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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
June 12, 1020 
(T 1 
You Can Grow 
Celery for Less 
if you use the Areanddee Method. This 
waterproof material cost only one-third 
as much as boards; keeps the celery 
whiter and cleaner, and can be applied 
<by two men almost at walking speed. 
The Areanddee 
Celery Bleacher 
is the quickest and easiest way to blanch 
celery. Boards split and warp in two years, 
but most growers get five 
years’ use from Areanddee. 
Send for catalog and sample ; 
** they’re yours for the asking. 
Send tonight before you forget. 
The Russelloid Company 
Dept. R, Harrisburg, Penna. 
X 
WORKS IN ALL SOILS 
Easily Ditches 300 Rods 
in 10 Hours 
The Little Wonder 
TILE DITCHER 
Will Save 80 % of Your Work. 
Will ship to any responsible party sub¬ 
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Write for terms and circular. 
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Early raatnring for late 
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Will mature in 90 days. Heavy yielding Yellow Dent, j 
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10 other varieties, field and ensilage. 
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PAlaru Dlantc "French '' Seed. Golden Self- 
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FOR QUICK 
Large Asparagus Roots selector *i 75 per 
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Prevent Smuts - 
It is more necessary today to 
employ scientific methods on the 
farm than ever before. Cleanse 
all seed grain with Formalde¬ 
hyde solution before planting. 
Positively destroys smuts of 
wheat, oats, barley, rye, etc. 
FowmEffyDE 
* *TsT/ie farmer's friend 
Spread the seed grain in a thin layer 
and sprinkle with diluted Formalde¬ 
hyde. Shovel over thoroughly and 
cover the pile with bags for about ten 
hours. Dry out by spreading uncov¬ 
ered in a dry place. Disinfect the drill 
with Formaldehyde before planting. 
One pint of Perth Amboy Formalde¬ 
hyde treats 40 bushels of seed. New 
hand-book sent free on request. 
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Post Paid. Celery Plants in season. 
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General Farm Topics 
Salt Fioh for Fertilizer 
I have a barrel of salt, salmon trout 
that is tainted, and I wish to use same 
as a fertilizer. How would you advise 
to use same? Do you think the salt 
would injure the crops? R. a. 
Waymart, l’a. 
The best crops for using the salt fish 
would be asparagus or celery. We would 
not use it direct on-such crops as corn or 
potatoes. Our plan would be to pour 
off the water and then rinse the fish twice 
with fresh water and wash out as much 
salt as possible. Then break the fish up 
and mix it well in the manure pile or 
compost and thus use it with the manure. 
Controlling Tomato Worm 
What is the best method of getting rid 
of the common tomato worm on large 
acreage? I have thought of spraying, 
with arsenate of lead, with soap added 
to make it stick, putting it on early in the 
season, before the tomatoes get too far 
advanced, so the poison would not be on 
the ripe tomatoes. Can I do better than 
this, and is there a danger of burning the 
vines? IIow much should be used? 
Lambertville, Mich. I. w. 
I do not believe that there is any 
better method for the control of common 
green tomato worm on a large acreage 
than by the use of arsenate of lead. On 
small areas, of course, the worm can 
usually best be controlled by hand-pick¬ 
ing. 
Arsenate of lead, especially tlie neutral 
form, can be applied to tomatoes at the 
rate of 4 to 0 lbs. to 10O gals, of water 
without fear of burning. The fir t appli¬ 
cation should be made while the ‘ worms’’ 
are small, because at; this time they are 
most easily killed. Tomatoes may he 
sprayed with arsenate of lead until the 
fruit is half-grown without fear of pois¬ 
oning anyone. Some growers prefer to 
dust the poison on the plants, applying 
it early in the morning while the dew is 
on the leaves. The powdered form of 
arsenate of lead is used, and from 3% to 
5 lbs. are applied to each acre of plants. 
GLENN W. HERRICK. 
Boiling Lime Sulphur Mixture 
I boiled lime-sulphur, formula. 10 lbs. 
stone lime, 20 lbs. flour of sulphur, 10 
gals, water; boiled it 1 hr. 50 min.; kept 
adding boiling water to it to maintain 
quantity to make up for evaporation. It 
was my first attempt. Did I boil it too 
long? Is there any harm to the mixture 
by boiling so long? I kept it boiling all 
the time, but not so active, and stirring 
all the time. The formula called for 50 
or 00 minutes, and another formula stated 
when color of mixture was an olive green. 
That color 1 was striving for, hut did not 
get it. I have a hydrometer and will test 
for density; have also a table stilting how 
to dilute according to density. J. F. F. 
Ottsville, Pa. 
Following is the formula we use for 
preparing lime-sulphur solution, concen¬ 
trated: 40 lbs. lime (unslaked), 80 lbs. 
sulphur, 50 gals, water. Place lime in 
kettle and slake with enough water to 
make a paste. Sift in the sulphur so that 
there will be no lumps. Stir well and 
add enough water to bring the amount 
of mixture in kettle to 50 gallons. Roil 
for one hour, keeping well stirred. Dur¬ 
ing the boiling add more water as is need¬ 
ed to keep volume to 50 gallous. Fse a 
measuring stick from time to time to de¬ 
termine when more shall be added. After 
boiling strain the mixture, and if not used 
immediately, put into barrels that can be 
corked tight to keep mixture from crys¬ 
tallizing. • 
Before using, test the mixture with a 
Baume hydrometer. 
DILUTION TAHLE. 
If reading 
F 
or dor 
imint 
on 
Baume 
spray use 
1 sal. 
Summer spray use 
hydrometer 
lime-sulphur 
1 gal. lime-sul¬ 
mixture is 
solution to 
phur solution to 
30 
dug. 
0 
gal. 
water 
45 
gal. 
water 
55 
deg. 
8% 
gal. 
water 
431/4 
gal. 
water 
34 
dog. 
S‘4 
gal. 
water 
41 1/2 
gal. 
water 
OO 
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dog. 
8 
gal. 
water 
40 
gal. 
water 
32 
dog. 
7% 
gal. 
water 
37% 
gal. 
water 
51 
dog. 
7H 
gal. 
water 
50 V, 
gal. 
water 
30 
dog. 
0 % 
gal. 
water 
541/4 
gal. 
water 
29 
dog. 
01 /, 
gal. 
water 
52% 
gal. 
water 
28 
dog. 
0 
gal. 
water 
51 
gal. 
water 
27 
dog. 
5% 
gal. 
water 
20 V> 
gal. 
water 
20 
dog. 
51/4 
gal. 
water 
27% 
gal. 
water 
25 
dog. 
5 
gal. 
water 
20 
gal. 
water 
24 
deg. 
41/, 
gal. 
water 
24 Vt 
gal. 
water 
25 
dog. 
4*4 
gal. 
water 
22% 
gal. 
water 
dog. 
3% 
gal 
.water 
21 V 
gal. 
water 
21 
dog. 
31 /, 
gal. 
water 
10 % 
gal. 
water 
20 
dog. 
3 Vi 
gal. 
water 
isV 
gal. 
water 
10 
dog. 
O 
• > 
gal. 
water 
17 
gal. 
water 
IS 
dog. 
2% 
gal. 
water 
10 
gal. 
water 
17 
dog. 
2V> 
gal. 
water 
15 
gal. 
water 
10 
dog. 
2 1 1 
gal. 
water 
14 
gal. 
water 
15 
deg. 
O 
gal. 
water 
12% 
gal. 
water 
J. P. 
F. used 
a 10-20 
10 in 
ixtur 
0 , and 
when our formula is reduced to 10 gals, 
it becomes an 8-10-10 mixture. Fnslaked 
lime should be used, not stone lime, as 
suggested by .1. F. F. When water is 
added to the unslaked lime, heat is gener¬ 
ated, and the boiling commences at that 
time. The only change that will come hy 
boiling a long time is to concentrate the 
mixture, as shown by the hydrometer. 
We generally boil the mixture for an hour, 
remove a pail of the solution and test it. 
If the reading is below 50 deg. we boil 
until the desired concentration is secured. 
Thirty-three deg. Baume is the ideal con¬ 
centration. T. II. TOWNSEND. 
The Annual White Sweet Clover 
Very 
groat 
interest is 
being 
shown 
in 
the annual 
white 
Sweet clover. ; 
and 
before 
many 
years 
the 
seed 
will 
bo 
widely 
distri 
buted. 
The A 
gricultural 
('allege 
of 
Iowa 
was 
the 
first 
to 
notice and develop t his remarkable 
plant, and their system' of distribut¬ 
ing the seed all over tin' country in small 
lots is a very good way of getting it 
started. One seedsman has already de¬ 
veloped trade from (In' seed produced from 
a single package. There were over 35,000 
calls for packets of seed sent out by the 
Iowa College. By handling the seeds 
carefully and taking pains to save the 
seed crop, they will, in a few years, de¬ 
velop enough for acre scedings. The more 
we learn of this annual Sweet clover seed 
the surer we are that it is to prove a 
great boon to our Eastern farmers. It 
makes a remarkable growth and lives its 
life, and does it work in one season. 
When the set'll can be obtained in reason¬ 
able quantities, and we know just how to 
handle it to advantage, we shall be able 
to add great stores of nitrogen and or¬ 
ganic matter to our soils. The biennial 
Sweet clover is excellent in its way. but 
the average farmer does not care to give 
up one full season to getting his crop 
started. The annual variety will require 
but one year, and will be used in a min¬ 
ion that will greatly improve our soils 
tail cheanen the cost of fertilizing. Quite 
a number of people have come forward 
taying that they have also found new 
strains of this annual clover. Most of 
them have been mistaken, and have sup¬ 
posed that a new growth of the old clover 
was the annual crop. Apparently only 
uni' strain of this annual Sweet clover has 
been discovered. That came from Ala¬ 
bama. but investigators are still at work 
looking for new strains, and if it is pos¬ 
sible to obtain them they will be found. 
The bride-elect had been showing her 
presents to a party of admiring friends. 
“And I’ve got such a good idea.” she 
gushed. “I’m so afraid people will dis¬ 
cover we are newly married that I’ve 
made Jack promise that when—when we 
go away tomorrow he’ll treat me in public 
just as if he had no thought for anyone 
except himself.” A middle-aged friend 
shook her head. "Don’t.” she said, in 
tones of sad wisdom. “I tried that plan 
and my husband never got over it.”— 
New York Globe. 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, JUNE 12, 1920 
FARM TOPICS 
Quack Grass, the Running Pest of the Farm 1063 
Salt Fish for Fertilizer. 1066 
The Annual White Sweet Clovbr. 1066 
Spring Cultivation of Alfalfa. 1067 
The Skunk and Corn Ear-worm. 1067 
Leaf Mold as Fertilizer. 1067 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings. 1070 
Hope Farm Notes.1074. 1075 
My Method of Growing Asparagus. 1075 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Coming Live Stock Sales. 
Errors in the Milk Test. 
The Milk Problem of Ohio. 
Preparing Soiling Crops. 
Value of Whey. 
Feeding Young Pigs. 
Worms of Pigs. 
Feeding Cow on Pasture. 
A Good Ration. 
Cornmoal in Cow Ration. 
Corn Spoi’ed in Crib. 
A Stock Partnership in the South 
Canning Milk in tho Home. 
1070 
1077 
1077 
1080 
10SO 
1080 
1080 
1082 
1082 
1082 
1082 
1084 
1084 
THE HENYARD 
Chicks Lose Feathers. 
Air Cell in Incubation. 
Poor Hatch . 
Poultry Feeding; Correspondence 
Henkeeping ... 
Poultry Keeping- in a Box. 
Profit in Broilers. 
Stale Bread for Chicks... 
Egg-laying Contest . 
Canker Sores . 
. 1066 
. 1066 
. 1066 
Courso in 
. 1066 
.1086. 1088 
.1088 
. 1088 
1089. 1091 
. 1089 
HORTICULTURE 
Cedar Rust on York Imperial Apples.. 
Controlling Tomato Worm. 
Boiling Lime-sulphur Mixture.. 
Culture of Rhubarb and Gooseberries..... • 
An Ohio Veteran’s Experiment—Part II... 
1064 
1066 
1066 
1068 
1072 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day..... ••••"•• 
Experience in Maternity Hospital.... 
The Rural Patterns. 
Our Country Churches. 
Rice as a Substitute for Potatoes.... 
Currant Dainties ... 
Economies in Floor Covering. 
A Word About Greens. 
Imperial Cake . 
1078 
1078 
1078 
1078 
1079 
1079 
1079 
1079 
1079 
MISCELLANEOUS 
A Water Pumping Problem. {{jg5 
Making a Snow Roller. 
Events of tho Week. jq-j 
Notes and Comments.’ 
Editorials ..* ..io77 
Replies from Candidates tor Governor. 
Strikers and the Public’s Rights.... 
North Dakota Laws Constitutional.. ■•••••. 
Teacher’s Salaries Under the New School ^ 
The* U Country Unit for School Superin- 
tendenoo . . .._.. 
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