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■ THE JOSEPH & FE1SS CO. 
6 36 St.Clair Ave., N.W., Cleveland. Ohio ® 
No matter 
what your 
experience 
has been, McQueen's will inoculate your le¬ 
gumes to your satisfaction, because these bac¬ 
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conditions, giving them life and strength. 
Ask Your Experiment Station 
You can add dollars to your crops, enrich 
your soil with nitrogen and make more profits 
by the use of virile, kicking bacteria. McQueen 
has solved the problem of supply—a real 
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and guaranteed to perform. Get the records 
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These Now Ready 
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Lima Beans, Velvet Beans, Garden B-ans, Canada 
Peas, Cow Peas, Garden Peas, Sweet Peas, Peanuts 
and others. 
Sold under a positive guarantee to live for one year and 
inoculate satisfactorily. Write for prices and circular to 
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Htil Arcue Bldg., Springlleid, Olilo 
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catalogue with prices and measurement 
blanks sent promptly. 
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Box 677, Dept. 102, Haverhill, Mass. 
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KTOW 
There was a Farmer who didn’t believe 
in Grangers Id me. 
And he was wondrous wise: 
He jumped mro a bramble hush 
And scratched out both his eyes. 
Now when he found his eyes were out. 
And his farm if wouldn’t pay. 
He used some Grangers Lime—brot 
back his sight. 
Now his farm’s O. K. 
GRANGERS MFG. CO., (Successor) 
GRANGERS LIME CO. 
Hartford, Conn. Bridgewater, Mass. 
Works: West Stockbridge, Mass. 
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men who have horse or auto. 
RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 W. 30th St. New Y-ork- City 
On Leaving the Old Farm 
Most men who take up farming for 
their occupation start out with the ex¬ 
pectation and hope that financially they 
may have such success as to provide a 
home and living for themselves and family 
and enough for their declining years. The 
home means more to such people than to 
those who simply rent a place to live in. 
Then, after a real home has been made 
(perhaps the dear ones all gone) and old 
age conies creeping on. with the loss of 
the ability to accomplish things ffc in 
younger years, the farm and home feels 
lonesome. They also lose the joy and 
pleasure of farm life, as they see things 
on the farm going backward which they 
can neither improve themselves nor rea¬ 
sonably hire others to do for them. The 
thought will come. “Is the farm the best 
place for old age after all?” Hut as 
people grow older they dread to make 
a change; that means taking a risk, and 
taking a risk may mestn unhappiness or 
a financial loss to them. Yet one who 
will not take a risk will not enjoy a real 
success in life, and may not taste its 
bitterest sorrows. 
I was left at tlie»age of is. by the death 
of a father, on a 40-acre badly run-down 
New England farm, formerly owned by a 
doctor. My father had not tried entirely 
to support his family upon if. With a 
mother and younger sister to look after. 
I felt it best to stay upon the farm. So 
circumstances made a farmer of me. some¬ 
thing I had not intended to be. Starting 
with market garden crops, for wc must 
have an income to live upon, then the 
small fruits, gradually working into the 
orchard fruits, largely apples. I had built 
up a good proposition for anyone who 
might wish to invest in the fruit busi¬ 
ness. We were only one mile from center 
of town, with two good roads to choose 
from : less from an electric car line, rural 
delivery at the door, four miles from a 
city of more than 40.000 inhabitants, a 
mile or less from one of Massachusetts’ 
trunk State roads. City people of wealth 
were making permanent homes on our 
street just below us (which did not help 
the labor problem). Trucks would take 
our fruit at the door and deliver to our 
commission man. for the morning’s trade, 
at Roston markets. We had fine local 
markets, and milk could he sold at the 
door. We had been on the winning side 
every year, and the auto made us near to 
almost everything we could wish for. 
And now the other side of the picture. 
I did not start out in life to do everything 
on the farm myself , and so with the 
help of hired labor had built up a satis¬ 
factory home. I had spent quite a little 
in new buildings; had made the farm a 
paying proposition, and something more. 
I was alone—neither father, mother, 
brother, sister. Avife or child. House¬ 
keepers I found fairly easy to obtain. 
Labor at first was plenty, but after war 
started very high, and at times almost 
impossible to get. I had many Fall 
apples, and their harvesting, grading and 
packing (boxes) made very busy times 
for me. As a hired man T would not 
have worked as hard for anyone. In my 
younger years T might have enjoyed it., 
but not note. For the farm I ran and 
managed with pleasure was gradually be¬ 
coming the boss and master, and t its 
servant or slave, without, the pleasure it 
formerly gave. I could sell now and re¬ 
ceive fair pay for my improvements and 
orchards, or let things go back, which 
would make it very unpleasant for me and 
add to my cares. I was born and had 
lived here nearly OS years; it. represented 
a life’s work—and was home. 
A real estate man asked if I would 
sell at a certain price. Tie soon brought 
a customer, and without any effort or 
expense on my part another owned our 
home. T had made no preparation for a 
change; in fact, did not really expect one. 
I have no desire to influence others in 
making a change which will mean much 
to them, but if I can help even one who 
feels the cares of the farm are too much 
and that they. too. must make a change, 
this will not have been written in vain. 
My first thought was to look around this 
season and study the possibilities of other 
localities. T felt I should soon tire of 
that, and hoarding out would not he 
home. I could move direct from my old 
home much easier, save things we would 
be glad to keep, which otherwise would 
he sold at the auction which T would 
hold. A good opportunity offered, and I 
bought a house and land enough for a 
garden and some fruit trees, in the vil¬ 
lage. This I have not. regretted; it is 
bad enough in making, the first change 
without going among strangers. Here I 
have found enough to keep me busy and 
some things to plan and think about. An 
active worker should let. himself down 
gradually and keep going as long as it 
gives one pleasure. A farmer should not 
jump at once into a city flat. A big 
crowd is a lonely place to a stranger who 
stays too long. On the farm we had 
found cows and horses a certain kind of 
company, and the barn would have looked 
lonesome without them. But here, with¬ 
out either, there was a feeling of relief 
and freedom from their care, for I can 
conic and go as I please. Should I wish 
to make another change T can now do so 
at my leisure, and if on an auto trip I 
have not that feeling T must get home to 
look after things. It, was anything but 
funny, but I had friends who thought I 
would have a sick spell after the excite¬ 
ment of moving was over. T kept busy. 
The change was less unpleasant than I 
expected, and I have no regrets for start¬ 
ing out to find a congenial change from 
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dealers , 
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Advantages 
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Frameless Feed 
Door; Cup-Joint 
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Hot Blast Feed 
Door; Gas and 
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Patent Non- 
Clinker Grate, 
Etc., Etc. 
Utica Heater Company 
Box No. 50, Utica, N.jY. 
Also manufacturers of “Superior” Pipe Furnaces 
and “Imperial” Steam and Hot Water Boilers. 
Ask the New Idea dealer near you to explain 
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Better Home 
Heating 
at Less Cos t 
There is no reason why your house 
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owners have found that with less 
fuel than their stoves were burning, 
they could keep every room at a 
uniform temperature. 
Now, instead of over-heated sitting 
or dining rooms and cold bedrooms 
and halls, all doors can be left open 
and in every room there is pleasant 
warmth. 
You, too, can change to such warm comfort 
in a day and save many dollars yearly on 
your coal bill. A New Idea Pipeless Furnace 
will do this for you. Our money-back written 
guarantee protects you absolutely. A New 
Idea costs little more than a good stove, for 
lower prices again prevail. 
Potato 
Planter 
Pays for Itself iti Labor and Time Saved 
One man and team with an Eureka Potato Planter needs no hired help to plant 
t he whole crop. Whether you plant 4 acres or 400, the Eureka Planter will pay 
for itself many times over. Better than hand planting. Increases yield. Does 
5 operations at once, automatically—accurately. . 
Opens furrow, drops seed any distance and depth, drops fertilizer (if desired), 
covers up and murks next row. Furrow opens and seed . 
drops in plain sight —an equal distance apart, at uniform .. oetld jor K^ataiOQ —, 
depth, with absolutely no Injury to seed. Easy to oper- ’- v —— 
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Write for froo catalog on this great line of potato planters 
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for over 20 years. Whether you ore a large or small grower 
—write today. ( 
EUREKA MOWER CO., Box 640 Utica, N.Y. ' 
Maple Syrup Makers! 
Profit by Adopting theM GRIMM SYSTEM 
CECTIONAL pans with 
^ high partitions 
,ight and heavy cannot 
intermix Insuring high¬ 
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fuel and labor. 22 dif¬ 
ferent sizes. Write for 
catalog and state num¬ 
ber of trees you tap. 
GRIMM MANUFACTURING CO. 
619 Champlain Ave. Cleveland, O. 
CALIFORNIA FARM LAND 
will initke you more money with less work. Raise the 
crops you know about. You may prefer alfalfa ami grain 
crops, or small place In fruit near some good town. Ideal 
place for dairying, pigs and chickens. Good markets at 
hand. No cold weather. You live longer aud get more 
enjoyment out of life. Delightful climate. Rich, fertile 
soil. Moderate prices. Easy terms. Irrigation is crop 
assurance which makes sure profits. Hospital*,le neigh¬ 
bors. New comers welcome. Wonderful roads schools, 
churches. Write for our California Illustrated Folder, 
free. C. I*. SEAGRAVES, Supervisor of Agricul¬ 
ture, Santa Ke lty., 910 Railway Exchange, Chicago. 
UAI TMTIVT Lime and Fertilizer 
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Saves time, labor, money. Handle fertilizer once. Haul direct from cars to 
field. Force Feed —attaches to any wagon —no holes to bore. Spreads evenly 16LJ 
feet wide.on hilly or level land. Spreads 75 to 10,000 pounds per acre— no 
clogging or caking. Built strong. Low in price. SPREADS I6)£FEET. 
Does all that is claimed or 
money refunded. Thousands in 
use. WRITE TODAY f or 
FULL PARTICULARS. 
Dealers wanted. 
The HOLDEN CO., Inc. 
Dept. 4 Peoria, 111. 
GUARANTEED to Handle Wet, Dry or 
Lumpy Lime (in any form). Commercial 
Fertilizer. Phosphate. Gypsum, Wood 
Ashes and Nitrate of Soda. 
When you write advertisers mention The R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a 
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