1901 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
6i3 
EVERYBODY’S GARDEN. 
Advertising On the Farm. —In near¬ 
ly every locality, much may be accom¬ 
plished by advertising whatever we have 
for sale. Proof of this will be found in 
your own desire to see what others ad¬ 
vertise for sale. Personally, I am ready 
to admit that the advertising columns 
of any paper always have a strong fas¬ 
cination for me, and if I see what others 
offer for sale, others will see what I may 
have. The local newspapers judiciously 
used will nearly always bring ample re¬ 
turns. Neat circulars stating what you 
have for sale and how it may be obtain¬ 
ed, mailed to your customers or to pros¬ 
pective ones, will usually meet a re¬ 
sponse. A very convenient way, and 
also one which has brought us very sat¬ 
isfactory results. Is the simple device 
of a bulletin board. Referring to the 
illustration. Pig. 270, we have “For Sale” 
and “Wanted columns, which words 
may be lettered permanently with white 
paint, or printed with chalk as occasion 
may require. A very cheaply construct¬ 
ed board (any desired size), may be 
made as follows: Use only the best 
quality of soft-wood lumber, free from 
pitch and knots. The boards should be 
evenly cut the desired length (a con¬ 
venient size is 2^^x3 feet), and fastened 
tightly and firmly together with cleats 
and screws. The screws should be 
driven from the back of the board, and 
should be %-inch shorter than the com¬ 
bined thickness of the cleat and board, 
so that they shall not reach through to, 
and interfere with the surface of the 
board. The outside cleats should be put 
on flush, or nearly so, with the ends of 
the boards; and the center cleat should 
be cut long enough to extend two or 
three inches above and below the board. 
A post should be firmly set in the ground 
to which the board may be fastened by 
driving screws through the projecting 
ends of the center cleat into the post 
any desired height from the ground. 
This leaves the entire surface of the 
board free from screws or nails, and it 
may be put up or taken down at will. 
To prepare the blackboard for use, 
take the best grain alcohol and shellac 
in the proportion of two parts of the 
former to one part of the latter; one 
pint of alcohol to one-half pint of shel¬ 
lac would doubtless be sufidcient. To 
this mixture add suflicient of the best 
black drop (powder), to give the de¬ 
sired color, which should be a dead 
black, and one tablespoonful of finely 
powdered pumice stone. This latter is 
added to give the mixture sufficient grit 
to take the chalk.freely when thorough¬ 
ly hardened. Apply with an ordinary 
paint brush, three or four coats, allow¬ 
ing each application to dry thoroughly 
before the next is made. This formula 
has been sold at high prices, but was 
furnished me by an experienced decora¬ 
tor, and pronounced the best blackboard 
dressing in the market. Try it on your 
school blackboards, and save exorbitant 
charges by one hired to do the work. 
Lacking this more expensive device, 
equally good results may be obtained by 
using the ordinary tarred building paper 
tacked on to any smooth surface. It Is 
best held in place by tacking a lath or 
light strip of board over each edge. Use 
ordinary school crayons; the writing is 
easily erased with a wet cloth when any 
changes of products wanted or for sale 
are required. Of course, it goes without 
saying that the board should be erected 
in as conspicuous a place as possible, 
and buying, selling and exchanging can 
be very advantageously advertised, often 
with surprising results. j. e. morse. 
Michigan. 
“DIDN’T KNOW IT WAS LOADED.” 
I hope to know when the experts get 
done fighting over them, and are able to 
tell me what is what. Right here and 
now there is another question I am go¬ 
ing to ask, no matter whether it is load¬ 
ed or not. I was informed recently that 
hollyhocks are injurious to roses. There 
is a big one in the same bed with Ruby 
Queen and other roses. Must I yank it 
up? Tell me, oh tell me. Dr. van Fleet, 
must the hollyhock be fired root and 
branch out of the rose garden, and can 
this weighty question be safely fired 
into print and into the wide constitu¬ 
ency of The R. N.-Y. readers, without 
threatening the extermination of the 
stately and beautiful hollyhock? 
J. YATES PEEK. 
Radish Seeds in Squash Hills. 
I am the man who did it, but really I 
did not know it was loaded, and might 
kill 350 hills of squashes as A. M. J. says 
it did. His letter of complaint was con¬ 
spicuously posted well up on the edi¬ 
torial page, an honor few of us may 
hope to attain. If this can go in at all, 
chuck it in any odd corner, or in the 
humorous column, which by the way, 
my wife always reads the first thing, 
too often finding the mailing tag stuck 
over the best joke. There is a serio¬ 
comic aspect to the whole affair, though 
it was evidently no joking matter to A. 
M. J. He seems a bit riled about it some¬ 
how. This is no choke, as the Teuton 
said when they were stringing him up. 
The writer saw the suggestion to 
plant radish or turnip seed in squash 
hills as a discouragement to bugs in a 
publication sent out by one of the old¬ 
est and most eminently conservative 
seed firms in the United States. The 
name, if mentioned, would be imme¬ 
diately recognized wherever the Eng¬ 
lish language is used. For obvious rea¬ 
sons it won’t do to insert it here, but if 
the matter is of enough importance to 
warrant such procedure I am willing to 
disclose It to a select committee of 13, 
duly sworn to secrecy, in order that said 
seed house Shall not receive gratuitously 
the advertising that will result. The 
j-iei tne noiiynock alone. It won t 
hurt the roses if they don’t crowd it too 
much. Fire any questions you like. 
w. V. F. 
An Ice House With a Cellar. 
A. B. TV., Netclin, Pa.—l expect to build 
an ice house, and I would like to build it 
on the following plan, If you think It 
would be a good one. Size of house 10x10 
feet. I wish to dig out the same as for a 
cellar, build the wall 18 inches thick, and 
about six feet high; put an iron beam in 
the center each end to rest on wall, then 
cover over with flagstone, the flagging to 
rest each end on the wall, and also on 
the iron beam in the center; then All out 
all cracks with good cement mortar to 
make it airtight. The house built on the 
wall and put about 12 Inches of sawdust 
on top of flagstone, then All with ice the 
same as other ice houses. The cellar part 
below the flagging I want to keep my 
milk and cream in. Have any readers of 
The R. N.-Y. tried anything similar to 
the above plan? Will ice keep well in 
such an ice house? 
R* N.-Y.—Have any of our readers 
tried this? If so, we shall be pleased to 
have them report. 
LIME FERTILIZER. 
Special preparation giving splendid satisfaction. 
Correspondence solicited. THE SNOW FLAKE 
LIME CO., Bowling Green, Ohio. 
For Sale— Seed Wheat—Red Harvest 
King. Not fly-proof, but one of the best fly-reslstlng 
heavy yielding varieties, $1 per bushel; bags free. 
GEO. M. TALLCOT, Skaneateles, N. Y. 
CRENSHAW BROS., 
lire Field and Garden Seeds 
Correspondence solicited, with view of either buying 
or selling. We grow Velvet Beans, Giant Beggar 
Weed, Florida Favorite and New Triumph Water¬ 
melon Seeds. 1222-1224 Franklin St., Tampa, Fla. 
PEACH 
BASKETS 
Sizes 2, 4, 0, 8, ID, 12 and 
l(i quarts. 
Peach Covers 
Square and Round Wood, 
Burlap and Cotton. 
Ga. Peach Carriers 
with six Baskets. 
Grape Baskets 
Sizes &, 8 and 10 pounds. 
Berry, Peach and 
Grape Crates 
Crate Stock and Box 
Shooks In all sizes, direct 
from the manufacturers. 
Special Prices to Dealers 
and Carload Buyers. 
Write for Catalogue. 
COLES & CO., 
109 & 111 Warren St., 
NEW YORK CITY. 
FINE NURSERY STOCK 
Grown In the famous Delaware fruit land. Free from 
disease; true to name. JTrult Trees, Berry 
Plants, Asparagus Boots. Try our prices on 
two-year Kleffer Pears. DOVeR NURSERIES, 
E. H. ATKINSON. Dover. Dei. 
STRONG POTTED STRAWBERRY 
PLANTS, early and late, sent safely ^ I 
anywhere postpaid for One Dollar. 
A. B. KATKAMIER, Macedon, N. Y. 
Beautiful Strawberries in 1902 
We can furnish yon with 
pot-grown Strawberry Plants 
that will bear a full crop of 
fruit next year. Celery and 
Cabbage Plants. Full line of 
Fruit and Ornamental Stock. 
Write at once for our Summer 
and Autumn catalogue. It 
explains all. Fruit packages 
of all kinds for sale at low 
^ prices. T. J. DWYER & SON, 
Jrange County Nurseries, Box 1, Cornwall, N. Y. 
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K TREES SUCCEED where 
" Largest Nursery. OTHERS FAIL. 
Fruit Book Free. Result of 76 years’ experienc*. 
STARK BROS., Louisiana, Mo.; Sansville, N.T. 
CRIMSON CLOVER SEED-®™.'"'.; 
R. 8. JOHNSTON, Box 100, Stockley. Del. 
ni flUCD C CC <’ihan Crimson or 
ULUWkll vCkll Scarlet of my own raising, 
$4 per bu.; sacks free. J. C. ELLIS, Mlllsboro, Del. 
R. N.-Y. is a far-reacher. Drop in a 
pebble; it will at least make a ripple. It 
may hit nothing or nobody hard, but 
then again it may hit dynamite and kick 
up quite a muss. Let us look for this. 
A sermon might be preached on the 
malign effects of imperfectly interpret¬ 
ed suggestion, with some remarks on 
the danger of going off half cocked. The 
text might be “Let your communications 
be yea, yea, and nay, nay.” 
The editor stated my case fairly. I 
did just want to know. I did not tell any 
one to do this dreadful evil thing. I 
only asked had others tried this method. 
I tried it again this year, and failed ut¬ 
terly, and tried also dusting with lime 
or plaster scented with carbolic acid. 
No good; everything was “teetotally” 
eaten up. Of course I may have felt a 
little jealous because the unfortunate 
victim got in on the editorial page, but 
I did not become obstreperous when I 
received a good whack for rushing into 
print with new and untried things. I 
took it as a sort of sop to the other fel¬ 
low, for whom we all feel so sorry, and 
I was disposed to accept the rebuke as 
meekly as if I had deserved it, until the 
other day, when I met an aged grand¬ 
mother who had been brought up on 
Long Island in a section where the in- 
tensest high-grade successful farming 
had prevailed for nearly a century. I 
asked her about the practice in question, 
and the dear old lady laughed heart¬ 
ily. “New! Untried!” she cried. “Why, 
I have known it all my life. We always 
planted radish seed in squash and cu¬ 
cumber hills.” This got my dander up 
a little, and provoked me into offering 
this explanation and defense. I shall 
venture to keep on asking questions 
now and then, not too often, nor too 
many, for I am aware that there are 
others who want to know about things, 
but I will try to be careful; I have learn¬ 
ed that questions may be dangerous. 
For years i have notidted in an admir¬ 
able little paper noted for its terseness 
and brevity, the injunction not to let 
cedar trees grow near apples. I wanted 
to know why, but would not ask, and 
finally after years of careful watching, 
learned the reason. Since then along 
my line fence I have cut down several 
fine cedars, because I thought they would 
injure my neighbor’s orchard. I have 
been told that no Black walnuts should 
he allowed to grow near pear trees, and 
have wondered whether butternuts had 
any pernicious influence upon fruit of 
any kind. There are some other things 
QAWSON’S GOLDEN CHAFF WHEAT 
^ U a variety which originated In Canada. After 
being tested by the Ontario Agricultural College, also 
the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, It has 
never shown any trace of the Hessian fly, while ad¬ 
joining flelds were ruined. It is very hardy, a big 
ylelder, heads compact, squarely built and well 
tilled, red chaff and light amber grain. Will yield 
from 30 to 40 bushels under ordinary circumstances. 
Rrlce, $1.25 per bushel. We also have the Mammoth 
White Winter Rye. very hardy, and a big ylelder. 
$1 per bu. Black Winter Rye, 75o. per bu. Ask for 
prices on Timothy and Clover Seeds. 
HARVEY SEED CO., Buffalo, N. Y. 
CaasI IMIUaO oldenChaff,Dem- 
v6vU IfllvQl ocrat, McKinley, Bald, Jones 
No. 1. and White Chaff. 25 tested kinds. 
“SMITH’S” Wheat Farm, Manchester, N. Y. 
Dawson’s Golden Chaff 
Greatest yields of the year. Our yield 86 bush¬ 
els per acre, thrasher’s measure. White, plump, 
clean, pure. Also Gold Coin. $1 per bushel; 
bags, 1.5c. O. C. SHEPARD CO., Medina, O. 
TREES AND PLANTS 
—Free from Scale. New and Choice Varieties. 
Blackberries, Strawberries, Raspberries. 
Our FREE CATALOGUE will save you money. MYEK & SON, Bridgeville, Del. 
TREES 
$8 PER 100 
—APPLE, PEAR and PLUM, 3 to 5 feet high. 
We sell all kinds of trees and plants at lowest Wholesale prices. Don’t buy 
until you get our Catalogue, which is free, or send list of wants for special 
price. Address RELIANCE NURSERY, Box 10, Geneva. N. Y. 
the: STOUltS & HAKUISOX CO., PAIXSV1L.I.E:, OHIO. 
Leading Amerlean Nurserymen, offer one of the Most Complete Assortments of 
FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, ROSES, BULBS, ETC. 
48 Years, 44 Greenhouses, lOOU Acres, Currespoutlencc Hullcltcil, Ciitalug Free. 
ROGERS NURSERIES 
are on the hills overlooking the Genesee Valiey. Onr trees are hardy, healthy, vigorous and well- 
rooted. You can depend on ROGERS TREES for future re.sults. Bred from selected bearing trees; 
you kmw whtit they will bear when you plant them. Write for copy of the ‘‘TREE BREEDER;” 
you will find it worth while. Address simply KOGiSKS ON THE HILL, Dausvllle, N. Y. 
Why Not Add to the Certainty of Crowing a Good Crop of 
Winter Wheat by Sowing Our “Turkish Red” 
'T'HAT always produces a good crop wherever Winter wheat can be grown? It is iron-clad and the hardiest 
wheat In existence; has proven of strongest vitality, given the biggest yield and best wheat in the 
world at every Experimental Station where tried. It has a record of 55 bushels at Iowa Experiment Station, 
and an average yield of ‘5 bushels for the past 10 years. Hundreds of farmers grew from 10 to ‘20 bushels more 
per acre this year from our seed than from best common sorts. 1‘rice, $1 per bushel, bags free, f. o. b. here. 
Write for Fre« Oatalogne and descriptive circulars. New crop choice home-grown Timothy seed, $2.50 
per bushel, sacks free. Address, mentioning The Rural New-Y’orker, 
J. K. KATEKIN & SON, SHENANDOAH, IOWA, 
rTHE BEST FERTILIZERS 
I FOR SEEDING DOWN TO 
, CRASS OR CRAIN 
I ARE MADE BY 
THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL CO. 
I BOSTON-NEW YORK - CLEVELAN D. 
m Be sure and write us before orderitig any fertilizers. 
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