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THIS HURAIj, NEW-YORKEk-L 
May 13, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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Dandelions in Lawn. 
N. F. W., Smyrna, Del— Can you inform 
me what will destroy dandelions in lawn 
that is infested with them? 
Ans. —Persistent and perpetual dig¬ 
ging out seems the only way of getting 
rid of dandelions in lawn. Of course 
the flower heads must be clipped off, to 
prevent more seeding. The dandelion 
root must be dug out deeply, or it will 
start up again; we find a very sharp, 
stifif-bladed knife a useful tool for this 
purpose; it is not more laborious than 
cutting asparagus, and an enthusiastic 
gardener can do a good deal of execu¬ 
tion. Every effort should be made to 
encourage the lawn and thicken the 
grass, sowing more seed of Kentucky 
Blue grass on thin spots and applying 
a light top-dressing of nitrate of soda, 
about 200 pounds to the acre, in three 
or four applications. 
Destroying Red Ants. 
D. 11., Penflcld, N. Y. —Will you give a 
remedy for red ants? We have been pes¬ 
tered with them for two years, the kind 
that gets into cake and sugar or bread and 
anything with sugar in it. 
Ans. —These red ants avoid poison; a 
few may be killed in this way, but they 
soon seem to recognize the danger, and 
avoid it. They can be destroyed, how¬ 
ever by trapping, either with a roughly 
scraped raw hone, or with a sponge 
dipped in sugar water; put either trap 
where they congregate. As soon as the 
hone is covered with ants, put it in the 
fire. When the sponge is used, which is 
more convenient, dip a sponge in weak 
syrup, and as soon as it is full of ants, 
drop it into boiling water, put out a 
second sweetened sponge, and after rins¬ 
ing out the first, use it again, repeating 
the process until they disappear. As a 
rule after a number have been trapped 
in this way the others disappear, as 
though terrified by their unknown en¬ 
emy. Carbolic acid and naphthalene are 
both repellants, but of course they can¬ 
not be used close to the vicinity of food. 
Healing Powers of Clay. 
II. B., Ballengee, IF. Va .—On our farm 
here we have a vein of clay that contains 
magnesia, iron," silicate of soda and other 
ingredients that have been used by several 
of our neighbors on old sores, such as fever 
sores, carbuncles and chronic sores that 
our best doctors have failed to cure. These 
have been cured sound and well in a short 
time by the use of this clay. This clay Is 
about four feet under ground and is about 
30 feet thick, which extends through the 
top of a ridge. 
Ans.—A s you are no doubt aware, 
clay has been used almost from time 
immemorial as a popular remedy for 
sprains, sores, etc. The chief value of 
the clay in this connection is possibly 
the fact that it excludes air, although 
it may be that it has some antiseptic 
properties. Antiphlogistine and similar 
preparations are clay with highly ab¬ 
sorptive qualities, used as a vehicle to 
carry some remedial agent. It may 
be, therefore, that there is something 
in this claim, although it is hardly pos¬ 
sible that the clay is a cure-all. 
GEO OTIS SMITH, 
Director Geological Survey. 
Buying Florida Land. 
E. R., Poughkeepsie, N. Y .—Can you give 
me any information in regard to condition 
and fertility of the soil in Florida, in 
Hillsboro County, in the vicinity 12 or 15 
miles north of Tampa? I mean, can the 
soil be brought into cultivation without a 
great outlay of money and labor? Of 
course I don’t expect it to be cultivated 
with no expense or work ; all land must be 
worked if one is to reap any benefit from 
it. But I have been advised to write you. 
as to the value of this laud, and will be 
glad of your opinion and advice on the 
subject. I desire for the benefit of health 
and other reasons to make my home in 
Florida at some future time. 
Ans. —Experience has taught us the 
folly of attempting to give such advice 
about Florida land. The conditions of 
soil and climate are so different and so 
peculiar it is impossible to describe them 
fairly to a Northern person. There is 
no fair way except to go to Florida 
yourself and stay long enough to study 
the country. Do not go in Winter and 
buy land on the strength of the climate, 
hut go down in the rainy, hot season 
when the dampness and the insects are 
at their worst. Do not, under Any cir¬ 
cumstances whatever, buy Florida land 
from a land company or a real estate 
firm without going there and living at 
least one year before paying out money 
or signing any contract. There is prob¬ 
ably no part of the earth with such 
varying soil and conditions as Florida. 
Either keep away from it entirely or go 
and live there before buying land. 
Insects on Rose. 
Will you tell me what I should use on 
my Crimson Rambler to prevent the foliage 
from being destroyed by insects? F. w. F. 
Schenectady, N. Y. 
A number of different insects affect 
roses; one often very troublesome on Crim¬ 
son Rambler Ls the rose hopper or thrips, 
which feeds on the under side of the foliage, 
giving it a yellowish look. The hoppers 
are small yellowish-white winged creatures, 
very active. Spray with whale-oil soap dis¬ 
solved in hot water and then diluted at 
the rate of one pound of soap to six gal¬ 
lons of water. Tobacco extract, diluted in 
accordance with directions on package, is 
also good. Re sure the spray hits the un¬ 
der side of the leaves. The same remedies 
are useful for aphis, rose slugs and red 
spider, though the latter post is controlled 
by cold water, frequently syringed with 
force against the under side of the leaves. 
For mildew, which often pffects the foliage 
of Crimson Rambler, especially when 
planted in a place with deficient air drain¬ 
age, dust the leaves with powdered sulphur 
while they are wet with dew. 
FRUIT NOTES. 
It seems that all fruit buds, except those 
of peaches, passed through the Winter nice¬ 
ly, and are now in line shape to give us 
an abundant crop, however, the apple buds 
are just beginning to show a little red and 
the outcome depends very much upon the 
weather conditions of the next week or two. 
Beach buds were very badly injured by the 
low temperature during January. The crop 
from this latitude north will probably be 
very light. South of us the trees have 
bloomed quite freely In most localities and 
now promise a fair crop. Berries of all 
kinds are in good shape, except from some 
damage from the extremely dry weather of 
last Summer. wai/tei: wellhousk. 
Kansas Hort’l Society. 
Peach buds on low lands are destroyed. 
On high ground very little injury is done. 
Harrisburg, Pa. d. s. b. 
A little too early to know about the 
peaches for sure, but they are reported hurt 
quite badly. Sour cherries look fine for a 
big crop; apples also look fine for a good 
crop, but too early to tell unless you go 
from tree to tree, and I have not made a 
canvass of mine. The ground is so wet 
It is almost impossible to spray, and a 
great many farmers are not spraying, and 
they should by all means, as the aphis is 
about again. Very little plowing done. 
No onions sown yet. too wet and cold, the 
wettest it has been in years. Roads are in 
bad shape yet, muddy and rutted ; no time 
to work on them as it rains about every 
other day. w. r. k. 
Wayne Co., N. Y. 
Indications now are that the apple crop 
will he unusually large if proper attention 
be given to spraying. Reports show that 
there will be a very heavy bloom, only a 
few reporting the bloom below the average, 
while many place it above average. The 
peaeli bloom is practically confined to a 
very limited area in the southwestern part 
of the State, and even there the prospects 
for a crop are far below average. Prac¬ 
tically all report very severe Winter in¬ 
jury to trees. Considerably more spraying 
than usual is being done. 
Columbus, Mo. w. w. chenowetii. 
Secretary Mo. Board of Horticulture. 
Pyrox fills the barrel with the apples 
that used to go on top. Write Bowker 
Insecticide Co., Boston, for book.—Adv. 
The Aermotor with the auto¬ 
matic regulator stops wnen 
the tank is lull and 
starts when the 
water is lowered 4 
inches. You oil it 
once a week. A 
gasoline engine has to be 
started and stopped and oiled 
and attended almost constantly, 
and you have large expense lor 
gasoline and oil. The wind is 
Iree. 
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We make gasoline engines (exceedingly 
good ones) but, lor the average water supply 
lor the home and 150 head of stock, an 8-loot 
Aermotor with a storage tank. — which is a 
necessity with any kind ol water supply —is 
all that is needed and is by lar the more 
economical. The supply of wind lor the Aer¬ 
motor is more to be relied upon than the supply 
ol gasoline, batteries and repairs lor the gaso¬ 
line engine. 
The cost of gasoline, oil, batteries and re¬ 
pairs in pumping lor 150 head ol stock with a 
gasoline engine, will buy an 8-foot Aermotor 
every year, and you are still to the bad the 
amount of time you spend over the gasoline 
engine. 
But the gasoline engine has its place on the 
farm notwithstanding the fact that 100 people 
are maimed oi killed with gasoline where one 
is injured by v windmill, and that 100 farm 
buildings are burned with gasoline where none 
is injured by a windmill. For the watersupply, 
the windmill is the thing. Thousands of farmers 
who have done their first power pumping by a 
gasoline engine have become tired of it and are 
buying windmills. That is one reason why our 
windmill business increases from year to year. 
We can furnish you much testimony like the 
following: 
Devine, Tex., Dec. 16,1911. 
I anmendlngyou a photo¬ 
graph of one of the oldest 
windmills In this country— 
It being the first Aermotor 
put up In Medina County— 
and ls used to furnish water 
for hundreds of head of cat¬ 
tle. It was put up In the year 
1889 and ls owned by Mr. 
Murdo Monroe. The only 
repairs this mill has ever 
needed are one small gear 
and a rocker arm, the total 
cost of which was 92.50. This 
Aermotor ls still running and 
doing good service, furnish¬ 
ing water for cattle and 
family. 
LOUIS GACONET. 
Find, if you can. a state¬ 
ment like this regarding 
gasoline engines. 
Of course, there are places where a windmill 
cannot be used. There you will have to use a 
gasoline engine, with all of its disadvantages. 
We will furnish for that place a small engine 
which costs but $37.60 complete, so it can be set 
to pumping in 30 minutes. Or we will furnish 
you a pump jack—the best made—for $6.00. to 
do pumping with a larger gasoline engine. 
Send for catalogue giving full information 
about water supply. Aermotor Co.. Chicago. 
Branch Houses: Oakland, Cal.; Kansas City, 
Mo.; Minneapolis, Minn. 
Cabbage and Tomato St’iSS.'ttsrsJ 
Sweet Potato Plants 
Warheim Farm Strain, Selected Jersey, 
Yellow and Red. Chunky, very pro¬ 
ductive—150, postpaid, 60c. Write for 
Circular and prices on larger lots. 
GEO. H. LIEPE . . COLOGNE. N. J. 
Sfra wkpirv Pin ° ver 40 money-making va- 
oirawotrry l lunis rjeties only $1.25 to $2.25 por 
1000. New 1012 catalog free. David Rodway, Hartly, Del. 
N EW ERA COW PEAS— Own growing. Great soil im¬ 
provers, best for hay, retain leaves. Mature 75 
days. $2.50 bu., sackod, f.o.b. Check with order. 
Prompt shipment. E. Packard, Seed Specialist, Dover,Del. 
SWEET POTATO 
For Sale 
Cow Peas, $2.00 to $2,50 bushel; 
Crimson Clover Seed, $0.00 to 
$7.00 bushel; Red Clover Seed, $12.00 bushel. 
JOSEPH E. HOLLAND Mii,fobd, Delaware. 
WHITMAN’S,Si. P “S 
ol the World 
_ 'New Model Steel Beauty \j£p ALL STEEL 
Let us prove that our New Model is the Strongest, Most 
Durable, Most Economical and Simplest Hay Press in the 
World—does the best work—has greatest capacity—saves 
time, labor and trouble—contains exclusive feature found 
in no other press—with or without self-feed, pullback and 
hopper condenser—fully guaranteed—we make largest lino 
of Bailers in the world. Write today for big free catalog. 
WHITMAN AGRICULTURAL CO., 6951 S. Broadway. St. Louis 
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FARMERS HAVING SMALL POWER can 
do more grinding in one minuto 
Independence Power 
Grind Stone 
than they can in one 
hour on a little dinkey 
tread power stone. Be 
aggressive and np-to- 
date and write for circulars 
and prices to INDEPENDENCE 
STONE WORKS. Independence, 0. 
SEASONABLE FARM SEEDS 
COW PEAS 
Valuable for hay and silage, and im¬ 
prove soils, even if crop is cut. We 
offer choice Whip-poor-will, New 
Era. Black-Eye and Clay Cow Peas. 
MANGELS FOR 
FEEDING STOCK 
All the best varieties. Also Millets, Buck¬ 
wheat and other seeds for sowing now. 
Write for prices on any farm seeds desired. 
Also for a copy of our Alfalfa leaflet, free. 
Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa. 
HARDY TREES 
Trees for Orchard, Forest and Garden 
Planting, Shrubs, Roses, Vines and 
Herb Perennials. Hedge Plants and 
Wind Breaks. Catalogue Free. 
NEW ENGLAND NURSERIES, Bedford, Mass. 
Peach and Apple Trees 
For fall or spring planting. Prices right; stock 
right. MYE14 & SON. Bridgeville, Delaware 
100,000 Fruit Trees 
APPLES, PEARS, PEACHES & 
1* RUMS at wholesale prices. 
All Stock Government inspected. Stock budded 
from bearing trees. 
Write today for our Freo Catalogue. 
ONTARIO NURSERY CO. 
Box No. 21 Geneva, N. Y. 
C A It HACK, LETTUCE, BEETS—Fine plants, *1.00 per 1 , 000 . 
Cauliflower, $2.f>0 per 1,0U0. Sweet Potatoes, Peppers, Toma¬ 
toes, Celery; best kinds. Send for list. J. C. Schmidt, ilristol, Pa. 
BINDER TWINE 
Direct from Mill. Quality Guaranteed. Farmer 
Agents Wanted. AUGUST POST, Moulton, Iowa. 
BOOKS WORTH BUYING 
Diseases of Animals, Mayo. 1.50 
Farmer’s Veterinary Adviser, Law.... 3.00 
The Horse, Roberts. 1.25 
Hens for Profit. Valentins. 1.50 
Swine in America. Coburn. 2.50 
Sheep Farming, Wing. 1.00 
Chrysanthemum Culture, Herrington.. .50 
Plant Culture, Oliver. 1.50 
The Rose, Kingsley. 2.00 
Landscape Gardening, Waugh.50 
How to Plan the Home Grounds, Par¬ 
sons . 1.00 
Ornamental Gardening, Long. 1.50 
The Small Country Place, Maynard. . 1.50 
Bean Culture, Scvey.50 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
409 Pearl Street New York 
a liquid sprayer who 
has once used the 
The easiest 
surest way to 
kill bugs! 
CHAMPION M 
The Champion works faster—dusts two rows 
at once—as fast as a man walks. Weighs only 
six pounds. Simple to operate, any farm hand, 
even a boy can use it. It gives better results, 
at less expense—in time and material used— 
than any other machine. No water to carry. 
Least danger because the poison is kept at 
a safe distance. Price $8.oo. If your local 
dealer can’t supply you, we will ship direct on 
receipt of price. Guaranteed satisfactory. 
On large acreage, use the Beetle Duster. 
Dusts four rows as fast as a horse walks. 
Write for literature to 
LEGGETT & BROTHER 
301C Pearl Street* New York City 
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STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
Large discounts on large orders. 
—39 of the earliest, latest, largest, most productive 
varieties. Also fall bearing varieties, SWEET POTATO. 
CABBAGE^ ASPARAGUS, RASPBERRY. BLACKBERRY PLANTS, 
FRUIT TREES. PLANT SETTERS. SPRAY PUMPS. Prices low 
Catalog free. HARRY L. SQUIRES, Remsenburg, New York. 
Strawberry Plants THat Grow 
Largest stock of thrifty young plants in the New England StateB. I have been selling plants true to name for 40 
years. All the new and standard varieties. Descriptive catalogue sent free. C. 8. Pit ATT. HEADING. MAS8. 
SLUG-SHOT 
USED FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN FOR 29 YEARS 
Sold by Seed Dealers of America 
Saves Currants, Potatoes, Cabbage, Melons, Flowers, Trees and 
Shrubs from Insects. Put up in popular packages at popular 
prices. Write for free pamphlet on Bugs and Blights, etc., to 
B. HAMMOND - Fishkill-on-Hudson, New York 
SPRAY 
The IRON 
Traction 
Way 
If you grow field crops in rows, you need this traction sprayer. We claim 
» j-i that our Iron Age Traction Sprayers are equipped with the best 
tingle or double acting pumps of any field sprayers made. They have less 
I slippage than any other. The solution is always kept thoroughly mixed 
and delivered at high pressure in a fine spray, regulated by our adjustable 
relief valve. M /TIT Traction Sprayers 
BnUN /umfaf Have 55 and 100 gallon 
jAJSmWA M jnaMJLg tanks, 4 or 6 row sprayer 
equipment, special rigs for grain, pickles and other 
crops, wind shift attachment, adjustment for different 
width rows, pressure gauge and center drive from 
both wheels. 
Seethis sprayeronyourdealer'sfloor. Writeusatonce 
for special booklet. You owe it to yourself to know 
ali about this machine. A post card will bring the 
information. We make a complete line of potato ma¬ 
chinery, garden wheel hoes and drills, etc. 
BATEMAN M’F’G CO., Box 1029, Grenloch, N. J. 
