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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 1, 1924 
STANDARD INOCULATION CO., TROY, PA. 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings 
.Tilly 28-Aug. 1.— Summer Farmers’ 
Week, Connecticut Agricultural College, 
Stores, Conn. {_ 
RALPH E. BR1ERLEY CO. 
51 Wooster Street, New York 
You will grow your crops at less cost if you inoculate your seed with NODULE- 
BACTER. Ask your Agricultural College or Farm Bureau to give you facts. 
Send $1.00 today and have it ready when you wish to sow your seed. 
REASON NO. 1 
Produced the Nodules on this Soy Bean Root. Fertilizer value of these Nodules 
per acre equal to 1,000 pounds of Nitrate of Soda. Enrich your land and keep it rich. 
For 
one dollar 
you can 
inoculate 
one 
bushel 
ot seed 
II lives 
in our 
patented 
ventilated 
receptacle 
and is 
always 
fresh 
Ask any health bureau, ask any doctor, 
the value of plenty of good water. They 
say the first and greatest requirement of 
health is to drink more water — make 
your children drink more water— give all 
your livestock more water. Give nature 
its due and watch the results—better 
health, more strength and vigor, more 
milk from your cows, heavier hogs and so 
on throughout the farm. And the only way 
to have plenty of water where it is needed, 
when it is needed, is to have running water. 
The W1LLSEA AUTOMATIC WATER SYSTEM 
is a dependable, economical, tireless ser¬ 
vant. It requires no attention — no tink¬ 
ering, fussing, starting, stopping — quality 
is its pride. Operating expense is less than 
the cost of municipal water — 2 or 3 cents 
a day. Compare this with other things 
which cost much more originally, more to 
keep up, and are far less important. You 
owe it to yourself and your family to in¬ 
vestigate the WILLSEA AUTOMATIC WATEPv 
SYSTEM. 
If your local dealer cannot give you the information, write it . 
THE WILLSEA WORKS 
ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
Stevens Fertilizer Sower 
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Saves Its Cost the First Year 
Two-horse Stevens Fertilizer Sower, adjustable for one horse 
We are making it better than ever before 
Makes your fertilizer or 
lime go farther and do 
more good. Sows in 
rows or broadcast, as 
desired. Force feed 
assures even sowing. No 
gears or springs in the 
box—just a simple, posi¬ 
tive agitator that can be 
depended on to keep the 
fertilizer flowing. The 
driver can adjust the 
feed without leaving 
his seat. Land gauge 
assists him in judging 
the right amount. 
Four sizes; one to fit 
your conditions. 
Write for free 
pamphlets and prices 
Ask your dealer to 
show you the old 
reliable Stevens 
Fertilizer Sower. If 
he doesn’t handle 
it, we’ll ship direct 
to you. 
We also make 
Fertilizer Sowers 
for special purposes. 
Write today. 
The Hampshire 
Implement Co. 
Dept. A, Hatfield 
Massachusetts 
Makers of 
Fertilizer and Lime 
Sowers 
Mushroom Culture 
(Continued from page 364) 
the house for several days. The mush¬ 
room crop is coming on now, but the dis¬ 
ease came first, and is coming again and 
again very consistently. While it is pos¬ 
sible by close attention to details to grow 
some mushrooms with bottle spawn, it is 
not by any means a short cut to riches, 
and the beginner should rather go slow 
and experiment, rather than plunge 
heavily upon a crop as tickle as this one. 
It is hard work and sometimes pretty un¬ 
certain. but there is the consolation that 
whether or not you get any mushrooms 
you have a lot of manure in fine shape 
for any garden crop you wish to grow. 
Pennsylvania. elmer j. weaver. 
Culture of Cherry Trees 
Will you give me a little advice on how 
to care for a cherry orchard? We have 
about 150 trees of Montmorency and 
Earl Richmond. The trees are now about 
10 years old and have been bearing very 
heavily for three years. The fruit is very 
large and firm, and so far we have not 
had any insect troubles. We are not in 
the habit of planting anything in the or¬ 
chard. but one year we had beans. The 
past two years we have had them trim¬ 
med in February and March, but the trees 
have never been sprayed. Last year they 
produced over 2,000 quarts, and were 
touched by the frost in May at that. Dur¬ 
ing picking time someone broke a large 
branch by the crotch of one of the trees. 
How can that be taken care of? 
Orchard Park, N. J. a. m. t. 
You are indeed fortunate that you have 
secured such fine crops of cherries with 
no spraying whatsoever. A great many 
cherry growers would think that they 
had nothing to do if they did not have to 
spray, brown rot being their particular 
enemy. Some day you may find the fol¬ 
lowing recommended spray schedule help¬ 
ful: (1) Lime-sulphur, 2 y 2 gallons, and 
water to make 100 gallons, applied just 
before the blossoms open; (2 ) arsenate 
of lead, lbs., added to the preceding 
solution, applied 10 days after the petals 
tall, or when the shucks are off; (3) 
I he same material as in the second spray, 
applied just before the cherries turn red, 
anil (4) 'again the same material when 
fruit, flies appear. After the cherries 
have been picked an additional applica¬ 
tion of the same material is advised as a 
precaution against leaf-spot. 
Y ou are correct in practicing clean cul¬ 
tivation, in growing no inter-crops, and 
in looking after the pruning of the or¬ 
chard. When the trees get a little older 
and fail to produce abundantly, or pro¬ 
duce small fruit, or make little growth, 
you will find it a good practice to thin 
the trees out somewhat severely in order 
to stimulate new growth, with resultant 
hardier fruit buds, bigger yields and 
larger fruit. Trim and clean out the 
broken crotch and paint the wound. 
ii. n. t. 
. Government Relief for Farmers 
Feb. 16 President Coolidge discussed 
farm problems with B. F. Yoakum, rail¬ 
road financier, and Representative John¬ 
son of Washington, who offered a plan 
that will be submitted to Congress. The 
Yoakum plan provides for the granting 
of a charter by Congress to the Interstate 
Farm Marketing Association to be organ¬ 
ized and conducted by representatives of 
real farmers. Headquarters are to be in 
Washington with subsidiary .State boards, 
they in turn to organize county and com¬ 
munity boards. 
The bill calls for an initial loan by the 
Government of $5,000,000 to $10,000,000 
to cover the necessary costs of organi¬ 
zation, this loan to be secured by virtu¬ 
ally all the farm assets of the country. 
To meet operating costs the farmers 
would levy small assessments, ranging 
from one-half of 1 per cent to 5 per cent 
of the market value of the various farm 
products involved. From the annual 
funds thus raised the Government loan is 
to be paid. Continuing this process of 
annual assessments on their crops, the 
proposed association would, it is cal¬ 
culated. in a short time have an operating 
fund of $250,000,000 and would need no 
more Government loans. 
The Agricultural Department would be 
completely eliminated. In other words, 
the Yoakum plan would turn over to 
the farmers themselves the exclusive 
management of their own industry. Mr. 
Yoakum pointed out to the President 
that at present the spread between the 
farm and the kitchen in our national 
food bill is $15,000,000,000 annually. His 
figures are based upon $15,500,000,000 
farm value of the annual food products, 
exclusive of meat products, and $22,- 
000.000.000 paid annually by consumers, 
lie is convinced that national prosperity 
will be restored only when the figures 
are reversed, or $15,000,000,000 to the 
farmeve and $7,500,000,000 to the dis¬ 
tributers. It is Avliat he calls “the 
middle waste” that must be eliminated 
before the farmers can be again put 
upon the high road of prosperity. 
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