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THE RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
Hoffman’s Catalog of Farm Seeds 
with samples—fr«e. Grass Seeds. Seeil Oats, .Seed 
Potatoes, N©e.i Corn. Everything for the farm. 
A. H. HOFFMAN, - Box 30, Landisville. Pa. 
Medium and Mammoth 
Alfalfa, hardy Northern lion-irrigated seed. All high 
in germination and purity tests. Prices ami samples 
freely furnished. MACE 8 MANSFIELD, Greenville, Ohio 
Northern Grown SEED POTATOES 
CATALOGUE SENT ON REQUEST 
NORTHERN SEED COMPANY 
Box 31 :: :: :: Grand Rapids, Michigan 
WEEDLESS SWEET CLOVER 
The white biennial. Also Alfalfa, Bed, Tiototliy et<\ 
Sample and booklet telling t *llow r to Know Kh»| m 
FKEE. 0. M. Scott & Son. 180 Main St, Mary KviUo.O. 
PURE FIELD SEEDS 
I'lover. Timothy, Alsike, Alfalfa and all lands of 
PURE FIELD Seeds direet from producer to consumer; 
free from noxious weeds. Ask for samples. 
a, C, HOYT & CO., • i'ostoria, Ohio 
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RFF’S TESTED SEED CORN 
6000 bushel 1912 crop. Tented «ti«l euro to grow. Fln«rt 
quality. 20 Varieties. Alio Seed Oat*. Barley, Grass Seed. 
Potatoes, oto. 1100 acres. Catalog and eampiee on request. 
Write today. W. K. SOARFP, Box C7, New Carlisle, Ohio. 
WEEDLESS FIELD SEEDS 
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We are trying with all our might to furnish ab¬ 
solutely pure. Hod, Alsike, Mammoth. Alfalfa, 
Timothy, Sweet Plover, and all other field seeds, 
with all blasted and Immature grains romovod. 
>Vrit« today for frr© namplos and instructions 
“Haw to Know Good Seed." 
O.M. SCOTT A SON. 80 Main St., Marysville, Ohio 
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Farm QiPiPFIQ Pure 
Garden Reliable 
Clover Grass Seeds Potatoes 
If not sati-factory may he returned at our ex¬ 
pense. Sam des free on request. 
Write touay for Catalogue. 
EIKENBERRY BROS., CAMDEN, OHIO 
400BUSHELSgfPOTATOES 
AXT ACfcF hnvo been crown from our 
*“* choice varieties. Careful selec¬ 
tion has kept up their product ive- 
ness. Tho Ford Plan of selling 
selected Potatoes, Seeds. Bulbs 
and Plants hassatisfied thousands 
of customers and will please and 
pay you. Get our Catalogue of 
Ford a Sound Soeds today—free. 
FORD SEED CO., Box 24, Ravenna, Ohio 
Do You Have to 
be Shown?- 
I’m told that I ha ve the beat 
quality of seed, give the largest 
packages and have th e most coni- 
mon-^enseSeed Book in the bunch. 
And I’m willing to admit it. 
Do you have to be shown? 
All right. I liveclose to tho Mis¬ 
souri line and I'll “show” you. 
I’ll send you the Seed Hook and a bin •pack¬ 
age of garden seed, and vou can judee for 
yourself. NO CHARGE FOR EITHER, 
and you need not even send the postage un¬ 
less you wish. 
I also have guaranteed Clover and Al¬ 
falfa, and all kinds of farm seed at 
Farmer’s Prices. Shall I send you free 
samples of these also? 
HENRY FIELD, Pros. ^ 
HENR^FIEU^EEDCO^m^B^henjndoaMo*^ 
The best money can buy— 
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CLOVER, TIMOTHY and ALFALFA 
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about this profitable plant. Don’t buy until 
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N. WERTHEIMER & SONS 
Dept. K LIgonier, Indiana. 
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„ Send 10c for 5 Packets Choicest Seeds 
>Tlnt Sample Collection" includes nacketuof 
i fine now Melon and Cucumber. All for li", 
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/ S- M. ISBEXX & CO. 
. 824 IVnrl St., Jackson. V, loli. 
Trees—Plants—Vines 
in small or large lots at wholesale 
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Book—FREE. Green’s Nursery Co . 1 - 
46 Wall St., Rochester, N. i. 
Cut flowers are In demand everywhere, all the 
time. Flowers raised from bulbs grow quickest end 
easiest and of these the Gladiolus flowers most 
readily of all summer bulbs. The bulb has the 
flower already formed in it. Once planted it needs 
only cultivation. The beautiful spikes of bloom these 
bulbs produce sell readily at 25 to 50 cents per dozen 
all summer long for decorating homes and for busi¬ 
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appeal to alL Several plantings ten days apart will 
give flowers from July until October. Last summer 
we raised millions of these bulbs on our farms 
and now we offer these fine blooming bulbs at 
wonderfully cheap prices. We give the best reds, 
the best pinks and many variegated kinds. 
. To interest young men and women and others 
in raising flowers, and to give them an opportunity 
to prove for themselves the money-making possi¬ 
bilities of Gladiolus, we have placed the prepaid 
prices for these bulbs lower than ever before. 
Market Gardeners have and can make money 
growing and marketing these flowers with their 
vegetables and plants. 
We will prepay to any P. 0. in tleU. S., with our 1914 Catalog. 
Gladiolus Bulbs—Kenwood Mixture 
28 Bulbs prepaid, 10.20 300 Bulbs prepaid, 12.00 
60 Bulbs prepaid, .80 800 Bulbs prepaid, 3.78 
128 Bulbs prepaid, 1.00 lOOO Bulbs prepaid, 7.60 
Our Hidden Value Collection of High Bred Seeds 
of earliest vegetables sent for 10c. 
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31-33 West Randolph Street, CHICAGO 
TREES, SHRUBS AND PLANTS 
by the mi lions, quality guaranteed, 1 ami 2 year 
APPLE, also PEACH trees, ASPARAGUS, DOWNING GOOSE¬ 
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STIilt NliKSKKY, Box 121). Westminster,Md. 
EACH AND APPLE TREES 
St. Regis Raspberry. Prices Right—Stock Right. 
MYER & SONS, - Bridgeville, Delaware 
FRUIT TREES $10.00 Per 100 IS. 
quality, healthy, hardy, our own growing, guaranteed 
true to name. Write for special prices, freight paid. 
Buy direet and get the best at lowest cost. Illustrated 
Catalog tree. Deaton, \\ illlnnie «V Denton, Whole¬ 
sale Nurserymen, liltt Elm street, Duiiitvillc, N. V. 
GEORGE A. SWEET 
NURSERY COMPANY 
20 Maple St., llamaItle, N. Y. 
Wo g r o iv out- trees 
uarantee them healthy, 
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Our stock for 1914 is as good as there is on the 
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small fruits, tree fruits, ornamental trees, plants, vines 
anti roses. 
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T. J. DWYER & CO. 
ORANGE COUNTY NURSERIES 
Box 1, Cornwall, N. Y. 
SEED 
oats, kakli:y,\viii;at. potatofs 
All New varieties. Largest yielders known. 
Best quality. Prices Jow. Now Catalopr frek. 
li. A. KLAl), Head's Kxp. Farms, Charlotte, \ t. 
MEDIUM RED 
CLOVER SEED 
exceptionally choice—pure plump, clean, 
high test yermination—$9.60 per bushel. 
DADMUN BROS, Whitewater, Wisconsin 
I 3flu W3<5hitlfftOil—Absolutely the best main crop 
LflUj Hi aollillglUH potato in existence. Prime st< >ck, 
bush., $1.50; 165lbs., $2.50. Chester Ives, Schenevtis, N. Y. 
< \wx»pfPntafn < Nppff _Sweet Potato plants; voge- 
aweer r otaio oeea tnl ,i e „i imt s.nnd fruit plants. 
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You can bny your trees from us with the 
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growers for 31 years. 
In our extensive nurseries all the condi¬ 
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plants that, thrive and bear profitable crops. 
Free Catalog is unusually complete, prac¬ 
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BARNES BROS. NURSERY CO.. Bo* 8, Yalesville. Conn. 
V|%PP|| Direct to the planter at wholesale prices. We Pay The 
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The only persons bg the name of Sheerin in the Kurserg business in Vansriile 
The Home Acre. 
Blistered Currant Leaves. 
In 1011 I set in my garden 100 cur¬ 
rants. They till grew well. Last year, 
101 ”, after blossoming, the leaves began 
to curl, or more like blisters till over the 
leaf, ttnd as the season advanced they 
turned a reddish brown. What is the 
cause and what can I do for them? I 
sprayed repeatedly with white hellebore. 
Cambridge, N. Y. w. e. k. 
Bloating or blister-like appearance of 
currant leaves is most usually due to an 
excess of nitrogen in the soil. This con¬ 
dition of the leaves is rarely present 
when the bushes tire given a balanced 
ration. The following kinds of farm ma¬ 
nure will affect currant leaves in the 
manner described: Fresh or partially 
rotted horse manure, sheep, poultry and 
pigeon manure; cattle and well-rotted 
hog manure are best suited for currants. 
If these are not available, use commer¬ 
cial fertilizer compounded from pure 
raw bone and muriate of potash, pro¬ 
portioned to contain, total phosphoric 
acid 15 per cent., equivalent to ammonia 
3 per cent., potash soluble in water 5 
per cent. This is a well balanced ration 
for currants and gooseberries, aud should 
be applied at the rate of GOO to S00 
pounds to the acre. K. 
Protecting Trees From Rabbits. 
What will best protect young fruit 
trees against tlie work of rabbits? I 
have bad several dwarf trees, live years 
old, destroyed during the past few weeks, 
besides considerable damage done to 
young standard trees. The latter were 
wrapped for a distance of about a foot 
from the bottom with tar paper. On 
these they have worked on the lower 
branches; on the dwarfs they have 
girdled the trunks. Will a thick coat of 
whitewash, scented with carbolic acid, 
and applied in the Fall to the trunk and 
lower branches, avail anything? Would 
a strong solution of lime-sulphur, applied 
in the same way, tiller any resistance? 
Or is wrapping and fencing in the only 
protection? w. w. i,. 
We have found nothing better than 
mechanical protectors, such as tarred 
paper, thin strips of veneer, or even 
heavy corn stalks tied around the trunks 
of trees. These should be put on two 
feet at least, or better, three feet from the 
bottom of the trunk, and tied securely. 
We doubt if lime-sulphur even when 
treated with carbolic acid would give per¬ 
manent protection. It might for a time, 
hut sooner or later it would .be wiped or 
washed off. Some form of grease or 
blood smeared on the trees is said to help, 
hut the surest protective is a mechanical 
one properly put on. 
Inter-cropping Asparagus; Grass for Lawn. 
1 . I am going to put out five acres of 
asparagus this Spring; have put eight 
tons of manure to the acre. Can I put 
this iu corn without hurting the aspara¬ 
gus? I would like to get something for 
the manure and labor. 2. I have a light 
sandy loam; is there any grass that I 
can sow on it that will stand the 
drought? What kind of top-dressing 
should I put on to get grass to grow? 
Pedricktown, N. J. j. c. 
1. There are two or three important 
essentials necessary to the successful cul¬ 
ture of asparagus tha. cannot be over¬ 
looked, and to deprive the plants of any 
one of them, will result in “grass” of 
inferior quality, and consequent loss to 
the producer. It should be the aim of 
every grower to produce nothing but a 
No. 1 grade for in these days of close 
competition, no other kind can find a 
profitable market, therefore nothing 
should be overlooked or neglected in the 
handling of the crop. As curliness is 
greatly to be desired, a warm well-drained 
sandy soil with a southern exposure and 
well protected from the direction of the 
prevailing cold winds of Spring is the best 
for this crop, and as asparagus should 
have the full sunlight the entire day, it 
must not be planted in the shade of trees 
nor anything else. The plants are gross 
feeders, and the soil can scarcely be too 
rich for them, and if the plants are not 
well supplied with food, at all times, 
they will not produce this maximum 
weight of first-class sprouts. Eight tons 
of manure to the acre is only half its 
much as should be applied, and to plant 
corn among the asparagus would not: only 
deprive the plants of tin* necessary sun 
light stud air, but being an anneal of 
rapid succulent growth, it wilt roll the 
asparagus plants of quite till the fertil 
izer and moisture in tho soil, and no 
February *28, ‘ 
weaken the plants that it will take at 
least a year longer for them to produce 
marketable sprouts. If asparagus is to 
be made profitable, it must be well fed 
and properly cultivated. I would suggest 
that in addition to the manure, you apply 
one-half ton of coarse bone meal to the 
acre, or 35 to 40 pounds of muriate of 
potash, and 05 to 100 pounds of finely 
ground natural phosphate rock, to each 
ton of manure. 
Clearing Ground for Raspberries. 
We have just cleared several acres of 
scrub oak running from two to six inches 
in diameter, growing from old stumps, 14 
to 30 inches in diameter, besides a net¬ 
work of “catgut,” bayberry, etc. We 
wish to sot this land out to berries this 
Spring. Can you advise us ns to treat¬ 
ment of the land to remove stumps and 
get ready for raspberries? Do you think 
it necessary to lime the land? 
Eatontown, N. J. e. a. b. 
If I had several acres of this ground 
I would follow one of two methods. If 
I had several men employed on the farm 
and could work at these stamps at odd 
times I would try to get them out by 
grubbing, aud with the aid of horses and 
stump pullers, doing it all when the men 
could not be profitably employed at other 
work. But if I wanted them out at once, 
and did not have a number of men al¬ 
ready employed, I would by all means 
try dynamite. From reports that I have 
heard at different times I believe the 
ground can be cleared of large stumps 
by dynamite much more economically 
than by any other method. In almost 
every section there are men who have 
had experience and follow up this kind 
of work and will be only too glad to 
make an estimate as to cost. After 
stumps arc out one or two hoed crops 
like corn or potatoes would kill out the 
weeds and put the ground in much bet¬ 
ter shape for raspberries than if they 
were planted at once. But since they 
tire to be planted this Spring the best 
plan will be to get its many of the wild 
roots out its possible. This can be ac¬ 
complished by thorough plowing, prefer¬ 
ably with a new ground plow, and suc¬ 
cessive hat-rowings with a harrow that 
will bring the roots to the surface. As 
to lime, I would be governed by the kind 
of raspberry planted. The red raspberry 
is a lime-loving plant and thrives in a 
sweet soil. But tho black raspberry is 
the reverse and does best on land that is 
a trifle sour or acid. trucker, JR." 
Heating a Hotbed. 
Asking for advice on the subject of 
using an oil stove for heating a hotbed 
underneath, with a sheet iron bottom 
for the bed, II. S. IL, on page 37, 
is advised against the idea. In my judg¬ 
ment that advice is sound. But the 
authority who gives the advice against 
tlie oil lamp idea of ‘II. S. II.” submits 
a plan which also, it seems to me, has 
objectionable features. The construction 
of the hotbed as proposed by “K,” in¬ 
volves so much that one might better go 
on and build a hothouse and be done 
with it. The tile pipe, for heat radia¬ 
tion, being simply a continuance of the 
stove pipe, cemented together as pro¬ 
posed, would doubtless be satisfactory 
for a short time, but stove pipes have to 
be cleaned frequently and every time this 
was doue, it would, I should suppose, 
mean breaking up the whole piping, buy¬ 
ing new tile and doing the work all over 
again under difficulties. Another fault 
I believe is in the use of a small heating 
stove. The small stove, without much 
regard to the character of tin* fuel is a 
snare aud a delusion for such purpose. 
They require a vast amount of attention. 
Why might not H. S. H. use his oil 
stove, but in a different way from his 
original suggestion? Why not put to¬ 
gether a few lengths of galvanized pipe 
for a hot-water circulating system, to 
run under his beds? Use almost any¬ 
thing that would serve the purpose for 
a very small boiler under which to put 
his oil stove. Build a little box of a 
coop over u pit dug outside one end of 
bis hotbed in which to set his diminutive 
beating plant. There would be ev n heat, 
about as little danger front fire as possi¬ 
ble and once in 24 hours, or at the most 
twice, would be as often as it would re¬ 
quire attention. I have seen a very con¬ 
siderable cbick brooder house and system 
heated in a similar manner. 
ROBERT S. DOVBLEDAY. 
