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FRUIT, TRUCK, VEGETABLES.
HUY FRUIT TREES DIRECT FROM
NURSERY.
Messrs. Editors: As you advise
your readers to economize along
all lines, I beg permission to say a
few words relative to buying fruit
trees. Am sure if farmers would
patronize agents less and purchase
fruit trees direct from nurserymen
they would save about one-half.
A little incident that came under
my observation a few months ago
prompted me to write this article.
An agent sold an old colored man two
•mnll peach trees, one apple tree, all
ordinary kind, and two ordinary rose
hushes for $1.75 when 50 or 75 cents
would have been a good price for the
lot.
The prospect of a 75 per cent com
mission often makes the tongue of an
agsnt run fast and smooth and thus
many an unsuspecting farmer Is
made to pay dearly for his short en
tertainment. There Is nothing wrong
In an agent's persuading a man to
purchnse fruit trees or nursery stock
of any kind, provided he does It in
an honest, straightforward manner,
but there is no reason why the farmer
should pay two prices. There Is a
remedy, and If npplied It will save the
readers of The Progressive Farmer
and Gazette thousands of dollars
every year. I«et every farmer buy
his nursery stock direct and save the
middleman's tremendous profit. I
suspect thnt any of our leading nur
serymen would sell and deliver their
stock at a price less than hnlf for
which their agents sell the same. Cer
tatnlv they would do It If the dprmnd
were made. I notice that some ad
vertise to sell direct to the purchaser.
And, by the way, their prices speak
for themselves. They bear me out
fully in my statements above. Agents
go through this country selling straw
berry plants at one dollar per hun
dred when the best strawberry plants
grown in the South can be bought for
$3 per thousand.
The old say, "A dollar saved is a
dollar made,” is as applicable here
as elsewhere. It Is worth while to
consider the best means for attaining
the best ends.
J. A. W. THOMPSON.
WHY VETCHES WINTER-KILL.
Several correspondents have com
plained of the vetches freezing out,
or winter-killing, and on their very
limited experience have advised
farmers to leave this excellent crop
alone. This is another instance of
the unreliability of a teacher who
relies entirely on his own experience.
No one man can have a sufficiently
broad experience to make him a safe
teacher if he ignores the experience
of all others, and certainly no one
has any right to advise farmers not
to sow the vetches just because he
tried them once and they failed.
There are Just two reasons which
will account for 95 per cent of the
failures of the vetches by winter
killing. The first and most common
cause of this trouble is too late seed
ing. If sown after the middle of
October, and in some sections after
the 1st of October, insufficient growth
of roots will b»» made to pnahle them
to stand heavy freezing, especially on
poorly drained land. Late sowing is
also likely to be a failure if the
weather proves dry so that a good
root is not obtained. The other
cause of winter killing is the sowing
of vetch on land not properly inocu
lated. If not Inoculated, vigorous
young plants are not likely to devel
op, except on rich land, and In such
case, winter-killing is more likely
to occur.
Sowed at the proper time, on In
oculated and well-drained soil, the
vetches—Hairy or Smooth Oregon
—are a reasonably certain crop and
suffer little from winter killing.
Draining a soil may make It more
moist when moisture Is needed most.
—Professor Fletcher.
The stumps must go, and the farm
er who does not try to get rid of
them will soon be a back number.—
Dr. S. A. Knapp.
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ffSaevg Our natural strawberry climate
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jror the^past H
I T*>. Strawberry Plant Man,
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CYRUS L. ADLER, Manufacturer
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iUJ |I1BUU IB UlO
full concert grand
upright—him the
wonderful “»i n r
!ng tone,” which
asts full and clear
throughout a life*
time. It come* in
the most beautiful
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skill can produce
— your choice of <
oak or mahogany I
case — double-ve- f
necred inside and
out — hand-rubbed
and polished to a
eiirror surface. It
aitheooncort
grand soale —
heavy, full mqtal
pi a te — cop po r
wound baas
string s— every,
thing that you iind
In the highest
grade piano with a
much advertised
I have made more than
68.000 organs In tho past
five years and you will find
them In all parts of Amer
ica. 1 own the timber land
where I get the lumber, the
saw mills, and the largest
exclusive organ factory In
the world.
At the St. Louis World’s
Pair tho organs I made
took tho highest prizes In
§ competition with the lead
ing organs of the world.
If 1 should tell you the
names by which these
organs are known you
would recognize them at
>once for they are house
hold words. I am a man
ufacturer and have not
aold direct. 1 have been
putting the dealers’names
J on the organs 1 make and
they are maklngbigprofits
on my goods.
Now! am going to sell
direct to you, right from
the factorylntothehomcs,
without extra profits to
lumber dealers, to saw
xnllis.to any manufacturer
or to jobbers,retailers
aud agents. I will pay
no commissions.
Thus I cun suve you
nyiM from $25 to $50 on the
para) finestorgans—the kind
rggcjM that took the highest
mt'J medal awarded at the
■Bjffl World’s Fair at SU
^ In addition to tho low
prices, I give you my per
sonal guarantee,backed by
my big factory, with tho
fairest and squarest deal
over offered.
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Guaranteed for 50 Yean
I give the broadest end longest guarantee of
anvone. 1 will replace any part that la not just
right, or wears out. or give vou a now organ any
time within fifty years if the orgnn isn’t all I
claim it to be. A dealer would not dare do this.
Money Bach With 69!> Interest
I don't ask any Interest on payments. When
Jmake a deal the price and payments are shown
n plain figures with no extrns. I will, how.
ever, return your money and t/, interest on all
you hu\e paid if at the end of one year the
organ ia not exactly as represented.
My Whole Proposition is Told Here
If you want ths finest organ that can be had
anywhere at any price near it, send me yoar
name and address on a postal oard, stating you
would like to get my book. Then select the
organ you want and 1 will ship it to you. Keep
it 30 days and either send it back to me at
my expense, or keep It and pay for it as you
can upon the plan explained in the book. I
make l>ot h Parlor and Church organa. My book
shows them all.
“It would Hem that everyone
would have one of Mr. Adler’s
Famous Prize Winning Organs,
now that they can get one upon
•uch easy terms, and at such a
low price as ha sells them for.”
My Southern Concert-Grand
Piano
My Adler Southern Concert-Grand Upright
Piano is better than pianos that sell for
double the uioneyi I let you have your piano
on exactly the same terms as an Adler Orgnn—
80 days free—all ths time you want—money back
with 6 per cent Interest at the end of a year if
the plauo is uot exactly aa represented.
My 25-Year Piano Guaranty
The longest guaranty given by any other maker
OApianoa is if > eere—less than half m> guaranty.
Nearly all the others guarantee for only 10
years. Remember my guaranty U for a
quarter of a century. ._
The heavily constructed beck frame or my
Adler Southern Concert-Grand Plano is built
to withstand a constant strain of A) tons! 1
guarantee this! That's ons reason why my
plauo—by actual test-stays In tune longer
than pianos for which dealers charge
gwtew use prtew. I guurautee this also.
name, just mark on tne couponwnetner yon are imenmanramv ^
organ or piano offer—or both—and muil it to mo today—NOW I
AN ADLER ORGAN OR PIANO FOR
A CHRISTMAS GIFT—Order Now!
You cannot give • finer Christmas present to your
loved ones than an Adler Piano or Organ. Your
order now means prompt delivery in plenty of
time for a trial.
CYRUS L ADLER, President
Adler Mfg. Company
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0 both. Or write your name and address on a postal card ■
1 or in a letter, stating which you want—piano or organ e
e description. Don'tenclose any stamp. I pay all charges.
I Write plainly. CYRUS L. ADLER. President, *
J Chestnut Street, Louisville. Ky. |
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I don’t want a cent until you hare
gwl one of uiy organa for a full
month ami aro fully convinced that it
la bet tor than any you have seen •oiling
within *•-•& to »W of what I nk. Then If
yon don't want to koop It. Bond it Bt niy
•zponBo and 1 will return nil yon paid in freight.
Long Tima to Pay >
I will not harry you to nay for thaorgan. any hone«t reader
ot thU iiBpcr emu get credit of DMk io* hn?# Uh w
to n«gr and MU mm «f tk* .man