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 V 2 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 Division, Dept, J EVANSVILLE, IND. 
HERCULES 
ENGINES 
FOR SHALLOW WELLS 
OR CISTERNS 
IF your farm requires a water system that will 
* deliver a large volume of water—if you need 
a heavy duty pump that will operate at high 
speed or against heavy pressure —get a My - 
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We can *upply exactly the pump you need 
for your purpose— 
at a price that’a IT MYERS 
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you know you are buy¬ 
ing the best the world 
produces— perfected in 
every detail, thoroughly 
modern and abso¬ 
lutely dependable. 
Myers means satisfac¬ 
tion the world ever. 
See your Myers dealer 
or write for catalog. 
THE F. E. MYERS & BRO. CO. 
314 Church St. Ashland, Ohio 
Pumps, Water Systems, Hey Teels, Door Mongers 
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BEEMAN 
The Pioneer Carden Tractor 
It Plows, Harrows, Cultivates, 
Write direct 
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free Catalog 
nd 1924 Prices, 
eeman Tractor Co. 
05 B 2nd Ave. Ho. 
liiuteapolis, Minn. 
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a quick reply and a “square deal.” See 
guarantee editorial page. 
I It is doubtful if woodworking would hold 
him very long for a regular year-round 
job, but as a pastime to while away these 
cold barren days it is a godsend. First 
came the kitchen cabinet. From the lines 
drafted at the beginning until it stood, a 
complete article of furniture, there 
elapsed four days of non-union time lim¬ 
its. The wood that went into it came 
from a great many places. The sides and 
doors are of natural quartered oak. The 
drawer fronts came from a rough grimy 
chestnut board that we rescued from the 
pile of waste lumber, and which turned 
out to be a beautiful bit of chestnut. The 
drawers themselves came from the boxing 
of the new white kitchen sink, shipped 
from Louisville. Ivy. This is a kitchen 
cabinet of parts! Next an old organ top 
of solid walnut was brought down from 
the attic, relieved of its fantastic scrolls 
and spindles, and taken carefully apart. 
The bevel plate mirrors were set closer 
together and with a slight rearrangement 
1 lie organ top fitted exactly into the space 
back of the living room door as a hat 
rack. It is easy to look at, and is always 
in service. 
At about this time, rummaging iu the 
attic over the garage, I came across two 
antique chairs with rush bottoms broken 
through. Daddy looked at those chairs 
out of the corner of his eye. while I plead¬ 
ed for them. They were perfect, and I ad¬ 
mitted that they were graceful rather 
than comfortable. The legs seemed to 
stand on the verge of a leap into space, 
and the seats were narrow to accommo¬ 
date my lady’s hoops, but they held you 
bolt upright. However, in the end. Dad¬ 
dy could not resist weaving into them a 
rope seat dyed grass green. We used 
French gray on the body of the chairs, 
and when finished there was nothing 
more dainty or more colorful in 0111 
house. 
The fireplace bookcases dispelled the 
monotony of two stormy days. As the 
wood had to be bought, Daddy selected the 
lumber already tooled for stair steps, bev¬ 
eled on one edge. The work of construc¬ 
tion took place in the living-room in 
front of the fireplace, wifh two crates for 
a workbench and mother to keep the 
boards from bounding off the crates. Lit¬ 
tle fuzzy feathers of shavings crept over 
the piano and way upstairs into the 
bathroom, but eventually the thing was 
done. It brings such a homelike effect 
into the living-room to see our dear old 
friends sitting there on the shelves, five 
rows of them. There are three rows yet 
to be filled which will have to wait until 
next year when Mark is older, and less 
given to working with sticky hands. 
Spring will soon be here. 
Again the year looms up before 11 s with 
its chances, its pitfalls. From the land 
of sunshine there comes a tale of too 
many oranges. “I don’t know what the 
orange growers are going to do.” Perkins 
had written. “Oranges is worth nothing 
and they can’t buy fertilizer. There are 
thousands of boxes on the trees yet. and 
the trees are white with bloom. They 
will soon have another crop on them.” 
At the present time a carload is being 
sold at our nearest village for $2.40 a 
bushel. People go to the car with their 
market baskets and carry them home, a 
very unusual sight in our .State. The 
owners of this car ai’e two Northern men. 
I understand they traveled north with 
this car of oranges, which was some 
weeks on the way. The freight on the 
carload was $345. It seems to 11 s that 
if we had several carloads of oranges go¬ 
ing to waste we would try this way of 
turning them into money. These oranges 
are like foreign currency. They will pass 
at full value in certain places. And in 
the towns of New York State there is a 
majority of people who have never tasted 
the sweetness of a well-ripened Florida 
orange. 
At least every other year the early po¬ 
tato is put upon the altar as a hopeful 
prospect, and ends by being burned as a 
sacrifice. We think the coining year is 
one of these years. Last year some 
potatoes sold at $2 a bushel. Unless we 
are visited by frost or flood I see a future 
with early spuds at 20 cents a bushel. 
The man who grows the same number of 
acres every year will shave through some¬ 
how, but most of the impetuous enthusi¬ 
asts will be obliterated. Nothing is more 
foolhardy than to dabble in potatoes the 
year after the high prices! 
One of The It. N.-Y.’s oldest friends, 
George A. Cosgrove, once said this in an 
address: “The labor of a farmer dif¬ 
fers from any other labor. What the 
miner digs out of the earth already ex¬ 
isted. The manufacturer, by the addi¬ 
tion of labor, changes its form and in¬ 
creases its value. Put the labor of the 
farmer is godlike in that it creates. It 
produces something that did not before 
exist in any form. The billions of wealth 
that the farmer adds to this nation each 
year is a creation, a clean, clear addi¬ 
tion. When big crops are imminent the 
railroads send in hurry orders for more 
| ears, the manufacturer does not hesitate 
to fill his storehouses with goods. For 
millions have been created and have to 
be exchanged.” 
In the dilemma of crops that are too 
heavy have a fair market value and 
cannot serve in exchange for the goods 
on the merchants’ shelves, the whole scale 
of prices come tumbling. We are trem¬ 
bling on the verge of a year of overpro¬ 
duction. I make this prediction while 
hoping it will prove untrue. 
JIKS, I*'. H. UNGEK. 
551 
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Hem loci 
Seed coated with- Stanleys Crow Repellent: 4Ml 
“Scoot, for 
love o’ Mike!” 
is the wail of the crows when once 
they light on a corn-field where the 
seed-corn has been coated with Stan¬ 
ley’s Crow Repellent. One taste is 
enough. And every crow, every 
squirrel, every mole, every gopher, 
every pest of any kind, keeps off that 
field. It doesn’t kill them, for it isn’t 
poisonous, but it’s worse than 
any other “white mule” in all 
crow-dom. And your crow worries 
are over. You won’t have to re¬ 
plant hill after hill. Much of your 
valuable time is saved, besides all the 
extra cost of seed-corn to replant 
with. And for every $1.00 you spend 
for 
Stanley’s Crow Repellent 
you will reap frim 30 to 40 more 
bushels of corn at harvest time. It’s 
easy to use,—simply mix it with your 
seed-corn. You don’t have to wait 
for it even to dry. And it never 
clogs the planter. If you have any 
doubts as to what Stanley’s Crow 
Repellent will do for you, ask us to 
send you copies of hundreds of letters 
we have received, and every one of 
these testimonials unsolicited. Large 
can, enough for 2 bu. of seed-corn 
(8 to 10 acres), $1.50. Half size can, 
$1.00. If your hardware, drug or 
seed store doesn’t have it in stock, 
then order direct. "Money Back” guar¬ 
antee. Address Cedar Hill Formulae 
Co., Box 500H, New Britain, Conn. 
Those extra 
bushels are 
your profit 
JPlanet Jrj 
Clean, fast cultivation at the right 
time Is the secret of those extra bushels 
which make the difference between 
growing costs and profits. Two horses 
and one man on this Planet Jr. No. 77 
Pivot Wheel Biding Cultivator will 
cover more ground in a given time than 
the same two horses with walking cul¬ 
tivators and two men. With No. 77 you 
can afford those extra cultivations 
which experiments show can add sev¬ 
eral bushels per acre at harvest. It does 
a cleaner job, too, faster and «*sier be¬ 
cause No. 77 includes improvements 
and features we have developed after 
years of field trials with our own and 
other riding cultivators. Ask your 
Planet Jr. dealer to point out these 
special features, or send for Planet Jr 
catalog, which shows them in detail. 
S. L. Allen & Co., Inc. 
Largest Manufacturer* of Specialized 
Field and Garden Tool* in the World 
Dept. 38. 5th and Glenwood Ave, 
Philadelphia 
Look for “Planet Jr.” 
POWER 
BOLENS 
and Lawn 
Mower Tractor 
It seeds, it culti¬ 
vates, it mows the 
lawn. It supplies power for 
operating light machinery. 
The BOLENS has a patented 
arched axle for clearance and a 
tool control for accurate guid¬ 
ance in close weeding and culti¬ 
vating. A differential drive __ _ 
makes turning easy. All attachments have snap 
hitches and are instantly Interchangeable. A hoy will 
run it with delight. Used by market growers, florists, 
nursery men, farmers, home gardeners, parks, cemeter¬ 
ies, etc. _ Send for full particulars 
312 PARK ST., GILSON MFC. CO. PORT WASHINGTON, WIS. 
KINKADEGARDENTRACTOR 
andPOWERLAWNMOWER 
A Practical, Proven Power Cultivator 
for Gardners, Suburb¬ 
anites, Truckers, Flor¬ 
ists, Fruit Growers, 
Nurserymen and Lawn 
work. 
American Farm Machine Co. 
2565 UniverBity Ave. S.E, 
Minneapolis Minn 
FARMS Sunny Southern Jersey 
Many bargains. Catalog JUST OUT. COPY 
FREE. Stocked and equipped. Some require 
only $500 cash. Income producing homes. 
D. M. JOSEPH 549, 18 —Landis Ave. Vineland. N. J. 
LIME ms LAND 
S OLVAY brings better, greater crops 
the first harvest. SOLVAY makes 
sour soil sweet and releases all fertility 
the land contains to hasten growing 
crops to full maturity. 
Most farm lands need lime, and none 
is better than Solvay Pulverized Lime¬ 
stone— high test, non-caustic, furnace 
dried, and ground fine to spread easily. 
Every farmer should read the 
Solvay Booklet on Liming 
—sent FREE on request. 
THE SOLVAY PROCESS CO., Syracaie.N.Y. 
