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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
April 10 
The Rome Beauty Apple. 
S. B., Crescent, O.—Go slow on the 
Rome Beauty apple ! The tree winter¬ 
kills, the apple is as good as a Ben 
Davis and no better. On our heavy lime¬ 
stone soil, one-half the fruit is scabby 
culls. I have had it in bearing about 
30 years. I intend to plant a new orchard 
this spring, but there will be no Rome 
Beautys in it. In Lawrence County, 0., 
where it originated, on freestone soil, 
it is a good shipping apple, and when 
perfect, a tolerable dessert apple. 
Sowing Winter Rye in Spring. 
S. S. B., East Pabis, Mich. —In The 
R. N.-Y. for March 27, page 208,, I. P. R. 
says for early sheep pasture to sow 
three bushels of rye per acre on freshly- 
plowed land. If he means spring rye, it 
might prove a success ; but if he means 
winter rye, there would likely be a fail¬ 
ure. Winter rye sown in the spring has 
proved a failure with me every time for 
pasture or for a crop. The growth is 
weak and feeble, but the seeding to grass, 
good. 1 have sown winter rye as late 
as January and February, and had a 
good crop, but sown after the hard freez¬ 
ing and thawing, next to no crop. Let 
the experiment stations make a test for 
the benefit of the inexperienced, and 
give the result to The R. N.-Y. 
Parsnips and Volunteer Potatoes. 
J. G. S., East Milton, Mass. —In 1895, 
I planted a small plot of meadow land to 
potatoes, using only wood ashes for fer¬ 
tilizer. As they were planted late, the 
frost killed the vines before the crop 
fully matured ; as a result 1 got a small 
crop. In the spring of 1896, I planted 
the same ground to parsnips, using 
ground bone only as a fertilizer. The 
parsnips came up rather straggly, but 
the potatoes that had been left in the 
ground from the year before, from 
neglect properly to dig them, came up 
here and there over the whole plot. I 
let the potatoes stay, as there was 
plenty of room for both parsnips and 
potatoes. I did not hill the potatoes, 
but left them just as they came up. In 
digging these in the fall, I got almost a 
peek from each hill ; two hills that 1 
weighed, had 14 pounds, mostly large 
tubers, some single tubers weighing a 
pound. 
Stove Sharks in New Jersey. 
.J. R. C., Everettstown, N. J.—As 
others have given their experience with 
the stove shark, I will give mine. The 
agent and his mules appeared first when 
I was very busy tending the hay fork, 
but I would not bother with him, so in 
a few days, he came on a rainy day and 
threw his stove plates, etc , around, 
making a great din. I finally agreed to 
buy a stove, provided he would take in 
payment a funded State of Virginia 
bond for $100, the price of the stove to 
be $64 (credit price was $69). And it was 
agreed that, if the market value of the 
bond was more than the $64, he was to 
pay me the difference ; but if the bond 
was worth less than $64, he was to take 
it, or take back the stove. I did what I 
had never done before, gave my note to 
a stranger, with the understanding that 
as soon as the market value of the bond 
could be ascertained, he was to return 
and get the bond and give up the note. 
He did not come until after the time ap¬ 
pointed, when I happened to be away 
from home. He was not prepared to set¬ 
tle, but when I found that he did not 
come as he promised, I wrote to the gen¬ 
eral agent, but he disclaimed responsi¬ 
bility for any bargains made by the 
salesman, as he called the agent. I had 
taken the precaution to have the bar¬ 
gain indorsed on the back of the note. 
1 employed a lawyer, and then they 
agreed to take the bond for the note, be¬ 
ing about the same in value, but I found 
on getting it that they or their agent 
had erased the agreement from the back 
of the note. 
Some Plum Notes. 
J. D., Twenty Mile Station, O.—My 
Damson plum trees were all destroyed 
by black-knot a few years ago. I cut them 
all down and burned them, but watched 
the young sprouts and kept off all the 
knot, and last summer, had several bush¬ 
els of plums. Where it commences on 
the body of the tree, or on large limbs, I 
have killed it with iodine. I have a kind 
of Green Gage that has never been trou¬ 
bled with black-knot, though standing 
with Damsons full of black-knot all 
around it. I have one tree of the Bur¬ 
bank, which bore a few last year, and is 
full of buds this spring. They seem 
just ready to burst into bloom, but I 
hope will not be killed. 
Protecting Young Grafts. 
J. L. G., Shelton, Conn.— Last spring, 
I wanted to graft some apples in a pas¬ 
ture lot, but was bothered to think of 
some way to keep the cows from biting 
the young branches. After I had grafted 
my trees, I wound some common wire 
netting around them so that the netting 
stood up about one foot or more above 
the scion. I don’t know that this idea 
is original. 
Wire Hooks Not Necessary for “ Corn Ties." 
D. D. C., Dayton, O. — I have found the 
following method very simple and satis¬ 
factory. I use tarred twine by cutting 
the cables (of 60 to 90 strands) in lengths 
of about 45 inches, which will make 
strings about four feet long ; then tie a 
single knot on each end of the string, 
and then it is ready for use. Draw the 
tie so as to make a firm bundle (the 
firmer the better it will hold), then wrap 
the long end around the other end close 
to the knot once or twice, then tuck the 
long end under the tie. When ready to 
untie, all one has to do is to pull out the 
tuck, and the bundle is untied, and the 
tie can be put away for future use. The 
tying and untying can be done with 
gloves or mittens on. 
in the fertilizers applied 
on the farm means 
larger and better yields 
of crops, permanent 
improvement of the 
soil and 
More Money 
in the farmer’s pocket. 
All about Potash—the results of its use by actual ex¬ 
periment on the best farms in the United States—is 
told in a little book which we publish and will gladly 
mail free to any farmer in America who will write for it. 
GERMAN KALI WORKS, 
93 Nassau St.. New York, 
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cash dealings, and save from $10 to $12 per ton on ' 
i your fertilizers. Per ton . 1 
Pure Raw Bone Meal, ... $ a2 
Scientific Corn and Grain Fertilizer, 16 
“ Potato Fertilizer, - - 25 
“ Bone and Meat, - - 18 
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forall kinds of 
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Legal Successor to MUNROE, LALOR & CO. 
Barns Cost Money 
to build, and will cost money to replace. Paint 
’em and save ’em. Paint of the right sort, care¬ 
fully used, will give good returns on the invest¬ 
ment. The barn will last longer and look better. 
Lumber that has become weather beaten, is begin¬ 
ning to decay. Good paint closes the pores of the 
wood, stops decay and preserves the structure. 
The Sherwin-Williams Creosote Paint 
is the best barn paint. It is made for use od 
coarse grained woods. It is good for barns, roofs 
and fences. The colors are right, the paint is 
right. It is economical. 
If you are in doubt as to the best paints to use for bath tubs, chairs, cup¬ 
boards, shelves, baseboards, buggies, boats, plows, wagons, floors, houses for 
any paintable thing under the thesun— send for “Paint Points.” It is a 
booklet for the housekeeper and house owner. It tells what is good paint and 
bad paint, when to paint, and how to paint. It is a handy book for any 
one to have. It Is free. Bend for it to-day. 
The Sherwin-Williams Co. 
Cleveland. 
Chicago. 
New York. 
Montreal. 
FOR BOOKLET ADDRESS, 7 MICHIGAN ST., CLEVELAND, O. 
10-Copyright 1897-The Bates-Whitman Co.. N.Y.—696 
We now import 
Wood Ashes 
Direct from Canada, collected by 
our own employees, in the hardwood dis¬ 
tricts, test them, and ship them out under 
our own guarantee of strength and 
purity. When you buy wood ashes or any 
other fertilizer, take Prof. Johnson’s ad¬ 
vice, and deal only with concerns of known 
responsibility. Our twenty-five years in 
business, our ample capital and facilities, 
combine to make our guarantee of value. 
Our Bowker’s 
Bone and Wood-Ash Fertilizer 
at $25 per ton, is an excellent combination. 
Write for particulars. 
BOWKER 
FERTILIZER 
COMPANY, 
43 Chatham Street, Boston. 
THE CLEVELAND DRYER CO., 
No. 130 Summit Street, Cleveland, Ohio. 
WHEAT 
Will probably bring good prices 
next Fall—now for a big crop. 
NITRATE OF SODA 
Applied in the Spring, 50 to 100 
pounds per acre—will greatly in¬ 
crease the yield. It can be ob¬ 
tained of any enterprising fer¬ 
tilizer dealer. 
Please ask for pamphlet with full instruc¬ 
tions for using NITRATE on Wheat and 
other crops and instructions for MIXING 
FERTILIZERS at home. Address 
S. M. HARRIS, Morelon Farm(P.0.)N,Y. 
$20 PHOSPHATE FOR POTATOES AND COHN 
Sold to farmers direct. We have no agents. Send 
for Circular. Low prices for car-load lots. 
YORK CHEMICAL WORKS, York, Pa. 
SAVE THE POTATOES 
From the bugs with one of my 
PARIS GREEN SPRINKLERS. 
(GRAY’S PATENT.) 
If tried ODoe will never be without It. Can 
sprinkle more than one aore in an hour with 
it. It saves half of the Paris Green against 
any other method. Prioe |3.60 
circulars to E. Goettsche, Mfr., 
1049 Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, III, 
MENTION THIS PAPER. 
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Send forCIr. John J.McGowen, Forest Home, N. Y. 
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KING 
leather or rubber valves. Twelve 
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styles of Spray Pumps. Catalogue Fas*. 
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Gardeners and 
Fruit Growers 
To economize should freely use the time 
tested reliable brands of FERTILIZERS 
we manufacture. The goods Increase 
quantity and improve quality of Grain, 
Grass, Vegetables and Fruit, and make 
healthy Trees , Vines and Shrubs. 
Brands for all soils and all crops. 
tF~ Some prefer making their own “ home 
mixings.” for such we always keep in stock the 
Chemicals and crude materials required. 
9j 
THE BERGER MF'G.CO.GANTON& 
KILLS ALL BUGS 
You can dust one acre of potatoes in 40 
minutes by doing two rows at once. 
No plaster or water used. With this 
machine you can dust tobacco, 
cotton, fruit trees, currant 
bushes, etc. BOOK FREE. 
Write to 
HOTCHKISS BROS., 
Wallingford, - Conn. 
Are You Insured 
Against the ravages of Insects 
and Fungi on your 
Fruit Trees for 1897? 
Remember Spraying is 
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get, and THE ECLIPSE 
PUMP is the best on the 
market. 
Send for our 1897 catalogue. 
MORRILL & MORLEY, 
Benton Harbor, Mich. 
^ LEGGETT’S 
poWoER 
WILL throw any dry 
powder up or down oil 
Trek, Bush oh Vink. 
Safe, as the poison 
is kept at a distance. 
Lioht, and easy to 
work. No plaster or 
water. Duststworows 
of poiatoes, wide or 
narrow, as fast as a 
man walks. 
Extension tubes 
for orchard J work 
with each. 
Will treat 1000 trees 
per day. 
Ask for Leggett & Brother’s Paris Green 
IT IS THE BEST. CATALOGUE FREE. 
301 PEARL. ST., 
NEW YORK. 
SPRAYING PAYS. 
If you have the right 
pump. Our No. 305 is 
the best in the mar¬ 
ket for the money. 
We furnish Pump, 
Barrel, live feet three- 
ply hose, Gradu¬ 
ated Vermorel 
nozzle, eight feet 
extension pipe 
and everything 
ready for business 
8 end for circu¬ 
lars and hand¬ 
some Illustrated 
catalogue 
Ross Bros. 
162 Front St., 
WORCESTER, MASS. 
