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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 17, 1920 
The Fish 
into the hag 
NOT INTO THE NAME, IN 
ROYSTER'S 
FERTILIZER 
TRADE HARK 
REGISTERED 
Farmers who want fish in their fertilizer 
can be sure of getting it b y' insisting on 
Roysters, the original Fish Fertilizer. We 
have been successful in securing ample sup¬ 
plies of fish and will be able to fully meet 
the demands of the trade for this pop¬ 
ular ammoniate. Ask for ROYSTER’S 
Royster’ 
fertilizer! 
The Fertilizer That Made 
Fish Scrap Famous 
F. S. Royster Guano Co. 
Baltimore, Md. 
Berries, Shrubs, Roses 
We Prepay Transportation Charges 
On All Orders for Over $7.50 
Maloney Bros. & Wells Co., 53 East Street, Dansville, N.Y. 
Dan»ville’s Pioneer Grower*’ Nur*erie» 
Grown in our Upland Nursery, the largest 
in New York State, under ideal climatic 
conditions. Guaranteed to give absolute sat¬ 
isfaction and soid to you at cost plus one profit only. 
For 3fi years we have been receiving hundreds of letters 
like this one from the people who buy from our catalog. 
Green Hill. Pa.. Sept. 22. 
Gentlemen: Of the trees ordered from you last fall and 
spring. 1 only lost one peach out of 726. All Quince. Pear 
and Cherry trees grew. Every one says they never saw a finer 
stand of Peach trees. If I can ever do you a good turn by 
getting orders for you in this section. I certainly will be very 
pleased to do so. _ _ 
Yours for success, F. G. IIUNT. 
budding to shipping, and know just 
and that our varieties bear and bloom true to 
Maloney Quality lias become a recognized standard by which all nursery 
stock is judged'because we have given our personal attention to every step 
In the production of our stock from 
what we are sending you 
name. 
Fruit trees are scarce 
has not been able to 
years. However, we 
what you 
CATALOG 
this spring owing to the fact that France 
supplv many seedlings for the past four 
have a tine assortment and can give you 
want. Send today for our FREE WHOLESALE 
and place your order early. 
Vi.it our 
400 
Acre 
Nurterie* 
Place Your Order Early This Year 
Although we have our usual fine assortment of high grade 
fruit trees to offer for Spring delivery, the demand is ex¬ 
ceptionally strong and we recommend that our old and 
new customers place their orders early this season. 
You will never regret planting Kelly trees. Our trees are 
all perfect specimens and our guarantee is your protection. 
We offer you a big money saving and reliable stock. 
Send for 1920 Free Catalogue 
KELLY BROS. NURSERIES 
805 Main St., Dansville,N.Y. 
SEEDS GROWN in the NORTH 
Seed* that are grown in the north produce earlier crops and bet¬ 
ter yields than if grown further south. This has b-en proven 
over and over again. Get seeds you know are northern grown. 
Harris’ seeds are raised near the Canadian border and are there¬ 
fore by far the be*t for the northern slates. They are sold direct 
from the grower to you at wholesale prices. 
Every lot of seed is tested and the percent that germinates is 
marked on the package. You do not have to guess how 
thick to sow, and can always get uniform results. J 
We raise Vegetable seeds Farm seed and verv choice Flower 
seeds and plants. Cat¬ 
alogue free. If you raise 
vegetables for market, 
d lease ask for Market 
ardeners' price list. 
Joseph Harris Co., « 
Box 21, 
COLDWATER, N. Y. 
Harris Seeds 
Label on every Lot 
Tells how many 
will 
Grow 
According fo our fests 
98 percent 
of this seed germinates 
| making it a much better piece of pasture 
land. As an example of the value of 
lime on mo ,ving meadows I may cite an 
1 instance that happened on the farm of A. 
W. Mason a few years ago. Mr. Mason 
was applying lime to an oat field in the 
Spring, and in order to clean out the lime- 
spreader he allowed the lime to run on 
the sod on the way to the barn. Mr. 
Mason used ground limestone at the rate 
of about 1.500 lbs. to the acre. No ap¬ 
parent effect from this application was 
seen during that Summer, but in the fol¬ 
lowing Spring the limed strip was very 
noticeable. I cut a square yard from the 
limed and unlimed area. I do not remem¬ 
ber now exactly how these compared, but 
it seems to me that the limed area pro¬ 
duced over four times as much as the un- 
limed area. The picture, Fig. 25. shows 
Mr. Mason holding the sheaves cut from 
the two plots. E. R. ZIMMER, 
Farm Bureau Manager. 
Tioga Co.. N. Y. 
Sunflowers for Silage 
We had 30 tests of Russian sunflowers 
grown in competition with silage corn. 
Our conclusions in the matter are that 
where farmers can grow good corn silage 
it does not pay to use simflowers. I 
know this is contrary to the experience 
of our neighboring county, Otsego. In 
many instances, especially on all valley 
farms, the farmers were able to grow as 
big a tonnage of corn as of sunflowers. 
While sunflowers undoubtedly have a bet¬ 
ter feeding value, nevertheless Hie diffi¬ 
culties in handling the crop and getting it 
into the silo largely offset this. So far 
as our farmers are concerned I doubt if 
the sunflowers ever become popular. Our 
recommendations are that the sunflowers 
be mixed with the silage corn and not 
grown separately. C. E. smith. 
County Agricultural Agent. 
Chenango Co., N. Y. 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, JAN. 17, 1920 
FARM TOPICS 
Some Problems of New England Agricul¬ 
ture .83,, 84 
Canadian Farmers in Government. 84 
The Canning Pea Industry in New York.. 86 
Limestone on Pasture .85, 86 
A New Step in Agricultural Extension.‘88 
The Law of Supply and Demand . 88 
N. Y. Agricultural Society . 90 
Successful Back-to-the-Landing . 92 
This Was a Failure . 92 
Real Estate Swindles . 92 
Moving from West to East . 92 
A Civil War Prisoner Makes Good . 92 
Forty Acres and Liberty . 92 
A Mechanic Wants to Go Back . 92 
Back-to-the-Landers . 92 
The Wheat-straw Mite Attacking Man. 96 
Selling Your Timber . 100 
Sweet Potato Comparisons . 100 
Poplar for Building . 100 
Marking Oak Trees . 100 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings . 101 
Hope Farm Notes . ; . 106 
Western New York Farmers Combining .... Ill 
The Farm Bureau Committeemen . Ill 
The Farmers’ Union of Nebraska . Ill 
Ninety Cents of the Dollar in Mexico . Ill 
THE HENYARD 
Construction of Henhouse . 132 
A White Leghorn Nurse . 132 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Do They Buy All the Milk? . Ill 
Advantages of Delaine Merinos . 114 
Spinal Meningitis . 114 
Stocked Legs . 116 
Blind Staggers . 116 
Lice on Dog . 116 
Shoeboil . 116 
What About Cooking Feed . 118 
Value of Silage . 118 
More Protein Needed . 118 
Care of Bull . 118 
Ration Lack Protein . 118 
The Milch Goat . 119 
Difficult Churning .i. 120 
Ration for Heifers . 120 
Bean Weevils: Starter for Ripening Cream 120 
Ration for Cows . 120 
Making Cottage Cheese . 121 
Improving a Cow Pasture . 121 
Pasture and Barn Notes . 124 
Utilizing Frozen Cabbage . 124 
Bacon Hogs and ‘'Virginia” Ham . 128 
Use of Self-feeder . 130 
THE HENYARD 
The Egg Contest . 133 
HORTICULTURE 
Winesap Apple in Delaware . 87 
An Irrigation Plan ... 87 
Transplanting Mature Grapevines . 94 
Planting Asparagus in Young Orchards . 94 
The Curoulio Can Fly . 96 
Notes from a Maryland Garden . 98 
Simple Tree Surgery ... 98 
Petroleum Smeared on Trees . 98 
Burning Twigs in Garden . 98 
Green Oats for Strawberry Mulch . 107 
Construction of Lean-to Greenhouse . 107 
WOMAN AND HOME 
The Rural Patterns . 112 
Peace or War—on the Inside . 112 
Canning Pumpkin; Cleaning Coat Lining.. 112 
More About Bran Coffee . 112 
Homemade Dyes . 113 
Embroidery Designs . 113 
Tennessee Notes . : . 113 
Dyeing with Goldenrod; Seasoning Sausage 113 
MISCELLANEOUS 
New Ideas in Ice Packing 
Exploits of a Healer ... 
Events of the Week ... 
Tanning Pigskin . 
The Politicians and ‘‘Keynote Speeches”... 
Federal Land Bank . : . 
Increasing Power with Electricity . 
Estimating Horse Power . 
Electric Power from Stream . 
Publisher’s Desk . 
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The same time-proven dependability makes 
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WOO DRAWN 
NVRSERIES 
879 Garson Ave. Rochester, N. Y. 
ness of those you can grow 
yourself, if you plant your 
garden with Forrest’s Fertile 
HOW TO GROW 
CRISP, SWEET 
5 VEGETABLES 
111; No vegetables you can buy 
(Will equal the delicious fresh- 
,_jeds. 
i! Start right by sending for 
*our catalogue. We list noth¬ 
ing but the best varieties— 
exactly the same as we sell to 
market gardeners. Send for 
one of our special 25c, 60c or 
$1.00 seed collections describ¬ 
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your own selection. In either 
case, you’ll get seeds you can 
trust for vigorous growth 
and bountiful yield. Be sure to 
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FORREST SEED CO. 
Box 82, Cortland, N.Y^ 
for 1WO 
GARDEN S 
FLORAL 
GUIDE 
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Over 700 illustrations of vege¬ 
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R. H. SHUM WAY, Rockford. 111. 
If you want GRAPES 
BERRIES 
PEONIES 
ROSES 
, Send for Catalog 
THEVAN DUSEN NURSERIES 
C.C. McKAY, Mgr. Dept.R, GENEVA.N.Y. 
BETTER SEEPS 
f Pheasant Eye Beans. New bush 
stringless— 35 day Beans, Hot Squash Rap¬ 
pers. Carrots sweet enough for Pies. New 
Narrow Grain Sugar Corn. Also Red Skin 
Dent corn, shock it in 70 days. Write for 
complete Seed^Catalog No. 48 
J. A. & B. LINCOLN. Seed Growers 
39 South La Salle Street Chicago. Illinois 
COTI S SWEET CLOVER 
Teu dollars cheaper than Red and the best 
substitute. Kits right into the rotation. Ask 
for our catalogue telling “How to Know 
Good Seed” and sweet clover chart explain¬ 
ing all about this wonderful plant. 
SCOTT & SONS CO., 470 Main St., Marysville, 0. 
J 
HILL ' S 38Han >* 
LllLllUllLLlYa Tested Varieties 
Fine for windbreaks, hedges and lawn planting. 
All hardy, rigorous and well rooted. We ship every wherfe 
Write forfree Kverifreen book, illustrated in colors. 
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American Nut Journal 
National Record. Sample 15c 
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