If you want Healthy Trees 
spray with 
MECHLING’S 
SCALE OIL 
npHOUSANPC of fruit 
growers have used it. We 
have yet to hear of one who 
does not think it the best oil 
he has ever used. 
It cleans up the trees by killing 
insects and eggs during the dor¬ 
mant season and has a wonderfully 
beneficial effect on the general 
health of the tree. 
It has taken years of experience 
to produce Scale Oil. It has the 
widest range of uses and is abso¬ 
lutely harmless to the trees. 
It is mechanically perfect. It 
mixes readily at any temperature, 
and always stays mixed. 
If your dealer does not carrjl our line 
write us direct. 
MECHLING BROS. MF’G CO. 
Camden, N. J. 
Philadelphia, Pa. Boston, Mass. 
SEND NO MONEY 
Never a shoe like it for heavy work. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. Would cost 
$6 at store. Buy from factory. Save 
$2. Very comfortable. Keeps feet dry. 
Upper chrome re-tanned leather — 
toughest made. With care should last 
several winters. Oak-tanned leather 
insole — better than outsole of most 
work shoes. Middlesole.alsooak-tanned 
leather. Single-piece sole leather box 
toe. Patented outsole. Rubber heel 
with or without iron rim. Blucher 
pattern as illustrated Color of shoe 
dark chocolate. State size, wide or 
medium width, Munson or London last, 
and whether iron heel rim is desired. 
Within three days after arrival send 
$4 or return shoes. 
Rubberhide Company 
(established 1002) 
212J ESSEX STREET. BOSTON. MASS. 
SPENCER 
The much favored, new, square 
point model in— 
Made by Troy’s Master Craftsmen, with 
the two exclusive patented Comfort Fea¬ 
tures that Save Your Tie, Time and 
Temper. 
Your dealer has Spencer or can easily obtain it. 
BALL, HARTWELL & CO., Makes, Troy, N. Y. 
The Farmer His 
Own Builder 
By H. Armstrong Roberts 
A practical and 
handy book of all 
kinds of building 
information from 
concrete to carpen¬ 
try- Price $1.50. 
For sale by 
THE 
RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 W. 30th St.. N. Y. 
The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
1351 
New England Notes 
Planting Fruit Trees. —It is to be 
regretted that more fruit is not being 
planted. A great many trees have suc¬ 
cumbed to storms and natural causes 
during the past few years. Some new 
commercial orchards are being started, 
but not many, and there seems to be a 
general hesitancy on the part of amateurs 
to set out new trees. The impression 
seems to be that the prices charged are 
much too high. Even a few fruit trees, 
however, often prove profitable. This 
A Convenient Device for Planting Trees 
year a neighbor of mine is paying practi¬ 
cally all his taxes from a dozen Buerre 
Bose pear trees in his backyard. The 
pears were sent to a commission man in 
bushel boxes, and brought nearly ,$4 a 
box when all the charges had been paid. 
Almost every year this man nets a tidy 
little sum from his pear trees, and nat¬ 
urally enough is now thinking of setting 
out more. There is one little matter in 
connection with planting trees which is 
important, but often overlooked. The 
trees usually come with the tags fas¬ 
tened around the trunk with a piece of 
wire. All too often this tag is left in 
place until the trees have grown to such 
an extent that the wire has cut deeply 
into the bark, thus handicapping the tree 
Be Sure to Remove the Tag 
at the very start. These tags should be 
attached to one of the branches, if they 
are to be left on the trees, and the wire 
kept loose. 
Growers Like the Siiaw Plan.— 
While there has not been a very heavy 
planting of fruit trees this year, fruit 
growers are planning for more work of 
this kind next season. The Shaw method 
of identifying fruit trees by their leaves 
has aroused much interest, and it is quite 
probable that some of the fruit growers 
will get together and send a student of 
this method to the nurseries in New York 
State for the purpose of selecting the 
trees to be purchased. Prof. Shaw was 
given a hard test at a recent meeting in 
Amherst. Many of the men present 
brought leaves from different apple trees 
and asked him to name them. He was 
successful with 1)0 per cent of the speci¬ 
mens submitted, notwithstanding the fact 
that in many instances the leaves had 
been carried about .for a day or two and 
had lost much of their freshness. 
E. I. FARRINGTON. 
Jones: “Do you serve lobsters and 
crabs here?” Waiter: “Yes. sir; we serve 
everyone; sit down,”—Credit Lost. 
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Give Your Orchards a Tonic! 
F RUIT TREES, like persons, cannot grow 
without nourishing food. Their food area 
is limited by root extension. When the soil 
is sapped of its nourishment, the trees starve 
to death. 
By Blasting the Soil with 
DYNAMITE 
the soil is deeply pulverized and aerated and greater 
root extension is ensured. Moisture is easily absorbed 
and retained for periods of drouth. 
Old Orchards can be rejuvenated by firing small 
charges of Du Pont Dynamite in the soil below the tip3 
of the branches. This blasting operation is the tonic 
required to restore old trees to a productive and profit¬ 
able condition. New trees planted in dynamited ground 
develop better root systems, grow faster and yield more 
and better fruit. 
Du Pont Dynamite was the first explosive made for 
tree-planting, land-clearing and ditching. Always uni¬ 
form in its results, it is the most efficient and economical 
powder to use. Get it from your hardware dealer or 
general store. 
Write for a free copy of Farmers’ Handbook of 
Explosives telling hots to rejuvenate orchards, 
blast tree-holes and clear and drain land. 
E. I. du Pont der Nemours & Co., Inc. 
Equitable Bldg., 
New York 
Fulton Bldg., 
Pittsburgh, Pa. 
it5ere is the greatest money saving sale - *® 
you ever heard of. Prices cut to the bone 
Gates , Steel Posts , Roofing i 
v Every pane 
uunnK this sale. 
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SMYTH-DESPARD CO., - Utica. N. Y. 
Idle Money 
Earns No Interest 
A FTER selling their crops, many 
farmers have idle money which 
will not be needed for nearly a 
year. Invest this idle money where 
it will earn a good rate of interest 
and help New York State farmers. 
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Brown Fence & Wire Co., Dept. 359 , Cleveland, Ohio 
Henley’s Twentieth Century 
Book of Recipes and Formulas 
on Fences, 
and Paint. 
GET BROWN’S FACTORY PRICES 
Don't spend a cent until you aret my prices. 
You’ll be surprised when you compare with 
others. Remember I pay freight and sell only 
direct from my factories to you. 
96-PAGE BOOK 
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Prices dropped to the bottom, 
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FREE 
This 800-page 
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PAINTS, GLUES, CEMENTS, TANNING, 
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Valuable for reference. Price postpaid $4 
For Sale by RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 WEST 30th STREET. NEW YORK CITY 
