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‘Ibc RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 15, 1920 
W HEN you are seeding and one of your spark 
plugs pops out or “misses,” that “miss” is as 
good as a mile lost. You can overcome the annoyance 
and delay of misfiring by using sure-fire Bethlehem 
Spark Plugs. 
The mica in the Bethlehem de Luxe Tractor Plug 
cannot peel off and cause the plug to foul. The mica 
is wrapped around the center-spindle, then reinforced 
with little mica washers, compressed into a solid mass. 
They “stand the racket.” 
The great International Harvester Company, after 
exhaustive tests, has adopted Bethlehem Spark Plugs 
as standard equipment. The Studebaker Corporation 
has done the same thing on automobiles. Let their 
judgment be your guide. 
Bethlehem Automobile and Truck Plugs are just as 
dependable as the Tractor plugs. To save you time 
and money in buying spark plugs, we have prepared 
a little booklet, 1 Hit or Miss?”, which we will mail 
you free upon request. 
Bethlehem Spark Plug Corporation 
E. H. Schwab, President 
Bethlehem, Pa. 
Traction Sprayer* 
For Potatoes, Truck 
and Shrubs, etc. 
Spraying an acre of potatoes, pickles, 
strawberries, etc., in 12 to 15 minutes 
with a one-man, one-team machine is cer¬ 
tainly saving money. 
The Eureka sprays 4, 6 or more rows at a 
time, 9 to 24 ft. One, two or three nozzles 
for each row deliver powerful, fine, misty 
spray on all sides. Drives between rows, 
thus saving all ground for planting. 
Supplied with 60 or 100-gal. Cypress Tanks. 
Big 60 x 3 inch wheels give ample traction for 
pump, delivering steady pressure. Gauge and 
relief valves provide automatic control of 
pressure as desired. Dasherin tank keeps mix¬ 
ture constantly agitated. Dasher operates 
with machine in or out of gear. 
Can also be used with attachment for spiaying 
trees and shrubs. 
EUREKA MOWER 
Box 880, Utica, N.Y. 
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Does Your Nursery¬ 
man Use This Mark ? 
T HE ‘-TRUSTWORTHY” 
trade-mark shown above, is 
used by the 400 members of 
the American Association of 
Nurserymen. 
These men have linked them¬ 
selves together to protect you! 
Membership in their Associa¬ 
tion is strictly limited to those 
iirms whose methods and stand¬ 
ards come up to the Association 
measure. 
Therefore the TRUST¬ 
WORTHY trade-mark gives 
you the Association’s assurance 
of satisfaction, back of your 
purchase. 
How the Association’s Vigi¬ 
lance Committee means your 
protection, what the Association 
is, and where you can get 
TRUSTWORTHY trees and 
plants, is told in our free book¬ 
let.—“Looking Roth Ways Be¬ 
fore You Buy Nursery Stock.” 
Americart 
Association 
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General Offices: PRINCETON, N. J. 
COUNTRY We supply any book Unit, has to do with 
1) O O K S country life: the farm, the flower, fruit or 
vegetable, garden, trees, shrubs, landscape gardening, 
plnntH under plana, hoIIh, feitllizeiB, plant iliKea****, in Kent pent*, 
garden ar«*bitert.ure,outdoor sport*, eir. From ihoiwuude of hooks 
we have selected the 700 bevt. Send stamp for 56 pp. catalog No. 3. 
A. T. UL LA U.AUH CO. Inc, lil-A W, 3UU SI., New Ywli City 
General Farm Topics 
Value of Rye Hay 
I have about an acre of plums just 
about full grown. I plowed and cleaned 
it out last Fall and sowed rye, with the 
intention of plowing it under this Spring; 
have a line stand of it. I keep one cow 
and one horse, but have no pasture, hav¬ 
ing to buy hay and grain. I have about 
an acre which T intend to sow to oats and 
peas for feed this Summer, cutting it. for 
hay, but I am wondering whether it 
would be a good plan to cut this rye green 
for hay also, or to plow it under for ma¬ 
nure, as originally contemplated. Hay is 
selling here for around $30 per ton, and 
feed at about $65 to $70. lias rye cut 
green for hay any feeding value when fed 
to cattle for milk? F. S. R. 
Canandaigua, N. Y. 
At present hay prices we should cut 
that rye early and make it into hay. The 
ordinary “rye hay” is about the poorest 
fodder you can find. That is because most 
people let it stand too long before cut¬ 
ting. Rye straw is very hard and tough, 
but when cut early the rye will make -t 
fair feed. Many dairymen use large 
quantities of green rye—cut when almost 
two feet high. The grain makes a very 
rapid Spring growth, coming ahead of 
other fodder. Cut it before it comes in 
bloom and cure as you would clover. 
Most people wait until the head is fully 
formed, hut at that stage of growth the 
stalk is too hard and tough. 
Soil Poisoning from Arsenical Spray 
Is there anything in the idea that ar¬ 
senical sprays, constantly used, will in the 
course of time poison the soil, arsenic 
being an indestructible material? n. G. 
Experiments conducted in Colorado cer¬ 
tainly showed that injury resulted from 
the continued use of arsenic. The poison 
accumulated in the soil in such quantities 
as to injure trees. The conditions were 
hardly what we can expect in ordinary 
culture. The poisoned spray was heavily 
used and the ground was irrigated—not 
receiving the usual rainfall in our humid 
climate. Our scientific men appear to 
think that on the Atlantic Slope, with 
our heavy rainfall and with the ordinary 
spraying, there is no great danger of in¬ 
jury. 
Leveling Rye Stubble 
Let us know what implement is best to 
use to lay down a rye stubble, and when 
should it be done? We expect to mow 
hay this year in this field, and feel the 
stubble may interfere with mowing ma¬ 
chine. L. B. 
King’s Park, N. Y. 
A heavy roller will smash down the 
stubble usually so as not to interfere with 
the mower. When the grain stubble is 
too bigb, some farmers turn it over in 
early Spring. This cleans out all trash 
and leaves the ground smooth. If burned 
early the young grass is not injured, but, 
of course, you lose some nitrogen and 
humus in this burning. 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK 
DOMESTIC. — Ordnance Warehouse 
No. 11. at Camp Travis, near San An¬ 
tonio, Tex., was destroyed by lire May 2. 
Supplies valued at $1,000,000 were in the 
building, and according to estimates the 
loss will be at least $500,000. 
Forty-three bodies have been recovered 
from the wreckage of the village of l’eggs, 
Okla., which was destroyed by a tornado 
May 2, and more than a score of severely 
injured have been taken to hospitals in 
near-by cities. Four other persons were 
killed when the tornado swept across 
parts of Rogers and Craig Counties, in 
the vicinity of Chelsea, and seven are 
known to have been injured there. 
Spurred by a strong northwest wind, 
fire shot through the Jewett plant of the 
national Lead Company at Port Rich¬ 
mond, Staten Island. May 2. burned out 
the main building, destroyed the plant’s 
big storage bouse and ate its way through 
two dwellings and a hotel. Three per¬ 
sons were injured, and the property loss 
was $300,000. 
Fire in Poughkeepsie, N. Y.. M*iy 4, 
destroyed the Rialto Theater and a num¬ 
ber of business buildings, causing a loss 
of $250,000. 
Arrangements for the gradual emigra¬ 
tion of 4.000,000 Jews to Palestine will 
be discussed at the extraordinary confer¬ 
ence of the Zionist Organization of Amer¬ 
ica here May 9-10. The conference will 
be attended by 1.700 delegates from the 
United States and Canada. Under the 
leadership of Justice Brandcis of the 
United States Supreme Court, and United 
States Judge Julian AY .Mack the organi¬ 
zation is expected to take immediate ac¬ 
tion toward the re-establishment of the 
Jewish people in the Near East. Al¬ 
though millions of Jews, particularly from 
Eastern Europe, are said to be prepared 
to leave at a moment’s notice, the Zion¬ 
ists say that "no mad rush of emigrants 
will be permitted to flood Palestine.” but 
that a well-regulated, carefully scientific 
emigration of perhaps 50,000 annually 
will be undertaken. 
A verdict of $25,000 was awarded Mor¬ 
itz D. Spitzer, a chiropodist, May 4, in 
the New York Supreme Court for injuries 
sustained by reason of swallowing some 
tacks in Soup that he ate in one of the 
Childs restaurants. After hearing his 
story of how Mi*. Spitzer had suffered for 
a long time, after an operation had been 
performed to remove the tacks, the jury 
before Justice Finch gave him the full 
amount of damages he sued for. Unless 
the verdict is reduced by the trial court 
the defendant company will appeal. 
WASHINGTON.—A bill providing for 
Federal enforcement of the woman suf¬ 
frage constitutional amendment, was in¬ 
troduced May 4 by Senator Watson 
fRop.. Ind.) and referred to the Judiciary 
Committee. It^ proposes a fine of $5()ii 
and one year’s imprisonment for in¬ 
terference with women in voting in all 
elections, including State, territorial, 
county, city, parish, school district or 
others. 
The latest figures on the world’s oil 
supply compiled by the United States Geo¬ 
logical Survey of the Department of the 
Interior show that the foreign countries 
are using only half as much petroleum 
as the United States,' but have seven times 
as much oil in the ground. These coun¬ 
tries are now using about. 200.000,000 bar¬ 
rels of oil yearly, but they have resources 
large enough to last more than 250 years 
at this rate of consumption. In striking 
contrast are the production figures for tin* 
United States, which at present rate of 
more than 400.000.000 barrels a year, has 
only an 18-year supply. In other words, 
the United Statets is using up its own oil 
supply 14 times as fast as the rest of the 
world. Warning of the probability of an 
actual shortage of gasoline before the end 
of next Summer, as a result of the dis¬ 
proportionate increase in gasoline produc¬ 
tion and the number of automobiles in use, 
was given in a statement issued May 2 
by the Bureau of Mines. A\ r ith the num¬ 
ber of automobiles and trucks now in use 
estimated to be 25 per cent greater than 
last year, gasoline production, it was said, 
increased only 11 per cent in February 
and 20 per cent in March. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—Proposals to 
license meat packers and create a com¬ 
mission to enforce laws affecting the in¬ 
dustry were rejected April 29 by the 
House Agriculture Committee. With 
these eliminations agreed upon a sub¬ 
committee. headed by Chairman Haugen, 
was appointed to draft compromise legis¬ 
lation for the regulation of the packers. 
After June 1. 1920, the importation for 
any purpose of any variety of stocks, cut¬ 
tings, scions or buds of fruits for propa¬ 
gation. from Asia, Japan, Philippine 
Islands and Oceania (including Australia 
and New Zealand) is prohibited, except 
for experimental or scientific purposes by 
the Department of Agriculture. Special 
permits may, however, be issued for lim¬ 
ited supplies from the above-mentioned 
countries, for the purpose of keeping the 
country supplied with new varieties. This 
quarantine order aims at keeping out the 
Japanese apple canker, Oriental fruit 
moth, pear fruit-borer, apple moth and 
other pests. 
More than 8.000 members of the Ortho¬ 
dox Meunonite Church community in 
Manitoba and Saskatchewan will leave 
Canada this Summer and establish a col¬ 
ony iii the Mississippi Valley, it was an¬ 
nounced at Winnipeg April 29. The 
statement followed a visit of Bishop Wahl 
of Swift Current, who told the provincial 
authorities Attorney General Palmer had 
given assurance that if the community 
settled in the United States it would be 
granted immunity from military service. 
The exodus will depopulate virtually lo 
or 14 prairie towns, it was said, and will 
necessitate the sale of improved laud hold¬ 
ings valued at more than $ 10 , 000 , 000 . 
Farm Loan Bank officials, meeting at 
Washington May 3, agreed that expansion 
of the agricultural industry was daily be¬ 
ing retarded through inability of the sys¬ 
tem to make further advances to farmers. 
While the country awaits a hearing ot the 
suit, testing the constitutionality of the act 
under which the system onerates. it was 
stated that thousands of farmers were 
compelled to forego plans for extension 
nr expansion of the crop planting plans. 
The conference was called by Commis¬ 
sioner Dobdell of the Farm Loan Loaiu 
in order that a general survey ot con¬ 
ditions confronting the banks and loan 
associations could be made. It did not 
complete its work and the discussions 
were to tie continued. All members < t 
the conference urged against another •> 
fer of farm loan bonds in the open mar¬ 
ket. at this time. The opinion was hem 
that a "cloud would hang over boiKis s 
long as the act providing for then issue 
was in court.” Officials believed, how¬ 
ever, that Congress would adopt the i 
ris resolution empowering the lreasurj to 
absorb the board s next bond issue. 
