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the amount of nourishment 
you’ll find, in a small dish of 
Grape =Nuts 
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things, especially in side-stepping from 
long established practices, that I want to 
urge every grower to get outside, just a 
little, and find food for thought as well as 
promise of surer returns next year. Try 
the unit system, and build up a strain of 
seed stamped with your own individ¬ 
uality. G. M. TWITCHELX. 
Maine. 
! 
! 
Sweet: with its own sugar, 
developed from the grains in 
the making, this sturdy blend 
of wheat and malted barley 
contains, in compact form and 
at low cost,the nutritive and 
mineral elements needed to 
build health and strength. 
APRIL BARGAINS in TOWNSEND’S High Grade 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
We still have a fine stock of all the best, new and standard 
varieties. And offer them at our usual April Bargain prices. 
Prepaid 
Prepaid 
Prepaid 
Collect 
100 
250 
1000 
1000 
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$3.00 
S8.00 
$7.00 
1.00 
2.00 
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4.00 
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2.00 
4.75 
4.00 
1.50 
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7.50 
7.00 
1.50 
3.00 
7.50 
7.00 
1.50 
3.00 
7.50 
7.00 
1.00 
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Gibson . 
MISSIONARY . 
Klondyke ... 
DUNLAP . 
Dr. Bumll .. 
FORD ..i . 
HOWARD 17 . 
LUPTON, Late . 
NIC OHMER . 
Camp, Early . 
WORLD WONDER . 
Chesapeake . L50 
PRESIDENT HARDING 
PROGRESSIVE . 
LUCKY BOY . 3.00 
1-YR. OLD GRAPE VINES—Concord, Clinton, Catawba, Delaware Moore’s Ey, 
Niagara: Each 25c. 10 $2.00. 20 $3.50 , 50 $8.00, 100 $15,00. 
t. Regis, Erskine Park. Cutlibert Red Raspberry, Plum Fanner—Each 20c, 
Hi $1.75 , 20 $3.00 , 50 $5.00, 100 $10.00. Make all money orders payable to 
E. W. TOWNSEND & SON 25 Vine St., Salisbury, Md. 
For other varieties see our BIG AD. March Sth 
Townsend Plants 
Ten Times Better Than 
Michigan Plants 
Lewis Creek. Indiana, 
March 7, 1921 
E. W. Townsend & Son, 
Salisbury, Md. 
Dear Sire : 
Three years ago I sentto you 
and purchased 1500 Strawberry 
Plants and they all grew tine. 
I raised some of the best berrys 
in the county; people come 
miles to get them. So last year 
iny brother was going to set a 
patch and I persuaded him to 
send part of his order to you, 
and wheD the plants arrived 
they were in fine condition. 
But at the same t ime he sent 
to aCompany in Michigan, and 
when the plants come they 
were planted, hut they did not 
have the roots on them that 
the Townsend Plants had and 
did not grow off so nice. And 
today the Townsend Plants 
look about, ten times better 
than the others. 
Yours truly, 
W. E. DRAKE. 
Perpetual Spinach 
Among: nur many attractive novelties is our 
famous Perpetual Spinach, developed exclusive¬ 
ly by ourselves, and not obtainable elsewhere. 
A teal Spinach that you can cut and re-cut, and 
it will come and come again,—not a Swiss Chard, 
but a bip-leaved, quick-growing summer and 
fall Spinach which takes the place of all other 
varieties. It has the real Spinach flavor for 
which there is no substitute. A 2-ounce package, 
which costs you #1.00, if you remit at once, is 
enouirh to supply the table with this delicious 
Spinach for a whole summer. And Spinach is 
one of the most wholesome, body-building foods 
you can eat! Give yourself a real treat!— Order 
at once. Our"Book for Garden Lovers" (2. r »c 
a copy) sent with each order. 
SCHLING’S SEEDS 
27 We.t 59th St. 
New York City 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
Millions of pure bred plants at wholesale prices. Gnaran 
teed to please you. or money refunded. Amanda. Big 
Joe. Bnhai-h. Dr. Burrell, Ford, Dunlap, $0.00 per thou¬ 
sand. Chesapealt, Kellogs Prize, Premier. Lupton, Nic 
Ohmer. $8.00 per thousand, t'olbourns Early, Elate. $10.00 
per thousand. Klondyke, Missionary, $4.00 per thousand. 
EVER-BEARING VARIETIES, Progressive. Superb. Peer¬ 
less. Ideal, 1017. Minnisota, $8.00 per thousand. Order from 
this paper, or send postal for free catalog. Deduct fifty 
cents per thousand when ordering five thousand or more. 
E.W. JOHNSON & CO., R 4, Salisbury, Md. 
STRAWBERRY DF»LANTS For Sale 
CHESAPEAKE. $6.50; KELLOGG'S PREMIER, $6; GAN¬ 
DY, $4; PROGRESSIVE, $7; BIG JOE. $5.50; LUPTON, 
$6.50; AROMA. $4; KLONDYKE and MISSIONARY, $3.75 
40 other varieties. Also Raspberry aDd Dewberry plants 
and Asparagus roots. Descriptive catalog Free. 
J. KEIFFORD HALL, Rhodesdale, Md. R. No. 2 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
KELLOGG'S PREMIER, BIG JOE. CHESAPEAKE, LUPTON, 
PARSON'S BEAUTY and TENNESSEE PROLIFIC, $1.25 per 
100. S8 perl.000. PROGRESSIVE EVERBEARING. S1.50 per 
100: S10 per 1,000. Catalogue Free. 
BASH. PERRY, R. R. No. 5, Georgetown, I>el. 
ELBERTA PEACH TREES 
1 TO 2 FEET 
100 GENUINE ELBERTASK'&SE 
tion Guaranteed. Order at once and get our prices 
on a full line of other nursery stock. 
NEW HAVEN NURSERIES, Dept. B. New Haven, Missouri 
The 
Ontario Red Raspberry 
is the greatest fruit ever evolved by the 
skill of man in the science of plant breed¬ 
ing. Developed by the N. Y. State Ag. 
Exp. Station, it is destined to lead all 
other red raspberries as a money-maker 
anti yielder of fruit of superior qualities. 
I will send you 2 Ontario, 12 St. 
Martin and 12 Bushel Basket 
Strawberry Plants for $2.00. 
Circular Free 
A. B. KATKAMIER 
MACED0N, N. Y. 
The Million Dollar Strawberry E e i, 
DCDDV Dl IIIITO Vegetable Plants 
BCKIf T I LRU I V F I o w er Plants 
RUNNER AND POT-GROWN STRAWBERRY PLANTS, 
earliest, latest, largest, most productive and ever-bear¬ 
ing varieties; RASPBERRY, BLACKBERRY. DEW¬ 
BERRY, GOOSEBERRY, CURRANT, GRAPE PLANTS ; 
ASPARAGUS, RHUBARB, HORSERADISH ROOTS ; 
SAGE, THYME. MINT. HOP PLANTS ; ONION SETS ; 
BEET, BRUSSELS SI'ROUTS, CAULIFLOWER, CAB¬ 
BAGE, CELERY, BROCCOLI, EGG, PEPPER, TOMATO, 
SWEET POTATO, KOHL-RABI. KALE, LEEK, LET¬ 
TUCE, ONION, PARSLEY PLANTS; PANSY, ASTER, 
SALVIA, SNAPDRAGON, VERBENA, PHLOX DRUM- 
MOND1, COSMOS, MARIGOLD, GAILLAliDlA, HOLLY¬ 
HOCK, DIGITALIS, SHASTA DAISY and other Annual 
and Perennial E'lower Plants; ROSES and SHRUBS. Cat¬ 
alogue free. HARRY L. SQUIRES. Good Ground, N. Y. 
Buy STURDY, Well-Rooted Trees! 
Fruit-growers everywhere know KELLY BROS. 38-year 
old reputation for supplying the finest and most perfect 
trees, guaranteed to satisfy and adapted to particular 
conditions of climate or soil. 
Send for 1921 Catalog 
Look over the splendid assortment of trees we can 
supply, all varieties included, and at very reasonable 
prices. Kelly’s Trees always ip/ease. The catalog is 
free. Send for your copy. 
KELLY BROS. NURSERIES, 1 160 Main St., Dansville, N. Y. 
A Tractor Trailer Sprayer 
The picture at Fig. 231 shows the 
latest type of power sprayer machinery. 
This is know as the tractor trailer 
sprayer. It can be used with practically 
any type of tractor, or with horses when¬ 
ever the tractor fails for any reasons. 
There are several sizes, running from 3% 
to 5 horsepower, and they can deliver 
from 9 to 12 gallons per minute of very 
fine spray. With a sprayer of this sort, 
a proper spray-gun, if the xveather is in 
any way suitable spraying becomes a 
lively job, and can be done quickly and 
efficiently. When you compare the. orig¬ 
inal crude attempts at producing a power 
sprayer with machinery like that shown 
in the picture it would surely give an idea 
of development. Most of us can easily 
remember when there was no such thing 
in practical use as a gasoline engine and 
no one believed that a steam engine small 
enough for spray purposes could ever be 
made efficient. In those days we pumped 
the spray out by hand with an ordinary 
pump, and threw a stream from the 
nozzle which did little more than drench 
the trees. With our modern spray ap¬ 
paratus and the dust machines an ex¬ 
pert grower now has this side of the busi¬ 
ness very well under control. 
“For the land’s sake” use Bowker’s 
Fertilizers; they enrich the earth and 
those who till it.— Adv. 
"Howard No, 17” 
Exclusively 
The berry for tlie mil lions and the millionaire. Read 
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. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
Ten of the best varieties selected out of a hundred. 
Get our catalogue today of Garden seed and plants. 
ROMANCE SEED S PLANT FARM. C. Boggs 6 Son. Cheswold. Del. 
STRAWBERRY, Blackberry and Raspberry Plants 
Fruit trees, Rhubarb anil Asparagus roots. Sweet 
potato seed. Catalogue free. MICHAEL N. B0RC0, Vineland, N. J. 
EVERBEARING L r 2! ?re “ i 1 L e 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS f?i!Vpfri,«So: 
HARRY Jj. SQUIRES, Good Ground, N. Y. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, APRIL 16, 1921 
FARM TOPICS 
Cabbage Seed Production on Long Island, 
585, 586 
The Spirit of the East. 586 
Building a Grain Stack.586 
Experience with a Tractor. 687 
A Clod Crusher of Planks. 587 
Home-grown Potato Seed.587, 588 
Plowing Under Rye for Potato Crop. 589 
Improving Run-down Land. 589 
Hope Farm Notes. 598 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
The Cost of Canadian Milk. 586 
Arsenate Spray Pastured Cattle.597 
Calves Poisoned by Paint...597 
Poor Milk Production. 604 
Ration for Heifer. 604 
Inbreeding .604 
Moving Silage . 606 
Improving Steep Worn Pasture..... 606 
Interesting to Goat Breeders. 606 
Bone Sour in Meat. 609 
Making Butter on the Farm.609 
Hay Tea for Ca’ves.609 
A Promising Calf. 609 
THE HENYARD 
Poultry Feeding as a Science. 608 
Incubator in Damp Cellar.608 
Hatching and Care of Geese. 611 
Why Does a Hen Cackle 1.611 
HORTICULTURE 
Grape and Currant Cuttings; Pruning 
Grapes . 589 
Treatment of Gloxinia.589 
Carnations for Cut Flowgrs—Part 1. 590 
Garden Notes from New England. 590 
Notes from a Maryland Garden...593 
Fitting Soil for a Lawn. 595 
Coal-tar Refuse for Cabbage Maggot. 595 
Substitute for Self-boiled Lime-Sulphur.... 597 
Cut Flowers for the Roadside Market.599 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day. 602 
Seen in New York Shops... 602 
The Rural Patterns. 602 
Notes About Oil Burners. 602 
Making a Feather Mattress. 603 
Abbreviations in Crochet. 603 
Renovating Old Furniture. 603 
Embroidery Designs . 603 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Rabbit Fighting a Weasel.591 
House-flies in Winter. 591 
A Primer of Economics—Part XX. 594 
Removing Bees from Double Wall. 595 
Congressman Gould and Farm Bureau.601 
Rural School Situation..601 
Automatic Payment on Roadside Markets... 601 
Publisher’s Desk . 614 
April 16. 1921 
411 the Old Favorites 
and Many New Ones 
HTHE 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 offertrue- 
to-name Peach. 
Pear, Plum and 
Cherry trees — a 11 
adapted toNorthern 
climate. 
Our ornamental 
section is replete 
with carefully- 
grown Evergreens. 
Shade Trees, Shrubs, and Hedge Plants. These 
will make your home attractive at small cost. 
A post card will bring yon our 1921 Price List. 
Send for it today. Come and see us—Welcome.' 
/5/cch 
Box 8 
Yalesville, Conn. 
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{the one best spra; 
^/or fruits and vegetables 
CABBAGE PLANTS 
Our field grown cabbage plants hardened through freez¬ 
ing weather will produce heads six weeks earlier than 
home grown plants. Well rooted. All varieties ready 
now. Postpaid, 500-$1.50; 1.000-$2.60. By express. 1.000- 
$2.00; 5,000-$7.50. Earliana, Greater Baltimore and Stone 
tomato plants, same price. Portoriean Yam sweet 
potato plants, heavy yielder, 1,000-$2.00; 4,000-$7.00. 
Damp moss packed. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
JEFFERSON FARMS Albany. Ga. 
Write for the valuable new Pyrox book—Bowher 
Insecticide Co. — Boston — Baltimore — Chicago. 
Dependable SEED CORN 
BUY HIGH QUALITY LUCE* FAVORITE 
SEED CORN AND NINETY DAY SEED CORN 
Grown on my farms. S3.35 and S3 per bu. Re¬ 
spectively. Cash F. O. 15., Pecouic. 
S. H. SMITH, Become, L. I., N. Y. 
COUNTRY Are you seeking information on any sub- 
p ft ft if c ject ttult has to <1 ° wilh country life? We 
b U U n o specialize in books on the farm, the 
flower, fruit, or vegetable garden, trees, shrubs, 
landscape gardening, plants under glass, soils, fer¬ 
tilizers. plant diseases, insect pests, garden archi¬ 
tecture. birds, bees, poultry, cattle, outdoor sports, 
etc. From thousands of books we have selected 
the 7011 best. Send stamp for our new catalog No. 4. 
A. T. DE LA MARE CO., Inc.. 448a W. 37th St., New York City 
Rural RUSSETT POTATOES 
Certified by X. Y. State Potato Association. Se¬ 
lected for type and high-yielding Qualities. Our 7- 
acre field was pronounced by experts the best in the 
State find yielded 3,700 bushels. In car lots or less. 
CHAS. A. GARDNER & SONS. Box 186, Tully, New York 
CERTIFIED 
RURAL 
RUSSETS 
SEED POTATOES 
From pedigreed and Prize winning stock. Less 
affected by blight, big yielders and keep well 
HILLSIDE FARM, Wyoming. N. Y. 
1ft ftftft 2-yr. Pres. Wilder CURRANTS. 
IWgUUU Bunched ready for packing. All o 
any part at $40 per thousand. Cash with order. 
OLE) OAK FRUIT FARMS 
K. W. Barnes & Son Middle Hope, N. Y. 
DHCDOCDDV PUNTS— 2S each. Marlboro early. Cuth- 
KAdrDblfnl bert lute. Plum Farmer blackcap for $2. 
Rend for catalog of berrv plants, shrubs and perennials. 
GEO. D. AIKEN, Box M, PUTNEY, VT. 
D A L-l f f A C The finest of all flowers, 
4 1 M—t A k^dirtet 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. 
166 BUSHELS OF EARS PER ACRE 
of Improved Golden Nugget Field Corn. 
Field selection. A high producing flint corn. 98*71 
germination teat made in March. Price, $83 per bn. 
(70-lbs. ears) f. o. b. Warwick, N. Y. Cash with 
order, J. E. SANFORI), Warwick, New York 
For Sale-Two Varieties of Good Seed Corn 
the Yellow Dent and the Lancaster County Sure 
Crop. Price $3 per bushel, F. O. 15. Pomeroy. 
JAMES SCULLY . Pomeroy, Pa. 
Hardy Open Field Grown Frostproof Cabbage Plants 
Wakefields, flats. 200— 76c; 600—$1.50; 1,000—$2.50: pot- 
paid and insured. 10.000, expressed not paid, $*20. Satisfac¬ 
tion g-narante< d. Potato and Tomato plants. May deliv¬ 
ery. J, T. Coiinetll A Sonw, Franklin, Virginia 
BINDER TWINE 
Get our low price in quantities to GRANGES ami 
FARMERS' ASSOCIATIONS. Age nts wanted. Samples 
free. THEO. BURT & SONS, Melrose. Ohio 
PIIPPI CRASPBERRY PLANTS 
I U III !■ b Write J. M. READ, WATERVLIET, N.Y. 
Muck Grown Seed Potatoes Ohios. Heavyweights. One 
NEW EARLY kind. BURGESS BROS., Waterloo, K. Y. 
H usky, Strung-rooted Big Joe Strawberry Plants, 
at J5c per 100; 8*1 per 1,000, post p»l<l. Prompt ship¬ 
ment, R. C. MacKLEY, Brogueville, Pa. 
n I l -—Bliss. Carman, Cobbler,Green Mt..Ohio. Rose 
rOTalOBS Kusset, Sixweeks. Others C. W. FORD, Either,. N.Y 
Gold Coin Seed Potatoes Gardiner. Me 
Best Seed Potatoes A. U.Vl.imilHiK SON8,°^Fl«k.ri. V T. 
SPECIAL-IO BEAOTIFUL DAHLIAS 
named varieties, all different, 51. 75 Gladiolus. $1. 
6 Iris roots, Yellow ami White. 50c. Or all 3 for 52. 
Regular value $5, Postpaid. SKT-L0U FARM. Midland Park. N. J. 
P LUM FARMER Raspberry Plants. Well rooted; 
to sell at once, $11 per M. D. C. PASCHKE, Norik East, Pa. 
Annual Sweet Clover °Xn. y 
S TRAWBERRY PLANTS—Howard 17, SI.50 per 100. Kello«g s 
Premier, $1.25 per 100, Postpaid. JOHN LAN6. East Taunton, Mass 
GIANT BLOOMING PANSY PLANTS 
Mixed Collars. Tomato and Pepper, 40e per doz., 4 doz., 
for $1.00 postpaid, list free. W. S. Ford & Son, Hardy. Del. 
The BEST-WILSONS EARLY SOJA BEA NS 
Saves Phosphates Bills, makes best Hay, improves Soil 
$8.50 Bu. Yellow- Danvers Onion Sets $1.00 Bu«h. 
LAYTON a- LAYTON, Inc. Georgetown. Del. 
