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The  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
March  17,  102-°. 
m  TOWNSEMQIg  ^PLANTS 
GATEWAY 
to  SUCCESS 
Special  Announcement  to  Market  Gardeners 
We  are  in  a  position  to  furnish  you  with 
our  High  Grade  Plants  in  lots  of  5,000 
plants  up  at  10%  off  list  price  quoted 
in  Rural  New-  Yorker,  March  3rd. 
WE  NOT  ONLY  ALLOW  YOU  THIS  DISCOUNT  BUT 
TOWNSEND  WILL  DELIVER  THE  GOODS  PREPAID 
You  will  find  our  list  of  Strawberry  plants  complete,  both 
in  standard  and  everbearing  varieties.  If  more  information 
is  wanted,  will  be  pleas  id  to  mail  you  our  Catalog— fully 
describing  our  list  and  giving  up-to-date  cultural  directions. 
Also  Special  Prices  on  Grape  Vines,  Dewberries,  Rasp¬ 
berries,  Asparagus  Roots,  etc. 
Market  Gardeners  wilt  please  mention 
Special  Offer  No.  125 
MAIL  ORDER  DIRECT  to  E.  W.  TOWNSEND  &  SONS 
25  Vine  Street,  Salisbury,  Maryland 
Cedar  Rust  on  Apples 
This  is  creating  a  lot  of  discussions 
and  some  “cussings”  here  in  the  valley 
of  the  Shenandoah.  Is  it  troublesome  in 
your  locality?  It  is  very  bad  here,  espe¬ 
cially  affecting  the  York  Imperial,  which 
is  our  most  valuable  apple.  J.  M.  A. 
Woodstock,  Va. 
This  disease  is  not  yet  very  serious  in 
our  own  section.  It  passes  part  of  its 
life  on  cedar  trees,  and  passes  from  them 
to  the  apple.  The  only  complete  remedy 
is  to  destroy  all  cedar  trees  near  the  or¬ 
chard.  The  West  Virginia  Experiment 
Station  at  Morgantown  has  made  a  very 
thorough  study  of  this  disease,  and  has 
issued  very  good  bulletins  on  the  subject. 
METCALF’S  QUALITY  SEEDS 
Red  Clover 
Per  Bushel 
of  60  Lbs. 
Metcalf’s  Recleaned,  Medium ..  $1(5.00 
Metcalfs  Recleaned,  Mammoth 
(Genuine)  .  16.50 
Indiana  Grown 
a  if  |r  Per  Bushel 
Alralra  of  «o  Lbs. 
Metcalf’s  Recleaned . $15.00 
Grimm  Alfalfa,  Certified .  30.00 
Domestic  Grown 
a  I  Per  Bushel 
AiSlke  of  60  Lbs. 
Metcalf’s  Recleaned . $13.00 
fv  ,  J  _ _  Per  Bushel 
5weet  Clover  of  oo  Lbs. 
Metcalf’s  Recleaned  White  Blos¬ 
som,  Scarified . $  6.50 
Per  Bushel 
of  45  Lbs. 
Timothy 
Metcalfs  Recleaned . $  4.00 
Timothy  &  Aisike  Mixed  poefr4^u®^| 
Metcalf’s 
Recleaned .... 
20%  Aisike 
.$  4.50 
Miscellaneous 
All  Bags  Free. 
Red  Top,  Heavy  Seed . 
Best  Orchard  Grass . 
Fancy  Kentucky  Blue  Grass... 
smada  Blue  Grass . 
Sudan  Grass . . . 
Winter  Hairy  Vetch . 
Freight  prepaid  on  200-lb.  shipments,  or  over. 
Per  Lb. 
.26 
C 
.21 
.35 
.28 
.25 
.20 
Our  ambition  is  to  tee  how  cheap  we  can  sell  the  best  SEED  obtainable. 
B.  F.  METCALF  &  SON,  Inc.,  216-2161  West  Genesee  St.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
Strawberry  Plants 
Johnson's  Pure-bred  Plants  are  backed  by  forty- 
two  years’  experience  growing  berries  for  commer¬ 
cial  purposes,  ten  years  as  a  plant  grower.  Our 
experience  protects  you.  Success  impossible  unless 
you  start  right.  Our  plants  are  of  High  Quality, 
Hardy  and  True-to-name.  Direct  from  nursery  to 
grower.  Write  today  for  free  catalog,  and  save 
twenty  to  thirty  percent,  on  your  order  for  plants. 
E.  W.  JOHNSON  &  CO..  Salisbury,  Md. 
STRAWBERRY  Plants 
EWVI  $3  aThousand  VYXW  v" 
H0  years’ experience.  A  complete  line.  All  plants  inspect¬ 
ed,  guaranteed.  Write  today  for  free  illustrated  catalog. 
J  N  .ROKELY  &  BOH  Rt.  10  Bridgman,  Michigan 
i t  ram  i  rvt\  1  n  MONARCH  o<  all  STRAWBERRIES 
KllWOKll  I  /  Grow  this  greatest  of  all  money 
II V  I*  /»* I  •  makers.  Information  and  prices. 
j  BRITTON  -  Chepachet.  Rhode  Island 
STRAWBERRY  PLANTS 
Handy  nnd  Klondyke,  $3  per  1.000  ;  50c  per  100  Chesa¬ 
peake^  perl.OOOand  7 S« per  100.  PIKE  WOODS  FARM. Delmar.Dtl. 
Strawberry  Plants 
Best  kinds.  Only  $2  50  up  a  1,000.  Catalog  free. 
O.  McNICOL  Milford,  Delaware 
HOWARD  17  STRAWBERRY— KING  OF  THEM  ALL 
Free  booklet  tells  why.  Secure  plants  from  introducer 
C.  E  Chapman  North  Stoniugtou,  Conn. 
Certified  Seed  Potatoes  Catalog  on  Request. 
A  G.  ALDRIDGE  SONS,  Fishers,  N.  Y.  Established 
nmi  IMP  Ten  different .  v  a  r  i  e  t  i  e  s,  postpaid.  91. 
UAnLIAu  WIIFORU  ANDEUSON  Millbrook,  N.  V. 
n  ...  ^YellowShow,  Garnet.  Cactus,  Scarlet  Decorative. 
U2nliaS  4— 6<H  GUVANRE  DAHLIA  BARDENS,  New  Hertford. 
Martha  Washington  ASPARAGUS  SEED 
The  most  rust  resistant  of  all  Washington  varieties.  Write 
lor  special  wtcletale  prices.  IfSUB  W.  IfARETT,  Victor  N.  V. 
Corn 
Crib  and  Silage 
Pure  Seed,  grown  in  fer¬ 
tile  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa. 
Hand-picked— specially 
dried;  tested.  Insures 
full  even  stands.  Heavy- 
yielding  varieties.  Write 
for  free  Samples,  Prices 
and  new  Catalog  of  Farm 
Seeds.  Mention  this  paper. 
A.  H.  Hoffman,  Inc.,  Landisville,  Lane.  Co.,  Pa. 
PACK  APPLES  IN  BASKETS 
GOOD  RELIABLE 
•RUIT,  SHADE,  ORNAMENTAL 
F1 
1  AND  EVERGREEN  TREES.  VINES, 
SHRUBBERY,  ROSES,  PERENNIALS 
Fully  guaranteed.  Direct  from  grower  to 
planter.  Peach  Trees  SI 5.00  per  100  and 
Free  Transportation.  Write  for  Catalogue 
today.  Thirty  years  in  the  business. 
EAST  ROCHESTER  NURSERIES.  East  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Date  for  Paying  Taxes 
How  long  do  land  taxes  run  in  New 
York  State  at  one  per  cent,  and  when 
is  the  latest  date  when  payment  to  the 
collector  can  be  made?  What  rate  of 
interest,  penalty  is  added  if  not  paid  at 
the  date  lie  comes  to  our  locality  of  the 
town?  In  this  instance  it  is  March  3. 
If  not  paid  on  March  3  and  payment  was 
desired  later,  for  instance,  in  June,  would 
he  have  to  call  for  same  or  we  take  it  to 
him?  ^  M.  O.  B. 
New  York. 
The  tax  law  provides  that  on  all  taxes 
paid  within  30  days  from  the  date  of  no¬ 
tice  that  he  has  received  the  roll,  the  col¬ 
lector  shall  be  entitled  to  receive,  if  the 
aggregate  amount  shall  not  exceed  $2,000. 
two  percentum,  and  otherwise  one  per- 
centum  in  addition  thereto.  On  all  taxes 
collected  after  the  expiration  of  such  30 
days’  period,  the  collector  shall  be  entitled 
to  receive  five  per  centum  in  addition 
thereto.  The  collector  shall  be  entitled 
to  receive  from  the  county  treasurer  two 
per  centum  as  fees  for  all  taxes  returned 
to  the  county  treasurer  as  unpaid.  In 
Suffolk  and  Herkimer  counties  no  fees 
shall  be  paid  by  the  county  treasurer  on 
returned  taxes.  After  the  expiration  of 
notice  period  of  30  days  the  collector  shall 
call  at  least  once  on  each  person  taxed 
upon  such  roll  whose  taxes  are  unpaid, 
at  the  usual  place  of  residence,  if  he  is 
an  actual  inhabitant,  of  the  tax  district, 
and  demand  payment  of  the  taxes  charged 
to  him  on  his  property.  If  payment  is 
not  made  the  collector  shall  levy  upon  any 
personal  property  in  the  county  belonging 
to  the  person  who  ought  to  pay  the  tax. 
After  the  collector’s  warrant  has  expired 
he  must  make  a  return  to  the  county 
treasurer  of  the  unpaid  taxes.  n.  t. 
If  you  want  top  prices, 
pack  in  PaSaCo  Bushel 
Baskets.  Write  for  book¬ 
let — tells  how  to  grade  and 
pack,  and  why  PaSaCo 
Baskets  are  best, 
PACKAGE  SALES  CORPORATION 
33  Union  Trust  Bldg,  South  Bend,  Ind. 
Budded  Nut  Trees 
litie  bearers  of  large,  thin  shelled  nuts.  Catalog 
free.  INDIANA  NUT  NURSERY.  Box  55.  Rockport.  Indiana 
g"1  V>  A  D  HOT  C  Concord  and  Niagara,  I 
AlKrtr  XL  I* " ’ VI  £  3  and  2  year  old.  at  plant¬ 
er’s  pi  ict-  R.  E  FOWLER  &  EONS,  No  Kingsville,  Ohio 
CONTENTS 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER,  MARCH  17.  1923 
FARM  TOPICS 
A  Good  Test  for  Hubam  Clover .  427 
Roadside  Markets  in  Wisconsin .  427 
What  Sort  of  Fence  Posts? .  431 
Missouri  Notes  . . . .  431 
Corn-growing  in  Guam .  438 
Hope  Farm  Notes .  442 
Potash  from  the  Pacific . .  443 
Agricultural  Values  as  Basis  for  Wages....  445 
Attention.  Jersey  Landowners .  445 
New  York  State  Notes .  445 
LIVE  STOCK  AND  DAIRY 
Balancing  Rations  .  448 
Needs  of  a  Dairy  Ration .  448 
Grinding  Grain  at  Home . . . 450 
Improving  Dairy  Ration .  450 
Cow  and  Calf  Questions . 450 
Manufacture  of  Kumiss . - . 451 
Souring  Milk  . 451 
Standardizing  Milk  .  451 
Evaporating  Dairy  Milk  on  the  Farm .  451 
THE  HENYARD 
More  About  That  Jerseyman’s  Hens.... 425,  426 
Crate  for  Fattening  Chickens... .  426 
Curing  Egg-eating  Hens .  431 
Coal  or  Oil-burning  Hover . 456 
Feather-eating  Hens  .  456 
Incubating  Goose  Eggs . 456 
Economy  in  Incubators . . .  456 
Cost  of  Raising  Chicks .  458 
Changing  a  Ration . 458 
Raw  Meat  Scraps  for  Poultry . . . 45b 
Egg-laying  Contest  .  460 
Scaly  Leg  . . . . . 460 
Renting  an  Incubator .  461 
Roup  . 461 
A  Successful  Poultry-house .  461 
HORTICULTURE 
Dirt  Bands  for  Early  Vegetables .  427 
Principles  of  Pruning  Trees . 428 
Top-Working  Kieffer  Pears . 428 
Culture  of  Gladiolus . 429 
How  We  Prune  Blackberries .  429 
Peas  for  Market  Garden .  431 
Propagating  Grapes  .  431 
Wireworms;  Raspberry  Cane-borer .  433 
Cultivation  of  Strawberries .  433 
New  Plants  for  the  Home  Garden .  438 
Sprouted  Dahlia  Roots . . .  443 
Pound  Sweeting  and  Pumpkin  Sweet .  443 
WOMAN  AND  HOME 
From  Day  to-  Day . 446 
School  Lunches  .  446 
Selling  Homemade  Canned  Goods .  446 
A  Vermont  Home  in  Winter .  447 
Pennsylvania  Cup  Cheese .  447 
Simple  Soap-making  .  447 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Thawing  Frozen  Pipe . .  • ...  426 
The  Inside  Route  to  Florida . ....427,  428 
Protecting  Water  Pipe  from  Freezing......  431 
Was  the  Cat  a  Coward? . 431 
Cancellation  of  Note .  435 
Payment  of  Judgment . 435 
Property  Rights  of  Second  Wife . 435 
Action  to  Collect  Debt . . .  439 
Paying  Tax  on  Property .  439 
Extension  of  Mortgage . 439 
Wearing  the  Army  Uniform . 440 
Equity  in  Mortgaged  Property.. .  440 
Restriction  of  Foreign  Immigration . 445 
A  Well-deserved  Tribute  to  Prof.  Massey..  445 
Working  System  of  Carburetor . 454 
Trouble  With  Pump;  Riding  Plow  Attach- 
ment  .  454 
Farm  Legislation  in.  New  York .  455 
There  is  money  in  raising  Peas 
We  have  some  of  the  finest  strains  of 
Telephone  Thomas  Laxton  I  P*r  bushel 
Alderman  Gradua  of  55  lb». 
Bags  free  and  FREIGHT  PREPAID  TO 
YOUR  STATION  on  three  bushels  or  over. 
Don’t  buy  cheap  seed.  We  have  the  best 
stocks  grown. 
Order  Quick  Before  Stocka  Are  Exhausted 
B.  F.  METCALF  &  SON,  Inc. 
Z16— 2I6V2  W.  Genesee  Street  -  Syracuse.  N.  Y. 
Frostproof  Cabbage  Plants 
Field  hardened,  can  be  set  six  weeks  before  home¬ 
grown  plants,  and  will  head  four  weeks  earlier. 
Early  Jersey  and  Charleston  Wakefield,  Copenhagen 
Market,  Succession,  Flat  Dutch.  Prices:  500 per  tl .25; 
1000  for  S2.25  postpaid.  By  express,  11.50  per  1000.  over 
10,000  at  *1.00  per  1000.  Other  plants  in  season ;  write 
for  price  list.  Safe  delivery. guaranteed. 
PIEDMONT  PLANT  CO.  -  -  Albany,  6a. 
New  Fruits  and  Flowers 
For  1923  we  offer  such  varieties  as  Latham  rasp¬ 
berry.  Martha  Washington  asparagus.  Poorman 
gooseberry.  Cortland  apple,  Rochester  peach. 
Pauls  Scarlet  Climber,  Dr.  Van  Fleet,  Rose 
Marie,  and  Father  Hugo’s  roses.  For-sythia  spec- 
tabilis.  Daphne  cneorum,  Lily  White  gladiolus 
and  the  best  line  of  Evergreens,  Shrubs,  Vines 
and  perennials  we  ever  offered.  Send  $1.00  for  12 
Latham  raspberry  or  50  Martha  Washington  as¬ 
paragus  roots.  Catalog  free. 
GEO.  D.  AIKEN,  Box  M,  Putney,  Vermont 
Certified  Seed  SWEET  POTATOES 
New  Jersey’s  finest ;  disease-free.  Inspected,  certified  by 
State  Department  of  Agriculture. Grown, sorted. careful 
ly  packed  by  Ocean  County  Growers’ Cooperative  Associ¬ 
ation.  Famous  Yellow  Jersey  and  Big-Stem  Jersey  varie¬ 
ties.  Special  Spring  prices.  Write  today.  HERSCHEl  JONES 
MARKETING  SERVICE.  GriwtiV  Dixtributsr.  SR  W.  RrMtfway,  N.  T.  City 
Gardner’s  Farms  Pedigreed  Potatoes 
Irish  Cobbler  and  Certified  Rural  Russets.  Select¬ 
ed  for  type  and  yield  for  ten  years,  with  yields  from 
300  to  562  bu.  per  acre.  Blue  Ribbon  on  Rural  Rus¬ 
sets.  Also  Sweepstakes  medal  over  all  varieties  at 
Cornell  Potato  Show.  Feb.  1923. 
C.  A.  GARDNER  &  SONS  Tully,  N.  Y. 
CABBAGE  PLANTS 
Plant  Fulwood's  Frost-Proof  Cabbage  Plants  and  hut 
headed  cabbage  three  weeks  earlier  than  you  will 
with  home-grown  plants.  Varieties:  Jersey  Wakefield, 
Charleston  Wakefield,  Succession,  Flat  Dutch  and  Copen 
hagen  Market.  Prices  by  express  *1.00  per  thousand.  By 
Parcel  Post,  postpaid.  500  for  *1.25;  1,000  for  *2.25.  Prompt 
shipments.  Satisfaction  guaranteed  or  money  return* 
P.  D.  FULWOOD  -  -  -  Tifton.  Ga. 
Atloek  Farms  Strain  Asparagus.  Best  grown.  Root* 
910  per  M.  Atloek  Farms,  Bound  Brook,  N.  J. 
S' 
ENAT0R  DUNLAP  STRAWBERR 
¥ 
We  have  most  improved  strain  of  this 
variety  ever  introduced.  The  foundation 
of  our  plant  business  was  our  success  with 
this  strain.  Our  customers  average  400  crates  per 
acre.  You,  too,  can  make  big  profits  growing  our 
strain  of  Senator  Dunlap.  Catalog  Free.  Write. 
J.  E.  HAMPTON  &  SON,  Box  7,  Bangor,  Mich. 
Certified  Strawberry  Plants  *£50 Tow 
Up.  1’IIE  1UTNER  llllOS.,  MlcwilS  Firms.  Salisbury,  Msrjlend 
CIIDCDIAD  strain  progressive  everbearing  straw- 
OUiLlllUII  berries.  Fruit  3  M0NTH8  from  planting 
until  frost.  Plants,  92  hundred;  918  M,  postpaid. 
OPTIMISTIC  FARM  -  Camden,  New  York 
PEACH  TREE  BORERS  (P-C  Benzene).  l-lb..$l{ 
Killed  by  KRYSTALGAS  fipvQestp°ua?d  mC  O  D. 
Dept.  A,  HOME  PRODUCTS  Inc.  Rahway,  N.J. 
EMPIRE 
WAGONS 
STEEL  WHEELS 
Low  steel  wheels  (plain  or  grooved  wide 
tires)  make  loading  and  hauling  easier. 
Steel  Wheels  to  fit  any  axle;  carry  any 
load.  Make  any  wagon  good  as  new. 
CIlDlDC  Reduced  prices  Catalog  Free 
k  In  r  I  n  b  Mfg.  Co.,  Box  ,jy  0  Quincy,  III. 
FAMOUS  Chesapeake  Bay  OYSTERS 
Yes,  Folks,  I’m  here  again,  and  they’re  simply  GREAT.  Best 
(Selects)  92  35  gal.  ;  half,  $1.80.  (Medium),  $2  *0  ;  half, 
$1.20,  Prepaid,  and  I'll  send  them  on  approval.  Semple 
them— if  not  fully  satisfied,  return  at  my  expenee. 
YVM.  LORD  -  Cambridge,  Maryland 
60  acre  farm  or  estate  near  Plainfield,  N.  •).,  $20,000. 
170-acre  mountain  farm  Warren  Co.,  N.  J.,  $3,500. 
10-room  house, 2acres  fruit, Warwick  Valley,  $5,000. 
HARRY  VAIL.  Warwick,  Orange  Co.,  N.  Y. 
Henley’s  Twentieth  Century 
Book  of  Recipes  and  Formulas 
This  800-page 
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thousands  of 
RECIPES 
covering  all 
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PAINTS,  GLUES,  CEMENTS,  TANNING, 
DYEING,  SOAP  MAKING,  ELECTRICAL 
AND  CHEMICAL  WORK,  ETC. 
Valuable  for  reference.  Price  postpaid  $4 
For  Sale  by  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
333  WEST  30th  STREET.  NEW  YORK  CITY 
