The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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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 Vi 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 
PARAGOA/ 
SPRAYERS 
DO NOT CLOG 
A Size for Every Purpose 
At left—12 gal. size for garden, 
orchard and poultry house. 
Pressure of 250-lbs., easily 
developed. 
«... 
Capacity. 12 Gal. ^ 
At right— 
POTATO 
SPRAYER 
Covers 2 row9 at 
once with six 
nozzles. One acre 
in 40 minutes. 
Demand PARAGON quality from your dealer or write 
F. H. R. CRAWFORD & CO.. 299 Broadway, New York 
For blight, destroying bugs, fleas and beetles, spray with'p. 
Yellow Jacket Traction Sprayer ot 
THE OSPRAYMO LINE 
Strong constant pressure drives fine spray mixture 
home to every part of foliage—above and below. Spray 
potatoes, beans, vegetables-2, l m «J t °7 0I at p( ^; 
Don’t buy any sprayer 
until you know the 
OSPRAYMO Line. In¬ 
cludes power orchard 
rigs, barrel, bucket, 
knapsack and hand 
sprayers. Wh ite direct 
to-day for catalog to 
Field Force Pump Co. 
Dept. 2 
Elmira, N. Y. 
When you write advertisers mention 
The Rural New- Yorker and you ’ll get 
a Quick reply and a “square deal.” See 
guarantee editorial page. : t : 
are applied and harrowed in with fertil¬ 
izer, handled in the same way. No plow¬ 
ing is done, the .seed being put right in 
the sand. Onions, hay and other crops 
make a tremendous growth iu the sand 
above -this marsh land. And strawber¬ 
ries ! The Cape supplies a million quarts 
or more each year. At the meeting in 
Hyannis a Portuguese with black hair, 
flashing white teeth and his brown face in 
one perpetual smile, stood up and told 
about his berry crop. I will try to de¬ 
scribe it next w r eek. 11 . w. c. 
Everblooming Roses 
I would like to make a wonderful rose 
garden in my city yard. Would you give 
me the names of the very best varieties of 
everblooming roses? G. c. 
New York. 
The Hybrid Teas, commonly classed as 
everblooming, include a long list of fine 
varieties, new and old. A city garden is 
not always very favorable to them, and 
every effort should be made to prepare the 
soil by thorough tillage and abundant fer¬ 
tility. Among varieties that we have 
found hardy, free and exceptionally fine 
in color and form are the following: Los 
Angeles, pink shaded with coral and gold, 
one of the finest; Mrs. S. K. Rindge, 
chrome yellow suffused with salmon; 
Rose Marie, long buds, very full flowers, 
rose pink ; Mme. Edouard Herriot. coral 
red shaded copper and gold; Lady Ur¬ 
sula, flesh pink, large and fragrant; Red 
Radiance, very fine, cerise red; Killarney 
Brilliant, rosy carmine; Kaiserin Au¬ 
gusta Victoria, white shaded amber at 
base; Ophelia, salmon flesh, very fine; 
Mrs. Aaron Ward, yellow', very satisfac¬ 
tory; Laurent Carle, brilliant carmine; 
Lady Ashtowm, soft rose, shaded yellow 
at base; Gruss an Teplitz, scarlet shad¬ 
ed crimson, very hardy and a constant 
bloomer ; Jonkheer J. L. Mock, deep pink, 
outside of petals silvery rose, excellent for 
bedding; Gen. MacArthur, vivid crimson, 
free in bloom, and very fragrant; Mme. 
Abel Chatenay, carmine shaded with sal¬ 
mon. There are many more good ones, 
but these have all generally proved ex¬ 
tremely satisfactory. The old Bourbon 
rose, Hermosa, with medium-sized bright 
pink flowers, is highly satisfactory for 
bedding, as it is rarely out of bloom from 
June till frost. A magnificent new yel¬ 
low rose is Souvenir de Claudius Pernet, 
with very large flowers of vivid sunflower 
yellow, free from any color blending, but 
w r e have not yet had any experience with 
it out of doors. 
$100,000 a day for Taxes 
T HE high cost of government is a burden 
of which every citizen must bear his share. 
It is one of the large factors in the high cost 
of living. 
Taxes are a part of the cost of everything we 
eat, wear or use. Nothing escapes and no 
consumer can escape paying. 
In the freight and passenger rates paid by the 
public last year were Federal, State and local 
taxes reaching the record figure of $336,000,000. 
New York Central Lines taxes amounted to 
$37,605,560, or more than $100,000 a day; near¬ 
ly three times what they were ten years ago. 
Planting with Plant Setter 
On page 367 E. C. T. asks about usiog 
plant setter for cabbage and tomatoes. 
My experience with one, may be of some 
help to him and others. I use mine prin 
eipally for tobacco plants, and as a good 
many of the plants will not go down the 
tube I was forced to use some other 
method, so now only use it as a hole 
maker and watering pot. and can actually 
stick 60 plants in 60 seconds with the 
help of two small boys. It holds water 
for 60 to 80 plants. My method is as 
follows: Have tub of water 40 hills 
from end. Let each boy take 40 plants, 
one in left hand and others in right, and 
boy on right of row with plants in right 
hand and other one in left hand. Planter 
operator sticks planter in hill and as he 
raises it, touches water spring with 
thumb and at the same time with other 
hand touches spring that opens jaws a 
little to let water out quickly. The water 
must pour down into the hole to wash the 
clods out of the way of the boys. The 
boys should be two hills behind the op¬ 
erator so the water has receded enough 
to make a very thin mush, but if they 
are more than four hills back it will be 
so stiff that the dirt will not fall around 
the roots and if they stick the plants 
while there is still much water showing, 
the roots are often on top when the water 
recedes. Each boy sticks in every other 
hill and the operator can keep them busy 
too. Plant to the end of the row and go 
back on another row which takes all 
plants and water. Do a square of 14 to 
16 rows, then turn the other way and go 
40 hills. I find a nice way to get the 
water to field is fo get two poles about 
10 ft. long and fasten them to the back 
axle of wagon and to coupling pole, wide 
enough at axle for bari'el to set between. 
Raise poles and coupling pole and fasten 
barrel securely, pull down and hook horse 
to poles, then drive to field with horse 
between rows and of course then wheels 
will also go between rows. It will be 
necessary to put some dry dirt around the 
plant to hold moisture and to stop baking. 
With some one to put on dry dirt and 
another to have water and plants all 
ready, quite a planting can be done in a 
short time. F. w. HUTCHINS. 
Maryland. 
When to Sow Kale 
Would you tell me how to plant and 
when to plant kale for Summer use? 
Sands Point, N. Y. A. E. s. 
Sow seed in open ground about April 
15 for Summer use, but kale which is 
largely used in Fall and Winter is sown 
about July 1. With a light protection 
of straw, when the weather is freezing 
it can be cut along in the Winter. 
w. p. 
Every citizen has a vital interest in cutting 
down the tax burden. 
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Use small amounts of lime frequently as they are proportionately more efficient. 
For Spraying Mixtures and Whitewash Use 
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Don’t overlook your orchard, garden, shrubs, hedges, etc. 
Formulas furnished upon request. Use either Hydrated Lime or Lump Lime. 
Sold in quantities to suit your needs. Ask your dealer or write 
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