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Martha Crab Apple. 
J. G. F., Coxsackie, N. F.—Will som« one 
who has grown Martha crab apples tell 
what they think of it, and whether the 
fruit brings a good price? I have 30 trees. 
A NS.— The Martha crab apple may he 
classed among the “said to be” new 
fruits. Not much practical experience 
with it has been published. It is claim¬ 
ed to be large, handsome and very pro¬ 
ductive, and is undoubtedly well worth 
trial. Our readers would be thankful 
for reliable information concerning the 
market value of Martha and other 
showy crabs. 
Virginia Beauty Apple. 
.t. J. At.. Mystic, loxoa.—l would like to 
know something about the Virginia Beauty 
apple. It is reported as doing well In 
Nebraska, but I do not know of anyone in 
this vicinity having it. How does it com¬ 
pare with Jonathan as a fancy market 
apple, and how would it probably do in 
south central Iowa? 
Ans.— Virginia (Beauty) is an apple 
that has been grown in its native State 
in a small way for many years and only 
here and there outside of it. As it is 
said to do very well in Nebraska, as I 
have also repeatedly heard, it may do 
likewise in south central Iowa. It 
would be worthy of trial there, but not 
more than that for some years to come. 
H. E. V. D. 
Feeding Alfalfa in California. 
A. R. U. (No Address).—Woutd any reader 
living in California answer this question? 
Will 10 acres of good land seeded to Al¬ 
falfa pasture eight cows? If so, how 
many months of the year, and will there 
be enough hay left to winter them? What 
do you feed them besides rough feed, and 
how much? Do you use silage, if so, in 
what way. how much and what kind? 
How large a silo would it take to hold 
enough for one Winter, and what would 
be the cost? 
Ans.— I understand from stockmen 
that one acre of Alfalfa wdll pasture two 
cows the year round, but will not fur¬ 
nish any hay besides. So much depends 
on circumstances that it is hard to make 
a firm rule in regard to the product from 
an acre of Alfalfa. I know of one ranch 
near Bakersfield of 2,300 acres which is 
kept stocked with 20,000 Texas steers, 
and a large amount of hay is cut and 
stacked. I know of no silos in this 
part of the country. Stock running on 
Alfalfa pasture always have access to 
the cured hay. This prevents bloat and 
the steers fatten very rapidly with no 
other feed. h. g. keeseing. 
Santa Clara Co., Cal. 
Exterminating Bedbugs. 
Render, Akron, O.—What is the best way 
to rid a house of bedbugs? 
Ans.— Benzine or turpentine applied to 
crevices in bedsteads and cracks in 
floors and walls will destroy most of the 
pests. Apply it wi.h a feather or brush. 
A solution of corrosive sublimate, which 
will be made at an> drug store, is still 
more effective. Traces of it will remain 
in crevices for some time, and no ver¬ 
min will return so long as it is there, but 
it is deadly poison and must be kept out 
of the reach of children. Various pat¬ 
ented preparations of more or less merit 
are sold, but some have a disagreeable 
odor which is hard to get rid of. Fumi¬ 
gation with hydrocyanic acid gas is the 
most thorough treatment. The room 
must be made so tight that the gas will 
not escape readily. Find the cubic con¬ 
tents of the room in feet, divide it by 
200, and the result will be the number 
of ounces of cyanide of potash needed. 
In the room set an earthen jar contain¬ 
ing twice as many ounces of water and 
V/z time as much sulphuric acid (1.8 
specific gravity )as the cyanide. Have 
the cyanide in a piece of paper, drop it 
in the liquid and get out before taking 
a breath, as one whiff might prove fatal. 
If possible rig a string so that the cy¬ 
anide can be lowered into the jar from 
outside. After an hour and a half open 
windows from outside and air thorough¬ 
ly. The gas will not injure curtains or 
furniture, but is sure death to every 
breathing thing. 
Hammond’s 
Seeds Lead 
in vigor, yield, earliness 
and quality. Better can¬ 
not be had. Prices very 
low. We can save you 
money. Northern Grown 
always the BEST. Our 
handsome 100-page catalog 
of Garden, Field and Flower 
Seeds mailed free on request. 
N. Hammond Seed Co., Ltd. 
BOX 42. 
BAY CITY, MICH. 
ft HTQ—Heavy ylelders; stiff straw. 75e. 
OCCU UA I O per bushel. Orders of lU bushels 
Drove.'. No charKO for i)a<'kin({. Address 
MAPT.E STREET FAllM, 
D. E. 3 KNISON, MKr. Lock Horlin, Wayne Co.. N. Y. 
S EEU OATS—Improved American, 70c. bu. Sample 
and clr. free. Woodbine Earm.'Hartstown, Pa, 
Seed Oats. Choice h eavy yielding white 
oats. 80c. per bushel, Bags free. Cash with order. 
Geo. M. Tallcott, Skaneateles, N. Y. 
ONION SEED—Southport Globe.. 
MEEKER’S SMOOTHING HARROW. 
Send for prices and catalogue. 
THE C. O. JBELIFF MFQ. CO.. SOUTHPORT, CONR. 
Northern-Grown FruitTrees 
.lust a few ihousand more in surplus. Quality HIGH, 
Price now. Catalogue FREE. MARTIN WAHL, 
Rochester, N. Y. 
Geneva Grown Trees 
All strictly flrst-class and well grown, at wholesale 
prices. Apples; Pears, standard and dwarf; Plums; 
Cherries; Quinces; Peaches; Currants; Raspberries: 
Blackberries; Ornamentals: Shrubs; Roses,etc. Send 
list of wants for prices. Address 
Hox ao.'l. Geneva, N. Y. 
Reference—First National Bank, Geneva, N. Y. 
250,000 
APPLE TREES 
All strictly first-class. At bargain 
prices. All the leading varieties. 
BROWN BROTHERS COMPANY 
Continental Nurseries. Rochester, N. Y. 
CmnaaNfl, OvoMbcrrlM, 
b«rriM( l&Mpb«rrlM, HitrK'w* 
b«nfrti«B. Price List VRKK. 
B«al •Pun,: for UUitraUd 4*<«rlptlT« 
T. S. HUBBARD CO. Fredonia, N. Y. 
'£KTREES 
JOO varlctiea. Also Grapes, Small FruitaetcTTicKt root¬ 
ed stock. Geniiine, cheap. 2 sample currants mailed for 
10c. Desc. price list free. LKVIlS BOESCU, Fredonia, N. I. 
'Y THODSAND 
riFT 
P AppleTreea. BestCommtrclalSorti 
■ ^ clean, smooth, thrifty: no end to 
roots. Peach, Plum, Pear, Cherry, Quince, 
etc., cheap. Woooview Nurseaies, Mt. Houv Springs, Pi 
THE KELLY CO., 
.SKKO MERCHANTS, 
1.50-152 Sheriff St., Clevelani), Ohio. 
All kinds of grass and field seeds and 
poultry supplies. Seed manual free. 
Recleanetl 
Western 
Grown 
Clover. 
Timothy, 
Etc. _ __ _ _ 
Reference, this paper, or Park National Bank. 
SEED POTATOES. 
Northern-grown, any quantity. Leading vario 
ties. Write to-day, stating wants. 
' Farming Implements, 
E. F. MANCHESTER, Bristol, Conn. 
DflTATnCQ 65c. and up. Salzer’s Sunlight 
uLLU rUlHlULO Early and SirWalter Rail igb. 
ARTHUR NORTHRUP, Cullen. N. V. 
MAINE GROWN. 
I I Fifty varieties. Ad¬ 
dress CARTER & COBBY, Presque Isle, Maine, on 
310 Washington Street, New York. Catalogue. Ship¬ 
ments can be made either from Maine or New York. 
CEED I’OTATOES—Most popular varieties. Early 
and Late. Moderate prices. Satisfaction guaraii ■ 
teed to purchasers. C. W. BURNETT, Phelps, N. Y. 
Second-growth Seed Potatoes, $1.25 
iQl wQlv per bushel; Home-grown Crimson 
Clover Seed, $3 per bushel; Cow Peas, $1.75 per bu. 
JOSEPH E. HOLLAND. Milfortl, Del. 
EED POTATOES 
^ All the best new and standard varieties. Six Weeks, 
Red River Ohios, Bovees, Northers, Queens, Rose, 
Fortunes, Quick Crop, Blush, Raleighs. Carmans, Rurals, 
American Gi.aiUs, Green Mountains, St. of Maineaudadozen 
other sorts, grown in the cold north especially for seed, and 
stored in our frost proof, cold storage houses, which hold 
the stock free from sprouts till pl&ntinf; time- We are hea^lquarters f<>r 
set’ll pntatoes. Our warehouses hoM over l(X>.0On bushels or *J00 rarloads 
WrUo for illustrated catalog. Ask about our iSeetf Corn ami ^^eed Oats. 
EDWARD F. DIBBLE, r^XZV.H. y. 
Pntptnoe sound and vigorous. Direct 
OuCU rUlulUCu from grower to planter. Illus. cat. 
describing HO var. free V. G. Aldridge. Fishers.N.Y. 
SEED 
POTATOES—By. Ohio, 8U' Weeks and 
others. 50c. to 80c. a bush. Catalogue free 
McAdams Seed CO., Columbus Grove, O. 
P otatoes—Bovee, Carman, Cobbler, Harvest, 6 Wks. 
King,Obio, Rose. 85 kinds. C.W. Ford, Fisher. N.Y. 
Q POTATOKS FOR SEED. BIG STEM 
V9 JEiiSEY Yellow,$ 2.75per bbl.; jEii- 
SEY Yellow, fancy strain, $2.75 per bbl.; Jbhskv 
Rki), $:i.25 iicr bbl.; Vineland Bi'su, $5 per bbl. 
Write for price list. Plants in season. 
F. S. NEWCOMB, Vineland, N. J. 
ftATITAEC erowa especially for 8BBD. 
rUIAIUCiV 10 varieties SBBDOATa Eight 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 
GEO. U. COIiVIN, Crest Farm, Daltoo, Pa. 
AROOSTOOK COUNTY the cold northeast county 
of Aroostook, state of Maine, on our four seed farms. 
Fifty varieties, all true to name. We offer free the 
best potato catalogue ever itrinted. 
E. E. PARKHURST & Co., Presque Isle, Me. 
V'J|nUPftft Don’t grow Com all cob. En lose 
rjlifnillllv stamp for free sample REAL CORN. 
Yellow grains three-fourths inch long; small cob. 
mt; BLANCO POULTRY FARM. Mt. Blanco, O. 
ftpp ft—Yellow 8-rowed Corn; White Star Oats, 
V LL|| first at N. Y. State Fair; Beardless Bar- 
■J L L U POTATOES—Cobblers, 6 
Weeks, Ohios, Raleighs. 20 kinds. De¬ 
scription 11 kinds Field Beans and yields. Write to¬ 
day for free package Iceberg Lettuce. 
SMITH’S POTATO FARM, Manchester, N. Y. 
^ Seed Corn. 
^Garden Seeds of seeds cheap. 
Nursery Stock 
I^$I00 IN PREMIUMS ON CORN. 
Apple Trees, $4 per 100. Catalogue Free; 60 pages. 
J. M. T. WRIGHT NURSERY CO., 
Portland, Jay County, Ind. 
trees succeed where 
4e.^«ery. OTHERS FAIL 
jok Free. Result of 78 years’ cxpeneir 
rtl/Fruit Bo^ Free. Result of 78 years’ experience 
^'STARK BROS, Louisiana, Mo.; Dansville, N. Y.; EU 
T ree BUYING clubs. freights and get 
good price discounts bj joining. Great variety, standard, thrifty stixL 
fruit and ornamental. Stat« inspected, no disease. Catalogue free. 
GEO. k. SWEET HURSERY CO., Box 1605, OioeiTillt, MevTork. 
ORNl 
ready for the market 60 days after planting, is 
one of the many ■wonders you read about in 
HOLMES’ 1903 CATALOGUE OP TESTED 
SEEDS. Contains many other new and proflt- 
"^ble flower and vegetable varieties. Honestly pictured—truthfully described. A 
book that’s ditferont from ordinary seed books. 
A book well worth writing for. We send It 
HOLMES SEED CO., Harrisburg, Pa. 
Choice Peach Trees for Sale 
A7 BARGAIN RRICES. 
First-class, 4 to 5 feet, $7 per 100 ; medium-sized 
trees, first-class, 3 to 4 feet, 16 per 100. Our list 
of varieties : Chair’s Choice, Crosby, Ch’awford 
Early, Crawford I^ate, Elberta, Fitzgerald, Globe, 
Niagara, Red Cheek Melocotoii, Beers’ Smock, 
Yellow iSt. John and Triumph. Send for free 
catalogue. Everything for the orchard, park 
and garden. Address 
GREEN’S NURSERY CO., ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
REST SMALL FRUITS. 
WJ^ standard and Improved varieties of Raspberries, 
Blackberries, Gooseberries, Currants, Grapes, Strawberries, 
•W. Ivory plant grown and guaranteed by mo. Sblp^only oloan, vlgoroui, 
well rootod, frooh dug plants that give rotulta. Wrlto for late oatolog. 
Allen L, Wood, Wholesale Grower, Rochester.N.Y. 
BIGGEST. BLACKEST. BEST. 
KANSAS RASPBERRY. 
50,000 PLANTS. 
Berry Quarts and Oval Pints. Bottom 
Prices. Order Early. 
J. T. MOLUMPHY, Berlin, Ct. 
PAN-AMERIGAH STRAWBERRY 
A Strawberry Plant that produces a large and con¬ 
tinuous crop of large strawberries from August Ist 
until winter. Fruits on new runners and old plants. 
A strong grower that needs no petting. Plants, $1.00 
each; 6 for $5.00: 12 for $10.00; by mail or express, 
prepaid, upon receipt of price. Address all orders to 
SaMUBL cooper, Delevan, N. Y. 
DCDDY Dl A MTQ—Select varieties. None better: 
□ Liin I I LAIi I U none cheaper. D. M. Johnson, 
Seaford, Del., Growers of Trees, Plants, Vines, etc. 
QPMATflD nilNI AP strawberry Plants, $1.50 
OLllAIUn UUULMI per 1 . 000 . OonaW’s Elmira 
$2.50 per 1.000. Pear Trees at lowest i)rices. California 
Privet, etc. SAMUEL C. DE COU, Moorcstown. N.J. 
Fairfield Strawberry^",^r?ya wcJ7^^fI; 
than Michel’s Early. 50c. per dozen, by mall. Circular 
free. STANTON B. COLE, Bridgeton, N. J.< 
CLIMAX 8TRAWBERRY-?ori,',T6r; 
est producer. For particulars sec Kural of June 21, 
or send postal for our new Berry catalogue. Big stock 
Best Berry Plants of all good kinds. Bottom prices. 
SLAYMAKEU & SON, Dover, Del. 
Strawberry Plants 
by dozen or thousand. Send for price-list. 
WILLIAM PALMER, Grooms, N. Y. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
$1.75 per thousand. 
Circulars free. 
PINE HILL FUUIT FARM, Center Brook. Conn. 
BIG STRAWBERRIES. 
Fine varieties of strawberries a re my specialty. Wilh 
an experience of 20 years I have selected and perfected 
a list of the leading and finest sorts. A fine selection of 
Kaspberrlen ami Hlaekberrles. Currants, 
Grapes, etc. Everything truo to name, guaranteed 
Send for free catalogue to-day. , , 
D. HKANDT, Box 306, Bremeu, Ohlo- 
BEST NEW and 
Standard Straw’by, 
Bas’byand Blk’by. 
Plants, Vigorous, Hea'vy Rooted and Tme to 
Name. Guaranteed to reach you In good condition, 
EClgh quality, and low prices. Large catalogue FREE 
A. B. WESTON A Co., Box G, Bridgman, Mloh.« 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS TS 
Bubach; «00,000 Laay Garrison ; 400,01)0 Parsons’ 
Beauty; Cumberland Baspberrv; Kansas Black Cap, 
My plants are fine. D. W- MOSLEY, Dover, Del. 
Cat. Free. 
Qur Strawberry Plants pay yon to plant. They are 
grown on new land, and the best soil In the 
world. Every plant Is sure to grow and produce large 
crops of big berries Our catalogue is different from 
any other, and do not forget that the new Cardinal 
Baspberry is a winner. Catalogue free. 
F. W. DIXON, Holton, Kan. 
OLIVE’S PRIDE. 
The new STRAW¬ 
BERRY contains 
more points of excellence than any other 
variety Introduced In recent years. Forty 
other varieties of Choice Stock, etc. 
Write for Free Catalogue. 
John W. HaU, Mariou Sta., AltU 
Strawberry Plants 
and Seed Potatoes. 
How to Grow Biggest Crops. 
Finest Fruit. 
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE FREE. 
Send for it. Bargains in New 
Varieties. 
FLANSBURGH & PEIRSON, 
Leslie, Mich. 
Choice Strawberry Plants'Sh’i wL\war^^^^^^^^ 
medal at the Pan-Am. Exposition, $1 per 12. I have a 
large quantity of Bubach, Dewey, Excelsior, Gandy, 
Gibson, Glen Mary. Haverland, Hero, Kansas, Marie, 
Miller, Monitor, Nick Ohiner, Parson’s Beauty, I’al- 
mer. Sample, Dunlap, Splendid, Texas, Uncle Jim and 
others, for sale cheap. Send for estimate on varieties 
wanted. Satisfaction guaranteed. Catalogue free. 
WM. S. TODD, Greenwood, Del. 
SAMPLE STRAWBERRYrS'rr.'T.S 
1902. List free how we grow strawberries. 
KEVI'i’T’S PLANT FARM, Athenia, N. J. 
Strawberry Cultare. 
By M. Cbawvobd. Over 40 years’ experience. 
▲ 60>page Book—not a catalogue. Bend 10 cent* 
few a copy, read it, then return It and get yom 
mooey back if yon -want to. 
M. CRAWFORD COMPANY, 
Box 1005. Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. 
The President 
'.riio finest new strawberry now on the 
market. Largest size and brightest color. 
Send for eireular. Priee, §10 j)er iiundred, 
THOMAS R. HUNT, 
Originator. liambei’tville, N. J. 
