The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
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New England Notes 
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Part II. 
Rhode Lst.axd Box Adopted. —Appar¬ 
ently the Rhode Island market box is 
going to be^ adopted as the standard 
throughout New England. Some Boston 
market growers opposed its introduction 
for a long time, as it conflicted with the 
Boston bushel box which has been in use 
for a great many years. Several of the 
growers have a large stock of Boston 
boxes on hand, and although their asso¬ 
ciation voted in favor of the Rhode Island 
box, they will of course use up the old 
style receptacles. The difficulty comes in 
making up loads, for. the two boxes do 
not work in well together. Probably a 
great many of these Boston boxes will 
eventually disappear in New York with 
shipments of celery or other crops going 
to distant places. The Rhode Island box 
measures on the inside 17 1 4jx17 1 / £x7 1.-16 
inches, and has a capacity of 2162,89 
cubic inches. The Boston box actually 
measured 114 bushels. Connecticut vege¬ 
table growers and fruit growers in var¬ 
ious parts of New England seem likely 
to accept this box, so that it will become 
a standard for all markets. 
Quinces or Fire Ri.ioiit. —Mr. .Teaks 
is now preaching the extermination of i 
the quince bushes in Middlesex County, 
lie says that the quinces threaten the 
fruit industry there, and that it would he | 
far better for each farmer to buy what 
few quinces lie may need than to grow 
them himself near apples or peaches. The 
reason is that fire blight makes its first 
appearance on quinces, and spreads 
rapidly on that plant. Already there is 
a large amount of fire blight in Middlesex 
County. East year it got a good start. 
The Tiriridia or Mexican Shell Flower 
but was checked by a change in climatic 
conditions. Mr. .Tcnks recommends, be¬ 
sides pulling up the quinces, the cutting 
mit-of infected area's on the other trees, 
removing the twigs or branches some dis¬ 
tance back from the point where the in¬ 
jury appears. Then the wound can lie 
disinfected with a strong corrosive sub 
lunate solution, say one part to a thou¬ 
sand parts of water. Fire blight may be 
recognized by the scorched, darkened ap 
pearaace of the bark. It comes very sud¬ 
denly. 
IIome-growx Lettuce. — All fore¬ 
handed gardeners have prepared for mi 
early season by starting, vegetables in¬ 
doors, and using a c. hi frame for hard¬ 
ening them off. This plan doesn’t require 
eery much effort and helps .materially to 
get early crops. Take lettuce, as an ex¬ 
ample. Perhaps no other garden crop 
proves more disappointing to the average 
amateur, especially if they insist upon 
having head lettuce. Lettuce planted in 
hi 1 open ground very often refuses to 
head properly, despite all the coaxing 
JTivon it. AA hen started indoors, how¬ 
ever. and then transferred to the garden, 
it gives a much better account of itself, 
and it can be set out as oarlv as the 
ground can be prepared. Probably tin* 
'ninety which will head most persistently, 
season after season, is Big Boston. Yet 
i'-r quality it does not equal May King. 
all, though, why do pooplo insist 
iq»m having head lettuce? Ac ross the 
water housewives like best of all the 
tender young leaves, and they reallv are 
more palatable than head lettuce, al- 
P <n, f.h kicking the ornamental qualities 
"f the hitter. Let the garden-maker 
i, n supply of loose-leafed Grand 
impnls coining along, and lie need not 
'orry about an abundance of lettuce for 
us table. There is one kind of lettuce, 
hough, the cos lettuce, which will head 
. . - i 7r u 111 wann weather. This is 
I ‘ •fttnee to grow in a cold frame 
the season, although for that 
mm i' ik’jMice ot every variety will give 
in mi.i« better n ‘, s " lts . in a ooW frame 
probubiv tbai i in tlie °Pen ground, 
liobably because the sides of the frame 
t Continued on page 781) 
The Hyatt Equipped 
Avery Cultivator 
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T I is a significant fact that practically every motor cultivator 
on the market today, built with anti-friction bearings, is 
equipped with Hyatts. 
Hyatt Bearings keep the cultivator wheels running true, prevent 
wear and save hours of oiling, because they need the oil but once 
a season instead of twice a day—and do all this under hard duty 
amid dust and dirt, giving a permanent, care-free performance. 
And such are the reasons for the predominance of Hyatt 
Bearings, not only in motor cultivators, but in all power farm¬ 
ing machinery, such as tractors, grain binders, plows, threshers, 
wind mills, trucks, etc. 
HYATT ROLLER BEARING COMPANY 
Tractor Bearings Division, Chicago 
Motor Bearings Division, Detroit Industrial Bearings Div., New York City 
Parrett 
Bailor 
Emerson-Brantingham 
Rock Island 
For Motor Cultivators 
How Our Water System Increases 
Farm Profits 
Your farm will make you more 
money if you have it improved 
with a Milwaukee Air Power 
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tem, which pipes fresh water 
direct from the well and cistern. 
Dairymen who have watched 
carefully, and agricultural col¬ 
leges who have made tests, say 
that a milch cow produces from 
five to seven pounds more milk 
per day if she has fresh, evetily- 
temperatured water continual¬ 
ly before her. 
Where fresh water was al¬ 
ways available, beef cattle and 
hogs, while fattening, showed 
great gains, although there 
was no change in feed. 
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water pipes directly from well 
and cistern to farmhouse, barn, 
lawn, watering trough and 
dairy; no storage tanks or stale 
water; electric lights in all your 
buildings; you will add com¬ 
fort and value to your farm 
and increase your profits. 
W e have a representative in 
your county. If you don’t 
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