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Ghe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 9, 1918 
Plant NOW 
Reap Big 
After - the - W ar 
Fruit Profits 
Big profits are in store for the man 
who plants fruit trees now —trees tliat 
will bear youiiK and hear Kenerous 
crops of first-Kradc fruit year after year. 
PlAiit £4‘nuiii« Stark Bro *0 OM Oak 
Whole Hoot 
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TOWN—l*canK, tu-r ii, 
vafctaMra. 
prollt from .v»'u» 
land. Tb‘*«e 
ar© the “hack 
of A m<Mirn*H 
money-itittklntc nr- 
rhardn ami pr<»fU- 
liiakfiig hack ynro 
fruit Kanh'UH. 'ru-** 
at left iK a KciiutiM* 
Stark DelicloUM h<*ai - 
*' ^fiic a v*‘ara after plain Imt! 
STARK 
BRO’S 
at LOUISIANA, MO. 
Trees Bear Fruit Young 
C. M. Fette, Marion Co., Mo., reports 6- 
ycar old genuine Stark Delicious trees 
bore third big crop in 1917. They were 
simply "showers of apples as big as your 
two fists.” He sells his crops "a 
year in advance” from his genuine 
Stark Delicious Trees. 
Post yourself on all our Prefetred 
Varieties Apples, Peaches, Pears, 
Plums, Cherries, Berries and 
Grapes. Send coupon now. 
STARK 
BRO’S 
NURSERIES ^ 
to h.ovp .somp pnrly plaiitPd corn for 8pp- 
tpmber fpoding, as thp oats and peas will 
bp availablp only in tho latter part of 
•Tilly and August, and the rape will be 
best in October and Xovember. 
Alfalfa is a slow crop to start and to 
get p.stablished wbeu young. As far north 
as St. l.awrenop Connly most farmers 
have gotten tin* be.st rc'sults by set'ding 
in tho Siiring with a light seeding of 
barley or of oats., Harley is bt'st be- 
cjiuse it does not s<>em to crowd the Al- 
falfti like oats and, besides. Aiftilfa is 
sometimes killed by sevt're frost when a 
few inches high when sown as early as 
is i-eqnired with oats. Harley can bo 
seeded successfully tis late tis tln^ latter 
jiart of May. and the AIf:ilf:i seems to do 
better in Northern New York if st'cdtHl 
at this time. It would not be advisable 
to .seed Alfjtlfa with rape to be used as 
a hog )»asture. 'JHie bogs Avould be likely 
to kill out the young Alfalfa by eating 
it too closely. 
If I am rightly infornu'd, the term di¬ 
gester tankage is only a trade name and 
the tankage is simidy a good grade 
uetirly free from bone and finely gi'oiuul. 
It is valuable to iiroduce growth in young 
bogs but should be fed in very small 
amounts as it is a high protein feed. 
Fed with the slo]) it may b<‘ dibited so 
as to avoid dang(*r, and will prove a 
useful f«‘«'d Avlien young bogs tire on 
pasture. C. s. imiki-PK. 
Notes from a Maryland Garden 
The middle of February finds us in the 
Healthy Grain 
Seeds grow faster and mature in¬ 
to good healthy grain when first 
freed from smuts by using 
FORMflLnEHynE 
* "W/te Farmer’s Friend 
This powerful disinfectant destroys 
grain smuts and fungus growth. 
Every up-to-date farmer should 
use Formaldehyde. It has the su¬ 
preme endorsement of the U. S. Dept, 
of Agriculture. Our Formaldehyde in 
one pint bottles costs 35 cents and 
treats 40 bushels of grain. Big illus¬ 
trated hand book sent free on reauest^ 
PERTH AMBOY CHEMICAL WORKS 
100 William Street New York ; 
10i¥ SHOIJIiD BE 
CLOVER INOCULATED 
INOCULATION is just ns desirable for clover as 
for alfalfa or soy beaus. 
PRICE: AcreSize,50c; 2-acre,95c; 6-acr8,$2 I side sowing. 
PoKt-piiiil on leceipt of price. , fl,n lUnntv nn 
Ourfreeboolc di'soril)i*s 12 vnriotieH of clover, Rives oul- tm |)iains up 
midst of the first real tlmw of the Win¬ 
ter; siiow gom*, t'nti this morning the 
mm-cury stood at (><) above zero outside. 
,\u examination of affairs in the garden 
since the snow left shows that the siilnach 
is about killed out. What little is left 
is hardly worth kec'ping. Onions with a 
heavy manure mnleh seem to he alive to 
,flie surface of the manure, hut all 
. browned off above. They will iirobably 
start to growing soon. Part of these 
(tnions were sets of the Hrizetaker which 
I tried to test their hardiness. If these 
come through this awTul Winter it will 
be a gain, for it is eheaper to grow the 
sets in Summer for Fall planting tliau to 
start the plants under glass in AVinter 
for Spring sotting. I have not examined 
the buried cabhagi'S hut hojie that they 
are all right, as T buried them according 
to the Northem practice iind not as we 
usually do here, and fortunately, too, I 
cxitect. 
la'ttuee in the frames. whi<h was in¬ 
tended to head about this time, is still 
alive, and xvill probably gi-ow now. Owing 
to the fact that I was under the doc¬ 
tor’s hand for more than a month, the 
only proti'etion the frames had w.'is the 
snoAV cover on tlie glass. This probably 
saved tin* plants. Hut the little green¬ 
house wt'iit by the board. No coal for 
the boib'r compelled the emiitying of the 
pijies to prevent their freezing, and the 
lilants of course perished. Now we are 
sfaidiiig U)) again to get tomato and other 
jdaiits under wuiy, as coal is coming in 
mor«' freely. I shall now sow’ .some 
spinach for Spring use. I seldom do this 
hut depend on the late Fall-sown croji. 
This season the Spring sowing is nec»‘s- 
sary. The seed stores here are display¬ 
ing their usual stock of onion .sets, but 
these are very generally Western sets, 
and I have found that Western-grown 
sets do not make onions here as the 
.Jersey ones do. I cannot say why, but 
the fact remains that W’e get smaller and 
elongated onions from the Western sets 
jthan we do from the Eastern. The East¬ 
ern-grown make the typical Globe onions, 
while the We.stern do not, and of the 
same varieties, too. I failed to get my 
Ix'ets sowm in the frames in .Tanuary as 
usual, and now luive to depend ou out- 
I tind that if we can get 
and in flie rough leaf be¬ 
ta raiinothods and valuable information. Prepared for 
all clover, alfalfa, soya, peas, beans, etc. 
Tin; ECOEIir CIIICMU Ali COMPAW, Oept. M, Canton, Ohio 
cccn DHTATriEQ DIBBLE’S KUSSETS. 
tfCklJ r U I A I ULw Inspected liy Cornell expert 
and Fanil bureau manager, and passed ns free fvoni 
disease. *3 nor 100 if ordered Wore March 20Ui 
CHARLES COTT RELL, Hooslck Ealls, N.Y. 
Irish Cobblers K". “‘"omVrS ',3 Sr. 
cboice, #3.00 per bushel F. O. B. East Granby. 
WM. YieNOEKMAN, East Granby, Conn. 
For Sale-Seed Beans |r*hit^e. 
Very productive. 
Small red splash 
ye. Finest table Qualities. Guaranteed free 
from anthrnenose. Yielded 22 bn. per acre the past 
- U. G. GROFF, Amherst, Mass 
around e; 
t 
season. Price $12 per bu. 
BLHIIEL NAVY BEANS. 
.lOMN lECHTEL, S. 0. I. W»t«ont»wn, KorthumhorUnO («.. I’a 
pOK SALK—ABOUT gO 
fore a sharp frost returns they will stand 
considerable frost. lienee I always sow- 
some as early as the soil can he w'orked 
in good order. Another vegetable whieli 
should have early sowing is the le<‘k. To 
get big leeks in the Fall and Winter they 
must have all the season for growth, and 
be stout plants Avlien Transplanted to the 
permanent rows. 
We do not sow- parsnip and salsify 
seed early, for in our climate they get 
overgrown, and the salsify may run to 
seed. We get these in the ground early in 
.rune, and while the parsnips may not 
he so largo as those sown early, they are 
far better eating than rlie big woody ones. 
.\11 sorts of garden work wull now be in 
order as .soon ns the woil dries out some, 
hut no one can predict wliether March 
will he Spring or Winter. 
w. F. M.XSSKY. 
_ . _ i 
Planning the Home Garden 
I’aht I. 
Daii.v Sri’FMKS.—High prices and 
seareity of food have brought about a 
great reviv.-il of the "kitehen garden” on 
the farms and on the vacant lots of cities. 
While the war lasts it is the duty of 
everyone to grow’ all the food they can 
by this most intensive system of fanning, 
!ind the need for good gardens will con¬ 
tinue long after the war is ov<‘r. The 
garden should tiim first to su)>ply the 
home table xvitli fresh vegetables of the 
highe.st quality, and there should he a 
large a.ssortment to give variety to the 
hill of fare from day to day. The ideal 
garden will have some seasonable vege¬ 
table for use each day. and there should 
he a continuous siqiply throughout thej 
year. With the aid of the hotbed, the 
(•(‘Ihir storeroom and the home canning 
outfit the all-year-round garden becomes 
a reality, instead of the horticnltnral 
myth w’hich most peojile consider it. .So 
in choosing crops for tlie garden and de¬ 
ciding how much of each one to grow’, 
think about the kinds xvhieli ean he dried 
or canned etisily, wliieh make good pickles, 
or which keej) easily through the Winter 
ill the cool cellar. Then by the sale of 
surplus products the gardener I’calizes 
some cash after suiiplying the wnints of 
the home, though our friends, the market 
gardeners, do not at all ajiprove of this. 
So important w'as this feature last year 
that s’liecial city markets were organized 
for selling home gardener.s’ products in 
several cities. 
Hbefarino a Plan.— To save much 
time and annoyance during the planting 
season, and to get the greatest efficiency 
out of the garden, a iilan should be pre¬ 
pared and followed out as closely as pos¬ 
sible during the season. In this wmy wt 
can avoid many mistakes, jind settle many 
troublesome questions before the planting 
season starts. Half the battle is won, 
w’hen the gardener gets into the field early 
with a earefully thought-out plan, so that 
he knows jus-t what he is going to do, and 
still more important, when these things 
art* going to he done. Much pleasure can 
he got out of the garden during the Win¬ 
ter evenings h.v staying at home and plan¬ 
ning the Sjiring camiiaign. Tho mental 
)dan is iinsatisfaetory because it is con¬ 
stantly changing, and evt'ii an old exjteri- 
enced gardeiu'r will find that a idan 
drawn on paper, showing the details of 
his gardt'ii work for the year, xvill be of 
nnieh assistance to him in getting work 
done at just the right time. The plan 
should be anqily large, on strong, durable 
paper, and. drawn roughly to scale. It 
should show the location, quant^ity, and 
variety of each vegetable, tog(*thor with 
the planting date, and the companion and 
succession crops if there jire to be any. 
Tin* time to make the plan is in the early 
Winter, while one still has the lessons 
learned in last year’s garden fresh in 
mind, and so as to get the seed order off 
early. The quantity of seeds needed for 
the garden can easily he estimated after 
the garden jdan is made, and the order 
for the season’s snpidy should be sent to 
a reimtahh* mail-order seed hou.se, unless 
there ha|)i)eu.s to he a reliable seedstore 
ill your own town. The supply of garden 
seed is very short this yciu*. and the jinces 
of nearly all kinds is much advanced. The 
late order may eoim* hack unfilled, or the 
seedsman may substitute .something you 
do not want, or you may get varieties 
worthle.ss in your section, 
SiiAi'io AM) Location. —The farm gar¬ 
den .should occupy an oblong i)lot. twice 
as- long as wide, while in the town gar¬ 
den there is litth* choice of shade or loca¬ 
tion. In the oblong farm garden tin* rows 
should run the long way and should he 
wide enough to use horse* cultivation. 
Preferably the rows should run iiorlli and 
south, to get e(|ual distritnition of light. 
Every (*ffort should lx* made to reduce 
hand labor to a minimum, ))rei»aring the 
land with field tools and cultivating 
mo.stly by tetim. .i, T. K. 
FuiENn; “Have you got ti good law¬ 
yer?” Prisoner: ‘‘The very best I Hon¬ 
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Life. 
rpees 
eeds 
Grow 
Food will win the war 
Produce it! 
Five of the Finest 
Fordhook Vegetables 
Fnr 
1 packet each 
of the following: 
Bean Fordhook Bush Lima 
Beet Burpee’s Columbia 
Lettnca Wayahead 
Radiih Burpee’s Scarlet Button 
Sweet Corn Golden Bantam 
togetherwith, “Su^estions 
on Seed Sowing.' ’ Five col¬ 
lections for $1. to different 
addresses if so ordered. If 
purchased separately, each 
collection would cost 55c. 
Burpee’s Annual 
216 pages, 103 colored illustrations 
ol Vegetables and Flowers, is mailed free upon request. Write 
for your copy today. 
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Seed Growers Philadelphia 
Dependable 
Be prepared to have 
the finest, most productive 
vegetable garden you ever had, 
by planting only Isbell seeds. 
Known the country over as the 
sure crop kind. Grown in Mich¬ 
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Catalog shows many famous pedigreed 
strains. It’s a valuable book and guide 
to bigger and better yields. 
Prove By Test 
Prove the quality and germ¬ 
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seeds that means many 
dollars to you. Send for 
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B82 Mechanic SL 
Jackson, Mich. 
BigProfits 
Growing 
Strawberries 
$300 to $500 
iiiucle per acre by 
Inexperienced bcKinners follow- 
Ing "Keilh's Ways to Successful Berry 
Culture. ” Wo can Biive you $2.01) 
to $6.00 per 1000 on your plants. 
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED or MONEY BACK 
Our 1918 catalOKuo contains valuable and 
practical Inl'orniatlon on Growing Small 
Fruits. This Valuable BOOK FKKE. 
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The EMPIRE 
A New Red Raspberry 
The most promising red raspberry grown today; 
having hardiness, proclnctivenoss vigor of bush, 
healthiuess and large, handsomo.flrni, well favored 
fruits. Well adapted for garden or iiold planting. 
Setid for circular. 
L. E. WARDELL & SON or C. G. VELIE & SON 
MARLBORO, N. Y. 
CULL BEANS- 
Elegant quality—abiolutcly dry and free from stonei. 
Cull Beans arc a wonderful feed for hogs, 
cattle and sheep. You can produce a pound 
of pork cheaper on t'ull Beans than any 
other feed. Protein 22 to 26'^. Price $55 ton, 
sacks included, delivered any New York point. 
GOODELLS ELEVATOR CO., Goodclls, Mich. 
LSME-SULFUR SOLUTION 
13c per gill. Arsenate of Lead I’aste, 19c lb. 
A^K'() I’ower Sprayers, ST.I. Write for list. 
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IkWPptPnlaln^Rnri Pcacli, r. ar and Apple Trees. Hasp- 
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FRUIT- FOG 
[ot a solution but a perfectly ato-J 
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