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PRESENT GENERATION OWES DEBT OF TREES TO FUTURE No Community Can Afford to Neglect Arbor Day Because of Effect It Has on Attitude Toward Care of Trees A crutch would have seemed more natural than a’mattock, for the man was very old and bent and wrinkled, and his hands trembled even when he leaned on the mattock handle to speak to the young man in the road. 1 Yet he was digging lustily at a deep 1 hole, preparing to plant a young oak. The young man pulled up his horse at the yard gate. “Grandsire Green,” he said, “it would be natural for me to plant trees because I might live to enjoy their shade and their beau i ty. but you—why don’t you go enjoy yourself and leave that sort of hard work to us younger fellows?” “Well, my boy,” replied the old man, “I found trees here when I ■ came into the world more than eighty i years ago. and when I go out of ' the world I want to leave some trees 1 here for the people who are to fol j low me.” Why should not every man feel I the same way about it? George Pea j body said, “Education is a debt due : from the present to future genera tions.” Trees are just as much so. I. The great trees that one stands rev erently in awe of are not attained in a lifetime. They are creatures of the .centuries. The grandchildren of our grandchildren can know noth ing of the sublimity and the charm of the kind that grow in the open unless' we plant them. Observe Arbor Day That is one of the things that the; United States department of agri culture has In mind when it says that no community can afford to neglect Arbor day. But it has a great many other things in mind, too. Nothing helps more to behutify a city or a town than trees, and few things so educate the people in public spirit and foresight as the care of trees. The celebration of Arbor day by the planting of trees, say the depart ment specialists, is an assumption of an all-the-year-round responsibil ity. There is quite much need for the care of tre*2 and shrubs as for actual planting. In the past, the planting of trees on Arbor day has usually been in school grounds and parks. Recently, it has been the means of arousing interest in roadside plantings, both in city and country. Some objection has been made th > trees along the roadside on the ground that they hinder drying out after wet weather. This holds good if the road is poorly bu»ilt; but trees are actually an aid in keeping a well built road dry, if they are not plant ed too close. The roots, by constant ly taking in water, assist in drain age, and the tops, by breaking the force of driving rains, prevent washes in the roadway. The most important use of trees by the road side, however, is the prevention of dust. Dust IS the cementing mate rial in macadam roads, and if it is loosened and blown away the break ing up of the road is hastened. Hillsides Need Trees What the trees do for the roads they do also for the forested hill sides. Wherever there are no for ests on the hills and mountains the rain and melted snow rushes off in a torrent, digging out great gullies and carrying away the fertile soil. Where there is a forest the trees protect the soil from the beating of the rain; the roots lead the water deep into the ground, to be stored up there and gradually fed out by springs all the year round; the leaf litter absorbs and holds the water like a sponge; the trunks and roots prevent the rapid run-off of the wa ter and bind the soil together. The forest is of tremendous benefit in preventing both floods and drought; it is in reality a natural storer of water. It is highly desirable, often imperative, therefore, that the water sheds of navigable streams and those upon which towns, cities, irrigation projects, and water power plants de pend for their supply should be for ested. The greatest value of Arbor day lies in its effect upon people’s at titude toward the trees that are al ready growing; for manifestly there are thousands of trees of natural origin to every one planted by man. The average citizen is only now be ginning to realize the necessity for taking care of these trees, having never before considered that they needed any care. How to Plant Trees Here is the department of agri culture method of planting trees: Cut off the ends of all broken or mutilated roots and remove all side branches. Dig holes at least three feet in diameter and two feet deep. If the soil is poor they should be four feet BRING PEACH TREES UP IN THE WAY THEY SHOULD GO The finest peach that any man ever saw was the one away at the end of the topmost limb where it could not be reached without breaking the tree —and possibly the man's neck. Os course, like the fish that got away, it isn’t really any finer than some other peach, but it looks that way and causes a great deal of unhappi ness. Then, there is another very sad sight. A limb breaks under the weight.of a great many fine peaches, and the fruit you had expected to put to such excellent use shrivels and goes to waste. And the saddest thought of all is that both disasters could have been prevented by proper pruning. Not every peach grower realizes the im portance of pruning in its relation to his bank account or to his table supply of fruit, if he is growing only for home use. However, large or chard owners usually follow more or less closely some plan of system even though they may have no clean cut conception of just what their plan involves. The owner of a few trees frequently goes at it more hap hazardly than does one growing fruit on a commercial scale. The principal object sought in pruning, according to the United States department of agriculture pomologists, are: To modify the vigor of the tree; to keep the tree shapely and within bounds; to make the tree more stocky; to open the tree top to admit air and sunshine; to reduce the struggle for existence in the tree top; to remove dead or interfering branches; to renew the vigor of the trees; to aid .in stimu lating sufficient new wood growth and the development of fruit buds to secure good distribution of fruit to induce uniformity in the ripening of the fruit; to make thorough spraying possible; to facilitate the harvesting of the fruit. Prune in Early Spring In general, the proper time to prune peach trees is during the dor mant period, preferably in late win ter or early spring, just before growth starts, except in regions where bleeWing from wounds is like ly to occur. In such regions it should probably be done in early winter. But conditions and ,the ob ject of the pruning must be con sidered in each case. If the pruning operations are very extensive it may be necessary to prune throughout the winter when ever the vra®**-’.’ is suitable for men to buds are endangered during the win ter by adverse temperatures it may be advisable to delay pruning as much as economic conditions per mit until settled spring weather ar rives. This is especially advisable if heavy heading back of the previous season's growth is desirable for the sake of the tree, since if a large pro portion of the fruit buds are killed it may be best for the prospective crop not to cut back heavily. During the dormant periqd, be tween the first and second year, the first year’s growth, provided it has been thrifty and vigorous, should be headed back rather heavily. Perhaps one-half or two-thirds of the growth should be removed. How ever,’ this needs to be considered with a view to: The symmetry of the tree, its strength and vigor, and its future development. In order to provide for an open, well-formed head in later years, it may be nec essary to thin out some of the smaller, secondary branches. In do ing this, however, provision must be made for a uniform distribution of limbs so spaced that the open top desired will be insured, yet leav- lin diameter. Make the sides perpen dicular and the bottom flat. Break up the soil in the bottom to the depth of the spade blade. Place on the bottom twelve or fifteen inches of good top soil, placing at the top the fine soil free from sods or other decomposing matter. 'On the top of this layer spread the roots of the tree as evenly as possible and cover them with two ,or three inches of fine top soil. Tramp the soil down firmly with the feet, water thorough ly. and after the water soaks in fill the hole with good earth, leaving the surface loose and a little higher than the surface of the surrounding soil. When planted the trees should stand two or three inches deeper than they stood in the nursery. They should be planted far enough apart so that at maturity they will not be crowded. Dates of Arbor Day Alabama —February 22. Arizona —In five northern counties.. Friday following first day, of April. Elsewhere, Friday following first day of February. Arkansas First Saturday in March. California —March 7. Colorado —Third Friday in April. The governor issues a proclamation each year. Connecticut —In early May, by proclamation of the governor. Delaware —In April, by proclama tion of the governor. Florida —First Friday in February. Georgia—First Friday in Decem ber. Hawaii—First Friday in Novem ber. Idaho —Various dates in April se lected by county superintendents. Illinois—Proclamation of the gov ernor. Indiana —Third Friday in April each year. lowa —Proclamation of the gover nor. Kansas—Option of the governor. Kentucky—ln the fall by proclama tion. of the governor. No definite date. Louisiana —Second Friday in Jan uary by resolution of state board of education. ’ Maine—Option of the governor. Maryland—Second Friday in April. Proclamation of the governor. Massachusetts —Last Saturday ,ln ATTiI. Michigan Proclamation of the governor. Usually last Friday in April. Minnesota —Proclamation of the governor. Usually latter part of April. Missouri —First Friday after first Tuesday in April. Montana —Second Tuesday in May. Nebraska —April 22 (birthday of J. Sterling Morton). Act of legisla ture. Nevada —Proclamation of the gov ernor. New Hampshire—Proclamation of the governor. New Jersey—By law, second Fri day in April. New Mexico —Second Friday in March. Proclamation of the gover nor. New York—Friday following first of May. North Carolina —Friday after No vember 1. ' North Dakota—Option of the gov ernor. Ohio —Proclamation of the gover nor. About the middle of April. Oklahoma —Friday following the second Monday in March. Oregon—Second Friday in April. Pennsylvania—Proclamation of the governor. Porto Rico —Last Friday in Novem ber. Rhode Island—Second Friday in May. South Carolina —Third Friday in November. South Dakota—No law, but gener ally observed in April throughout the state. Tennessee—Appointed by county superintendents, in November. Texas —February 22. Utah —April 15, by statute. Vermont —Option of the governor. Usually first Friday in May. Virginia—Proclamation of the gov ernor. In the spring. West Virginia—Usually observed on the second Friday in April. Wisconsin—Proclamation of the governor. Usually the first Friday in May. Washington^—Proclamation of the governor. Usually the first Friday in May. Wyoming Proclamation of the governor. Usually the first Friday in May. ing an ample number of secondary branches. Pruning the second and third years does not differ in principle from that of the first. At each pruning, the previous season’s growth is headed back, though perhaps not quite as much as at the first prun ing. This, however, will depend upon the character of the growth and the condition of the. tree. If it is stocky and strong, less heavy shortening in heavily in order to serve the end in view, but long, slender, spindling growth should be shortened back as, severely after the second or third season as at the earlier pruning. At each subsequent pruning, the secondary branches require the same attention as at the first prun ing. The points which require par ticular attention are thinning out enough to keep the top open and shortening in heavily in order to produce a new growth of bearing wood evenly distributed throughout the top of the tree and on the in terior surfaces of the main limbs. Pruning After Third Year By the time peach trees are three or four years old they should be bearing good crops of fruit. After this they will make a smaller an nual growth under usual conditions than during the earlier years and less heading in will be required. In some seasons it may not be nec essary to cut back the terminal growth, though to do so will tend, as a rule, to develop the smaller secondary and side branches. Again, the extent of the heading back will be governed in some seasons by the abundance and condition of the fruit buds. If there has been win ter injury, or if the buds failed to form well the previous season, little or no -reduction of the pre vious season’s growth will be need ed. On the other hand, if the trees made a strong growth, an abundant set of fruit buds developed, and they have suffered.no injury, a cor respondingly heavy cutting back of the previous season’s growth may be advisable in order to thin the ffuit as much as is possible by tljat means. What It Costs To Ship Eggs by Parcel Post Average hens’ eggs will weigh about one and one-pounds to the dozen, or two ounces apiece. The weight of a single dozdn of eggs in a carton properly packed and wrapped for mailing will run from two to three pounds, depending on the na ture of the particular container, the size of the eggs and the packing and wrapping used. If the container be a very light one and the eggs small, the parcel may fall within the two pound limit, and the postage, there fore, within the first and second : zones, or 150-mile limit, would be six cents. Most parcels containing a dozen eggs will exceed two pounds, but will not reach three: therefore, the postage on them will be seven cents within the first and second zones. A parcel containing two dozen eggs will add perhaps two cents to the postage, though sometimes only one cent, depending on the nature of the container and the packing and wrapping. '. It Should be observed that the larger the parcel (within the size and weight limits) the cheaper is the package, as the first pound of STANDARDS COUNT AT HOME AND ABROAD, BUYERS FIND Recent Importations of Butter Bearing Well-Known For eign Brand Calls Attention to Value of Recognized Grades in Marketing—Federal Inspection Serv ice an Aid It was no less a person than Shakespeare's Hamlet who asserted that there was something rotten in Denmark. But whatever truth there may have been in that assertion, American butter interests today readily acknowledge that there is nothing impure in Denmark’s butter'. Danish butter usually is. of very good quality. That, in fact, is the reason that dairy and butter inter ests in the United States have been looking with a suggestion of concern —more than is deserved, perhaps— on the importation of Danish butter which has been taking place at New York recently at the rdte of several hundred casks weekly, each cask weighing 112 pounds. Experts use this incident to emphasize the les son which Denmark’s success in the butter business teachers with respect to standardization. While perhaps the greatest value resulting from the application of standards in Denmark lies in its benefit to that country’s export butter trade, in America a corresponding benefit could be en joyed in domestic trade, since our home butter consumption normally far exceeds our exports. A Recognized Brand The Danish government has a brand which the law provides can be placed on all butter meeting cer tain rather exacting requirements. This is the brand to be found on the casks which have been arriving at New York and which is recognized the world over as a guaranty of good quality. Experts in American dairy marketing problems point to the val ue of the Danish official mark not with the idea of advocating that this government adopt a similar plan of officially branding butter, but to em phasize in value which results from adopting recognized standards. They call attention to the fact that Ameri ca is producing much butter which scores as high or higher than the Danish importations. In some cases private brands are well enough known to profit fully by the high grade maintained. But this cannot be said of all American but ter to fine quality. Today no uni form grades are universally adhered to and consequently much butter has to be marketed at lower prices than it would otherwise bring, because it bears no brand or score indicating its real value. Apply Grades More Widely The government has established standards for scoring butter and WARNING TO MISSISSIPPI FARMERS Don’t Abandon Feed Crops For Hazard of Cotton Farmers of Mississippi will read with special interest the following statement, both timely and sound, prepared by Director R. S. Wilson, of the extension service, containing some valuable suggestions for im mediate use: “The time is approaching when farmers must decide finally as to what they are going to plant. “Indications are that in a portion of our state farmers are going rather heavily into cotton. The ex tension department has refrained from any strenuohs ‘cotton reduc tion’ campaign, as it seemed, to us that the experience of farmers for the past several years should* have established in their minds the wis dom of diversification. In the hili sections of Mississippi, especially, the iniquitous credit system has been practically abolished; farm ers, as rule, are out of debt, and bank deposits have doubled and trebled. This is no argument against cotton as a money crop, because it is, as a rule, our best money crop; but it is simply because our cotton money has gone into the bank rather than to other states to pay debts for supplies at prices, and furthermore, we had othar money crqps that brought us casm at all times of the year when it was most needed and we Were not de pendent upon one crop that was’ us ually dumped upon the market main ly during a period of from ninety to a hundred and twenty days. “It is not the function of the ex tv.ision department to attempt dictate to the people, but I would like to make a timely sugestion: Grain of' all kinds is high, relative ly about as high as cotton, and ow ing to an unusually unfavorable sea- Select Alfalfa Seed With Care This Year In view of the large importations of alfalfa seed which are arriving from Turkestan and other foreign countries, because of relatively small domestic supplies, the United States department of agriculture urges farmers to exercise great care in selecting alfalfa seed, since the dif ference between success and failure with alfalfa is often only a question of variety. The eastern farmer, par ticularly, will succeed better if he uses home-grown seed of good qual ity. But no matter in what part of the country he lives, the farmer should know what he is getting; and if he • is .purchasing commercial Turkestan alfalfa, quantities of which have recently been imported, he should have the advantage of a lower price. According to extensive tests made by the federal department of agri culture commercial Turkestan al falfa is less hardy in northern re gians than varieties commonly grown there, and in the* southern regions its yield is less than the varieties now commonly grown. For example, in the Great Plains regions, south of southern Nebraska, local strains of common alfalfa produce larger hay yields than the commercial Turke stan, and in the extreme southern part of this region the Peruvian variety is far superior to it in point of yield. In the northern part of the Great Plains region, Grimm al falfa is decidedly superior to the commercial Turkestan in hardiness, and both the Grimm and the north ern-grown strains of the common va riety exceed it in yields of hay. Generally speaking, in the north ern states east of the Mississippi river, the commercial Turkestan al falfa is decidedly inferior to the Grimm, while in the central and south central portions of the terri tory east of the Mississippi it is in ferior to the strains of common va rieties such as are grown in Kan sas and adjoining states, and is inferior to the Peruvian variety in the extreme south. In the intermountain and irri gated sections of the west, local strains of common alfalfa are su perior to commercial Turkestan, and in the extreme southwest, in the Centra) valley of California and on the Pacific coast, the Peruvian va riety gives far larger yields of hay. Commercial Turkestan alfalfa can every package costs 5 cents within the first and second zones, while each additional pound up to fifty costs but one cent; so that while a one-pound parcel would cost five cents postage, a two-pound parcel would cost only six cents, or three cents a pound. A twenty-pound parcel would cost twenty-four cents, or one and one fifth cent per pound, and a fifty pound parcel would cost fifty-four cents, or but one and two-twenty fifths cents per pound. Al Is Back at Bill Posting SAN DIEGO.—AI Hart, bill pos ter, thought he discovered oil in his backyard. It was bubbling out. He any dne who will get in touch with one of the five principal butter mar kets where inspectors are maintained —Minneapolis, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Boston—can have his butter inspected at small cost. What is needed, it is claimed, is .that the federal grades he more generally ap plied. Not only Would high-grade butter more generally qommand the price it deserves, but many producers now more or less indifferent to grad ing would be induced to improve the quality of their output. A few weeks ago perishable food inspectors representing the bureau of markets, United States department of agriculture, were called on to in spect 4,000,000 pounds of butter in tended for export to a European country. The bureau was able to cer tify that most of the butter came up to the standard required by the ex porting house. Having received fed eral certificates to this effect the exporters could safely proceed with their shipments to Europe. The in cident is considered of special inter est because the house exporting the 4,000,000 pounds had previously had trouble with an uninspected ship ment abroad because it did not come up to specifications. By utilizing the federal inspection service it was possible for these exporters to be sure that butter accepted for ship ment was up to a certain standard. Standardization Promotes Efficiency Since the inauguration of federal food inspection by the bureau of mar kets in 1917, an increasing number of producers, buyers, and sellers have come to appreciate its value, as is in dicated by the demand for inspection of perishable fruits and vegetables and butter. This is a big advance in the right direction, market experts say, but immeasurably greater bene fits can be enjoyed when producers and dealers generally come to under stand the grades which inspectors ap ply, and constantly work with them in view. Standardization will pro mote efficiency, not only in the but ter industry, but in handling most perishable fruits and vegetables. With a wide acceptance of federal grades and standards, production could be carried on far more profit ably and distribution far more eco nomically than at present. Anyone interested in this question can secure full information by writing the bu reau of markets, United States de partment of agriculture, Washington, District of Columbia. son last year, there is a shortage of grain in the state. Present indica tions are that it is going to be seri ous. Not only will feeds on Which to finish this crop be extremely ex pensive, but it may be difficult to secure them at any price next sum mer. Some spring oats have been sown, but by no means enough to meet our needs. I would suggest, therefore, that farmers plant a small area, at least, to some of the very early corns, such as the early Yellow Dent, or the Hickory King. If this is done at once, or as soon as the weather will permit, it will reach a stage at which it may be fed in July and will be extremely useful in tiding us over the grain shortage. “Another thing is happening which to our mind is a serious mistake. Some people are already, and a large number of others are contemplating plowing up pasture lands and plant ing to cotton. “A good permanent pasture can not be made in a year, but is the work of several years of effort. What cotton will do in future years, no on j at persent can positively say. Neither can anyone tell positively how long the present depression in the price of live stock may last. Then should we not stop and think before sacrificing so readily the progress we have striven to make and have made in recent years to ward a balanced farming system to take a step that it will take us years to retract. Afarmer who had made a remarkable financial suc cess once told me that when other people were going out of a business was the time he always went into it. There is some philosophy in this statement that it might profit some of us to consider at this time.” be most easily recognized by the presence of Russian Knapweed seeds which are slightly larger than our alfalfa, chalky white in color and slightly wedge-shaped, which dis tinguishes them from the notched seed of other species of Knapweed. Every alfalfa purchaser is urged to supply himself with the depart ment’s bulletin on this subject. Its seed laboratories will be glad to in spect any samples which interested persons may send in for analysis. The relatively small crop of al falfa seed produced in the United States in 1919 is chiefly responsible for the presnet high prices that pre vail, and have stimulated importa tions. Since July 1, 1919, fmporta tipns of alfalfa seed have amounted to upwards of 15,000,000 pounds, about one-fifth of which is of Tur kestan origin. This seed is being advertised extensively and is being wholesaled at lower prices than do mestic-grown seed. Commercial Turkestan alfalfa is generally char acterized by a lower and somewhat more spreading habit of growth, it also has finer stems and slightly more hairy leaves. It is somewhat impossible to distinguish individual plants of it from the domestic strains of common alfalfa, but in mass growth differences can usually be detected. The Russian Knapweed seeds, which help to to easily recognize commercial Turkestan alfalfa are be lieved to be always present in this imported seed, and have not been found in commercial 1 seed from other sources. 1 » Alfalfa seed may be sent to any of the following seed testing labora tories for identification: Seed Labor atory, Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agri culture, Washington, D. C.; Branch Seed Laboratories at Berkeley, Cal.; LaFayette, Ind.; Columbia, Mo.; Cor vallis. Oreg., and College Station, Texas. The revised edition of Farmers’ Bulletin, No. 757-, “Commercial Va rieties of Alfalfa,” is now available for free distribution. The bulletin describes the characteristics of the kinds and varieties of alfalfa th a-, are available commercially in the United States, and indicates clearly the section of the country to which each is adapted. Before making their purchases of alfalfa seed, farmers should write to the department for this publication. Sailors Shiver At Boat Names LIVERPOOL.—New Atlantic liners, built by the Anchor and Cunard com panies, will bear the names of liners torpedoed in the war, despite the an cient sea tradition that this practice will bring bad luck. The new Cam eroniu will soon be in service. The new craft will lie equipped with but ont funnel instead of two, as were their predecessors. dug three days. King friends explain ed it was oil spilled by the next door neighbor. THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1020. Substitute the Rice For Costly Potatoes Thereby Save Money That the use of rice for potatoes, a substitute already made by many thrifty housewives, could be even more widely adopted with profit, is a suggestion of the United States department of agriculture, prompted by the present high prices of po tatoes. The department’s food spe cialists point out that are approximately four-fifths water and one-fifth food material, whereas in rice, as well as in most other grains, 'the proportions are practically re verced. Under normal conditions the prices of these two commodities usually are such as to somewhere nearly equalize the two from the standpoint of food cost. Recently, however, potatoes have sold from $1 to ?1.50 per peck, which means about seven to ten cents a pound, whereas rice has retailed at fifteen to seventeen cents a pound. So long as the price of the two foods is substantially in this relationship, it is obvious from a comparison of their food content that a given sum of money can be spent much more economically for rice than for po tatoes. The estimated production of rice in this country for the past year was 41,000,000 bushels, an increase of nearly 3,000,000 over 1918. While some export business in rice has be gun t odevelop, the supplies for do mestic consumption are considered sufficient to meet a growing demand. The department is not so much concerned with the development of any sudden increase in demand as it is in having an increasing number of people learn the value of this product, not only as a dessert, but as an item ranking with other cereals and with vegetables in the menu. Moonshine Gets Moonshine in Bad GRAND RAPIDS.—Albert Moon shine found a drink of the same name. Right you are! That’s just where they sent him. For More Than Forty Years Cotton Growers have known that POTASH PAYS ) ——— More than 11,651,200 Tons of Potash Salts had been imported and used in the United States in the 20 years previous to January, 1915, when shipments ceased. Os this 6,460,- 700 Tons consisted of KAINIT which the cotton grower knew was both a plant food and a preventive of blight and rust, —with it came also 1,312,400 Tons of ■ 20 per cent MANURE SALT which has the same effects on Cotton, but which was used mainly in mixed fertilizers. Shipments of both Kainit and Manure Salt have been resumed but the shortage of coal and cars and high freight rates make it more desirable to ship Manure Salt, which CONTAINS 20 PER CENT OF ACTUAL POTASH, instead of Kainit, which con tains less than 13 per cent actual Potash. MANURE SALT can be used as a side dressing on Cotton in just the same way as Kainit and will give the same results. Where you used 100 pounds of Kainit, you need to use but 62 pounds of Manure Salt, or 100 pounds of Manure Salt go as far as 161 pounds of Kainit. MANURE SALT has been coming forward in considerable amounts and cotton growers, who can not secure Kainit, should make an effort to get Manure Salt for side dressing to aid in making a big Cotton Crop. Muriate of Pot ah s 50 per cent actual Potash, has been coming forward a I Bo> —loo pounds of Muriate are equivalent to 400 ♦ pounds of Kainit or '250 pounds of Manure Salt. These are the three Standard GERMAN Potash Salts that were always used in making cotton fertilizers and have been used for all these years with great profit and WITHOUT ANY DAMAGE TO THE CROP. The supply is not at present as large as in former years, but there is enough to greatly increase the Cotton Crop if you insist on your dealer making the necessary effort to get it for you. DO IT NOW ■■MmMmMnEanBaESXBMBDi Soil and Crop Service Potash Syndicate ' H. A. Huston, Manager 42 Broadway New York to you 60 Days Dririsg Trial—Open Barries *78.00 Up. Top Buggies $89.90 Up,Harness $15.75 Up Any buggy illustrated in our catalog will be shipped direct to you upon payment of $lO. Sixty days driving trial allowed. Return the buggy if you are not completely satisfied, and full price paid for buggy will be refunded, together with freight charges. Our buggies are made for Southern roads. Light, strong, and easy running. The finish is beautiful, the appearance pleasing. 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