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of hundreds of Buckeye owners. Here is a proposi¬ 
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461 Crystal Ave., Findlay, O. 
BARIUM-PHOSPHATE 
AN IDEAL FERTILIZER FOR FALL SEEDING 
ANALYSING 
16% Phosphoric Acid 7% Barium Sulphide 
Every farmer knows that so long as Jiecan grow Clover he can grow anything else, and 
that where clover refuses to grow, owing to acid soil conditions, other crops must steadily 
deteriorate. 
Barium-Phosphate, in addition to supplying Phosphorus 
SWEETENS THE SOIL 
AND INSURES A LUXURIANT GROWTH OF CLOVER 
WITHOUT THE USE OF LIME 
Begin now, preparing for next year's crops, by planting cover crops of Clover and Bye to 
be turned under in the spring with Barium-Phosphate and just enough manure to supply the 
necessary bacteria. 
We will deliver Barium-Phosphate anywhere in New York, New Jersey and most New 
England points at the following prices: 
CARLOADS, 20 TONS OR MORE 
LESS CARLOADS, 1 TON OR MORE 
It will pay you to write for our book. 
“BARIUM-PHOSPHATE FOR FALL SEEDING” 
Witherbee, Sherman & Company, Inc. 
2 Rector Street, New York City 
$21.50 A TON 
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The Farmer His 
Own Builder 
By H. Armstrong Roberts 
A practical and 
handy book of all 
kinds of building 
information from 
concrete to carpen¬ 
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For sale by 
THE 
RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 W. 30th St.. N. Y. 
Former Illinois Stale Supt 
of Construction says of 
XXth CENTURY FURNACES 
“Eleven years ajo I had a XXth Century in¬ 
stalled in an eight-room house. This house has 
been continually occupied by tenants since 
then with never a word of complaint or an 
item of furnace repairs. To operate a furnace 
for eleven years with not a complaint or one 
item of repairs is really better than anyone 
can expect.”—C. J. SUTTER. 
Write for descriptive catalogue No. 21 
Both-Pipc and Pipeltss 
XXth Century Heating & Ventilating Co-. 
AKRON , onto. 
—Put Your Farm On a Cash Basis- 
Whether you rent or own, it’s good business to take advantage of cash 
discounts and other money-saving opportunities. Let us help you. 
WE LOAN MONEY 
for productive farm purposes to New York State farmers only. We will 
finance you for an entire season at a reasonable rate. We simply desire 
to make expenses and a fair return upon investment—nothing more. 
Write for full particulars. 
Farmers Fund, Inc., Alliance Bank Building, Rochester, N. Y. 
When you write advertisers mention The R. N.-Y. and you'll get a 
quick reply and a “square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
thick a cloth will hold the water too long 
without evaporating. When -too thin a 
doth is used, the water will evaporate so 
rapidly that the cloth will not remain wet 
throughout its entire length. For this 
reason a heavy weight of canton flannel 
has been advised. Water evaporates from 
burlap too quickly, and too slowly from 
flannel. The refrigerator may be made 
of varying size and shape to fit family 
needs. The following directions for mak¬ 
ing the refrigerator are supplied by the 
New York State College of Agriculture: 
1. A framework of wood is constructed 
4x1x1. This includes a door hung by two 
hinges and fastened by an ordinary cab¬ 
inet catch. The top should be made with 
an'opening around which cleats are fas¬ 
tened for supporting the water pan. It 
is best to raise the refrigerator on short 
legs, so it may he kept up out of the water 
which will collect in the pan in which it 
must be set if it is kept on the porch, and 
in order to secure a good circulation of air 
through the refrigerator. A rust-proof 
screen wire of such material as galvanized 
iron or opal zinc should cover the entire 
framework. Wooden shelves may bo used, 
but it is better to use a heavy screen ma¬ 
terial, reinforced with screen molding, be¬ 
cause it permits the free circulation of 
ait from one compartment to another. 
Three or four shelves may be used with a 
refrigerator 4 ft. tall. The frame may 
1 h* painted and enameled some light color 
if desired, but it is not necessary. 
2. The refrigeration is accomplished by 
a canton flannel jacket which completely 
covers the frame and is moistened by the 
ends of the flannel jacket extending up 
into the water pan on top like wicks, 
which draw the water down by capillary 
action. This jacket may be fastened to 
the frame with automobile curtain hooks 
and eyes, or by sewing china buttons on 
tape, tacking the tape to the framework, 
and making buttonholes in corresponding 
places in the jacket. The jacket itself is 
a straight piece of cloth, cut to fit the 
frame closely, and hemmed, with the 
smooth side out. 
The fastenings for the jacket should he 
placed along the three top edges of the 
frame, on each edge of the frame next to 
the door and on the upper and outer edges 
of the door. Allow a flap of flannel to ex¬ 
tend beyond the edge of the door and but¬ 
ton over the framework. 
At the top of each side of the covering, 
including the door, sew a double flap of 
canton flannel of a little narrower width. 
These wicks should he long enough to ex¬ 
tend into tlie pan of water about five 
inches. These wicks will keep the entire 
surface of the jacket moist. 
The refrigerator should be kept in a 
place where the air .circulates freely, but 
away from the direct rays of the sun. 
Rapid evaporation is essential to the efli- 
ciency of the cooler. 
As sanitary a condition as possible 
should be kept in and around the refrig¬ 
erator. This means that it is better to 
have two jackets, so that they may be 
changed weekly, and that the framework 
must also be washed frequently. With 
this small amount of care and expense one 
can maintain a refrigerator which may 
save much money and anxiety. 
The following is a suggestive list of 
materials to be secured in the construc¬ 
tion of the iceless refrigerator: 
50 ft. of board, %x3 in., for framework 
and door. 
04 ft. screen moldings for outside 
screening and shelves. 
3 yards 24-in. screening wire. 
1 pint white paint. 
1 pint white enamel. 
2 hinges. 
1 cabinet catch. 
2% dozen white china buttons. 
Nails. 
Tacks. 
13 yards of 30-in. canton flannel for two 
jackets. 
2 galvanized iron pans. 
ALICE BLINN. 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK 
DOMESTIC.—Many New York thea¬ 
tres were closed August 8-14, as a result 
of an actors’ strike. Damage suits aggre¬ 
gating $500,000 were filed August 11 in 
the United States district court against 
nearly 300 actors who are prominent 
members and officials of the Actors’ 
Equity Association. The suits were 
brought by the Winter Gardei^ Company 
(the Sbuberte). The complaint, which 
charges the actors with conspiracy, fol¬ 
lows the general lines of the famous Dan¬ 
bury hatters ease, in which the defend¬ 
ants. members of a labor union, were 
sued successfully for $220,000, many of 
the workmen losing their homes by at¬ 
tachments. 
Persons with knowledge that any re¬ 
tail dealer is profiteering in sugar—and 
charging more than eleven cents a pound 
for sugar is construed as profiteering— 
are invited by Ben A. Matthews, As¬ 
sistant United States District Attorney 
at New York, to produce this evidence. 
Prosecutions under the Federal Food Con¬ 
trol act will follow. 
Gustave Alonen, a citizen of Swedish 
extraction, was indicted in New York 
August 12 by the extraordinary Grand 
Jury and charg with criminal anarchy. 
Alonen is ehaf r .,-d with a violation of 
sections ICO ana 161 of the penal law 
relating to the advocacy of criminal an¬ 
archy in this State. Though these sec¬ 
tions became a law in 1002. being intro¬ 
duced as a result of the assassination of 
President McKinley, the indictment just 
August 23, 1010 
found against Alonen is the first obtained 
under the law in this county. 
A merger was announced August 12 of 
the _ Burt Onley Canning Company of 
Oneida; Fort. Stanwix Canning Company 
of Rome; Winters & Prophet Canning 
Company. Morris Cobb Preserving Com¬ 
pany, Fail-port, and the W. H. Osborne 
Company. Iloncoye Falls. Under the 
name of the New York Canners, Inc., 
the new corporation, which is capitalized 
at $2,2:>0.000, the announcement says, 
has acquired plants in twenty-one cities 
and towns in New York, New Jersey and 
Maine. Principal offices will lie in 
Rochester, N. Y. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—The twenty- 
fourth annual convention and apple ex¬ 
hibit of the Virginia State Horticultural 
Society will be held in Roanoke, Vn.. 
December 2-3-4. The Virginia State Corn 
Growers will hold their convention and 
Corn exhibit at the same time and place. 
England has removed restrictions on 
the shipment from the United Kingdom 
of homing and other pigeons. Recently 
400 birds took part in a race, the first 
three positions going to pigeons owned 
by King George. 
The British Guild of Herb Growers 
has been formed to give advice to weed 
collectors and to those who wish to culti¬ 
vate herbs used by chemists, confectioners, 
dyers, perfumers and others. Before the 
war great quantities of herbs were im¬ 
ported into England from Germany and 
Austria. 
Bulgaria is negotiating now for an ex¬ 
change of rose oil for wheat to relieve 
the food situation in that country. The 
Bulgarian Government controls the ex¬ 
port stocks and has fixed a price of $17.50 
an ounce for this commodity. The great 
bulk of the Bulgarian rose oil is distilled 
in small quantities by individual peasants 
The crop season is short and a tremen¬ 
dous quantity of roses must be handled 
to produce even a small amount of the oil. 
The annual field day of the Connecticut 
Agricultural Station came this year on 
August 22. It was held on the Station’s 
experiment grounds at Mount Carmel. 
The field was ready for visitors by 10:00 
in the morning: basket picnic lunch at 
12:30, and after lunch short addresses 
on live topics There were a number of 
experiments in progress which merited 
the attention of visitors. The experi¬ 
ments on the study of peach yellows, the 
successful outcome of the severe pruning 
and care of a small peach orchard which 
was “ruined” by the severe Winter of 
1017-18. the corn-breeding work and study 
of corn varieties, and the comparison of 
the different types of potatoes were only 
a few of the things which deserved in¬ 
spection and discussion. 
The Fruit Growers of Massachusetts Get 
Together 
The Massachusetts Fruit Growers’ As¬ 
sociation held a field meeting in the or¬ 
chards of the Massachusetts Agricultural 
College and Experiment Station on July 
31. _ The meeting marked the twenty-fifth 
anniversary of the association, and was 
held in connection with the Summer 
Farmers’ Week at the college. The 
demonstration of several spray guns 
started n lively discussion which finally 
worked around to spray materials, and 
was followed by an examination of some 
nearby blocks of trees which had been 
sprayed with arsenate of lead and some 
of the arsenate of lead substitutes. Some 
of the blocks were in splendid condition, 
while others were pretty seriously burned. 
A dusting demonstration had a place on 
the program too, and resulted in the ex¬ 
change of some valuable ideas. Prof. 
Sears discussed the thinning proposition : 
several neighboring blocks of trees that 
had been thinned at various stages and in 
different ways furnished ample illustra¬ 
tion. The discussions on spraying, dust¬ 
ing and thinning were led by Prof. A. J. 
Farley, who brought with him the ex¬ 
perience of the Naw Jersey growers. TTe 
brought home to many for the first time 
that when it comes to fighting insects and 
diseases New England is particular^ for¬ 
tunate. for many of the New Jersey men 
must follow a spray schedule that keeps 
the spray pump going nearly all Summer. 
1 he worst pest in New Jersey is cureulio, 
and the growers find it necessary to keep 
their apples covered with an arsenical 
spray from the time the fruit is set until 
at least a month later. Some growers 
keep their sprayers running steadily from 
the time the petals fall until all danger 
of injury is past. This repeated applica¬ 
tion of spray materials exposes the leaves 
and fruit to spray injury to an unusual 
degree, and the growers are using self- 
boiled lime-sulphur with the poison for 
all applications after the fruit is set. The 
practice is borrowed from the peach 
growers and is highly successful in the 
apple orchard. Several of the Massachu¬ 
setts growers report equal success with 
self-boiled material. 
The only indoor session of the day con¬ 
cerned itself with the utilization of thin¬ 
nings and of poor grades in fruit products 
The discussion of materials used and 
methods employed which was given by 
Prof. Chenoweth proved that there was 
no black magic about their preparation 
in spite of the quality of the sample 
sauces and butters that were passed out. 
Storage of fruit and methods of storage 
house construction, both for home and 
commercial purposes, were discussed at 
some length. There were model storage 
cellars of various kinds for examination 
and also the modern cold storage plant 
in the ccdlege orchards. 
