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THE RURAI> NEW-YORKER 
March 7, 
“ What I Keep,” Said the 
Farmer, “ Is What I Gain *' 
Even the profits of best crops 
leak away in repair costs 
caused through neglect to 
paint in time. 
Exposed house or barn sur¬ 
faces are big items of expense. 
Every empty sap cell drinks 
water like a sponge. Then 
constant damp destroys the 
fibre of the wood. Then 
lumber bills and time lost 
make you think. 
Dutch Boy White Lead 
and Dutch Boy Linseed Oil 
make a paint that “water-proofs” 
every pore and seam where damp 
can enter. 
The difference in saving is what 
counts. Tint it any color, mix it 
yourself or get your painter to do so. 
You can now get red lead in paste 
form, same as white lead. Doesn’t 
harden in the can. Fine for paint¬ 
ing resinous wood; best by all odds 
for implements and metal work. 
Ask your dealer. 
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We have a big stock of dry 
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FARMS 
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AGENCY in SOUTH JERSEY. 1077 Hrexel Building, 
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FARM LIST FRKE-ED. BURROUGHS, Trenton. N. J. 
ICO farms for SALE—Near Phila. and Trenton markets; 
iJUgood R.R. and trolley facilities. Now catalogue. Es¬ 
tablished 23 years. HORACE G. REEDER. Newtown, Pa. 
A Melon and a Peach. 
The picture shown here was sent us 
by Mr. Cecil W. Davis of West Virginia. 
Last Summer he sent us a sample of the 
Delmar melon. It certainly was a melon 
to those who ate it and to the handlers 
who stand between the grower and the 
consumer. The shipper, however, got 
very little out of it except the rind. Our 
friend, however, sends us this picture to 
show the comparative size of his melon 
and also to show what he called “an¬ 
other melon,” which he thinks is the real 
thing. The melon in the picture is all 
A Melon and a Peacii. 
right, but as for the other character, we 
think that is more in the line of a 
“peach,” and a good one at that. Prob¬ 
ably this peach is able to make an effect¬ 
ive cross between himself and the melon. 
That is more than Burbank ever claimed 
to be able to do. and when this crossing 
has been completed, the melon will be 
inside of the peach. 
Scab on Potatoes. 
I enclose sample of the skin of two 
potatoes grown at different ends of a 
small plot of ground. The smooth one 
was at the south end of the plot, and 
the war ted one on the north end; betwen 
the two ends were 150 hills of corn. 
What makes the warty condition? I 
have been told that it was the sting of 
the earthworm. Why should the trouble 
be confined to one end of the plot? Is 
there a remedy? w. w. 
Connecticut. 
Your potatoes showed the effects of 
the scab disease. Earthworms do not 
and cannot “bite” potatoes. The scab 
is a skin disease spread by a germ 
which may be found on the seed potatoes 
or in the soil. Where the tubers are 
badly marked potatoes should not be 
planted year after year in the same 
ground, for these germs will be found 
there. Growing other crops for a few 
years will help work out these germs. 
Planting scabby potatoes for seed will 
spread the disease. The remedy for this 
is to soak the seed potatoes in a solu¬ 
tion which will kill the germs, but not 
injure the potato buds or eyes for sprout¬ 
ing. A solution of one pint of formalin 
in 30 gallons of water will do this. The 
seed potatoes are put into this liquid 
for two hours and then dried and cut. 
For a small lot a tub or barrel will 
answer. For large lots a tank is used 
or a barrel of liquid. The potatoes are 
put into sacks which are let down into 
the liquid and then hauled out. Pow¬ 
dered sulphur is also good to prevent 
scab. We would soak in the formalin 
solution and then use sulphur when cut¬ 
ting the seed, scattered over as the tubers 
are cut up. This sulphur helps kill the 
scab germs and also preserves the seed 
pieces from rotting. 
Apple Pomace Around Trees. 
t have a large amount of apple pom¬ 
ace, and wish to know if mixed with lime, 
whether it would be good to put around 
apple or cherry trees? E. w. W. 
Ypsilanti, Mich. 
If this pomace is sweetened by the 
use of slaked lime, it will make a fair 
In the great San Joaquin Valley, California, are chances 
to-day for money-making in fruit-growing, in dairying, 
in poultry-raising, that appeal to the man who wants to 
make his effort count for most. 
Your markets are unlimited. There are the hungry 
big cities of the Pacific Coast, two of which are to have 
great expositions next year. Thousands of mines and 
lumber camps never get enough farm products. The rest 
of the world is glad to pay good prices for California fruit. 
You will find a well developed country. You will find good roads 
and rural delivery. A neighborly, get-together and work-for-the- 
benefit-of-all spirit makes a success of co-operative effort in getting 
the. profit for the grower. 
Ambitious, progressive farmers are wanted to settle this won¬ 
derful valley. I know where the opportunities are, and I will gladly 
point them out. I can save you time and travel, because you need 
not duplicate the investigations my staff has made. 
Our books, “San Joaquin Valley," “Dairying” and “ Poultry, ” will 
give you a great deal of information. Then if you will write me what 
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Santa Fe agricultural demonstrators will assist new settlers in selecting the 
right crops to get best results. One of these men will help you if you wish. 
Just say “ Send California books.” 
C. L. Seagraves, General Colonization Agent 
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway 
2209 Railway Exchange, Chicago 
Your Great Chance to get 
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is NOW 
I N Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee, thou¬ 
sands of acres of unexcelled apple lands, capable of returning 
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W The large assortment of varieties, extremely low 
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country. Virginia alone in 1912 produced over 1,200,000 barrels of apples. 
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potato tliggor: all small tools; hay and straw. 
$3,500; $1,600 cash; balance, 6% interest. HALL’S 
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mulch for the trees. Do not put it on 
without liming. There will be trouble if 
you do. Do not pile the pomace up 
against the trunk of the tree, but spread 
it out on the grass or ground about as 
far out as the limbs extend. 
The clerk of the court addressed the 
jury : “Well, gentlemen of the jury, have 
you agreed upon a verdict?” “Wo have,” 
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Do you find the prisoner at the bar guilty 
or not guilty of the crime?” “We do.” 
“You do? Do what?” “We find the 
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“You see, six of us finds him guilty, and 
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