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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March S, 1919 
.urpees 
Quality in Seeds 
is thefirst thing 
to consider. You 
cannot succeed 
with your 
garden unless 
youplant“Seeds 
that Grow.” 
Burpee’* 
Dollar Box 
Su fficientseed to 
plant a garden 
20 by 30feet. A 
CompleteVeg- 
eiablegarden 
for $1.00. 
Burpee’s 
Dollar Box 
containsthc 
followinpVep- 
etable Seeds : 
LeHuce— Simpson 
Onion— Wethersfield 
Parsley— Curled Dwarf 
Radish— White Icicle 
Radish— Scarlet Button 
Salsify -Sandwich Island 
Tomato— Chalk’s Jewel 
Turnip— White Egg 
If purchased separately, this collection would cost $1.60. 
With the Dollar Box we includeCu 1 ' jral Leaflet and Garden 
Flan drawn to scale. Complete den for S 1.00. 
BURPEE’S ANNl T --L For 1919 
Burpee’s Annual is considered the leading American Sci d 
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Flower Seeds. It will be mailed to you free upon request. 
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Bean— Stringless Green Pod 
Bean— Brittle Wax 
Beet— Crosby’s 
Cabbage —Allhead Early 
Carrot— Chantenay 
Chard— Lucullus 
Com— Golden Bantam 
Lettuce— May King 
Part II. 
The following table shows the average 
growth made by Norway spruce trees in 
a plantation at the Michigan Agricultural 
College. These were four-year-old trans¬ 
plants, set in a stiff yellow clay soil, in 
which were a large number of medium¬ 
sized stones from two to eight inches in 
diameter. “The land slopes to the east 
and a seepage of water from a flat area 
above causes excessive moisture and a c~ld 
soil during the Spring months. During 
the Slimmer the clay dries out and ba’ 
badly. Trior to planting the trees th 
best top soil had been removed by several 
years’ erosion.” 
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selected by me for 6 successive 
seasons. Tests 95%, germination. 
Ripens with us in Putnam County 
90 days and yields 100 bushels 
shelled corn per acre. Just the 
variety for sections where other 
kinds "fail to ripen. 
Price, F.O.B., 70 lbs. on cob 
«*• 56 lbs. shelled as follows: 
1 bushel - - • $4.00 
2 bushels - ' - - 7.00 
3 bushels - - * 10.00 
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HEIGHT OF TBEES IN 
PLANTATION 
-Average of— 
Height of trunspl 
First year. 
Second year.... 
Third year. 
Fourth year.... 
Fifth year. 
Sixth year. 
mts 
10 
10 
urgest smallest 
320 
trees 
trees 
trees 
Feet 
Feet 
Feet 
l.S 
1.4 
1.4 
2.7 
1.7 
2.1 
4.0 
2.3 
3.0 
5.7 
2.9 
4.1 
7.2 
3.2 
4.9 
8.4 
3.4 
5.5 
9.5 
3.6 
6.0 
At the end of six years S00 trees re¬ 
mained. These were largely the culls 
from previous thinnings. After the close 
Example of Corn Smut. Fiy. 114 
See /‘aye J/lo 
of the seventh growing season they were 
arranged in two-foot height classes, as 
follows : 
NUMBER OF TREES IN PLANTATIO 
HEIGHT CLASSES 
BY 
Height class, feet 
2- 4. 
No. of trees Per cent 
_ 77 30 
4-6 . 
. 474 
59 
0- s. 
. 200 
25 
8-10. 
_ 49 
6 
“The land was 
prepared by Fall 
plow- 
market. The smaller sizes are tied in 
bundles of from two to five trees. There 
are approximately 500 to 600 bundles to a 
car, making a total of about 2,000 trees. 
Freight charges on cars will run from 
.$40 to $100. The wholesaler is usually 
ready to receive trees from the 1st to the 
15th of December. 
It is always easy to figure profits from 
farming or anything else on paper. One 
can keep within a certain safe margin of 
loss, and totally ignore any idiosyncrasies 
of the market, or pranks which wind, 
weather, insects, fire or disease may play. 
The following figures, like so many others, 
are highly optimistic. However, every at¬ 
tempt has been made to keep within rea¬ 
sonable limits. A loss of four }ier cent 
of the trees planted is allowed. All the 
ouey invested in the venture, includ¬ 
ing the value of the land and the annual 
taxes, have been carried forward at six 
per cent compound interest to the end of 
the 10-year period. A minimum net re¬ 
turn of 10 cents per tree has been al¬ 
lowed, and the money has been held at 
four per cent compound interest until the 
close of the period. Such figures are of 
course only an indication of what may he 
expected. But if they are worth any¬ 
thing at all, they point to the fact that 
such a venture has a great many odds in 
favor of the planter. 
Estimated returns from one acre of 
Christmas trees, planted on land valued 
at $30, with au annual tax of two per 
cent. Invested money to be carried to 
end of 10-year period at six per cent. 
Profits to be held at four per cent until 
end of period. Allowed loss for the pe¬ 
riod of four per cent. 
Purchase price of 5,305 
transplants . 
Express, cartage, etc... 
Planting, lc per tree.. 
Value with 6% com¬ 
pound interest for 
period of 10 years... 
Value of land, $30; 
interest on same for 
10 years at 6%. 
Taxes, 60e per year, at 
6% . 
Total cost carried 
to end of period at 
6% compound in¬ 
terest . 
Annual .return of $85 
per year, beginning 
with the end of the 
4tli year, placed at 
4% interest to close 
of 10-year period — 
ing. In the following Spring the ground 
was harrowed, the gullies filled in, and 
the loose stones removed. There were 
three harrowings in all. Lastly, a float 
was used to level and prepare the ground 
for planting. 
“A layer of coarse horse manure was 
plowed under with the Fall plowing. 
No other fertilizer was applied, nor has 
any been used since as top-dressing.” 
Persons wishing to market trees for 
the Christmas trade should prepare them¬ 
selves against losses by obtaining a def¬ 
inite market for their product before cut¬ 
ting the tree. This is one of the few 
crops for which a market is not impera¬ 
tive at the close of any certain season. 
They will remain in the stage of Christ¬ 
mas trees for several years, and after 
that, with the aid of a little judicious 
thinning, will rapidly pass into the class 
from which pulpwood is obtained. Prices 
for Christmas trees fluctuate over a con¬ 
siderable range. If there is a strong de¬ 
mand. and the supply is short, the result¬ 
ant prices will be good. It happens very 
frequently that the markets are glutted 
with trees, and then no one makes even a 
fair return from his sale. The man who 
first surveys his market and makes sure 
of the demand for his product is insured 
against such disappointment. Even if a 
groat number of persons should see big 
profits in land planted to Christmas trees, 
and proceed to follow out their original 
hunch, there i.; no reason to suspect 
that the bottom would be knocked out of 
the market. The demand for paper pulp 
materials is increasing so rapidly and the 
sources of supply are being so diminished 
that this is sure to furnish an outlet for 
superfluous Christmas trees. 
Ordinarily from 20 cents to forty cents 
per tree is paid by the wholesaler. The 
greatest demand is for trees from four to 
10 feet high, although municipal and 
community celebrations often require 
trees up to 60 feet high. The large cities 
take the hull, of the trees placed in the 
Net profit for 10-year 
period . 
Net annual profit on 
one acre . 
Returns, based on 10c 
profit first 2 years. 
15c profit 3d-4th 
years, 20c profit 5th- 
6th years after cut¬ 
ting begins. 
Total cost as above.... 
*4-Year 
f2 and 3 
old 
year old 
$21.22 
$95.49 
7.50 
7.50 
53.05 
53.05 
$81.77 
$156.04 
$146.45 
$278.47 
23.73 
23.73 
7.91 
7.91 
$178.09 
$310.11 
$563.12 
$563.12 
$253.01 
38.50 
25.30 
$862.34 
$862.34 
$178.09 $310.11 
Net profit for 10-year 
period . $684._o $•>,j—o 
Net annual profit per OQ 
acre . $b8.4o •>>•>.—i 
* Four-year-old State grown stock, at ?4 per 
t Two and three-year-old stock purchased from 
nurserymen at $18 per thousand. 
G. II. C. 
REER’S 
1919 
GARDEN 
BOOK 
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Hill Selected Seed Potatoes 
In 1896. after years of city and mercan¬ 
tile life, I concluded I would attempt 
farming. I got what most inexpeiit.netd 
people do when they jump into boss a 
man’s job, misfits, jumbles and disap¬ 
pointments. I thought to be saving I 
would sell the good-sized potatoes and 
plant the little ones. Any good farmers 
who read this will know the result and 
laugh, and I will enjoy the laugh with 
them, too. I could grow from id to 100 
bushels per acre when I had extra good 
season, and other seasons less. I lie re¬ 
sults were I got disgusted, but my grit 
increased, so I went to hvll-selocting mj 
seed; nothing hut the best uniform hills 
were good enough to use. 1 hat was 10 
years ago, and I was so well pleased 
with results I have kept at it ever since. 
Then five years ago I commenced plant- 
in 0- the unit system to increase my seed 
stock further, 'and with success. I now 
hill-select 40 to 50 bushels a year for 
planting, regardless of the price of pota¬ 
toes, and although it means a lot of extra 
work, I consider it pays extra well for 
the time consumed. I now have a stock 
of potatoes that will yield 250 to .“.00 
bushels per acre, according to the soil they 
are planted on, without extra heavy fer¬ 
tilization. The past season I dug out a 
plot of Washington potatoes, 50 bushels, 
then I measured the ground. 42 feet wide. 
150 feet long, rows three feet apart, and 
about two feet apart in rows. You can 
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386bus. to acre in 1915; 421 in 
1916; 450 in 1917. Inspected 
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Price $5.50 per bag of 120 lbs. 
Five bags or more $5.00 per 
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