UNIVERSAL TRACTOR 
Moline Plow Company, Moline, Illinois 
PLOWING 
CULTIVATING 
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for every purpose. 
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COLLINS PLOW COMPANY 
•M-U H«mp«hir» St.. Quincy, III, 
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PRESS 
Vie RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1051 
line! two-thirds of their food provided for.; 
Potatoes? Our crop looks w:> I. but is 
out of the commercial class. Figures 
show that our potatoes have rarely paid a 
nrofit, and this year our labor goes info 
other crops. The bugs came upon us and 
>ve used (lust. On part of the held we ap¬ 
plied the mixture of siilphur and arsenate 
of lead which is.used on the trees. It 
killed the bugs. On the rest of the field 
we used a new dust mixture designed by 
!>r. (t. M. Twitched, who believes that 
any form of arsenic is injurious to the 
plants. This dust lias surely done the 
business. 
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The ‘•June drop” from the apples has 
been very heavy this year, some varieties 
suffering more than others. McIntosh 
hangs to its fruit well and seems likely to 
give a full crop. Most other varieties ex¬ 
cept Wealthy are somewhat shy. One 
thing about McIntosh is that most of the 
fruit seems to be inside: that is. on the 
inner branches. Many growers seem to 
prune McIntosh heavily for that reason, 
—in order to get color on these inside ap¬ 
ples. Prof. Blake tells me of a case 
where this habit saved the crop. A se¬ 
vere hailstorm injured the fruit on the! 
outside branches, hut did not work in¬ 
side. so that McIntosh escaped. I will 
make no guess as to the size of our crop. 
It will be smaller than we expected, but 
prices promise to he high. At any rate, 
as Summer reaches the peak, and we be¬ 
gin to slide down the other side of the 
roof, it is evident that Hope Farm has 
a job to keep the work up. Here are 
haying and harvest and hoeing all in a 
hunch. Well, let them come. We have 
plenty of places to work, and a good place 
to rest. A part of the porch has been 
screened off into a rest room There, when 
the time comes, you can sit in a hammock j 
or in a rocking chair at ease, while good- 
sized specimens of Jersey mosquitoes pre¬ 
sent their hills at the wire screens with no 
hope of collecting blood money, ir. w. C. 
spray to ■ 
are cov-' 
Asparagus Beetle 
Will you tell what kind of a 
use on asparagus tops? They 
ered with two kinds of hard-shelled hugs. 
Sheridan, N. Y. c. r.. s. 
At least, one of the insects mentioned is! 
the well-known asparagus beetle. When 
the beetle first appears it may be kept un¬ 
der control by persistency picking off by 
hand and destroying them before they 
can deposit tlieir eggs for a new brood, 
hut if neglected until they become estab¬ 
lished this method of controlling them is 
entirely hopeless. The only hope then 
lies in destroying them by spraying the 
plants with insecticides. In former years 
Paris green was the established remedy, 
mixed at the rate of 1 lb. to the barrel of 
water. The writer found this quite ef¬ 
fective in numerous instances. Of late 
years I have found the preparation known 
as Pyrox quite'as effective, and more de¬ 
sirable. as it sticks to the foliage and is 
not easily washed off even by heavy rains, j 
This remedy may be used at the rate of 
I lb. to 10 or 12 gallons of water. Apply 
with compressed air sprayer if possible, 
as the job can be much more thoroughly 
and cheaply done than by most any other 
method. K. 
Sweet Clover on Cut-over Land 
Will you tell me how to sow Sweet 
clover in a pasture that is part cut over? 
This is ground that I cannot work with 
any farm tools. 1 sowed some this Spring, 
but it did not come up. J. w. n. 
Erie Co.. N. Y. 
.T. W. D. will never get a stand of 
Sweet clover if sown on sod before No¬ 
vember 1 or after March 1. If he would 
sow the unhulled between these dates, the 
snow, with freezing and thawing of early 
Spring, might enable him to get a fair 
stand, but I would advise him in October 
to stir up the soil all he can with some 
sort of a tool. Perhaps he can get an 
old-fashioned shovel plow foV one liorse. 
which would dig it up quite a little, and 
be easy to handle, as the beam is higher 
than the stumps. If he can get Sweet 
clover started in that new laud it will he 
his best pasture. a. ruoomixgd.vli'. 
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Saves KMen and 5 Horses Per Farm 
Through the most comprehensive tractor survey 
yet attempted, we have found by figures from Moline- 
Universal Tractor owners—not by guess work—that 
the Moline-Universal actually saves an average of 
one and one-third men and five horses per farm. 
Over 200 farmers in 37 states from Main to Cal¬ 
ifornia and North Dakota to Texas were closely 
questioned, and their farms ranged in size from 40 
to 800 acres. Every one of the Moline-Universal 
owners whose data forms a basis for these conclu¬ 
sions was selected at random from our list of owners, 
so that these results are average—not exceptional. 
That the Moline is really a Universal Tractor 
and fits any size farm is proven by the fact that the 
farms reporting ranged in size as follows: 8%, 100 
acres and under; 37%, 100 acres to 200 acres; 21%, 
from 200 to 300 acres; 13%, from 300 to 400 acres, 
and 19% above 400 acres. In their report 76% 
agreed that they could use the Moline-Universal 
wherever they used horses, and 83% said they could 
do better work—and thereby make more money. 
Owners are positive in their statement that the 
Moline-Universal is a good investment, and 73% 
of the Moline owners state that they wouldn’t farm 
again without the Moline-Universal Tractor,while the 
rest say that they would dislike to go back to horses. 
In reply to the question, “Can you operate and 
maintain the Moline-Universal Tractor for what it 
would cost you to keep three or four horses?” 
Ninety-two per cent replied “yes." Many reported 
they could do so for less. * 
Space does not permit a complete report, but 
surely these figures must convince farmers and 
business men who believe in facts instead of theory 
that the Moline System of Power Farming is the 
most economical and efficient, and this is the rea¬ 
son why thousands of Moline Power Farmers are 
making more money with less hard work. Com¬ 
plete report of this tractor investigation will be 
gladly furnished on request. 
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$ 1.35 
PER 
Gallon 
Dividing Rhubarb 
My rhubard is about five years old and 
is gettiug small. Can 1 separate it with 
a spade next month? F. w. 
New Jersey. 
The clumps may need dividing, hut. the 
trouble may he due entirely to lack of fer¬ 
tility of the soil. This is quite likely the 
trouble. Rhubarb must he well supplied 
with nourishing food if it is to produce 
first-class stalks. Plenty of good stable 
manure worked into the soil annually will 
keep a bed in good producing condition 
for years. If you are positive it is essen¬ 
tial to remove the plants to another loca¬ 
tion. it will he better to do the work in 
late September or early October. k. 
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