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THE RURAL, iSii W*YOKKKEt 
Continuous Seed 
and Plant Forcer 
Out shows section of Continuous Seed and Plant- 
Forcer showing comparison growth with 
and without the forcer. 
The greatest boon ever conferred on the 
gardeners. The soil is permanently retained 
in a fine, crumbly tilth, thus admitting 
abund'ant air to circulate around the roots, 
allowing the air to freely penetrate the soil 
and assist the growth. The fine tilth also 
prevents the soil from getting clogged in a 
solid cake around the necks of th e plants, 
which is often the cause of serious failure in 
horticulture. This wonderful invention in¬ 
sures larger, earlier, stronger crops. Write 
for interesting descriptive literature. 
THE CLOCHE COMPANY 
131 Hudson Street New York 
WE SPECIALIZE IN SEEDS 
'TRADE MARK%^ REG. APPLIED FOR' 
Double Pane Hotbed Sash 
Made of genuine Louisiana Red Cypress, \V\ 
inches thick, with extra-heavy tenons. Will 
last a lifetime. A boy can put in the glass. Broken 
panes can be cut to use in the bottom layer. 
DUO-GLAZED SASH costs practically the 
same as ordinary sash, and is so much cheaper 
there is no comparison. 
Write for free booklet and price list. 
CALLAHAN DUO-GLAZED SASH CO.. 82 Wyandot St., Dayton, 0. 
Early plants make the 
profitable garden 
And yon can have neither unless you use hot-bed sash 
Sunlight Double Glass Sash make the earliest and 
strongest plants at the least cost of money and labor 
They are complete without mats and shutters. Just 
put them on your hot-bed or cold frame and then watch 
the plants grow—not too fast—not spindling—but 
steadily and strongly. Thus they arc fitted to keep 
on growing when transferred to the open ground. 
Immediate shipment is made and the freight is 
equalized to the buyer according to distance. Ask 
about this when you write. 
Get our free catalog with all details, also Prof. 
Massey’s booklet on hot-beds, cold frames and small 
greenhouses for 4c in stamps. Write today. 
SUNLIGHT DOUBLE GLASS SASH CO. 
924 E. Broadway :: Louisville, Ky. 
A Sunlight Sash Greenhouse 
FRUIT GROWERS’ 
SUPPLIES 
{Baskets, Ladders, Etc. 
SEND FOR CATALOGUE 
BACON & CO. 
Gasport, N. Y. 
■—is the coming garden flower. 
' Blossoms entire season. Postal 
for list of choice new varieties. 
My specialty. G. S. RAMSBURG, Somersworth, N. H. 
SNAPDRAGON 
Get Quick Crops 
By Early Planting 
Advance your crop planting by several 
weeks. Start your seed under Duo- 
Glazed Sash. Air chamber formed by 
double glass keeps out frost in coldest 
weather. No cover needed; hence light 
is not excluded. When spring comes 
plant well-started plants instead of seeds. 
Plants are hardy when 
you set them out. 
DUO-GLAZED 
SASH on your 
hotbed will 
give you 
green vege- 
tables all 
winter. 
. , . Fine for 
your family, or you can sell at high prices. 
1 The Greatest of All is Package 
(Concluded from page 331) 
profit all other manufacturers keep up 
a selling department and force through¬ 
out the whole year. I realize, of course, 
that the small producer, who has the op¬ 
portunity of selling direct to consumers 
in nearby local markets, will be his own 
salesman, and that very extensive pro¬ 
ducers, whether selling locally or to dis¬ 
tant markets, can profitably look after 
the selling end of their business; while 
between these two is the great body of 
producers, little or big, who must have 
cooperative organization for the grading, 
packing, advertising and selling their 
products. Where fruit production is fair¬ 
ly well centralized this is feasible if the 
producers really mean business and are 
willing to pay something to secure their 
full share of the profits which should and 
may be theirs from the sale of their pro¬ 
ducts, while the isolated producers, far 
from local markets, have an individual 
problem to solve on their own account. 
The fact that a few are doing so success¬ 
fully sliotys that it is not impossible of 
solution. j. H. hale. 
Connecticut. 
EVERGREENS 
j— 38 Hardy Tested Varieties 
Best for windbreaks and hedges. Protect 
buildings, crops and stock. Added warmth 
saves fuel—saves feed. Hill’s evergreens \ 
are hardy, nursery grown. GetHill’s free 
illustrated Evergreen Book and list of 60 —-- - 
GreatBargainOffers—from S4.50per thousand up. Fifty- 
six years’ experience. World’s largest growers. Write 
D. Hill Nursery Co., Evergreen Specialists 
2120 Cedar St., Dundee, III. 
TRAPE HARK 
1878 Grown Right. Handled Right 1915 
3,000.000 frnit trees. 4c each and op: 5.000.000 
small fruits, thousands of roses, climbing vines, 
hedge plants, ornamental trees and shrubs, at 
lowest prices. WRITE FOR FREE ILLUS¬ 
TRATED CATALOG TODAY. 
KING BROTHERS NURSERIES. ' Oak St 
Dansvllle, N.Y. cheapest to buy the best** 
Fruit Trees, Etc.—Strawberry Plants, 
gus plants. California Privet Hedge, etc., fresh dug 
from our Nurseries to you at 14 agents' prices. Cata¬ 
logue free. G. E. Buntino & Sons, Bax 50, Selbyville, Del. 
Millions of trefes & plants 
Wholesale Prices. Direct from grower. Guaranteed | 
quality. Apple & peach trees. Asparagus.gooseber- 
nes.berrv plants, privethedging. New catalog ready 
.THE WESTMINSTER NURSERY, Box 129, Westminster, Md. 
Tree Surgery. 
W E have many questions from young 
men about the prospects ahead of a 
tree surgeon ! What is he? A man who 
knows as much about the needs and dis¬ 
eases of a tree as a skilled doctor knows 
of the ills of the human body. In the 
towns and cities, or in suburban districts 
there are many valuable shade trees. 
Some of them are old and age gives them 
increased value. They may be owned by 
wealthy people who would gladly pay 
hundreds of dollars to keep them alive. 
These conditions make “tree surgery” 
into a profession, and the bright young 
man who really knows how to do it ought 
to find opportunity in the work. One 
trouble is that some poorly qualified men 
have gone into the business and hurt it. 
F. W. Rane, State Forester of Massa¬ 
chusetts, writes us about this: 
There is no doubt that the widespread 
interest in the care and protection of 
shade trees which has been aroused with¬ 
in a comparatively few years has caused 
many men to go into the work who are 
not qualified either by education or ex¬ 
perience. We have had many complaints 
at this office from property owners, stat¬ 
ing that work had been performed very 
unsatisfactorily, and in many cases at 
unreasonable prices. So far as this work 
relates to the suppression of Gypsy and 
Brown-tail moths, we have instructed all 
our local moth superintendents to advise 
all parties after having work done on 
trees to have it inspected by the local 
moth superintendent before paying for it. 
in order to determine if the work had 
been satisfactorily performed. 
Some of these tree quacks rank about 
as a “sawbones” would among reputable 
doctors. It takes something besides the 
ability to saw off a limb to make a “tree 
surgeon.” We have no use for the bogus, 
unlearned article, though there is a good 
chance for the trained expert. 
Fertilize Orchard When Buds Show 
Pink. 
UT AST year in Ohio.” says Prof. Bal- 
-Li lou, “we discovered the importance 
of early fertilization, applying the 
fertilizers in April rather than waiting 
until May. The practice seems to in¬ 
crease the vigor and fruitfulness of the 
trees. We found last year on poor land 
where we fertilized early we secured a 
good setting of fruit, while unfertilized 
trees failed to set fruit, although they 
blossomed as profusely as the fertilized 
ones. If the fertilizer is applied too 
early, of course it will be more or less 
wasted. Of course nitrate of soda is very 
soluble. I would say, apply the fertil¬ 
izer just about tho time the buds are 
just beginning to show pink, possibly a 
little earlier, just so the nitrate may 
have its maximum effect when the trees 
are in full bloom. It depends consider¬ 
ably on the weather; if the application 
is followed by a long dry spell, it would 
not be nearly as effective. We bad a 
good rainfall immediately. The nitrate 
is easily soluble, and penetrates the 
ground like brine, and trees show effects 
almost immediately. Trees which have 
been low in vitality, have yellow, scant 
foliage, often within two weeks will show 
an increase in color of foliage, which 
shows the effect of the nitrate.” 
J 
PURE 
_TESTED 
H-l WAIT! Don’t buy until you pet our Price and 
free samples, compare with others. Wo special- 
izo on legumes, including Rod Mammoth, 
LAra lfv Alslko » White and Sweet Clover, Soy 
t Beans, Cowpeas, Vetch, Etc. GctourKow, 
Different and Original 1915 Puto Seed book 
and planting guide, eye-opener, work of art, 
six colors, S00 pictures, also wholesale list. Sond 
a postal, state what legumo interested in, will 
gladly send yon tree samples. Or send 10 cts, 
and getour new96pago, 35ct. book entitled “Clover, tho Great 
Cash Money Crop and All Alx>ut It,’’ tells how to get a 
good catch,” avoid clover troubles, winter killing, how to 
protect harvest and inoculate, many other valuable, facts, 
worth its weight in gold to any clover grower. 
GALLOWAY BR0S.& CO.. Box 275 WATERLOO,IOWA 
For Sale, SEED OATS, 
Bred and Selected by Cornell : Welcome, $2.50 bu.; 
Lincoln and Silver-mine, $2.0(J bu. Seud Pota¬ 
toes: Carman No. 9, grown by tlie “Unit-Ilill” 
System ; awarded First Premium at Potato Show, 
College of Agriculture, 1915, SL25 bu. Heavyweights 
awarded Two First Premiums Conformity to Market Type 
and Triteness to Varietal Type, 81.00 bu. Special price 
in quantities. BENJAMIN WILLIAMS, Rushford, N. Y. 
FOR SALE 
Cow Peas, $2.50 bushel: Soy Beans. $2.50 bushel; 
Crimson Clover Seed, $6 bushel; Bed Clover Seed, 
$9.50 bushel; Bean Screenings. $40 ton; Oat Flakes, 
$50 ton. Joseph E. Holland, Milford, Delaware 
Cow Peas, Cantaloupe Seed"^/ 
Delicious, Early Elberta, new and old fruits; low 
prices. Bridgeviile Nurseries, MycrS Sons, Bridgeville, Del. 
—Clover, Grasses, Seed 
1 Corn, Seed Oats and 
Potatoes, sold under delivered guarantee. Catalogue 
tells how. Ask for it. Standard varieties GARDEN 
SEEDS sold in bulk. 
EIKENBERRY BROS., Bex 12, Camden, Ohio 
SWEET 
CLOVER 
SEED. White and large biennial 
yellow. Prices and circular on 
request. E. BAKTOX, Box 
29, - Faluiouth, Kentucky 
orrn n|TQ Siberian, Imp. American, Swedish Select, and 
0CCU U A 1 0 60-day. Big yielders. Also Clover and Timothy 
seed. Write for samples and price. R. 0. EVANS, Venedocia, Ohio 
Plante of all kinds, and 40 vari- 
v egeiaDie JTiantS ties of strawberries. 
Catalogue Free. S. C. ATHERTON, GREENWOOD, DEL. 
ONION SEED 
J. B. Ouirk, 
—best strains grown. 
Send for prices. 
North Madison, O. 
TESTED SEED CORN 
Improved Golden Dent Gourd Seed Variety. Has produced 
90 to 110 bus. to the acre. Write for prices. Order early. 
EDWARD WALTER. Eureka Stock Farm, Dept. R, West Chester, Peuna. 
jtLarco o, 
BETHEL BEAUTY SEED POTATOES 
Grown under field inspection; recommended and certi¬ 
fied by Maine Dep’t of Agriculture and Maine Seed Im 
provement Asa n.: also standard varieties. Prices low. 
io introduce our four new- quality varieties : Bethel 
Beauty, Dibble’s Russet, World's Fair and Eureka Early, 
f U,, j 1 , e cJ lel S ers d) vilJ . sll T 1 bbb Sf00, 1 bu. 81.50, 4 
bu. $ 1 . 00 . Each [package containing the four varieties. 
1. E. \\ AKL, ... Gardiner, Muino 
SEED POTATOES FREE^™ 
profits by planting 
potatoes grown on the rugged hill- of 
Steuben Co.—1500 ft. above sea level. Strong, 
hardy, prolific varieties. Give them atrial. Free catalog. 
WALKER SEED POTATO FARMS, 3-15 Chase St.. Avoca, Steuben Co., N.Y. 
LOWELL’S SELECTED SEED POTATOES 
Lowell Green Mountain, Dibble’s Russet, Early 
Eureka, Clyde. Sir Walter Raleigh, Early Surprise. 
Send for catalog. FRANK LOWELL & SONS, Gardiner. Me 
For Sale-Dibble’s Russet Potatoes-^ e v f e ^.yieid d - 
ing variety I ever raised. Shall plant only this va¬ 
riety for late crop. 75c. per bu. for April delivery. 
Supply limited. A. W. Strong, Vernon Center, N. Y. 
IRISH COBBLER and Raleigh potatoes from SEI ECTED 
1 stock. $1.25 Bushel. A. L. Fitch, Westmoreland, N Y. 
Sffl! GRAPEVINES 
69 varieties. Also Small Fruits, Trees, etc. Best rooted 
stock. Genuine, cheap. 2 sample vines—10c. Descriptive 
price list free. Lewis Roescli, Box L, Fredonia, N. Y. 
OHNSON’S 
TESTED 
and PROVEN OLLDO 
Stand for Purity and Quality. 
The result of 42 years’ expe¬ 
rience. Our Garden and Farm 
Manual for 1915 mailed free 
to seed buyers who write for it. 
JOHNSON SEED COMPANY 
217 Market Street Philadelphia, Pa. 
Vt CORRLERSv. S< i un(3 tmmixed seed. Bn., 75c. 
VI. 1/VDDLCnO H fl J 0SL YN, East Hardwick. Verm ont 
F OR SALE— Extra choice PALMETTO ASPARA¬ 
GUS ROOTS. A. L. Kunkel, Lisburn, I’a» 
GRASS 
SEED 
MONEY! MONEY! MONEY! Big money 
was madolasfcyear by hundreds of farmers 
TJ T on Sudan Grass, put hundreds on easy 
IT“1 street, farmers making $20to $100 anacreon 
hay and from $300 to$700anacroon sood. 
Biggest tonnage to acroof anyhigh class hay 
known. Sweetand Juicy. Kveryljody wants 
it. Big opportunity growing it for seed 
next 2 or 3 years. Also great forage, grows 
easy, easy on land, either dry or wet season, 
. . . 2 or 3 cuttings. Wo tried it on our own 
farm last year. ft grew 7 1-2 ft. tall. Full particulars how to 
grow and free samples, or send 1 O cts. for largo packet, or 63 
els. for 1 lb. postpaid Wo also sell Fetcrita, lib, for 20 cts 
or 1 lb. each for 70 cts. f WRITE US. 
GALLOWAY BROS. & CO., Box 278 WATERLOO, IOWA 
PERFECTION RASPBERRIES 
WILDER AND (CURRANT 
PERFECTION 
J. F. WYGANT, 
Marlboro, New York 
McDonald Rlackberry _Tiy ita ? d get the crenm 
Price list. 
of tho early berry market. 
FITZGERALD’S NURSERY, Steplienville, Texas 
B LACK DIAMOND, Blackberry and other varieties; Raspberry 
and Strawberry plants; Asparagus and Rhubarb roots; 
Sweet Potato seed. Catalog free. M. N. BQRG0, Vineland, N. J. 
GOOSEBERRY 
PLANTS FOR SALE— Houghton’s 
ami Downing's. Pi to $6 per 100, f.n.li. 
Frank Wioland, Egg Harbor, N. J. 
St REGIS EVERBEARING RASPBERRY PLANTS-grown 
**'■ on my own fruit farm. Priee reason¬ 
able. PAUL L. HEGGAN, Waterford, N. J. 
ST. REGIS RASPBERRY PLANTS andalIthe 
Varieties of Small Fruits. 
Leading 
BENJ. BARRETT, BLUE ANCHOR, N. J. 
St. Regis Raspberry Plants-,™;',“ 
funded. Arthur K. Hegg an, Waterford Works, N. J. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
Wo have selected eight varieties out of a hundred 
and have eight of the best. Our prices are low. 
Seud for our 1915 catalogue of Seed, Berry Plants, 
Asparagus roots. All kinds of small plants. Romance 
Seed, Plant & Truck Farm, Caleb Boggs & Son, Cheswold Del 
STRAWBERRIES 
TV e have grown strawberry plants for over 40 years; write 
for our money-saving price list. George W. Bridgman 
Nursery Co., Dept. A, Benton Harbor, Michigan. 
WHOLESALE PRICES 
I on Strawberry Plants. Many other varieties and garden roots I 
I at reasonable prices. Catalogue FREE. Write today to 
I A. C, WESTON & COMPANY, BRIDGMAN. MICHIGAN 
WESTON & COMPANY. 
- ..wv« w aay to 
BRIDGMAN. MICHIGAN 
Strawberry Plants: 
■Twenty Varieties at 
$2.50 per 1,000. Descrip¬ 
tive Catalogue Free, liasil Perry. Georgetown. Del. 
STRAWRFRRY PI ANTS - 35 varieties, *1.05 per 
OinARDCnni rLAnia K0(J0 Valuable catalog 
free. Mayer’s Plant Nursery, MerrUl, Mich. 
Strawberry PlanUltUTplX. 
logue free. H. H. Benuing, R. 5, Clyde, N. Y 
R IGHT PRICES ON RIGHT QUALITY—Strawberry, ltaspberry, Black 
berry dc Currant Plante. Circular free. J. V. Meeder, N. Girard. Pa 
“SUPERB ” ^irawhprripc a success. Circular Free. 
Everbearing uuanuoiiioo willard b kille, Swedeshoro, n. j. 
nmi 
PURE 
TESTED 
SEED 
Don’t Buy Alfalfa until you got our Price 
and Samples. Wo specialize on Pure Test¬ 
ed Alfalfa Seed. No second or third grades. 
L Drop us a postal aud get our New, Different 
and Original complete 1915 Pure Seed book 
and Planting Guido, an eye-opener, work of 
.art, six colors, 300 pictures, also wholesale 
list. Or send 10 cts. and get in addition our 62 page, 25 ct, 
book “How to Grow Alfalfa, the Wonder Crop’*—a mine of 
information. Tells how to got a sure “catch,” prepare 
ground, inoculate, protect, harvest and many other now 
facts and important discoveries, 
GALLOWAY BROS. & CO., Boi 2 76 WATERLOO, IOWA 
Saul’s Select Seeds 
PLAIN PACKAGES-GOOD MEASURE-BEST QUALITY 
Saul’s 1915 Seed Annual Describes 
Saul’s Early Eureka, the most productive white ensilage corn grown. Yellow 
Ensilage Corns. Saul’s Northern Grown Alfalfa Clover, Spring Rye and Spring 
Wheat. Grain, Vegetable and Flower Seeds of all kinds. 
No fancy packages—you buy SEEDS ONLY. 
CHARLES F. SAUL, 227 JAMES STREET, SYRACUSE, N. Y. 
[4/V//V 
GAi 
“ ‘See America first!’ ” didactically 
quoted the professor. “I have already 
done so,” replied J. Fuller 
was born here.”—Judge. 
Gloom. 
Burpee’s Seeds Grow 
See full-page advertisement on back cover of this issue. 
W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO. Burpee Buildings, Philadelphia 
