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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1913.
FOR SALE
3,0.00*bushels Cleveland’s Bitf
Boll Cotton Seed, the best cot
ton ln # the world. Bushel, $1;
"5 bushel lots 90 cents bushel;
10-bushel lots 85 cents bushel;
60-bushcl lots or more 75
cents bushel.
2,000 bushels Cook’s Improv
ed, same price as Cleveland.
1,000 bushels Early Triumph
and 3,000 bushels Broadwell’s
Double .lointed, the two best
early, varieties $1 bushel; 10-
bushel lots or more 90 cents.
Sanders’ Improved. Marl
boro Prolific and Batts Im
proved Corn, peck, $1; bushel
S3.
Fancy Berkshire pigs sired by two
great boars, one a 6on of the $4,000
Star Value, other a son of the 1910
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Agricultural College. Athens, Ga.
Growing Corn and Cotton on Sandy Loam
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Best yielding variety tested at Georgia State
Collage of Agriculture for four years. More
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number of tests. The corn for those Interested
in increasing yield or In contests for greatest
yield, per pk.. $1.00: half bu., $1.75; bu. $3.00
f.o.b. Carefully selected by originator and
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Helena, Ga.
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FOR SALE—COW PEAS
Mix $2.00 bu., Iron $2.50 fan., Wliips
$2.25 bu., Clays $2.25 bu. P. O. B.
F. A. BUSH, Richland, Ga.
Fish Will Bite
like hungry wolves, fill your net
trap or trot line if you bait with
Magic-Fish-Lure.
Best fish bait ever discovered. Over 60.000 boxes
sold to fishermen last season. Write for price list
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H. J. C., Abbeville, Ga., writes: I
have some second and third year land
of a sandy loam type which was plant
ed to pease the ^irst year, and has been
planted to corn, and cbtton since. I
wish to put it in com an$ cottofi this
year except what has been sown to oats,
and would like a good fertilizer formula
for both. I am breaking the land with
a two-horse plow 7 to 9 inches deep.
Land of the charactex* described in
your letter will respond better to fer
tilizers when you can supply a fafr
amount of vegetable matter. You
should therefore make every effort to
secure any yard manure possible and
use It under the drill row at the rate
ot one to two' or more tons per acre,
depending on the amount you can se
cure. If you have no manure, use all
the leaf mold and litter possible. Mix
with .the manure or litter about four or
five days before planting corn or cotton
about 300 to 400 pounds of fertilizer.
Under cotton we would suggest that you
should use about a 9-3-3. If the cotton
shows a tendency to rust use 5 per cent
of potash. For corn we would advise
the use of a 10-3-5. A side application
of 100 to 200 pounds of the above form
ula may be put on the corn and cotton
thirty days to six weeks after the crop
is up. Nitrate of soda as a top dress
ing may often be used on corn at the
rate of 100 pounds per acre to good
advantage. Most farmers make the
mistake of putting it on too late. We
think it well to mix the fertilizer and
litter thoroughly with the subsoil by
means of a bull tongue before bedding
for cotton. Of course we would prefer
to plant corn on the level or in a slight
water furrow. Probably this would be
the best practice on land which is sandy
and may often suffer from drouth on
that account owing to its rather leachy
nature.
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CULTIVATION OF GROUND PEAS.
W. D. C., Shellman, Ga., writes;
Please give me information on how to
raise ground peas, the best varieties to
plant In this section, and if sandy land
will make full pods?
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HITE’S PROLIFIC COTTON SEED
A Justly celebrated variety—very prolific and yielding 40 per cent lint. From 1 to
2% bales cotton per acre with application 1,000 pounds fertilizer may be raised where
climatic conditions are favorable.
It fruits better than any other variety. I recommend it to the up-to-date farmer.
A limited quantity of seed for sale. Price $1.00 per bushel f.o.b. Augtista.
G. H. NIXON, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
HI; i
Fertilize for Fruit,
Not for Foliage
A study of the formulas of fertilizers often
recommended for fruits would give the idea
•diet foliage and rapid growth is what you seek.
The most of them lack fruit-producing
POTASH
Ally fertilizer for fruits should contain^ least 12 per cent,
available Potash. The only Potash Salts that are safe for
citrus fruits are Sulfate of Potash and Sulfate of Potash
Magnesia .(double manure salt).
Applications of such a fertilizer should begin at planting and
continue during the life of the tree. It means earlier and longer
bearing, larger yields, better grades and shipping quality, and a
hard, solid, growth of wood. In all these ways Potash Pays.
. If your dealer doesn’t carry 12 per cent. Potash brands or
••Potash Salts, write to us for prices. We will sell any amount from
a 200-lb. bag. up. Write now for fertilizer formulas and how to
make them for Fruit Culture, and special free, pamphlet. Orange
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You know that if you can keep your hogs healthy as shoats,
keep tnem free from germs and worms, they will have no cholera.
This book will tell you just how to proceed. How to get the
germ first. How to keep the hogs in prime condition, strong
and healthy and able to resist diseases.
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keeps the hog on full feed throughout the dry food stage,
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your own conclusions and
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Sf. Louis, Mo.
The peanut gives its best result on a
sandy loam soli, the brightest shells
being produced on light-colored sandy
land, and hence command the most
ready sale on the market at remunera
tive prices. Larger yields are some
times obtained on stiff lands than on
light soils, but it is important to re
member that the dark color of the nuts
in heavy lands Is objectionable, and
they can not be grazed to such ad
vantage on these soils when they are
wet. Lime should be applied to all
lands intended for peanuts. An appli
cation of one ton of the finely ground
raw rock on the surface of the ground
after It is broken is advisable. It should
be broadcasted and worked into the soil
with a harrow. It? should be applied at
least two weeks before any fertilizer is
used. A good formula for peanuts is
about a 9-1-5 used at the rate of 300
pounds per acre and upwards. Five
hundred pounds is probably a fair
amount to apply. Peanuts are best
planted after a hoed crop, as there are
likely to be fewer weeds and less grass
to contend with. The nuts should be
planted on low flat ridges. There are 1
planters on the market which open, drop
and cover all at one time, but of course
hand planting may be followed. The
proper depth Is 1 1-2 to 2 inches, and
the distance between the rows from 3 to
3 1-2 feet, and between the hills 8 to 12
inches. The planting of peanuts may
commence in April in the southern part
of the United States. Jhe Spanish pea
nuts require about four months to ma
ture a crop. It is especially valuable
for grazing purposes, * though it is also
used largely in the manufacture of pea
nut brittle. Among the best commer
cial varieties are the Virginia Runner,
Virginia Bunch and the North Carolina.
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UTILIZING YARD MANURE ADVAN
TAGEOUSLY.
W. W. M., Atlanta, Ga., writes: I have
sixty-eight cows and only six acres of
land on which to use the manure. I ex
pect to plant all of it in corn. Would you
advise the use of any chemical or com
mercial fertilizer in connection with this
large amount of manure?
Yard manure is not a well balanced
source of plant food for crops. It Is
rather low in phosphoric acid though
fairly well supplied witft nitrogen and
potash. Where one has 1 as much as
twenty or more tons of this material to
use per acre only a moderate amount of
fertilizer can be used to advantage.
This .should consist in our judgment
principally of phosphoric acid. We would
advise the application of as much as
500 pounds of 16 per cent acid phosphate
where one desires to grow an extra large
crop of corn. You can surfeit land with
yard manure in that you supply too
much nitrogen and stimulate an undue
growth of the-crop. If you desire to
put the corn grown on this area of
land in the silo,/there is not much dan
ger of making the growth too large. If
you desire to produce grain, only a
moderate amount of manure should be
applied. We think twenty pounds per
acre would be about the maximum
amount to use. The experience of
farmers and experimenters indicates
that moderate amounts- o.f yard manure
more frequently giye-hetteiv-i'.esults than
the use of excessiv.O v 'atti'du‘nts applied
every three or four years. Where you
have an abundance of manure scatter
it broadcast on the surface of the land i
and plow it down if you have not al-1
ready-, turned your soil. If this has been j
done put it on the surface of the ground
and work in well with a disk.
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FERTILIZING WARM RED LAND.
J. P. G., Montieello. Ga.. writes: I j
have some red clay land that is much
run down, and want you to suggest a
fertilizer formula^ using cotton seed mea»
as the. source of* nitrogen. I used a 12-
,'1-3 last year with nitrate of soda as a
source of nitrogen and did not like it
so well, as the nitrogen gave out too
soon. I want to make a compost with
a lot of leaves and pine straw. What
should I mix with it to rot it soon?
area so you can compare the effect with
applications of fertilizer on another
tract.
We think a good formula for cotton
on land such as' you describe which has
been well prepared' would be about an
8. r 3-4. We hardly think there is any
need of applying a formula running as
high as 12 per cent in phosphoric acid
on lands in your section of the state.
For corn, of coyrse, 9 ,or 10 per cent
of this element might be used to ad
vantage and possibly 5. per cent of pot
ash should be used ,in place of the 4 as
suggested for cotton. We think you
’Will fii^ds, it well to Use A top dressing of
nitrate of soda on your corn at the rate
of 100 pounds per acre, and possibly an
application on cotton will prove advan
tageous, especially as the land is no
doubt low in vegetable matter.
Personally, we would not advise any
thing to reduce a compost. Caustic lime
will effect this end'but. it will set free
a good, deal of the nitrogen. If you
keep the compost well forked over and
wet it will decay very rapidly. We
would not mi^ fertilizer with compost
but would apply it separately in the
bottom of the drills and mix the fer
tilizer well with it by means of a bull
tongue. Then bed on top of the fer
tilizer and compost and plant ten days
or so after applying^ the fertilizer. We
think that where one contemplates an
application of as much as 500 pounds
of fertilizer per acre most of it must
be put under the drill row. On lands
that are thin and tend to leach possi
bly part of it may be put on as a side
application, but not over 100 to 200
pounds.
You may prepare a formula such as
has been suggested by mixing together
1,000 pounds of high grade acid phos
phate, 400 pounds of dried blood con
taining not less than 13 jer cent of ni
trogen. 160 pounds of muriate of pot
ash and 440 pounds of dry earth. You
may replace the blood by cotton seed
meal using 700 pbunds containing not
less than 6.18 per cept of nitrogen, and
140 pounds of nitrate of soda.
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A FORAGE MIXTURE FOR DAIRY
COWS.
E. C. B., F.ilburn, Ga., writes: Would
syrup cane seed and Whippoorwill peas
sown together make a good forage for
milk cows in the winter? Is it good
to feed oats with meal and hulls,^ and
also oats in the bundle? Feeds'tuffs
are so high people will have a raise
their feed at home and quit buying so
much.
Sorghum sown with Whippoorwill
peas makes a very good forage for
dairy, cows, provided these crops are
mixed in ,the right ,proportion. It the
'mixture consists almost entirely of
Sbrghum it will not give you as good
results when fed to dairy cows as where
the peas predominate. We would sug
gest tlie admixture of one peck of sor.
ghum of the Red Head variety with a
bushel of Whippoorwill peas. We would
prefer drilling th«,seeid into-the ground
so as to secure a uniform stand. Broad
casting does not give ks good results ac
cording to our observation as when
sown wity the machine. Some people
prefer to sow these crops in drills three
feet apart. We are inclined to think
that closer sowing will be better as it
tends to keep the sorghum smaller and
liner, and thus it is more readily eaten.
Oats may be fed in’the head to dairy
epws with satisfaction, Cotton seed
meal and hulls should be fed in proper
proportion and according to the weight
of the animals. For a 1,0000 pound
cow feed about 4 to 6 pounds of cotton
seed meal per head per day depending
on the flow of milk she is giving. The
larger amount will be about for a cow
giving two gallons of milk or more per
day. The hulls should We fed freely
but hot to excess; fust what the cow
will eat up clean. r ~ Give her a buTich
or so of oats at each feed. This com
bination will be well suited to the needs
of a cow, though of course she will al
ways do better where you can supply
her with some green feed.
...
DANGER IN SOWING JOHNSON
GRASS.
L. L. C., Edgemoor, S. C„ rites: I
Would like to know where I can pur
chase some Johnson grass seed. I have
two acres of muck bptton land which is
subject to overflow which I would like
to sow in oats and Jdhnson grass about
the first of March, and would appreciate
any adviceyoucangiveme.
Rand which has been rented out for
a series of years and improperly farmed
is difficult to bring up all at once, and
commercial fertilizer alone will not do
the work. This land must be deeply
broken and thoroughly tilled and have
vegetable matter added to it through
the use of yard manure, compost or
green crops plowed under. The green
crops will enable you to build up the
land more rapidly than can be accom
plished in any other way. This land
would no doubt be benefited by appli
cations of* lime. We would suggest that
you apply a ton of the raw crushed rock
on two or three acres and see what re
sult you obtain from its use. Do not
use any commercial fertilizef on this
No doubt you' realize that when you
establish Johnson grass on a soil of
the type mentioned , in your letter it
will be almost impossible to ever get
rid of it. If you arn successful in
confining its growth to the area of land
it question, you will be more fortunate
than most farmers who have experi.
mented with it. It is true that John
son grass makes a very good hay and
that it is a vigorous growing plant and
may be cut more than once a year. It
id also well adapted for growth on sit
uations such as you describe and will
help to prevent erosion, but,in spite of
your best efforiaiigome of jt will go to
seed and tend' to rvash down on other
landA on your far&vamj; infest them.
It wily also be oajyied #0wh.tb neigh
boring farms, jj'fo reclaim land and
make it profitable for. the, 'growth of
other crops after it oitce-i-econies thor
oughly infested wttfeV. Johnson grass is
a most 'lifflcuU'jiid. ekasfredfejing under
taking, and the . writer -is: familiar
with any areas of land of Considerable
size , where the woijt, has been success
fully accomplished' 1 -
On this same land'we think you can
sow red top. timothy and alsike clover
to good advantage. * These can be eas
ily controlled and will make you an
excellent quality of hay. We .would
suggest that you use them in the place
of the Johnson grass.- Mix one bushel
cf recieaned red top seed with 6 pounds
of timothy and .10 pounds of alsike
clover and scatter uniformly over the
ground and work in ’ with a brush har
row as early as danger of hard freezing
is past. We would think it better to
seed the grass by itself or with a very
light scattering of oats of barley.
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IMPROVING LAND BY GREEN CROPS.
J. A. B., Greenville, Ga., writes: I
have a very poor piece of land I want
to build up. It is mulatto land and
sets very hard and runs together and
crusts. I have no barnyard manure. I
would like information in regard to turfp-
ing under green crops. I want to raise
mostly corn, cotton and peas. Could I
sow a late variety of cowpeas in corn
the last of June and turn them under
just before frost? Would it pay to in
oculate the peas? When is the best
time to lay cotton by?
The land to which you refer is of a
type found in small areas throughout
the state of Georgia and is very .diffi
cult to Improve. This is due to its
very stiff and tenacious character. We"
thitik land of this kind will respond
to liming, and though caustic lime will
result In the loss of a certain amount
of nitrogen, we believe you should use
it liberally on soil of this type. We
would advise an application of at least
two tons per acre. Get the lime in the
most active condition possible and dis
tribute it in small piles at even dis
tances over the area of land, and after
It slakes scatter broadcast over ths
ground. The lime should be put on after
the land has been plowed. We would
grow cowpeas and velvet beans on this
land for two or three years in succes
sion, turning the crop under in the fall
and following with oats. The oats
should be cut for bay and the ground
devoted to a leguminous crop again. In
this way you incorporate vegetable mat
ter which will tend to improve the char
acter of the land. Such l&nd will some
times not yield to any treatment calcu
lated to Improve it until it is thoroughly
underdrained. ,
Green crops may be turned under for
soil improvement without injury to the
soil provided they are allowed to suf
ficiently mature and the work is done
at the best season of the year, which
will be in the late summer or early
fall, or again in the early spring. You
can plant cowpeas in corn, but if you
plant the corn thick enough to insure a
good yield, the cowpeas will not make
a large return. We think you will build
up your soil more rapidly and secure
a better return for your money if you
put the cowpeas on an area by them
selves. Of course if you expect to turn
them under for soil improvement this
should be done before frost strikes them.
Ordinarily, we hardly think it neces
sary to inoculate peas, soy beans, velvet
beans or other large seeded legumes.
The smaller and finer ones often re
spond to this treatment advantageously.
If your land is acid, of course, legumes
will not grow on it to advantage. Treat
ment with lime will overcome this diffi
culty.
Cotton should not be laid by until it
spreads across the rows so that work
ing it is liable to knock off the squares
or bolls. In other words, cultivation
should be kept up as late in the season
as possible.
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GOOD VARIETIES OF SEED CORN
AND COTTON.
G. C. E., Temple, Ga., writes: I am
wanting to get some good seed of corn
and cotton. I want a strain that will
prepare me for the boll weevil. I would
like a medium .early big 13011 cotton that
Is more prolific than what I am using.
Good varieties of corn and cotton are
hard to secure, as you no doubt know
from your long experience as a ^farmer.
Naturally there is no one best variety
of either crop since climate and soil
and seasonal conditions affect the yield
of varieties materially. Among the
early varieties of cotton which have
been tested at the college and made a
good record may be mentioned Broad-
wells, Langford, Cleveland’s Big Boll,
Pullnot and Green’s Prolific. We sug
gest that you try some of these varie
ties. Unfortunately, several of them
would be classed as small boiled varie
ties like the Broadwell. The Langford
is a big boiled variety, while the Cleve
land and Pullnot would be classed as
medium varieties. Other varieties which
have given good results here but , would
be classed as medium varieties as''to
maturity are Culpepper, Russell’s Green
Seed, Bowden’s Prolific and' Mortgage
Lifter, and also Cook’s Improved. The
latter variety is somewhat- prone to de
velop anthraqnose and on that account
should be introduced on to new lands
with extreme caution. j
There are a number of prolific varie
ties of corn well adapted for cultivation
on uplands. You certainly have a good
type of the prolific in Marlboro. You
Will also fln$ the. .^Hastings, Cocke’s,
Batts and Whatley all good varieties.
The Cocke’s Prolific is probably the
flintiest type and most resistant to wee
vil on that account.
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ACID SOILS AND CROP PRODUC
TION.
O. B., Dublin, Ga., writes: My land
is Slightly acid by the litmus paper test
Is a little acidity detrimental to corn,
cotton, grain, etc? How about peas, vel
vet beai^s, clovers, vetch, etc What ef
fect has acidity on germination of
seed? My well water^shows exactly the
same acidity as my land. Is it all
right for drinking A spring just 300
yards below my well is slightly alka
line.
Land should be neutral for the devel
opment of most farm crops to the best
advantage. The following crops are
benefited by applications of lime: can-
teloups, peas, peanuts, tobacco, sor
ghum, alfalfa, clover, barley, wheat,
oats, grass and fruits. Rye, potatoes,
millet red top and cotton are consid
ered indifferent. Watermelons are in
jured by applications of lime. C<up is
sometimes classed as indifferent, but in
most of the experiments conducted in
this country it has responded u to the
use of lime. You will see, therefore,
that for most farm crops a soil which
is neutral is the most desirable. Where
the soil shows acidity by the litmus
test, it is probable that moderate ap
plications of lime will prove quite ben
eficial, and especially would this be true
with the list of leguminous crops w’hich
you have mentioned. A slight amount
of acidity is not likely to affect ger
mination unfavorable as there is an
abundance of soil water in th? land
when most spring crops are planted.
Of course, where strong acidity devel
ops germination is likely to be ohecked
and injury may result. There is no
objection to using well water which j
shows a slight acidity. This is no j
doubt due to the fact that water seep- I
ine through the land takes up some j
salts which account? for its acidity. The !
spring to which you 4 refer seeps
through a different area or formation
and hence is more neutral, as your lit-
nibs paper \indicates.
Grow V/2 Bales Cotton
Where Only 1 Grew
Before
One te> one-and-a-half and even two bales of cotton, or 60 to 90
bushels of corn per acre, require little more labor than smaller yields.
Simply use liberally the right fertilizer or plant food to the acreag®
you plant, and cultivate the crop more thoroughly and oftener.
You cannot be too careful in selecting fertilizers and seeds.
Your soil deserves the best plant foods which are
V irginia-Car olina
High-Grade
Fertilizers
They are made to give Available Phosphoric Acid, Ammonia o?
Kitrogen, and Potash in the right combination for greatest yields.
These fertilizers produce big crops of COTTON, CORN, RICE,
TOBACCO, FRUITS, PEANUTS and TRUCK.
I Virginia-Carolina
Chemical Co. -
Box 1117
VIRGINIA
Tertilijery
rinifrCaroliffl
'Chemfeza
CO.
RICHMOND
1A
GULF OF MEXICO
||/|ore than a
hale per acre
That was the rate of yield from Alabama land, top
dressed at the rate of 100 pounds per acre with
Nitrate of Soda
It matures cotton before the boll weevil affects it. In drought
it keeps the plant from shedding its bolls.
Free Book on the Cultivation of Cotton
which I have prepared, bearing especially on fertilization of cotton and con*
trol of the boll weevil 5 tells how to grow big crops at little cost.
Director
Chilean
Nitrate
Propaganda
-9. .-a; 1
'&S"
17 Madison
Avenne
New York
No Branch
Offices
The Very Finest CABBAGE PLANTS AMERICA
are those which we are now ready to ship in our famous
EARLY JERSEY, CHARLESTON WAKEFIELD, SUCCES
SION and FLAT DUTCH varieties.
These plants ar© grown from the most carefully selected seed and are un
usually hardy and frost proof. Seldom injured by even the severest cold.
Every shipment positively guaranteed to reach you in flrstclnss condition.
Order today before the rush. Your complete satisfaction is assured.
Prices 1.000 to 4,000, $1.25 per M.; 5,000 to 8.00O, $1.00 per M ; M,000 to
15,000, OQc per M.; 16.0C0 to 25,000 85c per M.; 26,000 to 85.000. 80c per N
86.000 to 50,000, 75c per M. Special prices on larger lots. Also have fine
lettuco and onion plants at same prices. Will be glad to name delivered
prices upon request. Write for catalog.
D. Q. TOWL ES, Young’s Island, S. C.
i "0 C
'I H C Quality Shows in
Service
W E could sell wagons for less
money, but we don’t care to
sell that kind of wagon. YVe
want your second order, and your third,
and every order you give for a wagon. We
can’t be sure of getting those orders unless
the first wagon you buy from us proves so
satisfactory that you would not think of
going anywhere else for the second. We
have to tell you how good our wagons are
to get your first order. After that, we ex
pect the wagon itself to do the selling.
I H C wagons
Weber New Bettendorf
Columbus Steel King
are made of selected, high-grade material throughout.
Come with us to the works where these wagons are
built, and see the tremendous sheds where the lumber
is air-dried—seasoned out of doors—for three years or
more before it is used. Do you know the
difference between air-dried and kiln-dried
wood ? One process takes years of time, and
leaves the fibres of the wood filled with and
cemented together by the natural resinous
residue of the sap. The other requires only
a few days’ time, drives out all the sap, resin
and all, and leaves the wood brittle and weak.
18®?.
Air drying produces elastic lumber, wagon parts that
bend and give under loads and strains, but that come
back to their original position when the strain is
removed.
Weber and Columbus wagons have wood gears; New
Bettendorf and Steel Kin^ have steel gears. Tjia I H C
local dealer knows which wagon is best suited to your
work and will give you catalogues and full informa
tion about the wagon he sells. See him, or, if you
prefer, write
International Harvester Company of America
(Incorporated)
CHICAGO USA