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DIBBLE’S SEED PBTATDES 
A Few Thousand Bushels Still in Stock 
But Selling Fast 
EARLY—Irish Cobblers, Rose and Manistees 
INTERMEDIATE—Moneymakers, Giants, Green Mountains, Uncle Sams 
FOR LATE MAIN CROP—Gold Coins, Csirmans, Rurals, Raleighs, Russets 
Raise enough Potatoes on 
your Farm to feed your 
family and have some to 
sell this year. 
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Headquarters for Seed Potatoes, Oats, Barley, Corn, Alfalfa, 
Clover, and Grass Seed, Field Peas, Vetch, Soy Beans, etc. 
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With its 12 to 16-rowed ears It pives nearly four times the yield per acre 
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_ , test, 97%. #8 bushel, with bnp;s. 
KEI'-O COltN. lls acres, 1916, yielded 317 bushel ears. 
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ChoiceSeedPolatoes;;‘”‘’fj'i“rSS‘L-.?‘Kiffl- 
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JOSEPH E, HOLLAND, Milford, Delaware 
Summer Flowers for Cutting 
I have a piece of land with an old 
tough sod, containing a lot of witch 
gra.s.s. I wish to put this land in fine 
tilth this f^pring for deep planting im¬ 
mediately. The ordinary plowing witH 
m'oldboard plow and then'harrowing the 
surface wull not answer my purpose. I 
must tear this sod all to pieces, so I can 
put in furrows at least six inches deep. 
I plan to use first a cutaway harrow, 
bush and bog plow and harrow; follow 
this with moldboard plow; then use the 
cutaway again. Is this plan practical for 
my pui’po.se? I plan to use one acre ot 
good land for purpose of outdoor cut 
flower growing, and want to know ju.st 
the very best varieties of the following 
flowers to plant for the purpose. I want 
the most popular florist’s shade.s, the 
best sellers and most lasting blooms in 
each kind of flowers: Tulips, Narcis¬ 
sus, Iris, peonies. Gladiolus, sweet peas, 
asters, hardy perennial asters and 
Chrysanthemum#, also indicate any oth¬ 
er flowers desirable for outdoor growth 
for cut flowers. M. S. P. 
Danvers, Mass. 
Your plan for fitting this land is 
probably the best that could be adopted, 
but no matter how well you succeed in 
breaking it up, yon will have difficulties 
to contend with that will be almost im¬ 
possible to overcome. In the fir.st place 
it will be out of the question to put the 
soil in proper condition for growing 
many of the shallow-rooted plants you 
will want to grow. The laud will no 
doubt need enriching and sweetening. 
The witch grass will give no end of trou¬ 
ble, to say nothing of the almost un¬ 
limited numbers of variou.s kinds of 
weeds that invariably spring up on all 
old long uncultivated lands. Thi.s is a 
proposition I would not care to under¬ 
take without previous preparation, and 
would go about it in this wise: 
As soon as the ground was in good 
working order in the Spring, I would 
plow it and put it in as good condition 
as po.ssible. I would then give it a 
coat of air-slaked lime and harrow it in. 
As .soon as it could be .safely done, I 
would plant it to some early maturing 
variety of corn, give it frequent and 
clean cultivation as late as it was pos¬ 
sible to go through it without damage. 
As soon as the corn was mature, I would 
clean it off the laud, manure heavily and 
plow it under. I would then plant all 
the hardy iilants and bulbs I would be 
likely to require for cut blooms, and the 
portion that I reserved for annuals and 
tender roots and bulbs I would sow down 
to rye as a AYinter cover crop to be 
turned under about the first of the fol¬ 
lowing May. The laud should then be 
in good tilth and sufliciently fertile to 
grow fir.st-class cut flowers. It does not 
pay to grow much of any other grade. 
The kinds to grow would depend on 
where and how they are to be disposed 
of. If for the wholesale market, I would 
interview the dealers in the market 
where I exjiectcd to sell, and grow 
mostly only the kinds they would 
recommend. But if they were to he dis¬ 
posed of at retail, I would grow all 
kinds good fpr cut flowei*s, that could be 
grown at a profit. Here along the .Tersey 
coast mo.st of the Summer cut flowers 
are sold retail to the Summer people, 
and the kinds we usually grow for this 
trade is about as follows: 
ANNrALS.—China asters, Queen of 
the Market (mixed), Giant Crego 
(mixed). Improved Victoria (mixed), 
King purple and white, Astermum 
(mixed), and Late-Branching (mixed). 
Antirrhinums (snapdragon) giant 
varieties (mixed). Calendula (pot mari¬ 
gold), Orange King and Favorite. Oal- 
liopsis, tall growing varieties (mixed), 
Celosia plumosa, yellow and red. Cen- 
taurea imperialis, (royal sweet sul¬ 
tan), all varieties, Centaurea 
Cyanus (cornflower), double blue and 
pink. Chrysanthemum (annual varie¬ 
ties), double yellow and white. Cosmos, 
early flowering, red, pink and white. 
Cosmos, late flowering. Lady Lenox, 
piuk and Avhite. Dianthus or pinks, 
Chine.se double (mixed); Diadematus 
double (mixed) Laciniatus double 
(niixeTl), and Imperialis double 
(mixed), Gaillardia picta (mixed), 
and G. Lorcuziana (mixed), Ilelianthus 
(sunflower), Cucumerifolius. Heliotrope, 
sweet scented. Lai-kspurs, in variety. 
Lupiuus, in variety. Marigolds, Afri¬ 
can, Orange I’rinoe and Lemon Queen; 
French, tall growing sorts (mixed). 
Mignonette, Defiance and Large Flower¬ 
ing Pyramidal. Phlox Drummondi, 
Grandiflora (mixed). Salvia splendens 
April 14, 1017. 
Bonfire. Salpiglossis, in variety. Scab- 
iosa, mourning bride, in variety. Sweet 
peas, Grandiflora and Orchid flowering, 
blue, red, pink and white to color. 
Verbenas, mammoth flowering, in mix¬ 
ture. Zinnia robusta, all colors. Pompon 
Zinnia, all colors. 
PERENNIAL.S.—Achillea, the Pearl, 
white. Aquilegias, large flowered, 
mixed. Anthemis tinctoria and A. Kel- 
wayii, Aster Novae Angliae, blue and 
rose, Asclepias tuberosa, Boltouia 
latisquamae. Campanula pereicifolia, 
blue and white. Centaurea macrocephala 
and C. montaiia. Dai.sy (Shasta), 
Alaska and King Edward VII. Chrysan¬ 
themums, early flowering garden sorts, 
Goacher’s Crimson, Harri.e, Normandie, 
October Gold, La Argenteuillais, 
Province, Glory of ,Sevenoaks and 
Chatillonaisc. Coreop.sis lanceolata 
grandiflora. Delphiniums (hardy lark¬ 
spur) Belladonna, Formosum and F. 
Ccelestinum. Eupatorium ccelestinum. 
Feverfew or Matricaria. Gaillardia 
grandiflora. Gyp.sophila (baby’sbreath). 
Ilelianthus, Mnitiflorus flore-plena, and 
H. Maximillianii. Heleninm, autumnale 
superbum and Riverton Gem. Heliop.sis, 
Pitcheriana and H. scabra ziuniseflora. 
Iris, German and .Tapane.se, in variety. 
Paeonies, early, Oflidualis, white, rose 
and red, Duches.se de Nemours, white, 
sulphur white center. Mid-,season, Queen 
Victoria, pure white, creamy center; 
Delicatis.sima, pale lilac ro.se; Dr. 
Bretoniiean, lilac rose, with cream white 
center flecked ci’imson; Felix Crousse, 
large bright red. Late, Fostiva Maxima, 
pure white, splashed rod; Due de Wel¬ 
lington, large, sulphur-white, very 
fragrant; Eugene A>rdier, soft piuk; 
Mons. Krelage, dark pink; Victor Hflgo, 
brilliant carmine red; Louis Van 
Houtte, rich crimson maroon, Phlox, 
whites, Miss Lingard, .Teanne d’Arc, 
Van Lassburg; luirple and lavender, 
Eugen Dauzauvilliers, Indian-chief, W. 
0. Egan; pink, lllioinlander, Rheln- 
strom, Rosamundi. R. P. Struthers; reds 
and scarlets, Coquelicot, Ferdinand 
Cortez, Gen. Ohaiizy, Von Hochberg. 
I’yrothrum, rosea, double and single 
flowering. TJliglnosum (giant whit© 
daisy), Rudbeckia, Golden Glow, Seab- 
iosa Caucasica, white and lavender; C. 
.Tiiponica, lavender blui). Sweet Will¬ 
iam, scarlet, crim.son, white and New¬ 
port Pink, double mixed. Tritoma, 
Pfitzeri. 
Bulbs, etc. —Gladioli, America, Au¬ 
gusta, Pink Beauty, Halley, Mrs, 
Frances King, Chicago, white, Niagara, 
and mixed hybrids. Dahlias, reds, 
wbite.s, yellows and pinks of the various 
types. Lilies, Candiduin, Spcciosum 
Rnbnim, or Roseum, and Album. Daf¬ 
fodils and May-flowering tulips for early 
cutting, K. 
Buckwheat as a Weed Killer 
Where buckwheat is given a fair 
chance, it is certainly a great enemy 
to other weed.s. Its growth is so rapid, 
that it shades the grounds so soon that 
weeds are smothered almost before they 
have a chance to breathe. It ahso ma- 
tui’e.s early, making it possible to follow 
it with rye which should always be done 
as a cover crop for Winter. Grass seed 
may be soT\’n with rye in Fall or early 
Spring. Each of these crop.s will be 
highly remunerative if properly fed. 
Plow early, work thoroughly until 
about the Fourth of .Inly (latitude of 
Central Ohio). Drill in five pecks good 
clean seed and 150 to .300 pounds high 
grade fertilizers (bone base I think be.st) 
to insure a quick and strong growth. 
Cut when most of grain is ripe and .straw 
is yet green. Set up in small bunches 
so as to permit of a quick air cure, which 
usually require.s about three days, when 
it should be thrashed with a grain sep¬ 
arator with plain wooden concaves to 
avoid cutting the grain. The grain 
should be spread on a floor to dry a few 
days. The straw will be green and 
heavy, but will uot mold or heat, and 
makes roughage, making a good and ac¬ 
ceptable change for horses, cattle and 
sheep. The crop should be cut low for 
two rea.sous, first, to keep the grain from 
the ground and second to have the field 
clean to prepare for the rye crop, which 
follows as soon as possible. 
If Medium clover is sown in March 
with rye, it usually makes a strong 
growth the first year, which should be 
cut high and removed for feed, also to 
guard against tlie ravages of mice. This 
plan gives the fai’mer a good crop the 
first year with but little extra labor, and 
a fine crop of rye by simply top-working, 
drilling and fertilizing as for wheat. If 
very cold weather sets in before the rye 
comes up, it will appear very early in 
Spring. j.’ B. D. 
Summit Co., O. 
