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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 1, 1924 
FoRR 
Honest 
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are no truer, better seeds 
* grown than Forrest’s. What 
_ ever country produces the best, be it 
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expenses (rent, taxes, etc.) are we able to sell our seeds 
at such reasonable prices. These are not cut or bargain 
prices—they are our regular prices that we have main¬ 
tained for 26 years. 
Note below a few of our prices taken from our 
catalog. All our seeds are as reasonably priced. 
Pp„ c . “Laxtenian,” “Blue Bantam,” “Gradus,” “Little Marvel,” $9.50; 
a Caa • “Thomas Laxton,” “Alderman,” “Telephone,” $10.00; and 
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il Pkt. Spinach, Long Standing 
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J$1 
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I have been selling 
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year since 1870. If you 
want the Ups and Downs, 
the Ins and Outs, the 
Success and Failure of 
berry growing, send for 
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have read it you will not 
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basket. 
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I3C A. Y OF ALL KIND S-ForSa!e 
Three Good Blackberries 
Can you inform me as to the reliabil¬ 
ity of the Ancient Briton blackberry? 
How does it compare with Snyder and 
Eldorado in hardiness, quality and size? 
Stillwater, Me. c. E. C. 
Ancient Briton is an old standard va¬ 
riety which first came to attention in 
Wisconsin. It is considered to be hardy, 
though the Snyder is possibly more hardy. 
The berries of Ancient Briton are a trifle 
larger than those of Snyder and are of 
better quality. Both varieties are good 
commercial sorts, vigorous and produc¬ 
tive. Eldorado is pushing more and more 
to the front. The berries are larger than 
those of the other two varieties men¬ 
tioned, and are also very good in quality. 
Whether it is as hardy as either Snyder 
or Ancient Briton we cannot say, but it 
is being grown largely in Wisconsin and 
Minnesota, and is very much liked there. 
H. B. T. 
Good Soil Treatment 
I have noticed at different times articles 
in Tiie R. N.-Y. in regard to ridding land 
of wire grass and other obnoxious grasses, 
and I will tell of my experience ’on a 
small plot of about two acres, which was 
full of wire grass. I plowed this as early 
in the Spring as possible, sowed to oats 
and Canada peas, cut same for hay when 
the oats were headed out, plowed im¬ 
mediately and planted 90-day Canada 
corn. At last cultivation of corn, sowed 
rye, which was plowed under the next 
Spring. This was done two years in suc¬ 
cession. and the lot is almost entirely 
clear of wire grass, and I have had two 
crops a year besides clearing up the land. 
Connecticut. E. B. L. 
R. N.-Y.—This is not only a good 
method for killing out weeds and foul 
grass, but a fine thing for any soil. 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, MAR. 1, 1924 
FARM TOPICS 
Corn Breeding.349, 350 
Government Relief for Farmers. 372 
Hope Farm Notes. 376 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Milk Arbiter Wanted. 378 
Feeding Young Cow. 384 
Grain with Beet Pulp. 384 
Filled Milk .-...388 
Apple Pomace for Dairy Food. 388 
Rations with Brewers’ Grains. 389 
Potatoes for Cows.389, 390 
Feeding Young Pigs. 390 
Beans for Sheep . 390 
Sheep and Cows . 391 
How to Handle Sheep . 391 
Nervous Horse .392 
Leaking of Milk .392, 393 
Warts on Heifer . 393 
Trouble with Churning . 395 
Limburger Cheese from Goats’ Milk. 395 
Fur Auction Prices . 395 
THE HENYARD 
i Handling Incubator . 399 
| Brooding Baby Chicks. 399 
Long Island Laying Cjmtest. 402 
Death of Fowls . 402 
| Brooder House Floor . 403 
! Various Poultry Questions . 403 
I Heating Poultry House . 405 
Feeding Young Turkeys and Pheasants.405 
1 Feeding Young Chicks ....... 405 
HORTICULTURE 
A Review of the New Fruits .347, 348 
Plant a Strawberry Bel . 348 
Spraying from a Central Power Plant. .348, 349 
Force of Tree Growth. 350 
A Profitable Ohio Apple Orchard, Part 1.350, 351 
Can a Gardener be a Salesman at Home... 352 
Profitable Crops . 353 
Starting Plants Under Glass . 355 
Hedge for Screen ... 356 
How a Woman Raises Her Plants. 356 
Hotbed Details, Part II...:. 357 
Roses on Northern Farms. 358 
Laying Out Vegetable Garden. 359 
Roses in Greene Co., N. Y. 369 
Horticultural Notes from Missouri. 360 
Pruning Young Maple Trees. 361 
Collar Rot in Apple Trees. 361 
Flowers for a Sunny Place. 361 
Scale on Palm. 361 
Trimming Raspberries . 361 
Central Packing Houses for Grapes, Part II 362 
Mushroom Culture .364, 372 
Acid Phosphate and Manure. 372 
Nut Culture in the North, Part 1.366. 367 
Southern-grown Cabbage and Tomato Plants 367 
Varieties of Market Tomatoes. 367 
Origin of Moore’s Early Grape. 367 
The San Jose Scale Again Demands Atten¬ 
tion .368, 369, 370 
Sprays and Dusts .370, 371 
Dust vs. Spray for Cherries. 371 
Notes from New England . 373 
Dusting for the Currant Aphis...374 
Planting a Plum Orchard.374 
Too Close Cultivation. 376 
Successful Fruit Exchange. 379 
WOMAN AND HOME 
“LOVETT’S FOR SMALL FRUITS” 
Sturdy Plants of Quality Straw¬ 
berries, Raspberries, Blackberries, 
Grapevines of bearing age—all the 
worth-while kinds among fruits for 
the home garden. The plants we 
offer are exceptional—they have 
the roots, the age, the stamina to 
bear the crops you desire. 
46th Annual Catalog 
awaits your request. Offers the 
choicest sorts of Small Fruits. 
Old-fashioned Hardy Flowers, 
ROSES— all at most reasonable 
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Lovett’s Nursery Box 162 Little Silver, N. J. 
From Day to Day. 380 
The Rural Patterns. 380 
Tennessee Notes .380, 381 
More About the Radio. 381 
Embroidery Designs . 381 
Favorite Salads ...381, 382 
Crops for the Children . 382 
Chocolate Cookies . 382 
Fruit Cake That is Cheap and Good. 382 
Advice to the Beginning Housekeeper.383 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Editorials . .. 378 
Death of Albert Manning. 379 
The School Question . 379 
Filtering Cistern Water . 386 
One-compartment Septic Tank. 386 
Fire from Short Circuit . 386 
Markets . 396 
Silo Questions . 398 
Construction of Concrete House. 398 
Difficulty in Pumping Water . 398 
Chemicals in Sanitary Toilet. 403 
Publisher’s Desk . 406 
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H. E. MONTAGUE 
47 Jay Street, New York 
Factory capacity for 1924 over 30,000,000 
FLOWER BULBS 
Wholesale and Retail 
We are able this sea¬ 
son to offer some of 
the high-price gladioli 
varieties at commer¬ 
cial prices. 
Our retail and whole¬ 
sale lists oft gladioli, 
dahlias,lilies,etc., car¬ 
ries exclusive inform¬ 
ation on cultureand 
hybridizing. 
SPECIAL PINETUM $1 
GLADIOLI OFFER 
12 Diener and Kund- 
erd varieties (labeled) 
usually listed at from $5 to $8. 
PINETUM $2 DAHLIA COLLECTION 
(12 tubers of superior varieties.) 
Sample gladioli bulbs of new varieties to actual 
commercial growers. 
E. CRAWFORD JONES (PINETUM GARDENS) 
Oceanside 10, Rockville Centre, N. Y. 
Strawberries 
Keith s New Land plants pay big profits. One plant¬ 
ing insures three good crops. Easy to raise. Keith’s 
plants grown on fresh,virgin soil are strong,healthy, 
vigorous, deep-rooted and 
productive. 
$500 to $700 
with plenty of fresh straw¬ 
berries for the home table. 
Others are doing it—so can 
you. Keith’s “Ways to Suc¬ 
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Box 900 Sawyer, Mich. 
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we have been supplying the Fanner and 
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CALL’S NURSERIES 
Established 1877 Perry, Lake County, Ohio 
the Plunger 
Tree Pruner 
D. H. Watts, Kerrmoor, Pa. 
FROST PROOF CABBAGE PLANTS 
Varieties:—Early Jersey Wakefield, Charleston 
Wakefield, Copenhagen Market, Succession and 
Flat Dutch. Prices: 200 for SI; 500 for SI.7 5; 
],000 for S3, postpaid. By Express, S3 per 1,000. 
Onion, Beet, and Lettuce Plants same pr-ice. 
Piedmont Plant Co. Greenville, S. C. 
30,000 Inspected and Certified 
Cuthbert Red Raspberry Sets 
Absolutely free from disease. S30 per M., F. O. B. 
White Farm Co. - Ionia, N. Y. 
R (T\ n T C WASHINGTON 
U \J E ^9 ASPARAGUS 
Genuine, pedigreed stock. The kind that means 
success. Large, one-year, 500—810; 1,000—S16; 
5,000—8 7 5, F. O B., Cash. 
W. H. & S. H. PARKER - Hadley, Mass. 
IMPROVED ROBUST BEANS 
Heaviest yielding existing variety and latest im¬ 
proved Agricultural College Strain. Ninety-four % ger¬ 
mination. Not polished or hand picked Ninety lb. bag. 
Six Dollars, Owosso. Will pick about three lbs. to Bag. 
A. B■ COOK Owosso, Michigan 
