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W* RURAL NEW-YORKER 
No, this Outfit^isn’t perfect— 
but it’s pretty darn near it 
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That’s the kind of testimonial we like. It is part 
of a letter written us by Willis Cornell, of Baldwins- 
ville, N. Y. Mr. Cornell bought one of our Power 
and Light Outfits about a year ago and writes some 
plain facts about it. Read his interesting letter below. 
. 
Western Electric Company 
Dear Sirs: 
“The only place where I know that 
perfection exists is in heaven and in 
patent medicine claims. I will say 
though that most of the many farm 
light plants admit they’re the best. 
Maybe I’m foolish, but I didn’t buy 
any of these * best’ ones—I bought a 
Western Electric. 
“I don’t believe a sane man would 
point to any one automobile made in 
America and call it ‘best. ’ And doesn’t 
that apply to power plants too? Price 
enters, so do looks,pride and the purpose 
you want the plant for. 
“It seems to me that a farmer’s main 
purpose in getting a plant ought to be 
power, plenty of power. Any man knows 
what excess power in a motor car means 
on hills—but that isn’t half as important 
as ample power in a farm plant. You 
can go up a hill on second, 
but your farm work 
goes down hill un¬ 
less you have 
enough power 
to run the 
machinery. 
“So when you think of electricity don’t 
think of light and stop there. Of course, 
the light is mighty handy, but it is 
The extra powerful outfit 
that saves time and money 
“With its extra capacity engine and 
ample generator the Western Electric 
Outfit is an economy because it will do 
all the big and little 
chores around the place. 
“If you have a gas or 
kerosene engine on your 
place you know what a 
valve - in - head motor 
does to give more power, 
and how important it is 
to have an oiling sys¬ 
tem that works for 
sure. (That last is the 
difference between 20c 
a quart and burned 
out bearings at 
$2.00 a 
pound.) 
“With your Western Electric Power 
and Light Outfit you get an engine that 
runs smooth when you want it to run— 
and develops power a-plenty to operate 
all the machinery you’ve had to turn by 
hand. 
But an outfit is only 
as strong as the 
batteries 
“Nobody knows just how a battery 
works. We don’t any more know what 
goes on inside a human being, but we do 
know what’s good for us and what hurts. 
It’s the same with cows or with batteries. 
If a battery takes current too fast it 
stalls on its food—a kind of electrical 
indigestion, I argue—and it’s a pretty 
expensive dyspepsia when you have to 
buy a new battery. 
“So I think the Western Electric 
method of regulating the charge is 
great. I should say I 
know it is, because my 
battery is standing up 
in fine shape. 
“I wouldn’t 
body’s plant is 
Western Electric Power and Light 
Outfit—A Strong Arm on the Farm 
say any- 
the best, 
but I will say that if any 
man thinks he can find 
on my farm a better piece 
of machinery than the 
Western Electric Power 
and Light Outfit, why I’ll 
help him hunt. No this 
outfit isn’t perfect — but 
it’s pretty dam near it.’* 
Western 
Electric 
Power £r Light 
Are you interested in Power and Light that can 
handle your heaviest work? Just write a postcard 
to the Western Electric Company at Boston or 
New York—and be sure you ask for booklet RN-2. 
Some good, territory still available for 
live-wire representatives . 
Makes the Battery last longer 
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CHATTANOOGA NURSERIES :: Chattanooga, Tenn. 
Pay Nothing 
Until 60 Days 
Now is the time you need a good, reliable sprayer forfruit trees, 
vines Bhrubbery; for white-washing bams, chicken houses, hog sheds, 
etc Mere’s a sprayer that will do the work thoroughly and quickly 
and pay for itself in increased profits. Prove it at our risk. Just send 
coupon—no money—and we will ship sprayer promptly. Use it 30 
days free. If you then decide to keen it, make first small payment 
in 60 days, balance in Co-days payments, giving you nearly a 
Full Year to Pay 
SMS5S Sprayer 
This hand sprayeris just what you want if you haven’t enough 
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pecially constructed pump with high grade 4-ply rubber tubing. 
Automatic shut-off nozzle with non-clog spring cap. Light convem- 
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rnrr Book of Farm Necessities 
i" 1C ■" ■" Shows wonderful bargains in gas engines, cream sep- 
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—THE HARTMAN COMPANY— 
4019 LaSalle St., Dopt„ 2456 Chicago 
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Name .. 
Address. 
When you write advertisers mention The R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a 
quick reply and a “square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
March 13, 1920 
City Papers and Pomology 
When Secretary Robert Lansing re¬ 
tired from office recently, the New York 
Sun wished to pay him the most? graceful 
compliment possible, so it went back into 
history—and apples. The following is a 
sample of its efforts: 
From New Jersey some Lansings went 
into Central New York, following in time 
the Sullivan expedition of 1779. From 
Holland these New Jersey farmers had 
brought young apple trees which, when 
grafted on the Indian stocks, produced 
the luscious Spitzenberg. Thence, upon 
the stock of a tree partly cut down by 
some of Sullivan’s' Continentals, the 
Spitzenberg apple was developed into the 
King apple of Tompkins County, so much 
in demand in Europe and along the At¬ 
lantic coast. Thence later came those 
other wonderful types of apples that make 
New York State the Mecca of experi¬ 
menting dendrologists. These have en¬ 
riched the orchards of the West and the 
Pacific coast beyond the potency of mines 
of gold. Living men not yet old have 
seen the original Indian stock at Lansing, 
N. Y., surviving from the ax of 1779. 
Of course, we assume that the Sun 
meant pomologists instead of “dendrolo¬ 
gists,” but we would like to know whence 
these apple facts came from! One may 
have a great admiration for Robert Lan¬ 
sing without attempting to put him down 
as a pomologist. No one knows more 
about the pomology of New York State 
than Prof. U. P. Hedrick of the Geneva 
Expriment Station, and this is his ver¬ 
dict : 
All pomologists agree that Spitzenberg 
originated at Esopus, Ulster County, and 
probably long before Sullivan made his 
raid into Western New York. The next 
statement, “that the Spitzenberg apple 
was developed into the King apple of 
Tompkins County,” is even more ridicu¬ 
lous. Tompkins King originated in 
Washington, Warren County. New Jer¬ 
sey, and was brought to Tompkins County 
in 1804 by Jacob Wyeoff, by whom it 
was named King. It is so unlike Spitz¬ 
enberg in characters of tree and fruit that 
it is almost certain that it is not even a 
seedling of Spitzenberg. 
We have been told by the city papers 
that the farm ,press should keep away 
•from the discussion of public matters. 
This excursion of a city paper into the 
realms of pomology does not seem to us 
entirely successful! 
Uncared-for Asparagus 
I have about half an acres of asparagus 
about 12 years old. Will it hurt to let 
it grow up without cutting for one year? 
I have so much on hand this season I do 
not wish to give the time to it. If wise 
to let go for a year, what treatment 
should the bed have? n. H. A. 
Doylestown, Pa. 
The asparagus will suffer no harm by 
omitting one season’s cutting, provided it 
is kept reasonably free from weeds and 
grass. If I were going to handle this 
proposition I would plan to fertilize as 
usual, and at the proper time in Spring 
break up the middles between the rows 
and keep the weeds down as well as pos¬ 
sible by cultivation until the middle of 
Summer. After that the dense growth 
of tops will probably keep rank weed 
growth from taking place. To neglect all 
cultivation, even for one season, may so 
foul the ground with weeds and grass 
that it may never he possible to put the 
patch in good order again. K. 
Grafting Spruce 
Can a blue spruce he grafted to a Nor¬ 
way spruce or a pine or hemlock tree, or 
can they he budded? I have a few blue 
spruces and a lot of Norway spruces, and 
if they can be grafted I am going to try 
it. H. w. s. 
Mt. Jewett, Pa. 
Yes, the blue spruce can and is suc¬ 
cessfully grafted on the Norway spruce, 
but not top-grafted outside as you would 
graft an apple tree. The stocks used are 
small, usually not over one-half inch in 
diameter. These are crown-grafted, us¬ 
ually in February and March, and the 
grafted stocks handled under glass. In 
the hands of an experienced man this 
work is highly successful, but those with¬ 
out experience or proper facilities for 
handling the grafted stocks would meet 
with absolute failure. There is much to 
he learned about this kind of work, and 
the knowledge can only be gained by much 
practical experience. K. 
For the Land’s Sake—Use Bowker’s 
Fertilizers. They enrich the earth and 
those who till it.— Adv. 
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