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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 30 
A Friend of Rye Manuring. 
R. J., Shobtsville, N. Y.—I notice 
what is said about about rye as a green 
manure, in The R. N.-Y. of March 2. 
Having had a little experience, 1 wish to 
say that I think there is much misunder¬ 
standing in the matter of plowing under 
green crops. I knew a very successful 
orchardist who practiced sowing rye on 
his orchard in August, and plowed it 
under in spring, and I was at a loss to 
see how the small top could be of any 
benefit. But 1 found that it was not 
what he plowed under that benefited 
the land, but what the rye roots had 
been doing all winter in storing up plant 
food for the coming season, and which 
was thus available for any other crop. 
I have been astonished at the effect thus 
produced on strawberries and other 
crops. 
If sown in the latter paid of August, 
the cost can be nearly met in pasture 
for cows in the fall. The covering to 
the ground is a very large benefit; also 
the work of the roots in gathering and 
holding plant food, and the improved 
condition of the soil in spring. Sown on 
very light sand, 1 have had it plow in 
March as if it were sod ; the ground 
seemed perfectly filled with roots, and 
with no other manuring, the crops were 
highly satisfactory. As to allowing the 
rye to grow until the middle of May or 
later, and then plowing down for corn 
or potatoes, I would not think of it for 
a moment for light land, or any but 
stiff, rugged soil, and then with many 
doubts. The souring of such a quantity 
of green stuff could not, as a rule, be 
favorable to growing plants. I have 
fields now so thickly matted with i’ 3 'e, 
that one can walk over them without 
getting muddy shoes. They will be 
plowed as soon as the ground settles, 
for peas, strawberries, early potatoes, 
and a little later on for field beans. 1 
would not exchange the benefit of the 
rye to these crops for any “ fertilizer ” 
made. 
R. N.-Y.—Crimson clover would be 
better yet. 
That Hen Feeding Problem. 
F. N. B., Bayonne. N. J.—After read¬ 
ing C. M. W.’s letter, and Mr. Wyckoff’s 
reply on page 194, I am inclined to think 
that the trouble is with his poultry- 
house. The 011 I 3 ’ dimensions he gives 
are 14 feet high in front and eight in 
rear. The floor space may not be large 
enough to accommodate four flocks of 30 
without overcrowding (which is a certain 
drawback to egg production). At any 
rate, the house is too high. I have 
always had the best results from low' 
houses without too much glass. During 
the past winter, I have kept 35 pullets 
in a house 15x10—rear height 5% feet 
and front about seven feet, with two 
windows 5x3. 
The temperature at noon during our 
coldest weather (if the sun shone) ranged 
from 48 to 00 degrees inside this house, 
and by buttoning up frames covered with 
newspapers, inside the windows at sun¬ 
set. this heat did not all escape at night. 
I made one mistake in not having the 
front about six inches higher. The roof 
is too flat and will have to be well plas¬ 
tered with thick paint to keep the water 
from “backing" under the tar paper. At 
this writing (March 14), these pullets 
have laid 2,707 eggs since October 1. 
Quality in Potatoes. 
F. B. V. O., Lewis, Iowa. —.1. A., on 
page 159, hits the nail square on the 
head when he says that quality has 
something to do with the price and con¬ 
sumption of potatoes. Whole sections of 
our county are growing nothing but hog 
potatoes, and potatoes coming to market 
from these sections, have been cut in 
price accordingly. Then, again, this 
year our very best varieties were held 
back by drought until the late fall rains 
set in, and were consequently very green 
and watery when harvested. I know of 
families who usually consume 25 to 30 
bushels each winter, and who laid in 
their usual amount, but who have eaten 
less than half, as they were insipid and 
tasteless. Of course this year was an 
exception, but it is only too true that 
many growers are looking to yield, re¬ 
gardless of quality, and such a system 
cannot help being ruinous to the busi¬ 
ness. 
Hardiness of Japan Plums. 
II. C. E., Belleville, III.—I think 
that J. M. II., of Sycamore, Ind., is mis¬ 
taken about the above plums, when he 
says in The R. N.-Y. of March 9, that 
they will not endure as many degrees of 
cold as peaches. The temperature in St. 
Clair County, 111., was 15 to 17 degrees 
below zero February 8 , and the buds of 
Abundance and Burbank plums came 
through all sound, while peaches were 
(Continued, on next piuje.) 
^ttiscfHanrous guimtisinfl. 
lx writing to advertisers, please always mention 
Thk Bubal Nkw-Yorker 
BLOOD IS LIFE 
And upon the purity and vitality of the 
blood depends the health of the whole 
system. The best blood purifier is 
Hood’s 
Sarsaparilla 
This is proved beyond any doubt by the 
wonderful cures which have been accom¬ 
plished by this medicine. 
Hood’s Pills 
are tasteless, mild, effective. 
All druggists 25c. 
1 have all the leading new and standard varieties. 
Send 5c. for tuberof Irish Daisy or Columbian. Whole¬ 
sale Catalogue Free. GEO. A. DONNELL, Waterloo, N.Y 
Pure Potato Seed. 
New Queen. Salzer’s Earliest 
and Salzer’s Lightning Express. 
75c. per bushel. Thomas Canney, East Poultney, Ver. 
Pure Seed Potatoes. 
Rural New-Yorker 
No. 2. Good size; 
smooth stock, $2.75 
per barrel f. o. b. F. H. THOMSON, Fairview Farm. 
Holland Patent. N. Y. 
bbecu nnnm ed ° n Kurai triai grounds 
■ lllOlB UUuDLXn last season beat another 
extra earliestwo to one. SeeRURALOf March 16, how 
well Cobbler stood both floods and drought. Early 
Ohio, Ohio Junior (extra early), Carman, King of the 
Roses. GOOD NEWS from seed ball of White Star, 
BEST OF ALL, handsome pink color, tine quality, 
productive, early, keeps well. Best 70 kinds. 
C. W. FORD & CO., Fishers, N. Y. 
Carman No. I and 3. 
Carman No. 1— 1 lb. 35c., 2 lbs. 70c., by mail prepaid; 
4 lbs. for $1 by express. Carman No.3.—l lb. 50c., 2 lbs. 
$1, by mail prepaid; 5 lbs. $1.50 by express. Also other 
varieties. Send for catalogue. 
FRED. E. YOUNG, Nurseryman, Rochester, N. Y. 
SEED POTATOES. 
Willson Seedling — long white vigorous grower; 
heavy cropper; late. Peck, 40c.; % bu., 60c.; bu.. $1. 
White Star—long white; fine table. Peck, 30c.; 54 bu.. 
50c.; bu., $1. Breese’s Prolific—red early. Peck.50c.; 
bu., $1.25. Rural New-Yorker No. 2—white; fine table. 
Peck, 50c.; M bu., 60c ; bu., $1.25. No charge for sacks. 
HOMER J. BROWN. Harford, Cortland Co.. N. Y. 
SEED POTATOES. 
Limited, but pure and clean stock. 
CarmanNo I..Per bbl., $10.00; bush.. $4.00; pk., $1.25 
Freeman.Per bbl., 2.75; bush., 1.25; pk., .40 
R. N.-Y. No. 2....Per bbl., 2.25; bush.. 1 00; pk., .30 
DR. JABEZ FISHER, Fitchburg, Mass. 
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Largest growers «1 POTATOES for Seed in 
1 America. The "Rural NewYorker” gives oneol 
( our early sorts a yield of 742 bushels per acre. 1 
| Price* dirt eheap. Our greut Seed Book, 144 
, pages, and sample 14-Day Radish for 6c postugc. 
^ JOHN A. SALZER SEE1> GO., LaCrosse, Wis. 
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Seed Potatoes. 
have a limited stock of Sir William, Olds’ World s 
Fair, American Wonder, Everitt’s Colossal, Everitt’s 
Heavy Weight, Irish Daisy, Maggie Murphy, Irish 
Cobbler, Carman No. 1 and Rhode Island Early Rose. 
If you want to crowd to the front in potato growing, 
don’t miss getting seed of the Sir William. Olds’ 
World’s Fair, Everitt’s Colossal. Irish Daisy, Carman 
No. 1 and Irish Cobbler. Don't delay and get left. 
Send for Catalogue and Price List at once. 
GEO. W. MACE, Greenville, Ohio 
ean 
On soil that will grow twenty bushels of Wheat per 
acre, thirty to forty bushels of Day’s Improved Leafless 
Medium Bean can be grown. Beans sell for $2 to $3 per 
bushel—you know what the wheat sells for—and it costs no 
more to grow the Beans. 
This Bean is offered for the first time this year. It is perfection—pearly 
white ; runs uniform ; long, well filled pods, five to seven beans each, and one to 
two hundred pods on a stalk. Strong vine, standing up well, and just previous to 
ripening the leaves all fall off, allowing the bean to sun ripen. It is extremely 
early, maturing in from seventy to eighty days from planting. We believe that 50 to 
60 bushels per acre can be produced from this Bean. Write for prices—it can only 
be procured from us. 
EDWARD F. DIBBLE SEED CO., 
Honeoye Falls, New York. 
^HURRAH, FARMERS! 
The mlllenlum U approaching! Fine, luxuri¬ 
ant pasture*, rieh meadow*, produeln tre¬ 
mendous heavy yield*, are r w made possible 
on every soli and In every f .line by sowing 
Salzer’* Early Grass Mixture*. Grasses and 
Glover have long been our hobby-und to-day 
we rej,..«!e in having the largest 
FARM SUED TRADE IN THE WORLD. 
In addition to this we are the only seedsmen 
growing Grn**e* and Glover* for seed In 
America. Already a dozen seedsmen are Imi¬ 
tating our Illustrations, our descriptions, our 
grass and clover seed mixtures. Jfo get the 
genuine, fresh, full of life and vigor, buy of 
Salzer. You won’t need to wait a lifetime for a 
good stand of grass, for we have grasses and 
clovers, which, if sown In April, return bounti¬ 
ful yields In J uly; others yielding well the first, 
but better the second and third years. Cata¬ 
logue tell* all about it. Salzer’s Giant Spurry 
and Giant Incarnate Glover are two of the most 
wonderful plants of the eentury! Tremendously 
luxurlantand profitable for the farmer to grow. 
Pamphlet on Grass Culture, Sic. 
S3DO FOR A NEW NAiME! 
That is the sum we offer for a new name for a 
new oat which 500 farmers tested In 1894, und 
report yield* of 200 bushels per acre. Tills is 
so astonishing that we want you to name it. 
BARLEY, CORN, WHEAT AND 
POTATOES 
Tremendous stock of choice pedigree seed* of 
above. Yields on barley of 40 to 60 bushels; 
wheat, 42 bushel*} corn, 60 tollO bushels; po- 
I tatoes—the editor of the “Rural New-Yorker” 
tested one of our early sorts, and gives it a yield 
J of 742 bu. per acre, and we have heavier cropping 
I sorts too. 
I CHOICE VEGETABLES. 
A splendid stock of fine vegetables. Our 8& 
pkgs. Earliest Vegetable Novelties, for $1, 
postpaid, will give you rare vegetables ten to 
twenty days ahead of your neighbors. If you 
garden for market, send Scents for Wholesale 
Market Gardener’s List. 
OUR MAMMOTH SEED BOOK, 144 
pages, is sent free upon receipt of 5 cts. postage, 
or Catalog, and Pkg. Grass Mixture only 7c. 
postage. Try the Great Giant Spurry! 
YOU CAN’T AFFORD 
to pass us by, If you are looking for Reliable 
SEED POTATOES. 
We handle Aroostook County (Me.) stock, and guaran¬ 
tee our Seed to be pure and true to name. Send for 
catalogue; mailed free. 
WM. S. SWEET & SON, Providence, R. I. 
Seed Potatoes 
Early and iate varieties, Pure and true to name. 
50 cents and $1 per bushel. Also, 20 varieties STRAW¬ 
BERRY PLANTS. Send for Price List. 
GEORGE SISSON, La Plume, l’a. 
potatoes 
Northern-grown Seed from natural potato soil; no 
blight, no rot. 500 bushels White Star, choice selected 
stock, at $2 per 130 pounds, in sacks, f. o. b. here. 
100 bushels good seconds, at $1.50 per 180 pounds. 
'V. E. MANDEVILLE. Brookton, Tompkins Co., N.Y 
Vick’s Early Excelsior. 
A STERLING NOVELTY. 
Send 10c. for sample tuber and my Illustrated Catalogue 
of choice New and Standard varieties of Potatoes. 
E. H. VICK, Rochester, N. Y. 
POTATOES 
THAT grow. 
Carman No. 1, 
Maggie Murphy, 
Freeman, Polaris, 
Burpee’s Extra 
Early, Early Ohio, 
Early Market, 
Early Harvest, 
World’s Fair, 
__Pearl of Savoy, 
— New Queen, Dut- 
i Seedling, Orphan. Victor Rose, Irish Daisy, Rural 
w-Yorker No. 2, Early Norther, and many more at 
ces that defy competition. Free Garden Seeds be- 
e. They are pure, and true to name. Grown by 
O. H. WHITE & SON, Miller Corners, N. Y. 
P 
OTATOES 
BIG OINKS 
And lots of them 
By planting our Famous Northern 
Grown Seed. Earliest in the world, 
foil can’t afford to plant old played out 
orts this season. Catalogue free. Local 
igent wanted. 
L. L. MAY & CO., Seedsmen, 
iAT»Tn nrDT 
POTATO 
The New 
Handsome 
Record Breaker. 
SIR WILLIAM 
The Best All-Around Potato on the Market. 
Heavy Yields, Large Size, Smooth Tubers of Excel¬ 
lent Quality, are the reports of experimental and 
field tests. Write for them; they’re yours for the 
asking. True and pure stock for sale by its origina¬ 
tor and introducer. R. D. BURR, Gloversville, N. Y. 
Vineland Sweet Potatoes, fTTSS 
$1.50 per 3-bu. bbl. F. S. NEWCOMB, Vineland, N, J. 
CARMAN No. 3, 
60 cents per pound, $5 per peck, $40 per barrel; Carman 
No. 1, $1.25 per peck, $5 per bushel, $13 per barrel; Free 
man, Early Sunrise, Early Rose, Early Puritan, New 
Queen, $3.25 per barrel; Green Mountain, Rural New- 
Yorker No. 2, Monroe Seedling. White Star and the 
Maggie Murphy, I will put in this list for 30 days at 
$2.50 per barrel; any other variety you may want 
write and I will send you prices on them that will 
surprise you. Drop me a card for new Price List. 
C. E. KELLEY. Newark, N. Y. 
Colvin’s New “ IDEAL,” 
best new potato. Carman 
No. 1, Banner,E. Norther, 
20 var. Dutton Flint 
Corn. Seed Oats, Small Fruit Plants, etc., at HARD 
TIMES PRICES. Price List Free. Address 
GEO. H. COLVIN, Crest Farm. Dalton, Pa. 
SIMS EARLIEST in world 
Potato. Guaranteed earliest in cultivation. One 
pound 50 cents. BROWN BROS., Thorn Hill, N. Y. 
FOR SALE SEED POTATOES. 
R. N.-Y. No. 2, strictly pure, medium size, $2.50 per 
barrel, 180 pounds: per bushel, $1. Seconds, $1.50 per 
barrel. Also Learning Seed Corn, $1 per bushel. 
J. BUTLER, Everittstown, N. J. 
r n r r U A II Potatoes for Sale. $1.50 and $2.50 per 
rnLLmnil barrel. Supply limited. 
CHAS. C. FITCH, West Groton, N. Y. 
D ELAWARE Seed Sweet Potatoes and COW PEAS 
for sale by JOSEPH E. HOLLAND, Milford, Del. 
