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Z7Ae RURAL NEW>YORKER 
February 10, 1917. 
Wood’s Special 
Grass Clover 
Seed Mixtures 
Best for Permanent Hay 
and Pasturage Yields. 
Put up in proportions as experi¬ 
ence has 8t«own best suited for the 
different soils and purposes for 
which they are recommended. 
Enthusiastically endorsed by our 
customers. 
Wood’s Seed Catalog 
for 1917 gives full information, to¬ 
gether with letters from customers 
giving their experience. 
Catalog mailed free on request. 
Write for it and prices of any Farm 
Seeds required. 
T. W.WOOD €t SONS, 
SEEDSMEN, - Richmond, Va. 
Sow Wood’s Evergreen Lawn Grast 
for beautiful green lawni. 
Write for special Lawn circular. 
Hoffman’s 
Clover Seeds 
Medium Red, Mam¬ 
moth, Alsike, Alfalfa 
and Sweet varieties. 
When you buy Clover 
Seed you want: Ist. 
Highest purity with 
freedom from dan¬ 
gerous weed seeds. 
2d. Seed, nearly every 
one of which will grow. 
3d. Plumpness and good 
color—the right signs of 
vigor and health. 
4th. Hardy seed that will survive Our 
winters—thrive in all climates. 
Hoffman’s Clovers moot above specifications. 
You can buy Hoffman’s Clovers, tciit tiieir pu¬ 
rity and germination yourself. If the tent docs 
not please, return the seed—get your money back, 
with freight. You should buy early to insure 
completing your tests before seed time. 
Write today for Hoffman’s 1917 Farm Seed Cata¬ 
log. It offers every variety of grass seed and 
seed grain, Seed Potatoes, Oats, Corn, Canada 
Peas, Soy Beans, Cow Peas, and tells how to 
grow them. Catalog with samples of Hoffman’s 
Clovers—free—if you mention this paper. 
A. H. HOFFMAN, Inc. 
Landisville, Lancaster County, Pa. 
ALFALFA 
AMERICAN NORTHERN GROWN 
For hiteen years our advice conceminii the seeding 
and care of Alfalfa meadows, and our seed for sowinit 
them, have been standard—the best that was to bo 
bad. The catalog tella bow, and prices the seed, 
not Turkestan, “Dwarf Alfalfa,” which we refuse to 
handle, but the best of American «{rown seed, in¬ 
cluding usually Montana, Idaho, and the great 
"Dakota 30," which rivals the Grimm itself. 
CDIIIU Al FAI TA Next to Hansen’s Siberian, 
Qlllnlln HLiHLifl the greatest variety grown 
in America. We have the genuine; also limited 
amounts of the Siberian. 
CLOVER and GRASSES 
No matter how critical you are we can please you. 
WIHG’S GARDEN and FLOWER SEEDS 
Are grown for the moat critical trade. Write for fre4 
catalog. Lists many new and rare specialties. 
Wing Seed Co., Box nz'i Mechanicsburg, O. 
The House of Quality and Moderate Prices. 
GARDEN 
FIELD ^ 
FEOWER 
1SLEDS 
Our Grass and Clover Seeds are strong 
in germination, and high in purity. 
Samples sent free on request—test them 
for yourself. Whether you hav^^ a large 
farm or a small garden our ‘Pioneer 
Brand” Seeds will help you raise bigger, 
better crops. Backed by over 60 years’ 
seed-growing experience. 
Send for Big Catalog FREE jy 
Lists reliable seeds for every garden need. 
Practical cultural directions. A good 
garden helps wonderfully to meet "the 
nigh cost of living.’’ Send a postal 
for your copy of lJl7 catalog—today. 
The Page-Philippa Seed Co. 
Box 130 Toledo, Ohio. 
urpee s 
Seeds 
row 
Burpee’s 
17 oe Sweet Peas 
r OF we will mail one regular 
10c packet (40 to 50 seeds) each of 
Cherub, rich cream, edged bright rose; 
King White, the finest pure white; 
Margaret Atlee, best cream pink; 
Rosabelle, a large deep rose; Wedge- 
wood, a lovely light blue. Alsoone large 
packet (90 to 100 seeds) of the Burpee 
Blend of Superb Spencers for 1917. 
Burpee’s Annual for 191 *7 
Is better, blgxer and brighter than ever before. 
204 pages. Thirty (30) varieties lllaitrated in 
colors. It is mailed free. Write for it today and 
please mention this publication. 
W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO. 
Burpee Buildings Philadelphia 
Extremely desirable on account 
of its attractive form and rich dark 
blood red color. Flesh is deliciously 
sweet and tender, retaining all these 
qualities until it has attained an 
advanced age. Packet, 10 cents. 
Dreer’s Garden Book 
for 1917 
contains everything that can possi¬ 
bly interest every garden lover, from 
the “back yard enthusiast" to the 
owner of acres. Full directions for 
growing practically every flower and 
vegetable worth planting. 
A copy sent free if you mention 
this publication. 
HENRYA.DREER%1».f?i!l? 
^:|SEED^ 
Once GH 
Alcuays Groain 
213 bushels of shelled com 
to the acre. That is the record one 
farmer made with Maule’s Improved 
Mastodon Corn. Our 40th Anniversary 
Offer to American farmers is seed for 
this phenomenal cropper. Packet 1 Oc., 
30c . per fxiund postpaid. By express or 
freight not prepaid; pk. 85c., bu.$3.00. 
The Maule Seed Book 
176 pages full of valuable 
gardening information. aTee 
Every lot of Maule’s seed is tested for 
germination. Our direct - to - planter 
method insures economy and freshness 
of seeds. 
WM. HENRY MAULE, Inc. 
2153 Arch Street 
Pbilr Jelpbia, Pa. -L-fi!:* 
You Sure of Your Seed Corn ? 
Is your corn proporly brod to produce big yields, and properly 
cured so as to retain all its vitality and vigor ? 
If not, better get Harris’ seed corn which is carefully bred 
and cured in the most effective inamier. 
Yon want tlie best seeds for the garden also. 
Get them direct Horn the growers at wholesale prices. If 
they are Harris’ seeds they are good. Kvery lot is tested and 
the percent that grow is marked on the label. You do not 
liave to guess how thick 
pi 
to sow tliem. 
Better get onr now 
catalogue full of 
good things. A 
card will bring 
it. Send today. 
JOSEPH HARRIS CO. 
Box 55 
Coldwater, N. Y. 
Harris Seeds 
Label on every Lof 
Tells how man 
will 
firow 
■ According fo our tests 
98 percent 
of this seed germinates 
Are 
I 
Transplanting Cedars 
What is the best way to go about dig¬ 
ging out and shipping young cedar trees, 
so as to give them the best possible chance 
to grow and thrive where they will be re¬ 
planted? A friend wants me to send him 
five or six of these young trees for setting 
out in his front garden I am inexperi¬ 
enced in such w’ork; for that reason I 
w’ould like to get some instructions on 
doing it, so the trees’ roots would not he 
injured, and how best to pack them for 
shipping. We have plenty of them grow¬ 
ing in fields hereabouts. AVhnt is the 
best time to do this digging out and jdaut- 
ing? J. K. 
Ulster Park, N. Y. , 
If the soil in which the cedars are 
growing is sandy, it is best to remove 
them during freezing weather. The plan 
of procedure is to dig around them when 
tlie frost is out of the ground, leaving a 
ball of undistnrhed soil around the roots, 
varying in diameter according to the size 
of the trees. For trees two to three feet 
high, a ball 15 inches or so in diameter 
will be sufficiently large. After the trees 
have been dug around and loosened, all 
except the bottom or tap roofs, they 
should be anchored with light coid made 
fa.st to the upper half of the tree and to 
pegs driven in the ground to keep them 
from being blown over. Allow them to 
remain in that position until the balls of 
earth around the roots become frozen, 
when they are to be removed and the halls 
tied lip in burlap, the trees packed in a 
box with hay or straw, eleating them 
firmly in place to keep them from sliifting 
when the box is handled. If the soil is 
heavy clay, the best time for removal is 
early in April; with this kind of soil 
freezing is seldom necessary to keep it 
from separating from the roots. Dig them 
with a ball of earth and burlap, and pack 
for shipment as directed for AVinter re- 
I moval, except that the hay or straw piick- 
ing around the roots should be moistened, 
'instead of dry. E. 
Dathlias in Tennessee 
AA^e have Sold some Iris and other 
plants to florists and had thought of rais¬ 
ing more next Summer. AVould Dahlias 
he likely to sell well? Can they be 
sprouted in a cold frame? I have no 
' hothouse. AA^ill they need a support when 
■growing for tubers? Can the tubers he 
cut up and planted without .sprouting 
them? I would like advice on Dahlias, 
(’annas and tuberoses w. ir. ». 
(Jrei'nville, Tenu. 
AA'liile large grower.s North make 
money out of Dahlias, I am not sure that 
your section is the most favorable one for 
them, especially as you would have to sell 
to the trade, and the trade can get sup- 
jtlies nearer at home. The tubers can he 
sprouted in cold frames, and in your s<'C- 
tion will be all the better for not jilanting 
too early. Here I take them up when 
the vi’eather has become mild, for I bury 
them outside in heaps like sweet potatoes 
and then usually lind that tlu'y are al¬ 
ready sprouted and ready to divide. But 
if not, I simply let them lie in the sun 
till the eyes start, for it is hard to say 
before sprouting where the eyes are. 
Merely for growing the tubers it is not 
necessary to stake them, if jilanted four 
feet apart each way. But for looks and 
bloom they should be staked. The large 
growers of tuberoses in the moist, sandy 
soil of Eastern North Carolina pretty 
well supply all the demand there i.s for 
these, and they also supply Cannas and 
Caladiums largely. I have found the 
(Jandidum lily one of the best iilants to 
grow for profit. I sold mine too closely 
and sent an order to north of France for 
planting bulbs, which was accepted. But 
the war swept over that section and 
I (lid not get them. Now all are importi'd 
from .south of France, and these are not 
so line as the noi’thorn ones—that is, do 
not make good flow(>rs. These .should be 
planted in September to make their AA'in- 
t(T gi’owth. AA'e eiin make as fine bulbs 
as the French, ’riien lierc, \vliere_ I am 
but a few hours fi-om Philadelphia and 
New A^ork, I found the cut flowei-s as 
profitable as the bulbs, and when I can 
stock up again I sliall depend mainly on 
the blooms till I get a large stock of 
bulbs. The various species of Tiis .should 
I»ay very well with you. On low, moist 
land the .Tapanese Iris do(‘s finely and is 
in demand . w. F. MASSEY. 
Cement Fi.oou Otttdooks. —AAV wish 
to make a cement floor, about 10 lAiet 
S(iuare, in an iingle of the Iioi.se wall, at 
the foot of side stejis. It is a recess 
shaded by adjacent tr(*es, where we sit in 
Summer, and as grass does not grow' in 
the (lemse shade a cement flooi'ing is d(i- 
sirable. Can iinyone w’ho has constnictcd 
a “roofless porch” of this class offer any 
suggestions? How much slope should be 
given, to insure water running oil? How 
should the edge he linisluMl, merely like a 
sid(‘walk? There is a walk of fhit stones 
that could l>e ns(H] along the edge, if this 
seemed (U’siraifle. Is it practical to color 
cenuuit u.sed to match brown sandstone, 
of which the house is composed? 
New Jersey. M. A. K. 
DIBBLE’S SEE.Q 
POTATOES 
50,000 bushels, 
Northern grown from 
selected stock Seed, 
saved from fields that were free from blight, the 
best fifteen varieties—early, intermediate and 
late, in any quantity from barrels to carloads. 
Investigfate DIBBLE’S New Round White 
for main crop, a Potato that has been tested by over 
1000 of our customcis who pronounced it—"The f>est 
Potato they ever grew.” Over 100 wrote—"h out- 
yielded other sorts strown alongside over two to one. " 
DIBBLE’S Farm Seed Catalog ^otes four 
^ges of description and testimonials to this wonderful 
Potato and we send it Free to every Farmer together 
with ten samples of Farm Seeds and DIBBLE’S new 
book on alfalfa culture. Ask for yours now. Address 
Edward F. Dibble Seedgrower,"®"^’''*^"*^^ 
Headquarters for Farm Seeds 
PotatooR wore never so scarce. Smallest per (*apita emp 
on record. Prices are hiKh and srointr hiRher. 
There are nearly 2000 acraa in our 55eed Farms and we .sell 
Seed Potatoes K>wer than the same quality can be pur¬ 
chased for olaewhero as we ship 
From OurFarmsteJiburs 
Start right by buying 
Eberle’s seeds, bulbs or 
plants. They cannot fall to 
thrive under fair conditions. 
Our large and varied stock con- 
tains every variety worth growing. 
Eberle’s 1917 Seed Annual—Free 
Tills fully lllustintc<i book is hrlinfiil of 
Nw Iiclpful iiiforniiition coiu-eniing tlio 
iilHiiliiig Slid ciiKivation of seeds, from 
lai-gest farm to smallest garden. 
(Jet your free, eopy—todait- 
^ FREDERICK W. EBERLE 
^ 116 S. Poarl St., Albany, N. Y. 
ID SEEDS 
Our soeda are noleotod and cleaned to 
beW’EEULKSS and free from dead grains. 
They will go much further than ordinary 
field seeds, nearly always adding enough to 
the crop to pay for themsolves. Samples and 
catalog incIuding“llow' tuKaow (iood Hr«d»”(re*. 
Write Udar. 0.1l.gCOTT A 80X8 CO., 40 Main 8t.,UaryavIlle,0. 
Clover Seed 
Onr high grades of Grass seeils are the most care¬ 
fully selected and recleaned. Highest in I’lirily and 
(icrmiiiation. AVe Pay the freight. Catidog and 
.‘'ainples Free if you mention tliis i)aper. 
CLICKS SEED FARMS, Smoketown, Lancaster Co., Pa. 
SWEET GLOVERT- 
White Blossoms. Biggest bargain in unhulled Sweet Clo¬ 
ver this .season. Have aea rifted hulled seed at low prices. 
Wonderful money-maker. Best paying crop on the Farm. 
Builds up land rapidly and produces heavy, money-making 
crops while doing it. Splendid pasture and hay; inoculates 
land for Alfalfa. Investigate. Write now for our free 
samples, prices, big Prollt- Sharing Field and Grass Seed 
Guido. American Mutual Seed Co.,Dept.8flO,Chicago, HI. 
Cloverle.i Direct to You 
SWEET CLOVER 
Wo Pay tin- Freiglit 
CLOVKIiLKA gKFD CO. of North Dakota 
Kiiiderliouk, N. ORDER NOW. 
VICK’S GUIDE 
For OR years t lie leading authority 
Now on V’egclalile, Flower and Farm 
j„ Seeds, Plants and Bnlbs. Better 
neauy tluiii ever. Send for free, copytoday. 
For 
1917 
JAiMKS A’lCK'S SONS, Kochester, N. Y. 
lt!> Stone Street The Flower City 
SAMPLE OUR SEED 
Three earliest veffctsblun in cultivation for 10c. One 
packet each. Hobinsoii'n Karliurtt Tomato. Earliost 
Round Red Radish. I'^arliest I..eltuee, 10c to now 
customers. ResuiTAr price 80c. CATALOG FKKK. 
C. N. Robinson&Bro.g Dept.SX,BaltinioretAI<l« 
Sweet Clover and Ky. Blue Grass 
Prices a ml Cireuliu'on rtKiuest. 
K. Itartou, Box 29, FALMOUTH. Pendleton Co., KENTUCKY 
OATS, BARLEY, WHEAT, POTATOES. 
All New- Varieties. Largest yieldcrs known. 
BeHtqualil.v. Prices low. New Catalog FREE. 
0. A. REAl), Itead'a Exp. Farma, Chsrinilv, VL 
^CCnrnRII IHgli Quality and Germination. Also 
OCCU uunn sensation OA.S. samples and catalog 
free. THEO. ItUKT & SONS, Melrose, Ohio 
OATS 
SIBERIAN, 
OHIO 202. 
SWEDISH SELECT. OHIO B453 
Seleetiona from O. A. E. S. 
Write for samples. R. 0. EVANS & SONS, Venedocie, 0. 
D SEEDS 
GOOD AS CAN BE GROWN 
Prices Below All Others 
I will give a lot of new 
sorts free with every order 
I fill. Buy and test. Return 
If not O. K.— money refundetL 
Big Catalog FREE 
Over 700 illustrations of vege¬ 
tables and flowers. Send youra 
and your neighbors’ addresses. 
R. H. SHUMWAY, Rockford, IIL 
