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Tht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
A good Road prolongs tho life of everything 
that passes over it. It brings the farm and 
the market closer together—reducing costs to 
both producer and consumer. ARE YOU 
DOING ALL YOU CAN TO BOOST GOOD 
ROADS? 
MakesMohawkMilea^ 
MOHAWK 
Mohawk tires actually represent more value in mate- 
terials than any other tire you can buy. 
We realize that’s a broad statement. But we go 
on record with it—for the simple reason that we 
know it’s true. 
Here’s the proof. Mohawk tires contain 
No Reclaimed, Shoddy Rubber 
No “Fillers” 
Only the very purest rubber on the market—the 
very highest grade produced, is used in Mohawks. 
And another point—many supposedly good tires today 
contain in their treads “numerous fillers” that cheapen 
quality, barytes, clay, glue, whiting, lead, rosin. 
You won’t find a single one of these “fillers” in 
Mohawk tires, for the reason that if we used them we 
would cut down the expense of and increase the profits 
from the Mohawk tires, but at the same time, we would 
cut down the mileage yield that Mohawk tire gives. 
That we will not do—for we believe you prefer to buy 
your tires on their mileage ability rather than on price. 
Add to pure material an extra ply of standard weight 
fabric—the fact that Mohawks are hand made by the 
highest paid tire builders in the industry—and you will 
understand why once an automobile owner buys a 
Mohawk he will have no other make. 
Either cord or fabric tires—in ribbed and non-skid 
treads. Hand made, extra ply, Ford size tires, also. 
Good Dealers Everywhere Handle Them 
MOHAWK RUBBER COMPANY 
AKRON, OHIO 
n i . f 123 W. 68th St., New York City, N. Y. 
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Practically all tire trouble is 
due to under-inflation. 
Unless you maintain the air 
in your tires to the right 
pressure you cannot expect 
them to last 
Tires with not enough air 
In them not only wear out 
before their time, but they 
cause a tremendous waste oi 
gasoline. 
Cut down on your tire and 
gasoline bill by measuring 
the air in your tires with a 
SCHRADER UNIVERSAL 
TIRE PRESSURE GAUGE 
Price in U. S. $1.50 
Aslc your dealer to show you 
the SCHRADER UNIVER¬ 
SAL PUMP CONNECTION 
also. It makes tire-pumping 
and tire-testing easy. 
BARIUM-PHOSPHATE 
AN ALKALINE FERTILIZER 
ANALYZING 
16% Phosphoric Acid 7% Barium Sulphide 
SUPPLIES PHOSPHORUS AT A LOW COST 
Used in combination with manure or plowed under with green crops Bariuiu- 
Phospliate alone will produce profitable crops and maintain the fertility of your farm. 
MANURE IS DEFICIENT IN PHOSPHORUS 
It should have this element added to make It a well-balanced fertilizer. 
The value of manure Is doubled by reinforcing it with Barium-Phosphate. 
BARIUM-PHOSPHATE IS A DISINFECTANT 
It will keep your barns sweet and sanitary. 
Bud air and disease go band in baud. 
FOR THESE REASONS 
BARIUM-PHOSPHATE SHOULD BE USED IN THE BARN EVERY DAY 
It will pay yon to use Barium-Phosphate in the stable gutters every day, a pound 
or two behind' each animal, and materially reduce your fertilizer bill, for 
THE SAME AMOUNT OF MANURE WILL GO TWICE AS FAR 
WHEN RE-INFORCED WITH BARIUM PHOSPHATE 
CARLOADS, $21.50; LESS CARLOADS, $23.50 A TON 
Delivered in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and most New England points. 
Our book, “Phosphorus, the Master Key,” tells the story. 
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May 24, 1019 
A Farm Mother’s Notes 
Tite Help Problem.—T his is the first 
week in May, and as yet no seeding has 
been done. The boy has done a little 
plowing, but since it rains nearly every 
day, there’s not much chance to Avork 
out of doors. Later on, no doubt, we 
shall he wishing as hard for rain as Ave 
now long for fair weather. When the 
downpour lets up for a day he draws 
wood to the village and brings back fer¬ 
tilizer to be used on the oats and pota¬ 
toes. Wood chopping and fence building 
also are Avaiting for him. It looks as 
though ho would have to Avork the farm 
alone again this Summer, as a friend has 
persuaded the eldest boy to go and work 
a big farm for a man whe is just recov¬ 
ering from a severe accident. It is no 
doubt the right thing for son to do, for 
farm-grown help seems so scarce up here, 
hut we needed him at homo this Summer 
badly. We wanted to raise crops this 
year as their father used to raise, and 
one boy of 1G cannot very well do all the 
work on a 100-acre farm alone. lie will 
have to do the best he can, though, Avith 
what help the little fellows can give 
after school. I wish I could send him 
to an agricultural school. I believe he 
would come back to the home farm with 
his eyes opened to its possibilities. Some 
day—perhaps—it may come to pass. 
The Fuel Supply. —The big pile of 
limb Avood north of the wood house is 
really in the way, but I can’t do anything 
about it yet. One neighbor tells me to 
have the boys pile it Avliile green in the 
woodshed, and another neighbor told me 
to let it stay out in the sun and Avind 
for six Aveeks or so. After so much rain 
it will take lots of sunshine to dry it 
out, but inside or outside, it makes me 
feel good to have it on hand. I like a 
full wood box, also I burn chips when- 
ever I have them. 
Poultry and Fruit.—Tavo hens are 
each raising a brood of chicks, and the 
old white goose has a nestful of her eggs 
under her. The young goose has quit 
laying and does nothing but eat the new, 
green grass and bathe herself. There’s 
a setting of eggs waiting for her, so I 
Avish she would get busy and do something 
useful—either lay or set. A robin is 
building a nest in the shed again ; busy 
little body, I Avonder if she will be 
allowed to live and rear her family in 
peace. We have only a few cherry trees, 
so are glad to see the robins come. But 
if we had a large cherry orchard it would 
be a different story, no doubt. The buds 
on the fruit trees are swelling and the 
lilac is out in young leaf. The Spring 
“greens” are in season, even the canaries 
are hungry for green food; every bit of 
the dandelion leaves I give them is 
eaten. 
IIousecleaning. —Not much of my 
housecleaning has been done, the cold, 
rainy weather preventing, but before the 
month is ended I hope to have it all fin¬ 
ished. There is no use of my taking up 
carpets iioav, for in a week they would 
be as gritty as before. Mud outdoors 
means (lust and dirt indoors when there 
are 10 feet going and coming in and out 
every day—not counting the babies, of 
course—who only play outside in fair 
weather and always on the verauda if 
the ground is wet. No wonder my brooms 
wear out so fast, even though they cost 
me a dollar each. 
Tiie Children. —Laddie goes to school 
next week for the first; little brown-eyed 
Laddie, Avho it seems was a baby such a 
short while ago. Another dinner pail 
must be done up, making six in all, 
and Laddie-boy will enter, for him, a neAV 
world. Two babies are yet left to me, 
but the years go so fast, when the last, 
now a round-faced, blue-eyed two-year- 
old, shall have reached the age of dinner 
pails and school books, Avhat shall I do 
with myself all day? Always for 1!) 
years there has been a baby in the 
house; I cannot imagine this old house 
without one. Shall I have a tri-color cat 
in the old rocker Avhere baby sits so 
much now, as most of my neighbors have? 
Well, I don’t think so; I'm not fond of 
eats in the house, though I like to have 
one at the barns. Birds please me far 
better—birds and music. In my spare 
time I hope to study the latter, so that 
1 can play for my own amusement at 
least, and at the organ find the pleasure 
and peace I couldn’t have in the busy 
days of the past, when I was doing the 
needful for a houseful of children. The 
fact that makes the tears come and an 
ache in my heart is because I shall have 
to live those last days alone. He Avho 
should be my comfort when the children 
have all flown away was the first to go 
to that country from which none return. 
It must be a glorious place, and before 
we hardly realize it our span of life will 
be over and we too shall be there. 
M. W. SAVAYZE. 
The Federation of Agriculture is 
pledged to open markets for farm prod¬ 
ucts, fair treatment for country schools, 
and good roads for the back country 
farms. If you Avant these things, send 
in your registration. 
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