<Ibt RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
1827 
A HORSE CAN TRAVEL WHERE AN 
AUTOMOBILE CANNOT CO 
Often in the deep snows of winter an 
automobile cannot get through the 
drifts, but the horse can travel any¬ 
where if he can secure footing. 
There is just one thing will insure safe 
footing on any road anywhere any 
time, no matter how icy or slippery, 
and that is the 
Neverslip 
Red Tip 
Horse 
Shoe 
Calk 
Whatever 
the o c c a- 
sion; a hur¬ 
ried trip to _ 
the doctor, an important call to town, 
a load of produce to be delivered— 
your horse is ready when you are ready. 
The wise horse owner will go to his 
horse shoer early and have the safe, 
reliable RED TIP SHOES put on. Then 
he can laugh at the weather. No sleet 
storm, no sudden freeze will hold him 
back. His sharp, strong RED TIP 
CALKS can be adjusted in 20 minutes, 
and he is ready for the road. 
Avoid substitutes. LOOK FOR THE 
RED TIP 
THE NEVERSLIP WORKS 
New Brunswick, N, J. 
gree in milk, but no one would buy her 
tor breeding. We have not come to that 
yet with hens, and a bird, fairly well 
marked, with a certified record, has a 
chance with the nobility. The egg-laying 
contests will bring out some of these great 
unknown flocks, and that will be about the 
best work they can do. H. w. c. 
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SOUR SOIL SIGNS 
Plantain, Sorrel, Dandelion, Poverty Grass, Cran¬ 
berries, Mulle. Clover Failure Chestnut, WireGrass, 
Sour Bush, Scrub Pine, Horsetail and Sour Farm¬ 
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GRANGERS LIME CO. 
174 Frelinghuysen Ave. NEWARK, N. J 
Works: West Stockbridge, Mass. 
Ditch for Profits 
Insure big crops every year. Don’t let 
crops drown out. Drain with 
„ ^ FARM DITCHER 
//l&Mpi 0 CRADER 
M-tlitl, rmnafelt, *4ja«f*ai«. Cuts or cleans 
ditch down to 4 ft. deep—any soil—does labor^ 
100 men. Write for free drainage book. 
Owensboro Ditcher Sc Grader Co. _ 
Skunk, Mink, Muskrats 
and all other kinds of 
Raw Furs Wanted 
Write for price list and ship¬ 
ping tags. Twenty-three 
years in business. 
CHARLES A. KAUNE 
Trade Mark 284 Bridge St , MONTGOMERY. N.Y. 
Tapping Maples; Pruning 
1. I have bought a farm, and have sev¬ 
eral sugar maple trees. I would like a 
little advice on the 'way to tap them, 
especially the depth, only through the 
bark or into the tree, and how many 
holes in each tree. 2. Can I prune trees 
in the Winter or in the Spring? F. s. 
AVest Sunbury, Pa. 
1. Select a clean, healthy, vigorous lo¬ 
cation on the trunk and at a convenient 
height from the ground. Points of com¬ 
pass and height of tap-hole have no in¬ 
fluence. Use a bit not larger than half 
an inch in diameter, and bore to a depth 
of about two inches, but never into the 
dark wood. Sap is forced from the tree 
by an internal pressure caused by the 
expansion of certain gases that are gen¬ 
erated during some of the processes of 
digestion, and the more tap-holes that 
are made, the more sap will flow, but 
ever in a rapidly decreasing ratio. Thus, 
while one tap-hole might yield a certain 
amount of sap, two, on opposite sides of 
the tree, might yield one and one-half 
times as much, while four, on opposite 
quarters might not yield twice as much 
as one. But the injury to the tree would 
not be appreciable. It becomes largely 
a question of economy of labor. Many 
do not regard it as being profitable to 
make more than one tap-hole. Those who 
do practice double tapping, aim to place 
the buckets two feet apart. Thus, a tree 
: six feet in circumference would hang three 
buckets. 
2. Maple trees, if pruned during the 
Winter, would not be injured in health 
or vitality, hut they would yield less sap 
the following season. In the matter of 
apple trees, if the only object of the prun¬ 
ing is the removal of superfluous limbs. 
Winter is the best season for dojng the 
pruning, provided one has sufficient .koowl- 
edge to distinguish the dead and diseased 
J parts, and to tell at a glance which limbs 
j are the bearers and which are the “board¬ 
ers.” If one cannot do this, he had best 
not attempt to prune at any season. 
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YOU KNOW II PAYS 
Warm water for the cows means more 
milk. Cooked food for the hogs means 
bigger frames covered with solid meat. 
If you expect eggs in winter, you must feed warm 
food. Cooking makes food more palatable—swells 
it—animals get bulk 
and nourishment at 
much less cost— 
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on salary, to take I 
subscriptions for Kukai, New-Yorker 
in Ohio. Prefer men who have horse 
or auto. Address 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 333 W. 30th St., NewYorICilf 
Reii.’Y: “You'll he surprised to hear 
that BtH Donovan was drowned yester¬ 
day.” “But 1 thought he was a good 
swimmer?” “Yes. but he was a stanch 
union mau. lie swam for eight hours, 
then gave it up—on principle.”—New 
York Globe. 
New York Honey Producers 
I dropped into the annual convention 
of the Western New York Honey Pro¬ 
ducers’ Association once or twice during 
its session at the Genesee Hotel, Buffalo, 
November 14-15, and found a large body 
of men, with quite a good sprinkling of 
women, discussing the special points of 
their calling. There were the usual large 
number of papers on tne list, and peop'e 
of talent and experience read and dis¬ 
cussed them. I had attended the conven¬ 
tion of last year, also, but this time the 
tone of the speakers was not as confident 
as it had been at the previous mcetiug. 
They were hopeful, but not as prosperous 
as formerly. One of the members ex¬ 
plained the reason for this. Bee-keeping 
has paid very little money this year. In 
the first place the mild Winter was 
against the growth of clover, the chief 
honey-bearing crop. It heaved out badly 
and did not start well. Then the dry 
Summer was against its growth, as it 
was also of buckwheat and certain other 
crops that bee-keepers depend upon. As 
a consequence only about a third of a 
crop has been produced this year. In 
fact it is rated as the poorest year since 
1013. A good many hives of bees have 
not only produced no surplus, but they 
are short of a supply for Winter. The 
owners do not say die. though, and they 
have appealed to the sugar refiners and 
have been promised sugar enough to carry 
the bees through, in spite of the shortage 
of that class of sweet also. Honey is 
rather high, running up to 40 cents a 
pound for best grades, but it is not as 
high as it should be. 
The problem of a farmer with several 
swarms of bees which lie claims not to 
have time to take care of. was put up to 
one of the members. What should he do? 
The answer was that he should attend 
the meetings of the association, get in 
touch with the business again and go to 
producing honey again, not only for profit, 
but as a really patriotic proceeding, in 
view of the great scarcity of all sorts 
of sweets. But this farmer is an expert 
in the business, or used to be. Why not 
go back to handling his bees and putting 
in movable combs to assure a surplus? 
The reply was that the knowledge of the 
business had increased so fast and the 
uractice had changed so widely that any¬ 
body who had been out of the business 
any length of time was hopelessly in the 
background. He needed a new education 
in it. especially as to the way of handling 
bee diseases. 
The Ontario Beekeepers’ Association, 
in session at Toronto, lias asked the On¬ 
tario Government to appropriate $30,000 
to assist in combating foul brood and 
other diseases in bees. j. w. c. 
Nervous? Restless at Nig'ht? 
Ever Have Headaches? 
How about your daily 
cup of coffee? 
Suppose you try a change to 
Instant Postum 
This delightful cereal beverage 
possesses a fine coffee-like fla¬ 
vor, but has none of the harm¬ 
ful after-effects thru which 
coffee so often prevents vigor¬ 
ous, red-blooded health. Costs 
less, too. 
Made by 
Postum Cereal Company, Battle Creek, Michigan. 
Sold by Grocers and General Stores. 
Keep Dirt and Filth Out of the Milk SAW YOUR WOOD 
by clipping the cow’s flanks and udders every 
month. Then with a damp cloth wipe the parts 
off in a hurry. There is no long hair to hold the 
iirt and the milk is clean and wholesome as it 
falls into the pail. Clipping all over twice a 
year is good for the cows. A Stewart No. 1 
machine is best. It will clip horses also. Machine 
all complete only $12.75 at your dealer’s or send 
$2 and pay balance on arrival. 
CHICAGO FLEXIBLE SHAFT COMPANY 
DopL At 41, 1 2th St. and Central Ave., Chicago, III, 
With aFOLDlXG SAWING MACHINE. 9 CORDS by ONE HAS la 
10 hoars. Send for Free catalog No. E6S showing low price 
and latest improvements. First oraer secures agency. 
Folding Sawing Mach. Co., 161 W. Harrison St., Chicago, I1L 
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-^The Net Results 
from your fertilizer will be greater 
if you use 
ROYSTER’S 
T R ADC MABB" 
registered 
The Fertilizer that made 
Fish Scrap Famous 
F. S. Royster Guano Co. 
Baltimore, Md. 
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