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THE RUEAIv NEW-YOEKER 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
[ Every query must be accompanied by the 
name and address of the -writer to insure 
attention. Before asking a question, please see 
-whether it is not answered in our advertising 
columns. Ask only a few questions at one time. 
Put questions on a separate piece of nnner.l 
Arbor-Vitae Hedge. 
How far apart should American arbor- 
vitse be planted to make a close perman¬ 
ent hedge? When should they be plant¬ 
ed? Are Amerit n Arbor-Vita? breeders 
of Cedar rust? ^ N. n. s. 
Grape Island, W. Va. 
Set the arbor-vitse two feet apart; 
even 2y 2 to three feet will result in a 
close hedge in the course of time. Set 
in Spring, a little later than deciduous 
trees, observing the precautions, so often 
advised for keeping the roots moist. Pre¬ 
pare the trench well for planting, and 
after setting mulch the surface. We 
have no knowledge of cedar rust occur¬ 
ring on arbor-vitse. This disease appears 
on the Red cedar, Juniperus, which is 
botanically distinct from the White ce¬ 
dar or arbor-vitse, which is a Thuya. 
Grafting Pear on Thom ; Wild Grapes. 
3L If you have had experience in graft¬ 
ing pear on the thorn tree (or thorn 
apple tree) will you give the result of 
it? Which is the more profitable to 
graft, the stock or root of same? 2. Do 
you know of anyone grafting the tame 
grape on the wild stock, or roots? If 
so with what result? A. J. s. 
W. Fort Avon, N. Y. 
1. I have long known that the wild 
“thorn” trees may be grafted with both 
apple and pear and have done it myself, 
but the union is not very satisfactory. 
The stock does not grow as fast as the 
grafts, and although they will bear fruit 
they often break off in course of time. 
The common practice is to top-graft, but 
it is possible to root-graft also. 2. Wild 
grape vines may be grafted with the cul¬ 
tivated varieties with good success, for 
they are very close akin, in fact many 
are of the same species. 
H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
Smut on Com. 
Can you tell me why my corn was so 
affected with smut last year? I had in 
about 10 acres, half of which was on 
new ground, which did not seem to be 
affected, while that on ground I had 
raised corn on for three or four years 
without change was badly affected. 
Chester, N. J. j. c. c. 
The new ground was free from spores 
of the smut fungus, hence the immunity. 
On the other hand, land on which this 
crop had been grown without interven¬ 
ing rotation for several years would be 
very likely to carry the fungus. The 
smut spores live and even increase in 
manure, thus may spread the disease in 
fields to which such manure is applied. 
The fermentation of silage, however, de¬ 
stroys smut spores. Corn smut can be 
greatly reduced by the use of Bordeaux 
mixture, but it is not believed that re¬ 
sults warrant the expense. The most 
practical plan is to go through the fields, 
cutting out infected stalks or ears, 
which should be burned, not thrown on 
a rubbish heap. If this practice is con¬ 
tinued yearly snut will be greatly re¬ 
duced, especially if the work is done on 
adjoining farms also. Unlike other grain 
smuts, the fungus is not conveyed by the 
seed, so seed treatment is entirely use¬ 
less. Infection is conveyed by the smut 
spores falling upon tender parts of the 
growing plant. Moisture, rich soil and 
close planting all predispose the plant to 
smut infection, because of soft texture in¬ 
duced. Continue to cut out and destroy 
the smut masses, and do not plant the 
infected fields to corn this season. 
Educating Peach Buyers. 
To the grower who can work up a 
special market there is no doubt in my 
mind that his rewards will be in pro¬ 
portion to the high quality of his fruit. 
I have found it so in peaches, for by 
allowing them to ripen on the tree in¬ 
stead of picking them as solid as rocks, 
I have been able to convince people that 
Massachusetts can grow as good a peach 
—they call them better—as any other 
section of the country, and my customers 
are willing to pay for them. In spite of 
the glut in the market last year I kept 
my prices as usual at $1.50 for firsts and 
$1.25 for seconds, with extras at $2, 
and found that my customers preferred to 
pay my prices and know they were get¬ 
ting as fine an article as I could produce 
rather than pay half of it and get an 
inferior article. I called my Ferncroft 
(our farm name) peaches, the peach that 
“tastes like more,” while the others many 
times were of the quality described as 
“one taste is enough.” 
I think we have “queered” the market 
for the green picked peaches shipped in 
from outside as our fruit stores do not 
seem to be able to sell them at “give¬ 
away” prices. Our consumers are edu¬ 
cated to the fact that there is such a 
thing as a peach that melts in your 
mouth and really tastes like more, and 
they will take nothing else. We say 
“eat what you can and can what you 
can’t,” and we find often there is a rush 
for “canners” at the end, as all previous 
baskets have been eaten up. We adver¬ 
tised our large Elbertas as “company 
peaches” for canning and we trust our 
folks are well stocked, for the peach crop 
is wiped out in Massachusetts and I be¬ 
lieve in Connecticut so far as a commer¬ 
cial crop is concerned. If one can stand 
the strain of educating his customers he 
will win out, but it cannot be done in 
a season. F. Howard brown. 
Massachusetts. 
“ FAMILY" USE OF DRUGS. 
On page 217 I notice that M. B. D., 
in answering a query as to the use of 
Fowler’s solution in human ailments, 
says: “It is a valuable drug, much used 
in medicine, but is a powerful irritant 
and depressant poison in overdose, and 
should ncvci • he taken or given except 
under the direction of a competent physi¬ 
cian .” I have noticed that M. B. D. has 
answered a number of other queries rel¬ 
ative to human ailments in much the 
same words as I have underlined above, 
to secure the services of a competent 
physician. What is one to do when this 
advice cannot be followed? For instance 
we lived here for 11 years before we had 
a doctor nearer than 30 miles. Don’t 
you think that under those _ circum- 
stannees we would be justified in study¬ 
ing the diseases the human body is sub¬ 
ject to, and, so far as we are able to do 
so, apply the necessary remedies, includ¬ 
ing arsenic if necessary? E. J. T. 
Cokeville, Wyo. 
After years of experience in applying 
drugs to the relief of human ailments, 
the writer is convinced that no better 
advice, or no other safe advice, can be 
given the layman than to take or give 
drugs only under the supervision of a 
competent physician. If exception could 
be made to this rule, it would be in the 
case of those who may live “30 miles 
from a doctor,” but even then, the drugs 
used should be few and simple; certain¬ 
ly never such active poisons as arsenic. 
It would be a splendid thing if all peo¬ 
ple so situated could know what to do 
in the emergencies that arise, particular¬ 
ly how to safely relieve severe pain, but 
for an untrained person to attempt to 
treat disease with such drugs as aconite, 
laudanum, etc., would be folly equal to 
giving a child a stick of dynamite to 
play with; of course, in either case, no 
harm might be done. 
If it were generally understood, as it 
should be, that with so few exceptions 
that they can probably be numbered on 
the fingers of one hand, drugs do not 
cure disease, there would be less tempta¬ 
tion to experiment with them. Nature 
cures the disease; drugs can only help 
nature, and they cannot even do that un¬ 
less administered by one who under¬ 
stands their action and their limitations. 
On the other hand, ignorantly adminis¬ 
tered, they are capable of doing infinite 
harm. The universal human desire to 
take something when feeling ill, and the 
very natural tendency to attribute any 
subsequent relief to whatever may have 
been taken, are very largely responsible 
for the “patent medicine” habit and ex¬ 
plain why testimonials to the marvelous 
virtues of some advertised remedy are 
sometimes signed by men of exceptional 
attainments in lines of work that have 
not taught them anything about drugs. 
As to the drug in question, arsenic, while 
valuable in trained hands, it is never an 
emergency drug, and the only reason for 
its mention in a journal not devoted to 
medicine is that it is often given to 
horses for the relief of heaves; even here, 
the horse owner should understand that 
he is administering a drug as potent for 
barm as for good. m. b. d. 
Teacher; “What is a pedestrian?” 
Country Pupil: “A feller what gets run 
over by an automobile.”—Boston Tran¬ 
script. 
Plant Apple Trees 
That Bring Profits 
Apple trees, like people, are 
happiest when in the right 
location. Most kinds grow well 
in New York and New Eng¬ 
land, but tests show that 
BALDWIN :: McINTOSH :: SPY 
STAYMAN :: :: R. I. GREENING 
YELLOW TRANSPARENT :: GANO 
?a r e money makers in that ter-’ 
ritory. Plant the kinds that 
pay best. 
Harrisons’ Trees are budded 
from bearing orchards. They 
are true to variety. 
We sell only trees we grow. 
Every tree we ship is clean, 
straight, healthy. 
Get our 1914 Catalogue. All 
about trees for all sections. 
Fruit, ornamentals, shrubs, 
.robes. 
HARRISONS’ NURSERIES 
BOX 494 
BERLIN, MD. 
Peach Trees 
Maules, Mayflower, Carman, Miss Lolo. 
Champion, Ray, Slappy, Mt. Rose, Old 
Mixon, Ely, Niagara, Stump, Hiley, Reeves 
Favorite. Belle of Georgia, Elberta, Crawford’s 
Late, Chairs Choice, Crosby, Beers Late, 
Foxes Seedling, Stephens R. Ripe. Willetts, 
Beers Smock, Iron Mt. and Salway. 
Look at cut in our page advertisement of March 7, 
shewing fine root system of our Peach Trees. 
The above is a list of our leading varieties. We have 
a few of other varieties. Also a full line of Nursery Stock. 
CATALOG FREE 
JOS. H. BLACK, SON & CO., Hightstewn, N. J. 
CEORGE A. SWEET 
NURSERY COMPANY 
VO Maple St., Unnsrijle, A. T. 
We g r o iv our trees 
narantee them healthy, 
;ir<ly and true : s e t l 
them at reasonable 
rates, direct from 
nursery ; and deliver the 
size you pay for. 
MORE MONEY 
FROM FRUIT 
Buy stock that you can de * 
pend upon to thrive and yield. 
Buy from us and you are as¬ 
sured of the same vigorous, 
disease-free trees that the most successful growers 
have been planting for 31 years. 
Our record protects you from risk. Our stock is 
guaranteed to be carefully packed and true to name. 
It is particularly adapted for this climate. And 
our prices are right. 
FREE CATALOG is un¬ 
usually complete, practical and 
filled with helpful information. 
Write today. 
BARNES BROS. NURSERY CO. 
Box 8 Yaletville, Conn. 
March 28, 
Whex you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
TREES 
HALF AGENTS* PRICES. 
We have no agents—we sell direct to you. Our 
prices one-half agents’prices. Why? Recause we 
save you the agents’ profits. That’s dollars in your 
pocket, Mr. Fruit Grower. 
All our trees are absolutely the finest stock. If any’ 
tree is not true t o name and healthy’, we replace 
it. Apple, Peach, Pear, Plum, Cherry’, Quince, 
Shade and OrnamentalTrees; shrubs, berrybushes 
and plants—all at money saving prices, 
We pay freight t°7 n 5 a o n o^ of 
Our catalogue Is brimful of prac¬ 
tical, valuableinformation—how 
to plant and care for all kinds 
of fruit trees. It will pay you 
to get it—absolutely free. Write 
today. 
WM. P. BTJPEBT A BON, 
Box 20, Seneca, N. Y. 
Fruit Trees Direct from the Grower 
All best varieties grown in our own nursery, 
so we absolutely guarantee correct varieties; 
free from San Jose scale; healthy, strong 
•roots; first-class in every way. A 1’PI.l.. $12 
per 100; l’EACH, $H per 100—also Pear. 
Quince, Cherry', Plum, Small Fruits and 
Ornamentals direct to you at wholesale 
prices. M e employ no agents. 
Write for finely illustrated OATATiOO and 
onr Special Prices, freight prepaid. DENTON, WILLIAMS & 
OLNTON, Wholesale Nurserymen. 228 Elm St.. Dansville, N.Y. 
FRUIT TREES. 
Are you in need of Fruit, Shade or Or¬ 
namental Trees; Shrubs, Roses, or Berry 
Plants; Spray Pumps, Liine-Sulpliur, 
Arsenate of Lead, or Scalecide? Write 
Calls’ Nurseries , Perry Ohio, for Price 
Inst. They deal direct with their cus¬ 
tomers and thousands of our best fruit 
growers are their customers. 
DWARF APPLE TREES 
DWARF PEAR TREES 
DWARF PLUM TREES 
DWARF CHERRY TREES 
DWARF PEACH TREES 
CATALOGUE FIIEE 
Box R The Van Dusen Nurseries 
Geneva, N.Y. W. L. McKAY, Proprietor 
MILLIONS of TREES 
PLANTS, VINES, ROSES, ETC 
Tho oldest, largest and most complete nursery In 
Michigan. Send for catalog. Prices reanimabie. 
I. E. ILGENFRITZ 7 SONS CO. 
The Monroe Nursery 
9G6 Front St., East MONROE, MICH_ 
20 BALDWIN 
APPLE TREES 
extra-seieet, two-year, 5 to 8 ft. by EXPRESS, 
Prepaid, for $3. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Order at once and write for prices on full 
line of Nursery Stock. Sold direct to 
planters, at less than half the usual prices. 
NEW HAVEN NURSERI ES.Dept. F, New Haven, Missouri 
200,000 AppleTrees\\^\M 
To otfer for Spring—While they last, will sell 
First-class, 2-yr. 5 7 ft., 20c. each, 100 forSll.OO 
Medium Grade. 4-5 " 15c. “ 100 " 8.00 
Third Grade. 3-4 " 10c. " 100 " 5 00 
5U at llX) rate. Early Richmond. Rate Montmorency 
and English Morello Cherries. 2 years, 2*2 to 4 feet, 
10 cents each, 10 for 80 cents, 100 for S7 00 Send for 
my free catalogue of all kinds of Nursery stock. 
John W. Finn's Wholesale Nurseries, Box 144, Dansville, N.Y. 
SHEERINS’ 
APPLES 
900,000 four grades—12*2?: 10c: 7c: 6c; 500,000 peach. 8c: 6c: 4H>c: 3*20; 75.000 
cherry, 50,000 pear. 25,000 plum, 25.000 Quince and thousands of roses, orna¬ 
mentals. grapes and small fruits Secure Varieties nuw. Pay in Spring. Place 
f our order with the men who erow their own trees and save disappointment 
ater. Catalog free to everybody. Write for yours today. 
SHEERIN BROTHERS' NURSERIES, - 21 Main St., - Dansville, New York 
For a quarter of a Century we have been represented here. Our exceptional Values accepted direct 
without the aid of Middlemen, will save you many dollars. Our purpose is to grow and deliver, not 
the cheapest but the best tree plus a true label. We are prepared to give you the first and last word 
of proof covenug this statement. Semi for catalog together with our useful Booklet on suggestions. 
It’s all in the care 
Watch Wiley’s trees hear 
H. S. WILEY & SON, Beach Street, Cayuga, New York 
luUlil.'liAifffWTffgyi 
TREES 
Propajrated from varieties of merit, frt^h dntjr, guaranteed tme to name, free from dUease, 
tested 29years. POPULAR FRUIT TREE k PLANT COLLECTION. 
15 tree* and plant*, value $ 1 . 4»5 for 1 Elberta Peach; 1 Harvest, I Baldwin Apple; I 
Bartlett Pear; I Montmorency, I Oxheart Cherry; I Orange Quince; I Maloney Prune. All 3-4, 
ft. Grapes: I Concord, blue, I Delaware, red. Currants: I Perfection, red, 1 White Grape. 3 
Pieplant roots. A great ncirnutac© and funrlni? in dealing with an old established firm. Write 
today for 1914 Kreo Wholesale Illustrated l utaloeao. Visit our nurseries of 350 acres. 
Maloney Bros, k Wells Co., ItoxSS* Danurllle, N. Y. Dansville** Pioneer Wholesale Numerle*. 
EXTRA-STRONG, VIGOROUS NURSERY STOCK 
Our stock for 1914 is us good as there is on the market, and our assortment complete. Good, clean, 
healthy stock of our own growing and guaranteed true to name. There are no better goods to be 
offered at less money. They can’t be grown cheaper. Complete assortment of small fruits, 
tree fruit*, ornamental trees, plants, vines ami roses. Get our prices before you 
order elsewhere; you will save money l>y so doing. Our illustrated catalogue is free. Write 
for it today. We do Landscape Work in all its branches. 
T. J. DWYER & CO., ORANGE COUNTY NURSERIES, Box 1, Cornwall, N. Y. 
