492 
March 26, 1921 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Its Up to You as a Parent 
whether you feed your hoy or 
0rl real building food,or some¬ 
thing that merely “tastes good” 
Grape =Nuts 
furnishes exactly the food val¬ 
ues needed to build young bod¬ 
ies, and the taste is delightful 
Grocers everywhere sell this 
staunch wheat and malted bailey food 
Ready to eat - Economical 
A WELL-FED plant 
resists disease. 
Potatoes, Truck Crops, 
Tobacco, and Sugar Beets 
are often attacked by 
diseases that thrive on 
ill-fed plants. 
The effects produced on these 
crops by Potash hunger have 
often been mistaken for a 
new disease. 
Fertilizers for these crops 
should be well balanced and 
should contain from 7 to 10 
per cent, of Potash. 
You can get plenty of Potash 
if you insist on having it. 
SOIL & CROP SERVICE, POTASH SYNDICATE 
H. A. Husc-n, Manager 
42 Broadway New York 
POTASH 
PAYS 
TO PRACTICAL DAIRYMEN:— 
Planting the right ensilage corn is a long step toward cutting milk production costs. 
A heavy growth of stalk and well glazed ears are essential for high feeding value. 
After a long period of experimenting with all varieties of ensilage corn, we settled 
upon two sorts as best adapted for our farms in New Jersey and Massachusetts. We 
have since spent four years in the selection and development of our own strains 
of Eureka and Long’s Champion. 
The W-G Eureka averaged 17 tons per acre on 200 acres last season and gave 
better results than ever before. Our strain of W-G Long s Champion yielded nearly as 
well and because of its earlier maturity is better adapted to the region north of Orange 
County. N. Y. Both varieties fully matured on our farms in New Jersey last year and 
germinate 97 % or better. We have a limited quantity of both varieties in excess of our 
own requirements and we offer the balance, especially prepared for planting at $3.00 
per bushel, shelled, sacks included. We are confident that a trial of one or both of these 
varieties will prove a profitable investment. 
Walker Gordon Laboratory Co., Plainsboro, New Jersey 
For Sale SEED POTATOES 
1 innr<»\ c«l Number N ine*, lead in productivity, uni¬ 
formity ;• lid freedom f*i om disease, lired by tuber unit 
ni' tlioi 'lir e 1911. We a e offering this llrst class stock 
ai *1.10 nor bn.: 5 Im.. *«>.»<>} 10 bn.. *12. Cash with 
order I'll is stock t rented, sprayed and Held inspected 
for disease KJLKY ItltOS., Seiinett. New York 
Annu al White Sweet Clover 
Guaranteed Seed of Hughes Variety 
lakes the growth i n one season that ordinary cloy- 
rs doi n t wo. Write a t once before limited supply 
9 exhaurrtcd. The DcGra.ff Food Co., DcLrafi, 
Lancaster County Sure Crop SEED CORN 
We pleased many last year.and can do the same this year. 
A. H KISSER ‘ - Bainbridge, Pa. 
Dependable SEED CORN 
BUY HIGH QUALITY LUCE’ FAVORITE 
SEED CORN AND NINETY DAY SEED CORN 
Grown on my farms, $3.35 and $3 per bu. Re¬ 
spectively. Cash F. O. B., Peconic. 
S. H. SMITH, Peconic, L. I., N. Y. 
CWEKT CLOVER. Biennial Yellow. 5 to 7 
w ft. Superior for pasturage or hay—exceptional for 
soil improvement. Unhulled, He lb; hulled, scan lied. 
10c. New seed—good quality. Karly Wilson ami Ilaber- 
landt Soys r<4 $1 per bu. Samples. R. M. HANNA, Skillm«n, N J. 
P_ip|„„„ Best White Blossom. Hulled, for *H.50 Bu., 
0We6T Vfl OVBl liO lbs. A. 81 OOMINGDAlt, Schenectady, N. T. 
Get This Free Book on 
CORN 
Tells how you can grow big 
plump ears like these. Your 
name and address on a postal 
card brings it. Write to 
The Rogers & Hubbard Co. 
Dept. A, Middletown, Conn. 
Office and Works: Portland, Conn. 
opening «>f brnls mid blossoms in early 
Springtime. However, for grapes, the more 
sunny southern or -.outheastern slopes are 
preferable, as the warmer, drier condi¬ 
tions of soil and atmosphere are especially 
suitable for grapes, as well as somewhat 
unfavorable to development of fungous 
trouble to which the foliage and fruit are 
subject. 
5. The idea of naming the farm is a 
good one. With well-grown, carefully 
graded fruit products, and the fruit pack¬ 
ages neatly labeled with the name of the 
farm, a demand for such produce doubt¬ 
lessly soon would be developed. 
F. H. BALLOU. 
Ohio Experiment Station. 
Drill the Japanese Millet 
A. B. C. inquires, page 343, about seed¬ 
ing to grass with Japanese millet. From 
my experience it is impossible to. get a 
good stand of grass where the millet, is 
broadcast, but I have put in millet with 
a seed drill and seeded with grass seed 
at the same time, and had the best of re¬ 
sults. The millet makes a thick, sappy 
growth, and after the broadcast millet 
was cut and the sun let in onto the catch 
it died out. The drilled ground was old 
potato ground, with a coat of barnyard 
dressing spread on and then disked in, not 
plowed; then the seeds drilled in. with 
the rows running north and south, so 
that the sun would get up and down the 
rows and “harden” up the grass plants, 
and when the millet was taken off the 
grass stood up well without dying down, 
making t lie best grass stand 1 had that 
season. As to value. I consider five acres 
of millet equal to four acres of corn. 
Piscataquis Co., Maine. F. s. c. 
“For the land's sake” use Bowker’s 
Fertilizers; they enrich the earth and 
those who till it .—A dr. 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. MARCH 26, 1921 
FARM TOPICS 
Sprouting Seed Potatoes—Part I . 491 
Every Farmer to His Own Job. 491 
Hope Farm Notes. 4J8 
Wbat Happens to Retired Farmers. 516 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
The Dorset Sheep. ^0® 
Feeding Purebred Jersey Cows. 50° 
Trouble with Churning. 508 
Feeding Holstein Herd. •’9° 
Advertising Butter . 510 
THE HENYARD 
Care of Baby Chicks... 506 
The Egg-laying Contest. 512 
Lighting the Henhouse. 512 
Chicks in Basement.•. 513 
Successful Treatment for Chicken Pox. 51o 
Feeding the Farm Flock. 613 
HORTICULTURE 
Dusting in Nova Scotia—Part II. 
Fruit Protection; Develop Local Trade .491, 
Vandervere Apple and Honey Sweet Rasp¬ 
berry . 
Notes from a Maryland Garden. 
Onions for Pickling. 
490 
492 
499 
493 
493 
WOMAN AND HOME 
Junior High School: a New Suggestion..489, 
The Coming of Spring.494, 
Boys and Girls.502, 
The Story of a Tired Teacher. 
A Face on the Screen. 
The Pastoral Parson. 
The Troubles of a Stammerer. 
A Broken Bone Sets Itself. 
The Home Dressmaker. 
To Those Who Overeat...... 
The Largest Family.*. 
490 
496 
503 
504 
499 
506 
507 
507 
510 
510 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Running Buzz Saw with Auto Power. 491 
A Primer of Economics—Part XVII....495, 497 
Hardening Meat; Microscopic Specimens.... 496 
mens . 496 
Insulator for Retaining Heat.... 496 
Danger from Unexplo ed Dynamite. 496 
Use of Fire Extinguisher. 496 
Sound Vibrations . 496 
A Petrified Potato. 496 
Varnish for Wallpaper. 496 
Homemade Shampoo . 496 
Education Committee Meets. 501 
Daylight Savers Die Hard. 501 
Big Farm Questions. 501 
Health Officer and Disease. 511 
Homemade Dog Bread. 511 
Farmer’s Income Tax. 616 
Payment for Care of Parent. 516 
Odo-s from Creamery Wastes. 516 
Probate of Will. 516 
Right to Stored Property. 516 
Publisher’s Desk . 518 
Apple Boxes 
and Shooks 
Put your Apples up in STANDARD 
WESTERN BOXES next season 
and get top prices. Write us your 
requirements for estimate. Car¬ 
load lots or less. 
CARROLL BOX & LUMBER CO. 
627 East 18th Street, New York City 
nsure 
a Good Garden- 
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Sow Maule’sVegetable 
and Flower Seeds. Each 
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naspoerry "lants _ $«: ooo—$7:1,000—$14. cuthbert. 
100—$1.50; J.ooo—$12. J. K. ORKRHOI.TZHt. Hiffilntown, Pa. 
10,000 Bushels 
heavy weight No. 9 and Rural 
New-Yorker potatoes from hill 
selected stock, inspected and cer¬ 
tified by College of Agriculture 
and New York State Potato Ass’11. 
Prices reasonable. Address; 
Ontario County Certified Seed 
Growers Cooperative Ass’n, 
R. C. BUTTON, Manager 
Canandaigua, N. Y. 
—Fruit Trees— 
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large quantities. 
Send in your list at once and have reservation 
made for April delivery. 
I. E. ILGENFRITZ’ SONS CO. 
The Monroe Nursery. Monroe. Michigan 
TREES 8 PLANTS THAT GROW 
A GuaranUo Worth While. 
Express Prepaid 
For over 60 years we have sup- 
plied nursery stock to people 
who know and appreciate the 
best. Write for Catalogue now. 
PETER BOHLENDER & SONS 
Spring Hill Nurserie*. Box 33 
Tippecanoe Gty, (Miami Coonty) uoio. 
?/l CaMd 
/a Trustworthy 
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Of NUMIRYfllN 
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on a full line of other nursery stock. 
NEW HAVEN NURSERIES, Dept. B. New Haven. Missouri 
Gold Coin Seed Potatoes Gardiner, Me. 
