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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 13, 1924 
Hoffman’s 
“Leap's Prolific” 
Seed Wheat 
Here is real Seed-Wheat—the right variety—cleaned the way seed should 
be—and offered at a price you can pay! In 12 years of actual use in all winter- 
wheat-sections, “Leap's Prolific” has earned its right to leadership, and today 
stands as the best-liked, most dependable variety. This seed has meant in¬ 
creased yields of 5 to 15 bushels per acre to hosts of others. Sowing your entire 
acreage with it this fall, especially with the wheat outlook as it is today, will 
.show you better profits than are possible with any other Seed. 
Heavy Yielder : Leads again this year; 40-bu-per-acre has been 
gotten this year. Several had yields of 35 to 38 bu. One grower 
has averaged 34 bushels for the past twelve years. One customer 
had 16 bushels more per acre than from his other wheat—a West 
Virginia user, twice the bushels made by another variety. 
Straw . Stands up remarkably—did not lodge when 
other wheats alongside went down badly. 
Large, Hard Grain, Does Not Shatter : Millers prefer this 
wheat for flour. Longberry type grain, finest quality. Stands 
rough handling, practically none shells out. 
Great Stooler-You Save Seed; This means money to you. Don't 
sow T more than 1% bu. of this seed per acre—positively. Every 
grain counts. Sell your other seed-wheat, and it will nearly pay 
for this new seed. Costs you very little to change to this seed. Its 
extra stooling ability insures abundant stalks and heaviest yields. 
Suited for All Soils: “Leap’s Prolific” has been given fair trial 
for many years on highland, lowland, limestone, gravel, slate and 
clay soils—rich, medium and thin soils—and has come out well 
on all of them. “Leap’s Prolific” will pay you! 
Closely Graded Seed, Clean, Priced Right 
This seed produced here in these fertile Lancaster Wheat Valleys. Graded to 
perfection by our powerful and most modern outfit. Was harvested in good 
weather—perfectly dry—strictly sound germination. It is free Prom- cockle— 
'"•Ve—garlic—cheat—and other weeds. Will pass critical inspection, and please 
any wheat grower. Seed is now packed in cotton bags—ready for immediate 
shipment. When the “LEAP’S PROLIFIC” you order reaches you—examine it. 
If it does not suit you, return it. We will refund your money and pay freight 
for round trip. We could not afford to make this offer if our “Leap’s Prolific” 
was not first-class Seed. No paper would print this offer if they did not know 
we can back it up. 
PRIPFS • 1 to 14 bu - at $2.25 per bu. 15 to 49 bu. at $ 2.20 per bu. 
* . 50 bu. and over at $2.15 per bu. Bags are free. On five or more 
bushels we pay the freight to any station in Ohio—N. Y.—Pa.—Va.—W. Va.— 
Md.—N. J.—Del.—Conn.—-Mass. Customers not in above freight-paid territory 
may deduct 18c per bu. from above prices, then we’ll ship charges collect. Send 
payment with order. Your check will do. Order today. 
A. H. HOFFMAN, Inc., Box 15, Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. 
Use Oscillating Automatic Irrigation Pipe 
Lines For Better Crops 
The thoroughness of automatic irrigation matures crops 
earlier than the uncertainty of hand operated systems. 
The March Automatic eliminates the constant attention 
necessary with ordinary installations. 
Driven by low water pressure of any kind. Turns the spray back and forth with a 
constant swing. Nozzles supplied tor field irrigation or greenhouse use, as desired. 
30 Days’ Trial- 
Satisfaction or 
Money Back 
(Iflarclt 
333 WESTERN AVENUE. MUSKEGON. 
Let Us Estimate 
for Your Farm, 
Gardens or 
Greenhouse 
MICH. 
Maloney’s Certified Fruit Trees 
We know that the future profits of the men who buy our stock depend absolutely 
on our ability to furnish stock that will bear true to name so our Mr. A. E. Ma¬ 
loney selects all scions for budding from trees that are bearing the choicest fruit. 
Furthermore this Fall we have 60,000 Fruit Trees certified true to name by the 
Mass. Fruit Growers Association, work being done by Dr. J. K. Shaw of the Mass. 
State Experimental Station, Amherst, 
Mass., and guaranteed by us. 
Send for our Big Descriptive Catalog. It 
tells just the things the fruit grower and 
planter should know about our nursery 
stock, also much valuable information on 
planting and the care of fruit trees, 
shrubs and vines. 
FALL PLANTING PAYS 
For the uniform moisture and temperature of the 
ground are more favorable to root formation, the 
root action being well established long before the 
ground is fit for planting in the Spring. 
We Prepay Transportation Charges. See Catalog 
MALONEY BROS. NURSERY CO., Inc., 83 Main St., Dansville, N. Y. 
Dansville’s Pioneer Nurseries 
'MX Shrubs 
Beautify yoar Qwunds 
Free Catalog of TREES.SHRUBS ROSES &VINES 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK 
DOMESTIC.—A band of four high¬ 
waymen risked their liberty and lives in 
Newark, N. J., Aug. 29, executing a 
spectacular robbery of two messengers 
of the North Ward National Bank, 464 
Broad Street. They got away with the 
bag the messengers carried, containing 
$112,000 worth of checks but uo cash. 
The checks were all endorsed by the 
bank to the Clearing House for collec¬ 
tion and were utterly worthless to the 
thieves, who threw them away in their 
flight. 
Fire destroyed three large buildings on 
the farm of Harry Brady at Purdy Sta¬ 
tion, N. Y., Aug. 29. Spontaneous com¬ 
bustion in hay is believed to have started 
the fire in the largest barn before mid¬ 
night. While this structure and two at¬ 
tached silos were blazintr, sparks ignited 
two other structures. The loss was esti¬ 
mated at $50,000. 
Lilian and Luella Schleng, sisters, of 
Brooklyn, were drowned at Schroon 
Lake, N. Y., Aug. 28, while bathing. The 
girls had been in camp with their par¬ 
ents. 
Postal inspectors Aug. 29 raided the 
offices of the Consolidated Credit Asso¬ 
ciation at 434 Broadway, New York, 
arresting one of its officers and an em¬ 
ploye on a charge of using the mails to 
defraud. It wfj£ alleged that the credit 
association officials collected about $250,- 
000 from clients and diverted it to their 
own use. Postal inspectors said the com¬ 
pany had more than 30.000 clients and 
that they obtained $75,000 from one of 
them. The men who were arrested were 
Julius J. Klein, said to be president, and 
Archie Hartman, a clerk. A third de¬ 
fendant is being sought. 
Collision of two fast westbound New 
York Central passenger trains, two miles 
east of Savannah, N. Y., Aug. 30, in¬ 
jured 27 persons, two probably fatally. 
The Detroiter, which left Syracuse at 
12:30 a. m., crashed into the rear of the 
Lake Shore Limited, which left Syracuse 
at 12:25 a. m., and was stopped in a 
signal block because of a broken air 
hose. The stop was in the center of the 
Montezuma marshes which were shroud¬ 
ed in a fog, which is said to have been 
so thick that the engineer of the Detroit¬ 
er failed to make out the warning signals 
set against his train and was unable to 
bring it to a stop until it crashed into 
the last Pullman coach of the limited. 
Six men were killed and others wound¬ 
ed in a battle at Herrin. Ill.. Aug. 30, be¬ 
tween Sheriff George Galligan and his 
force of deputies and a group of Ivu 
Klux Klansmen. 
Farm and Garden Notes 
At the annual convention of the So¬ 
ciety of American Florists and Orna¬ 
mental Horticulturists, Los Angeles, 
Cal., the following officers were elected 
for the coming year: President, Joseph 
H. Bill, Richmond, Ind. ; vice-president, 
S. A. Anderson, Buffalo, N. Y. ; treas¬ 
urer, .T. J. Hess, Omaha, Neh.; direc¬ 
tors, Dr. Walter A. Moore, Seattle, 
Wash., C. L. Baum, Knoxville, T win . 
Premier Bruce of Australia, Septem¬ 
ber 2, informed the four wheat-growing 
States that the Commonwealth was will¬ 
ing to co-operate in voluntary wheat 
pools for three years, with one selling 
organization for overseas sales and one 
chartering agency for the control of ship¬ 
ping and freight arrangements. The 
Premier asserted the Commonwealth and 
State Governments jointly would guar¬ 
antee up to 80 per cent of the export 
market price. 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, SEPT. 13, 1924 
FARM TOPICS 
Harvesting and Curing the Bean Crop. 1183 
Development of the Silo. 1183 
Who Wants to Work Out a Farm?. 1186 
Free Land in New York. 1186 
Selecting Seed Potatoes. 1187 
Raising Potatoes from Seed Balls... 1187 
Handling Asparagus Plants. 1187 
Earthworms in Tobacco Beds. 1189 
Hope Farm Notes . 1190 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY 
Handling a Driving Goat. 1183 
Infectious Abortion in Milk..,. 1183 
Blood in Milk. 1196 
Defense of the Goat.1196, 1197 
THE HENYARD 
European Poultry Breeds Seen at Home 
1182, 1198 
House for One Thousand Birds. 1198 
Feed for Leghorns..,. 1198 
Early Molt . 1198 
Connecticut Egg-laying Contest . 1198 
HORTICULTURE 
Kale and Spinach.1183, 1184 
Horti ultural Gossip . 1185 
Borers in Quince Trees. 1189 
WOMAN AND HOME 
From Day to Day. 1194 
An Oregon Farm Dinner . 1194 
The Rural Patterns . 1194 
Canning Meat . 1194 
Corn Bread . 1195 
Tennessee Notes . 1195 
Smothered Sweet Apples . 1195 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Some of the Questions. 1186 
Some of the Auto Laws. 1186 
That Child Labor Amendment. 1186 
More About Japanese Immigration. 1186 
Destroying Ants with Cyanide. 1189 
“Dad, Why Were You Afraid?”. 1193 
Self-government the Essence of Co-operation 1193 
Governor or Governess for Texas. 1193 
Bringing Up a Boy.1193 
Strawberries 
Raspberries 
Grapes, eic. 
for 
FALL 
Planting 
any time be¬ 
fore ground 
is frozen solid 
FROST 
CAN’T 
HURT THEM 
C. S. KEMPTON & CO. catalog 
“Longmeadow” Springfield, Mass. 
$1.00 SPECIALS for SEPTEMBER 
Peonies. 2 for 81.00 
6 Canterbury Bells (white and blue) 1 OO 
10 Sweet William— 4 colors. 1.00 
5 Oriental Poppies (Scarlet). 1.00 
5 Iris—All different. 1.00 
8 Forget-Me-Not. 1.00 
Delivered, Send for lists 
H. R. 11 RATE - LAKKMONT, N. Y. 
FRUIT TREES 
Apple, Peach, Pear, Plum and Cherry Trees 
Also GRAPE VINES and other small fruits, bred and 
grown from true-to-name orchard bearing trees, and 
sold to the planter at lowest possible prices. Write 
for Illustrated descriptive catalogue and price list. 
BOUNTIFUI RIDGE NURSERIES. Box 266. Princess Anne, Md. 
HARDY PERENNIAL FLOWER PLANTS 
FOR SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER PLANTING 
Delphinium, Foxglove, Hollyhock, Columbine, Hardy 
Blue Salvia, Canterbury Bells, Phlox, Oriental Poppy. 
Hardy Chrysanthemum, Gaillaidia. Wallflower, Penste- 
mon, and many others. These plants are perfectly hardy, 
living outdoorsduring Winter,and will bloom nextSum- 
mer. Catalogue free. HARNV L. SQUIRES. Hampton Roys, H. r. 
STRAWBERRIES 
Will Bring You Greatest Profils in Garden, Market and Plant Trade 
BLISS, highest quality; BEACON, best early ; BOQUET, 
greatest producer. Originated N.Y. Exp. Station. Plants, 
Fall setting ; Doz., $1 ; 100, 95. Postpaid Circular free. 
CERTIFIED PLANT FARM Macodon, N Y. 
CTD A IA/ PCD D V Pot grown Howard 
v I ItMlf DCIvA ■ 17 and Senator Du n- 
□ I AMTC lap, ready now. $1.25 per 26; 
I 9 $4.00 per 100: $85 per 1,000. 
GEO. D. AIKEN Box M Putney, Vermont 
CONCORD GRAPE V ines 
2-years-old, 89 per 100; one-year vines, 86 per 100; 
strictly first-class. 300 or more at special prices. 
CACO, MOORES, NIAGARA and BRIGHTON. Send list for 
bargain prices. j. s. BARNHART 
57 W St., N. W. Washington, D. C. 
TREES & PLANTS 
Thousands of Fruit Trees, 
Evergreens, Shrubbery, 
Barberry, Privet, etc. Highest quality direct to you at 
materially reduced prices. Large assortment. 
WESTMINSTER NURSER Y.Dosk 1 29, Westminster, Md. 
B ET D D V STRAWBERRY, RASPBERRY, 
E l\ l\ I BLACKBERRY, LOG AN BE RR Y, 
ni AIUTC GO 0 SE BE R R Y, CURRANT and 
■ I ^ GRAPE plants; ASPARAGUS and 
RHUBARB roots ; Hardy Perennial flower plants for 
September and October planting. Catalogue free. 
HARR Y L. SQUIRES Hampton Bays, N. Y. 
in 1C P DCDMIUC WRITE FOR PRICES 
il\10 Ct lEiUl'IlILd W. II. TOPPl.N Merchmitville, N. J. 
SEED R Y E-Russian Pitkus 
Rank grower. Big yielder. Great cover crop. 2-5 bu., 
$1 SO per bu. Larger lots, $1.20; bagged and shipped. 
Cash with order, lloverdale Farm, Charlotte, N.Y. 
SET YOUR NURSERY STOCK THIS FALL 
I have the best variety of Roses, Hybrid teas, Perpetu- 
als, Everblooming, etc. Also shrubbery, ornamentals, 
fruit trees. Peonies and other stock. Catalogue on re¬ 
quest. WELI .8 M. 1IODDS, North Rose, New York 
ROOT BORERS 
Peach, Prune & Apricot; also Pear& 
Apple Aphis and Grape Phyllox¬ 
era. Killed with PARAFIX, (Pure 
Paradichlorbenzene recommended 
by U. S. Gov. & State Exp. Sta.) 
Full instructions, results guaran¬ 
teed or money back. Booklet FREE. 
Treat 10 trees $1—60 trees $3. Post¬ 
paid or C. O. D. The Parafix Co., 
Grand Central P.O.Box 273, N.Y.C, 
Excellent 10-Acre Traci 
with one-acre water front: lot connected. Rich 
farm land. Must sell at once. Address 
P. R. McCRARY Box 35G Stuart, Florida 
210 Acres, good build- 
_ r e d A 
trucking and fruit farm. Address Box H, Pemberton, N- J. 
For Sale—Farm ings, well°wfitered A good grain. 
MAINE VIRGIN WOOL^^I 
Sweaters, stockings, blankets, shirts, yarns. Wool and 
worsted suitings by yard or suits tailored to fit. Samples 
and circular. MAINE SHEEP AND WOOL ASSOC'N, Auguiti, Maine 
^ W QQ|_ YAPIJ FOR SALE. From manufacturer. 
II. A. BARTLETT 
75c to S2 per lb. Free samples 
HARMONY, MAINE 
^CALLOUSES 
Gladys’ Callous Plaster ends cal¬ 
louses on feet no matter how lonz 
standing. Put on one—c al 1 o u s 
comes off with it. Stops all pain 
in one minute. Send $1.00 for 
sheet. Guaranteed. 
GLADYS ANDREWS. F. S. 
Box 236-R Sewaren, N. J. 
The Household Painter 
by A. Ashmun Kelly 
Practical directions for painting, deco¬ 
rating, papering, calcimining, wood fin¬ 
ishing and staining, varnishing, etc. 
Price $1.25 
From RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 W. 30th St.. N. Y. 
