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Oic RURAL NEW-YORKER 
A RE you getting fresh tires of your favorite mahe for immediate 
A delivery—and will your local dealer take your order at oresent 
prices for delivery two or three months hence? 
If the answer is “yes,” by all means stick to your local dealer. 
Don’t clutter up the rails by ordering from a distance what he 
already has on hand. If the answer is “no”—write to us. 
We deal in tires of every standard 
make and of all sizes. Our iMivint,' 
power has enabled us to place con¬ 
tracts at present pi-ices that permit us 
to promise delivery at tlioso prices up 
to October first. Our volume of busi- 
ne.ss guarantees a quick turnover and 
a stock that is always fresh. We can 
despatch your order instantlv and de¬ 
liver free to al 1 poin ts wii hin 500mi les. 
Furthermore we make our own ad¬ 
justments Tinder a guarantee of 6.000 
miles on any make of tire. If a tire 
shows defect within that distance 
and .YOU want the guarantee made 
good Yvith another make we will 
credit the unused mileage against 
the price of the other tire—a method' 
absolutely unique so far as we know. 
We carry "Packaru” inner tubes 
of all sizes—tubes produced to our 
order especially to satisfy the require¬ 
ments of Packard owner-s, tlie most 
discriminating buyers in the world — 
at prices no greater than those of in¬ 
ferior tubes. 
We handle a complete line of ac¬ 
cessories, and shall be pleased to 
quote on any motor car or truck 
equipment on the market. 
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Broadway at Sixty-first Street New York City 
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INOCULATE 
SOY BEANS, ALFALFA, CLOVERS 
and all legumes, and DOUBLE THE CROP 
Our Bacteria—Direct from Laboratory— fAes?! 
Acre Size 50c; 2 Acres 95c; 6 Acres $2.00 
Postiraid on receipt of price. 
30-page book—all aliont legumes—FREE ! 
THE EGGERT CHEMICAL COMPANY. Depi. A, CANTON, OHIO 
C lU p p T of all the leading varieties delivered by 
O II k k I parcel post. 25 plants, 20c ; 50 plants, 36c ; 
naTJli'll 100 plants, 60c; 600 or more, 30c per 100. 
rU I A I U By express, charges collect, 1,000 plants, 
Q| ailTQ #1.75; 5,000 or more, #1.60 per 1,000. 
rLAN I O H. AUSTIN, FELTON, DELAWARE 
Strawberry Plants For Sale 
50 varieties to select from, including the fall-bear¬ 
ing. Send for free catalog. 
J. KEIFFORl> HALL, R. 2, Khodesdale, Md. 
Choice Marrow BeanSa^d^so^gSnati^ 
Tested at Tompkins Co. Farm Bureau, Ithaca,N.Y. 
»1U per bn. Bags fiee. LVTIIKII UUIVEU, Lodlowville, N. V. 
Acnaraoiie ROOTS, HORSERADISH SETS. CABBAGE, 
HdpardgUS beets, ONION plants, lettuce. TOMA. 
TOES. EGG PLANTS. PEPPERS and CAULIFLOWER PLANTS. 
Send for Price List. J. C. Schmidt, Bristol, Pa. 
Th r ee y ear s old. Forquick 
results. #1.60 par 100; 
#8.00 per 1,00 0. 
HARRY L- SQUIRES, Coed Ground, N. Y. 
ASPARAGUS 
ROOTS 
f^CI CDV Dl it lire GOLDEN, SELF BLEACHING, 1VII1TK 
vLLknl rLHH I a PLl'ME and GIANT PASCAL. 300 for 
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The doll with the grown-up grin. 
Has unbreakable Head and Hands, 
Jointed Limbs, and stuffed with 
Cork. Dressed in Rompers, with 
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The Rural New-Yorker 
333 West Thirtieth St., New York 
LYMAN'S 
Guaranteed Genuine 
GRIMM 
ALFALFA 
Proven Hardiest By 
Agricultural College Tests 
A Photo taken of one of the 47 Fields established 
in 1916 by F. Forbell, Alfalfa Specialist in Minne¬ 
sota College of Agriculture. Liscomb Alfalfa was 
sown along side of Lyman’s Grimm. During the 
following winter most of the Liscomb, touted by 
some seedsmen as being very hardy, winterkilled 
—but the Grimm came through the winter in excel¬ 
lent shape. Lyman’s Grimm has been equally suc¬ 
cessful all over the country. 
Heaviest Yields—Highest In 
Feeding Value—Best For Seed 
Summer Planting Recommended. 
Sow Grimm Seed which is known to be genuine. 
With each lot of my seed I furnish a certificate of 
its genuineness. Book, “How I discovered the 
Grimm Alfalfa" and seed sample Free. 
A. B. LYMAN, Grimm Alfalfa Introducer 
Alfalfadale Farm, EXCELSIOR, MINN. 
CRIMSON CLOVER 
The great soil improver and valuable 
for early green food, grazing and hay 
crop. Special circular free, also sample 
and price of seed sent on request. 
Alfalfa 
High-grade American grown seed. 
Write for sample and price of seed, also 
a copy of our A falfa Leaflet, free. If 
I in need of Fa:m Seeds of any kind, 
please write to us for prices. 
HENRI’ A. DREER 
714-716 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
Eai-liest. latest, largest, most productive varieties, 
inoluding the Everbeariiur. Also lUSl’HEItKV. liLACK- 
ni.KKV. Ol KItAXT, GOO.SEBEItllV. GIIAPE PLA.MS. I'lil I F 
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OUS, ItllUIUUH, lIOKSEKAUlsif. Mail or express prepaiti. 
Catalogue free, harry L. SQUIRES, Good Ground, N.Y. 
SWEET POTATO PLANTS Trn’at”. Cabbage, Pepper, 
OIILE I r U IH I U TLHIII d Cauliflower and Brussels 
Spi-out Plants, Asparagus roots, Californiti Privet. 
Red Skin Potato, Early and Late Vegetable Plants, 
Catalogue Free, MICHAEL N. BORGO, Vineland. N J, 
RflhhflO'o Uaiiisb and Domestic. 
u^age rianis ash. me ah, Hnuamsoii, x. v. 
SeRfi RiirIywIipSiI sale. Sllverhull orJaptinese 
OBBUDUbMYfieai »4 bu,, bagged. S.am- 
pie for stamp. HARRY VAIL, New Milford Oranoe Co., N.Y. 
war timber and am reducing by sale my 
flock of sheep to a size that I can handle 
without any regular help. A few sheep, 
a few hogs and chickens, a little hay, 
corn and grain, .some beans and roots; 
.inst what the individual can decently 
card for himself, or what his good wife 
can manage when Uncle Sam is ready on 
the firing line for us waiting middle-aged 
chaps. Such to me seem the safest work¬ 
ing conditions when prices of certain com¬ 
modities are fixed with no corresponding 
limit set upon the' elements which enter 
into their oost of production. I recom¬ 
mend to tlie farmer with a heart for the 
kindly animals the profit in sheep, but 
for the reasons mentioned I say, “Go on 
a small scale.” .4RTIIUR w. XORTII, 
Prest. Delaware Co. (X. Y.) Sheep 
Growers’ Association. 
Bean Weevils 
At what time does the bean weevil do 
most damage? I have noticed that for a 
number of years when the beans fir.st 
come up there is something that eats the 
middle laeves off and destroys part of the 
crop. 1 have heard people say it was 
worms that ate them. I have always said 
it was the weevil that was in the beans 
when planted. Am I right? ITow much 
bisulphide of carbon will I need to treat 
10 bii. of beans? Can one tell by the 
looks of the beans whether there are wee¬ 
vils in them or not? M. j.e. 
I.sle I.a Motte, Vt. 
There is no evidence of the bean wee¬ 
vil in the above injury. The trouble is 
caused by the maggot or corn worm. 
When the beans are covered lightly about 
i/^-inch in depth they usually come up in 
so short a time that they grow away 
from the maggot, while if the covering is 
too deep, the seed is so long in pushing 
to the surface that the maggot develops 
and eats out the little leaves. The mag¬ 
got likes to work in the dark and damp. 
As soon as the bean opens well and the 
air gets in the maggot is headed off; a 
light covering over the beans is the best 
remedy that I know of. 
The bean wet'vil works in the dry bean 
in bag or bin. It bores its way out of 
the bean, leaving a round hole. These 
bugs or weevils are more troublesome in 
warmer or more .southerly sections of the 
country. The tx’eatment is 2 lbs. of bi¬ 
sulphide of carbon to 100 cubic feet of 
space. Cover tightly. The cigarette 
smoker would better keep away from this 
job, or he is liable to go up in smoke al¬ 
together. This poisonous gas penetrates 
to every part of the box or bin, and while 
not injuring the beans for seed or eating, 
destroys all eggs of insects. This drug 
can be .secured at any up-to-date drug 
store. Planting beans in bills insures 
their coming up much quicker than where 
there is only one bean in a place. 
H. E. cox. 
Rose for Porch ; Wistaria on Chimney 
I. I wish to plant a rose bush, one that 
will do to plant on the end of our new 
front porch, one that would be immune 
from rust and bloom all Summer, or at 
least a long while, something very pretty, 
I have heard (piite a lot about the Ameri¬ 
can Pillar; do you know anything about 
it? 2. We have built a big stone chimney 
outside; can I train a wistaria to grow 
up it? I have already planted one there. 
Stewartsville, X. J. b. e. 
1. The greatest trouble with most climb¬ 
ing ro.ses is not rust, but mildew. The 
Rambh'r roses frequently suffer from this 
when climbing on a porch because of de¬ 
ficient air drainage, an open airy situa¬ 
tion lessening the trouble in some degree, 
but a pei’iod of damp warm days and 
chilly nights usually causes rose mildew; 
however, applications of sulphur will do 
much to control it. The old Crimson 
Rambler is, perhaps, more susceptible to 
mildew than other sorts. American Pil¬ 
lar is very hardy, a robust grower, and 
a very beautiful rose. The flowers are 
bright cerise shading, lighter at the base 
of the petals, large, single, with conspic¬ 
uous golden stamens, borne profusely in 
large clusters. Its heavy rampant growth, 
makes it very desirable for a inistic pil¬ 
lar or fence. It is a fine rose, but has 
been to some extent neglected because 
iimuy American gardeners have cared 
little for single roses, which have been 
more apprccitited abroad. A climbing 
rose, hardy iii our Xortliern States, that 
will bloom all Summer, is not yet pro¬ 
curable. according to our jicrsonal knowl¬ 
edge, though there ai-e a number that bloom 
June 8, 1918 
heavily in the flush of the season, and then 
give scattering flowers during the Sum¬ 
mer and Fall. This is true of such Climb¬ 
ing Hybrid Teas as Climbing Caroline 
Testout, creamy pink. Climbing Kaiserin 
Augu.sta Victoria, white, and Climbing 
Lady Ashtown, pink, three very beautiful 
roses. But our own choice for the loca¬ 
tion suggested would be Dr. W. Van 
Fleet, shell pink, which we consider the 
most beautiful of all hardy climbing roses 
in finish of bloom and perfection of foli¬ 
age. Its flush of bloom lasts longer than 
the Ramblers, and it has occasional 
scattering flowers aftei'wards, though it 
cannot be described as “blooming all Sum¬ 
mer.” Strong two-year-old plants are 
usually satisfactory. 2. The Wistaria 
will need support; it will not climb up 
the chimney unassisted, like those vines 
whose aerial rootlets cling to adjacent 
surfaces. It needs a strong trellis’ too, 
for the vine becomes very heavy, and its 
twining habit will make it rip light wood¬ 
work apart. During the past season we 
saw a case where a Wistaria ripped a 
firmly fastened lightning rod from the 
hou.se to which it was attached. If any 
sort of trellis can be provided, the Wis¬ 
taria would bloom very early in the sea- 
.son in such a location, the heat from the 
chimney forcing it. But all things con¬ 
sidered. the best vine to grow on an out¬ 
side chimney is the so-called Boston ivy 
or Ampelopsis, which clings without aid, 
and covers the surface with luxuriant 
foliage, turning to a brilliant crimson in 
the Fall. 
Success with Transplanting Machines 
V e have had sevt'ral years’ experience 
with transplanting machines, and they 
have always givtm good satisfaction, sot¬ 
ting the plants better and at much less 
cost than by hand. We plant with good 
help ttwo lively young men and driver) 
four acres a day, rows 2)4 feet apart, 
and plants placed about 20 inches apart 
in the row. Our machine can be used 
either with or without fertilizer attach¬ 
ment. The fertilizer attachment will 
cost about ,$15 extra; it will add very 
little to the weight of the machine. We 
do not use it, however, as we have found 
that the fertilizer applied with the grain 
or lime and fertilizer dried and well mixed 
with the soil by harrowing gives us much 
better results than sowing directly in the 
I'tnv. 
You will find that the saving in time 
and labor in setting the plants with ma¬ 
chine will much more than pay for the 
little extra hoeing that will be enttiiled 
by the lack of cross cultivation. .'Should 
the ground be very weedy we would take 
a corn marker and mark it crosswise, 
and as jilanter cro.ssed the marks the 
plants could be jdaced exactly in the 
check, and cultivation could be made 
both ways. This, of course, would re¬ 
quire careful driving and good help set¬ 
ting the plants. We make it a point to 
do most of our cultivation before plant¬ 
ing. We plow and jairtly fit the ground 
as early in the Spring as possible; then 
harrow about once a week until idanting 
time. We thereby have the weeds and 
grass killed and seldom have to touch 
them with a hoe. w. y. i,. 
Wayne Go., X’. Y. 
Cinders in Concrete 
Every Winter I accumulate a lot of 
coal ashes. I sift these ashes through a 
half-inch wire me.sh, so that, of course, 
small particles of coal and cinders are 
also mixed with the burned ashes. Gould 
this substance be used in making emuent 
blocks for use around my country home, 
either for the bed of the walk on wliieh 
the walking is done, or for laying cflge- 
ways along the .side of the walk as a bor¬ 
der next to the sod? j. n. b. 
Grand Rapids, Mich. 
Clean cinders are used in concrete mak¬ 
ing, but not the fine aslies which you 
have sifted out. These latter, however, 
make very satisfactory driveways and 
wiilks when well packed, as they soon be¬ 
come under use. Cinders, sand and gravel 
are the “aggregates” used with Portland 
cement in making concrete blocks or other 
work. 31. B. D. 
“But you must remember. Edith.” 
said the young husband, after the quar¬ 
rel. "that my taste is hetti'r than yoiii-s.” 
“Undoubtedly,” .said Edith acidly, “when 
we remember that you married me and I 
married you.’*'—Melbourne Australasian, 
