1009 
As with all the warmth¬ 
giving products of 
Richardson & Boynton 
Co., it carries the guar¬ 
antee of efficiency and 
quality made famous 
by over eighty years of 
honest manufacturing. 
The RURAL NFW. YORKER 
White Lead Paint for Tree Protection 
Why has no one recommended white 
lead and raw linseed oil as a preventive 
for mice and rabbit injury to young apple 
trees? This remedy is mentioned in 
Stark's hand-hook, and I have used it 
three years. n. A. r. 
This remedy has been suggested in The 
R. N.-Y. at least 150 times, and there has 
been considerable discussion of it. Some 
of our people say it has proved a perfect 
protection. Others have mixed arsenic 
with the paint with satisfaction. Still 
others report, that it proved no protection, 
while a large number claim that the paint 
ruined their trees. With this difference 
of opinion The R. N.-Y. does not recom¬ 
mend the paint as any “sure thiug.” 
No More Singing Spindles 
Mica Axle Grease ends squeaking, 
triction-bound axles and hot-boxes. 
Makes it easier for the horse and 
less expensive for the owner. The 
finely ground mica fills spindle 
crevices and makes a perfect bear¬ 
ing surface. 
MICA 
AXLE GREASE 
STANDARD OIL CO. of NEW YORK 
Principal Otficts 
New York Bolfalo Albany Boston 
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Farm Use 
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Shredding, Feed Grinding, Hauling, 
Harvesting,Threshing, Binding, Baling, 
Planting, and Seeding, Stump Pulling, 
Sawing Wood, Ensilage Cutting and 
Silo Filling. 
FRI CICwili DO th' TRICK 
Saves Labor and Time 
Is Durable and Efficient 
Write for Catalog 
FRICK COMPANY, Inc. 
345 W. Main Street, Waynesboro, Pa. 
binder twine 
UifcO. BURT & SONS, Bex W. MKLKOSE. 01118 
, St?;\ LE .T ELEC ; rRIC LIGHT plant 
.fine, generator* Kood condiMon; completo with on- 
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Notes from a Maryland Garden 
Why is the weather bureau ? Any man 
accustomed to outdoor life on laud or sea 
could guess th»> coni ng weather about as 
correctly as the bureau with its telegraph 
and observers. On May 0 the weather 
man said continued cool, but uo change in 
temperature. The sunrise temperature 
for 10 days had been running 48 to 50 
deg., and though there was to be no 
change in temperature, it fell that night 
20 deg., and on the morning of the 7th 
the temperature stood at 32 deg. in shel¬ 
tered places and 30 deg. elsewhere. And 
yet on the 7th the weather man ignored 
the freeze and again said no change in 
temperature, while the temperature went 
back to the 50-dog. standard. My beaus 
were killed, though I turned the hose on 
before sunrise. My potatoes were badly 
scorched, but the stems were not cut 
down, and they are now green again. 
Beans, cucumbers and cantaloupes have 
been replanted; some hills of corn hurt 
beyond cure, but most of the corn will re¬ 
cover after washing the frost off with 
cold water. 
Today, May 10. two weeks later than 
usual. I am setting the tomato plants. 
This is really the first real Spring day 
we have had, with a noon temperature of 
82 deg. in the shade. We certainly 
should now be safe from frost. The frost 
did a great deal of damage. In the low 
black muck soils, where the strawberries 
thrive best, the freeze was harder and 
the strawberry crop is largely killed. 
Everyone has to replant cantaloupes, cu¬ 
cumbers and watermelons, but as the 
growers north of us are no better off. the 
crops from here will come in in about 
the usual place on the market, as com¬ 
pared with Jersey. 
I have no peaches, but the plums seem 
still safe. Reports, as usual, say every¬ 
one’s peaches were killed, but there are al¬ 
ways some that escape, and peaches on 
trees that have been well thinned by 
frost will be liner for the thinning. It 
remains to be seen what the June drop 
will amount to. 
As fast as the tomato plants were set 
I placed a piece of cardboard around each 
and pushed them into the ground. I tried 
this last year and it saved every plant 
from the cutworms. But I still make up 
the bran. Paris green and molasses mix¬ 
ture in balls and drop them in the mole 
runs for the mice, and since I have been 
doing this I have had little or no damage 
to plants, though the moles still make 
their runs, and I let them run and catch l 
grubs. 
Everything now seems to he trying to j 
make up for time lost by the frost. With 
the mercury hovering up near 00 dog. at 
noon, it is the first “corn weather” we 
have had. But this is but four days after 
the freeze, and we may have more cool 
weather. Therefore. I keep the eggplants 
and peppers under glass at uight. and 
will not set them in the garden till late 
in May. 
I am uow planting my okra. I plant 
only the loug. smooth White Velvet. This 
is the true Creole okra, and I had for 
years been using a hybrid white pod okra 
with the same ridges and stinging hairs of 
the green-podded sorts. The true White 
Velvet has displaced these, being better, 
longer podded and prolific. The seeds¬ 
men seem to have run into tin* short- 
podded hybrids, and I found a iuau grow¬ 
ing the true Creole, aud secured seed last 
year. I found it true, and will stick to it. 
W. F. MASSEY. 
The Lawyer: “Aud do you swear to 
this remarkable story you have just told?” 
The Witness: “Oh, yes; 1 swear to it, 
but 1 wouldn’t advise you to bet money 
on it.”—London Sketch. 
Farmers Have Tested Paroid for 20 Years and More 
Proof of wear — that’s what most farmers 
insist on knowing before they buy roofing. 
Neponset Paroid, familiarly called “Good Old Paroid,'* 
has a wonderful record of protecting cattle, stock, tools, crops, 
garages, and homes from the attacks of rain and sleet, sun and 
snow—at lowest service cost per square foot per year. 
It is beautiful enough for your house and low enough in 
price to use on less expensive buildings. Protects your prop¬ 
erty from fire. Easily laid right over old wooden shingles 
or on new roof boards. Makes an ideal siding. 
THREE COLORS 
Impregrinted with asphalt and 
surfaced with slate or talc, Neponset 
Paroid is water-proof, tough. 6trong 
and flexible. Easily laid by anyone. 
Nails and cement come with each roll. 
Paroid slate-surfaced comes in two 
beautiful colors—natural slate-red 
and slate-green. Paroid gray is an 
unusually thick, heavy roofing. It* 
surface is almost white. 
There’s a Neponset Paroid roofing- 
for every need and every purpose. The 
Neponset dealer in your town can 
supply your needs. 
Write us for full information. 
BIRD & SON, inc. 
(Established 1795) 
East Walpole, Mass* 
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9 1 per ft. 99% pure copper 
2 C Direct to you , no middleman 
If goods when received are not satisfactory 
return to us, we will pay freight both ways. J 
Full instructions with each order. Write us* 
International Lightning Rod Co. 
Port. R SOUTH BEND, 1ND. 
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Y. M. C, A. AUTOMOBILE TRAINING 
for shop work—engine principles; sef-starter, 
lighting, ignition; repairing: vulcanizing; indi¬ 
vidual driving lessons for .State examinations. 
Courses may be taken separately or combined. 
17th year. Largest school In East. Many out 
of town students. Send for booklet "R.’' 
Educational Dept., West Side Y. M. C. A.. 
318 West 57th Street, New York. 
rant! STATIONERY PRINTED for l*.>ultrymen. Stockmen 
f fl fl |l| otc. It's businesslike. You need it. Fine lot of sample. 
■ Pill III suitable for any business, with full information sens 
anywhere, postpaid, free. R. N. Howie, Printer, Beebe Plain,Vtt 
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As naturally as the sun’s warmth goes to 
every quarter of the world, from one source, 
so does the warmth from a Richardson One 
Pipe Heater go to every room in the house. 
No Pipe* to Install — No Cutting of Partitions — One Register Does It All 
Cold air is drawn down 
into the Heater and 
warmed. The cold air 
chamber keeps the cel¬ 
lar cool so that vege¬ 
tables can be stored as 
safely as though furnace 
was not there. Burns 
any available fuel—and 
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full description 
Richardson & 
Boynton Co. 
Established 1837 
258-260 Fifth Ave. 
NEW YORK 
BOSTON 
CHICAGO 
PHILADELPHIA 
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Best Grade 
Linseed Oil 
Here is a chance for a real bar¬ 
gain in the best grade linseed 
oil paint. Send for sheet of paint 
bargains—starting at $3.20 per 
gallon. Every gallon backedby 
our $ 10,000 guarantee of money- 
back-if-not-satisficd. 
Everywhere, farmers have 
proved that our paint stands up 
for years. 
Manufacturers Outlet Dept. 
Buffalo 
Housewrecking 
& Salvage Co. 
732 
Walden Ave., 
Buffalo, N.Y. 
Gallon 
Cans at 
|Ha]f Price 
