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May 8, 1020 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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DhVUL Insecticides 
Paris Green — Bordeaux Mixture (Fungicide) 
Calcium Arsenate—Arsenate of Lead 
Made to conform with U. S. Gov¬ 
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strictly pure, full strength, deadly 
effective and safe. 
Don't take chances with brands 
of unknown quality. Use Devoe 
and be sure. 
Every user of insecticides should have one 
of our Spray Calendars and the set of in¬ 
secticide booklets. If your dealer can t 
supply you, write to our New York Office, 
101 Fulton St. The booklets are yours for 
the asking. 
Devoe & Raynolds Co., inc. 
New York Chicago 
Houston New Orleans 
Boston 
Buffalo 
STANDARD INSECTICIDES 
Progressive 
Catalog Free. 
Everbearing Strawberry Plan'* 
»1.60 per 100; SI 8 per 1.000, 
Postpaid. Also other Varieties. 
Basil Perry, Georgetown, Delaware 
Strawberry Plants For Sale 
select from. LUCRKTIA Dewberry Plants, 
S10 per 1,000. ST. KEG1S Raspberry Plants, 
518 per 1,000. Also the fall-bearing. Send for free 
catalogue. J. K E1FF0R0 HALL. R. No, 2, Rhodesdale, Md. 
St. Regis,HIS.Raspberry PlantsSEES 1*8 
for 100 for *3. PAUL L. HEGGAN, W.terlord Works. H. J. 
Progressive Everbearing Strawberry Plants 
S2 per 100, prepaid: J12 per M. express. Also vege¬ 
table plants. A. D. Ferguson, Sta. 0, Omaha, Neh. 
Strawberry Plants 
ft per 100. Larger lots on applica¬ 
tion. GEO. H. GASSETT, Putney, Vermonl 
Everbearing StraWber^ Plants Summer bearing va¬ 
rieties, $6 peril. WILUS ROTS, Willowdale Farm. Hoosick Fills, N.Y. 
B IG MONEY IN BERRIES. Strawberry, Black¬ 
berry and Raspberry plants. Rhubarb and Aspara¬ 
gus roots. Potato seed. Cat. free. M..N. BORGO, Vineland, H. J. 
Pprri k I Let me help you grow the best 
Ul UvlilL berries and asparagus. 25 early, 
25 midseason, 25 late strawberry plants, 25 black 
raspberry plants and 25 genuine Washington as¬ 
paragus plants, all for $2, postage paid. Interesting 
illustrated circular free. 
A.B.Katkamier, : : : Macedon, N.Y. 
BERRY and VEGETABLE Plants 
STRAWBERRY, RASPBERRY. BLACKBERRY. DEWBERRY, 
CURRANT GOOSEBERRY. GRAPE. ASPARAGUS, RHUBARB. 
HORSERADISH. CABBAGE, CAULIFLOWER, BEET. BRUSSELS 
SPROUTS CELERY. EGG, PEPPER. K0HL-RABI, KALE. LET¬ 
TUCE LEEK. ONION. PARSLEY, SWEET POTATO AND TOMATO 
PLANTS for spring and summer. Also SHRUBS. ROSES, 
PANSY, ASTER and SALVIA PLANTS. Catalogue free. 
HARRY L SQUIRES - Good Ground. N. Y. 
Vegetable Plants 
By Mail —All Leading Varieties 
EARLY CABBAGE. TOMATOES. Doz. 20e; 100—$1.00; 1,000-S5.75 : 
10,000—S50-0Q. EARLY CAULIFLOWER, Doz. 20c ; 100—11.25 ; 1,000— 
17 50. BEETS. LETTUCE, CELERY and ASTERS. Doz. 15c : 4-Doz. 45e.; 
100—BSC- 1,000—$4.50: 5,000—$20-00. SWEET P0IAT0ES, Doz. 
15c; 100—50c; 1,000—$3.50. Sake Delivery Guaranteed. 
POSTAGE PREPAID—CATALOG 
P. 1. ROHRER, Smoketown. Lancaster Co., Penna. 
Cabbage and Potato Plants 
111 Varieties Cabbage Plants KS KSaTRSTit 
500—$1.75, post-paid. By express, $2 thousand. Gen¬ 
uine Porte Rican Yam Potato plants, $2.50 thous¬ 
and. Prompt shipment. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
JEFFERSON FARMS - Albany, Georgia 
Frostproof Cabbage Plants 
1000 postpaid, $3.00; 1000 express collect, $2.50. 
Potato plants $2.50 per thousand express collect. 
Tomato plants 500 postpaid, $1-50. 1000 express 
collect, $1.75. 
TIFT PLANT COMPANY - ALBANY, GA. 
. - leading kinds. $1 25 per 1,000. TOMA- 
rahnaflp toes, all kinds, S2 per 1 000. ONION 
Vyduuayc IlI]d BEET plants. $1.50 per 1,000. CAUL 
IEL0WER, S3.50 per 1,000. LETTUCE plants, $1 per 1,000. 
EGG plants and PEPPERS, S4 per 1,000. Send for list. 
J. C. SCHMIDT - Bristol, Penna. 
POTATO PLANTS selected potatoes. 
1000 express collect. $3.00. 
TIFT PLANT COMPANY. Albany, Ga. 
QUICK RESULTS 
r.,42 hundred; 
.75 hundred. 
Good Ground, Now York 
even trample it up considerably without 
getting any benefit. Treated in this man¬ 
ner we are able to maintain a permanent 
pasture of Blue g s for a long time, 
and on land that is not adapted 60 well 
to ordinary agricultural purposes, the re¬ 
turns per acre are < iten as high as though 
the land was put in wheat or corn, and 
the labor cost per acre is very much loss. 
Pasturing. —We keep the live stock 
out of such pasture during extremely wet 
weather, or at such a time when the soil 
is not hard enough to withstand trampling 
by the cattle, and if a dry season comes 
on we keep the cattle off so that the pas¬ 
ture will not burn out in spots, or become 
so weak as to prevent it from growing 
bigger shoots. It is not necessary to have 
the entire field as large as a permanent 
pasture in order to maintain the same 
amount of cattle or pigs that use a pas¬ 
ture. We have a two-acre plot besides 
our 15 acres of permanent pasture that 
we use in case it is necessary to turn off 
on the Blue-grass pasture. This two-acre 
plot is not pastured much, and hence al¬ 
ways has a good growth. It will main¬ 
tain a considerable number of cattle or 
pigs for several weeks, and usually by 
this time the large permanent pasture is 
readv to turn on again. 
Arranging a Rotation.— In maintain¬ 
ing a pasture of this kind it is necessary 
to arrange the rotation of the other farm 
fields a little differently. Since we have 
established a good, permanent pasture we 
follow a rotation of corn, wheat and 
clover. The clover is always cut and 
made into hay. which is fed through the 
Winter time. If the clover is good enough 
to produce an aftermath, it is sometimes 
cut for seed. When no seed is produced 
the aftermath is plowed down for corn in 
the Spring. We are planning, however, 
in case the acreage of clover becomes too 
large, that is, if it produces more hay 
than we can profitably feed, to hog off the 
extra clover. This would only involve the 
putting up of a temporary fence during 
the pasturing season. At other times we 
feel that the permanent Blue-grass pas¬ 
ture will support the live stock on the 
farm. C. M. BAKER. 
Ohio. 
Clipping Sweet Clover 
I have a six-acre Sweet clover field 
seeded last year without a nurse crop. 
The land was ppor, hut was seeded early. 
The yield was sparing last year. The 
coming season we want to make hay of it. 
I know that we must cut a high stubble. 
The first cutting comes too early for good 
haying weather, so I am planning to clip 
the young plants when about 8 in. high 
and leave the clippings for mulch and 
humus; this to retard the harvest. How 
close would it be safe to clip this early 
growth, and how much would I retard the 
harvest? T.F.V. 
Hale’s Corners, Wis. 
Clip the Sweet clover down to not loss 
than 6 in. when it gets to he 8 or 9 in. 
high. It would probably retard the 
growth so that the next cutting would 
come at the regular harvest season. After 
the clipping I would cut whenever 20 in. 
high, leaving 6-in. stubble except the last 
cutting, when it can be taken down to the 
ground, as it will die anyway at the end 
of two years. If you can be satisfied with 
one good cutting at harvest time and plow 
under the last, it of course would make 
the land in perfect condition for a heavy 
crop of anything. After the first cutting 
the field will be continually covered with 
the white bloom, which does not hurt the 
quality of the hay unless left too long, 
when it becomes hard and unpalatable. 
A. B. 
Good 
COMMON-SENSE 
REASONS 
Why 
BARIUM- / 
PHOSPHATE 
/p SHOULD BE USED 
in THE BARN EVERY 
DAY IN THE YEAR 
Manure is Deficient 
in Phosphorus 
It should have this element added to 
make it a well balanced fertilizer. 
You Double the Value 
of Your Manure 
by reinforcing it with Barium-Phosphate 
containing: 
28^ PHOSPHORIC ACID 
Barium - Phosphate is 
A Disiniectant 
It will keep your barn sweet and sanitary. 
Bad air and disease go hand in hand. 
FOR THESE REASONS 
it will pay you to use B-P in the stable 
gutters every day, or to add about 100 
lbs. to every spreader load of manure as 
it is put out. Write for our books: 
“Phosphorus and Manure” 
‘‘B-P for General Farm Crops” 
Witherbee, Sherman & Co., Inc. 
Large Asparagus Roots 
4 -yr.. $3 hundred. Large Selected, 44.7i 
HARRY L. SQUIRES 
CABBAGE,TOMATO, PEPPER 
SWEET POTATO and CEIERY PLANTS 
All varieties. We will gladly mail you our Price List. 
Caleb Boggs & Son, Cheswold, Del. 
For Sale— Wells Red KIDNEY BEANS 
A limited quantity for seed at *10 per bushel, f. o. b. 
The IMmocL Orchard . Eust Corinth, Vermont 
r n EK»»nDI.,<ifc BY THE MILLION. E. J.Wake- 
CaDDdflC r IciniS field, Copenhagen. Ready April 
2Gth at $2%0 per 1,000, Prepaid. DAVID R0DWAT, Hirlly.Oeliware 
and SAI.VIA 
4«e. per dozen 
Habxly, Del. 
Plants—Tomato,Pepper,EggPIants 2 
postpaid. List Free. w. S. Eohd & Son, 
tWEET Ol,OVER—White, uuhulled, $U Dusli. Hulled, *‘-•2. 
I Alsyke, 40 Pk. Exp. paid. A. Bl.miingdiU, Schsnsclady, N.T. 
Insure Your Cabbage Plant 
from the ravagesof the cabbage maggot, by using our 
TARRED FELT DISCS 
82 per 1,000, postpaid to the 6th Zone. 
MODERN MFG- CO., P. 0. Box 2854, Philadelphia, Pa. 
II j y* 4 7 the million dollar strawberry exclusive- 22“*””*' 
Howard NO. 1 / ly. Free booklet explains. Buy plants of Hoover 
introducer. C. E. Chatman, North Stoninuton, Conn. Pubpsi'. 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL 
NEW-YORKER, 
FARM TOPICS 
MAY 8, 1920 
2 Rector Street 
New York City 
393 Main Street 
Worcester, Mass. 
4 
TheSprayPumpTpKr 
kT inlet holes kT outlet 54" spray 
Throws %" Stream 40 Ft. High 
Made of Brass, Candle-wick packing, gate valves 
Just the Pump for 
Autos, Windows, Porches, Chicken Houses and Stables 
Write for information and price Agents wanted 
WM. GORDON, Mfg. 1743 N. 8th St. Phila.,Pa. 
Wear Overalls? —Save a Dollar 
“Farmer John” Overalls 
Honest in Every Way $ 449 
A Test of Silage Corn. 900 
The Value of Soy Beans. 901 
Blue Grass Pasture in Ohio.901, 902 
Crops and Farm Notes. 904 
New York College of Agriculture. 904 
Scarlet Clover Moss. 908 
Hope Farm. Notes.910, 911 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Report of a Dairy Meeting. 913 
Hiring Out Cows. 920 
Cream Does Not Separate. 91° 
Renovating Butter . 918 
Curing a Sucking Calf. 918 
Ration With Hay and Mangels. 924 
Shrink in Milk. 924 
Cleaning Stables; Feeding Pigs; Family Pig 924 
Preventing Milk Fever. 924 
THE HENYARD 
Shipping Chicks by Express.923 
Various Poultry Queries.92d 
Ailing Chicks . 
Egg-laying Contest . 
HORTICULTURE 
A Belated Study of Grafting.899, 900 
Notes from a Maryland Garden. »0o 
Tulips for the Spring Garden. 908 
Rooting Violet Cuttings. 911 
Fertilizer for House Plants. ®ai 
WOMAN AND HOME 
The Canning of Fish Under Steam Pres- 
From Day to Day...... 
Conserving ^Underclothing .. 
Direct to you by C. O. D. parcel post, all 
charges prepaid. Indigo blue, or blue and 
white stripe, denim. Frock in place of one 
pair of overalls if you wish. 
Overall clubs create such a de- 
mand that you must act quickly. 
Sizes in stock 38 to 44 — 31 to 33 leg. Frocks 36 
to 44. Large sizes made to order 50c. ex«ra. 
Return if not satisfied—Money refunded with¬ 
out auestion. 
JOHN E. BARNEY R 2, AUGUSTA, MAINE 
1 Straight Side Power Press 
15 in. between uprights. *675. LUCAS. 3 F.« St., Bridoapart. Conn 
FOR SALE— ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT 
slightly used; in good condition; complete with en¬ 
gine. generator and switch-board. Replaced oy 
DoIco-light. Will sell cheap for cash. 
S. 11. ltUOWN - Southampton, L. l -i * - 
ForSale-Rib-Stone Concrete Stave Silos 
Strongest and most durable Silo on the maiket. "« 
erect this Silo and they cost no more than a good wood 
Silo erected. Write lor catalogue aud prices. 
RIB-STONE CONCRETE CORP., Inc.. Batavia. N. Y. 
Local representation wanted. 
COUNTRY We supply-any book that has to do with 
li o O K S country life: the farm, the flower, ft uit« 
vegetable, garden, trees, shrubs, landscape gait eninK, 
plains under i;l»»s, Soils, feitiliacrs, plant diseases, insett 
garden architectuie,outdoor sports, etc. From thousands of 
we have selected the Too best, bend stamp for t6 pp. catrtog I ■ • 
A. T. DE LA MARK CO. Inc . 4AS-A W. 37 th St., New Yorlt Ul? 
BINDER TWINE 
THEO. BUKT & SONS. Box 40, MhLKU&x. vx 
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The Rural Patterns... 
Pleasure in Scrapbooks. 
Apples Three Times a Day. 
A Blanket Skirt. 9io 
Drop Dumplings . gt* 
Squash Syrup . 
MISCELLANEOUS 
900 
Why Not Roll the Roads?. SXT 
Events of the Week.... gjg 
HooveTand‘His‘Relation to Agriculture - 913 
tcr’s Desk . 
O IL DENT SEED CORN. Test 100p«r cent. 
51!u„ *15. F It EI> VAN V LEE I, Lodi, N 
Ceed Pop-Corn. Improved strain. ’Vk'i;kx ostird N Y. 
O select Ears, 75e. Parcel Font. ". 1 ULBKK 1 ,.tutors." 
Feeds and Feeding now $2.75 
This standard book by Henry & Mor¬ 
rison has been advanced to $2.75, at 
which price we can supply it. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 West 30th Street New \ ork 
