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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 3, 1924 
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 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 
The Greatest Bargain 
Without Exception 
Men’s khaki cloth shirts, of finest quality and 
workmanship, $3.49 for THREE. We want 
you to order them, and when receiving:, show 
them to your friends. These shirts retail at $2.00 each. We of¬ 
fer them to you at the amazingly low price of $3.49 for THREE. 
They are made of strong khaki cloth, GOVERNMENT STANDARD 
stamped on every shirt, which guarantees its quality; perfectly 
tailored, cut extra full, summer weight, soft turn down collar, 
two extra strong large button down pockets. An ideal shirt for 
work or semi-dress. 
SEND NO MONEY 
rder your shirts from this bargain offer and save yourself 85c 
on every shirt. Pay postman $3.49 plus postage on arrival 
ofjshirts. Money back if not satisfied. State size when ordering. 
INTERNATIONAL COMM. HOUSE 
Dept. B 260 433 Broadway New York, N. Y. 
Anyone who has ever bought 
“Hoyt’s Peach Trees” know 
what they are. We have a fine 
stock for this Spring. 
All trees of our own growing, 
4-6'high and 9-16" in diameter. 
Send in list at once and get 
prices and have varieties re¬ 
served. Address— 
Stephen Hoyt’s Sons Co. 
Telephone 333 
New Canaan Conn. 
The 
QUALITY 
BASKET 
The Berlin Quart 
That secures highest prices 
for your fruit. Write for 
catalog showing our complete 
line, and secure your baskets 
and crates at FACTORY 
PRICES. 
THE BERLIN FRUIT BOX CO. 
Berlin Heights, Ohio 
Get Low Prices 
on Berry Boxes 
and 
Baskets 
Write for our 
Pree Catalog! Shows you how you 
can save money by buying direct 
Irom the largest Bemj llox and 
liasket Factory in the Country. 
New Albany Box & Basket Co., Box 111 New Albany .Ind. 
GENUINE Martha Washington ASPARAGUS ROOTS 
Extra large selected Northern grown roots, Si s per 1,000; 
$2 per 100. Howard No. 1 7 Strawberry Plants, S 1 2 per 
1.000; S2 per 100. Shipping charges collect. 
WILFRID WIIEELF.lt Concord, Mass. 
Millions Hardy Field Grown CABBAGE PLANTS 
Wakefields, Copenhagen, Market, Succession, Flat- 
dutch, Tomato, early aud late standard varieties. 300— $1; 
600—$1.50; 1,000—$2.50,postpaid; expressed 10,000lots,$15. 
Plants well packed. Good order delivery guaranteed. 
MAPLE GROVE* 1 ARMS Franklin, Virginia 
Cor Sale. IRISH COBBLER POTATOES. Grown 
I from Maine certified seed. Yielded 300 bushels peracre 
Good seed at reasonable prices. A. A. WII.KE8, Albion, N.Y. 
DAHLIAS 
12 choice named varieties, $2. 
Where labels were lost,12 foi$1. 
H. 0. BENEDICT, Meadow Brook,.N.Y. 
Real Delaware Farm “ C ZS SSlt ? 75 
Only $2,500 cash needed Stock and implements in¬ 
cluded; 7-room house with electriclight plant. Good 
buildings; possession given immediately. Write for 
free catalog describing many farms. MATTHEWS FARM 
AGENCY. Inc., 1005M7 Market St., Wilmington, Delaware 
| The Farmer | 
i His Own Builder i 
= By H. ARMSTRONG ROBERTS = 
ZZ A practical and handy book of all kinds — 
“ of building information from concrete to — 
Z carpentry. PRICE $1.50 
— For sale by ; 
I THE RURAL NEW-YORKER | 
= 333 West 30th Street, New York 
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Straw 
berry. 
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[ants 
The Kind That Pays Big Profits 
JOHNSON’S PLANTS are backed by our 43 years’ 
experience in the plant and berry business and a 
reputation for fair dealing with thousands of satisfied 
customers. Our experience protects you. 
100 1,000 
5,000 
Amanda (Per.) .... 
$ .90 
$6.00 
$28.75 
Aroma (Per.) . 
.80 
5.00 
23.75 
Big Joe (Per.) .... 
.80 
5.00 
23.75 
Big Late (Imp.) ... 
.80 
5.00 
23.75 
Chesapeake (Per.) .. 
.90 
6.00 
28.76 
Cooper (Per.) . 
1.50 
10.00 
47.50 
Dr. Burrell (Per.).. 
.70 
4.00 
18.75 
Ford (Per.) . 
.80 
5.00 
23.75 
Gandy (Per.) . 
.70 
».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 Obmer (Per.)... 
.90 
6,00 
28.75 
Premier (Per.) .... 
.80 
5.00 
23.75 
Sen. Dunlap (Per.). 
.70 
4.00 
18.75 
Wm. 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 
Cbampion (E.B.) ..., 
1.50 
10.00 
47.50 
On Ten Thousand Plants 
or more 
Wholesale 
Price 
Write for free catalog or order direct. 
E. W. JOHNSON CO. - Salisbury, Md 
GRAPES, RASPBERRIES, CURRANTS 
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Headquarters for— 
S Ever-Bearing 
trawberries 
Get New England 
grown plant, al¬ 
ready acclimated 
to the cold. 
C. S. KEMPTON & CO., catalog 
“ Longmeadow ” Springfield, Mass. 
Berry, Vegetable and Flower Plants 
Leading varieties Strawberry, Raspberry, Blackberry’ 
Gooseberry, Currant, Grape plants ; Asparagus, Rhubarb’ 
Horseradish roots;Cabbage, Cauliflower, Celery, Tomato’ 
Egg Riant, 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. 
Everbearing Strawberry Plants 
S2perl00; $15 per 1,000, postpaid. Plants set out this 
Spring will bear quantities of Delicious Berries this 
Summer and Fall. BASIL PERRY, R. R. 5, Georgetown, Del 
II O W A R D I 7-3F» R E Nl I E R 
Successful grower offers you these great Money makers. 
Freshly dug. well l ooted Strawberry plants. Trial orders 
$1.25 hundred. Free cultural information circulars. 
J. BRITTON : Chepachet. Rliode Island 
mm STRAWBERRY PLANTS $0 Post 
S f J Premier or Howard 17 Pald 
Basil Perry, R. It. 5. Georgetown, Delaware 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS $2 
New Ground Senator Dunlap. “PAID 
HAMPTON & SON R. 7 Bangor, Mich. 
300 
TOMATO PLANTS 
TEN MILLION Now Ready. Open field 
grown, large, hardy, stocky plants. Varieties: New 
Stone, Greater Baltimore and Livingston Globe. 
Prices by parcel post, 100—50c: 500— $150; 1,000 
—$2 50, postpaid. By express, collect, 1 000 to 4.000 
—$2 per 1,000: 5,000 to 9,000—$1.75 per 1,000; 10,000 
and over— $1.50 per 1,000. Roots wrapped in damp 
moss. Safe arrival and satisfaction guaranteed. 
P. D. FULLWOOD Tilton, Georgia 
Pedigreed Potatoes 
Certified Rural Russets—the best Main crop Va¬ 
riety—yields of 300 to 562 bushel per acre for 11 
years. First prize and sweepstakes ribbons at Cor¬ 
nell State Potato show, Feb. 1923 aud 1924. _ 
GARDNER FARMS Box 400 TuIly.N.Y. 
CERTIFIED SEED POTATOES 
OOBBLEK^ 
H. F. HUBISS - Kirkville, N. ¥. 
Certified Seed Potatoes 
N. Y. COOP. SEED POTATO ASSN. Syracuse, N. Y. 
Certified Seed Potatoes 
JOHN ROLFE - Kirkville, N. Y. 
Cor Sale— Irish Cobbler Seed Potatoes. Heavy 
I yielders. COSTELLO BROS. - Kirkville, N.Y 
Garden and Farm Notes 
Loss of Bees 
Late last Fall all the bees in the hives 
died, including the queen. Investigation 
showed that the inside of the comb was 
crusted with brown as though it was 
burned. The hives were inside a large 
box when cold weather came, packed 
around with dead leaves. Could it have 
been lack of ventilation? G. D. s. 
Brookline, Mass. 
There is not a single chance that the 
packing killed these bees, as many of our 
best beekeepers pack heavily, as much as 
10 in. for the sides, 18 in. on top, 6 in. 
for bottom, and as long as the entrance 
does not get clogged they winter perfectly. 
This brown crust indicates that it was 
something about the stores that was to 
blame. I have heard repeatedly of cases 
where wild aster gathered late, in the Fall 
caused trouble like this. Of course it 
might have been something else, but it 
must be the stores. G. w. B. 
The School Bill and League of Women 
Voters 
In the issue of The R. N.-Y. for April 
26 the article on “The. School Battle and 
Its Lesson” is in some points entirely 
misleading. I think you may be willing 
to publish the following explanation of a 
situation quite easily misunderstood. 
The rural school bill was accepted at 
the Utica convention of the League of 
Women Voters last January as part of 
its legislative program for this year. The 
majority of the voting delegates at that 
convention were from up-State. So far 
from being a wish of the city members, 
the delegation from New York City were 
not desirous of taking up this measure, 
but they made no strong objection, not 
wishing to interfere with what certainly 
appeared to be the desire of the up-State 
members. 
The amendment to which the article 
makes objection was the result of a con¬ 
ference called by Speaker Machold in his 
office with Commissioner Graves, Deputy 
Commissioner Gilbert and Assemblyman 
Porter, the introducer of the bill. The 
amendment made the community taxable 
units permissive instead of mandatory, 
so that each community was left free to 
choose whether it would operate under 
the provisions of the new law 1 and receive 
State aid, or continue under the present 
method, which is the law of 1812. 
EVELINE W. BRAINERD. 
Grow Rhubarb for Market 
Rhubarb is rapidly becoming one of the 
best and most profitable crops that are 
grown by the gardeners of the Hudson 
Valley; in fact, the Hudson Valley is 
rapidly forging to the front as the rhu¬ 
barb center of the area supplying the 
New York City market. 
There are several reasons for the rhu¬ 
barb crop being a favorite. First and 
foremost is the fact that it comes so early 
in the season and brings in some money 
just when the gardener needs cash for 
fertilizer, seeds, labor and plowing. The 
long season of marketing, nearly three 
months, is also in its favor, and, best of 
ail, there are four methods by which the 
crop can be marketed, which relieves 
anxiety as to how the crop is to he dis¬ 
posed of after it is grown. The crop may 
be marketed in the fresh state, may he 
canned on the farm, in gallon tin cans and 
sold to bakers, the roots may be lifted m 
the Fail and placed in the cellars, where 
they will grow all Winter; in fact, will 
grow themselves to death if left long 
enough under moderate heat and mois¬ 
ture. This last forcing method always 
provides a market for any surplus roots a 
person may have to dispose of, as there 
is always a demand from commercial 
greenhouse growers for the roots, which 
they place under their benches in the 
darkness aud grow the roots to dea f h. 
Also the grower can work up a good de¬ 
mand for roots and cuttings for new set¬ 
tings. as the demand for new plantations 
is still unsupplied. 
The method of growing the crop in the 
Hudson Valley is as follows: A heavy 
sod. clover preferred, is turned under in 
the late Fall or early Spring. This sod 
is harrowed several times in the Spring 
and a heavy seeding of oats and peas, or 
of buckwheat is made, depending on how 
early in the season the ground has been 
prepared. If oats are sowed the crop is 
allowed to go to seed, and in a favorable 
season a second crop will spring up from 
the oats that have lodged and gone down. 
If the crop is buckwheat it is left until 
Fall, but, be it oats, buckwheat or what 
not, the ground is again plowed in the 
Fall and put into good condition for 
planting. Some set the roots in Fall and 
others in the Spring, both methods hav¬ 
ing their advocates. Fall setting is favored 
1 y a great many planters from the fact 
that Fall-set plants get an earlier start 
in the Spring, and also there is more time 
in the Fall, and the heavy rush of worn 
in the Spring is avoided. When thor¬ 
oughly harrowed, the field is marked out 
in check rows 3x4 ft., going twice in a 
furrow with a two-horse plow. Then a 
root with one good bud is set at each 
crossing and covered a few inches deep. 
It is customary to apply a half ton to the 
acre of a high-grade fertilizer at time of 
setting, and another half ton some time 
during the growing season. 
About the same cultivation is given as 
would he given tomatoes, cabbage or caul¬ 
iflower, very little hand work being re¬ 
quired, as the rank growth of the large 
leaves keeps down all weed growth, al¬ 
though grass sometimes becomes bother¬ 
some. No pulling of stalks is done dur¬ 
ing the first growing season. The har¬ 
vest begins the next season about May 1. 
The stalks are pulled by hand, tied in 
bundles of about five stalks to the bunch, 
red tape being used for that purpose. 
Then the bunches are packed in barrels or 
in slatted crates, either package holding 
about 125 bunches. Nearly all the rhu¬ 
barb grown in the Hudson Valley is 
marketed in New York City, being mostly 
sold through commission merchants. The 
prices obtained range all the way from 10 
cents per bunch down to 2 cents or less, 
anything below 4 cents tending to shut off 
the pulling and shipping. 
C. O. WARFORD. 
CONTENTS 
FARM TOPICS 
Handling Rye for Green Manure.719, 720 
The Farmer’s Bulletin Board . 721 
Hope Farm Notes .730, 731 
Crops and Farm Notes . 739 
Crop Notes . 739 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Angora Goats for Clearing Brush Land...... 721 
The Milk Situation . 733 
Ration Lacks Protein . 736 
Feeding Thin Cow . 736 
Feeding Guernsey Herd . 736 
Growing Alfalfa and Soy Beans .738, 740 
Ration Without Silage . 739 
Feed for Cows and Sheep . 740 
Ar. Ox for Cultivating . 739 
THE HENYARD 
Disinfecting Chicken Run .. 720 
Toe-picking Chicks . 720 
Mash for Chicks . 720 
Useful Poultry-house ... 742 
Suspected Cholera . 742 
Bergen Co., N. J., Egg-laying Contest. 742 
New York State Egg Contest . 743 
Turkey for Hatching . 743 
Egg-laying Contest . 744 
Fish Meal or Meat Scrap . 744 
HORTICULTURE 
P’anting Melons in Dirt Bands . 720 
Dividing Daffodils and Hyacinths . 728 
Growing Dill for Pickle Factory ..... 729 
Poor Results from Nectarines and Walnuts 729 
Calceolarias and Carnations as House 
Plants .. • 731 
Propagating Hyacinths . 731 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day . 734 
Tennessee Notes . 734 
The Rural Patterns . 734 
Keeping Bacon; Canning ...734, 735 
A Child’s Sleeping Bag . 735 
Black Walnut Candies . 735 
Prune Conserve .-. 735 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Local Improvement for the Rural Schools.. 719 
Effect of Drainage Water on Septic Tank.. 720 
The Public School . 721 
Defective Land Title .723 
Value of Right to Set Electric Light Poles 723 
Responsibility for Mortgage ... 723 
The Mystery of Henry Ford .. 724 
Events of the Week ...724, 728 
She Saved the ’Possum . 725 
Cementing an Aquarium . 725 
Obituary—J. C. Vaughan . 728 
E’itorials ., 732 
Action for School Meeting Day . 733 
The Universal School Struggle . 733 
Publisher’s Desk . 746 
