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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
March 27, 1897 
Users of THE MAPES MANURES even in the Hardest Times Hold their Own. 
Extra High Quality and Large Yields in Fruits. ;They are Cheaper than Stable Manure. 
Remarkable Yields of Strawberries. < They Restore Clover Lands. 
Large Wheat and Hay Crops after Potatoes manured with They Produce Crops of Potatoes. Fruits, Tobacco, Hay and 
The Mapes Potato Manure. Vegetables of QUALITY Superior to those Grown with 
Prices of The Mapes Manures Reduced 1897. j Stable or Farm Manures. 
High Standard Fully Maintained. ;i They Largely Protect Crops from Disease. 
The Mapes Manures are More Available to the Growing^ 
Crop than Stable Manure. They LAST in the Soil until! Says the American Agriculturist, March 13, 1897, in 
Utilized by Succeeding Crops. \ commenting on The Mapes Manures: 
They Build Up the Land, and Permanently Improve it for “ It is in times like these that more than ever the BEST 
Grass, Hay and Grain. is the CHEAPEST.” 
Highest Quality of Fruit.—Unusually Heavy Yields. 
THE MAPES FRUIT AND VINE MANURE ON STRAWBERRIES, SMALL FRUITS, APPLE ORCHARDS, GRAPES, ETC. 
Fourteen to fifteen acres. Over 6,000 quarts strawberries (varieties, Bubach, Warfield, Wolverton and Gandy) 
per acre. Large prices realized. Blackberries and raspberries. 
Mr. J. A. Davis, of Greensboro, Md., reports December 9, 1896 : “The Mapes Fruit and Vine Manure has given me better satisfaction than any I have ever 
used. I apply 1,000 pounds per acre at the time of setting the plants. I picked not less than six thousand (6,000) quarts of strawberries to the acre. This fertilizer 
is equally good for blackberries and raspberries. For a general land strengthener this fertilizer surpasses any I ever used before.” 
Mr. L. Shanlky Davis, commission merchant, 100 Barclay Street, New York, who handled 52,100 quarts of the fruit shipped to New York by J. A. Davis, 
Greensboro, Md., reports: “ The average prices received for season 1896 for the Davis strawberries was eight and three-quarters (8%) cents net per quart. This was 
two to three cents above the market price for berries during the season. The blackberries were of the Lucretia Dewberry variety. These were also very fine and 
sold during the season from eight (8) to twelve (12) cents per quart.” 
In addition to the 52,100 quarts shipped to New York market, Mr. Davis sold to canners at Greensboro 15,000 to 20,000 quarts, and also shipped to Boston, 
Philadelphia and Wilmington markets. 
EXPERIENCE OF FOURTEEN YEARS WITH THE MAPES FRUIT AND VINE MANURE IN ORCHARDS. 
Mr. A. W. Williams, Evergreen Lawn Fruit Farm, Highland, N. Y., writes, March 28, 1896 : “ We have used the Mapes Fruit and Vine Manure in our apple 
orchard for ten years. It might be well to state that it was not applied especially for the benefit of the trees, but for the smaller fruits, viz., currants, raspberries, 
etc that grow in the orchard. The fact, however, is evident that it answered not only for the purpose intended, but also in a manner wholly unlooked for, though 
highly appreciated, in the quality of the apples produced. 
“ The small fruits are thoroughly cultivated, which, of course, benefits the orchard directly. 
“ The amount of fertilizer used is about 800 pounds to the acre sown broadcast. 
“After an experience of fourteen years with the Mapes Fruit and Vine Manure, we can state positively that where it has been applied freely, there have we 
always found our best fruit, best ripened wood, and a sufficient growth thereof for the production of good crops.” Very respectfully, (Signed) A. w. williams. 
[From one of the Fruit Growers in Fertilizers and Fruits .] 
W alter F. Taber, President of the Dutchess County Farmers’ Club, Lake View Farm, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., October 28, 1896, writes : 
“My strawberry crop was injured by the winter and the dry weather in May. My crops of blackcaps and red raspberries and blackberries were the finest I 
ever grew. I sold four-fifths of an acre of Souhegan blackcaps, $425 ; from an acre of Marlboros, $350, and from an acre of blackberries, $450. The crops show the 
possibilities under favorable weather and proper preparation and cultivation. No stable manure has been applied to these vines, nothing but Mapes Manures, 
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“I have the largest and best growth of Marlboro canes this fall that I have ever had, the result of the special treatment given them. 
“ My vineyards are covered with a thick, heavy growth of Crimson clover; crop of grapes good, but not as good as last year.” 
[The Practical Farmer on The Mapes Potato Manure In the Prize Potato Contest.] 
“ During the past five years there has scarcely been a recognized authority on potato growing who has not stated as a result of practical experience that a 
commercial fertilizer like the Mapes Potato Manure excelled stable manure in Economy and in the Yield and Quality of potatoes.” 
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CONTENTS. 
Rural Nkw-Yobkkb, March 27, 1897. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Barn Ventilation Wanted.266 
Fertilizer for Timothy Meadow.209 
Wheat Smut, Coal Ashen, Manure.209 
Oats and Peas; Butternut Trees.209 
Buckwheat Bran, Hulls and Soot.209 
A Grain and a Grass Crop.209 
Grass for Permanent Pasture.209 
Kaffir Corn and Teosinte in New York.218 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Egyptian “ Hatching Oven ” Revived.207 
Sheep Pasture; Sweet Corn for Soiling.208 
Soaking the Scales on a Sow.218 
Cow Will Not Dry Off.218 
How to Feed Gluten Meal.218 
Rape for Sheep Pasture.218 
An Injured Hen..218 
Stick to Malt Sprouts. 219 
What Is a Balanced Ration ?.219 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Should Strawberries be Mulched or Culti¬ 
vated ?.205 
Brain Tools for Business Gardening. 
The Bunch or Vineless Yam. 
Some Facts about Quince Culture. 
Young Trees in Old Orchard. 
Budded or Root-Grafted Trees. 
206 
207 
208 
208 
208 
Wild Cherry Trees for Grafting.208 
Currant Culture for Virginia. 208 
Plants for Shady Places.208 
Blackberry Root-Cuttings.208 
Fertilizing Plums; Uncut Ensilage.208 
Fertilizers for a Peach Orchard.208 
How to Make and Use Bordeaux Mixture.208 
Fertilizers for a Garden.209 
Best Trees for Windbreaks.209 
Dwarf Paradise Apples.210 
Calceolarias.215 
Caladiums.215 
Fruit for Eastern New York.216 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.214 
Care of the Hair.214 
Plain Vegetable Salads.214 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Editorials...212 
Brevities.212 
Among the Marketmen.213 
Business Bits.213 
The R. N.-Y. Review of the Catalogues for 1897 213 
Markets.....21 
