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is one oS the many fobs the 
McCormick-Deering does well 
Y OUR late fall and winter work 
would be a lot easier and more 
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partnership with a McCormick-Deering 
2- or 3-plow tractor. 
Now is as good a time as any in the year 
for a man to come into McCormick-Deering 
tractor ownership. Weeks of hard work and 
hot weather have been exhausting man and 
horse. Many weeks of trying work lie ahead. 
Labor is scarce and high-priced, and every 
week’s wages takes money out of pocket. Take 
plowing, for instance—the slowest, most labor¬ 
ious, most expensive farm work. It must be 
faced now and next year and every year. 
With the McCormick-Deering 15-30 tractor 
one man plows 12 acres a day; with a 3-horse 
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team he averages only 3 acres. With the tractor 
he does 4 days’ work, in 1 day. 
With the tractor he plows deeper and better, 
and at the right time; heat and hard ground 
don’t stop him; he saves the moisture and gets 
ahead of weeds. Between-times his tractor 
tackles the grain and corn harvest—runs the 
binders and the corn picker, fills the silo, runs 
the shredder or sheller—and then it finds all 
kinds of winter belt jobs ahead of spring’s 
work. 
Farm product prices have taken the upgrade. 
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position to farm efficiently all the year, with¬ 
out yielding your profits to surplus labor 
costs. See the dealer about a McCormick- 
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American Agriculturist, November 15, 1924 
Urges Better Apple Market¬ 
ing Methods 
Y OUR criticism regarding the large 
number of varieties grown in the 
East is well taken. There have been in¬ 
numerable remedies prescribed during the 
past few years to cure the bad marketing 
conditions that confront the New York 
State apple grower, but two most impor¬ 
tant features of the subject have been 
given scant attention. The present re¬ 
quirements of the trade in all kinds of 
fruit require the small package and a 
choice product. The man who produces 
fancy apples of any one of not to exceed 
a dozen of the best varieties, selects them 
carefully and packs in small containers, 
so that when exposed for sale every apple 
will be in good condition, will as a rule 
have very little trouble in getting fair 
prices for his apples. 
The w aste caused by packing and ship¬ 
ping in barrels, in too many instances, is 
greater than would be the extra cost of a 
smaller container and a better pack. It is 
very generally true that the ultimate 
consumer pays about as much per pound 
for apples out of the barrel of very com¬ 
mon quality as for those out of the box of 
superior quality because the consumer in 
the final purchase pays for all of the im¬ 
perfect and bruised apples in the barrel 
whether they are sold or not. The better 
class- trade demands the better varieties of 
apples and it wants them in good condi¬ 
tion and the sooner we meet these require¬ 
ments the better for the New York apple 
grower.—T. E. C., Legrangeville, N. Y. 
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Mulberry Trees as Windbreaks 
A FEW years ago, Ross I. Miller, a 
^ * young farmer of Cass County, Iowa, 
decided to plant a number of trees to 
serve as a windbreak for his home and his 
large poultry yard. He knew what trees 
were planted for that purpose in his sec¬ 
tion of the State, but instead of selecting 
any one of a dozen varieties common 
around there, he selected the mulberry 
tree and planted 500 of them on the west 
and north sides of his farm. 
The mulberry trees now serve two pur¬ 
poses. They are not only proving satis¬ 
factory as a wind break, but also provide 
good crops of fruit. The canned mul¬ 
berry is good, but it is far more delicious 
w’lien canned in combination with some 
tart fruit such as the gooseberry. But 
they serve still another purpose. Birds 
are very fond of the mulberry and a few of 
them will keep our feathered friends away 
from other fruit which ripens at about the 
same time, especially the cherry. 
, I also found a number of these trees 
on the farm of Ira Stetzel in Audubon 
County. Stetzel specializes in White 
Leghorn chickens and the trees were set 
out on the north side of the large laying 
house. But here they also protected cher¬ 
ries as w r ell as chickens, for on the day I 
w’as there Mrs. Stetzel was putting up the 
last of seventy-five quarts of the fruit. — 
W. C. Muilenburg. 
Putting the Strawberries to Bed 
S TRAWBERRIES are perfectly hardy 
but it is an advantage to cover them 
lightly with stable manure. It keeps the 
sun and winter winds from striking the 
crowns and the soil from being loosened 
by frost. Be careful and do not cover too 
deep or with material that will become 
soggy and press down tight over the 
crowns. Coarse straw bedding is better 
than fine, and straw from which chaff 
has been sifted in handling will serve, 
though the manure will add fertility by 
leaching into the soil during winter rains. 
Watch in the spring, for the covering 
should be cleared from the plants in the 
row as soon as they start growth, but may 
be left between the rows and if you wish 
to mulch more heavily with clean straw 
before fruiting it will not interfere. The 
blooming time may be retarded some by 
leaving covered as late as possible.— 
L. H. Cobb. 
