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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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 you money on your order but we sell you the 
highest grade plants that it is possibL to grow on our more 
than 700 acres of new ground soil. 
Millions of these high grade plants await your order. Prompt shipment 
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(See R. N.-Y. March 1st, Center Page) 
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25 Vine Street, Salisbury, Maryland 
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and profit 
immediately 
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before you begin to profit 
from asparagus. Plant 
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cultural directions included. Attractive 
prices for 1 to 10 acre plantings. 
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and prices on seeds and roots. 
RIVERVIEW FARMS 
Box 13 
Bridgeton, N. J. 
GENUINE Martha Washington ASPARAGUS ROOTS 
Extra large selected Northern grown roots, $ 1 5 per 1,000; 
$2 per 100. Howard No. 17 Strawberry Plants, $12 per 
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WILFRID WnEELEK Concord, Mat.*. 
Pedigreed Potatoes 
Certified Rural Russet and Irish Cobblers—yields 
of 300 to 562 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. 
POTATOES 
Certified Raleighs and Russet. Disease 
free. Heavy yielding. Sat. guar. Prices 
reasonable. E. A. WEEKS, I.orke, S. V. 
Certified Seed Potatoes cS bb“r. 
John R. Rolls - Kirkvllle, N.Y. 
FRft^T Kll I FI1 Green Mountain Seed Potatoes. 
I imo l certified N. Y. State College of 
xgrieulture. Famous Reeves Strain. Practically disease 
free. Waiter Miller, Willfamstown, 0 «w*ko Co., New York 
CERTIFIED S E E D P 0 T A T 0 E S foSiis 41 
H. F. HUBBS - Kirkville, N. Y. 
OATS 
HEAVY ALBERT A 
CLUSTER, CANADIAN GROWN 
(Weight 46 lbs. to measured bu.) 
$1.50 per bu. of 32 lbs. Freight paid on 9 bu. or more. 
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Strawberry Plants 
The Kind That Pays Big Profits 
JOHNSON’S PLANTS are backed by our 43 years’ 
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customers. Our experience protects yon. 
100 
1,000 
6,000 
Amanda (Per.) .... 
$ .90 
$6.00 
$28.75 
Aroma (Per.) . 
.80 
5.00 
23.75 
Big Joe (Per.) .... 
.80 
5.00 
23.76 
Big Late (Imp.) . .. 
.80 
5.00 
23.75 
Chesapeake (Per.) .. 
.90 
6.00 
28.75 
Cooper (Per.) . 
1.50 
10.00 
47.50 
Dr. Burrell (Per.).. 
.70 
4.00 
18.75 
Ford (Per.) . 
.80 
5.00 
23.75 
Candy (Per.) . 
.70 
4.00 
18.75 
Gibson (Per.) . 
.80 
5.00 
23.75 
Horsey (Per.) . 
.80 
5.00 
23.75 
Klondyke (Per.) ... 
.70 
4.00 
18.75 
Lupton (Per.) .. 
.80 
5.00 
23.75 
Missionary (Per.) .. 
.70 
4.00 
18.75 
Nic Ohmer (Per.)... 
.90 
6.00 
28.75 
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.80 
5.00 
23.75 
Sen. Dunlap (Per.). 
.70 
4.00 
18.75 
Win. Belt (Per.)... 
.80 
5.00 
23.75 
Progressive (E.B.).. 
1.25 
8.00 
37.50 
Minnesota 1017 (E.B) 
1.50 
10.00 
47.50 
Champion (E.B.) ... 
1.50 
10.00 
47.50 
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or more 
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Price 
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FREE 
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C. S. KEMPTON & CO., 
“ Longmeadow ” Springfield, Mass. 
CORNELL No. II 
SEED CORN 
From the original source of this famous corn. Or¬ 
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BR1GHTS1DE FARMS - Aurora, N. Y. 
SEED CORN—10 Carloads Ensilage Seed quantity 
of Yellow Flint. Samples and prices on application. 
Germination good. JIAIlltY ViII,, Wnritlek, Orange Co., ,N.y. 
Get Low Prices 
on Berry Boxes 
and 
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Write for our 
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For Sale- Alsike Clover Seed 
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Certified Mancha—Midwest—Inoculation Dirt. 
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FOR SAtE-‘*WILSON’S” Soy Deans $3.35 Bush. 
Cow Peas . 3.35 *• 
Mixed Cow Peas. 3.00 •' 
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1000 
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.90 
1.60 
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... 1.10 
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.. 1.60 
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500 at 1,000 rate. 
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Leading varieties Strawberry, Raspberry, Blackberry 
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Snapdragon and other Perennial and Annual flower 
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THE BOYS STRAWBERRIES— NONE BETTER 
Senator Dunlap, Dr. Birrell, $2.50. Gandy, Klondyke, 
Missionary, $3.50. Big Joe, Big Late, Premier, Howard 
17, #4. Ford, Lupton, $4.50. Bubach,Colbornes Early, 
$5. Chesapeake, Progressive Everbearer, $0 per 1,000. 
Plants of a new variety given free with each order. 
The Ilayner Itoys idlewild Farms Salisbury, Md. 
70 Gladiolus Bulbs 
$1 00. Dahlias. Cannas. Circular 
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DAHLIAS 
12 choice named varieties, $2. 
Where labelswere lost, 12 for$t 
H. 0. BENEDICT, Meadow Brook,N’.Y 
Everbearing Strawberry Plants 
S2 per 100: S15per 1,000, postpaid. Plants setoutthis 
Spring will bear quantities of Delicious Berries this 
Summer and Fall. BASIL PERRY, R. R. 5, Georgetown, Oel- 
NORTHERN GROWN ASTER SEED 
Flowers took first prize Franklin Co. Fair, 1923. Money 
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300 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS $9 POST 
New Ground Senator Dunlap. “PAID 
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Successful grower offers you these great Money makers. 
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STRAWBER R IES 
Leading varieties. Parcel Post. Charges paid on 
all plants. Write for catalogue. Prices reasonable. 
PINE WOODS FARM Delmar Delaware 
other than by enlarging the cesspool, I 
take it for granted that this was stoned 
up dry, so as to allow seepage through 
the walls, or digging a new r one. Dyna¬ 
miting might remove enough of the 
clogged soil about the cesspool to permit 
it to function again for a time, but I 
should expect the relief to be but tem¬ 
porary. A septic tank will serve you 
better than a cesspool in such soil. 
M. B. D. 
A Self Service Roadside Stand 
This shows a picture of the roadside 
stand kept up by The Pines Plantation 
at Hatfield, Ark. Look up Polk Co., Ark. 
on the map and you will find it tucked 
up against the Oklahoma line far from 
any great market towns. It seems to 
be the general belief that roadside stands 
cannot be profitably operated except in 
sections where there are the finest roads 
and either large cities or some objects of 
j interest enough to attract large crowds 
of visitors. We find these stands located 
all over the Eastern States and they are 
changing the entire character of the dis¬ 
tribution of farm products, and giving 
farmers and fruit growers a GO-cent dol- 
April 10, 1024 
ton and will want to read these com¬ 
ments: . 
Cotton, of course you can raise some, 
and on most any soil not too rich in 
nitrogen. Set on ridges in low places. 
It is a drought resister. Get some early 
short staple seed, extra early strains have 
been developed in recent years to get 
ahead of the boll weevil. All southern 
journals are now carrying seed ads. It 
might develop earlier on what New Eng¬ 
landers call navy bean soil, and set about 
12 inches apart. Bottom blooms appear 
first, are a creamy white first day, next 
red, third day purple, then off. If frost 
prevents bolls opening, break the de¬ 
veloped and larger ones, take out the 
cotton, it is a little tedious but worth it. 
Among the many varieties perhaps 
King’s extra early and Acala would be as 
good as any to try out. Give plenty of 
cultivation. The bolls will need all the 
sun they can get. Don’t let one failure 
put you out of business, you will get some 
bolls anyway, then save the seed. 
JAS. A. SLOTE. 
The month of March came in like a 
lamb and w’ent out like a lion. We had 
quite a thunderstorm on the evening of 
the 29th, a bad forerunner for an early 
£ ring. The wind was in the northwest 
for over two weeks and was full of chilli¬ 
ness. We have had some quite squally 
weather. Stock seems to be doing well; 
young pigs and lambs are fine. Shearing 
A Help Yourself 
lar through direct trading. One would 
hardly expect much trade of this sort in 
a remote country district. For example 
—Hatfield, Ark. seems to be a town of 
less than 000 inhabitants and we do not 
find any large towns or cities near it. 
Yet Mr. J. A. Slote who sends us the 
picture says of it: 
The enclosed picture is just one of the 
many good and also valuable ideas from 
the columns of The R. N.-Y. This road¬ 
side stand w T ith its large wagon umbrella 
took care of itself and sold over $300 
worth of early fruit and vegetables— 
every penny accounted for. The back¬ 
ground was a wheat field about 35 years 
ago, the pine at the right is 76 inches 
around. 
As you will see, Mr. Slote simply puts 
his produce on the table, marks the price, 
puts out a box for the money and walks 
off to his farm job. “You are your own 
clerk,” he says to passersby. All are in¬ 
vited to help themselves, make their own 
change, leave the money in the open box 
and go happily on their way. And .e 
says they have never lost anything! Per¬ 
haps they are specially honest in Arkan¬ 
sas. Some of you may have read the 
autobiography of Henry M. Stanley and 
remember his experience in keeping a 
store in the Arkansas bottom lands. Tn 
those days a common sign hanging over 
the counter was: 
“Old Trust is dead; 
Bad pay killed him.” 
or take those two wmndering scoundrels 
of Mark Twain’s “Huckleberry Finn.” 
How long would that cash box have been 
safe with them? Seriously, we have often 
wondered what would be the outcome if 
a farm started a fruit stand in some 
Eastern State with the system of optional 
payment described by Mr. Slote! How 
much cash would be left at night? We 
have a notion to try it this year. Our 
plan is to set up a stand with prices 
fairly marked and put over it a sign w T ith 
big letters: 
“7 Will See If There Be Any Faith in 
Jersey men!” 
Then walk off about other farm business 
and see what follows. It will be worth 
trying. It may be that Mr. Slote in far- 
off Arkansas show’s us a new 7 way. Many 
of us are also interested in growing cot¬ 
Market Stand 
sheep has commenced. One man made $8 
in one day shearing a flock of Cotswolds; 
they were large sheep; 40 of them. 
Grange work in the county seems to be 
in a prosperous condition. The hired kelp 
problem is very serious, high-priced and 
scarce. Quite an excitement in the coun¬ 
ty among fruit growers in extending co¬ 
operative packing plants. Apples and 
potatoes seem to be a drug. Late-sown 
w’heat looking very bad. e. t. b. 
Ontario Co., N. Y. 
CONTENTS [ 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, APRIL 19, 1924 
FARM TOPICS 
Acid Phosphate Gives Good Results . 659 
A Self Service Roadside Stand . 660 
Hope Farm Notes .670, 671 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Interview With Four Dairy Groups . 657 
Poor Ration . 676 
Feeding Out Straw . 676 
Paralysis . b78 
Ridding Hogs of Worms .678, 680 
Depraved Appetite . 680 
THE HENYARD 
Bergen Co., N. J., Egg Contest . 682 
Disinfecting Henhouse . 682 
Leg Weakness in Chicks . 683 
Corn as Chief Food .. 683 
New York State Egg-laying Contest . 684 
Cheating on Poultry Weights . 684 
HORTICULTURE 
A California Brush Burner . 659 
Lubricating Oil for the Spray . 661 
Damping-off of Peppers . 661 
Squash Insects . 663 
Spraying for Oyster-shell Scale . 663 
Information About Cranberry Culture . 663 
An April Floral Chat ... 665 
Outlook for Cut Flowers . 665 
Propagating Boxwood . 665 
Bean Weevil Invades House . 669 
Root Aphis on Asters . 669 
The New South Haven Peach in Michigan.. 671 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day . 674 
The Rural Patterns . 674 
Purifying Lard Which Has Been Scorched. 674 
That Handy Watch . 674 
Sauerkraut in Small Quantities . 674 
Make Use of the Dye Pot . 675 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Cement Mortar for Bricks . 659 
School Quarantine . 659 
Poorly Drained Cesspool .659. 660 
A Connecticut Child Crop . 666 
Too Many Stores . 666 
What About These Does . 666 
Creosote Forming in Chimney . 667 
Low Wagon Wheels; Anchoring Hayfork... 667 
School Taxation Figures .. 672 
Publisher’s Desk . 686 
