‘Ihe RURAL NEW-YORKER U 1027 
$1975 Buys the New Hudson Super-Six 
It Is Just Such a Quality Car As You Might 
Expect—Dealers Are Now Showing It 
RURALISMS 
Sumac and Wild Cherry Bark 
The Kansas Experiment Station lias is¬ 
sued a little circular giving the value of 
our common sumac. Every farmer who 
lias waste land knows what sumac is. and 
probably most of us have considered at 
times that there must be a possibility for 
profit in the berries of this plant. The 
Kansas circular states that the berries 
contain an oil which is edible, and which 
would probably take the place of' cotton¬ 
seed or linseed oil. These berries are said 
to contain nearly 12 per cent of this oil, 
and a ton of the sumac berries ought to 
give something like 25 gals, of the oil, 
with about the same value as linseed. Of 
course it is one thing to know that a 
product contains value, but quite another 
thing to get that value out in a practical 
way. S. S. Pennock & Co. make a spe¬ 
cialty of handling crude botanical drugs. 
They tell us that they do a considerable 
business in sumac, which is gathered for 
them very largely in the South. This 
sumac is sold to the manufacturers of 
natural dye extracts for the tannin which 
it contains. Domestic sumac carries from 
19 to 21 per cent of tannin. The price 
has been declining on account of the 
lower cost of imported sumac. The im¬ 
ported product comes from Sicily, and it 
is not likely that a profitable price for 
domestic sumac can be paid, while the 
foreign product is imported. This firm 
tells us that a call for wild cherry hark 
brought an immense quantity of it to this 
city. This bark is used in making cough 
medicine, and last Winter the price of 
16c per lb. was offered. In some sections 
farmers made a business of collecting this 
bark. They used all available cheap labor 
and produced so much of the bark that 
the price went down to 7c per lb. Great 
quantities of the bark are still coming in. 
The production of wild cherry bark pro¬ 
vided a Winter job on many a hill farm, 
as at the lowest figures a ton of the dry 
bark brought $140. with the freight taken 
out. The supply is now heavier than the 
demand, but for a time a big business 
was done. It is not generally known that 
for many years the farmers in several 
towns of Southern Connecticut did great 
business in gathering bushes and twigs of 
witch hazel. This was hauled to a central 
place and the oil extracted for the purpose 
of making a well-known medical remedy. 
Everlasting Flowers 
Are there any flowers (wild or garden) 
that can be dried or preserved for Win¬ 
ter? I am a member of an organization 
that will be very glad for any informa¬ 
tion along that line ; what kind of flowers 
and how to keep them for decorating in 
Winter. P. 
Harrisburg, Pa. 
There are a number of easily grown 
“everlastings” or “immortelles” that may 
be dried for Winter bouquets. They seem 
less popular now than formerly, but many 
of them are very pretty in a mixed border, 
and may be treated like our common gar¬ 
den annuals, sowing in the open border 
after danger of frost is over. They are 
listed in the seed catalogues both as “ever¬ 
lastings” and also under their botanical 
names, and are sold in mixed and separate 
colors. The Acroliuiums grow about 15 
inches high, and have attractive white or 
rose flowers; cut in bud state they dry 
well. Globe amaranths (botanically 
Gomphreua) have round flowers like 
clover heads, white, pink and crimson, 
and are excellent for bedding. They are 
often called bachelor’s buttons, but this 
name is also applied to cornflowers and a 
number of other flower.,. Helichrysums 
include a number of varieties, and are 
among the best everlastings. The colors 
are red. crimson, pink, rose, violet, yellow 
and white. They are hardy annuals, 
growing 2*{> feet high, and like a rich 
garden soil" with room to grow; they 
should be about a foot apart. The “im¬ 
mortelles” so much used by florists are 
Iloliohrysum areuarium; their culture 
has long beer, an extensive industry in 
France. Their natural color is yellow, 
hut they are bleached and dyed, and are 
very lasting. Helichrysum grandiflorum 
is the “Cape flower” of the florists, much 
larger than the immortelles; these have 
come from South Africa by way of Ger¬ 
many, and that country also formerly 
supplied artificial “Cape flowers” made of 
paper. The Rhodanthe, or Swan River 
everlasting, is a pretty Australian ever¬ 
lasting, which likes a warm, sandy soil 
and rather sheltered position. Still an¬ 
other very satisfactory everlasting is the 
annual Xeranthemum, with showy white, 
purple or rose flowers. It grows about 
three feet high and likes an open sunny 
situation, where it blooms from early 
Summer to frost. > It may be sown in 
open ground early in May. 
All everlastings, when intended for 
Winter bouquets, should be cut before 
fully open, tied in bunches and hung head 
downwards in a dry. airy place. If they 
are stood in jars or vases while drying 
the stems usually curve or become crook¬ 
ed, making the flowers awkward to ar¬ 
range when dry. llung downward, the 
stems dry perfectly straight. 
How often you must have heard users say 
the Super-Six is potentially the finest automo¬ 
bile that is built. 
Four years with 60,000 cars in use have 
shown how to free it from many of the annoy¬ 
ances regarded as inevitable to all cars. 
It expresses the attainment of an ideal long 
cherished but never before possible. 
Experience Showed 
the Way f 
Hudsons have been leaders for ten years. 
The Super-Six was the result of six years’ ex¬ 
perience. It marked a new advance in motor 
cars, for it minimized vibration and added to 
endurance without sacrificing simplicity or 
increasing weight. 
It gave 72% more power than other motors 
of equal size. 
A new motoring pleasure resulted. There was 
power for any emergency. There were speed 
possibilities beyond the needs of any driver. 
That was shown in its establishing speedway 
records that are known to everyone. 
As a result the Super-Six became the largest 
selling fine car in the world. 
Each year saw an advancement over previ¬ 
ous models. 
What was learned from cars delivered served 
to make subsequent cars finer and more durable. 
The development in beauty kept pace v/ith 
the improvement in mechanical detail. 
Hudsons became pattern cars that the v/hole 
industry recognizes. 
On That Experience 
A New Hudson Was Built 
Such a car would be impossible of any other 
organization. The men responsible for the 
Super-Six are likewise responsible for its de¬ 
velopment. They have retained all its earlier 
advantages. It is the same fine car you know, 
but it is enhanced in ways that meet the 
standard of our ideal. 
Prompt Deliveries Now 
Price $1975 (f. o. b. Detroit) 
Every season has seen a Hudson shortage. 
Buyers have v/aited months to get the car of 
their choice. 
Prompt deliveries are possible only to early 
buyers. 
When the new Super-Six gets into its 
natural swing, buyers will have to wait their 
turn. There has been a marked Hudson 
shortage for more than a year. Many dealers 
have already^ sold their first months’ allot¬ 
ments. • 
This new price would in itself create a big 
demand. But that $1975 buys a finer Super- 
Six must mean more people will want it. Its 
over sale will be tremendous. 
For that reason you will want to see the new 
Hudson Super-Six as soon as possible. 
(1071) 
Hudson Motor Car Company Detroit, Michigan 
MOLINE 
JUNIOH, 
SULKY 
B UY the Moline Junior 
Sulky because it is a 
simple plow and be¬ 
cause its cost is small for a 
riding plow. Buy it to do 
the best work with the least 
effort. Buy it in order to do 
your plowing right and with 
comfort. 
It is a sulky which can be pulled 
as easily as a walking plow be¬ 
cause it is carried on wheels and 
not dragged through the ground. 
A boy can manage it as easily as 
a man. 
The wheel control is automatic— 
the front furrow wheel being di¬ 
rectly connected by rod nnd exten¬ 
sion arm to the clevis When the 
mule3 turn the e-'ener the front 
wheel turns and the whole plow 
follows at onc_-. Square turns can 
be made to right or left 
without raising bottom. 
Set this sulky for right 
depth; then go into the 
field and do steady plowing with¬ 
out further adjustment. 
See your Moline dealer now 
or write us for full information. 
Moline Plow Co., Moline, 111. 
QAYTON AIRLESC 
Can’t Puncture 
Can’t Blow Out 
Piers of live, elastic rubber 
built about one inch apart inside 
the casing and vulcanized or 
welded to it take the place of an inner 
tube. Nothing can happen but wear. 
30x3 and 30x3^ sizes only—Ford Sizes. More 
than 50,000 cars equipped with them in 6 years. 
Ricr \lonPV * n becoming our exclusive 
dealer in your county. Tiro 
experience unnecessary. Write today for terms. 
Oept.R.K.The Dayton Rubber Mfg. Co. Dayton, 0. 
HAY CAPSttw* 
made from 
light duck and canvas. All sizes, 
write for prices. Eight oz. plain 
WAGON COVERS, 7x10 feet. $o. 
WATERPROOF CANVAS. each 
W. W. STANLEY. 50 Churcb St.. New Yoik 
mm UADtfSTQTPD *'ne man, one horse, one rotv. 
flfVDII NANWCO I tK Scl f Gathering. Equal to a Con* 
Hall n TV Binder. Sold direct to Farmers for 22 yra. Only $25 
W ■» With fodder binder. Woe Catalog showing pictures 
of Harvester. PROCESS CORN HARVESTER CO., Salina. Kano. 
_, , _ . Got our low 1919 prices. Farm- 
Rinnpr I Ufinp eras:eiits wanted. Sample free 
UIIIUGI I milt. Turn BURT X SONS Melrose. Ohio 
