The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
517 
For  Every 
of  Spraying 
This  handy  sprayer  fills  the 
bill — Sprays  fruit  trees,  gardens, 
flowers,  shrubs,  vegetables, 
grapes,  berries.  For  whitewash¬ 
ing  poultry  houses,  cellars,  fence 
posts,  and  trees  —  for  spraying 
disinfectant,  fly  spray,  carbola 
in  poultry  houses  and  sta¬ 
ble* — for  washing  windows, 
automobiles  and  buggies, 
$2 "  Banner 
COMPflESSEO  Am  SPRAYER 
it  made  right— strong,  effici¬ 
ent  and  handy, — designed  to  do 
the  work  as  it  should  be  done.  No 
effort  at  all  to  U3e  it.  A  few 
strokes  of  the  pump  compresses 
air  to  discharge  contents  of  tha 
tank — carried  on  shoulder  strap 
or  by  handle  —  handy  nozzle, 
opens  and  cuts  off  instantly— 
throws  long  distance  fine  mist  or 
coarse  spray. 
Ask  your  dealer  to  show  you 
this  sprayer  —  examine  it  —  you 
will  be  surprised  that  It  can  be 
sold  at  so  low  a  price — Don’t  ac¬ 
cept  a  substitutes  —  there  are 
imitations  but  only  one  No.  22 
Banner — insist  on  getting  the 
best — most  hardware  and  imple¬ 
ment  dealers  carry  them — if  yours 
does  not,  write  us  and  we  will 
see  that  you  are  supplied.  Send 
for  free  catalog  of  complete  line. 
D.  B.  SMITH  &  CO. 
SlVfl' 
SPRAYERS 
Manufacturers  of  Quality  Sprayers 
Since  188b 
70  Main  Street,  Utica,  N.Y. 
Th*  namt  SMITH  on  a  sprayer 
is  a  guarantee  of  lasting  quality 
and  satisfaction,  or  money  back. 
BRINGS  YOU 
ITHIS  COMPLETE 
DEMING  Sprayer 
“JAYE  money  by  acting  now.  From 
'  the  XJ.  S.  Government  we  secured  a 
limited  number  of  DEMING  Sprayers 
at  a  price  which  will  enable  u« 
to  sell  them  for  $30  each.  Thl»  i*  con¬ 
siderably  below  regular 'catalogue 
price.  These  sprayers  are  complete 
in  every  respect,  including  horse- 
drawn  cart  with  shafts,  50-gallon  barrel, 
pump,  hose,  nozzle,  etc.  The  DEMING 
Sprayer  is  used  by  the  IT.  S.  Govern¬ 
ment  and  thousands  of  farmers,  fruit 
growers  and  park  commissioners  for 
field,  vineyard,  orchard  or  park.  Just 
what  you  need  for  spraying  orchards, 
live  stock,  stock  dips  anil  cattle  fly  oil. 
For  disinfecting  faimyards,  barns, 
poultry  houses,  stock  pens,  cellars, 
vegetable  bins,  dark  rooms,  etc.  For 
white- washing  buildings  and  fences 
For  Spraying:  Potatoes,  Strawberries,  small 
nursery  stock,  garden  truck,  cotton  fields, 
etc. ,  our  DEMING  Sprayer  can  be  used  by 
attaching  a  Doming  Spray  Broom  which  we 
can  also  supply 
Send  $5  and  we  will  ship  you  the  DEMING 
Sprayer,  fully  equipped.  F.O.  B.  New 
York  City.  Pay  balance  through  your  local 
bank  after  inspection,  or  return  it  and 
your  money  will  be  refunded.  Order  now 
and  save  money.  Write  for  Catalogue  B. 
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Park 
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FERTILIZERS 
Croxton  Brand 
Commercial  Fertilizers 
Also  Raw  Materials 
Carload  or  lets  Carload  lots 
NITRATE  OF  SODA  TANKAGE 
SULPHATE  OF  AMMONIA  BONE  MEAL 
ACID  PHOSPHATE  MURIATE  OF  POTASH 
BLOOD  SULPHATE  OF  POTASH 
Inquiries  should  state  whether  carload,  or  less  car¬ 
load  and  in  commercial  mixtures,  analysis  desired. 
N.  J.  FERTILIZER  &  CHEMICAL  CO. 
Factory:  Croxton,  Jersey  City,  N.  J, 
Office:  40  Rector  Street,  New  York 
i  i  ms  J 
EDMONDS’ 
POULTRY 
4CC0UNT 
BOOK 
Price,  $1.00 
To  Canada,  $1.25 
It  yon  keep  only  ten  or  a 
dozen  hens,  there  will  be 
Satisfaction  and  Profit  in 
knowing  just  how  the 
account  stands.  This  book 
will  tell  the  whole  story. 
The  account  may  be  begun 
at  any  time,  and  the  balance 
struck  at  any  time.  Simple 
and  Practical. 
For  sale  by 
RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
333  West  3#th  St.,  New  York 
The  Confession  of  a  Tobacco  User 
I  became  very  much  interested  in  the 
question  asked  by  IT.  C.  J.  on  page  189 
about  getting  rid  of  the  tobacco  habit, 
also  the  answer  by  the  family  physician. 
1  feel  the  doctor  knows  very  little  about 
it  in  a  personal  way,  judging  by  the 
length  of  time  he  says  he  was  a  victim. 
I  was  advised  to  use  tobacco  when  19  to 
cure  a  sore  throat,  as  I  was  always  get¬ 
ting  an  attack  just  as  soon  as  the  weath¬ 
er  began  to  get  cold  the  first  of  every 
Winter.  It  was  the  same  old  story ;  it 
soon  'became  a  fixed  habit,  and  before  I 
realized  it  tobacco  was  an  absolute  nec¬ 
essity.  I  chewed  and  smoked  until  I 
was  27,  when  I  was  laid  up  with  an  at¬ 
tack  of  intercostal  neuralgia  Which  kept 
me  in  bed  so  long  that  I  was  about  cured 
of  the  habit  when  able  to  get  about.  At 
any  rate,  it  was  the  last  of  the  old  pipe, 
but  I  have  always  smoked  cigars  at  rare 
intervals  since.  Chewing  got  me  from 
then  on.  I  became  more  and  more  de¬ 
pendent  on  it.  I  had  charge  of  con¬ 
struction  crews  most  of  the  time,  and 
many  times  it  was  rush  jobs  that  must 
be  finished  at  a  stated  time,  and  I  was 
under  more  or  less  responsibility.  When 
things  got  going  badly  I  was  sure  to  chew 
a  few  extras,  until  things  got  right 
again.  But  for  10  years  or  more  I 
never  had  chewed  before  breakfast,  and  I 
think  never  would,  only  for  the  fact  that 
a  member  of  my  family  had  a  long  and 
dangerous  illness  that  kept  me  at  all 
times  in  a  very  tense  state  of  anxiety, 
as  well  as  being  obliged  to  be  wide  awake 
at  all  hours  of  the  night,  and  a  chew 
from  time  to  time  was  the  only  way  I 
could  keep  going.  From  then  on  tobacco 
used  me,  and  I  felt  more  and  more  the 
grip  of  it.  If  by  any  chance  I  was  not 
able  to  get  it  for  the  duration  of  three 
hours  I  was  just  about  a  mental  wreck. 
All  I  could  do  was  to  lie  down  and  sleep, 
and  I  Sure  could  do  that ;  just  completely 
exhausted ;  not  one  bit  of  pain  or  any¬ 
thing;  only  the  overpowering  desire  to 
sleep.  After  an  hour  or  two  of  sleep  I 
would  wake,  feeling  as  limp  as  a  newly 
born  calf.  Tobacco  came  next,  and  one 
chew  would  put  me  right  on  my  feet, 
feeling  fit  for  anything. 
That  is  about  the  way  I  went,  year 
after  year,  sometimes  wondering  how 
about  the  outcome  of  it.  and  then  again 
making  a  half.-hearted  resolution  to  try  to 
quit,  and  then  it  would  come  to  me  what 
that  meant.  I  must  stop  work  and  all 
business,  and  just  give  myself  over  to  the 
care  of  a  doctor,  or  go  to  some  place 
where  such  cases  were  treated.  Then  I 
think  I  must  have  taken  a  few  extra 
chews.  However,  I  kept  going,  and  Sep¬ 
tember  10,  1922,  found  me  59  years  old 
and  more  of  a  slave  than  ever.  My  wife 
sometimes  would  say,  “Father,  it  is  a 
shame  for  anyone  with  such  beautiful 
teeth  as  you  have  to  get  them  all  stained 
with  tobacco,”  and  I  want  to  say  with¬ 
out  boasting  that  I  have  got  extra  good 
teeth  now,  only  they  are  worn  so  smooth 
from  grinding  tons  of  tobacco  that  it 
bothers  me  to  chew  any  small  hard  food 
like  corn  or  peas.  About  October  20  my 
son  and  I  went  to  put  our  motorboat 
away  for  the  Winter.  It  was  a  bad  day, 
rain,  snow  and  sleet,  and  in  getting  over 
the  bar  we  ran  aground.  It  was  a  mean 
job.  as  well  as  a  hard  one.  to  get  off  and 
make  the  mouth  of  the  brook  where  it 
was  to  winter.  Anyway,  I  was  about 
“all  in,”  as  the  saying  is.  When  all  was 
ready  to  leave  for  home  I  was  trailing 
along  behind  my  little  son,  a  lad  of  21, 
(I  ft.  1  in.,  and  tips  the  scales  at  205.  I 
stopped  for  a  short  time  for  breath,  and 
as  I  watched  him  swinging  along  easily 
up  the  path,  got  into  my  pocket  for  an¬ 
other  chew,  and  then  it  dawned  on  me 
that  I  had  chewed  almost  a  20-cent  cut 
in  about  two  hours.  I  was  not  at  all 
pleased  with  the  feeling,  and  then  all  at 
once,  like  a  flash,  I  cast  the  little  piece 
left  as  far  as  I  could  into  the  woods.  My 
brain  was  in  a  whirl,  and  in  a  second’s 
time  the  whole  experience  of  a  lifetime 
of  tobacco  was  before  me  as  never  before. 
I  cannot  put  into  words  how  I  felt;  that 
is  not  possible;  I  think  I  was  on  the 
verge  of  insanity. 
Now  came  the  test,  grueling  indeed.  In 
a  few  hours  I  was  in  a  bad  way.  I  was 
so  sleepy  I  could  without  any  effort  drop 
down  anywhere  and  go  sound  asleep,  but 
with  the  help  of  a  big  cigar,  I  kept  going 
until  time  for  bed.  and,  what  a  sleep! 
Just  like  a  log!  I  don’t  think  I  moved 
all  night.  When  morning  came  and  I 
got  on  m.v  feet  I  was  about  insane  for  a 
chew.  After  a  while  I  took  another 
cigar,  and  that  helped  me  some,  and  from 
then  on  it  was  cigars  that  kept  me  from 
going  insane.  It  took  about  150  to  get 
me  so  I  began  to  have  some  government 
over  myself,  and  after  a  week  or  so  I 
began  to  hold  an  old  stub  in  my  teeth 
for  a  while  and  made  that  answer,  and 
after  three  weeks  I  began  to  feel  sure  of 
myself.  After  that  the  outcome  was 
never  in  doubt,  for  with  the  passing  of 
every  hour  I  was  sure  I  was  getting  more 
and  more  the  master.  Now  I  am  entirely 
cured  after  about  four  months;  have  no 
desire  for  the  weed. 
All  I  have  to  say  is  this:  I  think  I 
am  no  way  much  different  from  most 
men,  and  if  you  get  disgusted  and  .sick- 
enough  with  the  habit  to  pay  the  price  of 
suffering  you  will  surely  have  to  endure 
you  can  quit.  There  will  be  some  long, 
crazy  nights,  and  some  awful  hard  days, 
but  in  my  case  it  has  been  worth  the 
fight.  e.  D.  G. 
Maine. 
II 
You  Cart  Grow 
Scabby  Potatoes 
if  you  want  to. 
But  you  dorit 
have  to.  Just  use 
Irtoc-Sul 
Inoculated  Sulphur 
It  will  positively  overcome  the  scab  organism 
and  keep  the  crop  clean ,  bright  and  marketable 
Inoc-Sul  is  u  necessity  and  a  big 
profit-producer  for  every  grower  of 
potatoes,  either  table  stock  or  seed. 
The  potato  market,  for  seed  and  table 
stock  alike,  will  not  tolerate  scabby  or 
rough  potatoes. 
The  seed  grower  very  often  has  his 
whole  crop  condemned  because  of  a 
small  percentage  of  scab.  He  can  no 
longer  afford  to  take  a  chance — he 
must  keep  his  crop  clean. 
The  grower  of  potatoes  for  table 
stock  who  has  scab  must  go  to  the 
heavy  expense  of  inspecting  and  sort¬ 
ing  his  whole’  crop  or  be  willing  to  ac¬ 
cept  a  reduced  price  or  even  entire 
refusal  of  his  shipment.  Even  the 
table  stock  market  now  refuses  scabby 
potatoes  and  insists  upon  clean,  sound 
stock. 
Inoc-Sul  is  dependable  insurance 
against  potato  scab.  It  cleans  up  in¬ 
fected  fields — it  keeps  uninfected  fields 
clean.  It  is  inexpensive  and  easily  ap¬ 
plied,  requiring  no  special  machinery. 
Broadcast  by  hand,  fertilizer  or  lime 
broadcaster,  or  seed  drill. 
Inoc-Sul  strikes  at  the  very  root  of 
the  potato  scab  evil — it  overcomes  the 
scab  organism  IN  THE  SOIL,  not 
merely  the  scab  on  the  seed,  as  does  seed 
treatment. 
Write  us  today.  We  will  without 
cost  or  obligation  tell  you  all  about 
Inoc-Sul— what  it  is — where  to  get  it 
— how  to  use  it — how  it  will  save  your 
market  losses.  Tell  us  how  many  acres 
of  potatoes  you  will  plant  and  the 
name  of  your  dealer.  Our  reply  will  be 
worth  dollars  to  you. 
TEXAS  GULF  SULPHUR  CO. 
Desk  C  41  East  42nd  Street 
New  York  City 
Inoc-Sul  is  the  best  form  of  sulphur  for  any  farm  use  — dusting 
MCO  U.$rp*T.  Q*P.  seed,  preserving  manure,  fertilizer,  soil  corrective  and  livestock. 
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You  Need  this  Handy 
Use  the  Auto-Spray  No.  1  to  Disinfect 
incubators  and  brooders  and  to  clean 
out  lice  and  mites  in  the  poultry  house. 
Prevent  blights  and  destroy  insects  in  the  hot 
house,  cold  frame,  garden  and  on  the  lawn. 
Whitewash  the  cellar,  stables  and  other  outbuildings  fatter 
and  more  evenly  than  with  a  brush.  Wash  windows,  bug¬ 
gies  and  motor  cars  quickly  and  thoroughly.  There  ara 
nearly  40  other  styles  of  Auto-Spray— big  and  little. 
Write  for  free  Spraying  Calendar  and  Catalogue. 
Tkt  E.  C.  BROWN  COMPANY  892  Maple  Street,  Rod»e*ter,  N.  T 
L.; 
WSFRIEND"  SPRAYERS 
GASPORT.  N.Y 
\YERSm 
ORT.  iYY  J*Wj 
KINKADE  GARDEN  TRACTOR 
and  Power  Lawnmowar 
A  Practical,  Proven  Power  Cultivator  for 
Gardeners,  Suburbanites,  Truckers, 
Florists,  Nurserymen,  Fruit  Growers. 
American  Farm  Machine  Co. 
2565  Uni. Av.S.E., Minneapolis. Mlon. 
Catalog 
Free 
Grangers 
Small  grain  yields 
greatly  increased  by 
the  use  of  Sheep’s 
Head  Pulverized 
Sheep  Manure.  One 
farmer  writes:  "30% 
increased  yield  over 
barn  manure  on  worn 
out  land."  Dropped  with 
fertilizer  attachment. 
Rich  in  nitrogen,  phos¬ 
phoric  acid  and  potash— 
also  adds  humus.  For  all  field  crops  and  meadows. 
Wonderful  results  on  garden,  truck  patches,  lawns, 
small  fruits,  etc.  Sheep’s  Head  Brand  is  guaranteed 
free  from  germs  and  weed  seeds.  Pulverized  and  put 
into  sack3  for  easy  handling.  Write  for  prices. 
NATURALGUANO  CO.,  830  River  St.,  Aurora,  III. 
TRIPLE  PURPOSE 
Chicken  Grit 
and] 
Agricultural  Limestone 
Write  for  prices  and  f  reight  rates. 
GRANGERS  MANUFACTURING  CO. 
WORKS:  WEST  STOCKBRIDGE,  MASS. 
Box  1002  HARTFORD,  CONN. 
Long-Time  Farm  Loans 
This  Bank  has  loaned  to  the  farmers  in  New  England, 
New  York  and  New  Jersey  over  $25,000,000  and  has  re¬ 
turned  to  them  over  $137,000  in  dividends. 
If  you  operate  your  own  farm  or  intend  to  purchase  a  farm,  we  are 
prepared  to  make  a  long-time,  easy-payment  loan.  Interest  at  5'/2%. 
Payments  semi-annually.  Loans  run  for  33  years  but  can  be  paid  at 
borrowers’  option  any  time  after  5  years.  Local  representative  in 
every  district. 
Look  ahead!  If  you  will  need  a  loan  this  season  write  now  for  information. 
The  FEDERAL  LAND  BANK  o/SPRINGFIELD,  MASS. 
Serving  New  England,  New  York  and  New  Jersey 
