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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 24, 1924 
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Trees 
Kellys’ true-to-name fruit trees are 
shipped direct from our nurseries to 
you—no middleman, no agents. Our 
reputation for square dealing Is 
established; you take no risk. 
44 Years’ Experience 
in growing true-to-name trees has 
taught us the proper method of hand¬ 
ling young stock. It is packed correct¬ 
ly to reach you in perfect condition. 
Send for Catalog 
Our 1924 catalog tells how 60,000 of our 
trees were certified to be true-to-name. 
It also lists shrubs, ornamental trees, 
roses, erape vines, and small fruits. 
Kelly Bros. Nurseries 
1160 Main St.. Dantrille, N. Y. 
Established 
in 1880 
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C. S. KEMPTON & CO., 
'Longmeadow ” Springfield, Mass. 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS 
Fine two-year plants of Palmetto and Argenteuil at 
#1 50 per 100: *13 per 1,000; *50 per 5,000. PR0- 
6RISSIVE EVERBEARING STRAWBERRIES. $3 per 100; $13 
per 1,000. GKO. 1>. AIKEN, Putney, Vermont 
GENUINE Martha Washington ASPARAGUS ROOTS 
Extra large selected Northern grown roots, 9 I 5 per 1,000; 
92 per 100. Howard No. 17 Strawberry Plants, 912 per 
1,000; 92 per 100. Shipping charges collect. 
WILFKllI WHEELER Concord, Muse. 
FOR SALE— ‘’WILSON’S” Soy Beans $3.50 Bush. 
Cow Peas . 3.50 
Mixed Cow Peas. 3.30 ** 
Joseph E. Holland Milford, Delaware 
Farm Co-operation 
is a protest against the monopoly 
and other oppressive methods of 
organized distributors and the 
capital stock companies. Can 
farmers afford to adopt the policies 
in their own organizations that 
they denounce in others ? 
T HIS SUBJECT is treated fully 
but concisely in the new book, 
“Organized Co-operation.” Farmers 
must understand these questions if 
they are to direct their own organiza¬ 
tions, and no organization can be 
co-operative unless the members direct 
it themselves. 
The booh will be sent 
postpaid for $ 1.00 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 West 30th Street, New York 
Garden and Farm Notes 
Walnuts Fail to Bear 
We have an English walnut tree raised 
from seed, at least 20 year« old, that has 
never borne nuts. If you could give me 
some idea of the cause and if there is 
anything that I can do to make the tree 
fruitful I will be greatly obliged. 
Tuekahoe, N. J. m, a. l. 
This question has come up several 
times lately. We quote from the issue of 
May 3: “Some French varieties of wal¬ 
nuts bear early, but the English, or Per¬ 
sians varieties often do not bear until six 
or eight or even 10 years of age. Again, 
it has been found that failure to bear is 
due in some varieties to too great an in¬ 
tervals between the catkins or pollen¬ 
bearing flowers and the pistil-bearing blos¬ 
soms, the former shedding all their pollen 
before the latter are receptive. In such 
cases the remedy lies in planting some 
other variety for cross pollination.” It is 
difficult to graft nut trees, but anyone 
who is persevering and able can accom¬ 
plish the same results by grafting some 
other variety into the tree. h. b. j. 
Stacking with Horse Fork 
I send this for the benefit of inquirer 
who asked about using a horse fork for 
stacking. Procure a pole 35 to 40 ft. 
long and set bottom at base of tree if 
convenient. If not, set pole 20 to 25 ft. 
in ground to anehor to long pole. It can 
be moved around tree to make three or 
four stocks. Dropping hay in center of 
stack always keeps middle full and it is 
almost impossible to make a stack that 
will spoil. j. M. F. S. 
Onions and Peach Borers 
I saw a remarkably fine peach orchard 
the other day, owned by a friend of mine, 
whom I had not visited for several years. 
He plants a Winter onion on four sides 
of each tree, close to body of tree. The 
onion does well, is not in the way, and 
keeps off the mueh-dreaded peach tree- 
borer. There was not a sign of a worm 
in the orchard, except on one tree that 
had no onion set by it. Both simple and 
easy, it certainly works. Try it and pass 
it along. c. W. L. 
Missouri. , 
B. N.-Y.—We have heard of this be¬ 
fore, but it does not seem possible that 
any onion can be strong enough to affect 
the peach borer. 
Controlling Household Insects 
A. L. Lovett, head of the entomology 
department of the Oregon Agricultural 
College, offers the following suggestions 
to housekeepers: 
House ants—red and blaek—are com' 
mon pests. If the colonies of ants can 
be located, the usual treatment is to pour 
a tablespoon of carbon bisulphide into 
the ant hill. The active work of destroy¬ 
ing the ants is done by the fumes con¬ 
tained in the solution. These fumes are 
heavier than air, and have a tendency to 
settle down. By pressing the earth of the 
hill with the heel of one’s shoe the fumes 
are kept in longer than if no pressure is 
applied to the otherwise loose formation. 
Carbon bisulphide is used frequently in 
the extermination of insects in the house. 
It is inflammable and while using the so¬ 
lution no fire should be burning in the 
house, nor should there be any smoking 
near it while it is being applied. 
When ant hills cannot be located, tar¬ 
tar emetic—three grains to four table¬ 
spoons of any sweetening agent—is the 
best standard remedy. Mix the material 
thoroughly and smear over china, glass¬ 
ware, small bits of wood, and any con¬ 
venient surface and place on shelves 
where ants frequent. The ants carry the 
substance to their young, and often the 
pest will be destroyed in as short a time 
as three days. The tartar emetic should 
be weighed out in exact doses of three 
grains, for larger amounts somehow repel 
ants. 
Cockroaches are controlled by the use 
of one part of sodium fluorid to one part 
of flour, or sodium fluorid may be used 
straight. Scatter about baseboards, sinks 
and places frequented by cockroaches. 
This insects, though a dirty pest, keeps 
its feelers clean. In cleaning their feelers 
they may eat some of the poison and are 
killed. 
Cloth moths arc a serious pest in Ore¬ 
gon, because the climate favors their ex¬ 
istence. The following treatment is rec¬ 
ommended for valuable furs and woolens: 
Ilang the article out in the bright sun¬ 
shine for half a day. Then beat the gar¬ 
ment thoroughly and place it in a well- 
made, durable pastboard box or carton. 
Seal the open joints carefully with ah- 
hesive paper tape. This will keep the 
articles in good shape as long as the seals 
are not broken and the packages remain 
entirely closed. Should the goods that 
are attacked by cloth moths be part of a 
rooms’ furnishings, such as curtains and 
rugs, get 2 lbs. of naphthalene flakes and 
scatter under the rug and around the 
baseboard, preferably when the tempera¬ 
ture is 60° F. or over. Close the room 
up for 24 hours. Then beat the rugs and 
sweep up the naphthalene for future use. 
The flake form of naphthalent is faster 
working than the same in balls. By 
scattering the flakes in bureau drawers 
the moths are repelled. 
Suckers on Grafted Roses; Winter 
Protection 
Will you tell me what to do to prevent 
suc-kering in grafted roses, and how to 
winter Hybrid Teas and everblooming 
roses safely in our latitude? x. L. D. 
It is wise to set grafted roses so that 
the union is two inches below the surface 
of the soil; this encourages roots to form 
above the graft, so that in time the plant 
will form its own root system. Auy 
suckers that appear should be removed at 
once, digging down carefully and cutting 
the wild shoot off clear at the root, rub¬ 
bing it smooth to prevent it from grow¬ 
ing again. When the plant is set deeply 
there is not much likelihood of suckers 
appearing, but it is quite easy to dis¬ 
tinguish the brier. It has seven leaflets 
instead of five, and the cane is covered 
with minute thorns. If uncertain as to 
its identity, follow the shoot down to 
where it starts; if below the union it is 
brier, and should be removed. 
A simple method of protecting tender 
roses is to hill up the earth arouud the 
plant to a depth of six or eight, inches; 
then when the ground freezes, fill in the 
furrows between (he plants with leaves, 
and throw light branches on top to pre¬ 
vent the leaves from blowing away. An¬ 
other method is to put a little fence of 
chicken wire, about a foot high, around 
the bed, and then fill in level with leaves, 
laying a few branches on top to prevent 
the leaves from blowing away. 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, MAY 24, 1924 
FARM TOPICS 
A Farm is Sold .805, 806 
Corn Production in South Africa . 807 
Crops and Farm News . 810 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings .810 
Light in the Farm Darkness .. 811 
Hope Farm Notes .814, 815 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Mangels a Crop for Hens and Cows . 806 
Annual Meeting of the American Jersey Cat¬ 
tle Club . 810 
Various Feeding Questions . 820 
Grain With Mixed Feed . 820 
Satisfaction With a Merino Flock . 820 
THE HENYARD 
Connecticut Egg-laying Contest . 822 
Color of Leghorn Eggs . 822 
New York Egg-laying Contest . 824 
Henhouse Facing Southeast . 824 
HORTICULTURE 
A Pest of Tent Caterpillars . 807 
Culture of Cauliflower . 809 
Clearing Out Ants ... 809 
Propagating the Christmas Rose; Curculio 
on Peaches . 81S 
WOMAN AND HOME 
Different Ways of Preparing Asparagus . .. 809 
Cooking Corn in Clambake . 810 
From Day to Day .. 818 
The Dining-room, a Gastronomic Aid . 818 
Safe and Sane Burning of Waste .818, 819 
A Perfect Omelet . 819 
Fudge Cake . 819 
Tennessee Notes ... 819 
The Rural Patterns . 819 
MISCELLANEOUS 
The Young Generation and the Land .. 806 
The Unwelcome Guest, the Hornet . 807 
A Maine Parson’s Gymnasium . 811 
Payment of Pupils’ Transportation . 811 
Hardening a Soft Body .. 811 
License for Farm Truck . 811 
Clearing Turbid Water . 813 
Laying a New Floor Over an Old One .... 813 
Damp Spring-house Affecting Electric Motor 813 
Cement Floor in Granary . 813 
Cooling Milk in Icehouse ...... 813 
Post Office Quarantine Rules . 815 
Editorials . 816 
The Milk Situation . 817 
New Co-operative Law . 817 
The School Meetings . 817 
The English Bloodhound .. 823 
Among the Ozarks .... -. 823 
A Pet Beaver Wanted .823 
Experienc in Killing Woodchucks . 823 
Berry, Vegetable and Flower Plants 
Leading varieties Strawberry, Raspberry, Blackberry’ 
Gooseberry, Currant, Grape plants ; Asparagus, Rim barb’ 
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 
g iants; Dahlia, Gladioli, Canna bulbs; Roses, Shrubs, 
edge Plants. Catalogue free. 
HARRY L. SQUIRES, Hampton Bays, N. Y. 
VEGETABLE PLANTS 
10 MILLION FOR SALE 
FiDe Field grown stock. 12 leading varieties. Cab¬ 
bage plants. 300, 75c; 500, *1.25; 1,000. $2.00, mail¬ 
ed prepaid. Expressed, 5.000, *6.25; 10,000, SIO; 
Cash. Tomato plants, 300, $1.00; 500, *1.50; 
1000. *2.50; 10.000*20.00. Mailed prepaid. Ex¬ 
pressed, 10.000, *15.00. Sweet Potato, 300, *1.50; 
500, *2.00; 1,000, *3.50 Postpaid. Expressed, 
10,000, *80.00, Cash. Largest and Oldest growers 
in Virginia. Good order delivery positively guaran¬ 
teed or money refunded. 
J. P. Councill Company Franklin, Virginia 
Frost Proof Cabbage and Tomato Plants 
All varieties. Parcel Postpaid, 500—$1.50; 1,000— 
$2.50 Express collect, $1.50 per 1,000; 10,000 and 
over, $1 per 1,000. Satisfaction guaranteed. Refer¬ 
ence— Hradstreet and Bank of Tifton. 
TIFTON PLANT & POTATO COMPANY, Inc., Tilton, 6a. 
Millinno nf flahhatrp Celery and Cauliflower Plantsfor 
IlUIRf Ul UdUUdgO Spring. 1924. Contract prices sub¬ 
mitted on request. Wells M. Dodds, North Rose, N. Y. 
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 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS %0 post 
New Ground Senator Dunlap. "PAID 
HAMPTON 9 SON R. 7 Bangor, Mich. 
Pedigreed Potatoes 
Certified Rural Russets—the best Main crop Va¬ 
riety—yields of 300 to 502 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 ®’obb?e? ,ld 
JOHN ROLFE . Kirkville,’ n/y. 
Certilied Seed Potatoes bbiS£ 
H. F. HUBBS - Kirkville, N. Y. 
PI A mm I Beautiful anna in e d varieties. $1.75 
UL/ilSlULl ,,er prepaid, ail blooming size. 
v * E. N, Tilton Ashtabula, Ohio 
70 
Blooming Gladiolus, $1 . No two alike. Dahlias. 
Cannas. Circular. A. SIlf.lIMA.N, Chicopee Falla, Baas. 
Going! Going-g-g! G- 
JUST A FEW LEFT AT ATTRACTIVE PRICES. 
CERTIFIED SEED POTATOES 
Dairymen’s League certificates accepted at face 
value in payment. 
QUAKER HILL FARM 
K. C. LIVERMORE Box R Honcoye Falls, N. Y. 
BINDER twine 
Get our low price. Farmer 
agents wanted. Sample free. 
' & SON8 
Melrose, Ohio 
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CABBAGE. $0.30 
CAULIFLOWER S PEPPER.. 
TOMATO AND B SPROUTS.. 
SWEET POTATO. GO 
CELERY.50 
Catalog Free. C. E. FIELD, SeweU, N. J. 
andTnmatn Plante grown from highest 
dliu luilldiuridllis type seeds, early aDd 
late standard varieties. Name tirst and 
second choice. 300—75e; 600—$1.25 ; 1,000—$2,25, parcel 
postpaid. 10.000 lots expressed, $15. Satisfaction. Good 
order del. guar. i. T. COUJfOILI, & SONS, Franklin,Virginia 
Cabbage and Tomato Plants 
paid. Satisfaction guaranteed. J. II, SCOTT, Franklin, Va. 
Millions Hardy Field Grown CABBAGE PLANTS 
Wakefields, Copenhagen, Market, Succession, Flat- 
dutch,Tomato, early and late standard varieties 300— Ji: 
600—$1.50; 1,000—$2.50.postpaid; expressed 10,000 lots,$15. 
Plants well packed. Good order delivery guaranteed. 
MAPLE GROVE FARMS Franklin, Virginia 
CORNELL No. II 
SEED CORN 
From the original source of this famous corn. Or¬ 
dinary select’n, $3 perbu. Special select’ll, $4 per bu. 
BR1GHTS1DE FARMS - Aurora, N. Y. 
For Sale-Fruit Barrels of Good Material manship k ' 
Prices low. Send us your inquiries and orders. 
GERMANTOWN CO-OPERATIVE ASSN., Inc., Germantuwii. N Y. 
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