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Shingles dipped in molten tine after being cut no exposed edges, hurt, lay with tiuniMr and nail.. Coma In bsndyihMtaof Lanvn. tin. for any rool snrwure. 4II liWWW yon offer: W py binnint chare. HiB Mh of bargain. No J7 sim U facta. Write today-NOW. -'THE EDVARDS UFQ. CO. ' tt474 Loo Sir t, , Cincinnati, Ohio MEETOER BARGAIN BOOK FREE! ,ir aW6 h tern Send name on Kttal now lor autlful book wi IS new wtterni andlowestpricet, beginning at Sc per double roll. Send o moneyjust a postal.- Bookshows how you can make your home more Cheerful, brighter a delight to the) eye. Small cost will surprise you. Beautiful patterns for kitchen, hall. earlor. dining room, bedrooms. last write postal today. Address below I JIMS THERE WILL BE A FINE MARKET IS .nn nriTv rritm Tf A 1 f FOR CLUYEK bLLU inw miju THE importance ; 9! every ' farmer saving his own clover seed this coming spring cannot be over-estimated. In fact, if the farmer would just take time to consider he would at once realize the fact that he could not afford not to save his own clover seed. Not a single farmer , can ad vance an idea in favor of not saving, his clover seed, but on the other hand, there are many reasons why he should grow and save his own seed. One of othe most important reasons is because, he has them on hand, and can seed at the right time,, which almost insures him a stand. The majority of failures are due to not sowing at the right time. t ' Usually the farmer waits until his clover should , "be sdwn before he thinks of buying seed, and by, the ; time he is able to get the seed it 'is , getting late, consequently he fails to get a stand and is ready to say that his land is not suited to clover grow- ; ing..' ' . . v.."'.". y, The .price of clover , seed is also a big itemVin favor of saving the seed on the farm- where : they are to be ; sown. We can grow :and s ow our seed ' for less than half what they cost, besides we leave the Jand in an improved condition .where the 'seeds , are grown., . . V Again, if we grow our own seed we will seed much larger acreages to this king of. cover crops. I have for a number of years been lavirigmy"owncldver"seed-andsince" then have seldom failed to get a good -stand. ; I try to save as many as I need and if I have more than I sow I always find iready buyers for the surplus. JOHN A. . BOONE, . . Franklintori, N. C cause of its-being a-small patch, I inch wide at f; the .-bottom. They waited till I took.the mower near it should ; benerth. mch: apart, at to cut some oats for hay;; When the . the top .side.: 'This will make them" oats had been, cut the dew was all ne inch apart at - the bottom. As "gone and the ciover, which was :dead. may be xpecte ripe was very dry. ::, The feet of thei mre or lesbut.they are easily tin horses and the wheels of the mower clogged, and wilt save many seed in and rake shattered at least five-sixths a day; if kept going. If covered on of the seeds. By the time I got the' f top with asheet of iron they will last' hay into the barn it looked like straw Jonger and alsa lo better work, only. The leaves had fallen off before Those who. haveV large acreage of harvesting; the seed, in haryestii.gr. ; clovers might f find it- economical to Yet, when last, fall - I threshed it,; make a much wider seed box and sus which I did by putting an armful or pend it on the axle; and wheels of a two at a time on a sheet and beating ?(hayjake. it and rolling it about a few times to die this larger , machine "easily, a separate the seed from the straw, Iv four-foot box uld;De placed on the found that I had a three-bushel bas-: cutter bar of .a mowing 'machine, thus ket packed full of seed. The thresh- ; allowing the .'team to walk on clover ing took not over one hour. - stubble instead jof where the clover When time came to sow clover, last is standing. ; :,; ' -. .x : f alf I had my own seed.; I of course The important Jtfiing is for every had to sow it by hand; yet by using farmer "who has - any clover to. make a handle basket " holding .about a rea(jv tQ bushel I sowed it almost, as quickly as ;sav time. If I could have sown the same land .with he waits until-; farm ;woirk is on with cleaned seed .in a sower. I ;think a rush,thVhariccs are he will not every seed must have germinated. L be ready when the. seed ripen, and got an almost perfect ian4;TeguUr,ip seed stand. . - ; ; . i . v t .,- ; . : ; v ? Pan't this ' fall.; "Ko doubt several : Seeing my. mistakes, I ;saiof to my- farmers who have small areas will co self : "To prevent shattering of the,: operate; faking1 amachine, thus seed, I will cut it, rake it; and haul it reducing ,the individual cost to a mm- ' when it is somewhat damp with dewimum.t;. ,P:C:"R. HUDSON, Now just a word 'to the editors as a result of devoting' one issue bf --l-y- The Progressive Farmer to this sub- ,, " Tf ' v.; n i n ject, you shall, get only 1,000 men to , Important to Potato Growers saye their ' own crimson" seed that -"THE Department of Agriculture has you will influence several timesw that,-;l sent out the1 following telegram number, I do not doubt you will , to experiment stations : have made a great contribution to .'The rapid spread of powdery mil, the "New Agriculture of the South." dew' in; Aroostook Xounty, Maine,- JUrtiN ti. UAVlb, and the difficulty; whichjias develop- ed in detecting"" ty "any practicable p inspection the presence of slight in fection .with this, disease has led the Department -.Jo - discontinue further certification' -,of : seed stock from the ' infected - districts of Maine Ripley, Miss. A CLOVER SEED STRIPPER THAT IS CHEAP AND EFFECTIVE 838 Stores Bldg.. New York 1 miko anywacron a sprlnsfwasron. Frarent damage to tees, fruit, etc.. on road to market Soon itva cost produce brings more "wagon lasts longer. MADE LIKE FINEST AUTO SPRINGS Very resilient and durable. The standard springs of America since IVS9. 40 sues fit any wagon sustain load up to S tons. If not at dealer's, write us. Catalog and fistful of proof free. HARVEY S-RIH8 C0.r 738.1 71h SI., JUCIKE. . DON'T WAIT TOO LATE TO SAVE THE CLOVER SEED GUARANTEED PARCEL POST BOXES Ship Eggs, Dressed Fowls, Fruit, Butter, : etc.; by parcel post direct to your customers. :K"HfcD'? BOXES '; neet all Government requirements snar Qateeaae delivery of products. Madeia Tarious siiapes ana Sizes strong, light and sanitary. Protect contents from heat, cold fnd moisture Send today for free booklet, How to Pftcu it for Parcel Post." The HINDIS A DAUCII PA PElt Co. A ni. - emnuuskv, Ohio. I w i i ! n m m i --w III I.iL.TV fJ8V TY0UR1DEA9 AHrMl MVtWtM l.ait. iI2S,tBook How to Ob1 Patenr' ii "What tn inv.nt" pont h.a a-miA roncrh akateh for frea rnnnft ability. Patents advertised (or sale at our expense la- Manufacturers' Journal. aureus: & CHANDLEE, Patent 947 JEJStttek Waablngton. O. IV - BLACK MOLASSES Best and Cheapest Stock Food. 50-gallon barrel for $6. v Write for delivered price on large lots. Tile d. !. GAFWEY CO., Dept. P.F NewOrleans. La. r Our - greatest ' offer fs 'one old subscriber AJtd one new subscriber both' one vpsr fn li.60. , Get ' neighbor not now subscribing to Join you on this proposition when you (Prize Letter) PH ERE was more crimson clover A sown in the South-last fall than0 ever before. A large proportion ,of these sowings were made by persons trying itvfor the first time in the. way. of experiments, "and therein lies no inconsiderable; part joi their valnei' -Now when these farmers .find out that, it is a good thing they will want to sow again. . .Yet,' because, of., the: most nfohahle reduction iti the -amount-of -clover- seed imported irom Europe, .they may find, seed .high in price . or not to be obtained at all. In such case, to save our own seed will be much better than to pay a greatly increased price, not onlv ' from an economical . standpoint,- but because it will both, increase the supply of seed and lower the price of seed to those who must buy, because of de creased demand by the saving of such home-'grbwn'-seed Since he can help both himself and his neighbors at.the same time, every man, or. group of men near, enough together to cooperate, whose crop is large enough to justify the use of the best .machinery, should . make ar rangements to save the ""crop . most economically. -'.:;;;" But what about the man who has only one-half of an acre or one acre ? He,- too, can save enough seed for his own use another year, with very little trouble and expense I know because I have tried it. A made a suc cess despite the several serious mis takes in the operation mistakes that could have been easily avoided. Last ; spring I left a small plot, about bne-fifth' ofan acre, to ripen for seed. About one-ha,lf the plot was s o poor in soil that the clover made almost no growth. -. ;- Mistake number one was in letting it get too ripe before harvesting. Be- Study the Illustration on the Front and ANew -York. 'The public should r-Page,.of Last Week's Progressive be fwamed 'that., all' seed potatoes Farmer and Make Your Stripper hitherto"tshippedr from the infected Now ,'s ' t districts of - Maine and New York i .. ., . . . i WE BEG place in your columns to 7 min powaery scau, wnciuc .call the attention of farmers to ccr !ed - only. Federal the, importance of saving Jail the "rtlfic!tl?n of .potatoes as a condi- clover seed possible during the spring. Heretofore we have been purchasing tion - of ; interstate 1 movement from the infected districts hereafter will Get These Books and Bulletins - . vearlv some $4. 000 000 tn ffiK nno iaDie stock poiavoes. worth of these, seed from European The, certificates' that have been is countries. This supply -will not be sted are? First, a white certificate, available for this fall's planting,' This denotes "that 4he ' seed were whether the war continues or stops, from clean'land and no mildew found Further, much of the clover sown in on' inspections Second, a blue certifi-: this country, last fail has been killed ' cate, denoting that the seed are from by the freezes we have had during a district in which the powdery mil Jhe Lwjnter, Seed necessarily will be dew has not appeared. Third, a yej-high-priced this faff at plant ingtimeT 0 wTtrert ifi cat e.7 Potatoes-with-Ji The Southern "farmer is just learn- certificate are not guaranteed and ing the value of leguminous winter should not be used for seed purposes. . cover crops. It would be a calamity . ; . - - " W. F. MASSEY. tor our supply of clover seed to be short at this stage of our development "in the growing of this valuable cropY Therefore it behooves . every farmer- . Who has even a small patch of clover, Tofi may get kny. of the following bulletins to save from it all the seed he can. fey apPfyingto the address given; w Tr hi cs been fnnA tlw t, books may he had of The Progressive Farmer . it nas Deen iound that home-grown at prices mentioned seed have more vitality than import-. Alabama Experiment Station. Auburn, Ala. , ed seed. They can be saved at a cost Buetin Jo. iss, Irish Potatoes. . . of from 50 cents to SI oer arre ' ' Tennessee State r Departrnent of Affr rpi . . L! TVi .-Per acre ture, Nashville, Tenn. February, llf Jf1 1 he picture On the .front page of letln. Analysis of Commercial Fertilizers. . , last week's Progressive Farmer shows : hJO :eperhnent station, Wooster, omjj a machine, the, body or box of which ?0et IS 'three feet wide. This will easily Bulletin No.- 267he" Value of Soy Bean harvest three acres per day. It can and Alfalfa Hay m Milk Production; , be cheaply made by anv farmer who T u"rtin Ko. 270, Experiments m a. ' xraerwno Lamb Production; - : can handle tools, and can be made of ' Circular No. lit. Spraying Farm Orchards any size desirable. It consists mainly by the ciub. Plan; m (or - : Of a Wide box without top. with teeth Circular - No. 149'; Sprayin-r Pro? of imorl nnlr ftU j i. n Orchards -With Combtoationscommcno ISnrl 2 ? handlC lar No. 150. Tree Fillip and Wound behind for adjusting the height of the Dressings for Orchard and Shade Trees. teeth according to the height of the Circular No. 151 Methods of Soil ste ciover. '-"rims is swung on an axle on - "i. Aricuito'e- Old waron or Zu.f .? : ted, Btates Department tAic No. Shafts attached. A two-wheeled rarf 64 Crimson Clorerr .Seed Production. would ; answer well for this titirnncia -w ine bottom Of the Seed box should be treats of the following subjects: Farni , about -Six inches above rrA n .and BuIWlnaUr power. Farm "T-oo Farm ..i teeth should be one and one-fourth Drainage and jmsration: The cost rtng inche, wide on top and one-hlf ?'ul '
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