The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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the average 
potatoes 
Big Money Crops Grow 
on Low - priced Land 
Along the 
Seaboard 
the south's newest great railway 
You can earn more dollars per acre and 
land can be bought for less. The average 
acre of tobacco returns $285—sugar cane 
$350 — sweet potatoes $137 — and the 
Florida, vegetable growers net five to ten 
times this amount per acre growing early 
truck for Northern markets. 
An average acre of sweet potatoes will 
feed twice as many hogs as corn and feed 
them twice as long. One acre equals 100 
bushels for fattening shoats. 
In Florida, South Georgia and Alabama 
you can feed cattle and hogs on such a 
variety of green feeds as to do away with 
expensive concentrates during the fatten¬ 
ing period. 
Fruit and Vegetables in 
“The Land of Manatee” 
In Florida, men make from $500 to 
$1,500 profit per acre growing oranges, 
grapefruit and vegetables. Crops every 
month. There are many opportunities 
along the Seaboard in Florida, Georgia, 
Alabama and the Carolinas and Virginia. 
Write for more information. 
J. M. Jones, Genertl Development Agent 
SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY 
Room 152, Royster Building, Norfolk, Va. 
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FARMERS 
HANDY 
WACON 
Low steel wheels, wide tires, make 
loading and handling easier. We fur¬ 
bish Steel Wheels to tit any axle, to 
carry any load. Plain or grooved tire. 
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EMPIRE MFG.COi Box 396 Quincy, I1L 
Water-supply Problem 
I We have an eight-room house here in 
| a small village, where there is no water 
supply. About 200 ft. from the house we 
have a lot 15 or more feet higher than 
the one where the house stands. Could 
we build a cistern there, filter it and use 
it at the house for all purposes, same as 
running water? Q. s. 
i New York. 
A cistern with filter can. of course, be 
built anywhere, but any cistern would he 
useless unless connected with a sufheieut 
expanse of roof to supply it with w r ater 
during showers. Your plan of making 
one 200 ft. from the house in a vacant 
lot does not appear to me as practical 
unless you. have some source of water for 
it not mentioned. Tf you wish running 
water in the house, whv not put a small 
tank in the attic and carry water into 
it from the house roof, connecting it also 
j with a force pump at a well driven in 
j the cellar for emergency supply. Any 
I cistern depending upon ram water, unless 
very large, is pretty apt to call for emer¬ 
gency supplies rather frequently in the 
Summer time. 
A much better water supply may be ob- 
I tained by driving a well in the cellar or 
j close to the house and putting in one of 
l the pneumatic tank systems with gasoline 
engine or electric motor driven pump. 
Such a tank with an electric motor, where 
| an electric current is available, is an 
ideal installation, delivering water under 
pressure to any floor of the house and be¬ 
ing entirely automatic in operation. 
Where no current is available, a small 
gasoline engine will do the pumping, 
though this, of course, jvilll require atten- 
! tion when the tank needs filling. Even a 
hand pump may be.used, but this requires 
more muscle than .the ordinary family 
finds available when it is needed. 
M. B. D. 
A Homemade Ferrule 
The following pictures and descriptions 
are given by Grant Hood iu the Florists' 
Eo.<h’tnge: Ferrules on tools, hoes, rakes 
Hoe Without Ferrule 
or forks have a way of getting broken, 
and iu many cases it is almost impossible 
to remove tool from the handle without 
damage to one or the other; they may be 
easily repaired as follows: A hoe (or 
any other tool) with ferrule broken or 
First A id to the Hoe Handle 
missing is shown in Fig. 1. Cut a strip 
of heavy paper one-half inch wide and 
wind tightly about the shank, as shown 
at A, Fig. 2; paste end to hold in place. 
Now cut another strip of paper one inch 
longer than the ferrule is to be and wind 
1 
Payer Form ready for Babbitt Metal 
Ferrule 
around A and handle, as shown iu Fig. 3; 
tying each end tightly with cord—shown 
at B, B. At C cut a small hole through 
the paper. Melt some Babbitt metal in 
a ladle and pour into the hole until filled ; 
when cold remove the paper, dress up 
a little with a file, if needed, and you will 
have a tool that will give splendid service. 
Removing Snow from Roofs 
For those who have 'o remove snow 
front shingle roofs or too low pitch to 
drain well. T suggest that the operation is 
much safer when a length of 2x2 is sunk 
horizontally into the snow. This will give 
the feet a support against slipping. 
New Hampshire. J. T. K. 
“Is life worth living?” asked the dis¬ 
couraged person. “I think that question 
has been answered- for good and all,” re¬ 
plied he* friend. “The cost has been more 
than doubled, and we all hang on.”— 
Louisville Courier-Journal. 
Grouped under the name Ruberoid you will find a line of 
asphaltic weatherproofing products of the highest quality. 
These products should be used in every building which is ex¬ 
pected to give complete and permanent protection from the 
elements. 
Ruberoid Products reflect a manufacturing experience and labo¬ 
ratory control of nearly forty years. There are many roofs on 
which Ruberoid Roll Roofing has served for over a quarter of a 
century with the limit of its endurance yet to be established. 
This is one example of the high quality which is the birthright 
of every product bearing the name Ruberoid. 
The majority of dealers who sell Ruberoid Products have han¬ 
dled them for many years. They are unusually well informed 
regarding the quality of the products, the purposes which they 
serve and the manner in which they should be used. This 
knowledge, combined with the highly developed merchandizing 
policy of the Standard Paint Company, enables every Ruberoid 
distributor to. give his customers service which is not excelled 
in the building industry. 
When you build or repair be sure to use Ruberoid Weather¬ 
proofing Products. 
Ruberoid Weatherproofing Products 
Smooth Surfaced Roll Roofing 
Mineralized Roll Roofing 
Unit Shingles 
Strip Shingles 
Roof Paint 
Insulating and Sheathing Papers 
Floor Covering 
Deck Cloth 
Waterproof Felt 
Asphalt Saturated Felt 
Cenren t-Waterproofi n g 
Plastic 
Paints 
Varnish 
The Standard Paint Company 
95 Madison Avenue 
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You Can Afford a Farm in 
Fertile 0nfari0"Que]>e 1 £ 
The wave of high land prices may well turn l 
\\r. yourattention to the opportunities to be found 
" in these two older Provinces of Canada. Here, close to im- 
mense cities—great industrial centers—with all the conveniences 
r to be found in any land anywhere, are farms which maybe bought at 
Jj.'J ver Y reasonable prices. Owners are retiring, independent—in many 
- cases rich. High prices for all farm products, good markets, all the 
. conveniences of old, well-settled districts, beckon|you to investigate. 
Wonderland of Opportunity for the Pioneer. 
If your means will not permit you to buy an established farm. 
Ontario and Quebec offer great fertile regions where the pioncei 
can hew out a home for himself and family—where prosperity and 
v independence are to be won by those who will put forth the effort, 
isvery branch of agriculture may be followed in these Provinces; 
dairying and stock raising are particularly successful. 
. ifiustrated literauu-e maps, etc., write Department of 
Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or 
O. G. RUTLEDGE, 301 E. Genesee St., Syracuse, N. Y. 
Canadian Government Agent. 
When you write advertisers mention The R. N.-Y. and you’ll ge 
quick reply and a “square deal.” See guarantee editorial pa, 
