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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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March ?.2, 1924 
OATS 
HEA VYWEIGHT 
In our opinion, the heaviest and most productive American 
Oat. Average weight 42-45 lbs. One crop of over 1800 bush¬ 
els weighed over 47 lbs. Customers of ours from New York, 
Pennsylvania, Vermont and Ohio reported yields from our 
seed of 80, 82, 87, 90, 92 and up to 118 bushels per acre. 
Two fields from our seed averaged over 100 bushels per acre. 
Our seed stock is thoroughly recleaned twice in our own 
seed house and is sold direct to you at 
$L 00 Per Bushel 
Freight Prepaid 
as per special offer on page 30 of our Catalog. 
Write today for ten samples of Dibble's Farm Seeds includ¬ 
ing oats of course. = 
Dibble’s Farm Seed Catalog and Special Price list quoting 
Freight Paid Prices FREE. 
Address Edward F. Dibble Seedgrower 
Box B Honeoye Falls, N. Y. 
HEADQUARTERS 
for Seed Oats, Corn, Alfalfa, Clover, Timothy, Seed Potatoes 
and all Farm Seeds for Northern Farmers. 
TOWNSEND’S NURSERIES 
Offers the Largest Stock of 
STRAWBERRY, DEWBERRY, RASPBERRY, GRAPE VINES, 
Currants, Asparagus and etc., in the Country 
Everything shipped direct to growers at lowest wholesale prices. 
We not only save yon money on your order but we sell you the 
highest grade plants that it is possible to grow on our more 
than 700 acres of new ground soil. 
Millions of these high grade plants await your order. Prompt shipment 
when you are ready to plant. Big Money-saving Catalog on request. 
(See R. N.-Y. March 1st, Center Page) 
E. W. TOWNSEND & SONS 
25 Vine Street, Salisbury, Maryland 
STRAWBERRIES FOR PROFIT 
No crop will give you more money per acre or per hour of labor, 
than St rawberries. 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 gooa 
dependable true-to-name plants, at a reasonable price. 
Strawberries are grown 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 Tus- 
cious red berries are favorites in the home garden, and the work can be done 
by women, children, amateurs as well as commercial growers.. 
Free-to-all. Allen’s Book of Berries for 1924 will be sent 
free to anyone interested. The most complete book of it9 
kind--thoroughly reliable. Write today for your copy. 
The W. F. ALLEN CO. 
72 Market St. Salisbury, Md. 
ALLEN'S 
PLANTS 
Get Low Prices 
on Berry Boxes 
and 
Baskets 
Write for our 
free tint aloe! Shows you how you 
can save money by buying direct 
from the largest Berry Box and 
flasket factory in the Country. 
kew Albany Box & Basket Co., Box 111 New AEbany.Inct 
are so much better than most other 
v ' rosea that we guarantee them to bloom 
j or refund your money. We also put a 
durable white star label with our 
* name and the name of the rose on 
"/ tne plant as the sign of that quality 
which enables us to make this remark¬ 
able guarantee. Send todav for the 
52-page illustrated catalog FREE. 
CONARD & JONES CO., Robt. Pyle, Pres. 
Rose Specialists, Box 4, West Grove, Pa. 
THE BEAUTIFUL GLADIOLUS 
Send a dollar for 30 bulbs (wil 
bloom this summer), including 
pink, white, scarlet, yellow, crimson, 
orange, rare purple, etc., with easy 
planting directions, postpaid. 
Send for free 20-page illustrated 
catalog of 125 magnificent varieties 
HOWARD M. G1LLET, Gladiolus Specialist 
Box 253, New Lebanon, N. Y, 
r\j A TtTAI I 36 Mixed Bulbs, 6 colors.51.00 
111 A llll 11,1 12 Fancy, 10 colors. . 3.00 
UliflLMUlil Guaranteed to blossom. 
Colored Gladiolus Book, with cultural directions, FREE 
PIERCE BULB CO., Guarant-tested Bulbs, Box 12, West Medway, Mass. 
oi . /ii 1 * i. n 1L_ Twenty-one named varie- 
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VIIU1UC uiauiuil linus and mixed . Send for price 
list or send f 1 for choice collection of 30 bulbs. 
Leon W. Bishop - Bridgewater, New York 
U/C niter pi mini IIC 100 varieties. Better have our 
Wt nAloE ULAUIULUO list. Small orders get atten¬ 
tion. E. N. TILTON - Ashtabula. Ohio 
GLADIOLI 
DAHLIAS 60 mix Blooming size bulbs. 
Dollar, prepaid. Write for catalogue. 
W. H. Toppin Merchantville, N. J. 
70 Gladiolus Bulbs 
SI 00. Dahlias, Cannas. Circular 
A. SHERMAN.ChicopeeFalls,Mass 
GLADIOLI 
RED, WHITE. PINK AND YELLOW 
Variety shades in both Red and Pink 
40 Selected Bulbs, assorted.81.00 
lOO Fancv Bulbs, named varieties. 3.00 
HENRY ERBSMEHL, Patchogue, L. I., N Y. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
2 Cf| Per 1000, and u> Our strong, healthy, 
tremendou bearing plants guarantee big 
op- of luscious berries. Bestvarieties for all kinds 
; soils. Many new varieties such as Eaton, Bun 
!>e 1. Premi r. Marvel an J Cooper, pie worlds 
•eatest new Everbearing Stra' :berry CHAMPION. 
ull 1 ine of Raspberries,Blackberries and Asparagus. 
ILADIOLI—ROSES—ORNAMENTALS 
•eatly Large Stock of good flvortp Plants 
educed at $30.00 per thousand .* * , 
rices Beautifulncwcolorcatalog free- WnteToday. 
R1DGMAN NURSERY CO., Box 116 Bridgman.Micb. 
Strawberry Plants sale 
My 16th Annual Catalog will still tell you about 
"Horsey” the great "Early Berry,” also 35 
other varieties'. Asparagus roots. Horseradish, 
Raspberry plants, Lucretia Dewberry plants, etc. 
Address, J. Keifford Hall, R 2, Reids Grove, Md. 
Berry, Vegetable and Flower Plants 
Leading varieties Strawberry, Raspberry, Blackberry, 
Gooseberry, Currant, Grape plants ; Asparagus, Rhubarb, 
Horseradish roots;Cabbage, Cauliflower,Celery, Tomato, 
Egg Plant, Beet, Onion, Pepper, Sweet Potato and other 
vegetable plants; Delphinium, Foxglove, Hollyhock, 
Canterbury Bells, Phlox, Pansy, Salvia, Aster, Zinnia, 
Snapdragon and other Perennial and Annual flower 
plants; Dahlia, Gladioli, Canna bulbs; Roses, Shrubs, 
Hedge Plants. Catalogue free. 
HARRY L. SQUIRES, Hampton Bay*, N. Y. 
Strawberry pl “ ls . 
Hardy, Northern Grown. Ten 
best varieties. Progressive 
bearing Strawberries. 100—$1.60. 
500—$4.50 : 1,000—$0 Delivered. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
‘ atalogue free. Heywood & Klimovich, Central Square,N.Y. 
STRAWBERRIES 25% OFF 
Prices slashed on Raspberry.Blackberry and Grape 
plants. Stock guaranteed, 30th year. Catalog free. 
J, N. Kokely & Son R. 10 Bridgman, Mich. 
THERE IS A REASON. Be ore placing orders get our 
Truth About STRAWBERRIES 
*2.50 A: up per 1,000. THE RAINER BOTS.Idlewild Firms,Salii&ury, Md 
Choice STRAWBERRY Plants All standard va¬ 
rieties. Guaranteed first class or money refunded. 
Catalogue. Mrs. Filena Woolf, Dept, M, Allegan, Michigan 
D AWRFDDVPI AIUTC The Best June and 
It/I It OLKK I iL/ill I *3 Everbearing varieties, 
aleg Free. BASIL PEKRY, Georgetown. Del. 
THE MAILBAG 
Lime or Wood Ashes on Strawberries 
The old question about using lime or 
wood ashes on strawberries comes up 
again. We have tried this many times, 
and in every case the lime has done more 
harm than good. Some of our readers 
report fair success in using wood ashes 
on the berries, but they have never paid 
us. Our theory is that the strawberry, 
like the apple, does best on slightly acid 
soil. The lime neutralizes this acid, and 
puts the soil in poor condition for pro¬ 
ducing the strawberry plant. 
Sawdust in Manure 
As usual at this season we have ques¬ 
tions about the use of manure in which 
quantities of pine and hemlock sawdust 
has been used. Will such manure injure 
the ground? It is hard to answer the 
question off hand. The sawdust from 
pine and hemlock will contain an acid 
which is injurious to the land, when 
fresh sawdust is used. When this saw¬ 
dust is thoroughly soaked in the liquid 
manure and can ferment for a while in 
a manure heap this acid condition is 
overcome, and the manure can be safely 
used. Where there is a large quantity 
of the sawdust as compared with the 
manure it is not likely that this acid 
has been neutralized. We should not 
care to use it alone. The safest way is 
to spread such manure and plow it under, 
then put on at least 1.500 lbs. of good 
lime per acre and harrow it into the soil. 
This is the safest way to use that kind 
of manure. 
Nitrate of Soda on Strawberries 
The New Hampshire Station has tried 
the effect of nitrate of soda alone on the 
strawberry crop. The nitrate was ap¬ 
plied both in Fall and Spring. It had 
the effect of increasing the size of the 
plants, but did not increase the yield of 
berries, nor was the growth of runners 
greatly increased. That has been our 
own experience with using nitrate in the 
Spring. It usually increases the size of 
the plant and produces rapid growth. In 
some cases it seems to increase the size 
of the berries, but it does this with a 
reduction in color and quality. It is a 
common ^practice among some strawberry 
growers to use nitrogen freely just when 
the plants come through the mulch, hut 
we have never been able to get hack 
the cost of the nitrogen when used alone 
in this way. The time for the applica¬ 
tion of fertilizer on the strawberries 
seems to he in August, or just before the 
fruit buds are formed. Spring applica¬ 
tion has never paid us. 
Treatment for Cabbage Maggot 
Questions about the cabbage maggot 
have already started in. This pest be¬ 
comes a nuisance in many localities. The 
New York Experiment Station says that 
many of the New York growers combat 
this insect by screening the seed bed with 
ja piece of cloth while the young plants 
are growing. This keeps the flies away 
so that they cannot lay their eggs around 
the htise of the plants. It is said that 
tobacco dust placed around the young 
plant is quite effective, but this requires 
a large amount of the dust and would cost 
too much for field culture. A cheap and 
effective remedy is found iu the use of 
corrosive sublimate solution. One ounce 
of corrosive sublimate is dissolved in 10 
gallons of water, and. one gallon of this 
solution will take care of 30 ft., of row. 
It can be put on with an ordinary sprink¬ 
ling can, and the time to use it is about 
the time plum trees come into full bloom. 
This, of course, means working on the 
early cabbage. The figures show that 
screening tlie seed bed costs about —5 
cents for 1,000 plants. The tobacco dust 
would cost about $1, and the corrosive 
sublimate 18 cents. 
Handling Baled Straw 
Being in need of straw, I recently 
bought a quantity in bales. I never have 
had any baled straw before, and find it 
is different from the loose, for it is in 
wads and necessitates no small amount 
of extra work to pick it loose. What do 
the many other users of baled straw do 
to get the wads of straw in shape to do 
good work? I wonder if there has ever 
been invented a machine to shred loose 
and fluff up baled straw? n. F. P. 
New Jersey. 
Canning Chicken Early 
We had some May-hatched roosters 
which I canned in October last year. I 
sectioned them as for a fricassee and put 
them in a kettle just covered with hot 
water, which I brought to a boil quickly. 
Then I set them where they would cook 
slowly till the meat would cleave from 
the bones. I put the meat into the hot 
iars in as large pieces as possible, and 
then, bringing the water they were cooked 
in to a‘lively boil, I filled the hot jars and 
sealed them, turning the jars bottom up 
till cold. We found them jus|t like 
newly cooked chicken. This saves a good 
deal of labor and they taste just as good 
as by the more laborious ways. H. E. B. 
Maine. 
Quality Seeds 
Northern grown, specially selected seeds; having 
a worth v.hiie reputation for results. Join the 
thousands " ho annually reap a satisfactory har¬ 
vest from K & W seeds. Take advantage o'.' this 
SPECIAL OFFER 
Buy $1.00 worth of seeds at our regular price 
and you can select extra seeds valued at 25 cents 
without extra charge. With a tw o dollar pur¬ 
chase you select extra seed valued at 60 cents. 
With a three dollar order you select extra seed 
valued at a dollar, and with a $6.00 order you 
select seed valued at $2.00 without extra charge. 
In packets and ounces (not in bulk). Select 
from our illustrated catalog No. 124 we mail 
FREE immediately on request. What address, 
please ? 
KENDALL & WHITNEY 
Established 1858 Portland, Maine 
&&M W?.N_Aianch 
A Hardly Ensilage Corn 
Get your Ensilage Seed Corn, direct from 
reliable growers in the famous West 
Branch Valley of Northern Pennsylvania. 
Every field producing this corn was 
thoroughly inspected by a disinterested 
committee of experts. Every bag is certified 
and guaranteed by the growers to be mature, ' 
of high quality, purity and germination. 
A sk yourCountyAgent about this genuine West 
Branch Sweepstakes Ensilage Corn. Write us 
for sample, prices and complete description. 
WEST BRANCH CO-OPERATIVE SEED 
GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION. INC. 
Box D, Williamsport, Pa. 
Be Sure Your Clover is 
American Grown 
and check up on these Field Seed Prices. 
RED CLOVER — Metcalf's recleaned, 
medium, guaranteed American grown; 
per bu. of <50-lb....$1 6.60 
ALSIKE— Metcalf’s recleaned; per bu. 
of 00-lb.*12.00 
SWEET CLOVER— Metcalf’s Scarified 
White Blossom; per bu. of 00-lb 51 2.00 
TIMOTHY — Metcalf’s recleaned; per 
bn.of 45 lb .$4.70 
Other Metcalf Specials: 
include Telephone. Alderinun ami Thomas I.axton 
Penn, Alberta Cluster Oats and i-ccleaiied 'Timothy 
and Alsike, Qi)% Alsike. 
Bags free — freight prepaid on 250 lbs. 
Wr e today for free catalog illustrating the value, quality 
and service offered vou in field seeds and farm supplies 
by the mail order department of the Metcalf stores. 
Your banker will gladly tell you about our responsibility 
B. F. Metcalf & Son, 202-204 W. Genesee St., Syracuse, N. Y. 
Whitesbog Blueberries 
mean handsome profits 
A new and popular fruit—cultivated 
Whitesbog Blueberries. Averaging over 
one-half inch in diameter, they are 
practically seedless and have a deli¬ 
cious flavor. Easy to pick, with fine 
shipping qualities. Sell for fancy 
prices. Bushes heavily productive. All 
varieties tested and named. Write for 
circular giving full information. 
Attractive puce offers to commercial 
growers. 
WHITESBOG 
BLUEBERRY NURSERIES 
Headquarters for Pure-Bred 
Blueberry Plants 
JOSEPH J. WHITE, Inc. 
Box N Whitesbog, N. J. 
ASPARAGUS 
ROOTS 
Pedigreed Washington 
Strong one-year old roots: 40c per doz., 
$1.65 per lliO, $6.75 per 500, $12.00 per 1000. 
Express or parcel post prepaid. 
Rohrer’s Seeds and Plant Catalog Mailed Free 
ROHRER’S PLANT FARMS 
Lox 4. Smoketown, Lancaster Co., Pa. 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS 
l-yr.-old Washington. $15 per 1.000, Reading Giant, 
l-yr.-old, $10 1,000. Charles Willett. Concord Jet., Mass. 
W ashington—Mnry M nrtha Asparagus—Roots,Seed. 
Prolific—Early—Rust, resistant. Send for price list. 
SAMUEL BURNLEY Seebonk, Mass. 
CFFH AATC “BURT’S 
tjtiFU I 3 HEAVYWEIGHT” 
Test? 42 to 44 lbs. per bushel. Extra heavy yielders. Get 
our free sample and low price by return mail and save 
money. THEO. BURT & SONS, Melrose, Ohio 
OATS 
heavyaLBERTA 
CLUSTER, CANADIAN GROWN 
(Weight 46 lbs. to measured bu.) 
$1.50 per bu. of 32 lbs. Freight paid on 9 bu. or more. 
B. F. METCALF & SON, Inc. S y°racSse w - Genesee s ii. Y 
Certified Manehu—Midwest—Inoculation Dirt. 
C. B. NEWTON Bowling; Green, Ohio 
FOR SALE— “WILSON’S” Soy Beans $3.25 Bush. 
Cow Peas.. 3.25 
Mixed Cow Peas. 3.00 “ 
Joseph E. Holland Milford, Delaware 
Certified Seed Potatoes 
N. Y. COOP. SEED POTATO ASSN. Byracuse, N. Y. 
