The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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HANGERS 
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a high¬ 
ly practical Door Hanger for 
garages, bams, warehouses and 
other buildings. 
, You install the track on the inside, curv¬ 
ing a section for the comer, and hang the 
doors so they will roll around on the inside 
comer of the building. A simple and practi¬ 
cal method—and you can depend on the doors 
rolling smoothly, easily, and always closing 
perfectly. _ No door troubles in winter from 
snow and ice. Hangers can’t come off the 
track. This hanger also adapts itself to folding 
hinged doors. Doors can be made any size to 
fill opening. Easy to install. Adjustable to 
and from the building and up and down. 
We build a complete line of it 
Stayon andTubular ill 11 
lm^ Door Hangers _ .ill) 1 
and Track 
and Door 
Hanger 
Sets 
See your Myers Dealer or 
write for catalog. 
THE F. E. MYERS & BRO. CO. 
3J6CHURCH ST. ASHLAND, OHIO 
Pomps, Water Systems, Hay Tools, Door Hangers 
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Consolidated Asbestos Coating is a 
tough, durable, fire resistant, asbestos- 
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wood, paper, tin, concrete or any old roof. 
Always stormproof, regardless of heat, cold, 
rain, hail or snow. Seals Every Leak 
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A Dollar Brush included without extra 
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100 Fifth Avenue, New York 
ROOFING AND DRIP EDGE 
MUlerDi ip Edge, a galvan 
ized strip. Neatly fastens 
prepared roofing and shin¬ 
gles at eave and gable. 
Forms stiff, sturdy, pro¬ 
jecting edges that proper¬ 
ly carries the water from 
the roof. Withstands 
winds, ladders and care¬ 
lessness. Permits eave- 
troughs essential to good 
-buildings. Easily applieds 
Saves nails and labor. Used by thousands in 36 State.. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. Buy from your roofing dealer. 
If unable, write us giving his name. Thank you. 
MILLER & GLEASON, Div. 1, Olean, N. Y. 
The Famous 
Yankee 
A NEW Ingersoll 
The Improved Yankee, s 2 
^TT'HE New Improved Yankee 
is dependable, as always, 
but in addition it is a very hand¬ 
some watch—with new features 
of grace and beauty. 
It has the antique bow and 
crown, new hands and dial,damas- 
keened back plate, it is more closely 
cased and in general it has the ap¬ 
pearance of a higher priced watch. 
Models $2 to $10 
When you write advertisers mention 
The Rural New- Yorker and you’ll get 
a quick reply and a “square deal.” See 
guarantee editorial page. 
Countrywide Produce Situation 
POTATOES ENDING WELL ; WHAT HAPPEN¬ 
ED IN THE GRAIN COUNTRY ; ALL 
AROUND FARMING. 
If all is well that ends well, the potato 
market season ought to be satisfactory to 
all parties. Consumers have had plenty 
of reasonably priced food; dealers and 
the railroads have skimmed their profits; 
even the humble potato grower, although 
he may not have done very well, has 
come through the season better than with 
some other crops, thanks to the late 
Spring and the continuous good demand. 
Potato growers may not be satisfied 
but they will plant as usual because they 
hardly know what else to put into the 
. ground. The large crop of excellent 
Green Mountain potatoes in Maine was 
even a money maker for those who stored 
and sold out lately at $2.75 per barrel, 
cash at the station. Some growers had 
100 barrels per acre and sold many of 
them at about this price. 
POTATO PLANS 
Opinions differ on the benefits of the co¬ 
operative selling plan in the Maine po¬ 
tato country, but anyway co-operation 
and a fairly good market year came to¬ 
gether. If Maine farmers could always 
raise as sound, handsome potatoes as in 
1923, the crop would almost sell itself. 
They may do it if co-operation enforces 
strict grading and establishes a reputa¬ 
tion for reliable quality and weight. 
Some very large co-operation plans are 
under way in western potato sections. 
The best they can hope for is to cut out 
a little of the middleman’s profit unless 
they become strong enough to limit plant¬ 
ing and keep poor stock out of the 
market. 
Southern growers are doing well so 
far. Florida stock started at $15 per 
barrel but worked down quickly to $8 de¬ 
livered at the shipping stations. Texas 
shipping points even quoted $4 per 100 
lbs. These prices are about double es¬ 
timated cost of production in these sec¬ 
tions. 
Florida growers of all kinds of track 
have a little advantage in getting to mar¬ 
ket first. South Texas is early, too, but 
handicapped by distance and often by 
hard freezes. California also has to pay 
high freight rates this year. There is 
water shortage, too. 
IN THE GRAIN COUNTRY 
Trouble still centers in the grain coun¬ 
try with the accumulated pressure of 
three seasons of high cost and low re¬ 
turns. Of course, the land boom had a 
little to do with it. When your farm 
doubles in value and you borrow half its 
new value to buy more land and then 
land values slump back again to about 
the size of the mortgage and crops fail, 
what happens next? Well, that is what 
happened in the wheat belt to thousands 
of farmers. Those who stuck to the old- 
time policy of keeping out of debt are 
still holding their farms and feeling quite 
comfortable when they have raised at 
least enough of other things than grain 
to live on. 
There is a tendency to get along with¬ 
out much hired help and to exchange ma¬ 
chine work. Cutting expenses and rais¬ 
ing what the family needs is unpleasant 
to a specialized grain grower but he pre¬ 
fers it to a foreclosure. Others still able 
to risk a little, are shifting to flax, corn, 
cattle, poultry, fruit, or whatever looks 
good to them. There is quite a boom in 
poultry in the prairie States and further 
south. It is contended that if there is 
no good market for grain or if the weevil 
spoils the cotton, farmers can live on eggs, 
chickens and garden, and sell the sur¬ 
plus. Poultry and eggs are already at 
the top of the boom, so it seems. The 
hoard of new shippers will have plenty 
of competition. The close-by egg raiser 
need not worry. He has the inside track 
every way, except in cost of grain. 
KEEPING ON 
Some folks will keep right on raising 
wheat and they may prove nearer right 
•than the shifters. It often happens so. 
The outlook is a little more hopeful in 
Europe just now. Cost of production may 
come down. Least likely of all means of 
relief, Congress may pass one of the 
proposed bills that would take money 
from somebody’s pocket and put it into 
the purse of the wheat farmer. Almost 
anything of the kind is possible in elec¬ 
tion year, the idea being that the man 
favored will vote “right” and the man 
who pays will not find it out, at least not 
before election time. It is doubtful 
whether anything would help much ex¬ 
cept as a nation to raise less wheat and 
to practice more all around, safe, un- 
epeculative farming. g. b. f. 
Maryland Recipe for Curing Hams 
Curing hams by the Maryland recipe is 
given in “Chase’ Recipe Book.” To every 
100 lbs. take best coarse salt, 8 lbs.; salt¬ 
peter, 2 oz.; brown sugar, 2 lbs. ; potash, 
1 i/i oz., and water, 4 gallons. Mix the 
above and pour the brine over the meat, 
after it has laid in the tub for some two 
days. Let the hams remain six weeks in 
the brine, and then dry several days be¬ 
fore smoking. I have generally had the 
meat rubbed with fine salt when it is 
packed down. The meat should be per¬ 
fectly cool before packing. The potash 
keeps it from drying up and becoming 
hard. A. B. s. 
“Would it pay to mend 
the hole inyour pocket ? 
And a hole in the pocket is not the only way to 
lose money. All Winter you will be shoveling 
money into your furnace or stove in the form of coal. 
Will they give you dollar for dollar returns in the way of 
Winter comfort ? 
Sterling Furnaces are noted for their efficient operation. 
No chance for a hole in the pocket as Sterlings deliver 
every possible unit of heat from each piece of coal. A 
Sterling assures you of healthful heat and Winter comfort 
with reduced fuel consumption. 
Call on the Sterling Dealers or write 
today and tell us how you heat your 
home. Our engineers will send you a 
printed form of questions and answers 
and will advise you just what kind of a 
furnace you need to get winter com¬ 
fort most economically. 
Sill Stove Works, Rochester, N.Y. 
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Use small amounts of lime frequently as they are proportionately more efficient. 
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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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ADVENTURES IN SILENCE 
By HERBERT W. COLLING WOOD 
This is the first serious attempt to interpret the peculiar and adventurous life 
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