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U'i-ltC RURAU NEW-VOKKliK 
February 7, 
Huber “Fifteen-Thirty” 
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A two-cylinder opposed engine. 
Uses gasoline or kerosene. 
Outfit is tlie lightest lor power produced. 
Get the most profit and pleasure out of your 
fanning by using one of these Tractors. You 
will s.-ivo on expense and do your work better 
ana quicker. 
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R. CONSOLIDATED GASOLINE ENGINE CO. 
202 FULTON STREET. NEW YORK CITY 
RUN ON KEROSENE 
6c for lO Hours 
Ellis Engines develop irore power on cheap lamp 
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Will also operate successfully on distillate, petrol, 
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have patent throttle p.i vlntf three en¬ 
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The Home Acre. 
Beautifying the Rural Home Grounds. 
The beautifying of the rural borne 
grounds, particularly those of the farm, 
has been sadly neglected by the great 
majority of the owners of country homes. 
Why so many of our rural residents have 
been so tardy in recognizing the natural 
charm and beauty that can bo imparted 
to their home surroundings, by the ap¬ 
propriate use of a few ornamental trees, 
shrubs, vines and flowering plants, might 
possibly be explained in the lack of 
knowledge as to how to do the work 
properly or that, in the providing of the 
necessities and comforts of life, they have 
been too busy to think of the pleasures 
that would accrue to themselves and 
families, by the expenditure of a little 
time and money for that purpose. 
The time has come when this im¬ 
portant feature in country life should he 
no longer neglected by anyone residing 
in his own home. Wealthy owners of 
large and small country estates, by the 
proper development of their property, 
and beautifying the home grounds, have 
set an example that should at least in 
a measure be emulated by all owners of 
rural homes, no matter how small and 
unpretentious the grounds may be. There 
are but few owners of country places 
who cannot do in a limited way what 
their more fortunate neighbors have done 
on a large scale. 
The enhanced value of the property, 
the pleasures to be attained, the refining 
influences surrounding the home life and 
the restfulness and beauty expressed iu 
the trees, shrubs, etc., that adorn the 
home grounds, will many times repay the 
small cost of the improvement. Farm 
papers would do well to agitate this sub¬ 
ject energetically and not only point out 
the desirable and satisfying features of 
beautiful home surroundings, but inform 
their country readers, farmers and others, 
how to easily and cheaply attain them. 
I am pleased to see The R. N.-Y. has 
taken up this feature of Country life, and 
let us hope its work along that line may 
result in the beautifying of many coun¬ 
try home grounds that have too long been 
neglected. K. 
Controlling Radish Maggot. 
I have seen enquiries and preventives 
in regard to radish maggots, and think 
the surest and easiest way is to scatter 
wood ashes (unleached) along each side 
of the row when radish leaves are as 
large as peas. It ger the little bugs 
every time. P. P. H. 
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The Rose. Parsons. 1.00 
Plant Diseases, Massee. 1.60 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
S33 WEST 30th ST., NEW YORK. 
Chickweed in Garden. 
I have a black muck garden, aud have 
had three-fourth 8-acre of onions, hut last 
year it was terribly infested with chick- 
weed. Is sour soil the cause of it grow¬ 
ing so rank, and will a good application 
of burnt lime help to eradicate it? 
Schenectady, N. Y. w. M. 
Chickweed (Stellaria media) is the 
most persistent and troublesome .weed in 
the garden, aud when it once gets a good 
hold, it is very hard indeed to get rid 
of it. It is not a stickler for any particu¬ 
lar kind of soil, although it will thrive 
best on a rich moist and cool land, 
whether sweet or sour, and will he less 
thrifty (but plenty troublesome enough) 
on a light dry soil. The plant is very 
hardy, and thrives best in the cool, moist 
days of Spring and Fall, and if the 
Win ter A is open and mild such as it was 
last Winter and this up to January, in 
many sections of the country, the plant 
will bloom and ripen seed right along. 
If your soil is sour, a good coat of lime 
will do it good, but will not destroy the 
chickweed, nothing hut absolutely clean 
cultivation will eradicate it. None must 
he allowed to go to seed at any time. It 
is a great mistake to allow the land to 
grow up to weeds after the onion crop 
is off, as some growers do. If there is 
not time available for keeping the land 
clean, it should he plowed soon as the 
crop is out of the way, and sown to some 
kind of grain. If far enough south, sow 
to cow peas or Soy beans quite thickly. 
If too far north for them, then sow to 
wheat or rye, at the rate of three bushels 
to the acre, the growing grain will soon 
cover the ground and in a great measure 
hold the weed in subjection. Plow the 
green crop under later iu the Fall or 
early Spring. K. 
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I N ORDER to make your soil produce its maxi¬ 
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Citrus Fruits. Hume.2-50 
California Fruits. Wickson.3.00 
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Plums and Plum Culturo. Waugh. 1.50 
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