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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 11, 1920 
F c Iheres no waste to 
Grape=Nut 
and it saves sugar, Jor it 
contains its own sweetening 
No cooking is necessary 
and the likable flavor of 
this, wheat and malted 
barley food is eQualed 
only by its economy 
Grocers everywhere 
sell Grape^Nuts. 
P °stum Ctre«l r 
__ p OOD 
Strawberries 
Must Be Big 
Small strawberries are of little 
use to the commercial grower, or 
to the amateur. Giant, deep red 
berries of remarkable flavor are 
best for all purposes. There are 
three in particular that are un¬ 
usually fine : 
Buckbee, $5.00 per doz. 
Kevitt’s Jubilee, $2.50 \ • doz. 
Beal, $1.50 per doz. 
Standard varieties such as Chesa¬ 
peake, Marshall and Brandywine. 
$1.25 per doz.; $6 per hundred. 
Catalogue E describes them all, 
send for it today 
Agents 
Wanted 
Active, reliable, on salary, to 
take subscriptions for Rural 
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men who have horse or auto. 
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J. C. MULHOLLAND 
74 North Champion Avenue 
Columbus, Ohio 
OR 
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Used with a moderate amount of 
manure, or turned under with some 
green crop, Barium-Phosphate alone 
will give splendid results and 
Build Up the Fertility 
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STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
For August aud Fall planting. Pot-grown plants 
ready now and runner plants ready about Sept. 1 st. 
Will bear fruit next summer. Also RASPBERRY. 
BLACKBERRY. DEWBERRY. GOOSEBERRY, CURRANT. GRAPE. 
ASPARAGUS. RHUBARB plants. ROSES. PANSIES. SHRUBS 
lor fall planting. Catalogue free. 
HARRY L. SQUIRES, Good Ground, N.Y. 
GLADDEN WHEAT 
Recleaned ready to sow. $3.50 per bu. Poole $3 25, 
Rosen Rye $2.90, Mammoth White Rye $2.75. Bags 
extra at cost. Alfalfa, Timothy, Rape. etc. Cata- 
og free. VV. N. Scarff& Sons, New Carlisle, O. 
Tiro Joynt Brand 
Pure Unleached Hardwood Ashes 
The best Potash Fertilizer for top dressing, worn out 
grass and meadow lands, wheat growing or Beeding 
down, they have no equal. Correspondence Invited. 
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O D C AI I I Let me help you secure the best of 
wrCUlHL the new Strawberry, Raspberry and 
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A. B. Katkamier - - Macedon. N. Y. 
RUSSIAN PITKUS grower. Euorinoua 
yielder. *2.00 per bu. Subject to advance. Supply lim¬ 
ited. Order early. CLOVERIUI.E FaRM, CliarlotU, N. *. 
Layer Strawberry Plants ing ; 40 varieties to select 
from, Including the fall bearing. Ask for catalog. 
J. Kkifford Hall, Route 2, Rhodksdale, Md 
Strawberry, Blackberry, Raspberry Plants f£h 
Planting. Send for price list. MICHAEL N. B0RG0,Vineland, N. J 
VINES, BERRIES, SHRUBS AND ROSES 
Have made good for over 30 years. When buying of us you enjoy the bonefit of our 
many years experience. This fall is the time to plant, for Nursery Seedlings come from 
—_ France and have been since the war, almost impossible to get at any price, as they are 
not growing many seedlings, the land being used for farming purposes as they are very much in need 
of grain therefore stock is very scarce and will be for years to come. There will bu a record-breaking 
demand for fruit for years to come, so an orchard planted now will add more to the value of your farm 
than ever before. Maloney hardy upland trees of known merit will establish themselves quickly, make 
a rapid growth and fruit early. Write for our Big, Free Descriptive Catalog— We guarantee absolute 
satisfaction or refund your money. 
We Prepay Transportation Charges, on all Orders lor Over $7.SO 
MALONEY BROS. & WELLS CO., 47 Weft Street. DANSVILLE, N. Y. 
elevators, where grain may be stored for 
transshipment as ordered for sale or ex¬ 
portation. 
Relieving Congestion. —To relieve 
on the connecting links of these systems, 
the railroads, during the rush season fol¬ 
lowing the harvest, an intermediate link 
has been introduced in the steamship 
routes across the Great Lakes, where 
specially constructed vessels carry the 
grain from and to terminal houses at 
Western and Eastern points. There is 
also another auxiliary transportation link 
by canal and river barge. At all points 
of transshipment large storage units are 
provided, thereby relieving congestion aud 
the tying up of railroad cars, and allow¬ 
ing grain to be held at suitable points so 
as to prevent flooding of tide-water ter¬ 
minal facilities. 
A Lesson for Farmers. —Let the 
Kansas grain grower, forced to carry over 
that under ordinary forest conditions 
such a machine would soon be put out of 
commission by a falling tree. If the in¬ 
quirer, as is evidently the case, is not 
very familiar with lumbering operations, 
I would advise him to get someone who is 
expert to help him, or let the job alto¬ 
gether. A novice is apt to spoil more 
timber than the wages of a good lumber¬ 
man would amount to. In fact, lumber¬ 
ing, in all its branches, is rather hazard¬ 
ous work, even if one is fdirly familiar 
with it, and an amateur should not at¬ 
tempt any extensive job without skilled 
help. 
My own advice would be to sell the 
trees on the stump, and if possible, before 
selling get some disinterested person who 
has handled timber to appraise the value. 
The timber crop is a difficult one to har¬ 
vest. also a difficult one to market, if 
one is not familiar with the lumber mar¬ 
ket. Quite a good deal of special equip¬ 
ment is necessaiy, even in handling a 12- 
acre tract, and, generally speaking, un¬ 
less one has had experience in this iine of 
work it is better to sell trees on the stumj. 
A Simple Contrivance For Separating Vetch Seed From Grain 
his wheat, rend this story twice. He, 
who has held wheat worth thousands and 
paid large interest rates on loans, was 
both poor and rich at the same time. 
Transportation of crops is our great 
problem, and nothing will solve the grain 
problem quicker than the way Canada 
has done it: sufficient facilities under 
Government supervision for the handling 
of a nation’s essential food. Will we 
farmers stand back longer, after this 
demonstration, and permit political spell¬ 
binders to paint rosy hues on the moon, 
while gouging middlemen pluck profits 
from our pockets, or shall we, like the 
Canucks, demand a fair deal? 
earle w. gage. 
Separating Vetch Seed from Grain 
Several of our readers say that they 
are troubled with a mixture of veteh seed 
in their wheat * or rye. Evidently they 
have used vetch as a Winter crop, and it 
has spread over the farm so as to work 
into the smalt grain. We have been 
rather slow in advising the use of vetch 
as a cover crop on account of this trouble. 
On our own farm the vetch has spread 
into every field. It comes up with the 
small grain in spite of all we can do to 
keep it out, and when it does mix in we 
find it almost impossible to separate the 
seed from the grain. It seems to be 
harder to work it out of wheat than to 
separate it from the rye. The seed is 
much the same in size as the grain, and 
the ordinary fanning mill does not handle 
the situation properly. Some years ago 
this trouble came up, and we printed a 
little article by A. D. Shamel, who de¬ 
scribed a homemade contrivance for sep¬ 
arating vetch from rye. The picture 
shows this device, and the following de¬ 
scription given by Mr. Shamel seven years 
ago is reprinted: 
As for separating vetch and rye, the 
method used by Mr. Brewer and the 
writer was suggested by Prof. W. W. 
Tracy of the United States Department 
of Agriculture. The first machine was 
a homemade affair, costing practically 
nothing. Later a power separator was 
devised, costing about $25. The sketch 
illustrates the principle of the separator, 
which can be modified to suit indvidual 
conditions. 
The mixed seed is thrown on the in¬ 
clined canvas belt at about point A. The 
round vetch seeds roll down the belt and 
fall into the vetch bin, while the rye seeds 
will be caught on the nap of the cloth belt 
and be carried up over the top, falling 
into the rye bin. A hopper can be used 
for holding the mixed seed, and so regu¬ 
lated as to let the seed fall on the belt in 
a uniform manner. Power can be util¬ 
ized for running the belt if desired by at¬ 
taching a belt wheel to the upper roller 
instead of crank. 
Felling Trees with Dynamite 
For clearing about 12 acres of wood¬ 
land, consisting of trees from 8 to 30 in. 
diameter. I want to remove the logs to a 
nearby slope. What is the best way to 
get the trees down if one ifian has to do 
the work, and if two men work together? 
If dynamite is used instead of ax and 
saw, would it be best to fire the trees 
above the ground or blow the whole tree 
up by a charge below? J. il 
New York. 
I know of no better way of felling 
trees for timber than the old-fashioned 
method of saw and ax, and two per¬ 
sons are required to do this success¬ 
fully. A saw operated by a small gas¬ 
oline engine for felling trees is adver¬ 
tised at present, but it seems to me 
Specify a time in which the timber shall 
be removed, and make the time as short 
as is consistent. As to felling trees with 
dynamite, I should not consider it prac¬ 
tical in any extensive lumbering job. Cer¬ 
tainly the logs would be ruined if the 
charge were placed in the tree above 
ground, and I should expect that many 
trees would be split in any case. _ How¬ 
ever, I have not had experience in this 
kind of work. CHESTER L. MILLS. 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, SEPT. 11, 1920 
FARM TOPICS 
Developing Good Strains of Seed Pota¬ 
How to Kill Sprouts. ......... 1432 
Elevators That Elevate Grain Prices.. 1433, J434 
Separating Vetch From. Grain. 1434 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings. 1436 
Annual Sweet Clover Notes.• •••• }??? 
Hope Farm Notes.1444, 1445 
Sunflowers and Beans. 1445 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
New York State Wool Growers... 
How Not to Treat Fistula. 
Hidebound Horse . 
Improving Milk Flow. 
Starting a Hog Farm. 
Feed For Growing Pigs. 
Thriftless Pigs . 
Spoiled Quarter . 
Lice on Cat. 
Repelling Flies . 
Milk For Cats. 
Slobbering . 
Ailing Cow . 
Mange . 
Chronic Fistula . . 
Bog Spavin; Overgrown Hoofs.... 
Staggers .... 
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THE HENYARD 
Notes on Light Brahmas. 
Thin Eggshells; Goose Manure 
Drooping Wings . 
Egg-laying Contest . 
Death of Hens. . .. 
Injury From Laying.. 
Cannibal Chicks Again. 
Ailing Ducklings . 
Leg Weakness . 
Decreased Size of Eggs. 
Gaping Hens . 
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HORTICULTURE 
Garden Notes From New England.. 
Strawberries, Lice and Ants....... 
Injury From Painting Tree Trunks, 
Lettuce in Delaware. 
Calla As a House Plant. 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day. 
Seen in New York Shops. 
The Lesser Fall Bulbs.• ••■ 
The Rural Patterns. 
Pumpkin Loaf .. 
Saving and Making.• 
Red Tomato Catsup. 
Chopped Pickles in Rhyme. 
Sweet Cucumber Pickles. 
Pickled Pigs’ Feet.••• 
Oriental Jam .. 
Little Helps .. 
Favorite Rooipos ... 
Embroidery Designs . 
Homemade Toilet Soap. 
Scripture Cake .. 
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MISCELLANEOUS 
A Rectangular Water Tank........ • •••••• 1432 
The Federal Trade Commission and Seeds 
men . 1435 
Lightning Protection . 1435 
Kerosene Engine .. 1435 
Selection of Water Wheel. 4435 
Size of Parachute. 1436 
Events of the Week. 1433 
That Destructive Storm. 1440 
An Object Lesson^. 1440 
Gathering Wild Honey. 4443 
Transferring Bees .U * Lill. 1445 
Curing Sumac Leaves and Hemes. ^447 
Those American-horn Hunters. ,447 
Judge Miller on Agriculture. 1454 
Manufacture of Starch. 1454 
Fire Extinguishers .... 1454 
Baking Powder and Boils.... 
Homemade Flower Pots. 1454 
Lodestone . 1454 
A Simple Copying Pad.^.... 1455 
An Auto Trip Through Vermont. 1455 
Poison Ivy . 1455 
Bats Gathering in Attics. ^ 
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