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YES,  IT  BURNS  WOOD 
ONE-PIPE 
FURNACE 
Made  with  EXTRA 
large  Fire  Door  and 
heavy  Grate  with 
Plate  especially  designed 
for  burning  WOOD  with 
wonderful  heating  results 
and  fuel  economy. 
STEWART  ONE- PIPE  Furnaces  are 
now  giving  users  the  same  dependable,  satisfactory 
service  that  STEWART  Stoves  and  Ranges  have  been 
famous  for  since  1832.  Back  of  this  Furnace  and  built  into  it  is  the 
experience  of  ninety-one  years  of  successful  stove  and  furnace  manufact¬ 
uring.  It  is  RIGHT  in  principle,  design,  materials  and  construction,  and 
can  be  depended  upon  absolutely  for  lifetime  service  and  satisfaction. 
ONE -PIPE  Furnaces  are 
sized  according  to  width  across 
TOP  of  firepot,  20,  22,  24,  etc.  inches. 
In  some  makes  the  firepot  tapers  in,  so  that  at 
grate  the  diameter  Jis  four  or  five  inches  LESS 
than  top  measurement.  This  makes  its  coal 
and  consequently,  its  heating  capacity  MUCH 
LESS  than  the  STEWART,  whose  firepot, 
built  EXTRA  HEAVY,  varies  only  2  inches 
in  top  and  bottom  measurement,  as  illustration 
shows.  A  22-inch  STEWART  ONE-PIPE, 
for  example,  about  equals  in  heating  capacity 
a  24-inch  furnace  of  other  makes. 
THE  STEWART  ONE- 
PIPE  weighs  from  100  to  300 
pounds  MORE  than  other 
makes  of  Pipeless  Furnaces — and  most 
of  th  is  EXTRA  weight  is  in  the  Firepot 
and  Grates  where  naturally  the  furnace 
has  its  hardest  wear.  Picture  shows  heavy 
Triangular  Grates,  ^the  bars  of  which  can 
easily  be  replaced  when  necessary.  Also 
note  large  ashpit. 
Sold  everywhere— only  by  regular  dealers  who  know  heating  requirements 
and  who  know  how  to  locale  and  install  this  lurnace  tor  best  results 
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have  become  interested  in  Hope  Farm  and  its  people.  They  may  not 
know  that  these  notes  have  been  printed  for  20  years  and  more. 
Some  25  of  the  best  of  these  old-time  sketches  have  been  published 
in  book  form.  This  book  is  called 
HOPE  FARM  NOTES 
Every  reader  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker  should  own  a  copy.  Among 
other  remarkable  tributes  is  the  following: 
Mr.  M  and  I  have  just  finished  Hope  Farm  Notes, 
and  I  wish  you  would  express  to  Mr.  Collingwood  the 
pleasure  that  it  gave  us.  We  both  liked  it  very  much, 
and  rarely  do  we  both  like  the  same  book! 
Ohio.  M.  H.  M. 
It  is  rare  that  any  single  book  will  appeal  to  all  members  of  the 
family,  This  one  will  because  it  is  filled  with  kindly  feeling  and 
human  nature.  It  should  be  in  every  country  home. 
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State . R.  F.  D.  or  Street  No . 
September  15,  1923 
Farm  Bureau  Tour  of  Wayne  County,  N.  Y 
Frequently  after  going  to  any  Farm 
Bureau  meeting,  one  has  a  good  matter- 
of-fact  neighbor  ivho  drops  in  to  find  out 
what  has  been  seen  or  learned  on  the 
trip.  The  following  may  be  worth  while 
to  those  who  were  not  fortunate  enough 
to  attend  the  third  annual  Orchard  Tour 
of  Wayne  County,  conducted  by  the  local 
Farm  Bureau. 
There  were  about  60  auto  loads  of 
eager  farmers,  endeavoring  principally 
to  get  the  latest  information  on  both 
dusting  and  spraying  of  apple  orchards 
for  the  purpose  of  controling  fungus  and 
insect  pests.  The  first  orchard  visited 
was  under  the  direct  supervision  of  the 
county  spraying  expert,  and  had  seven 
applications  of  the  regular  lime-sulphur 
and  arsenate  of  lead  formula.  The  fruit 
was  very  clean  and  free  from  imperfec¬ 
tions  in  both  the  cultivated  and  cover- 
crop  section,  as  well  as  in  the  older  sheep- 
pastured  section  of  the  orchard.  Many 
growers  were  surprised  to  find  the  trees 
in  the  sheep-pastured  old  orchard  in  such 
a  thrifty  green  condition,  and  the  fruit  so 
large  under  pasture  conditions.  The 
cranberry  red-worm  had  in  past  seasons 
had  been  thoroughly  thinned,  and  the 
fruit  was  exceptionally  large,  but  all  of 
the  trees  had  very  good-sized  fruit,  which 
was  probably  due  in  part  to  the  applica¬ 
tion  of  4  lbs.  of  sulphate  of  ammonia  to 
each  tree. 
The  second  orchard  visited  in  the  after¬ 
noon  was  composed  of  19-year-old  Bald¬ 
win  trees.  It  had  been  sprayed  once  in 
the  delayed  dormant  period  and  dusted 
seven  times  later,  from  one  side  of  the 
trees  only.  But  the  trees  were  dusted 
when  quite  wet  with  dew  or  a  light  rain. 
The  dust  used  was  the  regular  90-10  sul¬ 
phur-arsenate  of  lead  mixture.  This  fruit 
was  also  good  and  clean.  The  owner  of 
rhis  orchard  stated  that  dusting  the  trees 
from  one  side  when  wet  thoroughly  cov¬ 
ered  the  whole  tree,  tie  used  about  1 1/3 
lbs.  of  dust  per  tree  at  each  application. 
The  next  orchard  consisted  of  old  high 
trees  of  odd  varieties.  The  orchard  had 
been  sprayed  five  times,  as  recommended, 
and  a  sixth  spray  was  applied  late,  and 
the  seventh  spray  omitted.  Here  the 
fruit  was  practically  free  from  apple 
scab,  but  there  was  a  small  amount  of 
side-worm  injury,  illustrating  the  value 
The  Chinese  Holly 
The  illustration  showing  the  character, 
istic  growth  of  the  Chinese  holly  is  re¬ 
produced  from  Bulletin  206,  June,  1923, 
issued  by  the  Office  of  Foreign  Seed  and 
Plant  Introduction,  Bureau  of  Plant  In¬ 
dustry,  Washington,  D.  C. 
The  Chinese  or  horned  holly,  Ilex 
cornuta,  thrives  in  California  and  the 
Southern  States,  enduring  the  Winter  as 
far  North  as  Washington.  In  these 
warmer  sections  it  can  be  used  as  a  sub¬ 
stitute  for  the  English  holly,  which  rarely 
does  wTell  there.  The  leaves  of  the  Chinese 
holly  have  peculiar  spiny  tips  and  two 
curved  points  suggesting  horns.  The 
berries  are  orange  red,  larger  than  the 
English  holly.  The  berries  are  produced 
profusely  iu  California,  but  the  species 
is  said  to  fruit  poorly  in  England. 
done  considerable  damage  to  fruit  along  a 
stone  fence  row,  late  in  the  season ;  but 
this  pest  was  successfully  controlled  this 
season  by  the  addition  in  the  seventh 
spraying  of  25  lbs.  of  hydrated  lime  to 
100  gallons  of  the  regular  spraying  mix¬ 
ture. 
The  second  orchard  visited  was  where 
the  Farm  Bureau  is  conducting  a  long¬ 
term  pruning  demonstration.  Here  there 
were  separate  plots  where  the  farmers 
are  pruning  one  lot  of  trees,  and  another 
plot,  which  is  pruned  by  a  representative 
from  the  Pomology  Department  at  the 
college.  This  pruning  experiment  has 
been  running  but  two  years  on  this  11- 
year-old  orchard,  but  it  was  quite  appar¬ 
ent  that  the  farmer-pruned  trees  had  too 
much  wood  removed  from  the  lower  limbs, 
center,  and  in  the  tops  of  the  trees  ;  and 
there  was  fully  one-third  more  fruit  on 
the  trees  pruned  by  the  pomology  experts. 
The  third  orchard  visited  was  sprayed 
seven  times  in  accordance  with  the  Farm 
Bureau  recommendation,  and  the  fruit 
was  very  clean  indeed.  The  fourth  or¬ 
chard  was  sprayed  once  at  the  delayed  dor¬ 
mant  period  and  dusted,  10 'times  with  a 
green  copper  dust.  This  fruit  wTas  very 
clean  and  relatively  large,  due  to  some 
thinning  of  the  fruit  on  the  trees.  The 
success  of  this  copper  dust  was  rather  be¬ 
wildering  to  some  of  the  growers,  as  the 
same  material  used  in  twTo  orchards  near 
the  lake  shore  failed  to  control  the  apple 
scab  successfully.  The  only  explanation 
that  the  spray  expert  had  for  the  success 
of  the  copper  dust  in  this  orchard  was 
due  to  the  fact  that  the  orchard  was  situ¬ 
ated  on  a  high  gravel  ridge,  having  good 
air  drainage,  and  wras  not  subject  to  the 
damp  fogs  which  are  frequent  in  orchards 
nearer  the  lake. 
Inspecting  these  four  orchards  used  up 
the  forenoon,  and  the  party  stopped  for 
lunch  at  Resort,  a  small  settlement  which 
overlooks  Sodus  Bay.  Here  the  growers 
continued  to  talk  over  the  many  phases  of 
the  spraying  and  dusting  problem. 
The  first  orchard  visited  after  dinner 
wTas  one  of  old  Baldwin  trees.  They  were 
sprayed  six  times  and  the  fruit  all  seemed 
perfect.  The  water  sprouts  had  been  re¬ 
moved  from  the  trees  in  July  to  help  pre¬ 
vent  the  spread  of  aphis.  One  old  tree 
or  ine  lure  sprays  in  controlling  this  pest. 
The  last  two  orchards  visited  were  sit¬ 
uated  on  a  light  sandy  soil,  and  a  long¬ 
term  fertilizer  experiment  is  being  start¬ 
ed  on  a  block  of  old  cultivated  Baldwin 
trees.  There  is  no  apparent  difference  in 
the  various  plots  now,  but  growers  will 
be  interested  in  watching  the  progress  of 
the  experiment  in  seasons  to  come.  The 
last  orchard  showed  quite  a  heavy  crop  of 
Greenings  where  the  spray  schedule  had 
been  followed. 
The  growers  seemed  quite  pleased  with 
the ,  ore  hal’d  tour,  and  voted  in  favor  of 
having  another  orchard  tour  next  sea- 
son,  Q  w  xir 
Wayne  Co.,  N.  Y. 
Peeling  Potatoes  Before  Boiling 
Yes,  I  think  I  can  give  good  reasons 
tor  peeling  potatoes  before  boiling.  Po¬ 
tatoes  must  be  peeled  at  some  time  be¬ 
fore  serving.  It  takes  no  more  time  to 
peel  the  raw  potatoes  than  it  does  to 
give  them  the  careful  washing  they  must 
have  if  they  are  to  be  boiled  with  their 
jackets  on.  It  is  cool  work,  and  can  be 
done  at  leisure.  Then  a  mealy,  peeled 
potato  retains  its  shape,  while  one  boiled 
in  its  jacket  is  likely  to  burst  and  be 
wasted.  If  peeled  after  boiling,  it  must 
be  done  when  the  remainder  of  the  din¬ 
ner  is  ready  to  serve,  and  other  things 
demand  instant  attention,  and  it  means 
hurried  handling  of  an  extremely  hot 
article  (there  is  nothing  hotter),  which 
is  likely  to  break  in  pieces  at  the  least 
slip.  I  prefer  the  cool,  leisurely  task  to 
the  hot,  hurried  one,  especially  when  the 
results  are  more  satisfactory.  Wouldn’t 
you?  MRS.  JOSEPH  H.  FORTNEY. 
Kentucky. 
A  little  chap  was  ofl>' \jd  a  chance  to 
spend  a  week  in  the  country,  but  refused. 
Coaxing,  pleading,  arguing,  promising  of 
untold  wonders,  alike  brought  from  him 
nothing  but  the  stubborn  ultimatum  :  “No 
country  for  me!”  “But  why  not?”  some¬ 
one  asked  finally.  “Because,”  he  re¬ 
sponded,  “they  have  thrashin’  machines 
down  there,  an’  it’s  bad  enough  here 
where  it’s  done  by  hand.” — Interior. 
