205 
The  RURAL.  NEW-YORKER 
Head  off that  Croup 
mthSMusterole 
Keep  the  little  white  jar 
of  Musterole  handy  on  your 
bathroom  shelf  and  you  can 
easily  head  off  croupy  colds 
before  they  get  beyond 
control. 
The  moment  you  hear 
that  warning  cough,  get  out 
the  good  old  Musterole  and 
rub  this  soothing  ointment 
gently  on  the  chest  and 
throat. 
Made  from  pure  oil  of  mustard 
and  other  simple  ingredients, 
Musterolepenetratesrightthrough 
the  skin  and  breaks  up  the  cold 
by  relieving  the  congestion. 
Musterole  does  its  good  work 
without  blistering  the  skin  like 
the  old-fashioned  mustard  plaster. 
Use  it  for  treating  tonsillitis, 
rheumatism,  neuralgia,  chilblains, 
colds  and  croup. 
Sold  by  all  druggists,  in  tube9  and 
jars,  35c  and  65c;  hospital  6ize,  $3. 
The  Musterole  Co.,  Cleveland,  Ohio 
BETTER  THAN  A  MUSTARD  PLASTER 
Running  Water  Under 
Pressure  for  Every  Farm 
Hoosier  Water  Service— on  your  farm— gives  you 
every  advantage  of  city  water  service.  At  the  turn 
of  a  faucet  you  can  have  water  in  abundance  for 
drinking  or  kitchen  purposes;  for  laundry,  batli  and 
indoor  toilet;  for  lawn,  garden,  barns  and  lire  pro¬ 
tection;  for  dairy  use  or  stock  watering,  at  no  great¬ 
er  cost  for  tile  conveniences  than  you  now  pay,  with 
drudgery  of  pumping  and  carrying  water  by  hand. 
The  Hoosier  Water  Service  His  your  water  facili¬ 
ties— gets  its  supply  from  a  well  of  any  depth;  from 
lake,  spring,  creek  or  cistern.  I'ses  anv  power — 
electric,  gas  engine,  windmill  or  hand.  Costs  little 
to  install  and  practically  nothing  to  operate. 
Write  For  This  FREE  Book 
-  “  How  to  have  Running  Water,”  a 
hand  book  of  complete  facts,  from 
which  you  can  figure  the  installation 
that  best  meets  your  requirements. 
No  matter  how  you  now  get  your 
water— get  this  book.  It’s  KltEE  and 
there  is  no  obligation.  Send  your 
,  name  and  address  today. 
Ho* 
to 
Have 
Running 
Flint  &  Walling  Mfg.  Co. 
Dept.  Y  Kendallville,  Ind. 
tUater  Service 
GRAIN  DRILLS 
With  Finger  Fertilizer  Feed 
Prices  f.  o.  b.  Phelps,  N.  Y. 
9-Hoe  Drill . $105.00 
1 1  -Hoe  Drill. .  120.00 
Other  sizes  same  proportion. 
Buy  a  NEEDHAM  CROWN  and  bank  the  difference.  The 
lowest  price  yet  given  oil  the  best  line  of  grain  drills, 
have  money  on  the  purchasing  price,  and  enjoy  owning 
one  of  the  finest  seeding  machines  in  America.  No  crack- 
ing  or  bunching  of  grain.  The  newest  and  most  talked 
of  Grain  Drill  on  the  market.  Lowest  cost.  Easy  to  set 
Thoroughly  guaranteed. 
See  your  Dealer,  and  write  us  for  catalog. 
CROWN  MFG.  CO.,  Box  1 1 2,  PHELPS,  N.Y. 
Controlling  Apple  Maggot 
I  am  troubled  with  railroad  worms.  I 
have  been  informed  that  spraying  does 
not  affect  these  worms.  Is  this  true?  If 
not.  when  should  one  spray,  and  what 
mixture  should  he  use?  e.  a.  b. 
Experimeuts  begun  in  this  country  in 
1910,  and  carried  through  subsequent 
years,  have  shown  that  the  apple  maggot 
can  be  effectively  controlled  by  spray¬ 
ing  infested  trees  with  arsenate  of  lead 
(paste)  at  the  rate  of  5  lbs.  to  100  gal¬ 
lons  of  water.  In  general,  two  applica¬ 
tions  should  be  made,  the  first  during  the 
last  days  of  June  or  the  very  first  days 
of  July,  and  the  second  about  two  weeks 
thereafter.  The  spraying  should  be  done 
rather  thoroughly,  although  there  appears 
to  be  no  need  of  coating  the  tree  as  com¬ 
pletely  as  one  would  when  spraying  for 
the  codling  moth,  for  example.  The  ap¬ 
plications  can  be  made  more  quickly  and 
with  less  material  than  in  usual  spraying 
operations.  All  trees  on  the  farm,  espe¬ 
Ilere  is  another  young  subscriber,  Carl 
Hainley  of  Pennsylvania,  four  years  old 
when  this  picture  was  taken.  Backed  up 
against  the  car,  the  tire  makes  a  good 
frame  for  his  picture.  lie  calls  The  It. 
N.-Y.  his  “mail.” 
cially  those  about  the  house  and  'barn, 
should  be  sprayed  to  prevent  the  maggot 
from  breeding  undisturbed  on  such  trees. 
If  there  is  an  infested  orchard  nearby,  the 
owner  should  be  induced,  if  possible,  to 
spray  it  as  a  matter  of  protection. 
GLENN  W.  HERRICK. 
Grape  Notes 
I  noticed  Mrs.  Gray’s  grape  illustration 
on  page  1447.  and  your  opinion  that  it 
was  the  “Carman,”  one  of  the  late  Prof. 
Munson’s  seedlings.  I  am  sure  you  are 
mistaken  in  this.  The  R.  N.-Y.  sent 
out  about  15  years  ago  a  grape.  “Brown’s 
Early,”  a  seedling  of  the  Isabella.  At  the 
time  I  predicted  it  would  not  prove  a  gen¬ 
erally  successful  variety,  owing  to  its 
parentage.  Isabella,  to  my  knowledge, 
never  has  produced  a  good  variety.  Car¬ 
man  is  too  late  in  ripening  to  have  ripened 
in  Massachusetts  at  the  time  of  Mrs. 
Gray’s  grape.  The  berry  is  only  medium 
size,  cluster  rather  long,  foliage  thin, 
though  healthy.  The  Brown  is  much 
larger  in  berry,  deeper  black,  cluster 
somewhat  chunky,  and  foliage  broad  and 
heavy.  I  have  experimented  about  as 
much  as  anyone  with  the  late  Prof.  Mun¬ 
son’s  hybrids,  and  he  turned  out  some 
good  ones,  but  in  my  opinion  his  most 
wonderful  achievements  were  in  hybridiz¬ 
ing  the  scuppernong.  V.  vulpina  of  Lin- 
ngeus,  Massey  and  others,  V.  rotundifolia, 
Michaux,  Munson  and  Bailey  ;  but  V.  Am- 
pelopsis  edulis  of  Wood,  for  as  sure  as 
two  and  two  make  four,  this  species  is  the 
result  of  a  natural  cross  or  hybrid  of 
Ampelopsis  Americana  and  the  Southern 
type  of  \  .  Labrusca.  the  true  fox  grape. 
If  I  were  young  enough  to  carry  out  the 
experiment.  I  believe  in  a  few  genera¬ 
tions  of  crosses  and  hybridizing  we  could 
reproduce  the  Southern  muscadine  in  its 
several  varieties. 
Among  many  vines  sent  me  by  Munson 
was  one  that  proved  a  “mistake” ;  was 
supposed  to  be  a  hybrid  of  America  and  a 
proved  to  be  nearly  a  pure  V.  Doaniana 
The  fruit  made  the  best  preserves  and 
jellies  of  any  grape  I  know.  Like  all 
Doanianas.  the  clusters  are  very  small, 
berry  black,  only  medium  size,  but  very 
productive  and  extremely  healthy.  I  am 
much  disappointed  in  Regal ;  the  best 
judge  omul  not  tell  them  from  Woodruff 
after  taken  from  the  vine.  True,  one  is 
a  cross,  the  other  straight  Labrusca.  but 
the  fruit  is  identical.  I  prefer  the  Wood- 
rl,“;  GEORGE  R.  WOOD. 
Kentucky. 
These  Names  are 
the  Foundation 
of  A  A  Quality 
SINCE  you  can't  see  quality  in: 
fertilizers,  your  best  guide  is 
the  reputation  of  the  people  who* 
make  them. 
Consider  the  famous  pioneers  as¬ 
sociated  with  the  history  of  this 
organization  and  its  predecessors 
• — men  whose  life-work  has  been  the 
study  and  manufacture  of  plant 
foods ;  and  whose  achievements  are 
summed  up  in  fertilizer  brands 
widely  known  for  upwards  of  half 
a  century  or  more.* 
“A  A  Quality"  Fertilizers  are 
based  on  the  experience  of  all  these 
men.  They  combine  the  best  qual¬ 
ities  of  all  their  time-proved  prod¬ 
ucts.  They  offer  you  the  greatest 
value  for  your  fertilizer  dollar  you 
can  get  anywhere . 
♦Many  A  A  C  Fertilizers  are  still  sold  under 
original  brand  names,  but  with  all  the  advantages 
of  improved  A  A  C  manufacture. 
THE  AMERICAN  AGRICULTURAL  CHEMICAL  CO. 
bowkeks 
STOCKBIUDGES 
E.  FRANK  COE'S 
LISTER’S 
CROCKER’S 
DETRACK’S 
ZELE’S 
HESS’ 
EMPtttk 
horseshoe 
PXtAVS^0 
>0" 
ZSTco* 
Alexandria,  Va.  Cleveland  Henderson,  N.C.  Norfolk 
Atlanta  Columbia,  S.C.  Jacksonville  PhlladclDhia 
Charleston,  S.C.  Los  Angeles  ..... 
Spartanburg,  S.  C.  Montgomery 
Detroit  New  Haven 
Greensboro,  N.C.  New  York 
Baltimore 
Boston 
Buffalo 
Cincinnati 
Raleigh 
St.  Louis 
Savannah 
Etc. 
Address  nearest  office 
Get  the  Right  Fer¬ 
tilizers  for  Your 
Soil  and  Crops 
An  important  part 
of  this  organization  is 
its  Agricultural  Ser¬ 
vice  Bureau,  con¬ 
ducted  by  Dr.  H.  J. 
Wheeler,  formerly  Di¬ 
rector  Rhode  Island 
State  Experiment  Sta¬ 
tion.  This  Bureau 
carries  on  practical 
experimental  work  in 
all  sections  of  the 
country,  to  determine 
just  what  fertilizers 
are  best  adapted  to 
each  crop  and  soil. 
WRITE  to  this  Bu¬ 
reau,  in  care  of  the 
A  A  C  office  nearest 
to  you,  for  sugges¬ 
tions  on  the  crops  you 
are  planning.  No 
charge  or  obligation. 
WRITE  for  this  free 
booklet ; 
"How  to  Get  the 
Most  Out  of 
Fertilizers" 
A  AC 
DOUBLE  A  QUALITY 
FERTILIZERS 
WRITE  for  the  A  A  C  agency 
if  we  have  no  dealer  near  you 
NEW. 
WITTE 
7Ar  of tling 
Governor  .  _ _  _ 
ENGINE  -  simple— Wonderful. 
Runs  on  either  Kerosene,  Gasoline  or  Distillate.  Starts 
without  cranking.  Vary  power  at  will.  Mechanically 
Irff1-  cXearS  Ahead-Dollars i  Better.  New  Catalog 
FREE  —  Shows  all  styles.  Cash  or  Terms.  Write  us 
WITTE  ENGINE  WORKS 
J"  Oakland  Avenue.  -  KANSAS  CITY.  MO. 
’  -mp,r*  BU  ldln*'  ‘  PITTSBURGH,  PA 
>31  Fremont  Street,  -  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 
CORRUCATED- PLAIN -V  CRIMP 
SHINCLES  -  SPOUTING  —  GUTTER 
WE  1  DIRECT  FROM  FACTORY 
*u\  ALL  FREIGHT  PAID 
jENcJ 
!N(J  |  PITTSBURGH  ROOF  &  FENCE  CO. 
Box  1231— PITTSBURGH,  PA. 
WORLD'S  BEST  IRON  AND  STEEL  MARKET 
If  you  wish  to  invest  safely 
Buy  Federal  Farm  Loan  Bonds 
Pay 
4 
Safe 
Tax- 
free 
any.  surplus  funds,  invest  them  in  Federal  Farm  Loan 
ooncls.  1  hey  will  earn  you  4]/i%  interest,  payable  twice  yearly.  You 
can  sell  them  at  any  time  if  desired,  or  your  banker  will  gladly  accept 
them  as  collateral  for  a  loan.  There  is  no  safer  investment.  Your 
fl  secured  by  the  pledge  of  first  mortgages  on  Eastern  farms 
double  the  amount  of  the  loans.  Prompt  payment  of  principal  and 
r(?uaraBteedfiy  all  twelve  Federal  Land  Banks.  You  can  buy 
a  r  ederal  F  arm  JLoan  Bond  for  as  little  as  $40.00.  Write  for  particulars. 
The  FEDERAL  LAND  BANK  o/SPRINGFIELD,  MASS. 
Serving  New  England,  New  York  and  New  Jersey 
