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CERTIFIED GRIMM ALFALFA 
Take no chance of substitution—get the 
genuine, hardy, high-yielding seed which 
has given such successful results. We 
have already handled half the Certified 
Grimm produced in the world last year; 
we get it from the grower *, with affidavit 
of purity and its ancestry back to source. 
Wecanfurnishscarified, recleaned Idaho 
or North Dakota grown seed with certifi¬ 
cate giving name and address of growers. 
60c pet pound—Bags 40c 
We have also Michigan-grown Wheat, 
Rosen Rye, Vetch, Winter Barley, etc. 
Seed Department 
MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU 
227 N. Cedar St. ( 8 ) LANSING, MICH. 
BINDER TWINE 
Farmers, get 'our low factory price and save money, 
Agents wanted. Samples free. 
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CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, JUNE 11, 1921 
FARM TOPICS 
Experience in Successful Potato Sprayine— 
Part II .802, 803 
Seeding Rape in Oats. £05 
Hope Farm Notes... 810 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Rule Regarding Cooling Milk. 810 
New Holstein Record for New Jersey. 816 
Excess Moistule in Butter. £16 
Strong Tasting Butter. 816 
Preserving Milk in Bottles. 816 
Silage and Baby’s Milk. 816 
Ration for Cows on Grass. 816 
Ration for Dairy Cows.... 816 
Space Required for P.-bVts. 816 
Fitting Hares for Exhibition. 816 
Trouble with Cows. £18 
Meat for Dogs. P 1 9 
Meat Scraps for Pigs. 818 
Various Swine Questions. 818 
THE HENYARD 
The Test of a “Sexotester”. 803 
Egg-laying Contest .. 820 
Skim-milk and Buttermilk. 820 
Loafers and Working Hens. 821 
Red Hens and Broodiness. 821 
Difficulty with Hatching. 821 
Trouble with Ducklings. 821 
Shipping Bahy Chicks in Trucks. 821 
HORTICULTURE 
VEGETABLE PLANTS T P » 
EGG, SWEET POTATO, CABBAGE. CAULIFLOWER 1 , 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS.BEET. BROCCOLI, CELERY,DAN¬ 
DELION. HOP, KOHL RABI, KALE, LEEK, LETTUCE, 
ONION, MINT, PABSLEY, SAGE, SUMMER SAVORY 
plants. Catalogue free. HARRV t. SQUIRES, Good Ground, N.Y. 
VEGETABLE PLANTS MAIL 
All fieaditig varieties. CAIJIIAGE, Doz 10c; 
100, 45c; 500, 81.85: 1,000, $8. CAULIFLOW¬ 
ER, Doz.. 15c; 100, 60c: 500, $8; 1,000, $3. 
SWEET POTATOES, Dot., 15c; 100, 50c; 500, 
88; 1,000, $3.50. TOMATOES, Doz., J5c; 100, 
75c; 500, $8 ; 1,000,83.50. Postpaid. Plant Cat¬ 
alog free. Safe delivery guaranteed. 
P. L. R0HRER 8 BR0. Smoketown, Lancaster Co.. Pa. 
floweh plants 
SALVIA. ASTER. PANSY,SN8PMUGOX, BALSAM, CALENDULA, 
CALLIOPSIS. COSMOS, MAKKiOI.il. PET I'M A, PIIIAIX, POPPY. 
VERBENA. ZINNIA. GAILLARDIA, SWEET WILLIAM, ENGLISH 
IIAISY, GVP80P1IILAplants. Catalogue free. 
HARRY L. SQUIRES - Good Ground, N.Y. 
VEGETABLE and FLOWER Plants 
Sal vies, Asters, Colls, Peppt r. *»Oc per dozen. lied. Yel¬ 
low’, Sweet Potato. Celery Cabbage. 50c per 100; 300 for 
$1; £8 P'*r 1.000, Postpaid. Catalogue Free. 
\\ . .S. FOKI> A SON - Kartly, Delaw are 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
For August and Fall planting. Pot-grown and runner 
plants that will bear fruit next summer. RASPBERRY'. 
BLA< KBERRY, D E W B F. R R Y, GOOSEBERRY. CUlt. 
RANT. GRAPE, ASPARAGUS PLANTS lor fall planting. 
Catalogue free. IIAllliY L. sqi'IKES.Oood Ground, N.Y. 
Culture of Blueberries in New Jersey..801, 802 
Notes from a Southern Plantation. 805 
Lime fer Lettuce. 805 
Keeping Tally on Pickers. 807 
Crate Carrier and Cold Storage. 807 
Circular Plant Beds. 809 
Balsam Hedge Dying Out. 809 
Nut Trees for Pennsylvania. 311 
Insects on Roses. 811 
Plant Lice on Sweet Pess. 811 
Mountain Laurel on the Farm. 811 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day. 814 
Homemade Dress Forms. 814 
An Enthusiast on Patchwork Quilts. S14 
More About Wool Mattresses..... 814 
He’p Yourself: Household Repairs. 815 
Methods with Baked Beans. 815 
The Rural Patterns. 815 
Lemon Pie . 815 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Fish for Killing Mosquitoes. 803 
Farm Fish Breeding.803, 804 
More About Auto Hogs. 813 
Daylight Saving and Cities. 813 
The Amended Game Law.. 813 
Meeting of Educational Committee. 813 
The Honey Market. 813 
Publisher’s Desk . 822 
Notes on Various Troubles. 823 
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Per 100 
500 
1.000 
5,000 or more 
(iibhnire. 
.80 
.80 
$ t . 2i> 
If 1. to 
(.'minitower... 
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8(2.00 
8.50 
8.00 
Tomato. 
.40 
1.00 
1.50 
1.25 
I’oirpcr . 
. .75 
2.00 
8.50 
8.25 
Sweet Potato. 
.60 
1.75 
8.00 
2.50 
Celery. 
.50 
1.50 
2.50 
2.00 
Leading Varieties. Catalog free. < . 1 
K. FIELD, 
, Sewell, N. J. 
For Sale—Danish CabbagcPIants ) r ow.°s t peci,apices 
on large lots. MAUHIOE I’ETEUS, S, Bennington, Vermont 
2 MILLIONS Sweet Potato, Tomato, Cabbage, Cauliflower, 
Pepper and Brussels Sprouts plants.' lied skin potato 
seed. Catalogue free. MICHAEL N. BORGU, Vineland, N. J. 
Vegetable Plants Tomato, Beet8, Lettuce, P*rs- 
lev. Sweet Potatoes, Onions, Celery Pepper, Asters, Pan¬ 
sy's. Doz., 15c; 100, 50c; 300 for 81 .25; 500 for $2; 1.000 
for $3* Semi for list. PAVIII KODUAY, Hartly, Delaware 
4,000,000 SweetPotato LOT&ISBl «!&$? 
1,000. - C E. BROWN, Dridgeville, Delaware 
CABBAGE PLANTS T s °rE T E°T 
POTATO, CELERY PLANTS ready to ship. Send for price 
list of all kinds of plants for the garden. ROMANCE 
SEED 8 TRUCK FARM C. Bonos 8 Son, Cheswold. Delaware 
can Bus. Red Kkin POTATO SEED, fine stock. SI 
wvU per bn. Catalogue free. MICHAEL N.B0RG0, Vineland. N. I. 
fish trust has us all by the neck. 
There never was a better opportunity 
to raise fish on the farm, for the price is 
assured. Very many places along the 
coast could be made breeding places for 
salt water fish at little cost. If the Fish¬ 
eries Commission were urged they could 
make this provision for a fish supply. If 
a good fishway were made to connect the 
Great Fakes with the ocean our lakes 
would fill with shad and salmon. We 
complain of the high cost of living. Much 
of it is our own fault. W T e also complain 
that children leave the farm as soon as 
they can make a living elsewhere. That 
perhaps is also our own fault. If schools 
were to drop differential calculus, Greek 
and some other fads, and teach practical 
farm things the country would not look 
so uninviting to the country child. Is 
there a school that could not get a suit¬ 
able place to build a fish pond? Is there 
a child that would not fall over itself to 
spend time there? If every farm had its 
own fish pool, properly kept, the country 
child would see a little cash of its own 
occasionally, and would be more content 
to stay on the farm. 
Perhaps some of them would make it 
a commercial success if they understood 
the business. Certainly it would be more 
inviting than life in a crowded city. 
Somebody should tell us our faults. If 
we don’t know them we never can re¬ 
form. The writer went to school where 
each student in turn was appointed as a 
mentor for a week. At the end of the 
week it wss his business to take each 
Student aside in turn and tell him every 
disagreeable trait he saw in his deport¬ 
ment. < )ne was surprised how many dis¬ 
agreeable features could be found in his 
manners, things he never suspected, but 
had to admit were true. Some were ad¬ 
dicted to bragging, some did not rightly 
adhere to the truth, etc. If such admoni¬ 
tions could be in every school the world 
would be the better for the system. 
Nationally we would be better if others 
would tell us our shortcomings. J. G. 
Paintinfl Sap Buckets 
Our sap buckets are getting old and 
rusty inside. I am wondering if they 
could be painted inside (they are outside 
now) with some clear white paint or 
any paint. They will only he used to 
catch the sap from the trees, not used 
where they will be heated only when 
washing. w. B. 
South Dayton, N. Y. 
If rightly done the scheme will aid in 
lengthening the life of the buckets. The 
correct way is to scrape off all the rust. 
Perhaps this may be done with a piece of 
sandpaper, and perhaps a small file may 
be necessary. Then wash with rather 
weak muriatic acid, cover with finely 
pulverized rosin, lay a piece of solder 
upon the spot and melt the solder with 
a hot soldering iron. After that paint 
with a good lead and oil or zinc and oil 
paint. Watch the buckets and. in the 
future. as soon as a spot of rust is seen 
give the same treatment. Of course the 
buckets must be wiped dry before being 
stored at the close of the season, but 
even this does not always prevent the 
rusting of the tin now in use. I am 
told by an extensive manufacturer of 
maple sugar-making equipment that the 
trouble lies in the fact that, of late years, 
the use of oil iu plating has been super¬ 
seded by a more modern process, and 
acid substituted iu its place, and that 
small particles of the acid remain be¬ 
tween the tin and the plate and event¬ 
ually corrode the tin ; thus causing it to 
rust from the under side. Also, that 
arsenic was formerly employed to give 
hardness and rust-resisting properties to 
the tin. and that this is no longer used. 
Be that as it may, the fact remains that 
the tin of today does not possess the 
wearing properties that were possessed 
by the tin of 50 years ago. Sixty-nine 
years ago my father bought 100 tin sap 
buckets, and those buckets have been in 
use every year since that time, and are 
apparently serviceable for many years 
yet to come. Right here in this country 
I have no doubt but that I could find 
50.000 tin sap buckets that have been in 
constant use throughout every season for 
the past 50 years. c. o. o. 
Celery on Reclaimed Land 
We have a small plot of land on our 
place which was formerly a mill pond 
bed. It is a fairly shady spot. The soil 
is quite rich looking, and-weeds last year 
grew to unusual size on this tract. Is 
this suited to celery? When is a good 
time to set out plants? Do you think 
fertilizer would be necessary? 
Seymour, Conn. mbs. r. c. 
All “black dirt” or muck lands are not 
considered strongest and best for celery 
production. Heavy reclaimed muck lands 
that have been previously well drained 
are considered among the best. These 
soils are generally very deep, often ex¬ 
tending as much as 20 ft. before reaching 
the subsoil, which is generally of hard, 
stiff clay. Three or four feet of good top 
soil, however, is generally considered suf¬ 
ficient upon which to grow good celery, 
provided it is well drained and is a good, 
strong muck soil. A shallow muck with 
a quicksand subsoil is not preferred, and 
the spring-muck lands common in some 
sections are also unfavorable. Black ash 
or elm muck lands are considered the best 
for celery production. 
Celery may also be grown on any good. 
June 11, 1921 
garden soil that has been previously well 
enriched with stable manure or organic 
matter. A constant supply of moisture 
is essential, hence the value of muck 
lands with the water level but a few feet 
below the surface. Manure is of value 
on muck lands because of the bacteria 
present which decompose the humus, 
making it. available for the plants’ use. 
With the celery an ouuce of seed will 
produce from 7.000 to 10.000 plants. The 
number of plants per acre depends on the 
distance between rows. When the plants 
are banked with soil for blanching the 
rows are set 3 ft. apart, and 6 in. in the 
row. When blanched with boards the 
rows can be set closer; 25.000 to 50.000 
ft. of lumber is required to blanch an 
acre, and 3-in. boards that are 30 to 32 
in. wide are generally used in this section. 
These are cleated together and eau be 
used over and over. Composition roofing 
material is used in some sections, but 
one must be sure that it is free from tar, 
as tar flavors the stems. The paper is 
held by wire arches, and is much cheaper 
than wood, hut does not last as long. 
Over St) per cent of the celery grown is 
the Gulden Self-Blanching. Giant. Pascal 
is also a good late variety. T. n. T. 
Vines for Porch 
What, would be a suitable porch vine 
for a porch on the north side of the house, 
also on the east and west? T would like 
to secure a vine with considerable foliage, 
which will live through the Winter. 
Middletown, X. Y. i. k. 
The most attractive Vine for a northern 
exposure is (he Japanese Clematis pani- 
euiata. This will die down during the 
Winter, but the roots live, and it will 
start in growth early in the season. The 
dark green foliage is clean and attractive, 
and in August and September it is cov¬ 
ered with a sheet of small, white flowers, 
delightfully fragrant. It likes a deep, 
rich, sandy loam., well mulched with rot¬ 
ten manure in Winter, and abundance of 
moisture at the roots. Another fine vine 
for the north side of a porch is Dutch¬ 
man’s pipe, Aristolochia Sipho, which 
forms a thick mass of large, handsome 
heart-shaped green leaves, growing very 
rapidly: the oddly shaped, yellowish 
brown flowers are not conspicuous. This 
is hardy, living from year to year. 
Hall’s Japan honeysuckle (Donicera 
llalleana) is a very fragrant, almost 
evergreen sort, blooming for a long time, 
flowers white, turning yellow. This is 
well suited to porch use, and is very 
hardy. 
The large-flowered varieties of Clematis 
are very attractive on a porch, Mine. 
Edouard Andre, velvety red. and old 
Jackmanni. purple, being tested standard 
sorts. These are also hardy. 
We infer that vines other than climibing 
roses are desired, but if these is room for 
a rose we would prefer something less 
common than the ordinary ramblers for a 
porch, and choose American Pillar or 
Paul’s Scarlet. The first has a large 
single flower, carmine shading to white at 
the center, with conspicuous golden sta¬ 
mens. The blooms are produced in large 
clusters, and last well. It is a very ro¬ 
bust grower. Paul’s Seailet has semi¬ 
double flowers of vivid velvety red. and 
is unusually handsome. Anther climbing 
rose of distinguisl 1 appearance is Silver 
Moon, with large white semi-double flow¬ 
ers, with conspicuous golden stamens. 
Seeding Grass with Millet 
You requested information concerning 
seeding grass with Japanese millet, and as 
I have had experience along that line I 
can offer some suggestions. Grass seeded 
with millet has been an absolute failure 
for me in every instance. I find that the 
millet forms such a dense foliage that it 
completely smothers out the young grass 
plants. The millet gives the grass just 
time enough to get an inch or so above the 
ground and then it closes in on it. 
Monroe Go., Pa. geo. k. brands. 
We have had excellent results with this 
mixture, but the land needs to be well 
fertilized, as millet is a heavy feeder. We 
get a good crop of millet and also a rowen 
crop. The next year we get a fine crop of 
Alsike clover and some rowen and Timo¬ 
thy. The next year the clover has prac¬ 
tically disappeared and left a Timothy end, 
which, if well top-dressed, will remain for 
several seasons. Use one bushel millet 
(Golden) S lbs. Alsike, one-half bushel 
Timothy, to the acre, and plow in a heavy 
application of barnyard manure. Of 
course the millet and clover are fed to the 
cows, while the Timothy is more desir¬ 
able for horses. I believe some advocate 
millet for silage, but we have not experi¬ 
mented along that line If it is as desir¬ 
able silage as corn I should think it 
would save a good deal of hard Tabor, al¬ 
though it would not produce as much per 
acre. A. o. 
Connecticut. 
A little girl who had been besieging 
her grandfather with an endless succes¬ 
sion of questions during the evening had 
still one more question to ask before she 
went to bed. “Grand-dad.” she said, “were 
you in the ark?” “Why. no,” he ex¬ 
claimed, smilingly. “Then,” she said, re¬ 
garding him with innocent wonder, “why 
weren’t you drowned?”—Credit Lost. 
“For the land’s sake” use Bowker’s 
Fertilizers; they enrich the earth and 
those who till it.— Adv. 
