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THE MAILBAG 
Winter Storage of Cannas 
How may T Camia ia)ots ovor 
Winter, so they will be all right for 
Spring planting? w. P. 
Medford, N. J. 
Dig the roots when the tops have dried 
a few days after being killed by frost. 
Let the roots dry in the open air ; do not 
shake all the earth off them. Then store 
them on shelves in a cellar where they 
will not freeze. A location suitable for 
ordinary potatoes will suit Cannas ; they 
must not be too warm and moist. It is 
wise to throw a thin covering of light 
soil over them on the shelves. The highly 
improved sorts seem subject to rot if not 
covered in this way, but well-cured roots 
from strong plants usually keep without 
any difficulty. 
Prospects for Pork 
Some people say that if the war ends 
the pig market will drop. Do you believe 
this? M. A. I.. 
New York. 
No! The war is not over yet, and even 
when the fighting ceases our Army will 
be needed in Europe for a long time. The 
army must be fed, and at the end of the 
war there will be even greater demands 
upon this country for bread, meat and 
fruit. The Food Administration is prac¬ 
tically pledged to keep the price of pork 
from this Fall’s pigs at 15i/^ cents. The 
world wants more pork and will pay for 
it. 
Skunks and White Grubs 
On page 1187 I notice reference to 
blackbirds and white grubs. You can in¬ 
clude skunks with blackbirds as enemies 
of white grubs. During the Summer 
months white grubs and grasshoppers are 
the principal food of skunks. The grubs 
live on grass roots, and the skunks dig 
them out and eat them. Sometimes they 
dig into potato hills and expose a few 
potatoes, but they get the grubs which 
would have spoiled many potatoes. If a 
farmer finds the white grubs getting thick 
on his farm, let him put up “No trapping” 
signs till the skunks get thick and they 
will control the grubs. F. E. koyce. 
Vermont. 
Grafting Ben Davis 
Can a Den Davis apple tree be grafted 
successfully? I am told it cannot. 1 
have two young trees and desire either to 
graft them or plant others in their place. 
What would you advise? G. n. c. 
Oronoque, Conn. 
Who tells you Ben Davis cannot he 
grafted? We have top-worked nearly .50 
such trees, and they make good stock. 
The variety is naturally hardy and does 
well with us. We should go ahead and 
graft. 
Buying Fertilizer in Advance 
We have an opportunity to buy some 
this year’s fertilizer for next year’s use. 
Will those goods hx^e in value if kept dry? 
If so, how much? If we can bu.v it at the 
price it was this Spring wdll it be best to 
do so? S- * 
Connecticut. 
Buy it, if it is a good brand, made by 
a reputable house. If kept dry and under 
cover there will be little or no lo.ss._ If 
the fertilizer contains much organic nitro¬ 
gen and was permitted to become wet and 
hot. it might lose some ammonia. If it is 
kept dry there will be no appreciable loss. 
Cat* Aa Vermin Destroyers 
We were overrun wdth rats, which ate 
our grain and burrowed under the stone 
wall of the barn and chicken houses. 
They were too wary to touch trap or 
poison after catching one or two. We 
tried every known method of getting rid 
of them in vain. We got some cats and 
they cleared the place of rats, mice, nudes, 
chipmunks and even weasels. A neighbor 
found half his buckwheat were shells and 
had continued losses. He tried the same 
methods and can now leave bags of feed 
uncovered on the barn floor. The occa¬ 
sional catching of a bird does nothing like 
the damage that we suffered from the 
rodents. Airedale dogs cannot climb 
beams and chase through hay mows like 
oats. c. p. L. 
Newfield, N. Y. 
Home Grain Grinding 
The little grain grinder which I re¬ 
ferred to for household grinding, is a .$4 
affair. It has an IS-inch balance wheel, 
and the labor of grinding is quite mod¬ 
erate. It grinds very fine if desired— 
quite as fine as the buhrstone grist mill. 
With hand sieves of different meshes, one 
can have any grade of flour or cornmeal 
desired, without regrinding. Loosened 
up, it makes a fine grain cracker. P'or 
months we have used almost exclusively 
home-grown flour, baking graham and 
whole-wheat flour, and our “domestic” 
brand of breakfast food, and reground 
bran to lighten up cornmeal for griddle 
cakes, and cornmeal galore. There is a 
“trifle” of difference in price between 
flour at $18 a barrel and wheat 3% cents 
a pound, and other meals in proportion. 
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Why a Case Tractor Is 
More Profitable 
T he number of working days for an advanced trac¬ 
tor like the Case 10-18 is rapidly increasing. Men 
thought of tractors principally for plowing twenty-six 
years ago, when we first began to build motor tractors. 
In later years, with the introduction of our smaller sizes, 
men were satisfied with a maximum of 30 days* use per year. 
But war-time conditions have brought about changes not 
only in the mechanical development of tractors, but in their 
adaptation for multiplied uses. 
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More Ways to Use Your Tractor 
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than a team of horses. Its length 
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a small gate or door and easily 
shares the road with other 
vehicles. 
While rated at 10 horsepower 
on the drawbar, it develops 
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This reserve power makes it 
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There are dozens of improve¬ 
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This type of construction 
brings rigidity. It minimizes 
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The strongest, warmest and 
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Size 84 by 90 inches. Beware 
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Roofing Prices Smashed 
Mill Ends $1.26 for 100 s 
ft. 
SO. £ 
Paint $1.42 gallon. \Vall 
Board 21*0. sq. ft. Frea 
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