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A PEACH TREE-GROWING CONTEST IN 
BERGEN COUNTY, N. J. 
W E Lave all heard of potato contests, 
com contests and tomato contests, 
but never of a peach tree growing con¬ 
test, and our schools have welcomed it 
with great enthusiasm. The largest num¬ 
ber of applicants in any one school is 
160, and the total number of contestants 
is over 900. These school children will 
plant and care for trees during the com¬ 
ing year, and the interest in horticulture 
thus awakened in their young minds, 
cannot be computed in dollars and cents. 
For some time, broad-minded thought¬ 
ful people have felt the need of more 
work along industrial and agricultural 
lines among school children. Many of 
them may at some future time in their 
lives engage in horticulture, and may 
thus be taught how to combat insects and 
fungus growth that have become so in¬ 
jurious to the orchards of today. This 
contest will be directed by County Farm 
Demonstrator, L. F. Merrill, who has so 
efficiently conducted other experiments 
along these lines, assisted by B. C. 
Wooster, our County Superintendent of 
Schools. In this contest, all boys and 
girls who complete the year’s work and 
hand in their reports and essays at the 
stated time are eligible to place their 
trees in competition for the prizes of¬ 
fered. It is expected that sufficient funds 
can be raised in each school district con¬ 
ducting the contest so that substantial 
prizes can be offered for the best five 
trees. 
THE JR.LJ RAL NEW-YORKEK 
Novembw ;£8, 
muck, or-there are no'water plants groov¬ 
ing there, try some of the water to see 
if it kills fish taken from a stream near¬ 
by. Temperature of the water and char¬ 
acter of the bottom decide what fish are 
best fitted for planting in a pond. Bull¬ 
heads, pike and large-mouth bass thrive 
in ponds with mud bottom and rather 
warm water.. Lake trout, Rainbow 
trout, sunfishes, crappies, Yellow perch, 
etc., want a sandy or gravelly bottom 
and moderate temperature. The trouts 
want the water rather cool. Brook trout 
and small-mouth bass do best in spring 
ponds with sandy, gravelly or l-ock.v bot¬ 
tom and cold water. Most of the bull¬ 
heads, catfish or horn pouts are good 
eating, especially when taken from clear, 
cool water. The common bullhead and 
the Spotted catfish or Mississippi cat are 
better than the Yellow bullhead or Yel¬ 
low cat. The pike or pickerel is liked 
very much in some places and consid¬ 
ered rather worse than the carp in others. 
Large-mouth and small-mouth Black bass 
are very good eating fish, and easily 
raised in ponds if the conditions are 
right. Lake trout and Rainbow trout 
are very good and Brook trout are very 
fine, but need more care if best results 
are obtained. 
The sunfishes, crappies, warmouth, 
Rock bass, strawberry bass, Yellow perch, 
etc., are good pond fish. They are good 
eating, will grow to good size if not over¬ 
stocked and need but little care. Many 
people like them best of all as pan fish. 
As game fish, simply for the sport of 
catching them on light tackle, the trouts, 
Black bass and pike are the best, al¬ 
though the Spotted catfish puts up a good 
fight in swift water in the Potomac Riv- 
She Jeffrey Lime-Pulver 
Grinds Limestone on the Farm 2 to 3 Tons Per Hour 
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The day of cheaper ]ime is here. If you have lime rock available you can make fertile fields of land that 
b now sick and sour. No need to buy burnt lime at high prices that burns nptbe humus and wastes the Nitro¬ 
gen in the soil. No need to buy ground limestone and pay for freight and hauling. Get a JEFFREY LIM& 
PULVER and, after quarrying the rock, grind it at a cost of 50c per ton. Dig out those rocks that prevent 
your cultivating your fields and make them enrich your toil—turn the stones into dollars 1 
Grow clover, alfalfa and other legumes by giving your soil the lime it needs. 
Saves From $1 to $2.50 Per Ton 
It coits most farmers from SI. 50 to £3 per ton to get ground limestone on their 
farm. With a Lime-Pulver you can grind your limestone for 50c and save from 
SI to 82.50 per ton. In a short time the Lime-Pulver pays for itself. 
Both a Crusher and Pulverizer 
The JEFFREY Lime-Pulver is the machine that crushes and pulverizes. 
It takes big rocks 4 inches thick and 11 inches long and reduces them to 
powder. Grinds from 2 to 3 tons per hour. The product can be ground coarse 
or fine. Put it through your spreader without trouble. Crushes rock for road 
work—grinds corn, tobacco 
. Mount-/^ 1 ) Made in the famous Jeffrey shops. 
Ball-bearing pulverize!—Pulveriz¬ 
ing hammers of manganese 6teeL 
Sold on a guarantee of satisfaction 
or your money back. Write to¬ 
day for valuable booklet, price 
and full information about 
home-grinding of limestone. 
The Jeffrey Mfg. Co. 
402 First Ave. 
Columbus, O. 
er. 
ALFRED C. WEED. 
Rules And Regulations.— 1. All 
boys and girls entering this contest must 
be in attendance at the school or school 
district conducting the contest. 
2. The contest in each seliool or dis¬ 
trict shall be in charge of tbe supervis¬ 
ing principal, principal or teacher of 
that district, assisted by the County 
Supertendent of Schools (or his deputy) 
and the County Demonstrator. These 
will compose the Contest Committee. 
3. Each contestant agrees properly to 
plant and care for one peach tree, which 
will be furnished by the committee at a 
cost to the contestant of about 10 cents. 
4. Each contestant further agrees to 
carry out thoroughly and carefully all in¬ 
structions given as to the planting, prun¬ 
ing. spraying, fertilizing and cultivating 
of the tree planted. 
5. All work must be done by the con¬ 
testant. 
6. All data asked for in the report 
blank furnished must be given as ac¬ 
curately as possible. This report is due 
October 23, 1915. 
7. With his report each contestant 
shall submit an essay of not more than 
250 words on “How I Made My Tree 
Grow.” 
8. All entries must be made by Octo¬ 
ber 23, 1914, using the entry blanks sup¬ 
plied. 
9. In the Fall of 1915 each tree upon 
which a report has been submitted shall 
he examined, measured and scored by one 
or more competent judges appointed by 
the committee. The scoring shall be 
based upon the following basis: 
1. General thrift and condition of 
tree . 25% 
2. Freedom from insects and disease 20% 
3. Shape of tree. 20% 
4. Growth, branches, by measure¬ 
ment . 10% 
5. Growth, trunk, by measurement 10% 
6. Condition of buds. 15% 
10. The final awards will be made upon 
the following basis: 
1. Score, as determined ■by judges 50% 
2. Report, neatness and complete¬ 
ness . 25% 
3. Essay ..... 25% 
AGNES B. CURTIS. 
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Destroying Dormant Woodchucks. 
S there any method by which I could 
get rid of woodchucks during the 
months that they are asleep in their 
dens, other than by digging them out? 
Kennebunk, Me. n. T. 
The following plans have been sug¬ 
gested to us. or have been tried by par¬ 
ties we know. During the Winter the 
woodchucks are dormant. They may be 
dug out and killed, but this requires too 
much expensive labor. One way is to 
wrap a round stone with cloth or cotton 
batting, and soak this thoroughly with 
bisulphide of carbon. This liquid evap¬ 
orates into a poisonous gas. The stone 
thus saturated is rolled or pushed down 
into the hole as far as possible. In some 
eases a sky rocket is pushed as far as it 
will go down into the hole, and then 
lighted as it would be outside, or a gun 
heavily loaded with powder is discharged 
down into the hole, after which the hole 
is thoroughly closed so as to prevent the 
gases from coming out. In other cases 
,» small stick of dynamite is pushed as 
far as convenient down into the hole and 
exploded. 
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Lumber Dealers’ Prices 
What Fish to Raise. 
eating pur- 
the best to 
E. l. n. 
W HAT kind of fish for 
poses do you consider 
stock a pond with? 
Pennsylvania. 
Before deciding what fish to plant it 
is necessary to know the Summer tem¬ 
perature at surface and bottom and the 
character of the bottom, whether muck, 
mud, sand, gravel or rock. If there are 
not fish in the pond and the bottom is 
COMING FARMERS’ MEETINGS. 
Dover Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock 
Association, tenth annual show, Dover, 
N. J„ Nov. 23-28. 
Mansfield Poultry Association, Mans¬ 
field, Mass., third annual exhibition, 
Nov. 25-2S; L. Faye Howe, secretary. 
Western Connecticut Poultry Associa¬ 
tion of Danburv Conn.. Inc., nineteenth 
annual exhibition Hull’s Armory Hall, 
Danbury, Nov. 26, 27, 28; secretary. 
Thomas Deans, 39 Hoyt St., Danbury, 
Conn. 
Auburn Poultry Show, State Armory, 
Auburn, N. Y., Nov. 30-Dec. 5. 
Michigan State Horticultural Society, 
annual meeting, Kalamazoo, Mich., Dec. 
1-3. 
Michigan State Potato Show and meet¬ 
ing, Kalamazoo, Dec. 3-5. 
Second annual seed exposition, Mon¬ 
tana Seed Growers’ Association, Boze¬ 
man, Mont., December 8-10. 
New Jersey State Horticultural So¬ 
ciety, annual meeting, State Experiment 
Station, New Brunswick, Dec. S-10. 
# Connecticut Sheep Breeders’ Associa¬ 
tion, annual meeting, Unity Hall, Hart¬ 
ford, Dec. 15. 
Farmers’ Week, Pennsylvania State 
College, December 28, 1914 to January 
8, 1915, State College, P. O., Penn. 
January 9th to 15th, inclusive, 1915, 
Mid-Winter Exposition, State Fair 
Grounds, Columbus, Ohio, Corn, Apple, 
Dairy and Poultry Shows combined. 
Ohio-Michigan Laud and Live Stock 
Exposition, Toledo, O., Nov. 22-Dee. 5. 
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HASEROT LIME S PHOSPHATE CO.. - CLEVELAND, 0. 
FOR SALE—IN CAR LOAD LOTS 
GERM A N CATTLE BEETS 
Best Mangel Grown. $6 per ton, F. O. B., Auburn, 
N. Y. T. E. BARLOW, Supt., Auburn. New York 
NPW PPAPU The Marion Hayward has l*oen described, 
■"Lfl iLnOn tester! and painted hy the T7. S. Dept, of 
Agriculture. Ripens Auk. 20th to Sept. 10th. Orders taken 
now for tall and spring deliveries. Send for literature. 
Marion Hayward Orchard, Commercial-Tribune Bldg., Cincinnati, 0. 
Cllflan firQco—Northern prrow nseed, hardy and free from 
OUUdll UV doo Johnson grass. Write for free sample and 
prices. HENRY FIELD, SHENANDOAH, IOWA 
Don’t Buy Fruit Trees 
We arc not Jobbers or Dealers. Our prices will surprise you. 
Order from the grower and save disappointment later. Send 
postal today. THOMAS E. STlEEKIN. Nursery- 
inun, 21 Main Street, Ommvllle, New York 
WILDER CURRANT BU'SHES 
Perfection. JRnby and Herbert Raspberries. 
- Marlboro, N. Y. 
J. F. WYGANT. 
Name . 
“For the Land’s Sake, use Bowker’s 
Fertilizers; they enrich the earth and 
those who till it.”— Adv. 
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Klin 5 
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Kling Hame Fasteners save money, time, 
trouble and soreshoulders. Satisfaction guar¬ 
anteed or money back. Send your dealer's 
name and50c and we will send a pairpostpaid. 
The National Safety Snap Co. 
Dept. 38 Wilmington, 0. 
Trees—Plants—Vines 
in small or large lots at wholesale 
prices. Catalog and Green’s Fruit 
Boole—FRRE. Green's Nursery Co. 
22 Wall St., Rochester, N Y. 
S WEET CLOVER SEED— The true white blooming variety 
(Metllotus Alba. I. Write for free sample of new crop seed 
and latest prices. HENItY FIELD, Shenandoah, Iowa 
S T. REGIS RASPBERRY PLANTS for sale. 
Price reasonable. PAUL L. HEGGAN, Waterford, N. J. 
St. Regis Raspberry Plants 
Plant St. Regis. Don’t wait until everybody gets 
them They are a money-maker. They come earlier 
than any others grown in this section, where th«y 
originated, ami tuck until frost. The best of refer¬ 
ence. ARTHUR R. HEGGAN, Waterford. N. J. 
Label Your Trees and Shrubs 
Permanent, water and weather-proof labels. 
Practically indestructible. Send Klcents for 
sample: 25 cents for 3; $1 for 15: $5 for ICO. 
WM. G. SHEPHERI), - Williamsport, Pa. 
Big Apple Trees 
At Little Pricesa^M 
My apple trees are extra good, with splen¬ 
did roots, sturdy trunks, well formed heads, 
and my prices are low for such fine stock. My 
book tells more about these trees; you may 
have a copy if you send me a postal today. 
SAMUEL FRASER, 
124 Main Street, :: 
NURSERYMAN, 
Geneseo, N. Y. 
rates 
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These Trees Can’t be Girdled 
Protect your trees from gnawing and girdling by rabbits, mice 
and rodents. Use EXCELSIOR WIRE MESH. 
L’s fine enough and strong enough to keep away all small animals. You can 
get it in right sizes for all trees, large or small. Atree protector of real substance 
. someth.ngto last for years. Heavy galvanizing makes it rust proof. A most 
inexpensive protector. You’ll be surprised how little it costs per tree. Write for particulars. 
R, WRIGHT WIRE COMPANY, Worcester, Mass. 
