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The  RURAL.  NEW-YORKER 
April  7.  1023 
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APRIL  BARGAINS  and  FREE  DELIVERY 
IN 
Townsend’s  High  Grade  Strawberry  Plants 
We  will  have  an  ample  supply  of  plants  practically  of  all  varieties  listed  until  May  15th.  And 
are  offering  these  high  grade  true-to-name  plants  at  pre-war  prices,  delivered  prepaid. 
SOME  OF  OUR  SPECIAL  BARGAINS 
100  260  1000  100  ISO  1000 
CHAMPION,  fcvtr bearing.  .  $3.00  $5.00  $15.00  PROGRESSIVE.  Everbearing  $1.50  $2.75  $8.00 
LUCKY  BOY,  Everbearing  .  3.00  5.00  15.00  DR.  BURRILL .  1.00  1.50  4.00 
PERFECTION.  Everbearing..  3.00  5.00  20.00  PREMIER  (H17) .  1.35  2.00  6.00 
Other  standard  varieties  at  same  price  as  PREMIER.  Everything  sent  prepaid  at  prices 
quoted,  packed  so  as  to  reach  you  in  good  growing  condition,  and  prompt  shipment. 
10%  discount  on  5000  lots.  CATALOG  FREE.  500  plants  at  the  1000  rate. 
Help  us  give  you  better  service  by  sending  order  now. 
E.  W,  TOWNSEND  &  SONS  -  -  -  125  Vine  Street,  Salisbury,  Maryland 
rnicrc*  uig  money 
PEA$ 
A  bushel  o 
The  biggest  profit  crop  you  can 
raise.  We  have  some  of  the 
finest  strains  of  Telephone, 
Alderman.  Thomas  Laxton  and 
bushel  of  66  lbs.  ^er  ONLY  $7.50 
Bags  free  and  freight  prepaid  to  your  station 
on  3  bushels  or  over.  Don't  buy  cheap  seed.  We 
have  the  best  stocks  grown.  Order  now  before 
stocks  are  exhausted. 
Also  write  for  low  prices  on  best  grass-seeds 
B.  F.  METCALF  &  SOM,  Inc..  202  W.  Genesee  St,  Syrscase/N.Y. 
POPULAR  GrARDEN  FLOWERS 
Choice  collection  12  different  double  Dahlias,  <2.  Large 
Gladioli.  10  kinds,  26  bulbs,  $1  ;  100  for  IS  60,  prepaid. 
My  selection  will  beautify  your  home.  Catalog. 
Henry  Engel  R.  1  Finley  vllle,  Pa. 
Surplus  Strawberry  Plants  for  list  of  20  leading  va¬ 
rieties.  II.  II.  Benntng  -  Clyde,  New  York 
tiUlllUH 
miiiiiim, 
l.l»ii»mt' _ 
A  Hardy  Ensilage  Coro 
Get  your  Ensilage  Seed  Corn  direct  from 
reliable  growers  in  the  famous  West  Branch 
Valley  of  Northern  Pennsylvania.  Every 
field  producing  this  corn  was  thoroughly 
inspected  by  a  disinterested  committee  of 
experts.  Every  bag  is  certified  and  guar¬ 
anteed  bv  the  growers  to  be  mature,  of 
high  quality,  purity  and  germination.  Ask 
your  County  Agent  about  this  genuine  Cer¬ 
tified  Ensilage  Corn,  grown  especially  for 
seed  by  West  Branch  Co-Operative  Seed 
Growers.  Write  us  for  sample,  prices  and 
complete  description. 
WEST  BRANCH  CO-OPERATIVE  SEED 
GROWERS’  ASSOCIATION,  INC. 
Box  D,  Williamsport,  Pa. 
STRAWBERRIES 
Get  better  prices  and  bigger  yields  with  Genuine 
Jumbo.  It  has  wholesaled  lorfi  per  quart.  25  plants, 
$1,  postpaid.  CLARENCE  WRIGHT,  Route  1,  Oswege.  N  Y, 
STRAWBERRY  PLANTS  $4  POST 
150  Sen.  Dunlap,  150  Warfield.  “  WID 
We  have  11  Beet  Varieties.  Also  llaspberries. 
17  years’  experience.  Prices  reasonable.  Catalog  free. 
J.E.  HAMPTON  &  SON,  R7,  Bangor,  Mich. 
NORTHERN  GROWN  PLANTS  off’kr 
You  Should  Use  Our 
Frost-Proof  Cabbage  Plants 
And  get  your  cabbage  into  the  markets  four  to  six  weeks 
earlier  than  you  can  by  using  home  grown  hot  house 
plants.  Early  Jersey  and  Charleston  Wakefields,  Succes¬ 
sion  and  Flat  Dutch.  Prices  by  express,  f.o.b.  here,  1,000 
for  $1.26;  6000  for  $5.00;  10,000  for  $9.00;  25,000  for  $20.00. 
Should  you  wish  plants  shipped  by  parcel  post  add  on* 
dollar  per  thousand  to  above  prices.  Satisfaction  guar¬ 
anteed  or  purchase  price  of  plants  refunded. 
S.  M.  GIBSON  CO.  -  Yonges  Island,  S.  C. 
Plum  Farmer  Black  Raspberry,  $15  peril;  100— 
$2.50 ;  Red  June,  100— $5.  Strawberry.  Sen.  Dunlap. 
Parson’s  Beauty  and  Bushel  Basket,  strong  and 
well  rooted  plants  from  last  year's  plantation,  per 
M,  S3;  100 — $T  Progressive  Everbearing,  100— $2. 
All  plants  by  hundreds,  postpaid.  lO  Per  Cent. 
DISCOUNT  on  orders  of  $50  or  more.  Established 
in  1870,  KEAN  BROS.,  Geneva.  New  York 
COBBLER  SECOND  CROP  SEED  POTATO 
Bright,  clear..  Bull  nose,  heavy  yielding  strain  seed.  Any 
amount  desired.  Be  lb..  F.  O.  B.  station.  No  charge 
sacks.  E.  E.  HIRES  -  Elmer,  N.  J. 
POTATOES 
—  Bliss  Cobbler.  Green'Mt.,  Russett,  Queen. 
— fixWteke  Iveet  Others,  C  W  f8»D.f<«(.tu,$.i. 
Washington  Asparagus  Roots 
$a  per  100;  $8—500;  $I6perM.  CEO.  F.  WVEELEIt.  Concord,  Mail. 
Certified  Seed  POTATOES— Russetts  and  Cobblers. 
HAROLD  F.  HUBBS  Ehtimtl,  New  York 
50  Mixed  bulbs, 
*  $1  ;  36  Named 
bulbs,  six 
colors,  $1.  Guaranteed  to  blossom.  Get  colored  catalog. 
PIERCE  BULB  CO.,  WEST  MEDWAY.  MASS. 
Safely  Razor  Blades  ttn?8i^,0e,8£ 
Tbe  Roseto  Honery  .  Rosetjo,  Pa. 
Patriarchs  Among  Pear  Trees 
1  was  interested  in  your  story  of  the 
Bartlett  pear.  I  enclose  a  clipping  show¬ 
ing  fruit  from  an  old  tree  that  is  about 
40  ft.  high  at  its  highest  point  and  meas¬ 
ures  71  in.  in  circumference  1  ft  from 
the  ground.  A  25-ft  ladder  just  reaches 
the  lower  branches.  The  stock  is  some 
kind  of  wild  pear,  and  must  have  been 
quite  old  when  grafted,  as  the  graft  scars 
are  15  ft.  high.  The  tree  has  never  been 
sprayed,  pruned,  cultivated  or  fertilized 
to  my  knowledge,  and  looks  to  he  good  for 
100  years  morg.  I  am  of  the  fourth  gen-i 
eration  on  the  farm,  and  estimate  the 
original  stock  of  this  tree  to  be  150  years 
old  or  more.  Do  you  know  of  any  veteran 
pear  trees  that  can  beat  this  for  size  and 
age?  d.  r.  r. 
Hampden,  Mass. 
Your  pear  tree  is  certainly  a  giant  for 
|  size  and  a  patriarch  in  years,  and  a  tree 
j  to  be  proud  of.  However,  you  may  be 
j  interested  in  the  Oekletree  pear,  the  larg¬ 
est  ever  recorded,  located  at  Vincennes. 
■  Ind.,  which  was  05  ft.  in  height,  had  a 
spread  of  75  ft.,  bore  a  crop  of  140  bu. 
of  pears  in  1837,  and  which  measured 
10 ^  ft.  in  trunk  girth  at  the  smallest 
place  beneath  the  limbs.  Again,  a  mon¬ 
arch  220  years  of  age,  planted  by  Peter 
Stuyvesant  in  New  York  in  .1647,  was 
broken  down  in  1866.  H.  B.  T. 
CONTENTS 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER,  APRIL  7,  1923 
FARM  TOPICS 
Making  a  Pasture  Into  a  Woodlot . 537,  638 
A  Three-horse  Hitch .  538 
Using  Nitrate  of  Soda .  538 
Providence  Kind  to  Virginia .  538 
Roadside  Markets  and  Sunday  Selling .  544 
Sunday  Roadside  Markets .  544 
Sudan  Grass  .  548 
Believer  in  Hubam  Clover .  549 
Free  Analysis  for  Farmers .  549 
Observations  in  Southwestern  Ohio .  551 
Must  Feed  Soil  to  Improve  It .  553 
Hope  Farm  Notes .  554 
Tobacco  Stems  for  Fertilizer .  555 
Vetch  for  Pasture;  Lime  on  Potatoes.. .  555 
Steel  Fence  Posts .  555 
Governor  Smith  and  the  Agricultural  De 
partment  . . .  .  557 
Controlling  Cabbage  and  Potato  Prices .  557 
Farmer  and  Trade  Workers .  557 
LIVE  STOCK  AND  DAIRY 
Controlling  Fleas  on  Dog . 548 
Skim-milk  for  Cows .  548 
Treatment  for  Lice  on  Cattle .  548 
“Pigs  Is  Pig's” . 548 
Is  Corn  Smut  Poisonous  to  Cattle? .  549 
Voters  and  Sheep .  544 
Success  in  Co-operative  Wool  Marketing....  557 
Hand’ing  Two  Heifers .  560 
Trouble  With  Heifers . . .  560 
Improving  Dairy  Ration .  560 
Poor  Roughage  .  562 
Using  Corn  and  Cob  Meal .  562 
"Ration  for  Cows;  Destroying  Thorn  Bushes.  562 
Milk-fed  Calf  . .562 
Sunflower  Silage;  Mangels .  563 
Improving  Dairy  Ration .  565 
Faulty  Ration  .  565 
Improved  Dairy  Ration .  665 
THE  HENYARD 
Results  from  Using  Ipecac  for  Turkeys....  538 
Poultry  from  the  West .  546 
Concrete  Poultry-house  Floor .  548 
Wing  Trouble  in  Goslings .  548 
Curing  Egg-eating  Hens .  548 
Effect  of  Grit  on  Digestion .  548 
Paralyzed  Hens;  Keeping  Pupils  After 
School  .  568 
Oats  as  a  Substitute  for  Greens .  568 
Lame  Hens  . 568 
Indian  Runner  Ducks . 569 
Starting  in  Poultry .  569 
Transporting  Chicks  by  Automobile .  570 
Difficult  Breathing;  Leg  Weakness .  570 
Hatching  Eggs.... .  570 
Roupy  Hens  for  Breeding., . 570 
Egg-laying  Contest  . 572 
Toe-marking  Chicks  .  572 
Pullet  Eggs  for  Incubating..., .  573 
Feeding  for  Eggs .  573 
Feeding  Broilers  .  573 
HORTICULTURE 
A  Succession  of  Garden  Vegetables .  538 
Mice  and  Rabbit  Damage..,., .  539 
Pruning  Grapevines  . 540 
Shadbush;  American  Yew .  540 
Top-working  Kieffer  Pears .  540 
Starting  Early  Peppers . . .  541 
Culture  of  Brussels  Sprouts .  541 
Growing  Seedling  Gladioli .  541 
Ridding  Ponds  of  Weeds .  541 
Early  Grafting  . 543 
Starting  a.  New  Grapevine .  543 
Refrigerators  . 543 
Preventing  Growth  of  Apples .  545 
Wealthy  Anples  and  Stone  Chicken-house..  545 
Bringing  Producer  and  Consumer  Together.  .  545 
Pound  Sweet  and  Pumpkin  Sweet .  548 
Top-working  Kieffer  Pear..... .  548 
The  Story  of  the  Seckel  Pear .  548 
Culture  of  Me’ons .  553 
Culture  of  Bush  Limas .  555 
9 
WOMAN  AND  HOME 
From  Day  to  Day .  558 
The  Rural  Patterns .  558 
Preparing  Ash  Selin ts .  558 
Treatment  for  Bunions .  558 
Pineapple  Lace  .  559 
Letters  of  an  Indiana  Farmer .  559 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Who  Owns  the  Tree? .  543 
Nutmeg  for  Bleeding .  543 
Voucher  Checks  .  543 
Come,  Now,  You  Muskrat  Farmers .  543 
Another  Cowardly  Cat .  544 
Evicting  a  Skunk .  544 
Supervising  School  Children’s  Play .  546 
Curing  Bright’s  Disease .  547 
Curing  Sick  Headache .  547 
Treatment  for  Liquor  Habit .  547 
Restricted  Immigration  .  548 
Water  to  the  House  Boiler .  548 
Destroying  Red  Ants...; .  548 
Watertight  Cistern  Making .  548 
Speeding  a  Spray  Pump .  549 
Ram  for  Water  Supply . 550 
Balanced  Pumping  Device .  550 
Gravity  Water  System .  550 
Contract  With  Minors .  551 
Editorials  .  556 
A  Resolution  on  the  New  School  Law .  557 
New  York  State  Notes .  657 
Publisher’s  Desk  .  574 
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Avoid  Cheap  Substitutes 
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but  3  plows  at  a  fast  speed  is  the 
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An  Ideal  Tractor  for  Fitting.  It's 
Crawler  Traction  prevents  slipping, 
miring  or  packing  of  the  soil. 
STEEL  MULE  owners  do  more  acres  per 
day  at  less  cost  than  any  of  their  neighbors. 
Write  for  new  catalogue  today.  _ 
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1366  Benton  Street,  Joliet.  Illuurio 
RhiMran  Parmo  Pnr  Cain  AIso  fai1“s  suitable  for 
uniCKen  rarms  ror  0816  chicken  raising  from  2,000 
to  17,000;  half  cash.  Also  private  dwellings  in  Lakewood 
and  vicinity.  A.  J.  VI  ebb,  Real  Esiats.Lakewood,  N.  J. 
STEEL 
WHEELS 
BENNETT  MEG.  CO.  • 
Strongest  and  Best. 
Fit  any  wagon. 
Satisfaction  guaranteed. 
-  Box  5,  Westerville,  Ohio 
BIRDSEYE  CORN  PLASTERS  without  pain. 
take  no  room  up  in  sock,  immediate  relief.  20  cents. 
VVM.  RYAN,  536  Warren  St.,  Newark,  N.  J. 
TIMOTHY  SEED 
Few  dealers  can  equal  Metcalf’s  Recletned  Tim¬ 
othy,  99.70%  pure.  $4.00  per  buihei  of  45  pounds. 
Metcalf’s  Timothy  and  AUike  Mixed,  at  $4.50  per 
bushel  of  45  pounds. 
Bags  free  and  freight  paid  on  each  in  fire  bushel  lots. 
B.  F.  METCALF  &  SON,  Inc. 
206-208  W.  Genesee  St.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
STRAWBERRY  PLANTS 
The  three  leaders  for  home  and  commercial  growers. 
HOWARD  17  or  PREMIER  -  DR.  BURRILL  -  LUPT0N 
A  great  trio.  Early  to  late  season,  prolific  bearers  and  big 
money  makers.  Selected,  clean  plants.  Grown  on  ground 
never  before  used  for  Strawberries.  State  inspected. 
ASPARAGUS  ROOTS,  CONOVER'S  COLOSSAL  and  PALMETTO 
The  old  reliable  varieties.  Fine,  large  roots.  110.00  per 
1,000.  Send  for  Circular  A. 
JAY  S.  SKEHAN,  Vineland,  New  Jersey 
STRAWBERRY  AND  RASPBERRY  PLANTS 
Send  for  Catalogue.  No  other  in  the  country  like  it.  Full 
of  valuable  information.  You  will  not  throw  it  into  tbe 
wastebasket.  C.  S.  PRATT,  Athol,  M  ass. 
(ft  UNIVERSAL  STRAWBERRY  GARDEN— Your  own 
jh  I  choice.  Missionary,  Premier,  Sen,  Dunlap,  Big  Joe  or 
v  Chesapeake,  25  of  any  3  varieties,  or  with  25  Progres 
gives  Everbearer,  25c  additional.  Postage  Paid  and  Satis¬ 
faction  Guaranteed.  The  Rayntr  Beys,  Idltwild  Farms,  Salisbury.  Me 
Wilffor  C* arrant  Li^ht>  2-year,  $3  per  100  by  mail. 
VV  llucr  vjUITalll  $jo  per  1,000  by  Express.  Good 
plants,  thus.  Black  -  Hlghtatowu,  New  Jersey 
CABBAGE  seed 
Danish  Ball  Head.  Imported  direct  from  Holland. 
$2.25  lb.  postpaid. 
B.  F.  Metcalf  &  Son,  Inc.,  210  W.  Genesee  St.,  Syracuse,  N.Y. 
GROW  GENUINE  PEDIGREED  Washington  Asparagus 
Extra  large,  selected  roots,  $15  per  1.000;  $2  per  100. 
Howards  No.  17  strawberry  plants,  $H  per  1.000. 
Wilfrid  Wheeler  .  Concord,  Mass. 
heavy  Alberta  OATS 
(Weighing  46  lbs.  to  measured  bushel) 
$1.35  per  bu.  of  32  lbs.  Freight  paid  on  9  bu.  or  more 
B.  F.  METCALF  &  SON,  Inc.,  204  W.  Genesee  St.,  Syracuse,  N.  V. 
When  you  write  advertisers  mention 
The  Rural  New-Yorker  and  you’ll  get 
a  quick  reply  and  a  “ square  deal.”  See 
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