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January 25, 
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“CORN TALK” 
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A Message to Apple Growers 
FROM 
MR. THOMAS W. STEGK, of Opequon, Va. 
WINNER OF THE EASTERN APPLE TROPHY 
THE $750.00 PRIZE CUP DONATED BY THE COE-MORTIMER CO. 
AT THE AMERICAN LAND AND IRRIGATION EXPOSITION 
TWTR- STECK, the winner of 
the magnificent Eastern 
Apple Trophy, has written 
an account of his life work in 
apple growing that should 
prove an inspiration to every 
fruit grower. 
He tells of one block of 300 trees that 
returned $17,974.33 in nine years. 
He describes his methods of Pruning, 
Cultivation, Spraying and Fertilization. 
The whole story is given just as written 
by Mr. Steck in our new booklet en¬ 
titled, “The Winning of the Cup,” a 
copy of which is yours if you will 
write for it promptly. 
A striking feature of this competition is, that it 
developed after the prize was awarded, that 
Mr. Steck raised his prize winning fruit with 
COE-MORTIMER FERTILIZERS, which he 
has used for the past two years ; purchasing 
them in the open market, from one of the Coe- 
Mortimer local agents at Winchester, Va. 
Thus the superior quality of COE-MORTIMER 
FERTILIZERS for fruits is again confirmed. 
If, when you write us, you will tell us the 
brand or make of fertilizer you are now using, 
we shall be glad to send you one of our handsome 1913 Calendars. 
Why Not Put Your Fruit in the Prize Wiu..ing Class by Purchasing Your 
Fertilizers from 
The Coe-Mortimer Company, 51 Chambers Street, New York Cit„ 
BRAND' 
'aterials 
, It means something to have been on the Market since the begin- 
ningof the Spraying Material Industry over 24 years ago—as we have. 
If you believe one Spraying Material is as good as another ? If 
you think that one brand differs from another in name only? 
Then we are wasting our time and our money manufacturing 
LION BRAND SPRAYING MATERIALS which are the highest quality 
that can be produced. 
There are as many best Spraying Materials on the Market as 
there are concerns to advertise, but in spite of all this competion Lion 
Brand Spraying Materials are being sold in larger quantities each year. 
We are specialists, manufacturing nothing but insecticides 
and fungicides, and have alwavs sold them under the same LION 
BRAND. If you paid ten times the price you coidd buy none better. 
DON’T EXPERIMENT USE 
Blanchard’s “Lion Brand” 
Insecticides and Fungicides 
They have been the Standard for more years than any other manufacturer in this 
line has been in business. 
A NURSERY TALE. 
I notice from time to time articles 
about nurserymen in The R. N.-Y., and 
so I send in my contribution. This 
morning I was talking with a nursery¬ 
man who sends out a number of agents 
—in fact, depends entirely upon the 
work of agents for his trade. After 
telling of some of the difficulties of the 
business and the general desire of the 
nurseryman to do an honest trade, he 
said: “The problem of securing agents 
is a hard one. To-morrow I am going 
down to Chicago to meet a couple of 
crooks—that’s what they are. crooks, 
hut they can sell apple trees—and I will 
hire them and take my chances that 
they will not ‘do’ me. An honest man 
could not go out and do enough busi¬ 
ness to make a living as a tree agent. 
The average farmer wants something 
with a nice name, an impossible story 
and a high price with it, and an agent 
must be a smooth talker to do the job. 
A few days ago I met a number of 
Western nurserymen and we talked this 
agent question over till two o’clock in 
the morning. But we have our money 
invested in the business, we want to sell 
our stuff, and we have got to hire 
crooked men to do it.” 
A few months ago I met this same 
nurseryman on the street one day and 
he said to me: “Here. Toole, what do 
you think of this? One of my agents 
sends in an order for a lot of trees of 
Negundo aceroides for a man. The 
buyer has a row of box elder that he 
is going to cut down, and he has bought 
a lot of these Negundo aceroides (this 
is simply the botanical name for box 
elder) at a high price to set in their 
place. What’s a fellow going to do 
about that?” 
It was certainly a laughable incident, 
and shows how easily people are de¬ 
ceived. I believe some agents are honest, 
and I am sure all nurserymen do not 
have as elastic a conscience as my ac¬ 
quaintance. Whether buying from a 
catalogue or an agent, the buyer should 
avoid firms who tell tall stories of fabu¬ 
lous yields or wonderful qualities. 
Wisconsin. w. a. toole. 
R. N.-Y.—There certainly are honest 
tree agents, and it is also true that some 
country people are fooled because they 
expect too much and listen to big stories 
which they have no business to believe. 
Apples Grafted to Several Sorts. 
F. C., (Xo Address). —Where can I buy 
apple trees which are grafted to three or 
four different varieties-? Some of us who 
have but little land would like a succession 
of varieties. It would seem that a few 
trees worked in this way to different varie¬ 
ties would give us “a small orchard.” 
Where can I buy them? 
Ans.—I t is doubtful if any nursery¬ 
man would sell such trees. The small 
tree would not he best for doing such 
work. Better plant a thrifty tree like 
Northern Spy. Get a good growth with 
the top well formed and then have some 
expert put in the grafts. This can often 
be done to advantage. 
COMING FARMERS’ MEETINGS. 
New York State Sheep Breeders’ Asso¬ 
ciation, Utica, N. Y., January 22. 
Fourth Ohio State Apple Show, Zanes¬ 
ville, O., January 20-24, 1013. 
Twelfth annual meeting of Nebraska 
State Agricultural Association. University 
Farm, Lincoln. Neb., January 20-24. 
Cleveland, O., Fanciers’ Show, January 
20-25, 1913. 
Twenty-fourth annual meeting of the j 
South Dakota State Horticultural Society, 
Redfield. S. D., January 21-23, 1013. 
Pennsylvania Dairy Union, Harrisburg, 
Pa., January 21-28. 
Connecticut Dairymen’s Association, 
thirty-second annual convention, Meriden, 
Conn.. January 21-23. 
New York State Breeders’ Association, 
annual meeting, Utica, X. Y., January 
22-23. 
West Virginia State Horticultural So¬ 
ciety, Charleston. W. Va.. January 22-23. 
Empire State Ayrshire Club, Utica, N. Y'., 
January 23. 
New York Shropshire Breeders* Associa¬ 
tion, Utica, N. Y.. January 23. 
New l"ork Berkshire Swine Breeders’ As¬ 
sociation. Utica. N. Y\, January 23. 
New York Cheshire Swine Breeders’ As¬ 
sociation. Utica. N. Y., January 23. 
Holstein-Friesian Club of New l’ork, 
Utica. N. Y'., January 23. 
Genesee County Poultry Association, 
Batavia, N. Y„ January 22-27. 
Massachusetts Agricultural College, Am¬ 
herst, Mass., school of apple packing, Jan¬ 
uary 23-29, 1913. 
American Breeders’ Association, Colum¬ 
bia, S. C., January 25-27. 1913. 
Northeastern Poultry and Pet Stock As¬ 
sociation. Inc., fourth annual show, Green 
Bay, Wis., January 30-31. Feb. 1-3. 
Fifth National Corn Exhibition. State 
Exposition Grounds, Columbia, S. C., Janu¬ 
ary 27 to February S. 1913. 
New Y’ork State Grange, Buffalo, N. Y., 
February 3-6. 
Farmers’ Course at Rhode Island State 
College, February 5-7. 
New York State Vegetable Growers’ As¬ 
sociation, College of Agriculture, Ithaca, 
February 11-13, 1913. 
Farmers’ Week, N. Y., State College of 
Agriculture, Ithaca, February 10-15. 1913. 
Ohio State Dairymen’s Association, Co¬ 
lumbus, Ohio, February 13-14. 
“LION BRAND” Arsenate of Lead 
“LION BRAND” Pure Paris Green 
“LION BRAND” Lime Sulphur Solution 
“LION BRAND” Bordeaux Mixture 
"LION BRAND” Kerosene Emulsion 
“LION BRAND” Whale Oil Soap 
“LION BRAND” Pure Powdered Hellebore 
“LION BRAND” Grafting Wax 
“LION BRAND” Stickv Binding 
“LION BRAND” Weedicide 
“LION BRAND” Powdered Tobacco 
“LION BRAND” Insect Powder 
“LION BRAND” Cattle Content 
and a number of Specialties 
WE MAKE A SPRAY TO DESTROY EVERY INSECT ENEMY AND FUNGUS 
DISEASE OF TREES, VINES, SHRUBS, PLANTS and VEGETABLES 
It is impossible for fruit growers and vegetable gardeners to get crops that can 
be profitably sold without using Insecticides and Fungicides, anti those who grow 
profitable crops do use them, and know it pays to do so. 
The great thing in a successful fight against insect enemies is to destroy the first 
hatching of the season. If they get the start your work is so much the harder. You 
cannot afford to take chances on Insecticides you know nothing about,-You must have 
“LION BRAND” that are always pure, fresh and certain in results. 
We want every fruit grower, every vegetable grower, every one who has valuable 
shade trees and shrubbery to have a copy of 
wherein we explain why and how spraying 
insures larger crops and better quality. Just 
I send your name and address to our nearest office. 
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OUR FREE SPRAYING BOOKLET 
id your name and address to our nearest 
Blanchard’s Products are sold by dealers and agents everywhere, or direct, if your 
dealer cannot supply them. Look for the Lion Brand Trade Mark and take no other. 
The JAMES A. BLANCHARD CO. 
550 Hudson Terminal, NEW YORK 551 Broad St., ST. JOSEPH, MICH. 
Factories: New York and St. Joseph 
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