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The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
November  10,  1923  ' 
SMrs.  Ford  Owner 
of  Cando,  N.  D.  thought 
the  Ford  had  been  overhauled 
oAnd  Tivhy 
A  FORD  owner  in  Cando,  N.  D.,  was  persuaded  to  drain 
the  old  oil  out  ol  his  crank-case  and  refill  with  Gargoyle 
Mobiloil  “E.” 
After  two  weeks  he  came  back  and  asked  for  some  more. 
He  said,  “I  didn’t  think  there  would  be  so  much  differ¬ 
ence  in  oil.  I  haven’t  cleaned  a  spark  plug  since  I  put  in 
that  Gargoyle  Mobiloil  ‘E,’  and  I  use  only  half  as  much  oil. 
I  used  to  clean  the  spark  plugs  every  trip.  Even  my  wife 
noticed  the  difference.  She  got  in  the  car  to  go  up  town 
and  when  she  came  home  she  wanted  to  know  if  the  engine 
had  been  overhauled,  it  ran  so  smoothly.” 
The  striking  superiority  of  Gargoyle  Mobiloil  “E”  for 
Ford  engines  is  due  to  these  facts:  (i)  “E”  distributes  per¬ 
fectly  to  every  frictional  surface;  (2)  “E”  stands  up  per¬ 
fectly  under  Ford  heat  conditions;  (3)  “E”  provides  a  thor¬ 
ough  piston  ring  seal  and  (4)  “E”  gives  unusual  freedom 
from  carbon. 
*  All  of  this  can  be  proved  as  quickly  in  your  Ford  engine 
as  it  was  in  the  engine  in  Cando,  N.  D. 
IN  BUYING  Gargoyle  Mobiloil  from  your  dealer,  if  t 
safest  to  purchase  in  original  packages.  Look  for  the  red. 
Gargoyle  on  the  container. 
The  Vacuum  Oil  Company's  Chart  specifies  the  grade  of 
Gargoyie  Mobiloil  for  every  make  and  model  of  car.  Gar¬ 
goyle  Mobiloil  “  E”  is  the  correct  grade  for  Fords.  If  you 
drive  another  make  of  car ,  send  for  our  booklet,  “  Correct 
Lubrication .’  ’ 
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New  England  Notes 
Fertilizing  Fruit  Trees. — It  is  pret¬ 
ty  well  understood  that  much  fertilizer 
has  been  wasted  on  fruit  trees.  Now  the 
one  fertilizer  which  apples  particularly 
seem  to  need  is  nitrogen.  In  whatever 
form  it  is  to  be  applied,  it  should  be  put 
on  as  early  in  April  as  possible.  Results 
show  that  it  is  better  to  use  all  of  the 
fertilizer  at  one  time  than  to  distribute 
it  through  the  season.  As  much  as  6  or 
8  lbs.  of  nitrate  of  soda  can  be  given  to 
to  each  well-grown  tree.  Caution  must  be 
used  with  young  trees,  however.  Half  a 
pound  is  plenty,  and  it  should  be  spread 
in  a  circle  around  the  trunk  at  some  little 
distance.  Much  has  been  said  about  the 
necessity,  of  lime  in  New  England,  but 
the  only  benefit  which  lime  has  on  fruit 
trees  is  indirect,  according  (o  the  best 
knowledge  at  present.  Lime  seems  to 
have  no  results  on  cultivated  land,  but 
when  used  on  sod  it  helps  to  bring  in 
more  clover,  which,  when  plow’ed  under, 
helps  the  tree. 
Apples  That  Are  Popular. — Al¬ 
though  all  of  New  England  grows  good 
apples,  probably  the  best  Massachusetts 
fruit  comes  from  the  western  part  of  the 
State.  Apples  from  the  Berkshires  seem 
to  keep  a  little  longer  than  those  raised 
elsewhere.  The  Berkshire  Baldwins 
grown  in  sod  are  remarkably  firm  in 
texture,  and  although  inclined  to  be  small 
are  unsurpassed  for  shipping.  Baldwins 
though  the  beans  themselves  are  excellent 
for  table  use.  There  are  several  other 
vegetables  which  have  attractive  flowers. 
Some  time  ago  I  saw  a  border  of  rhu¬ 
barb  which  was  distinctly  ornamental.  It 
is  true,  of  course,  that  rhubarb  is  not  im¬ 
proved,  to  say  the  least,  by  allowing  it  to 
go  to  seed,  but  a  long  row  of  thrifty 
plants  crowned,  by  heavy  heads  of  blos- 
some  is  distinctly  novel  and  attractive. 
E.  I.  FARRINGTON. 
A  Pest  of  Locusts 
On  page  1145  W.  E.  J.  has  a  note  on 
locusts.  We  are  afflicted  up  here  with 
locusts  that  spread  from  the  roots,  but 
not  200  or  300  ft.  away  from  the  main 
tree ;  25  or  30  ft.,  even  to  50  ft.,  is  com¬ 
mon.  They  are  a  downright  pest,  and  ac¬ 
tually  poison  the  ground.  It  is  costing 
me  a  fortune  now  to  dig  up  the  roots  in 
one  small  grove.  The  borers  killed  the 
trees,  but  the  roots  are  sprouting  worse 
than  ever.  Eternal  digging  out  is  about 
the  only  salvation.  If  W.  E.  J.  can  plow 
and  follow  the  plow  with  pickax,  and 
take  out  every  fiber  in  sight,  he  will  have 
peace  for  a  while.  An  inch  of  root  will 
sprout  again  in  time.  If  there  is  a  goat 
around,  let  him  do  the  browsing  of  the 
sprouts.  I  was  told  cows  would  eat  the 
young  sprouts  and  finally  kill  the  root. 
I  find  plowing  the  best  thing,  as  I  can 
Rhubarb  as  Ornamental  Border 
retain  their  high  popularity,  but  other 
kinds  of  apples  are  rapidly  displacing 
some  of  the  older  sorts..  New  England  is 
demanding  more  and  more  the  highly  col¬ 
ored  red  apple.  The  Yellow  Transpar¬ 
ent  is  a  good  apple,  hut  does  not  sell  well 
unless  shipped  out  of  the  State.  Many 
Yellow  Transparent  trees  are  being  graft¬ 
ed  over.  The  Canat'  in  apple  called 
Crimson  Beauty  bids  fair  to  become  a 
leading  New  England  variety.  It  is  sev¬ 
eral  days  ahead  of  the  Yellow  Trans¬ 
parent,  bears  annually,  and  b^slos  to 
produce  when  young.  The  Williams  is 
grown  with  profit  close  to  the  cities.  It 
attracts  the  eye,  but  is  a  very  poor 
keeper.  Some  growers  do  not  pick  this  ' 
fruit,  but  allow  it  to  fall  on  piles  of 
straw  or  hay  placed  under,  the  trees. 
This  is  one  of  the  apples  which  is  good 
only  for  eating  out  of  hand,  not  being 
useful  for  pies  or  sauce.  The  one  point 
against  the  Wealthy  is  the  fact  that  it 
fruits  well  only  every  other  year.  Ama¬ 
teurs  should  have  two  trees,  so  that  one 
will  bear  every  year.  They  can  bring 
this  about  if  both  trees  bear  the  same 
season  by  picking  all  the  apples  from 
one  while  the  fruit  is  still  small.  Al¬ 
though  Gravenstein  is  not  a  red  apple, 
the  Boston  market  is  very  fond  of  it.  P 
is  a  profitable  apple  to  grow,  but  does 
not  make  a  vigorous  tree.  The  best  plan 
to  follow  is  to  plant  Stark  and  graft  to 
Gravenstein  so  as  to  have  a  strong  trunk. 
Of  course  the  McIntosh  apple  has  come 
to  be  very  much  in  favor,  and  Middlesex 
County  is  building  up  a  tremendous  rep¬ 
utation  for  this  variety.  The  growers  in 
this  county  now  have  their  own  station, 
with  a  power  grading  machine,  and  are 
trying  to  develop  a  modern  marketing 
system.  Red  Delicious  has  proved  a  sur¬ 
prise.  Growers  who  refused  to  plant  it 
at  first  now  admit  that  they  made  a  mis¬ 
take.  The  fruit  is  in  fine  demand,  al¬ 
though  it  is  a  poor  apple  for  cooking  be¬ 
cause  of  its  mild  flavor.  In  Maine  the 
Northern  Spy  is  a  very  satisfactory  vari¬ 
ety.  It  doesn’t  do  as  well  in  Massa¬ 
chusetts  as  a  rule.  This  year’s  crop  has 
been  a  good  one,  however,  because  of  the 
cool  Summer,  as  the  Spy  likes  cool 
weather.  It  is  rather  a  curious  fact  that 
Rhode  Island  Greenings  bring  a  dollar  a 
barrel  more  in  New  York.  City  than  in 
Roston.  In  spite  of  their  long  famil¬ 
iarity  with  the  Greening,  New  England 
people  have  never  been  heavy  buyers. 
Ornamental  R.hurarb. — -Many  gar¬ 
den-makers  grow  Scarlet  Runner  beans 
more  for  ornament  than  for  food,  al- 
keep  the  vegetable  garden  free  of  sprouts 
by  that  means,  and  it  is  between  two 
groves.  Dig  and  plow,  and  do  not  wait 
till  the  roots  are  big  and  heavy. 
Ulster  Co.,  N.  Y.  j.  husson. 
Hungarian  Vetch 
A  Department  of  Agriculture  bulletin 
(No.  1174)  has  just  been  published  on 
the  Hungarian  vetch  ( Vicia  pannonica, 
S.  P.  I.  No.  17027)  by  Roland  McKee, 
Office  of  Forage-Crop  Investigations,  Bu¬ 
reau  of  Plant  Industry.  Mr.  McKee  has 
furnished  the  following  note  concerning 
this  vetch  : 
“Hungarian  vetch  was  first  introduced 
into  the  United  States  in  1905  under 
S.  P.  I.  No.  17027.  It  is  proving  es¬ 
pecially  valuable  in  the  Pacific  Coast 
States  and  about  1,000,000  lbs.  of  seed 
were  produced  in  Western  Oregon  in 
1923.  It  is  intermediate  between  Vicia 
sativa  and  V.  villosa  in  Winter  hardi¬ 
ness,  and  under  ordinary  conditions  will 
stand  about  10  degrees  Fahr.  above  zero. 
In  the  southern  half  of  the  United 
States  and  in  the  Pacific  Coast  area  it 
should  be  Fall  sown.  One  of  the  most 
striking  features  of  this  vetch  is  its 
ability  to  grow  on  heavy  wet  lands  and 
still  produce  a  fair  crop.  It  will  stand 
much  wetter  soil  conditions  than  common 
vetch  or  hairy  vetch. 
“Also  it  is  comparatively  immune  from 
aphis  attacks,  suffering  but  little  when 
other  vetches  are  seriously  damaged. 
“It  has  good  seed  habits  and  yields  an 
abundance  of  seed.” 
The  Bookshelf 
The  Farm  Cook  and  Rule  Book,  by 
Nell  B.  Nichols.  This  book  is  designed 
to  preserve  many  of  the  old-time  country 
recipes,  reducing  to  rule  while  keeping 
their  original  excellence.  It  also  contains 
modern  rules  for  canning,  and  a  great 
deal  of  general  household  information, 
including  the  care  of  meat  at  buc-hering 
time.  A  useful  book,  bringing  together 
many  things  the  housekeeper  will  wish  to 
know.  Published  by  the  Macmillan  Co., 
New  York;  295  pages;  price  $3. 
“Mamma,”  asked  Freddie,  “are  we  go¬ 
ing  to  heaven  some  day?”  “I  hope  so,” 
was  the  reply.  “I  wish  papa  could  go, 
too,”  continued  the  little  fellow.  “Well, 
and  don’t  you  think  he  will?”  asked  his 
mother.  “Oh,  no,”  replied  Freddie ;  “he 
could  not  leave  his  businesa” — Path¬ 
finder. 
