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Endurance Makes Hudson 
the Largest Selling Fine Car 
Afore Than 80,000 Owners Value That 
Quality Most Because It Means Long 
Dependable Service, Free of Car Troubles 
Our Friendly Mud-daubers 
How can I get rid of wasps, the long, 
slender kind, with large wings? I built 
a new house last September and as soon 
as I got the roof on they worked through 
occasional cracks of the roof boards and 
settled under the roofing. This place is 
not occupied at present; neither is there 
any ceiling on yet. I expect to live in it 
next May. Doors and windows are in. 
Would you advise a strong sulphur 
smudge to be made now or in the Spring? 
I understand the wasps build mud houses 
and close themselves in in the Winter, lay 
eggs and breed. If they are enclosed at 
present a smudge would perhaps not in¬ 
jure them, while in the Spring when they 
come out there are perhaps many more. 
Would a strong smudge injure roofing? 
Ilornell, N. Y. w. w. 
The wasps referred to in the foregoing 
letter are known the world over as mud- 
daubers. because of the nests that they 
build from mud gathered about the edges 
of mud puddles or along the borders of 
pools and brooks. The habits of these 
wasps are exceedingly interesting. Their 
nests may consist of a single mud cell, or 
of several cells enclosed by a large ir¬ 
regular lump of mud. In either case each 
cell is filled with spiders which the moth¬ 
er wasp catches and paralyzes with her f 
sting before placing them in the cell. I j 
have found as many as 22 small spiders 
stored in a single cell. On the first ' 
spider the wasp puts into the cell she de- l 
posits a tiny egg which hatches in two or 
three days into a soft, white grub. The 
grub finds fresh food right at hand and I 
as it grows it devours, one by one. the 
spiders that the mother wasp has so 
thoughtfully stored up for her young off¬ 
spring. 
These mud-daubers are friendly little 
creatures, and some of them seem to pre¬ 
fer to build their mud nests in houses, | 
going and coming in their absorbed and t 
busy way without minding or molesting I 
the human inhabitants. Miss Morley. in • 
her charming book on “Wasps and Their " 
Ways.” gives an account of one of these j 
mud-daubers that worked its way out of j, 
its mud nest in the Winter and became 
quite a pet, acquiring the habit of com- 
ing to the human friend’s hand now and j 
then to get warm and to feed on drops [ 
of honey. In the Fall the mother or * 
queen wasp finds a snug retreat for the < 
Winter, very often in the attics of houses, y 
Here they remain until Spring, and then j 
most of them usually go elsewhere in I 
quest fo a suitable place in which to build t 
their nests. Of course some of them will 
likely build their Spring nests in the at- : 
tics where they passed the Winter. In . 
any event they are friendly and harmless, { 
and rarely sting, and then only when 
provoked beyond the ability of a wasp to 
withstand. i 
It will probably be impracticable to de¬ 
stroy the queen wasps that are resting in 
a torpid condition in this house. I doubt 
if the roof is tight enough to hold the 
fumes of sulphur in sufficient concentra¬ 
tion to kill the wasps. Certainly 4 or 5 
lbs. of sulphur to every 1.000 oil. ft. of 
space would have to be burned in order 
to produce a killing effect on the wasps. 
Generally speaking, insects are harder to 
kill when they are in a torpid Winter con¬ 
dition. Of course the mud nests may be 
broken off and destroyed, thus killing any 
of the immature wasps that may be in 
them, and which otherwise would appear 
in the Spring. It is not necessary to de¬ 
stroy those nests in which all of the cells 
are open and from which the wasps have 
already emerged. Personally, I should 
not worry over these friendly, harmless 
and interesting insects. Most of them may 
decide in the Spring to go to the attics of 
neighboring houses, and if some of them 
remain they will attend strictly to their 
own business if not worried and harried 
by humans. glenn w. herrick. 
Fertilizing Gladioli 
I am using cow and horse manure on 
a heavy clay loam soil for the growing 
of Gladioli, but wish to aid it more. 
Salisbury Mills. N. Y. f. w. 
Barnyard manure that is not too fresh 
would he an excellent fertilizer for Glad¬ 
ioli. and could be applied heavily during 
the Winter to the soil that is to be plowed 
for the bulbs in the Spring. Dime may 
prove beneficial if there is any marked 
acidity of the soil, and should be worked 
into the soil thoroughly during the prepa¬ 
ration for planting, unless a heavy appli¬ 
cation of chemical fertilizer is added at 
the same time. If you think your soil 
needs lime badly better try to apply it 
this Summer or Autumn to the plot you 
wish to use the following Spring, then 
sow some cover crop. Apply the manure 
to the soil in Winter and the phosphate 
in preparing the soil in the Spring. A 
good complete phosphate, applied at. the 
rate of 1.000 lbs. to the acre, will be of 
material benefit to the crop. We plant 
our bulbs about 4 in. apart in the row, 
aud the rows 80 in. apart, and apply 15 
lbs. of a complete fertilizer directly in 
each row 280 ft. long, working it into 
the soil thoroughly before the bulbs are 
planted. This fertilizer will analyze 
about 1*4 per cent ammonia, 10 per cent 
phosphoric acid and 1 per cent potash. 
E. J. W. 
Creditor: “How often must I climb 
these five flights of stairs before I get the 
amount that! is due me?" Debtor: “Do 
you think I am going to rent a place on 
the ground floor just to accommodate my 
creditors?”—Boston Transcript. 
Hudson outsells all the world’s fine cars, 
only because of qualities that count in 
every day service. 
Chief of these is durability. All 
motorists so regard it. 
And endurance is written everywhere 
in Hudson history. 
Since Hudson made its unrivalled en¬ 
durance records, it has led all other fine 
cars in sales every month and every year. 
That proves how experienced motorists 
judge car worth. 
How Hudson Gained 
Leadership 
It was not speed that gave it sales 
leadership; though Hudson holds more 
stock car speed records than any car, and 
with cars embodying the Super-Six 
principle won more points in speedway 
racing than the fastest special racers 
ever built. 
It was not power; though Hudson holds 
the fastest time ever made up Pike’s Peak, 
in the classic of all hill climbs. 
These Qualities Inspire 
Pride In Hudsons 
They are valued of course by more than 
80,000 Hudson owners. They contribute 
to the rounded supremacy of performance 
which distinguishes the Hudson every¬ 
where. And it is natural to feel pride of 
ownership, and affection for a car that 
none can rival in fleetness, or in hill¬ 
climbing. 
But few will ever care to use the full 
limit of Hudson speed. Few will meet 
hills to test its limits of power. 
What does count every day of use is 
sure, dependable transportation. What 
does count after many months of service is 
the way Hudson retains its smooth, silent 
powers of superior performance, un¬ 
diminished. 
It means the assurance and reliance in 
your car that you feel in a watch that has 
served you for years, and never gave you 
cause for doubt. You are not disturbed by 
speculation regarding probable car troubles. 
Because with Hudson, car troubles are not 
thought of because of their remoteness. 
And remember that the Super-Six 
principle which accounts for all Hudson’s 
speed, endurance and performance 
records, is exclusive in the Hudson. No 
other maker can use it. For the Super- 
Six motor, which adds 72% to Hudson 
power, without added weight or size, was 
invented and patented by fhe Hudson. 
Mark How Hudson Now 
Fulfills Its Prophecy 
Every year has seen some improvement 
in the Hudson. The new models approach 
nearer the builders’ ideal than they ever 
believed practicable. It is today a finer 
machine than those early models, which 
made performance records, no other car 
has equalled. 
Hudson also leads in style. Its influence 
shapes motor design each year. 
Demand for such advantages as Hud¬ 
son’s inevitably means that immediate 
delivery is not possible for all who want 
them. Many have waited months for the 
model of their choice. 
Even should you not want your Hudson 
until next year, now is not too early to 
place your order. 
(3014) 
Hudson Motor Car Company, Detroit, Mich. 
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