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FARMERS’ CLUB 
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Propagating Honey Locust. 
A. ('. IT'., New York, N. Y. —I have some 
fine honey locust shoots, about half an inch 
in diameter, which I wish to root and set 
out to use as fence posts where they will 
be planted, and am seeking information as 
to the time of year when they will root 
most readily. They grow so readily from 
an old stump that I imagine they will be 
easily rooted at the proper time. 
Ans.— The honey locust is propa¬ 
gated from seed. Just before planting 
the seeds should be soaked in water for 
a couple of days. Planting should im¬ 
mediately follow the soaking of the 
seeds, which should be covered with 
about one-half inch of soil. Clean, 
level cultivation should be given and 
the seedlings transplanted to their 
permanent location in the Spring. 
S. H. MADDEN. 
Various Horticultural Queries. 
W. £. 11New Jersey .—Would peach 
trees on plum roots make a longer-lived 
and more healthy tree? How would peach 
on plum do for a sandy soil on a northern 
hillside V Peaches -don't last long here and 
I thought plum roots would make them 
longer-lived. How would it do to work 
tame chestnut trees on horse chestnut 
roots? Would it not save them from the 
chestnut tree blight now doing so much 
damage? What is your opinion of the 
Iron Mountain peach commercially? 
Ans. —The peach is propagated on 
plum stock by a few nurserymen, and 
sold at high prices, because the demand 
is very limited for such stock, and is 
only recommended for amateur planting 
—in heavy wet soils, never for sandy 
soil. If the peach does not do well 
on light or sandy soil when grown on 
peach stock the trouble lies in some 
deficiency of the soil or care. It may 
be that lime is needed, as sandy soils 
more often are deficient in lime than are 
heavier soils. Try a heavy application 
of lime, feed with bone, potash and 
some nitrogen if trees do not make 
enough growth. Kee^ a close watch for 
borers which are very troublesome on 
light sandy soils. Cultivate thorough¬ 
ly and sow vetch or some other cover 
crop in Fall and then report results. 
The chestnut blight is transmitted by 
means of the fungus spores to the tops 
of trees entering wherever a wound of 
any kind has been made in the bark of 
limb or body of the tree. The root has 
nothing whatever to do with it. The 
grafting of the chestnut on the horse- 
chestnut is not nossible in the first place, 
and if it were possible it would not 
prevent the blight attacking the top of 
the chestnut tree. The Iron Mountain 
peach is a very popular and profitable 
market peach, as it is one of the larg¬ 
est and latest white peaches, ripening as 
late as October 20, when it is in good 
strong soil. One fault is an inclination 
to set more fruit than it can bring to 
perfection, and when this is the case 
it must be thinned out after the “Tune 
drop” has left too many fruits or. the 
tree. A second fault is that when 
planted on strong soils lacking in potash 
and lime, it has a greenish color instead 
of the clear silvery white that it should 
have when grown to perfection. It is 
always classed as a standard market 
variety in New Jersey. e. s. black. 
Spraying and Poisoned Sheep. 
The question asked on page 643, 
“Does arsenate of lead sprayed on trees 
poison grass sufficiently to hurt stock,” 
and answered by Mr. Tinkham that it 
does not, is quite at variance with the 
writer’s experience. Last season I 
sprayed my apple orchard with arsenate 
of lead at the rate of three pounds to 
50 gallons of water. This orchard was 
a sheep pasture, and the sheep were 
turned out before spraying was done. 
A few days later I found three of my 
lambs were poisoned and on examina¬ 
tion found that some of the lambs were 
creeping through the fence and eating 
the poisoned grass. These lambs all 
recovered, but were somewhat injured. 
After several heavy rains I used this 
orchard again for pasture, and see no 
resulting damage therefrom to my 
lambs. H. M. 
Maplewood, Pa. 
A Home Canning Outfit. 
In answer to your question “Do can¬ 
ning outfits pay?” I say yes. About 
four years ago I became interested in 
the canning business. I saw several 
advertisements of small outfits and I 
finally purchased one of the .smallest as 
an experiment. I canned tomatoes that 
season, but I had very poor success, as 
July 6, 
I had no previous experience, but what 
little I was able to keep sold very 
readily in our home market, as peo¬ 
ple did not like the factory canned on 
account of the filthy way they handled 
the stuff. But I was so discouraged the 
first season on my failure that I de¬ 
cided not to can any more, hence put 
up but very little the second season, 
but I had fairly good success with what 
little I had, and in the Fall everybody 
wanted to have more of my good to¬ 
matoes, like the ones I sold the first 
year. Then it occurred to me that I 
had made more of a success than I 
had realized at first. Since then I have 
made a success at it, and anyone can 
if he will do the right thing, that is, 
\>ut up clean, honest goods. There is 
money in it too. It requires some ex¬ 
perience in order to be successful, as 
in everything else. The directions are 
plain and simple with the machines. 
One need not invest anything like $500 
as stated in the article referred to. Less 
than one-fifth of that will get a suffi¬ 
cient outfit. F. N. WEIMER. 
Virginia, _ 
Soy Beans and Oats 
M. IT 7 . E. (No Address i.—I see a great 
deal about Soy beans and nothing about 
Soja beans in The R. N.-Y. I have seven 
acres of land plowed last Winter and full 
of briars, etc., and soil weak and no culti¬ 
vation for a number of years. I wish „o 
plant it in peaches and apples next Fall, 
and in the meantime to put it through the 
best treatment I can give it. I have been 
advised to sow it broadcast with oats, or to 
mix oats and Soja beans. 
Ans. —Soy is but another name for 
Soja. The advice to sow oats and Soy 
beans at this season is not sound. It 
is too late to sow oats now. They 
will not do well in hot weather. Buck¬ 
wheat is a better grain for your purpose. 
We should sow in early July, a mix¬ 
ture of one bushel of buckwheat and 
three pecks of rye per acre. Broadcast 
and work this seed in and then sow six 
pounds of Alsike clover. The buck¬ 
wheat will make a good growth through 
July and August. In September you 
can clip it and let the crop remain on 
the ground, or let it go until killed by 
frost. Then the rye will come out, 
occupy the field and if the soil is fit 
there will be a fair stand of Alsike 
clover. We should plant the trees next 
Spring—not this Fall—and cut this rye 
and clover and pile around the young 
trees. Such soil is usually sour and a 
good coat of lime would help start the 
clover. 
acquaintance who needed a part to his 
mower. As there was no agent in town 
who handled that particular machine, he 
went to an agent of the same company and 
requested him to get the part for him. The 
repairs for all the machines that the com¬ 
pany sells are shipped from the same ware¬ 
house. The reply that the company made 
was that they did not sell repairs to an 
agent unless he is agent for that particular 
machine. As it was important that the ma¬ 
chine be in running order the farmer went 
to a machinist and got a piece made. A 
while after some other part was needed 
and the farmer decided to write direct to 
the company for the part. He gave the 
most minute particulars as to the part 
needed, stating that there is no agent for 
his machine in town and requesting the 
company to send the repair direct to him. 
He asked some of the local agents what the 
part ought to cost, and was told that 10 
to 15 cents ought to pay the bill. In 
making the order he enclosed 50 cents and 
requested the return of any surplus. After 
considerable delay the farmer received a 
letter stating that that particular part cost 
65 cents and that they would hold the or¬ 
der until the balance of 15 cents should he 
received. The farmer was angry. Do 
farmers have any rights in the deals with 
the big companies? If so, how can they 
get them? H. h. lyon. 
R. N.-Y.-—There is great complaint about 
this. Another annoyance is the fact that 
local dealers are not permitted to carry re¬ 
pairs. When a machine breaks down the 
needed part must be ordered—often from a 
point 500 miles away, with delays and high 
express charges. 
Apricot Paste. —Consul Smith at Beirut 
reports a method of making Syrian apricot 
paste. It is made in cisterns or basins 
lined with concrete: “The ripe apricots 
are stoned and thrown into this basin and 
beaten into a pulp with tampers. The 
primitive method of kneading the fruit 
with bare feet is still often resorted to. 
The pulp is then spread out on thin boards 
and placed under trees and in shady places 
to dry. These boards are of uniform size, 
and the paste is so spread out as not to be 
thicker than one-tenth of an inch when 
dry. The sheets thus manufactured when 
dry weigh about 5% pounds and look like 
sole leather.” 
SOMETHING NEW IN 
"vrOU can not 
appreciate 
the value of 
this cart until 
you have used 
one. The only 
made with two mov¬ 
able supports. Has dropped 
axle, ladder attachment and 
flaring side rack. Pat. Jan. 
25,1910. Write tor circulars. 
MTd by C. K. PF.CKII AM, 
Columbia Cross Roads, Pa. 
B BINDER TWINE 7j4c lb. 
From factory to farm. Fully guaranteed. 
Farmers wanted as agents. Samples and cata¬ 
log free. THEO. BURT & SONS, Melroso, O. 
One man with a 
Masters Plant 
Setter can set 
and water more 
vegetable plants than three men can set by hand, 
and do it better. Price $4.50, Money refunded if 
not satisfactory. Illustrated circular free. 
HARRY L. SQUIKKS, Good Ground, N. Y. 
CABBAGE, CAULIFLOWER 
POTATO PLANTS— All 
varieties in large or small 
quantities. Good plants 
shipped in good condition at 
reasonable prices. Any of the 
above by mail, postpaid, 65c hundred. Catalog free. 
HARRY JL. SQUIKKS, Good Ground, N. Y. 
, SWEET 
leading 
C ABBAGE, CAULIFLOWER and CELERY 
PI,ANTS. Price List Free. Basil Perry, Cool Spring,Del. 
CABBAGE PLANTS 
Danish Ball-Head, Match- <£-« aa 
less, Flat Dutch, Surehead, IllOUSana 
CAULIFLOWER ehS*'! 53.50 Thousand 
J. AUG. DRAKE, Seedsman CHESTER. NEW JERSEY 
WE HAVE ENOUGH FOR EVERYBODY 
Tomato, Cabbage and Celery Plants 
Can fill your orders for’ as many as you want. Spe¬ 
cial prices on large lots. Send for onr 3912 price-list. 
ROMANCE SEE0, PLANT & TRUCK FARM. 
Caleb Boggs & Son, CheswoM, Del. 
CRIMSON CLOVER SEEDS READY NOW 
1912 crop, home grown, sample free. State quantity 
wanted. PACKARD, Field Seeds, Dover, Del. 
For Sale 
Cow Peas, $2.00 to $2,50 bushel: 
Crimson Clover Seed, $G.OO to 
$7.00 bushel; Red Clover Seed, $12.00 bushel. 
JOSEPH E. HOLLAND....Milford, Delaware. 
ALFALFA SOIL 
From 3-year-old field, producing 4 ton* dry hay yearly. 
100 lbs.—75c; 500 !bs.-S3; 1000 
lbs. or more—50c per 100 lbs. 
Don’t Use Less Than 400 Pounds Per Acre 
MINCH BROS., BRIDGETON, N. J. 
WEEDLESS ALFALFA 
is what we are trying to sell our customers. FREE 
sample will show you that we come pretty near 
doing this. All other field seeds; also Field and 
Cow Peas. Soy Beans, Vetch. Rape, etc. 
0. M. SCOTT & SON, 100 Main Sireel, Marysville, Ohio 
ALFALFA 
All Northern grown, guaranteed to be 99 percent 
pure and free from dodder. Write for free sample 
on which we invite you to get Government test*. 
This seed should produce hay at $60 per acrei an¬ 
nually. Free instructions on growing. 
GRAIN AND GRASS SEED 
Northern grown and of .strongest vitality. We 
handle export grade only and can furnish graie 
mixture suitable for any soils. Write for catalog. 
WIHG SEED CO., Box 323 Mechanicsburg, O. 
“BLACK’S QUALITY” 
FRUIT TREES 
NONE BETTER 
None Give Better Returns when They Fruit 
Buy Direct From the Nursery 
and save agent’s discounts and middleman’s 
profits. When you buy our trees you get a 
Dollar*s Worth of Trees 
for every one hundred cents you remit to us. 
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Concrete 
Watering Troughs 
The only practical way to build a watering trough is with 
concrete. It will never leak, rot, need repairs or give you 
trouble. Concrete is the modern way to build—it’s cheaper 
in the long run. And the best cement is 
T rilTrilPORTLTLND 
LLUlWlCEMENT 
A watering trough built with Lehigh will last for ages—Won't leak, 
cannot rust or rot and costs less in the long run. But insist on Lehigh, 
just as the big engineers do. They know. And they look for the 
L> f kk Lehigh mark on every sack. 
Two Practical Cement Books Free 
Every up-to-date farmer who is interested in money and labor sav» 
ine methods can make splendid use of the practical information 
about the use of concrete contained in our two valuable books 
The Modern Farmer” and “Concrete Bilos.” Both sent 
free for the asking. 
LEHIGHJPORTLAND CEMENT CO. Lehigh 
DEPT. 389B, Allentown, Pa. seta the 
11 mills, 11,000,000 Barrels Capacity Standard 
The Fearful Grain Prices. 
Would you explain why, with the biggest 
corn crop of last year, corn is retailing 
here at $1.90 per 100 pounds cracked, while 
the last year’s price for the same month 
was $1.40? Wheat sold last year for $1.90, 
advanced only 20 cents per 100 pounds, 
and little - chick food is 50 cents per bag 
higher this year. The feed dealer claims 
he has to pay 90 cents per bushel for corn 
while the quotations in The R. N.-Y. are 
considerably lower. Who is robbing the 
consumer this time? c. k. 
Peekskill, N. Y. 
The corn crop of the United States for 
1911 was nearly 600,000,000 bushels less 
than in 1910, and 250.000,000 short of 
1909. The high price this year is not a 
local matter, as the average wholesale 
figure for the whole country early in 
Spring was nearly 30 cents above last 
year. There is another reason why corn 
suitable for chicken feed should be high, 
as the frost last Fall caught large quan¬ 
tities in a decidedly soft condition. If 
stored in very small airy cribs such corn 
can be saved from mould, but in the great 
corn growing sections it’ is impossible to 
handle much soft corn properly, so it gets 
into commerce as No. 4 and No. 5. After 
being kiln-dried further rotting is avoided, 
but it has a musty smell and the marks of 
mould are still there. Such corn may be 
fed with reasonable safety to cattle and 
hogs, but is not suitable for poultry. The 
poultryma® will often find that he must 
pay above market quotations to get corn 
fit for chickens. Grain quotations from 
boards of trade and in the commercial 
columns of newspapers are always whole¬ 
sale, that is carloads or more. Smaller 
lots usually cost from 10 to 25 per cent 
more. 
The Nuisance of Repairs. 
It is pretty generally agreed that when a 
farmer desires to order something that he 
needs and does not know the price he 
should enclose the amount he thinks it will 
cost or a little more, especially if he is in 
a hurry for the piece. He can ask for 
the return of any surplus that may be en¬ 
closed. It is also understood that when a 
farmer orders a piece for his mowing ma¬ 
chine in haying time he is in a hurry for 
the part ordered, especially if it happens 
to be a part that must be had before the 
machine can be operated. One other mat¬ 
ter in this connection is also well known 
and is usually made allowance for. That 
matter is the exorbitant price charged for 
repairs. Now with all these points in mind 
the farmer ought to be able to get a re¬ 
pair at the least cost of time if not of 
money. Then, too, the manufacturers of 
machines have some responsibility if they 
do not always feel like admitting it. They 
should be willing to help out a farmer who 
is in trouble with a machine that they have 
sold him even if they do not make a large 
profit on the part that is sold. I do not 
think that anyone can readily help accept¬ 
ing these statements. 
The real reason for writing these state¬ 
ments is the experience of a farmer of my 
F OR SALE—Cabbage plant*, Danish Railhead, Rorkhead, Winter 
Flat Dutch and Savoy. W. 3. FORD & SON, Hartly, Del. 
C ABBAGE and CELERY PLANTS— Best variety, $1 perlOOO, 
$7.50, 10,000;Tomato, Sweet Potato and Peppers,$1.50 per 
1000; Cauliflower, $2.50 per 1000. J. C. Schmidt, Bristol, Pa. 
PC/ICH and APPLE TREES 
a specialty. CATALOGUE FREE 
JOS. H. BLACK. SON 6 CO. 
H1GHTSTOWN. N. J. 
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