1904 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKKR. 
A LIVE ORANGE .| 
Matawan, N. J., is in a prosperous farm¬ 
ing section. Large quantities of potatoes, 
sweet corn, melons and other field and 
garden crops are grown and shipped to 
New York by rail, or boat, by way of 
Keyport. It would be hard to find a local¬ 
ity where there is better material for a 
Grange or more need of the advantages 
offered by the order. These farmers are 
obliged to combine science and practice in 
the most common-sense way to get paying 
returns from the high-priced land of 
Monmouth County, and the marketing of 
this great mass of produce is a serious 
problem, so much of it being perishable 
and ready for shipment at one time. Co¬ 
operation in selling, and avoiding disas¬ 
trous competition or Mealing with dis¬ 
honest and careless handlers, are import¬ 
ant questions now before this Grange. At 
a public meeting March 29 former New 
Jersey State Master John T. Cox gave a 
brief, pointed talk, outlining the advant¬ 
ages of the order financially, socially, 
morally and as an educator for young and 
old. He also showed how it has raised the 
business standing of the farmer in State 
and Nation and secured legislation favor¬ 
able to agricultural interests. S. B. Wells, 
of Bfiadevelt, represented the Farmers’ 
Reliance of West Jersey, an insurance 
organization growing out of the Grange. 
His statement showed that losses are paid 
promptly and that farmers are getting 
their insurance at a much lower rate than 
,that offered by the general companies that 
• take farm risks. After several short talks 
by local members, a half hour was given 
■ to refreshments, sociability and applica¬ 
tions for membership, of which there were 
! nearly a dozen._ 
H. 
Handling Girdled Trees.— On page 232 
is an inquiry about saving trees girdled 
by mice. If C. J. F. will make a mixture 
of common clay and green cow manure, 
about equal parts, so that it will be of the 
consistency of mortar, and apply to the 
wounds one inch thick, and bind up with 
an old rag, he will find that the trees will 
live and do nearly if not quite as well as 
if they had never been injured. I have 
treated trees that way and have tempor¬ 
arily removed the plaster about the middle 
of July and found a new, green, soft bark 
completely formed over the whole wound. 
The trees kept on growing without any ap¬ 
parent check, and are now some of the 
best in the orchard. The above is for ap¬ 
ple trees. I don’t know how it would work 
on any other kind. J. m. p. 
For the land’s sake, use Bowker’s Fer¬ 
tilizers. They enrich the earth.— Adv. 
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MIXED PAINTS 
At WHOLESALE PRICES, Delivered FREE 
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0. W. INGERSOLL, 346 Plymouth St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
FRUIT NOTES. 
Honest Tree Agents.— On page 205 you 
jprint an article from H., of Androscoggin 
.County, Me., telling what a tree agent did 
.to him, and then he goes on and calls all 
who come under, the name of tree agents 
( cut-throats, jobbers, peddlers and swindlers 
Now I am what he would call a jobber, 
as 1 use my own name on my order blanks. 
He surely must have got a bad dose, but 
Is that any reason that he should jump 
on all men who sell nursery stock? 1 have 
been selling in the same locality for 15 
years, selling to the same people whenever 
they want anything in the line of nursery 
stock, which does not look as though I 
had swindled them very badly, s. b. o. 
Jackson County, Mich. 
Grafting Nut Trees can be done sue 
cessfully, if a few essential rules are ob 
served. Scions should never be cut a long 
time before growth starts in the Spring. 
Just before the buds start is the proper 
time. After grafting, evaporation of the 
scion must be prevented, which I have 
accomplished by coating the scion after 
the grafting is done with shellac varnish 
It is likely that covering the scion with 
liquid grafting wax will answer as well. 
I have succeeded with the usual cleft- 
grafting, tfut use mostly the bark-grafting 
method. To do this cut scions just before 
buds start and keep dormant until the 
bark on stocks will peel. Cut stocks off 
square, slit bark down side and insert 
scion under bark as in budding, the scion 
is given a sloping cut all on one side and 
Inserted under bark cut side next the 
•wood. Tie and wax in usual manner and 
•then cover scion completely as directed. 
•The buds will push through the shellac or 
wax no matter how thickly applied. 
Alton, 111. E - A - R> 
Grafting Notes.— Last Spring I put in 
a lot of grafts, both apple and plum, 
some of the scions having been cut in the 
Fall and kept in cellar in damp sawdust, 
and some procured in the Spring. Those 
cut in Fall nearly all grew and did well, 
while those cut in Spring were almost a 
total' failure. I |tad a lot lof seeding 
plums from seed of Wild Goose five years 
old and bearing, but as fruit was inferior 
I thought 1 would try top-grafting them. 
1 used Italian prune scions cut in Fall; 
put seven in one tree and all grew finely, 
some making seven feet of new growth. 
All my scions and grape cuttings were 
gathered and put away before any hard 
freezing last Fall. A Frenchman who 
-worked in the vineyards of France, and 
who is very successful in starting grape 
euttings, showed me how he prepared the 
cuttings. He leaves about one inch below 
the lower bud, and then scrapes and scar¬ 
ifies that and around the bud, and the 
roots start in half the time they do other¬ 
wise. It seems to have a similar effect to 
boiling water on some hard seeds; cracks 
the shell for them. We generally prune 
our grapes early in the Winter, before any 
very hard freeze, but an avalanche from 
Alaska snowed us under early in Novem¬ 
ber. and has not left us any chance to do 
so this Winter, as I never want to cut 
any while there is frost in the wood. 
Ohio. J. A. M’G. 
inn KINDS APPLES 
I UU All varietiesforsummer,fall 
and winter. Ben Davis, always a fa¬ 
vorite, Baldwin, Wine Sap. etc. Trees strong 
an-i well rooted, Healthy, shapely. Ours Is tho 
best climare In the world for fruit tree develop¬ 
ment. Write for free 1904 catalogue. 
llarriRon’s Nuraerlei*, Bx 29, Berlin, Md. 
Shallow Cultivators. 
A complete line. Seven different 
styles. Gives weeds no chance to 
start and soil is kept in same condi¬ 
tion as when planted. Surface a flue 
dust mulch, preserving 
Moisture At Plant Roots. 
Two, Four, Six or Eight Row* cultivated 
at one operation. Forty page catalog free 
for the asking, with many pictures repro¬ 
duced from photographs showing ma¬ 
chines at work In various crops. Write us 
and let us send you this book and tell you 
all about it. 
KEYSTONE FARM MACHINE CO., 
1647 N. Beaver St., York, Pa. 
MRS. WINSLOW’S 
SOOTHING SYRUP 
1 has been used by Millions of Mothers for their 
i children while Teething for over Fifty Years.' 
i It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays ( 
all pain, cures wind colic, and is the best i 
. remedy for diarrhoea. 
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS A BOTTLE. 
3o7 
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Kalamazoo Carriage <£• Harness Company 
Box 220 Kalamazoo, Mich. 
ALFALFA 
50,000 PINEAPPLE FLAVORED 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS FOR SALE 
AT ONE-FIFTH REGULAR PRICE. 
Why so? We have the best straw¬ 
berry that has been introduced during 
the past 10 years. We gave a contract 
to a famous gardener to grow plants 
for us of this variety. He has succeed¬ 
ed so marvelously and has secured such 
wonderful results in multiplying the 
plants that we find we have consider¬ 
able surplus which must be sold regard¬ 
less of price. Our price as catalogued 
is $25 per 1,000 for these superior plants. 
Our reduced bargain price is 75 cents 
per 100, $3 per 500, $5 per 1,000. 
We offer 50,000 of Green’s new pine¬ 
apple-flavored strawberry plants at $5 
per 1,000 to fruit growers only. 
This is a remarkable variety, very 
vigorous, berries very large. The plant 
is remarkably productive. We have no 
hesitation in recommending this as one 
of the best new fruits we have ever of¬ 
fered. Blossoms perfect, season early. 
Order quick if you want to get this big¬ 
gest bargain of the season. We also 
offer Corsican. Senator Dunlap, Sample, 
Brandywine and Jessie plants of super¬ 
ior vigor. We have a surplus of as¬ 
paragus roots. 
Apple and Peach trees. We offer these 
in all sizes, and everything for the gar¬ 
den and orchard at tempting prices. 
Write for 116-page catalogue and par¬ 
ticulars. Address, 
GREEN’S NURSERY C0.„ Rochester, N.Y. 
Will grow anywhere if the con¬ 
ditions are made right, and give 
from 40 to 60 dollars worth of Protein to the 
acre. Absence of the proper soil bacteria is the 
most common difficulty, and is easily overcome by 
using 300 to 600 lbs. of impregnated soil to the acre, at 
or after seeding. I can furnish soil from a fifteen 
year old field that gave over 4 tons of hay to the acre 
last year, and where the bacteria is very abundant. 
Send for prices and circular. 
F. E. PAWLEY, Box 24, Fayetteville, N. Y. 
ENSILAGE CORN 
from the prairie country. It is better than Eastern 
seed, as it is used to wind, and does not blow down. 
Grows eight to ten feet high, very leafy, and early 
enough t) mature well anywhere south of Albany. 
Selected seed, either White or Yellow, guaranteed to 
grow, *1.35 per bushel. New Sacks free. Freight 
rate is about 50 cents per hundred to Rochester or 
Buffalo. HENRY FIELD, Seedsman, 
Box 26, Shenandoah, Iowa. 
Go to the natural home of good corn for your seed. 
10,000 —Eldorado Blackberry Plants. 
20,000 —Kansas Raspberry Plants. 
New Era Cow Peas. 
C. C. BROWN, Brld gevllle, Del. 
Dntatnec Carman, Cobbler, Harmony, Sunlight, 
t uiaiuca Hustler, Rose, Longfellow. Wonder. Six 
weeks; 85 kinds. C. VV. FORD, Fishers N Y. 
G 
len Mary and Sample Strawberry 
Plants at 12.00 per 1.000. 
KEVITT’8 PLANT FARMS, Athenia, N. J. 
‘ In union there Is strength.”— Join the 
International Ginseng Growers Ass’n 
It’s members sold dry ginseng for *13.00 per lb. In 1003. 
Membei ship fee $1. Address, Sec.-Treas.,Little York,N.Y. 
The Steitz Potato P/an ter 
Always works right; easy to set; light 
of draft; well balanced. Marks fur¬ 
rows, drops and covers whole or cut 
seed potatoes In one operation; 
hills 14,16 or 18% inches apart. 
Never misses; every hill planted 
actually yields. Special Price 
this month *40. Absolute guar¬ 
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today for Special Offer. * 
STEITZ IMPLEMENT* CO. 602 W«ll« Bldg. MILWAUKEE, WI8. 
GET BIGGER PRICES 
for yonr apples and 
fruit. Send them to market' 
in our Ventilated Ship¬ 
ping Boxes. Customers cun 
see how sound and fair they 
aro. 9c each per hundred 
Ask for free booklet No. 20 
6«ne»a Cooperage Company. Gentva, 0. 
DCDD V DXClfCTC Less than factory prices for 
DCnni DAO At I O immediate orders. 
CHARLES I. ALLEN. Terryvllle, Conn. 
SAW MILLS 
The DeLoach Patent Variable Friction Feed Saw Mill 
with 1 h. p. cuts 2000 feet per day. All sixes. Shingle 
Mills, Planers, Trimmers, Com and Buhr Mills, 
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CM* Meat as at If. Leals, 
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££J3* 
PaT*Q Aug. »0B9 
EXTENSION AXLE NUTS 
Cure wabbles and make old buggies run 
like new. Quick sellers; very profitable. 
Agents Wanted. Also very attractive 
fence machine proposition. 
Hardware Specialty Co., Box 43. Bontiae Mich. 
Six Governments 
in America and Europe have adopted and use exclusively 
SPR.AMOTOR. is. their experimental work. 
Eighty-two Outfits are in 
I use by Ontario and Dominion Governments alone. Tho 
Spramotor has won over one hundred Gold Medals and 
First Awards in the past three years. 
Wins 0. Government Spray Pump Contest. 
This is to Certify, that at the Con- /*“ 
test of Spraying apparatus, held at 
_ Grimsby, under the auspices of the Board -- 
of Control of the Fruit Experimental Station of Ontario, in which there were X J Jud 8« 
elevm contestants. Me Spramotor, made by the Spramotor Company, was 
awarded, first jtlace. - 
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SURPLUS BERRY PLANTS. 
We have a Large Stock of most of the following and will make low 
prices to readers of the Rural New Yorker. 
STRAWBERRIES—1,000.000 Johnson’s Early, Texas, Wm. Belt, Rough Rider, 
Sample, Sunshine, Ridgway and 50 others. 
RASPBERRIES — 100,000 Plum Farmer, Cuthboft, Loudon, Shaffer, 
Columbian, &c. 
BLACKBERRIES—150,000 Taylor, Snyder, Erie, Iceberg, Merserpau, &o. 
Also Currants, Gooseberries, Grapes, Asparagus, Roses, Clematis, 
Seed Potatoes, &c., &c. Illustrated Catalogue Free, 
nruruni'n that our season is latest in the United States. We can ship plants till June 1st, trans- 
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