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THE RURAL N E W-Y O R K E R. 
July 26 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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Powder Paint. 
E. MHagumans, N. Y. —I have a new 
house to paint and there is an agent trying 
to sell me a powder paint. He wanted me 
to buy a quantity. I offered to buy a pound 
and try it, but he refused. When I offered 
to buy a pound and he refused to sell I got 
suspicious of him. 
Ans. —We have never used these 
“powder” paints, and cannot state from 
experience how they compare with 
standard mixtures of lead and oil. Your 
offer to the agent was fair enough. If 
his paint is what it is claimed to be he 
ought to be glad to sell a pound and let 
that pound speak so well that it will 
sell a ton! 
How to Plant Tulipa Gesneriana. 
P. (). C., New Madison. O .—How far apart 
should I plant Tulipa Gesneriana in a bed 
9x18 feet for best results? What kind of 
soil is best suited to this bulb, and what 
is the best time to plant? Is it better to 
take them up each Summer or let them 
remain where planted? What is to be 
gained by taking them up? Do they bloom 
early or late? 
Ans.—T ulipa Gesneriana is strong 
growing, and need not be planted nearer 
than five or six inches apart each way. 
A light moderately rich, well-drained 
soil suits the tulip best. Standing water 
or sticky moisture about the roots 
greatly hinders growth. The bulbs will 
bloom better and be less liable to dis¬ 
ease if taken up every year after the 
foliage withers, stored in a cool airy 
place, and cleaned of the old scales and 
young bulblets before planting again. 
These tulips are native to rocky slopes 
in eastern Europe and Asia, where the 
soil so thoroughly dries out during 
Summer that bulbous plants get a com¬ 
plete rest, which they do not receive in 
our rainy seasons. Besides, the bulbs 
get into fresher soil when taken up and 
replanted than if allowed to remain in 
the ground. The Gesneriana tulip is a 
late-flowering variety. 
Still Another Nursery Fraud. 
A. J. M., Mgstic, Iowa. —Knowing your po¬ 
sition in regard to nursery and other 
frauds will you give notice that there is 
a man canvassing this neighborhood for a 
prominent Iowa nursery, claiming to sell 
the Hood River strawberry, that does not 
put out any runners but propagates true 
from the seed? He says they grow all their 
nursery stock for five years, transplanting 
twice a year to give it better root growth. 
He also promises to reset all dead trees 
free for five years and prune them without 
charge. He asks about $1 apiece for peach 
trees that never fail to bear, and also apri¬ 
cots and other things in proportion. How 
is that? 
Ans. —Really, one gets tired hearing 
of the many schemes that bad nursery 
agents and some unprincipled nursery 
proprietors concoct to secure good 
money for poor stock. The “prominent 
Iowa nursery” having out an agent (and 
there may be several of them), who is 
telling such lies as those mentioned 
ought to be published as a fraud by the 
Iowa State Horticultural Society, and 
any others of similar character doing 
business within that State. In Kansas 
many years ago our State Horticultural 
Society, through its secretary, did so in 
regard to a prominent Ohio nursery, ad¬ 
vertising the game and its sequel in 
many of the State and county papers, 
calling the firm by name. They never 
dared to sue for damage or libel but 
simply quit business there, and went 
East. There seems to be no good rea- 
transplanting them twice each year to 
develop good root growth, it is not true. 
It is done, but only once a year, with 
some kinds of evergreens that are very 
difficult to transplant, and it does have 
a beneficial effect, but it makes them 
cost more than a dollar each. With fruit 
trees it is not necessary, nor is it done 
even once a year. We should all like to 
see a peach tree that never fails in Iowa. 
That is not true in Georgia, where the 
peach is at home. As to the promise to 
replant and prune free for five years, 
judge of its fulfillment by the lies told 
about the stock that is to be delivered. 
H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
What to Do With a Meadow. 
A. II. II., Rayville, Md.—I have a field that 
washes badly when plowed up. It is now 
in Timothy, but is pretty near run out. I 
would like to keep it in Timothy to cut 
for hay. What would I better do with it? 
How will it do to run over it with the 
spring-tooth harrow in August, and after 
it is thoroughly harrowed sow on say 20 
pounds Timothy per acre, 400 pounds per 
acre pure bone and 100 pounds muriate of 
potash per acre; then harrow it all again 
with the spring-tooth, and next Spring top- 
dress with say 200 pounds per acre nitrate 
of soda? I have a Cutaway orchard plow, 
but that would cut out what Timothy I 
now have (there is a good deal). Would it 
be likely to freeze out next Winter? I 
wish to cut a paying crop of hay on it 
next year, say two to three tons per acre. 
Ans. —We have never been able to ob¬ 
tain a good seeding of grass by scratch¬ 
ing over the old sod. We doubt whether 
the spring-tooth harrow will fit the land 
so that Timothy will make a good start. 
We should prefer to plow the field or 
work it up with the Cutaway and make 
it as fine as possible. Then sow about 
10 quarts each of Timothy and Red-top 
and about four quarts of Red clover per 
acre, using the fertilizer as you sug¬ 
gest. We would thoroughly prepare the 
soil, or else not touch it at all. No one 
can guarantee you two or three tons of 
hay per acre next season. If you fear 
washing, you might fit the ground well 
and sow rye or wheat with the grass 
seed. This will hold the soil better and 
the grain can be cut while soft so as to 
yield over a ton of good hay per acre. 
In a fairly moist season there will also 
be a late cutting of grass. 
Seeding to Grass and Grain. 
C. E. E., Lansingville, N. Y. —I live on a 
small farm; have lost my seeding for two 
years, and fear the past Spring is not much 
better. I find next year I shall be short 
for hay. I had thought of plowing a piece 
as soon after harvest as I could and fitting 
the same as for wheat, sowing Timothy 
and Alsike clover, and at the same time 
sow about a bushe! of oats per acre to pro¬ 
tect the seeding through the Winter. 
Would the oats get large enough to smoth¬ 
er the seeding by sowing early? Could you 
suggest something better? Will Alsike 
clover afford any pasture after cutting for 
hay? If not, how would it answer to plow 
and sow rye for Fall pasture. How much 
should I sow per acre with a drill? Would 
it answer to sow in July? What would its 
manurial value be as compared with Tim¬ 
othy sod for corn or oats next Spring? 
Ans. —I can see but one cause of your 
trouble, a lack of soil conditions favor¬ 
able to the germination and growth of 
these small grass and clover seeds. 
Timothy and Red clover are not the 
natural growing plants upon most of 
our soils. Grasses will grow everywhere 
if nature has its course, but they are in¬ 
variably the small hardy grasses like 
Blue grass. We must have a soil rich in 
humus and in fine tilth for these seeds. 
A soil full of decayed humus may not be 
a perfect well-balanced soil. It is a 
pretty safe soil, however, to bank on for 
stalk growth. I would not waste small 
seeds upon this soil until it is ready for 
them. Plow at once, frequently culti¬ 
vate until August 1, then sow two bush¬ 
els of rye to the acre with a drill. If 
your judgment wheat would make a fair 
crop sow that. Winter wheat makes 
fine hay; stock of all kinds eat it greed¬ 
ily. When the crop is off plow and sow 
at once to buckwheat. Plow under and 
sow again to Winter grain. The follow¬ 
ing Spring, if the crop looks thrifty and 
you think safe, sow six quarts Red 
clover (Mammoth) and six quarts Tim¬ 
othy early to catch the freezing and 
thawing. Use the rock again when 
sowing buckwheat, which will increase 
the grow'th and make just that much 
more vegetable matter. I wish our friend 
would try this plan and report the re¬ 
sult. You will be surprised at the re¬ 
sult, and get a seeding regardless of 
weather conditions. If the soil condi¬ 
tion is not as I have imagined, and is 
now fruitful in its output of other 
crops a dressing of quick-lime may cor¬ 
rect acidity and warrant a crop. 
II. E. COOK. 
Seeding Sandy Land. 
L. R. P., Plattsburg, N. Y. —I would like to 
try seeding a piece of sandy land to hay 
this Fall, for pasture next year. What 
success would I be likely to have in this 
locality? Would those readymade mix¬ 
tures advertised by seedsmen be better 
than Timothy and clover? The land is in 
pasture now, but I would have all Summer 
to work it up in. I wish to break it up 
and kill the grasshoppers. 
Ans. —This sandy land no doubt lacks 
humus. The present sod will help the 
soil when rotted. I would rather sow 
the mixtures than Timothy and clover. 
I should not advise sowing for perma¬ 
nent meadow seeding alone upon this 
kind of land. My experience warrants 
seeding without nurse crop only upon 
soil in the finest condition. We have 
often failed to get a satisfactory seed¬ 
ing upon light pasture lands that were 
poorly sodded. If I had then as now 
waited until the soil was filled with 
roots, decayed, no such trouble would 
have followed. We dislike to part with 
a crop, or use some commercial mixture 
to help along. These old soils that have 
been pastured need cultivation or per¬ 
haps aeration, which means breaking 
down of plant food. Sow to rye this 
Fall with manure or dissolved rock, and 
if that best suits your wants plow un¬ 
der next Spring; plant to corn or pota¬ 
toes. Next Fall sow wheat with ferti¬ 
lizer and seed. Do not try to seed sandy 
soil without first filling it with decayed 
vegetable matter. h. e. cook. 
McCormick corn machines enable the 
farmer to double the value of his corn 
crop. He gets two profits instead of 
one.— Adv. 
You gain a year by planting pot 
grown plants; they will bear 
fruit the first season in ext June) 
the Wonderful Shasta Daisy 
flowers measuring 4 inches in diameter. Hand- 
somecolored plateand full description in Vick’s 
Catalogue of Bulbs, Plants and Small 
Fruits for fall planting. Catalogue FREE for 
the asking. 
JAMES VICK’S SONS 
Box 159S Rochester, N. Y. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you will get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See our guarantee 8th page 
CELERY PUNTS S 
gatlon method—$1.50 per thousand. CLOVEK 8FFn 
Choice, clean Crimson or Scarlet of my own ralRini 
$4 per bu.: sacks free. J. C. ELLIS, Millsboro Del 
CELERY 
Plants, G. S. B., $1 per l 000’ 
--- — —-— - 70 cts.500;G. Pascal, $1 40 
1.000; 00 cts. 500 Stout, stocky plants. The seed is 
thin In rich beds, and the plants are kept in stpnri„ 
even growth by irrigation. They are sheared bark 
several times during the seasjn to develop a stock,, 
crown and large root system. They are taken hi 
expert help that a large mass of roots may be nre- 
served to each plant. The greatest care lstaken in 
every detail that they may reach the customer n 
perfectorder. I ship in ventilated boxes with roots 
in damp moss. 1 ship promptly, and give personal 
care to each order. I ship from Milne to Jowa 
raise a million and a half plants. Circular free 
F. W. ROCHELLE, Drawer 1, Chester, N. J. 
WHFAT _Nanie and yield of 10 var 'eties wit: 
II II Ln I sample mailed early to those sending an 
dress. Smith Wheat Farm, Box A, Manchester, N.y 
Mammoth White Winter Seed Rye. 
Will mail circular with picture of Rye shown at 
I an-American Exposition on receipt of postal 
K. L. CLARKSON, Tivoli. N V 
Refer by permission to The Rural New-Yorker 
VEGETABLE PLANTS. 
Cabbagie—Danish Railhead, $1 per 1,000, Celerv— 
White Flume and Giant Pascal. $1.20 per 1000' 
and transplanted plants, $2 per 1.000. Samnlps' 
5 cents. LDDWIG MOSBAIK, 85th St., near South' 
Chicago Aye., Chicago, 111. 
flnmn 0 e of lhem - sow m j 
UIIIUII Octo hardy White, earliest, Yellow 
and Red. .1 kinds. Send for testimonials and prices 
RKAULIEU. the Onion Specialist, Woodhaven N V 
Crimson Clover Seed.—New crop now 
ready. R. S. JOHNSTON, llox 4, Stockley, Del. 
QRDERS booked now for new ciop Crimson Clove 
seed ready June 15. Popular prices. Seed guar 
anteed. Write .JOHN J. ROSA, Milford, Del. 
r ui odic Peas, $2 bu.; 100 bushels Earl 
Black-eyed Peas. $2 bushel; 500 bushels Delaware 
grown Crimson Clover Seed. $3.50 bushel 
J. E. HOLLAND, Milford, Del. 
umdenu 1893. Plants and Seed for Sale. 
LYNDEN GINSENG AND STOCK FARM, 
Silas Timerman & Son. Clockville. N. Y. 
Peach, Apple and 
Pear Buds. 
Send list of wants t*o be priced Can furnish in 
large oi small quantities 
J. ii. HARRISON As SONS. Berlin, Aid. 
Glenwood Nurseries 
Most complete assortment of choice 
Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Vines. 
eend for Descriptive Illustrated Catalogue. 
THE WM. H. MOON CO., MORRISVILLE, PA. 
60 miles from New York; 3J miles from Philadelphia. 
Potted Strawberry Plants, July I. 
T. C. KEV1TT, Athenia. N. J. 
THE PRESIDENT 
STRAWBERRY 
The Rural New-Yorker calls it * the most 
promising new variety oJ the year." 
It has been carefully tested for four years, and 
not offered for Bale until fully matured. It has 
been grown in field culture, and marketed in 
large quantities by the side of other leading 
varieties leading them all in the qualities de¬ 
manded in big berries for a critical market. 
Large, Firm, High Colored, Well Flavored. 
POTTED PLANTS FOR SALE! 
Per dozen, S3. Per 50, S10. 
Per 100, SIB. 
Stock all in originator’s hands. Buyers protected 
THOMAS R. HUNT, Lambertville, N.J. 
Send for Circular. Mention this Paper. 
D WYER’S Summer and Au¬ 
tumn Catalogue (now ready ) 
of Pot-Grown Strawberry Plants, 
Celery, Cabbage, etc. Pot-Grown 
Clematis, Honeysuckle, Ivy, etc. 
A full line of Fruit and Ornamen¬ 
tal Trees Vines and Plants. 
This Catalogue, with beautiful colored plates, 
mailed free—write for it T. J. DWYER & SON, 
Orange County Nurseries, Box 1, Cornwall, N. Y. 
son why the Iowa people might not have 
equal protection. The Hood River 
strawberry does not succeed very well in 
stable manure is at hand use it, spread 
very thin if necessary to cover the field, 
using 500 pounds of dissolved rock to 
W Strongest Guarantee under the Sun. See Rogers’ 5 to 1. Jgfl 
Tree Breeders. ROGERS ON THE HILL, Dansville, N. Y. 
the East, and it is not devoid of runners, 
nor is it nor can it be propagated true 
from seed. So far as any nurseryman 
keeping fruit trees for five years and 
the acre with it. Why sow rye? Be¬ 
cause the plant can thrive upon coarse 
food; next Spring after the kernel has 
formed but not filled, cut for hay. If in 
PRIMSON GLOVER 
U free ‘ HENRY A. DREER. 7td C 
In sowing this valuable clover it is important 
that American seed is used. We supply gen¬ 
uine Delaware seed ouly. Our special circular 
describing uses of Crimson Clover is mailed 
HENRY A. DREER, 714 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
