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TAM The “ Kin « Pin ” of 
«■» aU tomatoes for 
both the home 
grower and the 
market gardener. 
Think of the finest tomatoes you’ve ever 
grown—then plant Buiat’a Monarch 
and get a new*idea of what a really per¬ 
fect tomato should be. 
It is unequalled for massive size, perfect 
shape, delicious flavor and solidity. An 
immense yielder and continuous bearer, 
Pkt. 15c.; 4 Pkts. 50c. 
BUIST’S EARLI-BELLE TOMATO 
Market gardeners call it the “ Early 
Money Tomato,” as it matures extremely 
early in the season. 
Absolutely unrivalled in the early tomato 
field. Pkt., 5c; oz., 35c; % lb., $1.15; 
lb., $4.00. 
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It tells you about the “ MONARCH ” and “ F.ARI.I- 
BEI.LE ” Tomatoes, as well as all the other BUIST'S 
Seeds - seeds of “91 years’ prestige”—and gives you 
detailed cultural information for every month of the 
year and every part of the country. We will be 
pleased to send it to you free on request. 
Free Flower Seeds with orders of 50c and over 
ROBERT BUIST COMPANY 
5 So. Front St.. PHILA., PA. 
GRASS SEED 
FREE SAMPLES BBZB 
with customers. Don’t fail to investigate these bargains. 
Recleaned Tested Timothy $4.75 bu.. Alfalfa $8.90. Alsike 
Clover and Timothy, $6.50. Sweet Clover and other Grass 
and Field Seeds at proportionately low prices. 
All sold subject to State or Government Test under an 
absolute MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE. We are special¬ 
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American Mutual Seed Co. Dept. 626 Chicago, Ill. 
Sudan Grass 
Seed.Northern grown.freefrom 
Johnson grass, 20c per lb., bags 
free, postage, express or freight 
extra. White Sweet Clover.scari¬ 
fied. 30c. Alfalfa $8 per bu. and 
up. Order early. Supply short. 
Quality guaranteed satisfactory. 
HENRY FIELD 
Shenandoah- Iowa 
>0115 FIELD SEEDS 
Out are selected and cleaned to be 
CVv 
Our seeds are selected and cleaned to be 
WEEDLESS amt free from dead grains. They 
_ will go much farther than ordinary field seeds. 
V nearly always adding enough to the crop to pay for 
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Choice Seed Corn ^SSSTkSST 
priced catalogue and low overhead expenses enable us to 
save you 30% on your Seed Corn. Write today for samples 
ami circular. Four varieties—Improved 90 100-day Yellow 
Dent, Iteid’s Yellow Dent, White Cap Yellow Dent (Ensil¬ 
age), Early Minnesota No. 13. WOODFIELD’S FARM, Wycombe. Pa. 
Northern Ohio grown. Our catalogue lists the lead¬ 
ing varieties of dependable field and garden seeds. 
Ask for it. Market gardeners ask for wholesale 
vegetable list. RANSOM SEED CO.. Geneva, Ohio 
IMPROVED LEAMING: ISIS 
Fine quality; thoroughly ripened before frost: 
shelled, cleaned and graded, $3.50 bu; on ear. 
*4.50; sacks free. I raise my own corn; buy it 
from the grower. F. W. FAItST, Ripley, Ohio 
Seed Corn 
5 nnn Extra selec- 
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Seed Corn 
Golden Orange. Flint. Giant, Ensil. 
age. Yellow Pride. S5 bu. sacked. 
Speeial prices on car lots. Order Ral¬ 
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For Sale SEED COff/V-wFin * »,'nt 
Produced 150 bushels ear corn per acre. prize SEED—PRIZE 
CROP. "TRY II.” $6 per bush. J. C0DDIHGT0H. Glen Head. L. I. 
For Sale -hkai.tii f V Sweet Corn Seed Metro¬ 
politan. $H bu.: 30«. lit.; 4 qts.. $1. V. B. MOORE, Stratford. Conn. 
CPrn /-’/'"ID AT 90-D«y SHEFFIELD YELLOW 
L/L/J\iY FLINT. DRIED IN TRACES 
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OuOU UUI II sacked. A. Btnnmingdole, Seediman, Schenectady, N.Y. 
W HITE CAP WEST SEEII COHN for sale. Strong 
and vigorous. None better. S3 per bu. Generous 
sample for 10c. R. C. XlncKLEY, Brogucville, 1’u. 
Entire Lot of Two-Year-Old Seedling Potatoes 
for sale. K. I>. FA HLKY, 11. F. 1).. I.cltoy , New York 
TOBACCO DUST His1 ', h ' P ota ? h and nHr< 
1 w “ r,MVM u gen—tor garden and onto 
land fertilizing. Also useful to sprinkle in hem 
Hosts. $5 per owt. lbs. I> TRASS, Madison, OIil 
0flT A TflP Q —Carman. Cobbler, Giant, Green Mt , Ohio, Rone 
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RFAIUC YELLOW EYE BEANS. *5 60 per bu. 
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Canada Field Peas 
Pure Irish Cobbler potatoes. N. *. It iKIf 1C, Eelrpoit. a. Y. 
Binder Twine 
Get our low 1919 prices. Farm¬ 
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THE0. BURT & SONS. Melros.. Ohio 
Fertilizer, Cover Crops, Spraying 
I have a little place of five acres just 
outside the city limits; don’t know much 
about agriculture, but am anxious to 
learn. The land is a sandy loam, dis¬ 
posed to crust over after rains. I used 
last year about a ton of chemical fertil¬ 
izer for corn and potatoes; used it in the 
hill. When the potatoes were being dug 
I noticed that in probably “0 per cent of 
hills the fertilizer was apparently un¬ 
changed. What was the reason V .j. e. ii. 
We have often noticed the streaks of 
gray-colored stuff in the soil where fer¬ 
tilizers wore heavily used in the hill or 
drill. It is more evident in a dry season, 
or where the fertilizer is simply dumped 
in close to the plant. In a wet season 
the fertilizer is dissolved and washed out 
through the soil, so that this streak does 
not appear. While the fertilizer thus left 
in the soil seems to be unchanged, a close 
inspection will show that'this gray streak 
is mostly “filler,” or carrier, and that the 
really available part of the fertilizer has 
been taken out. A fertilizer with three 
per cent nitrogen, eight of phosphoric 
acid and one of potash would have 88 per 
cent of “carrier” or other substances 
which hold this plant food or give bulk 
to the fertilizer. 
If you look at this stuff in the soil care¬ 
fully you will find that most of the actual 
plant food has been taken out. If the 
fertilizer is scattered evenly all over the 
ground and well worked in you would not 
find much trace of it. 
Would it be a good plan to sow rye, at 
the last cultivation of corn and potatoes, 
using it as a cover crop to he plowed un¬ 
der the following Spring? In the event 
of this being a good plan, should I sow 
Summer or Winter rye? What quantity 
per acre? Ought I to sow rye alone, or 
mixed with something pise. and. if so, 
what? About what quantity of limestone 
dust ought I to use per acre? 
Yes, we consider it good practice to sow 
rye, and, at times, other crops, to hold the 
soil during the Fall and Winter. Such a 
crop will use up and hold any plant food 
which may be left in the soil, and will, 
when plowed under in the Spring, add 
needed organic matter. Sow Winter rye 
by all means. Y’ou want the strongest 
growth during Fall and early Spring. 
We. plan to use five pecks to the acre. 
We seed Alsike clover with the rye and 
add turnip seed if seeded in August. The 
regulation amount of limestone dust is 
one ton per acre. 
There is about one-quarter of an acre in 
fruit trees about 15 years old. It is in turf. 
I had thought of enclosing it in wire and 
placing a couple of chicken colony houses 
inside. I intend spraying the trees about 
time the blossoms fall with arsenate of 
lead. Would I be likely to poison the 
chickens from spray that might fall on 
the grass? 
We never had a report of damage to 
chickens from spraying where reasonable 
care was used. In the few cases of 
trouble we found that too much poison 
spray was used, so that the trees were 
wet, or the dregs of the tank were dumped 
on the ground. If you want to be entirely 
safe, shut the hens up for three days after 
spraying. 
Eggs and 17-Year Locusts 
I am thinking of putting a number of 
eggs in waterglass this year, but hesitate 
because we are told of a visitaation of the 
17-year locusts, and I understand that 
will spoil the eggs. c. R. s. 
Pennsylvania. 
We cannot see what the 17-year locust 
can have to do with putting eggs in water- 
glass. and would like to know what con¬ 
nection you think there can be: 
T have often heard farmers say that in 
tin' locust year, when the heus have access 
to the young cicadas as they emerge from 
the ground, they feed so well they have 
no use for grain or other food. Of course 
this in my mind would apply to farms 
situated near woods or plots that were 
woods as long as 17 years ago. The cica¬ 
das are young and tender, and must ap¬ 
peal to birds and poultry. I am told that 
turkeys are more apt to have their flesh 
have a strung odor because of their rov¬ 
ing disposition, true to their ancestral 
traits, and therefore having greater access 
to the locust fields. The question seems 
pertinent, but as the cicadas are not due 
until May it would do well to put eggs 
away before that date. By the way. when 
is the best time to put up eggs? 
We should pay no attention to the 
locusts, but go ahead and put up the eggs. 
May is the best time for us. blit any time 
when eggs arc plentiful will answer. 
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ACH disk is made of special steel rolled to 
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special steel when new, but it doesn’t work the 
same. Get a genuine CUTAWAY, either cut¬ 
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Here is the Harrow that cuts time and labor of 
cultivation in half. The rigid frame forces the 
rear disks always to cut exactly between the cut 
of the front disks. 
Ask your dealer about it. Write us 
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valuable free book on soil cultivation. 
The Cutaway 
Harrow Co. 
681 Main St. 
Higganum, 
Connecticut 
