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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
118 
PECIAL PRESERVATIVE PRUNING COMPOUND 
lor treatment of cuts and wounds on traitor 
ornamental trees. Unexcelled for preserving 
fence and gate posts. $1.00 per gallon. Orders 
not less than five gallons. Remittance with orders. 
Special rates on barrel lots. 
THE ALBANY FORESTRY CO. (Inc.) 
No. 448 Broadway, Albany, N. Y. 
From Farm to Consumers 
4 800 000 people in New York City are using farm 
nrod'ucs. Why not sell direct to these consumers 
th rou ah the parcel post 7 You can reach n splendid 
class <>f customers through THE NEW YORK 
TRIBUNE. For information and rates, write 
PARCEL POST DEPARTMENT 
New York Tribune - New York City 
B Need little attention and pay big profits 
p A C If you are interested in them send for a 
sample copy of Gleanings in Bee Culture, 
for the Also a bee supply catalog. 
THE A. I. ROOT CO. 
rflrtTl Box 350. Medina, Ohio. 
WAIT! . 
Get the Hinge Door 
and Lansing Book Be¬ 
fore Buying Any Silo 
Your choice of two famous silos. 
Learn about the Hinge doors—easy 
to open and close. Protects silage 
from freezing in winter and drying 
out in summer. Simple, rigid ana 
safe ladder—7 inches foothold. 
Scores of big points for you. 
Write now for Book 16. 
WOOD BROS. SILO & MFG. CO. 
General Office, Lincoln, Neb. 
Liming, Mich., Maryville, Mo.. Minneapolis, Minn., Ceifir 
Rapids, Is., E. SI. Lnnis, III., Topeka, Kens., Lexington, Ky„ 
Denver, Colo., Spokene, Wosh. Write Nearest Office. 
f Nest to CUSTOMERS 
Stop breaking eggs, wasting time and 
losing customers. Build up a personal 
egg trade at 15% greater profit with 
FARMERS’ MODERN EGG CRATES 
Gathered in carriers and sorted direct from 
" nest. Can be counted automatic¬ 
ally. No packing. Any dozen 
instantly put in or removed. Eggs 
delivered in tray cover. Unique 
advertising plan. Ideal for 
breeders in marking carriers and 
turning eggs. Write for 
intereresting details and 
FREE SALE-PLANS. 
Star Egg Carrier & 
Tray Mfg. Co., 128 
Dallas St., Rochester, N. Y. 
Wnnfod—Pnci'finn *S SUPERINTENDENT OF FARM OR 
warned rosition ESTATE. Box 200, Nassau, N. Y 
Montgomery County Farms -Write for free 
cular. HUNSBERGER'S FARM 
descriptive eir 
AGENCY. Pennsburo, Pa 
Ilf ANTED—POSITION—FAKMER-P e b . l*t 
W or later. 12 years’ experience in management 
American; married; age 40. Lock Box 5, Arnionk, N. Y 
WANTED— By the 1st of March, a married man to work 
" on a farm; man to do general farm work and wife 
to board the farm help. Sheldoncroft, Silver Lake, Pa 
UAN WITH SOME TRAINING, EXPER- 
™ IENUED, desires position with specialist in 
fruit and vegetable growing. Can bring another 
good man. B., 240 Columbia Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
U/ANTED-A SOBER MARRIED MAN FOR GENERAL FARM 
'* WORK to work by the month. Best of wages, 
and house rent free. Wanted by April 1st. Ad¬ 
dress, JOS. K. SHULTZ, Box 103, Washington Boro, Pa. 
WANTFD~ POSITION flS FflRM MANAGER. Broad, 
*' ■ ril ' 1 practical expe'ce in care of liort., agr’l, 
live stock. Ref. exc’ged. C. 0. Bosworth, Melrose, 0. 
W/E SELL GOOD FARMS in Oceana, greatest fruit Co. 
” in U.S.; also grain, potatoes, alfalfa, dairying. 
Write for list, etc. HANSON & SON, Hart, Mich. 
UAVING PLACED WITH US 16 FARMS FOR SALE, to settle 
*• an estate, the Executor must sell them at once, 
so placed them with ns. Good buildings, good 
farms, well watered, many witli stops and tools, 
easy terms, from 'a to cash, balance, 5* ; long 
time mortgage. Ranging in size, 10 acres to over 
200. From $1,00(1 to $5,000. Money makers. Must 
go. No holding for big prices. Come before sold it" 
you want a bargain. HALL'S FARM AGENCY, 
Owego, Tioga Co., New York. 
Eggs, Poultry, Meats, Produce. 
Shipments solicited. JELLIFFE, WRIGHT S CO.. Coin 
mission Merchants. 284 Washington St.,New York* 
WsilltPfl - FARMER— Man and wife with son old 
IICIIIICU enough to work ; must understand gen¬ 
eral farming and care of stock ; sober, honest and 
good worker. Answer by mail only, giving refer¬ 
ences. C. E. CLAYTON. 207 West 55tli SI., New York, N. Y. 
F ARMER WANTED— as working foreman on 100-iiere Lone- 
Islaud farm. Must understand all general farm work 
and machinery. Salary, 350 month, house rent, fuel, milk, 
and vegetables. State experience, nationality, age. siz.e 
of family, references. Ilox 171, SAI.Vf JAMES, Lour Island 
POSITION WANTFO- Mar, i,Hl G«rma». strict- 
rUOH lull YV HIT 1LU ly s „i*j r , thorough know¬ 
ledge of gardening, farming, taking care and rais¬ 
ing of poultry, etc. Wants steady position. Best 
references. Address, WORKING FOREMAN, 
care Harris, 441! W. 13th Street, New York City 
R. I. Shore Farm for Rent £*, “ l N sa S R 1 ^;“ 
soil. No stones. Good buildings. No stock. Old 
tools. Good markets. C. A. Coweu, 2 Wall St., New York 
Wan tori_Woman from 20-35 T ears of age 
ndllieu nomen with at least one year 
High School work, for our Training School for 
Nurses. Term. 21$ years, with pay. For circulars 
apply to SUPERINTENDENT GENEVA CITY 
HOSPITAL, Goneva, N. Y. 
POULTRY AND TRUCK FARM 
Located lietwoen Chestnut Hill ami Norristown, Pa., on trolley 
line, two fares from Philadelphia. Near 1*. H. K. and Heading 
stations. Numerous larga and substantial buildings, nearly new 
and in perfect repair. Plant thoroughly equipped with power, 
machinery, up-to-date apparatus. Three acres garden ami truck 
land adjoining. Tfireo story stone house, two piazzas. House 
recently renovated, has pfercefain bath, hot and cold water, sup¬ 
plied by Katmline pumping unit in barn, new range and modern 
plumbing. Kino well, shade trees, shrubs, dowers and fruit 
plantings. Splendid market in Philadelphia, easy driving dis¬ 
tance away. Will show the place in person. Clear title. Price 
very low ami terms to suit eariv buver, Write 
E. K. CASSADAY, 1005 S. liroad St., Philadelphia, Pa 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, .Tan., 25, 1913. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Tile Drains in Blue Clay . 
The Problems of Country Life, Part I 
Credits for Farmers . 
Mangels in Hills . 
A 500-bushel Corncrib . 
The Asparagus Beetle . 
Spring-sown Cover Crops . 
A Crop of “Perfect Potatoes'’ . 
The Nitrogen in Manure . 
The Availability of Manure. 
Coming Farmers’ Meeting's . 
Hope Farm Notes . 
Farm Credits in the United States . . . 
Crops . 
Prices of Farm Products . 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Get Jerseys; Get Good Ones .. 
What to Do With Leaves . 
Butter Making on the Farm . 
Direct Trade in Butter . 
Selling Cream or Whole Milk . 
Breaking Oxen .. 
Sheep Feeding in the Middle West.... 
Facts About Feeds . 
Thriftless Pigs .. 
Churning Questions . 
Dairy Ration Wanted . 
The Egg-laying Contest . 
Uses for Engine on Poultry Farm.... 
Calf from Ileifer; Warts . 
Tainted Milk . 
Eczema . 
Fistula . 
Goitre . 
A Michigan Dairy Contest . 
Milk .'. 
Outlook for Milk Prices . 
Milk by Parcels Post . 
White Diarrhcea and Tuberculosis in 
Chickens . 
Butter is Too Hard . 
Fence for Leghorns .. 
Hens With Pink-eye . 
Curing Hens With Colds . 
Dissatisfaction With Water Glass.. . . 
Feeding Indian Runner Ducks . 
HORTICULTURE. 
Gasoline Trucks for Fruit Growers 89. 
Bone Meal and Potash for Lawn. 
Report on Berry Crops . 
An Essay on Baking Apples . 
Orchard Fruits in New Jersey . 
The Ozark Apple Country . .. 
A Nursery Tale ... 
Apples Grafted to Several Sorts .■ 
Starting a Grape Vineyard, Part I... 
Strawberries, Blackberries and Celery 
in New Jersey .\ 
Multiplier and Potato Onion . 
Cement Apple Storage . 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day . 
Warning Against Naphtha Soap . 
Shellac on Wallpaper and Linoleum.. 
The Rural Patterns . 
Lemon Dumplings . 
Walnut Cake . 
Two Bits of Experience . 
Bran for Humans . 
Corned Beef . 
Cracklings in 'Unusual Ways . 
The School Library ... 
Keeping Cider Sweet . 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
“Stuffing Birds” by Mail ... 
State Roads and Auto Trucks . 
Marketing, Transportation and Griev¬ 
ances ... 
ICillirig' Rats . 
“The Child” . 
Important Bills at Albany . 
Heating System on One Level . 
The Vinegar Turns Black . 
Editorials . 
Building Dirt Dam . 
Parcels Post Advertising .. 
Tanning .". 
German Housewives’ Associations . 
Buffalo Markets . 
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“For the 
Fertilizers: 
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they enrich the eartli and 
those who till it.”— Adv. 
MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New Y'ork, 
Week Ending Jan. 18, 1913. 
HUTTER 
Lower Gi tides 
Storage. 
Common to Good. 
Packinu Stock.' 
Elgin. 111., butter market tl 
Philadelphia, western ciet 
EGGS 
Western, best_ 
Under grades. 
DRIED FRUITS 
Apples, evap , choice, I'll I. 
Sun dried. 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples—Ben Dttvls. bbl. 
Newtown Pippin 
King. 
Spy . 
Spitzenbu rg. 
BellUower 
Greening .. 
Western, choice varieties, box... 
Common to good, box. 
Cranberries, Cape Cod, bbl. 
Jersey, bbl ... 
Strawberries, Florida, qt. 
WOOL 
NewYorb Fleeces. Fine, unwashed_ 
Ohio half blood combing . 
Kentucky, three eighths blood.. 
Michigan, half blood. 
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There is a difference between fruit 
growing and forestry 
yet most of the directions for fruit growing are directions 
for producing rapid wood growth only. 
This means coming into bearing late and irregular bearing on 
account of lack of enough available mineral plant food to raise a 
crop of fruit and to set strong fruit buds in the same season. 
POTASH 
Two years before the trees are expected to come into bearing the annual 
application of minerals should begin, using 50 to 100 pounds Muriate of 
Potash and 100 to 200 pounds of bone, acid phosphate or basic slag 
per acre. 
Potash improves the flavor, shipping quality and keeping power as 
well as the yield of fruits. 
Write us for Potash prices and for free books with 
formulas and directions. 
GERMAN KALI WORKS, Inc. 
42 Broadway, New York 
Monadnock Block, Chicago, Ill. 
Bank A Trust Bldg., Savannah, 0a. 
Whitney Bank Building 
New Orleans, La. 
Empire Bldg., Atlanta, 0a, 
T?' 
AS. 
POTASH 
PAYS 
SUCCESSFUL INCUBATION 
Means Correct Ventilation, Positive Moisture and Temperature Control 
THE HALL MAMMOTH INCUBATOR 
requirements. It is the standard equipment, endorsed by most 
practical poultrymen. Finish, quality, and - 
workmanship count in the ultimate results. 
The Hall machine STANDS UP. No warping 
of woodwork. Its simplicity prevents com¬ 
plicated troubles. Send for list of customers. 
Write them and learn for yourself what Hall 
service means. 
Our machines are sold on MERIT ONLY 
We do all we claim 
We sell RESULTS as well as EQUIPMENTS 
Our compartments hold lot) eggs—two trays hold¬ 
ing 75 eggs each in each compartment. Operator 
can thus accept small orders. No loss in business. 
No loss space. CUSTOM HATCHING WITH THE 
HAI.I, MEANS GOOD 1’IiOFITS, IT PRODUCES 
BETTER CHICKS, AND COST OF OPERATION IS 
SMALL. Get your order in now for spring. 
The Hall Mammoth Incubator Company, Little Falls, W 
125 Egg Incubator $JQ 
and Brooder B F o™ 
Iff ordered together.. 
Freight paid east of 
Rockies. Hot water, 
copper tanks, double 
( walls, double glass 
* doors. Free catalog 
them. Send for it today. 
Wisconsin Incubator Co., 
Box IIS Racine, Wig. 
140 egg incubator 
and 140 CHICK BROODER 
The incubator is Rn+h 
O1:* t> . i OVUJ 
California Red- 
For 
510 
with asbestos and galvanized | 
iron; has triple walls, copper tank; 
- nu^ery; egg tester, thermometer, ready 
■ to use. 30 Days Trial — money back 
if no* 0. K. W rite for Free Catalog today. 
Ironclad Incubator Co., Dept90 Racine,Wis. I 
Potatoes that 
“ate good” 
A FRIEND WROTE US “Many pota- 
toes yield large, look fine, but eat poor.” 
In our Potato Contest just completed, there 
were many crops which yielded large, looked 
fine and “ate good,” for the prizes were 
awarded on a scale of points which consid¬ 
ered quality as well as quantity and some 
who had quantity fell below those who 
had quality. There were 
i 
18 Crops over 300 bushels per acre; 
11 of them were over 400 bushels per acre, and 
3 of them yielded over 500 bushels per acre. 
The Census gives 148 Bushels as the average yield 
for New England and 94 bushels for the whole country. 
The average yield in this contest (33 acres) is 334.76 bu¬ 
shels per acre. 
We shall publish a tabulated statement of results with the 
methods employed; also a copy of the score cards showing the scor- 
ing and the method of scoring. A study of these tables and methods 
should prove interesting and instructive. We shall be happy to 
mail a copy to any address. 
RHWI^rD fertilizer company 
DU W IS-ILIX 46 Chatham Street, Boston 
