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September  23,  1910. 
G*«?  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
to  consider  this  So-cent  dollar  let  us 
figure  on  the  breakfast  food  value  of  corn, 
oats  and  wheat.  We  sell  wheat  at  two 
cents  a  pound  and  buy  it  back  at  from 
12  to  10  cents ! 
I.v  on  most  of  the  others.  The  yield  mil 
the  11  acres  was  good — not  less  than  20 
bushels  per  aero — the  yield  on  the  latest 
sown  strips  being  the  least.  I  have  sown 
corn  ground  with  wheat  since  then,  and 
always  successfully  when  it  could  be 
sown  by  the  middle  of  October.  Wheat 
after  oats  is  in  our  regular  rotation. 
Pennsylvania.  j.  w.  ixgham. 
that  she  did.  and  what  she  is  doing  in  her 
humble  way  to  serve  her  family  and  her 
State: 
J  “This  particular  woman  fell  from  a 
cherry  tree  on  a  New  Jersey  farm  while 
picking  the  fruit  for  home  preserving, 
dislocated  her  right  elbow  and  sustained 
other  injuries.  Like  a  wounded  soldier 
waiting  for  an  ambulance  she  lay  suffer¬ 
ing  until  she  could  attract  her  fellow 
pickers,  who  were  working  at  a  distance. 
Yet  so  insistent  was  her  call  ‘to  the 
front’  that  (the  accident  happened  July 
Fourth)  within  a  few  days  she  was  one- 
handedly  feeding  her  chickens.  While  in 
the  cellar  so  helping  her  daughter  do  the 
housework,  she,  with  the  instinct  of  love 
and  protection,  caught  the  little  girl  with 
her  maimed  arm  as  the  little  one  was 
falling  down  the  cellar  stairs  and  saved 
her  from  injury.  Au  everyday  heroine!” 
E.  L. 
Three  Kids  and  a  Calf 
Dr.  Robert  Brittain,  Delaware  Co., 
N.  Y.,  sent  us  the  photograph  from 
which  our  first  page  picture  was  made. 
He  says  that  two  of  his  boys  arc  sub¬ 
scribers  to  The  R.  N.-V.,  so  be  sent  the 
photograph.  These  four  specimens  of 
young  stock  were  all  raised  on  Delaware 
County  milk,  and  from  their  appearance 
this  would  be  good  evidence  as  to  the 
quality  of  the  milk  produced  up  among 
those  hills.  Dr.  Brittain  says  that  this 
calf  was  about  the  liveliest  pupil  he  had 
ever  seen  in  the  animal  kingdom.  The 
children  drove  him  like  a  well-broken 
horse,  and  the  calf  would  get  down  and 
pull  whenever  it  was  necessary  like  a 
steady  old  ox.  Once  in  a  while  this  calf, 
like  most  of  the  rest  of  ns  under  happy 
conditions,  would  begin  to  get  gay.  Then 
it  would  let.  out.  a  bawl,  curl  up  its  tail 
and  show  itself  off.  The  calf  would  run 
away  and  the  result  would  he  that  tin' 
street  would  be  well  lined  with  kids.  It 
is  a  good  tiling  to  let  the  children  have 
some  sort  of  an  animal  to  play  with  and  tips  pointing  outward,  the  base  of  the 
drive.  Good-natured  children  or  those  stalk  lying  inside  the  row  line  about  one 
naturally  of  good  spirit  can  get  a  lot  of  foot.  Follow  on,  cutting  auotlier  hand- 
fun  out  of  just  this  kind  of  exercise,  and  fill  and  lay  it  as  the  first,  tips  pointing 
many  of  them  are  quite  thoughtful  about  outward.  Turn  and  cut  back,  and  lay  a 
the  little  animal.  Now  au<1  then  we  find  handful  opposite  the  first  handful,  the 
a  child  naturally  inclined  to  he  mean  and  tips  pointing  outward.  Cut  hack  and 
hateful,  and  it  is  rough  on  the  animal  forth  between  two  shocks,  which  are  to 
friend  when  he  fulls  into  possession  of  contain  four  bundles  each.  Bind  the 
such  children.  A  donkey  or  burro  is  the  first  shock,  raise  the  stalks  upright  be¬ 
hest  companion  for  such  children,  as  he  fore  binding  that  they  may  be  even  at 
is  patient  and  good-natured  and  can  the  base.  By  doing  so  the  shock  made 
stand  much  abuse.  It  is  a  question,  up  will  withstand  windstorms  better, 
however,  if  one  of  these  rather  hateful  Place  the  four  together  and  use  a  fifth 
children  should  ever  be  permitted  to  con-  band  to  bind  their  tops  together;  they 
trol  any  living  animal.  The  kids  in  the  will  rarely  blow  over.  No  corn  knife 
picture,  however,  are  not  of  that  type,  will  bo  needed  at  husking  or  drawing  in 
and  it  is  evidently  a  quartet  of  good  time.  HIRAM  MORE, 
friends.  _ 
©tier  fruit,  berr  l*9or^Sfl  , 
'  5  vegetables  on  tba  ♦•Grange*''  £ 
1  Sr  Evaporator  and  go  about  your 
work.  No  attention,  nn  bother.  No 
Sf  sugar  to  buy,  no  jars.  Evaporated  fruits  \p 
f  and  vegetables  are  most  wholetomc  and  de-V 
r  licions  and  enjoyed  by  all  the  family.  (All  you  f 
need  to  furnish  a  supply  for  home  use  or  for  sale 
at  a  good  profit,  is  a  simple,  well-built  and  reliable 
Convenient  Corn  Tfandling 
Here  is  my  method  <>f  caring  for 
corn  and  fodder  .at  harvesting  time.  By 
cutting  and  shocking  bundles  in  the  way 
illustrated  the  corn  and  fodder  will  cure 
quickly  and  evenly.  It  can  he  stored 
away  as  bundles  of  oats  or  rye  in  a 
mow.  Last  Fall  T  husked  corn  in  or  on 
a  partially  filled  hay  mow  and  did  not 
see  a  single  moldy  ear  or  stalk  of  fodder. 
Start  with  one  of  the  middle  rows,  cut 
until  a  handful  is  got;  lay  it  down  the 
Use  it  by  resting  ou  back  of  kitchen  stove.  No  extra 
Cost  foroperation.  Get  one  now  for  u<~e  tliisseason. 
Save  money  drying  your  own  products.  Wade 
in  two  handy  sire*,  at  f  5  aoa  fio,  delivered 
l  anywhere  and  guaranteed  satisfactory  or  i 
k  your  money  back-  Write  for  Booklet  B  M 
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3L  Lafayette  Eidf-,  Philadelphia  fir 
Coming  Farmers’  Meetings 
Vegetable  Growers’  Association  of 
America,  annual  convention.  La  Salle 
Hotel.  Chicago,  Ill.,  Sept.  26-29. 
Brockton  Agricultural  Fair,  Brockton, 
Mass.,  Oct.  3-n. 
National  Dairy  Show,  Springfield, 
Mass.,  Oct.  12-21. 
Farmer’s  National  Congress,  thirty- 
sixth  annual  session,  Indianapolis,  Ind.. 
Oct.  17-20. 
New  Hampshire  Horticultural  Society, 
Keene,  N.  IL,  Oct.  25-27. 
Annual  show,  Rhode  Island  Fruit 
Growers’  Association,  Mathewson  St. 
Church  Hall,  Providence.  I!.  I.,  Nov.  7- 
10. 
New  England  Fruit  Show  and  Vermont 
State  Horticultural  Society,  joint  meet¬ 
ing,  City  Hall,  Montpelier,’  Vt„  Nov.  13- 
IS. 
Indiana  Apple  Show,  West  Baden,, 
Nov.  14-20. 
Paterson,  N.  J.,  Poultry  Association 
annual  show.  Paterson,  N.  J.,  Nov.  21- 
25;  Dr.  Gilbert  Johnson,  secretary- 
treasurer 
Holyoke  Poultry  and  Pet  Stock  Asso¬ 
ciation  annual  exhibition,  Holyoke,  Mass., 
Nov.  22-24. 
Quaunapowitt  Poult  ".V  Association, 
third  animal  show,  Wakefield,  Mass., 
Nov.  23-25. 
Virginia  State  Horticultural  Society, 
twenty-first  annual  mooting,  Roanoke, 
Va.,  Dec.  5-7. 
Maine  State  Poultry  Show,  Portland, 
Dec.  12-15. 
University  Horticultural  Society  of 
Ohio  State  University  sixth  annual  show 
of  fruit  and  vegetables,  December  14,  15 
and  16. 
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My  frees  are  hardyj  rigorous  growers  and  heavy  bearers; 
equally  valuable  for ,r»n1ei>  or commercial  planting.  Fraser's 
Tree  Book  gives  Information  atKeitlraSincvarietlesol  Apples, 
Pears,  Peaches,  Plums,  Cherries,  etc.  Write  for  free  copy. 
SAMUEL  FRASER  NURSERY,  he.  1?6  Mala  fit..  Gwesto.  N.Y. 
Lime  Requirements  of  Plants 
Please  publish  a  list  of  vegetables  and 
flowers  that  are  benefited  by  lime  and 
also  those  that  are  hurt  by  the  use  of 
it.  If  you  could,  put  them  in  list  form, 
so  it.  could  be  cut  out  and  used  for  ref¬ 
erence.  ,r.  j.  h. 
Port  Richmond,  N.  Y. 
'The  Rhode  Island  Experiment  Sta¬ 
tion  worked  this  out  with  many  farm  and 
garden  crops  some  years  ago,  and  this 
classification  is  usually  accepted.  They 
found  the  following  crops  injured  by 
lime : 
Blue  lupine. 
Blackberry. 
Black  raspberry. 
Strawberry. 
Potato. 
Radish. 
Watermelon. 
The  injur;  to  the  potato  was  caused  by 
increasing  tin*  amount  of  scab  disease. 
The  following  list  of  plants  are  called 
“indifferent  fo  lime" — that  is  there  is 
not  much  effect  cither  way  though  lime 
rarely  benefits  them: 
A  pple. 
Corn. 
<  ’arrot. 
Cotton. 
Millet. 
Peach. 
Pear. 
Sowing  Wheat  on  Corn  Ground 
The  corn  ground  usually  receives  a 
liberal  dressing  of  stable  manure  in  the 
Spring,  applied  on  a  clover  sod,  and  by 
Fall  both  the  manure  and  sod  are  well- 
rotted,  and  the  land  in  excellent  condi¬ 
tion  to  raise  a  crop  of  wheat,  in  ease  the 
wheat  can  be  sown  early  enough  for  the 
plants  to  cover  the  ground  before  Winter 
sets  in.  A  good  growth  of  top  is  neces¬ 
sary  to  protect  the  roots  against  winter- 
killing.  Among  the  enemies  of  wheat 
are  the  Hessian  fly,  rust,  smut,  and 
midge,  but  the  greatest  danger  to  wheat 
is  from  winter-killing.  As  a  preventive 
Waldo  F.  Brown,  and  T.  B.  Terry  some¬ 
times  scattered  a  thin  layer  of  straw  over 
the  wheat  as  soon  as  the  ground  was 
frozen. 
The  frequent  cultivations  of  the  corn, 
and  the  shading  of  the  ground,  made  it 
plow  up  mellow  as  soou  as  the  corn  was 
taken  off  in  the  Fall,  and  put  it  in  fine 
condition  for  the  reception  of  the  wheat. 
The  only  difficulty  was  in  getting  the 
corn  off,  and  the  wheat  sown  early  enough 
to  ensure  the  necessary  top  before  Win¬ 
ter.  My  first  experience  in  sowing  corn 
ground  was  on  a  11-aere  field  of  thick 
Timothy  sod.  Tlie  ground  bad  been 
plowed  in  the  spring,  and  by  Fall  had 
rotted  nicely.  The  corn  had  been  cut  up 
and  seven  rows  of  corn  had  been  taken 
to  build  one  row  of  shocks,  or  “stouts” 
as  they  were  called  in  our  neighborhood. 
I  carried  one  row  of  shocks  and  placed 
them  in  the  row  towards  the  east,  and 
carried  another  row  from  the  opposite  di¬ 
rection  and  placed  it  in  the  same  row, 
thereby  clearing  the  ground  for  the  space 
of  49  feet,  42  of  which  could  be  plowed 
without  the  whifiletrees  tearing  down  the 
shocks.  The  pumpkins  were  piled  in  the 
shock  raw  between  the  shocks,  and  the 
vines  dragged  off  to  tin*  side  of  the  field 
with  a  spike-tooth  harrow.  The  ground 
as  soon  as  cleared  was  plowed  hy  com¬ 
mencing  in  the  center  between  two  rows 
of  shocks  and  back  furrowing.  The 
ground  having  been  shaded  had  not  baked, 
and  plowed  mellow  and  fine  as  could  be 
wished,  not  a  clod  to  ho  scon  anywhere. 
Seed  was  kept  in  the  field,  and  as  soon 
as  a  strip  was  plowed  it  wus  sown  in 
order  to  secure  as  early  sowing  as  pos¬ 
sible.  It  was  near  the  first  of  Novem¬ 
ber  before  the  last  strip  was  sown,  the 
wheat  plants  being  up  and  growing  lino- 
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from  niwuHf — I'aokeUto  reach  you  in  (fried  con¬ 
dition — Writ© for  fivu  wholesale  cautioner  Fruit 
and  Ornamental  'frees,  KoBeu,  Shrubs  and  Vines. 
THE  IVM.  J.  If EIX.LV  NURSERIES 
83  0»nlun  Street,  l>»n*\  III©,  X.  V. 
Buffalo  Markets 
Cabbages  retailing  at  20c  each ;  corn 
40c  a  dozen,  when  it  is  usually  only  10 
cents  in  September ;  potatoes  .<1X1  per 
bn.  The  city  markets  are  crowded  with 
ea tallies,  hut  prices  are  so  high  that  buy¬ 
ing  is  light.  It  would  appear  that  only 
elderberries  are  really  cheap,  as  they  re¬ 
tail  as  low  os  6c  a  <jt.  Tin*  wholesaV 
price  of  potatoes  is  $1.40  to  $1.75.  with 
fancy  sweets  $1.75  to  $2  per  hamper 
Apples  are  easier  at  25  to  90c  per  bu.. 
common  to  fancy.  lY-aches  are  firm  nt 
$1  nor  bu.  for  home-grown  and  $1.50  to 
*$1.75  for  western.  Pears  are  rather 
plenty  at  75c  to  $1  per  bu.  for  fair  Ni¬ 
agara  County  Barth  tts. 
A  b  um  crop  is  now  hardly  possible,  s o 
that  the  quotation  is  $0  to  $6.75  from 
pea  to  marrow.  Onions  are  also  high, 
at  $1.15  for  In  me  grown,  $2.50  for  west¬ 
ern  t»er  bu.,  ami  $1.50  per  hamper  for 
Spanish.  Melons  are  plenty,  but  high, 
at  $3  for  fancy  crate.  $1.75  per  Ijh.  for 
can  tel  ou  pcs  and  30  to  50  cents  each  for 
watermelons.  Berries  are  about  gone,  a 
few  blackberries  retail  at  15  cents  up  a 
quart  and  huckleberries  10  to  13c. 
Vegetables  are  plenty  enough,  but  high, 
at  75c  to  $1  per  bu.  for  string  beans; 
celery  20  to  50c  per  bunch;  cucumbers 
75c  to  $1  per  bit.,  or  30c  per  100  for 
small  pickling  jeze;  eggohuit,  $1  per  bu. ; 
lettuce  very  high  tit  50c  to  $1.25  per 
doz. ;  peppers,  $1.25  per  bu. ;  tomatoes 
20c  per  small  basket,  or  30c  per  20-lb. 
basket. 
Butter  is  firm  at  35c  for  best  cream¬ 
ery,  31c  for  choice  dairy,  28c  for  fancy 
crock  and  24c  for  poor.  Cheese  is  up  to 
20c  for  fancy  domestic,  18c  for  fair. 
Eggs  continue  to  advance,  being  40c  for 
best  hennery  to  30c  for  western  candled. 
Live  poultry  of  most  grades  is  rather 
easy,  being  10  to  20c  for  choice  fowl, 
24  to  26c  for  chicken,  16c  for  old  roost¬ 
ers,  16  to  18c  for  ducks  and  14  to  16c 
for  geese.  Turkey  is  33  to  34c  frozen, 
for  old  toms.  No  other  frozen  poultry 
offered.  The  price  of  dressed  poultry  is 
about  2c  higher  than  live. 
Hay  is  cheap  at  $12  to  $17  for  all 
grades  of  Timothy,  on  account  of  the  big 
crop  raised  in  this  vicinity.  j.  \v.  c.  » 
for  September  and  Fall  planting.  Runner  and  pot- 
grown  plants  that  will  boar  fruit  next  summer. 
Bond  tug  standard  and  Everbearing  varieties.  Also 
RASPBIKRY,  BlACKBtRRY,  ASPARAGUS  PUNTS.  FRUIT 
TREES.  URNAMENTAL  TREfcS,  SHRUBS  Catalogue  free. 
Harry  L  Squires,  Good  Ground.  N.  Y. 
STRAWBERRY  PLANTS  LSI 
August,  September  and  Octolxw  settings.  Layer 
Plants  from  (iO  different  vnriotiox.  ineluding  Fall- 
ben  ring.  Send  On- catalog.  J.  KeiIlordH.il,  DepI.r.Kliaiittdilc.Mtf. 
Peach,  Apple,  Pear,  ShadeTrees, 
small  fruit  plants  directfrora  nursery  to  you.  Satisfaction 
Guaranteed.  Cat,  free.  6.  C.  BUNTING  <  SON,  B  •«  S  Silbrville.Uil. 
FOR  SALE  WILDFR  CURRANT  PUNTS.  Twoyr.  Prime  quality, 
i  cr  dozen,  »!-,  100,  K>,  ),000,  *3o,  EDW.  MtCARTH*.  Msrlkoro,  N.Y. 
MAMMOTH  WHITE  RYE 
Samples  and  catalog  free.  W  N.  SCARF F,  Bu  0,  «i> Clrittlt.  0. 
Russian  Pitkus  SeadRya 
bn,  Supply  limited.  Cloverdale  Farm,  Chadotte,  H.  Y. 
S  W  E  ET  Builds  Worn  Out  Soil.  Has 
.  "  ■  ■“  ~  _  Wirticr  protein  content  than  alfalfa. 
I*  I  \M  ET  D  WTlto  for  pficusand  Information. 
™  ■»  E.  Barton,  Box  29.  Falmouth,  Ky. 
Red-top  grass. 
Tomato. 
There  are  various  reports  about  corn, 
some  claiming  lime  results  while  others 
report  injury.  Onr  own  experience  is 
that  some  of  the  flint  varieties  grown  for 
many  years  in  New  England  have  adapt¬ 
ed  themselves  to  rather  soar  land  and 
do  not  respond  to  lime.  Some  of  the. 
dents  from  richer  limestone  soils  are 
more  tolerant  of  lime.  Most  other  crops 
— aside  from  these  here  mentioned — are 
more  or  less  benefited  by  lime. 
7DCI  C  Best  hand- 
*  ♦*  made.  Thor, 
Kobt.  Gillies,  Medina.  N.Y. 
ouglily  seasoned  stock. 
B]E  have  books  on 
J  all  subjects  of 
■  farming  by  rec¬ 
ognized  authorities. 
Write  us  and  we  will 
quote  you  prices 
Nameless  Heroism 
*  arc  hearing  these  days  much  about 
eroism  of  women  in  Europe.  They 
nly  take  tin*  place  of  the  men  doing 
lomo  work,  but  in  many  cases  do 
I  fighting  at  the  front,  and  are  fre- 
!y  wounded  or  killed.  These  hero- 
ire  not  fill  to  be  found  on  the  other 
if  the  water,  and  some  of  the  hum- 
oeeu patrons  of  life  show  them  far 
army  life.  The  woman  shown  on 
1201  is  Tine  of  these  everyday  hcro- 
and  the  following  little  story  tells  all 
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