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A SAFE, SURE and PROFITABLE CROP 
SAFE —because unlike other clovers it is not attacked 
by black ipot, mildew or clover rust. 
SURE —because it is exceptionally hardy and will thrive on 
almost any soil—A large complex root system en¬ 
ables it to withstand unfavorable weather conditions. 
PROFITABLE —because it produces rich ha\—more early 
pasture and more seed than any other 
clover—Excels as a soil enricher. 
These advantages and a cost of over ten dollars per bushel 
less than Red makes Sweet Clover the logical substitute this 
year. Experiment Stations strongly recommend it. Scott’s 
Field Seed Book will tell you more about this wonderful 
plant. You should also have our Sweet Clover Chart of 37 
Questions and Answers. Ask for it. 
Ask for our latest Booklet, “Friendly Workers of the Soil .” 
It is a practical study in soil bacteriology. 
Our seed is carefully selected Our business is organized to 
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Phosphorus Needed 
I have a plot of ground which is very 
rich, receiving a coat of stable manure 
every Fall. Potatoes have been grown on 
it for many years. They make a big 
growth of vines, but do not yield the 
tubers they should. Part of it is set with 
plum and cherry trees. They make a 
good growth of wood, but bear a small 
juantity of fruit. What kind of chemical 
c ertilizer can I use to improve the yield? 
How would acid phosphate do? I do not 
wish to put on a rotation of crops, as it 
is all the land I have, and I would like to 
grow potatoes for family use. H. w. 
Amsterdam, N. Y. 
This is the common trouble of using 
plenty of manure on naturally rich land. 
The excess of nitrogen forces a rapid or 
rank growth of all vegetation, hut seed or 
tubers do not form properly unless there 
is an abundance of phosphorus aud pot¬ 
ash. The first principle of helping such 
cases is to add acid phosphate or fine 
ground lime to the manure. That will 
give a “balance.” We should use at the 
rate of 500 lbs. per acre. 
Effect of Nitrate of Soda 
Is it injurious to the soil to use nitrate 
of soda? I used it last year on a peach 
orchard with good results, hut did not 
know but what it might be an injury to 
the soil if kept up. l. D. ii. 
Port Clinton, O. 
It depends much on the character of 
the soil. The nitrate alone acts as a 
stimulant, forcing a growth of the trees. 
If the soil is well supplied with potash 
and phosphorus there would be no trouble, 
but if the soil is poor the nitrate will 
finally fail to produce growth, and leaves 
the soil poorer than ever. In some cases 
tenants on the last year of a lease, when 
the soil is in good condition, use nitrate 
alone. This whips the plant food out of 
the soil, somewhat as the whip gets the 
last burst of speed out of a horse. We 
would not use nitrate alone more than two 
years in succession. Use acid phosphate 
with it. 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, MARCH 13. 1920 
FARM TOPICS 
Practical Aids in Buying and Selling. 520 
Annual Sweet Clover; New Plant Hired 
Man . 521, 531 
Farm Week at Ithaca. 523 
Hope Farm Notes.540, 541 
Hay Knife for Packed Manure. 541 
Farmers and Income Tax.543 
Maple Sugar Prices and Organization.543 
Breaking Country Roads. 556 
Keeping the Roads Open. 556 
Keeping the Lincoln Highway Clear.556. 557 
The Farmer and the Game Laws. 564 
Irrigated Western Land. 564 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
The Sheep and the Goats. 548 
Laurel Poisoning . 548 
Repairing a Silo. 548 
Analysis of Dairy Rations... 550 
Profitable Milk Production. 550 
Ration for Grade Holsteins.550, 551 
i Feeding Cows for Test. 551 
Selling Dairy Butter. 552 
Little Helps in a Small Dairy. 552 
An Economical Ration. 553 
Grain without Silage... 553 
Mineral Matter for Hogs.553, 554 
Increasing Concentrates in Dairy Ration... 554 
Feeding Duroc Swine. 554 
Questions in Dairy Feeding. 560 
Ration for Milch Cow. 560 
Injured Teat . 560 
Pasture and Barn Notes... 558 
Young Turkeys and Oxen.558 
Worms; Split Teat. 561 
Ringworm . 561 
Obstructed Teat . 561 
Warts; Fattening Pigs; Tuberculin Test... 561 
Feeding Brood Sow and Pigs.568 
The Wessex Saddleback Hog. 568 
Pig-feeding Questions. 568 
THE HENYARD 
Housing Economy of Small Breeds. 559 
HORTICULTURE 
Ohio Apple Orchard Fertilization—Part II.. 520 
Spraying the Apple Orchard—Part II. 524 
Live Stock in Sprayed Orchard. 594 
City Papers and Pomology... 526 
Grafting Spruce . 526 
Orchard Surgery, or Fitting Over Trees— 
Part 1.528, 530 
Medicine for the Gar’en. 531 
Garden Culture for Wheat.532 
Cherries Fail to Fruit. 532 
New or Noteworthy Fruits—Part 1. 534 
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WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day. 546 
To Make a Hair Switch. 546 
Crackling Uses . 546 
Embroidery Design . 546 
A Chapter on Vines. 546 
Dyeing Fur . 546 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Every Step in Maple Sugar Making—Part 
III .519, 520 
Sugar from Molasses . 523 
Ashes for Concrete Work. 530 
Building a Storage Cellar. 537 
A Cheap Cereal. 537 
Editorials . 542 
The Return of the Railroads. 543 
Some Solid Truths About Business. 543 
A City Man on Co-operation. 543 
A Veteran in Florida. 559 
Markets .562, 563 
A Western Man on Land Banks.564 
An Ohio Man on H. C, L. 564 
Publisher’s Desk . 570 
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Hoffman’s Seed Oats 
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grow them. Specializes in Alfalfa. Soy Beans, 
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