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THE RURAL NEW-VORKKR 
September 31, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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QUESTIONS ABOUT PECAN BUDDING. 
• When does the season begin for budding 
seedling pecans? How long does it last? 
What budding knife does the best work 
of the two that are now on ihe market 
for ring budding? Are there others than 
those two used in Louisiana? When does 
the grafting season begin, and must the 
stock be taken up for it? 
Pecan budding begins about the first 
of August and lasts as long as the bark- 
will peel, which is about two months. 
There are several budding knives 
patented having double blades, but one 
can be made by using two knives and 
binding or riveting their handles to¬ 
gether in such a way as to have their 
blades parallel and about an inch apart. 
This sort of contrivance will answer 
the purpose of any of the patented 
knives for ring or patch budding. The 
grafting is done in Spring, beginning 
about the time buds begin to swell, and 
may be continued for a month or more, 
provided the scions are kept back in cold 
storage. This work is all done in the 
nursery, where the trees are grown 
from the nuts, or in the orchard, where 
they stand permanently. 
H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
In budding the pecan on to the pecan 
and hickory, everything depends upon 
having the buds in a mature condition. 
"When the annular method is used, it is 
necessary that the bark should slip, but 
when the chip method is used, this is 
not necessary. The chip method is so 
very much better than the annular 
method that I no longer use the annu¬ 
lar. I find the buds just right for 
using here in April, and again in August 
and September. In Missouri it would 
probably be May and August and Sep¬ 
tember. In April I use the buds of the 
year before, and in August and Septem¬ 
ber the buds of the same year. The 
season lasts all through those three 
months. After using all the new 
budding knives (the new patents), I 
have discarded them all and gone back 
to the old-fashioned budding knife. 
The grafting is done in Louisiana in 
January and February, but I am afraid 
the heavy freezes in Missouri would 
make a great change necessary. It is 
always done underground, where the 
trees stand. In Missouri it would be 
well to keep the grafting wood dormant 
in a cold place and do the grafting just 
as growth began to start, and after the 
heaviest freezes are over. 
Louisiana. sam h. James. 
The regular season for budding pecan 
seedlings commences the latter part of 
June and ends the first part of Septem¬ 
ber. The best part of this season is 
July and August. Operators differ in 
their opinion as to the best pecan 
budding knife. I have never used one 
of the knives evidently referred to, but 
I have used White’s budding tool, and 
find it does very good work. Our 
budders, however, prefer a homemade 
knife, made by binding together two 
ordinary wooden-handled budding knives 
(with a stick between the handles). The 
blades are left about an inch apart and 
parallel. A bone is also put in the 
handle of this double knife to loosen 
up the bud from the stock. The graft¬ 
ing season begins about the last of De¬ 
cember and ends the first of March. 
January is considered the best month of 
the season with us. The stock should 
be grafted as it stands in the nursery 
row. If taken up and bench-grafted 
and then planted as many fruit stocks 
are, one will not get any trees to amount 
to anything. R. c. simpson. 
Florida. _ 
It has been very dry here this Summer. 
Ymt the grain is very good. The hay crop 
was immense, and was got up in fine shape. 
Corn will not be as fine a crop as we 
had last year. We. had rain about a week 
ago. which will help the late potatoes. 
Blair, Wis. G h « 
Serradella for Green Manure. 
./. n. ft., Leavitt, X. C. —I saw an article 
in Breen’s Fruit Grower on Serradella as 
a crop on sandy land for green manure. 
Can you tell me anything about it. its cul¬ 
ture. where seed may be obtained and what 
you think of it for a cover crop, and for a 
soil improver on our sandy land? 
Ans. —Many things have been advis¬ 
ed as green manure crops by men who 
fail to understand that we already have 
many much better. Serradella (Orni- 
thopus sativus) is one of these. It is 
a legume, and hence to some extent has 
the same power that other legumes 
have for getting nitrogen through the 
agency of symbiotic bacteria on its 
roots. It is a plant that prefers a moist 
low sandy soil, and if it had the same 
feeding value as Crimson clover it 
would not have the value as forage, for 
stock are not fond of it as they are of 
clover. For your section there is no 
Winter-growing legume crop as good 
as Crimson clover. Serradella was 
merely a passing fad, and I do not sup¬ 
pose that you can find the seed on the 
market. We have lands here where I 
live as sandy as any, and Crimson clov¬ 
er flourishes on all of them. Sow cow 
peas for Summer hay and Crimson 
clover for a Winter cover and soil im¬ 
provement and you have a team that 
cannot be beaten for the South even by 
Alfalfa. tv. F. MASSEY. 
Strawberry Leaf Spot. 
T. A. It., Fisher’s Ferry, Pa. —When our 
strawberries' were about half done liea ring, 
a blight or something of that nature 
Struck them and killed them. They got 
brown spots on the leaves with a white 
center. Can you give me any remedy to 
spray or dust on them to kill it? 
Ans. —The disease to which T. A. R. 
refers is what is commonly known as 
leaf-spot, also called rust, although it 
is not a true rust. In the treatment of 
this disease it is important to start 
when the plants are first set out. All 
diseased leaves should be removed as 
far as possible. During the first sea¬ 
son the plants should be sprayed three 
or four times with Bordeaux Mixture. 
In the second season they should be 
sprayed with Bordeaux Mixture as 
soon as growth starts in the Spring, 
and again about 10 days later. If the 
disease appears abundantly on the 
leaves it is a good practice to mow 
off the beds after the fruit is gather¬ 
ed, and when dry, burn. However, if 
very dry weather follows the burning 
the bed may be considerably injured 
thereby. The disease is more trouble¬ 
some in old beds than in new ones. 
F. C. STEWART. 
Geneva Exp. Station. Botanist. 
Plowing Match. —This will he a feature 
of the Connecticut State Fair at Berlin 
September 17, at 1 p. m. There are four 
classes', with a total of $00 in prizes. Here 
are some of the rules : 
Each contestant must plow the same 
amount. The furrow must bo not less than 
six inches deep and show a level bottom. 
No contestant will be allowed to fix up 
his plowing after the plow has passed. 
In ox plowing the plowman must guide 
his own team. No plowman will be allowed 
to use a pole in the beam plow classes. 
Each contestant will he allowed such 
assistance as he may need to line up his 
team, hut after the team starts no as¬ 
sistance of any kind will he allowed under 
any circumstances.- 
The prizes will he awarded for good 
plowing, neatness of furrow, general con¬ 
formation, straightness of furrow, and the 
general appearance of the work on com¬ 
pletion. Time will also lie considered. 
Good plowing consists of turning and set¬ 
ting the soii. into nice, even, clean and 
straight furrows in the shortest possible 
time, and work will bo judged on this 
basis. 
Each contestant must furnish his own 
equipment of plow, oxen or horses, har¬ 
nesses', everything complete as nothing will 
he furnished in the line of equipment, by 
the society. 
No hollering, swearing or useless whip¬ 
ping will be allowed, and one plowman 
must not in any way. by act or word, in¬ 
terfere with any other plowman. 
We hope there will be a good number 
of Connecticut plowmen in this contest. 
We have apple buyers here galore, and 
most of them -sing the same song of big 
crop, but some are more honest, and admit 
that there are a good many apples, yet they 
find more Of them of poor quality. Up 
here we have a good crop of tine fruit 
that is being picked up close at $1.50 to 
$1.80 per barrel on the tree: that iDdudea 
everything but the eider apples. 
Old Mission, Mieh. w. r. p. 
: 
"For the Land’s Sake, vise Bowkeris 
Fertilizers; they enrich the earth and 
those who till it.”— Adv. 
“John, you’re just the man I want to 
talk to. You know I’m going to build a 
new barn. And I don’t want to make any 
mistake about the roof. I had too much 
trouble with the old roof. Always need¬ 
ing repairs. I guess there wasn’t a year 
that I didn’t have a lot of spoiled hay or 
something, on account of those everlasting 
leaks. This time I want a roof that 
won’t leak like a sieve, and that’ll last 
awhile’.’ 
“Well, you can take it from me, Tom, 
Rex Flintkote is in every way the best 
rooting you or anybody else can get. 
After fifteen years my roof doesn’t show a 
single sign any place of being any the 
worse for wear. Never cost me a solitary 
cent for repairs.” 
“Well, you’ve put it pretty strong, 
John. Now, what I want to know is why 
Rex Flintkote Roofing is best You know 
there are two or three other roofings 
that are claimed to be the Best-in-the- 
Worid.” 
“Listen. You see Rex is made of long- 
fibre wool-felt. Now,wool-felt is something 
that lasts like eternity. Look how a good 
‘slouch’ felt-hat wears—forever, almost. 
Then this hard-packed wool-felt is thor¬ 
oughly saturated and impregnated with a 
special compound that protects again-t 
decay. Rain can’t soak through that com¬ 
bination—the sun can’t soften it—and it s 
proof against the action of the oxygen in 
the air, and all those things that so eat the 
life right out of other prepared roofings.” 
“That’s good.John; now how about fire. ” 
“Send for a free sample. Try it with a 
live coal of fire—prove for yourself that 
Rex Flintkote won’t catch fire. Just write 
to the manufacturers. They’ll also tell you 
just what dealer to go to. And they’ll send 
you free a mighty good 
book about nxifing. Re¬ 
member. look for the Boy 
trademark on every roll. 
Better write to-night, 
Tom, before you forget 
it. Here’s the address: 
J. A. & W. BIRD & CO., 70 India Street, Boston, Mass. 
Made-to-Order Clothes 
from SIO to $18 
“From the Mill to YOU” 
Yon save from S 4 to S 7 when you buy from 
us. For the values we give at $10 to $ 18 , cost 
you $14 to $25 elsewhere. 
That is because you buy direct 
from the mills, when you buy 
from ns. You save the tremend¬ 
ous middleman’s profits. 
Yet yon get the best of style, 
fit and tailoring. You get de¬ 
pendable linings and trim¬ 
mings. Yon get better fabrics 
than in other clothing at the 
same prices. For we put the 
retailers' profits we save into 
better qualities. 
But more than that, we guar¬ 
antee that every garment we 
sell will give the utmost satis¬ 
faction. We positively guaran¬ 
tee the style, fit and fabrics in 
every detail. So you are per¬ 
fectly protected. 
We prepay all express charges 
on orders east of the .Missis¬ 
sippi river, and make liberal 
allowance on all orders coming 
from the West. 
Write for onr Style Book to¬ 
day. See the handsome styles 
we offer. Examine the samples of fabrics. 
Read our guarantee. It means better clothes 
at less cost for yon. 
GLEN ROCK WOOLEN CO. 
203 Main St. Somerville, N. J. 
SEED WHEAT 
FOR SOLE 
Best new varieties pure, clean seed at right prices 
Ask for price list, which includes Kye. Grass Seect 
vetches, etc. JOSEPH HARRIS CO.. 
Coldwater. N. Y 
J—CRIMSON CLOVER SEED. h .I n 
bushel. COW-HORN TURNIP 
SEED, 40c. pound 
J08EPH E. HOLLAND. Milford, Delaware 
LONGHEAD WHEAT 
red, hard, bearded. There is none better. $4 (0 
for two bushels. MYRON CLOSE, Cato, N. Y. 
FULCASTER WHEAT 
No Better Cropping or Milling Variety. 
We offer only this one variety, grown on our own 
farms under careful supervision and especially 
prepared for seed. Write for sample and prices 
The National Farm School. Farm School,Dept.B, Bucks Co ,P* 
C HOICE CLOVER AND GRASS SEEDS sold 
direct to the farmer. We have reduced onr 
choice Hungarian and Millet seeds to the present 
market value. Write for samples and puces at 
once. N. WERTHEIMER & SONS, Ligonier. Inc 
HARRISON’S NURSERIES, Berlin, Jld. 
| 1100 acres trees and plants. Catalog free. 
Strawberry Plants &i h ,l P gjr SSS& 
free. BASIL PERRY, Box 18, Cool Spring, Del. 
to each 
Plant 1910 
Send for Catalogue and Prices. 
T. 0. KEVITT, Atlienla, N. .1, 
fiNE Quart of Strawberries 
V Sfttiil for ('‘itnlncmo Pri 
MEN WANTED 
1200 men 92 profit 
average Of— per day 
Selling “WEAR-EVER" Aluminum 
Specialties 
Half of these men bad n«> previous experi¬ 
ence. Work made pleasant by our 175 
page Instruction Book. No door-to-door 
cftiiVAftfting. Let us show you what others 
liAve done. Address 
The Aluminum Cooking Utensil Co., Desk 44, Pittsburg, Pa. 
Opportunity knocks hut don’t expect the door lo bo kicked in. 
will pay you to spray your 
■ ' IflllT Fruit Trees and Vines this fall 
#1 I and winter for protection from 
■ scale and all insect pests and 
■ Bl fungus diseases. FREE In- 
struct ion Rook shows the famous Ourficld, 
Empire King, Leader, Watson and other 
sprayers: also gives a lot of formulas and other valuable 
information. 
FIELD FORCE PUMP CO., No. 2 11th Street, Elmira, N. T. 
puniPC CCCn BYE thousand fold, 
UnUlUL OLLU n I Li *1.00 bushel. Bags 
extra, 20 c. E. RIGG, JR., Burlington, N. J. 
KNOW Your Weights—Don’t Guess 
The successful farmer of to-day KNOWS the exact 
weight of the snpplies he purchases-, he KNOWS to a 
certainty how much the products weigh that he sells. 
Accurate weights are a big, vital feature in profit¬ 
able farming. Public scales are expensive, unreliable 
and often situated at a distance,but every farmer can 
be sure of perfect accuracy if he owns an 
OSGOOD 
PITT.ESS SCALE 
These Scales are absolutely reliable— war ranted so: 
every fanner ean now afford one. 
Prices range from $45 to $W 
Catalogue illus¬ 
trates many styles 
of scales and con¬ 
tains valuable 
scale informa¬ 
tion. Write for it. 
OSGOOD SCALE CO., 
Box 157, Binghamton, H.Y. 
W E OFFER our Special Quality of WHITE 
WINTER RYE, grown in Indiana, at $1.15 
per bushel, delivered at your railroad station 
Please write for samples. 
N. WERTHEIMER & SONS, Ligonier, Ind 
C HOICE TIMOTHY, *2.15 per bu.: order now. Circ. and 
sam. free. Glick’s Seed FaumS. Lancaster, 8a. 
PIJEDDV TDEEC~ 0ur supply is large 
UnCnni I nCCO and quality extra fine 
Special Prices on Aug. and Sept, orders. Catalog free. 
W. P. RUPERT & SON, Box 15, Seneca, N. V 
20 000 BARTLETT AND CLAPPS FAV. 
Pear trees. Also large supply of Montmorency 
and English Morello Cherry. Apple. Piutn, etc. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. Strawberry plants. 
L’AMOREAUX NURSERY CO., Schoharie. N. Y 
CEN D for Circular to originator of Jones' Winter 
^ Wheats, which are leaders wherever known 
A NEW ONE FOR 1909. Address JONES 
THE WHEAT GROWER, Batavia, N. Y. 
FERTILIZER LIME 
WALTON QUARRIES, 
For prices 
etc., address 
Harris bur#, Pa. 
FUMA 
tiVIIBI a 99, kills Prairie Dogs 
“ ■ ■ ™ Woodchucks, Gophers, 
and Grain Insects. 
"The wheels of thegods 
grind slow but exceed¬ 
ingly small.” So the weevil, but yon can stop their 
wuh “Fuma Carbon Bisulphide ” a ™ SK 
EDWARD R. TAYLOR, Penn Yan, N. Y. 
Wonderful “Awl for Ali r 
This little tool is a marvel. Regular 
hand sewing machine. 
will 
mead , * 
any- X 
thing from thin fab¬ 
rics up to heavy shoe and harness leathers. 
Worth its weight in gold. Easily carried in the pocket ready 
for any (In lu SI postpaid. Special terms to agents Big 
emergency. *1111J V■ money maker Write today for terri¬ 
tory Book27free. C. A.MjersCo. ,6587 Hoodlawn Are., I'M rage 
Seeds for Fall Planting. 
Catalogue free. 
Choice varieties seed wheat, rye, ■winter 
vetches and grass seeds: also spring 
flowering hulbs for fall planting:, 
PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
