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n) ho  A r.nn rngiiii  lunln  Kn'plieirv  anil  Itnwlieny 
plan  la,  1 1  one  i  nil  I  all,  I  Corn.  I  ow  l*ean.  Vegetal  tile 
pinnin.  IVggN  for  tin  lolling.  <ATAI,ori  l,'ut|‘uc 
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3,000,000  Strawberry  Plants  liimteimllty 
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OOO  I’almel.t.ii  Iiiipai  agllH  rool.li  111.  I.tie  InWc’l  prleio 
hend  t.n  Uili;  I'rltie  I.IM  all  a  I  mil.  aelult.  amt  plant’ 
(,'AI.FM  ItOlitlH  Ai  M»>N  •  (  InRwolil,  Pel. 
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CvartiBarara  arid  either  tffinorlunt  vijHmIMvd  Addremii 
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STRAWBERRY  PLANTS 
1  I  limit  ntni'ky  lllttlllnof  all  li'lullllg  vaunt, ten.  Catalogue  I 
I  lie.  -  M,  II.  Ill  NNINC,  II  n,  Clyiln.  N  V.  J 
Strawberry  Plante 
t.lvo  I'atalogni.  I'* r» m .  HASH  PlllflY,  Ottarytilown.  DbI 
<MrinuhnrruPI»nf«  t food  Stork y  IMiint •<  of  leading 
OirdTiDOrry  r  Mil  IS  v  u  r  1 1'  i  inn  Mai'”  d'llvery  giuiian 
teed,  (’al.alogiin  l''nin.  W  S  f (1  It II  A  SON,  Harlly,  Del. 
Transplanted  Vegetable  Plants '  jftSjf' ' , , „ 
par,  'I’oiiinl  o,  (  elnrv ,  I  an  tnen,  mid  Kgg  Plant,  vainly 
I  Mini  M  a  i  .'ll  lit  to  .lime  II.  I'l'leo,  III  pur  Ulniinrinif, 
uxenpl,  Kgg  Jool  I 'alillllmvor  My  plant.it  Will  malio 
you  iiiorn  inni'i'V  Ilian  any  ollim  jilantn  Writ."  I'm 
pi  lee  llnl  (ill!  Al .  1 1  (1*1  CO  N,  <  'miy  liglnuo,  I  "la. 
Ctr'iiiifmi-ru  riNHia  -  ■'  o<>  !»•  i  toon  riujilog 
OirciWOLrry  hf,  v/nicUr*  IiuIimH nrf  I liu 
I 'fill  Midi  H  r  1'iH'  I  .  tt.  TlNQl  I  .  Bow  Oil.  I’HIrvIIIo,  Mil. 
Plants, Strawberries  and  Vegetables  TniVieV’imd 
*  I  ruwlmi  rlo  •  liu'huhtuf  ICvorlmnrlliK.  Out  my  on  In* 
Il'L*  \vliY  I  f«il|  ulmli'u  liliilit,'  ,  hunt  |Mn|WlUl,  fit, 
ilftif  tlm  pilf'ii  of  oilmen-  t  I  HI  10,  Srwi:ll,  H  J. 
Large,  H  ealthy  Strawberry  Plants 
PRODUCE  LARGE.  LUSCIOUS  BERRIES 
I  luivii  Mil  I  IONS  ni  tliin  l.lrtd  nf  plant, a  in  tint  limit 
Htnnilard  and  new  varlotlo  at  low  [u|0o«.  Homl  your 
li  a  for  nrleoH,  l.llniral  illm'ount  on  ordnrn  ainount 
ing  to  1  <1 ,1100  idniito  or  uvnr  I  llimtnilod  raialoguo 
free  \V.  H.  TODD,  <1  roniiwoiMl,  liiiliiimrii 
FAY  &  WILDER  CURRANT  BUSHES 
I  yniii  No,  I,  lid  per  tliiiu*nn(l 
,1.  V,  WYHANT  flliudlMiru,  N«uv  York 
Ilium,  ,N«uv  York 
I  Look  oat  for  Honk  born  nod  oilier 
wuo.ln  lii  olovortlilH  year  Very  III, l.loimut 
miod  to  lie  bad.  Ourn  In  prael  loally  fron  from 
a  mini  need,  met  wniito.  Mieili  t  li«t  rdeiapent, 
a  Blijmiw.  All  Other  vnrlntliw  of  llelil  noeiln  Hmie 
lilrii  anil  lll■(ra«(lonl>o||*•w  •<•  Kimiv  lluiilt  Hti'H"  ki  na. 
WrIU  1 1, day.  (I.H.HUOTT  Al  HONNUO.,  HOllalu  lll-.lla.  y.vlllr.O. 
WSbStberry  ® > 
-  Plant./*  &  &  ^ 
Ai  akmui,  •election  of  the  railirst,  I ettenf , 
Itii'ljCHl,  bcHt-flavotril  and  moiit  prod  net 
ivc  June  and  KvcrbcatiUK  varielie*.  Also 
Ranpbeiry,  Hlarlcberry,  ( rooheberiy,  Cur- 
raiit,  (itape,  Asparagtis,  Rhubarb  and 
I  lortteradinh  1'latitn. 
Fmft  TPAAC  Applr,  I’rm  ,  I’mii  h,  I'liun  unit  Clicrry. 
llLViY  ( )i  mmr  in  at  Tirrn  met  Shrub*. 
UoiVof  1  hlo  Plnntc  ‘  ablmgr,  Ciiiilltlnwrf,  Swrrl 
VcgtlaUlt  I  Ail  II  IN  p,,,.,,,,  c.  lrry,  l  onmln,  P»p- 
per  ,ml  I'.gg  riant*  for  early  met  I are  idoiulng. 
Itrulthy,  vl^nroiiH,  writ  rontrd  Itlm-lt  ilitllviircil  t<»  ynii  In 
IfOOtl  iri'twlliu  »'On«lttbiii,  I.nrifn  or  amull  Inin  III.  rntutiAD- 
Rldo  pt  )i«N,  CuUiluUUe  free, 
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Bn  I* '  Jirlc'.e-,  mb  v  Mf|f  t  lu'in  Yu  pur  rttui.  (O  ftO  |M*r  u**nt 
nf  1  tu  «'«!•(  uf  i  Im*  blind  J 
VV»  II"!  Miil.v  M-  ll  l|p  III  I*  IM.ANTH  elifiip  hilt  wji 
K»v*'  Yuli  f»  Kill!  I'llht*  *  lit IH*  ITbiirilJlU^t  Hl‘-A  I  >  I'i 
rwHiiiuruOTiir  III-  ’  «|'DI  I  I 
iibliil-  (ftnWft  MflVWlimi'i*  Ibid  f-llliy  »rt'  ■IH'dlV  I'llMlnUirll 
brttil,  wifb  tin*  biirliftMt  rinlMui/  Ihiwm  Tln*(  limy  r»  i»Hi 
VDii  In  A/nnil  •  nit/lil  luit  lit  V mil  Ifinntiy  bnfk . 
(hit  II Uf  /Ulli  LriiliM  1  Mr » '  y  Book  I  Ml  I  “ 
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fflvi  .  my  wlx'l*  Ilf*  •  •imtii  hit  iii  •  W  fAlk 
Fw  n'^TTrl 
i  (rii'  lifiiia  jiii  lli«’  tipw  Itiitflfirii'Ht.  l,Jii7ila»l,I>]ii 
I  VI  Mill  AMINO  %TMAWItl  NMII  % 
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tin  be  d  small  fruit*,  front  strawberries  and  raspberries  to 
I  gooseberries  and  grapes.  F'  lls  what  toplanl  be 
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In  U.  *.  A. 
New  England  Notes 
Increasing  Weight  of  Potato  Hills 
The  beginning  <>f  a  promiHlng  nttetnnl 
is  lining  made  to  mnku  rule  <d  the  bill 
towna  of  VVeHtern  New  England  a  center 
for  production  of  Heed  potaloeH.  The 
tint  nageiiient  of  n  lending  farm  oITith 
pri'/.eH  for  I  lie  bmd  pulatooH  during  I  lie 
next  two  HeaHOHH,  'Pile  town  HeetitH  to 
be  rniHing  pretty  good  need  alretidy.  Ii 
im  exploded  the  plan  of  competition  will 
intercut  many  farmers,  train  them  in  Ktie- 
eeHtifnl  met IioiIh  nnd  provide  large  fpian 
lilies  of  salable  Mlocii,  and  file  K'dMd'ul 
fimndalion  for  more  hmdneHH  in  thin  line. 
I’lninly  the  lull  (oWiih  of  HontbwcHtern 
New  England  have  nlmiit  lit'1  Mattie  ml* 
vii  til  UK**  *n  climate  jm  the  more  modltern 
sect  ion  h,  and  they  are  nearer  the  mar¬ 
ket.  If  they  can  uIho  neenre  Mpecial  ex¬ 
cellence  of  Ml  ruin  their  Hiicccns  Hbotibl  be 
certain.  The  prize  plots  will  comprise 
onc-eightli  'd'  an  acre  and  must  not  have 
been  manured  since  Nov.  1,  P>l.»,  but 
will  In*  fertilized  liberally  fur  ibis  year. 
For  the  1017  crop,  the  plot  mnxt  In* 
dressed  Ibis  year  with  two  tons  of  horse 
mnmiro  nod  BOO  pounds  of  ground  lime 
stone,  nnd  then  seeded  (<>  plover,  vetch. 
Soy  beans  or  Home  such  plant.  The  com¬ 
parison  between  tbc  legume  and  the  no- 
legume  plots  ollgltl  to  prove  interesting 
in  1017.  VarictieH  arc  the  Iluriil  New 
Yorker  and  •■recn  Mountain.  Hut  the 
main  point  that  tends  Inward  better  seed 
is  the  method  of  reckoning  tin*  crop.  Dis¬ 
eased  potatoes  will  not  count  ,  and  pot  a 
toes  from  hills  yielding  less  titan  three 
pounds  per  hill  will  not  be  considered, 
nor  kept  for  seed.  Tims,  each  year  the 
seed  will  come  from  the  heavy  hills.  II 
the  average  could  be  raised  In  even  three 
mmols  per  bill,  the  average  crop  of  New 
England  would  become  two  or  three 
times  what  it  is  now.  Some  of  the  bills 
of  potatoes  in  the  town  turned  out  I  I 
pom  his  or  nearly  a  peck  of  potatoes  Iasi 
year.  Fla  1st*  a  whole  Held  to  anywhere 
near  lids  limit  and  the  Im'hI  field  of  Aroo¬ 
stook  would  be  left  far  in  the  rear  in 
yield  per  acre.  0<  n.  V, 
IIKTTKIIINO  MARKET  ('OiNMTlO.NH 
More  public  market  plans  lire  wanted 
in  Massachusetts  cities  and  at  present  jiii 
agent  of  the  St.’ite  Board  of  Agriculture 
is  going  the  rounds  trying  to  discover 
why  the  recent  new  law  to  that  effect  is 
not  always  being  carried  out.  Sometimes 
lie  finds  there  was  great  neglect.  No¬ 
body  took  enough  interest  in  the  matter 
or  knew  jnHt  what  might  to  he  done  to 
gel  the  plan  under  way.  often  there  is 
direct  opposition.  Storekeepers  object 
because  they  have  n  nut  m  ill  fear  of  low¬ 
er  prices  and  Ichh  need  nf  their  own  set 
vices.  They  pa.V  rents  and  taxes,  they 
any,  while  the  farmer  often  lives  in  an¬ 
other  town  ami  spends  nothing  in  be¬ 
half  of  the  city.  The  same  objection, 
however,  would  apply  in  some  degree  to 
peddling  produce  from  house  to  house, 
which  lias  long  been  the  practice.  Con¬ 
sumers  have  always  had  something  to 
say  when  il  collies  to  a  system  which 
means  lower  cost  or  bettor  /pin lily  of 
food. 
Sometimes  the  agents  of  the  public  get 
nfter  the  producers  ns  well  as  the  middle¬ 
men.  The  scalers  of  weights  and  meas¬ 
ures  have  been  very  active  all  through 
the  Slate  the  past  year  and  many  an  old 
pair  of  scales  or  act  of  measures  has  gone 
to  the  scrap  heap,  Farmer  peddlers  were 
told  I  luit  the  small  platform  spring 
scales  iiiiih!  go,  because  the  motion  of 
the  car  jarred  them  out  of  adjustment. 
( If  the  hanging  spring  scales  only  a  few 
types  wen-  acceptable,  ami  many  old  ones 
failed  to  stand  all  the  tests.  One  farm¬ 
er  t.-lls  how  lie  bad  three  pairs  of  scales 
condemned  on  three  , successive  days  un¬ 
til  in  disgust,  be  gave  up  bis  produce 
route. 
The  State  sealer  is  out  after  tin*  milk 
can,  too.  Il  is  claimed  many  of  them  are 
short  of  full  ipiarl  or  pint  capacity.  The 
statement  of  the  manufacturer  is  not 
enough  and  a  recent  letter  sent  out  by 
the  State  Healer  In  milk  dealers,  indicates 
that  hollies  ninsl  ho  sealed  or  milk  deliv¬ 
ery  stopped  until  they  are  passed  upon 
hy  the  local  sealer. 
MILK  IIICAIUNU 
When  the  Boston  milk  hearing  began, 
il  was  the  general  expectation  I  lint  the 
ground  could  lie  covered  in  a  few  days. 
Iteprcsentiitivcs  of  producers  and  others 
wore  preaont  at  the  start  and  waited  pa¬ 
tiently  days  and  weeks  while  the  rail¬ 
roads  and'  the  lawyers  struggled  over 
nia ps,  charts,  figures  and  everything  else 
that  comprises  wlml  limy  term  "Exhibit 
“A,"  "It,  ‘TV’  down  to  "X,’’  "Y"  and 
Finally  everybody  had  a  chance  to 
he  heard  nnd  to  nsk  questions  of  every* 
holly  else  and  nearly  a  month  bad  been 
used  up.  At  this  juncture  the  contrac¬ 
tors  started  grilling  one  another  and 
roasting  the  railroads.  Examiner  Brown 
“much  to  bis  surprise  and  disgust”  was 
obliged  to  stay  over  into  iiiiolInT  work. 
Tim  examiners  say  Hie  Boston  testimony 
was  long  drawn  out  because  of  the  gen¬ 
eral  mix-up  of  methodH,  rates  and  inter¬ 
ests  in  the  New  England  milk  territory. 
They  express  doubt  whether  ill  the  milk 
evidence  in  other  sections  taken  together 
will  equal  tlm  I  rcmcndoUH  hulk  of  the 
Boston  hearing. 
The  fimi I  days  were  taken  lip  in  I  he  at¬ 
tempts  of  Contractor  (Iraustcin  of  the 
Boston  Dairy  Company,  to  show  that 
the  railroads  were  not  treating  him  right 
in  compared  with  some  of  the  other  con¬ 
tractors.  lie  did  show  apparently  that 
very  different  rates,  terms  mid  conditions 
prevail  in  I  lie  various  sections,  and  on 
various  ciuiriecl ing  lines  of  railway.  In 
tins  respect  the  producers  are  in  the 
same  box,  If  there  is  any  one  point 
brought  OUl  with  especial  clearness  in 
I  lie  hearing,  il  is  the  need  of  equalized 
and  uniform  system  of  rales  and  treat¬ 
ment  throughout  New  England.  Now  it 
seems  a  jumble  of  long  and  short  haul, 
leased  ears  and  open  ears,  good,  well- 
lilted  earn  and  cars  poorly  adapted; 
freight  service,  passenger  train  service, 
and  mixed  service,  and  many  different 
rates  charged,  apparently  without  much 
regard  to  the  amount  ami  quality  of  the 
Hi T vice  rendered. 
The  question  is  will  the  Interstate 
Commerce  Comtulssion,  in  trying  to 
equalize  nil  lliiH,  also  raise  the  average 
rates  on  milk  and  cream V  If  they  do, 
who  will  pay  for  it 7  The  contractora 
Hay  they  are  making  only  a  cent  ii  can 
now,  although  their  ligurcs  in  support  of 
the  statement  seemed  not  wholly  com¬ 
plete  and  convincing.  They  say  that  they 
would  hate  to  offer  the  farmers  less 
money  and  well  may  they  hesitate  in 
view  ol  the  farmers’  Conviction  that  al¬ 
ready  there  is  little  or  no  profit  In  mak¬ 
ing  milk. 
The  eotilnictnrs  say,  furthermore,  that 
they  cannot  raise  the  price  to  the  con¬ 
sumers,  because  dial  would  cause  compe¬ 
tition  and  price-cutting.  Producers  reply 
there  could  be  not  Bing  of  I  lie  kind  with¬ 
out  plenty  of  surplus  milk  coming  to  Bos¬ 
ton.  and  il  the  freight  rates  were  equal¬ 
ized,  there  would  he  less  milk  coming 
from  Canada  and  far  distant  points 
which  now  have  same  freight  terms  as 
points  nearer  the  market.  Will  the  com¬ 
mission  ln>  aide  to  devise  houic  happy  me¬ 
dium  which  will  (‘liable  shippers  to  get 
as  much  or  more  for  their  milk  without 
raising  the  price  to  the  public?  Will 
it  he  posable  also  to  squeeze  out  a  little 
more  revenue  for  the  starving  railroads, 
or  will  the  commission  say:  “The  milk 
I  in  die  cannot  hear  greater  burdens;  you 
must  supply  your  needs  from  same  line 
of  traffic,  showing  it  greater  margin  of 
profit'* V.  If  will  not  lie  easy  to  assess  it 
on  the  farmers.  They  arc  learning  to  do 
team  work  on  I  lie  milk  question. 
O.  If,  F. 
Fool  Game  I.nws  in  MasaacluiBcttH 
II  is  noted  in  die  February,  1018. 
number  of  l<'orcnt  nnd  Stream  that  a  hill 
was  introduced  in  the  Masncliiisetts  Leg¬ 
islature  late  in  December,  I  HI  5,  practic¬ 
ally  permit  ling  uttyonc  to  limit  any¬ 
where  in  the  Stale  except  within  1100 
yards  uf  a  dwelling.  This  would  have 
the  effect  <d'  abolishing  nil  game  refuges 
and  private  preserves  within  the  State. 
It  would  also  make  it  impossible  for  any 
fanner  to  protect  his  hind  from  trespass 
during  the  hunting  season,  Il  iH  prob¬ 
able  dial  the  fate  of  the  hill  will  have 
been  decided  before  this  is  published,  but 
if  any  such  atrocious  measure  should 
over  . .  ii  law  ni  .Miissac’lilisel  I s  or 
any  other  Stale  each  landowner  in  Iho 
Stale  should  find  out  what  men  voted  for 
It,  and  try  to  see  that  they  retired  from 
public  life  at  the  first  opportunity. 
Wayne  Go.,  N.  Y.  a.  c,  w. 
The  hill  is  one  of  those  fool  measures 
which  creep  into  the  I legislature  every 
year.  II  was  promptly  killed  in  com* 
milt (•!•  hearing  and  the  petitioner  given 
leave  to  withdraw,  this  verdict,  being  ac¬ 
cepted  by  the  Legislature.  It  wjis  one 
of  those  sc lii’ii ics  to  give  the  whole  coun¬ 
tryside  into  the  possession  ol  the  city 
hunters.  The  sit  mil  ion  is  had  enough  as 
il  is  tow.  During  the  open  season  for 
pheasants,  etc.,  the  farmors  need  a  tres- 
pasH  notice  at  every  crossing  and  pair  of 
liars,  and  a  watchman  in  every  field  to 
sec  that  the  sigtiH  are  not  torn  down  hy 
the  first  gang  that  conies  along.  (Ilher- 
w  I  so,  scores  of  hoys  and  loafers  with 
gnus  overrun  his  farm  and  kilt  or  scare 
every  living  wild  creature  the  first  few 
/lays  of  Iho  open  season.  After  that  they 
tramp  over  the  crops,  steal  the  fruit  and 
lice  hlrdHhol.  Into  the  apple  trees  while 
the  farm  help  is  trying  to  gather  the  pro¬ 
duct,  This  Dill  would  have  made  even 
trespass  signs  useless,  since  no  prosecu¬ 
tions  could  he  brought  outside  the  limits 
incut  lolled.  It;  wits  almost  tlm  most  Im¬ 
pudent  attempt  ever  made  to  deliver  up 
the  farms  to  the  gunmen.  H  is  had 
enough  to  Hoc  the  game  and  till*  useful 
birds  tlml  the  fanner  has  been  protect 
ing  and  feeding  from  his  crops  the  season 
through  all  lulled  and  carried  away  hy 
strangers  within  a  few  days,  but  to  take 
away  all  right  of  redress  or  defense  is  a 
step  that  no  Legislature  yet  dares  to  con 
sider  seriously.  o.  it.  K. 
M  aHHiicbiiHel  Is. 
The  Maim*  Department  of  Agriculture 
will  bold  its  annual  "Potato  Day"  at. 
City  Itall,  Bangor,  March  2fird,  sessions 
10  A.  M  ,  1,30  P.  M  and  evening.  On 
the  following  day,  March  '.Mill,  there  will 
he  an  all  day  meeting  of  the  Apple  Grow¬ 
ers*  Association.  These  will  DC  State¬ 
wide  meetings  and  speakers  of  promin¬ 
ence  will  be  present  both  days.  It.  A. 
Fimu’Him  of  the  Foods  and  Markets  De 
partmenl  of  New  York  will  speak  both 
diiya. 
