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The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
FERTILIZER 
MATERIALS 
FOR HOME MIXING 
BARIUM-PHOSPHATE 
Containing 
28% Phosphoric Acid 7% Barium Sulphide 
NITRATE OF POTASH 
Analyzing 
42% Actual Potash 12% Nitrogen 
NITRATE OF SODA 
MURIATE OF POTASH 
SULPHATE OF POTASH 
SOFT TENNESSEE PHOSPHATE 
32% Phosphoric Acid 
Write for our prices on these and other 
Agricultural Chemicals before buying. 
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2 Rector Street, New York 
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Farmers Fund, Inc. 
M. W. Cole, President 
Lincoln-Alliance Bank Bldg., Rochester, N. Y. 
POTASH-MARL 
Makes Perfect LA WNS—Beautiful 
FLOWERS—Larger Farm CROPS 
Green Apple Lice 
Can you give me a little information 
about a certain kind of fly that is do- 
stroying my young apple trees? The flies 
look like ordinary house flies; they 
seem to be in swarms on a few trees, and 
have been on the same trees two seasons. 
The trees are not dead, but they are 
badly injured by these flies. The trees 
affected can be readily seen by th's odd 
appearance: The leaves curl-up and 
have a black, smutty look. The bark is 
also discolored and black. J. E. c.. 
Bucks Co., Pa. 
From ,T. E. G.’e description I conclude 
that the trees are infested with the com¬ 
mon green apple aphid, or, as it is more 
commonly called, the green apple louse. 
The lice when abundant curl the leaves 
and prevent the young, succulent branches 
from making their normal growth. More¬ 
over, the plant lice secrete a sweet ma¬ 
terial called honeydew, which falls on its 
leaves and branches, and coats them all 
over with a layer of this sweet, sticky 
substance. Then a black fungus, or mold, 
begins to grow in the honeydew and event¬ 
ually spreads over the leaves and branches 
wherever the honeydew exists, thus pro 1 - 
ducing the black, “smutty” look of which 
the correspondent speaks. Altogether the 
green apple louse is one of the worst pests 
on young apple trees with which the 
grower has to contend, and often it is 
very injurious to older trees. Moreover, 
the young lice hide within the curled 
leaves, where it is very difficult to reach 
them with spray materials. 
The best mixture for killing the lice is 
nicotine sulphate (tobacco extract), com¬ 
bined with water and soap. The most 
common brand of nicotine sulphate is 
known as Black-leaf 40. and it. is now 
sold by druggists or insecticide dealers in 
most towns. It should he used at the 
rate of three-quarters of a pint to 100 
gallons of water with 5 lbs. of laundry 
soap dissolved and added to make it 
spread and stick to the leaves. The in¬ 
fested trees should bo sprayed first, early 
in the Spring, just as the buds are break¬ 
ing, and later whenever the lice seem to 
he increasing too rapidly and causing too 
much injury. Tt is best to spray in time 
before the leaves curl too much and pro¬ 
tect the lice so that one eanuot actually 
hit them with the tobacco. 
GLENN W. HERRICK. 
TRACTION 
SPRAYER 
The Best Kind of Crop Insurance 
Is Spraying 
Use the Eureka method to eliminate bugs, mold and blight. Have 
bigger crops, with less work and cost. The increased crop in one 
acre of sprayed rows is enough to pay for a Eureka 1 raction 
Sprayer and spray material. 
This is the easiest, most thorough, most economical way to spray. 
It saves time and labor in the hardest and most necessary job in 
raising potatoes, tomatoes, garden truck, cabbage, cucumbers, 
pickles, tobacco, beans, strawberries, celery, sugar beets, clover, 
alfalfa, etc. May be equipped for spraying orchards and bushes 
if desired. 
The Eureka has 1, 2 or 3 nozzles to the row and 4, 6 or more 
rows per boom. Wheels adjustable to various width rows. 1 ank, 
pump and nozzles have strainers. Nozzles give fine and coarse 
sprays. Sprayers of 100-gallon size have 3-cylinder pump of 
200-pound pressure; 60-gallon size have double action pump of 
125-pound pressure 
A dealer near you has a Eureka Sprayer for you. Write for 
his name and for complete catalog of Eureka farming equipment. 
Eureka Mower Co., 
Box 880 UTICA, N. Y. 
The Eureka spray boom with 
two nozzles per row is unique. 
It thoroughly covers high or low 
plants. Nozzles can be placed 
at various angles. The same 
booms will spray broadcast in 
alfalfa, oats, etc. 
- «£. 
Culture of Narcissus and Spanish Iris; 
Propagating Barberry 
1- Last Spring I wanted to move my 
daffodils, as they were very grassy. I dug 
the bulbs after blossoming, taking great 
clumps of dirt surrounding the bulbs, lav¬ 
ing these clumps under the shade of a 
hedge, thinking they would keep from dry¬ 
ing out. In the Fall or late in the Sum¬ 
mer I shook tin- dirt from them, put the 
bulbs down cellar and in the Fall put 
them in their new location. Not one has 
put in an appearance as yet. What was 
wrong? In an old grassy garden near 
hero are a lot of Narcissus bulbs, growing 
so thick they do not blossom. In the 
Summer the grass grows so tall one can¬ 
not locate the plants. I can have these if 
I can move them. They are quite plain to 
be seen now, as the grass has not started 
much, and the plants have. IIow can I 
move them? 2. IIow ran barberry be 
propagated? It is the kind usually plant¬ 
ed close to. buildings. 2. I have some 
Spanish Iris that are failing to bloom. 
For several years they have had beautiful 
blossoms, hut last year had none. They 
are quite big, old clumps, not moved for 
about eight or nine years. Should they 
be divided? c. H. R. 
1. You should have waited til! the tops 
of the daffodils began to turn yellow. 
Then they could be lifted and cured in 
the shade. Then cut off the tops and sep¬ 
arate to bulbs. Trim off the roots and 
Put them in a cellar till September and 
then plant them in rows or beds. This 
means that the same treatment will ans¬ 
wer for those to be given you. 
2. Wash out the seed of the Berber is 
U’hunbergii in the Fall and put down a 
bed of sand and spread the seed on 
and cover well with sand. In Spring sift 
the seeds out of the sand and sow them in 
rows to grow and cultivate. The plants 
_ sometimes make suckers which can be 
taken up and planted, or the branches can 
be bent to the earth and covered up at 
one point and the tip of the branch tied to 
a stake. The part in the ground should 
he notched. These layers will root readily 
by Fall. 
A. Take up the Spanish Iris when tops 
are ripe in the Fall and saparate them 
and replant at once in good soil, clean of 
weeds and grass, and keep all bulbs clean 
of weed arid grass growth. 
W. F. MASSEY. 
.ILLS PEACH TREE BORER' 
Thi/i m.thod of destroying PEACH TREE BORERS 
—is highly recommended by the U 8. Department 
of Agriculture. Por circular write 
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WILSON CELEBRATED MILLS. 
No. 1 Mill for fjrlnding Dr 
Bon oh, Oystiir Shells, Grit, an 
Grain for poultry. 
Phosphato Mills, Green Bon 
and Clover Cutters, Foe 
Mixora for Poultry Feeding 
Milla of all sizes for all pur 
poses. Hand and power. 
Writ© for illustrated Cata 
logue and prices. 
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Box 15 Easton, Pa 
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CiitaIni' . They claim your kind attention. 
Proa In every size .... for every zone, 
1 ,LL They furnish sure protection. 
FIELD FORCE PUMP CO,, Dept* 2 Elmira, New Yori 
A natural fertilizer of incalculable 
value to all plant life. 
Government and State Agricultural 
Reports recommend its use for gardens 
and farms. 
Clean and Absolutely Odorless 
Prices-F. O. B. Marlton, N. .J,, 50-lbs., $1: 
100-lbs., $2; Ton, $;«J. 
Purchaser pays transportation charges 
If your Dealer doesn’t carry Potash- 
Marl, Order from 
AMERICAN POTASH-MARL CO., Inc. 
11 Thomas Street, New York, N. Y. 
Tnjlhis Mixer-30 Days FREE 
R 
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Steel frame—built for hard use—yet light and easy 
to move. Capacity, throe cubic feet a minute-hand 
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1010 Cleveland Ave,, Milwaukee, Wis. 
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1 ay only $10 after 30 days' trial, balance $10 per 
month for four months. Two per cent discount 
for cash. Write for full particulars. 
PAINT 
$ 1.25 
PER 
Gallon 
ORDER DIRECT FROM FACTORY 
We will send you as many gallons as you 
want of good quality red or brown 
BARN PAINT 
uport receipt of remittance. We are paint special¬ 
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low prices. We can save you money by shipping 
direct from our factory. ^atisfactionUuaranteed. 
On orders for thirty gallons or over wo will prepay the 
freight within a radius of three hundred miles. 
AMALGAMATED PAINT CO. 
Factory: 372 WAYNE ST., JERSEY CITY, N. J. 
FERTILIZERS 
We Recommend for 
Potatoes, General Trucking, Gardening 
Croxton Brand 
4-8-5 and 4-8-2 Mixtures 
We also sell Haw Materials, carloads or 
less than carloads, as follows: 
NITRATE OF SODA 
SULPHATE OF AMMONIA AND 
PHOSPHATE 
BLOOD AND TANKAGE 
BONE MEAL 
MURIATE OF POTASH 
SULPHATE OF POTASH 
Address Dept. F 
N.J. FERTILIZER&CHEMICAL CO. 
Factory Croxton, Jersey City, N. J. 
Office, 60 Trinity Place, New York 
