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$175 to $1,000 or more 
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Know These Facts Before 
You Buy a Watch 
T HERE are turning operations upon 
metal made by Waltham machinery 
that are so minute, so wondrous in 
their delicacy, so exacting in precision, that 
the mind is amazed at these triumphs of 
American skill in watchmaking. 
Imagine a machine turning out by the many 
thousands, screws so small that the naked 
human eye sees them as points of metal 
shining under reflected light — screws that 
measure 254 threads to the inch, and you 
can put 47,000 of them in a small thimble ! 
Screws that are hardened and tempered, each one 
polished on the top — screws that are perfect in 
sphericity, perfect in thread, perfect for their place 
in the mechanism of that ladies’ Waltham watch 
movement, which, when completed, is actually 
smaller in diameter than a dime — a ten cent piece. 
The screws in the foreign-made watch are made by 
hand. But comparing them under the magnifying 
glass we see the difference between these hand¬ 
made screws and the Waltham machine-made prod¬ 
uct. The foreign screw varies — the Waltham screw 
is standardized in size and perfection of workman¬ 
ship. 
No human hand could ever match the quantity and 
quality performance of machinery that creates such 
miracles as these. 
This is one more of the many reasons why the 
world’s leading horologists came to Waltham for 
time, and still another reason why your selection 
should emphatically be a Waltham. 
This story is continued in a beautiful booklet in which you will find a 
liberal watch education. Sent free upon request. Waltham IVatch 
Company, T/altham, Mass. 
WA LT H AM 
THE WORLD’S WATCH OVER TIME 
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Notes from a Maryland Garden 
THE SWEET TOTATO 
We are eating Nancy Hall sweet po¬ 
tatoes. As the old folks used to say, they 
are now fat; that is, they have attained 
their full jelly-like sweetness, and are as 
far superior to the dry Jersey sweet po¬ 
tatoes as a pumpkin pie is to them. In 
fact, a well-baked Nancy Hall, divested 
of its skin, split open and buttered, 
would remind a New Englander of his 
pumpkin pie because of its jellied sweet¬ 
ness. I have always wondered how any¬ 
one could care for the dry Jersey sweet 
potatoes after eating a baked potato of 
the yam class, of which we consider Nan¬ 
cy Hall the best. But if you steam or boil 
the Nancy Hall, as some do the dry sweet 
potatoes, you have ruined one of nature’s 
choicest products. Baking or roasting 
in the ashes on the old kitchen hearth is 
the only way to cook sweet potatoes 
properly. We have no kitchen hearths 
nowadays, but their memory lingers with 
us old Virginians. There was a big 
fireplace, large enough to take in a stick 
of wood four feet or more long. In one 
corner of the hearth there was a hole 
made large enough to set the iron vessel 
known as the Dutch oven, in which the 
corn pone was made every night. This 
hole was filled with hot coals early in the 
afternoon. After supper the Dutch oven 
was filled with the batter of corn bread 
and set in the cleaned-out hole. Hot 
coals and ashes were banked over the 
cast-iron lid, and the next morning we 
had real “pone” made of white cornmeal, 
for no Virginian would use yellow meal 
for bread. But the pone was of a soft 
brownish tint all through. This hot corn 
bread with yam potatoes roasted on the 
hearth in the hot ashes and peeled before 
placing on the table made dishes fit for a 
—an American farmer and his wife. 
Of course our market growers produce 
mainly the varieties of sweet potatoes 
which the Northern people prefer. They 
cannot afford to do any educational work 
to show the Northern people the superior¬ 
ity of the yam class. In fact, many of our 
own people have been raised to the no¬ 
tion that a sweet potato must be dry to 
be good, while a little south of ns no one 
wants the choky dry potatoes. There is 
a potato grown to some slight extent in 
Clipped Cows Mean Clean Milk 
Wide awake dairy farmers assert that it’s next to impossible to obtain 
milk with low bacteria counts without clipping. They clip their cows on 
udders and flanks at frequent intervals during the winter and early spring, 
which makes cleaning quick and easy and keeps dirt 
and other filth out of the milk. Here’s what two of 
them say: 
JELKE DAIRY FARM 
Dundee, Ill., Nov. 7,1919. 
. A clipping machine is about the most important thing used 
in a dairy barn to get clean milk, as well as to keep the cows 
clean with much less work. When a cow is not clipped, all 
the manure sticks to her hips, legs, udder and sides, and it is 
impossible to get sanitary milk. No matter how Careful a 
man may be, it is bound to get into the milk. Clipping a cow 
does not take much longer than to clean her well—iter clip¬ 
ping the cleaning is a very small job. 
J. P. TUCK, Manager. 
BROOK HILL FARM 
. Genesee Depot, Wis., Nov. 6,1919. 
We find clipping our cows a necessity both from the stand- 
E oint of saving labor and of cleanliness. In maintaining a 
igh standard of milk production clean cows are necessary 
and only clipped cows can be kept clean. 
HOWARD T. GREENE, Sec'y. 
The Stewart No. 1 Clipping Machine, here illustrated, is 
best. Runs easily—lasts a lifetime. Clips horses and mules 
also. Your dealer has it, or order from us at $12.75. Send $2 
if you wish and pay balance on arrival. 
Electric Clipping Machine, direct current, $60; alternating 
current, $80. 
Chicago Flexible Shaft Company 
Dept*B141 Roosevelt Road and Central Are., Chicago 
the South, mainly for hog feeding, which 
would suit the lovers of dry sweet po¬ 
tatoes. This potato is known as the 
“Nigger Choker.” It has a dark pur¬ 
plish red skin and interior flesh snowy 
white, and is as dry as starch itself. 
I stated recently that the sweet po¬ 
tato crop here would average 300 bu. an 
acre. More recent investigation has con¬ 
vinced me that it has been rather larger. 
I have learned of a number of crops of 
S00 baskets an acre, the basket being a 
%-bu. basket, making 500 bu. an acre. 
The crop stored in the curing houses is 
being sold daily for .$1.50 a basket. As 
thousands of acres were grown this year 
in this section, and shipping has been 
going on since August, the sweet potato 
crop has brought our growers a great 
amount of money, and has capped the 
climax of a wonderful season of good 
prices for the trucker’s crop that began 
with the most profitable strawberry sea¬ 
son ever known. About the only market 
garden crop that has not paid better than 
usual was the cantaloupe crop, while cu¬ 
cumbers paid finely, and squashes were 
reasonably profitable. I have no statistics 
at hand to show the number of carloads 
of sweet potatoes sent out from this pen¬ 
insula, certainly a great many thousands, 
and hundreds of thousands of bushels yet 
to go during the Winter and Spring. The 
storage houses prevent any overstocking 
the markets. 
The sweet potato is a wonderfully spor¬ 
tive plant, and many think there has 
been some crossing in their fields. Of 
course this is impossible, since the sweet 
potato seldom even blooms here, and 
never makes seed. But I have seen red- 
skinned and yellow-skinned potatoes grow¬ 
ing on the same plant, and plants that 
make no vine but simply a bunch of 
shoots on the hill are often met with 
among potatoes that cover the ground 
thickly with vines. Some of these have 
been separated, mainly of the yam class, 
and grown as a distinct variety. But at 
times even these will revert to the long 
vine-making habit. About the only sweet 
potato of the yam class, and the poorest 
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It will tell you 
how to grow two 
crops on the 
same soil at the 
same time, each 
benefiting the 
other and leaving 
a better soil for the following 
crops. It tells you how to make 
sure of good stands of alfalfa 
and clover, even on poor soils, 
and how to reduce your fertilizer 
bills by one-half or two-thirds. 
Farmogerm, the recognized 
standard of seed inoculants, is 
always fresh and active. It is 
not necessary to wait until the 
last moment to buy your cul¬ 
tures. Read about the patented 
stopper which makes this pos¬ 
sible. Drop a post-card and 
we will mail booklet at once. 
EARP-THOMAS CULTURES CORP., Dept. B. 
80 Lafayette St. New York City 
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Your Live Stock 
D o not let them suffer from neglect. 
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Apply Sloan's Liniment to the throbbing part and let it 
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Great Reduction on Lighting Plants 
A few shop worn Lighting Plants in good or¬ 
der at groat reduction from original prices. 
Some new Air Cooled Engines, V4, 2)4 and 
3 H. P. at bargain prices, also Rheostats, 
Cutouts and other parts necessary for the 
building of Isolated Lighting Plants. 
Write us for prices, or call and pick out 
what you want. See Mr. Balch. 
DYNETO ELECTRIC CORP. 
DEPT. F.L. SYRACUSE, N.Y. 
140 Acres, 25 Acres Wood and Timber 
estimated worth $1,000 ; 2-story 10-room house, 
cellar, 2 barns, concrete floor, horse stalls in 
basement, hen house, tool house; potatoes yield¬ 
ed 200 bu. per acre; bay and grain equally as 
good; 3 miles to railroad town; mile to 
school. Only $2,750; $1,000 cash; balance, mort¬ 
gage and easy terms. HALL’S FARM AGENCY, 
Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y. 
We Sell Farms 
list of New York state farms for sale. Honest,ener¬ 
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farming vicinities where we have no branch agen¬ 
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ITE AGENCY. ( 
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For Sale— Grain, Dairy and Poultry Farms 
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Jersey. Excellent soil. Long growing season. Rea¬ 
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