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You  Can  Make 
*500.00  to$1000.00 
a  Month  Milling 
“Flavo”  Flour 
in  r  ur  community  on  thisNew  Wonderful 
Mi  —no  previous  milling  experience  necessary. 
A  North  Dakota  miller  writes:  “I  cleared  $500.00 
last  month  on  my  25  bbl.  Midget  Mill.” 
A  Tennessee  customer  says:  ‘‘My  books  show  a 
gross  profit  of  $23.50  per  day  for  my  Midget  Mill.'' 
A  Kansas  man  with  no  milling  experience  says: 
“My  Midget  made  me  over  $8,000.00  net  profit  the 
first  eight  months.” 
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Ideal  for  Farmers 
AVE  you  a  good  watch  ? 
If  not,  go  see  the  Inger- 
soll  line  at  any  store  that  carries 
Ingersolls. 
Ingersolls  keep  good  time 
— and  that  after  all  is  the  real 
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good-looking,  but  not  fancy. 
The  prices  range  from  $1.50  to 
$9.00.  About  half  the  models  are 
Radiolites  that  tell  time  in  the  dark 
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Air  trap  stays  full  and  seals  the  bore.  No  sour¬ 
ing.  drying  up  or  reboring.  Thin  flanges  of 
ribbed  shank  allow  freer 
sap  flow.  Galvanized  ; 
hence,  always  sweet. 
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The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
Green  Rye  and  Manure  for  Potatoes 
Last  Spring  we  plowed  up  an  old  Tim¬ 
othy  sod  and  planted  to  cabbage,  applying 
one  ton  of  4-8-7  fertilizer  per  acre.  The 
cabbage  was  harvested  and  ground  plowed 
and  seeded  to  rye,  2  bu.  per  acre,  on  Sep¬ 
tember  27.  The  rye  had  made  a  very 
heavy  growth  when  Winter  set  in.  1 
think  of  planting  said  field  with  potatoes 
(late  variety)  this  coming  season.  Do 
you  think  that  applying  about  15  two- 
horse  loads  of  ordinary  barnyard  manure 
per  acre,  plowed  under  with  the  rye,  will 
take  the  place  of  a  high-grade  commercial 
fertilizer  at  the  rate  of  a  ton  per  acre? 
If  so,  would  you  advise  adding,  say,  40 
lbs.  acid  phosphate  per  load  when  hauling 
to  field?  The  object  of  trying  this  method 
is  to  save,  if  possible,  the  cost  of  fertil¬ 
izer.  The  land  is  a  clay  loam,  and  has 
never  produced  scabby  potatoes.  E.  8.  S. 
Long  Island. 
This  ought  to  produce  a  good  potato 
crop,  but  we  should  by  all  means  add  40 
lbs.  of  acid  phosphate  to  each  load  of 
manure.  The  great  trouble  we  have  found 
with  manure  on  potatoes  is  that  it  in¬ 
creases  the  amount  of  scab.  In  this  case, 
where  no  scab  has  been  known,  there 
would  not  be  much  danger ;  but  we 
should  be  sure  to  treat  the  potato  seed  for 
scab.  It  is  not  usual  in  these  days  to  find 
manure  cheaper  than  fertilizer. 
Vegetable-growing  Questions 
1.  What  is  the  best  thing  to  use  for 
cabbage  worms?  2.  What  kind  of  head 
lettuce  is  desirable  in  this  section  for 
Summer  use?  3.  Is  there  anything  that 
will  control  the  corn  ear-worm  and  the 
cucumber  bug?  Ours  came  up  nicely  last 
year,  but  they  seemed  to  die  off  from  the 
stem  or  root.  J.  A.  w. 
Brielle,  N.  J. 
1.  To  destroy  cabbage  worms  use  a 
weak  solution  of  Paris  green,  one  tea¬ 
spoonful  to  two  gallons  of  water.  Spray 
in  the  morning  while  the  dew  is  on  the 
plants  ;  it  adheres  to  the  leaves  much  bet¬ 
ter.  Use  this  until  the  heads  begin  to 
form  ;  after  this  dust  fine  salt  on  heads. 
2.  Wonderful  or  New  York  lettuce  is 
the  best  for  early  Summer  growing.  The 
seed  should  be  sown  November  1  in  cold 
frames  and  transplanted  in  open  ground 
April  1.  Or  sow  seed  thinly  in  rows  1  ft. 
apart.  April  1.  and  when  the  plans  are 
large  enough  thin  out,  leaving  one  plant 
every  foot  in  the  row. 
To  destroy  the  corn  ear-worm  use  a 
Paris-green  dust  gun  and  blow  the  Paris 
green  on  the  silk  ;  this  can  be  done  very 
rapidly  by  walking  between  the  rows. 
The  cucumber  beetle  can  easily  be  sub¬ 
dued  by  dusting  dry  wood  ashes  on  the 
young  plants  while  the  dew  is  on  them. 
W.  PERKINS. 
Conditions  in  Southern  Virginia 
Down  in  south-side  Virgina  we  have 
had  an  unusually  mild,  beautiful  Fall  and 
Winter.  At  present,  January  13,  there 
has  been  no  snow,  and  no  ice  over  a  quar¬ 
ter  of  an  inch  thick.  The  early  Fall  was 
dry,  and  wheat  and  oats  were  sown  late, 
but  the  mild  weather  has  given  them  a 
good  growth.  Our  farmers  are  taking 
more  interest  in  these  crops  and  in  clover 
and  grasses  every  year,  and  many  more 
fields  show  green  on  the  Winter  land¬ 
scape  than  did  a  few  years  ago. 
This  is  a  welcome  change  to  one  who 
has  labored  long,  trying  to  replace  the  old 
“one-crop  system”  with  real  farming,  and 
when  we  add  to  it  the  fact  that  one  can 
now  see  on  numerous  farms  bunches  of 
good  black  and  white  cows,  or  white-faced 
steers,  and  herds  of  plump  red  hogs,  we 
feel  indeed  tiiat  our  work  has  not  been  in 
vain.  Our  farmers  are  quite  cheerful  this 
Winter,  as  we  have  had  good  crops  and 
received  good  prices.  Tobacco  is  the  prin¬ 
cipal  money  crop  here,  with  cotton  a  close 
second  in  the  south  half  of  the  county. 
The  great  Tri-state  Co-operative  Market¬ 
ing  Association,  even  in  its  first  season  of 
activity,  has  done  a  wonderful  work  in 
stabilizing  prices  and  standardizing  grades 
of  tobacco,  and  our  farmers  are  looking 
into  the  future  with  greater  hope  and 
confidence  than  they  have  ever  felt  before. 
Eighty-five  thousand  farmers  in  Virginia 
and  the  two  Carolinas  are  bound  together 
in  this  great  organization  for  the  purpose 
of  freeing  themselves  from  a  system  of 
marketing  which  made  them  the  helpless 
victims  of  an  army  of  speculators.  Per¬ 
sonally  we  neither  use  nor  grow  tobacco, 
but  we  rejoice  to  see  our  people  receiving 
a  fair  price  for  their  product  through 
their  association.  The  cotton  and  peanut 
growers  are  rapidly  organizing  along  the 
same  lines,  and  the  apple  growers  of  the 
valley,  though  rather  more  conservative, 
are  also  talking  of  co-operative  marketing. 
These  associations  are  absolutely  demo¬ 
cratic.  and  the  negro  who  brings  his  little 
bunch  of  tobacco  to  the  receiving  station 
in  an  ox  cart  gets  the  same  consideration 
and  the  same  price  as  the  wealthy  farmer 
who  drives  up  with  a  five-ton  truck.  Dur¬ 
ing  the  campaign  for  signers  last  Winter 
I  made  this  point  clear  to  a  gathering  of 
negro  farmers,  and  one  old  fellow  jumped 
up.  clapping  his  hands,  and  shouted : 
“Praise  de  Lord,  I’se  been  prayin’  for  50 
years  fo  de  time  to  come  when  we-all 
would  be  equil  to  de  white  folks  in  some¬ 
thin’.  an’  now  hit’s  don’  come.” 
Brunswick  Co.,  Ya.  John  b.  lewis. 
HelpYmrself  to 
Health  and  Comfort 
THOUSANDS  of  people  do  not  stop  to  think 
of  the  harm  which  may  result  from  drinking 
coffee  and  tea. 
If  you  have  frequent  headaches — if  you  are 
nervous  and  irritable  —  if  you  cannot  sleep  at 
night — it  is  time  to  find  out  the  cause  and  help 
yourself  to  health  and  comfort. 
You  alone  can  do  it.  Postum  makes  it  easy. 
Just  stop  coffee  and  tea  for  a  while  and  drink 
delicious  Postum  instead.  You  will  find  it  whole¬ 
some  and  delightful,  with  a  delicate  fragrance 
and  a  fine,  full-bodied  flavor. 
Made  from  wheat,  roasted  just  like  coffee, 
Postum  contains  no  caffeine,  nor  any  other  harm¬ 
ful  ingredient. 
Your  grocer  sells  Postum  in  two  forms:  Instant  Postum 
[in  tins]  prepared  instantly  in  the  cup  by  the  addition  of 
boiling  water.  Postum  Cereal  fin  packages]  for  those 
who  prefer  to  make  the  drink  while  the  meal  is  being 
prepared;  made  by  boiling  fully  20  minutes. 
Postum  FOR  HEALTH 
“There’s  a  Reason 
Made  by  Postum  Cereal  Co.,  Inc., 
Battle  Creek,  Mich. 
INSTANT  ^ 
•  Dostum 
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RHODES  DOUBLE  CUT 
329  S.  DIVISION  AVE.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH 
"THE  only 
*■»  pruner 
made  that  cuts 
from  both  sides  of 
the  limb  and  does  not 
bruise  the  bark.  Made  in 
all  styles  and  sizes.  All 
shears  delivered  free 
to  your  door. 
Write  for 
circular  and 
prices. 
The  microscope  reveals 
the  truth  about  salt 
Only  one  salt  is  best  for  all  farm  uses  be¬ 
cause  it  dissolves  instantly  and  completely. 
Under  the  microscope  ordinary  salt  is  shown 
to  be  hard  and  non-porous.  It  13  slow  dis¬ 
solving.  Colonial  Special  Farmers  Salt  looks 
like  flakes  of  snow,  soft,  porous,  flaky.  It  melts 
instantly.  Best  for  cooking,  baking,  meat  cur¬ 
ing,  butter  making,  and  table  use.  Absolutely 
pure — goes  farther.  Ask  your  dealer  for  it. 
IV rite  for  free  booklet. 
The  Colonial  Salt  Company 
Akron,  Ohio 
Chicago  *  Buffalo 
Atlanta 
Actual  view  of  ordinary  salt  (above) 
and  Colonial  Special  Farmers  Salt. 
It’s  the  porous  flaky  texture  of 
Colonial  Special  Farmers  Salt 
that  makes  it  dissolve  instantly. 
COLONIAL 
For  Stock  Salt,  Use  Colonial  Block  Salt— Smooth— Hard — Lasting— Won’t  Chip 
<?Made  of  Evaporated  Salt 
SPECIAL 
FARMERS 
SALT 
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