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artistically and appropriately fram¬ 
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prints. 
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(Opp. Ritz-Carlton Hotel) 
NEW YORK, N. Y. 
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appreciated. 
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Counting the Cost of Farming 
(Continued from page 52) 
the latest improvements for working 
and harvesting a crop can he send 
it to the market as cheaply as his 
competitors. 
Trying to get the best methods, we 
investigated the disk plow. In writ¬ 
ing to the makers of the machine we 
stated that our land is stony and 
hilly, but they said their plow would 
work perfectly under our conditions. 
On came the plow with a demon¬ 
strator. Our men and the neigh¬ 
bors were skeptical, but the demon¬ 
strator said he never failed with that 
machine on any land, so he started. 
The furrow he made was not deep 
or true because the machine glided 
over stones. Part of the time he 
had to plow up-hill because the plow 
is not reversible. The climax of his 
discomfort was reached when one of 
the levers flew from his hand, 
knocked him down and cut his head 
open. He was taken to the house 
and cared for. The next morning a 
crestfallen and dilapidated salesman 
was shown a side-hill plow, and he 
went away saying that the man who 
sent him here never saw a hill. We 
decided from this experience to have 
new machines always sent on appro¬ 
val with a demonstrator. 
For apple culture we need only a 
plow, subsoil plow, cultivator and 
spray. The question of spray machines 
is a perplexing one. For the small or¬ 
chards and our garden we have a 
one-man pump. This can be dragged 
about by a steady horse and, with 
a long hose, one man can cover the 
429 trees of the first orchard thor¬ 
oughly in a day. This air pump 
needs to be pumped up only about 
every quarter of an hour for the 
little trees for which we do not need 
a pressure of over thirty pounds. 
The machine holds 22 gallons and 
cost $26.95. 
For the large orchards we tried a 
barrel spray, which was rigged up 
in a wooden platform fitting into the 
bottom of a democrat wagon. The 
outfit cost, complete, $17.09. It was 
clumsy and most unsatisfactory for 
work on a hillside, as the wagon 
was always ready to upset. 
After this we purchased a com¬ 
bined apple and potato spray at a 
cost of $85.00. It has wheels that 
can be adjusted to run between any 
intercrop in the orchard. It is low- 
geared and will not upset. When 
used as an apple spray, the potato 
spray mixture is removed. It takes 
a driver who also pumps, and two 
men, but with its two long hose at¬ 
tachments it covers apple trees rap¬ 
idly. As a potato spray it is a one- 
man machine. 
For the potatoes we have a planter 
which plows a furrow, drops ferti¬ 
lizer, puts in the seed and covers it. 
This machine works well anywhere 
on the place and cost $88. The cul¬ 
tivator keeps the ground loose and 
free from weeds. It cost $30. 
The digger plows the plants out of 
the soil, separates the tops from the 
potatoes and leaves them in piles. 
This cost $98.50. The first year that 
we planted the large orchard was 
one of severe drought, but if we 
had not owned up-to-date machines 
to work and harvest the crop it 
would not have been dug, because 
hand work would have been too ex¬ 
pensive. Good, machinery always 
pays. 
On machines for the orchards and 
intercrops we spent the first year 
the following amounts: 
Side-hill plow. $10.00 
Subsoil plow . 15.00 
One wheelbarrow. 1.55 
Small tools, picks, shovels 
and repairs. 60.76 
Small spray pump. 26.95 
One-horse cultivator. 4.75 
Combined spray machine.... 98.50 
Barrel spray . 17.09 
Potato planter. 88.00 
Cultivator . 30.00 
Digger . 79.88 
$432.48 
The next investment was a good 
team of French Percherons. These 
horses are quiet, steady and ready 
to pull. With the necessary harness 
and a farm wagon they cost $800. 
Then we were ready to begin busi¬ 
ness. 
We find that $1,000 a year will 
pay the teamster and keep the team, 
which amount includes horseshoeing 
and repairs on harness. 
Batik Hangings 
(Continued from page 15) 
a deep flesh color, and the undulat¬ 
ing lines which suggest so wonder¬ 
fully her wealth of hair are of the 
same color; behind, on either side, 
are peacocks in intense blues and 
greens, the light spots proudly dis¬ 
played on their feathers being white, 
and still further back the four 
smaller yellow figures stand out from 
a background of a peculiar salmon 
shade delicately crackled : the border 
which repeats the background color 
of the center figure’s hair is of a 
dark rich blue. The combination of 
colors is full of charm, and the com¬ 
position entrancingly simple. 
The large panel called “The Fan¬ 
tasia of Rhythm and Movement” is 
entirely in black and white. Here 
the expanse of sky is a crackled 
effect of black on white, lending a 
feeling of distance and space inde¬ 
scribable. The panel throbs with 
youth and springtime, buoyancy and 
joy. One gazes untiringly, for the 
depth of meaning and the beauty of 
the artist’s vision must strike a chord 
of response in every heart. It is a 
thing to be lived with. 
For a climax of richness of color¬ 
ing we turn to the “Flamingo Fan¬ 
tasy,” which is a profusion of in¬ 
tensely brilliant color and graceful 
movement. The birds are vermilion 
with yellow and black beaks, and the 
clear-cut central figure is black, like 
the border, the loin-cloth and head¬ 
dress making spots of warm yellow; 
the four figures in the back are grey- 
black with yellow headgear; they 
walk on a ground of an interesting 
brown-grey shade and are silhou¬ 
etted against a red sky, of a deeper 
tone than the flamingos. This of all 
the panels needs must be seen in its 
original glow of crimson sunset col¬ 
orings to get even an inkling of its 
luxuriance of warmth and color. 
G. G. Aschermann. 
Magic Flowers 
A UNIQUE novel decoration 
for your CHRISTMAS Table. A 
source of keenest interest to sick 
friends, invalids and shut-ins who 
watch with daily delight the mys¬ 
terious blos¬ 
soming. 
The Byzantine 
Wonder Lily 
This bulb 
needs NO 
water, NO soil, 
NO care, only 
Sunshine and 
warmth to un¬ 
fold its deli¬ 
cate rosy flow¬ 
ers, in 10 to 
15 days, con- 
t i n u i n g in 
bloom 3 to 4 
weeks. 
Each 3 12 
Large bulbs.20 .50 $1.75 
Monster bulbs ... .30 .80 2.75 
Jumbo (scarce)... .40 $1.10 
Price Includes Delivery 
MAGIC LILIES OF VALLEY 
So pure, so fragrant, 
so entrancing. Who¬ 
ever knows it, loves it. 
Planted in our spe¬ 
cially prepared Moss- 
fiber,^ this beautiful flow¬ 
er will grow and bloom 
inside 18 to 20 days. 
We furnish with every 
order sufficient Moss- 
fiber to grow the pips; 
also FULL directions 
“How to Grow success¬ 
fully.” 
6 pips.$0.40c 
12 pips. 65c 
20 pips. 1.00 
50 pips. 2.25 
100 pips. 4.00 
Price Includes Delivery 
Send for our Bulbbook for House Bulbs. 
It will interest you 
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