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A  Woman’s  Farm  Experience 
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KELLY’S  TREES 
YKT E  have  been  selling  guar- 
*  *  anteed  trees,  true  to  name, 
direct  to  fruit  growers — 
No  Dealers — No  Agents 
— for  43  years.  Our  reputation 
for  square  dealing  is  established. 
You  take  NO  risk.  Kelly’s  Trees 
are  well  rooted,  perfect  specimens 
and  guaranteed  to  satisfy.  The 
prices  are  very  attractive. 
Ask  for  1923  Catalog 
Brim  full  of  illustrations  of  highest 
grade  fruit  trees — gives  prices,  freight 
rates,  and  names  and  address  of 
buyers  of  Kelly’s  Trees  with  letters 
telling  their  experience  with  Kelly’s 
trees.  (You  can  write  the  users— or, 
some  may  live  near  you  :  go  and  see 
their  Kelly  Trees). 
You’ll  be  glad  you  sent  for  it. 
KELLY  BROS.  NURSERIES 
1160  Main"  St.,  Dansville,  N.  Y. 
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This  Fruit  Book 
Is  FREE 
Packed  with  facts  culled 
from  33  years  ’experience 
in  nursery  and  orchard. 
A  reliable  guide  to  better  fruit. 
Tells  all  about  Barnes’  hardy 
Northern -grown  Fruit  Trees 
and  Small  Fruits. 
You  save  money  by  ordering 
direct  from  a  long-established 
Nursery  with  a  reputation  for 
quality.  Write  for  this  Fruit 
Book  today  and  our  direct- 
from-nursery  prices.  It  al¬ 
ways  pays  to  plant  the  best. 
The  BARNES  BROS.  NURSERY  CO. 
Box  8  Yalesvilla,  Conn. 
Family  Fruit  Trees 
King's  Apple,  Peach  and  other  Fruit 
Trees  will  supply  the  family  table  at 
small  cost.  Our  Bearing-Size  Trees 
save  years  of  waiting.  Try  them. 
Our  Catalog  describes  them,  also  Small 
Ornamentals.  It's  free.  Write  today. 
ara  five  in  our  family;  father 
81  years  old :  brother,  for  the 
past  five  years  has  been  unable  to  do 
work  ;  sister,  who  is  our  housekeeper,  the 
[hired  man  and  myself.  I  am  5  ft.  tall, 
weigh  103  lbs.,  and  have  always  lived  on 
small  farm,  except  when  attending 
! school,  and  then  my  week  ends  were  spent 
at  home.  I  taught  school  six  years,  and, 
I  finding  the  strain  too  great,  turned  my 
attention  to  chickens,  which  had  always 
been  of  more  or  less  interest  to  me. 
As  I  felt  that  a  greater  scientific  knowl¬ 
edge  of  poultry  would  help  me,  I  took  the 
i  1021-22  Winter  course  in  poultry  hus¬ 
bandry  at  Cornell  University,  where  1 
received  much  helpful  and  valuable  in¬ 
formation,  which  has  been  of  financial 
aid  to  me  the  past  season.  At.  the  pres¬ 
ent  time  I  have  190  pullets.  80  layers. 
128  breeders,  20  cockerels.  Six  cockerels 
and  75  hens  were  certified  last  October. 
In  1920-21,  as  figured  by  the  poultry  de¬ 
partment^  at  Cornell,  my  labor  income 
was  $1.25  per  hen.  In  addition  to  this, 
we  used  $72  worth  of  eggs  and  poultry 
in  the  home.  This  is  not  a  wonderful 
I  performance,  hut  just  what  I  did  in  ad¬ 
dition  to  helping  with  other  work  on  the 
farm  and  in  the  home. 
At  the  present  time  we  have  about  19 
acres  of  very  productive  loam,  and  rent 
12  acres  of  sandy  loam,  which  requires  a 
large  amount  of  fertilizing.  We  have  a 
team,  four  good  grade  Jersey  cows,  a 
Berkshire  brood  sow  and  a  sliote.  I 
plan  to  raise  all  the  roughage,  including 
clover,  Alfalfa,  Timothy  and  corn  fodder, 
for  all  the  stock,  mangels  for  the  cows, 
carrots  for  the  horses,  cabbage  for  the 
poultry  and  as  much  wheat,  oats  and  corn 
as  possible.  Last  season,  which  was  a 
poor  one.  I  had  239  bu.  of  corn  on  the 
ear.  163  bu.  of  oats,  77  bu.  of  wheat  and 
about  15  tons  >>f  hay.  I  sold  400  qts.  of 
currants,  11  bu.  of  peaches,  27  bu.  of 
cherries  and  a  few  apples.  We  always 
have  a  good  supply  of  all  kinds  of  fresh 
and  canned  fruits  and  vegetables. 
I  aim  to  make  poultry  my  chief  money 
product,  but  believe  that  it  is  advisable 
for  me  to  raise  all  the  roughage  and  as 
much  grain  as  1  can  for  my  stock.  1 
make  a  small  amount  of  butter,  supply 
four  or  five  families  with  milk  and  erear 
during  the  Summer,  and  use  the  skim- 
milk  for  the  chickens.  The  greater  part 
of  our  buffer  and  eggs,  fruit  and  surplus 
vegetables  are  sold  to  private  customers 
in  Buffalo,  within  six  miles  of  our  home. 
Any  woman  with  the  right  sort  of  spirit 
training  can  make  good  at  produc¬ 
ing  crops.  A  practical  knowledge  coupled 
with  the  scientific  is  of  inestimable  value 
to  anyone,  whether  doing  the  work  or 
overseeing  it.  I  have  done  all  kinds  of 
tarm  work  except  plowing,  cutting  hay 
and  grain  and  thrashing.  I  am  not  get¬ 
ting  rich,  but  we  all  have  pleutv  to  eat, 
enough  to  wear,  fuel  to  keep  us  warm, 
telephone  in  the  home,  electricity  in  the 
house,  barn  and  henhouse.  I  purchased 
two  cows  last  September,  increased  mv 
flock  of  chickens  from  300-  to  400.  and 
just  finished  a  20x20  addition  to  the  hon- 
h0llse-  CLARA  A.  KLINE. 
and 
Fruit9  and 
KING  BROS.  NURSERIES 
Box  40  Danavilie,  N.  Y. 
AS  Years 
In  Business 
Fruit  Trees 
A  SPECIALTY. 
Write  now  for 
prices  on  high- 
grade  Nursery  Stock,  sold  direct,  at  lowest 
prices.  Satisfactory  quality  and  condition 
guaranteed.  Write  At  Once  for  Catalogue. 
NEW  HAVEN  NURSERIES 
Oept.  R  New  Haven,  Missouri 
DWARF  APPLE  TREES 
DWARF  PEAR  TREES 
DWARF  PLUM  TREES 
DWARF  CHERRY  TREES 
DWARF  PEACH  TREES 
Catalogue  Free 
THE  VAN  DUSEN  NURSERIES 
C.  C.  McKAY,  Mgr.  Box  R,  Geneva,  N.  Y. 
TREES  &  PLANTS  THAT  GROW 
CATALOG  FREE 
Great  Bargains,  Standard  Varieties, 
Best  Quality,  Low  Prices.  Satisfac¬ 
tion  or  money  refunded.  70  years  in 
business  proof  of  our  responsibility. 
Write  for  Nursery  and  Seed  catalog. 
PETER  BOHLENDER  8c.  SONS 
8pring  Hill  Nurseries  # 
Box  213  Tippecanoe  City,  ( Miami  Co.)  Ohio 
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450,000 
200  varieties. Also  Grapes, Small  Fruits, etc. Best  rooted  stock, 
Genuine.  Cheap.  2  sample  currants  mailed  for  20c.  Descriptive 
price  list  free.  LEWIS  R0E8CH,  Box  E,  Fredonia,  N.Y. 
Reliable  Fruit  Trees  and  Berry  Plants 
Guaranteed  to  Grow  Garden  and  Flower  Seeds. 
Apple,  3-4-ft.,  25c.  Peach,  3-ft,,  20c  each,  postpaid. 
Send  today  for  our  J923  money  saving  catalog. 
ALLEN  NURSERY  &  SEED  HOUSE  Geneva,  Ohio 
PLAINTS, BULBS,  VINES  and  SEEDS  ^ 
Price  list  free.  David  Kodway  Hartly,  Delaware 
TQCCC  a  Dl  AWTQ  Thousand*  of  fruit  tra»s. 
I  nCCv  Ot  I  LHH  I  w  Privet  hedging,  etc.,  di¬ 
rect  to  you  at  lower  prices,  Large  assortment  List  free. 
WESTMINSTER  NURSERY,  Desk  129.  Westminster,  Md. 
The  Business  in  Postage  Stamps 
Can  you  inform  me  why  these  old 
stamps  are  being  collected?  In  our  home 
town  paper  an  advertisement  appeared 
stating  the  party  would  pay  $25  for 
stamps  from  1845  to  1865,  also  $10  for 
stamps  from  1865  to  1885.  I  am  very 
much  interested  in  these  advertisements, 
as  I  have  a  .small  collection  of  old  stamps 
given  to  me  by  my  father,  who  is  a  Civil 
War  veteran.  He  has  $1,000  in  Con¬ 
federate  paper  money.  At  the  end  of  the 
war  this  was  no  good.  Can  you  tell  me 
whether  this  is  worth  anything  now? 
New  York.  mrs.  f.  ii.  b. 
It  is  not  likely  that  the  Confederate 
bonds  will  have  any  real  value.  The 
|  papers  tell  of  a  case  where  a  man  sent 
|one  of  these  bonds  to  Southern  people 
for  payment.  They  promptly  sent  him 
hack  the  face  value  in  Confederate  paper 
I  money ! 
As  for  the  stamps,  we  have  the  follow¬ 
ing  statement  from  the  Third  Assistant 
Postmaster-General  at  Washington  : 
This  office  cannot  speak  for  the  busi¬ 
ness  integrity  of  any  individual  concerns 
dealing  in  postage  stamps,  but  the  busi¬ 
ness  as  a  whole  is  a  legitimate  one,  and 
the  high  prices  quoted  for  certain  stamps 
are  due  to  the  small  number  of  certain 
issues  remaining  in  existence.  It  is  not 
unusual  for  stamps  to  sell  for  thousands 
of  dollars. 
Many  people  in  all  parts  of  the  country 
are  collecting  postage  stamps,  and  the 
[large  demands  have  led  to  placing  the 
sale  and  purchase  of  postage  stamps  on 
a  large  commercial  basis,  which  appears 
to  be  reaching  greater  proportions  from 
year  to  year. 
Not  only  are  unused  postage  stamps 
of  value  for  collections,  but  there  is  a 
large  demand  for  canceled  stamps.  Pur¬ 
chasers  of  large  quantities  of  canceled 
stamps  hope  to  find  among  them  some 
that  are  old  or  rare,  and  thereby  have 
considerable  philatelic  value. 
It  is  assumed  that  there  are  some  irre¬ 
sponsible  concerns  engaged  in  this  busi¬ 
ness,  as  in  any  other  private  business, 
but  the  nature  of  these  transactions  is 
legitimate.  w.  irving  glover. 
Third  Assistant  Postmaster-General. 
BOOK 
KELLOGG’S 
Back -Yard  Garden 
Here’s  the  ideal  garden  for  a  small  plot 
of  ground.  Will  produce  a  large  crop  of 
choice  berries  for  you.  Set  out  this  gar¬ 
den  and  get  your  strawberries  fresh 
from  the  vines.  Will  do  well  anywhere 
—  any  soil— any  climate— even  in  rather 
dense  shade.  O  c  c  u  p  i  es  space  about 
10  ft.  x  25  ft.  Consists  of  100  plants 
from  four  of  our  very  best  varieties. 
25  Dr.  BurIH  .  $0.70 
25  Big  Wonder  .70 
25  Delicious  .  .85 
25  Marvel  ,  .85 
The  regular  price  of  this  garden  is  83.10. 
Our  special  reduced  price  only  $2.85. 
Order  direct  from  this  ad  and  save  time. 
Enclose  check,  draft,  or  money  order 
and  garden  will  be  delivered  to  you  at 
planting  time. 
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It  shows  how  more  than  40  years  of  scientific  selec- 
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This  book  also  tells  about  the  greatest  strawberry  sensation  of 
the  age— Kellogg’s  NEW  $50,000  EVKRREARER.  This'wonder 
berry”  which  you  have  been  reading  about  in  the  newspapers 
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richness.  Our  big,  FREE  Book  tells  all  about  it.  Where  it 
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Another  big  feature  of  our  book  is  the  six  (6)  Special  Straw¬ 
berry  Gardens  we  are  offering  at  bargain  prices — a  garden  to  fit 
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R.  M.  KELLOGG  CO.,  Box  2106  ,  Three  Rivers,  Mich* 
Have  a  Successful  Garden 
HARRIS  SEEDS  are  used  bythe  best  market 
gardeners  because  by  careful  selection  and  breed¬ 
ing  we  have  wonderfully  improved 
some  varieties.  Private  gardens  can 
obtain  better  results  because  all  varieties  are 
tested  and  the  percentage  that  will  germinate  is 
marked  on  the  label  so  you  can  tell  just  how  many 
will  grow  before  you  sow  them.  Harris  is  the 
Seedman  who  tells  you  the  result  of  his  tests. 
Send  for  our  free  Catalog  of  Vege¬ 
tables,  Field  and  Flower  Seeds — Find 
out  about  the  Harris  system  and  buy  these 
superior  seeds  direct  from  our  farms  at 
wholesale  prices.  . 
JOSEPH  HARRIS  CO. 
Box  23  Coldwater,  N.  Y. 
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HARRIS 
SEEDS 
PLANT  KUDZU 
For  hay  and  pasture.  More  nutritious  than 
Alfalfa  and  yields  more.  Never  has  to  he 
replanted.  Thrives  on  poor  acid  land  with¬ 
out  lime  or  fertilizer.  Write  for  information. 
CHEROKEE  FARMS,  Monticello,  Florida 
KUDZU  ROOTS 
H.  VV, 
$3.50  PER  HUNDRED. 
Order  early.  Supply  limited. 
BERK,  R.  F  I).  3,  Lakewood,  N.  ,f. 
Test  36-38  lbs  Carload  lots  or  less.  Also  Early 
SEED  CORN.  Med,  Red,  Mammoth,  Alsike,  Ai 
falfa,  Sweet  Clover  and  Timothy  Seed.  Get  our 
circular  and  prices  before  buying. 
TIIEO.  HURT  a  SONS  Melrose.  Ohio 
who 
Grown  in  our  upland  nurseries  (one  of  (he  largest  in  New  York  Stale),  fresh 
dug,  free  from  disease,  propagated  from  bearing  trees  of  known  merit.  Our 
Apple,  Peach,  Pear,  Cherry,  Plum,  Quince,  Small  Fruits  and  Orna  mentals  arc 
sold  to  you  direct  at  cost  plus  one  profit  only.  39  years  of 
active  nursery  experience  is  back  of  every  tree — we  grow  our 
own  stock  and  know  we  are  sending  just  what  you  order. 
SEND  FOR  OUR  BIG  FREE  CATALOG  TODAY 
It  shows  that  we  recognize  our  responsibility  to  the  man 
plants,  and  keep  the  quality  up  and  the  cost  down. 
Holley,  N.  Y.,  April  7,  1922. 
Gentlemen: — 1 The  H45  Peach,  Apple,  Cherry,  Pear  and  Plum 
arrived  yesterday  in  fine  condition.  I  am  thinking  of  setting 
out  more  trees  next  year,  at  which  time  you  will  hoar  from  me. 
Thanking  you  for  your  square  dealings,  I  remain. 
JOHN  F.  I’lEPCMONTB. 
.Small  or  large  orders  get  the  same  attention.  It  will  pav  you  to 
send  for  our  Free  Descriptive  Catalog,  It  contains  valuable  in¬ 
formation  on  fruit  and  shrubs  and  saves  you  money — write  today. 
We  Prepay  Transportation  Charge* 
on  All  O-.iers  for  Over  $7.5# 
MALONEY  BROd.  NURSERY  CO.,  fNC. 
50  Main  Street  Dansville,  N.  Y. 
Duiisville ’s  Pioneer  Nurseries 
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