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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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REALLY DELIGHTFUL 
A “FRIEND” INDEED 
IS THE 
“FRIEND” SPRAY PUMP 
to fruit growers. It pays to spray whether 
you have only a few trees ora thousand. 
We make small pumps for the man 
with a few trees, and GASOLINE 
POWER SPRAYERS for the large 
orehardist. Our Gasoline Engines 
pan be used for all kinds of farm 
work as well. The best pumps for 
all purposes. 
Write for full infor¬ 
mation and Prices to¬ 
day. 
FRIEND NIFG. CO. 
GASPORT, N. Y. 
Farm Telephones 
Made by the “American,” the 
largest telephone factory. 
Use our highest C A M DC HU 
grade No. 36 OAmrOUIl 
Be an influential factor tin your 
community. Organize farm tele¬ 
phone lines. It gives you a hand¬ 
some profit. We send you in¬ 
structions how to organizo farm 
1 nes and how to build and operate 
them. Write for our free hook. 
It’s full of Telephone informa¬ 
tion. 
* American Electric Telephone Co. p 
A77 Englewood Station, 
Chicago, Illinois. 
POTATO 
GROWERS WANTED 
To send for Dibble’s Farm Seed Catalog describing 
our three new blight-resisting potatoes, an early, in¬ 
termediate and late, pronounced by 75 farmers who 
grew them last year as absolutely blight proof. Our 
potatoes are recommended by various State Experi¬ 
mental Stations and the Department of Agriculture 
of the United States and Canada. We are Head¬ 
quarters for Seed Potatoes.. All the standard 
kinds. Northern Grown, raised especially for seed. 
And from Helds that were free from blight and rot. 
You can’t afford to plant poor diseased, run-out 
seed from blighted fields when you can get the very 
best vigorous, healthy seed from us at 11 ve and let live 
prices. Send for the Catalog and send to-day. 
EDWARD F. DIBBLE, 
SEEDGROWKR, BOX C, 
Honeoye Falls, New York. 
^00^ AfS% 9. Cn^^AIW Honest and! 
'0U , 4U 0 & OU^® wicle-awake Agents . 
For selling our High-grade 
Fruit & Ornamental Trees; 
Small Fruits, Shrdbs, Roses and Vines, 
i Business established 1846. First-class references < 
must accompany application. 
THE M. H. HARMAN COMPANY, 
Geneva, N. Y. 
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FRUIT GROWERS 
ATTENTION! 
If you are expecting to need any fruit trees or 
plants the coming spring, don’t f ai 1 to get our catal¬ 
ogue and prices. Large assortment of Japanese and 
European Plums, Apples, Pears, Peaches, Berry 
Plants, Asparagus roots, etc. Stock that’s true and 
will please you. Catalogue costs you nothing but a 
postal card. BARNES BROS. NURSERY CO., Box 
8 , Yalesvllle, Conn. 
RUBY RED RASPBERRY 
Best to grow for all purposes. Order early as our 
stock is limited. Send for circular. 
C. G. VELIE & SON, Marlboro, N. Y., 
Valley View Fruit Farm. 
HPWRFDDV plants & blackberry 
DC W DC1\*\ » PLANTS FOR SALE. Send for 
price. MICHAEL N. BORGO, Box69, Vineland, N.J. 
^ Fra ui k arru Plants $2 and up per 1000; crates and 
0 II anUcirj basketscheap; also B P.K.eggsl5for 
$1, 40 for $2. Catalog free. W. R. Lawrence, Marion, O. 
President Struwherrv Kansas and Gregg Uasp- 
ricMucm airawuerry, berrjr PlantS5 all one 
price $8 00 per thousand, $1.00 per 100. 
THOMAS R. HUNT, Lambertville, N. J. 
Q C C n Potatoes—Noroton Beauty, Cobbler, Rose, 
WlakKI Carman,Mammoth, and others. Pkt. Red 
Sweet Corn free. J. W. HARTMAN, Sligo, Pa. 
Tip Top Potatoes. Carman. Coin,Giant,Hustler,King, 
Longfellow, G Weeks,Heliance, H5 kinds. C.W. FORD, Fishers,N.Y. 
30,000 
the paper that 
guides them to the 
__ most money the 
Bee-Men s^a*, S8J 
Read S* I,e,ld 
Comes every 
half month, bursting with 
easily-followed directions how to buy, 
handle, rear and get money, honey and 
profit from bees. Sample copy and a 
booklet that tells an honest amateur’s ex¬ 
perience, free. Six months’ trial, 25c. 
Your money back if not satisfied. 
The A. 1. Root Company, Medina, O. 
No Smoke House. Smoke meat with 
KRAUSER’S LIQUID EXTRACT OF SMOKE. 
Madefrom hickory wood. Glvesdeliciousflavor. 
Cheaper, cleaner than old way. Send for cir¬ 
cular. E, Krauaer A Bro., Milton, Pa. 
Use of Sulphate of Iron. 
M. F. G., St. Joseph, Mich .—What Is the 
benefit obtained from the use of sulphate of 
iron in a vineyard or putting it In manure 
pile and sowing it on a wheat field? Is it 
tv hat land wants to produce good crops? Is 
it desirable to grow a good crop of grapes t 
Ans. —Sulphate of iron acts in the ma¬ 
nure pile to retain and hold the ammonia— 
much as it was thought plaster or sul¬ 
phate of lime would act. The sulphate of 
iron is also thought to have a good effect 
upon the growth of some plants. We have 
known it to be recommended as a cure for 
Peach yellows or blights and rots. In too 
large doses the sulphate of iron will do 
more harm than good. It is sometimes 
used in manure pits and vaults to prevent 
bad odors and preserve the manure. At 
usual prices we do not consider it a pro¬ 
fitable fertilizer. 
Gladiolus Culture. 
E. T., Ohio .—Give some information in re¬ 
gard to the treatment of Gladiolus bulbs. I 
planted a dozen bulbs last Spring for the 
first time, and have the product of them in 
the cellar now. Some of the bulbs were al¬ 
most surrounded by little bulbs averaging 
about Vi-inch diameter, and I wish to know 
whether they should be separated from the 
large bulb and planted separately, or should 
(he whole family be planted together? Will 
(he large bulbs bloom again this next year? 
When will the small ones bloom? In field 
culture what is the easiest method of pro¬ 
viding support against windstorms? 
Ans. —Separate your Gladiolus bulbs or 
rather corms when you are ready to plant, 
setting the larger ones about one foot 
apart and cover with five inches of loose 
soil. Break off the woody mass at the 
base, which is the shriveled remains of 
the old corm that bloomed last year, and 
throw it away. The little hard-shelled 
cormels or bulblets may be sown separately, 
like peas, in a drill, first soaking them 
over night in luke-warm water, and cov¬ 
ering not over two inches deep. Not all 
will grow, but many should form small 
bulbs, the size of a hickory nut or less by 
Fall. These should be replanted next year, 
setting them one or two inches apart. It 
takes about three years to grow blooming 
Gladiolus bulbs from the little offsets. On 
no account plant the whole clump or fam 
ily together. The only practicable sup¬ 
port to blooming Gladioli is a separate 
stake for each spike. It may be quite 
slender but should be firm in the soil. Do 
not tie the bloom spike tightly to the stake 
but give it a little play. 
Killing Out Wire Grass. 
1. G., Rio, Va .—I have a piece of ground 
(about one-eighth acre) badly infested with 
wire grass. I know of no way to get rid 
of it. Can you advise me what to do? 
Would salt put on heavily destroy It and not 
injure the ground or do you know of any¬ 
thing that will do it? 
Ans. —By wire grass your correspon¬ 
dent no doubt means Bermuda grass. 
This is a difficult grass to get rid of, 
particularly in the coastal plain section of 
Virginia, where the climate is peculiarly 
favorable to its growth and development. 
The best chance to destroy this grass is 
to break the sod up in the late Fall or 
early Winter, exposing it to as many 
freezes as possible before the growing 
season commences. As soon as Spring 
opens up plow the land and seed to cow 
peas. One of the vigorous-growing vari¬ 
eties like the Clay, which will spread 
over the ground, will make the most sat¬ 
isfactory smother crop. Velvet beans 
can also be used to good advantage for 
this purpose. A rank-growing crop like 
cow peas or Soy beans will come as 
nearly smothering out Bermuda grass as 
anything I have ever seen tried. It may 
be necessary to use the peas or beans on 
the land for two or three years in suc¬ 
cession, plowing the land in the late Fall 
each year, and exposing any roots that 
may have escaped to the action of the 
Winter freezes. Salt will not be effec¬ 
tive in destroying Bermuda grass, and it 
is hardly worth while to try that remedy. 
Persistent culture in some of the vigor¬ 
ous-growing leguminous crops that will 
have a smothering t<yidency is the best 
method devised for the control and eradi¬ 
cation of Bermuda grass in sections of the 
country where climatic conditions are pe¬ 
culiarly favorable to its vigorous de 
velopment. Andrew m. soule. 
Va. Exp. Station. 
FRUIT TREES. 
Get our surplus list for Market Garden¬ 
ers and other large Planters. See our 
Garden Collection of Small Fruits for 
$2.75, by mail; it cannot be duplicated. 
Enough to plant a large garden—get catalog with list of the varieties. 
H. S. WILEY & SON, Drawer 5, Cayuga N. Y. 
Fruit 
day for 
CALIFORNIA PRIVET. 
The rnrst Desirable and Popular Hedge Plant inexistence. 
TREE HYDRANGEAS, 
and Shade Trees, Flowering Shrubs, and Small Fruit Plants of all kinds. Write to 
• Catalogue and get discount on order. BROOKVIEW N U RSER1ES, Box 36, Westmont. N. J. 
APPLE TREES 7c 
Hardy Varieties 
POPLAR. TREES AND ROSE BUSHES. TEN CENTS EACH 
ASPARAGUS, the most popular vegetable, yields at the rate of $400 acre, two year plants 75 cents 
per 100; $4.50 per 1,000. Grape vines and fruit plants at low prices. POPLAR TREES for driveways, 
shade and lawns. The most rapid growing trees, 10c to 17 cents each. ROSES. A large collection of 
hardy varieties, also our Live-for-Ever Pink Rose. lOo to 20c each. 
BUY DIRECT FROM 6R0WER — SAVE 35 Efg T 
igue, also copy of Green’s Big Fruit Magazine free. 
SEr’Y COMPANY, WALL ST., ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
Let ns price yonr list of wants. 
Bend postal card for them today. 
GREEN’S NUR! 
No Ben 
Davis Up Here. 
Rogers on 
the Hill 
APPLE BREEDERS, 
Dansville, N. Y. 
TRADE MARK. 
Our new Tree Breeder will tell you about safe trees 
and safe kinds to plant. IT’S FREE. 
TARTAR OATS 
Imported from Tartary in 
1901, now acknowledged the 
most productive Oats Grown. 
Grains white, plump, weighing 36 to 
40 lbs. Straw, stiff, yellow, 4 to 5 
feet long. 
20 Acres Produced 2117 bu. 
Seed direct from this crop, 2 bu. at 
§1.25, 5 bu. at $1.15, 20 bu. at $1.10. 
Bags FREE 
If not the finest oats you ever saw, return it and 
I will send your money back. 
A. H. HOFFMAN. Bamford, Lane. Co., Pa, 
PLANTS 
Transplanted plants of the highest quality, that will 
yield products true to type. Buy from the largest, 
cheapest, and most reliable growers in America and 
get stock that will give you satisfaction. Write for 
descriptive catalogue. THE J. E. HUTTON CO., 
Conyngham, Pa., formerly J. E. Hutton & Sou. 
KNIGHT’S FRUIT PLANTS. 
Do yon want the best Strawberries, Raspberries, 
Blackberries, etc.? WE HAVE THEM. A large 
stock of all the money-making varieties at a reason¬ 
able price. It will pay you to send for our catalog. 
DAVID KNIGHT & SON, Sawyer, Mich. 
Swedish Select Oats. 
A large yielder of high quality grain. Endorsed by 
Exp. Stations and U. S. Dep. Agriculture. We’ve a 
free sataple for you. J. M. FLUKE, Nankin, Ohio. 
RHUBARB ROOTS 
Large Divided Roots. $1 for 35, $2 per 100, $15 per 
1000. Horse Radish Sets $2.50 per 1000,5000 for$10. 
HENRY E. SHAW, Burlington, N. J. 
A DornTrafp FOR GILT-EDGE STRAW- 
/V rUIiy crdlc BERRIES. Secure Gilt-edge 
prices for your berries. Send 10c. for a Sample 
Crate and prices per 100 or 1000. 
T. C. KEVITT, Inventor, Athenia, N. J. 
SEND US YOUR ORDERS FOR 
Fruit Packages, quarts, 
Pints, Peach Baskets, 
and Tills. 
32-0t. Crates, 
Complete with 
Baskets. 
Send for Circular and prices 
Hudson Valley Fruit Package & Supply Co., 
MI I/ro.N-ON'-THE-UrilSON, N. Y. 
PIONEER GUARANTEED 
NURSERY STOCK 
AT WHOLESALE PRICES. 
All stook guaranteed disease free—’ 
true to name—pure bred and heavy 
crop producers. Full value for every 
dollar sent us. No agent’s commis¬ 
sion. Write for complete pricelist. 
We will save you money. 
HART PIONEER NURSERIES 
kEstablished 1865. Fort Scott, Kan 
MORE GOOD CIDER ' 
can bo made from a given amount 
of apples with ono of our presses 
than with any other. The 
juice will be purer and bring 
higher prices; the extra 
yield soon pays for 
press. Wo make 
HYDRAULICS". 
in *11 sixes, hand or power. • 
25 to 300 barrels per day 
Also Boilers, Saw-Mills, ~ 
Steam-Evaporators, Apple- r 
butter Cookers, etc. Fully 
guaranteed. Catalog FREE. 
The Hydraulic Press Mfg. Co. ——j 
1 2 Main St., Mt. Gilead, Ohio 
or Room 124 p 39 Cortland St., New York, N. Y. 
MEEKER SMOOTHING HARROW. 
Onion Seed Drills and Wheel Hoes. 
Southport Globe Onion Seed. Send for prices and catalogue. 
THE C.O. JELL1FF MFG. CORF., Southport, Conn. 
*6.30 up 
$2.90 up. $2.10 up. 
$8.90 up. 
Save One-Quarter to One-Half 
Everything in standard farm tools,and nothing but the best,sold 
on binding guarantee of satisfaction. Special goods for the gar¬ 
dener, dairyman, poultryman and stockman, and all kinds of 
household articles. Wholesale factory prices. Send for our 
388-page catalogue, Free. 
Cash Supply Jb Mfg Co., G‘23 Lnwrenae 8q., Kalamazoo, Mielu 
65c per 
gullon up* 
$ 4.70 vp. 
KEEP AHEAD OF THE WEEDS 
Poor crop weather seems to be the best kind of weather for 
weeds. The user of Irou Age Implements has the advantage 
In auy kiud of weather because he cau get over his crop 
ofteuer, cultivate it better ami kill the most weeds with the 
least amouut of labor. Two of the famous 
IRON ACE 
IMPLEMENTS 
are shown. They are weed killers, crop makers and labor savers. The No. 1 
Wheel Hoe with its attachments enables one man to accomplish more and 
better work than three men by auy other method. The No.80 Riding 
Cultivator is wonderful for its adaptability 
"Varying work and conditions. Send for the New Iron 
Age Hook which describes the full line of Iron Age Seed¬ 
ers, Wheel Hoes. Cultivators, Horse Hoes, Fertilizer Dis¬ 
tributors, and a full line of Potato Machinery consisting of 
Planters, Sprayers, Cultivators, Diggers. Free on application 
BATEMAN MFG. CO., Box 102, Grenloch. N. J. 
