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7*e RURAL NEW-YORKER 
June 25, 1921 ' 
"You Always Get 
full food, value for your 
money wiren you eat 
Grape=Nuts 
Each golden granule of this attractive 
wheat and malted barley food is rich 
in nutriment for body and brain. 
Serve Grape=Nuts direct from the 
air-tight packet for breakfast or lunch. 
Crisp -Delicious -No Waste 
"‘There’s a Reason for Grape-Nuts 
RIGGS 
A progressive AGRICULTURAL BOARDING SCHOOL for 
older boys. All modern equipment. GRADUATES enabled 
to earn living or enter agricultural college. Large farm 
in the Berkshires. Lake. Water sports. Indoor and 
outdoor athletics. Recreation and work beneficially com¬ 
bined. Music, High scholastic and moral standard. In¬ 
structors are specialists in their departments. New 
carpentry and machine shop in course of construction. 
Students taught (o DO things in these lines. For wide¬ 
awake. manly, ambitious boys. Write for Booklet. 
F. B. RIGGS, Headmaster Lakeville, Conn. 
WANTED 
An Experienced Fertilizer Salesman 
with established trade in New York State, exclusive 
of Long Island. Excellent opportunity for the l ight 
man. Apply A<lv. 8969. Rural New-Yorker 
BINDER TWINE 
Farmers, get our low factory price and save money, 
Agents wanted. Samples free. 
THEO. HURT & SONS - Melrose. Ohio 
J1 Ml m g gk O COVERS, waterproof. 
MJk IV li Cx-10, §4. Hay Caps. 
^ ™ Stack and tractor 
covers, plain and waterproofed; all sizes. Write for prices. 
Agents wanted. WILLIAM W. STANLEY. 50 Church St.. N. T City 
New York State FARMS 
making farms for sale. We have a size, loeation and 
price to please you. Stock and tools included on many of 
them. MhNOEVIlLE REAL ESTATE AGENCY. Inc.. Ocpl. 1. Olean, N. Y. 
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SUMMIT 
PIPELESS FURNACE 
corn Aid 
Ho 
Cold <u/fir 
^Drafts Over 
Tour 
Floors 
In this great improvement 
over the old type of Pipe' 
less furnace, the SUMMIT 
led the way. The special 
Summit installation, elim' 
inating cold air floor drafts, 
was the first, and it still 
stands as the best system 
on the market. 
Reasonable in price, easy to install, economical in con" 
sumption of fuel, reliable at all times. Built of the best 
materials and sold to you under a broad guarantee. 
When you put a Summit Pipeless in your cellar you 
know that your house will be warm and comfortable. 
No Cold Air Floor Drafts 
The special Summit installation does away with all 
cold air drafts over your floors. Two cold air returns 
placed at a distance from either side of the hot air reg" 
ister take in the cold air, which is returned to the heat" 
ing surface of the furnace, without having to pass over 
the floors on its return. 
Write for particulars and name of nearest dealer. 
SUMMIT FOUNDRY CO. 
GENEVA, N.Y. 
.. . 
Simple Science 
By Dr. F. D. Crane 
Precautions Against Lightning 
In the case of a rodded barn which 
filled, is it better to have the stables open 
or closed in an electric storm? How about 
it when the barn is empty? M. A. K. 
Sumneytown, Pa. 
lightning is a standard example of un¬ 
certain and erratic action, but it has been 
noticed that the discharge is apt to follow 
air currents. Moreover, that type of elec¬ 
tric discharge strongly tends to stay on 
the outside of any closed object, and, in 
fact, can only be led within. So the 
chances are that the more closed-up a 
building is. full or empty, the safer it will 
be. but you never Can tel] about lightning. 
The most important thing is to be sure 
that your rods are well grounded’ in earth 
! which is always diamp. 
Removing Stains from Granite 
Wlhat will removp black stains from 
granite posts in a cemetery? F. w. 
Jersey City, X. J. 
It is probable that the growth of a 
minute plant, which picks up and holds 
smoke and soot, is responsible for the 
trouble, and if so a strong water solution 
of lye and a wire brush will clean the 
rough part, of the stone. A weaker solu¬ 
tion and a scrub brush or cloth may be 
used on the polished part. Patience and 
elbow grease in almost unlimited amounts 
are also needed. The lye solution will re¬ 
move your skin rather faster than it takes 
the black off the stone; use rubber gloves 
and have at hand plenty of clean water to 
rinse off splashes. 
Artificial Cider 
Can you give me a recipe for making 
artificial eider? Also state if it is lawful 
to sell it as eider, and if any sales tax is 
due on it. as is on sweet cider. 
Connecticut. w. F. a. 
Regarding formula for artificial eider, 
while such formulas are in existence, we 
do not approve of any of them, nor do 
we wish to furnish them. Whether the 
“law” forbids the sale of such mixtures 
os “eider” we neither know nor care: we 
believe it to be wrong and deceptive to 
sell them unless plainly marked “artifi¬ 
cial” or “imitation.” and we believe there 
is plenty of good sweet cider available at 
the proper time of year to supply the de¬ 
mand. This may be pasteurized and sold 
at any later time, and we wish to en¬ 
courage this business. We are against, all 
imitations of farm products, for we be¬ 
lieve there is sulfieient demand for the 
genuine articles to take care of the sup¬ 
ply. 
Formula for White Lead Paint 
What is a formula for white lead 
paint? G. R. S. 
Midvale, N. J. 
A straight white lead paint is merely 
lead and linseed oil mixed to the right 
thinness, but the best modern practice is 
to use half zinc oxide. Eleven and one- 
half pounds of linseed oil are ground with 
25 lbs. of white lead and an equal weight 
of zinc oxide. Then a mixture of 15 lbs. 
of raw linseed oil, 10 lbs. of boiled linseed 
oil. 3% lbs. of “japan drier” and 1% lbs. 
of turpentine is added to the proper thin¬ 
ness. 
Wallpaper Clearer 
IIow can I make wallpaper cleaner at 
home—something which will roll out in a 
sheet and can be used over and over? 
MRS. R. G. 
You appear to have some definite prod¬ 
uct in mind, but as we have never seen 
anything of the sort we can only say that 
all the authorities we have been able to 
find speak as if wallpaper cleaners acted 
by taking up the dirt, and so could hardly 
be used over and over very many times. 
Those which seem easy to make at home 
are really a fresh bread which has had 
about a quarter of the weight of the flour 
substituted by finely powdered pumice- 
stone. This is then baked as a bread 
would be. and only the interior of the loaf 
used on the wallpaper, exactly as you use 
an eraser to take off pencil marks. This 
is such a cheap and easily made cleaner 
that it would hardly be worth while to 
save it or to use the same portion very 
often, and we think it will work as well 
as anything. 
Writing on Zinc Labels 
If J. K. H. N., Rhode Island (page 
7851. will write on corroded zinc with 
pencil I soft lead), he will need no acid 
of any kind. A neighbor of mine has a 
i piece of this zinc on the southeast side of 
his shop, where all the storms hit it. that 
was nailed there 36 years ago. The writ- j 
ing shows as plain as though just written. 
Maine. s. c. 
Referring to request on page 785 for 
something to write indelibly on zinc la¬ 
bels. my experience has been that the 
usual indelible garden pencil does this 
effectively. c. H. K. 
“How old are you. Buddy?” “Six 
years.” “And what are you thinking of 
becoming?” “Seven years.”—Credit Lost. 
WINTER WHEAT 
Certified — Guaranteed 
This hardy, high-yielding Michigan- 
grown seed, either Red Rock or Ameri¬ 
can Banner is certified by the Mich¬ 
igan Crop Improvement Association and its 
parity and quality arc guaranteed by us. Don’t 
risk getting inferior seed — send today for price 
list of certified, guaranteed Winter Wheat, Win¬ 
ter (hairy) Vetch, Rosen Rye and Winter Barley. 
Seed Department 
MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU 
227 N. Cedar St. (10) LANSING, MICHIGAN 
32 Qt.—1 and 2 Bushel— CAULIFLOWER, CAB¬ 
BAGE—FIELD ANI) PACKING HOUSE 
CRATES. MILK CASES. Quart. Pint and 
covered. Anything in Wood. Big Indian Wood 
Products Co., Big Indian, Ulster Co., N. Y. 
Achao Unleached, packed in hags, *18 
VV UUU XVSllCo per ton F. O. B. Swarthmore, Pa. 
W. H LEIDY - Swarthmore, Pa. 
WEDDING 
amples, post 
INVITATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS 
High grade, latest style, superior work at 
moderate cost. Prompt deliveries. Write for 
d, free. R. N. HOWIE, Maker, Beebe Plain, Vt. 
■ 1 MAKE A DOI.Mil AN 1101*11. SELL M KM>ET8 
HtCniS h patent patch for instantly mending leaki 
O in all u t e n si 1 s. Sample p a c k age free. 
COLLETTE MFC. CO.. Dept. 108, Amsterdam. N.Y. 
VEGETABLE PLANTS MAIL 
All leading varieties. CABBAGE, Doz., lOc; 
100, 45c; 500. 81.25; 1,000. $*. CAULIFLOW¬ 
ER, Doz., 15c; 100, 60c: 500, $2; 1.000, $3. 
SWEET POTATOES, Doz.. 15c; 100, SOc; 500, 
#2; 1,000. $3.50. TOMATOES, Doz.. 15c; 100, 
75c; 500, $2; 1,000, S3.50. Postpaid. Plant Cat¬ 
alog free. Safe delivery guaranteed. 
P. L. R0HRER 8 BR0. Smoketown, Lancaster Co., Pa. 
enn »«**• ,{cd sk,n POTATO SKF.D, fine stock. SI 
uliu perbu. Clitaloguefree. MICHAELN. BORGO,Vineland,H.J. 
500 f 000Tomato Plants Best. Red RockB and John 
Baer. M I C II A E L N. B O It G O, Vineland, \. J. 
Votrotabln Plante b r Mttil - I>ost Pal<1 Cabbage, 
V CgCldUlc JTIdlllb Tomato. Beet,, Lettuce. Pais¬ 
ley, Sweet Potatoes. Onions, Ceiery Pepper, Asters, Pan¬ 
sy, Doz., I 5c: 100. SOc; 300 for SI .25; 500 for $2; 1,000 
for S3. Send for list, haviii koiiuav, lUrtly, lialawar* 
CABBAGEPLANTS T ffi 
POTATO, CELERY PLANTS ready to ship. Send for price 
list of all kinds of plants for the garden. ROMANCE 
SEED 8 TRUCK FARM, C. Boons 8 Son. Cheswold. Delaware 
VEGETABLE and FLOWER Plants 
Salvies, Asters, Colls, Pepper, 60c per dozen. Red, Yel¬ 
low, Sweet Potato, Celery. Cabbage, 50e per 100; 300 for 
$1: #8 per 1.000, Postpaid. Catalogue Free. 
w. S. FORD A - NON - Hartly, Delaware 
fins Million Early Glory, Danish Hull Head Cab- 
U11B million huge Plants. Sl.uO per Thousand. 
Prompt Shipment. C. J. Ntuflord, Cortland, N.Y. 
SWEET POTATO PLANTS Eg.--. 
Yellow Jerseys, 
HARR Y L. SQUIRES 
#5.00 per 1,000. 
Good Ground. Nnv York 
VEGETABLE PLANTS 
CAULIFLOWER, BRUSSELS SPROUTS. CABBAGE. 
K ALE, KOLE RABI, CELERY, TOiLATO, PEPPER. EGG, 
BEET, DANDELION, LEEK, MINT, PARSLEY. SAGE 
plant,. Catalogue fl ee. NARRY L. SQUIRES. Good Urennd. > T. 
PLANTS WnSE" 
Per 100 
600 
1,000 
6,000 or more 
('ubliaice. 
.80 
• HO 
#f.25 
#I.IO 
Cauliflower... 
• «5 
#2.00 
8.50 
8.00 
Tomato. 
.40 
1.00 
1.50 
1.25 
Pepper . 
.75 
2.00 
8.50 
8.25 
Sweet Potato. 
.ISO 
1.75 
8.00 
2.50 
Celery........ 
.50 
1.50 
2.60 
2.00 
Leading Varieties. Catalog free. 
C. E. F1EI.II 
, Newell, N. J 
2 MILLIONS Sweet Potato, Tomato, Cabbage, Cauliflower, 
Pepper and Brussel, Sprouts plants Red skin potato 
seed. Catalogue free. MICHAEL N. HOKOO, Vineland, V I. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
For August and Fall planting. Pot-grown and runner 
plants that will bear fruit next summer. RASPBERRY, 
BLACKBERRY, DEWBERRY, GOOSEBERRY. CUR¬ 
RANT, GRAPE, ASPARAGUS PLANTS for fall planting. 
Catalogue free. HARRY L.8({CIKEN,<;ood Ground, N.Y. 
BEAUTIFUL IRIS JL M e A a H n Y d C ?i? y “. # -On^ 
mixed for 91. Named varieties *t reasonable prices. 
GKO. AIKEN Box M Putney, Vermont 
ASTER, SALVIA, PANSY 
HAKRY L. SQUIRES 
PLANTS—80e dozen i 
#1.55 hundred > 
#>.50 thousand. 
Good Ground, N. Y. 
4,000,000 SweetPotato 
1,000. - c. 
PLANTS. Yellow Jersey. Rig 
Leaf, Gold Skin. #1.40 per 
E. BROWN, Hrldceville, Pal,ear* 
JS»T7C r ©©’t CloX7©I*—Biennial Yellow 
Sow 8 to 12 lbs. to the acre at the last cultivation of your 
corn. Unhulled, Sc ; Hulled and scarified. lOe pound. 
Samples. If. M. HANNA, Sklllinun, New Jersey 
BORDEAUX MIXTURE eium Arsen¬ 
ate. 18c lb. Agents wanted. ALLLN MEG. CO.. Plttilown. N. J. 
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