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enormous pumpkins which was entered 
both as A pumpkin and as a squash, (It 
was really hard to fell which it was). 
The owner watched the entries and found 
two pumpkins larger than his and only 
one squash larger, so the enormous vege¬ 
table was entered as a squash. The com¬ 
mittee on awards lias reduced the amount 
of prize money for these large specimens, 
increasing the amounts on the more im¬ 
portant vegetables and considering qual¬ 
ify and trueness to type rather than size. 
However, though the chances for a large 
prize for these specimens has been re¬ 
duced, amateur growers will still try to 
grow “the largest ever.” 
T. H. TOWNSEND. 
Poultry Farms and Grain Growinn 
1 1 seems to me that with 50 acres of 
tillable land on a poultry farm one ought 
to he able to raise all the green feed 
needed, and a good share of the grain. 
There is going to be a considerable amount 
of poultry manure on this farm, and t 1 m* 
best way to utilize it is in growing crops 
to feed the hens, or for some other crop 
to be sold for cash. I should plan on 
raising several acres of the small grains, 
so as to provide the straw for litter, as 
well as a good share of the grain for the 
hentt- Most of such grains can he fed to 
the hens in the sheaf and the thrashing 
saved. Wheat straw makes best litter; 
oat straw is good, but packs down too 
much, and holds dampness much more 
than wlnat straw. Buckwheat is one of 
the best poultry feeds, and does not need 
to be sown till July 1 or a little later. 
Corn is one of the best crops fop the 
poultrymnn to raise, and the stalks make 
good litter if cut. But the corn crop will 
require more labor than the small grains. 
If that land, or a part of it. is good 
grass land, and there is a good market 
for the hay, it would perhaps he best 
policy to put most of it into grass and 
sell the hay, instead of trying to raise 
too much small grain. Get it seeth'd down 
in good shape; use plenty of lime, and 
use the poultry manure for top-dressing, 
iuni enormous crops of hay can he grown 
for years Without reseeding. Of course, 
the highly nitrogenous hen manure will 
need supplementing with other chemicals 
for best results on either the grass o:- 
other crops. Where there are grass lands 
to he cared for, by far the best way to 
use the hen manure is to spread on the 
meadows directly from the houses the 
year round, and save all the labor and 
losses incident to storing it. 
After all, it depends largely on local 
circumstances how much grain it would 
pay to raise. If owner has team, and 
extra help cun he had when needed, a 
good deal of grain can be grown with 
little expe.nse, as there will he a good 
many days when team would otherwise 
be idle, and could just as well he fitting 
the land or caring for crop, and only out¬ 
lay would be for driver, whereas if both 
team and man had t>> he hired at prevail¬ 
ing prices, any prospect of profit in grow¬ 
ing grain would be out of the question. 
In a good many places people could he 
found who would he glad to put in grain 
crops on shares. MERRITT M. CLARK, 
Fairfield Co., C’onn. 
Luscious 
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Fresh from the Picking 
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Freedom From Wood Seed* and 
Dead Grama. 
Grimm la reasonable in price 
thia year Let us quote prices and 
aond our Seed Hook. It tell*“How 
to Know good seed." 
O. M. SCOTT A SONS CO. 
42 Fifth Street Marysville, Ohio 
T HEY add the crowning glory to the 
home garden plot—the final satis¬ 
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Each grown in an individual pot 
and shipped direct to you from the 
select slock of America's foremost berry 
culturists. 
An attractive little book, No. 105, tells 
about the varieties and their culture. 
Mailed with pleasure on request. 
J. T. LOVETT 
537 Sycamore Road, Little Silver, N. J. 
Controlling the Buffalo Moth 
Would you tell me how to control I be 
buffalo moth? Our house is alive with 
them. We want to learn their life, hab¬ 
its, etc., so as 'to know best how to be 
rid of tneoi. J. H. n. 
Ashtabula, O. 
The so-called buffalo moth is the larva 
of the buffalo carpet beetle. It is a very 
serious pest in many localities. The 
adult is a stout oval beetle % in. or less 
in length; its wing covers mottled in 
black, white or yellowish white and red. 
The larva is a stout, shaggy grub, its buf¬ 
falo-like hair giving it its common name. 
There is also a black carpet beetle, the 
larva of which is a slender, reddish brown 
grub with a long brushy tail of reddish 
hairs. 
Both these beetles are quite common on 
flowers in late May and early June, They 
also occur on windows in early Spring, 
and arc seen in Fall and even Winter. 
-When disturbed the carpet beetles lie ktill 
as though dead. In a warm house they 
are active throughout the year, but it is 
believed that, there are not more than two 
broods during the year in the Nofllh. The 
insects breed in organic matter outdoors 
as well as within. Fare should he taken 
that no beetles are brought in with flow¬ 
ers, and in spite of their small size, early 
screening of the windows may keep out 
flying beetles. In any localities wlic-rc the 
beetles are destructive, rugs or matting 
should he substituted for carpet. Car¬ 
pets that are tacked down, covering the 
floor, are an invitation to the buffalo 
moth. Infested carpets should he taken 
up and thoroughly cleaned, and if badly 
infested should he sprayed with benzine. 
This should he done out of doors, to avoid 
the risk of fire. Where the injury to the 
carpet is limited to small areas, the in¬ 
serts can he destroyed by laying a damp 
cloth over the infested spot, and then 
passing a hot iron over it. The steam 
generated penetrates the fabric and de¬ 
stroys the insects. Cracks and crevices 
in u poor floor should ho filled up, thus 
destroying places of refuge for insects. 
Laying tarred paper under a carpet has 
been advised as a preventive. Fumiga¬ 
tion with sulphur will destroy the in¬ 
sects, but as the fumes tarnish metals, in¬ 
jure pain'l nnd bleach fabrics, it is not 
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CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. JULY 8, 1922 
FARM TOPICS 
Fording 1 the Self-feeder. 
Fighting tlio Corn Eur-worm.. 
Feeding a Pumpkin on Milk. ..8 
Farmer*’ Field Days at the State College 
Portable Metal Grain Bins... 
Hope Farm Note* . 
Apple Pomace on the Rye Crop.. 
New England Situation.. 
High Tariff on Farm Products. 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Identifying Cattle by Nose Prints. 
Dairyman’s Opinion . 
Feeding Tankage to Pigs. 
Feeding Bu’t Calf. 
Handling Heifer . 
Roughage for Cows.. 
Fending Cows on Pastu.e. 
Diseased Ud >r . . . 
Control of Milk Flow. 
Goats for Cleaning Pasture. 
Bitter Milk . 
Butter Fail* to Come. 
Is there a single book in the public 
library in yuur town which gives an ac¬ 
curate picture of farm life or an interest¬ 
ing story of real farm people? 
Many city people form their opinion of 
farmers and farm life from the books they 
read. Therefore, there ought. to he at 
least one good book picturing real farm 
life, with its mixture of bright and dark 
sides, in every town or grunge library. 
“liope Farm Notes" is a well-printed 
"2-1 -page book, containing 25 interesting 
stories of farm life and country people. 
Many consider it the best hook of country 
life which has over been published. 
Ask for this hook at yolir library, and 
if it isn’t there tell them they ought to 
have it. Yon will enjoy the book your¬ 
self. and it will give those not familiar 
with farm life a better understanding of 
real country people. 
Many people are making a present of 
this hook to city friends or to their town, 
grange or school library, and it is always 
considered a welcome gift. 
The price is only $1.50, postpaid. Just 
fill out the coupon below and mail with 
a check or money order. 
VEGETABLE PLANTS 
CAUI.1KI.OWKK, BRUSSELS SPROUTS. CELERY. KALE; 
CABBAGE. EGG PLANE, PEPPER, PARSLEY pliuiU. 
BERRY PLANTS 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS for Annual anil Full iiluiiUnr. Pot- 
vrown anil rumiur |jlnrit» that »‘ll lx»r trull ■..,■*! Summrr. 
RASPBERRY. BLACK IlKItHY, GOOSEBERRY, CURRANT, 
CRAPE iilum*. BONKS, SHRUBS Tor Fall pltntlnii. 
FLOWER PLANTS 
HOLLYHOCK. COLUMBINE. FOXGLOVE. SWEET WILLIAM 
i.rul utiirrlluidv IVn-nnlulu: ASTER, SALVIA. PANSY. SNAP¬ 
DRAGON. I-ORTULACA. ZINNIA. KIRF.I1USII. VERBENA 
Aphis on Apples 
I enclose a leaf taken from a tree in 
our apple orchard, and I should very 
much like to know what disease has at 
lacked the trees, and what methods can 
he employed to combat it. MRS, it. IV. 
Westhury, X. Y. 
Enclosed find samples of peach tree 
leaves, also a few leaves from an apple 
tree which never bore any fruit, being 
five years old. What is the trouble? 
Peach tree fruit sets well, fruit seems to 
he pierced, and some appear to he eaten. 
Floral Park, N. Y. MRS. II. 8. 
Growers in all sections arc troubled 
with various kinds of aphis <n the apple 
trees, and the specimens rent by both 
Mrs. Jt. W. and Mrs. IT. S. showed signs 
of this pest. Sections with many late 
Spring frosts were not troubled as much 
as growers where the climate was mild. 
Pea growers through the States of New 
Jersey and Delaware were also discuss¬ 
ing the reduced acreage due to the pea 
aphis, which was very abundant, through 
the section mentioned. The aphis is a 
sucking insect, and can only be controlled 
by a contact spray; that is, a spray 
which covers the body, either suffocating 
or poisoning the pest. from the outside. 
Nicotine sulphate, commonly called Black 
Leaf -10. is used to control the aphis, ami 
is applied either with lime-sulphur or 
soap solution, or with water alone. Many 
growers say that the nicotine sulphate 
is so expensive thev will not use it, think 
ing that it is cheaper to have a little 
aphis injury rather than pay the great 
amount for the insecticide needed This 
problem is certainly one for discussion. 
We do not use nicotine sulphate here. 
T. it. T. 
THE HENYARD 
Working with 1,000 Hen*..,... 
Rose Bug* anil Littlo Chioks. 
Second Crop Fruiting of Raspberries. 
Anthracnoso and Cane Borer on Raspberry.. 
Chick* Die in Shell. . 
Drinking Water for Poultry; Cooking Wood 
chucks ... 
Paralysis and Roup. 
HORTICULTURE 
Story of a New Jersey Strawberry Crop.861 
Drone Trues of Greening and Duchess. 
Dwarf Trees and Budding.. 
Note* from a Maryland Garden. 
Shading Greenhouses ... 
Sweet Peas . 
Metal Trellis for Grapes.. 
Grapes on Stone Wall... 
Propagating Currants ... 
Trying for Now Fruits. 
WOMAN AND HOME 
Strawberry Plants 
Ten of the bt-M vi*riutii , « se¬ 
lected out ot a hundred—enrly, 
mid-bfioton »ud late. Order oui 
1322 catalog, today, of Tested 
Garden Seed of all kinds; nine 
all kind* ot vegetable plant* in 
season. 
CALEB UQGG8 At SON 
Clicswoiil, Del. 
SCOTT’S HAIRY VETCH 
A great cover crop. Builds up poor soils. 
Our seed is free from cockle and other 
noxious weeds. 
Write for prior, nnd Scott's Seed Hook 
II. tells about Ibis valuable crop 
0. M. SCO I I & SONS CO. MA rVs V|*LI* TR 0Mi’o 
RURAL NEW YORKER, 
888 Wont 80th St., New York. 
Gentlemen. — Enclosed find $1.50, for which 
mull me a cloth-bound copy of Hope Farm .Notes. 
From Day to Day. 
The Rural Pattern*. 
More About Creosote Stains. 
Destroying Vermin . 
Short Cuts in Sowing. 
Teaching Cenrngo, or Uso'e*s Fear 
Good Bread*—Hot and Col’. 
Embroidery Design* ... 
Some Northern Benda. 
Salting String Bonn*. 
Street or R. F. D 
lln mIkIi Cabbage Plants, 
prepaid, f M PATTIXGIO* 
1’ostofflce 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Xj ate cabbage plants 
lmntrli lull Head Late Fiat Puteb, Bnvoy, Copenhagen, 
MtOforfli I 000 fill «l ill I* I 'nil 1. CauIHlowcr. Hioi per 
100 \|| kind* of Flower I'hint*. UXVIU HOUWXt. Mar tig. D»|. 
Countrywide Produce Situation. 
Event* of the Week..... 
Steam or Gasoline Windmill for Electric 
Power . ... 
Paint Peel* Off. 
Cracks in Wall; Leaking Cistern. 
Rusty Iron Pipe... 
Bee Sti-'gs and Death...,,..... 
B-ake* Wanted . 
Doing) of Auto Hoga. 
More About Labor Unrest. 
s t . « York State No t < . 
Navy Yard Worker* nnd Debts. 
The Everlasting Taxation Question. 
The Pheasant* Capture a Farm. 
v hy Remain an Alton I. . 
Labor Unreat .... 
An A Pen's Excuse. . 
U*t* of a P-oprietary Article. 
Ratio of Auto E'-gi-o Sneed... 
Pine Line for Milk House.. 
Stored Cement for Foundation. 
Leaking Concrete Cistern.. 
Publisher'* Dusk . 
VEGETABLE and FLOWER PLANTS 
Asters. 4 00 —100 : 300 #1 f'r-lery, <J S. Blench¬ 
ing Whit" Plume. Green Winter. 40c 100; 300— 
I ; DS-Z.75 nor 1,1100. Cabbage. 4t*c—100. fiOO—$1; 
if 1.7.5 per I MOD, Post Paid Catalog Freu. 
W s. FORD <■ SON - Marlly, Dulaworn 
The Farmer His 
Own Builder 
By It. Artnstronfl Roberts* 
A practical and 
handy hoult of all 
kinds of building 
information from 
coum-t** to carpen¬ 
try. Price 8J-5G 
For sole by 
THE 
RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 W 30Ut St.. N. V 
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NEW JERSEY FARMS 
Jersey Black Giant Club 
A meeting of tin- Jersey Black <!i;int 
Club will be In-Id ill Crosswicks. N. J., on 
July 11. There will be a good program 
mid u full discussion of this new breed, 
with good speakers mid « d'-rnonstration 
in canonizing. The Black Giants are at- 
ti-actmg greflit attention at tins time. 
Here is a chance to see them on their 
“native heath.” 
CRATES MILKCASES 
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HAOK PIELP A NO l’AC'KINt. HOUSE 
CltATES, MI Lit CASES. Quart I’mi and 
puVeiBil Anything ill W',od. Itig IioJian Wood 
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