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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 5, 1924 
Berry Plants 
We have irrown and sold 
plants to the public for 
more than a quarter of a 
century. Have 1400 Acres 
upon which to grow them. Centrally Located. 
Ship promptly. Our stock Is reliable and as 
good as money can buy, hardy, healthy and 
true to name. We are nurserymen and grow 
all kinds of Plants, Shrubs, Trees and Vines. 
W© have a new seedling Strawberry, very 
promising. We will send you three plants to 
test, along with our new Catalogue. We have a 
FREE Copy for You, 
W. N. Scarff & Soni, New CarlisIe.Oliio 
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TRAWBERRIES GROW°“EM” 
TOWNSEND’S ££, Catalog Now Ready 
' America’s leading strawberry plant guide. Written 
by a lifelong strawberry grower. Up-to-the-minute 
advice on varieties and Cultural directions. Valuable to 
every strawberry glower, and it’s free for the asking. 
Knllydescribes anil illustrates, the leading standard and 
new varieties of Strawberries, Blackberries, Raspberries, 
Crape Vines, etc. Everything quoted at wholesale prices, 
direct to growers, which means a saving of 25% to S0?6 
on every order. 
E. W. TOWNSEND & SONS, 25 Vine SI.. Salisbury, Md 
FRUITTREES 
BERRY PLANTS, Ornamental Shrubbery 
3 to4-ft. Apple Trees, 25c; 3-ft. Peach, 2(>c each, 
postpaid, Guaranteed to Grow. True to Name. 
Flower and Garden Seeds. Send for 1924 Catalog 
and save money, buying direct from Grower. 
ALLEN S NURSERY & SEED HOUSE Geneva, Ohio 
GRAPE-VINES AT WHOLESALE 
We have a line lot of Concord grape-vines we are selling 
direct to the grower at wholesale. Also black and red 
Raspberry plants ami two-year-old apple trees. Send us 
n list of your requirements and we will quote you prices. 
W. S. HALLMAN CO., Nurserymen, Coloma, Michigan 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
Raspberry, Blackberry, Grape, etc. Complete line 
reasonably priced. 30 years experience. Illustrated 
catalog free. J.N. ROKELY &S0N.R No. 10. Bridgman,Mich 
TREES 
Grow more fruit. Increase your income. Im¬ 
prove your property. Our trees grow. Free 
catalogue. MITCHELI.S NUKSI.HY, Beverly, Ohio 
STRAWBERRY Plants 
We guarantee to please. Write for prices. 
HOUGHTON STRAWBERRY FARM Dalton. Ohio 
Our New Handy Binder 
Sides are heavy Book Board, Imita¬ 
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Cloth Sides, Two Tongues Inside. 
Inside of Cover Neat Lining Paper, 
Stamped in Gold— “Rural New- 
Yorker”— on outside. 
Will hold 52 issues, or more. 
Sent prepaid upon receipt of 
price, 65c. 
THE IRURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 West 30th St. New York City 
Established in 1880 
Send for 1924 Catalog 
O UR new 1924 catalog tells how 60,000 
of our trees have a certified, true-to- 
name Massachusetts Fruit Growers 
Association seal fastened throupn a linu> 
to stay there until the tree bears true-to- 
n-ime fruit as guaranteed by us. 
Orders will be filled in order of their 
receipt as long as the stock lasts. Write 
for catalog and get your order in early. 
Packed by Experts 
Our 44 years of nursery experience lias 
taught iis the proper method 
of handling ai d packing young 
trees so i h- y reach you in 
proper condition. 
Write today for your copy of 
the 1922 Fruit Book 
Kelly Bros. Nurseries 
1160 Main St., Dansville, N. Y. 
I 
antes 
Pear Trees 
Barnes’PearTrees includeonly 
proven money-makers in stand¬ 
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New England grown, with 
heavy fibrous root systems. 
Barnes’ Apple, Peach, Plum 
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grow them. Barnes’ Small 
Fruits bring quick returns with 
small outlay. 
Our Fruit Book points the way 
to dependable profits from 
fruit. Send for your copy —free. 
THE BARNES BROS. NURSERY CO. 
The Original Barnes Nursery, Established, 1890 
Box 8 YALESVILLE, CONN. 
Lwberry 
PLANTS 
Strong, hardy, deep-rooted plants 
that are Bure to grow. Grown on new 
ground assuring a good start, rapid 
, growth, long life and bountiful yield. 
B-W-A N Plants are grown and marketed 
, through the combined resources of America’s 
three leading berry plant growers, now consolidated. 
' The 1924 Berry Plant Sale* Book 
is now ready. Contains valuable in- 
1 formation for berry raisers. Send for 
your copy today. A flrift of a packet 
of choice Pansy Seed for the lady of 
the home goes with it without cost. 
Baldwin-Whitten-Ackerman 
Nurseries Bo* 161 
Bridgman, Mlchlcan 
Before buying vegetable or flower 
, seeds be sure to send for catalog of 
Forrest*© Honest Seeds 
Moderate Prices Highest Quality 
The “Cortland” Tomato. Ripens a week 
earlier than Earliana—smoother, better 
yielder—free from cracks. 
Bermuda Onion Plants. Delicious and appetiz¬ 
ing. Can be grown in your own garden, 
from our frost-proof Bermuda onion plants. 
Much earlier than onion sets. 
King of Denmark Spinach. The new miracle 
spinach, simply will not run to seed. 
Frost-proof Cabbage Plants. Can be set out 
from a month to six weeks earlier than 
home grown plants. 
Send for catolog which describes everything in 
Vegetable, Flower or Farm Seeds, 
Plants or Shrubs 
THE FORREST SEED CO., Inc. 
Box 20 Cortland, N. Y. 
APPLE TREES 
All of the leading varieties one and two-year old at pre-war prices. Write 
for our special planters wholesale descriptive price list. It will save you big 
money. Three sample trees, your selection of varieties, on receipt of $1. 
BOUNTIFUL RIDGE NURSERIES 
PRINCESS ANNE, MD. 
Unadilla Saw Attachment 
Perfectly adapted for use with 
the Fordson Tractor 
Attached in a few minutes ; folds up for transportation 
without being detached from tractor. No other port¬ 
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cheaply as the Unadilla. Investigate this time-saving, 
money-making device. 
For price and full particulars address 
Unadilla Silo Co., Box R Unadilla, N. Y. 
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 Bernes 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¬ 
cious red berries are favorites in the home garden, and the work can be done 
by women, children, amateurs as well as commercial growers.' 
FYee-to-all. Allen’s Book of Berries for 1924 will be sent 
free to anyone interested. The most complete book of its 
kind—thoroughly reliable. Write today for 
for your copy. 
The W. F. ALLEN CO. 
72 Market St. Salisbury, Md. 
ALLEN’S 
PLANTS 
Nature Notes 
Life History of Cheese “Skipper” 
What is the genesis of the maggot 
found in cheese? A. d. b. 
Schagticoke, N. Y. 
It is cei'tainly disconcerting for the 
lady of the house at the last moment to 
find that the cheese she has ordei’ed for 
a chafing-dish party is full of small, 
white, rather lively maggots. Such an 
experience may happen to any house- 
keepei-, for it is certainly not an uncom¬ 
mon one. 
The “skippers,” of course, originate 
or hatch from tiny white eggs deposited 
by a small, shining black, gnat-like fly 
(Fig. 5), which is present everywhere 
in the United States. Grocers under- 
Parent Fig of Cheese “Skipper'’ (Pro- 
phila Casei). Fig. 5 
stand this perfectly, and most of them 
keep their cheese beneath fine-meshed 
wire cages, or under great glass bowls. 
There are many opportunities, however, 
for the tiny fly to slip in and lay its 
eggs on the cheese. The eggs hatch in a 
few days and the white maggots live 
within the open spaces in the cheese. The 
maggots possess remarkable powers of 
Cheese “Skipper,” Maggot of a Small Fly 
.leaping, and are therefore commonly 
called “skippers.” They have no legs, 
but by bringing the two ends of the body 
together and suddenly releasing them 
like a spring they are thrown eonsider- 
able distances. The skippers appear 10 
infest the better and richer cheeses, and 
one can be pretty sure that a “skippery” 
cheese is a good one, although most peo¬ 
ple will prefer their cheese “straight.” 
GLEAN W. HERRICK. 
Repelling Mice with Aloes 
I had an experience with mice when I 
was building my home that may throw 
some light on the subject of keeping rab¬ 
bits from fruit trees. In putting the as¬ 
bestos covering on our pipes in the base¬ 
ment a flour paste was used in fastening 
this covering around the pipes, and dur¬ 
ing the night the mice would get on these 
coverings and gnaw through them in or¬ 
der to get the paste. I suggested tp our 
plumber when replacing them and finish¬ 
ing the pipes to get a small quantity of 
aloes and mix with the paste. This did 
the work, as the mice did not bother the 
covering any more. We believe that a 
small quantity of aloes mixed in any kind 
of paste and painted around the trees 
would keep the rabbits or anything else 
fi’om disturbing them. The aloes, as you 
no doubt are aware, are exceptionally bit¬ 
ter, although not poisonous, and no ani¬ 
mal or insect would eat it voluntarily. 
Maryland. w. f. allen. 
Flying Squirrels in the House 
I will give your inquirer who is 
troubled with flying squirrels my recent 
experience with them. We have had a 
colony of them in the attic for three or 
four years. This Winter they began go¬ 
ing down cellar and eating apples; 
seemed always to go to the same box, so 
I set a rat trap, unbaited, on top of the 
apples, catching one or two every day 
until I had caught 14, since which time 
we have heard nothing of them in walls 
or attic, where they used to make a great 
racket at times. I used one (or rather 
two) ofthe ordinary wood-base traps, 
putting the two on the apples in a bushel 
box, so the squirrels could hardly avoid 
them, once they were in the box. 
Virginia. geo. w. bliss. 
Controlling Muskrats in a Pond 
. Last Fall we built a pond for trout and 
water lilies. The banks are of mud. Re¬ 
cently I have noticed holes and burrows 
caused by muskrats. I am wondering if 
the common old-style chicken wire spread 
over the inside of the dam will keep them 
out. The distance across the hexagonal 
holes in the wire is about 2% in. Can 
they get through this? I shall use traps 
to catch them also, but pi-obably there 
will be one or two skipped, hence the wire 
idea. k.w. s. 
Ashby, Mass. 
Several years ago we had a small pond 
for fish and water lilies. It was more 
than a mile from any large stream, and 
nearly a mile from any stream regularly 
inhabited by muskrats. Nevertheless, 
these animals would get into it rather 
frequently. The only way I found satis¬ 
factory to keep the rats out was to watch 
the pond, and whenever I found a muddv 
spot which indicated that they were dig* 
ing in the bank, simply locate the hole 
and dig them out. Sometimes I could 
catch them, but usually they would es¬ 
cape, but one or two such scares would 
generally drive them away from the pond. 
Severe trapping will greatly reduce the 
number of muskrats in a pond, but will 
hardly get them all. The only way to 
keep them out entirely is to dig out and 
fill up every hole as soon as it is started. 
As long as the chicken wire is sound it 
will keep muskrats from digging in the 
bank if spread on the bottom of the pond 
and anchored securely. Most of this wire 
rusts quickly and would not be a protec¬ 
tion very long. A. c. w. 
The genius of a certain Arkansas edi¬ 
tor showed itself recently when he 
printed the following news item in the 
local columns of his paper : “Miss Beulah 
Blank, a Batesville belle of 20 Summers, 
is visiting her twin brother, age 32.”— 
Arkansas Taxpayer. 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, JAN, 5, 1924 
FARM TOPICS 
Transplanting Cotton Plants . 3 
The Sugar Beet as a Farm Crop . 4 
More Experience With Soy Beans . 5 
Wood Ashes Bring Clover . 7 
Apple Pomace and Lime on Potatoes . 10 
Hope Farm Notes . 16 
How Potatoes Turn Sweet . 17 
A Soy Bean Meeting . 17 
Protecting Evergreens from Vandals . 17 
What Keeps Dairymen Apart . 19 
More About Milk War .. 19 
Sheffield Milk Producer Talks . 19 
Improving a Dairy Ration . 22 
Ration for Milk Production . 22 
Beet Pulp as Roughage . 24 
Ration for Cows, Calves, and Bull . 24 
Ra.tion for Jersey Cow . 24 
More Protein Needed . 25 
Feeding Guernsey Herd . 25 
Comparing Corn Fodder and Alfalfa . 25 
The “Alderney” Cattle ... 25 
Simple Tests for Oleo .. 26 
Handy Method of Butchering . 26 
Exercise for Cows . 29 
The Dependable Ox . 30 
Fungoid Growth on Feet . 30 
THE HENYARD 
Holding Eggs in Storage . 4 
Analysis of Green Cut Bone . 15 
Worms in Gizzard . 30 
Egg-laying Contest . 32 
Fowls With Swollen Feet .. 32 
HORTICULTURE 
Comparing Orcharding With Truck Grow¬ 
ing . 4 
Planting a Peach Tree . 5 
Protecting Roses ... 7 
Pansies and Violets in Winter . 7 
Leaf Blight of Celery . 9 
The Christmas Rose . 9 
3og Plants Around Fountain . 9 
Spraying for the Apple Maggot . 9 
Controlling Pear Psylla . 10 
Growing White Pine from Seed . 10 
The Story of the Kieffer Pear . 14 
State Fair Fruit Exhibit . 19 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day . 20 
How I Made My Prize Loaf .20, 21 
The Rural Patterns . 21 
A Regular Allowance for Children . 21 
Lard Making . 21 
Embroidery Design . 21 
Improving an Uneven Floor . 21 
“Old Standby” Recipes for Butchering 
Time . 21 
Salting Pork and Making Sausage . 30 
MISCELLANEOUS 
A Dozen Stores to the Acre .. 3 
This Woman Wants Consolidated Schools.. 4 
Montgomery County and the School Bill..,. 4 
Issues of Tax-exempt Bonds . 5 
Money in a Mud Hole .... 5 
Corncobs in Vinegar Making . 10 
Non-taxable Bonds . 12 
Growth from Dormant Seed . 12 
Relief for the Sleepless . 12 
A Business Girl’s Budget . 12 
Water Supply from Distant Spring . 14 
. Keeping Ice Without an Icehouse . 14 
Cement for Cellar Floor ... 14 
Electric Motor for Churn . 14 
Governor for Ford Engine . 14 
Countrywide Produce Situation . 14 
Purifying Water . 15 
Dampness in House . 15 
Chemical Toilet . 15 
Disinfectant for Toilet . 15 
Winter Care of Unused Cistern and Septic 
Tank .. 15 
Improving a Cesspool . 15 
Cleaning Cistern . 15 
A Barrel Smokehouse . 15 
Editorials . 18 
New York Senators Need Your Attention... 19 
Cider Released for Vinegar . 19 
Town Clerk’s Right to Vote . 28 
Inheritance from Joint Deed . 28 
Liability for Accident on Highway . 28 
Pronerty Rights in New Hampshire . 28 
Publisher’s Desk . 32 
