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The RURAL. NEW.YORKER 
March 6, 1920 
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CINE 
MULTI-MILE 
DTI RES 
A mulcher, smoothing harrow, culti¬ 
vator and seeder. Flat teeth specially 
adapted to form dust mulch—blanket of 
loose soil—preventing soil crusting and 
moisture escaping. Increases yield of corn, 
P otatoes, oats, wheat, etc. Kills weeds. 
ever and spring controls depth of teeth. 
Bold with or without seeding boxes for 
Mulcher & Seeder 
Riding and Walking Styles 
grass seed, alfalfa, oats, etc. Teeth cover 
the seed to desired depth. 
Walking 3 ft. type specially made for 
work between rows to sow cover crops. 
Improves texture, increases humus, saves 
fertilizer. Sows clover, alfalfa, rye, barley, 
turnip, buckwheat, etc. 
Send 
for 
Catalog 
FOUR SIZES 
3, 8, 10 A 12 ft. 
In stock, near you. 
Every farm should hnrvn a Eureka 
M ulckur and 6e*dcr. 
EUREKA 
MOWER CO. 
iT Box 842, Utica, N.Y.— 
IL a DID PI CV’Q The World’ll 
Use KiilLLI O Best Portable 
250-pound Pressure. 3-in-1 Combination 
Sprayer, Whitewasher and Painting Machine 
VTO better outfit made for Bpray- 
1' ing trees and all plant life, 
whitewashing buildings, disinfect¬ 
ing, etc. All-brass cylinder, plunger 
and brass ball valves.' 
Guaranteed to spray trees any 
height perfectly or money returned. 
Ord.r direct from advertise¬ 
ment and save delay. 
125-X outfit complete as shown with 
16 ft. of hose, 12h; -gallon tank. 8-ft. 
spray rod, strainer, whitewash and 
spray nozzle with a spray manual. 
$ 4 - 2.50 
With brass spray gun, $52.50 
Catalog of sprayers and farm spe¬ 
cialties mailed upon request. 
Rippley Manufacturing Co. (Sprayer Dept.) Grafton, III. 
Eastern Office, 65 Liberty Street. New York, N. Y. 
ALWAYS HANDY ON THE FARM 
HUSSEY PLOW CO., BoxR North Berwick, Maine. 
Selection and Preparation of Seed Po¬ 
tatoes for Planting 
Careless Practices. —In the selection 
and preparation of the seeds for planting 
on the average farm the humble “spud” 
usually “gets the black eye.” This is 
true especially where only enough tubers 
are to be grown for home consumption, 
the majority of the seed used being taken 
from the bin lot. the supply of which at 
this time of the year often consists of 
culls rejected by the housewife. In con¬ 
nection with the foregoing statement, the 
question arises, “Are small potatoes unfit 
for seed purposes?” The fact that tu¬ 
bers are small does not mean that they 
are inferior for seed purposes, provided 
smallness is due to poor cultural con- 
ditios or continued drought of the past 
season. Nor are small tubers caused by 
immature growth due to early frosts of 
the Fall, unsatisfactory unless they have 
not been stored under cool, moist con¬ 
ditions. 
Using Small Stock. — However, it 
should be kept in mind that small size 
in potatoes left in the bin at planting 
time is usually a culmination of the 
picking out of larger tubers for cooking 
puri>oses. Should the small tubers left 
constitute a part of those from produc¬ 
tive plants, they may be used with little 
or no direct loss attributed to seed selec¬ 
tion. Should they come from unhealthy 
or diseased plants, those lacking vigor 
and vitality, their use will cut the yield 
materially, since disease, as well as lack 
of vitality, is carried from one season to 
another in such tubers. All factors con¬ 
sidered, potatoes of average size, at least, 
should be used. They should be as nearly 
uniform as possible in shape and prac¬ 
tically free from knob-like growths. 
Treating for Disease, —The value of 
treatment of seed, a practice often 
neglected, is now unquestionable. Organ¬ 
isms causing disease of one kind or an¬ 
other are carried through the Winter to 
the soil at time of planting on tubers in¬ 
fested with disease of the past season. 
These organisms may be destroyed, that 
is, their activities may be checked, 
through exposure to certain chemicals in 
solution. Either formaldehyde or corro¬ 
sive sublimate may be used. The for¬ 
mer, not effective against rhizoctonia, is 
used for the control of scab. The latter 
is satisfactory for controlling both dis¬ 
eases through one operation or ti*eat- 
ment. 
Methods of Treatment. —The tubers 
are treated to best advantage in a 
wooden barrel or tub. They may* be re¬ 
tained in the solution by means of a bur¬ 
lap bag. If desired, the barrel may con¬ 
tain a hole, fitted with a wooden plug, in 
one side near the bottom, as a means of 
drawing off the solution once used into a 
tub or pail. Only wooden utensils should 
be used, and tubers exposed in the liquid 
should be thoroughly dried before being 
cut for planting. One nint of formal¬ 
dehyde, 40 per cent strength, is used to 
each 30 gallons of water. Tubers should 
soak for two hours in this solution, 
which may be used repeatedly, provided 
it is kept covered to prevent the loss of 
strength through evaporation. Two 
ounces of powdered corrosive sublimate 
is used per 15 gallons of water. Tubers 
are soaked for one and one-half hours in 
this solution, which may be used several 
times over if its strength is replenished 
after each treatment. Dissolving of the 
powdered chemical may be hastened in 
a small amount of hot water. Corrosive 
sublimate is extremely poisonous. Both 
solution and treated seed must be kept 
away from chickens, stock and children. 
Cutting Seed. —Size of the seed piece 
is a more or less debated question. Glow¬ 
ing accounts of “potatoes from peelings” 
have been quite common during recent 
years, owing to emphasis placed upon 
conservation of foods during the war. It 
is quite true that average size, as well as 
large tubers, may be grown from potato 
peelings planted under exceptionally fa¬ 
vorable conditions; that is, in thoroughly 
prepared, moist, warm soil at the proper 
time, and given the best of care until 
plants have become well established. 
However, the practice of eating the 
tuber and of planting its peeling is not 
practical on a large scale; not even to 
the extent of producing potatoes enough 
for farm use. The number of eyes con¬ 
tained in each cut seed piece is of less 
importance than is its size or its shape, 
provided each piece contains one good 
strong eye. While the primary purpose 
of the cut seed piece is to produce a new 
sprout, iu other words, a plant, the sec¬ 
ondary purpose is to provide that plant 
with nourishment until it has become 
sufficiently established to draw food sub 
stances from the soil. Thus we see that 
in poorly-prepared soil, that iu which 
plant, foods are slowly available, a larger 
amount of accumulated food contained 
in a larger cut seed piece must be pro¬ 
vided. Under general conditions of soil, 
moisture and temperature, a two-ounce 
piece containing at least one and prefer¬ 
ably not more than two eyes, has been 
found most satisfactory. This means that 
two-ounce tubers he planted whole, four- 
ounce be cut in halves, six-ounce in 
thirds, and so on. Cuts should be so 
made that pieces will be short and thick, 
rather than long or wide and thin, since 
pieces of the former shape retain moisture 
to better advantage. 
Kansas. E. l. Kirkpatrick. 
RUSSET RURAL 
SEED POTATOES 
9 Years’ Hill Selection 
One Strain 
Smooth, round, uniform, white 
with russet skin, shallow eyes, 
hand-sorted. U. S. Grade No. 1. 
Price $6.50 per sack of 120 
lbs. net. Immediate accept¬ 
ance. Cash with order. Pota¬ 
toes held until you want them. 
FAiRACRES POTATO FARM 
E.R. SMITH, Specialist 
KASOAG, OSWEGO CO., N.Y. 
GARDENING FOR WOMEN 
TWELVE WEEKS’ COURSE (APRIL 6-JUNE 26) 
in FLORICULTl RE.VEGETABLE GAR¬ 
DENING, FRUIT GROWING. POULTRY. 
BEES and allied *ubjects. 
SUMMER COURSE, Aug. 2nd-Aug. 28th 
WRITE FOR CIRCULAR 
SCHOOL OF HORTICULTURE, AMBLER, PA. 
(18 Miles From Philadelphia) 
ELIZABETH LEIGHTON LEE. Director 
RELIABLE TREES 
Grapes and Berry Plants 
ESTABLISHED 1877. 
Send for our Price - Catalog 
CALL’S NURSERIES, PERRY, Q. 
NEW GRAPE-THE HUBBARq 
Superior quality with distinct flavor that 
is refreshing. Sweet, few seeds, skin thin, 
bunch and berries large. Early 2-year-old 
vine s, $1.50 each; lO for $12, postpaid. 
Supply of roots limited. Oruer early. 
HUBBARD is the best new black grape 
we have tested. Circular Free. 
T. S. HUBBARD COMPANY 
Box 20, Fredonia, N. Y. 
^GRAPEVINES 
69 varietiei. Also Small Fruiti, Trees, etc. Best rooted 
stock. Genuine, cheap. K sample vines mailed for 25c. Des 
criplive catalog free. LEWIS ROESCH, Box L, Fredonia, N.T. 
/'y‘)J?a 7 N0RTHERN grown ; 4 varieties 
go-]ou-day Ill-Rowed Kaufman 
Yellow Pent, Early Minnesota, Reid's Yellow Dent, 
W bite Cap Yellow Dent. Ear tested. High germina¬ 
tion. Shipped on approval. Money back if not satis¬ 
fied. Circular and samples free. Write for prices. 
Do it now. WOOOFIELDS FARM, Wycombe, Bucks Co., Pa. 
THIS With its common sense, reason- 
S 1 * * * able prices and dependable qual- 
O ity, will interest every farmer 
.._ and home owner. Lists seeds. 
CATALOGUE bulbs, plants. Write today. 
R A NSOM SEED CO, Box 4, GENEV A. OHIO 
COUNTRY We supply any book that has to do with 
II O O K S country life: the farm, the flower, fruit or 
vegetable, garden, trees, shrubs, landscape gardening, 
plant* muter glaaa, hoIIh. fertilizer*, pi an t iliaeaxes, inject pest*, 
ganlrii architecture,outdoor wpoiTw, etc. Prom thousands of hooka 
we bare aelecteri the 700 U*«t. He mint amp for f»t» pp. catalog No. 3. 
A. T. DE LA MARK CO. Inc., 448-A W. 37th St., New York City 
D„„ C_ 1T __a C.__ From a Grower of 50 
DUy OWeet Corn years Experience 
Evergreen, Country Gentleman. Early Mayflower. 
Bantam; SB bushel; S3.25, half: 11.75. peck. All test 
over !H)%. Geo. W. Clark & Son, Milford, Conn. 
If vou are not looking for selected 
Pedigree GKKKN MOUNTAIN POTATOES 
don't come near us. If you are. and want any, come 
quickly. Gilbert Fu r in s. West BROOKFIELD, Mass. 
E I. F. C T E I> GOLD NUGGET NKEI) C O It N. 
I Write for sample and prices. L. F. NICHOLAS. Ml. Scilicl. Ps 
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HOTBED SASH 
CYPRE88, well made with 
cross bar, blind tenons, white 
leaded in joints. GLA88, $4.60 
per Box. Write for circular 
Dept. 14 Baltimore, Md. 
Ill A XTTPV\ RASPBERRY Plants—0IITHI1F.RT 
VV /» l\J I r II Nr. KWHS, (<>l,t M11UN Oil BLACKCAP 
varieties. Also III.ACKHKKKT PLAKTI. 
.State price. Ilnrry L. Squires, Good Ground, N. Y. 
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ANTED—S.BOO CONCORD GRAPE VINE* 
Edward L. Clarkson - Tivoli-on-Hudson, N. Y. 
talmetto ASPARAGUS HOOTS. S-yrs. -old, •»thous¬ 
and. Queknan liROS., Box 57, Wkstbi ry, L. L, N. Y. 
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