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FARMERS’ CLUB 
t Every query must be accompanied by tho 
name and address of the -writer to insure 
attention. Before asking a question, please see 
•whether it is not answered in onr advertising 
columns. Ask only a 'ew questions at one time. 
Put questions on a separate piece of paper.l 
Peach Leaf-curl. 
I HAVE a peach orchard I did not spray 
with lime-sulphur which has a fair 
crop of fruit and a rather bad case 
of leaf-curl. Can you tell me of any 
spray that would have a tendency to 
check it? The trees are about six years 
old, varieties Elberta. Salway, Fox Seed¬ 
lings, Carman, Belle of Georgia and 
Crawford’s Late. M. G. s. 
Smithsburg, Ind. 
Unfortunately for M. G. S. there is no 
method of checking an attack of peach 
leaf-curl appreciably within one season 
if it once gets a good start. He can, 
indeed, spray immediately, and again in 
about four weeks, with S-S-50 self-boiled 
lime-sulphur, with about two pounds of 
arsenate of lead to the 50 gallons. Sucli 
treatment is good orchard pract : ce as a 
preventive of brown rot and other trou¬ 
bles, and will exert something of a check¬ 
ing influence on the leaf curl, but can¬ 
not be expected to abate the attack 
greatly. The virulence of the attack 
will gradually disappear anyway as the 
season gets warmer, and no more serious 
damage need be expected until next 
Spring. At that time, however, if the 
proper preventive measures are not taken 
before the buds open, a repetition of the 
attack will likely occur unless the weath¬ 
er be unusually dry and warm at leafing- 
out time. The proper dormant spray to 
use for the control of this disease is 
boiled lime-sulphur diluted to 4.5 to 5 
degrees Beaumg, but this is not a safe 
spray to use after the trees are in leaf. 
C. A. LUDWIG. 
THE RURAL NEW-VORKEK 
June G, 
City Boys as Farm Helpers. 
A T this season we are overrun with 
calls from students and city men 
who want work on the farm. These 
young men expect good wages and agree¬ 
able board, but usually have no skill to 
offer. We have written some of our best 
farmers and fruit growers, asking if they 
want such helpers, and what such men 
are worth. The following letters are 
typical of many others. We do not tell 
what these farmers should do—we tell 
just what they say: 
My experience with that class of help 
has been that they are good for nothing; 
they come out to have a good time. I 
have spent time and money on them, but 
would not take them if they would come 
and work for nothing and board them¬ 
selves. That is about my neighbors’ ex¬ 
perience, as I was the means of getting 
them here. They want big wages, the 
best room in the house, wife and daugh¬ 
ters to wait on them, parlor with some¬ 
one to entertain them, so they can show 
off their white tennis and baseball suits 
and try to show what they think is their 
superiority over the country. 
J. A. IIEPWORTII. 
The college student expects too much 
and is inclined to give little in return. 
A few farmers and fruit growers have 
employed such labor and “put them 
through,” giving them the “raw” end and 
not caring for criticisms afterward. 
Some of the graduates of agricultural 
colleges are a “fright,” a disgrace to any 
institution, absolutely lacking in horse 
sense, even candidates for higher degrees, 
and yet sons of farmers are required to 
pass up two and three years each of 
three foreign and “dead” languages in 
order to pass entrance requirements. A 
prominent Jersey farmer with “husky” 
sons, employs college men with farm ex¬ 
perience and says “you need do no more 
than my sons.” lie grows a very large 
acreage of hay and gives them five to 
six weeks of haying. Western New York 
fruit growers as a class are prejudiced 
against inexperienced students and city 
labor during Summer vacation; their 
employment is a constant source of nerve- 
racking to the employer and tends to 
disorganize regular employees. A prom¬ 
inent agricultural educator recently re¬ 
marked, “It is not what they (students) 
can earn, but how much more damage 
than good will be done.” Agricultural 
college entrance requirements should in¬ 
clude at least one year’s work on an up- 
to-date farm. W. E. C. 
Customer: “I want something for 
fleas.” Drug Clerk : “Why don’t you get 
a dog?”—Judge. 
BOSTON MARKET REVIEW. 
T HE general condition of green stuff in 
Boston market is fair supply and rea¬ 
sonable prices on most goods which are 
heavily used by consumers. The exceptions 
to this general rule are onions, lettuce and 
apples. The onion supply is lessened 
through short crop in Egypt and Texas, 
which both usually send the main supply 
at this time of year to our market. Old 
natives bring the unusual price of nearly 
$5 per 100-pound bag, while the others 
bring about the same figure per bag. and 
$2.75 per crate. Potatoes hold firm un¬ 
der medium supply, and only light de¬ 
mand the last few days has kept them 
from taking a raise which will come at 
any time now, as Southern new ones 
will be late in reaching our market in 
any quantity, and reports do not promise 
a large crop from most sections. Good 
firm old turnips are high, bringing $3 per 
bag, and White Eggs $1.50 and better 
per bushel. Old beets, if good, $2 per 
box; carrots about the same. New bunch 
beets and carrots $1.50 and $1.00 per 
dozen bunches. Southern Summer 
squash $1.50 to $2.00 per crate. Cu¬ 
cumbers $5 per box for No. 1, others 
$4. $5 and $2.50. Southern cabbage 
$2.50 per crate; California celery $2 per 
dozen. Southern beans $2 to $2.75 per 
basket for green and wax. Spinach 
about $1.50 per barrel. Southern 
kale $1 per barrel. Native As¬ 
paragus just coming in, and sells at $4 
and $4.50 per box; California about $2 
per dozen, while the supply from Penn¬ 
sylvania and Jersey sells at $2 to $3. 
Native apples reach $8 per barrel for 
best Baldwin, with Russets at about $5 ; 
box fruit $2 to $3. Western box fruit 
$3.50 to $4 for Delicious and Winesap, 
others at $2.50 are quickly taken. Grape¬ 
fruit $3 and $4 per box, Cuban about $3; 
lemons $2.50 and $3; oranges have 
reached a high figure, most of them bring 
$3.50 to $4.50 per box. Bananas fairly 
plenty at $3.25 for best large fancy fruit, 
good bunches at $2 to $2.75 ; small bunches 
$1.25 and $1.50 for yellow, while reds 
bring about $1 per bunch more on each 
grade. Plenty of pineapple make prices 
reasonable, and more are shortly ex¬ 
pected ; $2 and $3 per crate is the figure. 
Strawberries quite plenty and bring 10 
to 20 cents per box. These will rule low, 
as native will be with us in a week or 
two baring mishaps. 
Egg receipts are moderate, which 
might be applied to the demand also, and 
probably 50 per cent, are being stored 
for future use. Prices range from 26 and 
27 for fancy fresh nearby, while good 
•fresh medium stock goes at 24 and 25; 
good quality Western stock also <roes at 
24 to 25, others around 23 for most sales. 
Live poultry in fair demand with supply 
about right to fill orders. Hens and 
chickens bring up to 17*4 per pound; 
roosters about 12, with good fat ducks 
going at 18. Dressed stock 17 to 22 for 
fowls; ducks 20 to 21. 
Butter is slowly rising in price for very 
best quality, which is short, and sells up 
to 30; good quality also sells well at 
27 and 28 by tub; poorer grades are still 
plenty, and prices are about from 24 to 
26; dealers are anxious to sell these 
grades whenever possible. Cheese is mov¬ 
ing in small lots at moderate prices. 
New cheese from grass not on the market 
much; prices on good common cheese 
average 14 to 15. Some fancy goes at 18. 
Milch cows in small demand and prices 
easier; average cows brought around $60, 
some milkers at $50, a few at $40. Young 
bulls $25. Horse trade good on best 
grades of drafters, and prices satisfactory 
to seller at $350 up to $475 each, lighter 
grades sell more slowly, but demand is 
fair on these, and prices range from $150 
to $300. 
Hay market a little off in prices, as 
supply more than equals demand this 
Spring by a slight margin, and prospects 
are now good for a large crop for this 
season; best $23; other grades $14 to 
$20. Not much drop in grain as yet, 
but advices are not to buy in heavy sup¬ 
ply, as a lower level is shortly expected. 
Mixed feed $28 to $30 per ton; cotton¬ 
seed meal about $33; gluten $29; corn- 
meal $1.45 to $1.50 per bag. a. e. p. 
No More Tire Troubles f 
I have invented a form of protector 
which will enable you to run your tires 
continuously without punctures or repairs for from 
10,000 to 20.000 miles, and save money besides. 
The protectors are thin and easy-ridinr. and they 
hold on slippery roads perfectly without chains. 
They are different from any other protectors. 
The Roofing that 
Needs No Painting 
W HEN your roof is covered 
with Amatite, there is an end 
to the roof painting nuisance. 
Amatite has a real mineral surface 
and needs no painting. You don’t 
have to get tip on the roof every 
two years and paint it. 
The mineral surface makes this 
unnecessary and it will stand rain 
and hail and wind and snow, for 
years without attention. 
When you paint the old-fashioned 
roofings you are practically trying 
to keep them from getting wet. 
Amatite is made to get wet, for 
water won’t hurt it a bit. Next 
time your old-fashioned roofs need 
painting, cover them with Amatite. 
A sample of Amatite and booklet 
about it will be sent free on request. 
Address nearest office. 
BARRETT MANUFACTURING CO. 
New York Chicago Philadelphia Boston 
St. Louis Cleveland Pittsburgh Cincinnati 
Kansas City Minneapolis Seattle Birmingham 
for potatoes—4 styles to choose from to suit your 
special conditions. We guarantee them to do the 
work we claim for them. All growers know that it pays 
to use diggers even on five acres—they save much 
valuable time and save all of the crop in good condition. 
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DIGGERS 
No. 155 
For 
Heaviest 
Conditions 
Fifty thousand enthusiastic motorists are using 
them today. “Haven’t seen my iiuisr tubes 
in 20,000 miles.” writes a user. 
Mention this paper, and 
get valuable free booklet ' 
on care of tires, also f dll JJa °a$c 
information. 
C. B. Woodworth, 
Pres. 
Leather Tire 
Goods Co. 
1825 Whirlpools*. 
NIAGARA fAltS,«.Y. ^ 
mll| 
"LOOK FOR 
THE SPRINGS” 
Woodwork 
Wheels, 32 or 28 inch, "Elevator, ca or 
r eo inches wide. Thorough separation 
without injury to the crop. Best two 
wheel fore truck. Right adjustment 
of plow, shifts in gear from the seat. 
Can be backed .turns short into next row. 
Ask your dealer al>out them and 
write us lor descriptive l>ooklet. 
BATEMAN 
M’F’G CO. 
Box 102D 
Gronloch, N. J. 
WEEDLESS ALFALFA 
We are trying with all our might to 
furnish absolutely pure Alfalfa seed, 
with all blasted and immature grains 
removed. All other field seeds. Soy 
Beans, Vetch, Sweet Clover , etc. Write 
for samples and booklet telling “How to 
Know Good Seed.” 
0. M. SCOTT & SON. ,480 Main St., Marysville, 0. 
THOUSANDS OF PLANTSJrg. I iK,« 
per M. Cabbage $1.00 per M. Order from this ad, 
or send for free list. l’ENKOSE PLANT & 
TRUCK PA KM, W. P.'Drake, Dover, Mel. 
Tomato, Cabbage, Pepper & Celery Plants 
Goixlquality at lowest prices. C. E. FIELD, Sewell. N. J. 
TOMATO Dl A MTC—thousands and thousands 
I UmH I U r Lrtrt I O of Tomato Plants®$I'per 
1.000. 10,000 or more, 90c.. per i,000. Also Cabbage, 
Plat Dutch Surolioad, Danish Ballhead, $1 per 1,000, 
10,000orniore,9l)c. per 1000. Celery, very best—Gold¬ 
en self-blanching. Also White Plume. We can fill 
your orders quick. ROMANCE SEEM AND 
PI. A NT FARM, Caleb Boggs & Son, Cheswold, Delaware 
PahhaffO Plante - fill varieties, 1,000,$1 ;10,fl00,$8.50; 
UdUUdgG riulllo (100, 30c.; 500. $1. postpaid ) Plant 
catalog free. GUCK'S PLANT FARMS, Smoketown, Pa. 
CELERY, CABBAGE 
TOMATO, SWEET POTATO, CAULIFLOWER. PEPPER and EGG 
PLANTS. Leading Varieties, by Mail or Express, in 
Large or Small Lots. Catalogue Free. 
HARRY I.. SQUIRES, Kenisenburg, N. Y. 
The BALL Lightning 
CELERY BLEACHER 
Most perfect method ever invented. No 
banking with soil. Cheaper than boards 
or strips of i-oofliig paper. Bleaches quicker 
and makes a more beautiful product. Big 
money and labor saver for tho market 
grower. Handy, neat and equally good for 
the private gardener. 
Write for Free sample of Bleacher and Cir¬ 
cular describing a wonderful little device 
that enables a boy to put on 5,000 of these 
bleaching tubes a day. It means dollars to 
every celery grower. 
FRANCIS BALL M’F’G CO. 
STRAWBERRIES 
A FULL crop next June 
from my pot grown 
plants. Send for my Mid- 
Summer Catalogue— free. 
T. C. KEVITT 
Athenia - New Jersey 
STRAWBERRY PLANK 
M for JULY, AUGUST and Fall Planting. 
Pot-grown and ltnnner Plants, by Kx- 
i iress or Mail. Leading Varieties Catalogue Free. 
IARRY 1,. SQUIRES, II EM SEN BURG, N, Y. 
FRUIT 
AND VEGETABLE 
Dept. K 
Clensidc, Montgomery Co., Pa. 
BASKETS 
-— OF AI-I. DESCRIPTIONS 
Write for free catalogue and price list. Buy direct 
from the Manufacturer and save money. 
WEBSTER BASKET CO. 
Box 14 ... Webster, Monroe Co., N. l. 
Climax Baskets 
We make the best CLIMAX BASKETS and 
more of them than any other factory in the 
United States. We are also manufacturers of. 
or dealers in,.all kinds of FRTJ1T PACKAGES- 
NOW is the time to buy your baskets, before 
the rush. Write or wire 
YATES LUMBER COMPANY 
Penn Yan New York 
TRUCK AND POULTRY FARM FOR SALE— located in Tide- 
* w.ater, Virginia, twelve hours from New York 
Seventy-five acres; modern dwelling; hot water 
heat; electric lights; beautiful water view. Bar- 
gain to quick buyer. J. E. WARREN, Newport News, Va . 
Q* Q if\ buys 329 acres, rich loam soil, 
well watered; 150 acres rulti- 
' vated; 2*2 miles to village, 
creamery, high school, etc. v> mile cheese factory; 
100 rods school, 50 acres valuable timber, 10-room 
house, barn holds 40 cows; silo, corn crib, piggery, 
fruit, including 14 cows, $2.00U cash. Income from 
gas, $169 yearly. Free catalogue. 
E1 .1.IS IIUPS., _ SPRINGVILI.E, N. Y. 
Send for our FARM CAT¬ 
ALOGUE. 100 VIEWS of 
FUU1T. POULTRY and 
GENERAL FARMS in or 
near VINELAND,the FRUIT 
and POULTRY CENTRE of NEW JERSEY. Health¬ 
ful climate. Mild Winter. Purest Water, bnox 
celled Markets. Within 100 miles of TEN MILLION 
people. BRAY & MACGEORGE, LARGEST FARM 
AGENCY in SOUTH JERSEY. 10T7 Diesel Building, 
Philadelphia, Pa., or Vineland, N. J. 
FARMS 
™ nnd Pon/TRY riuNTR 
35 BUSHELS PER ACRE I 
was the yield of WHEAT 
fpmrwfir 
nmrjj 
m 
on many farms in West- J 
ern Canada in 1913, some 
yields being reported aa 
high as 50 bushels 
per acre. As high as 
100 bushels were record¬ 
ed in some districts J 
for oats, 50 bushels for / 
barley and from 10 to i 
20 bushels for flax. J 
J. Keys arrived In tho 
country 5 years ago from Den¬ 
mark, with very little means. He 
homesteaded, worked hard. Is 
now the owner of 320 acres of 
land, In 1913 had a crop of 200 
acres.whlch will realize him about 1 
$4,000. His wheat weighed 68 
lbs. to the bushel and averaged 
over 35 bushels to the acre. 
Thousands of similar instances might bo 1 
related of the homesteaders in Manitoba, 
Saskatchewan and Alberta. 
Tho crop of 1913 was an abundant one 
everywhere in Western Canada. 
Ask for descriptive literature and rcducod 
railway rates. Apply to 
Superintendent of Immigration. 
Ottawa, Canada, or 
Canadian Government Agent, 
J. S. Crawford, 
301 E. Genesee Street, 
Syracuse. N. Y. 
Again . 
_ sets the pace. 
^ Five new selling plans, 
including cash or credit. Investigate 1 
B H. P. | 
ONLY 
My out- 
put ln-i 
I creased to 20,000 engines. Prices 
made on that basis which means 
you get a Galloway at the same 
price as though you bought 20,- 
000. Don’t miss this chance to 
get a real engine, one that’s gua?^ 
anteed. Sold on trial. The kind 
that’s giving satisfaction to over 
50,000 owners. Buy Now; Pay Later. 
I’ll trust you. Catalog free. Also 
selling plans, trial proposition. 
1 Wm. Galloway, Pres. 
THE WM. GALLOWAY COMPANY 
275 Galloway Station Waterloo, lowq 1 
Give Your Crops 
the Food They Need 
You cau increase both the quantity and the quality of your peas, beans, alfalfa, clover, 
vetch, all legumes, by inoculating tho seeds with 
Ferguson’s 
NITROGEN BACTERIA 
The experience of many usors lias proved tho wonderful re’sults Ferguson’s Bacteria will 
give. Seed inoculation is no longer an experiment. We have hundreds of letters from users 
telling of wonderful success. Let us send you copies of these letters. 
Ferguson’s Bacteria gather Nitrogen—the fowl plants must have, and which Is scanty in 
most soils. They gather it from the air and store it upon the roots of tho plants, using part 
for the present crop, leaving the rest for the future. The same bottle contains all tho 
varieties of Bacteria necessary for tho inoculation of any legume. 
Quarter-acre quantity, 5t’c.; I acre, $2; 5 acres, $9. Let us explain why you neod 
Nitrogen Bacteria and why Ferguson’s is best. Write for special booklet N—free. 
We want agents—a very liberal otTer. 
HOMEWOOD NITROGEN CO., 51 Liberty Street, New York City 
