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The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
January  20,  1923 
Direct  from  Grower  to  Planter 
Our  beautiful  illus- 
treted  Catalog  for  1923 
is  ready  for  distribu¬ 
tion.  We  shall  be  glad 
to  send  it  FREE  upon 
request.  Accepted  as 
the  standard  nursery 
stock  quality  for  over 
43  years. 
PURCHASE  direct  from  Kelly  Brothers — 
save  the  expense  of  middleman  or  agent. 
Eliminate  the  risk  of  misrepresentation  and 
injury  to  stock  before  it  reaches  you. 
Our  Apple,  Pear,  Plum,  Cherry  and  Quince  trees  are 
budded  from  the  best  French  seedlings  which  produce 
the  finest  root  system.  Kelly  Peach  trees  are  budded 
direct  from  the  bearing  orchards  of  the  leading  peach 
growers  of  New  York  State,  guaranteeing  the  heaviest 
bearing  strain.  Kelly  trees  are  under  constant  super¬ 
vision  of  expert  nurserymen  from  the  seedling  stage 
thru  propagation,  budding  and  grafting  periods. 
Kelly  Brothers  do  not  employ 
salesmen  or  agents 
We  shall  be  very  glad  to  advise  tree  selections  or  give  such 
information  on  climatic  conditions  that  our  experience  has 
taught  us.  You  may  feel  free  to  consult  us  at  any  time. 
KELLY  BROTHERS  NURSERIES 
1  160  Main  Street  Dansville,  N.  Y. 
DIBBLES 
FARM  SEED 
CATALOG 
THE  leading  Farm  Seed  Book  of  the  year,  profusely  illustrated  m  colors 
and  written  by  practical  Farmers  and  Seedgrowers  of  many  years  ex¬ 
perience  tells  the  truth  about  the  1923  Farm  Seed  crops  and  explains 
how  we  can  sell  the  best  seeds  money  can  buy  for  less  than  you  can  get  the 
same  grade  for  elsewhere,  how  we  grow  and  test  Farm  Seeds  so  that  we 
know  you  will  get  only  the  highest  possible  quality.  It  tells  all  about  our  new 
Freight  Paid  proposition.  To  introduce  Dibble’s  Tested  Seeds  to  practi¬ 
cal  Farmers  who  may  possibly  become  our  regular  customers,  we  will  send 
1#  Sample  Packages  of  Dibble’s  Farm  Seeds  for  testing  on  your 
farm.  Catalog  and  Special  Price  List  Free.  Address, 
EDWARD  F.  DIBBLE  SEEDGROWER,  Box  B,  Honeoye 
Falls,  N.  Y. 
Headquarters  for  Farm  Seeds 
OVER  ONE  THOUSAND  ACRES  IN  OUR  OWN  SEED  FARMS 
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If  you  wish  to  know  real  strawberry  satisfac¬ 
tion  you  must  grow  our  new  variety  Cooper, 
one  of  the  greatest  strawberries  ever  grown. 
Our  new  catalog  tells  you  all  about  Cooper, 
Don't  buy  a  plant  until  you  get  our  catalog. 
We  can  save  you  money  on  standard  and 
eveTbearing  strawberries,  also  on  raspberry, 
blackberry,  grape  and  other  fruit  plants. 
Big  Cash  Prize  Offer.  Send  for  catalog 
STEVEKSVILLE  KlIRSERIES,  Box  100,  Slevensville,  Michigan 
rfl„.  A  SPECIALTY. 
i  Write  now  for 
prices  on  high- 
grade  Nursery  Stock,  sold  direct,  at  lowest 
prices.  Satisfactory  quality  and  condition 
guaranteed.  Write  At  Once  for  Catalogue. 
NEW  HAVEN  NURSERIES 
Dept.  R  New  Haven,  Missouri 
One  Year  Old 
Apple  Trees 
Plant  one-year-old  trees  to  save  money,  with¬ 
out  losing  time.  Saving  is  believing.  Write 
me  about  it.  Leading  varieties.  List  mailed  free. 
THE  VAN  DUSEN  NURSERIES 
C.  C.  McKay,  Mgr.,  Box  R,  Geneva,  N.  Y. 
TDCCC  B,  Dl  AIITQ  Thousands  of  Fruit  trees, 
I  rlLCO  «  rLMnlO  Privet  hedging,  etc.,  di¬ 
rect  to  you  at  lower  prices,  Large  assortment.  List  free. 
WESTMINSTER  NURSERY,  Desk  129.  Westminster,  Md 
CABBAGE  PLANTS.  Raspberry.  Blackberry.  Dewberry  A  Straw¬ 
berry  plants.  Cal.  Privet.  Sweet  Potato  seed.  Asparagus 
roots,  vegetable  seed.  Cat.  free.  M  N.  BORGO,  Vineland,  N.  J. 
When  you  write  advertisers  mention 
The  Rural  New-  Yorker  and  you  ’ll  get 
a  quick  reply  and  a  “square  deal.”  See 
guarantee  editorial  page. 
FARM  AND  GARDEN  NEWS 
Short  courses  in  agriculture  at  Colum¬ 
bia  College,  New  York  City,  are  planned 
as  follows:  These  courses  are  given  iu 
•Schermerhorri  Hall.  Columbia  Univer¬ 
sity.  and  a  nominal  fee  is  charged  either 
for  the  entire  course  or  for  single  lectures. 
Details  concerning  them  may  be  had  by 
applying  to  the  secretary,  Columbia  Uni¬ 
versity.  New  York  City.  Poultry  raising, 
January  24.  25  and  2(1;  Professors  Bots- 
ford  and  Powell  of  Cornell  University. 
Lectures  at  4  :30  and  7  :30  on  the  follow¬ 
ing  topics:  Incubation  and  brooding,  se¬ 
lecting  and  breeding  for  egg  production, 
study  of  breeds  and  varieties,  housing 
poultry,  methods  of  feeding  poultry,  the 
use  of  artificial  illumination,  some  poul¬ 
try  marketing  problems,  poultry  diseases 
and  sanitation,  and  poultry  management. 
Successful  soil  management.  February  S 
and  9  and  15  and  16.  Prof.  E.  O.  Fippin, 
Washington.  D.  C.  Farm  management 
for  Northeastern  farms.  February  23.  and 
24.  Prof.  C.  E.  Ladd;  Cornell  University. 
Subjects  are,  prices  of  farm  products, 
why  farms  do  or  do  not  pay,  types  of 
farming  with  comparisons,  how  to  select 
a  farm  type  and  keep  farm  records.  Home 
vegetable  and  fruit  growing,  Prof. -Hugh 
Findlay.  Columbia  University.  Lectures 
at  4  :15  on  Tuesday  and  Thursday,  from 
March  20  to  April  17.  inclusive.  This 
course  is  offered  especially  for  residents 
in  or  near  New  York  City  \Vho  are  inter¬ 
ested  in  the  possibilities  of  home  garden¬ 
ing.  Topics  developed,  garden  soil  man¬ 
agement,  crop  selection  and  tools,  plans 
and  practical  economies,  varieties  of  veg¬ 
etables,  varieties  and  culture  of  fruit, 
fruits  especially  suited  to  small  gardens, 
pest  controls.  Regular  courses  in  agri¬ 
culture  begin  on  February  7. 
Announcement  has  been  made  by  the 
Federal  Horticultural  Board  that,  as  a 
result  of  the  representations  made  by  the 
States  of  Alabama.  Louisiana  and  Mis¬ 
sissippi  at  the  hearing  held  in  Washing¬ 
ton  on  November  20.  there  will  be  no  Fed¬ 
eral  quarantine  on  plant  materials  from 
those  State  on  account  of  the  camphor 
scale. 
Radium  lias  dropped  $50,000  a  gram 
in  price,  and  the  Standard  Chemical 
Company  has  been  forced  to  close  its 
carnotite  properties  in  Paradox  Valley, 
in  western  Montrose  County,  Colorado. 
Discovery  of  vast  deposits  of  pitch¬ 
blende  in  the  Belgian  Congo  is  said  to 
be  responsible  for  the  decrease  in  the 
price  of  radium,  said  to  sell  for  $<0,000 
a  gram  now,  compared  with  $120,000  a 
gram  formerly. 
Two  farmers  met  after  church  as  usual, 
and  this  conversation:  “Sold  your  pig?" 
“Yes.”  “What  d’ye  get?”  "Thirteen 
dollars.”  “What’d  it  cost  ye  to  raise  it?” 
“Paid  $3  for  the  shoat.  $5  for  _the  lumber 
in  the  pen  and  house,  and  $5  more  for 
the  feed.”  “Didn’t  make  much,  did  ye? 
“No.  but  I  had  the  use  of  the  pig  all 
Summer.” — Argonaut. 
CONTENTS 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER,  JAN.  20.  1923 
FARM  TOPICS 
Advice  to  a  Back-to-tlie-lander.  .  .  . . 71, 
Farmers  and  the  Immigration  Problem . 
Apple  Pomace  .  .■ 
Hope  Farm  Notes .  .........  ■ 
Has  Your  Farm  Assessment  Been  Raised  ! . . 
New  York  Farm  and  Markets  Department.. 
A  Rabbit  Swarm  for  Pennsylvania . 
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LIVE  STOCK  AND  DAIRY 
Feeding  Value,  of  Buckwheat ...  - - 
Rye  for  Live  Stock . 
Skim-milk  for  Cows . 
Use  of  Colostrum . ^ . 
A  Good  White  Sow . . . . 
Conditions  for  Setting  Milk . 
Difficult  Churning  . •  . 
Throwing  Cattle:  Dishorning  Calves.. 
Blind  Staggers  . 
Difficult  Breathing  . 
THE  HENYARD 
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Winter  Prices  for  Eggs. . . 
Fattening  Ducks  and  Gbesec . 
Damp  Henhouse;  Breeding  for  Pedigree 
Egg-laying  Contest  . 
Pullets  Refuse  to  Roost . 
HORTICULTURE 
Pruning  Raspberries  . . . .  •  •  • 
A  Farm  Orchard  that  Pays  Over  $1,600  Net 
from  272  Trees . •  •• . 
That  $5,000  New  Apple . . 
New  England  Notes . < ’< 
Crop  in  Young  Orchard . 
Lime  for  Bush  Fruits . • 
Baldwin  Spot  . . . . - . 
Lice  and  Mildew  on  Lettuce  in  Frame . 
Bagging  and  Rose  Beetles . 
Protecting  Grapes  Under  Glass . 
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WOMAN  AND  HOME 
From  Day  to  Day . . . 
Sweet  Apnle  Conserve . 
Catering  With  Tact . 
The  Rural  Patterns . 
Removing  Lettering  from  Sacks.... 
Letters  from  the  Ozarks . . 
The  Homemaker’s  Workshop . 
MISCELLANEOUS 
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Why  Not  Louis  Pasteur? . 
Give  the  Negroes  a  Chance . 
The  National  Bird . .  •  • 
Fox-hunting  . . . ; . 
Tearing  Down  Trespass  Signs...! . 
Events  of  the  Week . 
Improving  a  Water  Power . 
Trouble  With  Motorcycle . . . . 
Improving  Make  and  Break  Ignition . . 
Title  to  Tax-sale  Lands . 
Validity  of  Tax  Deed.. . . . 
Timber  Floated  from  Owner’s  Property . 
Support  of  Minor  Orphans . 
Title  to  Mortgaged  Property . 
Editorials  . - . 
Springfield  Federal  Farm  Loan  Bank . 
Blacksmith  and  Veterinarian . . 
Publisher’s  Desk  . . 
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\  ARNES’ TREES 
MAKE  GOOD 
They  are  yielding  big  crops 
of  choice  fruit,  in  thousands 
of  home  and  commercial 
orchards.  Hardy, 
healthy,  well -root¬ 
ed  and  true-to- 
Order 
F  r  u  i 
Trees,  small 
Fruits  and  Or¬ 
namental  Trees 
and  Shrubs  from 
the  original  Barnes 
Nursery. 
Write  for  Catalog 
and  Price  List. 
name. 
The  Barnes  Bros.  Nursery  Co. 
Box  8 
Yalesville,  Conn. 
PEACH  TREES 
f  interplanted  between  apple  offer  a  quick 
return  and  a  permanent  orchard.  All 
peach,  apple  and  pear  offered  by  us 
were  budded  from  the  best  bearing 
orchards — grown  in  our  fine  sandy  loan* 
soil  which  means  Fibrous  Roots  and 
dug  so  as  to  preserve  those  fibrous  roots. 
Complete  descriptive  catalogue  Free. 
Barnes  Nursery  &  Orchard  Co. 
Box  A,  Wallingford,  Conn. 
“More  Potatoes” 
*'  From  ground  planted  secured 
by  use  of  The  KEYSTONE 
POTATO  PLANTER  than 
by  any  other  method  of 
planting.  Work  perfectly  ac¬ 
curate,  A  simple,  strong, 
durable  machine.  Write 
for  CATALOG,  price,  etc. 
A.  J.  PLATT,  MFTt. 
BOY  23  STERLING.  ILL. 
Family  Fruit  Trees 
King’s  Apple,  Peach  and  other  Fruit 
Trees  will  supply  the  family  (able  at 
small  cost.  Our  Bear  ing-Size  Trees 
save  years  of  waiting.  Try  them. 
Our  Catalog  describes  them,  also  Small 
Fruits  and  Ornamentals.  It’s  free.  Write  today. 
KING  BROS.  NURSERIES  u  fears 
Box  40  Dansville,  N.  Y.  In  Business 
Pedigreed  Washington  Asparagus  s°eeo 
The  one  best  Asparagus.  Prolific.  Early.  Rust  re¬ 
sistant.  Send  for  circular.  Pricelist. 
SAMUEL  BURNLEY  -  Seebonk,  Mass. 
Green  Mountain  Certified  SEED  POTATOES  sale 
Grown  under  State  Inspection.  Write  for  spring 
delivery  prices.  G.  T.  CARTER.  Marathon, Cortland  Co.,N.Y. 
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