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The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
SPRAYING 
- MEANS 
Prevention of 
Food Famine. 
SPRAYING 
MATERIALS 
In produce markets, Vegetables and Fruits 
are graded as “sprayed” and “unsprayed”, 
a higher price being quoted for the 
“sprayed” grade. WHY NOT PLAY 
SAFE ? Order 
NACO BRAND. 
-WE MANUFACTURE- 
CONSEQUENTLY OUR GUARANTEE 
STANDS FOR SOMETHING 
BORDEAUX MIXTURE 
‘(Paste & Powder) 
ARSENATE of LEAD 
(Paste & Powder) 
CALCIUM ARSENATE 
(A most efficient polsonfor the Least Expense) 
VITRIO 
(Bordo-Lead of highest analysis) 
PARIS GREEN 
BLUE VITRIOL 
FISH OIL SOAP 
EGG PRESERVER 
(Water (Hass) 
Writ- for litor&ture and dealers proportion to Desk. R, N.V. 
Nitrate of Soda. Fertilizer Materials. Stock and Poultry 
Feeds. Ask for quotations, information, advice or 'phone. 
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Home Office: 
85 Water Street. 
New York City. 
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Top Dross with Nitrate of Soda 
It does not 
Sour the Soil 
Nitrate of Soda leaves no 
mineral acid residue behind 
to injure your soil. It makes 
bigger crops—and keeps the 
land sweet. 
Nitrate of Soda 
Top dress 100 lbs. per acre for 
seeded crops; 200 lbs. cultivated 
in thoroughly for cultivated crops. 
These light dressings, evenly 
spread over an acre, will work for 
your profit. 
WM. S. MYERS 
Chilean Nitrate Committee 
25 Madison Ave. New York 
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Roadside Fruit Trees 
What about your ‘TOO fruit trees on 
every farm” iu parts where the farms can 
either not possibly spare tillable land, or 
can ill spare it from the already scant 
fields? What about the Grant Ilitehings 
mulch method applied to fruit trees be¬ 
tween gutter strip and roadside wall, thus 
using for fruit crop part of the eight acres 
of land iu every four-rod wide mile of 
highway? Is that idea feasible, and. if 
so, what varieties of trees are .best for 
the space? I gave a Grange 50 grape¬ 
vines two years ago for roadside planting 
and have offered, same Grange 50 red 
(sour) cherries for next Spring’s plant¬ 
ing. If you will dissect the plan in an 
early issue it will prevent mistakes. 
t. j. n. 
We have learned from experience that I 
we can plant fruit trees on the rough thiu 
land, not suitable for cultivation. By 
giving these trees reasonable care and a 
mulch of manure or grass, we make them 
grow well to fruiting, with little cost. 
This may not be the best way to do it, but 
we know it can be done without interfer¬ 
ing with the regular cultivated fields. As 
for roadside planting of fruit trees, we 
hear both sides of the question, but the 
general opinion is that such planting is a 
mistake and should not be eneburaged. 
The article by Mr. Cox on page 414 is a 
fair statement of the case. 
Sweet Corn and Field Corn 
This Spring I have available one acre 
ot ground which I purpose to put -into 
coin for poultry. As we need considerable 
sweet corn for canning, the question now 
arises, should a part be planted to field 
corn and a part-to sweet corn, or would 
the entire ground, if given over to sweet 
corn, yield enough to warrant planting 
C. A. P. 
Cleveland. O. 
If you want considerable sweet corn 
for canning, we should plant the entire 
acre to such varieties as Crosby. Ever¬ 
green and Mammoth. If field corn is 
planted iu the same field there will be 
more or less ‘-mixing.” and some of the 
sweet corn will not be satisfactory. The 
larger varieties of sweet corn give a good 
yield, and it has good feeding value. 
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A Bunch of Farm Questions 
i Jo you think of Sweet clover for 
nay. both for cows and horses? Will it 
grow iu this section of the countrv with 
success? a \r f 
Oswego Co., X. Y. 
When Sweet clover is cut early, before 
it grows too hard aud woody, it makes a 
good hay. Our cattle did uot like it at 
first, but ate it well after they were ac¬ 
customed to it. It is better as a pasture. 
Most farmers seem to let the Sweet 
clover stand too long before cutting it. 
What do you think of the Sudan grass? 
t We have tried Sudan grass in Northern 
New Jersey and got a good yield. It does 
well on light dry soil, but on the whole wo 
concluded that we got more feed from 
millet or thick-seeded fodder corn. 
What do you think of millet for cows? 
Good. Millet hay makes good cow feed, 
but keep it away from horses. 
. W1 ] at variety of State corn do von ad¬ 
vise for this section? 1 want something 
1 can feed. It is uot a paying proposition 
to ouy all the feed. 
Some local strain of Early Canada flint 
will suit. You will find farmers iu your 
locality growing such corn. Luce’s Fa¬ 
vorite is a good, quick-growiug .variety-, 
which might mature with you. but one of 
the smaller flints will pay better. 
Will Soy beans make good hav feed for 
throws? If so. when should they be 
Yes, Soy bean hay has given good sat¬ 
isfaction. It looks like a collection of dry 
sticks, but the cows eat it well and do 
well on it. Time of cutting will depend 
ou the season, as it must be done before 
frost, but when possible to let the crop 
stand, cut when the pods show the little 
beaus inside. 
NNould it pay to top-dress a two-year- 
meadow with lime or some fertilizer? 
We have never had any success iu top¬ 
dressing meadows with lime. A few farm¬ 
ers report doing this, but we have had no 
success with lime except where it can be 
well worked into the plowed ground. Sol¬ 
uble chemicals like nitrate of soda or acid 
phosphate put ou top of the grass will 
make a good showing, as they dissolve and 
work down into the soil. 
Driver O’Flauuagan (to his horse, 
which refuses to get up after falling) : 
"Well, of all the lazy spalpeens. Get up. 
will yez? or Oi'U drive right over yoz!”— 
London Opiuiou. 
YOUR OPPORTUNITY 
According to Mr. Hoover we supplied the Allies last 
year 11,820,000 tons of foodstuffs and in 1919 they will 
need at least 17,550,000 tons. Mr. Hoover also adds: 
If peace should come, this would probably be materially 
increased **** as there would be 180,000,000 people 
looking to the United States for food in addition to the 
120,000,000 allied population.” 
You can greatly increase your crops and economize 
labor the coming season by the use of 
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If in doubt what fertilizer to select for your particular 
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