 
to know if it is caused by the seed plant¬ 
ed. ir. 
The smut in corn is a fungus or germ 
disea.se. Unlike the smut on wheat or 
oats, the germs of this di.sease are not 
found on the seed, as is the case with the 
smaller grains. The smut disease is gen¬ 
erally confined to an occasional ear here 
and there, and not to the entire outinit of 
grain. Testing the corn seed, therefore, 
as w'e do wheat or oats, could have little 
or no effect in stopping the disease. In 
fact, there is no way of iireventing it ex¬ 
cept by changing the field and growing 
some other crops for a time. The disease 
is spread by means of germs which float 
in the air and fall upon the growing ear. 
It is carried all Winter in the field, or in 
the manure when the smutted ears are 
fed. _ 
Wood Furnace Heating 
Will hard wood take the place of coal in 
heating boiler and furnace? It wilt if 
your heating jdant is large enough so you 
can get good results in the coldest weath¬ 
er and some of the right kind of hard 
wood, and will learn just what to do each 
night ns the weather changes. First, 
have wood the right length and most of it 
as large ns will go through the boiler or 
furnace door. Have your hou.se warm at 
bed time with fire nearly out. Fill fire¬ 
box of boiler full, wood with round side 
down and laid close together. If the wood 
is green, so much the better. Have good 
damper in stove pipe; shut this damper 
as tight as possible, so there is no smoke 
coming out of furnace door. lyearn what 
kind of wood will burn the longest time, 
which is first cuts of .second growth and 
knots. Keep these for cold nights. In 
this way you will not miss the coal and 
only part of the coal dealer’s toll. The 
writer learned how to keep np steam with 
saAvdust and a little wood in 1873: have 
used most of the different kinds of fuel 
for different uses since. 
TIRNKY A. IJEACn. 
Schenectady Co., N. Y. 
Destroying Burdock 
Last year I killed .several largo patches 
of burdock by cutting it at the ground 
surface and putting a little kerosene on 
the cut—about a teaspoonful to very large 
plants, and others in proportion. I did 
this in late .Inly and early August, and 
there were no plants in the treated area 
this year. This September I went over 
another area, cutting only the plants with 
l)urrs, and piled them for burning. The 
plant is a biennial and I believe that by 
cutting late in the sea.son when the burrs 
are well developed the plant will not have 
strength enough to bear more seed. Thus, 
by cutting the matured plants shortly be¬ 
fore frost for two successive years, I shall 
b(‘ rid of the pest, except for such scat¬ 
tered plants as may come from seed of 
some previous growth. One word of 
warning: Be dead siire that you burn 
the piles of cut branches as soon as they 
are dry enough. william if. woodkuff. 
New Jerse'^___ 
Sunflower Silage 
An article appeared recently with ref¬ 
erence to sunflowers being as g(»od for 
silage as corn. How are they treated? 
By this I mean cutting the entire stalk 
or only a portion of it. F. A. w. 
Cheshire, Conn. 
The entire stalk of the sunflower, in¬ 
cluding the head, is cut into the silo— 
the same as the entire cornstalk. It is 
better to mix the sunflowers with corn, 
millet or some other crop. This makes a 
good silage. ’I'he Cermans are making 
great use of sunflowers for both human 
and cattle food. 
Rye and Vetch on Heavy Sod 
I have a tract of about 10 acres which 
was plowed last Spring for the first time 
in four years, and planted to corn. It 
was a heavy sod, and is not all rotted yet. 
Do you think there is enough organic mat¬ 
ter in the soil, or would you advise me to 
sow rye and Winter vetch? c. . 1 . c. 
We would seed the rye and vetch. It 
will add organic matter and some nitro¬ 
gen, help break up and decay the old sod 
and prevent washing and .some loss of 
nitrates. The advantages will more than 
offset the cost of seed and labor. 
Moline-Universal Makes$vonderfu 
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DEMONSTRATION CHODND 
AITENi S.C.IUEKENKOPH. 
Dear 
We teg to report tho following 
performance of a Moline UniTersal tractor 
9-18 H.P. Serial No. 19003 Motor No. 10003 
under test for draw bar horse power. 
Conditions;— 
Soil: Stubble ground- loose on top 
firm underneath. 
Load: Plow, two fourteen Inch plows. 
IVnamomcter t Hyatt Recording. 
Draw Bar Pullt Ajorage for one nlnuto 
In maximum. 
Time: Recorded by dvbamometer. 
Hitch: Horizontal - centered. 
TEST : GEAR ; DRAW : SPEED MILES: DR,1W BAR i RE* 
NO. : : BAR • PER HOUR : HORSE POWER: MARKS, 
;: POLL :i 
: SISBO; 3.18 
12.5 
jn.'20.05 
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I plowing 
s maximum 
L. S. NEWMAN 
J.B.DAVIDSON. 
MANAGER OP DEMONSTRATION. 
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I N previous advertising we have stated 
that the Moline-Universal was con¬ 
servatively rated at 9-18 h. p. Just 
how conservative is shown by the 
astonishing official tests made at the 
National Tractor Demonstration which 
showed the Moline-Universal to have an 
excess of over II h. p. on the draw bar 
and 8 h. p. at the belt. 
Certainly these tests show beyond 
question of doubt the efficiency of the 
Moline-Universal. For each 169 lbs. of 
weight the Moline-Universal developed 
1 h. p. on the draw bar. Compare this 
with the ordinary tractor which develops 
1 h. p. for each 250 to 300 lbs. weight— 
and you will clearly realize the greater 
efficiency and corresponding greater 
economy of the Moline-Universal. 
However, we ehall continue to rate the Moline- 
Universal at 9-18 h. p. A tractor to give satisfactory 
service and stand up for years under the strain of 
tractor work must have reserve power, and the 
greater the reserve the better. Under normal con¬ 
ditions- the Moline-Universal has from SO to 100 
per cent reserve power. Think what this means. 
Ninety-eight per cent of its entire 
weight is on the two big drive wheels 
where every ounce is available for traction. 
The Moline-Universal is scientifically con¬ 
structed and utilizes its weight to best 
advantage. It has no dead weight. 
From the above report you will see 
that the Moline-Universal developed 
20.05 h. p. at 3.52 m. p.h. pulling two 
plow bottoms 9 to 10 in. deep in excep¬ 
tionally hard plowing. At 2.18 m.p. h. 
it developed 12.5 h. p. The difference 
in speed accounts for the extra draw bar 
pull. At 3.5 m. p. h. under average 
conditions the Moline-Universal will 
plow as much in a day as a 3-plow 
tractor traveling at 2.25 m.p.h. 
Just the Right Size 
If the Moline-Universal were built to 
pull a 3-bottom plow, it would be too 
heavy for light work. As the Moline- 
Universal is now built it has ample 
capacity for all ordinary plowing needs, 
and at the same time is equally suited 
for light operations such as cultivating, 
haying, harvesting, etc. which require far 
more work hours than your heavy work. 
You are chiefly concerned in getting 
your work done quicker and better than 
you ever did before. You have no 
fixed power requirements. One day 
your work may be heavy, the next day 
light—and the light work is just as 
important as the heavy. Thus, you 
must have a tractor which will do both 
heavy and light work efficiently and 
economically, and the Moline-Universal 
fully meets both these requirements. 
You have plenty of power when you 
need it and when you don’t want it you 
have no extra expense—as you would 
have with a heavy tractor for light jobs. 
Remember this—here s what the 
Moline-UniverseJ Tractor will do for you: 
it) Gives you plenty of power for all your work, 
both heavy and light. 
(2) It does all farm wo^k including cultivating. 
(3) One man operates both tractor and imple¬ 
ment from the seat of the implement in all operations. 
(4) Electric lights enable it to be worked nights 
to make up for unavoidable delays. 
(5) Because of self-starter, non-robust labor 
can operate tractor successfully. 
(6) So well made and has so much reserve power 
that itMiill give many years of service. 
Send for free catalog which gives 
detailed description of the Moline- 
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OVERLOADED 
Friction means shorter life for 
horse, harness and axle. 
Roofing Products 
Why build to burn? Use Galvanized Roofing 
for farm buildings—Tin Roofs for residences. 
Apollo-Ketstonk Galvanized Shoots not only excel for Uooflng and 
Siding purposes, but an; spoolally adapted for Oulvorts, Tanks, Spouting, 
and all exposed shoot metal work. Keystone CopPE'ltSTE’.Ei, ItootlngTln 
Plates are unequalod. Sold by leading dealers. Look for tho Keystone 
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AMERICAN SHEET AND TIN PLATE COMPANY. Frick Bldg., Pittsbursh, Pa. 
MICA 
AXLE GREASE 
Stops friction. Makes permanent 
bearing surface. 
Eureka Harness OH keeps 
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