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E6c RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 7, 1918 
Johnson’s Freeze-Proof is the logical anti-freeze preparation to use in automobiles, 
trucks, tractors, gas and stationary engines, and electro lighting and heating 
plants. It is inexpensive—does not evaporate—is non-inflammable—easy to 
use—and guaranteed. It is much more dependable than alcohol as there is no 
evaporation. 
.lOHNSON’S freeze-PROOF 
hard and soft flag as a substitute for rye 
straw in wrapping trees and stock, but of 
course the price will not soar to that of 
good quality chair flag without a corre¬ 
sponding increase in the price of straw, 
but as this product is much easier cured 
than chair flag it is quite profitable at pre¬ 
vailing prices for straw if the demand is 
brisk. ALFRED B. LEAKE. 
Monroe Co., N. Y. 
Is a great time and money saver. It does not evaporate so one application is 
for the whole winter. It raises the boiling point of water from 20° to 40°— 
chances of overheating are reduced correspondingly. 
Don’t bother to drain your radiator every night—use Johnson’s Freeze-Proof 
and you can leave your gas engine and tractor uncovered on the coldest nights— 
Leave your car in an unheated garage—IT CAN’T FREEZE. 
One package of Johnson’s Freeze-Proof will protect a Ford to 5° below zero, 
and two packages to 50° below zero. For larger radiators, or to protect to a 
lower temperature, use additional Freeze-Proof according to scale on package. 
Cost $1.50 per package in U. S. A. East of Rockies. Get it from your nearest 
dealer. 
S. C. JOHNSON & SON, Dept. RNY Racine, Wis. 
Established 1882. 
Gathering Leaves 
As a ‘’ha.s-bcon” T have been interested 
in the querie.4 ■ii.'piit gathering forest 
leaves and the methods set forth by sev¬ 
eral correspondents of The R. N.-Y.. for 
I used to gather tons of them every Fall, 
keeping at it until the snow came to stop 
it. They not only make excellent bedding, 
if used ir'c’y enoi "h. and are of high fer¬ 
tilizing va. le, hut t lighten up the 
manure .and they appear to have the ef¬ 
fect of holding and preventing the escape 
ammonia. At ]ea.st, when I used 
leaves freely on the linters the ammonia 
odor was noticeably absent from the 
stable. I not only raked up the leaves 
around the buildings and along the road¬ 
sides, but went into the forest and 
gathered up the accumulations of many 
seasons. Some think this is not good for 
the forest trees, but I have saved wood- 
lots from the spread of forest fires by it. 
The methods of handling set forth by 
your correspondents are too slow to make 
the gathering of leaves in large quantities 
practicable. I.et me present a method 
in use in this vicinity by which large 
quantities are “harvested” with economy 
of labor and time. First, we make a 
“loader” by splitting open, lengthwise, a 
large shorts bag, or by taking a piece of 
canvas about six feet long by three wide 
and tacking the ends securely to sticks, 
old broomhandles if we have them. We 
rake^ the leaves into windrows, the 
heavier the better, and drive a wagon 
with a large box (say a hayrack lined 
with boards) alongside. One man takes 
the “loader.” lays it on the windrow 
lengthwise, kiek§ or pulls the end handle 
as far under as possible, reaches out the 
other end and brings it down, drawing 
the two ends toward each other, and 
tosses the load onto the wagon. He can 
thus pick up a barrel or so of leaves at 
almost one motion. The man on the 
wagon picks up the loader, tosses it back, 
and steps lively to tread down the leaves 
before the next load comes. In a sur¬ 
prisingly short time two men can load a 
ton of leaves. In unloading, if trodden 
down w'ell, the leaves can be thrown off 
with a three-tined pitchfork by working 
hack and forth, much as you would spade 
a garden. 
Not having use for leaves now as bed¬ 
ding, I rake them down the hill into a 
big pile, and let them rot, where I have 
a fine bed of vegetable mold that a green¬ 
house man might envy. j. N, Pardee. 
Massachusetts. 
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Coming Farmers’ Meetings 
_ New Jersey State Horticultural So¬ 
ciety, annual meeting, Atlantic City, 
N. J., Dee. 2-4. 
Virginia State Horticultural Society, 
annual meeting and fruit exhibit, Lynch¬ 
burg, Va., Dec. .S-n. 
Virginia Dorn (Jrower.s’ Association, 
annual meeting and corn show, Lynch¬ 
burg, Va., Dec. .3-5. 
Fifth Annual National Farmers’ Ex¬ 
position and Ohio State Apple Show. 
Toledo, Ohio, Dee. 0-1-4. 
Dairymen’s League, annual stockhold¬ 
ers’ meeting, .Tersey City. N. .1., Doc. 10. 
Wisconsin Cheese Makers’ Association, 
Auditorium, Milwaukee, Wis., Jau. 8-10, 
inin. 
New Y'ork State Dairymen’s Associa¬ 
tion, annual meeting, Syracuse, N. Y., 
Deo. 10-12. 
Michigan State Horticultural Society, 
annual meeting, Detroit. Dec. 10-12. 
_ Western New York Horticultural So¬ 
ciety and New Y"ork State Fruit Growei's’ 
As.sociation, joint meeting, Rochester, N. 
Y., .Tan. 12, 1019. 
Third Annual New .Tei’sey Agricultural 
Convention, Trenton, .Tan. 1.3-17, 1019. 
New Jersey State I’oultry Association, 
annual meeting and exhibition, the Arm¬ 
ory, Trenton, N. J., .Tan. 1.3-17, 1910. 
Omaha Inter-State Imnd Show, Muni¬ 
cipal Auditorium, Omaha, Neb., Feb. 
12-22, 1919. 
Coming Live Stock Sales 
Dee. 10—Holsteins. Gomley Bros. 
Dispersion Sale, Jefferson, Wis. 
Dec. 12—North Carolina Hereford Cat¬ 
tle Breedei*s’ Association, Charlotte, N. 
C.: J. H. Rogers, secretary. 
Feb. 4-5, 1919—Holsteins. Pure-bred 
Live Stock Sales Co., Rrattleboro, Vt. 
April 1-2, 1919—Ilolsteins. Pure-bred 
Live Stock Sales Co., Rrattleboro, Vt. 
Jan. 8-10, 1919 — Ohio Shorthorn 
Breeders’ Association, Shorthorns, Cot- 
lumbus, Ohio; P. G. Ros-s, sale manager. 
Feb. 18-21, IP 9—Shorthorn Congress 
Show and Sale, Chicago, Ill.; F. W. 
Harding, manager. 
March 7, 1919—W. C. McGavock, Du- 
roc-Jerseys,: Mt. Pulaski, Ill. 
“For the Land’s Sake, use Bowker’s 
Fertilizers; they enrich the earth and 
those who till it.”— Adv. * 
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Its penetrating and softening effect 
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