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THE KUKAb NEW-VOKKEK 
February 11 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
[Every query must be accompanied by the name 
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fore ashing a question, please see whether it is not 
answered in our advertising columns. Ask only 
a few Questions at one time. Put questions on a 
operate piece of paper.] 
Hen Manure on Fruit. 
S. H., Easton, Fa .—Is it advisable to use 
hen manure for fertilizing peach trees, or 
in fact all kinds of fruit trees? I used 
some on my peach trees last Spring, and 
they made a splendid growth last season. 
1 thought perhaps there was danger in 
growing too much wood as they got older. 
They are two years old this Spring. On 
the other fruit trees I used stable manure. 
They also have made a fine growth. If this 
method is not advisable, give me some other 
compounds. 
Ans.- —Hen manure is a stimulating 
fertilizer, since it contains considerable 
nitrogen in an available form. It will 
produce a rank growth of wood, but if 
nothing else is used year after year this 
wood will be too soft and tender. A 
mixture of three parts acid phosphate 
and one part sulphate of potash will be j 
excellent to use with the manure, or you 
can handle it as described in “The 
Business Hen.” 
energy and money that is now given by 
northern people to the pecan. It is 
about equal to the pecan in quality and 
finds a good sale. h. e. van deman. 
Fertilizer for Small Fruits. 
I would like to know if there is not some 
special fertilizer for gooseberries, currants 
and raspberries. If so, let me know what 
to use, and the amount for each bush. 
Lindsborg, Kan. c. f. h. 
In the Eastern States special mixtures of 
chemicals for “fruit and vine” are made 
and sold. It would not pay you to have 
them shipped long distances. Can you ob¬ 
tain wood ashes? If so use a ton to the 
acre and in addition 500 pounds of fine 
ground bone. You need not mix them; 
broadcast and cultivate in. This combina¬ 
tion will probably be as cheap as anything 
you can buy. If you cannot get the 
ashes use 200 pounds sulphate of potash 
with the bone. 
“For the Land’s Sake, use Bowker’s 
Fertilizers; they enrich the earth and 
those who till it.”— Adv. 
REASONS WHY 
BLANCHARD’S 
brand** 
a 
Spraying 
ARE THE BEST 
teriais 
Use of Coal Ashes. 
.1. O. V., PurcellviUe, Va .—Will you give 
what information you can regarding the 
disposal of cinders and ashes to the best 
advantage? Would they be of any value 
to the land by mixing them with manure 
or fertilizer, and spreading them over it? 
Ans. —Assuming that you mean coal 
ashes, there is little or no plant food. 
They are unlike wood ashes in this 
respect. The coal ashes make a good 
mulch around currant or raspberry 
bushes, or around trees. We use them 
freely for this purpose. They are also 
good as absorbents to hold stable liq¬ 
uids, or in the poultry house or manure 
piles. In some cases they are used as 
"carriers.” Soluble chemicals, like ni¬ 
trate of soda, potash, etc., are dissolved 
and the solution sprinkled over the 
sifted ashes. When dry these can be 
spread like a fertilizer carrying the plant 
food. It has been frequently noticed 
that coal ashes actually increase crops 
when applied to land. This is not be¬ 
cause they add plant food, but because 
they improve the condition of the soil. 
On iight soils they bind together and 
fill in, so that the soil holds moisture. 
They open up heavy soils so as to give 
better drainage and more air, and thus 
give the crop a better chance. 
Pecan Trees in the North. 
E. F. T., Trenton. Mich .—I am very 
much interested in seeing if I can fruit the 
pecan here, the more hardy varieties. In 
reading a book, “Nuts for Profit,” I note 
a quotation stating that “No State has the 
monopoly of pec t culture; it will pay in 
45 States as weu as Texas,” and in corre¬ 
spondence with Mason J. Niblack, of In¬ 
diana, he informed me that he had beard 
of an old bearing pecan tree near Niagara 
Falls, N. Y. 
Ans. —There is no doubt that the 
culture of the pecan can and will be 
greatly extended northward when there 
are good hardy varieties brought to pub¬ 
lic notice. But now there are very few 
varieties that are of any special value as 
nuts and also hardy enough to endure 
the climate of the Ohio Valley, where 
they were nearly all found. Missouri 
and Kansas no doubt have a few such, 
and I already have one from southern 
Missouri. But as a success in New 
York I am doubtful, because of the 
short Summers, mainly. It requires a 
long, warm Summer and Fall to mature 
pecans. I very seriously doubt the pre¬ 
diction, for it is not a statement of fact, 
that “it will pay in 43 States- as well" as 
Texas.” It is the most southern species 
of the hickory genus and diminishes in 
natural abundance and size and value of 
the nuts as the area extends northward. 
Southern Indiana and Illinois comprises 
the main area where there are trees in 
any considerable numbers. The true 
Shagbark hickory is much hardier in 
tree, earlier to ripen its nuts, and is a 
good bearer. It would be better to de¬ 
vote to this nut tree, the most of the 
QCPAIIQE Blanchard la the OLDEST manufacturer of 
DkUnUvk agricultural epray« iu the world. 
D CP Alice Blanchard is the LARGEST manufacturer of 
DLuAUOL agricultural sprays iu the world, 
nrp AIIQC Blanchard Is the only firm wIiobc exclusive bue- 
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nrp A1ICC Blanchard s are the most PERFECTLY 
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D CP A I ICC Blanchard uses his own improved processes 
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SOME BLANCHARD PRODUCTS 
LION BRAND Lime-Sulphur LION BRAND Kerosent 
Solution Emulsion 
LION BRAND Bordeaux Mixture LION BRAND Whtle Oil Soap 
LION BRAND Pure Paris Green LION BRAND Insect Powder 
LION BRAND Arsenate of Lead LION BRAND Powdered Tobacco 
Every successful grower knows he must spray to have 
an orchard constantly increasing in value and earning 
j ' n's tdinply a question whose spraying materials to use. 
Those who fo»ow will have none but BLANCHARD'S 
LION BRAND, because of their scientific formulas, 
perfection in manufacture, and dependable uniformity 
in quality and effectiveness. Buy from your local dealer 
or write to us and refuse to allow any one to substitute 
any other brand. 
LION BRAND PRODUCTS ARE GUARANTEED UNDER THE 
INSECTICIDE ACT OF 1910 BY 
THE JAMES A. BLANCHARD CO., 
523 Hudson Terminal, 106 Broad SI., 
New York St. Joseph, Mich. 
rnrr pnflifI FT "When, How and Why to Spray,” is 
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FOR ALL KINDS OF 
CLOVER and FIELD 
SEEDS also GARDEN, 
FLOWER SEEDS 
and Implements 
Write to this Old Reliable 
House—Catalogue Free 
and Field Seed Price List 
mailed you on application. 
THE HENRY PHILIPPS SEE0 AN0 IMPLEMENT CO.Joledo, 0. 
5,000 QUARTS OF 
STRAWBERRIES 
in September and October 
from one acre by planting 
Kevitt’s New Fall-Bearing 
Plants. This I guarantee or 
I will return your money 
paid for plants. Send for my 
catalogue. Over five new 
fall-bearing varieties. 
T. C. KEVITT, ATHENIA, N. J. 
PIONEER 
SaS 
Fall-Bearing Strawberries amf^‘SUPERB!” 
Send for free circulars to the originator. 
_SAMUEL COOPER, Dele van, N. Y. 
GRAPE VINES 
can be bought right this year. Send ns a 
memorandum of your wants for prices. 
MINER & MINER. Grape Vine Growers. SHERIDAN, H. Y. 
>gree Seed Potatoes 
'o.rfUc, while, excellent quality, high yielding 
strain, bred true to type. 400 bush, per acre on my 
farm. Price, 83.50 per bbl. sack, ltio lbs. net. 
YV. L. HAXXA.I1. Brunswick, Me. 
nipp— NEW CROP—PRODUCER to CONSUMER— 100 lbs. 
niUL beautiful, clean, white, whole grain South 
Carolina extra fancy table rice, ready for cook¬ 
ing, delivered freight prepaid to your station, $4.85. 
We guarantee safe arrival of rice. 
J. ED. OABANISS, Rice Farmer, Katy, Texas. 
Potatoes, Disease-Proof Read’s 
Goldenflake, Golden Gem, and Peach- 
blow. Newvarieties, wonders. Sold direct. Write 
for facts , G. A. READ Read’s Exp. Farms, Charlotte, VI. 
SEED 
Seeds, Plants, Roses, 
Bulbs, Vines, Shrubs, etc. 
Hundreds of car lots of 
FRUIT and ORNA¬ 
MENTAL TREES. 1,200 
acres, 50 in hardy Roses, 
none better grown. 44 green¬ 
houses of Palms, Ferns, 
Ficus, Geraniums and 
other things too numerous 
to mention. Seeds, Plants, 
Bulbs, Roses, Small Trees, etc., by mail, post¬ 
paid. Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. 
Immense stock of SUPERB CANNAS, the 
queen of bedding plants. Acres of Paeonias and 
other Perennials. 50 choice collections cheap in 
Seeds, Plants, Roses, etc. Elegant 168-page 
Catalog FREE. Send for it today and see what 
values we give for your money. Direct deal will 
insure you the best at first cost. 57 years. (11) 
The Storrs & Harrison Co., Box 156, PainesviUe, 0. 
SEND 
For Green’s Free 
Book on Trees— 
Tells how to plant 
for Fruit and Shade 
Every person who expects to plant trees this spring- 
a dozen or a thousand—should first send for Green’s 
1911 Complete Catalogue. It lists everything desirable 
in fruit and shade trees, as well as small fruit; tells you 
how we sell direct to you from our nursery, and quotes 
you lowest “at-the-nursery” prices. 
By our money-saving, auality-giving plan, you pay 
no commissions, but buy direct from one of the largest 
nurseries in the United States, and you get wholesale 
prices. * 
'AGENTS PRICES CUT IN TWO . r § 
fireeiL$J£2 & 
—DIRECT TO ran 1 
We grow, bud and graft quality trees from bearing orchards of our own—all hardy northern 
grown and true to name. Every tree is triple inspected and guaranteed free from scale. 
Green’s Nurseries are located in one of the greatest fruit centers in the United States—north¬ 
ern New York—yet we are 6 to 12 miles distant from other nurseries—no chance for contagious 
d j 
Our catalogue is our only salesman, and has been for over 30 years. Our square dealing 
policy makes our customers loyal to us and brings them back year after year with ne w orders. 
If you have never bought trees under Green’s Nursery plan, investigate bjr sending at oncefor 
the 1911 catalogue, and we will also send you free our remarkable book. Thirty Years With 
Fruits and Flowers.” Capital, $100,000. 
Green’s Nursery Co., Box 22, Rochester, N. Y. 
NURSERY STOCK IN BARGAIN LOTS. 
bargain lots ?)rder one or more lots, as may be desired. These lots are all nice, clean stock, tiue 
to name and free from disease. Write for descriptive price list. .... 
NO. 1. TOR $6.00 
100 Elberta Peach, 2 to 3 feet. 1 yr. from bud 
10 Jonathan Apple, 1 year 2 to 3 feet 
NO. 5, FOR $10.00 
100 Apple, select, 1 year, 3 to four feet 
10 Spitzelibers; 30 Winesap 10 Rome Beauty 
20 Winter Banana 30 Jonathan 
NO. 6, FOR $16.00 
100 Cherry. 2 year from bud, 5 to 6 feet 
80 Early Richmond 10 Montmorency 
10 Dyehouse 
NO. 4, FOR $8.00 
100 Apple, 2 to 3 feet, first-class, one year 
40 Jonathan 40 Rome Beauty 20 Winesap 
NO. 7, FOR $15.00 
50 Kieffer Fear, 4 to 6 feet first-class 00 Early Richmond, 2 year, 4 to 6 feet 
. . . ORDER ANY OF THE ABOVE BY NUMBER . . . 
.NEW HAVEN NURSERIES, NEW HAVEN, MISSOURI 
FRUIT TREES 
Eldorado Blackberries, Strawberry and 
Raspberry Plants. Catalog free. 
BARNES BROS. NURSERY CO. 
Box 8, Yalesville, Conn* 
FRUIT TREES 
o rash promises. Send for it today. 
CHERRY TREES $8.00 PER JDO AX’> U!’ 
A complete line Apple, Pear, Plum, Peach and Small Fruits 
Readers of this paper are familiar with the \ allies 
we have offered thru its columns for over a quarter 
of a century. Our new catalog is ready, it makes 
H. S. WILEY Si SON, Drawer 122, Cayuga, New York. 
Fruit Trees, Ornamental Trees, 
SHRUBS and ROSES, 
SMALL FRUIT PLANTS 
of all kinds from the famous Lake Shore re¬ 
gion of northern Ohio. Send for catalogue. 
MAPLE BEND NURSERY, 
T. B. West. Lock Box 287, Perry, Ohio. 
I 
450.000 
OO ' arletlea. Also Grape#. Small Fruit*, etc. Best 
>oted Block. Genuine, cheap. 2 sample currants mailed fur 10c. 
atalog free. LKWI8 ttOKSCH k SOS, Has k , Kredonla, W. Y. 
rznrz ODD apple and 
PEACH TREES 
Our prices are 50 per cent less than yon 
pay agents and dealers, because in 
buying direct from the growers you 
SAVE TWO PROFITS 
and run no risk. Every tree as repre¬ 
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Personal attention given each order. 
2 Apple Trees J SSKf.Jft 
postpaid for 25 cents. 
Everybody send for Free catalogue. 
Maloney Bros. & Wells, 
Box 13 , Dansville, N. Y. 
7‘ . T 
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ms 
ITAL0G FREE 
—150 ACRES. Genesee Valley 
grown. “Not the cheapest, but 
the best.” Never have had San 
Jose Scale. Established 1869. 
GEO. A. SWEET NURSERY CO., 
20 Maple SI.. Dansville. N. Y. 
Me KAY’S Peach Trees —’ 
McKAY’S Dwarf Apple Trees 
MCKAY’S Acre Cherry Orchard, $15 
MCKAY’S Rose Bushes on their own roots 
McKAY’S Fertilizer Chemicals —— 
McKAY’S Agricultural Lime, $3 per ton 
McKAY’S Catalogue tells about them—and more 
... —w -r yy. L. McKay. Geneva. N. Y. Bo* F 
Hardy Highland Nursery Stock 
Acclimated to Northern climate. Always true to 
label. No scale ever found in our Nursery bend 
for catalog. L M.EMPIE, Box A, Johnstown. N Y. 
Free outfit. Commis¬ 
sionpaidweekly. Write 
for terms. PERRY NURS¬ 
ERIES, Rochester, N. V, 
ILESMEN WANTED 
SELL TREES AND PLANTS 
Fresh Dug' Nursery Stock. 
A complete assortment of the finest Genesee A alley 
Grown Fruit Trees, etc, Stock guaranteed, price 
right. Send for free L w HALL & GO., Rochester, N.Y 
catalogue. _• 
Fruit Trees From the Grower. 
Save middlemen's expense and get them 
fresh dug. Catalog free. 
WM. J. REILLY, NURSER YMAN. DANSVILLE, N Y. 
5 s Tw 0 o n .; e . H r“ofd Grapevines 50 cts. 
Sent postpaid. Best varieties—red, white, black. We also 
offer Five Three-Tear-Old Vines for $1.00* Will bear year 
after planting. Valuable book how to plant, cultivate and 
prune, free with every order. Grapes are easily grown 
and should be in every garden. Mention this paper and 
we’ll add free, one new, large, red currant. 
T, S. Hubbard Co„ Brapevine Specialists, 350 Central Ave., Frodonia, N.Y, 
Established U Years. 
rnillT TDCCC Pear*, Bartlett, Beckel and other*. 
rKlIll InCCj C'herrie* and Plum*, all standard 
varieties. Peache* grown from buds from hearing 
Btock. Get wholesale prices direct from us ; also $1 hot 
Offers. Free Catalog. Prize Hampshire sheep. Write 
W. P. RUPERT ii SON, Bo* 80, Seneca, N. Y. 
Black’s Peach Trees-191 
Peach Trees are one of our specialties—we 
grow for quality and not quantity alone. Our 
trees, however, cost little, if any, more than the 
ordinary sort—we employ no agents, but seh 
.3direct,saving middleman's profits.. 
I 
New booklet. “Springtime 1U31}|C 
Joseph H. Black, Son 6c Co. 
Box V, Hightstown, New Jersey 
Booklet 
Sent Free 
Send Us Your Name 
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or shrubs for Spring planting. >'e yni 
h promptly mail you Free a copy of our valua¬ 
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high grade nursery stock. Wc save you the 
agent's commission. 
IVe grow our own stock and guar ante t it. 
ALLKN L. WOOD, WoodUwn Hur»er»« .. „ 
5JO Culver ltoad Rochester, N. i. 
PLANT HARDY TREES 
Healthy, acclimated, high grade, true to label fruit trees 
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from nursery to planter. Send for catalogue. 
CELERY CITY NURSERIES. Desk G, K«l«m*zoo, Mich. 
CABBAGE SEED 
New Enkhuizen Glory (the world’s best cab¬ 
bage): extra selected seed, my own importa¬ 
tion. direct from Introducers in Holland, of 
this truly wonderful Cabbage, Lb. $2.50, Oz., 
35 cts., Pkt., 10 cts. E. J. Wakefield, All 
Head Early. Early Summer, Succession, 
Winnigstadt, Burehead, Late Flat Dutch, 
Drumhead, Lb. $1.50, Oz. 20 cts., Pkt. 5 Cts. 
Postpaid. Write for free Catalog. 
J. AUG. DRAKE, Seedsman, 100 Main St, Chester, N. J 
