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The RURAL IS EW-YORKER 
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 $50 an 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 up 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 direction of the 
Canadian Government—no con¬ 
flict of law or authority over its use. 
This land is offered on same easy* 
payment terms 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 Pacific Railway 
914 First St.,E.,Calgary, Alberta^ 
“EVER-READY, Jr.” 
is the best medium sized power Sprayer for the 
fruit Brower who wants a well-made, extra light, 
one-man outfit. Write for Free Catalogue Bivina specifl- 
cuti'.ns and description— our prices will surprise you. 
VAN NOUHUYS’ MACHINE WORKS 
44 Liberty Street. Albany. N. Y. 
For Codling Moth 
And Scab use 
S SULFOCIDE 
and 
CAL-ARSENATE 
This new spray will brine your fruit 
through to maturity free from chewing 
insects and scab. It is more powerful, 
yet far less expensive,than lime sulphur- 
arsenate of lead and Bordeaux-lead mix¬ 
tures. It will not clog nozzle nor “burn" 
foliage. One gal.of Sulfocide and 3 lbs. of 
Cal-Arsenate make 200 gals, of spray. 
Send for circular 
B. G. PRATT CO., Mtg. Chemists 
50 Church St. Dept. ' 
Delivered prices quoted on 
request. 
THE E. BIGL0W CO., New London, 0. 
Representatives Wanted 
A reputable Southern firm. The Nitr A-Germ Sales 
Co., Inc., of Savannah, Ga., establishing an office 
in the North, wants agents in every County in this 
State. One of our Southern men,-Mr. J. T. Mor¬ 
rison, made $3,500.00 the past year selling NitrA- 
Gcrm, the Crop and Soil Improver. The same 
opportunity is open in the North. It will be to your 
advantage to write to P. O. Box 11, G. C. Station, 
New York City, for full information. 
The Importance of Selecting Variations 
in Plant Culture 
Increasing Yields. —Plant selection 
has come to stay. Upon this fact de¬ 
pends very largely increased yields. We 
talk about “plant breeding.” “pedigreed 
seeds” and “purebred varieties”—all of 
which are very important. But these are 
not all, and very frequently not the most 
important. However true a certain type 
may have been bred up, it will vary un¬ 
der certain soil and climatic conditions. 
This fact is well known. Therefore with¬ 
out constant selection according to a cer¬ 
tain ideal of fixed type in our minds, we 
may reasonably expect an original type 
to vary and. perhaps, materially decrease 
in yield. 
Superiority to Type. —On the other 
hand, individual plants of superior merit 
may be found growing among individuals 
of almost any ordinary variety. If these 
are taken and kept true to a certain type 
by selecting, varieties may be built up 
which will far outyield the initial type 
or may be superior in flavor. A. D. 
Sliamel on page 3 has mentioned some of 
these facts in regard to the navel orange 
in his excellent article on “Bud Selec¬ 
tion.” That certain types of excellent 
fruit may be started from bud selection 
has been known for a long time, but it 
is comparatively recent that this princi¬ 
ple has been put into practice success¬ 
fully. Therefore it may be truthfully 
stated that constant selection, both in 
the plant and the animal world, is ex¬ 
tremely important. However well-bred 
a certain variety or type of animal may 
be, there will “crop out” certain indi¬ 
viduals of low merit—“off type”—which 
should not be used in producing other 
individuals. 
An Experience With Tomatoes. —But 
I started out to comment on one particu¬ 
lar instance which has come under my 
observation. About six years ago I found 
growing in my hotbed of Early June Pink 
tomato plants three other plants of ex¬ 
tremely different foliage. Where they 
came from I could not tell, because I had 
selected the seed planted from the pre¬ 
vious crop of June Pink tomatoes. These 
three had the well-known “potato leaf” 
foliage. On bringing them to fruitage I 
found the crop rather late but heavy. 
The fruit was of medium size, solid and 
of excellent flavor. On planting this 
seed the next year. I found to m.v sur¬ 
prise some plants which showed the 
“potato leaf” foliage in the beginning 
changed their foliage to the regular to¬ 
mato foliage as the plants grew older. 
From this type I saved seed. Next year 
there were very few plants that showed 
any “potato leaf” type at all. But I was 
surprised again on finding two distinct 
types of fruit. One was pale red and 
much larger than the other type, which 
was pink in color. I could see no dif¬ 
ference in the plants. I now had two 
distinct varieties entirely different from 
the original June Pink, and far more pro¬ 
ductive and much better quality. I have 
been growing these two varieties for my 
small cannery ever since, and the types 
seem fixed. Last year both types were 
tested by the Virginia Experiment Sta¬ 
tion. where they made a good showing. 
Now the point I want to bring out is 
this, with some little attention I have 
built up what I regard to be an excel¬ 
lent canning tomato of superior quality. 
Other Lines of Improvement.— Some 
other similar lines of work have inter¬ 
ested me very greatly, such as wheat, 
corn and orchard grass. To mention all 
these would make the story too long. I 
might state a few facts about some work 
with wheat. My wheat, on low bottom 
land especially, was frequently affected 
by rust and often straw broken. One 
harvest about eight years ago I noticed 
a few heads that stood up tall and erect. 
The grains were very plump and the 
straw was very stiff and of a rich golden 
color. From these few heads I had in 
three years all my seed wheat. Now I 
have no fear of rust and the yield of 
wheat is much better. A seedsman has 
bought this wheat of me and has given 
the variety a name in his seed catalog. 
It has stood the test with him for several 
years beside the best known varieties. 
While this variety has not been the most 
prolific variety with him. it has other 
good qualities. K. u. PRICE. 
Virginia. 
“The Package 
Behind the Pack” 
'ANCY FRUIT sells on 
sight at prices that build 
bank accounts for the grow¬ 
ers. Wormy, low-grade fruit 
sells slow at any price—seldom 
pays the cost of marketing. 
For clean fruit, you must spray 
with the right material. The poison 
must be full strength and distributed evenly 
on the trees. That’s why many well-known 
Fruit Growers’ Associations have placed 
huge orders for “CORONA DRY” 
—The Universal Insecticide. They have 
learned that clean fruit and healthy trees 
result from making this famous, powdered 
arsenate of lead (( the package behind 
the pack .” 
“Corona Dry” has been used and 
endorsed by leading orchardists since 
1912. The big commercial fruit sections 
of the Country now consume many car¬ 
loads yearly. You owe it to your business 
to find out why. Your name and address 
on the coupon will bring full information. 
Or a postal will do. Write today. 
CORONA 
Calcium Arsenate—Dry 
Use it on Your Potatoes 
This new product is safer and 
more economical than Paris Green 
—does not burn the vines. Save 
about 30 per 
cent, in cost 
and get better 
results. Our 
Circular tells 
how and why. 
Write for it today. 
CORONA \ 
CHEMICAL CO. 
Ml LWAUKEE.WIS.'^V 
Dept. R 
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