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POWER BUZZ SAW' 
No need to wot? about coal if A 
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every day 
for other 
work. 
F.O.B. 
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From Pittsburgh 
i s. 60 
[ore. 
~Wm n f Cuts jiTTi —»■ i huTT P 3 
as fast as you catr*—| 1 ct— a 
feed wood to saw. Cut your entire^^-— al£C * 
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Lackawanna Station - Summit, N.J, 
Imperfect Ears of Corn 
Can you tell me why some ears of corn 
are tilled out only on one side of the cob? 
Some ears grow but a little before they 
stop growing, just nubbins. I think they 
do not get fertilizer enough on that side 
of the hill. Can you enlighten us? 
Vermont. L. W. 
Wo do not believe that putting the 
fertilizer on one side of the hill is re¬ 
sponsible for this trouble. A good corn 
plant can reach out and get fertilizer 
anywhere within its reach, and it would 
not make much difference on either side 
of the cob. We think your trouble is 
due to a combination of causes. The soil 
conditions are poor, there was not 
enough fertilizer, seed was poor, and 
there was imperfect pollination. The 
chances are that this seed has been 
selected for a number of generations with¬ 
out taking care to select the proper ears j 
each year. This combination of causes 1 
would be the most likelpy to give the ! 
trouble. 
“Fake” Cucumber Flowers; Staking 
Tomatoes 
I have a fine growth of cucumber vines 
full of fake blossoms, but no cucumbers. 
What do you suggest? Also pepper plants 
the same—blooms and no fruit. Is it a 
better way to stake tomatoes—I mean to 
tie them to a stake? H.R. G. 
Ellcnville, N. Y. 
Cucumber vines always produce two 
types of flowers—those with stamens only, 
or If. R. (t.’s “fake” blossoms, and the 
,pistillate flowers, having the tiny encum¬ 
bers at tin' base of the flower. The stami- 
nate or pollen-producing flowers always 
appear first, and to the grower waiting 
for the first fruit to appear they seem 
endless. We always pinch the growing 
tips of the vines, causing lateral branches 
to grow from the axils of the. leaves. 
From these lateral branches fruit bear¬ 
ing flowers appear, thus hastening the 
fruiting. We have had cucumbers two 
' weeks earlier from pinched vines than 
from the vines allowed to grow unhin¬ 
dered. 
Tt pays to stake tomatoes, because of 
increase in yield, as shown by the follow¬ 
ing experiment; 
Lbs. For Plant Lbs. Per Plant 
Tomatoes 
Staked 
Not Staked 
Bonnv Best. 
4.8 
Earliana . 
4.0 
3.8 
John Baer. 
5.1 
3.0 
Peerless. 
5.8 
4.1 
Average. 
5.1 lbs. 
3.7 lbs. 
Tom.”foes allowed 
to lie on 
the ground 
especially on heavy soils, rot easily, and 
are also subject to attack from wire- 
worms. A larger yield per acre can also 
be secured and ripe fruit can be obtained 
earlier from the staked plants. T. n. T. 
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Western Canada 
Land of Prosperity 
offers to home seekers opportunities that can¬ 
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FREE homesteads or buy farm land in her 
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Fertile Land at $95 to $30 an Acre 
— land similar to that which through many 
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profitable. Hundreds of farmers in Western 
Canada have raised crops in a single season 
worth more than the whole cost of their land. 
With such success come prosperity, inde¬ 
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conveniences which make life worth living. 
Farm Gardens, Poultry, Dairying 
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0. G. RUTLEDGE 
301 E. Genesee St., Syracuse, N, Y. 
Authorized Agent, Dept, of Immigration 
and Colonization, Dominion of Canada 
Rot of Grapes 
We have a Green Mountain grapevine 
which used to hear delicious grapes, hut 
the past few years, when the grapes are 
about half grown, they begin to rot. Wc 
have a Delaware and a Brighton a few 
rods away, and last year these vines were 
affected the same way. Can you tell me 
the cause, and if there is any way of 
preventing it? iiRS. K. E. K. 
Bridgewater, Mass. 
Black rot as well as downy mildew 
(gray rot) of grapes.can be effectually 
controlled by spraying with Bordeaux 
mixture made according to the 4-4-50 
formula, that is, 4 lbs. of copper sul¬ 
phate, 4 lbs. of lime, in 50 gallons of 
water, or in this ratio. Lump lime is to 
he preferred, but if it is unobtainable 
fresh hydrated will do. 
The usual procedure in making is to 
dissolve the copper sulphate in a wood 
container by suspending it in a sack near 
the top. For instance, the 4 lbs. of cop¬ 
per sulphate can be dissolved in four 
gallons of water, then each, gallon of the 
solution will contain 1 lb. of the copper 
sulphate. The lime is handled likewise, 
and each gallon of the lime water will 
contain 1 lb. of lime. Were one to re¬ 
quire 50 gallons of Bordeaux mixture at 
one time, the entire quantity of each 
would be added to the 50 gallons of 
water, but should one require hut one- 
fourth of 50 gallons at a spraying, then 
one gallon of the stock copper sulphate 
water and one gallon of the lime water 
can be added to 12% gallons of water. 
To the Bordeaux mixture thus prepared 
is usually added arsenate of lead at the 
rate of 3 lbs. to each 50 gallons. This 
gives protection from chewing insects that 
are very frequently present. 
The spraying must be thoroughly done, 
beginning just after the berries have set. 
A second application should follow about 
two weeks later and a third at a like- in¬ 
terval. In some seasons a fourth appli¬ 
cation may be necessary, But after the 
fruit begins to color this mixture should 
not be used, as it stains the fruit. If 
the treatments are well made they will be 
noted as an evenly distributed blue coat¬ 
ing after it. has become dried. The finer 
the spray the more evenly and thoroughly 
will it be spread on the leaf and fruit. 
F. E. G. 
oick Ducks don't produce 
profits-' 
Are your clucks a profit or a loss as 
they waddle to their feed? Depends on 
whether they’re healthy stock or sick. 
e-^The same is true of your kitchen 
range. It’s using fuel economically, and 
giving good cooking results—or it is a 
lame duck. Sturdy construction gives 
promise of long service in your 
Sterling Rang e 
It is scientifically built for thorough 
fuel conversion into proper cooking 
results.It may cost a little more 
than cheaper ranges but more than 
repays the difference in results. 
May tee send you a booklet telling all 
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Also Makers of Stover Samson Windmills, Feedmills, 
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Drop-forged I-Beam connect¬ 
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Mixer with gasoline reser¬ 
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Webster improved oscillat¬ 
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Positive speed changer. 
Oil cups eliminate hand 
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