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THE RURAL NEW'YORKER 
February 30, 
DWARF 
FRUIT 
TREES 
APPLE 
PEAR 
PLUM 
CHERRY 
PEACH 
Best for 
r 'me Garden 
Less Room 
Finest Fruit 
Also Full Line 
STANDARD 
FRUIT TREES 
Choice Stock 
Catalogue FREE 
THE VAN DUSEN NURSERIES 
W. L. McKay, Prop. Box N, GENEVA N. Y 
APPLE TREES 
EACH 2c EACH 
2 to 3 fret lilirti.2e each 
3 to 4 fret liR'Ii.8e each 
4 to 4i fret lilt'll. ,...4e each 
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6 
fret lilgli. 5e eaeli 
6 fret lilt'll.tie eaeli 
Nice, smooth, well grown, true to name. 
Full list of Commercial sorts.—Box M 
WESTERN NURSERY CO., LAWRENCE, KAN. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
Seed Potatoes, Seed Corn. Catalog Free 
FLANSBURGH & POTTER 
Box 361 LESLIE, MICH. 
»i npoiC EVERBEARING RASPBERRY PLANTS —grown 
OI. ntuio on m y own fmit farm. Price reason¬ 
able. l'AUL L. HEGGAN, Waterford, N. J. 
HREGON GRAPE-HOLLY SPECIE— Glossy, prickly leaves. 
U Beautiful for decorating. Blueberries make jell, roots, 
blood pufiller. Plants, 20c. P. V. SOLBERG, White Salmon, Wash. 
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SEED 
LSAMPLES 
And Alfalfa Guide 
We supply you absolutely free samples 
of our hardy, northern grown seeds. Our 
CLOVER, TIMOTHY 223 ALFALFA 
seeds are the best that money can buy; High in 
Purity, Strong in Germination Also on request we 
will send you our Alfalfa Guide full of informa¬ 
tion regarding this valuable plant. 
Write today sure for tree oamplea and literature In re- 
. Sard to all field needs. 
N. WERTHEIMER & SONS. 
Dept K, Ligonior, Ind. 
Do You Have to 
be Shown? 
I’m told that I ha V o the best 
► quality of seed, give the largest 
packages and Itave the most com¬ 
mon-sense Seed Book in the bunch. 
And I’m willing to admit it. 
Do you have to be shown? 
All right. I live close to the Mis¬ 
souri line and I’ll “show” you. 
I’ll send you the Seed Book and a big pack¬ 
age of garden seed, and vou can judge 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, Pro*. 
HENRY FIELD SEED CO.. Bn " 
2^^henandoah, Iowa. 
Extra choice, hardyl 
northern grown registered stock. I 
Purity, Germination and Quality 6uarantaed. | 
Tested by State and U. S. Seed Laboratories I 
—warranted to comply with all Seed Laws. Send for | 
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Book telling how to grow alfalfa successfully everywhere. 1 
k DAKOTA IMPROVED SEED CO., 21 Main SI., Mitchell, S.D. <1 [ 
FANCY CLOVER 
Medium, Mammoth, Alsike, Alfalfa. 
TIMOTHY’. All kinds Pure Field Seeds. We buy 
direct of the farmer. Quality high, Prices low. Can 
save you money. Write for Fkkk Samples and Prices 
F. J. WOOD & SONS, LONDON, O. 
at WHOLESALE 
prrn 
■■ ■■ ■ ■ Vegetable, Flower and Field 
B ■ ■ ■ I I SEEDS from grower to you at 
WHOLESALE PRICES. Write 
today for our wholesale catalog. 
C. N. ROBINSON & BRO. Dept. 80 Baltimore, Md. 
Seed Growers and Importers. Established 1870 
‘—Clover, Grasses, Seed 
) Corn, Seed Oats and 
Potatoes, sold under delivered guarantee. Catalogue 
tells how. Ask for it. Standard varieties GARDEN 
SEEDS sold ill bulk. 
EIKENBERRY BROS., Bex 12, Camden, Ohie 
PURE FIELD SEEDS 
< lover, Timothy, Alsike. Alfalfa and all kinds of 
PURE FIELD SEEDS direct from producer to con¬ 
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A. C. HOYT & CO., Box R. Fostoria, O. 
700 
BUSHEL SEED POTATOES Cobbler, 111 ’ Mam- 
moth Prolific ami New Queen. One dollar per bushel 
for April delivery. Darrow & Aiken, Route 2, Putney, Vt. 
C W F' F' T SEED. White and large biennial 
*” *-'*-'* yellow. Prices and circular on 
pt request. E. BARTON, Box 
LLUV LK 2t>, - Falmouth, Kentucky 
n nVFR direct »>><* save money, 
LLU V Elv OLLiU We Prepay the freight 
rrepa. 
txlicks Seed Farms, Box 33, Smoketown" Pa 
Oats, Harley, Potatoes, Alfal¬ 
fa; 1200 acres. Catalog free. 
W. N. SCARFF, New Carlisle, Ohio 
OCCft fUTQ Siberian, Imp. American, Swedish Select, and 
OLlU UA I 0 60-day. Big yielders. Also Clover and Timothy 
Feed. Write for samples and price. R. 0. EVANS, Venedecia, Ohio 
Seed Corn 
POTASH FROM THE OCEAN. 
Part I. 
S EAWEED AND KELP.—Last week 
we referred to the potash which is 
found in ocean water. While the propor¬ 
tion is small, when we consider the vast 
extent of the ocean, we can understand 
what a vast quantity of this material the 
salt water of the globe contains. As we 
explained last week, some of the nitro¬ 
gen. phosphorus and lime which are 
leached out of the soil into the ocean 
are returned in the form of fish and 
shells. Immense quantities of these ele¬ 
ments will get back in this way. In 
somewhat like manner, potash is now 
being taken out of the water. 
Aboriginal Fertilizers. —The earliest I 
settlers on the Atlantic coast found the | 
Indians using fish and kelp as a fertili¬ 
zer for their corn. Xo one knew anything 
about agricultural chemistry at that 
time, but it was evident that when fish j 
alone were used for a number of years, 
the corn failed to give good results. I 
When wood ashes or kelp were used 
along with the fish, the* corn “came j 
back,” and made a good yield of stalk : 
and grain. Those old timers did not 
know what was the trouble with the 
corn, or rather the fertilizer. Modern 
science tells us that the fish contained 
nitrogen and phosphoric acid, but no 
potash. After a number of years with 
the use of fish alone, the available potash 
in the soil was used up. A chain is no 
stronger than its weakest link, and you 
might say the same thing about a fertili¬ 
zer, and when the potash in the soil has 
been exhausted, it is not a matter of 
putting on nitrogen and phosphoric acid 
to obtain a good yield, for you will not 
get it until you put in potash once more. 
The wood ashes and the kelp contain 
potash, and when this was applied the 
ground once more responded and gave 
the crop of corn. That was all there 
was to it, and the same thing is perfectly 
true to-day. 
Sources of Potash. —Now the ques¬ 
tion comes, where did the kelp obtain its 
potash? The answer to this is given in 
a recent bulletin from the Department 
of Agriculture. This takes up the sub¬ 
ject of the fish waste and kelp on the 
Pacific coast. Two years ago the Gov¬ 
ernment started in seriously to find if 
possible American sources of available 
potash. They bored into the ground in 
various parts of the country, tested the 
water from salt wells, and in inland lakes 
and ponds; dug up the crust from the 
beds of old ponds, in fact hunted in 
every nook and corner for potash. There 
is plenty of it in the country; some of 
the granite rocks in New England con¬ 
tain eight and 10 per cent, of this potash, 
but the cost of making it available thus 
far has proved so high that practical 
work along this line lias been abandoned. 
The present high cost of potash may 
start it up anew, and it is more than 
probable that in the future a method of 
extracting this granite potash that will 
correspond to Liebig's discovery of dis¬ 
solving phosphate rock, will bo worked 
out. 
Pacific Kelp. —Potash has also been 
found in many localities of the West, 
in salt mines, the bitter waters of lakes 
and also as minerals. One or two locali¬ 
ties appear to be promising, but in most 
cases it will cost too much with any 
| 
process now known to make the potash 1 
available. It has long been known that ; 
seaweed and kelp contain more or less 
potash. Many farmers along the coast 
make a practice during the Winter of 
hauling kelp as it is thrown up by the 
storms, back to their farms, where it is 
usually spread upon grass and grain. 
It usually gives fair results, although 
quite slow in its action. Investigation 
shows that at certain points along the 
Pacific coast there are immense growths 
of a giant form of kelp which not only 
grow to immense size. but. contain much 
more potash than other growths along 
the Atlantic coast. There are several 
varieties of these fertilizing kelps which 
are well described in the pamphlet re¬ 
ferred to. There are two of them which 
are especially useful for fertilizing pur¬ 
poses. These two varieties appear to be 
able to obtain more potash than' the 
others. The following table gives an idea 
of the composition of wet kelp, as it 
(Continued on /nine 258.) 
Dl BBLE’S SEED POTATOES 
Northern grown from selected stock seed, produce 
crops that for quantity and quality are unexcelled by 
those from any other source and frequently give dou¬ 
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Potato Growers, have over 1.600 acres in our own 
Seed Farms and make thorough tests in field culture. 
WE KNOW SEED POTATOES 
We offer 28 standard varieties, the best early, inter¬ 
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potato ever grown on the Dibble Farms. Over a thou¬ 
sand of our customers who ha ve tested it have written 
us it outyields all other kinds planted alongside, 
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ADDRESS 
Edward F. Dibble Seedgrower, Honeoye Fall*, N. Y., BoxB 
FROM OUR FARMS TO YOURS 
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Ours is not common corn sold for seed, but care¬ 
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Harris Farm and A'egetalde Seeds 
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wholesale. 
JOSEPH 
Box 102, 
HARRIS CO. 
Coldwater, N. Y. 
SlDON 
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These varieties will prove to you the good qualities of W. & D. Vegetable and 
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All these seeds ( 
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WEEBER & DON, Seed Merchants, 114 K, Chambers St., N.Y. 
Hottes Elberta Peach Pays $195!® 
Only 28 Months After Planting record of just 60 of our celebrated Mon- 
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WINFIELD NURSERIES, J. Moncrief, Pres., 803 Park Street, Winfield, Kansas 
Gregory5 Vegetables 
fEFAIR 
You will win by growing these sorts: 
5 large packets choicest <« /\ _ , 
seeds postpaid for . . . I IIC/ 
Gregory’s Improved 
, Crosby Beet: LucullusSwIasChord 
for Greens; Sugar Loaf Lettuce, a 
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^ J. J. H. Gregory & Son 
236 Elm St., Marblehead, Mass. , 
LOWELL’S SELECTED SEED POTATOES 
Guaranteed 100°b pure and practically free from dis¬ 
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Cnnrl Pofatnoc l' 16 new Russett, a 
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P OTATOES—Bliss, Carman, Cobbler, Hebron, Giant, Hustler, 
Longfellow,Ohio, Green Mt.,85 kinds. C.W.Pord, Fishers, N.Y. 
TESTED SEED CORN 
Improved Golden Dent Gourd Seed Variety. Hus produced 
90 to 110 bus. to the acre. Write for prices. Order early. 
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27lGal!oway Sta.,Waterloo,Iowa 
SEED POTATOES 
WITH BUSINESS BACK OF THEM 
Grown in Maine under supervision of Plant Pathologist. 
Parent Plants yielded C to 10 large tubers each. Spraying 
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5 darning to digging. Yields per acre 400 to 055 bus. 
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Clovers— Alfalfa—other grass seed— Oats—Corn- 
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