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Sowing Tomatoes. —There arc some 
people who make a point of sowing their 
tomato seeds under glass on Washington's 
Birthday. This is none too early if 
tomato plants are to be grown for mar¬ 
ket. or if tlie tomatoes themselves are to 
be produced in a commercial way. When 
plants are to be raised for tile home gar¬ 
den, however, it isn’t necessary to start 
the seeds before the second week in 
March, as it is difficult to control the 
plants in the kitchen window after they 
reach a certain point in their growth. 
The best plan for the amateur, in my 
opinion, is to sow the seed in flats in the 
kitchen, and then transplant them to 
paper pots when large enough; thru a 
few weeks later to set these paper pots 
in a cold frame covered with glass sash 
or prepared cloth. In a cold frame they 
can be properly hardened off, and can be 
cared for when well grown much easier 
than in the house. The paper pots have 
a distinct advantage in the fact that the 
plants can be finally set in the garden 
without disturbing the roots, while the 
sides of the pots form a barrier to the 
raiding cutworms. 
Flats or Boxes. — I sometimes use 
dragons are among the garden flowers to 
lie started indoors in flats. Whatever 
kind of seed you may be sowing, indoors 
or out, it pays to test them. Some seeds, 
like those of parsnips and spinach, lose 
much of their germinating power within 
a year after being gathered. The seeds 
of onions and leeks germinate poorly 
after a year. Some other kinds, on the 
contrary, particularly eucumbeis and 
melons, improve with age, for while they 
lose slightly in their germinating Quali¬ 
ties, they produce more fruit and less 
leafage than if the seed is new. Some of 
the market gardeners always keep their 
cucumber seed at least five years before 
sowing it. 
Taxes for Road Improvement. — 
Farmers in Massachusetts are much in¬ 
terested in the proposal of the State 
Highway Commission to put a tax of two 
cents a gallon on gasoline in order to 
raise sufficient money for road improve¬ 
ments. Now the farmer is willing to do 
his share in keeping up the roads, but 
wonders why he should be taxed for the 
gasoline used only in tractors, which sel¬ 
dom if ever go onto the public highways. 
One of the leading fruit, growers of the 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Notes From New England 
April 1, 1022 
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Asparagus, Rhubarb. Horscradi.h, Cabbage. Tomato, 
Boot. Cauliflower, Celery, Sage. Mint. Hop. Egg Plant, 
Pepper, Onion. Sweet Potato, Lettuce Plants. 
FLOWER PLANTS 
Columbine, Foxglove, Canterbury Bolls, Ancbusa, 
Delphinium. GailItirdia, Hibiscus. Hollyhock, t.ily of the 
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other Pcfertnial*; Aater, Panay* Ai^rratum. Dahlia. Iris, 
Gladiolu* Snapdragon Chinese and Japanear Pink, 
Cownuv Begonia, Canfiu. I.arkapur, Firwhush, Petunia, 
Phlox. Porlulaca, Sal via. Salpig|o**in. Verbena, Seahioaa. 
Zinnia, and Ollier Annual*. ROSES and SHRUBS, 
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rooted grapes , gooseberries and currants of rare flavor. 
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garden routs, fruit trees, roses, hardy perennials, etc. 
J.T. LOVETT. BOX 162, LITTLE SILVER, N. J. 
For 44 Years a Specialist in Berry Culture 
Nevins’ “Success With Small Fruits” 
Du yon know you car* obtain more health, plcafcim* and 
profit from u pirden of Mrawbcirlcn than from ony crjunl 
iiimuirit of liuul on your place ? My beautiful new Cutn- 
loyue {jreetH you with 11 oniile, and tells you nomcthinjr 
about omMdvcfi and our Tuvomblc location where Boll and 
climate combine to produce plant** of eupenor ffuuhty. 
WHAT IT TELLS: 
It tellh : Huw to Mdect varb* t»«*n he*» »ilfcr'*"d *« yo»r *«d »nd 
neurU flow to pruparr Iht noil for plmnlina. When to plant. The 
different hvuUuii* of entull fruit Kfowlna. How ♦». plant* How to 
cere for the p»trli Mow to pick and market the fruit ao an to 
ohluln the tiichuNf. price* How l«» tunew the patch. It la a Fruit 
Grown ‘a Guido and whether you I"iy vour plant* from ua or not. 
you will need thla helpful hook Nevlna' 'Muccaaa with Small 
FruiUi.'’ nvudfor you: eopy lo-duy. A postal will bring It. 
NEVINS NURSERIES 
'Nurseries : Ovid and Perry, Mich. 
Mail Address: Box 33 Perry, Mich. 
flats having divisions made with metal or 
paper partitions, which come designed for 
the purpose. One side of these flats can 
be removed, allowing the plants to he 
slipped out without breaking the ball of 
earth, the soil first being wetted down as a 
matter of course. When starting seeds 
in flats it isn’t necessary to have par¬ 
ticularly rich soil, for seeds will germi¬ 
nate and plants start in pure sand. Of 
course better soil is needed as soon as 
roots have formed. Flats or starting 
boxes can he made readily enough by cut¬ 
ting down soap boxes from the store, so 
that the sides will he no more than in. 
high. It is a good plan to sift the soil 
which is going into them, and then to 
bake it in the oven, thus killing insert 
pests and fungus spores. The same pur¬ 
pose can he effected by pouring boiling 
water over the soil, hut the baking pro¬ 
cess is less messy. When the flats have 
been filled, smooth and firm the soil with 
|half a brick or a block of wood, working 
it well down at the sides. Then make 
your furrows with a pencil or small stick, 
and sow the seeds thinly. If it's fine 
seed, a more sifting of soil over it is all 
the covering it needs. 
Watering. —Several methods of apply¬ 
ing water without washing out the seeds 
have been devised. I think there is no 
simpler plan than to cut out a sheet of 
tissue paper that will fit just inside the 
box. Lay this over the earth and pour 
water on gently. It will gradually soak 
through the paper. It isn’t necessary to 
remove the paper, as the seedlings will 
come right up through it after it has been 
wet. Put the box on the back of the 
stove until the seedlings appear, then 
transfer to a sunny window. It con¬ 
serves the moisture to place a light of 
glass over the box, but the glass should he 
raised slightly at one end. 
Starting Sfkd Indoors.—O f course 
any kind of seed can be started indoors. 
Peppers should be started shortly, but 
less time is required with cabbages and 
cauliflower. Asters, Salvia and snap- 
State is agitating a protest on the part 
of tractor owners, hoping that if the pro¬ 
posed tax is put through, exceptions will 
be made so that the burden will not fall 
upon farmers unjustly. The use of trac¬ 
tors is constantly growing in Massachu¬ 
setts, and a large amount of gasoline is 
required for their use. Many of the 
fanners who own them also operate 
trucks on tlie road, and arc perfectly 
willing to pay the extra tax if it is im¬ 
posed upon autoists in general, so far as 
it relates to them. 
I,kgai. Onion Grades. —A bill has 
been reported to the Legislature which 
bids fair to improve marketing conditions 
for the onion growers of the Connecticut 
Valley. This bill establishes grades or 
standards which will permit the farmers 
to market their products without the in¬ 
tervention of jobbers or middlemen. The 
Western Massachusetts Farmers' Associa¬ 
tion is responsible for the bill. These 
farmers say that in a short crop year they 
have no trouble in marketing their 
onions, but in years when the Western 
States produce full crops it is border to 
get rid of them, while unscrupulous 
growers dispose of inferior crops under 
false pretenses. With the grading law 
the purchaser will know that he is pro¬ 
tected in case the goods do not come up 
to the standard, and so will feel free to 
buy from small growers as 3vell as from 
large concerns. Then the onion growers 
can sell direct to the dealers without the 
intervention of jobbers. The onion in¬ 
dustry has come to be one of enormous 
proportions, from 2,500 to 3,500 carloads 
of onions going out of the Connecticut 
Valley each year, each car containing 
250 bags, with an average value of from 
$4.50 to $5 a bag. k. i. Farrington. 
"Disease always follows the line of 
least resistance,” said the doctor. “In 
other words, it always attacks the weak¬ 
est spot in the human organism." “Is 
that why the average person is so apt to 
get a cold in the head?” asked the doc¬ 
tor’s wife.— Credit Lost, 
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