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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 13, 
Ruralisms 
Water-glassed Eggs. —Several years 
ago the water glass or sodium silicate 
process of preserving eggs was first 
given prominence in this department of 
The R. N.-Y. Hundreds of readers 
were induced to test the method, and, 
according to our best information, with 
almost unvarying success. The method 
is simple, and so cheap where com¬ 
mercial solution of water glass (sili¬ 
cate of sodium) can be procurred at a 
reasonable price—not greatly exceeding 
50 cents per gallon—that there is obvi¬ 
ous economy for the farmer to store his 
own Winter supply of eggs in Sprimr, 
when they are cheap and plentiful The 
process is too little known to be re¬ 
garded favorably by commercial pack¬ 
ers, though eggs preserved for months 
in water glass are usually found to 
be quite comparable to fresh-laid eggs 
and far superior to those held in cold 
storage or preserved by the limewater 
and paraffin methods. Here is a sam¬ 
ple report from a reader of this col¬ 
umn : 
Before June 8 I put in stone jars about 
30 dozen eggs, gathering them twice daily 
and using nine parts water to one of the 
silicate solution. The jars were kept 
tightly covered and on the cellar floor. 
When we began to use them. October 1, 
they were perfect in appearance, very good 
in taste, would boil and beat up as well as 
fresh eggs but when fried seemed to be¬ 
come soft or “mussy.” Some had a tea¬ 
spoonful of watery substance at one end. It 
was impossible to distinguish them from 
fresh eggs by appearance even if candled. 
If profit was desired they were satisfactory. 
Selling price when packed was less than 20 
cents per dozen and they have sold readily 
at 40 cents. Discretion is advisable in 
offering them. One party had paid the 
fresh, delicious eggs many compliments— 
perhaps one-half had been from the packed 
jars. When told that one-half dozen were 
from the solution the buyer became frantic. 
"Would not fake them at any price. 
Wouldn’t have them in the house. Wouldn’t 
try to cook one.” She was not enlightened 
as to her past achievements in preparing 
them, and she went elsewhere for fresh 
eggs. x. 
New York. 
The white jelly-like substance found 
in the preserving fluid after long use 
is a tasteless and harmless insoluble 
hydrate of silica formed by the action 
of the solution on the limy eggshells 
and does not appear to impair its ef¬ 
ficiency in any noticeable degree. We 
find the frying qualities of the pre¬ 
served eggs are improved by keeping 
them after taking out of the solution, 
in a dry place for a few days before us¬ 
ing, and thus getting rid of any excess 
of moisture. The preserved eggs ap¬ 
pear to keep about as long and as well 
after taking out as fresh eggs under 
similar conditions of temperature and 
dryness. 
The Chestnut Bark Disease. —The 
new and terribly destructive chestnut 
disease that first appeared four years 
ago in eastern New York is rapidly 
spreading over the adjacent States of 
Connecticut, Pennsylvania and New Jer¬ 
sey. The greenish spores now appear¬ 
ing on the dead or dying bark over 
the “cankers” are blown by millions all 
about the country, and find lodgment in 
crevices or wounds in the bark of 
healthy chestnut trees, often many miles 
distant, where they germinate and pro¬ 
duce the deadly fungus that feeds on 
the cambium or tender new wood and 
seldom dies out until it girdles the 
branch or trunk on which it starts, kill¬ 
ing everything above it. Trees may be 
infected in many places at the same 
time, and rarely live more than a season 
or two after the disease first appears. 
Recent infections are more evident at 
this season than any other because of 
the shrinking and cracking of the dead, 
undermined bark during the dormant 
period. Inspection of forest chestnuts 
near the Rural Grounds shows an alarm¬ 
ing number of trunk cankers and dead 
and diseased branches; There is no 
known cure, and the recommendations of 
scientists detailed to study the disease 
are confined to the cutting and mark¬ 
eting of all affected chestnut timber in 
order to reduce losses as much as pos¬ 
sible. Pruning and burning the diseased 
limbs may have some effect in delaying 
its spread, but so many trees show 
trunk infection, even at the very base, 
that this treatment does not appear par¬ 
ticularly promising. The truth is that 
until the disease is better understood 
we are helpless as regards controlling 
it, either by spraying or mechanical 
means. About 80 years ago a quite sim¬ 
ilar disease is said to have spread over 
great areas in Georgia, Kentucky and 
Tennessee, killing off nearly all chest¬ 
nut trees, which are scarce to this day 
in those particular localities. The one 
present hope is to find or develop re¬ 
sistant varieties for nut planting if not 
for timber use. The disease is not 
known to attack any tree but the chest¬ 
nut, and apears most formidable to our 
wild native species—one of the most 
valuable forest trees we have. The 
Japan species is believed to be very re¬ 
sistant, but is not considered immune. 
The low quality of the nuts and small 
stature and tenderness of the trees as 
regards frost, of the Japans, render them 
of little comparative value. Writers on 
the chestnut bark disease say that the 
European kinds, such as Paragon, 
Ridgely, and others, are as subject to 
infection as the wild natives, but the 
writer has yet to see an infected branch 
or tree of these varieties, and - would 
like information from our readers on 
the subject. The disease has appeared 
in virulent form on the Rural Grounds, 
severely affecting natives. Paragon hy¬ 
brids and chinquapins, but as yet not 
injuring the true Paragon, Ridge’y, nor 
any Japan variety, including hybrids 
with chinquapins and other chestnut 
species. If anyone has observed infec¬ 
tion in the true Paragon we should like 
to know it. If this valuable commercial 
variety is reasonably resistant it will 
be cheering news to many planters. If 
not, we may as well face the unpleas¬ 
ant fact and change our plans accord¬ 
ingly. There is belief among chestnut 
growers that the chestnut disease may 
meet a natural check and r .pidly dimin¬ 
ish in virulence, but it show- no pres¬ 
ent indications of doing so. 
“Helianti.” —The new tuberous vege¬ 
table and forage plant, soon to be of¬ 
fered in this country under the name 
of “Helianti” hails from Germany, and 
is said to be a “hybrid of the sunflower 
family.” As the introducer’s description 
is copyrighted we cannot reproduce it, 
bul claims are made that the cooked 
tubers are nutritious and palatable, hav¬ 
ing something the flavor of asparagus, 
and that the plant is handy, easily grown 
and immensely productive. Analyses are 
given that show a good nutritive ratio. 
A distributing agent has been appointed 
for this country, and a campaign of 
promotion w : ll probably be started. Let 
us hope “Helianti” is something really 
new and useful, and not too similar to 
the long-known Jerusalem artichoke, 
Helianthus tuberosus, which has merit 
both as an esculent and forage plant, 
but is so difficult to get out of the 
soil when once established that it is 
rarely planted by those who know it. 
w. v. F. 
THE PAPERS “MISFIT’’THE SEEDS. 
Planting of Catalpa for timber has 
become a great industry in some parts 
of the country. Trees have been 
started by the million. The planters 
confidently hope for profit, yet many 
will be disappointed because they have 
started the wrong kind. Much of this 
mix-up has been caused by bogus seed. 
C. speciosa is the variety wanted for 
timber. This makes a straight, upright 
growth—giving a good fence post in a 
few years, or a good stick of timber 
in a longer time. C. bignonioides 
gives a round-headed, spreading tree, 
ornamental, but not making the straight 
stem needed for profitable timber. The 
man who plants an apple orchard think¬ 
ing he is to have a fine lot of Baldwin 
or Spy may well be disgusted when, 
after working for years, he finds some 
inferior variety on the trees. It is not 
a calamity, however, because he can 
top-work the trees and save them. It 
would be a calamity, however, for a 
man to plant Catalpa, expecting them to 
be C. speciosa, and find after a while 
that, through bogus seed, he had only 
C. bignonioides. On page 263 will be 
found pictures of seeds bought from 
well-known seedsmen for C. speciosa 
These seeds are life size, and show the 
characteristic shape of the varieties. It 
is said that seeds of C. bignonioides 
are easier to gather and much cheaper 
than C. speciosa. When mixed together 
it is hard for the average grower to 
tell them apart. The matter is so im¬ 
portant that growers who buy seed 
should, unless they are sure from their 
own knowledge, always send a fair 
sample to the forestry division of the 
Department of Agriculture for exam¬ 
ination. Do not plant anything but C. 
speciosa for timber. 
The Woman Hater Can you ex¬ 
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ever thanks a man for giving her his 
seat in a street car?” The Man Hater: 
“Easily, sir! It’s because she hardly 
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When you write advertisers mention The 
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Hurst Potato and Orchard Sprayer 
This Machine 
Sprays Anything 
Potatoes, orchards, vineyards, truck, 
etc. Cheap in price, light, strong-and- 
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Pushes easy as it is well-balanced. Vapor 
spray, prevents blight, scab, rot and 
bugs. Doubles your crop. Brass ball- 
valves, brass plunger, strainer, etc. 
.Guaranteed for 6 years. All 4 
HW»t 
free trial 
f Without a-cent- in -advance. Test^ 
them with your money in your pocket, 
and then if you buy, pay us out of the 
extra profit. Don’tpay the deal¬ 
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us and get wholesale prices. The 
Hurst Horse-Dower Sprayer 
(shown below) is for large fruit, 
grape and potato growers. “ No 
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this king of sprayers.” Fitz-All 
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Furnished plain, on barrel or on wheels. 
High pressure, perfect agitation, easy 
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of all-kinds-of-sprayers 
($3 to $100), spraying- 
guide. and special 
free sprayer offer 
for first in each lo¬ 
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Do it now. 
H.L.HURST MFG .CO., 
45Horth St.,Canton,0, 
The Deyo Power Sprayer 
Buy the original and save trouble and ex¬ 
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Cooled Engine is furnished with pulley for 
other work. Seven years of success. Ask the 
user. Write for catalogue 19 and our Liberal 
Proposition. 
R. H. DEYO & CO., Binghamton, N.Y. 
Is the most effective and 
cheapest liquid fertilizer 
for ALFALFA, CLOVER 
and all legumes. 
Enriches the soil in NI¬ 
TROGEN, benefits other 
crops, corn, wheat, vege- 
— — tables, potatoes, cotton, 
tobacco, etc. 
Success Guaranteed 
Send 30 cts, for small trial bottle and test 
it in your home. Price $2.00 per acre. 
Write for particulars to 
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Dept. 109, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 
S POAV Your Fruits, Crops, 
* * Poultry Houses, and 
do whitewashing with The 
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28 Jay Street, Rochester. N. Y. 
“KANT-KLOG” 
SPRAYERS JP 
Something New 
Spraying 
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Gets twice the results 
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Buy direct from the manufacturer and save money. 
Spraying Compound ready to mix with water. One 
gallon of Spraying Compound will make from sixteen to 
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TERMS III barrel lots ( SO gals. ) SO cents per gal. 
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THE 
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Write for copy of onr free book telling how 
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*37, Sabin St., Jackson, Mich.,U.S.A. 
Pioneer Makers of Potato Machinery 
IT PAYS TO SPRAY 
The Iron Arc 4-row Sprayer gives I 
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and preventing blight. Has 
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BATEMAN MFG. CO.. Box 102-S. GRFNLOCH, N. J. 
RUNNING WATER ON FARM 
THE AERM0T0R GASOLINE ENGINE 
In designed to supply water for the farm 
building. This outfit insures a supply of 
water at all times and the price is within 
the reach of every farmer. Pump cap.—1600 
gals, per hour, 15 ft. elevation; 800 gals. ,25 
ft.: 400 gals., 50 ft. $42.50 Delivered at 
K.IL 8ta. Write for descrip¬ 
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full information. 
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59 Park Place, N. Y. 
WaterSupply % for Country Houses. 
The Problem Solved 
No elevated tank to 
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located in cellar. 
Any pressure np to 
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SEE THEM GROW 
WHEN YOU HAVE SPRAYED YOUR TREES, PLANTS AND VINES WITH 
NIAGARA BRAND 
LIME SULPHUR SOLUTION 
The great all around Spraying Material. It acts as a tonic and it kills Scale and 
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SCALECIDE 
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§ f WILL POSITIVELY 
DESTROY 
.SAN JOSE SCALE 
Not an experiment. 
City 
