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The Sensible Gift 
Y ou can make each member of 
your family happy this Christmas 
with a pair of “Ball-Band” Rubber 
Boots, Overshoes or Rubbers. They’re 
strong,durable, well-fitting. They make 
welcome and sensible gifts. 
Look for the Red Ball when you buy. It marks 
the boots, arctics and light-weight rubbers worn 
by ten million people and sold by sixty thousand 
dealers. You are assured of the lowest cost per 
day’s wear when you buy "Ball-Band," 
Ask your dealer. 
A^ishawaka ^VooIen Mfg, Company 
333 Water Street Mishawaka, Ind. 
"TAc House That Pays Millions for Quality" 
If your dealeris not able to supply you 
promptly with the particular type of 
Ball-Hand" Boots or Arctics yon desire, 
we can only ask you to be patient. 
Many of our boys in France are wearing 
^Ball-Band Rubber Boots and Arctics. 
Meantime we are doing our utmost to 
supply, as quickly and as fully as pos¬ 
sible, the wants of “Ball-Band” wearers 
at home. 
P RESIDENT SUSPENDERS fit in perfectly with the 
Government’s thrifty-wise suggestion that you make this 
a Useful Christmas, In their holiday dress nothing can be 
more pleasing or more serviceable —for any man—and at 
such a reasonable expenditure. 
and for Christmas. To be 
sure that you get Presi¬ 
dents see that the word “President” appears on the buckle 
and that the President Guarantee Band is on each pair that 
you buy. If not absolutely satisfactory, we will repair, re¬ 
place, or (if requested) refund your money. Sold by leading 
dealers everywhere. 
PRESIDENT SUSPENDER GO., Shirley, Mass. 
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When you write advertisers mention The R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a 
quick reply and a “square deal.” See guarantee editorial page, 
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December 7, 10IS 
Country Christmas Boxes 
P*eing surrounded by the benutios of 
nature, people who live in the country 
often fail to realize the heart hunger of 
their city cousins for green trees and 
shrubbery. When it comes Christmas 
time, don’t think that you must send ex¬ 
pensive presents or indeed anything which 
costs money. Rave your money to buy 
War Savings Stamps, and send your city 
friends a box of C’hristmas decorations 
from the wmods and fields. In most sec¬ 
tions prince’s pine, holly, laurel, juniper 
twigs witli their berries, sprays of black 
alder hearing shiny T-ed fruit, and similar 
materials may be found. If you happen 
Paclcing the Christmas Box. Fig. O'/i 
to live along llie coast yon may he able 
to collf'ct hayberry branches with the 
fruit adhering. lOveu bayberries picked 
from the stems will be welcomed. There 
are few jicople living in the towns who 
would not bo pleased to got such a box 
from the country. It enables them to 
make their own wreaths and window 
decorations, which is an item worth con¬ 
sidering, for wreaths purchased in the 
markets are expensive now'. 
’riiere is no reason why the same ever¬ 
greens and berries should not he used for 
decorating the farm home. They look 
about them. In such instances the fowl 
should be transferi'ed to other awas for 
a season. m. a. bt.ake. 
Fall-Dug Holes for Spring Planting 
Do you think it will hurt apple tives 
if I put manure in holes, now in Fali, 
then take manure out in Spring and jdant 
trees, as I have all holes dug out? .My 
father says that it is wrong that I dug 
holes out now, because the winds will dry 
up the holes. But I think if filled with 
manure now', and left tilt 'Spring, tlmse 
holes will he richer for trees than if 
planted in freshly dug holes. Land is in 
rye now. and is facing south, sloping. 
After digging over one foot ground is yel¬ 
low'. and on hill kind of gravel; has Ix'en 
manured last Fall, and was in corn. Lots 
of manure is seen now' in digging holes. 
Englishtown, N. ,T. w’. o. 
We have tried this plan and w'ill never 
tlo it again. One Fall we dug 2r)0 holes 
and filled them with manure. This was 
on the advice of a man who claimed to 
know' all about it. In the Spring avc 
scraped out the manure and planted. A 
large proportion of the trees died, and 
others that survived wei'e not thrifty for 
several years. We tried it once again, 
with the same results. Therefore—nev('r 
again We have ahvays had good results 
when planting a strong, w'ell-grown tree 
in a fresh-dug hole and we think that is 
the way to plant. Various .schemes are 
advanced as to w'liy the trees fail when 
planted in Fall-dug holes. We think the 
soil dries out too mncli and that the 
manure in the hole is a disadvantage. 
We would never put manure or fertilizer 
in the hole in close contact w'ith the roots. 
If need be, put it on top of the ground 
after planting. 
Syrup From Corn-stalks 
I notice that on page 12G<S the Hope 
Farm man acknowledges the receipt of a 
small quantity of syrup made from the 
juice of the stalks of Fvergreen sw«‘et 
corn and praises its quality, ('ortvz re- 
jiorted that, upon his arrival in Mexico, 
tlie natives were manufacturing a syi'up 
from the juice of coi-n«talks that 'was 
fully ennal to that made from the .sugar 
cane. Humboldt states that the i’enivi- 
Woodland Treasures in Decorative Display 
especially pretty when arranged loosely 
in medinm-.si'/,('d baskets. If you have 
saved some dried everlasting flow'crs from 
the Hummer ti'arden yon can add them, to 
give an additional touch of color. 
E. I. FARRINGTON. 
Fire Blight and Woolly Aphis 
I have three apple trees, a Baldwin, 
an Early Harvest and a Greening. After 
spraying la.st Spring with arsenate I no¬ 
ticed that the ends of the twigs were dry¬ 
ing and withering. This drying continued 
along the twig for about 12 to 18 inches. 
Where the dry portion of the twig ended 
the tree sent out fresh shoots. In the 
fork of tlie twig and around the buds was 
found a woolly Avhite substance which 
when rubbed gave out a red fluid. I cut 
hack all the dead portions of the trees. 
Could yon give me further advice in 
handling this disease? F. H. 
Bayside, N. Y. 
T do not think the spraying of your 
trees with arsenate of lead had any con¬ 
nection with the dying back of the ends 
of some of the twigs. The sample sent 
shows an attack of fire blight. The Rhode 
Island Greening ajiple is quite susceptible 
to this disease. The white woolly sub¬ 
stance which yon describe was the cover¬ 
ing of woolly aphis. This insect seldom 
does much harm upon apjile trees in the 
North that are well sprayed and cared 
for. To cheek fire blight as much as pos¬ 
sible. the trees should not make too fast 
and succulent a growth in early Spring, 
yet trees suffering from a lack of plant 
food may also blight. A medium strong 
vigorous gi'owth is best, and it should not 
occur too rapidly in the early season. 
Sometimes trees grow too rapidly because 
' chickens are allowed to run in yards made 
ans manufactured such syrup fully 100 
years before the advent of the Europeans. 
In the early history of New England it 
was made in considerable quantities and 
used in the manufacture of the genuine 
New England rum. In 1724 the General 
Assembly of the Colony of Coiineeticnt 
granted to Edward Hinman of Stratford 
the exclusive privilege of manufacturing 
molasses from cornstalks in the County 
of Faireld, and forbade, any other person 
to engage in the business for a period of 
10 years, except upon payment to Hin¬ 
man of a royalty of five pounds a month. 
Provided, that the said llinman shall 
make as good molasses, and as cheap, as 
that which comes from the West Indies. 
A change in the tariff law's cheapened the 
West India product and killed this iu- 
dusti-y in New England. 
Along in the late seventies numerous 
experiments were made along this line, 
chiefly in Pennsylvania, and in the early 
eighties the Department of Agriculture 
made a thorough study of the matter. It 
was found that the juice contained from 
0 to 18 per cent of total sugars, and 
from 1 to 7 per cent of sucrose, or sugar 
capable of being crystallized as commer¬ 
cial sugar. The remainder remained in 
the form of molasses, thus bringing it 
into the same class with sorghum. Com¬ 
parative tests showed that the yield per 
given area is so small that syrup from 
cornstalks can never be produced in com¬ 
petition with sorghum, except possibly 
upon a very small scale and in localities 
where the latter plant cannot be succcess- 
fully grown or economically imported. 
C. O. ORMSREE. 
“Why do you drop so many pennies in 
that slot machine?” “Oh, I like to pat¬ 
ronize a proposition that hasn’t raised its 
price.”—Kansas City Journal. 
