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<2he RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 1, 1922 
parts; the problem is to put them to¬ 
gether in a single workable unit. With 
the tractor, the power digger and the 
mechanical grader, why should not. some 
mechanical genius, with an eye to the 
practical end. weld them together into a 
single machine that will dig, separate, 
grade and sack the potatoes all in one 
oueratiou ? caul k. woodward. 
DAHLIAS 
f 15, all different, labeled, my j»trson«l sulec- ' 
tion.seTeml cla*#e» and coJ^m, $*, $.», or $10 
the (loz.—retail value about double. 
»> v&rietiefl, varloua rl.ttwcs, or 5 kinds, either 
Cactus, Doeoratlvc, Pompon, Peony, Show or 
Single. $1. Mixed, unliibeled, 12 for $1. Hybrid 
Dahlia Seud. $1 pkt. Any six ($1 offers $5, 
[ill prepaid. 
"Dictionary of the Dahlia ” FREE upon request. 
LT- P. CLARK, “The Dahlias? M Netcong. N.J 
Grower, distributor and exhibitor of the Dahlias 
originated by Mrs, Chas. 11. Stout 
| WOOD’S 
? Famous 
k) Southern 
^ Ensilage 
- Corns 
OahllaSt 45 varieties, nil colors, one of each, $5.00; 20, 
ail different, $2.75 ; 10, $1.50. 
Willow-leafed Pole Lima, somethin# new, liberal pkt.. 25c. 
King of Carden Pole Lima, qt., 50c. Burpee Bush 
Lima, lb., 30c.. 10 lbs., $5.75. New California Black 
Wax, Rust-Proof Bush Beans, fim-** Hat t*«i rntrgrown: 
Admiral Togo, a meaty Wax * Early Wondtr, Round 
Green Pod ; cash with order. Price* of above : pkt, 15c., 
lb. 30c., 5 lbs. $1.46, 10 lbs. $2.75. Prepaid Parcel Post. 
St. Regis Red Raspberries, 100. $3.00. 
JOHN R. ROTH ROCK. R. F. D. No. 2. Bon,or. Me. 
Bred especially for ensilage pur¬ 
poses. they make the height of stalk 
and abundance of blade that insure 
immense tonnage. For years these 
corns have enjoyed a reputation for 
ensilage purposes, particularly in 
the North and West. They make 
larger and better crops than corn 
grown in other parts of the country. 
“Growth in Spite of Drought” 
A customer writes: “Last summer 
we planted a field of your Fannin- 
key Ensilage Corn, and had a most 
remarkable growth in spite of the 
drought. The stalks average 13 or 
14 feet, while a few were 15y 2 feet 
high. We never before had any¬ 
thing to nearly approach it even 
when the season was favorable.” 
Write for prices on these corns that 
produce the most silage from the 
least laud and labor. 
T. W. WOOD & SONS 
Seedsmen 
12 So 14th Street - Richmond, Va. 
DAHLIA TUBERS l S n r g <^ a n nd 
Collection includes Dreer's White, Conquest, Jack Rule, 
Golden Queen, and others. Due to accidental destruction 
of Held .takes wo cannot name tnherg nod are compelled 
tosaciiflce. In collection., 81 O per hundred or *1,80 
per dozen, prepaid. Cash with order preferred. 
... DAHLIA GARDENS “ ----- 
In wlint proportion, and how much to 
each plant, and how often should it be 
applied, around the plant? Would you 
use it wet or dry, or would you advise 
against, use of it altogether? Lime and 
Paris green I mean to use oil the ground 
around the plant. Would you advise 
paintiug stem of plant with a mixture of 
water, lime, and Paris green? f. c. f. 
Ladioslmrg. Md. 
The cabbage maggot fly lays tbe great 
bulk of its eggs in crevices of the soil, or 
in openings in the soil next to the stem 
of the plant, but nearly always below the 
surface of the soil. Occasionally eggs 
may be found on top of the ground. In 
any case, substances painted or sprayed 
on the stems of the cabbage plant above 
the ground would not, in the great ma¬ 
jority of cases, reach the eggs or the mag¬ 
gots. It would not pay to coat, the stem 
of plant with whale-oil soap, sulphur or 
any other material. Dry, air-slaked lime 
has been used to prevent the cabbage 
maggot probably for over half a century, 
but it has not proved successful. 
London purple and Paris green have 
been tried for this insect, but neither sub¬ 
stance has been effective. In fact. Paris 
green is liable to injure the. young plants 
if it. is nut applied with considerable care. 
We would not advise the use of Paris 
green to control the cabbage maggot. 
Corrosive sublimate seems to he the 
most eff ective substance yet discovered for 
the control of the cabbage maggot, and is 
reasonably cheap. <>ne ounce of the ma¬ 
terial used in 10 gallons of water will 
treat from 100 to 200 plants. If the cor¬ 
rosive sublimate costs 32 per lb., then one 
mince will cost 12^.0. Thus the material 
for 200 plants will cost 12 }{.<?, or one- 
sixteeuth of a ceut per plant 
GLENN W. HERRICK. 
Mikkola, L. I., N. T. 
MINEOLA 
Field-hardened, can be set six weeks before home- 
f rown plants, and will heail four weeks earlier, 
larlt Jersey and Charleston Wakefield, Copenhagen 
Market, Succession,Fl»l Dutch. Prices; 500for$l .25; 
1,000 for J?. 25 postpaid By express II 50 per 1,000, 
over 10.000 at *1 00 per 1,000, Other plants in season, 
write for price list. Safe delivery guaranteed, 
PIEDMONT PLANT CO., Albany, G«. 
SILAGE SEED CORN 
Grown by dairymen for other progressive 
dairymen. TUB TWO BEST VARIETIES. 
HIGH YIELD OF NUTRIENTS 
Get full story in our circular. 
Walker-Gordon Laboratory Co. 
DBPT. C PLAINSBORO. N. J. 
WOOD’S SEEDS 
STRAWBERRY PLANT* 
We canoot afford to set cheap, eareleie erown 
plant*. Can yon ? We guarantee onr plants to 
please you or refund jour money. Amanda, Bubaeh, 
BigJoe, Foul, Kellogg’s Prize,Premier, Lnpton. $6 
per thousand. Dr. Burrell, Dnnlap, Klondyke. Mis¬ 
sionary, S5 per thousand Chesapeake, Elate, How¬ 
ard No 17. per thousand. Ever-bearing varie¬ 
ties. Progressive, Superb. Peerless. SIO per thon«- 
nnd. Catalog Free, t W. JOHNSON BCD., Islisbury, Md. 
Vegetable anil Flower Plants, Dahlia 
IPlTV *nd Cnum Root*. Reduced Prices. 
v * J Send for my Price List. All Plants go 
DAVID UODAVAY llnrtly, Delmvnre 
OU TRODBLEO X’TS 1 
Hunterdon Strawberry 
A pistillate. Weevils don't touch it. Tested 10 years. 
Yields as heavy as Howard 17. Firmer. Larger. Better 
Color and flavor. Endorsed by N. J. State Horticulturist. 
Send for catalog. TH0MS8 0. HUNT. Otigm.lo,, tsmksrlvills.N. J. 
w Garden 
■' Gladioli 
for $I.OO — 
Prepaid 
p A RELY arc finest flowers the most 
•\ -el H\ •’.! ^ easily grown and surest of success, 
i” ii-\ { \l \ fi f V f But Siicli is the case with the gladiolus. 
I ’if j purv7 This flower seems peculiarly adapted to 
I the United States. Onr hot. dry. sum- 
\ FV.-AjS, iiirrs do not discourage it. If given rea- 
£ Mimil.dc care it is sure to reward you with 
VLCf j . wouderful blossoms. On our farms in Uli- 
uois and Michigan we grow hundreds of 
of gladioli, producing thousands of bulbs of the highest quality. Our prices 
’eu lower than those asked by dealers who are not specialists. A planting 
uehar, mialitv bulhs. due up and stored over winter, may be replanted 
FOB SALE, 
i. CHRISTENSEN 
•25 per 1,000. 
* fcgrg: H*rb«r, R. I 
GRAPE VINESES 
and home gardens. Prices right. Send today 
for a copy of our Grape Catalogue FREE. 
T. S. HUBBARD CO.. Bor 20, Fredonia, N.Y. 
CONTENTS 
CONCORD GRAPES 
profit producer. Low prlres. Our own growing:. No or¬ 
der for less than 100. 0L0 HOMESTEAD NURSERY CO . Ptrry. Ohifl 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, APRIL 1. 1922 
FARM TOPICS 
Smothering Out Quack Grass. 474 
Lessons Jersey Potato Growers are Learn- 
ing-Part II.. ..475, 
Countrywide Produce Situation. *«i 
Hope Farm Notes.488, 489 
The Compost Heap. 489 
That Unsatisfactory Hired Man. 4H9 
New York State Notes. 491 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
The Milk Diet. 491 
Grain Mixture for Cows.■ - -- 
Improving Dairy Ration: Top-dressing Wheat 494 
Ration for Jerseys. 494 
Buckwheat In Dairy Ration. aha 
Fattening Pigs . ’94 
Compoun ling n Ration . 
Ration for Thin Cows. 494 
Red PoU Cattle.... 495 
Heifer Shedding Teeth . 495 
Ringing a Bull. 49b 
Ration for Bull Calf. 498 
Feeding Family Cow. 
Raising Calf by Hand.499 
Restless Hogs .. 4JJ 
THE HENYARD 
Turkey Breeding in the North.473, 474 
A “Rook Man" Has His Say.............. 474 
What Does a Poultry House Cost?.474 
Bedbugs in Henhouse.500 
Blood Meal for Moat Scrap.500 
Catarrh or Roup.000 
Dizzy Fowls . 000 
Ventilating Henhouse . 002 
Blackhead in Turkeys.004 
Poor Laying .. 004 
HORTICULTURE 
Strawberries on Sod.4^4 
Cultivation of Strawberries.477 
Notes from New England. 478 
Flowers for the Roadside Market.484, 48b 
Renovating a Lawn.487 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day. 492 
Chocolate Cookies . 492 
The Rural Pattorns.492 
A Country Kitchen .. 493 
Spanish Rice; Mocha Icing. 493 
Tbe Children's Reading.493 
Those Midnight Marauders Agr.in. 493 
Preparing Pumpkin . 493 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Corporal Punishment in New York. 483 
An Imported Citizen on Schools.483 
Resolution on Rural Schools. 4-3 
Schoolhouse for Sunday School. 485 
President. Garfield on Education. 485 
Editorials . 490 
A Farmers' and Laborers’ Party. 491 
The Stomach of New York City. 491 
Publisher's Desk .-. 50(i 
0-A.TS-"Burt's Heavyweight" 
Test 38 llis. per bu. Also Early Sf EU CONN, (let uui low price, 
sample and catalogue. TIIKO. drill A SONS, Malrote, Ohio 
r„e,|. dinar Mine SEED OATS. Heavy yieliler*. 
rOI 0918 OlliBl nunc si Bushel- per acre past eeason. 
*1.86 per bu. Bags free. C J. STAFF0ND, R«ur« I. C«rtl»nd, N T. 
43 Barclay Straal 
New York 
TREES, SHRUBBERY, FLOWERS, 
BULBS, VINES, R08EB. 
Berry I'luiit. iiihI llti.hee, Aspara¬ 
gus. Ate. Catalog Free. Honest goods. 
A. G. BLOUNT . Hastings. N. V. 
DIBBLES 
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POTATOES 
Especially for lawn dressing and first class garden*. 
Will noil in ear lots or 100 lb. bags. Write for prices. 
JOHN C. SHULTS - Saugerlies, N. Y. 
