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March 18, 1922 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Wipe Out Every 
Rat and Mouse 
Dahlias from Grafts and Cuttings 
I have become interested in Dahlias, 
and would like to know if they can be 
started by cuttings or grafted, d. j. M. 
Newark, N. .T. 
Grafting of Dahlias is only practiced 
for the preservation of rare and wenk- 
growing sorts. The top of the tuber is 
cut slanting upward and a cutting slanted 
downward. Tuber and cutting are tied 
with raffia, aud planted in a pot deep 
enough to cover the lower part of the 
graft with earth. The whole is then cov¬ 
ered with a hand glass, when cutting and 
root soon form a union. Propagation by 
cuttings is mainly used by commercial 
growers. The roots are planted close to¬ 
gether in greenhouse benches early in 
January, and cuttings are made of the 
voung shoots when they form the third 
or fourth set of leaves. These cutting; 
have the leaves trimmed, and are then 
set in pure sand in a bench having bottom 
heat provided by a flue, steam or hot 
water pipe running underneath. With a 
bottom temperature of Go degrees, and 
air temperature a little lower, the cut¬ 
tings root in about two weeks, When 
rooted, they are potted in small pots, and 
grown iu a cool greenhouse until danger 
of frost is past, after which they are 
planted out. Cuttings made too far below 
a joint, or too late in the season, will not 
make tubers. 
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Hats, Mice. Gophers—in fact, all Ro¬ 
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quitkly. Imperial Virus will do it. This 
new discover- is a fluid, true Virus, en¬ 
tirely harmless to humans, poultry, stock, 
pets, etc. 
The Gladiolus is one of the most 
satisfactory flowers grown and there 
is no reason why every family cannot 
this grand flower—it is as easy 
enjoy 
SP to grow as the potato. 
^ Bloom from July to frost if you plant a 
few bulbs each month from April to July. 
For TWO DOLLARS we will send 
50 Bulbs of our Grand Prize Mixture, 
which covers every conceivable shade 
in the Gladiolus kingdom. 
Each year we sell thousands of these 
bulbs and have received numerous 
testimonials as to their merits. 
ORDER YOUR BULBS NOW so as to have them 
to plant when you begin making your garden. 
Simple cultural directions in package. 
our store, with Check. Money Order; Cash or Stamps, 
sent prepaid to any point in the U. S. east of the 
I Canada add 25c—($2.25), 
Infects rodents only. Greedily eaten 
on bait. ^ets up burning fever. The 
pests communicjile it to others, aud all 
die outside,-hunting air and water. Im¬ 
perial Virus is put up iu sealed bottles, 
thus insuring full strength and potency. 
Only safe.*sanitary method to overcome 
these pests. Protect your poultry, es¬ 
pecially baby chicks aud egg hatches. 
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rency, M. O. Check, etc.), and we will 
ship you by return mail, postpaid, two 
regular, full- sized (double strength) 
$1.00 bottles of Imperial Virus. Use 
one to rid your place of these pests, and 
sell the other to a neighbor. Special in¬ 
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perial Laboratories, Dept. 754, 2110 
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when two bottles arrive. Guaranteed to 
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30-32 Barclay Street 
Heavyweight 
The heaviest and most productive American 
variety now grown, having a strong, stiff, 
sturdy straw, long branching heads filled 
with thin hulled heavy grain. Our stock ot 
over 25.000 bushels which is selling freely, 
weighs from 
CONTENTS 
tested. 
Seed Oats 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, MARCH 18, 1922 
65 c Exceptionally 
per lb W prices on 
FARM TOPICS 
What is a “4—8—10 Fertilizer"?.... 
Farm Machinery Stored in Snow. 
Testing Samples of Muck..... 
Planting Potatoes in Hills. 
Harvesting Spinach . 
Seeding Millet with Buckwheat..... 
Growing Sweet Potatoes in Michigan 
A Stand of Grass in Timber. 
Destroying Sumac . 
Hope Farm Notes. 
Shavings in Manure.. 
Onion Bulbs and Sets. 
New York State Jottings. 
per measured bushel 
Yields of from 82 up to 1 18 bushels per acre 
have been reported to us by our customers, 
right here in the Eastern States. Prices, 
100 pounds, enouch for one acre, S3.75; 
10 to 50 bushels, $1.20 per bu. Bags Free. 
Dibble’s 
Twentieth Century 
Extra early, tall, stiff straw, with thin hulled 
grain weighing 36-38 lbs. per measured 
bushel. On our own farms for a ten-year 
period, it has produced over twice the aver¬ 
age yield of the U. S., and our acreage has 
been from 100-150 acres annually. Price. 
" , bu. bag. enough for one acre, $2.75; 
10-50 bushel lots, S1.00 per bushel; 100 
bushel lots 95c per bu. Bags free, ol course. 
Samples, Dibble’s Faint Seed Catalog 
and Special Price List FREE. Address. 
Eduard F. Dibble Seedgrower 
Box B, Honeoye Falls, N. Y. 
Iieadcusr'ers lor Seed Oats. TCorn, Barley. 
/ . .l a. Clover, Grass Seeds and Seed Po.aloe; 
lots for seed 
yielding. 
Guaranteed 
against im¬ 
purities until 
safe inyour 
hands. . 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
The Hows of Growing Hothouse Lambs. 
Part II.. 
New Method of Hog Killing.. 
Another Milk Speculator. 
Rye Feed for Pigs. 
Grain and Pasture for Cows.. 
Pigs Not Doing Well. 
That Sheep-shearing Champion. 
Obstructed Teat .. 
Cross-firing Horse . 
Chronic Collar Gall. 
Feeds for an Intensive Dairy. 
Undesirable Dairy Ration. 
~ CERTIFIED 
PEDIGREED 
NORTH ERN*QR\JWN 
bu stL/t can get 
ome of the best 
y writui^ at once 
THE HENYARD 
That ‘‘Turk-lien” Fowl. 
Naked Neck Birds in Jamaica. 
A Minister’s Busy Hen.. 
Questions in Breeding and Management 
Skin Disease in Fowls. 
Egg-laying Contest .. 
Stale New-laid Eggs. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS—GRAPE VINES 
Strawberry Plants 
MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU 
BOX N-B -SEEP DEPARTMENT- BCD N-6 
LANSINQ, MICHIGAN 
Garden seeds. Catalogue 
Box 3 Geneva, Ohio 
T.errv plan Is and fruit trees, 
free. RANSOM FARM 
HORTICULTURE 
An Acre Under Intensive Cultivation.. .401, 402 
Information Wanted on Dahlia Culture.-.. 405 
Pruning Quince and Pear. 407 
Budding Walnuts . 40t 
The Grape Outlook—Part III. 408 
Transplanting Trees; Fertilizing Truck 
Crops . *** 
Celery Culture .. ’ 1 ' 1 
CHOICE FARM SEEDS 
Field selected, rack dried, high germination Im¬ 
proved Champion mill Cloud's Yellow pant seed 
corn, $? 50 per bushel on the onr. Whitn Tartar 
seed oats, SI 2S per bushel. < 'hnire Kufttel seed po¬ 
tatoes, free front disease, at S6.50 per Sack of lli.’i lhs. 
W. W WflMAN P. 0 Bo* No 469 llimiinelstown. Pa. 
GRAPE VINES $ 3 s 
and home gardens. Prices right. Send today 
for a copy of our Grape Catalogue FREE. 
T. S. HUBBARD CO., Box 20, Fredonia, N.Y. 
Improved Robust NAVY BEANS 
Selected seven in a pod for seven years. Write for 
\V. L. FROST - Plcrpont, Ohio 
Ercanbrack Strawberry Plants 
WOMAN AND HOME 
prices. 
From Day to Day. 
Tennessee Notes . 
The Rural Patterns. 
Hooked Rugs . 
Easter for the Ch ; ldren. . 
A New Kitchen Floor Coverini 
Improving Oil Stove Oven.... 
A cross between n domestic and the long-neck who 
strawberry, noted for their delicious flavor and very 
small seed. Very large plants and berry i re f-pollen- 
izing. Awarded the fifty-dollnr Hi,rrv gold »>eda 
bv the Western New York Horticultural Society ol 
Rochester. N’. V., in July. 1918, 
Price: 60 els. dozen, 54.50 hundred, S25.00 thousanc 
E. C. ERCANBRACK. Originator and oinier 
73 Hamilton Avenue * • auburn, h. t 
'S-“Burt’s Heavyweight” 
Also Early grin CORN. Get our low price, 
rut. I II t.O. ail' It r A SIIXS, Melrose, Ohio 
concord grapes \ryv,ry\\ 
profit prodHW* TdDW firtrua*. Our own pro-wincr* No or¬ 
der for less thau 100. Oio HOMESTEAD miNSCRT CO., Ptrry, Obis 
SWEET POTATO SEED AND PLANTS 
Cabbage plants. Strawberry, XUackberry and llaapbei- 
l-y plants (' d. Privet. Khunnrb roots*. Catalogue free' 
M N. BOH.GO Box «!»* Vineland, N. J. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Drainage from Septic Tanks...... 
Pauper Vote in Massachusetts. 
Gasoline Ergino on Hand Sprayer. 
Payment of Note.•. 
Joint Deed; Witnessing Will. 
Ownership of Flood Trash.. 
Suit to Colloot Note. 
That Hired Man Question. 
Reading for Prisoners.. . 
A Country Woman on Country Schools 
Opposed to Consolidated Schools. 
Treatment of Hernia.•. 
A Warning as to "Cuban Itch . 
Sure Cures for Warts. 
Editorials ... 
The Problem of Labor Exchange. 
The Soldier Bonus Legislation. 
Comparative Costs of Food. 
Frost in Storage Cellars. 
Making and Applying Stucco. 
Small Timber in Open Center Barn... 
Markets ..... 
Publisher’s Desk .. 
STRAWBERRY 
BOOK FREE 
Field-hardened, can be set six wonkx before home- 
grown plants, and will hand four wOnks earlier. 
Early Jersey nnd Charleston Wakefield. Copenhagen 
Market,Succession. Flat Dutch. Prices* MIOforJl 25; 
1JM0 for S2.2S postpaid By express 51.50 per 1,000, 
over 10.000 at *1 QD par 1.000. Other plants In season, 
write for price list. Safe delivery tjuarunteed, 
PIEDMONT PLANT CO., Albany, Ga. 
l G re ail MIl find 
' Hit ml VnriYt u»s. 
Murt (field, *V. Y. 
Prize Winning Potatoes For Sale 
F M FA TTINGTON U SON 
HUBAM CLOVER SEED 
F om the borne of the plant. Fore, cb'an. scarified 
peril! delivered. F A JAMES CLOVER SEED C0-. Mewkern, Alabama 
All about the Fall bearing, high grade 
stock —75 standard varieties to choose 
from. Send for one. 
E. W. POTTER. Box 148, Leslie, Mich. 
ni a »T _ Some Special OlTor» 
Plant Now »r 
We will send by Fared Post prepaid Safe arrival In good 
condition guaranteed 
10 Concord Grapes, No. 1, 2-Yenr-olA. tor.. fl.*” 
10 Aaaorted Grapes, So. 1...- 4.AM* 
K Aaaorted Dahlias, No. 1. ... 4.00 
100 California I'rivrt Hedge 1'lnnta, H to 12 ina. b.OO 
ty Or all four collect ions for W.OO prepaid. 
Send for RKDUCKD li«t of all kinJn of TREES. PLANTS and 
VINES. lEaUkblfabed 1805 B7th Year.) 
ItARNES MKSKK1KS 
(College 11111). Cincinnati. Ohio 
IL e EarlicstTomato- 3»“ 5 
To Introduce our hardy Northern Grown Seodo, will 
mind tho following 10 pitta, fur tor • John Rant-Tomato. 
1200 to 1 Beans, Beet, Carrot, Cucumber, I«*uure, Onion, 
Parsnip, Kadtah and 8up«rb A atom Due BUI for 10c. 
with every order. Money back if not. aatlslled. Big 
catalog of Seed Bargain* free. Send today. 
J. \V. JUNG HEED CO„ Nla. H. U AN DOI.1’11, WIS, 
Write for price list, 
Gladioli Bulbs 
McreriiiHtfille, N, J. 
