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Vht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 2, 1920 
BARGAINS 
BIG SA VINGS FOR THE FARMER 
Kim 3 h i . d a1 T such savings as we are able to offer now at Farm 
«He n ?£ adqnarters. In proof of this we are illustrating and describing and 
pricing in this Advertisement just a few articles selected from the hundreds shown in 
the pages of our New Free Fall Catalog, now ready for distribution Fvery prtce on 
Pa®® means a saving to you. Every article we offer carries our quality Guarantee 
—full satisfaction or your money back. Every sale we make is with the distinct 
understanding and agreement that you must he pleased or no sale. For this reason 
you are absolutely safe in sending us your order and vour money for anything shown 
Advertisement. We refer you to the published of this paper to any hank or 
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BARGAINS IN ROOFING 
Our Pyramid, Shedwell and National Chief, 
e asy-to-l ay roofings, are of the finest quali¬ 
ties and sold much under pres¬ 
ent prices, due to large supplies 
secured before recent advances. 
In our three grades and various 
weights in each grade, we offer 
a quality suited to your every 
need and at astonishingly low 
prices. Made of selected long 
fiber felt, thoroughly saturated 
with asphalt, they are weather 
proof, water proof, storm proof 
and practically fire proof. En¬ 
dorsed by the fire underwrit¬ 
er* 011 ^ , crs - None better at any price. 
. •'!'—1-Ply National Chief Rubber Roof¬ 
ing, $2.10; 2-ply, $2.60; 3-ply, $.2.00. GP 321 
77 Slatc Surfaced, $3.75; extra heavy, 
$4.35. Cement and nails free with every roll. 
FEED GRINDER BARGAIN 
The National Chief Feed Grinder is the fin¬ 
est quality grinder on the market—no other 
machine at anywhere 
near the price compares 
with it. Takes little 
power, grinds ear corn, 
shelled corn or small 
grains without changing 
burrs. Selected steel con¬ 
struction, grinds coarse 
or fine at will, easily and 
quickly adjusted, lasts a 
lifetime. No. D-1662 0- 
, , inch Mill, capacity 6 to 
10 bu. dry ear corn or 6 to 20 bu. shelled 
corn, wheat, oats or barley per hour. Price, 
with one extra set of burrs, $27.00. Eight- 
inch mill, $35.00. 10-incli mill, $46.50. 
LIME SPREADER BARGAIN 
We.sold a lot of these Lime Spreaders last 
spring—in fact sales ran beyond all ex¬ 
pectations. We have a quantity left which 
No.G382 
$4g00 
V 1C , . 0,d Price—while they last. 
The National Lime Spreader, is the best, 
smest and most satisfactory spreader on 
the market. It is thoroughly well made, 
has steel scraper agitator—positive action 
without gears, cranks, shakers or chains. 
It s a wonder in quality and a wonder in 
price. Money back guarantee if not satis¬ 
fied after 30 days’ trial. Order a AC AA 
early. Px-ice, . «p*lD.UU 
SAW FRAME BARGAIN 
No. G-738. Where can you find a small tilt¬ 
ing table saw frame, thoroughly well made 
from selected matei-ials, taking any size 
saw blade up to 22 - 
inch, and requiring 
only 1 to 3 horse 
power, for so low a 
price? Takes round 
wood up to 10 inches 
in diameter—35 lb. 
balance wheel, pul¬ 
ley 5-in. diameter— 
strong, solidly made 
. and guaran- $ 1 Q tr<> 
teed by us. Bnrgnm price, . 
No. G-750—20-in. Saw Blade. Price, $5.70 
No. G-752—22-in. Saw Blade. Price, $6.90 
BARGAINS IN FEED CUTTERS 
Here is a hand Feed Cutter at . 
price far below present values 
We have them on a 
contract made last 
year and give you 
the benefit of the 
saving. Three cuts 
to one turn of the 
crank. Hardwood 
fr5me,securely bolt¬ 
ed, 1114 -inch temp¬ 
ered steel knife. Shear cut ... 
lengths of % to 1% inch. Capacity tl 
from 150 to 200 lbs. dry corn fodder Cl Q OA 
per hour. Bargain at. 
BARGAIN IN FEED COOKER 
Made of 16-gauge steel, with 
12x15 door, large flange east 
iron kettle. Burns cobs or 
wood. Extremely useful for 
cooking feed, heating water, 
rendering lard, etc. 18-gal. 
size, $14.50; 22-gal. $17.00; 30- 
gal. $20.30; 45-gal. $23.00; 60- 
gal. $27.50; 100-gal. $39.25. 
BARGAINS IN GRIST MILLS 
G-598—A handy Grist Mill to attach to table, 
especially designed for cracking corn and 
for grinding grist for poul¬ 
try feed and table use from 
corn and other small grain. 
18-inch balance wheel; 
grinding plate adjusted by 
band wheel. High grade and 
guaranteed satisfac- CA Cf| 
lory. Underpriced at*P’***" 
Our new fall catalog shows 
a full line of mills for the 
farm, all at very low prices. r ' 
We will send it free by return mail on 
request. 
BARGAIN IN KITCHEN PUMP 
No. GD-334—For cisterns or 
wells not over 20 feet deep. Has 
revolving top so handle can lie 
turned to any position. Re¬ 
quires no extra cylinder, as 
body of pump is the cylinder. 
Fitted for 1 !4 inch pipe. Co ca 
Bargain price. 4 W.OW 
Our free Fall Catalog shows big 
savings in Pumps and Pump 
Jacks. It’s free. 
SAVE A THIRD ON A GASOLINE-KEROSENE ENGINE 
National Chief Kerosene-Gasoline Engines are doing wonderful work for hundreds of 
farmers in the east—giving them more than rated horse power at a big saving in ope¬ 
rating cost over engines of similar horse power and sold by us at a first cost that 
saved them at least a third. Don't think of buying an engine‘until you have first sent 
for our new fall catalog, illusti-ating and describing this wonderful engine, ready now 
to he sent free and postpaid to you if you will send a 
post card asking for it. 
The National Chief comes in five sizes, it is made for us 
exclusively by one of the largest and most successful 
manufacturers in America; it is equipped to use either 
kerosene or gasoline and you can change from one fuel 
to the other instantly; it is throttle governed and has the 
famous Webster Magneto as regular equipment. 
You cannot find a better power plant, no matter what 
the name, mxike or price, as hundreds of our customers 
will tell you. It is a money-making, money-saving en- - 
gine, sold at a big saving, and you can buy it either on easy payments, as you can 
spare the money, or for cash. The 1*4 horse (which uses gasoline only) sells for $57.75; 
the 3-horse for $100.00; the 5-horse for $132.00; the 7-horse for $204.00 and the 12- 
horse for $372.00. 
^® al , so f . ul .'J lis, J! completely equipped with portable saw' rigs, and on truck for mov- 
eoV- a a wherever needed. Guaranteed for five years—money back if not 
satisfied after .,0 days trial on your ow n farm. Don’t buy until you read all 
about it in our free catalog. Ask for this free hook today. 
Send ci Postal and get a copy of this Free Book 
can u°t afford to buy any kind of farm equipment until you have | 
first sent for a free copy of our new fall catalog. It has been very I 
caiclully revised, the lines have been extended and new lines added. 
iou cannot buy better goods at home or elsewhere at anywhere 
near our prices. This is in truth “Farm Implement Headquarters”— 
the place where every farmer can buy needed farm equipment in the 
lull confidence that he will always secure the best to be had for any 
purpose and always at a saving. We bring the factory nearer to you, 
consumer, and in doing so we make your dollar go- further than 
it will go anywhere else we know of. You can quickly prove this 
to your own satisfaction by sending for a copy of this free hook and 
r compaimg our merchandise and prices with the merchandise and 
prices of any other dealer. More than 5,000 farmers have saved monev here in the 
past few months. Just a letter or a post card will LrlS™ tlX book bv*return m^l 
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DEPARTMENT A 
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98 CHAMBERS NT STREET 
Here and There 
Traveling in Alaska 
To travel in Alaska, especially during 
Winter, is very inconvenient. You must 
remember that we have no railroads nor 
any other roads, either. All we have in 
the northern peninsula is trails—trails 
that carry us over tundras, with their 
“nigger-heads.” over rocks and icc blocks, 
up on the hills and down into the valleys, 
running hither and thither to avoid the 
worst ])1 aces. 
A trip from our place to Nome, a dis¬ 
tance of 200 miles, takes us eight days 
[under ordinary conditions. Some times 
it takes two weeks or more. You see. our 
“train” is a dog team. Seven dogs are 
considered an ordinary team for pulling 
a sled with the teamster and on£ or two 
passengers, but in hauling heavier loads 
some 15 or 17 dogs are used before one 
sled. They are hitched to a low line, two 
and two abreast, except one in the lead. 
The leader is especially trained, and the 
worth of the team depends upon him. 
The teamster stands on the runners at 
the back of the sled, holding on to a pair 
of handlebars, like the handles of a plow, 
in order to guide the .sled and keep it 
from tipping over on rough places. lie 
directs the dogs by calling gee or ho to 
them when he wants them to turn either 
to the left or the right. There is also a 
brake at the back of the sled, on which 
he steps to stop the dogs if they go too 
fast or refuse to obey. 
The traveler has to be well dressed, as 
he never knows what kind of weather lie 
will encounter during his trip. A pair 
of high reindeer boots, a pair of dog or 
reindeer mittens, two “parkas,” one of 
squirrel and one of reindeer skins, and one 
fur cap. is what we have on us. In the 
sled we put a canvas cover and then our 
sleeping bag. which is made of heavy rein¬ 
deer skins. If it is real cold, below 40 
under zero, we crawl into the bag; other¬ 
wise we stay on top, so we can run along 
with the t<*am when we feel like running. 
When the dogs are all hitched up we 
jump into the sled, the teamster standing 
of shoes fastened together with hay wire • 
that is all I had left. I had good' clothes 
and several pair of good shoes burn yf 
good wife lost all. Through the kindness 
of neighbors we were able to keep house 
iu the chicken house before the week’s 
end. My incubator with 10 dozen eves 
was a bad loss, and the old fiddle, whi. t. 
makes me fee! bad. 
My chicken house is» 04 ft. long, eo 
you see. we had room to make ourselves 
comfortable. That was split cedar also 
I have 12 acres cleared and in grass, and 
am now clearing some of my rich bottom 
land for potatoes and loganberries. This 
its the best district for logans in the conn 
try. I have the finest running water a 
good spring, the best of fuel and good 
fresh air. Hut money—I hardly know 
what it looks like. There have been 
months that we had no sugar or potatoes 
A neighboring herd destroyed things last 
year—no fencing. I have just joined over 
a mile of rail fences. Some people tell 
me I have worked. Considering that I 
was not well when I started. I think I 
have done fairly well. If I had been real 
well. I would have done better; but mv 
health is improving, and I am no Spring 
chicken. as I commenced reading Tin: 
R- X.-Y. back in the ’50s, when old John 
Plowhandler was an able contributor. I 
am like the prodigal son. I am away 
from The Rural table eating the husks'; 
hut when I get returns from my well- 
grown potato crop. I shall be found back 
at the Rural feast in my best bib and 
tucker. Please keep the fatted calf till I 
come. f. A. PALMS. 
Jefferson Co.. Wash. 
The Trials of a Kite 
The T Teddy Neics Letter tells what 
happened to a set of scientific kites put 
tip in Georgia to obtain air records: 
They consisted of strong wooden frames 
about 7x7x8 feet. Each kite was cov¬ 
ered with about 12 yards of fine cambric 
and attached to fine piano wire. They 
Waiting For the Rural-Mail Carrier 
at the handle bars. He calls “mush” to 
his dogs, and off we are with high speed. 
[The first roadhouse, Alaskan hotel, is 
[about 25 miles away, and that is as far 
as we travel the first day during midwin¬ 
ter. In the Spring we stop at the first 
roadhouse for lunch and continue to the 
next place, about 25 miles away. Forty 
to 50 miles is considered a long trip in 
one day. The dogs are tired, and we are 
stiff, so we are glad to be here, even if it 
is not very inviting. We stop over night 
and get up early the next morning to con¬ 
tinue our journey. labs a. ALMquist. 
Unalakleet. Alaska. 
“Hard Knocks,” but No “Knocker” 
[These are hard and stringent times 
for many of us. The great unrest in the 
country is infectious, and many of us are 
led to think that our own troubles take 
the premium, and that, our own lot is “the 
limit.” It is good for us all to realize 
that “there are others.” and we gladly 
print the following letter from a brave 
soul far out on the Pacific Coast, who 
takes his big share of trouble and hard 
knocks with a smile.] 
Less than two years ago I started 
hewing out a farm on this wild land of 
Western Washington. I was 10 days 
making a trail three-quarters of a mile 
from the road to my land. I built a 
cabin of split cedar, cleared a small patch 
of ground and then built a house 31x48 ft., 
all out of split cedar. I packed every¬ 
thing from rai.road. three-quarters of a 
mile distant, up the hill to the new house. 
My furniture was billed at 1.800 lbs. I 
then got an incubator, billed at 410 lbs. 
I packed it. [Tc “pack” means to carry, 
a common term for carrying any sort <>f 
merchandise in the West.—Eds.] My 
house was ex' '’y 400 ft. elevation above 
railroad. 
While bur^og brush this Spring 1 
burned the house and everything in it. 
My money. Liberty bond, papers and most 
of my tools that were never outside 
burned. I had one old shirt with one 
sleeve torn off, ragged overalls and a pair 
were let out and hauled in by a reel oper¬ 
ated by electric motor. Due to a defec¬ 
tive splice, four of the kites with about 
three miles of wire broke away and flew 
about 18 miles before the wire became en¬ 
tangled in a tree. A farmer telephoned 
ihe news to the aerological station, but 
before the party sent out to recover the 
kites could reach them, some negroes had 
wrecked the first one and stolen the cloth, 
which was later found in nine pieces in 
various cabins. The other three kites, 
when the first one was separated from 
them, escaped and flew about three miles 
farther. During the flight, however, the 
wire became entangled with a boy and 
a mule plowing iu a field. The boy 
grasped the wire and cut and burned his 
hands. The mule became so entangled in 
the wire that the help of three men was 
required to release him. The three kites 
were finally caught in another tree, which 
was cut down bv another party of ne¬ 
groes. and in falling wrecked the second 
kite, which was dismantled by the negroes. 
The two remaining kites again escaped, 
flew about three miles farther and lauded 
in one of the tallest pine trees in the 
region. The third kite had a meteoro¬ 
graph attached, which was recovered un¬ 
damaged. A heavy rain came on, how¬ 
ever. and the two remaining kites were 
broken up and finally abandoned. 
A Community Mail Box Post 
I have just studied out a scheme to 
accommodate our rural free delivery car¬ 
rier where there are several boxes. On 
most corners you will notice each indi¬ 
vidual has a separate mail-box post. That 
means a stop and start to each box. My 
scheme is to stop once for all boxes. 
There is one post, and arms made of 2x6 
in. stuff. 36-in. long in each piece. The 
two pieces are halved in center. Hole is 
bored in post, also iu arms. I used a 
1-in. bolt, 14 in. long; that gives ample 
strength to hold cross in place. Picture 
shows the post. Our little daughter, 
Florence, is here to greet our carrier. 
Wayne Co., N. Y. fbank a. humbebt. 
