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pictures of the best 
vegetables and flowers. 
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Seed Growers Philadelphia 
Please send me a free copy of Burpee’s Annnal. 
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Kendall & Whitney, Portland, Me. Est. 1858 
.Everybody 
Knows 
Seed 
L/ Grows 
Vegetable 
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Seeds 
The good old 
reliable New England quality seeds. 
Known by their deeds, their prolific pro¬ 
ductivity. Sold without premiums. Their 
quality alone occasions the enormous de¬ 
mand. 
72 pages of our profusely illustrated 130-page 
1924 Year Book is devoted to careful detailed 
description and prices of Ross’ Seeds. 
You will surely find just what you want. 
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Have your seeds in hand just when you want 
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Ross Brothers Company 
Worcester, Mass. 
(1124) 
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Notes from New England 
Moth Pests —That the gypsy moth is 
suffering severely from this Winter’s 
weather conditions is the good news given 
out by the tree wardens and foresters 
At the recent annual convention of the 
Massachusetts association in Boston the 
statement was made that when low tern 
peratures comie without snow moth fatali 
ties are always very high. The gypsy 
moth has cost New England farmers mi 
lions of dollars, and has proved a very 
difficult pest with which to deal. The 
combination of gypsy moth, brown-tail 
moth and European corn-borer has hit 
Massachusetts especially hard, and ap 
patently there would be but little likeli¬ 
hood of winning the fight against them 
were it not for the discovery of certain 
parasites which prey upon them. When 
these parasites have multiplied sufficient¬ 
ly, it is probable that a balanqe will be 
established by means of which the pests 
will be kept in check. In no other way 
can the European corn-borer be controlled, 
the area over which it has spread having 
increased rapidly in spite of every effort 
on the part of government and' State of¬ 
ficials to keep it within bounds. There 
would be a greater degree of freedom 
from the pest in many localities if al 
farmers and garden-makers would plow 
their land in the Fall or Winter months, 
but full co-operation in this respect is 
very hard to obtain and the careful farm 
ers suffer from the neglect of their neigh¬ 
bors. 
A Woman Farmer’s Crow — Miss 
Never equalled or excelled in 
38 years. 50c. ^ pk. ; Due. pk. : *3.00 
per bu. *2.75 perbu.in lots 10 bu 
or more Hand picked a little higher 
ROSS BROTHERS CO.. Worcester. Mas. 
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nd check up on these Field Seed Prices. 
<ED CLOVER —Metcalf's recleaned, 
'edi™. guaranteed American grown 
per bu. of 60-lb.SI 7.50 
ALS.KE-Metcalfs recleaned ; per bu. 
of 60-n>.SI 2.00 
fw, E f E m CLOVER_ L Metcalf ' e Stifled 
" lute niosBom; per bu. of 60-lb SI 1.50 
TIMOTHY — Metcalf’s recleaned; per 
bu. of 45 lb. 54,7o 
Other Metcalf Specials: 
include Telephone, Alderman and Tliomaa Paxton 
and iuikt-780* ,, AlMUe at * *"* , Timothy 
Bags free —freight prepaid on 250 lbs. 
Wr e today for free catalog illustrating the value, aualitv 
and service offered you in field seeds and farm sSpnlies 
by the mail order department of the Metcalf stores 
Your banker will gladly tell you about our responsibility 
B. F. Metcalf & Son, 202-204 W. Genesee St.. Syracuse. N. Y. 
A Woman Farmer and Her Tame Crow 
Edna Cutter of Dracut, Mass., is one of 
the best known farmers in Middlesex 
county. Miss Cutter is a college-bred 
girl, although she was raised on a farm, 
and chose her particular line of work de- 
liheratetly because she liked it and be¬ 
cause the old homestead was hers to use. 
Iler father had been a market gardener, 
but she has changed over to dairying and 
is finding it profitable. Much might be 
written about the successful methods 
which she has worked out, but when I 
visited her place I was particularly in¬ 
terested in her way of finding amusement 
and recreation in her day’s work. She 
showed me her young stock. Each animal 
bore a name, Violet or Daisy or Clematis, 
according to what flower happened to be 
blooming when the youngster made its 
appearance in the world. In the bull’s 
pen were several rabbits wfith which the 
larger animal was on the best of terms, 
merely nosing them out of the way when 
they presumed to feed on the hay which 
he considered his property. A pet dog 
and a pet crow accompanied Miss Cutter 
wherever she went, and were fast friends, 
although the crow liked to bother the 
dog by pulling his tail when he wasn’t 
looking. There was a cat at the house 
and cat, dog and crow ate together in 
the utmost harmony. A call from Miss 
C utter would bring the crow at any time 
and he usually chose to alight on her 
head. A few pets of this kind do much 
to break up the monotony of the day’s 
work and to make life on a farm both 
pleasant and interesting. 
Saving the Bees— Bees that are being 
wintered out of doors commonly remain 
clustered in the hives until February 
comes with its lengthening days. Then 
they come out for a cleansing flight, but 
all too often hundreds of them never re¬ 
turn. If there is snow on the ground in 
rioiit of the hives it will be found covered 
with dead bees at the end of a warm 
.February day. The moment the insects 
alight on the snow they become chilled 
and are unable to resume their flight or 
to reach the hives, which may be only a 
foot or two away. Very much can be 
done to prevent this loss by covering the 
snow in front of the hives with hay or 
Buy tires as you 
buy livestock 
All horses have four legs. All tires are 
made up of rubber and layers of cotton cord 
or fabric. 
But all horses are not equally valuable— 
and neither are all tires. 
A horse of good blood and breeding is nat¬ 
urally worth more than a “plug.” If you 
were offered your choice at the same price 
there isn’t any doubt which one you would 
take. 
Why not buy tires with the same sound 
judgment ? 
For a quarter of a century Kelly-Spring- 
field tires have been recognized as the “blood¬ 
ed stock” of the tire world. The Kelly tires 
of today are the best we have ever made, yet 
now, because of greatly increased production 
in our huge new plant, 
It costs no more to buy a Kelly 
