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Along the 
Seaboard 
the south's newest great railway. 
Land which farmers have bought in 
Manatee County, Florida, for $30 to $50 
per acre earns profits which seem fabulous. 
Instances are common of from $1,500 to 
$2,000 profits per acre. The market 
gardeners all count on at least $500 profit 
per acre. 
Crops are marketed every month and they 
tiring “hot-house” prices. Celery, lettuce, 
cabbage, cauliflower, tomatoes, corn, okra, 
onions, peas, beans, potatoes, cucumber, egg¬ 
plant, cantaloupes and watermelons grrow 
amazingly in the productive soil. 
Oranges and Grapefruit 
Net $2000 per Acre 
One grove near Palmetto has netted its 
owners $2,500 per acre. Numbers of the 
groves net their owners $500 or more per 
acre. 
Write for our new booklet entitled “Orange, 
Grapefruit and Vegetable Growing in the 
Land of Manatee.” It contains many pic¬ 
tures of the splendid schools, roads and 
churches—explains why Florida is the ideal 
place for the market gardener, fruit grower, 
stock farmer and poult ryman. 
J. M. Jones, General Development Agent 
SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY 
Room 152, Royster Building, Norfolk, Va. 
We Will Grant 
Loans to Farmers 
IT IS our job to supply work¬ 
ing capital for N ew York State 
farmers through short - time 
loans (one year or less). While 
for some months, the demand 
has exceeded the supply of 
available funds, we shall be 
glad to consider applications 
in order received. 
Write today for particulars 
Farmers Fund* Inc. 
M. W. Cole, President 
Alliance Bank Bldg. Rochester, N. Y. 
Saws Wood Fast 
Does the Work of Ten Men—r 0 Cost 
This one-man cross-cut saw outfit run 
by gasoil no engine cuts 15 to 35 cords of wood a 
day—fells trees—makes ties—runs machinery. One 
man or u boy can handlo It. Kasy to operate, easy 
to move. Engine can he used for other farm work 
Then not sawing for yourself or neighbors. 
PHILLIPS ONE-MAN DRAG SAW 
fast m ney-maker and big labor saver Work any¬ 
where in any weather. Simply send name—a post 
card will do—for free folder and special prices. 
PHILLIPS DRAG SAW MFG. CO. 
*426 Phillips Bldg., Kansas City. Mo. 
When you write advertisers mention 
The Rural New-Yorker and you'll get 
a quick reply and a "square deal.” Sec 
guarantee editorial page. 
7ht RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
A 1920 Corn Crop 
The crop alluded to in the Chicago 
market reports as the "yellow peril” has 
certainly made a record yield in the 
Genesee Valley this season of 1920. Every 
year at planting time there is more or 
less trouble in getting a good stand, on 
account of seed of weak germinating 
power, and last Spring’s experience was 
no exception. This is because proper at¬ 
tention is not given to the selection 
and curing of the seed ears. It is our 
practice to select the seed from the stand¬ 
ing crop, choosing the earliest ripened 
ears that are well tipped out. With an 
apple-picking bag over the shoulder one 
can carry two or three dozen ears to 
fence or end of the row. A couple of 
hours’ work will complete the job. At 
this writing, November 1, our seed corn 
has been hanging in the cornhouse loft 
for six weeks, and is as dry and hard as 
nails.- 
The 5% acres devoted to corn this year 
grew potatoes and corn for fodder last 
year, no manure being used on the latter 
crop. This past 1 Spring this part of the 
lot was given a coat of barnyard manure, 
but no fertilizer was used on any part 
of the crop. The corn was planted May 
20 , using a planter. The rows were 40 
inches apart and the kernels about 12 
inches apart in the row. This method of 
planting proves to be far ahead of where 
the grain drill is used, as the kernels are 
dropped in an even, straight line, and at 
an even depth, while the earth is pressed 
around the seed, insuring quick germina¬ 
tion and an even stand. The crop was 
well cultivated from start to finish. The 
crop was cut with a binder September 
24. The bundles were left on the ground 
to cure for a couple of weeks, and then 
turned. By this time the stalks were 
pretty well cured. It was then hauled 
to the barn and ran through the husker 
aiid shredder. It was so heavily eared 
that it had to he fed into the machine- 
slowly, as the rolls could not take care 
of it fast enough, but it was a good job 
of husking. There were 750 bushels of 
ears from the 5% acres, and almost every 
ear perfect. As it came from the machine 
it was dumped in a temporary bin on one 
side of the barn, and later moved to the 
corn-house, and is all coming out well. 
The fodder was spread over as much 
space as possible, as the barn is large; 
but still a part of this will spoil because 
of too much dampness. I believe a silo 
for the fodder would complete this method 
of harvesting the corn crop. Getting the 
corn crop off the ground so early allowed 
the rye to be sown in season. This is 
now making a good lot for the Winter. 
While this corn crop was a very satis¬ 
factory one, there are many others doubt¬ 
less just as good or bettor. The variety 
is the Eight-rowed Yellow State. 
New York. ir. e. cox. 
Yams and Sweet Potatoes 
What is the difference between yams 
and sweet potatoes? 1 have heard'peo¬ 
ple who have visited the South say that 
we Yankees don’t know how good real 
yams can be. even intimating that the 
Southern peoiple will hold their best 
stock from Northern markets just to tease 
us. T don’t believe that, do you? 
Hingham, Mass. u. s. b. 
The so-called yarns of the South are not 
true yams, but simply species of the 
sweet potato which carry a much larger 
percentage of sugar than the varieties 
popular in the North. Sweet potatoes in 
the South are usually baked, while in the 
North they are very commonly steamed or 
boiled. The dry yellow potatoes popular 
iu the North will stand that method of 
cooking, while the so-called yams of the 
South would be entirely spoiled if 
steamed or boiled. Most Northern people 
prefer a dry, flaky, sweet potato, and the 
Naueemoud class of sweet potatoes are 
oven drier when grown in the South than 
they are in Now Jersey, and are choky 
when baked. The Southern yam va¬ 
rieties bake into a mass of jellyfied sweet¬ 
ness, and anyone who lives long in the 
South, though he may have been accus¬ 
tomed to preferring the dry potatoes in 
the North, will soon find that he is getting 
to agree with the Southern people, that 
the soft and jellyfied yams are far better 
than the yellow dry potatoes. But the 
name yam is simply a distinctive term, 
for the true yam is found only iu the 
tropics. Our sweet potatoes are all Dio- 
scorea Batatas. A yam, Dioscorea villosa, 
is found in South Florida. All the yams 
are close kin to sweet potatoes, and ail 
are iu the Dioscorea genus. 
W. F. MASSEY. 
Wheat, $2.25; corn, ears, 95c per bu.; 
oats. 75c; rye, $1.70; buckwheat. $1.10; 
potatoes, $1.50: apples, $1; butter, G5c 
per lb.; eggs, 60c; pork, dressed. 22c per 
lb.; cabbage. 2c per lb. Help is scarce: 
cannot get a man for less than $7.50 a 
day of 10 hours. Wheat loss bad; it was 
sowed late on account of the flv. w. c. 
York Co., Pa. 
A Healthful Drink 
With 
No After Regrets 
You are sure of satis¬ 
faction when you make 
your table beverage 
Instant Postum 
Coffee drinkers delight 
in the change because 
of greater comfort, and 
the price is attractive 
because so moderate. 
All the family will like 
the flavor of Postum 
At Grocers Everywhere 
Made by Postum Cereal Co., Inc., 
Battle Creek.Mich, 
ORE HEATER 
for STOCK TANKS 
Get a heater early. Write now for illu¬ 
strated circulars and dealer’s name, to 
DON’T WASTE FEED 
SAVE IT this winter by heating the water 
for your stock with Coal, Wood or Cobs in a 
COW BOY TANK HEATER 
Quickest to heat; strongest draft; adjustable grates; 
ashes removed without disturbing fire; keeps fire 24hrs., 
AKcnlnifilv Cafa « Pays for itself in 2 months with 
HDSOlUIelj OalCf 4cows; Self-Sinking; can be 
used in Wood, Steel or Concrete Tanks of any size. 
M ist reliab!e._ practical, efficient and durable Tank 
Heater manufactured. Thou sands used everywhere. 
’’TilrcnaiCuToT’^our’Tanir'TIeawra’laar^yrnter.worKed ve^Taiiafac^ 
torilv and ar« well worth their coat. Every stockman should use one.” 
^V^JT^EW^Prof^o^Anima^HusbandrvAowj^State^ColleRe^AmesJa. 
THE MUNDIE MANUFACTURING COMPANY 
529 Brunner Street, Peru, Illinois 
The THRESHING PROBLEM 
OAI 17I7F| Threshes cow peat) and soybeans 
oULVLD from the mown vines, wheat, 
oats, rye and barley. A perfeet 
combination machine. Nothing like it. “The 
machine I have been looking for for 20 
years,'' W. F. Massey. “It will meet every 
demand,” H. A. Morgan, Director Tenn. Exp. 
Station. Booklet 30 free. 
Koger Pea & Bean Thresher Co., Morristown, Tenn. 
"WOOD PIPES™ 
V\ by not use Wood Pipe for carrying Spring 
Water to your house and barn. It can be iir- 
sta.led for one-half the cost ot iron pipe. It will 
not rust, clog or taint. If the water becomes 
frozen it will not burst. Bored from White 
Pine Timber, the water is delivered as sweet 
and pure as at the source of supply. 
Write for Catalogue and Prices 
A. IVYCKOFF & SON COMPANY, Elmira, N. Y. 
You Can Afford a Farm in 
Fertile 0h1anp or Q.ud>e^ 
Jt-w-U'iV ii i* 
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fipMo' The wave of high land prices may well turn (l 
r. .. . y° u , r , attention to the opportunities to be found 
™ ’, n , these older Provinces of Canada. Here, close to im- 
tn h!T£^ Se a Cl - ties g , rea i m dustrial centers—with ail the conveniences 
jo m .? ny !.and anywhere, are farms which mav be bought at 
jl'I MrSK; Owners are retiring, independent-in many 
^ > f , a E m Products, good markets, all the 
conveniences cf old, well-settled districts, beckon you to investigate. 
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A Wonderland of Opportunity for the Pioneer. 
^ e ?? s u vi11 I I ot Permit you to buy an established farm, 
Untano and Quebec offer great fertile regions where the pioneer 
can hew out a home for himself and family—where prosperity and 
5v i ^dependence are to be won by those who will put forth the effort. 
Lvery branch of agriculture may be followed m these Provinces; 
. dairying and stock raising are particularly successful. 
For illustrated literature, maps, etc., write Department of 
Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or 
O. C. RUTLEDGE, 301 E. Genesee St., Syracuse, N. Y. 
■ Canadian Government Agent, 
When you write advertisers mention The R. N.-Y. and you'll get a 
quick reply and a “square deal." See guarantee editorial page. 
