Get Your Farm 
Home from the 
Canadian Pacific 
T HE Canadian Pacific Rail¬ 
way offers you the most 
wonderful opportunity in the 
world to own a farm in West¬ 
ern Canada. It will sell you 
land for $11 to $30 an acre 
or$50an acre under irrigation. 
20 Years to Pay 
You pay down 10% of the 
purchase price and have 
twenty years to pay in full 
at 6% interest. 
$2,000 Loan to 
Farmers 
The Canadian Pacific Railway 
will loan to approved settlers on 
its irrigated lands lip to $-2,000 
in improvements with twenty 
years to pay back the loan at 6% 
interest. 
Land Under Irrigation 
In Southern Alberta, we have 
developed the largest irrigation 
undertaking on the Continent. 
This district consists of some of 
the best land in Western Canada. 
An unfailing water supply is ad¬ 
ministered under direct ion of the 
Canadian Government—no con¬ 
flict of law or authority over i ts use. 
This land is offered on same easy- 
payment terras as other lands. 
Prices ranging up to $50 an acre. 
This Is Your Opportunity 
To make investigation easy,spec¬ 
ial railway rates have been ar¬ 
ranged. Write for particulars 
and free illustrated booklets. 
M. E. THORNTON 
Supt. of Colonization 
Canadian P acif ic Railway 
914 First St., E., Calgary, Alberta tf 
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The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 133 
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Hampshire 
In the Spring of 1008 I set out an apple 
orchard of one acre near my home, and as 
I consulted you at the time regarding my 
plans, you may be interested to know 
how the enterprise has worked out. The 
number of trees was 57, of which 27 were 
fillers. The trees are in three rows, .36 
feet apart, with trees 19 feet six inches 
apart in the row. Eventually {lie trees 
will stand in rectangles 86 by 39 feet. 
One of the fillers has already disappeared. 
It was gnawed by mice two years ago 
and died as a result. However. I did not 
mourn its loss greatly, as it stood between 
two of the most thrifty of my permanent 
trees, and was not a particularly good 
tree to start with. This leaves me 56 
trees, of which about 30 bore fruit in 
1918, and 10 or 12 bore full crops. Most 
of my permanent trees are Baldwins, and 
they have barely started to bear as yet. 
The orchard was intended primarily for 
home use and was more or less as an ex¬ 
periment regarding varieties. 
The Wealthy was almost unknown 
around here, and still is, for that matter, 
but I used it for nearly half of my fibers, 
and am satisfied I made no mistake. 
This last season I made two pickings—on 
Sept. 14 and Sept. 21. This, you see, is 
quite a bit later than the date you picked 
yours in Northern New Jersey. In fact, 
a few were picked on Sept. 28. I was 
paid for them $6.35 per barrel in the or¬ 
chard, packed but not headed up. The 
buyer headed them and hauled them to 
the station. Wealthy should be rushed to 
market as soon as picked, according to 
my experience. I set out a few McIntosh 
and I think my mistake was that I did 
not set more. I picked them on Sept. 28 
and Oct. 5, and obtained the same price I 
did for the Wealthy, although for my part 
I consider them much superior in quality. 
I could have sold 100 barrels of either 
variety if I had had them. I had consid¬ 
erable retail demand for both kinds at 
$2.50 per bushel. 
At the time of planting I set out three 
R. I. Greenings and have at times thought 
I made a mistake in usiug them. How¬ 
ever, one of these trees bore its first real 
crop this year, and I received about $10 
for the apples. In fact, this year it was 
the most profitable tree in the orchard. I 
shall watch these trees with some interest 
in the next few years. I am trying out 
two Jonathan trees, as an experiment, 
for this variety is almost unknown in our 
region. The trees come into bearing early 
and have fair crops each year. The fruit 
is of good quality and color, and brings a 
fair price at private sale; but as the ap¬ 
ples are rather small iu size and the trees 
not strong growers, I would not consider 
this variety at all suitable for commercial 
purposes. One or two trees in a family 
orchard like mine are all right. I have 
three Gravenstein trees and wish I had 
more. The trees are very thrifty, aud 
while rather slow iu coming into bearing, 
the fruit is of good quality and is readily 
marketed. Three of the trees are Yellow 
Transparent and I would not use them if 
I were to start over again. Contrary to 
my expectations, the trees came into bear¬ 
ing quite late and are shy bearers. The 
three trees have altogether borne only 
about a bushel of apples during the ten 
years they have been set out. 
If I were to begin on a similar under¬ 
taking now, I should, with my present 
knowledge, divide the varieties about as 
follows: Baldwins, 14; McIntosh, 16; 
Wealthy. 18; Gravenstein, 5 ; R. I. Green¬ 
ing, 3; Janathan, 1. 
In 1912 I set out a commercial apple 
orchard of 150 trees, but this is another 
story. In a few years I may have some¬ 
thing to tell about it. 
EDWARD M. SMITH. 
Rockingham Co., N. II. 
R. N.-Y.—Mr. Smith does well to fol¬ 
low success—that is, to plant the varieties 
which have shown up well in experiment. 
This matter of advising from a distance 
about varieties is risky. We realize that 
as our own orchards come into bearing. 
If we. were planting it over there would 
be many changes based on performance. 
The orchard was planted largely in the¬ 
ory. There is great interest in this plau 
of 100 fruit trees on every farm, and wc 
want to start people right. 
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pressure to every portion of the tree or fruit 
—they know that the work must be done 
quickly and thoroughly or the result will be 
wormy and scabby apples. 
The successful grower knows the cost of delays at 
spraying time. He looks upon his 
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Grow More 
Last year you produced more grain because "Food 
would win the war.” This year, Uncle Sam is 
asking for even greater grain production to help him 
establish a just peace and save the world from 
anarchy. Use a Crown Drill; put every grain where it will make the 
best growth. The Crown force feed insures accurate seeding—can be 
regulated instantly. Powerful springs hold the discs to their work— 
prevent skips on hard spots. You can sow dent 
corn and kidney beans as well as small grains—no 
cracked kernels. The Crown fertilizer feed will 
handle dry or damp goods—instantly regulated. 
Drills are made in all sizes, both hoe and disc. 
Write at once for 1919 Catalog 
Crown Wheelbarrow Seeders make high-priced clover seed 
go farther. Wc also make Lime and Fertilizer Sowers and 
Traction Sprayers. 
CROWN MFG. CO., 112 Wayne St., PHELPS, N. Y. 
