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•Pit RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
May 14, 1921 
Get Rid of 
Potato Scab! 
Raise clean, bright-skinned, 
salable tubers with 
BAC-SUL 
(Inoculated Sulfur) 
Discovered and developed by Dr. J. 
G. Lipman of the New Jersey State 
Agricultural Experiment Station. 
A limited supply of BAC-SUL for 
this season’s planting is available. 
If you want to prevent scab from taking 
part of your 1 92 1 profits, send your 
order immediately. 
Suggested applications 
Where scab has been severe, 600 lbs. per 
acre. In moderately scabbed fields, 400 
or 500 lbs. is enough. Where there is 
only a small amount of scab, application of 
300 lbs. is recommended. 
Universal Products Sales Co., Inc. 
126 Liberty Street, New York City 
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SIIASTA DAISY and other Annual and Perennial Flower 
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IFARHY L. SQUIRES Good Ground. N. Y. 
PI ANTC CABBAGE AND COLXARD 
r JjM.ni J. EARLY and late varieties 
TOO—$1.50 ; 1,000—$S4.L>«, Postpaid. 10,000 l.vp . -sed, 
$IL>. Tomato, Balto, Slone, name price Sweet Potato. 
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GUARANTEED HUBAM CLOVER 
Annual White Sweet Clover 
This is the new clover discovered by Prof. Hdtfflies. 
All the 1920 crop of seed is exhausted, but seed of an 
early strain planted in Texas since Xmas Ijas reached 
maturity. You can get it in time to raise a crop yet 
thfsjyeai*. Make big profits growing seed lor yourself 
Mild neighbors. Order from T he Henry Field Seed 
< o M Shenandoah, Iowa, or .d irret from thr Groirrr 
Who Guarantors. The price ia $5*00 per pound. 
THE DEGRAFF FOOD CO., DeGraff, Ohio 
FOR THE PESTS THAT PESTER 
DUST YOUR CROPS WITH 
BUG DEATH 
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l\sed over 20 years with 
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users repeat each season. 
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W. N. SCARFF & SONS New Carlisle, Ohio 
Raise Your Own 
SEED POTATOES 
Plant a Seed Plot with 
CERTIFIED RUSSETS 
Start with the best stock. Write 
for descriptions and prices. 
K. C. LIVERMORE H0NE0YE FALLS, N. Y. 
BINDER TWINE 
(iet mi' low price iu quantities to GRANGES an<l 
FARMERS ASSOCIATIONS Agents wanted. .Samples 
free. TI1KO. IUJKT X SONS, Melrose, Ohio 
Covers, waterproofed, *> x 10, £4.OO 
Hay Caps, Stuck and 1 1 actor covers, 
plain R' d wa*prpr<>"fod; all si..< s 
wiite for prices. Agents w&uUd. 
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list of all Kinds of plant* tor the garden ROMANCE 
SEED & TRUCK FARM C. Boggs & Son, Clieswold. Delaware 
Sweet Potato Plants 
tato seed. Pr ice list fiec. MICHAFL N. bC.lCO, Vineland, H. J. 
nil Bcuty. ('h- man. < olihlcr,Green Mt Vobllglu 
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uW66TblOY6i miiiation. I.nhullcd. t»c pci* 1 )>.. bulled 
and sow rilled; He. Uaberlandt and Wilson Soy Iteatis ’*t 
wholesale price, If. VI. IIA \ .V A, Skill man, \. 4. 
Vegetable Plants 
$2.05 per 1.0 0. I *osl 
Potato. Cabbage. Tomato, 
Hccla, Loti 11 ci*. * >nion at 40c per 100 *>v 
Paid. U/iVlU ROD WAY. Ilaillv. Deliiwnre 
W ei I rooted Abington, Dunlap, \\ IIhoii and War- 
field ST If AW II i: It If Y PLANTS. $t per 100. 
Also Raspberries. Box R, DEER RUN FRUIT FARM, Putney, Vermont 
When you write advertisers mention 
The Rural New- Yorker and you’ll get 
a quick reply and a "square deal.” See 
guarantee editorial page. 
CABBAGE PLANTS 
Our Meld grown cabbage plants hardened through freez¬ 
ing weather will produce heads six weeks e tflier than 
home grown plains Well rooted. All varieties ready 
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$2 00; 5,000-*7.50. Karlianu. Greater Baltimore and Stone 
toinaio plants, >ame price. portoriean Yarn sweet 
potato plants, heavy yieldet . I.000-$2.‘)0; 1,000-17.00. 
Damp moss packed. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
JEFFERSON FARMS Albany, Ca. 
method:-' of groups dealing with 0110 an- I 
other. The runners and other industries 
have united for mutual benefit, and I see | 
no reason why the farmers have not the j 
same privilege. As a matter of fact, the 
justice which they have received in the 
past few years ha* been due to their or¬ 
ganizations, and not to old individualistic 
ideas, which you intimate. You also for¬ 
get that an organization is but an expres¬ 
sion of the united voices of any group of 
people and that the action which the can¬ 
ning crop growers in this section have 
taken is not only their action and the ac¬ 
tion of their leaders, but is the action of 
every canning crop growing section in 
New York State and many of the other 
States. IT. E. BROPHEL. 
President Livingston Grower’s Co-opera¬ 
tive Association. 
Possibilities in Small Maple Trees 
j 
After 15 years at the carpenter trade I 
have bought a hill farm, and here is my j 
first problem : I have hundreds of small 
sugar maple trees that run about 0 in. 
in diameter. Are they worth saving? 
Will they yield any sap at that size? 
Medora, Ind. G. c. M. 
The amount of sugar that a maple tree 
will yield varies from year to year, ac¬ 
cording to weather conditions during the 
sugaring season. It also varies according 
to the individuality and environment of 
the tree, and there are a few other minor 
factors. The nearest approach to a rule 
for estimating the yield is to allow 3 lbs. 
of sugar for every solid cord of wood con¬ 
tained in the tree. According to this rule, 
trees of only (5-in. diameter cannot be ex¬ 
pected to yield a great amount of sugar; 
neither will they yield a great amount of 
wood if cut for fuel. But these trees now 
appear to have a good start, and they will 
rapidly increase in size, and soon become 
valuable for either sugar or lumber, and 
it will pay big interest on tin* investment 
to allow them to do so. The value of 
maple lumber is rapidly increasing, while 
the supply is even more rapidly decreas¬ 
ing. and f expect that within the next 10 
years it will be quoted at more than 
double its present price. The demand for 
maple sugar is increasing even more rap¬ 
idly than the demand for maple lumber, 
and the supply is diminishing. Prices 
have more than doubled during the past 
five years and, last year, the whole world 
did not produce as much as the people of 
tin 1 United States would have eaten in 
one day, had they been given the oppor 
(unity. Improved methods of manufee- 
1 iiro are now well under way whereby the 
cost of production will bo greatly less¬ 
ened. I am confident that, within the 
next 10 years, maple sugar will be pro¬ 
duced at a cost considerably under 5c per 
lb., and there will be a call for all that it 
will he possible to produce at prices con¬ 
siderably above 50c per lb. So bang to 
von little maple trees. Thin them jml : - 
ciously. but sparingly, cutting out. the 
small and inferior trees and leaving the 
best to grow, and you will be surprised to 
see how soon you will be tlie owner of a 
valuable wood lot. C. o. o. 
“For the land’s sake” use Bowker’s 
Fertilizers; they enrich the earth and 
those who 1 i 11 it.— Adv. 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. MAY 14, 1921 
FARM TOPICS 
Top Dress 
YOUR CROPS 
Get immediate results 
with Genuine Chilean 
NITRA TE 
of SODA 
the quickest available Am¬ 
mon iate to hasten crops to 
maturity; imparts vigor, 
prevents wilting in hot 
weather. Stocks on hand at 
principal Atlantic Seaports 
for prompt deliveries. 
We can also supply other 
Fertilizer Materials and In¬ 
secticides—and quality Mix¬ 
tures—proportioned so as to 
give uniform growth from 
seeding to maturity — even 
under most adverse weather 
conditions. 
Literature upon request. Order now 
—write or 'phone our nearest 
branch. Address Desk N-2. 
Nitrate, Agencies 
Original and largest importers of 
Chilean Nitrate of Soda 
85 Water Street 
New York Cily 
80 Oak Street 
Floral Park, L. /. 
Stock Exchange Bldg. 
Baltimore, Md. 
134 W. Commerce St. 
Bridgeton, N. J 
What Is 
“Celery Profit?” 
Take the selling price of your 
celery crop, subtract the cost of 
seed, of planting, bleaching, 
boards, digging, and the amount 
left is “celery profit.’’ Some¬ 
times the selling price is barely 
enough to cover the cost of 
production. 
Make Profits Bigger 
Areanddee Celery Bleacher is 
much cheaper than boards. The 
stiff, waterproof strips exclude 
all light and dirt. Two men can 
apply it almost at the speed of a 
walk. May be used for years 
without renewing. You’ll be sur¬ 
prised at the low cost. Send for 
circular and sample. 
THE RUSSELL0ID CO. 
Box R, Harrisburg, Penna. 
Ma-urirl Loss in Burned Grass. 704 
Value of the Corrugated Roller. 704 
Charcoal for the Soil. 704 
Bitter Struggle Over Canning Crop Prices, 
705, 706 
Hope Farm Notes.712, 713 
Treating Potatoes for Scab. 713 
A Few Price Cor-iderations. 714 
What the Farm Bureau Stands for......... 714 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Requirements of Milk Inspection. 714 
Renting Employer’s Farm. 718 
Balanced Ration for Cows. 718 
Pasture and Bam Notes. 720 
THE HENYARD 
Egg-laying Contest . 725 
HORTICULTURE 
How to Start a Strawberry Bed 
Picking Tomatoes o - ' a Ladder. 
T illing the Robber Robin. 
Budding and Grpfting. 
Self-sterile Cherries . 
Pruning Evergreens . 
Grafting Plums and Cherries.. 
Culture of Oxalis. 
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WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Da v .. 
Experience with Oil Burners. 
More About the Pressure Cooker... 
The Rural Patterns... 
Tennessee Notes . 
7 moping the W’ly Rat. 
More About Upholstering. 
"As Good as New” — The Old Sewing 
Machine . 
Baby’s Box Bed. 
Emb-oidery Design . 
Oklahoma Notes . 
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MISCELLANEOUS 
A Primer of E-oromics—Part XXIV...707, 
Vibration of Puno-house Connection. 
Planning Water Supply for Dwelling. 
Seed-like Insects . 
Edito-’als .. 
The Educational Committee Meets at Water- 
town, N. Y. 
Home Tanning .. 
Tanning a Small Hide_. 
Tanning Tail with Skin. 
Publisher’s Desk ... 
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M AKE your money work for 
you. Invest it in our one- 
year Gold Trust Notes. They 
earn you 5'/2% interest. Principal 
and interest will be paid promptly 
when due. 
Send $100, $500, $1,000 or $5,000. 
We give you ample security based 
upon New York State’s varied agri¬ 
culture and under control of the New 
York State Banking Department. 
Write for particulars and free booklet 
Farmers’ Fund, Inc. 
A Short- Term Loan Service 
M. W. Cole, President 
Lincoln-Aliiance Bank Bldg., Rochester, N. Y. 
Capital $400,000 Surplus $115,000 
EVERBEARING Progressive 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS lutoo^i-um 
HARRY L. SQUIRES, Good Ground, N. Y. 
WANTED One or two years old 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS A e \7. “end"sample 
and state price. HARRY L. SQUIRES, Good Ground, N Y. 
Rural RUSSETT POTATOES 
Certified by X. Y. State Potato Association. Se¬ 
lected for type mid high-yielding qualities. Our 7- 
acre field was pronounced by experts the best in the 
State and yielded :j,700 bushels. Iu car lots or less. 
CHAS A. GARDNER 8 SONS. Box 186, Tully. New York 
