526 
The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
Practical experience and accurate know!- 
edge of plant food problems make 
Bowker'i "lure-fire” fertilizers. Hunt up 
your Bov ker dealer now. 
FERTILIZER CO. 
J f 1 Afc.IL/ix BOSTON NEW YORK 
Buffalo Philadelphia Baltimore . 
Subsidiary of The American 
Agricultural Chemical Co. 
BOWKERS 
F E RTI LIZ E FIS 
"FOR THE 
LAND’S SAKE” 
use 
BOWKER£ 
FERTILIZERS 
DEO. U. 6 
mt orr. 
It is good business to use 
the best fertilizers. It is 
good judgment to use 
BOWKER’S. Always 
quality fertilizers; al¬ 
ways dependable; al¬ 
ways right. 
If you ever needed good 
fertilizers you need 
them this year, and “for 
the land’s sake” use 
Bowker’s. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
Good, strong, well rooted plants at $4.00 and $5.00 per 
thousand. Also a complete line of the best red and black 
raspberries, hardy blackberries, fancy gooseberries and 
currants, a large .stock of popular grape vines. Many 
of our customers are making from $500.00 to 11200.00 per 
acre growing berries from our fruit plants. Send for 
on i' free catalog. 
BRIDGMAN NURSERY CO., Box 7, Bridgman, Mich. 
STRAWBERRY 3PLANTS For Sale 
CHESAPEAKE, $6.50; KELLOGG’S PREMIER, $6: GAN¬ 
DY, $4; PROGRESSIVE, $7; BIG JOE. $5.50; LUPT0N, 
*6.50; AROMA, $4; KLONDYKE and MISSIONARY, *3.76 
40 other varieties. Also Raspberry and Dewberry plants 
and Asparagus roots. Descriptive catalog Free 
J. KEIFFORD HALL, Rhodo.dale, Md R. No. 2 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
KELLOGG’S PREMIER, BIG JOE. CHESAPEAKE, LUPT0N, 
PARSON’S BEAUTY and TENNESSEE PROLIFIC, $1.25 per 
100; $8 per 1,000. PROGRESSIVE EVERBEARING, $1.50 per 
iU’> 510 p. : 1,000. Catalogue Free. 
>tRY, R. R No. 5, Georgetown, Del. 
-STa WBERRY PLANTS 
Ten ’ ost varieties selected out of a hundred. 
y of Garden seed and plants. 
ROMANCE SEEDS PLANT T ARM, c. Boggs & Son. Cheswold, Del. 
D A I » A C The finest of all flowers, 
• ^direct from grow er. 
Strong tubers, guaranteed to grow and bloom. 
Full cultural directions with every order. No order 
too small. Send for list. E. J. SCHULER.Wyandanch, N.Y. 
BEST 
New and Standard varieties. Bushel Basket, St. Martin, 
etc. New Price List Free. A. It. KATKAIIII'lt, Hacedon, N.Y. 
EVERBEARING Progressive 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS !?bV P ! r r i,ooo. ; 
HARRY L. SQUIRES, Good Ground, N. Y. 
BERRY PLANTS-75 Varieties 
Honest Goods. A. G. Blount, Hastings, N.Y. 
For Sale-Horseradish PLANTS 
by the 100 or 1,000. Write for prices. 
Benj. Carter, 1006 New Pear St., Vineland, N. J. 
FOR Cirawhnrru Planle Howard No. 1 1 , Alnngton, 
SALE OHdHDerry 3 MS Glen Mary. $10.7,0 per 
thousand. Parcel Post. JAMES 11. ItlLI., (’lark, Kalla, Conn. 
S WEET CLO VE R. Biennial Yellow. 5 to 7 
ft. Superior for pasturage or hay—exceptional for 
soil improvement. Unhulled, 8e lb; bulled, scarified, 
IO«. New seed—good quality. Early Wilson and Haher- 
landt Soys @ $4 per bu. Samples. R. M. HANNA. Skillman. H. J. 
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 
ELBERTA PEACH TREES 
1 TO 2 FEET 
100 GENUINE ELBERT! 
tion Guaranteed. Order at once and get our prices 
on a full line of other nursery stock. 
NEW HAVEN NURSERIES. Depl. B. New Haven. Missouri 
CABBAGE PLANTS 
Our field grown cabbage plants hardened through freez¬ 
ing weather will produce heads six weeks earlier tran 
home grown plants Well rooted. All varieties ready 
now. Postpaid, 500—$1.50; I,0tl0-$2.60. By express, 1,000- 
02.00; 5,000-07.50. Earliana, Greater Baltimore and Stone 
tomato plants, same price. PortoHcan Yam sweet 
potato plants, heavy yielder, 1,000-02.00 ; 4,000-07.00. 
Damp moss packed. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
JEFFERSON FARMS Albany, Ga. 
MAKE YOUR 1921 GARDEN BETTER 
by planting the Famous TIFT DY A ATT’C! 
CABBAGE. ONION. TOMATO I it* I rLANla 
and POTATO PLANTS, all varieties, 500 postpaid, $1.50; 
1,000, S2.50; by express. $2.| Special price large lots, 
Satisfaction guaranteed. 
TIFT PLANT COMPANY - ALBANY, GEORGIA 
C ABBAGE PROTECTION— M. & M. Tar Felt Pads will prevent 
the Maggot destroying your Cabbage or Cauliflower. 
$1.50 per 1,000, postpaid in 2nd, 3rd and 4th Zones. A trial 
offer of 100 for 50cto, Postpaid. MODERN MFG. CO., P. 
0. Box 2854, Philadelphia, Pa. • 
STRAWBERRY, Blackberry and Raspberry Plants 
Fruit trees, Rhubarb and Asparagus roots. Sweet 
potato seed. Catalogue free. MICHAEL H. B0RG0, Vineland, N. J. 
RASPBERRY PLANTS ' ^1™ Fa, 
100. Cuthbert, (Red) $2—100. 
mer, (Black Caps.) $5— 
W. II a I III: It I . Oxford, N. T. 
Certified RUSSET SEED POTATOES 
Grown from hill-selected, treated seed. Yielded 355 bu. 
per a. Write for price. F. 8. Hollenbeck, Tully, N.Y. 
Racnhprrv a,,< * Everbearing Strawberry Plants. 
naspuci IJ Money making varieties. Guaranteed pure, 
Reduced prices. List free. HEItT Hi K Kit, Ilooniok Falla, N.Y 
Best Seed Potatoes 
Illustrated Catalog Free. 
A. 0. AI.DHIIIGE SONS, Fialiera, N. T. 
For Sale-BLACK RASPBERRY TIPS 
100 Thousand. Strong plants, $15 per M. E.F. Kean.Senna,N.Y. 
GRAPE VINES 
Gooseberries Currants 
Raspberries Strawberries 
Best varieties. Well-rooted and vigorous plants- 
Catalogue sent to you free. Write for it today- 
T. S. HUBBARD CO.. Box 20. Fredonia, N. Y. 
Giant Blooming Pansiespi“ t o*en! x 4dowi 0 fSr$L 
Post Paid. List free. W. S. EOKII A SON, Hartley, Delaware 
PflTATflEQ —Bliss, Carman, Cobbler, Green Jit.,Ohio, Queen, 
|U I A I ULO Rose, Ruaset.Sixwka. Others. C. W. Ford. Fishars, N.Y 
CuiaaTPInuar Best White Blossom, Hulled, for $8.50Bu. 
OHBgIUIUYBT 60 lbs. A. BL00MINGDALE, Seheneetadr. N. Y. 
Notes from the Mail 
The following brief statements are in 
reply to numerous letters which come to 
us at this season: 
The best single chemical to mix with 
hen manure is acid phosphate. This ma¬ 
nure is low in phosphorus, and the acid 
phosphate makes it more of a balanced 
fertilizer. The best way to use it is to 
dry and fine the chicken manure, crush¬ 
ing it. if possible. Then mix at the rate 
of 3 lbs. of a phosphate to 7 lbs. of dried 
chicken manure. For most farm crops 
this i« a good mixture. For garden crops 
it will usually pay to add % lb. each of 
nitrate of soda and muriate of potash to 
10 lbs. of phosphate and manure. 
There are many questions about using 
lime on glowing crops, such as grain or 
grass, seeded last Fall. Ground lime¬ 
stone. used on the surface, then harrow¬ 
ing in. will give a good result, although 
they will be glow. We do not advise 
using burned lime in this way, as it is 
more, likely to form a crust or shell on the 
top of the ground. 
What can ’ with coal ashes? 
These ashes contain very little, if any, 
plant food, except from the wood which 
is used for starting the fire. They have 
a value, however, in improving the tex¬ 
ture of the soil. On sandy, open 
ground they bind the soil together so that 
it will hold moisture better. On heavy, 
compact soil. 1 liege ashes open up the 
soil and, make it more porous. In our 
own case we use these ashes in little piles 
around the trunks of apple trees. This 
helps keep away mice and borers, and 
will prevent some damage in case of fire. 
The coal ashes are also good as a mulch 
around bush fruits. 
The refuse from an acetylene gas ma¬ 
chine is much the same as limestone, 
although, of course, it is not as fine. It 
will give about the result of ordinary 
limestone. Obi plastering taken from the 
walls has a slight value from the lime 
and hair which it contains, hut will give 
little benefit in the soil until it is crushed 
fine. We use it around fruit treog, usu¬ 
ally with good results. 
The best time to use nitrate of soda 
on fruit trees is as early in Spring as 
the ground is fit. That means when the 
first growth of green grass becomes ap¬ 
parent. We would scatter this nitrate 
out away from the trunk, evenly under 
the spread of the branches. Unless it is 
applied in this way very early this year’s 
crop will receive little, if any, benefit 
from it. Acid phosphate may also he 
used at the same time and in the same 
manner. Rarely, however, are results ob¬ 
tained on apple trees during the current 
growing season. The tree is benefited, 
but there is not much result in the fruit 
crop until the following year. We like 
to use acid phosphate in the late Autumn, 
for at that time the fruit buds for the 
following season are being formed. 
There is much discussion about where 
to put fertilizer when a tree is to be fed. 
The average man seems to have an idea 
i that the fertilizer should he put close up 
to the trunk of the tree, instead of being 
scattered out under the branches. The 
latter plan is most effective, and gives 
quicker results. The tree will find the 
fertilizer, however, no matter where it is 
put. if within reach. At one time we told 
some workmen to put nitrate of soda on 
a peach orchard and gave full directions 
about scattering it out under the branches. 
Instead of doing that they put the nitrate 
in little piles, close up to the trunk. 
These trees were at least 10 days slower 
in showing the effect of this application, 
although they did apparently make use 
of the nitrate. One thing happened that 
we did not count on, and that was appar¬ 
ently the killing of most of the borers of 
these trees where the nitrate was piled 
around the trunk. 
Many of our readers are left with a 
supply of potatoes on hand. They can¬ 
not obtain a fair price and will feed these 
potatoes out. Raw potatoes are often 
fed to cattle. The plan is to start with 
a few quarts per day and increase the 
amount until finally from a half a bushel 
to three pecks can he fed each day. Care 
must be taken to either crush or cut. the 
larger potatoes or there will he danger 
from choking the cows. When potatoes 
are fed to hogs, they should be either 
steamed or cooked, as the hogs will not 
thrive on the raw tubers. 
Polishing the Stove 
On page 104 the question is asked re¬ 
garding the nature of a kind of blacking 
with which the top of a cook stove may 
be kept in a high state of polish. If a 
stove has been heated and superheated 
until the top naturally assumes a reddish 
color, and refuses to retain a polish, the 
only remedy is a thorough scouring car¬ 
ried deep enough to bring the iron to its 
normal color. Sometimes sandpaper will 
be sufficient, and sometimes it may be 
necessary to grind the top on a grind¬ 
stone. And again, if too badly burned, it 
may be necessary to take it to a machine 
shop and have it planed down. Lastly, 
it may be necessary to discard the old 
top entirely and obtain a new one from 
the repair shop. But when it is brought 
into shape, or when a new stove is bought, 
avoid overheating it. and see that it is 
kept bright by a daily application of 
polish, if necessary. There is a peculiar 
“knack” about the handling of the brush 
that is not easily described on paper. It 
consists essentially of quick, sharp strokes 
and a removal of the brush with each 
stroke, instead of a protracted rubbing. 
An old stub broom is a handy implement 
for blacking a stove. c. o. o. 
April 2, 1921 
H IB the Old Favorites 
and Many New Ones 
'T'HE Baldwin and other old-time 
favorites have never been re¬ 
placed as leaders in Northern or¬ 
chards. We still carry large stocks of 
these time-tried varieties. Also of the 
most promising 
new varieties— 
Delicious, Opales¬ 
cent, Stark, etc. 
Our one and two- 
year apple trees were 
never finer than 
now. They are 
clean, sturdy and 
heavy-rooted. 
We also offer true- 
to-name P e a c h. 
Pear, Plum and 
Cherry trees — a 1 1 
adapted toNorthern 
climate. 
Our ornamental 
section is replete 
with carefully- 
grown Evergreens, 
j Shade Trees, Shrubs, and Hedge Plants. These 
will make your borne attractive at small cost. 
A post card will bring you our PJ21 Price List. 
. Send lor it today. Come aDd see us—Welcome! 
/5ciwrL&s /5sco' 
Box 8 
Yalesville, Conn. 
Spraying Made Ca;y 
Use Auto-Spray 
No. 1, as half a million 
garden enthusiasts are 
already doing. It kills bugs 
and heads off blight — assures 
bigger crops of better quality. So 
easy and simple. Compressed air 
does the work. 
rewowN • 
Outfitsfor every purpose include 40 styles 
and sizes, from the tiny atomizer to the 
big traction machines forfield and orchard. 
All are sold on a money- 
back guarant ee. 
Write for 1921 catalog and 
Spraying Guide prepared 
by Cornell University 
specialists. Both are free. 
Ask your dealer to show 
you an Auto-Spray. 
the e. c. BROWN CO. 
892 Maple St., Rochester, N. Y. 
"Use an Auto-Spray 
to Hake Crops Pay ” 
The Safety Zone 
A building protected by Shinn Lightning Rods 
is in a Safety Zone— Lightning cannot possibly 
damage it. Over 200,000 buildings in the U. S. 
and Canada, including many Government 
buildings, are already protected by the Shinn System. 
Shinn-Flat 
Lightning Rods Prevent Lota 
Your house, barn and other buildings, and the 
lives of your family, are in constant danger 
unless they are properly protected. You can’t 
afford to gamble on Lightning, by leaving your 
own buildings unprotected for another season. 
Don’t wait for Lightning to Btril.e— get protected 
now before it is too late. Send for Jree book explain- 
IngtheCanse andCon- 
trol of Lightning. 
W. C. SHINN 
MFG. CO. 
|246Lytton Bldg. 
Chicago, Ill. 
b 
Gold Coin Seed Potatoes 
open flATQ Hi-Yield Prolific (SILVER MINE TYPE.) 
d L L U U A I O Worthy at tention when better oats are con¬ 
sidered. Samples. EARLE S. WILSON. Boi 487, Hammond, N.Y. 
Muck Grown Seed Potatoes Ohios,Heavyweights. One 
NEW EARLY kind. BURGESS BROS., Waterloo , N. Y. 
Washington Asparagus Roots 
S3 per 100; 815 per 1,000. Seed 84 pound. 
GEORGE F. WHEELER, Concord, Mass. 
The Million Dollar StrawberryE H ;?i ,, , d 
The berry for the millions and the millionaire. Reaa 
report of New York Experiment Station for 1920 and 
others from Massachusetts to Arkansas in free 
booklet. Also “Howard No. 17 versus Premier.” 
Address the introducer, C. E. CHAPMAN, North Stonington, Conn. 
