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WOOD’S 
Famous 
Southern 
Ensilage 
Corns 
Wood’s Famous Southern Grown 
Ensilage Corns enable farmers to 
grow more silage on every acre. 
For years these corns have enjoyed 
a splendid reputation for ensilage 
purposes, particularly in the North 
and West—making larger and bet¬ 
ter crops than corns grown in other 
parts of the country. 
The past year was very favor¬ 
able for curing and maturing. We 
offer corns cured under natural 
conditions—unsurpassed in vigo¬ 
rous germination. 
“As a Silo Filler It 
Has No Equal” 
—that’s what one farmer says about 
it. An Ohio farmer writes: “It is 
the best silage corn I ever raised.” 
Another writes: “Somp of the 
strongest land made 100 bushels to 
the acre.’’ 
Write for prices of these corns 
that produce the most silage from 
the least land and labor. 
T.W.WOOD & SONS 
Richmond Seedsmen Virginia 
CARTERS TESTED SEEDS 
Famous for 
a Century 
Otajj CcktilT^ 
TRADE MARK 
Are the product of generations of 
careful selection, scientific propaga- 
gation and testing for Germination, 
Purity and Vitality. 1 his assures a 
certainty of results not possible with 
seeds of less definite parentage. 
For better vegetables—for fine and 
FREE flowering plants, sow 
CARTERS TESTED SEEDS 
They cost no more than the ordinary 
kind, and results considered, are the most 
economical and profitable to use. 
Carters Tested Grass Seed sold in one 
and five pound packages, also by the bushel. 
Used in producing quality turf on the fore¬ 
most Golf Courses of America and England. 
Send for Carters 1921 Catalog “Garden and Lawn’’ Mailed FREE on Request 
Carters Te s ted. Seeds 
Address: 7 Glen St., Dept. F. Glen Cove, L. I 
O' Cham! er oi Commerce Building, Dept. F, Boston, Mass. 
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CERTIFIED SEED POTATOES 
Parsed all disease inspeetioffir by Cornell spec¬ 
ialists, certified and tagged by New York State 
Potato Association. 
SEED OATS 
CORNELL SELECTION No. 115-40 
One of the best from over 400 selections tested 
WRITE FOR DESCRIPTION AND PRICES 
K. C. LIVERMORE, R2, H0NE0YE FALLS, N Y 
Hill!! 
Dependable SEED CORN 
BUY HIGH QUALITY LUCE’ FAVORITE 
SEED CORN AND NINETY DAY SEED CORN 
Crown on my farms, SS3.35 and S3 per ini. Re¬ 
spectively. (’ash F. < > B.. Peconic. 
S. H. SMITH, Peconic, L. 1., N. Y. 
CABBAGE-CAULIFLOWER 
GARDEN SEEDS 
Ask for My Low Prices 
M. KLITGORD, Importer, Box R, Lima, N. Y. 
Maple Syrup Fails to Keep 
Last Fall I purchased one gallon of 
maple sump, which was very good when 
received. I kept same in cellar, and after 
two weeks found that it was moldy. My 
wife then took it and strained it and re¬ 
boiled it. cleaned can. put it back, and 
kept it behind the kitchen stove, but it 
still got moldy. Was this syrup good, 
do you think, or is there any special care 
one must take of this to keep it good? 
This was the first we ever bought, and 
don’t know much about it. M. o. N. 
Maueh Chunk, Pa. 
My opinion is that the syrup is merely 
fermented, and is not moldy. I judge 
that the maker failed to concentrate it to 
the standard density of 11 lbs. to the gal¬ 
lon. and that the purchaser after opening 
the can failed to close it perfectly, and 
also that his cellar was not in a proper 
condition for the storage of maple syrup 
in an open container. That is. the cellar 
may have been too warm, or too damp, oi 
it may have, been a trifle musty. Once 
fermented, maple syrup can no more be 
restored to its original condition and 
flavor than can a niece of spoiled meat. 
Something may be done, however, and the 
inquirer took the right steps in reboiling 
and straining. Th<*n by setting the can 
back of the stove lie >nade conditions fa¬ 
vorable for fermentation to continue. The 
best that can be done is to reboil the 
syrup, at the same time adding a little 
cooking soda, and to use it immediately. 
If fermentation has progressed so far that 
this does not render it palatable, add 
rain water, let fermentation continue and 
transform it into vinegar. 
Maple syrup, if concentrated to the 
density of II lbs. to the gallon, which is 
the standard required by the pure food 
law. and then properly sealed, may be 
kept indefinitely in any ordinary storage. 
Not many years ago I sampled some that 
bad been sealed in ordinary bottles and 
then stored in a cellar for 00 years. A 
man had, upon the birth of his daughter, 
put up several gallons in this manner, 
declaring that it should be preserved until 
her wedding. Tie died, hut the girl re¬ 
ligiously carried out his wishes until her 
sixtieth birthday, when she became 
couraged and opened the bottles 
found the syrup in as good 
as when first made. 
dis- 
and 
a condition 
C. O. ORMSBF.E. 
CONTENTS 
... .- — — 1 
in nnn d 110 l a i 0 
1U,UUU 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’n. 
Prices reasonable. Address:— 
Ontario County Certified Seed 
Growers Cooperative Ass’n, 
R. C. BUTTON, Manager 
Canandaigua, N. Y. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, APRIL 2, 1921 
FARM TOPICS 
Sprouting Seed Potatoes—Part II. 922 
Potato Scab; Pedigreed Seed. °22 
Early Beets Profitable. "»* 
Burning Off the Meadows... odd 
Figuring a Chemical Fertilizer. Odd 
Burning Lime .. •; . 
Inoculation for Clover and Alfalfa. Odo 
Hope Farm Notes. 
Watch Out for White Gnihs. 
“The Growth of An Idea”. 0d7 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
How Canadian Farmers Marketed Wool.521, 522 
Price of Hides. ............. 
Handling Feeds from Co-operative Exchange &d7 
They Are Doing It Themselves. 537 
Trying to Break the League. oau 
The Noble Ox in Cuba. 
The Drop in Price. oaj 
Coming Live Stock Sales. oau 
Feeding Cows and H-wses. “42 
A Hoggish Milking Machine. 
Grain with Cornstalks. 592 
Pasture and Barn Notes. 599 
Durhams for Draft Cattle. 599 
THE HENYARD 
The Rearing of Turkeys. 545 
Farm Flocks Are Improving. 540 
Expense in Rearing Young Chicks.......... 545 
Remarkable Results from Artificial Lighting 546 
Thin-shelled Eggs; Ration for Ducks. 54b 
Egg-laying Contest... j?,5 
Chicks in Basement. 0,0 
HORTICULTURE 
Pruning and Pronagating Box..525 
Winter Care of Raspberries. 525 
Pruning Cherry Trees. 525 
Planting Gladiolus Bulblets. 525 
Controlling Cabbage Maggot. 525 
Injuring Young Trees. 527 
Notes from a Maryland Garden. 52a 
Garden Notes from New England. 5d0 
The Poorman Gooseberry. 531 
Close Identity of Strawberries. 533 
Strawberries on Wi'd Land. 5d5 
Hedge Plants for Kansas. 5d5 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day...- • • • 538 
Canning Chicken: Honey Flies.538, 539 
The Rural Patterns. 538 
Planning the Flower Garden. 539 
Embroidery Designs . 539 
Notes from Texas. 539 
Feather Mattresses . 539 
MISCELLANEOUS 
The Possibilities of Chemical Food. 523 
How to Harness Open Springs. 523 
A Primer of Economics—Part XVIII. 528 
•Thou Shalt Not Steal”.. 528 
Spontaneous Combustion in Hay. 529 
Tapping Maple Trees. 531 
Events of the Week. 532 
Better Mail Service Wanted. 533 
Webster’s Rocky Birthplace... 534 
Economics of the Farmer’s Wife. 534 
Editorials... 
A Study of the Educational Meeting. 537 
Publisher’s Desk . 550 
We specialize in Soy 
Beans. 
Soy Bean Hay is richer in 
protein than Alfalfa Hay. 
When planted with corn for 
silage. Soy Beans greatly 
increase the feeding value. 
Soy Beans, when inoculated 
will store up as much as 125 
pounds of Nitrogen per acre. 
Other important facts about this 
valuable crop are to be found in 
Scott’s Field Seed Book and 
Scott’s Soy Bean Catechism. 
Write at once for this free 
information 
O. M. SCOTT & SONS CO. 
84 Sixth St. Marysville, O. 
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CABBAGE PLANTS 
FULWOOD FROST-PROOF 
A ill stand a temperature of fifteen degrees above 
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STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
Campbell’s Early, Gandy (Late) 
In renewing'our beds, we find we have 
several thousand plants to spare of 
Campbell's Early, also of Gandy (late). 
Here is a bargain—same healthy, well 
rooted plants we use in catering to select 
Philadelphia trade. Will sell all or part. 
Write for prices today. 
IRON AGE FARMS 
GRENLOCH, N. J. 
CHOICE STRAWBERRY 
& RASPBERRY PLANTS 
Selection of Best Varieties. Write for information 
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STRAWBERRIESand RASPBERRIES 
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For Sale—Cuihberi Red Raspberry Plants 
$20 per M. A. It. Van Yruiiken, llexi'ord, N. Y. 
50,000 Strawberry Plants wastice, Me Al¬ 
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Early Mammoth CORY SWEET CORN 
99$ germination. 5-day test at Geneva. S0« per lb. 
Allan Morton - - AmIivIIIc, New York 
Gladiolus Bulbs : Beft varieties for cut ,,owers 
35 bulbs, oili 
50 bulbs, preneral mixture, $i. FIIKD J. 
selection, Tor $1. 
I'YliKK, Perry, Ohio 
r el low Tomato Seed. Fine, larjre, bright. Pink Cen¬ 
ters. Packet, 10e. LIZZIE KNAUF, Seaman, Ohio 
