The RURAL NEW. YORKER 
1641 
Safe to Friend 
Dangerous to Enemy 
Like the well-trained watch dog, the Iver 
Johnson is safe in your home. Never any 
fear of accid ent — the automatic safety fea. 
tureeliminates that. 
But at the moment it is needed for pro. 
tection, your Iver Johnson is alert, ready to 
respond instantly and accurately. 
IVER JOHNSON 
AUTOMATIC REVOLVERS 
Just one way todischarge an Iver Johnson 
—the trigger must be pulled a//the way back. 
Drop it,kick it,thump it, throw it against 
thewall—itcan'f gooff accidentally. And 
its safety is automatic — nothing to remem¬ 
ber to do to make it safe. That’s why women 
are not timid about having an Iver Johnson 
in the h ome. 
Choice of three grips: Regular, Perfect 
Rubber, Western Walnut, 
Iver Johnson shotguns, too, ere perfectly 
balanced, accurate, dependable, and con¬ 
scientiously made throughout. 
THREE BOOKLETS FREE 
“A”— Firearms;“B”— Bicycles; **C”— 
Motorcycles. Yours free for the asking. 
If your dealer cannot supply the Iver Johnson, 
send us his name and address. We.will sup¬ 
ply you through him. 
Iver Johnson’s Arms & Cycle Works 
308 River Street, Fitchburg, Mass. 
#3 Chamhors Si., New York 
717 Markot Slroel 
San Francisco 
Ivor Johnson Revolvers 
are safe. Vou can 
"Hammer the Hammer" 
Use Your Auto! 
Notes from a Maryland Garden 
Climate often makes a great difference 
in plants and their habits. Plants that 
originate in the climate of California sel¬ 
dom do in the East as they are said to do 
in California. Mr. Burbank’s “creations” 
are evidence of this. A California corre¬ 
spondent on page 1485 reports that the 
Fiery Cross ('anna holds up its great 
head there. I wish it did here. I have 
six clumps of it. and have just counted 
12 heads of bloom, and every one hanging 
over. Within a few feet there is a plant 
of Firebird, which is said to be the parent 
of Fiery Cross, and it is holding its head 
erect and making a better show than the 1 
Fiery Cross with larger heads. 
It seems necessary to repeat that 1 am 
not growing plants for sale, keep no ma-l 
terials for packing and shipping seed or! 
plants, and will not accept orders for 
plants mentioned iu these letters. One 
correspondent asks for my catalogue. Ev¬ 
erything I mention is listed in the cat¬ 
alogues of the seedsmen and florists and 
nurserymen. If I ever have anything to 
sell I will advertise it and pay for the ad¬ 
vertisement. So please do not send to me 
for plants or seed. 
Today (October 13) we have gathered 
all the tomatoes, green and ripe, as green 
ones will hardly ripen now outside, and 
though there has been no frost the nights 
are getting cool after the hot spell, and we 
usually look for sharp frost about the 20th 
of October., though in some seasons it is 
deferred till the first of November. Look¬ 
ing at the glory of the C’anuas and Dah¬ 
lias it seems pitiful that they may soon 
be blackened. The early Chrysanthemums 
in the open ground are now iu their full 
beauty. I never try to build up the great 
mops that the florists take so much time 
and pains to grow. They are great speci¬ 
mens of what nature can be directed to 
do, but I like plenty of flowers rather than 
one big one on a stem that is too big to 
cut for anything smaller than an um¬ 
brella stand. I grow my plants in bush 
form, disbud to about one-third, and get a 
mass of very pretty bloom. I grow none 
inside, as my little house will not afford 
room for them, and hence I grow only the 
varieties that bloom outside before bard 
frosts. Any of them stand our Winters 
with a mulch of dead leaves. T had one 
very pretty lilac-colored plant, and propa¬ 
gated quite a number of them, and now 
I they are blooming they all are pure white. 
GRIND YOUR FEED 
FILL YOUR SILO 
SAW YOUR WOOD 
SHELL YOUR CORN 
PUMP YOUR WATER 
ELEVATE YOUR GRAIN 
Ward Work-a*Ford 
Can bo used with Ford, Overland, Dodge, Reo and 
Chevrolet 490 cars and Fordson Tractor. Your auto¬ 
mobile has a powerful engine—it will outlast the car 
and you might as well save your money and uso it to 
do all your farm work.. No wear on tiros or trans¬ 
mission. Hooks up in 3 minutes. No permanent 
attachment to car. Cannot injure ear or engine. 
Friction Clutch Pulloyon end of shaft. Ward Gover¬ 
nor, run by fan belt, gives perfect control .Moneyback 
if not satisfied. Ask for circular and special price. 
WARD MF6. CO., 2040 N St., Lincoln, Neb. 
Rather an odd sport, the original plant 
and all the progeny. 
The many nice things that have been 
said about me in the different papers on 
my eightieth birthday have been very 
pleasant to an old man, and encourage 
him to believe that his life has been of 
some service to his fellow men, and. after 
all. a life of service to God and man is 
the finest thing to work for, and if one 
tries earnestly “the divinity that shapes 
our ends’’ will do the rest. God will 
guide any man who seeks Ilis guidance, 
and that guidance has more to do with 
what anyone accomplishes than our puny 
efforts. When over 850 birthday cards, let¬ 
ters and telegrams come to one. he feels 
like thanking God for the unseen friends 
scattered over the country. They are all 
going into a big scrapbook as a family 
souvenir. The editor of the Proyressire 
Farmer says that T have helped a million 
.people. If that is so. it is at least better 
than to have made a million dollars out] 
of the sweat and toil of other men. 11 
thank those who so kindly remembered 
my birthday, and wish that I could write 
a reply to each one. w. f. massey. 
American Fence 
Fun gauge wires; full weight; full length 
rolls. Superior qualitygalvanizing,proof 
against hardest weather conditions. 
Special Book Sent Free. Dealers Everywhere. 
AMERICAN STEEL AND WIRE CO. 
CHICAGO NEW YORK 
WELL 
WELL DR ^ G 
Own a machine of your own. Cash or easy 
terms. Many styles and sizos for ull purposes. 
Write for Circular 
WILLIAMS BROS., 432 W. Slate St., Ithaca. N. T. 
Grafting Upon Root Sprouts 
On page 1403 there is a call for ex 
perienoe in regard to grafting upon root 
sprouts in case a tree is diseased. I have 
followed this plan a great many times.* 
and it works out satisfactorily in case 
the right roots are selected, though I do I 
not enthusiastically recommend it as hav¬ 
ing any advantages over a young, root- 
grafted tree planted in its place. There 
are two kinds of so-called root sprouts. 
One is attached to the trunk or crown 
of the tree, and results from an attempt 
on the part of the roots to maintain life 
in that tree. Scions set iu such sprouts 
will he sickly, stunted in growth and will 
amount to but little. The other kind 
comes from a root, and results from an 
attempt to reproduce another tree. It 
has a root system of its own, and will 
[live if separated from the parent root.i 
I Other conditions being favorable, scions | 
set in these sprouts will make a satisfac¬ 
tory development. C. 0. o. 
|5o/ues Many Problems 
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The Richardson One-Pipe Heater is suit¬ 
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Just think of what this means in economy—Installation costs cut to a 
minimum. No lengthy pipes to buy or run to various positions. No cooling 
of the heat before it can reach your rooms. Less dust—less dirt—less 
labor. Direct heat rises and spreads instantly to the upper floors. None is 
wasted. Warm house, cool cellar. And you can burn any kind of fuel — 
LESS OF IT than is demanded by other types 
of heaters. 
ONE-PIPE HEATER 
WILSON FEED MILL 
For grinding corn in the ear and 
•mall grain. 
Has special crusher attachment 
which first breaks the ears of 
corn, which can be shoveled right 
into the hopper. Also Bone and 
Shell Mills and Bone Cutters. 
Send for Catalog 
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