The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
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Wood  lots  of 
25,000  to 
50,000  feet 
now  profitable 
How  about  that  wood  lot  on  the  hill,  it’s 
a  long  way  from  the  sawmill,  perhaps, 
but  then  there  is  at  least,  25,000  feet  of 
spruce  there  waiting  to  be  cut  Then 
there’s  Neighbor  Smith’s  lot,  50,000  feet, 
just  as  far  away.  Both  of  these  lots  are 
more  profitable  in  lumber  than  in  taxable 
real  estate. 
Why  not  get  a  Lane  Tractor  Sawmill 
and  take  it  up  to  the  lots,  saw  the  logs 
right  on  the  ground  (only  one  haulage), 
then  when  you've  turned  your  lot  into 
cash,  give  Neighbor  Smith  a  boost,  then 
Mr.  Jones.  Keep  that  small  tractor  of 
yours  busy  12  months  in  the  year  instead 
of  3.  Get  the  most  out  of  your  machinery 
and  from  your  farm 
The  Lane  Tractor  Sawmill  is  built  for 
the  man  with  the  small  wood  lot  who 
wants  some  ready  cash  from  his  own 
farm  or  by  helping  out  his  neighbors. 
It],s  a  real  Lane  mill  in  every  feature.  One 
day,  two  men,  and  a  small  Tractor  is  all 
that  is  required  to  take  down,  move  several 
miles,  and  set  up  ready  for  business. 
8,000  feet  of  lumber  or  500  railway  ties  is 
its  8-hour  capacity. 
And  the  cost  is  very  small,  in  fact,  within 
the  reach  of  almost  any  reader  of  this 
advertisement. 
Write  for  information 
Lane  Manufacturing  Company 
Montpelier  Vermont 
LANE 
SAW  MILL 
5069 
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Fruit  Notes  from  Missouri 
A  Cold  Wave,— We  are  now  getting 
the  bill  from  the  tiddler,  for  the  excep¬ 
tionally  mild  Winter  we  have  been  enjoy¬ 
ing  here,  130  miles  south  of  St.  Louis,  on 
the  Mississippi.  On  last  Sunday's  balmy 
afternoon  a  cold  wave  descended  upon 
us  and  during  the  night  the  temperature 
fell  to  six  degrees  above,  a  record  equalled 
only  once  before  this  Winter.  Now  news 
is  coming  in  that  there  was  a  widespread 
destruction  of  the  peach  crop  throughout 
Oklahoma,  Arkansas  and  South  Missouri, 
with  perhaps  much  more  extensive  dam¬ 
age.  Early  cherries  and  plums  suffered 
badly,  but  apples,  pears  and  grapes  ap¬ 
pear  uninjured.  So  far  as  observed,  we 
are  included  in  this  region  of  destruction. 
It  is  indeed  something  new  to  have  such 
low  temperatures  so  late  in  the  season. 
It  is  usually  frosts  in  April  that  inflict 
injury  to  the  fruit.  We  shall  now  hope 
that  the  apple  crop  will  continue  to  es¬ 
cape. 
Peach  Varieties.  —  The  Red  Bird 
peach  is  having  a  great  vogue  here  on 
account  of  its  large  size,  brilliant  color 
and  early  ripening.  It  is  considered  the 
most  profitable  of  the  extra  earlies.  Some 
think  good  of  its  quality,  some  bad,  but 
it  certainly  is  a  success  on  the  market. 
In  Texas  this  peach  was  known  as  the 
Early  Wheeler.  The  Early  Rose,  said 
to  be  an  introduction  by  the  late  J.  H. 
Hale,  is  a  high-colored  peach  of  good 
quality,  but  is  a  little  disappointing  in 
size.  I  wonder  that  the  Dewey  is  not 
more  popular,  a  fine  yellow-fleshed  peach, 
deep  crimson  all  over  and  running  large 
when  thinned.  It  is  a  favorite  of  mine, 
and  I  am  wondering  how  it  will  compare 
with  the  new  yellow,  Rochester,  that  is 
being  sent  out  with  strong  commendation. 
Eureka,  Carman  and  Alton  all  ripened 
together  last  year.  A  heavy  crop  retards 
the  ripening  season.  The  ordinary  citi¬ 
zen  does  not  believe  in  thinning.  Covet¬ 
ousness  masters  him  when  he  surveys  the 
mass  of  fruit  bending  the  limbs  when 
only  half  grown,  and  he  straightway 
hastens  to  get  props  to  preserve  the 
limbs.  But  he  is  often  too  careless  to 
even  do  this,  and  suffers  the  tree  to  be¬ 
come  a  wreck,  and  perhaps  forever  inca¬ 
pacitated  for  bearing.  The  J.  H.  Hale 
peach,  as  exhibited  on  the  local  market, 
was  preferred  by  the  public  to  Elberta. 
Persimmon  Culture. — The  Japanese 
persimmon,  Eureka,  three  years  old  and 
about  8  ft.  high  to  its  highest  tips,  set 
a  heavy  crop  last  Spring.  Many  of  its 
fruits  fell  off  while  still  small,  but  a 
good  number  remained  to  ripen,  hanging 
on  till  after  frost  and  then  being  pulled 
from  the  tree.  They  are  very  attractive 
and  ornamental  as  they  hang  there,  as 
big  as  apples,  and  a  golden  yellow  in 
color.  Some  were  left  on  till  after  frosts 
in  November.  So  far  as  my  limited  ex¬ 
perience  goes,  they  do  not  ripen  on  the 
tree,  but  can  be  made  to  soften  by  laying 
them  up  in  a  warm  room,  just  like  a  pear. 
The  tree  is  dwarfish  and  never  exceeds 
10  or  12  ft.  The  Eureka  is  particularly 
hardy,  enduring  a  temperature  below  zero, 
but  how  much  below  I  do  not  know.  It 
is  worth  growing  as  an  ornamental,  if 
nothing  more.  My  experience  in  grafting 
the  native  persimmon  is  that  the  opera¬ 
tion  is  as  easy  as  grafting  the  apple, 
although  a  Government  bulletin  insists 
A  Simple,  Pow¬ 
erful  Cutting 
Mower 
The  John  Deere  High- Lift 
Mower  has  balanced  driving 
gears  —  one  set  offsets  the 
thrust  of  the  other  pair — ex¬ 
cessive  wear,  side  strain  and 
loss  of  power  are  eliminated — 
that’s  one  big  reason  why  John 
Deere  is  long-lived  —  that’s 
why  it  does  a  thorough  job  of 
cutting  in  any  hay  field. 
JOHN  DEERE  MOWER 
The  Mower  with  the  Balanced  Gears 
If  lag  develops  in  the  cutter  bar  after 
hard  or  long  service,  the  bar  can  be  re¬ 
aligned  by  a  simple  eccentric  adjust¬ 
ment  —  a  feature  you  will  appreciate. 
The  John  Deere  is  easy  to  handle  —  a 
high  lift  can  be  secured  with  the  foot 
lever  —  an  extremely  high  lift  with  the 
hand  and  foot  lever  combined. 
The  John  Deere  is  extremely  simple. 
Every  part  is  made  of  good  material, 
carefully  fitted.  All  driving  parts  and 
other  parts  easy  to  get  at. 
See  this  better  mower  at  your 
John  Deere  dealer’s. 
GET  FREE  MOWER  BOOKLET 
Also  tell  us  what  other  imple¬ 
ments  you  are  interested  in,  and  we 
will  send  you  “Bookkeeping  on  the 
Farm,”  a  valuable  account  book. 
Write  to  John  Deere,  Moline,  Ill., 
and  ask  for  Package  MX-637. 
JOHNSDEERE 
that  special  care  of  the  scions  is  essential. 
I  kept  scions  safely  all  Winter  with  damp 
moss  in  an  uncovered  tin  can,  but  I  should 
advise  not  cutting  them  till  late  Winter. 
The  native  persimmon  shows  infinite  va¬ 
riety  in  size,  time  of  ripening  and  quality. 
The  field  for  improvement  seems  bound¬ 
less.  Wherever  I  inquire  in  new  dis¬ 
tricts  I  hear  of  certain  trees  valued  for 
unusual  qualities  of  fruit  in  size  or  season 
or  flavor,  or  in  few  or  no  seeds.  When 
we  consider  that  the  persimmon  grows 
wild  over  a  vast  region  of  the  Middle 
States,  we  can  imagine  the  limitless  va¬ 
riety  of  its  fruit. 
Grapes. — In  pruning  Campbell’s  Early 
grape  this  monfh  I  found  several  dead 
vines  and  not  very  much  new  growth  on 
any  of  them.  This  emphasizes  the  delicacy 
of  this  variety  and  its  lack  of  robustness. 
The  only  chance  of  success  with  this 
grape  is  to  prune  closely,  to  a  maximum 
of  about  20  buds,  when  growth  has  been 
good,  and  fertilize  well.  A  row  of 
Moore’s  Early  next  to  one  of  Campbell’s 
shows  a  great  contrast.  Moore’s  has 
three  times  the  wood  of  Campbell’s.  In 
fact,  it  demands  less  pruning  than  Con¬ 
cord.  About  six  or  eight  buds  more 
should  be  spared.  l.  r.  Johnson. 
Cape  Girardeau  Co.,  Mo. 
Selling  Choice  Vegetables 
“Savoy  cabbage  should  be  grown  only 
by  those  who  know  what  to  do  with  it  j 
in  advance.”  This  quotation,  from  page 
410,  applies  also  to  red  cabbage.  It  would 
not  seem  very  difficult  to  build  up  a 
profitable  direct  trade  in  these,  and  a  few 
other  vegetables,  such  as  Chinese  cabbage, 
kale  and  coliards,  by  having  a  little  leaflet 
printed  explaining  the  superior  qualities 
compared  with  common  cabbage,  with 
recipes  for  preparing  and  cooking.  These 
would  probably  be  “old  country”  recipes. 
Savoy  cabbage  will  not  stand  much  frost, 
but  kale  and  coliards  are  very  much  im¬ 
proved  by  light  frosts.  Did  you  ever  try 
Bavarian  cabbage  with  Brunswick  sau¬ 
sage?  Pamphlets  with  recipes  sent  to 
a  selected  list  of  names  should  result  in 
profitable  orders,  which  might  either  be 
filled  direct  or  through  grocery  stores, 
rhereare  plenty  of  people  willing  to  pay 
well  for  fresh,  choice  vegetables,  some¬ 
thing  out  of  the  ordinary. 
Pineola,  N.  C.  "mountaineer 
Lead  goes  with  you 
on  every  journey 
TRAINS,  trolleys,  and 
trucks  would  halt  if  sud¬ 
denly  deprived  of  the  lead 
they  contain.  Steamships  would 
drift  perilously  on  unknown  seas. 
Aeroplanes  and  dirigibles  would 
not  rise. 
The  coal  for  your  furnace,  the 
food  for  your  table,  the  cloth¬ 
ing  for  your  body,  are  brought 
to  your  door  with  the  assistance 
of  lead. 
The  products  and  treasures  of 
distant  countries  are  more  easily 
transported  because  of  lead. 
When  you  travel  by  rail 
You  do  not  see  lead  in  the  railroad 
train  or  along  the  road,  but  your 
train  can  not  go  far  before  storage 
batteries,  made  mostly  of  lead,  play 
an  important  part  in  assuring  a  safe 
and  comfortable  journey.  These 
lead  batteries  operate  drawbridges, 
set  the  signals  that  guard  your  safety, 
and  furnish  power  for  the  electric 
lights  that  add  to  your  comfort. 
At  terminal  stations  you  may  see 
trunks  and  express  packages  carried 
on  platform  trucks  whose  motive' 
power  is  derived  from  storage  bat¬ 
teries  that  are  little  else  but  lead. 
Lead  in  other  places 
The  bulb  in  the  locomotive  head¬ 
light  and  the  electric  light  bulbs  in 
day  coaches  and  Pullman  cars  are 
made  of  fine  lead  glass.  Railroads 
use  lead  expansion  bolts,  calking  lead, 
or  lead  wool  for  anchoring  rails 
securely  to  a  concrete  roadbed. 
Lead  is  in  the  rubber  air-hose 
through  which  passes  the  air  that 
puts  the  brakes  on  all  car  wheels. 
Bearings,  some  of  which  contain 
lead,  help  to  decrease  friction  which 
would  otherwise  stop  the  train.  The 
safety  torpedo  that  bangs  like  a 
shot  to  warn  of  danger  ahead  is 
held  to  the  track  by  a  lead  clasp. 
The  most  familiar  use  of  lead 
Another  use  of  lead  by  railroads 
is  as  paint.  Red-lead,  an  oxide  of 
lead,  makes  a  paint  that  protects 
iron  and  steel  equipment  against  the 
attacks  of  rust. 
White-lead,  on  the  other  hand,  is 
the  most  valued  paint  for  wood  and 
other  non-metallic  surfaces.  Paint  is 
the  best  known  of  all  the  many  uses 
of  lead  and  its  products. 
People  are  realizing  today  what 
“Save  the  surface  and  you  save  all” 
means.  And  they  are  saving  the 
surface  by  protecting  it  with  paint 
containing  a  high  percentage  of 
white-lead.  For  the  best  paints  have 
the  greatest  amount  of  white-lead. 
The  professional  painter  uses  lead- 
and-oil,  or  pure  white-lead  thinned 
to  painting  consistency  with  pure 
linseed  oil.  Such  a  mixture  sticks 
to  the  surface  and  adds  indefinitely 
to  the  life  of  a  building. 
Look  for  the  Dutch  Boy 
National  Lead  Company  makes 
white-lead  and  sells  it,  mixed  with 
pure  linseed  oil,  under  the  name  and 
trademark  of  Dutch  Boy  White- 
Lead.  The  figure  of 
the  Dutch  Boy  you  see 
here  is  reproduced  on 
every  keg  of  white- 
lead  and  is  a  guar¬ 
antee  of  exceptional 
purity. 
Dutch  Boy  prod¬ 
ucts  also  include  red- 
lead,  linseed  oil,  flat- 
ting  oil,  babbitt 
metals,  and  solder. 
Among  other  products,  manufac¬ 
tured  by  National  Lead  Company 
are  lead  castings,  sugar  of  lead,  lead 
weights,  talking  lead,  lead  washers, 
music  plates,  and  pinking  blocks. 
More  about  lead 
If  you  use  lead,  or  think  you  might 
use  it  in  any  form,  write  to  us  for 
specific  information. 
NATIONAL  LEAD  COMPANY 
New  York  Boston  Cincinnati  San  Francisco 
Cleveland  Buffalo  Chicago  St.  Louis 
JOHN  T.  LEWIS  &  BROS.  CO.,  Philadelphia 
NATIONAL  LEAD  &  OIL  CO..  Pittsburgh 
