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DIBBLE’S FARM SEEDS \ 
FOR SPRING PLANTING 
Seed Corn 
Dibble’s Mammoth Yellow Flint. 
Gold Nugget. Luce's Favorite. 
1-10 bushels, $4.00 per bu.; 
10-50 bushels, $3.75 per 
bu'llel 50 bushel'- or over Oi 
$3.50 per bu. 
Dibble's Early Yellow Dent. 11 
Early White Cap Yellow 
Dent. 
Dibble’s Improved Learning. 
Dibble's Mammoth White 
Dent. 
1-10 bushel-. $3.00 per bushel : 
10-50 bushels Co ] $2.7 5 per bu.: 
50 bush* Is ■ - over (a $2.50 
per bushel. 
BAGS FREE 
Average germination, our 
test, above 95 bo. 
Seed Potatoes 
We have only Irish Cobblers 
left in stock. For early, $6.00 
; per bbl.: $5.75 per barrel sack. 
For Main Crop 
Dibble’s Russet the best potato of 
j! the century. Carman No. 3 
Raleighs Rurals 
95.50 per barrel 95.25 per sack as 
long as stock lasts. These four 
varieties may be planted as late as 
June 15th aiid produce maximum 
crops. Also full stocks of Alfalfa, 
Clover and Grass Seeds, Barley, 
Oats, Peas. Buckwheat, Soy Beans, 
Vetch, Rape, Millets, etc. 
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Addreaa : 
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Box 6, HONEOYE FALLS, N. Y. 
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results. Our policy is to sell only seed of known 
quality. We carry a complete 
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COPT? Complete manual tin growing, feeding and 
r IvLiC, care of Aifalfu. Worth $ $ $ to you. Write 
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879 Lawler St.. Mitchell. S. D. 
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MIST Bi INOCULATED TO SUCCEED 
Inoculate beans, peas, clovers, vetch and 
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$4 $3.50 per bu. respectively, i 
For s Hurried Delivery 
Tested Seeds, 2-bu. orders or more j $3.75 for Luce s Favorite 
All shipped iri double bags. ( $3.25 for Ninety-Day 
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SWEET POTATO Plants $#.<15 thousand, expr<*w. 
HARRY L. BQUIRES - Good Ground.. N. Y. 
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Fruit Tree# Budded from Bearing Orchurda. 
reach, apple pear, plum, cherry, Quince. 
Rrape-vinen, strawberry plants, raspbemea, 
blunkberriea. averirrn^n** and nhadtt tri**:n 
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Box 14 Berlin, Md. 
Choice WHITE KIDNEY SEED BEANS yieWers, 
h*nd picked, free from disease $10 forfiZ Ihs. f. o. Ii Also 
selected seed barley, at 82 per bu K. It. SCOTT, Daiieville. N.l. 
Seed Potatoes eertilied °lll IdYv *300 bus! 
Northern grown Green Mountains, $1.r»0 per bu. K. O. B. 
Cash with order, ai sabli valley faiui, k «***«$ hi*, N. Y. 
Sweet Potato Plants !,Oe - perl00,>O8t - pai ' 1 - Cab - ,aKe ' 
Catalogue free. 
Tomato and Pepper plants. 
H. IS HO It GO, Vine land, N. J. 
St. Regis Raspberry Plants 
Shipped prepaid. HAKHY h. 80UIRE8, Good Ground. N.Y. 
. _ , Get our low 1919 prices. Farm- 
RuiRftr TlUinP «iut'6ii1‘< wanted. Sample tree. 
DllfUCl I WHIG Hire BURT 8 SONS. Melrose Ohio 
Beans with Potatoes 
('.mu beans be planted as a companion 
crop with pot a too. also with rutabagas 
anil turnips? Ar< there anj objections 
to these rombiiiHlioiis What would he the 
disiiiiiei between i In plants, if the plan 
i> feasible? Would tIp- heai foliage he 
injured when the potato leaves are 
spnived with Bordeaux and arsenate of 
lead. S. B. 
Lewboach, 77. Y. 
Sueli inlensive cropping as suggested in 
the inquiry could not be practiced except 
ii: a very limited way. and then would be 
of a doubtful nature. Potatoes, to do 
their bc-t. should occupy the whole 
ground. 1 June raised good crops in 
garden culture with rows id inches, apart. 
In order to grow beans or 'bagas between 
the rows these would have in be at least 
three feet apart, and the potatoes would 
have to be planted quite deep and level 
culture practiced. There could be no hill¬ 
ing up of the potatoes, ll tin potatoes were 
of an early variety, and could be dug the 
last of July or August first, and beans 
had been planted between tin* rows when 
the potatoes were dug. and the ground lev¬ 
eled. Strap-leaf or flat Turnips could be 
sown and mature a crop. Rutabagas re¬ 
quire a longer season. In a i-niall garden 
proposition it is much better to let the 
otln-r man grow the potatoes. to the 
spraying, this would work no injury to 
the beans, but the operator would have to 
watch bis steps or the beams would suffer. 
Inter-cropping is rarely practiced in field 
crop culture, as returns would not war¬ 
rant the extra labor. if. E. COX. 
Shaw saTs be had dinner at this res¬ 
taurant and called for a baked apple. 
Then lie asked to see the proprietor, and 
one of the head men appeared. 
"How would you like to buy some real 
apples ?” 
"Fine; that's what I want. What are 
t lley ?" 
"Xew,town Pippins; all good ones.” 
"Send me 1.1 barrels. If they open up 
right and are good, we'll do business!*' 
The apples were sent, with the result 
that more we;.. Since then that 
restaurant has wanted all the Newtowns 
that, can be supplied. Mw that they are 
all gene, "baked apple” is taken off the 
bill of fare rather than come back to the 
Western fruit. There are many other 
places where 'inality is recognized and 
1 hi id for! 
Lime Compared with Fertilizer 
Is- lime at about $0 per ton more profit¬ 
able io use mi heavy lands than commer¬ 
cial fertilizer that costs around $40 pet- 
ton ? H. T. .T. 
Franklin Co., X. Y. 
It. depends -upon the analysis of that 
commercial fertilizer. Lime contains no 
plant food in addition to its "lime” or 
calcium. On the great •majority of soils 
lime is not considered a plant food, as 
most soils contain enough lime to supply 
the requirements of crops. The lime i»-. 
not used, therefore, because it supplies 
needed plant fond hut because it lias a 
chemical and'also a mechanical effect upon 
tiie soil. On light soils the dime acts to 
bind the particles together so as to make 
the soil hold water. On the other'hand, 
in a heavy clay soil, the lime’lias the op¬ 
posite effect of combining the fine particles 
of the clay so-as to •make a coarser soil, 
which gives belter drainage, and a better 
chance for the. air to work in? In addi¬ 
tion to tbis, the lime cm make a chemical 
combination'in liie soil w hich will set free 
small quantities of potash or phosphoric 
acid. In addition to itiis ihe lime acts to 
quicken the decay or breaking up of or¬ 
ganic mailer, thus helping to supply a cer¬ 
tain amount of nitrogen and other plant 
food. The action of the fertilizer, on the 
other hand, is to supply direct plant food, 
such as nitrogen, potash and 'phosphoric 
acid. On a rich soil, containing a fair 
supply of plant food, the lime alone might 
be an economical investment, as it would 
open up and lit the soil and help to set 
free some of the plant food now available. 
In another kind of soil the fertilizer might 
he more economical, as it would supply 
the plant food which the crops require. 
This fertilizer probably contains nitrogen, 
potash and phosphorus, while, as we have 
stated, the lime does not supply any of 
these tilings, hut does act to set some of 
them free from the soil. The chances are 
that on most land such as you describe, it 
combination of the. fertilizer and lime 
will pay best. After plowing, a dressing 
of lime well harrowed in will put the 
land in good condition, and then a light 
application of the fertilize) will ..nine 
available at once. 
Direct Sale of Fine Apples 
Mr. ('. W. Shaw of < * range <‘o.. X. Y.. 
tells iis .if selling Xewtmvn i’i, pin apples 
direct to a restaurant in Brooklyn. This 
restaurant makes a specialty of baked ap¬ 
plet and finds the Xevvtowns the best 
cooking apple it can buy. Its patrons 
have learned to discriminate between a 
dry Western apple and rich, juicy fruit 
from New York. Some years ago Mr. 
Curing Crimson Clover 
I have talked with a friend of mine re¬ 
garding the best way to keep Crimson 
clover. He told me to cut it nue day and 
rake it up on third day. letting it. stand in 
small cocks a day or two before hauling it 
in. But about 10 lbs. of salt to a load. 
He claims it will draw the dampness out. 
I have grow n it several years, and cured 
it until it turned almost white, but I can¬ 
not keep it from molding. Will you ad¬ 
vise me? Will this salt help, or not? 
1 teuton, Aid. j. k. 
Crimson clover is the most unsatisfac¬ 
tory crop I have ever tried to make into 
good hay. Treated as T see all around 
me here every Spring, I have never seen 
any hay of value made from it. Tossed 
up with a tedder right behind the mower 
and raked into windrows the afternoon 
of the morning it wn> cut, and the next, 
morning turned and*made into cocks and 
put under cover before it is entirely crisp, 
it will make passably fair hay. But I see 
the practice here of cutting and letting lie 
in the sun till bleached white and then 
raked up and stacked without cover, and 
the hay is about as worthless ns clover 
could make, a mere cloud of dust as soon 
as disturbed. Crimson clover comes in 
for mow ing at a season when good hay¬ 
making weather is rare, and it is so valu¬ 
able to turn under for corn that I long 
ago came to the conclusion that it is 
more valuable for feeding corn than for 
feeding animals/ You cun get more out 
of it in the corn crop than in any other 
way. A crop of Crimson clover on which 
the Winter manure has been spread as 
fast as made will make a corn crop that 
will pay for more than all the hay lost, 
and will leave tli'e land in better shape 
fo • a Fall crop of small grain. Then a 
word about turning under such a crop. 
Disk it down well first. Then turn it by 
a plowman wlm knows how to plow. Do 
not let a plowman take more furrow than 
the plow is intended to tyke and flop the 
••lover upside down. This will make a 
layer of the clover all under the corn, and 
it. will suffer from drought. Let the plow¬ 
man edge up‘his furrows properly and 
there will he unbroken soil connection be¬ 
tween the furrow slices for the rise of 
moisture. But if you cut tin* clover for 
hay. do as T suggest. (Jet it in tile barn 
while still rather tough, and not crisp 
enough to shatter. And then let it alone; 
if it heats, let it heat If you stir it when 
heating, it will mold. Keep tin* salt for 
the horses and cattle. w. F. M assey. 
May 17, li!19 
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t Mixture, Japan Clover. Sweet Clover, Timothy, 4 
t Kentucky Blue Grass. Red Top, Dwarf Kssex 4 
A Rape, Spring Vetches. Winter Vetches, Millets, 4 
► Sudan Grass, Rye Grass, Permanent Pasturage. 4 
► Seed Corn. Cow Peas, Soy Beans, Field Peas. 4 
* Seed Grains, Milo Maize, Sorghums, Seed Po- 4 
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Anyone who purchases Bolgiano’s "Gold” 
Brand Seeds and upon examination finds 
them in any respect unsatisfactory can 
immediately return them and money 
that has been paid for same will be re- 
refunded. We will also pay the freight 
both ways. 
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Tomato and Cabbage Plants 
Hardy Held grown, randy for traiiHplantiiur. Varieties: 
1'arliaim.jStmio and Globe tomatoes and Platdutcli and 
Snrehead I'ablmge. price hy parcel post, prepaid, HH> for 
40 cental 500. *1.75 t I.OOO, $U.OO. Ity exprers col¬ 
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W. L. BE AUDI N PLANT FARM 
R R Y 
TIFTON, GA. 
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STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
We have ten of the hest kinds selected out of a hun¬ 
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Heady in May. June and July. All lending tnrieties. Hie 
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Hark,” “ The New ‘‘Honey Sweet” Black Cap raspberry 
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Best June fruiting varieties. Also Fall bearing Vegetable 
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Beady June 6 to 2ft. 8. A. VI 1C DIN, llurtly, Delu44 ure 
SWEET CLOVER 
White blossom variety. Northern grown SOY HEAN8. 
Write fix- sample and prices. 
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For Sale- LongIslandSEEDCORN WHITE DENT 
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Q aa J p nn p nrn White Rice. 12 select ears 75c. pre- 
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LARGE ASPARAGUS ROOTS 5-yr. r o o t s, $2.50 
hundred: $18 thousand. 3-yr. roots, $1.60 hundred; $8 
thousand. Also 2-yr. roots, $1.15 hundred; $0.25 thous¬ 
and. HAKHY L. SQUIRES, Good Ground, X. Y. 
Late Cabbage Plants 
Savoy (S' 88c. Tier 1,000; *9 for 10,000; $85 for 100.000. 
Plants Heady June 10 to Aug. 10. 8. A. VIKU1.N. lUrtly, Del. 
Destroying Locust Stumps 
On page 7SM <’. 11. ('. i* quite right, ex¬ 
cept ns t<» dynamite. Dynamite will no 
dniiht -blow <<nt the stump itself, but the 
long n ets will continue t<> grow ns be¬ 
fore. To my estimation the stump puller 
(not one operated hy hand I is the right 
thing, as 1 brings up the stump proper 
ami a good bit of the long roots, which are 
often ”0 ft. and more in length. The 
writer stumpe.l some locust land about 
live years ago. which had at that time had 
several cuttings of timber. The old 
stumps, having always been left in the 
ground, started new trees, and at the 
time of pulling the stumps a large root 
often had as many as three or four stumps 
to it. Since the stumps and most of the 
large roots have been out, there are still 
young shoots coining up every year. This 
might not he the case if the land were 
plowed for farm land, hut in the case re¬ 
ferred to. the land being used for cemetery 
purposes, the roots are found six and 
seven feet under ground still tough, sound 
and strong as if growing, and cannot he 
broken or pulled out by hand, but must be 
cut off. F. L. K. 
The Farmer 
His Own 
Builder 
BY 
H. ARMSTRONG ROBERTS 
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