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serves, jellies and temperance drinks; 
milk consumption will no doubt be in¬ 
creased and apples will have lost nothing 
in demand, for there is legitimate use 
for all. I do not think that even the 
old-fashioned cider mill operator would 
mind the change after he had installed 
a generator, as naturally his profits would 
be higher in turning out a finished vinegar 
than in just the sweet juice. Then too, 
lie could specialize in a prepared sweet 
cider, and by the addition of a rotary 
drier he could dry tiie pomace, for which 
there is a wide market with the jelly 
makers. We have had the old way so 
long that many of us nre inclined to hold 
“there is nothing new under the sun.” 
Bring up a generation away from hard 
cider and no fear need be felt of the 
apple in any form devisable. 
A. H. PULVEK. 
Cost of Growing Potatoes 
There have been many figures purport¬ 
ing to show the cost of growing potatoes. 
The following statement is made by Earle 
Dilatush of Mercer Co., N. ,T. This ap¬ 
plies to the conditions found in Central 
New Jersey. Mr. Dilatush is president of 
the Xew Jersey Potato Growers’ Associa¬ 
tion. You will notice that he also gives 
the composition of his cover crop seeding. 
This crop follows the potatoes. It covers 
the soil during the Fall and Winter, and 
is plowed under the following Spring. 
Such a cover crop is specially needed for 
the potatoes where a ton of fertilizer is 
used to the acre. Of course that repre¬ 
sents more plant food than any ci’op could 
remove, and if the land were left bare 
much of .the nitrogen would be lost. The 
cover crop holds this nitrogen safely in 
the soil. You will notice that rye is a 
part of all such cover crops. This tough 
and hardy grain is sure to live even if 
the clover is killed out. 
COST PER ACRE OF *I91S POTATO CROP 
Cover crop. $ g 00 
Seed preparation . (> 00 
Ground preparation . 0, 00 
Planting. 4 00 
Cultivation . PJ 00 
Digging . 4 00 
Marketing, picking up. carting to 
station and grading . 16.00 
20 per cent depreciation in nia- 
chinery . 6.00 
Interest for one-half year on ac¬ 
tual amount spent on crop_ 4.86 
Miscellaneous. 3 00 
Fertilizer. 1 ton 4-8-8.! 08.00 
Seed, about 15 bu. 34.00 
Total 
8166.86 
Note : Owner’s labor, 50 cents an hour ; 
hired labor, 35 cents an hour; horse 
labor. 20 cents an hour. 
Cover crop — Rye, one-half bushel; 
vetch, six quarts; clover mixture, six 
quarts; turnip seed, four ounces 
Weevils in Dried Fruit 
Is there anything to keep weevils out 
of dried fruit, and what may be done to 
destroy them in fruit? n r c 
Flinty, N. C. 
Mohawks and 
Rocky Roads 
There’s a rocky road, a bumpy road, or a bad strip of 
roadway of some sort, between you and your market. It’s 
punishing your tires—putting a terrific strain upon them. 
Many tires which may give good mileage under easy 
conditions won’t stand up long under this abuse. 
The strain may not show on their treads. For those 
bumps and strains don’t hurt the rubber. They pound 
away at the fabric, sometime breaking one or two plies 
down underneath. The break may not show for weeks. 
But it is there. It spreads. Other plies give way. 
Suddenly, you have a blowout. You wonder why, 
Mohawk tires don’t gi-we way even under such severe 
service as this. Most sizes have one more ply of fab¬ 
ric than other makers think it necessary to use. 
And this extra ply makes all the difference in the 
worH in the strength of the tire. 
Of course, Mohawks would give good mileage without 
this extra ply if they were always used on smooth roads 
and pavements. 
But the Mohawk Company believes that Mohawk 
users cannot always pick and choose their roads. They 
have to go where they want to, when they want to. 
Because of this we haven’t skimped on a single 
feature. We pay more money for our rubber and fab¬ 
ric than most makers so that we can secure the best. 
We use a generous quantity of these materials. 
Mohawk Tires actually weigh more than other 
tires because there is more good rubber in them. 
For example, the Mohawk Cord Tire weighs 8 to 10 
pounds more than most other cord tires on the market. 
We hire the most experienced workmen we can find 
and give them plenty of time to put the best they know 
into every tire. 
There is nothing mysterious or secret about such 
method*. Just a reasonable logical policy of building 
honest tires so that every tire produced will give the 
buyer a good big value in mileage. 
Isn’t that the sort of a tire that appeals to you? 
Good dealers almost everywhere sell Mohawks. 
MOHAWK RUBBER COMPANY 
AKRON, OHIO 
Branches at: 
New York Boston Chicago Atlanta Kansas City San Francisco 
Write for the Name of Our Nearest Distributor. 
MOHAWK 
TIRES 
Less than 222,311 miles of our total 
of 2,223,117 miles of highways are 
improved. 
We could improve this percentage 
immensely by spending money on 
good roads, rather than on new 
tires that bad roads wear out. 
Think it over. Boost good roads. 
Occasionally when dried fruit is pur¬ 
chased from the grocer it is already in¬ 
fested with weevils. In such a case the 
fruit should be returned at once. Often, 
however, dried fruit becomes infested 
while stored in the pantry or elsewhere 
in the house. There is no practicable 
way to destroy the insects after they are 
once well established and, at the same 
time, save the infested fruit. When dried 
apples, raisins, and other evaporated 
fruits become infested with insects the 
material should be sorted over as well as 
possible, saving that portion which is 
,clean and throwing away the remainder. 
If the whole mass is infested it might as 
well be thrown away at once. 
Dried fruit can be stored safely from 
the attacks of household insects by plac¬ 
ing it in tight glass jars, or in tin cans, 
or in sealed paper cartons. Even the tin 
cans and glass jars are liable to offer 
small openings through which the insects 
may enter unless care is taken to have 
tightly fitting covers. Dried apples can 
be safely stored in paper Hour sacks only 
when the mouth of the sack is tied so 
tightly that no insects, no matter how 
small, can enter. This means extra care 
in folding tin* sack at the mouth and tie- 
ing it with cord strong enough to draw 
the folds very tightly together. There is 
no substance with which we are ac¬ 
quainted that can be placed among the 
fruit to repel insects and prevent in¬ 
festation. GEEN N W. HERRICK. 
m 
“Never Saw 
A Bug” 
The potatoes that I sprayed with Pyrox kept green 
until the frost killed them, without a sign of blight, I 
never saw a bug on them after using Pyrox. It is easier 
to apply than any mixture I have ever used, and will not 
wash off in the heaviest showers.”— L. A. Littlefield, 
winner of the first prize of $200 in a Maine potato grow¬ 
ing contest. 
lyrox 
“The Spray 
that Adds to 
Your Profit” 
kills the bugs as fast as they appear, and pre- 
. vents blight and rot. Use it on the young 
plants before bugs or blights get their start*. 
Why not try it? You might like it! 
Get this Pyrox Crop Book. It tells how to pro¬ 
tect your crops against bugs, worms and disease. Send 
for a copy today. A postal card will bring it. 
Bowker Insecticide Company 
43-A Chatham St.. Boston 1002 Fidelity Bldg., Baitimois* 
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