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NOT Just Another Seed Catalog^BUT 
1Tie “Blue Book'of 
Better Gardens 
For more than teventy years the Livingston Seed Farms have 
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THE LIVINGSTON: SEED CO. 
228 East Chestnut St. COLUMBUS. OHIO 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Height of Tank for Irrigation 
Would tank put 
___ on tower 12 ft. high 
give pressure enough to irrigate one acre? 
How big a tank would it take if pumped 
in at the same time to irrigate? What 
size and what kind of pump would be best 
to use with gas engine? I have the en¬ 
gine. What size pipe to the lot? 
Middletown, Pa. a. m. b. 
A tank on a 12-ft. tow T er would not 
answer A. M. B.’s purpose, for he could 
not get force enough to spray any dis¬ 
tance. It would have to be at least 30 ft. 
high. If he wishes to pump into tank 
instead of spraying direct from well, I 
■would suggest he get a horizontal air 
compresser tank which can be set up near 
the well, or a vertical tank, which can 
be put in the ground and covered up. 
This would give him a steady pressure, 
and if tank was placed above ground the 
sun would make the water quite warm, 
which would be better than pumping di¬ 
rect from the well; IVi or 2-in. pipe for 
well and feed pipe, and 1 in. or %-in. for 
spray pipe line. wax. perkins. 
STRAWBERRIES FOR PROFIT 
No crop will give you more money per acre or per hour of labor, 
than Strawberries. A good profit is sure. A large profit is possible 
if you follow the right methods. 
Allen’s Book of Berries for 1924 gives simple understandable infor¬ 
mation about growing and marketing Strawberries. It tells how 
to select and prepare the land, how and when to set the plants, 
how to cultivate, what varieties to use, and where to obtain good 
dependable true-to-name plants, at a reasonable price. 
Strawberries are crown chiefly because they yield such large and sure profits 
but they also are the first crop to bring in money in the Spring. The big lus¬ 
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Find out about these new and 
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"Cortland” Tomatoes. 
smoother, better yielder—free from cracks. Bear longer than 
any other early tomato. 
"King of Denmark” Spinach. 
miracle Spinach; simply will not run to seed. 
Frost-Proof Cabbage Plants. f e a t n 0 ut 
when you plant peas and beets. Will give you matured beads 
two to three weeks earlier than hothouse plants. 
"Wonder” Golden Bantam Sweet 
For the critical market and home gardener who 
Lorn. J, as j> een looking for an early Bantam Sweet Corn 
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BERMUDA ONION PLANTS 
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You can raise delicious and appetizing Ber¬ 
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and finer than onions raised from sets. Mature 
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left to mature. Mild as an apple and as juicy 
as an orange. Give them a trial. 
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Box 176 Rockford, III. 
Soot as Fertilizer 
What is soot from stoves good for? I 
have quite a lot on hand. Can I use it to 
fertilize? M. C. 
Fulton, N. Y. 
The soot will vary quite a little in 
value. It is the unburned part of the fuel 
carried off in smoke and deposited in the 
chimney. An average sample may con¬ 
tain from 0.5 to 11 per cent of nitrogen 
in the form of ammonia compounds, the 
average being 3 per cent. It is used by 
gardeners to darken the color of natural¬ 
ly light land, as this makes the soil bet¬ 
ter able to absorb and retain heat, and 
thus gives an advantage to early crops. 
The soot is used like any other fine fertil¬ 
izer—scattered broadcast or along the 
rows, and cultivated or hoed in. Some¬ 
times it is mixed or dissolved in water 
and poured on the ground along the rows. 
It has some value as an insecticide, and 
is used against cutworms, wireworms and 
grubs. 
January 19, 1924 
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Questions About Marl 
I have read that marl is sometimes 
found where there is limestone. How 
can marl be recognized? Where should 
we look for it about the limestone, and 
how can its value be told? j. A. T. 
Most marl is a sort of loose or grav¬ 
elly limestone which almost always, lias 
some fossil bones and shark’s teeth in it. 
Its value is the potash and phosphate 
which it contains, as well as the lime. 
But how you can locate it in any given 
district is beyond our power to tell, so 
much depends on local conditions. Your 
State Geologist is appointed for exactly 
that service, and you should get in touch 
with his office and get all the facts you 
can from him. The value of marl is low, 
at best, and an analysis is hardly worth 
while. If you find any, use all you can 
afford to dig and cart. It cannot hurt the 
crops, and will be slow to help them. 
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New England Notes 
Hedges and Wind-breaks. — There 
isn’t as much necessity in New England, 
perhaps, as in some of the Northwestern 
States, for high hedges and wind-breaks. 
For all that, the protection which can be 
obtained in this way means warmer 
houses and less expense for fuel. Ever¬ 
green hedges can be set out to advantage 
in the Fall. The one thing to remember 
is that the roots must not be allowed to 
dry out. If the plants are purchased 
from nurserymen, they should invariably 
come with balls of earth on the roots, 
kept in place by burlap. Asa rule, ever¬ 
greens planted in the Fall will go through 
the Winter well if they are given a liberal 
application of water. As a matter of 
fact, this is the one thing which all ever¬ 
greens, Rhododendrons included, need in 
the Fall. There would be much less loss 
if water was applied with a free hand for 
several weeks before freezing weather. 
Probably there is no more satisfactory 
hedge for a country place than one made 
of native hemlock. Such a hedge will 
readily grow twice as high as a man s 
head, and make an impenetrable living 
fence of great beauty, as well as unde¬ 
niable utility. E. I. FARRINGTON. 
The American truth teller _ was ( in 
form. “Talking of ants,” he said, “we ve 
got ’em as big as crabs out West. I ve 
semi ’em fight with long horns, which 
thev use as lances, charging each other 
like savages.” “They don’t compare with 
the ants I saw in the Far East,” ( said 
an inoffensive individual near by. I 11 ® 
natives have trained them as beasts ot 
burden. One of ’em could trail a ton 
load for miles with ease. They worked 
willingly, but occasionally they turned on 
their attendants and killed them.” put 
this was drawing the long bow a little 
too far. “I say, old chap,” said a 
shocked voice from the corner, what 
sort of ants were they? “Eleph-ants, 
replied the inoffensive individual.—Lon¬ 
don Tit-Bits. 
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the deep-rooted, hardy, healthy 
kind that are sore to grow and pay 
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We will include with your Berry 
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