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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 18, 1922 
CABBAGE AND CAULIFLOWER 
DANISH SEEDS DIRECT TO THE GROWER 
SWEDISH VICTORY OATS 
GARDEN AND MUCK SEEDS 
M. KLITGORD, Importer Box R, LIMA, N. Y. 
rtf y Prices Will Please You. Ask For Them 
FRUIT TREES AND SMALL FRUIT PLANTS, GRAPE VINES, 
ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS AND ROSES 
we have been suppl vine t rees and plants to growers for nearly a third of a century; and we 
number by thousands the ever-increasing list of our friends and pat rons. Catalogs free upon 
request. T. B. WEST, Maple Bend Nursery, P. O. Box No. 110, Perry, Ohio. 
* Newland 
I r Plants Patj 
BigProfits 
Which would you prefer as the re¬ 
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seldom bring over $25, while Straw¬ 
berries or Raspberries have brought 
over $500. 
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Guide to Small Fruits 
It describes the profit-making coin- 
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sorts. It gives full cultural directions 
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DAVID KNIGHT & SON 
Box 80 Sawyer, Michigan 
$500fo $700 per Acre, 
with plenty ol fresh 
y.<J strawberries for the 
iVy home table. 
W Easy to rs fee. One planting 
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Box 700 Sawyer, Mich. 
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At Wholesale Prices, Direct to Growers 
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Nurseries : Ovid and Perry, Mich. 
Mail Address: Box 33 Perry, Mich. 
Home of the Everbearers 
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New 1922 Catalogue, if. R. ALLEN R Nn 1 Sesfn'if, Del, 
Fat as a Fertilizer 
I have front oue to two tons of scrap-1 
ings; that is. fat mostly and moat that, 
is taken off the fur polts that I buy. and 
in the past I have sold this for as high 
as 8c per lb., but. at present there is no 
market for it. and am only offered 1 r jiet 
lb. Would it. pay uie to put this under 
in.v crops, say. like in hills of tomatoes, 
or spread in the furrow behind the plow? 
IIow heavy should if he put. in the hills of 
tomatoes or encumbers, and would it 
bring quick results at once the first Sum¬ 
mer. or would it take longer? c. A. K. 
Montgomery. N. Y. 
This stuff will not he satisfactory ns a 
fertilizer. The fat. has no fertilizing 
value; in fact, it is a disadvantage, as too 
much of it in the hill or drill will prevent 
the plants from making use of real fertil¬ 
ity. The lean meat will he useful, but the 
fat will he worth more for feeding hogs 
or rendering out for soap grease. 
Grapes from Seed 
I have saved some grape seed from 
grapes I bought from a farmer in this 
section, as tin* grapes were such large, 
.iuiey ones, IIow should I go about it? 
Must they he set out for the frost to split 
them, like peach seed? Mas. m. f. 
Grape seed should he stratified in sand, 
so that it is subjected to alternate freez¬ 
ing and thawing during the interim from 
its separation from the berry until the 
soil is warm enough for planting. It is 
the best, practice to mix the seed with 
clean sand just as it is separated from 
the berry. The mixture is then placed 
in a good-sized flower pot. which is at 
once buried at. a depth of a font in a dry 
spot in the garden. When the soil has 
warmed sufficiently for outdoor planting, 
the seeds are sifted from the sand and j 
planted in drills about an inch deep. If 
more than one row is required, these are 
usually placed about 18 in. apart. It 
should be stated that if the flowers that 
developed the seeds in question were open 
to cross-pollination, the fruit may be en¬ 
tirely different from that from which the 
seeds came. The simpler and easier way 
to obtain this particular variety is to 
learn the name and then purchase at a 
slight cost rooted plants of it. f. e. g. 
Turning Coal Ashes Into Soil 
I have a place in my backyard, about 
300 sq. ft. in area, that has been filled 
in with coal ashes from my heater. This 
has been leveled off, but is rather un- j 
sightly. I would like to make this area 
productive, but as loam is very expensive 
in this neighborhood, 1 want to get results 
with the minimum expense. I do not 
eare what I raise, if nothing more than 
grass. The important thing desired is 
improved appearance. Probably there is 
no humus in this area at the present 
time, and I am wondering if anything 
will grow, and if not. what the minimum 
thickness of soil should be applied, and 
how. p. w. t. 
You can slowly make the coal ashes 
into “soil.” but it will be a slow job un¬ 
less you are willing to spend money freely. 
You can. of course, bring in enough soil 
to cover the place about three inches thick 
and then seed grass or grain. Such crops 
will make a slow growth, but will not 
give you full satisfaction. We have seen 
such places, of nearly pure coal ashes, 
made into a form of soil. You must re¬ 
member that there is little, if any, plant 
food in these ashes, and no humus or or¬ 
ganic matter. Such ashes are frequently 
used in greenhouses. In that case, large 
quantities of soluble fertilizers are used, 
all the ashes do in such eases is to hold 
the roots of the plants. If you can get 
two or three loads of fine manure, scatter 
it over this place and work it. into tin- 
surface. Then, early in Spring, broadcast 
seed of white turnips, and use a good 
dressing of some good, complete fertilizer. 
The turnips will make a light growth. 
In .Tune spade them under, put on a dust¬ 
ing of lime and seed to buckwheat. This 
will make quite a growth. Spade it under 
in September, and seed to rye. using more 
fertilizer. In the Spring spade the rye 
under and seed to oats and pens. After 
that you can seed to grass and Alsike 
clover and get a good stand. The theory 
of all this is that the lime will compost 
the ashes, the fertilizer will start the 
plants, and those crops put into the soil, 
one after the other, will slowly till the 
ashes with humus, and make what we 
may call an imitation soil. Remember, 
that you must supply all the plant food 
these first crops need. 
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WITH INOCULATION 
The Plant With So Many Possi 
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Grown For Seed It Will Pay 
Better Than Any Other 
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Grown as a Green Manure Crop 
It Has No Equal 
Grown as a Honey Plant Its 
Supply of Nectar, Year by 
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Our Guaranteed Seed is Scarified. Northern 
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STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
Grown in tho warm, sandy soil c*f Maryland's fa¬ 
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roots They will st.'ut quickly And grow well. 
PRICES ARE AT PRE-WAH LEVEL mid the plants are as 
t'oOil us can bo bought. Write for catalogue today. 
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All the best standard and ever-bearing varieties. 
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STRAWBERRY PLANTS FOR SALE 
Ask for catalog telling about the great EARLY MOST 
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J. KEIFFORD HALL Rhoile*d*le, Maryland R. 2 
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