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RURAL NEW.YORKER 
Own Your 
Threshing Outfit 
You will save wheat if you thresh when the 
grain is right. 
You will save money by pocketing the full 
proceeds of your crop. 
You will save time and labor by getting an 
ELLIS CHAMPION Thresher and Separator. 
No matter how small or how large your farm, 
we have a machine that will suit your needs. 
According to the size of yonr Engine we can 
attach any or all of our numerous labor saving 
devices. 
Write today for our free booklet describing 
our various styles and sizes of threshers. 
ELUS KEYSTONE AGRICULTURAL WORKS 
Pottstown - Pennsylvania 
“BESTGARDEN 
TOOL I EVER USED’ 
Keep the weeds out and the sur 
w .‘“‘•e mulched to hold the moisture— 
that s the secret of gardening. You’" 
enjoy doing this with a 
BARKER and Cultivator^ 
8 revolving blades and underground / 
knife kill the weeds and in the same / 
operationchopthe surface into a per- 
Best Weed Killer Ever 
Cuts runners. Has leaf* 
guards; also shovels for deeper cu I- S&td rOY 
tivation. A boy can use it. and do FREE 
more and better work than 10 men BOOK, 'l 
_ , wlth hoes. Valuable garden book ^ 
free, describes Barker and its ' 
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etc. Write today. 
BARKER MFG.C0.J 
David City, Nebr. 
Bor 17. 
Transferring Swarm Into New Hive 
I have a swarm of bees in an old- 
fasliioned hive that I want to transfer 
into a modern hive. When would be the 
best time to do it, and how would it be 
done? 1 t. h. M. 
New London, Conn. 
Make or secure a hive body or extract¬ 
ing super, and if possible a set of combs, 
if you can find them that you are sure 
are free from disease. If not able to get 
combs, use full sheets of foundation in 
your frames and as soon as your bees 
are strong enough for another case 
(which should be in fruit bloom, if they 
are first class) set this on top of your 
colony, and cover as before, keep watch, 
and as soon as the queen is laying nicely 
in this upper hive, pry them apart, and 
slide a queen excluding honey board 
between. After 21 days all worker bees 
will have hatched and you can remove the 
under hive and drive and smoke out the 
bees and run in the hive. Then you can 
cut out the old combs and melt into wax 
at your leisure. 
In this way you will have all smooth 
perfect worker brood combs. Where this 
method can be used it will be found far 
superior to the old way of cutting out the 
brood and fastening in the frames, as this 
was a very mussy job at best, and the 
combs rough and uneven. 
The old-fashioned way was to smoke 
the bees, then hammer on the sides of the 
hive with a stick. By a combination of 
smoking and drumming you can drive 
most of the bees up into a box. Now set 
this to one side and proceed to pry off 
one side of the hive and cut out the brood 
(being careful to discard all the drone 
comb) and tie the combs in your frames, 
put them in your hive on the old stand, 
and run in the bees. Of course this is a 
messy way at best, and your combs will 
be rough and bulgy, but it will not cost 
anything for honey board or foundation. 
G. w. B. 
There’s a Brown Sprayer for every 
need on the farm, in the orchard, 
garden, dairy or poultry house, so 
you can sprayeverythingthoroughly, 
efficiently and economically, as ad¬ 
vised by the government and agri¬ 
cultural college experts. Catalog 
andSprayCalendar showing“When 
to Spray and How ro Do It,” free 
on request. 
THE E. C. BROWN COMPANY 
892 Maple Street, Rochester. N. Y. 
For blight, destroying bugs, fleas and beetles, spray with\a 
Yellow Jacket Traction Sprayer ol 
THE OSPRAYMO LINE 
Strong constant pressure drives fine spray mixture 
home to every part of foliage—above and below. Spray 
potatoes, beans, vegetables — 2. 4 or 6 rows at once. 
No cost for power. 
Don’t buy any sprayer 
until you know the 
OSPRAYMO Line. In¬ 
cludes power orchard 
rigs, barrel, bucket, 
knapsack and hand 
sprayers. Write direct 
to-day for catalog to 
Field Force Pump Co. 
Dept. 2 
Elmira. N. V. 
Hall Tobacco Chemical Co. 
212 Fifth Ave., New York City. 
[plant-lice] 
Tulips, Tuberoses and Summer Annuals 
How ie a tulip bed prepared, what time 
and on what side of the house? What 
treatment is given the tuberose? I have 
lots of indoor house plants, but not one 
of any kind is coming up outside on our 
lot. It is a place where we have recently 
moved. What can I grow there? 
Ogdensburg, N. Y. mbs. h. j. b. 
Tulips are planted in the Fall, from 
the latter part of September through Oc¬ 
tober, until the ground freezes. The 
ground should be well spaded, and as 
bulbs are very sensitive to contact with 
manure, it is wiser to use a bed or border 
which has been well fertilized earlier in 
the season; bonemeal may be added at 
■time of planting. Tulips may be set 4 in. 
apart, the top of the bulb about 4 in. un¬ 
der ground. When the ground is frozen 
hard a mulch of leaves or straw may he 
spread over the surface to the depth of 
3 or 4 in. You cannot plant tulips in 
the Spring. An open, sunny place is con¬ 
genial. 
The tuberose is a tender Summer bulb, 
which does not endure freezing. Plant 
the bulbs after all danger of frost is over, 
covering them with about 1 in. of soil. 
They are at their best in a warm, sunny 
situation, with rather sandy soil. It is 
desirable to group tuberoses in among 
other plants, as the tall bare spike is 
less effective alone. 
If your yard is without perennial 
plants you can make a show this year by 
sowing annuals, such as Petunias, corn¬ 
flowers, nasturtiums, Zinnias, marigolds, 
asters, Calendulas, annual pinks and pop¬ 
pies. You can also sow biennials and 
perennials, so as to provide flowering 
Plants for next year. These may in¬ 
clude foxgloves, Canterbury bells, hardy 
pinks, larkspurs, hollyhocks, columbines, 
Shasta daisy and Oriental poppy. A va¬ 
riety of Irises will form a permanent at¬ 
traction, roots being purchased as condi¬ 
tions permit. 
Ditcher-Terracer - Grader 
1 All Bteel.ftdjustable, reversible. Cuts V- 
I shaped ditcn to 4 ft. Open, tiling or irri- 
I Ration. Cleans old ditches; builds held 
■ terraces. Does work of 100 men. Operate 
I horses or tractor. lO DAYS FREE 
I TRIAL. Satisfaction or no sale. Send 
I for free book and special low price. 
I Owensboro Ditcher & GraderCo., 
U* c * “i? ox 1034 
Owensboro* 
Ky. 
As a rule grouchy looking men are not 
popular, but a druggist of our acquain¬ 
tance says he likes to see them come into 
his store. “When a man comes in with 
a grouchy face,” he remarked. “I know 
he wants to buy something. The fellow 
who approaches with a broad grin either 
wants to bone me for a donation or stock 
me up with some unsalable line of goods.” 
—Boston Transcript. 
E” for Texas tool 
All-Day Conflagration 
shows Fire-Chief new points 
about Ford Lubrication 
A TEXAS town* has two 
Ford fire trucks. A fire 
started in the morning. It raged 
all day. The Post Office and 
several business buildings were 
destroyed. 
Truck Number One, lubri¬ 
cated by a well-known oil, went 
to work—pumping, hard, con¬ 
tinuous work—at 6:30 A. M. 
By 9 o’clock the engine was 
seriously overheated. The water 
was boiling. In the two and one 
half hours a gallon and a half of 
oil was consumed. 
The crank-case was drained 
and a different oil poured in. 
Within 30 minutes the engine 
again badly overheated and the 
water boiled. 
In desperation, a third brand 
of oil was tried. This, too, 
lasted only 30 minutes. When 
the drain plug was removed the 
oil ran out and “foamed up like 
a batch of hot molasses.’’ 
"E” Thrives on Hard Jobs 
The Fire Chief was then urged 
to use Gargoyle Mobiloil “E.” 
A gallon of “E’’ went into the 
Ford engine at 11 o’clock. The 
engine ran continuously until 
7 that night—on the same oil 
plus about a quart more. No 
overheating. No boiling. “The 
boys could tend to the hose 
instead of the engine.’’ 
# Name of the town on request. 
Truck Number Two went 
through the same difficulty and 
got the same welcome relief 
from Gargoyle Mobiloil “E.” 
What ”E” Offers Your Ford 
Some of the marked benefits of 
using Gargoyle Mobiloil “E” 
in a Ford engine are these. Less 
carbon; better bearing lubrica¬ 
tion; positive and immediate 
clutch engagement and disen¬ 
gagement ; thorough lubrication 
of transmission sleeves, gears 
and bearings; thorough lubri¬ 
cation of every frictional 
surface. 
For the differential of your 
Ford car use Gargoyle Mobiloil 
“CC” or Mobilubricant as 
specified by the Chart of 
Recommendations. 
Fair Retail Price 
30c A Quart front Bulk 
When the dealer sells a quart of 
Gargoyle Mobiloil from bulk for less 
than 30c, he does not make his fair, 
reasonable profit. Lower prices often 
accompany subsitution of low-quality 
oil for genuine Gargoyle Mobiloil. 
Prices are slightly higher in Canada, 
the Southwest, and the Far West. 
Tractor Lubrication 
The correct engine lubricant for 
the FORDSON TRACTOR is 
Gargoyle Mobiloil “BB” in summer 
and Gargoyle Mobiloil “A” in win¬ 
ter. The correct oil for all other 
tractors is specified in our char* 
Ask for it at your dealer’s. 
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New York (Main Office ) 
Boston 
Chicago 
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Dallas 
Kansas City, Mo. 
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Buffalo 
Rochester 
Oklahoma City 
Peoria 
Albany 
Portland, Me. 
Springfield, Mass. 
New Haven 
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