1906. 
Seed Potatoes 
Get the best. Pure 
seed. Northern 
w w w — - - grown. Price list 
free. A. G. ALDRIDGE, Fishers. Ontario Co.,N.Y. 
Northern Grown Potatoes 
Legume and Grain Seeds 
Ogemaw Grain & Seed Co.,West Branch, Mich. 
10 
for 50c worth of leading 1900 Novelties in 
P. Choicest Garden Seeds. $l's worth of Universal 
V Premium Coupons free with every order. 
BOLGIA NO’SSEEU STORE. BALTIMORE. 
Alfalfa Seed, 
Beardless Barley. 
j WING & BROS., Mechanicsburg, O. 
• ah A Anil (RICE). Bred 30 years by 
□ IB M IZIlKra one person. One ear has 
S L# | W w 111 ■ proouced 5 bushels. Ears 
often 10 inches long with 24 
rows None other has this seed. Excels in everything. 
Sample on cob, 10 cents, or write for full particulars. 
A. H. CRAIG, Mukwonago, Wisconsin. 
tJERRMS 
TswMmes 
I New 
|eties 
anQ standard varieties. Promising new vari- 
from the Flower Seed Ball. Cannot be pro¬ 
cured elsewhere. Earliest Seed Corn and 
Garden Seed 9 from the natural home of 
the potato, and the garden of Northern 
Maine. Catalog free. 
The Geo. IV, P. Jerrurd Co., Cariboo, Halo*. 
ARDEN SEED 
FROM A 
GARDENER 
If you want fo have the finest] 
aarket garden you ever grew, I 
get your seed of a market | 
gardener. 
HENRY FIELD 
is a successful market gar¬ 
dener as well as a seedsman.. 
He tests all the seed in his 
own garden before he offers 
- a grain of it for sale. He 
don’t claim all kinds of 
impossible things for his 
seed. He’s honest inhis 
statements and pictures 
and you’ll appreciate his . 
way of treating you. Write 
for the catalogue today. 
It’s free. 
HENRY FIELD, Gardener [ 
and Seedsman, Box 26, | 
Shenandoah, Iowa. 
J3BAIVS, 
BLACK VALENTINE 
The best Green Pod for Market Gar¬ 
deners. A good shipper, the pods carry 
well and do not wilt. Catalog Free. 
VAUGHAN’S SEED STORE, 
84 Randolph Street, Chicago. 
14 Barclay Street, New York, 
GARDEN AND FLORAL GUI! 
Ten cents brings you one packet 
Vick’s Branching Aster mixed, 
our 1906 Catalogue, and a coupon 
good for 10 cents on first order of 
$ 1 . 00 . Vick Quality stands out in 
our new Violet King and Mikado 
Asters both offered for the first _ _ 
time. Send for the Guide anyway ; it is free. 
Jas.Vick’*Sons,430 Main St.Rochestar.N.Y. 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
THE 20th 
GENTURY 
SPRAYER 
GOLD MEDAL 
St. Louis 
and Portland. 
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Planting Trees in a Wood Lot. 
A. B. M., Highland, N. Y. —I have a w*od 
lot which has been cleared, and is not very 
rough. IIow do you think it would be to 
set it with apples and Kieffer pears? My 
idea is to bloty a hole with dynamite, loosen 
with a mattock for three or four feet; head 
them low, mulch with manure. Do you 
think that would be a good way to treat 
them, keeping the ground cleared of brush 
and weeds? 
Ans. —We should not hesitate to start 
the trees in this way. From our experi¬ 
ence we should expect a fair growth of 
solid wood, early bearing and good fruit. 
Do not put the manure too close to the 
trees. Keep the brush and sprouts down, 
and scatter grass seed in the mud as the 
ground is cleared. The grass and weeds 
can be cut for mulching. Another way 
to handle such an orchard is to head the 
trees high, protect the trunks by wire or 
by driving stakes around, and let sheep 
run in the orchard. The sheep will keep 
down the sprouts, and in this way kill off 
the timber—besides helping the trees. 
Cows Give Thickened Milk. 
“For Goodness Sake” 
Plant our Choice Iowa Seeds 
They Are GOOD. 
Located in the best seed growing district of 
the United States. Established 36 years. Our 
seeds are used annually in more than half a 
million gardens. Our large illustrated cata¬ 
logue describes all the most desirable novel¬ 
ties and standard sorts of Vegetable, Flower 
and Farm Seeds, Plants, etc. Mailed Free 
if you mention this paper. 
IOWA SEED CO., Des Moines, Iowa. 
Always the Best. 
1906 
BETTER THAN EVER. 
MONEY IN POTATOES 
I VI If you read our 1906 Booklet on ■ 
III “ How to grow Big Crops.” 
I# f Voa Get our prices on 
rrUU. Northern Seed. 
We grow our own stock. Write to-day. 
The Peirson & Nysewander Company, 
LESLIE, MICHIGAN. 
Griswold’s Seeds. 
Why not purchase your supply of Seeds, Seed Po¬ 
tatoes, etc., direct from Seed Growers? Every market 
gardener and seed planter should have our wholesale 
catalogue. Mailed free. Address 
THOS. GRISWOLD & CO. 
38 MapleAve., S. Wethersfield,Conn. 
A New Field Com. 
We are able to offer this year a new Giant Yellow 
Flint Corn that is really remarkable. Has kernels 
and ears twice as large as ordinary Flint corn. 
Early enough for New York state and New England. 
Sample free. Ask for catalogue and wholesale price 
list of seeds. JOSEPH HARRIS CO., Seed Growers, 
Coldwater, N. Y. 
8. 8. C., Vermont. —‘I am not a dairyman, 
but keep a few cows. I notice that fre¬ 
quently when they are very nearly dried off, 
they give thickened milk, the same as they 
do with garget, hut I do not think there is 
any swelling or inflammation as in garget. 
Is this a natural condition, or is something 
wrong? If so, what would be the probable 
cause, and the remedy? I hardly think it 
could be caused by over feeding, as I am 
very careful about the feed. 
Ans. —This very frequently occurs with¬ 
out loss or damage to the udder. In my 
experience there is more likely to be trou¬ 
ble with fleshy udders. First, of course, 
the udder should be milked out often, not 
less than three times a day, and then if 
there is fever (and there is usually a rise 
in temperature), give bran mash and light 
feeding, with a quarter pound of Epsom 
salts for three or four days. The trouble 
will usually pass away. Watch the cows 
closely until the udder ceases to produce 
this thick milk. H. E. C 
Building a Concrete Wall. 
J. H. 8., New Paltz, N. Y. —Will you give 
me directions for making a concrete wall? 
I wish to build an incubator cellar in a side 
hill six by eight feet; have plenty of small 
stones and coarse sand. Which would be 
cheaper, Portland cement at 60 cents per 
100 pounds, or Rosendale at $1.10 per bar¬ 
rel, 300 pounds? 
Ans.—A concrete wall has to be made 
with a mold of boards. This being a cel 
ar house, if the earth is of such consist 
ency that it can be cut clown squarely and 
evenly, no boards will have to be used 
underground next to the surface. The 
stones and sand should be free from dirt. 
Dirty sand is often the cause of failure in 
making cement and concrete work. It 
prevents the cement coming in contact 
with the hard surface and uniting with it. 
Take about three parts stones, three parts 
sand and one part Portland cement. This 
need not be imported Portland, as there 
are many good brands now made in this 
country. The Portland at 60 cents per 
100 pounds will, no doubt, be the cheaper, 
because it goes farther and makes a better 
job; although the Rosendale is all right 
if the material and proportions are just 
right. It has been mv experience that the 
chances for failure with the cheaper ce¬ 
ments are much greater than with the 
better grades. Considerable work had 
been done on the new State sanitarium 
for consumptives, in this county, when it 
was discovered that the walls had to be 
torn down and rebuilt, as they would not 
stand. As a good grade of cement was 
used there was a great quandary as to 
what was the cause. Some said it was 
the quality of the sand, and some said it 
was the quantity. As sand is cheaper than 
cement it is very likely that the latter had 
something to do with it. Mix the ingredi¬ 
ents together thoroughly, and then add 
water, but do not make too wet. Do not 
make it slushy, but of such a consistency 
that it can be rammed down. Pound it 
down thoroughly, as this brings the ma¬ 
terials in more intimate contact. Finish 
around the corners at one working. I 
should think that the walls for a small 
building of this kind would not need to 
be more than eight inches in thickness. 
Of course the roof should be placed on in 
such a way that there is no outward 
pressure. G. davis. 
New Jersey. 
Don’t lose 25 per cent, 
of your power. Buy 
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and get the same power 
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which you have on the 
Machine. 
Let us tell you how to save 
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and get the highest market 
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THE 1906 NIAGARA GAS SPRAYER. 
Mounted on fifth wheel Electric Truck, with 8'A foot Steel Tower, Gear Agitator acd $25.00 outfit of 
Aluminum fittings. Capacity 100 Gallons. Price $200. 
THE NIAGARA SPRAYER CO. 
Pioneers of* Aluminum Pitting, 
TVUDDXjEPOriT, 3MEW 
PERFECTION— 
r SPRAY PUMP 
All brass. Seamless brass tubing without 
threads on either end. Easily taken apart for 
cleaning. No chance for rust. Simple, sub¬ 
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r pump made. Special price of S2.60 to 
pH* introduce. First order gets agency. _Spray 
lUnd »nd Wind Mill Pumps of .11 kind,. Writ, for 
Barnes Mfg. Co., Dipt. 13. Mansfield, 0. 
SEED POTATOES 
THAT ARE RIGHT. 
Northern Grown, especially for seed. In fields free 
from blight, scab and rot. Send for free Catalog 
containing every standard variety grown. 
This is Our 31st Anniversary 
S. J. CONNOLLY, Fishers, IV. V. 
iEUCIOUS RADISHES CDCC 
'with BARGAIN LIST I 
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Everybody loves a tender, juicy radish. . „ . _ . . __. 
r Send to-day and get free, our Great Bargain Seed Book and enough 
Radish Seed to keep you in luscious radishes all summer long. 
Or if you prefer, we will send you sufficient grass seed 
to’grow 5 tons of rich hay grass on your farm this 
summer and our Bargain Catalog, free for the asking. 
Our Bargain Catalog is a wonderful book, brim full of rare bargains »t 
bargain prices of all kinds of Onion, Sweet Corn, Cucumber Radishes, 
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sent vou bv return mail postpaid. 
If yon enclose 4c. we add a package of Cosmos—the 
- • " ■ -laiffc 
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iiij Z if*" most beautiful fashionable annual flower. 
JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO., lock Box 44, la Crosse, Wis^ 
BURPEE’S 
'The Leading American Seed Catalogue.' 
Mailed FREE to all who want the BEST SEEDS that Grow! 
[ This Thirtieth Anniversary Edition is a bright book of 168 pages and tells the plain truth. 
Cover and Colored Plates it shows, painted from nature, Seven Superb Specialties in V egetablesat 
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WRITE TO*DAY!—the very day you read this advertisement. Mention this paper and address 
W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., Seed Growers, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
SEEDS FROM GROWER TO SOWER. 
We KNOW we could sell you all your seeds if we could meet you face to face, and take you 
through our storehouses and out over the farms where our seed is grown. We could show you the 
enormous difference between our expenses and that of the city seedsman, and how OU get the 
benefit of that saving; how we make our own low prices as we belong to no combination or association 
for keeping prices up, and save you the middleman’s profits. We repeat, if we could meet you here 
we could show you why we save you about one-half of your seed money, and you would know that 
our present big business must be the result of Honest Seeds at Honest Prices. However, we can t 
meet you all here, so we want yon to have our catalog which talks to you face to face and tells yon 
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To show you our Honest Seeds in Honest Packets, we will send 
lO Pacltases of ) | 
Wai-ranted \ I DC. 
Vogotalolo Seeds for ) 1 VV« 
Vi B Turnip Beet, Rosy Gem Radish, Prize Head Lettuce, Crookneck Squash, 
e! j‘wah«field, H. C. Parsnip, Beauty Tomato, Long Orange Carrot, 
Sweet German Turnip, Rocky Ford Muskmelon. 
FORREST SEED COMPANY, Box 34,CORTLAND, NEW YORK 
50 c. { 
