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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Ruralisms 
VEGETABLE NOTES. 
Having increased the number of our 
poultry it was decided to provide some 
green feed for them during Winter in 
the shape of turnips and cabbage. The 
time was propitious for turnips, being 
well along in August, but too late for 
cabbage. Still we thought we might get 
a fair crop of leaves and so sent for 
1,000 plants, cost $1, and express a modest 
75 cents. It was hot and dry, but a rain 
in August is too uncertain a quantity 
to wait on, so we went ahead with little 
real hope of returns worth considering. 
It was August 15 when we set the plants 
on top of an old strawberry patch. The 
soil was so loose as to add another ser¬ 
ious adverse factor. We went quite 
slowly, stretching a line and setting by 
the spade method, a boy inserting the 
plants and I tramping. Knowing that 
loose soil was capable of destroying all, 
I used my heel around every plant, and 
filled the hollow with loose soil as a 
mulch. Although the dry weather con¬ 
tinued for quite a while, I was delighted 
to observe that the plants were standing 
up right gallantly and apparently receiv¬ 
ing ample moisture that ascended 
through the compacted soil. Of course 
a percentage died, but the rest grew fast 
and headed fairly well. The worms 
made a desperate effort to destroy them, 
and did damage them quite a little, rid¬ 
dling the leaves into shreds, but I felt 
that a compressed air sprayer loaded 
with Paris green would prove equal to 
the occasion, and it did. Three applica¬ 
tions, however, were required, but they 
did the work effectively and by that 
time it was too cold for the egg-laying 
butterflies to go on breeding. The cab¬ 
bage were let stand till November with 
only a moderate frost or two. Then 
we decided that it was hazardous to leave 
them longer. The heads were not as 
large and solid as thev would have 
been with more time to develop, but 
we found that they sold readily at 
two cents a pound, especially in company 
with some green tomatoes. In all we 
sold about $20 worth, after pitting away 
all we wanted for the poultry and our¬ 
selves. We are now cooking the leaves 
left after the heads were cut away, and 
the plants that failed to head, to mix 
in a warm mash for poultry, and there 
is a good wagonload of this stuff. 
On two rows of this cabbage I applied 
nitrate of soda, but at harvest time could 
distinguish no difference. Knowing the 
soil was already rich in nitrogen, I was 
not surprised at this. Green tomatoes 
laid away in a basement store room are 
ripening up slowly and affording the 
table a full supply. It is nothing unusual 
to have them at Christmas. Turnips 
we pit outside and find them of more 
value than their market price would in¬ 
dicate. This year their price soared, like 
all others, and reached 70 cents per 
bushel. Turnips are very profitable at 
25 cents, for an acre will produce sev¬ 
eral hundred bushels, even by the care¬ 
less broadcast method commonly prac¬ 
ticed. We find the cows like both the 
tops and the roots, and that cooked they 
form a valuable adjunct to the poultry 
mash as well as to the pig rations. I 
esteem their appetizing and regulating 
properties more highly than their nutri¬ 
tive ones. Then their sowing season is 
so late that early crops are out of the < 
way, and there is always room for them, 
and surely no crop cheaper in cost of 
production can be thought of. 
In Colorado last Summer I found an 
orchard where vegetables were being 
grown between the tree rows. This was 
unusual, though it was quite common to 
find small fruits there. To supply the 
extra fertility required for heavily laden 
trees combined with truck plants, manure 
was hauled from livery stables and dair¬ 
ies and applied in large quantities. Here 
I saw the tallest celery in my experi¬ 
ence. To bleach it the odd cover of 
drain tiling had been resorted to. Six- 
inch tiles were slipped over the plants, 
covering them for two feet. Then above 
the tile there was another covering of 
paper and above the paper the leaves 
still projected six or more inches, mak¬ 
ing a total length of near if not quite 
four feet. The empty tiles shown in pic¬ 
ture, Fig. 501, page 1163, have had their 
plants gathered. In general the field- 
grown celery was bleached by means of 
paper wrappers, which seem universally 
preferred to earth or boards. 
An area of sandy soil in southeast Mis¬ 
souri has been devoted to watermelons 
and the industry has grown to huge pro¬ 
portions. Thousands of carloads are an¬ 
nually shipped, and of late years musk- 
melons have been added. These latter 
do not compare with the Colorado 
melons in sweetness, but their earliness 
makes them acceptable. Some form of 
the melon blight or wilt has been visit¬ 
ing that district in a fitful way, but does 
not grow into the scourge that one would 
expect. From first thinking it was the 
work of insects, growers have found that 
rotating crops hold it fairly well in 
check. 
Near my own home a truck grower 
has found it easy work to meet the com¬ 
petition of these carelessly-grown sandy 
soil melons by raising only those of the 
highest quality. He told me that he had 
sold several thousands to the stores at a 
price that netted him about five cents 
each, while the sandy land melons 
brought only half that at retail. What 
they netted their growers I did not learn. 
Rocky Fords sold here late in the season 
at three for a quarter, 10 cents straight 
and lastly at 15 cents apiece. 
Floods and droughts elbowed each 
other over the Central States last Sum¬ 
mer. Here there was a rainy season of 
seven weeks, which made the weeds mas¬ 
ters of gardens and small fruit fields. 
On low lands potatoes rotted worse than 
1 ever saw them. On such land I 
planted one pound each of Sir Walter 
Raleigh, Uncle Sam, Early Russet, 
Bovee, and Irish Cobbler. I expected 
to see a marked difference in the yield 
of these varieties, but as a matter of 
fact they all produced about the same 
quantity, about 45 pounds.. Had there 
been no rot, the results might have been 
■ different, since some probably lost more 
by rot than others. All these potatoes 
were of good quality. I shall continue 
this comparison another year to discover 
whether the Early Ohio, which is the 
favorite here, is inferior to some of 
these newer sorts. They certainly out- 
yielded it this time, but I have seen the 
Ohio make 400 bushels per acre on this 
same land. l. r. Johnson. 
Cape Girardeau Co., Mo. 
Fertilizer for Strawberries. 
At what times shall I apply fertilizer to 
my strawberry plants? How Is it applied, 
just scattered along the rows and left for 
the rain to wash in? V f. s. m. 
We use most of the fertilizer at time of 
setting the plants, using a mixture higli in 
potash and phosphoric acid. Then if the 
plants are mulched with manure they will 
not need more in the Spring. After fruit¬ 
ing if they are to be kept another year we 
use more fertilizer, as the fruit buds are 
formed in late Summer and early Fall. 
EAGER TO WORK 
Health Regained by Right Food. 
The average healthy man or woman is 
usually eager to be busy at some useful 
task or employment. 
But let dyspepsia or indigestion get 
hold of one, and all endeavor becomes a 
burden. 
“A year ago, after recovering from an 
operation,” writes a Michigan lady, “my 
stomach and nerves began to give me 
much trouble. 
“At times my appetite was voracious, 
but when indulged, indigestion followed. 
Other times I had no appetite whatever, 
The food I took did not nourish me and 
1 grew weaker than ever. 
“I lost interest in everything and 
wanted to be alone. I had always had 
good nerves, but now the merest trifle 
would upset me and bring on a violent 
headache. Walking across the room was 
an effort and prescribed exercise was out 
of the question. 
"1 had seen Grape-Nuts advertised, 
but did not believe what I read at the 
time. At last when it seemed as if I was 
literally starving, I began to eat Grape- 
Nuts. 
“I had not been able to work for a 
year, but now after two months on 
Grape-Nuts I am eager to be at work 
again. My stomach gives me no trouble 
now, my nerves are steady as ever, and 
interest in life and ambition have come 
back with the return to health.” 
Read “The Road to Wellville,” in 
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Ever read the above letter ? A new 
one appears from time to time. They 
are genuine, true, and full of human 
interest. 
RAY- LEADER 
Gasoline 
Pressure Machine 
Has 3/4Horse-Power, 4-Cycle Engine 
an4 Hopper Jacket lor Cooling. 
It supplies xo nozzles at a pressure of 200 
lbs. with safety valve blowing off, and 
this service can easily be increased with¬ 
out overtaxing the engine. 
A Complete Spraying Rig 
and'lt will refill the tank, saw wood, grind 
feed, run yonr repair shop, shell or clean your 
grain, run the cream separator or the churn, and 
is safe, simple and aatistactory. 
Also 2-IIorae-l’ower Klgs with Triplex Pump# 
—We also manufacture a full line of barrel. 
Knapsack, and Power Potato Sprayers with 
Mechanical Agitators and AntomaUc Strain¬ 
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FIELD FORCE PUMP CO. 
2 1 lth St., Elmira N.Y. 
General Agents, 
JOHN DEERE PLOW CO.. 
K«ns*s Cut, Mo.. St. Louis, Mo. 
C. P. ROTH WELLS CO., Martinsburg. W. V«. 
BRACKETT-SHAW S LUNT CO.. Bostor. Mass. 
The HAND SPRAMOTORS 
No. 
I and 2 
with horse-drawn cart, can be used for or¬ 
chards, vineyards : row crops or weed 
spraying. As shown, it is arranged for 
row crops and weeds, but all attachments 
are interchangeable. Has Steel Axle, 52 in. 
wheel of best hardwood, adjustable width 
of track and rows, all brass Spramotor, 
with brass ball valves, mechanical agita- 
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J the highest grade throughout, for 
one horse only. 
Price, $47.00 to $54.00. 
VV rite for free treatise. 
2 Gold Medals National Horticultural CODgress. 
HEAHD, 1326 Erie St., Buffalo, 1ST. Y. 
IT IS UP TO YOU 
if you have not gotten complete control of the dread 
San Joso Scale. 
WE KNOW THAT PRATT’S 
“SCALECIDE” 
will do it more effeetivel 
PRICESIn barrels and hall 
ly than Lime-Sulphnr, for less money and less labor—five years of proofs. 
IT parrels, 50c. per gallon ; 10 gallon cans, §0.00; 5 gallon cans, §3.25; 1 gallon cans, $1.00. 
Send for Booklet, "Orchard Insurance.” 
If yon want cheap oils, our “ CARBOLKINE ” at 30c. per gallon is the equal of anything else. 
B. G. PRATT CO., MFG. CHEMISTS, 50 CHURCH ST., NEW YORK CITY. 
1911 DEYO POWER SPRAYERS 
IO Years of Success 
FRIEND FRUIT GROWER: Uncle Sam says 
you must spray. Users of the Deyo are relieved 
from experimenting. After ten years of service the 
Deyo is still giving perfect satisfaction. Our cus¬ 
tomers are our reference, ask the user. We sell 
direct to you. Deyo pays all freights to Missis¬ 
sippi River shipping points. Write for catalogue 19. 
DFY0-MACEY ENGINE CO., Binghamton, N.Y. 
“ONE FOR ALL,” No. 1 
Wool Grease, Arsenate of Lead, Lime and 
Sulphur. Both a Contact and Poison 
Spray. An Insecticide and Fungicide. 
Positively the Only Thing Needed for all Pesls or Fungus 
A tonic for vegetation. Sick trees made well; 
old trees rejuvenated to youthful vigor ; better 
foliage ; larger and more abundant fruit. Neither 
sucking or chewing insects nor fungus will attack 
wood that has “One For AH'’ upon it. After one 
fall spraying no dormant spraying will be needed. 
Spraying confined to the growing season. Scale 
exterminated. Positive evidence from practical 
growers furnished upon application. 
Prices, F. O. B. New York 
Barrels, 425 lbs.05c. per lb 
V 2 Bbls., 200 lbs.05B “ 
100 lbs.06 
50 lbs.06K “ 
25 lbs...08 " 
MANHATTAN OIL COMPANY 
Established 1852 
Front Street New York 
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JOHN . 1 . I’OTTEK, 14Mill St.. Binghamton. X. Y. 
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it hII t lu Easy to sell. Rig inducements. Act 
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GET THE BEST 
A Good Spray Pump-earns 
big profits and lasts for years. 
THE ECLIPSE 
is a good pump. As 
practical fruit grow¬ 
ers we were using common 
| sprayers in our own orchards 
: —found their defects and 
[ invented the Eclipse. Its 
success forced us to manu¬ 
facturing on a largz scaie. 
You take no chances. We 
have done all the experi¬ 
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and Treatise on spraying FREE. 
MORRILL & MORLEY. Benton Harbor. Mich. 
/'SAN JOSE SCALER 
KILLER 
KIL-O-SCALE is the most reliable rem¬ 
edy for Scale. Ready for use by simply 
mixing with water. We also sell Spray¬ 
ing Outfits. Write for catalogue. 
HENRY A. DREER, - Philadelphia, Pa. 
HARVEY BOLSTER SPRINOS 
^Soon save their cost. Make every wagon a spring i 
V wagon, therefore fruit, vegetables, eggs, etc., f 
■ bring more money. Ask for special proposition. I 
JUmrvej Spring Co., St., Kaclno, WU. 
GUARANTEED 
Martin Fertilizers 
again, in 1910, far exceed expectations in sales and 
crop results. Farmers for 2(1 or more years using 
fertilizers say they never had as good crops as with 
Martin's; oats over 00 bu., wheat over 30 bu. per 
acre with but 150 pounds. Agents are selling more 
MARTIN PURE ANIMAL BONE FERTILIZERS easier and in 
less time than any they ever sold. Raw materials 
used are of the best and chiefly from our own 7 large 
abattoirs and stockyards. We want active, re¬ 
sponsible agents at once. Farmers who have spare 
time during the winter can add to their incomes. 
Write NOW. Mention this paper. 
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SPRAY 
YOUR TREES 
NOW WITH 
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Kills San Jose and other Scale Insects. Also Mosses. It Cleans Up and Livens Up the Tree. 
For Sale by Dealers. Manufactured by BOWKER INSECTICIDE COMPANY, 43 Chatham St., Boston, Mass. 
