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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 1, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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CUTAWAY ORCHARD PLOW. 
This is a fine tool for plowing aspara¬ 
gus. By taking off the three straight 
disks on the left side and boring a few 
hole-- so as to set the uprights on an 
angle, then putting two curved disks in 
place of the three, and two curved 
disks on the right side, you can drive 
along a row and will throw a ridge 
would mean 75 pounds or 1.200 ounces. 
To divide this between almost 5,000 
hills would be small business. We 
would not try to put it -in* the hill, hut 
mix with dry earth or plaster and 
scatter broadcast along the rows. If 
you are to use manure you can scatter 
the potash through the manure as the 
land is made up and broadcast all to¬ 
gether to be plowed or harrowed in. 
Muriate of potash contains half its 
weight of actual potash, while wood 
ashes contains almost one-third the full 
weight of lime, five per cent of potash 
and less than two per cent of phos¬ 
phoric acid. 
where it should be, exactly on top of 
the row. This is easier, better and 
quicker than the ordinary plow. When 
it is time to plow down your ridges you 
can reverse the disks and set close to¬ 
gether like an inverted V; it is sur¬ 
prising how these wheels will cut a 
good-sized ridge down, and only once 
at that. This also makes a good road 
machine for scrub oaks. You can set 
it to turn in and run it along a narrow 
scrub rdad. It will chew out quite a 
few scrubs, and what it does not take 
out it shakes them up so a few blows 
with a stub hoe will bring them. By 
running a machine like this over our 
scrub roads and chewing off a foot 
each side every year or two we could 
in time have all our scrub roads wid¬ 
ened very cheaply. g. p. 
Long Island._ 
A Seeds Law in North Dakota. 
A hill has passed the North Dakota 
Legislature and been signed by the 
Governor which promises to make a 
lively experiment in the seed busi¬ 
ness. As briefly stated by Prof. Bol- 
ley: 
The law demands dial persons selling or 
exposing seeds for sale shall attach a label 
which shall show the name of the person, 
firm or corporation responsible for the seed 
and also the name of the kind of seed 
offered; prohibits the sale of seeds contain¬ 
ing seeds of quack grass, sow thistle, 
Canada thistle and dodder, and demands 
that varieties shall be reasonably true to 
name: establishes a seed-testing laboratory 
at the Agricultural College and provides for 
the inspection, testing or analysis of sam¬ 
ples to he sent in by citizens or collected 
by inspectors. 
This law will not interfere with 
seeds in transit or with grain used as 
food. If uncleansed seeds are sold for 
seeding purposes they must be so la¬ 
beled. _ 
OYSTER SHELL BARK LICE. 
M. IP. M., Amherst, O —How can I con¬ 
trol oyster-shell scale on red and black 
raspberry canes? I have a field of six 
acres badly infested. 
Axs. — The Oyster-shell scales oin 
your black and red raspberry canes do 
not contain living insects in Winter, 
hut shelter masses of eggs that will 
hatch out later. The most certain 
treatment 'will be to cut and burn all 
infected canes over the whole six 
acres, thus entirely destroying the new 
crop of scale, but as this treatment will 
destroy your fruit crop for the next 
year, it may be profitable to substitute 
spraying with whale-oil soap solution 
made up of about one pound of whale- 
oil soap to each gallon of warm water. 
This may be applied with an ordinary 
potato sprayer, forcing it well among 
the infected canes. This should find 
its way under the scale and destroy 
nearly all the eggs, but it cannot he 
considered an absolutely sure method. 
The Oy'ster-shell scale has a ..number 
of natural enemies, and sometimes in¬ 
fections disappear without treatment. 
Application of Potash. 
J. /'. <)., Oswe</o, y. Y .—What would lie 
a safe quantity of potash to be applied in 
lull for corn, potatoes, etc., and best 
method? Ilbw mix with manure or land 
plaster? Hoy does hardwood ashes com¬ 
pare with potash as a fertilizer? 
Axs.—One hundred and fifty pounds 
of either sulphate or muriate of potash 
per acre would be a large dose. This 
A Temperance Argument. —A boy or man 
who frets interested in bees will have no 
use for cigars or beer as a general rule, 
and l lie great majority of bee-keepers will 
be found on the side of purity, truth and 
righteousness. As a proof of this I sub¬ 
mit the fact that the National convention 
rented a hall owned by* a beer seller for 
$40. The convention lasted three days, 
with 400 present. The saloon-keeper said 
if he had known what kind of a crowd 
they were he would have charged a larger 
rent, as not one of the crowd had spent 
a cent at the bar in the whole three days. 
This was, I think, at San Antonio, Texas. 
Can anv other organization make a better 
showing? j. A. CRANE. 
For horses. Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, 
Chickens, Lawns— A fence for 
every purpose. Big heavy No. 
9 Coiled Spring Wires thickly 
galvanized. 150 styles at 
15 to 35c per rod—We pay Frt, 
Free sample and catalog. 
The BROWN fence & Wire Cc, 
Depi. 59, Cleveland^ Ohio. 
SAMPLE 
When you write advertisers mention The 
I t. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.’' See guarantee page 10. 
—Best thing out for 
starting' early vege¬ 
tables. Melons, lima 
beans, c u k e s a n d 
sweet eorn are ready for market two week earlier. 3-in. 
pots. $1.25 a 1000, §5 for 5000: 1-in.. $1.75 a 1000, $7.50 for 
50(10. !\ It. CROSBY A SON. PlltotKo llle, Md. 
Paper Pots 
Best high carbon coiled steel 
wire. Easy to stretch over 
hills and hollows. FREE 
Catalog—fences, tools. Buy 
from factory nt wholesale 
prices. Write today to Box > < 
MASON FENCE CO., LEESiU KG, 0. 
ORNAMENTAL WIRE AND STEEL FENCE 
All 
Wires 
! This 
: Size 
No. 3 
Factory Price 
On Empire 
BigWire’Tence 
Freight prepaid for everybody far 
as Ohio and Mississippi rivers. 
Double the life of 
little wire fences. 
High carbon steel, 
heavily galvanized. Fence to turn 
anything and to last. Note the 
crimped tie at crossings. Send tor 
sample today to, 
BONIS STEEL POST CO.. Adrian, Mich. 
48 IN.Br^d 5 29c 
Cheaper than wood, 
combining strength 
and art. For lawns, 
churches, cemeteries. 
Mend lor F R E E 
CATALOG. Address. 
The Ward Fence Co. 
I'ux C7K Decatur, ind. 
SPRAYING MATERIALS. 
For 20 years we have been manufac¬ 
turing spraying materials—our reputa¬ 
tion and experience insures you the 
lowest prices consistent with 
STANDARD UNIFORM QUALITY. 
Why risk injuringyour trees and plants 
with untried mixtures? Always use 
"LION BRAND” ARSENATE of LEAD 
PURE PARIS GREEN 
LIME SULPHUR SOLUTION 
CONCENTRATED BORDEAUX 
MIXTURE 
Our Lime Sulphur Solution for San 
Jose Scale is all ready for use—no 
disagreeable boiling necessary—just 
mix with water. 
Send at once for our Free Booklet_ 
Wlien. Why, How to Snriiy, 
and YVliat to Spray Willi. 
THE JAS. A. BLANCHARD CO., 
Cortlandt Terminal Building, 
New York City. 
“LION BRAND” 
POTAS 
>tf§i 
Potash in the Fertilizer Puts Ora on th© Cob and 
Profit in th© Pocket 
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Practical field lefts with the fertilizing elements, Potash, Phos¬ 
phoric Acid and Nitrogen, have amply demonstrated the truth 
that potash is essential to the development of sound, profit-paying 
CORN 
Your commercial fertilizer] for corn should contain at least g% 
of Potash. The result will be a larger yield and better quality. 
POTASH SS PROFIT 
Valuable Literature, FREE, on Fertilizing Corn and all other crops. 
GERMAN ECALI WORKS, 93 Nassau Street, New York 
Monadnock Block. Chicago Candler Building, Atlanta, Ga. 
USED FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN FOR 27 YEARS. 
SOLD BY SEED DEALERS OF AMERICA. 
Saves Currants, Potatoes, Cabbage, Melons, Flowers, 
Trees and Shrubs from Iiisects. But up in popular pack¬ 
ages at popular prices. Write for free pamphlet o.i Bugs, 
and Blights, etc., to 
TRADE MARK 
B. HAMMOND, FishkiH-on=Hudsots, New York. 
Surplus Berry Plants 
THE STRAWBERRyMAN 
of PULASKI. H.y 
We have a surplus of Cuthbert, Columbian, 
Shaffers, King, and Ruby RASPBERRIES; 
Snyder BLACKBERRY; Lucretia DEW¬ 
BERRY; Josselyn GOOSEBERRY; Conovers 
ASPARAGUS; Dunlap, Chipman and Cham¬ 
pion STRAWBERRIES; ROSES, GLADIO¬ 
LUS BULBS, Etc., Etc. Complete Catalogue 
of Berry Plants FREE. We make a specialty 
of supplying plants late in the season. Address 
L. J. Farmer, Box 920, Paslaski, /V. V. 
STRONG, HEALTHY, CHOICE NURSERY STOCK 
We offer for Spring of 19119 the finest aid largest assortment of Fruits and 
Ornamentals that we have e^er grown and they cannot be surpassed. 
Write today for our Free Illustrated Catalogue which will show you just what you 
want for your Spring P.anting. 
We are always pleased to quote special prices on your list and can give you the 
right figures for the right stock. 
YYe do Landscape (Jardening in all its In aneheR. Don't pluco your order until you gel m:r prices. 
T. J. DWYER & CO., 1\ O. Box 1, Cornwall, New York. 
Dreer’s Garden Supplies 
Write to-day for our Tool Catalogue of Garden Imple¬ 
ments ; Dreer Lawn Mower, Lawn Rollers, Rakes, etc., 
also Fertilizers for Lawn and Garden. 
Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS. QUALITY TREES 
EO. R. SCHAFBEK, Box R, Baliston Lake, N. Y 
VEGETABLE PLANTS 
AND FhOWUHS. Send for Price List of Trans¬ 
planted. Wi ii-Hardcned Plants. 
THE J. E. IH'TTON CO., Conyngham, Pa’ 
| have made Harrison’s Nurseries the largest tree 
growing establishment in the world. I ICO acres. 
Everything in the line of fruit trees, plants and 
j ornamentals. Send your address for catalog. 
! HARRISON’S NURSERIES, Berlin, Md. 
S trawberry Plant*- Cliipman, a leading variety. Alsou]] 
other reliable varicticn. Send for my free 1909 Catalogue; 
Prices from $l.r.O up. DAVID HODWAY, Hartly, Del. 
S TRAWBERRY PLANTS— Reliablejiioncy-making 
varieties, only $1.50 and $1.7.3 per 1000. New 1909 cata¬ 
logue Free. S. A. Y1KD1N, Hartly, Del. 
prrtft PfISJM Improved White Cap. 
wCEU WUllll Acclimated to Pennsylvania 
soil, a few bushels selected from the stock, out of 
a(10 acre field that made 100 bushels to acre. Get 
the best before it is all gone. Address 
SHEXANUO RIVER FARMS, Transfer. Pa. 
G HOICK CLOVKlt AND <i KASS SKI IDS sold 
direct to the farmer. We have reduced our 
choice Hungarian and Millet seeds to the present 
market value. Write for samples and puces at 
once. X. WERTHEIMER & SONS, Ligouicr Ind. 
THE BEST CORN FOR NEW YORK. 
Also high bred ensilage seed. Write to-day. 
CLIFTOX-HILL FARM. Baliston Lake, N. Y. 
FOR SALE~ M "' ii " m C, " vev Ree<1 ' 85' 5 ® t0 #7.50 liu. 
Crimson Clover Seed. $3.50 to $4.50 bu.: 
Onion Sets. $2.50 bn.: Cow Peas. $1.75 lm.. Cow-liorn 
Turnip Seed. 10c. lb. Joseph E. Hum. a no, Milfowl. Del. 
15 Gents a Red 
For a 22-inch Hog Fence; lGefor 
26-inclr; l‘Jc for 31-lncli; 22 l-2c 
for 34-lnch; 27c for a 47-Inch 
Farm Fence. 50-inch Poultry 
Fence Sic. Lowest prices ever 
made. Sold on 30 days trial. 
Catalog free. W rite for i t today. 
KITSELMAN BROS., 
Bos 230, MUNCIE, IND. 
S EED CORN—Mammoth Yellow Dent: great yield- 
er : produces Kill bu. shelled corn per acre; band 
shelled, at $2.50 per bo. Amos Zigler. KoweDDa. Pa. 
P nlatne,—[Jovee, Carmaa.Cnin.Giunt.H us tier,Fort line. Helicon^ 
Oh in, I .nn . ffllnw,Queen. It use. 85 kiu(in.C.W.Ford,Fl8hei'8,N. Y t 
LITTLE TREES and PLANTS 
\\ ill bear fruit, almost as quickly as the large 
ones. Some of you are a long distance front a 
nursery. We can send them in finest condition 
to any part of t lie eonntrv by mail, postpaid. 
POACHES and APPLES at $1.00 per do/.. 
Other stock at proportionate prices. 
JOS. H. BLACK, SON & CO., Hightstown, N. J. 
50 000 ~ UAKTS 01 STR A W BEK HIES 
EASE 
YOUR IVHND OF 
FENCE TROUBLES 
by erecting a fence that stays 
put up. 
THE FROST WiRE FENCE 
is the original coiled steel spring 
wire fence. Lasts a lifetime. 
Made of heavy gauge high carbon 
[ wire. Only fence which provides for 
uniform contraction and expansion. 
TV r ie for prices and Free catalog , 
showing Fences and Gates. 4 
THE 
FROST WIRE FENCE CO. 
Cleveland, Ohio 
Dept. II. 
now growing on one acre, my system. 
Pome June hi. see me win or lose, as Pollingwood 
says. T. C. KEY1TT, Athoi'iia, X. J. 
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