£78 
April lil, i;»!T. 
Seed Corn and Crows 
To two bnslipls sliollod oorn add ono- 
lialf itiiit Ras or coal tar. Mix wtdl. th«'n 
si>road ont on canvas or platform in the 
sun. stirring two or three times a day 
until thoroughly dry. which will not take 
more than three day.s of goo<l w^eather. 
Don’t i)nt on any plaster or ashes, then 
plant in any i)lanter; it will work all 
risht. I have treat*Hl my corn this way 
f((r years with perfect success, and nse.l 
cheek-rowers, hand planter and seed 
drills, and have found that they all work 
well. C. C. HAYWOOD. 
New York. 
Crows are my best friends; I have the” 
same crows every year and can almost 
put salt on their tails. I have used crow 
tar for seven years, one 25c. can has 
lasted me that time, and enough for two 
more years. I have not lost over five 
hills ail told, and not a sprout pulled the 
last two years. Put a pint of hot water 
in i>ails. then put in a rounding teaspoon 
fill of liipiid tar. stir well with smooth 
stick, then add enough cool water to make 
about a quart and a half. It will then 
be lukewarm. Pour in about four quarts 
of corn slowly, and stir as you pour. It 
t.'ikes about three teaspoonfuls for an acre 
of liilled corn. Let stand a while, then 
spread thin on newspaper or cloth to dry. 
In this way it does not stick to corn in 
clots and will not stick. I used machine 
one year, but I can get better all-round 
results by planting by hand. I don’t have 
a large acreage, but I raise corn. 
Maine. CLARENCE G. Penney. 
We liave drilled our corn at planting 
time with a corn-planter, and use coal tar 
as follows: Take about a peck of corn, 
first run it through a winnowing machine 
and pick out all pieces of husk or cob, 
then dip the stick you intend to stir the 
cm-n with into the coal tar six inches, get 
a good thick coat on the stick and com¬ 
mence stirring it into the corn. It needs 
either a warm room to work in, or a 
warm day. Next you can sit in the sun 
and stir and stir and stir, and then some 
more, until the whole corn is coveretl and 
is coal black. It will take a half hour to 
fix one peck and do it right; then spread 
the mass on a cleanly swept floor, one- 
half to three-fourths inch deep, and for 
three w'eeks previous to planting shovel 
or stir it over every day or two until it is 
as dry and hard as the corn itself, and 
you will not have any trouble to use it in 
a drill or planter. I use half of a flour 
barrel and a piece of broom handle 
about 2^ feet long shaved off into a pad¬ 
dle shape on the larger end. Then I get 
a box of the proper height, put the half- 
barrel between my feet to steady it, and 
sit on the box and stir, and keep at it 
until the whole of the corn is black. The 
great trouble folks have is they use too 
much tar. then try to dry it out with 
plaster, ashes or dirt. Don’t put a thing 
into it. The secret is in coating it just 
right and then letting it dry, and if done 
far enough ahead it will be as hard as 
any varnish. newton OSBORN. 
Connecticut. 
If planted in hills a de.ssertspoonful of 
plaster dropped on the hill when it is just 
up so that you can see the rows will do 
the business. If planted with any of the 
common two-horse planters with auto¬ 
matic cheek-row attachment the plaster 
may be dropped with the same machine 
by wiring a piece of tin to the fertilizer 
delivery to throw it just far enough to 
the left so that the wheel will clear the 
row, putting the yoke under the pole and 
hanging the rings over the tops of the in¬ 
side harness. I have never tried it on 
drills, but think it would work. The 
plaster should not be scattered. It is 
amusing to see a crow trying to find out 
what the spots are without getting too 
near them. The plaster will not hurt the 
croi). • E. ir. NEWTON. 
Massachu.setts. 
Boston Produce Markets 
POTATO MARKET STRONG. 
Continued improvement is shown in 
the potato situation from the seller’s 
point of view. The general trend has | 
bemi upward once more. According to 
F. W. Higgins: “The market is firm, 
.$n.2.5 per bushel being quoted at the mo¬ 
ment. Supply seems light and demand 
active. I’^nheated cars are now used, 
but volume of shipments hardly equals 
demand. Buyers from the West and 
South are taking the surplus as fast as 
coming. The seed trade is about over, 
except for New England planting. The 
varieties taken are about the same as 
usual .with no special extra demand for 
carlv kinds. The general impression of 
the trade is that the table stock will have 
been mostly shipped to market early in 
Mav; some say before that time. We 
do not look for relief until the Virginia 
• i-oj) arrives in .Tune. There will be some 
late shipments from Prince Edwa-d 
Island, but there does not seem to be 
miieh of a surplus there.’’ Speaking of 
the jiotato outlook. Agricultural Secre- 
tarv Wilfrid Wheeler expressed the 
opinion that potato planting may be over¬ 
done this season on accotmt of the un¬ 
usual interest in the crop everywhere. 
“But etirly potatoes ought to sell ail 
right.’’ he remarked, “whatever happens 
to the late ones.’’ 
Onions have been coming back to the 
boom prices of .$10 or .$12 iter 100-lb. bag. 
with a firm and advancing market. Old | 
JShe RURAL NE\V-YORKER 
b*ets and carrots are about done. Pars¬ 
nips are .$2.50 per box. Squash holds at 
.$1(W) per ton. Hothouse produce is still 
high; lettuce, .$1.25 to .$1.75; fancy cu¬ 
cumbers, $8 ; dandelions, ,$1 ..50; radishes, 
$2.7.5 per box; tomatoes, (>0c per lb.; 
rhubarb, 8 to lOe per lb.; beets, .$2 per 
doz< u bunches. 
RUTTER AT HIGH VALUES. 
With demand good and receipts mod¬ 
erate in amount, the butter market ha.s 
shown surprising strength for some time 
jiast. The wholesale price has gone up 
so fast that some of the b.urgain stores 
with large stocks on hand have been re¬ 
tailing at less than the general price. 
But as soon as the public feels the full 
effect of the high markets demand is ex- 
l)e<-ted to decrease. The market has gone 
up at the rate of about two cents a week 
from below 40c to 45i^c for best grade. 
Retailers have found it hard to put up 
prices fast enough to cover increased 
cost, especi.ally in competition with the 
<“hain grocery stores and their stock from 
private storage. There is demand enough 
to clean up the surplus of fine grade com¬ 
ing in. The general storage stock is 
about all gone, yet there Is more left than 
last year at this time. It is claimerl re¬ 
tailers ought to get about .oOc to cov"r 
co.st of doing business, but many claim to 
be handling butter at bare cost to hold 
their trade. Obseriicd I. H. Ballou: 
“Butter is still feeling the pinch. The 
old is pretty well used up and the new 
coming in slowly. Supply will be short 
until the usual Siiring increase brings 
relief. Fresh receipts ought to increase 
right along until full grass season.” 
('heese is in a between seasons condi¬ 
tion, with old stock nearly gone, and the 
new make not yet of wholly satisfactory 
grade. There is gossip of dissatisfaction 
with lots shipped to Briti.sh markets. 
The stock offered is selling at 25 to 2Gc 
and skims are 20 to 21c. 
EGG STTPLY MODERATE FOR SEASON. 
Western egg receipts have been rather 
light owing to the backward sea.son and 
other causes, but nearby stock has been 
coming along more freely and selling at 
about the same price as Western eggs. 
The market has continued generally very 
linn at around 3.5c for best grade.s, and 
stock has been going into storage in 
moderate volume at this high level. Said 
Chas._II. Stone & Co.: “Consumption of 
eggs is good. The price is not unrea¬ 
sonable compared with other articles of 
food. Storage eggs at 35 to 36c reached 
a somewhat dangerous level, having been 
put away at 12 or 13c above last 
year’s cost. But there is no special .sur¬ 
plus of eggs accumulating. Retailers 
are complaining most.” Referring to 
eggs and butter storage, a leading South 
Market Street dealer said: “Business 
men will have to own stock at high 
prices. Somebody will get caught in a 
falling market sometime, but the risk 
must be taken. It can’t be helped if we 
are to keep in business.” 
APPLES STEADY. 
The trade in apples is of fair volume 
with prices about the same as last 
quoted. The general range is .$3 to $6. 
Of the apple outlook, Maynard & Childs 
say: “The stock in storage is likely to 
be taken care of. Nobody is worrying 
about it. If we had been allowed to ex¬ 
port apples two or three weeks longer 
the apple stock would have been just 
about cleared out by the middle of April. 
The prospect for next season’s export 
trade is uncertain. As for the next 
crop, the fruit buds are reported abund¬ 
ant in New England orchards, and while 
that does not guarantee a crop, we cer¬ 
tainly couldn’t have a crop without 
them.” G. B. F. 
BRUNER ONION 
WEEDER 
This macMne gets the weeds that are directly in 
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Answer the farmer’s big questions: 
How can I grow more crops with 
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__ adjusts balance of frame 
to weight of driver. 
Light, strong and com¬ 
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make a complete line of 
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tools, etc. Write us to¬ 
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Live, vigorous bacteria, bred under 
adverse conditions, full of pep, and 
guaranteed to inoculate your plants. 
Soy beans, clovers, peas, alfalfa, 
vetch, etc., yield more, restore nitrogen 
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when inoculated. 
We guarantee our bacteria as follows: 
Use as many packages as you wish, 
according to directions. If nodules do 
not appear in a satisfactory manner, we 
will refund the entire purchase price. 
Will keep at least a year. Our bac¬ 
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per acre; $5 for 6 acres, and for any 
legume. Mention which. 
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BOX 211 BALTIC, OHIO 
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Write for our 
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T*n of the best vRrieties selected out of a hundred. 
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Peach Leaf Curl, Brown Rot, Apple Scab, Grape 
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Ouaranteed Geniiine 
^ Everlasting X *■ A 1 ^ 
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Does not winterkill like other varieties, ontyields them and is 
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As carefully selected and pre¬ 
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Ask for samples and catalogue. 
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for an early feed, rich in protein. High grade. 
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Start right with my h.nrdy 
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trees and avoid disaiM'Oiiit- 
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tree. 
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THE NUT TREE SPECIAUST 
Box R, Lancaster, Pa. 
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Absolutely true to name. Have sold 
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TREES 
APPLE 
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PEAR 
Fruit trees and plants of all kinds. Reliable, true to name 
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SEED CORN 
BELLE ALTO—GOLDEN DENT 
Won all first prizes Berks County Exhibits 1916. Big 
yield per acre. Small shank, easy to husk, well-filled 
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THERE’S STILL TIME 
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KELLY’S TREES 
for spring planting. Trees are dor- 
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Ton’ll never regret planting Kelly Trees 
