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You—and Nine More Men can tie the world to your homes with wires; with all your country advantages you may have quick news of market and weather re ports—your farm or ranch can be kept in close touch with the out aide world—at a faster, better, cheaper rate by an Independent Telephone than in any other way. The road—tile mail—even the tele graph is slow, compared to the service of a Stromberg-Carlson Independent Telephone Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Refunded Independent — remember that! For you and nine others can or ganize and own your own wires and equipment; you can install a successful system of absolute ownership of this wonderful con venience— this invaluable help in emergency this social comfort to all in the home. — — I HE PROGRESSIVE FARMER Offices: Birmingham, Ala., Raleigh, N. C., and Memphis, Tenn. COMMUNICATIONS REGARDING ADVERTISING OR SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY BE ADDRESSED TO EITHER OFFICE. ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AT THE POSTOFFICE AT BIRM IMGHAM. ALA., UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF MARCH 3, 1879. Each Advertiser’s Reliability Guaranteed. WE will positively make good the loss sustained by any subscriber as a result of fraudulent misrepresentations made in The Progressive Farmer on the part of any advertiser who proves to be a deliberate swindler. This does not mean that we will try to adjust trifling disputes between reliable business houses and their patrons, but in any case of actually fraudulent dealing, we will make good to the subscriber as we have just indicated. The conditions of this guarantee are, that the claim for loss shall be reported to us within one month after the advertisement appears in our paper and after the transaction complained of. that our liability shall not exceed $1,000 on any one advertiser, and that the subscriber must say when writing each advertiser: "I am writing you as an advertiser in The Progressive Farmer which guarantees the relia bility of all advertising it carries,” Average Weekly Circulation Six Months Ending Jan. 1,1912, SUBSCRIPTION RATES : (hie year, $1.00; six months, 55 cents : three months. 30 cents. To induce new subscribers, one new subscriber and one old subscriber may both get the paper one year for $1.50. 10 Weeks Trial, 10 Cents. 1° oew subscribers only. The Progressive Farmer will be sent ten weeks on trial for ten cents. Sample copy free. Tell your friends who need it but do not read it. Kosig| and Corn Drills were made to I plant corn and plant it right They do what they were raad. to do. Hoosier Corn Planters are just Corn Planters—not for I planting anything but torn. They are specialists in the Science of of Corn Planting—98 per cent, perfect on ungraded corn. R0 I other planter can beat it; yet there isn't a frill or fad in its make-up. Do you want to buy I a simple, easy-to-undcr^tand, 'J8 I per cent, perfect, strong, depend able Corn Planter, or do you want a bunch of trouble-making fads? Send for the Hoosier Corn I Planter Catalogue. Read it, and I then go to your local dealer and 1 insist on seeing the Hoosier. I Don’t buy a bunch of trouble. | The^meric^an ^zed/no Machined | lNC.OftepHA.TCD _ I SOME COMING FEATURES. Next Week better poultry special-Ex perience Letters from Readers Who are Raising Better Poultry. March 2 . A spraying Symposium. Short Experience Z. „ . Letters Wanted; Three Prizes, $5, $3, $2. Must Be in Editor’s Hands, by February 20. March 16 ,S9lL ™RTIIJTV SPECfAL-One Prize I .. .. , <>f ??’ ,.l l'ree <>f *2.50 Each for Best Short Letters Received by Us Before March 5. PLANT TREES WITH i __ yur i roe* uook reus you an aoout this, how to ^et these Public Priv ileges with Private Ri^Hts-at nom inal cost. Ask for Edition No.4!) and address nearest office now. Stromberg Carlton Telephone Co. No. 896 Type ~~mL. The Bostrom Improved $15 FARM LEVEL With Telescope m£A^?Ctly..,?IMPy? ACCURATE nml ,ol'tfit which includes Level, TKL EijLOi E with magnifying lenses enabling you to read turget a quarter of a mile or moro away—also Tripod. Graduated Rod. Target, 1 iumb Bob and full instructions. Is used and indorsed from tho Atlantic to the Pacific for nil sorts of farm leveling. If not sold in your town, will shipdirecton receipt of price, $16—or will ship • C. O. l)„ subject to examination. Money back if not satisfied I AFTER ACTUAL FIELD TRIAL. Bostrom-Bratly Mtn. C< ?*"« 168 Madison Ave„ Atlanta, Ga. P Ki6 ■ 11 — —■ , lb.. Water in Quantity all over your farm house, field, or barn —pumped without cost or trouble tor you by an automatic Kilo Ham. Costs little to Install — not lung to operate, liaises water 30 foot for every foot of fall. H ill supply pnru viatic tanka auaiust 100-tb. pres s nre. rump auto matically day ami night, winter ami summer. Fully guaranteed. If there is a stream, pond or spring within a mile, write for plans. ln>ok amt trial offer, FRKK. RIFE ENGINE CO. 213UTrlnhy Building, Niw York Different than all others and belter be cause of the double gears, big oil boxes, drop.forged wrist pin, removable bearings center lift. No side strain, no noise. Big, heavy and powerful. 4. 6 «. 10.12,14.16.18. 20 ft. diameters. Seod for cata log. Abo teed mills, pump .. -—————I ,acas aD<J gatoline engines STOVER M^\NUKACTURING CO. i _ Red Cross Dynamite ] Stops First Year Losses. Speeds Up Development One to Two Years. Planted in Improves Quantity, Sp»de-dugbole Color and Quality of Fruit. pt’o*“9-“Ph*<* ^nomlib | The illustrations herewith are correct reproductions of photos of two-year old Bing Cherry trees planted same day out of same shipment. Simi lar results have been obtained all over the country. The root dia grams show the reason. You can’t afford to plant trees in spaded holes. Write for Free Booklet To learn how progressive farmers are using dynamite for removing stumps and boulders, planting and cultivating fruit trees, regenerating barren soil, ditching, draining, excavating and road-making, ask for “Tree * Planting Booklet. No.177 ” DU PONT POWDER CO. Pioneer Powder Makers ol America WILMINGTON, DEL. —--^--.--"L-Jlr, All Mtmml Trl/tlm Powor I I SJVEJT0UR BACK ~ 10,000 High1 If, T°,ut ivoidJI,byrincan w?5i!KlJ2i electric Handy Wagon running gears with andm ||ectric Steel Wheels ~v°rk, no breakdowns- and no repairs. El rpTO r iu'rp' ^11'r°rca,a!o«»“<iParticulars ■———M J^"|CWHEEL CO.. Box 59,Quincy. flresslve F^rm^r.**0 adver,!sers say: “I saw your ad. in The Pro __ t J3m5—iBniiHilitin ^ • jynWwfWHfOHilwti 11 W|l»Vml /USS ginV IfiLUMMUS COTTON GIN CO. S A NEW JOHN DEERE BOO J This book contains practical talks on the ci adjustment and use of n implements. Every ft this book and keep it. Deere & Mansur Corn and Cotton Plant ers, Disc Harrows and Hay Loaders No. 9 Edge-drop Planters, Model B Disc Harrow—single and double—are the world a best sellers. Gold medal winners at every exposition. Gtt Quality and seruice—John Deere Dealers Give Both. Tell us what tool want to know then ask book, No. X-2 Plow Co. Moline, 111. r HERTZLER & Z°°*J Portable Wood AW Guaranteed 1 rear. Cheapest a-Blbesj $10 saw to which ripp«n* • ^ added. Operates easily* ^ and sare money* 8