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Th< RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 5, 1921 
FORKNER 
Light Draft 
harrows 
A Type For Every Farm 
Mr. Fruit Grower: You need one! 
Whether you use horses or tractor, whether you cultivate berries, grapes 
or orchards, there is an adaptation of the Light Draft Harrow to your needs. 
It is conceded by all authorities to be the most eco¬ 
nomical and efficient method of orchard tillage. 
Mr. General Farmer: You need one! 
To fit your seed beds, to cultivate your alfalfa, to rid your fields of witch 
grass, and for general cultivation. 
See your dealer, or write us direct. 
THE FRUIT GROWERS’ SUPPLY COMPANY, Inc. 
65 Barclay Street New York City. N. Y. 
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lists everything you use In all your fruit growing operations. 
“Father Gives Way to the Son” 
(Golden Bantam) (Golden Giant) 
It istlo longer a question of what is the best sweet corn, but 
where yon are going to buy it. If you want the genuine article 
wby not buy it from the man who strove to attain such an ideal 
anti who is endeavoring to keep it up to the standard. 
Rural New- Yorker July 26, 1919 
“Golden Giant sweet corn is a vast improvement on 
the popular Golden Bantam.” 
Corn and Strawberry circulars sent with order. 
Prices : 2-oz. 25c.; 4-oz. 40c.; 8-oz. 65c.; 1-lb. $1.00; 5-lbs. $4.00; 
10-lbs. $7.00:^5-lbs. $15.00 ; 50-lbs. $25.00. 
Send Check or Money-order No Stamps 
The De Luc Experimental Farm, Dept. G, Needham, Mass. 
$1000 AN ACRE There is nothing so profitable as our 
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C. S. KEMPTON & CO. LONGMEADOW, MASS. 
YELLOW 
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this is the original strain of the Yellow 
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in New Hampshire more than 50 
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DCAOU TDrrQ Apple, etc. 50,000 
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l’ree catalogue. MITCHELL’S NURSERY, Beverly. Ohio 
famous “St. Martin” Strawberry 
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Strawberry Plants bearing varieties. Cat¬ 
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Budded NutTrees ersof large thin shelled 
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INDIANA NUT NURSERY. Box 55. Rochport. Indiana 
For Sale—Plants of the New June Red Raspberry 
SR.54) per 100; $2Z per 1,000. 
Charles L. Todd, llartnick Seminary, Ottego Co., N.Y. 
Final Clean-Up s *! e Farm Implements 
TRACTORS. THRESHER, HUSKER. PLOWS, SPREADERS. 
LIME SOWERS. GRAIN DRILLS, MILKERS. Etc. Our Spec¬ 
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N ew marquis spring wheat. *«.»« per 
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ALWAYS HANDY ON THE FARM 
Fronts of Steel 
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CONTENTS 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, MARCH 5, 1921 
FARM TOPICS 
A Corn of Many Colors. 358 
A New Potato Digger. 359 
Potato Growing in Northern New York— 
Part II. 359 
Sowing Alfalfa with Rye.‘..362 
Transmitting Potato Diseases. 366 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings.374 
Value of Flint and Dent Corn. 375- 
Turning Under Sweet Clover. 375 
Hope Farm Notes.382, 383 
An Illinois Veteran’s Work. 401 
The First Farm Bureau Agent.401 
Crops for Small Farms. 402 
The Annual Sweet Clover.406 
Farmers’ Week at Cornell. 408 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
March Price of Milk.385 
Chess for Live Stock. 390 
Ration with Alfalfa. 390 
Feeding Cows and Hens in Persia. 390 
More Oleo Discussion . 393 
Cream or Whole Milk. 396 
Comparison of Oats and Wheat Middlings.. 396 
Improving Dairy Ration. 396 
Worms of Rabbits. 398 
Rickets . 398 
Remedy for Thrush. 398 
Swollen Glands . 398 
Strong Flavored Butter. 400 
Average Milk Yield.400 
Skim-milk for Feed and Fertility. 400 
Feeding Questions . 400 
Sick Sheep . 409 
THE HENYARD 
Picking Geese and Ducks. 410 
Damp Henhouse . 411 
Cannibal Hens . 411 
Fattening Capons . 411 
Depluming Mite . 411 
The Effect of Artificial Illumination. 412 
Egg-laying Contest .413 
Heating a Brooder House. 413 
HORTICULTURE 
The Annual Review of New Fruits. 355 
A Review of the Season’s Fruit Pests...356, 360 
Growing Water Lilies on the Farm_357. 358 
Best Trellis for Early Tomatoes. 358 
Strawberries in Barrels. 358 
Sunflowers as Bean Poles. 358 
How Fast Should an Apple Tree Grow. 360 
The Season’s Flower Novelties. 360 
Garden Notes from New England. 361 
Lime to Prevent Peach Rot. 362 
Home-grown Pansy Seed .362 
Grafting with the Aid of Paraffin. 363 
We Must Spray to Insure Good Fruit...365, 367 
Cleaning Apple Seeds. 366 
Melon Culture is Coming Back—Part I..368, 369 
Pruning the Grape—Part II. 373 
Last Season’s Spraying Experience. 376 
'■’1, a rp„. IV a A..... i. 1 \ ■. .. i.’ m — T’ - - ■.: l. own 
Eastern Meeting New York Horticultural 
Society—Part II.378 
The Future of New England’s Fruit Business 380 
Nitrogen for Apple Trees. 383 
Wintering Pansies . 383 
Possibilities in Bramble Fruits. 394 
Cherry Tree Sprouting. 397 
Destroying Honeysuckle in Hedge. 397 
Tying Up Grafts. 397 
Kieffer Pear as Grafting Stock. 397 
Control of the Striped Cucumber Beetle. 397 
Setting Southern Strawberry Plants. 397 
Stuffing a Garden Lot. 397 
Blackberries for Hedge. 397 
More About Pomegranates. 397 
Notes on Pecans. 399 
Are Electrifiers of Benefit. 40- 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day. 386 
Bolivars. 386 
The Sunday Night Supper . 386 
Cleaning White Enameled Woodwork. 386 
Easily Grown Seedlings . 386 
The Efficient Oil Stove.386 
To Clean Bottles. 386 
Auntie’s New Year’s Cakes. 386 
Does Your Plant Droop. 388 
Economies in Needlework. 388 
A Well-tried Homemade Yeast. 388 
Small Economies . 388 
Homemade Feather Buffs. 388 
Knitting Men’s Socks.389 
Embroidery Designs . 389 
Tested Methods for Rendering Lard. 389 
Additional Points on Winter Churning.389 
Knitting a Bedspread; Apple Juice. 389 
Cleaning Feathers . 389 
Begin Early . 389 
Use the Feet Alternately. 389 
MISCELLANEOUS 
A Primer of Economics—Part XIV. 
Study of Farmers’ Week. 
After Auto Thieyes. 
Buying Co-operatively . 
How to Start a Fake Story. 
Utilizing the Cheaper Cuts of Meat 
Softening Hard Water. 
Cleaning Paint Brushes. 
Septic Tank; Tile Silo. 
Storage for Potatoes and Apples... 
An Outdoor Closet. 
More About Tanning. 
The Sun and the Weather. 
Cancelled Postage Stamps. 
370, 375 
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Wood Ashes 
W. II. I.EIDY, 
Unleached.packed in bags, $18 
per ton F. O. B. Swarthmore, Pa. 
Swarthniore Pa.. 
Wanted 6,000 to 10,000 lbs.vffield 
1 | must be 8F. to 9 is. in length or longer, 
rnrn husks not torn or shredded and dry. Price 
GUI 11 IIUOIIO aH pulled from .the stalk in husking 
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size. If stripped and tied in round bundles of about :!0 
lbs. each, butts all one way and husks 9 in. long, 8 cts. 
per lb. or 1160.00 per ton will be paid. 
Address all communications to 
The Seamless Rubber Co. New Haven, Conn. 
Buy Your Seed Beans from the Grower 
Impl ored Golden Wax Beans t it) Eleven cents per lb. 
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New Wonder Strawberry 
De Lue’s Judith 
Awarded siver medal and three first prizes 
by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 
Was the first native berry to arrive in Bos¬ 
ton market in the season of 1919, bringing 
One Dollar per Quart Wholesale 
while the best New York and New Jersey 
berries were selling for forty cents per quart 
retail. Stands up well and endures long 
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De Lue's Judith is a long season, very pro¬ 
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from the hand to the floor without injury. 
The plants are vigorous and healthy, having 
perfect blossoms and making an abundance 
of strong runners so they can be rapidly 
multiplied. 
Just as De Lue’s Golden Giant Sweet Corn 
excels among other varieties of sweet corn, 
so does De Lue’s Judith Strawberry surpass 
in excellence other varieties of strawberries 
both for the home and the market garden. 
Prices; One doz. plants, $2.50; 50 plants, 
$9.00; 100 plants, $15.00. 
Potted plants Set out in August or Sep¬ 
tember will fruit next summer. 
Prices: One doz. pots, $3.00; 50 pots, 
$11.00; 100 pots, $20.00. 
Send, check or money order—no stamps 
Send for Literature on Strawberry 
and Sweet Com 
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DEPT. H NEEDHAM, MASS. 
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