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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Spray with 
powerful pressure 
Two hundred pounds of pressure drives 
the spray to every part of the tree for better 
protection when a Hercules engine is on 
the pump. 
With steady, unfailing reliability, this 
engine helps you finish your spraying 
quickly and thoroughly. A Hercules 
engine just eats up big jobs. 
The same dependability that you find 
in a Hercules orchard sprayer engine is 
typical of all other Hercules-equipped 
farm machinery. There is a Hercules en¬ 
gine for nearly every job on the farm, 
from mixing cement to filling silos. They 
range from 1 Vz H. P. upward. 
On leading makes of farm machinery, 
well-posted salesmen will call your attention 
to the Hercules engine as proof that the 
best power is provided. You can also buy 
the Hercules engine as a separate power 
unit and use it as your work requires. 
A dealer selling Hercules engines and Hercules- 
equipped farm machinery is sure to be located near 
you. If you wish us to help you with suggestions 
on how to use power effectively and profitably, we 
will be glad to have you write us direct. 
THE HERCULES CORPORATION 
Engine Divisien, Dept. J EVANSVILLE, IND 
HERCULES 
ENGINES 
Making a Deadfall 
The deadfall trap or figure 4 trap does 
not appear to be well known. It is easily 
made and costs almost nothing. A flat 
board does for the drop piece. May have 
additional weight laid on it when catch¬ 
ing rats. But for mice the board is suffi¬ 
cient. Three sticks complete the device; 
an upright stick cut square and with a 
chisel-shaped top; a slanting stick with 
a notch to rest on the end of the up¬ 
right stick and with its lower end chisel¬ 
shaped ; last of all a stick to act as 
trigger and to carry the bait. This trig¬ 
ger has a notch at one end to catch the 
slanting sticks and a notch to hold 
against the square edge of the upright 
stick. When the weight is supported by 
the top of the slanting stick all the 
notches pull tight and the trap stands 
ready for business. There is scarcely any 
animal but may be caught in it. j. g. 
More About Spotted Men 
Articles in The R. N.-Y. about piebald 
humans are all true. We have them in the 
West Indies; I have two living not 100 
yards from me, but the cause is this; 
nature has failed to put on the last pig¬ 
ment securely, and it peels off slowly, and 
in some cases in spots. In some" cases 
they are born entirely without the pig¬ 
ment. It is only known in the black 
races. They are called Albinos. Some¬ 
times they are born black, but the pig¬ 
ment being put on poorly by nature comes 
off slowly, so the persons grow to ma¬ 
turity, and sometimes in spots, so they ' 
look like black and white people, but they I 
are negroes. In other eases they are born 
white, the last pigment, black, being en¬ 
tirely left out by nature. I know several 
people like this; one was born black 
and every year he became lighter, until 
he was entirely white. His name was 
Henry Audain. Now I know two who 
live near me; their names are W. Brookes 
and Mary Brookes. Both were born with¬ 
out pigment. Their father was black and 
their mother was black, but both had the 
Albino blood in them. The woman’s 
uncle was an Albino ; we used to call him 
Whitey Blow-the-fife”; he used to play 
in a drum and fife band. His nephew, 
W. Brookes, above mentioned, keeps the 
lawn tennis court here now for the club, 
just above me on the same road I live 
on, so I see him often. His sister, Mary 
Brookes, has children which are born 
black; none has yet reverted to the Al¬ 
bino strain. b. k. 
St. Kitts, B. W. I. 
No Plunging on Guinea Pigs 
Yoa most epray to get fine traits, vegetables, shrub¬ 
bery, flowers. Let our catalog tell you about the 
famous High-power Orchard Rigs, Red Jacket and Yel¬ 
low Jacket Traction Potato Sprayers, Bucket, Barrel 
and Knapsack Sprayers, Hand Pimps, etc- 
Field Force Pump Co., Dept. 2 
An OSPRAYMO 
sprayer means one 
that will make your 
work effective Suc¬ 
tion strainer brushes, 
mechnnical agitators. 
High pressure guar¬ 
anteed. Send today 
for late catalog. Don’t 
buy any sprayer till 
it comes. Local deal¬ 
ers at manv points. 
Address 
- - Elmira, N. V 
■i 
SULPHUR 
Bergenport Brand” 
FOR SPRAYING, INSECTICIDE 
AND DUSTING PURPOSES 
T. & S. C. WHITE CO. 
lOO WHliam St. New York 
Mean More Sap 
& Better Sap 
Jbt AIR 
TRAP 
DOEsrr 
Saves More Sap 
Air trap stays full and seals the bore. No sour¬ 
ing. drying up or reboring. Thin flanges of rib¬ 
bed shank allow freer sap flow. Galvanized; 
hence always sweet. 
Send for free circular and 42- , 
page Government Bulletin 1 
on maple syrup and sugar. 
WILCOX-CRITTENDEN CO,INC. 
Oept. 0 Middletown, Conn. 
with hook , 
for pail \ 
I am the owner of a 30-acre farm 
which is all in fruit, but have labor that 
during a large part of the year is idle. I 
understand from a medical friend of 
mine that there is an unlimited demand 
for guinea pigs. I have already written 
the government for information, but know 
that you are also in touch with all bus¬ 
iness relating to raising animalsl and ag¬ 
riculture, so thought I would get your 
opinion. If the government and you re¬ 
port favorably, will go into this matter 
big, so let me know what you know about 
market conditions, how many the medical 
schools, etc., take at one times, addresses 
of some such places, and any other in¬ 
formation you may have appertaining to 
this subject. m. c. m. 
We do not advise breeding guinea pigs 
on a large scale. As a side line, along 
with poultry or small fruit, there are fair 
chances in such business, but if you take 
our advice you will avoid plunging in 
such a scheme. We think the government 
will give you much the same advice. It is 
true that some people keep a few pairs of 
guinea pigs at a profit, but to make it a 
full business would be like the scheme of 
a man who figures that as he can make 10 
hens average a yearly profit of $4 each, 
all he has to do is to keep 20,000 liens and 
walk off with $SO,000 each year ! There 
is a fair demand for these animals for 
hospital or laboratory use, but we have 
known several occasions when the market 
was overstocked, even with the present 
supply. The pigs are not much used for 
food purposes, and any large increase in 
production would spoil the market. Be¬ 
fore you start, write the large hospitals 
and laboratories and find out what they 
will offer for a large, steady ’supply. If 
you start at all, begin on a small scale— 
a few pairs—learn the business and de¬ 
velop it as you find evidence that it will 
grow. The chances are that a good poul¬ 
try department on your farm will pay bet¬ 
ter. 
Tfearsof 
Service 
On March 15, 1917, Delco-Light Plant 12652 was 
started on a life test. It has now been in operation, 
under full load, over 24,000 hours. Estimating 10 
hours per week battery charging for average farm 
requirements, this Plant has given the equivalent of 
over forty-six years of average farm service. 
During all this Time 
This Plant has been overhauled 
but twice. 
On only four occasions were minor 
repairs and adjustments made. 
The total cost of labor and parts 
amounts to but $82.36. 
The average cost of maintenance, 
excluding fuel and oil, has been 
approximately $1.80 per year. 
The actual experience of this Plant, backed by the 
experience of over 225,000 users, has proved that the 
owner of a Delco-Light Plant has but little need for 
parts and service. Yet the purchaser of a Delco-Light 
Plant has at his command the services of the largest 
and most successful organization of its kind in the 
world. Modernize YOUR farm with electric light 
and power supplied by the Delco-Light Plant. See 
your local Delco-Light dealer. 
Buy Delco-Light Now! 
DELCO-LIGHT COMPANY 
DAYTON, OHIO 
'^SbCTOFCENERAt 
DOMESTIC ELECTRIC CO., Inc. 
43 Warren St., New York City. 
E. B. DUNIGAN, 715 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. 
DELCO-LIGHT 
ONE OF THE 
DELCO-LIGHT COMPANY, Dayton, Ohio l 
Please send the Delco-Light catalog, new l 
prices and details of easy payment plan. • 
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