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The RURAL NEW.YORKER 
Do you know what constitutes 
a strong constitution? 
To have sound, healthy nerves, completely under 
control, digestive organs that are capable of absorbing 
a hearty meal, means you have a strong constitution! 
Your general attitude is one of optimism and energy. 
But an irritable disposition, frequent attacks of 
indigestion, and a languid depression, indicate your 
system is not in correct working order. 
Probably you are not eating the proper food. 
Probably the nutritious elements are not being 
supplied to your system in the proper way. 
Grape-Nuts is the wholesome, delicious cereal 
that promotes normal digestion, absorption and elimi¬ 
nation, whereby nourishment is accomplished with¬ 
out auto-intoxication. A mixture of energy-giving 
wheat and malted barley comprise the chief elements 
of Grape-Nuts. A dish at breakfast or lunch is an 
excellent, wholesome rule to follow. 
You can order Grape-Nuts at any and every hotel, 
restaurant, and lunch room; on dining cars, on lake 
boats and steamers; in every good grocery, large and 
small, in every city, town or village in North America. 
Grape-Nuts—the Body Builder 
“There’s a Reason” 
SIXTY-FIVE YEARS A LEADER 
Wool, Worsted, Merino Mixtures 
scientifically blended. 
EVERY GARMENT 
figure and guaranteed not to shrink. 
Prices 
$1.75 
to $5.50 
Per Garment 
Regular Sizes 
For Sale by Leading Dealers 
Write for booklet—sample cuttings 
Yours for the Asking. Dept. 33 
GLASTONBURY KNITTING CO. 
GLASTONBURY, CONN. 
Fine Winter, medium 
and Super Weights, 
natural color. 
Eight grades. 
UNDERWEAR 
An Advertisement to Live Fruit Men 
Maloney Trees are guaranteed true to name and 
free from disease by one of the largest nursery 
growers in New York State. For 37 years we 
have been in business here in Dansville and 
today are able to ship you direct better trees 
than ever before because we are constantly 
studying to improve our methods. 
We reeognize our responsibility to the fruit grower and we 
have tiiis year issued a novel Catalog that tells the things 
■you ought to know about our business. Write for your free 
copy. No order is too big or too small for us to handle 
personally. 
“Fall Planting Pays” 
We Prepay Transportation Charges on all orders over $7.50 
MALONEY BROS. & WELLS CO., 34 Bank Street, Dan.ville, N, Y. 
We're responsible; look up our ratine. Dansville Pioneer Nurseries 
"Kellys' 
TREES, 
Place Your Order This Fall 
Although we have our usual fine assortment of high 
grade fruit trees to offer for Fall delivery, the demand 
is exceptionally strong and we recommend that our 
old and new customers place their orders early this 
season. 
You will never regret planting Kelly trees. Our trees 
are all perfect specimens and our guarantee is your 
protection. We offer you a big money saving and 
reliable stock. 
Send for Fall, 1921 Price List 
KELLY BROS. NURSERIES, 1160 Main St., Dansville, N. Y. 
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When you write advertisers mention The R. N.-Y. and you'll get 
quick reply and a “square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
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New England Notes 
The Fruit Situation.— This is a 
most discouraging year for fruit men in 
general throughout New England. Here 
acd there one finds apple orchards which 
are producing fairly well, but for the 
most part practically no apples are to be 
seen. This situation is the result of the 
late Spring frosts. At the same time 
apple trees have made good growth 
throughout the season, and will 'be in good 
condition for next year’s crop. The peach 
men are in a better frame of mind than the 
apple growers. While there isn’t a big 
crop of peaches, the yield is fairly good, 
according to the manager of the Bolton 
Fruit Farm, near Lancaster, Mass., which 
has the biggest peach orchard in the 
State, about 10 acres being planted to 
this fruit. It is interesting to visit this 
farm during the season, for the sales are 
made largely at the door. A constant 
stream of automobiles is seen climbing the 
hill which leads ito the sheds where the 
peaches are packed (Fig. 503). It is easy 
to find the way to the sheds, because the 
roads in all directions bear signs pointing 
the way. The peaches are brought to the 
sheds in wagons, where they are crated 
under the eyes of the visitors, the latter 
being allowed to select whatever baskets 
may strike their fancy. When the El- 
bertas come along, though, it isn’t possible 
to market all of the crop in this way, and 
teams are sent to nearby cities and towns. 
The way is prepared by advertisements 
placed in the local papers, advising the 
readers to wait for home-grown peaches 
instead of buying those which come from 
the South. Many people are influenced 
by these advertisements to delay pur¬ 
chasing peaches for canning, and are 
ready to take those which come into the 
local markets 'by teams from the farm. 
The European Corn Borer.— While the 
European corn borer has not proved as dis¬ 
astrous a pest as was predicted by the 
calamity howlers, nevertheless it does a 
great amount of damage in the fields of 
commercial growers and spoils many ears 
in private gardens. Moreover, it seems to. 
be spreading in spite of drastic efforts 
made to check its wanderings. Travelers 
have frequently been held up and the 
contents of their automobiles examined by 
inspectors to make sure that they included 
no corn, celery, Gladioli, Dahlias or other 
vegetables or flowers which might harbor 
the pest. There is one way in which the 
backyard gardener can help to get the 
borer under control, and that is to keep 
down the weeds all around his place. 
There are some of these weeds in which 
the borers invariably congregate. Among 
them is the pigweed, which it seems to 
like just as well as corn itself. These 
weeds must be kept down to hold the 
borer in check. It has been found that 
the early corn always contains more borers 
than that which comes later, which is a 
good reason for paying especial attention 
to the disposal of the stalks. Investiga¬ 
tion has shown that it is not sufficient to 
cut off the corn in the regular way and 
plow the stubble under. It is quite pos¬ 
sible that the borers will be buried with 
the stubble, but not so deeply but what 
they can easily reach the surface again. 
If. however, the stalks are clipped off just 
below the surface at this season, the bor¬ 
ers will be found in them, for they seldom 
reach a point below the ground until cold 
weather comes on. The roots may then 
be allowed to stay in the ground and be 
plowed under as usual. A good instru¬ 
ment with which to cut off the stalks is a 
sharp hoe with a short handle. In city 
gardens the best way to dispose of the 
stalks is to burn them, but this should be 
done promptly. Wherever there are cattle 
the stalks may be fed to them, which, after 
all, is the most economical method for 
their disposal. The stalks have consider¬ 
able food value, and if the animals con¬ 
sume them all the larvte will be destroyed. 
Popcorn. —Many amateur garden mak¬ 
ers grow popcorn, hut make the mistake 
of harvesting it too soon. If it is to pop 
well, it must be left until the stalks are 
dead, the husks yellow and the kernels 
dry. In a number of instances amateurs 
have made an experiment of popcorn 
growing and set it down as a failure just 
because they have overlooked this point. 
After the ears have been picked they 
should not be given a further drying in the 
kitchen, as is the common custom, but 
rather hung up in a cool, dry place, al- 
: though one where the temperature is, of 
course, above freezing. _ Corn will not pop 
i when it is moist, but its popping quality 
can often be restored by removing it to a 
good, airy room, where the windows can 
be kept open on warm days. Be sure that 
it is kept away from mice, however, or 
you will have no corn to pop. For two 
years I have been growing Burbank’s 
variety, known as Sorghum Pop. The 
so-called wizard may have been over-rated, 
and I think he has, but he has produced 
some things worth while, and Sorghum 
Pop seems to be among them. In any 
event, it is the best popcorn I have ever 
seen, being practically without a core. 
It seems perfectly suitable for a New 
England climate, as I have found no 
difficulty in maturing it before the end 
of the season. e. I. Farrington. 
Man with wooden leg (seeking life in¬ 
surance) : “Doctor, will you give me an 
examination ?” Doctor, after various tests, 
writes the following: “I find that the 
wooden leg is in fine condition and will 
last for years, but the man is frail.”— 
Credit Lost. 
October 1, 1921 
Plant Trees This Fall— 
Save Time Next Spring 
Trees planted this fall form new root 
contacts with the soil before winter sets 
in. They start to grow with the first 
warm days of spring. We have an espec¬ 
ially fine lot of one and two-year-old 
Apple Trees ready for immediate plant¬ 
ing. Also standard varieties of Pears, 
Peaches, Plums and Cherries. 
Write for FREE Nursery Book today. 
Lighten the spring rush—get your plant¬ 
ing done this fall. 
NURSERY CC 
Box 8 
Yalesville, Conn. 
Packed Right 
Sell For More 
Pack apples in Baker Boxes 
Increase their value. Get 
top market prices. Write 
for prices. Eastern or 
Western style of box. 
We paint your name on 
them. You pay no 
middlemen’s profits. 
Write today. 
Baker Box Company 
14 Foster St. 
Worcester. Mass. 
The 
Central Shoe Shop 
75 Main St, Brockton, 
GENUINE U.S. NAVY SHOES 
Black Calfskin, Overweight 
Soles, Solid Leather Heels, 
Counters and Boxes. 
pair inspected and 
ipproved by U. S. Navy 
Inspector. Sizes, 5 to 11; 
widths, 0, D, E and 
EE. A positive $8.50 
value at $5.50 pre- 
ink reference: 
The Brockton 
Nat’l Bank 
Mass. 
Tour 
Money 
Refunded 
If Not 
Satisfied. 
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ELITE OIL 
A high-grade, perfect kerosene, 
in steel barrels. Made from Pure 
Penna. Crude. Just the thing 
for lamps, incubators, tractors, 
Stoves, etc. Safe and pure. 
DERRICK OIL CO. 
Titusville, Penna. 
Illuminating and Lubricating Oils 
SAVE PACKAGE COSTS 
FIRST CLASS SECOND-HAND 
Peach Carriers, Berry Crates, On¬ 
ion Crates, Baskets of all kinds, 
and other Fruit and Vegetable 
Packages, Egg Cases. All these 
containers are in as good as new condition and 
ready for instant use. 
LET US QUOTE YOU—THAT’S ALL 
THE EMPTY PACKAGE SUPPLY CO. 
Dept. R, 301-303 Johnson Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 
STRAWBERRY Plants SWr 1 
and runner plants 
that " ill bear fruit next summer. RASPBERRY, BLACK¬ 
BERRY, GOOSEBERRY, CURRANT, GRAPE, ASPARA¬ 
GUS. RHUBARB, and PERENNIAL FLOWER PLANTS, 
ROSES and SHRUBS for fall planting. Catalogue free. 
HARRY L. SQUIRES Good Ground, N.Y. 
GRAPE 
VINES 
CONCORD, CATAWBA, DIAMOND, 
DELAWARE, NIAGARA and WOR¬ 
DEN, 45c. each; $8.75 dozen; 
$82 hundred ; $150 thousand. 
HARRY Li. SQUIRES Good Ground, N. Y. 
Hnhnm «r White Annual Sweet Clover Seed at ro¬ 
ll UUdlll duced prices. Evan Jones, Williamstown, N. J. 
K.UDZU 3FLoots 
Selected two-year-old roots. Guaranteed to be right 
variety for hay and pasture. Cannot ship over 250, 
north of Virginia to one order. You can raise your 
own for larger planting. Write for information. 
CHEROKEE FARMS, Rt. I, Monticello, Fla. 
D I B I I ET an<i Fruit Presses 
V r\ J U I U C Write for prices. 
CIDER MILLS Bn 112 V PHELPS, N v! 
The ONTARIO Red Raspberry 
is the most valuable fruit ever produced by the 
hand of man. Illustrated Plant circular free. 
A. B. KATKAMIER - Macedon, N. Y. 
'klrauihorru PLANTS for fall setting, 75c per 100 post- 
OlldHUcri J paid. DnvidKodway, llartly, Delaware 
W OOCl A.Slies per ton E. o’. B. Swarthmore, Pa 
W. H. LEIDY . Swarthmore, Pa. 
New York State FARMS 
making farms for sale. We have a size, location snd 
price to please you. Stock and tools included on many of 
them. MARDEVILLE REAL ESTATE AGENCT. Inc., Oept. I. Olein. N. T. 
When you write advertisers mention 
The Rural New-Yorker and you’ll get 
a quick reply and a “square deal.” See 
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