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Cht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 17, 1920 
C. L. Best 75 Track Layer equipped 
with K-W Magneto, pulling up grade 
with 70 tons of rock. 
A Sure Spark for the Hard Pull 
T O start this dead load of seventy tons and to keep it going 
steadily up grade requires extraordinary power and an ab¬ 
solutely ‘‘sure fire” magneto. 
Like most tractors built to give unusual service this ‘‘Best 75’’ 
has a K-W Magneto. 
When a gas engine has a light load, and can speed up it is easy 
to generate the spark. The engine will even go in spite of an 
occasional miss or weak spark. 
But on this job as on most tractor work the pull is slow and 
heavy. Every cylinder must lire every time. Each spark must ex¬ 
plode all the gas in the cylinder , ri , 
Write for booklet showing 
the simple construction of 
the 2sMV Magneto explaining 
how it makes your tractor 
do more work on less• fuel. 
The K-W IGNITION Cfr 
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2827 Chester Avenue 
Hidfl Fir* Any Kind of Fuel 
PW and Get Maximum Power 
NAvN ETOS Out of Evertf Prop Used 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 W 30th Stract New York City 
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A re You Getting theMost 
Out of Your Potatoes ? 
T HE cost of raising potatoes has increased greatly 
because of the scarcity of labor and the resulting 
high wages. The only safe road to profit for the 
potato grower is to increase his yield per acre and there¬ 
by reduce his cost per bushel by making his labor more 
effective. 
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answers a hundred troublesome questions and contains many prac¬ 
tical suggestions which will aid you in securing a “greater yield 
from every field.” 
If you will tell us the number of acres of potatoes you intend to 
plant we will send you this worth-while book without charge. Ask for 
prices on our special potato brands or the name of our nearest agent. 
If there is no agent in your town ask about our agency for yourself. 
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All Sorts 
Exploits of a “Healer.” 
I am enclosing a clipping taken from 
the Rochester Herald of November 20. 
Will you investigate and let me know if 
it is authentic and not a fake? I am 
intereted. for my mother-in-law has been 
an invalid for some time. V. A. s. 
New York. 
The supposed article t'ells of a “miracle 
man” or healer, who “left a $20-a-day 
job” to take up the mission of banishing 
ills. He cured a man named Carr of the 
tobacco habit by rolling the cigar between 
his hands. Then he proceeded to cure a 
doctor who had been helpless with 
rheumatism and paralysis for 2S months. 
His friend was the village doctor him¬ 
self. Dr. .Tames Way nick, who was al¬ 
most helpless with rheumatism and par¬ 
alysis. He had been an invalid for 28 
months, and it was said his days were 
few in number. 
Carr also had an invalid wife, for whom 
he had consulted five famous specialists, 
all of whom had declared her case hope¬ 
less. Carr decided to try the doctor first. 
The doctor looked up from his invalid 
chair as the two men entered. 
Without removing any clothing what¬ 
ever, the young man applied his hands, 
rubbing gently, but firmly. A new spark 
of light came into the old man’s tired 
eyes. A smile came over his face. There 
was a tingling sensation that permeated 
like oil from the hands of the miracle 
man. _ „ ,, 
“This is wonderful! I can be cured! 
What is happening I cannot explain, but 
I am coming to life again.” the doctor 
exclaimed over and over again. 
This story is in need of no investiga¬ 
tion to disclose its origin in the imagina¬ 
tion-of -some space writer. It is well 
done in its own discreditable sort of way, 
names, faked names, dates and localities 
being mentioned in a way to give the 
story a well-counterfeited air of veracity. 
No; there are no miracle workers of the 
kind described today, if indeed, there ever 
were. The universe is governed by law, 
even though our understanding of this 
law is imperfect; and, fortunate for us, 
too, for what indescribable chaos would 
result if men had it in their power to 
alter the ordinances of the Creator. 
H. B. D. 
Selling Farm Timber 
The best ways of marketing mature 
timber without crippling the woodlot have 
been given much study on the Nathan 
Oaks farm, near Geneva, N. Y. A method 
has been evolved by which the developed 
timber is removed without stopping con¬ 
tinued productivity. Here are about 40 
acres in native hardwoods, chiefly sugar 
maple, beech, white ash and hickory. 
For 15 or more years the mature and dy¬ 
ing timber has been cut out. At odd 
times, when the opportunity presented 
itself, the young saplings have been 
thinned out. leaving one tall, straight 
one of the more desirable sorts to every 
five or six feet. The woodlot with this 
treatment was not long in presenting a 
most interesting mixture of age classes, 
ranging from tiny seedlings up to big 
trees, two feet or more in diameter. It 
is these larger trees which are marked for 
felling as rapidly as they show signs of 
having passed their period of most vig¬ 
orous growth. 
All the saw logs were sold to a man who 
later disposes of most of them to an auto¬ 
mobile wheel factory; the trees to be 
taken out are marked and the work is 
done by the purchaser. Every possible 
precaution is taken not to destroy any of 
the vigorous young growth unnecessarily. 
Only the saw logs are sold, but the owner 
receives payment by the hoard foot sys¬ 
tem for all logs purchased. The limbs 
and tops are left in the woods to he 
worked up into cordwood. Under con¬ 
ditions as at present, with limited coal 
supplies at prices higher than ever before, 
there is a good demand at a fair price 
for all the cordwood that can be pro¬ 
duced. The cutting is being made with¬ 
out causing the woodlot to suffer in the 
least; in fact, it is for the most part an 
improvement. 
The department of forestry of the New 
York State College of Agriculture gives 
a few woodlot rules which should prove 
of value to all having timber for sale. 
Investigate a number of markets, both 
local and at a distance, and obtain price 
quotations from as many consumers as 
possible. 
Do not sell the standing timber for a 
lump sum unless after a careful estimate 
you have exact knowledge of the amount. 
It is usually preferable to sell by log 
scale, stacker cord or other unit. 
The woodlot) owner is not forced to 
place his timber on f he market regardless 
of market conditions. Wait for a favor¬ 
able market. Standing timber does not 
deteriorate rapidly. 
Consider the financial responsibility of 
the prospective purchaser and thus avoid 
slow payments, the cost of collections and 
losses. 
Protect yourself with a written timber 
sale agreement. 
I recall one instance where a new 
owner sought to “clean up” the part of 
his farm given to timber by the hasty 
process of lumping it off. He came out 
of the deal wiser and poorer, being no 
match for the buyer, whose keen eye gave 
him every advantage in the transaction. 
The forestry department of the State Col¬ 
lege advises well when it says not to sell 
standing timber in a lump deal. 
A. n. PULVER. 
Sweet Potato Comparisons; Poplar for 
Building 
I note a few statements on page 1818 
which I think will bear comment. Hav¬ 
ing eaten sweet potatoes of all varieties, 
in many States, and prepared by all kinds 
of plans, I wonder how anyone can pre¬ 
fer the soggy, mushy, rank-flavored Nancy 
Hall to the sweet, dry, mealy Jersey 
when properly prepared by an Ohio or 
Kentucky housewife. Prof. Massey ought 
to come down to Ohio next September 
and we will show him something better 
than a potato which he compares in taste 
to pumpkin on page 1818. 
On page 1823 we note a discussion on 
chimneys. Now, hack at the old home¬ 
stead in Ohio there is a chimney built 
of a single thickness—four inches—of 
brick, in 1S47, and it stands true as a die 
today, and on the same house may be 
found poplar siding, put on in 1861, never 
painted and in good condition yet. In 
advising against the use of poplar lumber 
for outside use. C. O. Ormsbee takes a 
stand diametrically opposed to that of the 
best builders in Ohio, Kentucky or In¬ 
diana, who favor its use even at much 
higher cost than that of any other wood 
to be had. c. D. lyon. 
Marking Oak Trees 
What is the best method of marking 
oak trees permanently, without injuring 
the tree, other than using paint? I wish 
to attach metal inscribed plates to 60 oak 
trees, if possible. p. g. 
Weehawken, N. J. 
Attaching metal plato6, as suggested, is 
altogether the best method, but there is 
no practicable and desirable method by 
which even this can be done so that at¬ 
tention will never be necessary. Eventu¬ 
ally the growth of the trees will cover 
any plates that it would be desirable to 
use. The best method of attaching them 
is to bore a half-inch hole to the depth 
of an inch, and insert a plug of some 
durable wood, letting it project about two 
inches, which will not be objectionable. 
Then have a hole made in each corner of 
the plates, insert a large screw in each 
hole and screw the plate down tight upon 
the plug. I assume that the annual 
growth will be about one-sixteenth of an 
inch. At this rate it will require some¬ 
thing over 30 years for the growth to 
reach the plate, provided a plug only two 
inches in length is used. But when it 
docs reach the plate take a wrench and 
l’emove the lag screws if possible. If not 
possible, twist their beads off and replace 
the plate in a similar manner. No pos¬ 
sible injury will be done to the tree in 
either case. Even the greatest possible 
theoretical injury will be less thau that 
inflicted upon a maple tree when tapped 
for sugar-making purposes. However, I 
will not be responsible for the conse¬ 
quences that may follow the drawing of 
the log containing the screws to the saw¬ 
mill, in case this is ever done. If it is 
desired to guard against this contingency 
arrange to substitute bolts made of lead 
for the lag screws. This is merely a state¬ 
ment of the principle upon which the 
scheme is worked. The inquirer does not 
give exact details, and so an exact method 
cannot be stated, but it will be an easy 
matter to modify this plan in such a man¬ 
ner as to lit the existing conditions. 
c. o. o. 
The annual meeting of the Rural Sav¬ 
ings and I/oan Association will be held 
January 19, at quarter to twelve, in the 
office of the association, 333 West 30th 
St., New York, m.g, keyes, Secy. 
