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<Px RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 15, 1920 
Coffee Often 
Disturbs Digestion 
and frequently causes ner¬ 
vousness and sleeplessness. 
If coffee annoys you in any 
way, try 
Postum Cereal 
This favorite drink enjoys 
growing popularity because of 
its pleasing flavor and its su¬ 
periority to coffee in health¬ 
fulness. 
Sold by Grocers in two sizes—25c—15c 
No raise in price 
Made by POSTUM CEREAL CO., Inc. 
Battle Creek, Michigan 
NEW GRAPE-THE HUBBARD 
Superior quality with distinct flavor that 
is refreshing. Sweet, few seeds, skin thin, 
hunch and berries large. Early 2-year-old 
vines, $1.50 each; 10 for $12, postpaid. 
Supply of roots limited. Order early. 
HUBBARD is the best new black grape 
we have tested. Circular Free. 
T. S. HUBBARD COMPANY 
Box 20, Fredonia, N. Y. 
S eed Pop-Corn. Improved strain. White Rice. Twelve 
select Kars, 7oc. Parcel Rost. W. HALBERT. Oxford, M.Y. 
S WKET CI.OVER— White, unhulled, $9 hush. Hulled, $22 
Aleyke, $9 Pk. Exp. paid. A. Blaominqdale, Schenectady, M.T 
CABBAGE, TOMATO, PEPPER 
SWEET POTATO and CELERY PLANTS 
All varieties. We will gladly mail you our Price List. 
Caleb Boggs & Son. Cheswold. Del. 
Strawberry Plants 
PROGRESSIVE 
EVERBEARING 
$2 per J00; SHper 1,000, RASPBERRY PLANTS, St. Regis, 
Cuthbert, Marlboro, Gregg, Cumberland. S3 90 per 
100; S22 per 1,000. HARRY L. SQUIRES, Good Ground, N.Y. 
Large Asparagus Roots^r.ahuSI 
Large Selected, $4 75 hundred. 
HARRY L. SQUIRES - Good Ground, Now York 
CABBAGE PLANTS 
jenhagen, Wakefield and Allhead. Price, per 100,30o; 
i e 00. 90c; per 1,000, 81-50: lots of 5,000 or more, 
tt.'SS Send for prepaid Parcel Post prices on all kinds 
vegetable plants. Catalog free. C. E. FIELD. Sewell, N. J. 
/-i » . leading kinds. SI 25 per 1,000. T0MA- 
I annaflp ™ES, » n kinds. S2 per 1,000. ONIUN 
CUI/UUJjC , iu( j |j££j plants. $1.50 per 1,000. CAUL¬ 
IFLOWER. S3.50 per 1,000. LETTUCE plants, SI per 1,000. 
EGG plants and PEPPERS, $4 per 1,000. Send for list. 
J. C. SCHMIDT - Bristol, Penna. 
G 1I, DENT SEED CORN. Test 100 per cent. Bu., S4. 
5 Bu., $1S. EKED VAN Tl.KET, Lodi. New York 
An Acre 
C. S. KEMPTON & CO. 
The old reliable headquarter* for 
EVER - BEARING 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
YOUNG, STRONG and HEAVY-ROOTED 
ABSOLUTELY NO CULLS! 
Hardy New England grown stock give 
BEST RESULTS EVERYWHERE 
Far more profitable than poultry 
Have quantities of Delicious Berries from June 
till ground freezes. Write for catalog 
LONGMEADOW, MASS. 
Rebuild theOld STAVE SILO 
and Make it a NEW 
Your old stave silo isn’t a dead loss even 
if it does look like the one at the left be¬ 
low; or even if it has completely collapsed, 
breaking the matching of the staves. If 
you want silo and silage insurance for life 
—make it into a Craine Triple Wall Silo. 
With the Crainelox Covering you can use 
all the old material that is sound, except 
the Hoops, and make a strong, 
airtight, scientific, 3-wall silo at 
about one-half the cost of a new 
silo—a beautiful building keeping 
perfect silage. 
Send at once for literature on new 
Craine Triple Wall Silos, and our 
plan of rebuilding old stave silos. 
Special discount to early purchas¬ 
ers. Fine proposition to agents. 
CRAINE SILO COMPANY, Inc. 
Box 110 Norwich, N. Y. 
the poison off. The surest poison is 
strychnine, vinegar and water mixed, andl 
corn soaked in this mixture will get the 
mice. I also have used corn before 
shelled, cutting the ears with an ax into 
thin slices, soaking these slices in strong 
arsenate of load solution, placing a slice 
at the base of each tree. We do not kill 
the snakes in the orchards, as they are 
very fond of young mice, and perfectly 
harmless to persons. Really, care and 
attention with this, as with other orchard 
work, is what spells success with grow¬ 
ing apples. GRANT G. IIITC1IINGS. 
Onondaga Co., N. Y. 
New Head on Injured Trees 
I have six young trees that had a nice 
head of one-year growth from planting. 
The snow was about three feet deep on 
the level about the trees. The wild rab¬ 
bits ate off all the limbs completely; all 
that is loft is the trunk. I notice buds 
forming the whole length of the trunk. 
How many buds would you leave, or 
would you cut the trunk near the ground 
and start, a new tree? l. l. g. 
Hamburg, N. Y. 
Considerable judgment will be required 
in cutting such trees. Unless you have 
had sopie experience you are likely to 
have trouble in cutting back to the ground. 
The now sprout may come from below 
the bud or graft. In that case it would 
have to be grafted later. If the lower 
part of the trunk contains a number of 
strong buds, we would cut back just be¬ 
low the damage and permit about three 
buds to start. Then as they grew we 
could decide the future head for the tree. 
CONTENTS 
THE HTJRAL NEW-YORKER, MAY 15, 1920 
FARM TOPICS 
Some Questions About Sweet Clover.232 
Value of Rye Hay. 940 
Leveling Rye Straw. 940 
Practical Hints About Corn-borers. 944 
Hope Farm Notes.946, 947 
Big Farm Problems in New York. 949 
The Hill Farmers and the Governor. 949 
To Rent or Run the Farm. 959 
Reform the Game Laws. 959 
Crops and Farm News. 964 
Notes on Florida Crops. 964 
Growing Timothy and Clover. 965 
Farm and Orchard Notes. 965 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Rabbits and Goats. 932 
New Jersey Dairymen Talk. 949 
Some Milk Conditions in Pennsylvania. 949 
Pasture and Barn Notes. 952 
Hand-raised Pigs . 953 
Stunted Pigs; Egg-eating Hens. 953 
Rope Halter for Cattle. 953 
Rations Without Silage... 954 
Soiling and Pasturing Cows. 954 
Heifer With Scours. 956 
Hog Cholera Problems. 956 
Preparing for Silage. 956 
Compounding Ration . 958 
Feeding Dairy Cows. 958 
Feeding Family Cow.^..*. 958 
Coming Live Stock Sales. 959 
Skin Disease . 960 
Ewes Dying . 960 
Lice on Horse. 960 
Lump Jaw . 960 
THE HENYARD 
The Secret of Turkey Raising.931, 932 
Stone Brooder House. 955 
Planning a Henhouse. 955 
Incubator and Brooder House. 955 
A Wife’s Poultry Business. 959 
Why Poultry Illumination Pays. 959 
Dead Bees and Dying Chicks. 963 
Ailing Chicks . 963 
Ducks ys. Leghorns. 963 
Ailing Hens . 963 
Egg-laying Contest . 963 
HORTICULTURE 
An Improved Method of Bridge-grafting. . . . 933 
How Grant Hitchings Protects His Trees. 
933, 934 
Notes from a Maryland Garden. 935 
Garden Notes from New England. 936 
The Lasting Influence of Flowers. 936 
Plants for Window Boxes. 936 
Intensive Culture at 80 Years. 938 
Soil Poisoning from Arsenical Spray. 940 
Fertilizer in the Orchard. 947 
Setting Tomato Plants. 957 
A Precocious Peach Tree. 959 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day. 950 
Summer Beverages . 950 
The Rural Patterns. 950 
Feathered Pensioners in Winter. 950 
Some Favorite Recipes. P50 
Angel Cake . 950 
Soap-making in Small Quantities. 950 
Substituting for Deficient Fruit Crop. 950 
Dyeing with Walnut Hulls. 950 
More About Hair Switches... 950 
Crumb Coffee Cake. 950 
Emergency Icing . 950 
A Housekeeper’s Experience. 951 
Stains . 951 
Notes from Tennessee. 951 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Using a Car as a Tractor. 932 
Events of the Week. 940 
Editorials . 948 
Who Is the Man for Governor?. 949 
Drainage and Water Supply... 955 
Repairing Rusty Telephone Wire. 955 
Advice About Pipeless Furnace. 955 
Are These Animals Nature Faking?. 959 
Publisher’s Desk ..’. 966 
Chautauqua Co. Farms For Sale 
14H-a<*.res, near Portland, in the heart of Chautau- 
qua County. Good producing, gravely, loam soil. 
This land will produce anything. Huildings include 
very substantial brick house with hath, two bams 
garage, shop, hen house and hog house. This place 
shows a handsome return for a small farm and is in 
a most desirable community. Must he sold at once. 
Harrison Real Estate Corporation, 17 W. Eagle St., Buffalo, N.Y. 
No Rows too Crooked 
r o rThis QuickDodging 
Cultivator 
For quick dodging you can’t 
beat this N. F. E. Low-Wheel 
Pivot Axle Cultivator. On level 
ground or on s _ eep hillsides, it 
saves plants, time l nd money. The 
foot-shift gangs and Divot wheels 
respond instantly. 1. ressure springs 
and direct pull give deep, easy pene¬ 
tration in hardest soil. 
Quality — second to none, be¬ 
cause this tool is a N. F. E. Guaranteed 
Implement. The quality^has to be 
right. Our guarantee of “Full Satis¬ 
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Back” takes care of that. 
Price ? Lower than you will 
■ ee again for years to come on a 
tool of this quality. A full 30 % saving 
guaranteed. Before you buy a single 
tool for the farm, garden, orchard, 
dairy or poultry yard, get our catalog 
and see how much you can save by 
using N. F. E. Guaranteed Imple¬ 
ments at “Short-Lino Prices.” 
We specialize only in high 
grade agricultural implements that we 
can guarantee, and in practical ser¬ 
vice to the farmer. We provide the 
right goods at the right price at the 
right time. Large stocks, exceptional 
shipping facilities, prompt shipments. 
Write at once for our New Spring 
Supplement stating what implement 
you are especially interested in. 
National Farm Equipment Co. 
Dept. D. 98 Chambers St., New York 
Wear Overalls?— Save a Dollar 
“Farmer John” Overalls 
Honest in EveryWay $ /S A Q 
IPA.IXIS FOR _ 
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 36 to 44 — 31 to 33 leg. Frocks 36 
to 44. Large sizes made to order 50c. extra. 
Return if not satisfied—Money refunded with¬ 
out question. 
JOHN E. BARNEY R 2, AUGUSTA, MAINE 
SOY BEANS AND ALFALFA 
Crops doubted when inoculated with 
STANDARD INOCULATING BACTERIA 
The guaranteed inoculator. Grown direct from Nodules 
PRICES LOWEST, VIRILITY HIGHEST 
Also prepared for Clovers, Vetch, Beans, Peas and all Leo^rnrs 
1-A. size 75c, 2-A. s 1.50,4-A. s 2.25,6-A. s 3. 
For sale by leading seed houses. If not catalogued by 
your seedsman send order direct. Mention crop 
to be inoculated. Send for our Legume Hook free. 
THE EGGERT CHEMICAL COMPANY CANTON, OHIO 
_ Lai'pcst Producers oj I ^e gume Cultures in the W orld 
BERRY and VEGETABLE Plants 
STRAWBERRY, RASPBERRY, BLACKBERRY, 0EWBERRY, 
CURRANT. GOOSEBERRY. GRAPE, ASPARAGUS. RHUBARB 
HORSERADISH CABBAGE. CAULIFLOWER. BEET. BRUSSELS 
SPROUTS, CELERY. EGG. PEPPER. KOHL 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. 
H ARRY L. SQUIRES - Good Ground. N. Y. 
Strawberry Plants For Sale tVeTui 
select from. LUGKKTIA Dewberry PjHnts. 
SI0 per 1,000. ST. KKtilS Raspberry Plants, 
$18 per 1,000. Also the fall-bearing. Send for free 
catalogue. J. KEIFF0 R0 HALL. R No, 2, Rh odesdalc, Md , 
St. Regis hkIuInu Raspberry Plants 
for *1.Jo; 100 for *8. Paul t. HEGGAN. W.terlnrd Worlu. H-j.- 
(Irou/liarriiDknlii *1 per 100. Larger lots on appliea- 
btrewoerryrIsnts tiuu. gfo. hgassett, Pum. .. Y»rm.m . 
Cpr f I A I Let me help you grow the best 
Or Ll/liiL 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. 
Everbearing Strawberry P“ n * 
SI.60 per 100; Si 3 ner l.w», 
Postpaid. Also other Varieties, 
og Free. Basil Perry, Georgetown. Delaware 
regressive »£eo ■ 
■uearuSrStrawberry Plants Summer bearing va 
N. #<i per M. WILLIS ROTS, Willowilalc F»rm. Hoonck Fills. 
u. ul ,,jii n 4 7 the million dollar strawberry 
IlGWarU NO. 1 / ly. Kive book It explains. Buy plant- <J 
introilucor. C. K. Chapman. North stokington, con a- 
Ame rican Nut Journa[ P.'o. BOX Pm ROCHESTER. N.Y- 
Cabbage Plants 
‘■Kith at .3-J.ilH per 1,000, Prepaid. DAVID RODWAT. Harlly-Geliware 
s?lb 500,000 Vegetable Plants rotat^ES 
Tomato plants. Catalogue free. MICHAEL H.B0RG0, Vinelcnd, N.J. 
