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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 20, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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answered in our advertising columns. Ask only 
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separate piece of paper.] 
DEATH OF PROF. SLINGERLAND. 
M. V. Slingerland, 45 years of age, pro¬ 
fessor of economic cnloinology in the New 
York State College of Agriculture at Cor¬ 
nell University, died March 11 at his home 
in Summit avenue, Ithaca, N. Y. lie had 
suffered from Bright’s disease for years, but 
a hard cold contracted a week before brought 
on a climax. Prof. Slingerland was born in 
Otto, Cattaraugus county, in 18G4. lie was 
a graduate of the Cornell College of Agri¬ 
culture and had been a teacher there since 
1899. lie had also been the entomologist 
of the New York Cornell Experiment Sta¬ 
tion and was a member of the Holland 
Society, the FIntomologieal Society, and the 
Association of Economic Entomologists. He 
had written many articles on insect pests, 
bugs and plant diseases. He had also pub¬ 
lished several hooks. lie was one of the 
Slate lecturers at many farm institutes and 
was recognized as an authority in his line. 
Mail Delivery Under Difficulties. 
W. E. H., UUier Co., N. Y .—If the lock 
Oil the letter box froze during a rainstorm 
so the carrier could not open it, is he to de¬ 
liver the mail at the house or to carry it 
back to the office? 
Ans. —While rural carriers are re¬ 
quired to use every reasonable endeavor 
to open locks on mail boxes when the 
locks are incrusted with ice if they are 
unable to do so they are not required to 
go to patrons’ residences' to effect the 
delivery of mail, but if patrons’ resi¬ 
dences are not within hailing distance 
and some one can call at the carrier’s 
vehicle, he will return the mail to the 
post office to be called for, or deliver 
the mail on his next trip, if possible. 
p. v. DEGRAW. 
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General. 
Cutting Back Kieffers. 
31. L. M.j Greenwood, Va. —1. Will It in¬ 
jure Kieffer pear trees that have grown to 
be from 20 to 25 feet high to cut them 
hack say to 18 feet? They are cone shaped 
and only the centres have grown to the 
above mentioned height. 2. What is it worth 
to spray per day with a power outfit run¬ 
ning four lines of hose, we furnishing the 
outfit and a man to run same? Is it usually 
done by the day or the number of gallons 
sprayed ? 
Ans.— 1. Kieffer trees can be cut back 
in that way with very little injury to 
the tree. Cut out the center back to 
where a vigorous side branch issues, as 
there then will not be such a large after¬ 
growth of suckers. If the wound is so 
large that it will not heal readily it 
should be painted with white lead and 
oil. The severe cutting back might force 
a very soft growth which would be more 
susceptible to pear blight. Kieffers are 
thought by some to be blight proof but 
I have seen them blight severely under 
certain conditions. 2. There are men do¬ 
ing power spraying in Niagara County, 
N. Y., running from two to four leads 
of hose, although two leads are usually 
all that it is practical to use. The charge 
is usually so much per day for outfit and 
man to run it. B. D. v. 
Profits in Tomato Canning. 
S. F. P., Fort Gay, W. Va .—We have a 
cannery near ns which is trying to interest 
faimers in tomatoes. They will contract at 
25 cents per bushel delivered, they furnish¬ 
ing seed and crates for delivery. The haul 
would be four miles with fair roads at that 
season and labor at 75 cents per day. Could 
a farmer expect reasonable profit at these 
prices? 
Ans. — I have grown at the rate of 
300 bushels of tomatoes per acre, and, 
of course, at that rate 25 cents per 
bushel would be very fair pay. How¬ 
ever, the ordinary farmer without any 
horticultural training could hardly ex¬ 
pect any more than half that yield per 
acre. It takes some experience to 
grow good stocky plants, which -re 
the best to give large yields. T like a 
clay loam soil that has been in some 
hoed crop one year; sod land does 
not do so well. About 10 pounds of 
well-rotted barnyard manure should be 
scattered around each plant. The land 
should be plowed early and be prepared 
very thoroughly. Without any previous 
experience, I would not attempt more 
than two acres the first year. After 
the plants are grown the crop can 
be grown and harvested about as eas¬ 
ily as the corn crop. I have found both 
home and commercial canning of to¬ 
matoes to pay well, owing to the 
heavy yield of the crop and the easi¬ 
ness by which the vegetable can be 
put up. I would advise the inquirer 
to investigate the matter of canning 
his own tomato crop. He can pur¬ 
chase a simple canning outfit for about 
$50, which would enable him to put 
up from 500 to 1,000 cans per day, ac¬ 
cording to the amount of labor em¬ 
ployed. The local merchants usually 
prefer ,the hand-packed tomatoes to 
the machine packed. With a little care, 
the hand-packed goods can be made 
almost as nice as fresh tomatoes that 
come from the vines. Herein is one 
of the main points that is greatly in 
favor of small home canneries. Then, 
again, these small factories save the 
loss when there is a glut in the mar¬ 
ket of the raw material. There is no 
expensive machinery lying idle to rust 
out when not in use. r. h. price. 
Virginia. 
ulless 
The Best Feeding 
Barley Grown 
XJO BARLEY has proved so 
valuable to the stock raiser 
as the White Hulless. No 
other can compare with it in 
earliness, yield and quality. It is 
both hulless and beardless. It will 
mature in from 60 to 90 days. It 
yields enormously, from 3 $ to 80 
bushels to the acre. As a feed for 
horses, cattle, hoes, poultry and all 
kinds of stock it is especially desir¬ 
able. Makes flue hay and does not 
lodge. Price: 1 Bu.,*L50; 2 Bu., *2.80: 
10 Bu., $13.00. — 
25th Anniversary Catalogue 
Pronounced to be the mostlnform- 
lng and complete,as well asthe most 
handsome seed catalogue over pub'ished 
in America. It offers a complete assort¬ 
ment of the varieties best worth growing: 
Grass Seed, Clover Seed, Alfalfa Seed. Po¬ 
tatoes, Oats, Wheat, Barley, etc.; Vege¬ 
table Seeds,Flower Seeds, Seed Corn, Gar¬ 
den Tools, etc. Every one of the 152 pages 
is filled with information valuable to seed 
planters. No farm or garden is so large 
or so small that this book will not assist 
to greater profits. It is expensive and 
cannot be distributed indiscrim¬ 
inately, but we will send it free 
to those who wish to buy genu¬ 
ine, high-grade seeds. 
Northrup, King & Co., 
Seedsmen 
Bridge Sq., Minneapolis, Minn. 
BRAND NEW 
So are my prices. Five Grape Vines for £Oc. 
postage piepaid. Your choice of the following 
varieties : Niagara, Worden, Concord, and Wood¬ 
cock’s Seedling 1 will make an assortmentof two 
black two white and one red, or all five of any 
one or two of above varieties. These are all 
standard varieties, and are specially adapted to 
the garden and home use and will not last long at 
this price. 
Prices on larger quantities furnished on request. 
J. CLINTON PtiET, It. F. D. No. 2, Webster. N. Y. 
PflTATflF? —Sir Walter Raleigh. Carefully grown 
I U I n I U LO and thoroughly sprayed during season. 
18 acres, 1908, averaged 238 bus. per acre. Ten bus. and 
underat 31.25. Over 10 bus. 81.00 F.O.B. West Rush,N.Y. 
T. E. MARTIN, West Rush, New York. 
Thielmanns—the Seedsmen—carry a full line of 
Garden and Field Seeds. Onion Seed a specialty. 
Write today for their catalog and Special Prices. 
The Thielmann Seed Co., Erie, Pa. 
PEACH TREES 
Hardy New Kngland Grown Fine Stock 
True to Name 
ASPARAGUS PLANTS 
Special prices, with list of varieties, now ready. 
Send for it to-day. 
BURR NURSERIES. 
Box Y, Manchester, Conn. 
Booklet on CATALfA TREES 
Let me tell you about the 150 acres 
I am growing for Telephone Poles. 
This wood takes the place of Ash and Hickory for Car¬ 
riage-makers’ uses. Beats fanning Two to One. 
H. C. ROGERS. B«i ll, Mechanicskurg, Ohio 
KGRAPEVINES 
61> Varieties. Also Small Fruits, T ree*. Ac. BestRoot- 
ed Stock. Gennine, cheap. 2 sample vines mailed for 10c. 
Descriptive price-list free. Lewi* lioesch, Box Ji, lrrduni»,N.r 
.Destroy Tree Pests. 
Kill San Jose scale, apple scab, fungi, lice, bugs, 
etc. Thoroughly spray with 
Good’s ha 1 c Oil Soap No. 3 
Sure death to enemies of vegetation. Fertilizes the 
ground. Nothing injurious, Used and endorsed by 
U. S, I jpartment of Agriculture. 
SO lbs., $8.SO; 1011 lbs., $4.50; larger quantities propor¬ 
tionately less. Write for booklet “Manual of Plant 
Uis'-ases”—it’s free. 
James Good. Original Maker, 945 No. Front St.,Phila. 
Make Your Own Fertilizer 
at Small Cost with 
WILSON’S PHOSPHATE MILLS 
Fromlto40H.P. Also Bone 
Cutters, hand and power 
for the poultrymen; grit 
and shell mills, farm feed 
mills, family grist mills, 
scrap cake mills. Send for 
our catalog. 
^ Wilson Bros., Sole Mfrs., Easton, Pa. 
EVERY HOME 
should be adorned with 
Palms and other leaf and 
flowering plants. We have 44 
g reenhouses full. Also have 
undreds of car lots of 
FRUIT and ORNAMENT- 
AL TREES. Seeds, Plants. 
Roses, Vines, Bulbs, small 
size Shrubs and Trees 
mailed postpaid. Safe arrival 
end satisfaction guaranteed. 
Immense stock of SUPERB 
CAN NAS, the queen of bed¬ 
ding plants. Direct deal will save you money and 
insure you the best. Elegant 168-page Catalog FREE. 
65 yeurs. 44 greenhouses. 1200 acres. 
The Storrs & Harrison Co., Box 188 Painesvitle. 0. 
10 G 
Strong, Hardy, Two-year-old AA 
rapevines*^™ 
Best varieties—red. white and black. Just the kind 
for planting aronnd the house, along fences, or in the 
garden. We also offer five tliree-yeiir-eld vine* for 
$l.oo. Will hear year after planting. Our valuable 
book,how to plant, cultivate and prune,free with every 
order. Grapes are easily grown and should be in every 
garden. T . 8 . HI liltAlU) COMPANY, Graprdn, NpeeUlixta. 
Katabti.hed 42 Years. FRKDON1A, ti. Y. 
12 FRUIT TREES 
Value $1.90 for 98c 
1 Roosevelt, 2 Lombard, 1 
Bradshaw Plum; 1 Mont¬ 
morency,1 Windsor Cherry; 
1 Niagara, 1 Elberta Peach: 
1 Baldwin, 1 Dutchess Apple; 1 Orange Quince anil 
1 Bartlett Pear. All trees first class, 4 feet high. 
12 Tree* For 98 Cent*. Send us a 1 ist of you r wants 
for wholesale prices Write for free catalog. 
JHALONKY Bit OH. A WFXLH, llm 10 Unnviillc, N. Y. 
FRUIT TREES—SHRUBS—ROSES 
Hai-dy, thrifty, well developed, fibrous-rooted trees and 
plants at prices which, after you investigate will attract 
your close attention. Assortment and quality unsur¬ 
passed. Catalogue free. THOMAS MARKS & CO., 
Nurserymen, Geneva, New York. 
UU II IT Apples.Pears,Plums,Chernes,Peaches. 
| nUI Grape Vines. Roses, etc. The Best 
_____ Prices; the Best Trees. Send for new 
iRr r\ illus. catalog; it’s free. 
I IlklitJ FRU1TLAND NURSERIES. 
J. Faerber, 311 Winton Road North, Rochester, N.Y 
BARTLETT & CLAPPS FAV. PEAR 
Our trees are fresh dug in the Spring and we 
guarantee satisfaction. We grow all varieties of 
Fruits, Asparagus, etc. Send for colored plate of 
the GREENY, the hest Plum there is. Address 
L’AMOREAUX NURSERIES, Schoharie, N, Y. 
YEARLING FRUIT TREES 
Standard and Doiic.in Apples. Cherry, Pear & Plum, 
Grown for our own use. Tartar King Oats, $1.15 
bu. Saeksfree. SAMUEL FRASER,Geneseo, N.Y. 
MILLIONS OF TREES 
PLANTS VINES, ROSES ETC. 
The oldest, largest and most complete nursery 
in Michigan. Send for catalog Prices reasonable. 
Agents wanted I E. ILGENFRITZ SONS CO. 
The MONROE NURSERY. Monroe Michigan. 
California Privet. 
Fine, bushy, 1 ,2, 3 and 4 feet. Cuttings of same. 
Lombardy and Carolina Poplars, nice, young, 8, 9 
and 10 feet. A few thousand Peach Trees, clean, 
thriftv growth. Asparagus Roots. Berry Plants, 
etc. Shade and Evergreen Trees, etc. 
J. A. ROBERTS, Malvern, Pa. 
Fruit, Shade, and Ornamental Trees, 
Shrubs, Roses and Plants of all kinds at 
CALL’S NURSERIES, PERRY, O. 
Call deals direct with his customers and 
thousands of the best fruft-growers are 
his customers. Write him for Price 
List. 
FROM GROWER TO PLANTER 
New and 
Trees 
Shrubs, Roses 
Evergreens 
Fruits 
Hardy Plants 
Best Stock at Reasonable Prices. 
No Agents. Commissions saved. 
Collections unequalled. 
Beautiful Illustrated Descriptive 
100 page Catalogue and Guide mailed 
free upon request. 
Ellwanger & Barry 
MOUNT HOPE NURSERIES 
Established 1840 Box K , Rochester. N. Y. 
YORK STATE GROWN. 
■k !■ ■■ We offer you the hardiest 
I 111 I ■ g and choicest Fruit and Orna- 
I I I Im ki mental, also Small Fruit, 
Shrubs, Roses, etc. Our 
prices are right for quality. We charge nothing for 
packing and boxiog. We gusraotee safe arrival. Get 
our Catalog before placing your order, A postal Card 
will bringit. ALLEN L. WOOD, Rochester,N.Y* 
PARK’S FIQM!J«,Va l . t r»: 
l iinil U also Aster, Phlox. Coxcomb, Pansy,Pink 
worth 50c, All Free if you write me a letter, not a postal' 
SMB"* AND WHEN WRITING why not enclose 10 cts for 
Park’s Floral Magazine, a chnrmingillustr’d 
monthly, bright as a Marigold, 1 year, with pkt Double 
Petunia, and Package of 1000 kinds, for a big crazy bed. 
3 lots 25c. Club with friends. GE0.W. PARK, A3, La Park. Pa. 
34 YEARS GROWING 
EVERGREENS 
and Forest trees. Over 38 
tested hardy varieties. All 
Nursery grown. We have 
over 60 millions and ship 
safely to all parts of tho 
country. Our trees live 
and grow, because they 
have good roots. Largo as 
veil as small trees supplied. 
$4.00 and up per thousand. 
Our new catalog is a mine of Information. You can 
have a beautiful Windbreak, Hedge, Shelterbelt or 
Screen with the hardiest of Evergreens at a very low 
cost. Our Bargain Bbeet describes 50 bargain lots from 
$1.00 per 100 and up. Millions of Nursery grown Forest 
trees. Shade and Ornamentals, Shrubs. Roses and Vines. 
Send today for free Catalog and Bargain sheet. 
Evergreen Specialist 
Box 212, Dundee, Illinois 
D. HILL 
Peach Trees 
$3 to $7 per 
100 . 
Myf.r <fc Son, 
llrltlgevUle, Pel. 
Our New 1909 Catalog Just Out. 
An iuvaiuabie hardbook to the in¬ 
tending planter. The best varieties 
of Peaches and other fruit trees and 
forty varieties of strawberry 
BARNES 
, how to grow them successfully. Over 
evry plants; a book brimful of good things: write for it. 
BROS. NURSERY COMPANY, Box 8, Ya 
alesville. Conn. 
SPECIAL VALUES It C C A 50 CHERRIES <t C CA 
___ FOR 30 DAYS. 60 PLUMS 5>V/i\JU 
Beautiful writ formed, welt rooted * year tree*, 3*4 to 5 ft. Your choice Delivered to all New England points; also In N. Y., 
N.J., Pa., Ohio,Mich., Ind. and Ill. Many oilier attractive offers in our complete catalogue — it is free. Hundreds of Ktual real- 
era are familiar, by teat, with the valuea wc have ottered through these columns for nearly a quarter of a century. I,ct ns send 
you the history of one of the moat productive 11 year old Apple orchards in Western New York, planted on the 
Filler System. Katalilished l»t7 H. S. WILEY & SON, Box 13, Cayuga, New York. 
$S.oo per 
AND UR. FREIGHT PREPAID 
Send for Free Catalogue that describes over 400 Varieties and tells 
how two Rural New-Yorker readers found we were reliable 
W. P. RUPERT & SON, 
Seneca, New York 
PATTERSON’S 
Special MARCH Prices. 
BUSINESS PRICES FOR THE HUSTLING 0RCHARD1ST. 
BRIGHT, CLEAN 
HEALTHY STOCK 
100,000 PEACH TREES 
COMMERCIAL 
VARIETIES 
Fully described in handsome, free FRUIT Catalogue. 
PATTERSON NURSERY COMPANY, - - Stewartstown, Pennsylvania. 
TREES 
Samples of 
Green’s Prices: 
Ac pCUT ftCCCD One Crawford Peach tree, 1 best New Diploma Currant, 
sv ucn I urren, I Niagara White Grape, I Live Forever hardy Rose¬ 
bush, all delivered at your home, by mail, for 25 cents. 
PDCCIIIC nni I AD nCCCD Fourteen trees for $1.00, as follows: 
UltttH o UULLAn UtTElla 8 Plum trees, 2 Burbank, 2 Lombard, 
2 Thanksgiving and 2 Abundance; 1 Bartlett Pear, 2 Elberta Peach, 1 Rich¬ 
mond and 1 Montmorency hardy Cherry trees, 2 Live Forever Rosebushes. 
Express Collect. All for $1.00. Trees about 4 to 5 feet high, 2 years old. 
(2DCCIHC DIP nCCCD Fifty Plum trees, your choice, about 4 to 5 
UHCLI1 O Dili urren. feet high, 2 years old, for $3.00. 50 Cherry 
trees, your choice, about 4 to 5 feet high,2 years old, $5.00. Cash with order. 
Send to-day for our 72-page FRUIT CATALOG, 137 fruit pictures, 
etc., and a copy of BIG FRUIT MAGAZINE, all a gift to you. Estab¬ 
lished 30 years. Capital, $100,000. 
BOOK WORTH A DOLLAR FOR 10 CENTS. Send 10 cents for 
postage and mailing Green’s Book on Fruit Growing. 
GREEN’S NURSERY CO. Box 40, Rochester, N. Y. 
