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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 29, 192a 
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A Blueberry for Alkaline Soil 
Has there been any variety of huckle¬ 
berry developed to grow in soils not acid? 
I have read that they require soils of leaf 
decay, such as chestnut and oak. I no¬ 
ticed then) growing in the chestnut timber 
in Dauphin Co., Pa., sandstone land. I 
planted some of them on different places 
on the farm, Some along creek, some under 
oak trees, some in limestone ridge where 
some small shade trees were growing; not 
any grew. My brother got a few after¬ 
wards from Purroyvillo, about HO miles 
from here. I suppose limestone soil, 
chestnut timber, too. One grew about 
two years, gave a couple of blossoms, and 
died later. Wc did it with the idea of 
seeing if we could get them to grow here. 
I believe the cultivated berry would be 
appreciated in many gardens, and I be¬ 
lieve it would he possible to develop a 
strain to grow in the different soils by 
seed selection, from plant generation to 
plant generation, shifting gradually to 
less acid soils. s. n. L. 
Lancaster. Ta. 
So far as we can learn, there has not 
yet been developed a blueberry which will 
grow in ordinary alkaline soil. From the 
nature of this plant, and its habit of 
growth, we doubt if such a thing is pos¬ 
sible. Even if it were possible, it would 
require many years for its development, 
and the blueberry has been studied for 
only about 15 years. So far as is known 
at this time, the blueberry demands an 
acid soil, and will not thrive properly un¬ 
der ordinary garden conditions. There 
are reports of successful cultivation of 
the blueberry in such soil, just as there 
are reports of successful grafting of ap¬ 
ple upon pear stock. Investigation gen¬ 
erally shows that iu these cases the report 
was made in the first year, when the 
plant or the graft started off reasonably 
well. An investigation the second or third 
year generally shows that the report was 
premature, and that, the growth finally 
died, or merely lived along in a very 
feeble condition. 
TOWNSEND’S PLAN' 
APRIL BARGAIN LIST 
There Is Nothing So Profitable As Our 
TRANSPLANTED 
EVER-BEARING 
t STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
H No Garden Should Be Without Them! 
Fruit 3 Months After Planting! 
r Set out in Spring, bear quantities of most 
delicious berries following August, Sep¬ 
tember and October and again in Spring. 
WRITE FOR CATALOG 
$1000 AN ACRE 
Sent Prepaid at Reduced Prices 
THE FORD STRAWBERRY 
A universal variety as prolific as Pre¬ 
mier. Quality as fine as Marshall or 
William Belt. One of the Townsend’s 
“BIG 11” that we still have a fine stock 
Of plants of. Special prices; 
100 800 1.000 
FORD .$1.50 $8.00 $6.50 
Bushel Basket . 2.00 5.00 10.00 
World Wonder. 2.00 5.00 10.00 
Pros. Harding. 2.00 5,00 10.00 
LTJPTON . 1.50 8.00 6.50 
Huverland . 1.50 8.00 6.50 
Paul Jones. 1.25 2.50 0.00 
Wm. Bolt. 1.50 2.00 6.50 
Stov. Late Champ... 1.25 2.50 0.00 
Warfield . 1.25 2.50 6.00 
Sen. Dunlap. 1.25 2.00 5.00 
Dr. Burrill. 1.25 2.90 5.00 
BIG JOE. 1.25 2.50 6.00 
Gandy . 1.25 2.50 0.00 
Klondyke . 1.00 2.00 5.50 
Missionary . 1.00 2.00 5.50 
EVERBEARING STRAWBERRIES 
PROGRESSIVE, LUCKY BOY. LUCKY 
STRIKE. SUPERB. NEVER FA IE— 
Prices $2.50 per 100 plants, prepaid. 
Ex'. Fine Concord Grapevines. .15c each 
Honey Sweet Raspberries..... .15c each 
The above varieties include many of 
our very best, and are Exceptional Bar¬ 
gains this late in season. We can make 
Prompt Shipment. Send P. O. Money 
Order direct to 
E. W. TOWNSEND & SON 
25 Vine Street Salisbury, Md. 
Beauty Has 
Cash Value 
Do you know you Cf.n obtain more health, pi on mi re and 
profit from n pardon of strawberries than from any equal 
amount of land on your pl*eo ? Mv beautiful new Cata¬ 
logue greets von with a smile, ami tells you somethin); 
about ourselves and Mt favorable location where soil and 
climate combine to produce plantE of superior quality. 
X^/HEN you make your 
vv home grounds look 
better you make them 
worth more. And you can 
make them look a great 
deal better by investing a 
few dollars in our healthy, 
hardy Evergreens, Shade 
Trees and Flowering 
Shrubbery. 
Buy direct from growers 
of established reputation. 
Write today for Price List. 
WHAT IT TELLS 
It t«llf ; Hew lo select varieties best adapted to volir toll and 
needs- How to prer*r^ thr soil foi planting When to plant. The 
different syuU tm* of small fruit trowing. How to plant. How to 
care for the patch- How to rich and market the fruit so as to 
obtain the highest prices. How to renew the patch. It is u Fruit 
Grower’s Guide and whether you buy your plant* from us or not 
you will need this helpful hook-Novtna’ ’’Success with Small 
Fruit®.’ * Send for your copy to-day. A postal will bring It* 
NEVINS NURSERIES 
Nurseries : Ovid and Perry, Mich. 
Mail Address: Box 33 Perry, Mich. 
THE BARNES BROS. NURSERY CO 
Box 8 Yalesville. Conn. 
BERRY PLANTS 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS, earliest, lateat, largest, most 
productive and everbearing varieties. Raspberry. Black, 
berry. Gooseberry, Currant, Grope* Dewberry Plants 
SAVE HALF Your 
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BY USING Ingersoll Paint. 
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VEGETABLE PLANTS 
Fruit and Ornamental#, Vin«8, Bbruba, 
VL Brlocted in>m tbeokmceKt «tOCk grown 
in our nunjerb*#. Direct to yon 
corf- plug oiiR profit'inly. Hardy, 
fr»*rhdu^r.lKRiltliv, true to twine—Write 
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L-V\ Information> about nnrmary Mock. Woprrt«*v 
tniNNridrlAtiuii tJiftiuru on all orders over 
Maloney Bros. & Wells Co.. 36 Slate SI., Dansrille, N.Y. 
VaJUrville'l Nursarisa 
Asparagus* Rhubarb. Horseradish, Cahhnge, Tomato, 
Be« i. Cauliflower. Celery, Sage. Mint, Hop, Egg Plant, 
Pepper, Onion. Swcel Potato. Lettuce Plants. 
FLOWER PLANTS 
Columbine Foxglove. Canterbury Bell*. Aoctmv.i. 
Delphinium. GailUrdia. Hibiscus. Hollyhock. Lily of the 
Valley. KndbeckU. Shs»t» Daisy. Sweet William, and 
other Perennials: Aster. Pansy, Agerstutn. Dahlia- Iris, 
Glad clu* Snapdragon Chinese and Japanese Pink, 
Cosmos Begonia. Canna. Larkspur. Flrebush. Petunia 
Phlox. Porti»l»ea.Salx-ia. S*lpiglc.«G». Verbena. Scahloaa' 
Zinnia, and other Annuals- ROSFS and SHRUBS 
Catalogue free. HARRY L. SQUIRES. Good Ground, N. Y- 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings 
May 4—Fourth Annual Cattle Feed¬ 
ers’ meeting, Pennsylvania State College, 
State College, Pa. 
May 10—American Guernsey Cattle 
Club. Hotel Drake, Chicago, Ill. 
May 2S-80—Southern Seedsmen’s As¬ 
sociation, annual meeting, New Orleans. 
La. . . 
June 7 — Annual meeting, Holstenj- 
Friesian Association of America, Kansas 
City. Mo. . ... 
June 14—Annual meeting, Ayrshire 
Breeders’ Association, Philadelphia. Pa. 
June 14-16—Farmers’ Week, Pennsyl¬ 
vania State College, State College, Fa. 
WINSOR’S WHITE DENT 
A fany 7 Slate and County 
(trand Champion 
Severely selected for tvpe, yield 
t»nd vigor. Breeding block 
from e»r*to*n»M- method plots. 
l Haa produced 110 to 142 bu. 
V shelled coni pt*r Here in 
^ ' official contents. Husked 
) Kt»nding— Dried on rack?— 
Order curly* 
c- * cdwsrd W.Wmsor, Monmouth Farm 
^ F artningriale. New Jersey 
Strawberry Plants 
Ten of the best varieties se- 
U-eted out of a hundred—early, 
mid-season and late. Order our 
lil'il Catalog, today. of Tested 
Garden Seed cf nil krndaj also 
all kinds of vegetable plants in 
season. 
CALEIJ BOGGS & SON 
Clieswotd. Del. 
Miller-Drip-Edge Your Roof 
Good Stock, Low Prices 
Free C a t u1 OK u e. 
m Beverly, Ohio 
Apple and PeaehTrees 
MITCHELLS’ NURSERY 
pooping or first t.A'ten. 
OF COMPOSITION SHINGLES 
“ Intensive Strawberry Culture ” 
A new book hy an expert- grower for more than 40 
years. A strictly new presentation of the subject. 
Highly commendedliy competent authorities. Write 
for Free Prospeetus or send $1.00 for the bool; to 
LOUIS GRATON - Whitman. Moat. 
CONTENTS 
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SSve WI p E [x;E 
Miller Drip Edge, a Galvanized Strip. Neatly Caps 
Eave and Gabl* F.dgt* of Composition Bhlnelee and 
Rooflnr. Forma Allfl. Sturdy, Projecting Edges tbar 
Properly Handles tbo Water, Withstands Wind and 
Ladders. Psrtuit* Eave Troughs Essential to Good 
Buildings. Easily applied Saves Halls. Herd by 
Hundreds, If Your Rooting Dealer Is Unable to 
Supply, We Ship Parcel Post, Delivered at S’- Per 
Linear foot. Satisfaction Guaranteed. 
MILLER & GLEASON. Dlv. 1 - 0LEAN. N. Y. 
Nearly 100 per pent germination, Immediate shin- 
ment. $‘*05 F. O. B. Peeonic. Also Sanford's 
Early White Flint and Ninety Day. Wire us fur 
quick delivery. 
S. H. SMITH SEED & TRUCK FARMS Peconic, N.Y. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, APRIL 29, 192* 
FARM TOPICS 
SURPLUS QlroeL'kprruPlantg S E N T P. P A I i>. 
LOT OF oiranDBrrj iidni# Senator, Dunlap, Klon 
dyke, Rewastico. Mi-Alpine, at S3.50 per 1.000. Semi 
for uiy Price List of Vegetable and flower Plants 
and Dahlia Roots DAVID RQQWAY. Hartly. Delaware 
Plans for Improving Pasture. 60b 
Suggestions for Northern New York. 60b 
Apple Pomace and Rye. 60 b 
Value of Rye as a Farm Crop. 606 
An English Farmer on Ferrets. 60i 
Across Fence Opinions. 610 
Hope Farm Notes. .. 6ld 
An Enterprising Town Woman. 61 < 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Improving n Ration. 622 
Stale Bread for Cows. 622 
Fishmeal for Pigs. 622 
Advantage of Silage. 622 
Feeding Pigs for Gain; Ration for Family 
Cow . : . 622 
Cream lor Whipping... 
Feeding Rabbits .. • • .. ”23 
Cause and Treatment of Shoe boil. 623 
Caring for Bottle-fed Lamb.... 624 
Breaking the Barking Puppy. 624 
THE HENYARD 
More About the Breeding of Turkeys.. .605, 606 
Egg-bound Pullets . .. .. 6*6 
Chick Rations; Ailing Fowls. 626 
New Poultry Breeds Recognized. b27 
Hen with Indigestion; Testing Goose Eggs. 627 
Feeding Young Ducks,.. 62, 
HORTICULTURE 
The Cull in the Apple Package. 607 
Killing the Peach Cureullo. 60, 
Canker Worm Trap. 609 
Transplanting Trees ... 609 
Various Garden Questions.610 
WOMAN AND HOME 
OHOICE FARM SEEDS 
Field selected, rack dried, high germination Im¬ 
proved Champion and Cloud's Yellow Dent, sued 
corn. $2 50 per hrtshel on the ear. White Tartar 
seed oafs, SI .25 per bushel. Choice Russet seed pn- 
•atoes, free f om disease, at. $6.50 per sack of 16a )he. 
W. W. WEIMflN P. 0. Bo* No. 469 Huminelstown. Pa. 
STRAWBERRY 2PLANTS FOR SALE 
Ask for catalog tolling about the great EARLY fRBSt 
PROOf t-trawla i i-y. hohSH, and 10 other varieties. Abo 
lUSl'BKIlKV. litw nut It V ami ether plants. 
J. KEirrCKD BALL Efcodesdale, Maryland R. 2 
WHY FEED the CROWS? 
Benton’s Early Golden Evergreen Sweet Corn 
Early ns Bantam ami sweater. More productive, 
Kars 7 to ft in. long; 12 to 18 rows; deep kernels* Qt,, 
65o; pt,„ 35o; ££ pt., 20c- Postpaid to '4rd zone, 
Ixtr^rer'iliau*tit V ou price- C. 0. BENTON S SON, Fort Johoxon. N.Y. 
STR AWB ERRY 
ASPARAGUS CROWENS TOMATO CANTALOPE and other 
seedr. St<» k the BEST and TRUE-TO-NAME. FREE-our 
New 1933 Catalogue. V. H. ALLEN. R. Ho. 1. Sealoid. Del. 
CORBIN 
DBnrBFCCTVF Etcrl,taring Straubcrry l’lunl-. 
IltUlmLoOlTL gl.5G.per 10U: * 1 It per t .wo. 
BASIL PERRY R, R, Ni.,fjEOrtOETOWV, PtUM *mc 
Prize Winning Potaloes For Sale 
F. M. PA TTISG fOS C 1 SON 
L°d R ImI; Ball Head Cabbage Seec 
From selected Heatl-. (. 1 h t ttfOltli, It. it. f art land, N. V 
SKF.D POTATOES. 
Kirkvu-lk. NttW Yl,UK 
erttfled RuiMtt Jtnral 
HAROLD F. iff HRS 
SOLD on a GUARANTEE 
Prana RaoUlo j.-d* bqt. and 12 qt. sizes. AttracthB 
VJldJlD L>a3nCia rnn> 1 < j immediate shipment. 
WriteOl’Wirefor prices W » MORSE, 34U E. M»in.fredom».R Y, 
4,000,000 Sweet Potato Plants balfthoumnd 0 
Yellow Jersey, Big F^esf, Gold Skin, N. J. River ntul 
Ked Nni.seiuund. C. E BROWN, Britloeville, Delaware 
Trent your sued with COKIHN ttnd protect it 
nrniimt Crows, othor bird*. Mice. WlDtKurais, 
Weevils, etc. OOltHJN prevents stinking smut. 
Easily applied. Treated seed can be used in planter. 
CoHts about 15c per neve of corn. If It fails to do 
what wo claim, return empty can and we wili ref and 
your money. Send for a can today—enough to treat 
300 Ilia, of seed, l'rice 141.50. We pay postage. 
AMERICAN CORBIN CO., PLAINFIELD, N. J. 
Aroostook County, Maine 
Certified Seed Potaloes 
EfO JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT, direct from Buckwheat pec 
1 tion. ft.75 per bushel. E. L. HOWLAND, Vimc, Cemar, N. f, 
Asparagus Roots. #l.-»0 per UK); HO per 1,000, 
BASIL PERRY R. R. 5 G„'t«t,ws, D,l,w,r< 
Palmetto 
Choice Cobblers or Green Mountains. 86 
per bbl., sack of 165 lbs, Fattcv Cobblers or 
5lountalus, but not certified, S4.75 per bbl. 
PROMPT SHIPMENT ORDER NOW 
E. MANCHESTER & SONS Winsted. Conn. 
HUBAM 
irbtfYn aitj FOR EVERY 
— £L ^ P ROOFING NEED 
It will give you long years 
of rooting satisfaction. 
Writs for Sample*. 
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„ c. wheeling, w. va. 
Guaranteed to tie Antes, Jou a, 
Strain, 50c per lb. prepaid. 
Grown in'VesternNewyorkfoi 
2 yearn. Acclimated, scaritleil, 
WRIGHT BROS. Bo, T Erie, f*. 
The Pastoral Parson. 
Hooked Rugs .... • 
Boys and Girls...61 
Some Property Problems of Women. 
The Home Dressmaker.... 
Kind Words Can Never Die. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
A Full Discussion of Pneumonia. 
Principle of Septic Tank. 
Corns; Varicose Veins. 
Getting Rid of Warts..... 
Some Romarlinblo Wills... 
Use for Chestnut. Slabs and Birch. 
Blowing Hot and Cold........ 
Tallow for Machine Oil... 
The Origin of Whirlpools and Hurricanes 
Depression from Weather Conditions. 
Tempering Fishhooks .. 
Removing Crystallize! Syrup. 
Disappointing Vinegar . 
Casehardening Small Gear. 
Waterproofing Papier-mache . 
Making Perfumes . . . 
A Discussion of the Co-operative Law.... 
A Trespasser on Posted Grounds. 
TRACTOR PLOWS 
We have for sale a few New OLIVER No. 78 
two and three bottom tractor plows. Price. 
$65.00 for the two-bottom plows and $75.00 
for three-bottom plow while they last. Furncr 
particulars upon request. 
STANDARD MACHINERY COMPANY 
453 Cliap«l Street. New Haven. Conn. 
■ w-ne * || Q JR HH Genuine lon-a strain. Certi 
_I__L U Iwl fled. Scarified. Ten lbs., |5 
postpaid. W00DLKAF SEED 0R0WEB8, Woodleaf. N. C. 
»»U| IV V I L L DUV YUUI ’ IrilAY'tt *.N X 4111 »IJ* ’MWA' RV. 
I OArC ■ ll |,| s„, Dak. No. 12 ALFALFA 
SEED Direct from DIE WESTERN SO. DAK. ALFALFA 
SEED GROWERS EXCHANGE. Rapid City. Su. U*> 
Made for nil cars. Write now 
for circular. Give make and 
year of car. Ford top cover 
and hack curtain as d*7 
shown here. 
COMFORT CUSHION CO.. Dtpl. J, 1621 (iomanlown Are.. Phila.. Pa. 
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Cossack Alfalfa 
Tractor Oils—Harvesfer 
f This attractive 234-page book ha* some of the 
best ol the Hope Farm Man’s popular sketches 
— philosophy, humor, and sympathetic 
human touch. Frice $1.50. 
For Sale by 
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RO^j'K Tor 10 cents uxtra for mail. 
MERRILL LADD 60 W. Park Sr, WiJliafitanllc. Conn. 
Ten Dahlia 
When you write advertisers mention 
The Rural New-Yorker and you’ll get 
S quick reply and a “square deal.” See 
gua antec editorial page. : : : 
Giant BloomingPansiee and Sweet William 
colors. 40c per tioz.: 4 doz for $1 post paid. Seed 
Sweet Corn and polo Luna Beans. Catalogue free. 
W. S. FORD & SON Hartly, Delawahb 
