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The  RURAL  NEW-VORKER 
March  24,  1023 
Going  to  buu  a  JVetti  Gar 
this  Spring  9 
! 
Then  Consider  These  Facts: 
In  little  more  than  a  year, 
the  increasing  demand  for 
the  Six-44  has  taxed  the 
production  facilities  of  the 
Oakland  factories. 
3  Oakland  alone  gives  you  a 
definite  gauge  with  which 
to  judge,  in  advance,  the 
actual  mileage  the  essential 
parts  will  deliver. 
2  Oakland  has  placed  and 
still  places  upon  every 
engine  a  written  15,000 
mile  guarantee  against  “oil- 
pumping”  —  the  only 
company  offering  such  a 
guarantee! 
4  Oakland  service  stations  are 
keeping  accurate  records  of 
“upkeep”  expenses  on  Six- 
44’  s.  In  Cleveland,  the  aver¬ 
age  last  year  was  $8.06. 
Other  cities  are  equally  low. 
When  You  Buy  an  Oakland 
— You  Buy  Known  Mileage! 
YOU  see  new  Oaklands  everywhere!  You  meet 
more  and  more  of  them  on  the  road  every  week! 
The  reason  for  their  remarkable  success  will  become 
perfectly  clear  to  you  when  you  inspect  an 
Oakland  Six. 
Definite  superiorities  enable  Oakland  to  offer  a 
definite  gauge  by  which  you  can  estimate  the 
minimum  number  of  miles  you  can  reasonably  expect 
from  an  Oakland  Six.  It  is  these  superiorities  that 
enable  Oakland  to  guarantee  in  writing,  for  15,000 
miles,  the  performance  of  its  engine.  It  is  these  same 
superiorities  that  account  for  such  wonderfully  low 
upkeep  costs  as  Cleveland  and  other  cities  show. 
If  you  question  any  of  these  statements,  inspect  the 
Oakland  6-44 — talk  with  owners — examine  the  car 
inside  and  out — drive  it  yourself.  Do  this — and  you 
will  quickly  understand  why  careful  buyers  are  daily 
convincing  themselves  that  no  other  light -six  offers 
the  dollar-for-dollar  value  that  is  found  throughout 
the  Oakland  line. 
OAKLAND  MOTOR  CAR  COMPANY,  Pontiac,  Michigan 
Division  of  General  Motors  Corporation 
The  "Mileage 
Basis”  Plan 
Main  Bearings— 40,000  miles  or 
miles  against  “oil  pump- 
more  without  attention. 
ing.” 
Valres — 15,000  miles  or  more 
Gasoline  Mileage—  20to  25  miles 
without  need  of  grinding. 
per  gallon. 
Connecting  Rods — 40,000  miles 
Tires— 15,000  to  25,000  miles 
or  more  without  attention. 
per  set. 
Cylinders,  Pistons,  Rings— Guar- 
Transmission,  axles,  and  major 
anteed  in  writing  15,000 
parts — Life  of  the  car. 
The 
1923  Oaklands 
Roadster  -  $  975 
Sport 
Roadster  -  1 145 
Sport 
Touring  -  1165 
Coupe  for 
Two  -  -  1185 
Coupe  for 
Five  -  -  1445 
Sedan  -  -  1545 
Prices  f.  o.  b.  Factory 
Touring  Car 
*995 
/.  o.  b.  factory 
sm  King  PhilipSeed  Corn  1 
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5.000.  #25.  Garden  Collection,  100  Dunlap,  100 
World  Wonder,  100  Oswego,  #4.  One-lialf  acre  se¬ 
lection.  1,000  Dunlap,  500  Chesapeake.  500  Oswego, 
!  non  World  Wonder,  500  Premier,  special  price, 
#26.  .5  II  post  paid.  Catalogue  free. 
HEYW  OOD  A  KLIMOVICH  Central  Square,  N.  Y. 
FOK  Ml  I — A-5o,l  Orceii  Mountain  Seed  Potatoes. 
Ralph  Huntington  -  Baldwinsville,  N.  Y 
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Cover  Crop  in  Vineyard 
I  have  over  400  grapevines  tied  to 
stakes  in  rows  !)  ft.  apart.  The  vine 
roots  have  grown  to  such  an  extent  in  the 
rows  that  it  is  impossible  to  cultivate  for 
vegetables.  It.  has  been  suggested  to  use 
clover,  as  I  wish  some  crop  to  keep  the 
weeds  down,  and  also  it  seems  to  he  the 
least  expensive  to  take  care  of.  Would 
this  be  detrimental  to  the  grapevine  roots? 
Would  the  clover  have  to  be  sown  every 
year?  What  would  be  the  best  kind  to 
sow  for  permanency?  I  could  use  the 
cut  clover  to  advantage  for  chickens  and 
cattle.  The  objection  to  using  buckwheat 
is  that  there  would  he  quite  a  crop  of 
weeds  before  time  for  planting;  also  cul¬ 
tivating  between  the  rows  at  the  time  the 
blossoms  appear  injures  the  sap. 
Bridgeport,  Conn.  f.  a.  c. 
A  few  years  since  some  tests  of  the 
Sod-mulch  method  for  the  vineyard  were 
tried  by  the  New  York  Agricultural  Ex¬ 
periment  Station.  In  every  instance  one 
season’s  practice  showed  that  the  use  of 
clover  as  furnishing  mulch  material  was 
very  detrimental,  and  the  vines  were  set 
back  two  or  three  years  and  the  crop  was 
lost  by  reason  of  poor  maturity.  Now  it 
is  common  practice  to  seed  the  vineyard 
at  the  last  cultivation  in  this  latitude, 
usually  the  latter  part  of  July,  with 
clover,  vetch  and  rye,  millet  or  rye. 
These  crops  are  turned  under  either  in 
the  late  Fall  or  early  Spring.  Up  to  the 
time  of  seeding  the  vineyard  is  kept  thor¬ 
oughly  tilled.  Iu  seasons  of  rank  growth 
it  is  necessary  to  tie  the  growing  shoots 
frequently,  that  they  may  be  kept  away 
from  tillage  tools.  If  such  practice  does 
not  give  the  necessary  relief,  then  it 
might  be  well  to  adopt  another  method  of 
training,  as)  the  single-stem  four-cane 
Kniffen  method.  This  method  requires  the 
use  of  wires  attached  to  the  stakes,  and 
the  tying  of  canes  thereto.  It  has  proven 
its  worth  in  this  regard  particularly.  In 
the  East  it  is  not  desirable  to  use  stakes 
alone  for  the  training  of  vigorous  Ameri¬ 
can  varieties. 
Several  years’  observation  leads  us  to 
believe  that  no  injury  whatever  results  to 
the  blossom  or  vine  by  cultivating  during 
the  blooming.  F.  E.  GLADWIN. 
CONTENTS 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER,  MARCH  24,  1923 
FARM  TOPICS 
HAVE  SOMETHING  TO  HARVEST 
WHEN  HARVEST  TIME  COMES 
PLANT 
SELECTED 
Northern-grown  seeds.  Selected  with  ex¬ 
treme  eare.  Produce  unusually  well.  Are 
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additional  50  cts.  worth,  complimentary. 
With  $5.00  purchase,  it  is  your  privilege 
to  select  $2,00  worth  more.  Instead  of  extra 
seeds,  with  each  dollar’s  worth  of  seeds, 
you  may  prefer 
Cinnamon  Bulbs 
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KENDALL  &  WHITNEY 
Established  1858  Portland,  Maine 
SILAGE  SEED  CORN 
Grown  On  Our  Own  Farms  In  Massachusetts 
and  New  Jersey 
Highest  yield  and  dry  matter  content. 
Farmers’  Corn  at  Farmers’  Prices. 
Circulars  On  Cam  Growing — Free. 
WALKLR-G0RD0N  LABORATORY  CO.,  Dept.  C.  Plaiosbero,  N.  J. 
Brighten  the  Corner  Where 
You  Are  With  Flowers 
10  Cholt-e  Dahlias  for  $1.00,  This  mixture  contain, 
some  of  the  beat  varieties  grown,  such  as  Countess  of  Font- 
dale,  Queen  Marv,  Maude  Adams,  Frank  A.  Walker,  etr. 
12  Choice  Gladioli  for  50  cents.  A  mixture  contain¬ 
ing  most  all  the  Standard  Varieties,  also  some  of  the  late 
;  creations  of  leading  Gladiolius  growers. 
Send  for  Catalogue. 
FORD  GARDENS  -  East  Bridgewater,  Mass 
KILL  MAGGOTS  at  Roots  ol  Cabbage  and  Radishes 
j  with  CORROSIVE  SUBLIMATE  applied  with  my  maggot 
|  Directions  given.  Price,  S2  east  of  the  Mississippi- 
52.25  beyond  and  to  Canada,  postpaid. 
J.  W.  FORMAN  -  Northumberland,  Fa. 
Remarks  by  a  Gentleman  Farmer .  469 
Oats  and  Peas  for  Hay.... .  469 
Large  Quantities  of  Hen  Manure .  469 
The  Use  of  “Acid  Soil’’  Legumes .  469 
Salt  on  Asparagus .  471 
Inoculated  Sulphur  for  Potato  Scab .  471 
Culture  of  Broom  Corn .  481 
Hope  Farm  Notes . . .  482 
Cotton  Culture  and  the  Boll  Weevil .  483 
Wormy  Potatoes  for  Seed .  483 
LIVE  STOCK  AND  DAIRY 
Embargo  on  Live  Rabbits .  485 
Milk  Certificates  of  Indebtedness .  485 
Ration  for  Dairy  Cows .  488 
Feeding  Pigs  .  488 
Increasing  Milk  Flow .  490 
Ration  for  Heifer .  490 
Feeding  Beet  Pulp .  490 
Raising  Puppies  for  Sale .  493 
Rickets  in  Pigs .  494 
Worms  of  Horses .  49* 
THE  HENYARD 
Brooding  Chicks  for  Profit . 467,  468 
Gape  worms  in  Turkey . 496 
Henhouse  Construction;  Preserving  Fence 
Posts  . , .  496 
Ventilation  for  Henhouse . 496 
Kerosene  for  Colds.... _. .  497 
Roupy  Hens  for  Breeding .  497 
Depluming  Mite  .  497 
Egg-laying  Contest  .  498 
Too  Much  Meat . . . 498 
Selecting  Layers;  Tonic .  500 
Ventilating  Incubator  Cellar . 500 
Inexpensive  Lighting  for  Henhouse .  500 
Incubator  Temperature  . 501 
Restaurant  Refuse  for  Poultry;  Square  Hen¬ 
house  . . . •••  501 
Inoculating  Poultry  Against  Disease .  501 
HORTICULTURE 
Fertilizer  for  Strawberries . 
Propagating  Hall’s  Honeysuckle 
Bluejays  on  Grapevines . 
Controlling  Grape  Leaf -hopper .  . 
Grape-berry  Moth  . 
New  England  Notes . 
Sugar  Maple  Borer . 
Cloth  for  Cold  Frames . 
How  to  Raise  Celery  Plants.... 
The  McIntosh  Apple.... . 
Culture  of  California  Privet.... 
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WOMAN  AND  HOME 
From  Day  to  Day . 
Cooked  Fruit  Cake . . . 
Keeping  Bacon;  Canning  Cauliflower . 
A  Boiled  Dinner  from  Canned  Vegetables. 
Poetry  for  Chil’ren . . . . 
Bleaching  Muslin  . ■••••••• 
Money-making  at  Home . 
Tennessee  Notes  . . 
Greasing  the  Cooky  Tin . 
New  Source  of  Water  Supply . ,. . . 
MISCELLANEOUS 
i  Taxation  Without  Road  Improvement - 
Validity  of  Lawyer’s  Fees . . 
I  Note  for  Tuberculous  Cow . 
Rental  for  Wires  Crossing  Railroad . 
Farm  Bills  in  New  York  Legislature . 
Damage  from  Right  of  Way . . 
White  Worms  in  Well  Water . . . 
Crude  Oil  Pair.t . . . . 
Something  in  the  Woodpile . . 
The  School  Law ;  -  . . 
Countrywide  Produce  Situation . . 
Increasing  Speed  of  Silage  Cutter..,  ..... . 
Farm  Water  Svstem . •  •••' . 
Temperature  for  Laying  Roofing . 
The  Commu-ritv  Mean  Man . 
Pub'isher’s  Desk  . . . 
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1,000  PREMIER,  $5 
Big  .Joe.  Big  Late  and  Ford  same  price.  Dun¬ 
lap.  Dr.  Burrill  and  Gandy,  100— 80c;  1.000—54;  5.00O 
—518.75.  Satisfaction  guaranteed.  29  v  a  r  i  e  t  i  e  s. 
Also  dewberry  plants.  Catalog  free. 
M.  S.  PRYOR  Route  4  Salisbury.  Maryland 
DAHLIAS 
Roots  in  clusters,  the  old  fashion  double,  dark  red 
only.  The  most  attractive  dark  red  dahlia  in  exis- 
i  tence.  #1.50  a  dozen  clusters,  Post  Paid. 
ERNEST  STARKE  531  Oak  Grove  St..  Oil  City  P». 
Plum  Farmer  Black  Raspberry  Plants 
well  rooted,  for  sale,  #15  per  51:  #2.50  per  100, 
KEAN  UROS.  -  Geneva,  New  York 
Frost-KilledRussets  an" 
up»n  application.  WALTER  MILLER,  Williamtlewn. 
and  priC'-s 
Oiwigo  Co  .N  1 
Pnf afnoc  bliss,  Cobbler,  GreenMt.,  Six  Weeks,  Queen 
fUlalUCi  King.  Rose,  Russett.  Others.  C.  FORD,  fishers,  N.Y 
FriwiPrnnl  RahhaornV,ett,,ce  «>><i Onion  Plants  now. 
ituSI  rlUUI  UdUUdgo  Express,  dollar  per  thousand. 
Ten  thousand,  Nine  Uollars,  postpaid.  Thousand,  bol- 
lur  Fifty.  Farmers’  Plant  Co.,  Martin’s  Point, 8.  V. 
CHOICE  LUPTON  and  GANDY  PRIZE  STRAWBERRY  PLANTS 
FOR  sa IF.  Luptons,  *4  per  1,000.  Gandys.  $8  per  1,000- 
All  Plants  guaranteed.  Reduced  prices  on  large  orders 
BRADWAY  G.  COOK  Mauricetown,  N.  J 
For  Sale-Peach,  Apple  other  Fruit  Trees 
grape  vines,  and  small  fruit  plant*,  shade  trees, 
shrubs;  roses,  vines,  etc.  Good  stock,  well  graded 
and  carefully  packed.  Catalog  free 
H.  J.  CHAMPION  &  SON  -  Perry,  Ohio 
Farms  and  Country  Homes 
ALBERT  M.  WOODRUFF,  Long  Island  Real  Estate,  Huntington,  N.  Y. 
Good-bye,  Trouble 
$  1  on  °n*y>  bring»  y°i'  a 
I  Spark-C.  This  handy 
little  instrument  locates 
instantly  all  ignition  trouble.  Save* 
your  time  and  temper  when  the 
engine  of  your  car  starts  missing. 
Send  me  a  dollar  bill  and  I’ll 
mail  you  postpaid  a  genuine  West- 
inghouse  Spark-C.  Endorsed  by 
automobile  owners  everywhere. 
G.  S.  LITTLE 
P.  0.  Box  163  -  Trinity  St*..  New  York  City 
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