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The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
March 8, 1924 
G 
L 
THE HOME OF 
GUARANTEED 
SEEDS 
Don’t Risk Crop Failure 
You are exposed to loss! Over 20,000,000 lbs. of Euro¬ 
pean and South American Clover and Alfalfa Seed have 
arrived at Atlantic seaports. It has been shipped all over 
the East. You cannot identify this foreign seed—No law pro¬ 
tects you. Don’t take the risk. 
G„ L F. Seed is guaranteed to be Northern Native Grown. 
It is guaranteed to be free from European, South American or 
Southern grown seeds. All seed is tested by New York State 
Official Analyst. G, L. F, Seed Service is your best protection. 
Over 22,000 farmers are benefiting from it. Are you? 
Survival of the Fittest 
G. L. F. Seed Service selects for you seed which has inherited 
a high degree of hardiness from several generations of parent plants 
which have successfully combated the rigorous climate of moun¬ 
tainous and northern territories where only the strong can live. 
Seed so selected and guaranteed is the best crop insurance ob¬ 
tainable.. It produces three times as much digestible protein per acre 
as ordinary hay. 
Seeds of Proven Worth 
Is pure Clover Hay worth $15.00 a ton to you? Then from a 
crop producing standpoint G. L. F. Hardy Native Grown Seed is 
worth $25.00 per bushel more than French Seed—$30.00 per bushel 
more than Chilean and $45.00 a bushel more than Hungarian Clover 
Seed. For further information write Cornell University or ask for 
our circular “Blazing the Trail.” 
Our Prices are Freight Paid. Sacks Free 
Per bu. 
Per bu. 
SUPERFINE MEDIUM CLOVER 
$16.80 
HIGHLAND COMMON ALFALFA' 
$15.00 
PEDIGREED MAMMOTH CLOVER 
17.10 
GENUINE GRIMM ALFALFA 
30.00 
SUPERFINE ALSIKE CLOVER 
12.60 
CHOICE TIMOTHY 
4.68 
SUPERFINE SWEET CLOVER 
10.50 
RED TOP 
.22 lb. 
CANADA FIELD PEAS 
3.75 
CORNELLIAN OATS 
1.20 bu. 
Watch Your 
Seed Corn 
Bad growing season and -early freezes damaged germination. 
G. L. F. Seed Service selected from favorable sections the purest 
strains of seed corn. It has been carefully sorted, dried, graded and 
tested to insure high germination. Our supply is short. 
Per bu. 
CERTIFIED LUCES FAVORITE CORN $3.50 
CERT.WESTBRANCH SWEEPSTAKES 3.50 
8-ROW YELLOW FLINT 3.00 
PEDIGREED LEAMING 
PEDIGREED PRIDE OF NORTH 
GOLDEN GLOW 
Per bu. 
$2.50 
2.50 
2.50 
Order today through local agent or write direct. 
Shipped when you want it. Pay upon arrival. 
SUPPLY LIMITED—WE CAN’T TAKE CARE OF EVERYBODY 
FIRST COME—FIRST SERVED 
CO-OPERATIVE G. L. F. SEED DEP’T 
Syracuse, N. Y. 
Pedigreed Potatoes 
Certified Rural, Russet and Irish Cobblers—yields 
of 300 to 563 bushel per acre for 11 years First 
prize and sweepstakes ribbons at Cornell State Po¬ 
tato show, Feb. 1923 and 1924 
GARDNER FARMS Box 400 Tully.N.Y 
WELL ROOTED 2-Year PLANTS 
Wilder Currant, 25—fl 50 , 50—$2.50; lOO-Ji Concord. 
Moore's Early, Diamond Grapes. 25—$2; bO—f t . 10(1—$5 
by Parcel Post. Chas. It I not llfghtetown, N J. 
FOR SALE 
Washington Asparagus unshed 
Crowns $7 per thousand; special price, large quan¬ 
tities Seed, SI per pound. Crowns very large. 
Best references. J. H. Watson, Monetta, S. C. 
Budded NutTrees £88; 
Catalogue free 
Rockport, Indiana 
bearer* of large, thin shelled nuts. 
INDIANA NUT NURSERY Box 55 
70 Gladiolus Bulbs 
A. bHERMAN. Chicopee Falls Masi 
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SPECIAL OFFER—6 choice two-year old grapevine> parcel post prepaid. $1.00 
FRUIT TREES, VINES, BERRIES, SHADE TREES, 
HEDGING, ROSES,SHRUBS and HARDY PERENNIALS 
We employ no agents—we deal direct with you by mail. Stock reserved now 
for shipment at planting time. Express and freight prepaid. 
OUR BEAUTIFUL 1924 CATALOC WOW READY 
An interesting and helpful book from the pen of cur Martin E King, an 
authority on Horticulture It tells the plain truth about cur guaranteed Trees. 
Contains our redu ted 1924 ptices and accurate descriptions of several hun¬ 
dred varieties of Fruit Trees Berries Shrubs Roses and Ornamental Trees. 
Tells you the correct number of trees to set to the acre how to beautify your 
home grounds. Sent absolutely free on request. Write tor your copy today. 
KING BROTHERS’ NURSERIES, Box 40. Dansville, New York 
In Business Forty-six Years 
Treating Seed Oats for Smut 
Many of our people have read about 
inoculation for ‘clover and beans and 
other legumes and they seem to be a 
little confused. For instance, oue man 
wants to know what inoculation he 
should use for wheat, rye and oats. The 
inoculation so often referred to is fig¬ 
ured for the legume crops alone. That 
is, those crops which bear their seeds in 
pods, all the way from clover up to peas 
and beans. The grains, like oats and rye, 
are entirely different, and they will not 
respond to inoculation because there are 
no bacteria which work on their roots as 
is the case with legume crops. A crop 
like oats is subject to various diseases, 
such as smut, rust or blight. Probably 
smut is the most troublesome oat dis¬ 
ease, and this can be very largely pre¬ 
vented by treating the seed before it goes 
into the ground. This smut is produced 
by a germ which grows in the plants 
when the conditions are right, and gives 
the black, bad-smelling stuff which most 
farmers notice at thrashing time. In 
some cases the smut is so bad that the 
black stuff blows away from the thrash¬ 
ing machine like smoke out of a furnace. 
The way to handle smut is to spread 
the grain out on the barn floor and sprin¬ 
kle it with a solution of one pint of for¬ 
maldehyde in CO gallons of water. A 
watering pot is good for doing this work. 
The oats are well sprinkled and then 
shoveled together in a pile which is cov¬ 
ered with a blanket or similar covering. 
The gas generating from the formalde¬ 
hyde works through the oats and destroys 
the germs, then the seed ;is dried and put 
in the ground in the ordinary way. Usu¬ 
ally this will entirely or largely prevent 
the smut disease. There are other ways 
of applying formaldehyde and water, 
such as spraying it over the oats, but the 
sprinkling method is generally followed 
by farmers. 
TRE 
ES>". 
ORCHARD GARDEN 
«n»LAWN 
The best that science can produce, 1 
direct from master growers of Western H 
■ New Yoik to \ou ifl 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, MAR. 8, 1924 
FARM TOPICS 
A Profitable Crop to Grow...412 
Manure Waste by Weathering. 412 
Inoculated Sulphur for Potato Scab..,.413 
Some Potato Vines..... 417 
Insects Injuring Oats..... 41 1 
The Propagation of Canada Thistle. 421 
Overhead Irrigation for Small Areas. 422 
Acid Phosphate and Manure. 423 
Hill or Level Culture for Potatoes. 425 
Lime and Fertility. 425 
Hope Farm Notes. 428 
Cotton-growing in Massachusetts . 429 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Not Too Much Milk. 431 
As One Man Sees It. 431 
Grinding Roughage for Cows. 434 
Cottonseed in Horse Feed. 434 
Care of Family Cow..,. 434 
Indigestion; Worms .. 436 
Tonics for Live Stock.436, 437 
Thriftless Cows .. 43 1 
Restless Mare; Blue Ointment for Lice.... 438 
Silage for iCalves. 439 
Keeping up Production. 439 
THE HENYARD 
New Jersey Egg Contest. 442 
Coccidiosis . 443 
Outlook for Turkey Market.443 
Broilers for Home Market. 44* 
Enlarged Liver . 444 
Hen with Rough Plumage. 444 
Mud for Hens. 445 
New York Laying Contest. 446 
Winter Molt . 446 
Egg-eating Hens . 440 
HORTICULTURE 
A Profitable Ohio Apple Orchard, Part II... 413 
The .Certified Apple Tree...414, 415 
The Apple in Rhyme . 415 
Baking and Pie Apples. 415 
The La France Raspberry. 415 
Laying Out Orchard . 417 
Squash Borer . 417 
Trouble with Grapes . 421 
Origin of the Concord Grape. . 423 
A Discussion of Freestone Plum Varieties.. 420 
Homemade Lime-sulphur ... 420 
Central Packing Houses for Grapes. Part II 427 
WOMAN AND HOME 
A Farm Woman and Her Canning Business 416 
Homemade Vinegar . 416 
From Day to Day . 432 
The Useful Clinic Thermometer. 432 
Canned Blackberry Recipes . 432 
The Rural Patterns. 432 
Glass Cooking Dishes. 432 
Letters of an Indiana Farmer. 433 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Eight-hour Day and Labor Prices. 411 
Land Without Right of Way. 419 
Widow’s Property Rights. 419 
Right to Destroy Dam . 419 
Chattel Mortgage and Bill of Sale. 419 
Bankruptcy Law . 425 
Right of Town Officials to Vote...428 
Catching Hawks . 429 
N. Y. School Improvement.431 
Will Committee of 21 Answer .431 
A Good School . 431 
Your Boy and a Training Camp....431 
Water Power for Electric Plant...440 
Running Circular Saw with Automobile En¬ 
gine . 440 
Driven Well with Windmill. 440 
Removing Lime Deposit from Plumbing.... 443 
Saving Bees in Chilly Weather. 445 
Why Grow 
Scabby Potatoes? 
You needn’t 
if you use 
InocSul 
Inoculated Sulphur 
It will positively over¬ 
come the scab organism 
and keep the crop clean, 
bright and marketable. 
Inoc-Sul is dependable insurance 
against potato scab. It cleans up 
infected fields—it keeps uninfected 
fields clean. It is inexpensive and 
easily applied, requiring no special 
machinery. Broadcast by hand, 
fertilizer or lime broadcaster, or 
seed drill. 
Inoc-Sul strikes at the very root 
of tlie potato scab evil— it overcomes 
the scab organism IN THE SOIL, not 
merely the scab on the seed, as does 
seed treatment. 
Write us today. We will, with¬ 
out cost or obligation, tell you all 
about Inoc-Sul— what it is—where 
to get it—how to use it—how it will 
save your market losses. Tell us 
how many acres of potatoes you 
will plant and the name, of your 
dealer. 
TtUkOE MARK 
# 
PEG. U.$. FAT. OFF. 
TEXAS GULF 
SULPHUR CO. 
Desk B, 41 East 42nd St. 
New York City 
Inoc-Sul is the best form 
of sulphur for any farm 
use—dusting seed, preserv¬ 
ing manure, fertilizer, soil 
corrective and livestock. 
Isbell’s Bell 
Brand Garden Seeds are 
Michigan-grown — hardiness 
and early maturity are bred 
into them through45 years of 
selection and development. 
Planting Isbell’s seeds is the 
first step toward a big profit- ^ 
able garden. 
Pntatntf Proa Isbell's 1924 Seed An* 
Ls.ila.Qg rree nual — giving valuable 
information about seeds and gardening, 
and quoting direct-from-grower prices, 
sent free on request. 
S. M. Isbell & Company 
1 59 Mechanic St. (58) Jackson, Mich. 
SEEDSTH/ff SUCCEED 
Direct from the Nation’s Capitol. Send for 
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SEND lO CENTS 
And we will include 1 pkt., each:— 
Dwraf Mixed Nasturtiums, Fealherbloum Asters, 
Giant. Flowered Zinnias, Scarlet Globe Radish, 
Masterpiece Lettuce, Bolgiano Tomato, 
Don’t Delay. Send Today. 
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1022 B St.. Washington, D. C. 
FRUIT TREES BERRIES 
GRAPES—EVERGREENS—FLO W E RING SHRUBS 
Send for our illustrated catalog. 
DeBaun & Co. Nurserymen, Wyckoff, IT. J. 
ri A niAT I DAHLIAS 60 mix Blooming size bulbs. 
!-• | AIJIvll.l Dollar, prepaid. Write for catalogue. 
uuiu/ium w H TO(>p , n Merchantville, N. J. 
DflTIT(lC(! _ Bliss, Cobbler. Green Mt, Russet Ohio, 
rUIAIUCO— Rose, Spaulding. Others C FORD, Fishers, N.V 
Concord Grape Vines ° ne ^ lct,y arst class - * 6 
prices 
per 100; 500 or more at special 
J. S Barnhart, 57 W St.. N. W . Washington, D C. 
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THE UPCO CO. - Cleveland, Ohio 
In.business over 40 years. 
rpniyo Lime-Sulfur, l>8 Barrel, Bordeaux dry, M)% 
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etc. Agents wanted. W. A. ALLEN Pittstown, N. J. 
STANDARDIZED PLANT NAMES 
This is aa authoritative work prepared by Fred¬ 
erick Law Olmsted, FrederickfV. Coville and Har¬ 
lan P. Kelsey, of the American Joint Committee on 
Horticultural Nomenclature. It gives the approved 
scientific and common names of plants in American 
commerce, and will be of great value to horticultur¬ 
ists and all interested in such matters. 
Price postpaid, S5.00. For sale by 
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