T M E K IJ -A.lv NiiW-VOK K K R 
March 0, 
When \ou write advertisers mention 
The R. N.-Y. ami you'll get a quick 
reply and a ‘square deal.” See guaran¬ 
tee editorial page. : : : : 
I las proven a sensa¬ 
tional success. It meets 
the demand for a small 
high-quality power sprayer at a 
low cost. 
Quality has not been sacrificed 
in making a remarkably low 
price. The Hardie Junior is 
made throughout of the very 
highest grade materials and cor¬ 
rectly designed according to the 
lies! Hardie Standards. 
An Efficient 
High Pressure 
Sprayer 
The Hardie Junior is guar¬ 
anteed to maintain high pressure 
at its full rated capacity. This 
is a feature of Hardie Sprayers 
and is essential for successful 
work. 
We have incorporated only tried and 
proven features in this outfit. We be¬ 
lieve its pump is the best small high 
pressure pump ever built. The one big 
source of trouble on a pump of this 
kind lias boon dono away with. This 
and other important improvements are 
explained in our catalog which we will 
gladly send you. It describes our full 
line of hand and power sprayers. 
Spraying guide free. 
Hardie Mfg. Co. 
Main Office and Factory, Hudson, Mich. 
Branch Ofliccg: 49 North Front St.. Portland, Ore. 
32o Market Street, Sail Francisco, California 
1424 St. Louis Avenue. Kansas City, Mo. 
Hagerstown, M«l Bullitt Building, Philadelphia, I*a. 
LIME—LIME—LIME 
YOUR LAND NEEDS 
“WYANDOTTE CHIEF” 
UVDKATEl) AGRICULTURAL LIME 
Write us for prices 
THE NATIONAL LIME & STONE COMPANY 
CAREY. OHIO 
Is Your Soil Sour ? 
No use to waste expensive fertilizers 
on sour land. On many highly culti¬ 
vated farms there is acid soil, which 
can be corrected easily and cheaply, 
ensuring liner crops. 
You can test your soil at home in 
half an hour. We will send you free 
an illustrated booklet telling how. 
The booklet also describes the uses of 
lime to correct acid conditions and 
other important uses—for heavy or 
for sandy soils, for instance. 
tEE LAND L, mE 
is sold under a guaranteed analysis 
and a reputation of more than a cen¬ 
tury standing back of the product. 
Write today to our nearest office for 
the free booklet 
Rockland & Rockport Lime Co. 
Rockland, Maine 
Bottoo, 45 Milk Street; New York, 101 Park Avenue 
Two Methods of Planting. 
T ill' first picture shows a peach tree 
set in the Spring of 1012. This was 
a one-year-old and was cut back to a 
mere whip about 20 inches long. It bore 
a few peaches the past year. The sec¬ 
ond picture shows another tree set at the 
same time, standing not more than 10 
rods away. This tree was purchased 
from an agent for over four times the 
Well Shaped Tkach Tree. 
price 1 paid for the other. The agent’s 
excuse for the seemingly high price was 
that his trees were “first-class three-year- 
old trees,” while those I had bought were 
“nothing hut one-year-old whips.” While 
this tree might have been made into a 
passably good tree by forming a new head 
it evidently never was in the class the 
agent represented it to be. This agent 
saw me setting my trees just as I set 
posts. That is. I dug a deep hole with a 
post-hole digger, filled it to the proper 
A Long-Legged Tree. 
depth with fine top soil, and tamped the 
dirt about the tree just as I had done in 
setting fence posts and with the same 
tamper. He came back the next Fall, 
sure that he would be able to sell me a 
large order to replace the dead ones he 
said I was “murdering” with that piece 
of rail that I had fashioned into a tam¬ 
per. .T. I). PUICKETT. 
Ohio. 
Spraying Florida Fruit. 
Ill' Florida Citrus fruits may be in¬ 
creased at least 25 per cent, at small 
cost for spraying. The Department 
of Agriculture has worked out plans to 
protect growers from insect ravages 
which destroy one-fourth to one-half the 
crop. The cost of following such a plan 
is estimated from 20 to 35 cents a year 
for each tree. 
The Citrus white fly, the purple scale, 
and the rust mite are most destructive, 
and the specialists advocate four spray¬ 
ings, two to kill the white fly and scale 
insects and two others to destroy the 
rust mites. As in the North, the thor¬ 
oughness of the work influences the ef¬ 
fectiveness of the spraying. 
The first application is in May, when 
the fruit is an inch or more in diameter, 
a paraffin oil emulsion, whale oil soap, 
eight pounds or one gallon, paraffin oil, 
two gallons and water one gallon. Mix¬ 
ture is prepared by adding oil slowly to 
the soap, the whole vigorously stirred 
throughout the process. It is important 
to keep oil and soap in form of emulsion, 
and after free oil has ceased to appear 
on top of soap, the water is slowly added. 
The mixture is diluted, 50 gallons of 
water to one of mixture. In June or 
July the rust mites should be attacked 
by lime-sulphur solution of the strength 
of one to 50 or one to 75. This spray¬ 
ing should be done when the maximum 
number of rust mites have appeared and 
before any russeting is in evidence. It 
will also kill some scale and white flies, 
hut should not be relied on for this pur¬ 
pose. Again between August 25 and 
October 51. the trees should be sprayed 
again with the paraffin oil emulsion in 
order to destroy till the white fly larva?, 
which are the progeny of the third and 
last brood. The earlier these are killed 
the better for the tree. 
FRIEND 
KING and 
QUEEN 
Sprayers You Will Eventually Buy 
Why Not Now ? 
Note the large tanks, large wheels, wide tires, 
short turning, low center of gravity, neat and 
compact unit of high pressure motor-pump with 
quick detachable valves, quick accessible and 
adjustable packing. 
We build them in all sizes and styles to fit your 
orchard and pocket-book. “Friend” Sprayers are 
at work in all parts of the world and our satisfac¬ 
tory service can reach you ; it’s now up to you-— 
tell us what you would like and we’ll do the rest. 
“FRIEND” Sprayers 
are built up to a high 
standard — not down 
to any price 
Get 
your 
hands 
on 
this 
’ The 
Powerful 
“Friend” 
Hand 
Pump 
See our agent or write direct NOW 
Let us supply you with the best hose, 
rods, nozzles, shutoffs, etc., etc. Get 
our accessory circular and catalog 
“FRIEND” MFG. CO. 
Gasport, N. Y. 
Do You Need Fertilizer This Season? 
-IF SO, USE- 
“THE JOYNT BRAND” 
Pure Canada Hardwood Ashes 
They will bring forth largo returns 
Address, John Joynt, Lucknow, Ont., Gan. 
Kcferenoes: Dun's Mercantile Agency or the Bunk of 
Hamilton, Lucknow 
Pulverized Sheep Manure 
30% Increased Yield 
10 to 20 bushels increased 
corn yield by applying 
100 lbs. sheep manure to 
the acre. Dropped with 
fertilizer attachment. 
Sheep manure is rich in 
nitrogen, phosphoric acid 
and potash. Also adds 
humus. Great for wheat, 
meadows, and other field 
crops. WOnderful results 
on gardens, truck 
patches, lawns, small fruits, etc. SHEEP’S HEAD 
BRAND is sterilized by heat to kill all germs and 
weed seeds. Pulverized and put into sacks for 
easy handling. Write for prices, delivered. 
NATURAL GUANO CO., 830 River Street, Aurora, Illinois 
HORSE HEAD 
INCREASE THE VALUE OF YOUR FARM with Pulverized 
Rock Phosphate, HORSE HEAD brand. Mix 2 lbs. pet- 
head per day and increase the value of yourmanure 
75%. Write us for delivered car load price 
HASEROT LIME A PHOSPHATE CO.. • CLEVELAND 0 
BUMPER CROPS 
will reward your use of 
Edison Pulverized Lime¬ 
stone. Write today for 
booklet No. 202, sample 
and prices. Prompt 
shipments guaranteed. 
EDISON PULVERIZED 
LIMESTONE CO. 
1133 Broadway, New York City 
BOOKS WORTH READING 
1| How Crops Grow, Johnson. 1.50 || 
II Celery Culture. Reattle.60 || 
li Greenhouse Construction, Taft.... 1.50 || 
The Rural New-Yorker. 333 W. 30th 8t.. N. Y. 
GROUND 
LIME 
STONE 
$1.50 BULK-BAGS $2.50 
WRITE FOR FREIGHT RATES 
ROCK-CUT STONE CO. 
531 Union Bid)?., Syracuse, N. Y. 
Write for this FREE SAMPLE Genuine 
Peruvian Guano 
Kature’s Most Wonderful Fertilizer 
The Greatest Crop-producer Known 
HOME-MIX YOUR FERTILIZER 
11 using PERUVIAN GUANO. Nitrate of Soda. 
Acid Phosphate, Potash 
SAVE $4.00 TO $1)2.00 PEH TON 
Write to-day for this sample and Formula Booklet 
NITRATE AGENCIES CO. 
10G Pearl Street, New York City 
