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CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, March 11, 1911. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Experience With the Use of Hairy 
Vetch for Cover Crops. 306 
Truth About “'Back to the Land”... . 306 
Shade Trees for Pasture. 306 
What About “Miracle” Wheat?. 308 
Seed Potatoes and Scab.308 
Prices at Canning Factory. 318 
Lime With Muck. 320 
Speltz . 329 
Farmers’ Insurance . 329 
Potato Flea-Beetle . 330 
Tenant System in Ohio. 330 
Manure Spreader Notes. 332 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Returns from an Ohio Steer. 
Shal It Be Hens or Hogs?. 
Those 89 New Jersey Hens. 
The Other Side of “Horse Companies” 
Silage and Tuberculosis. 
Handling a Colt. 
“A Pint is a Pound”. 
Effect of Cotton Seed. 
Alfalfa and ttfrain. 
Value of Feeding Stuffs. 
Weight of Silage-Price. 
Women Milkers . 
Green Fodder Crops for Connecticut.. 
Rape and Milk . 
Storing Brewers’ Grains. 
Corn Fodder for Five Cows. 
Exercise for Dairy Cows. 
Handy Poultry House... 
Summer Silage Without a Silo. Part I. 
What is “Pure Blood” and “Regis¬ 
tered ?” . 
The Hen Woman’s Hens. 
Cooked Feed for Poultry. 
Roup Remedy . 
Stone Poultry Houses . 
Shavings for Litter. 
HORTICULTURE. 
Fire Blight and How to Treat It. 
Making Baldwins Bear Every Year. . . . 
Size of Orchard Trees. 
.American Pomological Meeting. Part I. 
The Cause of Winter-Killing. 
Planting in Crowbar Holes. 
Western Blackberries 
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As they some, 
times are. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
As “ 8AVi:.THK-HOKSK*> 
can make them. 
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Training and Pruning the Grapevine.. 
Planting Trees in Brush. 
Guarantee for Trees. 
Plain Facts About Spraying. 
Nut Growing in the North. 
A Wisconsin Garden. 
Over-production of Apples. 
Hogs in Young Orchard. 
Crimson Clover in Peach Orchard. 
Neglected Apple Trees. 
Whitewashing Trees; Improving Sod.. 
Rank Growth of Peaches. 
Fine Points of Spraying. 
Transplanting Young Trees. 
Apples for Virginia. 
Grape Disease in Mexico. 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 
Molasses Vinegar . 
Popovers . 
The Rural Patterns . 
Painting a Rogers Group. 
Custard Potatoes . 
Spaghetti Croquettes .. . <•. 
Mock Duck . 
Sweet Cream Cookies . 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Parcels Post in Great Britain. 306 
Other People’s Money. 319 
Editorials . 324 
Two Commission House Bills. 329 
The Grange and Canadian Reciprocity 329 
Another Parcels Post Convert. 331 
Products, Prices and Trade. 339 
Publisher’s Desk . 342 
Fresh Dug' Nursery Stock. 
A complete assortment of the finest Genesee Valley 
Grown Fruit Trees, etc, Stock guaranteed, prices 
n8ht 'cata e ]ogn f e 0r free L- w - HALL&CO., Rochester, N.Y. 
M A N A GF R~ Au aggressive up-to-date American, 
mmmuuii experienced in crops, help manage¬ 
ment, dairying and buttermaking, seeks position as 
farm manager April 1. References. Near Boston 
preferred. A. CHAMBERLIN, Southboro, Mass. 
P OST CARDS —10beautiful emb. Easter, 10c; 25Comic, 
assorted, 10c. Swanson Card Co., Cannon Falls, Minn. 
Hothouse Lambs, Poultry, Calves, Fancy Eggs 
Ship tn W. H. COHEN 8 CO., 229 Washinoton St., New York. 
DLIQASE semi a trial shipment to the Oldest Com- 
1 mission House in New York. Est. 1838. Butter, 
Eggs, Poultry. Pork, Calves. Hay, Grain. Beans, 
Appies. etc. K. It. WOODWARD, 802 Greenwich St., N.Y. 
JELLIFFE, WRIGHT & COMPANY, 
Commission Merchants, 284 Washington St., New York, 
Poultry, Eggs, Meats, Produce. Shipments Solicited. 
Boston Produce Go. 
Commission Merchants, 
Fruits and Produce. Consignments Solicited 
93-95 South Market St., 
Boston. 
A 60 ACRE FARM FOR SALE^fijy'fiEgS; 
no buildings, no stock. Apply to owner, 
MINISINK FARM, North Water Gap, Pa. 
B EFORE BUYING send for our descriptive catalogue 
„of Delaware and Maryland Farms, FREE. 
FORD & REIS (Inc.), Dept. H, Wilmington, Del. 
COR SALE.— Ninety acres, eight room house, base- 
1 ment barn, 30 by 42, cementfloor. Fruit. One- 
fourth mile from school. Price, $2,500. $1,000 cash. 
Stock and tools can be bought. HALL'S FARM 
AGE ICY, Owego, Tioga County, New York. 
CAROLINA 
XJCU1U 
COUNTRY 
AN IDEAL FARM 
AND HOME IN 
THE SOUTH 
P A J1 C T Thousands op Acres—R ich, 
Ll 11 A u I Black Sandy Loam Soil; Virgin 
w w ri v Lands, fronting on the ocean. 
A new country opened 
up by the completion of 
. a large railroad system. 
Finest climate in the world; Summer all Winter 
and Winter all Summer. Low priced lands. 
Low freight rates, and quick transportation to the 
great Eastern cities. Only twelve hours from New 
York. It only costs twenty-five cents to take 
a barrel of potatoes to twenty million people. 
vVrite us for Free Illustrated Booklet, Maps, etc. 
Address W. W. CROXTON, G.P.A., Norfolk 
Southern R. R„ Dept. D, Norfolk, Va. 
Time and Hardest Work Can’t Bring It Back! 
Lisbon, Ohio, Oct. 4, 1910. I want to say there is no use of 
anyone driving a lame horse if they will Just try “ Save-Thc- 
Hors ®* 1 JVA on ® 80 larae 1 could n °t use him. After using 
one bottle of Save-The-Horse * * he has never taken a lame step, 
and I drive Jum every day in my business, which is serving pa¬ 
pers over the hilhest county in the state. You can use this with 
pleasure, as this is absolutely a voluntary testimonial. 
W. C. Davidson, Sheriff of Col. Co. 
E* €• MESSIER, 
Engineer, Real Estate and Insurance* 
1008 Elm Street, Manchester, N. H. t Oct. 22, 1910. 
I sent $5 for “Save-Tho-Horse’* to euro a Bone Spavin. At the 
time ho was not worth $1 ; before he had the Spavin I was of¬ 
fered $600. Four veterinarians told mo he was incurable, so I 
felt blue, as you might believo. Since one month after treating 
him with “Saye-Tho-Horse” he has not taken a lame step and I 
have driven him every day, and even thirty miles the same day. 
“Save-The-Horse** has done more than four doctors in a year. 
Now it seems exaggerated, but anyone in doubt can call at the 
neighbors to prove what I say, and furthermore, the horse can 
give them a ride, and probably one of the best In their lifetime. 
I cannot say enough to praise your remedy. E. C. Messier. 
$5.00 a Bofiie With Signed GUARANTEE 
A binding CONTRACT to protect pnrehaser absolntely in 
treating and curing any caso of Bone and Bo* Spavin, Thorough- 
pin, Ring-bone (except low). Curb, Splint, Capped Hoek a Wmdpoff, 
Shoeboil, Injured Tendons and all Lameness. No scar or loss of 
hair. Horse works as usual. Send for copy of contract, book¬ 
let on all lameness and letters qp every kind of case. 
At all druggists and dealers, or express paid* ' 
Troy Chemical Co. Com’l ave.Binghamton,N.Y. 
Offers every convenience of any hay car¬ 
rier, and excels all others in easy draft 
and long service. All troubles are elimi¬ 
nated; saves labor and repairs; and holds 
the load at any point. 
Result of 40 Years’ Experience 
Many different styles adapted for every 
requirement. Tell us your needs, and w'e 
will forward the advice of specialists. 
Send for our booklet showing hay and 
litter carriers, stanchions, hay forks and 
slings. Agents wanted for BarnSpecialties. 
The Bicker Mfe. Co., ft"? 
FAST WORK 
Used on 
Thousand* 
of farms— 
Get the Free 
Booh that 
Tells you 
About It 
RSo Head 
Furrows 
THE 
NATIONAL 
REVERSIBLE D| AIM 
SULKY rS-vIt? 
Right or left hand sulky or walking' 
Plow—works perfectly on hilly ground 
in any soil. Have your dealer show it 
or write for Free Book today. 
Belcher & Taylor A. T. Co. 
Box 75, Chicopee Falls, Mass. 
Y °i 1 if nSave l Iowa 
30% on I Gates 
I want to send you my 
1911 Iowa Gate proposi¬ 
tion—how Iowa Gates outlast from five - 
to twelve board grates and ali metal crates 
—saving you 30 %. 
c AT^ ut h° sho „'X X ou how t0 Pave 810 ON EVERY 
and my 1 80 DAYS’ FREE TRIAL. 
I send you f 1 WNG ’ SIGNS > Free - How many shall 
i* or Free sltfns and the most surpris¬ 
ing gate offer ever made. Address Jos. is. Clay,Mgr., 
IOWA GATE 
COMPANY 
3bth Street 
Cedar Falla, 
Iowa 
WE SAVE YOU $5 TO $7 
On Your Incubator and Brooder 
Before you pay any price to any. 
body, write us quiekfor our start¬ 
ling offer on highest quality ma¬ 
chines made. A real hatcher und 
brooder at a price that makes this 
the r biggest genuine bargain of 
tho year. iiSSTAKsULTS and “lOUEST 
PROFITS for owner,. Wait till you get our H 30 Days’ 
booh and price before you buy. ' Address * Free Trial I 
Dj^JnitedFactorie^^DegtjX^ljrievrqaraLO. 
I Promise 
To Save You 
$37 to $300 
On a Gasoline Engine 
G ET my new 1911 Engine Book—and 
convince yourself. I’ll positively 
prove just how I save you $37 on 
al^H.P. and $105.50 on a 5 H.P. Engine. 
No matter what power you need—or 
what work you want to do—be sure to 
send me your name. A Postal will do. 
5 H. P. Gasoline Engine 
0n,y “I *1 Q SO For Pumping 
$1 and all Chores 
The greatest work-saver and money-earner 
ever installed on any farm. The only other 
engine that compares at all with this Galloway 
is sold for 5225. Here I save you just S105.50 and 
give you a better engine. Equally large savings 
in proportion on all other sizes. Just send for 
My Engine Book and astonishing proposition 
It gives you the real reasons why Galloway .with 
his enormous factory, and the steady trade of 
thousands of his farmer friends can offer the best 
Gasoline Engines and save you from 537.00 to 
5300.00. AndeveryEngine is covered by the Gallo¬ 
way guarantee, and sold to you on 30 days to 
365 days free trial. 1 want to make you my 
special proposition. Just send me 
your name on a postal. Address me 
personally, Wm. Galloway, Pres. 
Wm. Galloway-Company 
Galloway Station 
Waterloo, Iowa 
Get This 
Free Book 
To Move Quickly 
—A choice lot at low 
, _ , cost—W. and B. Leg¬ 
horns, 8. L. and W. Wyandottes, R. and 8. C. 
Rods, W. and Barred Rocks. Write for just what 
you want in your first letter and we will be sure to 
please you. MAPLE CO VE POULTRY YARDS, Athens, Pa, 
C LARK’S SINGLE COMB REDS won fifty-four ribbons 
in 1910, including twenty first prizes. Also the 
Rhode Island Red Club State Chip and Specials 
tor shape and color. Choice stock and eggs for 
sale. Send for mating list. G. D, CLARK, Brook- 
side Poultry Yards, Bellows Falls, Vermont. 
S INGI.K-COJIB White Orpingtons, Kellorstrnssstrain. K'-C:;s for 
hutching $3 per 15; troni prize whining stock, three cockerels 
tr> each. W. A. KAISER, 2703 Jamaica Ave.,Richmond Illil,L.I. 
S. C. RHODE 
ISLAND RED 
from prize matings and heavy laying utility stock. 
Orders filled promptly. For matings and price list 
address H. J. SEARS, Danvers, Mass. 
FOR SALEv®- White Leghorns (Young’s 
V 1 v " l,L Strain) eggs for hatching, $5 per 10(1, 
$40 per 1000, L. MOORE, Route 1, Ellenville, N. Y. 
R. C. R I RFD^- BEST winter layers. 
5?" 7 *1’ '* ■•CUO Eggs for hatching, $1 for 15. 
K. F. DEMAREST, Mt. View, Passaic Co., N. j. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING 
S. C, White Leghorns-“r'L s E t^S 
Wyckoff’s straijrfifi SrssS; 
EGGS and ST0CK' AK1j ' ’’""r. F. O.^PEEKSKILL, N. Y. 
jpe|»d Ca|a—O ne handsome looking and good 
J.WI y_ Fox Hound, one partly broken, 
81 ENGER E. PITT, Pomona, Rockland Co., N. Y. 
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE. 
Hackney and Standard Bred Brood Mares, Stal¬ 
lions and Fillies, Aberdeen Angus cattle. Could 
use Percherou mares, mules, automobile—new. 
V-°, , VK 1 P r ,i :;U;Uo " of Stock. DELAWARE STOCK 
i-ARM, Myer & Son, Prop., Bridgeville, Del. 
SHIRE BULL CALF FOR SALE—Born Nov. 
1, 1910, also yearling bull. These are good ones, 
backed by advanced register stock and at reason¬ 
able prices. O. XV. BBUSIF, Alillerton, N. Y. 
COR SALE—Three Jersey heifers, a year old In May. 
■ $20 and $25 each. Out of a Register of Merit 
bull. GEO. L. FERRIS, Atwater, N. Y. 
FROST 
WIRE FENCES 
Extra Heavy Weight Farm Fences. Built I 
tor service and satisfaction. Quality 
first consideration. Best mnterlKl and 
workmanship used tn our Woven 
Wire or Field Erected Fences. 
Ask vour dealer. FREE catalog. 
THE FROST WIRE FENCE CO. 
Dspt. H Cleveland, O. 
Meeker 
Disc Smoothing Harrow, 
Onion Seed Drills and Hand Wheel Foes. 
Southport Globe Onion Seed. 
Send for Catalogue and Prices. 
THE C. 0. JELLIFF MFG. CORP. 
Southport, Connecticut 
WANTFn~7 Agents to se 'l Farmers’ Account Book. 
ii mii i lu Indorsed by Farmers. Big Inducements. 
Act quick. Address. L. L. SYPHERS, Fort Wayne, Ind. 
WUNTFn—‘^ Lt onee — Good, reliable man as 
If Sill I kll toamster. Steady employment on 
large farm, northern N. J. Address 89886, Care R.-N.-Y. 
Yd !l NR MAN WITH PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE and t.rain- 
■ uuiiu tn Mil ing a t Cornell wishes position as 
farm overseer, P.E.J.,11 Greystone Terrace.Yonkers.N.Y. 
EGGS “INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS-Barred 
mmw Plymouth Rocks, Mammoth Broi-ze Tur¬ 
keys and Pearl Guineas. Write for free pi ice list. 
I oplar Lawn Farms, West Falls, N. Y. 
INDIAN RUNNER ducks and drakes, from 200 egg strain. 
• Light Brahmas. C. GORDON, Sprakers, K.Y. 
IA/HITE EGG STRAIN INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS-Thor- 
V, oughbred, vigorous birds. Wonderful layers 
ot large white eggs; mated with imported drakes, 
well marked, fawn and white; $2.00 for 12; Buff 
Orpingtons, $1.50 for 15. Liberal discount for incu¬ 
bator eggs. Cheery Hill Farms, Pittstown, N . J. 
INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS—Black Langshan Eggs for 
I sale. .J, GORDON DRAKE, Port Huron. .Mich. 
PpIlTSU STRAIN. 5'a 
r CAJII UUI#I%9 to G lbs., at ten weeks old. 
Eggs tor Hatching, $1.50 per 13; $8 per 100 
CHARLES S. l’ULIS. YVYCKOFF. >. J. 
H/HITE HOLLAND TURKEYS from prize 
VI winners at bargain prices. White Wyandotte 
eggs lor hatching. H. W. Anderson, Stewartstawn, Pa. 
WhiteHolland Turkeys 
and Duston’s White Wyandotto Chicke 
White Afri¬ 
can Guineas 
miru. 'fn .r, ■,V'——„vv, Jliickens. Walnut 
Hill Stock Farm, N. Bacon, Mgr., Taleott, W. Va. 
BRONZE G0BBLFRS“ No 1,ons forsaie. if you 
i I n n - , „ ;i choice breeding tom, 
address L. 0. Qinoley, Box 266, Goshen, Orange Co., N. y! 
COCKERPT Q —Prize • Winning Brewi ng 
^ Stock-Black Orpi gtons 
and Minorcas. QU0QUETAUG FARMS, Old Mystic, Conn. 
COCK FRF l S~ A few very fine breeding 
w ^ birds-W. and Barred Rocks 
W. Wyandottes, R. and S. C. R. I. Reds—at $3 <tu 
and $5 each. Manle Cove Poultry Yards, Athens, Pa. 
S.C. RHODE ISLAND REDS UUSNit* 
At The Horseshoe Road Poultry Farm Write for 
WM. R. BURKHOLDER, -:- Box 152, R. 5, Lancaster, 1 'R? 
Van Alstyne’s Rhode Island Reds 
10 Utility Cockerels at $3.00 each; 100 S C Year- 
hng Mens at $2.00 each: 50 S. C. surplus Pullets at 
$2.o0 each. Eggs tor hatching in any number. 
JAS. E. VAN ALSTVNE, K inderhoolt, N.Y. 
S, C, White Leghorn BABY CHICKS 
$10 per 100 in any quantity. Breeders are vh-orous 
FARM BRED POULTRY-FREE RANGE 
Partridge Cochins, White Kocks, Barred 
Rocks, Partridge Wyandottes. Prize u in¬ 
ning strains. Stock and eggs. 
MINCII BROS., R-3, Bridgeton, N. J. 
§ ( g yy LEGHORN EGGS for hatching. 
Chicks. 
„ Good laying 
- strain, $1 per 15, $5 per 100. Also Baby 
GEO. LCNDGREEN, Wyoming, Del. 
EGGS 
from high record W. P. Rook 
Hens, $2 for 15, $5 for 45. 
A. S. BRIAN, Mt. Kisco, N. Y. 
WHITE ROCKS 
Owing to need of room must sacrifice one grand 
pen. Six pullets and cockerel. Bred to lay strain. 
All in prime condition. Every bird laying ’ Large" 
healthy, pure white cockorel, 9tfe pounds. Will 
sacrifice this grand pen for quick sale, for $18, which 
is half their value. A. L. Vreeland, Four Acres.Nutley N J. 
Golden and Silver 
Swart Mercantile Co., Mar^aretvillc, N. Y. 
CINE QUALITY ORPINGTONS, black and white. Owens’ 
■ and Cook’s strains. $2 and $:> per sitting, fit) 
per 100. REV. J. D. GRAHAM, Lyon.sville. Mass. 
13i Cents a Rod 
* r~-v gT —V-— Forl8-ln. 14 3-4e for 23-tn. Hog «=«*=»«=* 
Fence; 15c for 26-lnch; l8 3-4c 
for 32-ineh; 25e for a 47-inch 
Farm Fence. 48-inch Poultry- 
fence 28 l-2c. Sold on 30 days 
trial. 80 rod spool Ideal Barb 
Wire SI.45 Catalogue free. 
KITSELMAN BROS., 
Box 230 MUNCIE, INO. 
Dairymen Don’t Doubt 
that feeding silage to cows increases the flow of milk and decreases cost of mainte 
nance. It has been proven time and again. Nor do those who have tried it doubt that 
the world’s greatest, most convenient and profitable machine to use is the 
PAPEC matic Ensilage Cutter 
Competitive tests have demonstrated that the PAPEC will cut and elevate 
better silage in leaa time and with less power than any other blower 
ensilage cutter. It “throws and blows" over 50 feet without clogging. 
Easy to operate; fed from ground: never clogs or gets out of order. Cast- 
iron frame—no wood to twist and warp. GUARANTEED. 
Our new book, “How to Prepare Ensilage,” willinterest every dairy¬ 
man and farmer. Write forit—FREE. Agents wanted in unoccupied territory. 
PAPEC MACHINE CO., Box 10, Sliortsville, N. Y. 
25 Distributing Points in me U. S. 
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