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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 14, 1920 
The Heaviest and Most Productive 
Varieties We Have Ever Grown 
and thoroughly recleaned. 
Dibble’s Heavy Weight average weight 43-45 
lbs. per measured bushel of thin hulled grain, 
borne erect on strong, stiff, straw and enormously 
productive, yields of 80-82-87-90-92 and up 
to I 18 bushels per acre reported to us by our 
customers right here in the eastern states. 
Dibble’s Twentieth Century extra early, grain 
weighs 36-38 lbs. and on our own farms growing 100- 
150 acres annually for the past ten years have averaged 
over twice the average yield of the U.S. for the same period. 
Good Seed Oats are scarce this year. Send for Dibble’s 
Farm Seed Catalogue, Samples, Special Price List and 
order early. 
EDWARD F. DIBBLE SEEDGROWER 
Honeoye Falls Box B New York 
HE A D QU A R T E R S for FAR M SEEDS 
Oats, Corn, Spring Wheat, Barley, Potatoes, Alfalfa, Clover 
and Grass Seeds. Bus Direct. Save Money. 
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I F YOU believe in good seed—get acquainted with Hoffman’s Grass Seeds. Mail a Post 
Card to address below—free samples will be placed before you for your inspection. A 
new 1920 Catalog will be given you without charge. It will offer you Farm Seeds of 
exceptional quality—suggest many valuable pointers on their proper culture. Be of real help 
to you in making up your spring seed order. Lead to crop profits that will fc>e better than you have been 
accustomed to getting. 
Hoffman’s seeds are selected for very highest purity—freedom from Weeds. For plumpness and good color— 
the right signs of vigor and health. For strictly sound germination. For hardiness—strains that will survive 
severe winter tests. 
You can buy Hoffman ’ s Seeds—test their purity and germination yourself. If tests do 
not please—return the seed — your money will be refunded in full. Besides above Grass Seeds 
HOFFMAN’S 1920 CATALOG 
offers line of Seed Oats—Seed Com—Maine-Grown Seed Potatoes—Canada Field 
Peas—Soy Beans—Cowpeas—Pasture Grasses and Spring Grains. We know you 
will be pleased with the suggestions it gives. Qualities of seed you would select from 
this Catalog are of the very highest grades obtainable—strains are offered that will 
succeed in your soil and climate. Write today, saying you saw our ad in this paper— 
and you will promptly receive Catalogue and any samples you wish. 
Hoffman’s Seeds will please you and pay you 
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alzepsSeeds 
Years of sincere effort in growing, testing, 
cleaning and distributing seeds have gained for 
us the confidence of growers everywhere. 
Thousands of tests are made annually—we 
know Salzer’s Seeds will grow and yield 
bountifully. We guarantee safe delivery to 
you of all orders. 
Send TOD A Y for a copy of our 1920 general catalog — 
168 pages, profusely illustrated—98 pages showing 
275 Salzer varieties in actual color. 
A postcard will bring it to you — FREE. 
JOHN A. SALZER SEED COMPANY 
America's Largest Mail Order Seed House 
Box 144, LaCrosse, Wisconsin 
Harris’ Seeds From the Grower 
We are large growers of vegetable, farm and flower seeds 
and sell direct to gardeners and farmers at wholesale 
prices. We do not sell to other dealers. 
The percent that the seed germinates is marked on the label. The pur¬ 
chaser can therefore tell at once how thick to sow. 
HARRIS SEED are bred as careful as thoroughbred live stock 
and produce very much better results than seed commonly 
sold. We raise some very choice flower seeds and plants. 
Writs for catalog and if vou raise vegetables 
for market, ask for Market Gardener's 
Wholesale Price List also, 
Joseph Harris Company, Box 21,Coidwater,N.Y. 
Muck Land Queries 
I have 7 Vo acres of black muck ground 
which I have taken over and am going 
to work this year. Land has been worked 
for four years, and has been manured 
twice. I am going to manure it well in 
the Spring. Muck is divided by ditches 
into five patches. I intend to grow 
onions, Rod Wethersfield and Yellow 
Southport, using two of the patches 
One patch I intend to put in early rad¬ 
ishes and after radishes are out putting 
in celery. In other two patches I wish 
to put in lettuce. Each patch will aver¬ 
age 1 to 1% acres. What kind of 
radishes, celery and lettuce would he 
most profitable? How much seed should 
I get of onions (3 to 3% acres), radishes 
(1% acres), celery (1% acres), lettuce 
(3 acres)? Lettuce I intend to sow in 
drills, 2 ft. apart, and thin out, as I think 
that is better than transplanting. What 
do you think of it? w. D. 
New Paltz, N. Y. 
The amount of radish seed used per 
acre is from 10 to 12 lbs. We do not 
.grow radishes on muck to any great ex¬ 
tent in this region, but one of my stu¬ 
dents comes from a truck farm in the 
locality mentioned, and he informs me 
that the Globe varieties of radish are 
grown on muck on his farm. They ma¬ 
ture in from seven to eight weeks and 
form perfect roots. 
With the celery, an ounce of seed will 
produce from 7,000 to 10,000 plants. 
The number of plants per acre depends 
on the distance between rows. When 
the plants are banked with soil for blanch¬ 
ing. the rows are set 3 ft. apart and 6 in. 
in the row. When blanched with boards 
the rows can be set closer. Twenty-five 
to 30,000 ft. of lumber is required to 
blanch an acre, and 1-in. boards that are 
10 to 12 in. wide are generally used in 
this section. These are cleated together 
and can be used over and over. Compo¬ 
sition roofing material is used in some 
sections, but one must le sure that it is 
free from tar. as tar flavors the stems. 
The paper is held by wire arches, and is 
much cheaper than wood, but does not 
last as long. Over 80 per cent of the 
celery grown is the Golden Self Blanch¬ 
ing. Giant Pascal is also a good late 
variety. 
For lettuce one to three pounds of seed 
per acre are used. From an ounce of 
seed one can secure 7,000 to 9.000 plants. 
I would plant rows a foot apart and cul¬ 
tivate with hand machines rather than 
set two feet, as suggested. All growers 
in this section set with rows 10 to 12 in. 
apart. When thinning be sure to avoid 
doubles, as it spoils a perfect head. Head 
lettuce is planted in this locality, Big 
Boston being the chief variety. May 
King is planted to some extent. Differ¬ 
ent markets favor different varieties, and 
if I were planting I would set less rad¬ 
ishes and more lettuce before the celery. 
There are several points to consider with 
the radishes. Be sure of the market first, 
then be sure the labor is in sight. Sow 
a section each day, and in this way the 
harvesting can be stretched ont so the 
market will not be flooded and labor will 
be available. There are too many crops 
for the size of the place, but with proper 
Management, excellent returns can be se¬ 
ared. If labor, market or management 
are overlooked there will he a loss. 
T. n. TOWNSEND. 
A Short New England Crop Rotation 
We have found that the very best short 
jerop rotation from grass to grass consist* 
of applying a heavy coat of manure to the 
grass stubble and plowing as soon as the 
Fall rains have softened the ground. The 
following Spring the ground is harrowed 
until a good seed bed is formed, care be¬ 
ing taken not to go deeply enough to dis¬ 
turb the sod. Then it is planted to either 
ieorn or potatoes, as may be desired, and 
a liberal application of commercial fertil¬ 
izer applied. When this crop is removed 
the land receives another coating of ma¬ 
nure, is re-plowed, and, the next Spring, 
is limed if necessary, and seeded to grass 
in combination with a nurse crop of either 
wheat, barley or oats. For uplands and 
dry, sandy soils, we find that a mixture 
of 15 lbs. Timothy, 5 lbs. Red-top, 8 lb*. 
I Red clover and 4 lbs. Alsike gives the 
best satisfaction. But for the lower mead- 
lows, moister lands and heavy clay loam 
soils, we use 12 lbs. of Timothy. 8 lb*. 
Red-top. 4 lbs. Red clover and 8 lbs. Al¬ 
sike. If the land is to be pastured, we in¬ 
crease the proportions of both Red-top 
and Alsike. After from four to six year* 
crops of hay have been taken, we re-plow 
and repeat the rotation. 
For the nurse crop we use from four to 
five pecks of wheat, six of barley, or two 
bushels of oats per acre, believing that 
what we lose by the light seeding is more 
than made up in the better growth of the 
grass. We believe that wheat makes a 
better nurse crop than barley, and that 
barley is better than oats. We find that 
in the rotation wheat succeeds best after 
potatoes, and that barley or oats follow 
corn to the best advantage. 
Vermont. c. o. obmsbee. 
For the Land’s Sake—Use Bowker’s 
Fertilizers. They enrich the earth and 
those who till it.— Adv. 
DREERS s S- n 
1920 
GARDEN BOOK 
The best ready reference book 
published on gardening. Invaluable 
to the professional as well as the 
amateur—whether the planting plot 
is a few square feet or many acres. 
Cultural directions written 
by the best American au¬ 
thorities on Vegetables and 
Flowers. Every worth 
while sort is listed and illus¬ 
trated photographically, in¬ 
cluding only such novelties 
as have been proved de¬ 
pendable. 
224 Pages. 6 Color Plates 
Mailed fret if you mention 
this publication. 
HENRY A. DREER 
1 714-16 Chestnut Street 
Philadelphia, Penna. 
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Your order reserved at present prices, 
and shipped in time for spring planting. 
For 75 years we have been known for 
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Express or freight paid anywhere east 
of Miss. Kiver on order of $3 or more. 
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Btippecanoe city (miami county) ohioJ 
OOD SEEDS 
GOOD AS CAN BE GROWN 
Prices Below All Others 
I will give a lot of new 
sorts free with every order 
I fill. Buy and test. Return 
If not O. K.— money refunded. 
Big Catalog FREE 
Over 700 illustrations of vege¬ 
tables and flowers. Send yours 
and your neighbors’ addresses. 
R. H. SHUM WAY, Rockford, III. 
-CLOVER SEED- 
We specialize in the best seed obtainable. Good 
Seeds mean satisfied customers. When you buy our 
seeds you have the best that grows. 
FREIGHT PAID BAGS FREE 
Our Clever, Alsike, Timothy. Alfalfa and other Farm 
.Seeds are the most earefuH.v selected. Quality is 
guaranteed. Rohrer’s seed book and samples free if 
you mention this paper. 
P. L, ROHRER 
Smoketown, Lancaster, Co., Pa. 
Seed to be worth planting at all must 
not only grow, but must grow a profit¬ 
able crop. For years we have been supplying 
seed practically free from weed seeds and dead 
grains, the only kind that will shown profit. 
Samplesand our Field Seed Rook, which tells 
exactly "How to Know Good Seed,” are free. To save 
losses from weeds, you need this information. 
Write Today. 
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With its common sonse, reason¬ 
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RANSOM SEED CO, Box 4, GENEVA, OHIO 
2™ CROP SEED POTATOES 
Cobbler—Mills Pride—Giants (Late) 
SUPERBA (White) arid Red Skins 
SEED CORN —Yellow and White 
^'Circular Free'S# 
MINCH BROS., Bridgeton, N.J. 
ICOTT S SWEET CLOVER 
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Ten dollars cheaper than Red and the best 
substitute. Fits right into the rotation. Ask 
. for our catalogue tolling “How to Know 
■ Good Seed” anil sweet clover chart explain- 
ing all about this wonderful plant. 
0. M. SCOTT & SONS CO., 470 Main St., Marysville, 0. 
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SWEET CLOVER. White unhulled, $9; scarified, *22; alfal¬ 
fa, 426; alsike, 430; Red,135. A. BLOOMiNGDAlE. Schenectady, N T. 
n/CDPDEXIIC HILL’S 38 Hart* 
kVEltulfttlld Tested Varieties 
•Fine for windbreaks, hedges and lawn planting. 
All h&rdjr, vigoruus and well rooted. Wo chip everywhere 
Write for free Evergreen book, illustrated in colors, 
D. HILL NURSERY CO..BoxS 212 Dundee. 111. 
AGENTS WANTED ary, to take subscrip¬ 
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men who have horse or auto. Address 
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