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Spray thoroughly and 
harvest clean fruit 
In hustling to spray your trees at just 
the right time, you can be thorough with¬ 
out being slow. Use a Hercules-powered 
sprayer and you’ll get through quicker. 
The Hercules engine puts thoroughness 
with speed in the job; pumps spray stead¬ 
ily lor hours without rest, at 200 to 250 
lbs. pressure. It is the same rugged and 
trouble-proof Hercules engine that is the 
standard farm engine of the world. 
Farm machinery that is equipped with 
a Hercules engine by the manufacturer 
will get your work done faster. Manu¬ 
facturers know that no machine can pos¬ 
sibly be better than its power plant. They 
use the best of power; Hercules engines. 
Saw rigs, concrete mixers, feed cutters, 
pumps, hoists—many machines are now 
sold complete with Hercules engines. 
They range from 1 '/2 H. P. up. 
A Hercules dealer near you will gladly tell 
you why Hercules equipped farm machinery is 
most reliable. Or, we will be glad to have you 
write direct to us for help in planning power 
equipment to increase your farm and orchard 
profits. 
THE HERCULES CORPORATION 
Engine Division, Dept. J EVANSVILLE, IND 
HERCULES 
ENGINES 
” UNIVERSAL 
SPRAYER 
Money-Maker 
for 
the Grower 
For Truck Crops and Small Orchards 
High pressure potato spraying means bigger, bet¬ 
ter, more profitable crops. The Bean Universal 
with a capacity of 5% gallons a minute at 250 
pounds pressure, delivers a dense, powerful, driving 
spray that insures tlioro coverage of the plants. 
Steady even pressure assured by the sturdy 2 
H-.P. Novo Engine. The spray boom is easily and 
quickly adjusted up and down or sidewise to meet 
all conditions, and wheels are adjusted to fit vary¬ 
ing rows. Not only takes care of. your potato and 
truck crops perfectly, but can be converted into 
an orchard outfit in 5 minutes. Just remove the 
boom attach the hose and rods or gun, and go to 
work! Bean Simplicity Power Pump with Bean 
Porcelain-lined Cylinder; Dependable Pressure 
Regulator; Rotary Agitator; Steel Platform; and 
many other Bean features. 
Every grower interested in better crops 
and more money should sign' and send the 
coupon below for the new Bean Catalog 
and full information on this wonderful 
combination sprayer. 
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AND VINES 
^Destroy the fungi and worms; be sure 
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Spraying Outfit 
Prepared Mixtures 
are used in large orchards everywhere; 
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catalog containing full treatise on 
Spraying fruit and vegetables. 
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Box 780 Quincy, III. 
Legal Maple Syrup 
Is there a law governing the sale of 
maple syrup, or can anyone sell anything 
they have a mind to and call it maple 
syrup? s. v. V. 
Standard maple syrup should weigh 11 
lbs. per gallon, 231 cu. in. The density 
of syrup is determined by the use of a 
hydrometer or thermometer. If a hydro 
meter is used the syrup must show a 
density of 3G degrees Baume, or if a 
thermometer is used to determine the 
density the syrup should be boiled up to 
a temperature of 219 degrees F. 
Syrup made in this.way, however, does 
not necessarily mean that the grade of 
the syrup is good. It may be a light color 
No. 1 grade, or a dark brown No. 3 
grade. The law does not specify further 
than that_the syrup shall weigh 11 lbs. 
per gallon. Therefore, any producer may 
offer on the market a poor grade of maple 
syrup and still conform to the law. 
F. E. R. 
Poisonous Fertilizers 
There has been some complaint about 
the poisonous quality of chemical fertil¬ 
izers. In one case a woman feels sure 
that some of her little chicks were killed 
by eating acid phosphate. There was 
some of this phosphate left in the. grain 
drill, and before refilling and putting in 
seed, the farmer opened the trap and ran 
it across the barnyard with a small 
amount of seed. The little chicks picked 
up the corn and evidently took some of the 
acid phosphate with it. Half a dozen or 
so of them died, and the woman wants to 
know if the acid phosphate could have 
been responsible. In some cases, appar¬ 
ently, too much sulphuric acid may be. 
used in making the acid phosphate. We 
have seen cases where the bags covering 
the phosphate were eaten away, and 
often when farmers broadcast fertilizer 
by hand they find that this acid sting.s 
and bites them, especially when they have 
cracks or sores on their hands. Many 
brands of acid phosphate are so carefully 
made and clean that this would not hap¬ 
pen, but we feel sure that there are sam¬ 
ples of this fertilizer which contain too 
much of the acid. Of course, no one can 
prove what killed these chickens, but it is 
not unlikely that they ate too much of 
the phosphate along with corn. It was 
not a wise thing to do to run this fertil¬ 
izer on the ground in the barnyard. In 
that way its fertilizing value was lost, 
and there is always some danger that ani¬ 
mals would take such substances up. As 
for nitrate of soda, we have had a num¬ 
ber of cases where cows have evidently 
been poisoned by it. The safe thing to do 
do is to keep the'fertilizer by itself, where 
the stock cannot get at it. 
Inoculating the Soil for Beans 
One of our readers wants to know if he 
can use the soil from an Alfalfa field to 
inoculate bean ground. The answer is 
no. The bacteria which work on the 
beans are quite different from those which 
work on the roots of Alfalfa. There is 
perhaps as much difference between the 
two as there would be between sheep and 
cows, to make a simple illustration. 
There are several classes of these bac¬ 
teria which work on the roots of the 
legumes. All the different kinds of clover 
have much the same bacteria. The Al¬ 
falfa bacteria are somewhat different, and 
also those of the bean or the cow pea. 
All these different bacteria have been sep¬ 
arated and can be bought, safely packed 
in bottles, so that they can be used with¬ 
out great trouble. 
The Freeze in Southern Alabama 
We Lave had frost—then some. “Bust¬ 
ed” pipes and frozen oranges -and cab¬ 
bages. Thermometer went to around 14 
above. Part of the shallows in the bay 
(salt water) froze out for one-fourth 
mile. \\ arley, the largest cabbage grower 
in the United States, lost over 3.(XX),000 
plants. I have a couple of Satsuma or¬ 
ange trees which I did not protect; they 
look like they had come out along with 
King Tut. It is only inconvenience to 
me, but to many others it will be tragedy, 
as they have heavy losses, and many of 
the orange growers will gather a crop of 
lemons; yet, in the long run, I guess it’s 
for the best,_ as there was a Satsuma 
craze here, with the rainbow of millions 
just ahead. I have no orange orchard, 
never wanted one and never will, for it 
takes too long. 
I really think the freeze has done a 
lot of good if it will wake up the enthu¬ 
siasts to the fact that oranges here are a 
gambling side line, and the main issue 
should be something stable. I always 
said ‘the only way to make money on an 
orange orchard was to sell it to a sucker, 
but let me tell you if you said anything 
against the Satsuma industry here you 
were a fit subject for being impaled, ‘be¬ 
headed, drawn and quartered. I hope 
this freeze has solidified some of the 
dreams into common sense; if it has then 
God bless the freeze. I believe in con¬ 
servative progress, but oppose rushing 
blindfolded into a quicksand after a will- 
will-o’-the-wisp. vr p 
Mobile. Ala. 
Kodak on the Farm 
Winter sets the stage for picture stories 
you will be glad to get with a Kodak. 
That’s pleasure. 
But Kodak plays part in the business 
side of life on the farm, as well. There 
are pictures that sell cattle, horses, sheep, 
hogs; there are pictures that record crops, 
equipment, buildings—pictures worth the 
making, all of them. 
And the Kodak way is the easy way 
and one that’s fun from the start. 
Autographic Kodaks $6.50 up 
At your dealer s 
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, N.Y. 
When you write advertisers mention The R. N.-Y. and you'll get a 
quick reply and a “square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
