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THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
November 6, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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FEED THE CROP FULL MEASURE. 
The natural condition of the soil is 
not so important in making 'a success 
of growing crops, as it is that the farm¬ 
er shall fully realize that his land is 
simply something which will hold up 
the plants while he feeds them. So far 
as I know this great truth was first giv¬ 
en to the public by the author of “Ten 
Acres Enough,” 40 or more years ago. 
The book professed to be a sort of au¬ 
tobiography. According to the writer, 
he had a neighbor in one of the very 
sandy sections of New Jersey, who said 
that all that he wanted of the land was 
to hold the plant while he fed it. Many 
northern people have an idea that the 
light sandy soils of Florida will not 
produce profitable crops. Yet many 
have grown rich, cropping land in New 
Jersey which is so light that in dry 
weather the surface drifts like snow. 
I have seen strawberry plants, of the 
previous season’s growth, dug in the 
Spring near Manchester, N. J., that 
were covered from four to six inches 
deep with sand which had blown from 
the neighboring fields during the Win¬ 
ter. This Summer I have seen some 
crops of beets, sweet corn, etc., which 
were grown on Florida sand by a dairy¬ 
man near Jacksonville, that could hardly 
be surpassed in quantity or quality by 
any northern gardener. His soil had 
been gardened for several years and was 
in good condition, yet he covered it with 
stable manure, and then added 400 
pounds of ground bone and 200 pounds 
of high-grade sulphate of potash to 
each acre. 
As an example of what good farming 
will do, let me tell the story of a rhu¬ 
barb crop grown on Long Island, near 
New York City, this year. A friend has 
four acres in rhubarb, one-half set out 
in the Spring of 1907 and the other half 
set in 1908. I do not know the particu¬ 
lars of the preparation of the soil, but 
have no doubt that it was thoroughly 
done, judging from the crop this year, 
and the fact that he applies each year 
about 20 tons of horse manure and 300 
pounds of nitrate of soda to each acre. 
The plants were set in rows four feet 
apart and three feet between the plants, 
giving approximately 3,600 plants per 
acre. The yield this year, one-half the 
patch being set only one year, was 95,- 
000 bunches, averaging about 1J4 pound 
each, and selling for from $3 per 100 
bunches at the first, down to $1 per 100 
at the close of the season. The season 
varies from year to year according to 
the weather. This year it lasted from 
May 8 to the last of July; in fact when 
he last wrote, August 11, he said that 
he had pulled some that day, as there 
was still some sale for it, although last 
year at that date it was impossible to 
sell it at all. The work of handling this 
crop is laborious, as it is both heavy 
and bulky. As the total weight was over 
70 tons and it all had to be handled in¬ 
side of three months, it makes an aver¬ 
age of over a ton a day; as the amount 
gathered daily, for the first week or 
two, must have been much below the 
average, it follows that in the height of 
the season they must frequently have 
handled from a ton and a half to two or 
more tons a day. The bunching was 
done by women, who could put up from 
1,200 to 1,500 bunches per day, and were 
paid 15 cents per hundred, thus earning 
from $1.80 to $2 per day. With a favor¬ 
able season the yield next year should 
be much greater, as the plants will be 
two and three years old. But the grower 
tells me that the profitable life of a field 
is only five years, as after that time the 
plants get so large that they crowd, and 
, the stalks are too small to be market¬ 
able. it must then be taken up, divided 
and reset. The illustrations which I 
have given of the value of heavy fer¬ 
tilization are not needed by experienced 
market gardeners, but beginners need to 
have its importance impressed upon 
them. Remember, that it is not true 
economy to stint the supply of plant 
food. The old adage, “Saving at the 
spigot and letting it waste at the bung- 
hole,” has great practical force when 
applied to the market gardener or truck 
farmer who tries to economize by apply¬ 
ing less fertilizer than the crop can use 
to advantage. w. c. s. 
Switzerland, Fla. 
THE “YELLOWS” IN PEACH. 
On page 927, I see the theory of the 
yellows expounded, also on editorial 
page, remarks in the same trend regard¬ 
ing cause of the yellows and blight. 
These opinions are just in line with my 
personal observations. For the past three 
years or four years this has been em¬ 
phatically proven. Three years ago at 
our State Horticultural Society meeting 
I put in the question box a suggestion 
that such might be the case and asked 
those present if they could recall what 
kind of Winters and Summers had pre¬ 
ceded the epidemics of blight and yel¬ 
lows. There did not seem to be any 
present who took enough interest in it to 
make any reply, and I then called their 
attention to the three worst periods of 
this generation, and stated that some 
two years previous to each, we had very 
severe Winters, when the frost had gone 
very deep into the ground, and as soon 
as we had a dry Summer after each se¬ 
vere Winter we had blight and yellows. 
The frost comes when there is but little 
snow, the roots to a great depth are 
frozen as well as the tops, in fact the 
tops thaw out first and the roots can¬ 
not supply sap circulation that the body 
demands, hence the drying out and 
breaking down of circulation system. 
The next Summer sees but slight differ¬ 
ence in appearance and growth, but like 
a man with weak circulation the trees 
cannot stand an unfavorable Summer, 
and while it may make a good growth 
yet is not of proper construction, and 
then comes blight or yellows and kind¬ 
red affections. A bud or graft taken 
from this cannot possibly be entirely 
right, and as the whole tree finally comes 
from this single bud or graft it stands 
a considerable likelihood of being of 
weakened condition. It has always 
seemed ridiculous that it was contagious. 
The fact that one tree was affected this 
year and other trees next year and all 
the orchard the next only shows that 
some trees were more seriously hurt 
than others, or that more aggravated 
conditions prevailed. Lack of potash in 
soil always induces improper growth, 
and of course less freezing is necessary 
to upset the tree so grown. 
New Jersey. Walter c. black. 
LACES 
Holiday Importations 
now remly. Beautiful new designs of 
every kind for every purpose. Also a 
large assortment of Lace Collars, 
Table Covers and Red Spreads for 
Christmas Gifts. # 
Money refunded if not entirely satisfactory. Send 
2-cent stamp for samples showing the greatest vari¬ 
ety and designs. 
IMPORTERS LACE CO., Dept. M 1 Madison Ave., Near Toik 
Axe Talks 
Whether you have only occasional 
use for an axe on the farm—or make 
your living by using an axe — you 
should have the very best axe made— 
the “C.A.C.” It has thin, tough 
blade that will hold an edge twice as 
long as ordinary axes. Made single 
or double bits. The next time you 
buy an axe look for the trade mark. 
Your dealer should 
have them. 
Send for our 
booklet, “The 
Story of the ‘CAC’ 
Axe,” and how one man cut 5 Y\ 
cords of wood in one day. 
C. A. C. AXE CO., 
39 Congress St,, - Boston, Mas*. 
SAN'JOSE SCALE CAN BE DESTROYED 
NOW 
Because it’s dormant. 
The trees are in the best condition for 
spraying because they are leafless. 
There is less wind and more time. 
“LION BRAND” 
LIME SULPHUR SOLUTION 
is acknowledged the most effective and 
safest spray. Ready for immediate use. 
Sold at a price lower than home-made, or 
any other brand of standard insecticide. 
It’s the kind to order. 
“LION BRAND” is most accurately 
made of the purest ingredients, and most 
economical to nse. 
Largest factory in the world and twenty- 
one years of experience back of it. We 
manufacture absolutely nothing hut 
spraying materials and insecticides. 
Write for FREE BOOK on 
WHEN, WHY AND HOW TO SPRAY. 
THE JAMES A. BLANCHARD COMPANY, 
614 HUDSON TERMINAL BUILDING. NEW YORK CITY 
FRUIT TREES 
AND PLANTS 
All the most desirable varieties for home and 
commercial orchard planting. Shade trees, hardy 
shrubs, roses, hedge plants. 
Free descriptive catalog. 
BARNES BROS. NURSERY CO., 
Box 8, Yalesville, Conn. 
LittleTrees& Plants 
will hear fruit almost as quickly as the large ones. 
Some of you are a long distance from a nursery. 
We can send them in finest condition to any part 
of the country by mail postpaid. 
PEACHES and APPLES at $1.00 per doz. 
Other stock at proportionate prices. 
JOS. H. BLACK, SON & CO., Hightstown, N. J. 
80,000 APPIiE—1 Year Buds. 
Stavman, York Imperial, Grimes, Baldwin, Etc., 3 to 7 feet 
30,000 PLUM-1 and 3 Years. 
Wickson, Abundance, Burbank, Bed June, October Purple, Etc. 
30,000 CHERRY-Sweet and Sour. 
We don’t grow the 3 for a Nickel kind. Noth¬ 
ing but the best stock Money and Brains can pro¬ 
duce ever leaves our nurseries. 1909 Catalog for 
the asking. 
THE PATTERSON NURSERY CO., Stewartstown, Pa. 
Don’t Be Deceived 
About Roofings 
Don’t judge any roofing by the way it looks 
before it is laid. The only test of a roofing is 
how it will wear. 
There are more then 300 substitutes for the 
genuine Ruberoid. Some are known as 
“ rubber roofings.” Others have names 
which sound like Ruberoid. 
A single summer of use will show the 
difference. 
For there is no rubber in Ruberoid. It is 
not a tar roofing. Not an asphalt roofing. 
Not an asbestos roofing. 
Its wonderful properties are due to our ex¬ 
clusive product, Ruberoid gum. 
This gum is as flexible as new rubber, but it per¬ 
manently withstands the heat, the cold, the rain, 
the snow—which rubber will not do. 
It is so nearly fire-proof that hot coals thrown 
on a roof of Ruberoid will set fire neither to the 
roofing nor the timbers underneath. 
RUBEROID 
(REGISTERED IX U. S. PATENT OFFICE) 
Ruberoid roofing was the first ready roofing by 
several years. 
Asphalt roofing and the so-called "rubber” and 
“asbestos” roofings have come—and gone—and 
been replaced. While the first roofs of Ruberoid, 
laid more than seventeen years ago, will see many 
mare years of actual use. 
Ruberoid roofing is made plain and in colors. 
These colors. Rod. Brown, Green, are a part of the 
roofing—they do not wear off or fade. They are 
impregnated under our exclusively owned, pat¬ 
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Get This Free Book 
Before deciding on any roofing for any purpose, 
get our free book which giveB the results of our 
tests with all kinds of roofings—shingles, tar, tin, 
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This book is a gold mine of practical roofing in¬ 
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Department 31-Q, The Standard Paint Company, 
100 William Street, Now York. 
The Ireland Straight-Line Drag 
cj / j. Sawing Machine 
This sawing rig fills a long 
felt want for sawing large 
timber. It is simple, durable and the most 
practical straight-line sawing rig on the market. 
We also make circular saw rigs, saw and shingle mills. 
Write for full information and prices. 
IRELAND MACHINE & FOUNDRY COMPANY, 
14 State Street, NORWICH, NEW YORK. 
Feed! Corn Cobs 
Save Your Trees. 
Order Protectors now and save your 
young Fruit Trees from being destroyed 
by Rabbits and Mice during the winter. 
Call’s Nurseries, Perry, O., can furnish 
you the best Tree Protector made for 
less than one cent each.— Adv. 
HARRISON’S NURSERIES, Berlin, Md. 
1100 acres trees and plants. Catalog free. 
TDCC0 FR0M BEARING trees. 
I nil A Grown in the famous 
IIILL.U Genesee Valley. SAMUEL 
FRASER, Geneseo, New York. 
APPLE BARRELS 
— Car lots or less. 
ROOT. GILLIES, 
Medina, N. Y. 
rnD CA| C— Fine stock of Ruby Raspberry plants, 
FUR OttLL Wilder and Fay Currant Bushes. Also 
cuttings. J. F. WYGANT, Marlboro, N. Y. 
C hoice clover and grass seeds sold 
direct to the farmer. We have reduced our 
choice Hungarian and Millet seeds to the present 
market value. Write for samples and prices at 
once. N. WERTHEIMER & SONS, Ligonier, Ind. 
At Big Profit! 
CORN COBS are now widely recognized as a very es¬ 
sential ingredient for stock feed. Do not waste this 
valuable portion of your crop any longer. 
Send in your name for our Free Book—an authori¬ 
tative treatise on feeding cattle, milk cows, horses, hogs, 
sheep and poultry. Post yourself on these subjects and 
learn the profit there is in owning a NEW HOLLAND 
Feed Mill, which your dealer Is authorized to let 
you try free. 
The NEW HOLLAND, 
though low In price, most 
effectively grinds com cobs 
and all small grains—evenly 
mixed meal; fine or 
coarse ; for table 
or stock. No 
“filling up,” no 
needless friction; 
adapted to any kind 
of power. 
Write to-day for 
book on Feeding 
Grain and the next 
time you go to 
town, call on a 
NEW HOLLAND 
dealer. If youcan’t 
find one, we will 
supply you direct 
and give you an 
extended free trial. 
Ever try a NEW HOLLAND WOOD SAW l 
NEW HOLLAND MACHINE CO., Box 13. New Holland ft. 
TRY KEVITT’S SYSTEM 1910 Athenla,' X. J. 
FERTILIZER LIME 
etc., address 
tSYVALTON QUARRIES, Harrisburg, Pa. 
Booklet onCATALPA TREES 
Let me tell you about the 150 acres I am 
growing for telephone poles. I Bell the 
best tree pruner in the world. 
II. C. ROGERS, Box 11 MECUANIC8BURG, OHIO 
ATTENTION—FARMERS 
First cost does not count. 
One cylinder burst by freezing counts hard. 
One gallon of fuel a day too much counts harder. 
Constant doctoring of ordinary engine! (Can’t 
print it). 
rHEffkwW&r AIR-COOLED ENGINES 
LOOK FOR 
have no water to freeze and use less fuel than 
water cooled engines. Cost half as much as the 
ordinary kind at the end of a year. The only air- JH|S BRAND 
cooled engines guaran¬ 
teed for all work. Write IwIVcir 
for Catalog No. 5. 140 SHEBIOAM SI. 
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“ New Modern ” 
Litter Carrier 
4J The most practical and up-to-date time and labor 
saver on the market, Carries the litter away from _ 
stables and saves you three-fourths the expense. 
Pays For Itself in a Short Time 
4J Double trolley, double chain hoists, easy to use and 
nothing to get out of order, Will last a lifetime. 
Our “ New Modern ” Swing Cattle Stanchion 
with individual manger and watering basin is the 
best yet. Write for circulars. 
Glor Bros, and Willis Mfg., Co., 
16 Main Street, Attica, N. Y. 
“ Everything for the barn.” J 
