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Cleaner than Dirt Cheaper than Lumber 
Celery Profits Are 
Twice As Large 
when you blanch with Areanddee. Professional 
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to leave any profit to you ; dirt can’t keep celery 
clean. 
The Areanddee 
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makes cleaner, crisper, whiter celery and does it at 
one-third the cost. Two men with Areanddee can 
do more feet of row than eight men with boards. 
The waterproof material is held in place by wire 
arches. Growers usual¬ 
ly get five years’ use. 
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and catalog; you can make 
big profits with Areanddee. 
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whether in the control of new or old 
economic insects or plant diseases, or 
breeding, or selection, or what not, the 
contributions of investigators in America 
are one of the finest chapters in the his¬ 
tory of American agriculture. It is diffi¬ 
cult enough under the present trying 
economic conditions to maintain among 
experiment station workers the spirit of 
devotion to science and truth. You know 
very well that the competition of com¬ 
mercial organizations is taking out of 
experiment station work valuable men. It 
is really surprising that so many of the 
station workers continue to remain in 
station work in spite of opportunities for 
increasing their income by entering the 
field of commerce and industry. 
JACOB 0. LIPMAN. 
A Motor Trip from Maine to California 
All men have hidden in their hearts 
A promise laid aside 
To some time tread the wanderings 
With careless chance for guide. 
Bookkeeper, clerk and business man 
Will nod their heads and say: 
“I'll surely take a roving trip 
When 1 get time some day.” 
A gleam will light their work-dulled eyes 
As absently they gaze. 
In half-forgotten hopes of youth, 
And dreams of yesterdays. 
But this conies up. and that prevents, 
Thus ever runs the tale; 
The man who -waits on circumstance 
Will never know the trail. 
IRA SMITH. 
It was no warning sign of the coming 
of a particularly severe Winter that so 
opportunely led us to forsake the good 
old Pine Tree State last September for 
Sunny California. But rather it was in 
response to the call of the wanderlust so 
well expressed in the above verses. Like 
many others, we had long promised our¬ 
selves such a trip, hut obstacles, seem¬ 
ingly unsurmountable, loomed big in the 
way. Finally the fallacy of “waiting on 
circumstances” dawned upon us, and with 
a very simple outfit which made us inde- 
Motor Used on the Californian Trip 
Fir,. 203 
pendent of all save gasoline stations and 
grocery stores, we cranked “Henry” and 
were off. The success and enjoyment of 
such an undertaking depends much on 
the temperament of the participants. No 
one with a fretful disposition or who is 
easily daunted should attempt it; but for 
those who love the big outdoors, aud who 
wish to gain first-hand impression of our 
wonderful country, its industries and peo¬ 
ple, no other method offers such an oppor¬ 
tunity. To us who had worked long and 
hard upon the farm with but. little relax¬ 
ation. the novelty and charm of the veu- 
lure far exceeded our anticipations. 
The simple lake and woodland ‘scenes 
of our native State, and the sublime gran¬ 
deur of Niagara and the Grand Canyon, 
the modern architecture of our busy cities 
of the Central States, covered with cprn, 
cattle and swine, and the volcanic deserts 
and the adobe houses and cliff dwellings 
of Arizona, strewn with the vetrified re¬ 
mains of a giant forest, all offer a con¬ 
trast and variety to be found nowhere 
else on earth. It is a far cry from the 
half-dressed, painted female seen hob¬ 
bling along the city street on heels which 
elevate all but her mind and the “Lady 
of the Plains.” whom we met one day in 
Lew Mexico. She was mounted aud 
dressed in true cowboy style, not omitting 
the lariat on the saddle and the broad- 
brimmed hat on her head. She stopped 
us to inquire if we had overtaken a 
horseman leading a roan pack mare. The 
man in question was her husband, whom 
she was expecting home after a three- 
months’ absence on the range. In the 
meantime she had been riding three horses 
looking after their own herd of 150 head, 
besides caring for three children. Many 
of us in New England have heard of the 
word optimism, but to see it personified in 
nil its glory one should go West. In all our 
interviews west of Ohio we were always 
duly informed that their State was far 
June t>, 1020 
superior in climate and production to 
any of its neighbors, and that the par¬ 
ticular section in which we might chance 
to he was the finest in the State. 
I had picked some choice ears from a 
fine field of corn in Illinois, and, wishing 
them to season a little before sending 
back East, I did not mail them until we 
reached a small city in Iowa. A man 
jealous of the prestige of his State was 
very indignant that 1 should be sending 
East samples of Illinois corn, when I was 
“right in the choicest corn district of th e 
United States.” Lauds in these States 
have doubled in price the past few years, 
and are now selling for from $400 to $600 
per acre. We first saw irrigation in Cen¬ 
tral Nebraska. and from there on it was 
an important factor in growing Alfalfa 
and sugar beets. 
One of the delights of such a trip is 
the chance acquaintance you make on the 
way. After leaving Denver fellow tour¬ 
ists are never out of sight. Many towns 
provide five camping grounds, supplied 
with water, wood, fireplaces, registration 
booths, etc. At such places there are 
frequently 25 or more cars parked each 
night, and the different groups preparing 
supper by the blazing fires and rehearsing 
the day’s adventures makes a pleasing 
sight. We met people from Maine, Ver¬ 
mont, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania. 
Most of them, however, were from the 
Central Stftes. Goodfellowship prevails, 
and water, gas, provisions, etc., are shared 
with the unfortunate who may be in need. 
Most of. the breakdowns are caused bv 
overloading, fast driving or starting off 
with a worn-out ear. We overtook a 
couple from Rhode Island held up for 
repairs in a desolate, uninhabited part 
of the Glorietta Mountains, in New 
Mexico. They were low on almost every¬ 
thing except courage, which seemed to be 
in good supply. They could not under¬ 
stand why their car should give them so 
much trouble, as they had motored all 
over New England, and night after night 
had driven from Providence to Boston 
and back without any mishap. I hap¬ 
pened to meet this man after reaching 
( alifornia. ITe was chipper and bright 
as ever, and confided to me that they had 
started out on a regular joy-ride, put¬ 
ting up at the best hotels and living high 
3 hey barely made the Promised Land, 
and he was obliged to sell his car on ar¬ 
rival To those who would attempt such 
a trip, I would say, do not overload your 
car or be in too much of a hurry. ' We 
were two months in going across, which 
is none too long to see the country prop¬ 
erly. and be able to start out fresh each 
morning. 
Such a trip need not be expensive. 
The total cost for two, including gas. oil, 
repairs, food, etc., was under $200. and 
our car was apparently as good as new 
when we reached Los Angeles, not even 
having a puncture. We used 1 a light 
covered truck body on a new Ford chassis, 
our entire equipment weighing only as 
much as with touring bodv and five light 
passengers. And California? The land 
of good roads, sunshine, fruits, flowers 
and charming bungalows, with people 
from everywhere. There is but one Cali¬ 
fornia, and it must be seen to be appre¬ 
ciated. c. M. MOORE. 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, JUNE 5. 1920 
FARM TOPICS 
Tlie Best Corn for Silage.1027, 1028 
The Troubles of the City Farmer. .. 1028 
Value of Standing Grass. 1028 
The Useful Weeder. 1028 
The Sorghum Crop for Syrup. 1029 
The Experiment Stations and Phosphates, 
1029, 1030 
Hope Farm Notes. 1038 
New York State Food Problem Association. 1041 
Boys Who Made Good. 1053 
A Fanner’s Wanderings. 1053 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Learning To Do It Themsolves. 1041 
Milk Prices and Feed Bills. 1041 
A Sarcastic Daylight Loser. 1041 
Feeding Young Pigs. 1046 
Feeding a Farrowing Sow. 1046 
Starting with Pigs. 1046 
Feeding Brood Sows. 1046 
Hatching Ducks; Dairy Ration. 1048 
Bottling Warm Milk. 1048 
Packing Butter for Summer Use. 1052 
Forage Crop Questions. 1054 
Calf with Indigestion. 1054 
Feeding Five Sheep. 1054 
THE HENYARD 
The Secret of Turkey Raising. 
What Can a Woman Do to Relieve the 
Labor Shortage on the Farm?. 
Improving Poultry Ration. 
Egg-laying Contest . 
Treatment for Gapes. 
Crop Troubles in Hens. 
1027 
1055 
1055 
1056 
1056 
1059 
HORTICULTURE 
Notes from a Maryland Garden. 
Fruit in Western Now York.... 
1031 
1041 
WOMAN AND HOME 
Patriotism on a Sure Foundation. 1032 
A Wisconsin Woman’s Notes. f”?? 
The Home Dressmaker. J; 
The Thoughts of a Plain Farm Woman.. .. juou 
Boys and Girls..|042, 043 
The Pastoral Parson.1044, 10 
MISCELLANEOUS 
A Motor Trip from Maine to 
Scratches on Leather. 
Gypsum in Place of Soil..,. 
Soap in Water Glass. 
Fire Extinguisher . 
Luminous Oil . 
Markets. 
Publisher’s Desk . 
California.... 1030 
.■;;; io3g 
.. 1036 
. . 1036 
. .... 1036 
.1081, 1057 
. . .. 1058 
