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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
March 2, 
THE PICTURES. 
We have tried this year to obtain 
smaller and more useful pictures than in 
former years—something that will tell 
useful stories. 
Fig. 88 shows a Florida man handling 
part of his crop of cassava. This root 
grows -well in that State, and makes a 
good feed for all kinds of stock. We 
cannot grow it successfully at the North, 
but at the far South cassava and cow- 
pea hay would make a balanced ration. 
Fig. 77 shows a vine of a new strain 
of Ponderosa tomato, grown by Henry 
Field of Iowa. This shows how a rank 
growing vine may be run up above the 
ground. The baby is a good sprout from 
the parental vine. 
Fig. 76 shows a novel way of digging 
potatoes, reported by W. S. Stevens of 
Long Island. The. engine is a gasoline 
traction of a new type, made by the In¬ 
ternational Harvester Co. As will be 
seen, the large digger is hitched behind 
and driven slowly through the held—the 
digger following. AI r. Stevens says this 
about his gasoline horse: 
“We used this rig in digging our crop 
of potatoes of over 2,000 bushels, about 
20 acres. We were very well pleased 
with the work done, and think the engine 
superior to horses in hauling a digger. 
Any digger can be used with this engine 
by taking off the front axle and fastening 
the turning gear of digger to the engine 
platform. 
Spray Pictures. —Fig. 71. shows a port¬ 
able outfit for boiling lime and sulphur, 
used in a Connecticut orchard. Here 
we have an upright boiler which can be 
driven from place to place where the 
barrels are kept and where water is ob¬ 
tained. In a large orchard it is some¬ 
times better to do this than to do all the 
boiling at one point. A good water sup¬ 
ply is absolutely necessary in making lime 
and sulphur. Fig. 73 shows a plan used 
in Connecticut to obtain water from some 
little distance.. In this case the water 
is drawn from a well, located under the 
planks, by means of an ejector. Fig. 75 
shows men at work in a Connecticut 
orchard boiling the lime and sulphur 
mixture with its own heat, while Fig. 72 
shows the work of spraying the same 
mixture in a peach orchard. Fig. 74 
shows a device for weighing the materials 
for mixing. The scales are hung on the 
post so that the sulphur and lime can 
be weighed right from the barrels. 
THE SPENCER SEEDLESS APPLE. 
Statement by the Introducers. 
Recent discussions of the merits of the 
Spencer Seedless apple indicate to a certain 
extent a general misapprehension regarding 
the claims made for this product. For this 
reason we desire to state plainly just what 
we do claim and what we do not claim for 
the apple. In the first place we are frank 
to admit that the misapprehension is due 
to certain claims made and alleged to have 
been made when the project was first brought 
to the attention of the public. These claims 
have long since been repudiated and aban¬ 
doned by the Spencer Seedless Apple Com¬ 
pany. and efforts made to withdraw from 
circulation all literature containing such 
erroneous statements. 
We do claim that the Spencer Seedless 
apple is a seedless fruit with solid apple 
flesh throughout; that it is of good average 
size, comparing with the Baldwin, being a 
handsome red Winter variety, marked with 
yellow dots; that it is of good quality and 
flavor; and that it is an exceptionally good 
keeper and shipper, in fact its predominating 
characteristic is its keeping quality, making 
it available for the market long after other 
Winter varieties of equal quality have dis¬ 
appeared. All of these facts are supported 
by a personal examination and test of the 
apples. As to the trees, we claim them 
to be hardy and thrifty growers and abund¬ 
ant bearers, which facts we believe are borne 
out by the reports of those who have in¬ 
spected the fruit-bearing trees, and by the 
photographs taken in the orchard. 
We do not claim that the blossoms are 
frost-proof or that they are proof against 
the Codling moth and other insects, and we 
appreciate that the criticisms of these claims 
were entirely justified. However, as we have 
already stated, earnest efforts have been 
made to withdraw from circulation the early 
literature containing these claims which was 
Issued by an employee of the original Com¬ 
pany without intelligent supervision by the 
practical men connected with the enterprise. 
We do not claim that the Spencer Seedless 
-apple was created by some secret scientific 
process which can be applied in transforming 
any given variety of seed apple into a seed¬ 
less form, although the first circular issued 
by the original promoters of the enterprise 
contained a statement that experiments were 
under way by Mr. Spencer through which he 
“hoped to develop seedless varieties of the 
various leading apples on the market,” which 
circulars have been out of print for some 
time. In view of the statements of Charles 
Waters disputing the origin of the Spencer 
Seedless annle. we desire to say in this con¬ 
nection (hat the Spencer Seedless apple trees 
were not propagated from buds, scions or 
trees furnished by Mr. Waters. The facts 
are that in experimenting in his nurseries 
and orchard Mr. Spencer discovered this seed¬ 
less variety of apple, which proved to be 
capable of reproduction and improvement by 
means of careful selection in budding and 
grafting. 
We do not and never have claimed that 
this was the first and only seedless apple 
ever known. Freak seedless apple trees have 
been discovered in the past, but they have 
been incapable of reproduction, dissemination 
and improvement, and the fruit of such trees 
has always lacked the important commercial 
qualities which characterize the Spencer Seed¬ 
less apple. We have been perfectly frank 
with the public in stating that occasionally 
a seed is found in an apple, the same as in 
a navel orange, and that this is due to the 
planting of the trees in proximity to trees 
of a seed variety. However, this occurs 
so seldom as to require no special considera¬ 
tion. This apple has been compared to the 
seedless or navel orange, as the majority of 
persons In examining the apple refer to the 
similarity between the calyx or blow end 
and the navel end of the orange, although 
the latter is similar in but a slight detail. 
The navel end of the orange is now filled with 
small lumps, while in the apple these lumps 
surround an opening, which, however, appears 
to be gradually closing as subsequent genera¬ 
tions of trees come into bearing. 
THE SPENCER SEEDLESS APPLE COMPANY. 
C TR AW BERRY PLANTS-None better grown. Buy 
direct from a specialist. Catalogue free. 
GEO. R. SCHAUBKK, Box R, Ballston Lake. JN. \. 
$1 
000 ^°^ ars *’ rom one Acre. The second 
n uum “ * ,, 
^. y -year 21,000 seven hundred and 80 quarts or 
Strawberries per acre. A variety L want you to 
plant, It will do you good 1908. List tree. 
Kevitt’s Riant Farm, Atlienia, N. *L 
LOOK ! LOOK! PLANTS FOR SALE 
Blackberry. Raspberry and Strawberry Plants. No. 1 
plants, all true to name. Before buying write me 
for pi ices on goods. I think I can save you money. 
2 FAKMSpFOK SALK, all down In berries, peaches, 
apples and plums. Good buildings, first class water; 
One farm has 41 acres, the other 70 fine local ion. 
Catalogue Free. D. W. MOSLEY, Dover, Del. 
PEDIGREED SEED CORN 
My methods as a Seed Corn Breeder have been 
Inspected and received the highest approval of the 
best authorities in the Profession. I am a member 
Of Maryland Corn Breeders’ Association and with 
every order goes a certificate of Authentic Yield, etc. 
as observed by Prof. Nash of the Mil. Experiment, 
Station. “COLLIER’SEXCELSIOR” (highest 
yielder noted ), my new white corn, over which X have 
spent years of intensive work, is put on the market 
for the first time, with the assurance of the propaga¬ 
tor that it is the best corn in all particulars that 
experience can produce, and money can buy. Will be 
tested and graded ready for planter. Descriptive 
circular and sample free. Ref. Easton National 
Bank of Md.; Prof. W.T. L. Taliaferro, State Agrono¬ 
mist, Md. Agricultural College. Write today to 
W. OSCAR COLLIER, Easton, M<L 
EVERGREENS 
Nursery grown, hardy everywhere. 
All sizes for all purposes, lowest 
prices. 50 bargain lots, first class, 
prepaid $1 to $10 per 100. Also Nurs- 
' erv grown Forest Trees. . _ 
FREE:— One beautiful Black Hill 
Spruce to every customer. Send 
for free Cat. and Bargain Sheet. 
D. Hill, Evergreen Specialist 
Box 74, Dundee, Ill. 
LAND ROLLER 
STEEL 
DRUMS 
STEEL 
FRAME 
Get catalogue of 1, 2, 3 «fc 4 horse 
Tread Powers, Sweep 
Powers, Grain Separals 
tors, Hand and Power / 
Corn Shellers, Grind-\ 
ing Mill, Corn Plant¬ 
ers, Cultivators, Steam 
and Gasoline Engines, 
3 to 25 horse, mounted or stationery, etc. 
THE MKSSINGER MFG. CO.. Box 1 Tatamy, Pa. 
We manufacture and wholesale direct the best 
combination Hay and Stock Rack and Wagon 
Box made, Buggies, 8 urrt 2 ys,etc. Lumber Wagons. 
Bolster Springs and Binder Twine for less money 
than any other house, Quality for Quality. 
Write for catalogue and prices. 
ALBION RACK CO., Albion, N. Y. 
Boy 
Can Work it 
Accurate, thorough cultivation with the 
Kraus Pivot-Axle Sulky Cultivator is only a 
matter of steering; not of work. Instead of 
pulling and pushing the entire gang of shovels 
from side to side as with the ordinary cultiva¬ 
tor the Kraus is steered by the slightest touch 
of the foot, wheels and shovels moving side- 
wise simultaneously. piyQ^p 
SULKY 
CULTIVATOR 
Perfect for hillsides or 
crooked rows. Instantly 
adjustable for widtli of 
row and depth and ancle 
of shovel. High wheeled, 
light draft, and perfectly 
balanced. 
If your dealer doesn’t 
handle the Kraus, don’t 
accepta substitute, write 
us. Catalogue free. 
AKRON CULTIVATOR CO. 
DEPT. 13 AKRON, OHIO. 
MM 
Farm and TOOLS 
Garden 
No. 6 
Iron Age 
Combined 
Double and 
Single 
AWheel Hoe, 
Hill and 
. Drill 
.Seeder 
Do more and better work 
than can be done with! 
any other tools or in! 
any other way. 
“he No. 6 is especially! 
adapted for onion 
culture. Book 
Free j 
BATEMAN MFG. CO. 
Box 102 B 
Tirenloch, N.J^ 
Have you ever figured just how much money you could afford to 
spend to place an Independent telephone at your door? 
What would you spend, and would you spend that much, if you 
felt reasonably sure of getting good telephone service? We will tell 
you how to figure the cost. 
STROMBERG-CARLSON 
TELEPHONES 
Make money, make progress and make friends. A Million 
independent telephones are in use, and most of them are used 
by telephone lines organized in rural districts. 
Many of the organizers of these successful rural telephone 
companies received their first helpful information from us. 
We have had a great deal of experience in this business and 
will give you the benefit of it. 
One tiny copper cent, just a hundreth part of a dollar, will purchase 
a postal card, which, mailed to us to-aay, will place our little book, 
“How the Telephone Helps the Farmer”, in your hands to-morrow. 
We have the telephones to ship when you want them, but we 
want you to know about them first. 
Write to-day.—You will be interested. 
Stromberg-Carlson Tel. Mfg. Co., 
Rochester, N. Y. Chicago, III. 
Branch: Toronto—Canada. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTSlXLSS 
3 best Standard Sorts. Sent bv mill prepaid for$1.00. 
Catalog free. SLAYMAKEK & SON. Dover, Del. 
F OR SALE— Crimson Clover Seed, 184.50 bushel. 
Red Clover Seed, 187.50 and (88.00 bushel. 
Onion sets, (82.00 and Si>2.50 bushel, Cow Peas 
(82.50 to 182.75 bushel. Jo*«'pli £. Holland, Milford, Del. 
PEACH 
Trees grown on mountain soil arc healthy, 
hardy and long lived. We offer a large stock 
of these grand trees in standard varieties, early 
to late, in the best grades for commercial 
planting. Our Peach tree experience covers 
sixteen years; we have mastered the knotty 
problem; let us start you on the road to 
success. 
Apple Trees 
You want the low headed, stocky, shapely 
chaps that’s easy to prune, spray and cultivate. 
We grow them—60 varieties—and have thou¬ 
sands of first and medium grade trees of York 
Imperial, Grimes, Gano,'Jonathan, Baldwin. 
Wealthy, and the cream of the list, “Stayman 
Winesap,” in two-year trees. Also Plum, Pear, 
Cherry and Quince trees. Grape Vines and 
Small Fruits in large supply. 
Send us your list for estimates. Catalog and 
Wholesale Price List free. 
The Patterson Nursery Co, 
Stewartstown , Pa. 
BUY SEEDS FROM E THE GROWER 
You will not only get Better Seeds, but will get them Cheaper. 
HARRIS’ SEEDS Grown at M0RET0N FARM (250 Acros) 
are sold only direct to the planter at prices as low as dealers have to pay. We raise 
VEGETABLE SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, and improved FARM SEEDS. Ask for Cata¬ 
logue and sample of a grand New Flint Corn that yielded 200 bu. per acre last season. Both Free. 
JOSEPH HARRIS COMPANY, HVIorcton Farm, COLDWATER, N. Y. 
Eureka Ensilage Corn 
A Have you tried it? The wonderful variety for which the demand has steadily in¬ 
creased every year for 20 years. No other corn yields such 
A Wonderful Tonnage 
It has a record of 65 tones per acre at silage making time. Stalks grow to height 
of 20 ft. 4 to 5 well developed ears to the stalk, besides being crowded with 
broad leaves. Corn right in the milk at ensilage making time. 
Oar Seed is Genuine. 
Beware of the so-called Eureka varieties. We have made a specialty 
of this one variety for years, growing and guarding purity of seed 
Shipped in the ear or shelled, just as you prefer. 
Our free catalog also describes other profitable 
forage crops and a select line of farm implements 
and machines.Don’t fail to write for it. Address. 
Ross Brothers Co., 
Worcester, - - Mass. 
WE ED SPORT SI LOS. 
The three styles we build are models of up-to-date Silo construction The cut 
shows Ihe Weedsport Improved Silo,” with removable sliding, interchange¬ 
able doors, and octagon shingle roof. 6 
Our HAYRACKS are light, strong and convenient for all purposes. We make 
Stock Troughs and Cow Stanchions, Cider, Krout and Spraying Tanks 
All goods of our make are warranted to be of good material In every part aud first-class 
workmanship throughout. Write for catalogue aud prices. 
BRUTUS, 14 It., $9.00. 
“ 1 6 1 O.OO. 
THE ABRAM WALRATH 
CAYUCA, 1 4 ft., $9.00. 
“ 16 ft., 9.60. 
COMPANY, Box 
SENECA, 14 It., $8.60. 
“ I 6 ft., 9.00. 
83, Weedsport, N. Y. 
RELIABLE HEALTH FOOD 
A HEALTH TONIC 
For Horses, Cows, Hogs, Chickens. 
15 Years’ Successful Use. 
Will build up and keep healthy your Horses, increase the milk output of Cows, fatten vour 
Hogs, keep healthy and stimulate your Chickens. Satisfactory results guaranteed, if used 
according to directions—or money refunded. Put up in 25, 50 and 100-lb. bags, and 250-lb 
barrels, paraffine paper-lined Write for prices. Special rates to dealers. 
WE Want Our Customers Interested With Us. 
SPECIAL OFFER —Good March 1st, 1907, to March 1,1908: There has been provided for 
purchasers of the Reliable Health Food. 1000 Shares Stock, $10.00 par value, full paid non¬ 
assessable, of the (850,000 Capitalization of the Reliable Horse and Cattle Food Co. 
Examine carefully and save Coupon placed in each Bag and Barrel, exchangeable for i iiis 
Stock. RELIABLE HORSE & CATTLE FOOD CO., 44 Pearl Street, New York. 
