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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 17, 1924 
Sure Profits 
from Under-Grade 
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r PHE big problem of every 
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WHY FEED the CROWS? 
FOR CORN, WHEAT, BARLEY, OATS, RYE, ETC. 
Treat your seed with CORBIN and obtain PROTECTION from crows and other birds, mice, 
gophers, wireworms, weevils, etc. CORBIN is easily applied. Treated seed does not clog in 
a planter. CORBIN costs only about 15c per acre of corn. If after fair trial you think Corbin 
has failed to do all that we claim, return the empty can and we shall return your money. 
Order your supply today. One can holds enough to treat about 300 pounds of seed 
THE PRICE IS $1.50 PER CAN. WE PAY POSTAGE 
AMERICAN CORBIN CO. PLAINFIELD. N. J. 
SOLD ON A GUARANTEE 
FOR SALE-” WILSON’S” Soy Beans $3.50 Bush. 
Cotv Peas . . 3.50 " 
Mixed Cow Peas . . 3.20 " 
Joseph E. Holland Milford, Delaware 
SOYBEANS 
Certified Manchu — Midwest — Inoculation Dirt 
for hay can be planted as late as July 1, 
C. B. NEWTON Bowling Green, Ohio 
GLADIOL 
| Beautiful unnamed varieties. $1.75 
per 100. prepaid, all blooming size 
E. N. Tilton Ashtabula, Ohio 
CORNELL No. II 
SEED CORN 
From the original source of this famous corn. Or¬ 
dinary select’n, $3 perbu. Special select’n, $4 per bn. 
BRIGHTSIDE FARMS - Aurora, N. Y. 
1A Blooming Gladiolus, $1 . No two alike. Dahlias. 
■ U Gannas. Circular. A. 8HEUMAN. Chicopee Falls, Mass. 
fl A THAI I 36 Mixed Bulbs. 6 colors. *1.00 
IlLALMllLI 42 Fancy, 10 colors. 3.00 
tvivat Guaranteed to blossom. 
Colored Gladiolus Book, with cultural directions, FREE 
PIERCE BULB CO., Goarant-tesltd Bulbs, Box 12, West Medway, Mass. 
GENUINE Martha Washington ASPARAGUS ROOTS 
Extra large selected Northern grown roots, *1 5 per 1,000; 
*2 per 100. Howard No. 17 Strawberry Plants, *12 per 
1.000; *2 per 100. Shipping charges collect. 
WILFRID WHEELER Concord, Mass. 
to get only good thrifty stock, not over 
three-quarters of an inch in diameter, 
with good roots. Before taking them to 
the orchard they should be given a thor¬ 
ough soaking with lime-sulphur to kill 
scale that is likely to be on such trees. 
Some of them I sawed off about six 
Inches above the ground ae soon as 
planted and grafted by the cleft method, 
others I left a$» they were except to prune 
off the unnecessary branches and top, 
till the next year; that is, I let the 
seedling stock grow one year in the place 
the tree was to stand, and then grafted 
the same as the first. Others I set m 
the Spring and let grow till late in the 
Summer, and budded instead of graft¬ 
ing. So far as I can see the results 
are about the same one way as another. 
The latter method has some advantages. 
In ease the tree failed to grow there 
would be no extra time wasted on it. 
They would probably be a little more 
likely to grow if not grafted at time of 
setting. In case a bud failed to set in 
any of them they could still he grafted 
the next Spring the same as in the sec¬ 
ond method. 
One suggestion was thaLJf seedlings 
were used at all the best vray would be 
to plant them in nursery rows till the 
tree was started and then set in the or¬ 
chard, but I would prefer setting them 
where they were to grow, in the first 
place. It is a good idea also to plant a 
few in nursery rows, grafting to the same 
varieties, to have to fill in where any 
should die the first year or two. 
If, as in my case, the orchard is on a 
hillside, a good strong stake should be 
driven on the upper side of the tree when 
grafted to protect the scions from single- 
trees, clods, stones, etc. H. N. c. 
West Virginia. 
Greenhouse on Oil-soaked Ground 
I have built a greenhouse on a site 
where one corner was formerly occupied 
by a kerosene tank, consequently the 
ground (here is thoroughly saturated with 
oil. Would this have any had effect on 
vegetable plants? D. A. c. 
Watervliet, N. Y. 
There is only one way in which oil- 
soaked soil can be treated for plant grow¬ 
ing. That is to get rid of it absolutely. 
It may even be necessary to renew the 
subsoil if ground beds are desired. I 
would not want even the odor of oil in a 
greenhouse if it is very marked. We had 
our oil tank under a Montmorency cherry 
tree. On several occasions there were a 
few drops spilled. The tree died. The 
trunk diameter was 6 in. Oil and plants 
will not mix. elmer j. weaver. 
April was a cold, sour month. We had 
several snows and some very heavy rains, 
and wind most all the time in the north¬ 
west. The land has been fit to work but 
a short time, hence farmers are late with 
their work; very little sowing up to April 
30. Orchards are being well taken care 
of, by trimming and spraying. Wheat 
and new seeding looking fine. Hopewell 
Grange 472 is breaking the record in re¬ 
ceiving new members. Canandaigua de¬ 
gree team was present at the last meet¬ 
ing and conferred the third and fourth de¬ 
grees to a class of 20, and the same time 
30 names were voted on and accepted as 
members. E. T. b. 
Ontario Co., N. Y. 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, MAY 17, 1924 
FARM TOPICS 
Running a Farm Without Live Stock ...777, 778 
Soy Beans and Sudan Grass . 779 
A Suggestion Worth Heeding . 781 
Cucumbers for Pickle Factory . 781 
Turpentine as Crow Repellent . 783 
Hope Farm Notes ..788, 789 
Garden Alfalfa Variety Test . 789 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Need of Clover or Alfalfa for Sheep . 778 
Breeding Milk Goats . 794 
Using Bacteria in the Silo . 794 
Pig Feeding Questions .796, 797 
Ration Without Silage . 797 
THE HENYARD 
N. J. Egg Contest . 800 
Doctoring Chickens . 800 
HORTICULTURE 
Starting an Orchard With Seedlings . 779 
Fertilizer for Vineyard . 782 
Grape Rot . 782 
Geraniums from Seed . 782 
Soot for Fertilizer . 783 
Keeping Dahlia Roots . 783 
Crickets on Tomatoes and Strawberries .... 783 
New England Notes . 784 
Fertilizers for Strawberries . 784 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day . 792 
Canning Meat and Chicken . 792 
The Household Debris . 792 
Easy Orange Marmalade . 792 
Notes from Kansas . 792 
The Rural Patterns . 792 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Recovery of School Lands . 778 
Making a Casement Rain-tight . 778 
Regulations for Cider Makers . 779 
Publisher’s Desk . 802 
Get Full Value 
From Your 
Farm Manure 
Prevent Nitrogen 
Losses with 
Nitrogen is the most valuable 
element in manure but this is 
usually lost. Official Experiment 
.Station figures show that from 
30% to 90% of this valuable nitro¬ 
gen disappears even under good 
conditions of manure storage. 
You can largely prevent this loss 
and increase the efficiency of your 
manure by using Inoc-Sul. 
This Inoeulated-Sulphur holds 
the nitrogen, or ammonia, in the 
manure until nature releases it in 
the fields. And the sulphur itself 
supplies a needed plant food which 
many soils lack. 
No trouble to use Inoc-Sul with 
manure. Just use it daily in stable 
or manure shed at the rate of 2 
lbs. to 100 lbs. of manure. The 
nitrogen you thus save and use is 
worth many times the cost of Inoc- 
Sul. Prove it this season on crops 
you raise. 
Let us send you our free circu¬ 
lar giving results of tests by Ex¬ 
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trogen is usually lost—how it may 
be saved—how farm manures can 
be increased in efficiency and 
value. 
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SULPHUR CO. 
Desk B, 41 East 42nd St. 
New York City 
Jnoc-Sul is the best form of 
sulphur for any farm use— 
dusting seed potatoes, preserv¬ 
ing manure, fertilizer, con¬ 
trolling soil diseases and as 
mineral for livestock. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS or R< express 
Charges prepaid by us. Large, healthy plants, TRUE 
TO NAME, NO ROOT APHIS, NO DISEASE. Fiesh dug. 
expertly packed. FREE Catalog Jf Berry, Vegetable 
and Flower Plants. 
A few of the best: 
Early : Howard 17, Premier. 
Medium : S. Dunlap, Dr. Burreli. 
Late: Gandy . 
Late : McAlpiii, Lupton. 1.10 
Progressive Everbearing. . 1.50 
600 at 1,000 rate. Order NOW. 
NICOL NOOK GARDENS, Milford, Delaware 
100 
260 
1000 
. $1.10 
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THE BOYS STRAWBERRIES— NONE BETTER 
Senator Dunlap, Dr. Birrell, $2.50. Gandy, Klondyke, 
Missionary, $8.50. Big Joe, Big Late, Premier. Howard 
17, #4. Ford, Lupton, $4.50. Bubach.Colbornes Early, 
$5. Chesapeake, Progressive Everbearer, $6 per 1,000. 
Plants of a new variety given free with each order. 
The Rayner Boys Idlewild Firm* Salisbury, Md. 
O A A STRAWBERRY PLANTS $0 post 
“V 11 11 New Ground Senator Dunlap. “PAID 
4/ vr HAMPTON & SON R. 7 Bangor, Mich. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS $0 Post 
Premier or Howard 17 ^ Paid 
Basil Perry,R. R. 5, Georgetown, Delaware 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS 
fine two-year plants or .palmetto and Argenteuil at 
SI.50 per 100: SI2 per 1,000; *50 per 5,000. PRO¬ 
GRESSIVE EVERBEARING STRAWBERRIES, $2 per 100; $12 
per 1,000. GEO. I). AIKEN, Putney, Vermont 
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 and 1924. 
GARDNER FARMS Box 400 Tully.N.Y. 
Certified Seed Potatoes 
JOHN ROLFE - Kirkville, N. Y. 
Certified Seed Potatoes £Sbb,“ d 
H. F. HUBBS . Kirkville, N. Y. 
CahhaffP and Tomato Plants 
VUuUUgv )ate standa ,.,i varie ,i 
grown from highest 
type seeds, early and 
late standard varieties. Name first and 
second choice. 300— 75® ; 500—*1.25 ; 1,000—*2,25, parcel 
post paid. 10,000 lots expressed, *15. Satisfaction. Good 
order del. guar. 1. T. COUNCIL!, A SONS, Franklin.Virginia 
2 non nnn CABBAGE PLANTS. Leading varieties. 
,UUU,UUU Early and late. Prepaid, 100—45®; 500 
—*1,25; 1,000—*2.25. Express, 5,000—*7.50. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. List free. W. J. Myers, R. 2, Massillon, Ohio 
Millions Hardy Field Grown CABBAGE PLANTS 
Wakefields, Copenhagen, Market, Succession, Flat- 
dutch,Tomato, early and late standard varieties. 300— *1; 
600— J1.50; 1,000— $2.50. postpaid; expressed 10,000 lots, $15. 
Plants well packed. Good order delivery guaranteed. 
MAPLE GROVE FARMS Franklin, Virginia 
CABBAGE 
(not prepaid.) 
AND TOMATO PLANTS »E$T QUALITY. All 
leading varieties, $1 per 1,000. Express 
W. L. BEARDIN Tifton, Georgia 
M i 11 in no nffNhhsrra Celery and Cauliflower Plants for 
millions OIUaDOagB Spring. 1924 Contract prices sub¬ 
mitted on request. Wells M. Dodds, North Rose, N. Y. 
Cabbage and Tomato Plants ^^0^*1“ 
paid. Satisfaction guaranteed. J. II, SCOTT, Franklin, Ta. 
