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T1IE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
March 16, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
f Every query muHt bo accompanied by 
tbo name and address of (ho writer to In¬ 
sure attention. Before asking a question, 
please see whether It Is not answered In 
our advertising columns. Ask only a few 
questions at one lime. Put questions on a 
goparate piece of paper.] 
Clover In Sprayed Orchards. 
J. K., E i trick h, Vd .— I sowed my or 
chard to clover last Fall, got a fine stand; 
must cut It for feed, but would like to spray 
the trees. Would It be safe to feed the clover 
growing under the trees? 
Ans. -Of course you mean spraying 
with poisons like Paris green or arsenate 
of lend. Both practical and chemical ex¬ 
periments show that there is little if any 
danger, in using such clover for hay or 
green fodder. 
Potash for Fertilizing. 
TV. It. Manitoba, (tun. What Is the 
best way to use potash? Would It do to 
broadcast and harrow In? I,and Is very rich 
with stable manure. I think the land needs 
potash and phosphoric acid; It Is used for 
garden purposes. 
Ans. AVe should certainly broadcast 
the potash after plowing, and harrow it 
in. Stable manure furnishes nitrogen 
and potash and phosphoric acid will bal¬ 
ance it. One part muriate of potash to 
three parts acid phosphate is a good com¬ 
bination. 
Ventilating a Cold Storage Room. 
J. W. Marlon, Ohio. -For my fruit 
farm here I am gelling out a set of plans 
by an architect preparatory to building a 
bam, about 22x88 feet, the first story of 
hollow cement blocks and the upper of stained 
shingle. Through the center of the barn I 
expect to build two walls of hollow blocks, 
HxKx20 feet, making the room six fort wide 
Inside, with a slatted galvanized celling with 
space above for Ice and trough below for 
drainage. 1 wish to use this room without 
Ice for storing and ripening my KletTer pears, 
of which I have alsmt 175 trees. Also, to 
hold my cherries and Japan plums If neces¬ 
sary for a few days only under Ice. ('an 
you advise me of a practical cheap way of 
ventilating this room so as to avoid opening 
transom windows at each end? 
Ans. —The most effective way of venti¬ 
lating such room for cool dry storage is 
to lay a line of eight-inch drain tile, 
or better, sewer tile lengthwise and at 
least two feet below the bottom of the j 
room in the ground; each end provided 
with an dhow and riser terminating just 
above the floor level. From one end of 
this cold dry-air duct carry up above 
the ridge of the barn an eight-inch gal¬ 
vanized flue provided at the top with a 
revolving funnel 50 inches in diameter, 
which is made always to face the wind 
by means of a vane, the whole construct¬ 
ed as represented in diagram. With such 
an arrangement as this the wind pres¬ 
sure will force the air down and through 
the sub-earth duct and up into the spo¬ 
nge room, making it dry and cool. At 
the opposite end of the storage room 
from that where the air enters an eight- 
inch outlet in the ceiling should be pro 
vided. This need not rise above the 
roof. The storage room should be pro¬ 
vided with a cement floor both to shut 
off dampness from below and to make 
it a better conductor of heat, thus more 
effectively cooling the room, and less 
favorable to thq development of molds. 
V. H. KING. 
PRODUCTS , PRICES AND TRADE. 
Alcohol Hiirnkrh,—I wish you would nay 
nomotblng regarding the burners for depa- 
lured alcohol there are In the market. How 
they compare In Illuminating qualities with 
kerosene; the amount they consume, their 
durability and price, and whether they are 
fitted with standard screw to fit the ordinary 
kerosene lamp. v. c. 
Maine. 
Manufacturers are now working on these 
burners, and there will doubtless l>e plenty 
of them on Iho market later. We will keep 
close watch of the matter and report when 
anything practical Is noted. 
Dauoh Wool Arrivals.- A steamer from 
Australia recenty brought to the port of 
Huston, Mass., the largest wool cargo ever 
brought to this country on a single vessel, 
18,900 bales, valued at not far from $2,000.- 
ooo. Part of tills wool Is of grades nol pro 
duced In this country commercially, but New 
England farmers ought lo have opportunity 
to compete with this Import, wool business by 
producing at least 10 times as much wool as 
at. present. This might ho done profitably 
were It not for the dog nuisance. 
Kuos. - Receipts have Isom very heavy, 111,- 
875 cases arriving the first four days of Ibis 
week, amounting to 10,005,000 eggs. Prices 
have dropped seven lo nine cents since Iasi 
report. A sudden and severe decline of Ibis 
sort causes heavy losses for dealers who bad 
stocked up just before ll happened. Hoteli¬ 
ers try to come out whole by keeping up 
their prices two or three days, and occasional¬ 
ly a supply concern will divide the loss with 
them. Here arc the views of one dealer on 
the situation : 
“The price would nol have dropped nearly 
ho much If the dally papers In this city had 
talked about It sensibly Instead of sensa¬ 
tionally. Hul here Is the tone In which they 
talked: 82,2-11 cases of eggs In a single day! 
.lust I'hInk of It, 11.500.000 eggs!! With 
1,000,000 people In New York and vicinity 
reading this, everyone buying eggs gives this 
sort of talk lo the seller, and stich hammer¬ 
ing could not fall to put the price down.” 
This may sound absurd, but there Is truth 
In It, and the price of many oilier eommod! 
Ilea than eggs has been talked up and down. 
Big stories turned biggest side out lire pro¬ 
vender on which many dally newspapers fat¬ 
ten. Another egg man said : 
“'I'hls drop caught me with Just one case 
on hand. I sold that at once for two cents 
por dozen less than cost and thought ! came 
out well. Al Ibis season I always try to sell 
out as nearly ns possible every day, for you 
can never tell what will happen the next 
day. I have 80 hens, and they arc a sort of 
thermometer for me. They ley Id to 20 eggs 
every day new, and I Judge that hundreds 
of other Hocks are doing about the same. 
The price must go down.” 
The demand al present Is very heavy and 
will continue good throughout the Ism ten 
.season. While It Is true ttint the trend of 
price mnsl be downward until II reaches a 
basis where storage men can work freely. It 
would nol be surprising If the price stiffened 
two or three cents and perhaps reached 80 
cents ngaln during the month. Two or three 
days or scanty receipts would do It. 
Hlitb Flap. -“In an eastern trade paper 1 
see Blue Hag root quoted at 2H cents per 
pound. Is Ibis Iris versicolor, and for wtial 
purpose Is II used? 1 did not know that 11 
had medicinal properties." 
Mine Hag (Iris versicolor) root Is used 
to some extent In medicine, though the demand 
Is limited. It has cathartic, emetic and diu¬ 
retic prois-rtles. The virtues Of the root are 
rapidly Impaired wllh age unless kept In 
close vessels. A common method of prepare 
lion Is to cut the fresh root Into thin slices, 
dry al a lempertaure of about 100 degrees, 
pulverize and put Into bottles, closely corked. 
Farm Help.- There are more Inquiries 
Hum ever regarding the possibility of getting 
farm bands In New York, but not much en¬ 
couragement can be offered. The great 
amount of building going on here at present 
makes a demand for labor lit prices that most: 
farmers cannot meet. Doubtless many of 
these men would bo better off financially at 
the end of a year with the seemingly lower 
farm wages. They certainly would be phy¬ 
sically and mentally. Hut the dny wages 
paid even the unskilled laborers In atreHs 
an<l tunnels look big to them. As In the 
past attention Is called to the Labor Bureau, 
Barge Office, Battery Park, N. Y. The Hu- 
perlntendenl, W. II. Meara, Is able to furnish 
quite a number of farm bands during (lie 
year, and the service Is free. w. w. IT. 
PEACH 
Trees grown on mountain soil are healthy, 
hardy and long lived. We offer a large stock 
of these grand trees In standard variet ies, < arly 
to late. In the best grades for commercial 
planting. Our Peach tree experience covers 
sixteen years; wo have mastered the knotty 
problem; let US start you on tbo road to 
success. 
Apple Trees 
Yon want tbo low headed, stocky, shapely 
chaps that’s easy to prune, spray and cultivate. 
We grow them (50 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, "Ht ayman 
Wlnesap,” In t wo-year trees. Also 1*1 urn, Pear, 
(berry and Quince trees. Grape Vines and 
Hmall Fruit,s In large supply. 
Mend us your list for est imates. Catalog and 
Wholesale Price List, free. 
The Patterson Nursery Co • 
Sfcs .irtstown, Pn. 
DCRDV ni a IITC Wholesale Prices, Marlboro 
HCnfl I rLHIl I O and ('iil.hlicrtKod liaspbui'ION, 
Snyder Blackberry. H. BOND, Geneva, N. V. 
nKVVHKKltV I'I.ANTN and Ward Blackberry 
Plante and Sweet Potato Seed for allies send for 
price. MICHAEL N, HOKCO, Vluebuid. N, 
J 
THERE'S MONEVIN 
FARMING 
If you understand Modern Methods and 
I arm INTELLKiENTLY. 
Kvcry Header of Title Rural Nkw-Yokkkr 
who is interested in funning or gardening, in 
the growing of fruit or of Mowers, Is Invited 
to send lorn free copy of our SO page catalogue 
and full information In regard to the Home 
.Study ('nurses In Agriculture. Horticulture, 
Landscape Hardening end Plericulturu which 
we otter under Prof. Brooks of the Mass. 
Agricultural College and Prof. Craig of Cor¬ 
nell University. 
THE HOME CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL 
PKIT. IS, SIMM VOKIKI.I). MASH. 
FERTILIZER LIME.MS 
WALTON QUA Kit IKS, HnrrUbiirg, Pii. 
BRUSSELS SPROUT SEED K'V.'T!. 
grown from the best stock In the world. Price 7f>o. to 
fide, peroz. Write for Price Llstatoneu to WM. W. 
STERLING & HON, Cuteliogue, L. I..N.V. 
Improved 
Second Crop Seed Potatoes 
the best under ttio sun. Como the 
earliest, grow the best, sell best. 
Hee wlmt Mr. Alva Agee nays about them In my froo 
catalog. J. \V. JIAI.L, Marlon Hintlon, Maryland. 
Get Our Surplus List 
on Apple and Peach 
Trees. Finest lot grown. 
C. R.BURR & CO., Manchester, Conn. 
THE VERY BEST 
STRAWBERRIES 
At $2 p«r 1 OOO and Upwards 
Strawberry plnrifn l»y the million; 
IliackhrrrlcN, Kiiiiiliprrlei, Cur- 
rantiiAnclGrnf>ea. All the good old 
& , nnd choice new vnrlctlc. atlown.t 
/ price for l ent (|uall!y. I-'or .*10 yearn a 
Small Fruit Sf**clill%t. /Iluvlratrd, 
descriptive < utAlng, trill tit; how to plant 
ami grow—with prh r-., free TO ALL. 
J. T. LOVETT, Llttlo Silver, N. J. 
strawberry growing 
LOOK I LOOK! PLANTS FOR SALE 
Blackberry, Kaspborry and Strawberry Plants. No. 1 
plants, all true to name. Before buying write me 
for pi Ices on goods I t hink I can save you money. 
Hlf'AKMH FOIL SALK!, all down In berries, peaehes, 
apples and plums. Good buildings, Itist-elass water; 
one farm lias 41 acres, the other 70. line location. 
Catalogue Free, D. W. MOSLEY, Dover, Del. 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS " 1 * 0 Wlu " t 
Palmetto. 
Cow Peas 
1.000 lie. FOK SALIC. 
HI* varieties. Address ICC. 
LAYTON, Brldgcvlllc, Del. 
F OIL SA LIC—Crimson <Hover Heed, AM.50 bushel. 
Red Clover Sued, AA7.BO and AAH.OO bushel. 
Dillon sets, Altg.OO and MB4.BO bushel, (tow Peas 
M04.5O to AA:J.7ft bushel. Jo.rpli K. llolM. Milford, lid. 
SEED Potatoes, Corn & Oats 
ot.lnii fit I JlWIi HT ( 'iilnloo liVfl 
Bust 
vari¬ 
eties a I, I/Owkh'FFriokk. Catalog Free. 
McAdams Heed Co., Columbus Grove, O. 
SARATOGA NEW STRAWBERRY 
I producing at one picking at rale per acre. MUR quarts 
in height Of season, Mulshing Inst of crop with Gandy. 
WILLIAM I'ALMKK, Ilex fords Mats. N. Y. 
Argon ten 11 and 
West Jersey Nursery, Bridgeton, N. J. 
P EACH TRKKN, 4 to t, feet, 6o. each, Liberia, 
Crosby. Hinocli, etc. Heed for our eatslogiic. 
WOODBINE! NUKHICltlKH, W. A. Allen,Geneva, O. 
TIJFpQ York Statu grown. We offer tills famous 
I nCCO stock at low prices. Mend for free Cals 
log. ROCHESTER NURSERY CO., Rochester, N. Y 
rni 11T TPFPQ CHKAI*. all kinds. 
rnUI I I rCELC.0 Freight Paid. 40 
Aiiplo and Peach for 12.00. Agents Wanted. 
MITCHELL'S NDllSKHY, Beverly, Ohio. 
450000 
TREES 
sail viirlcllci,. AlwiCrii pcs, Si null Frulturlc.lunt root. 
Cd stock. Genuine, cheap. It sample currants mulled for 
10 c. Dene, price Bat free. I.KWIH UOKSCII, KrrdonU, N. Y. 
CM nnn Dollars from one A ere. The second 
H>I,UUU year 21,000 seven hundred anil NO qnnrts of 
Strawberries per aero. A variety I want you to 
plant, It will do you good 1008. last free. 
Kevltt's Plant. Farm, Atlienla, N. .1. 
S TKA WIIKRHY PLANTS forty of the best 
varieties: prices reasonable. Write for catalog, it 
Is free. .1. K. I.OHICK, M nom, Mara toga Co., N. Y. 
Transplanted vegetable plants 
Of the highest quality at the 
lowest price. Buy from the 
hugest, cheapest, and most 
reliable growers in America. 
Write for catalogue. 
_ THE j. K. HUTTON CO., 
Goiiyngbam, Pa., Formerly J. 10. Hutton A. Hon 
Trees 
Southern grown the best. Spring bargain 
list, now ready. Send for it before yon buy 
Kabtkki.v Nukhkky Co., Cleveland,Tonii. 
NATIVE EVERGREENS 
I'.abam Kir, Arbor VitkO, American Spruce, White 
Bine and Hemlock, II to 12 111., $5 per 1,000; fi,000 for 
120. Also Transplanted Evergreens. Write for price 
list,. MRS. JAMES A. ROOT, Hkancalelcs, N. V. 
Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, 
Vines, Roses, Evergreens anil 
Herbaceous Blunts. 
N K 1.8 0 N ROOVK, 
Agent* Wasted. BATAVIA, N. Y. 
BARTLETT 
PEAR TREES 
Ki(m Flm*, 2 Yrnm. 
A SMALL FRUITS 
IliKhcHt. Kmdfl. 
fltftO per 100 flp 
FltFIUlir l’AII> 
FRUITTREES 
Illustrated catalogue fr<s\ Hcrnl for one to-day. 
HIGHLAND N IIItMKKI KH, KOCHP.HTKIt. N. Y. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS . 
$1.50 tier 1,000 and up. Raspberry, Blackberry and 
Currants at low prices. Heavy looted high grade 
stock true to name. Spfdnt Sprint/ Wholnttlle l’rice 
Lint Err*. A. it. WESTON & CO., 
Houle H, Bridgman, Mich. 
The Chipman Strawberry is a Winner 
Tills mid forty other best varieties for sale; also 
ngg« from It. I. ICed Chickens, winners of first, 
prize at Wilmington poultry show. Send for free 
plant and poultry culalogmi. 
w. s. TODD, Greenwood, Del, 
CTRAWBKBUY PLANTS None belter grown. Buy 
direct from a specialist. Catalogue free. 
(J ICO. It. Hi HAUBICIt, Box It, Bnllaton Lnko.N.Y. 
Uf A ICIt BLACK HICKItY Hardy and reliable; 
■* one of the best. Well rooted plants, by mail, 25, 
75c.; 50, $1.00; 100, $1.50. For larger quantities, As¬ 
paragus Roots, Trues and other small fruit plants, 
send for price list. ( has. Brack. Hlghtstown, N. J. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
!1 best Standard Hurts. Sent by mull prepaid forll.OO. 
Catalog free. HLA YMAKICK & HON, Dover, Del. 
True PARAGON CHESTNUT SEEDLING Trees 
one year old for sale by mall post paid, well wrapped 
and packed to your door at the following prices: 
twenty cents each tree, two dollars per dozen, 
twelve dollars per one hundred. Address 
(!. K. SOBER, Lcwlshurg. Penn. 
QFPn No*" 1 Oats and Seed Corn, All 
UnHOu OEEU kinds of <Mover, Timothy. Blue 
Grass and Oil Meal, ohl 
Grass, Red Top, Orchard . 
process. Prices and samples on application 
C. «I. COVER, Ml. Gilead, 
Ohio. 
CKKDBWMMT POTATOES- Jersey Yellow, Jersey 
Bed, Vineland Bush; other varieties; plants In 
season. Price List. O. M. Harrison, Vineland, N J. 
OATS 
HMiiMttioh - 1221 btl. fior ni*r«\ It'* it win- 
nnr. Also Howd Coni. HiAifipInn unit c*l»- 
loKUnfruOa Tlioo. Hurt& Hour,M ulroiio,Ohio 
Dibble’s Seed Potatoes ( i 
Northern grown, carefully eelected from fields free 
from blight and disease, thornfore healthy and full of 
vitality. All the standard kinds, HO In all, ami our 
throe new oiiom pronounced by over 200 of ourcustom 
ers who grow tlnmi last year, the most productive 
varieties in America and absolutely ItLIGHT- 
I’ROOF. Wo grow a large partof our potatoes and 
sell them direct to you at live and let live prices, 
I land some Illustrated Catalog Free. Send for ft now. 
PDWARI) P. DIBBLE, Sccdgrower, Moneoye Palin, N. V. 
BURPETSSEEl 
SEED POTATOES 
Thorhurn's Noroton Beauty, Irish Cobbler, Burpees, 
Quick Lunch, .lerrard's Early Surprise, Early ,Sun¬ 
light., Maggie Murphy, American Giant, Gold Coin, 
Million Dollar, Carman No. II, Sir VV. Raleigh. 
c. W. BURNETT, Phelps, N. Y. 
A BIG GARDEN 
The year of 11)0# was one of prodigal plenty on our 
k need farms. Never before did vege- 
table and faun seeds return such 
enormous yields. 
Now we wish to gain 200,000 new 
customers I lilsyeui and lieni eotfer 
for i 2 o postpaid 
I [ill,. Onrilt-n Pity Itr.t • • 10« 
1 “ tkrllsil l(l|,.l'lil,lill,n . 10s 
1 •• I'.nrl’t I'.niernM t'lisiimhar Its 
1 '* l.nt'rw.Mri Aliirkrt l.slliisn 15a 
I '* 11) liny llnitl.li ... |Oa 
1 “ nine film,(I Tomato - - 16a 
1 " Jul.y Tiirnlp - - - - ,Oa 
1 IKK) t itih-Ih sliirbllllily lie All 11- 
ful flum-r mill, ..... ,6o 
Total f k .00 
All for 12 n pnsl paid I n order to I utro- 
dltee our warranted seeds, and If you 
will send 10o we will add one pindinge 
of Berliner Earliest Cauliflower, to¬ 
gether with our ilium,noth plant, 
nursery stock, vegetable and farm 
Seed and tool eatalng. 
This catalog Is mailed free to nil 
^utendliiKpurchasers, Wnlo to-day. 
JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO., 
La Crosse, WIs. 
A New Book of 200 pages, mtilled 
Free to all who want to plant the 
Best Seeds that Grow. Address 
BURPEE'S SEEDS, Philadelphia. 
SEED CORN 146 BU. ACRE 
DIAMOND JOE’S BIG WHITE:- A nt-rlr.tly tn w variety. None like It. ILIhUio Eurllcmt 
iiikI Best Big White Corn In thoWoild Because It, was bred for most, Big Bushels, not, fancy 
hIkiw points; beca use grown from thoroughbred Inherited stock; every stalk boars one or more 
good ears; because sclent .Ideally handled, thoroughly dried and properly cured and bad the 
most rigid examination. Big Heed < 'di alog FRKIC. 11> tells about all best farm, grass, garden and 
(lower seed grown. Send for It to-day. Address 
ICATEKIN’S SEED HOUSE, SlienaudowL, lowu 
