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When you write advertisers mention Thh 
R. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
With “not a single complaint ” after a 
year’s trial, the New York State Fruit 
Growers’ Association officially adopted 
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U KEYBRANDnfl 
ARSENATE OF LEAD 
For a fungicide use Key Brand Bordeaux Mixture: 
for an insecticide and fungicide combined, Key Brand 
Bordo-f.cad: for Seale, Key Brand Scale Killer. 
Paste or powder ; small or large packages. 
Write today for circulars and prices. 
Agents and Wholesale Distributors Wanted. 
Interstate Chemical Co., 20 Bayriew Are., Jersey,City, N. J. 
Harris’ Steel Stalls 
and Stanchions 
Save Time and Money and Make 
Your Dairy More Profitable 
Y OUR COWS will give more 
and better milk, your cost of 
labor and production will be 
materially reduced, and you will 
make more money from your dairy 
if you equip your bam with Harris’ 
Patented Steel Stalls and Stan • 
chions and Labor-Saving Litter and 
Feed Carriers. 
Write today for our free. 
Illustrated Catalogue. 
THE HARRIS MANUFACTURING COMPANY 
Box 532 SALEM, Ohio 
Harvey Bolster Springs 
I prevent damage to eggs, garden truck, iruits, livestock! 
Ion road to market. Make any wagon a spring wagon. Soon! 
I save cost—produce brings bigger prices—wagon lasts! 
|longcr—horses benefited—thousands in use—"ray wagon | 
rides like auto” says one. Get a pair at dealers. 
I If not at dealer’s write us. Insist on Harvey’s. 
I 40 sizes—fit any w agon—sustain any load to 
I 10,000 lbs. Catalog and fistful of proofs free. 
HARVEY SPRING CO.. 71617th St., Racine, Wis. 
GUARANTEED 
GASOLINE ENGINES 
FOR 
PUMPING WATER 
The above picture shows our Combined Engine and Punip, and 
is one of the many types of outtits shown in our cata¬ 
log. You need, right on your farm, one of our en¬ 
gines, as it will save you much hard work and earn 
you money, yon can use the above outfit also lor 
spraying, and then have the engine for any other work 
Write us today, tell us what you want to do with 
an engine and get prices, and also the first bnyor 
In each locality pets a special price. Do It now, write 11 s today. 
WATERLOO ENGINE WORKS, 137 Liberty St.. New York City 
and free of weeds—vigorous 
by Experimental Sta¬ 
tions uud Alfalfa Authorities everywhere; 
sold on approval. Alfalfa will grow on 
Write for Free sample. 
FIELD SEED C0. t 
Shenandoah. Iowa. 
i BIG PROFITS 
Raising Fruits and Vegetables in 6 Sou. 
States, traversed by S. A. L. Ry. Land 
cheap. Water plentiful. Healthy climate. 
Net $500 to $1000 per acre—2 to 3 crops a 
year, in Manatee County, on West Coasi of 
Florida. Raise Orangts, Grape Ftuit, Vegeta¬ 
bles. Illustrated booklet free. 
J, A. i RIDE, Gen. Ind. Agt., 
Seaboard Air Une Raitway, Suite 606 NetlolK.Vt. 
BuyFarm Land 
at $10 an acre np adjacent to 
1 the Southern Railway and watch j 
it quickly double in value. 
Plenty of rain—no drouths—no 
blizzards. Rapidly growing 
cities demand more farm pro* 
dnee. Beef, pork, poultry, sheep and dairying pay hand¬ 
somely# Bi ' profit in truck, alfalfa, corn, cotton, nuts and | 
apples. Great industrial openings in all parts of the South 
Subscription to “Southern Field" and state booklets, Free 
M. V. RICHARDS, L. & I. Agt., So. Ry., Room 87 Wash., D.C, I 
$ 
the most efficient device 
■ ■ t made for pumping water by water. 
A M R a ' ses water 30 feet for each foot 
of fall—no trouble 
^>x pumping expense. Satis¬ 
faction guaranteed. 
BookUt, plans, estimate, FREE. 
RIFE ENGINE CO. 
2429 Trinity Bldg., N. Y. 
Hi TS ELM AN FENCE 
Sold direct to you at factory 
prices on 30 days trial. Save 
the dealers profit. Farm, Hog 
and Poultry Fence at from 
1 IK CENTS A ROD UP. 
All wires are heavily galvanized 
80 rod spool of Ideal galvanized 
Barbed Wire 31.40. Write 
to-day for large free Catalog showing 
100 different styles and heights of fencing 
Box 230 KITSELMAN BROS. MUNCIE, IND. 
Starting Apple Seeds. 
S. If. D., Banner Elk., N. C .—Tell me 
how to treat dry apple seeds to insure 
their germination. 
Ans. —About a week before planting 
time, dry apple seeds should be sus¬ 
pended in a coarse bag in water for 
about 48 hours. Then they should be 
mixed with sand and put in a warm 
place where the sun can get at them. 
A glass over the top of the box will 
draw more heat and hurry them along. 
As soon as little white sprouts make 
their first appearance, they should be 
sown. Rows two feet apart a're easily 
worked. m. k. 
Coloring Pecans. 
H. L., Middleville, Mich .—Can you tell 
us how pecan nuts are colored, as it would 
make hickory nuts looks better? I think 
hickory nuts are better than those small 
pecans that are sold around here. 
Ans. —Pecans are colored by putting 
a red dye in with them during the 
process of cleaning and polishing pre¬ 
paratory to marketing. It does them 
no good and is not liked by the dealers 
in the choice grades. The latter are 
not stained or polished and sell for the 
highest prices known in trade. It would 
be a great mistake to color hickory 
nuts for they are . aturally of good 
color. There is no doubt of the good 
quality of most of the wild varieties 
and some of them have been named and 
are being propagated in a small way by 
grafting. In due time such nursery 
trees will be offered for sale. 
H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
Grafting Pear Trees. 
J. W., Wellesley, Mass .—I have had some 
experience in grafting trees in Germany, 
and have tried to graft pear trees here 
by the same method without success. The 
scions last but a short time and then 
dry. Is there any difference in grafting 
in Germany and here? Give me full di¬ 
rections for grafting pear trees here; how, 
when and what kind of scions to cut. 
Ans. —There is no tree easier to graft 
successfully than the pear. If proper 
care is used in selecting the scions and 
if the work is well done on good, 
healthy stocks there is no reason why 
equally good success will not follow here 
as in Germany or anywhere else. In 
that country a mixture of clay and cow 
dung is often used instead of wax, but 
I have rarely seen it used here. Wax 
is the safer material for covering the 
wounds. One of the best formulas for 
making it that I have used is four 
pounds rosin, two pounds beeswax and 
one pound tallow, melted together and 
made into balls for convenient use. 
There is a free bulletin issued by the 
U. S. Department of Agriculture at 
Washington, D. C., on grafting, that 
gives full directions about how to do 
the work. Back numbers of The R. 
N.-Y. also contain the same informa¬ 
tion. Just before the buds start in the 
Spring is the best time to do grafting. 
The wood used for scions must be 
entirely dormant. H. E. van deman. 
Planting Peach Pits in Spring. 
S. P. M„ Myerstown, Pa .—Can peach 
seed be treated in any way this Spring so 
that it would germinate when planted? 
Could the whole seed or the kernels be 
soaked in lukewarm water and then 
planted? This seed should have been 
planted in the Pall, but at that time I had 
no intention of planting. 
Ans. —It is pretty late in the season 
to start treating peach seed so they will 
germinate this Spring. However, much 
will depend on the condition of the 
pits. If they are good Southern natural 
peach pits and the meats look healthy 
and plump, a large proportion of them 
might be made to germinate this Spring 
by soaking them in water for three or 
four days and then packing them in 
damp sawdust and storing them in a 
warm place. If the weather is good, a 
fair percentage of them ought to crack 
open by putting them out in a box or 
pit where the sun can get at them and 
stirring them around occasionally. It 
is never advisable to crack the pits open 
with a peach cracker and attempt to 
handle the meats. Northern nursery¬ 
men, as a rule, do not practice it. The 
meats are bruised more or less in the 
process and do not germinate. It is 
a big problem to get peach pits to 
crack no matter how they are treated, 
and many nurserymen buy a large num¬ 
ber more than they will use, and simply 
pick out the healthy meats that have 
started to sprout at planting time. These 
meats, already sprouted, if handled care¬ 
fully and planted in loose, warm 
ground, will come up evenly in the nur¬ 
sery row and insure a profitable crop. 
M. K. 
There is very little hay raised here, and 
silage is unknown. Corn on the farm, 65 
cents a bushel; fodder, $5 to $6 a stack. 
Good farm team of horses $250 and up. 
Mules as high as $400; oxen, $150. Milk 
is six cents a quart. F. N. p. 
Pocomoke City, Md. 
95% SEED CORN 95% 
Reid's yellow dent: yellow learning: Boone 
Co. white and silver mine. We guarantee 
onr corn to germinate 95# and give the 
farmer ten days’ trial. We handle all 
kinds of field and garden seeds. 
STOECKER SEED CO., Bex 6, Peoria, Ill. 
April 6, 
Asparagus Roots For Sale 
500.000 Palmetto extra large ones, also eight of the 
very best varieties of Strawberries on the market. 
We have selected these eight out of a hundred 
and fifty varieties, and think they are the best. 
Send for our 1912 catalogue and prices on all 
kinds of plants and seed. 
"Romance” Seed, Plant & Truck Farm 
CALEB BOGGS fit SON, Cheswold, Del. 
rSTRAWBERRY PLANTS—ASPARAGUS ROOTSn 
52 of the Earliest, I.atest, Largest, Most l Palmetto, Argentenil, Barr’s, Conover’s 
Productive Varieties i $2.90 thousand 
Raspberry, Blackberry, Cabbage Plants, Fruit Trees. Prices reasonable. Large discounts 
on large orders. Catalog free. HARRY L. SQUIRE, Bemsenburg, N. Y. 
For Reliable Seeds 
Bought direct from the farming community, and 
sold direct to the farmer:—Medium and Mammoth 
Clover. Alsike, Alfalfa, White and Crimson Clover, 
Timothy, Rape, Red Top, Blue Grass, Orchard 
Grass, Barley, Rye, Spring Wheat, all kinds of 
Seed Corn and Peas. Freight prepaid your Rail¬ 
road Station. Write for samples and prices. 
[Party who sent the fifty cents In stamps for order to ns, 
will please send their name and address to us, as the letter 
and stamps were lost. We will send the seed.] 
N. Wertheimer & Sons, Ligonier, Ind. 
SELF RAISING GATEMI 
The gate with a "lift"—helps to lighten 
the daily load. It lifts itself, swings 
over all obstructions—no diggingaway ,, 
snow or ice. Extra heavy frames of high 
carbon steel tubing, nearly two inches in 
diameter: all No- 9 wire filling of Peer¬ 
less Fencing—close spacing between line 
wires and crossbars. Double latch and a 
barb wire top. Every part 
HEAVILY GALVANIZED 
A rust-proof coat. Looks better than paint 
and lasts ten times as long. 
Send for folder; we’ll tell you where you 
can get Peerless Gates. 
Peerless Wire Fence Co., aSK.'ot, 
LOW FACTORY PRICE 
ON EMPIRE FENCE. 
Sold direct to you. The fence that has stood 
the hardest test of service on some of the biggest 
farms in the country. The Empire is made of 
ALL BIG WIRES. 
Of Basic Open Hearth Steel with special Stay Tie—the 
strongest made. Heavily galvanized against rust. 
411 No. 9 Wire S'® 
IV rite for 
Free Book 
full of profit-making 
facts for you. A postal 
brings it. Also free 
sample and direct -from- 
factory price. Write 
BONO STEEL POST CO. 
23 Maunee St., 
ugn! | Adrian, Michigan. 
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11 m * 'a c \ ij "i * \ * r d e \ i h o 'i a r i tj 'i o 'i * h * h * r s: i 
LOW PRICES “ 
handsome FENCE 
100 other styles. Many cheaperthan wood—all better. For Lawns, 
Churches, Parks, etc. Write for Pattern Book and special offer. 
THE WARD FENCE CO., Box 945 DECATUR, IND. 
STOUT 
STRONG 
B ROWN FENCES Will outlast any 
because of heavier wires and thicke 
DURABLE 
CHEAP 
other 
ker gal¬ 
vanizing. 160 styles for all purposes. Also 
Lawn Fences and Gates. 
Bargain Prices, 13c Per Rod Up 
delivered at your railway station. Send today 
for catalog and free sample for test. 
The Brown Fence & Wire Company 
Dept. 59 Cleveland, Ohio 
IOWA NEW GALVANIZ ED GATES 
GATES 
.Let me ship the gates you need for 60 days 
’free inspection and trial. Save from £50 to 
$250 on your gate purchase. Iowa Gates 
are made of high carbon steel tubing and large stiff No. 9 
wires. Rust proof—wear proof. Write for my special proposi¬ 
tion today. Complete galvanized frame, also painted gates_ 
cheaper than ever before. Jos. B. Clay, Manager., IOWA GATE CO., 45 Clay Street, Cedar 
Those of us who have loved ones sleeping in “the dark and voiceless | 
chambers of the dead” can give fitting expression to our remembranes 
by making their last resting place beautiful. Hepublic Fences are sub¬ 
stantially built in various pleasing designs. Cheaperthan wood: perma-1 
nent. Special prices for churches and cemetery associations. W rite ns. 
Republic Fence 4 Gate Co., 211 Republic St., North Ghicago, III. 
