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The R U R A L. NEW-YORKER 
August 30, 1919 
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PIERCE, BUTLER & PIERCE MFG. CO. SYRACUSE, N. Y. WORCESTER, MASS. 
CHAS. MILLAR & SON CO. BINGHAMPTON, N. Y. ' UTICA, N. Y, SPRINGFIELD. MASS. 
LE VALLEY, McLEOD-KINKAID CO. ELMIRA, N. Y. 
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MANUAL OF MILK PRO¬ 
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OQ I PRCC_2-story.9-room House. Papered and 
HWI1CO Painted. Henhouse for 30U Hens. 
Garape. Shop. Barn. Apples and Berries. Binlles 
to Rail road town. mile to Church and School. K. P. 
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HALL’S FARM AGENCY, 33 M»f4cl SI,, Corning, Sleuben Co., H.T. 
r.„„ QO flrroc ^ miles, Port Jervis, Orange 
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. mostly level state road; 7-rooni house; 2 
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A FARM BARGAIN 
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field and Mayville, N. Y.. adaptable for dairy and fruit. 
74 acres plow land, 24 acre* of woods and pasture com¬ 
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cows and 3 horses. New tile silo 10 x 2fi feet. Large 
variety of fruit and excellent water supply. 110,000.00 
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Harrison Real Estate Corporation, 15 W. Eagle St., Buffalo, N.Y. 
FOR SA LE—a Six Roll Improved McCormick Busker and 
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NEW YORK MOLASSES COMPANY. 30 Church St.. New York City 
KARVP^TPR Gne man, one horse, one row. 
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o t Harvester. 
Vegetables and Fruits 
Garden Notes from New England 
Tiie Bean Caterpillar. —It has long 
been said with considerable assurance 
that anybody could grow beans, but for 
a time during the past few weeks it 
looked as though nobody would be able to 
grow beaus successfully, at least iu New 
England. A remarkable visitation of the 
bean caterpillar suddenly appeared, and 
almost before the fact was realized, bean 
vines everywhere were riddled with boles 
and beginning to dry up. The cause of 
the trouble proved exceedingly mystify¬ 
ing to many garden-makers, because the 
little green caterpillar which did the work 
had a way of making itself into a ball 
and rolling off the leaves the moment the 
plants were touched. Sometimes an ex¬ 
tended investigation would fail to show 
a single specimen of the pest. The bean 
caterpillar is a little green worm of the 
looper or measuring-worm type. It comes 
many growers. One large potato raiser 
told me a few days ago that he had made 
a few fesfs to determine the prospects of 
his late potatoes, and that the hills were 
not nearly as full as he had anticipated. 
It is difficult to explain why this should 
be so. In this man’s case the ground 
had been just as well prepared and as 
well fertilized as a year ago, when a large 
yield was obtained. Of course, different 
experiences may be encountered in dif¬ 
ferent sections, but it is pretty evident 
that a bumper crop will not be raised in 
New England. 
A Remarkable Berry Year —This 
has been a remarkable year for berries, 
and prices have been higher than farmers 
haye ever before received. Enormous 
quantities of both blueberries and black¬ 
berries have been harvested. In many 
cases farmers and their families have de¬ 
livered several crates a day, receiving 
from 20 to 40 cents a quart box for the 
blueberries, and only a little less for the 
blackberries. Berries are being shipped 
Packing Peaches in Baskets. Fig. i/01 
from an egg laid on the leaves by a small 
brown butterfly. These caterpillars may 
grow to be an inch long, but begin feed¬ 
ing when very small. They are common¬ 
ly found ou the under sides of the leaves, 
but eat through to the top. After doing 
a great amount of damage, their numbers 
have lessened, and in some gardens they 
have practically disappeared, either from 
natural causes or as a result of spraying. 
The use of poison, like arsenate of lead, 
did not seem desirable for string beans, 
but could be used, of course, on shell 
beans and limas. and on plants where the 
beans were too small to eat. Black Leaf 40 
or tobacco dust used in liberal quantities 
on string beans acted as a repellent until 
the crop could be harvested. 
Coal Ashes for Potatoes. —Some 
weeks ago I wrote about the practice of 
mulching potatoes with straw, and the 
apparent success of the plan. I recently 
visited the garden of an Auburndale man 
who is using coal ashes in the same way 
and reports an excellent yield during the 
into my town from New Hampshire by 
the crate, for which the pickers received 
30 cents a box. As a result of these high 
prices and the bountiful supply of berries, 
more money has been made by farmers 
fortunate enough to have good berry 
patches than ever before. The only dif¬ 
ficulty has been to prevent raids ou the 
patch by automobile parties from tl e 
cities. In some cases farmers and their 
wives have seen the berries carried away 
before their eyes and have been helpless 
to prevent the loss. A common practice 
has been to turn a bull into the berry 
field and the result lias usually been very 
satisfactory. It; seldom seems to occur 
to farmers to note the numbers which ap¬ 
pear on the license plates of automobiles. 
If this were done, the names of the own¬ 
ers might be obtained at the registration 
office. With this information it is usually 
quite possible to secure some kind of set¬ 
tlement. One man reports that when ho 
has followed this plan and had written a 
stiff note to trespassers they have in¬ 
past two or three years. This man’s plan 
is to plant his potatoes iu the form of a 
bed, spacing the seed 12 inches apart 
each way. lie doesn’t even make a fur¬ 
row for the seed potatoes, but places them 
at regular intervals on top of the ground. 
Then he covers the entire bed with four 
iuches of coal ashes, from which the 
large clinkers have been removed, but 
which have not been finely sifted. That 
is the whole process, except to spray the 
potatoes in the usual way for bugs and 
blight. The plants grow up quickly 
through the coal ashes, but uo weeds or 
grass develop, and the hoc or cultivator 
is never put iuto the plot. The potato 
vines this year look as good as any which 
I have seen, and the owner of the little 
plot says that iu past years his yield 
has been at the rate of 000 bushels per 
acre. Ilis ground is enriched partly with 
compost made by mixing decayed leaves 
with old manure, but the amount of 
money spent for commercial fertilizers is 
very small. 
Disappointing Potatoes.—T he early 
potatoes are proving a disappointment to 
variably come to him with apologies and 
oilers to make everything right. 
The Peach Crop. —The peach growers 
of .Massachusetts are having a splendid 
harvest, faring better than those of Con- 
neutii-ut. where the orchards were badly 
killed out \\ inter before last, and where 
fruit buds suffered somewhat the past 
Spring. The Bolton Fruit Company, of 
Eastern Massachusetts, had a fair crop 
of Greensboro, and the later varieties are 
maturing rapidly. 'Phis is a fairly new 
orchard of about 10,000 trees, and its 
manager has won something of a reputa¬ 
tion by his success in selling his peaches 
at the farm. lie puts up large signs 
along the roads for several miles and 
has the peaches packed in a shed near the 
street, where the work can be viewed by 
all passersby. The plan works out well, 
and saves a great amount of hauling, 
which is an important item now when 
labor is short. When the Elbertas are 
due from the South he advertises in the 
local papers, urging people to wait for 
the native crop, and in this way helps to 
hold his trade. js. i. fariungton. 
