1901 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
3o9 
Fruit Varieties for Maine. 
,/. is'., iV. Woodstock, i/e.—1. What kind ol 
apiiles would you advise me to plant in 
tliis latitude? Baldwins do well, while It. 
1 . Greening is a total failure. Beauty of 
America does well. 2. Would peaches stand 
20 degrees below zero on a dry hill farm? 
The land is good for corn and other hoed 
crops. If peaches would stand the climate, 
what kind would it be best to plant, and 
how should they be cultivated? 3. What 
kind of currants would you advise anyone 
to plant on dry upland, or would rasp¬ 
berries do better? 
— 1 . North Woodstock is in one of 
the best apple-growing sections of 
Maine, and, unless for special local con¬ 
ditions on the farm in question, any of 
the standard varieties will do well, b^or 
market, plant few varieties. Baldwin is 
one of the best general-purpose apples 
for your section. Ben Davis is profit¬ 
able, though of inferior quality. Tol- 
man Sweet, Bellflower and Gravenstein 
may also be profitably grown. For home 
use add one or two trees each of Fa- 
meuse. Mother, and Winter Sweet Para¬ 
dise, with Oldenburg and Munson Sweet 
for Summer and Autumn. 2. Peaches 
would be very uncertain in your section, 
though they are grown, to a limited ex¬ 
tent, in York, Androscoggin and Cum¬ 
berland counties. 3. The Fay currant is 
more largely planted than any other va¬ 
riety in Maine. It has the fault of break¬ 
ing down badly in Winter, and should 
he protected from snow by tying a cord 
about the top of the bush in Autumn. 
Prince Albert is one of the most valu¬ 
able sorts; a little later than most oth¬ 
ers, and retaining its foliage well. Pres¬ 
ident Wilder is good, as is also Moore’s 
Kuby. W- M. MUNSON. 
Maine Exp. Station. 
The Disk Harrow on Alfalfa. 
I have about three acres of Alfalfa next 
to river bottom land. Will it do to cut it 
up with a disk, then sow more seed and 
harrow in? I also wish to add another 
strip, same kind of iand, but at present 
it is in Timothy sod. Wiii it do to break 
this sod, harrow weli, then sow to Alfalfa? 
At what time should such work be done? 
Anderson, Ind. O- M. 
The Alfalfa root forms a crown above 
the surface of the ground. From thiS 
crown the stalks of Alfalfa grow, some¬ 
times as many as 140 stalks growing 
from the crown of a single -stalk, and 
often only five to 10 stalks growing from 
a crown. By disking the Alfalfa these 
crowns are cut and wounded, and new 
stalks thrown out. At the same time 
the disking makes a good earth mulch, 
and destroys weeds and grass. In our 
experiments we have disked Alfalfa two 
years fi’om seeding and older. We have 
not tried to disk one-year-old seeding, 
as we were afraid disking might be too 
severe for the young roots. We issued 
a bulletin March 1 giving the results of 
our work. Since that date we have re¬ 
ceived several letters from Alfalfa grow¬ 
ers who report that they have found it 
profitable to disk one-year-old Alfalfa. 
From the reports received it seems per¬ 
fectly safe to disk year-old. Alfalfa if 
care is taken to split the crowns, but 
not to sever the roots. We have tried 
sowing seed at the time of disking but 
without success. The seed germinates 
well, and while the old Alfalfa is small 
the little plants grow rapidly. After the 
old Alfalfa begins to shade the ground 
the little plants begin to die, and 
b. the time the Alfalfa is cut the 
second time, all the young seed¬ 
ing has disappeared. A few farmers re¬ 
port success in thickening a poor stand 
or Alfalfa by sowing the seed at disking 
and then treating the old Alfalfa as 
though it were weeds—mowing it every 
10 uays until September. In this way 
the young Alfalfa gets a good start, and 
is not injured by shading. I should ex¬ 
pect a failure from sowing Alfalfa on 
freshly-turned Timothy sod. If possible 
G. M. should raise a leguminous crop 
between the Timothy and the Alfalfa. 
Either Soy beans or cow peas are good. 
Alfalfa needs an easily available supply 
of nitrogen during the first six months 
of its growth. After that it will take 
care of itself. If it is not practicable to 
raise either of these crops then grow 
corn or some other crop that can be 
given clean culture. ii. m. cotthell. 
Kansas Exp. Station. 
GINSENG. 
If liiterestod in the cultivation of this nlant. send 
stamp for Information to CIIAS. H. I’aUENT, 
Blrcliton, Saratoga County, N. Y. 
pOK SALE—200 lbs. of Giant Argenteull Asparagns 
Seed. This variety of asparagus is the earliest, 
largest and most prollllc asparagus grown on the 
American continent. Price. $1 per ib. Address 
WM. C. GEUATY, Youngs Island, 8 . C. 
ASPARAGUS 
Address CHA8. H. MATHIS, 
BlaokvlUe, S. C. 
I Mention this Paper. 
I per bush, for SweetCorn 1 OtherSeeds 
for LOOOStrawb rry Pits (and Plants. 
K. E. UlCUAimSON. ilcrrlen Springs, Mich. 
A A *■ y®'* intend to plant 
II agurdun this Summer, 
and would like to raise corn that Is sweet and per¬ 
fectly delicious, send lUc. to O. P. Ordway, Sa.vonvlllo, 
Mass., for a packet of Ordway's Golden Sweet 
Corn, and It will be sent to you by return mail post¬ 
paid. Three packets to one address 2 , 10 . 
For Sale' 
.—1.000 bu. Clover Seed (9 16 to $7 per 
bu.; 600 bu. Crimson Clover Seed® 
t& per bn.; 2,000 bu. Cow Peas ® SI.26 to 11.76 per bu. 
J. B. UOLLANU, Milford, Del. 
Packard’s Ensilage Seed Corn 
write to-day for circular and sample. My seed 
corn AT.WAYS GROWS. If you own a silo, you need 
my Early Mastodon corn. .Makes one-third heavier 
crop than Learning. Other varieties. 
PACKAKD, Seed Grower, Dover. Del. 
CLOVER and TIMOTHY 
lieardless Barley, Bromus Inermls, Field Peas, 
Spring Kye, Crushed Oyster Shells, Poultry Bone, 
Crystal Grit. Every kind of grass TIJC VC| I V PH 
and clover seed. Catalogue free inCNLLLI uUi 
Seed Merchants, 150-162 Sherlir St., Cleveland, Ohio. 
Cow Peas. 
The Famous 
Forage Crop 
and Soil 
Improvers. 
• WE ARE HEADQUARTERS for these aiul all 
.Southern specialtie.s, inehiding Soja Beans, 
Velvet Beans, Pearl orCat-tail Millet, Teosinte 
Bermuda tlras.s. Ensilage Corn, Spanish Pea- 
[nuts, Chufas, Sorghums, etc. 
IWrite for prices, and our interesting Catalogue 
’giving full Information about the.se crops. 
T. WOOD & SONS, - Richmond, Va. 
A MW INSECTICIDE 
First Introduction to America of 
Black Soluble 
Insecticide Soap. 
Awarded Grand I'ri/.e at Paris K.xposltlun, and 
winner ot Gold Medals at Inlernatkuial Expo.sltloiis 
of Borne. Ueconimeiuled as elllcaclous by largest 
Kiiropean Nurserymen aud Growers, Including 
Messrs. Vllmorin, Andrleux and others. All pests 
of outdoor or indoor plant life. Including SanJos/s 
s'jaie, succumb to the etrccis of this remedy. Fruit 
Growers and llortlcultiinsis send for pamphlets, 
prices and other Information. 
V. CASSAZA & BRO., 
11)0-192 Prince Street, NEW YORK CITY. 
TUB LIGHTNING COM- 
PUE 88 BD AlBSv'RAYEH. 
Patented 1900. 
Holds four gallons. Pump 
In a little air with the 
pump which is attached to 
the reservoir. No more 
labor required. Will kill all 
kinds of insects. Will spray 
two rows of potatoes at one 
time and as fast as the 
operator can walk. Big 
money for Agents. 
D. B. SMITH & CO., 
Utica, N. Y., U. 8 A. 
Opraying 
^ Pays 
If you have 
the right 
pump 
With 
or 
Without 
Tnick, 
Green free. Write forlOO-page 
all about it. aud how and whet) 
valuable Information. 
^ur No. 306 Outitt 
is as good a itump 
as ever was sold, ami 
y o u "■ i 11 he sur¬ 
prised when 
you learn the 
price. We sell 
Pump, Barrel, 
6 feet of 
Hose.Gra- 
iluatcd 
No/./.le, 
which 
throws 
a sitray iis 
II )i c as 
mist, Kx- 
t u tt K i o ti 
Pipe for 
high trees 
with tlrsl 
o r <1 e r f rotti 
every town, lu 
I Its. of Parls- 
Catalog. free. telUtig 
to spray. Also other 
K08S JtK08., Front Street, Worcester, Mass. 
Send for 
Catalogue, y 
FARM CARTS, 
Two Wlieel aud Four Wlieel. 
HAY IflOCiINGS 
To fit our Carts. 
IIAHMISS. 
AMES PLOWCO. 
Boston & New York. 
Sweet Potato Plants.—.Jersey Yellow, 
$l..')0 per l.lKIO. 100 by mail, 60c. 11 kinds. Send for 
circular. F. 8 . NEWCOMB, Vineland, N.,I. 
For Sale 
f. o. h. 
BUBAT, NEW-VOBKEB POTA¬ 
TOES, extra quality, 60c. per bush., 
GEO. M. TALLCOJ', Bkanenteles, N. Y. 
T30TAT0E8—Boveo, Carman, Cobbler, Harvest, 
Six Weeks, Ohio, Rose, Astonlsher, 85 kinds. 
C. W. FORD, Fishers, N. Y. 
choice standard varieties. Car- 
■ QllllcrS man No. 3, |186bbl. See lust week’s a<l 
8 . J. SMITH POTATO FARM, Box B, Manchester,N.Y 
POT 1 top's especially for SEED, 14 varle- 
rUlnlvDO early and late. Prices right. Llsi 
free. GEO. H.COLVIN, Box 57, Dalton, Pa. 
TIinVE VO—Genuine M. Bronze, Buff Leghorns 
lUllRCIv RnlT R- Bocks. Also eggs. Circu¬ 
lar. 8 . J. B. DUNBAR, Elkhorn, Wls. 
Fowlsof W. & Bd. Rock, W. & Bn. Leg.,W.Wynn.vars., 
Eggs$1 & 1.50 26. Stamps. Mrs..).!’.Helllngs,Dover,Del. 
■Dlanchard’s White Leghorns.—The leading 
^ strain of heavy layers. Eggs for hatching from 
flnest stock. Ill.clr.free. H. J. Blanchard,Groton,N.Y. 
CILVER WYANDOTTES WANTED AT $8 EACH 
lA See Rural New-Yorker. March 30, page 234. 
^ BEAVER HlJAi FARM. Beaver, Pa. 
INCREASE 
YOUR INCOME 
Brown Leghorns will do It. I 
have them. Eggs for hutching. 
65c, per 15. Circular free. 
H. W. Phillips, Bird's Run, O. 
For Sale 
About 300 bushels Extra Choice Early 
Bovee Potatoes, free from disease 
and scab. For prices etc., address 
J. D. MILTON, Seneca, Out. Co., N. Y. 
CARMAN No. 3 $3-00 
Sir Walter Raleigh and Early Bovee $4.00 per bbl, 
all bbls. 4 bu. Dewey, the great cropper. Wholesale 
llst/ree. GEO. A. BONNELL. Waterloo. N. Y. 
Imes’ 
Blight - Proof 
Seed Potatoe.s 
1901 Catalogue. Free, 
gives particulars 
^CARMAN No. 3. 
) To prove superiority of our 
) Seed rntatoes, weoffer2,ww bu. 
) at $2.50 per 4 bit. bbl., f. o. b. 
( 'The W. E. Imes Seed Co., 
( Smith, Mich 
SEED POTATOES 
Bovee, S. W. Raleigh. Carman's and other standard 
varieties at very reasonable prices. Price-list. F. H. 
THOMSON, FalrvlewFanu, Holland Patent, N. Y. 
B 4 U BUY 
see my circulars and 
prices. Carman aud Sir 
Walter Raleigh I’ota- 
toes. Eggs from Iiigli-scoring, prize-winning, 
White Wyandottos and fine Hock of White I*. 
Kocks. Vegetable Flaiits and money-making 
Heed Ht>ecialtieK. Seed and Phints of the most 
profitable Cauliflower grown. Itivestlgate if 
you want the best on the market. 
CHRISTIAN WKCKESSER, Marshallville, O. 
To Close Out Quick. 
We olTerSeed I’olatoes: Bovee, Harvest, Michigan 
Fortune and Colunibla, all early; 8 lr Walter Ra¬ 
leigh and Carman No. 3. Choice stock; guaranteed 
true to name. 5Uc. per bushel In barrels. True Dwarf 
Essex Rape, 6 J^o. per pound; 15c. lor bag. Mammoth 
Yellow Corn. $1 per bushel. Clydesdale Oats, tiUc. per 
bushel, bags free. Cash with order. W’ll take 2c. 
stamps tor less than $3. Money-order office Cale¬ 
donia, N. Y. This ad. will appear but once. 
D. C. MCPHERSON SEED CO., Garbutt. N. Y. 
Why 
Preserve Wheat and 
Kye Straw Straiglit 
Konnd in 
Handles? 
Please your custom¬ 
ers by saving barn room and ease of handling straw. 
We make a macliltte that we guarantee to thrash 
wheat perfectly clean and not bruise or break the 
straw, that will bind it again lu bundles. 'I'he .suttte 
machine thrashes rye and preserves the straw, 
straight, bound in bundles, and is also changed in 15 
minutes to a spike-tooth out and wheat thrasher 
Send for Catalogue B. Krce 
GBANT-FEBB18 COMPANY, Troy, N. Y 
^PACE 
- 
It Don’t Hurt 
Pago Stock Fence much to fell a tree across It. We 
will stantl the datnago for the first ton men who try 
It. Who’llduplicuto this “ad‘?” 
PACK WOVEN WIRE EENCECO., ADRIAN, TIICII. 
ROOEROiO 
THE 
POULTRY-HOUSE 
ROOFING 
As a water-proof covering for Poultry-1 
Houses, BUBKBOlDhas no equal. Keeps 
I tne houses cool during the warm weather. | 
and warm In Winter, and the chicks dry and 
I comfortable. The sun cannot melt It. 
THE STANDARD PAINT CO., 
• 1OO William Street, 
NEW YORK. 
% 
Varieties Choice Poultry. Eggs, Pigeons 
and Belgian Hares. All combined and infor¬ 
mation in 6,0 page book, lU cents. J. A. BEK- 
GEY, Telford. Pa. 
H. H Mohr, Quakertown, Pa., breeds 
all varieties thoroughbred P. Bocks, Wyandottes, 
Brahmas, Leghorns, Langshans, Cochins, .Mlnorcas, 
Uamburgs. Eggs, 15, $1; 40, $2. Catalogue. 
Partridge Wyandotte Hens. 
The Large Money Makers. 
Write for circular. C. G. LOBING, Dedliam, .Mass 
$. G. White Leghorn Hens That Lay 
We breed only from the large true egg type. Six 
hundred to select from. Only one breeil. VVelryto 
make that the best. You get the benetitof our years 
of careful selection aud feeding. 
WHITE & KICK. Lock Box A, Yorktowu, N.Y 
W/ Wyandottes (210-epg strain), B. Kocks. 8 . C.W. 
* • Leghorns, bred frotn stock wlilcli won at N.Y. 
and Boston 1899 atid 1900. D. Brahmas and Pekin 
Ducks won in 1898. Eggs, 15, $2; 100. $5. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. D. H. COLT, Elmwood, Conn. 
rjROOKSIDK’S WHITE WYANDOTTES please 
every one because they are carefully bred for 
business as well as fancy. Eggs that hatch from the 
choicest matings, $2.00 per 13. Almost their equals 
tor business, $1.00 per 13 $.'>,00 per 100. 
J. E. STEVENSON. Columbus, N. .1. 
Barred P. Bock. W. 1’. Rock and 8 . 
C. Brown Leghorn. 26 eggs. $1; 
100 eggs, $3. J. W. KILLEN, Felton. Del. 
UppQ—20 for $1; $3 per 100. White Wyandotte 
CIIUm and S. C. Buff Leghorn. Bcigiati Hares, 
$2 per pair. JOUNsON & ORB, Collins Center, N.Y. 
pt 100 Eggs, $-1; 45, $2; 15, $1. Thotitp- 
sun's strain Barred Bocks. 
WILLIAM PALMER, Grooms, N. V. 
—Fertility guaranteed. By the sitting 
or hundred. 23 varieties of prlze-wln- 
nlng land and water fowls. Big Cata¬ 
logue free. Our guarantee means something. 
PINK TBEE FARM, Box T, Jamesburg, N. J 
EGGS 
from choice heavy laying 8 . C. 
White Leghorns, Silver VVyan- 
dottes and Buff P. Bocks. $1 00 
per 15; $2 per 30. Safe arrival and good fertility guar 
auteed. T. D. GOODWIN, Colutitbia Station, Ohio. 
Death to Lice 
on Hens and Chicks 
_ 64-page Book FllKB. 
D. J. LAMBERT, Box307, Apponaug, R. I. 
yFNftlFlllW Ticks, Mites, Pleas, Etc,, 
on hU ktixlsot aniiualtt aud poullry. Vitveu 
tnUirnslly ll drives out worms. Cures sll cuts, wounds, sores, etc. 
Non-potaonous. Endorsed by lesdlngveterlnarisns. “Veterinary Ad¬ 
viser” free. Zenoer Disinfectant Co. lOU Hates St. Detroit, illch. 
“FUMA 
W 4 kills Prairie Dogs, 
' Woodchucks, Gophers 
and Grain Insects. 
“ The wheels of the 
Gods grind slow but 
exceeding small.” Bo the weevil, but you can stop 
Bisiilphiile”r=?.S 
KDWARL) K. TAYLOK, Feun Van, N. Y. 
INCUBATORS 
From VS.UO Up. 
BROODERS FROM 13.80 UP. 
Free Catalogue. 
Im a. BAMTA, Ltgonler, Ind. 
VICTOR 
V INCUBATORS 
Hatch every fertile egg. Simpleat, 
moat dureble, eheapeat flrat-oleaa 
hetcher. Honey bsok If not poaUlvelj 
ma repreaented. Gireolar tree; oeti^ 
logae 6e. GKO. BRTEIi CO., <^iney, Ili. , 
200-Egg Incubator 
for $12.00 
Perfa«r< In oonitrootion and 
notion. Hatchoa erory fartUa 
'acc. Writa for oatalogna to-day. 
lEO. H. STAHL, Qainty. lil. 
SPECIAL PRICES 
for next 30 days on H ATCH-ALL INCUBATORS 
and WARM-ALL BROODERS. Send at once 
for free Catalog No. E-3JL It will surprise you. 
Hatch-All Inoubalur Co. Toledo Ohio. 
$5.00 Compressed Air Sprayer for $3.75 
It Is admitted by all classes of fruit growers and farmers that inyaga'loii compressed air sprayer Is the 
most durable made. This reouctlon Is made for a limited time only. Take advatilage of the liberal offer— 
it luay be your last opporlualty to fjet the sprayer at the retluced price. $11 75 tor Kalvanl/.ed steel, ${).00 for 
copper. Will throw a goo<l Htreani 145 to 30 feet. Good pressure 20 to :«J minutes. The tallest 
fruit tree can be sprayed. Order to-day. 8 alary to reliable men. Address 
MAKTTN WAHL, Kochester, N. Y. 
DON’T HIILE A MAN 
to nin this cultivator. Yourlittle boy cando it just as well. ThatisbecauHothe 
KR.AUS CULTIVATOR. 
jseasierto operate than all others. A slight touch of the foot moves the en¬ 
tire machine to right or left instantly. Only successful eultivntur for work 
Ing hillside rows. Eachgang has cunvciitent lover for lifting and regulating. 
A center lover for spreading or closing gangs to suit wide or iianow rows 
Unusually strong and well made. Pinorsprlng hoe or s))riiig tooth. Two, 
three or four shovels on each gang. Wo also make the Curpo Wulkliig Cul¬ 
tivator. Write for free cutulogiie. 
TKe Akron Cultlvsvtor Co., Dept. D, Akron, O. 
