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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 20, 10J0 
FARM 
SEEDS 
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Alfalfa, Clover and Grass 
Seeds, D. B. Brand 99.50 Pure or 
or better. Recleaned Timothy and 
Alsike Mixtures, Millets, Vetch, Rape, 
Canada Field Peas, Soy Beans, Seed Oats, 
Barley, Spring Wheat, Buckwheat, etc. 
Seed Corn, Mammoth Yellow Flint, Luce’s Fa¬ 
vorite, Gold Nugget, Drought Proof Red Dent. 
Early Yellow Dent, Improved Learning, Mammoth 
White Dent, White Cap Yellow r Dent, Evergreen 
Sweet Fodder, average germination above 95 0 . 
Seed Potatoes. The best fifteen varieties, 
early, intermediate and late. 
Dibble’s Farm Seed Catalog and 
money saving Price List FREE 
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The official blue tag of New York State Potato Association, ^ 
which is a guarantee to every buyer of Seed Potatoes, the 
best Northern grown seed to be obtained in America. Prices: 
$2.50 for 1 bu.; $2.25, in lots up to 100; $2.00, in car lots. 
F. O. B. Truxton, N. Y. Write for more information. 
WM. A. JONES, TRUXTON, N. Y. 
Aroostook County Maine 
SEED POTATOES 
Garden Notes from Massachusetts 
(Continued from page 55S) 
Carrying Sasii. —A report of the Min¬ 
nesota Horticutural Society tells of a 
scheme evolved by a member of that so¬ 
ciety which might perhaps be adopted in 
the East. This man, whose name is II. J. 
Baldwin, found hotbed sash difficult to 
handle in the usual way. Accordingly he 
nvented a lightweight iron rod, with a 
hook at one end and a handle at the other, 
j lie fits this hook over the upper end of 
the sash, and then, by bracing the nearest 
'end with his knee, is able to carry it from 
place to place with but little effort. 
IIigh-priced Fertility.—M anure is be¬ 
coming so high in price that amateurs are 
tempted to use too little. I have had to 
pay $11 a cord for my supply this Spring, 
which is really more than it is worth. It 
is true, though, that garden makers often 
fail to get the best results from the ma¬ 
nure they buy, because they do uot rein¬ 
force it with commercial phosphate. Ma¬ 
nure is not a balanced fertilizer, of course, 
which the trees grow is not fit for any¬ 
thing else, it often becomes a very desir¬ 
able crop. G. H. C. 
Weevils in Beans 
Last Summer I planted in my garden 
dry beans of three different kinds, and 
procured a good crop of extra uiee white 
beans in each case. When these beans 
were thrashed I put them in flour sacks 
and put them away. This Winter I no¬ 
tice a small bug is eating the beans and 
seems to come from tin* inside of the bean 
and eat its way out. I am sending you a 
sample. Please tell me whether it will 
be safe to plant beans that are in this 
condition. The sample that I am sending 
you is from beans unusual in production 
and 1 bate to throw them away. c. L. n. 
Gowanda, X. Y. 
We have often told how to kill these 
bean weevils. Put the beans iu some air¬ 
tight box or barrel and place ou top a 
dish containing bisulphide of carbon. 
Cover with a blanket and let them alone 
for 12 hours. The chemical forms a gas 
which works down through the beans and 
kills the insects. The only way to make 
Marking Rows in the Frames 
and very much larger crops will be grown 
if acid iffiosphate is added at the rate of 
about 10<> lbs. to a quarter acre. All too 
[often gardeners buy a mixed fertilizer 
when only phosphate is needed. Therefore 
they waste some of their money. E. I. F. 
sure about that seed is to ausk the beans. 
Plant a few sample beans iu flower pots 
or boxes, using good soil and moisture. 
If they sprout well the seed can be used. 
If the germ has been fully destroyed the 
beans will not sprout. 
Buffalo Markets 
Improved Pedigreed Stock 
OF ALL THE BEST STANDARD VARIETIES 
CAR LOTS OR LESS CAR LOTS 
SEND FOR SEED CIRCULAR 
WM. S. SWEET & SON, Inc., PROVIDENCE, R. I. 
VIRGINIA WHITE DENT FOR ENSILAGE 
It hut lung been recognized that Virginia grown 
corns nre much superior to Northern corns for en¬ 
silage purposes. More tons per acre. Seed germin¬ 
ated 98%. $4 per bushel, ear or shelled. Sample on 
request. KUerslie Stock Farm. Petersburg Virumia 
Pedigreed SEED CORN 
Our large type Yellow Dent is splendid for NORTHERN 
SILAGE and for husking further south. Early matur¬ 
ing Yellow Dent and 8 r >w Flint for northern husk¬ 
ing. We have been BREEDING and selecting for many 
years. GERMINATION GUARANTEED. Circular. 
CARL B. THOMAS, Wost Chester, Chestor Co., Pa. 
At.* . P..J A.._ Lowest prices. Highest germln 
Choice 5>eed l/Om ation. Extra Selected. No high 
priced catalogue and low overhead expeuses enable us to 
save you .'10% on your Seed Corn. Write today for samples 
and circn lar. Four varieties — improved 90-100-day Yellow 
Dent. Held's Yellow Dent. Wbit- Cap Yellow Dent i Ensil¬ 
age), Rally Minnesota No. IS. WOODFIELO’S FARM. Wycombe. Pa. 
O 1 /r Yellow Hickory King. Conn. 
ApPfl | .niTI Agricultural Station test shows 
UhvU vvl 11 (j- germination. Rush. 70 lbs. on 
ear, *3.SO. Bags free. THE KNOWLES-LOMBAIID CO.. Guillord. Cann. 
« LANCASTER CO. SURE CROP 
YELLOW DENT AND REID’S YELLOW DENT 
C”> EMPEROR YELLOW DENT 
T~T JOHNSON CO. WHITE 
Redefined and ready for Planter. Tested 
Seed sure to grow. 
Box A MARTIN of Mmibelm, l’n. 
Qnarl P.nrn 5,000 EST.aS'S 
OGcu burn Bushsis Eiar-iv? 
rieties. Highestyielders Host show corn. Also soed oats, l>arley, 
alfalfa. Spring wheat 1*200 acres. Samplo on request. Writ© 
today for catalog, W. N, 8CAKFI 1 A SONS* Mew Carlisle) Ohio 
1 Golden Orange, Flint, Giant, EnsU. 
V A Afl 1 1 ft I'll W*. Yellow Pride $6 bu. sacked. 
-\H H l! 1 ■III 11 Special prices on car lots. Order Kar- 
\# U w 11 Will ly. Harry Vail, New Millord, Orange Co., N.Y. 
INTERESTING GARDEN BOOKS 
A Woman’s Hardy Garden— Bu Mrs. 
H. R. Elu .$1-75 
Old Time Gardens —Bu A. M. Earle 2.50 
Flowers and Ferns in Their Haunts 
Bu M. O Wright .... 2.00 
Plant Physiology—Bp Duggan . . 1.60 
For tale by Rural New-Yorker, 333 W. 30th St., N.Y. 
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! For Sale— Long Island SEED CORN white pent 
Fill your silo economically with large yields from 
this seed. $5 per bush, in brigs. Reduction on or¬ 
ders ten hush, or over. J. C0DDINGT0N, Glen Head. L. 1. 
Improved Golden Dent Gourd Seed Corn 
FOR SALE. Yield 90 to 100 Bush, to the acre. Write for 
Circular. Sample and Prices. Edward Walter, 
*• EUREKA STOCK FARM." Dept. R WEST CHESTER, PENNA 
LUCE’S FAVORITE 
— NEVER WAS BETTER 
Seed corn grown and cured with the knowledge and experience of a prac¬ 
tical farmer Cleaned an graded with modern machinery. Bright, clean, 
with highest germination. Shipped promptly and no delay. Luce’s Favorite, 
$3.50 per bu.; Early Flint, $2.50 per bu. F.O.B. Peconic. 56 pounds per bushel. 
BAGS h REE. Gosh with q || Ctniffl Grower of Spinach. Corn, PppAflie 1\I V 
order. Give US a trial order. 3* **• 31111111 Cabbage anil Sprou! Seed rt-GUIIU,, IV. 1. 
Prices and Markets for Pulp Wood 
What is the price of poplar pulp wood? 
We have at least 100 cords, and would 
| like to know how much it is worth cut, 
j peeled and loaded on cars. I. d. a. 
Ripley, N. Y. 
Spruce, balsam and poplar wood are 
always marketable at shipping points on 
the water or railroad. The various pulp 
companies all send buyers out, or iu 
many cases have them permanently sta¬ 
tioned at the principal points of delivery. 
()ne of the best ways to determine a mar- 
ket for pulp wood is to write to several 
paper companies within a radius of a 
couple of hundred miles. The letter 
should state the kind of trees which one 
has, approximately the number of cords 
which can be made available, and the 
town or towns to which it can be de¬ 
livered. Then ask what prices they will 
offer for it with the bark ou, and with 
the bark peeled, also the name and ad¬ 
dress of their nearest buyer. 
In Northern New York State poplar is 
bringing $12 per cord for the unpeeled 
wood, and $13 per cord for the peeled. 
J The same market usually pays $14 to 
$15 per cord for unpeeled spruce, and as 
high as $10 when it is peeled. When 
all labor is figured at current wages it 
'usually costs from $5 to $0 to cut, peel 
land skid a standard cord of pulp wood. 
Hauling charges vary with each opera¬ 
tion. A cord will weigh about 4,500 
pounds. A load will range from one to 
one and a half cords, depending upon the 
condition of the road, and the kind of 
conveyance. It. is seldom safe to figure 
j nil the cost of hauling and piling at the 
j point of delivery as less than $G per cord. 
These figures would indicate that there 
|are good wages in producing cordwood, 
i with a little more to cover the stumpage 
lvalue of the wood itself. When it is con- 
however, that the land upon 
Potatoes are much as before, 00c for 
small ones and $1.10 per bu. for best 
grades. Apples soar to $11 to $11.50 per 
bbl., with common windfalls not below $2 
wholesale per bu. Beans remain at $4.20 
to $7.70 per bu. Onions are $1.35 to $3 
per bu., firm. They are growing badly in 
cellar. Sweet potatoes are $3.50 to $3 75 
per hamper; high for this sort of a Win¬ 
ter. 
Fancy and Southern fruits are gener¬ 
ally firm, but low as compared with most 
things, at $5.50 to $(>.25 for oranges. 
$4.50 to $5.50 for lemons, $5.25 to $5.75 
for grapefruit per box, $1. to $1.25 for 
limes per 100, $6.50 to $8 for pineapples 
per crate, $3.75 to $6 for bananas per 
bunch. Fancy Malaga grapes, $0 to $10 
per keg; cranberries, $21 to $22 per bbl. 
Vegetables are firm and active at $2 
to $3 per 100 lbs. for old cabbage and $0 
to $7 per crate for new Florida ; beets. 
$1 25 to $1.60; carrots, 10c to $1; par¬ 
snips, $1.50 to $1.60; spinach, $2 to 
$2 25; yellow turnips, 60 to 90c; white 
turnips, 90c to $1 35, all per bu.; beans. 
$6.50 to $8; Florida lettuce, $5 to $6, all 
per hamper; cauliflower, $2 to $2.25; 
tomatoes, $5 to $8; celery, $6 to $7 for 
Florida, all per crate; green beets, 75 
to S5c; parsley, 40 to 50c; radishes, 25 
to 35c, all per doz. bunches. 
Blitter is higher at 60 to 62c for cream¬ 
ery, 50 to 56c for dairy, 47 to 54c for 
crocks, 37 to 38c for common, and 28 to 
34c for oleomargarine; cheese, strong at 
31 to 32c for best domestic, 33 to 36c for 
limburger. Eggs feel the mild weather; 
50c for white hennery, 44 to 46c for mixed 
and candled, per doz.; no storage of¬ 
fered. 
Poultry is firm and in good demand nf 
42 to 47c for dressed turkey, 30 to 36c 
for fowl or chicken, 36 to 46c for capon. 
27 to 2Sc for roosters, 25 to 30c for geese 
and 40 to 44c for ducks, with live ducks 
and geese a cent or two lower than 
dressed, and other fowls 3 to 5c lower. 
j. tv. c. 
The medical officer on a troop train 
was explaining the nature of the influenza 
germ to the colored porter. “Well, Oap’n. 
’pears to me that that guhm would freeze 
to death in (his cold weather, ’cause an 
animal o’ that size would hardly have 
blood enough to keep body an’ soul to- 
gethnh.”—Judge. 
