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7ht  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
April  21,  1023 
Qoodyear 
Means 
Qood  Wear 
A 
A  New  Tire  That  Is  Making  History 
The  same  stout  long-staple  cotton — the  same  efficient  pat¬ 
ented  group-ply  construction — the  same  sinewy  and  resili¬ 
ent  carcass  as  of  old: 
but — 
a  new  tread,  the  rugged 
blocks  of  which  are  rein¬ 
forced  by  heavy  circumfer¬ 
ential  rubber  ribs,  a  new  and 
longer-wearing  rubber  com¬ 
pound  in  this  tread, 
a  new  and  improved  All- 
Weather  tread  design,  the 
outer  blocks  of  which  are 
beveled  at  the  edge, 
a  new  and  heavier  sidewall, 
a  new  and  stronger  union 
between  carcass  and  tread, 
this — 
is  the  new  Goodyear  Cord 
Tire  with  the  beveled  All- 
Weather  Tread  that  by  its 
excellent  and  economical 
performance  is  making  his¬ 
tory. 
You  can  get  your  size  now 
from  your  Goodyear  Service 
Station  Dealer,  who  is  pledg¬ 
ed  to  help  you  get  from  your 
tires  all  the  mileage  built 
into  them  at  the  factory. 
Made  in  all  sizes  for  Pas¬ 
senger  Cars  and  Trucks . 
Copyright  1923,  by  The  Goodyear  Tire  &  Rubber  Co..  Inc. 
Tfintifitri’  Luce's  favorite 
$15,000 
Yoursfor 
*3.50 
per  bushel 
FREIGHT  PAID 
SACKS  FREE 
invested  in  breeding  and  selecting  this 
SPECIAL  STRAIN 
of  Luce’s  Favorite,  making:  a  disease-  free,  high 
germinating,  vigorous  growing  Seed  Corn,  pro¬ 
ducing  big  yields  of  silage  having  exception¬ 
ally  high  feeding  value. 
At  Cornell  University  this  strain  outyielded 
ordinary  Luce’s  Favorite  by  over  29%  per 
acre.  2000  farmers  have  proved  the  superior¬ 
ity  of  our  Special  Strain. 
Tou  need  it — do  not  accept  substitutes. 
Write  for  quotations  on  genuine  Grimm  and 
other  hardy  Alfalfas. 
CO-OP.  G.  L.  F.  EXCHANGE.  Inc.,  SYRACUSE,  N.  Y. 
You  Should  Use  Our 
Frost-Proof  Cabbage  Plants 
And  get  your  cabbage  into  the  markets  four  to  six  w  eeks 
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,  J.000 
for  81.26;  5000  for  $5.00;  10,000  for  89.00  ;  25,000  for  820.00. 
Should  you  wish  plants  shipped  by  parcel  post  add  one 
dollar  per  thousand  to  above  prices.  Satisfaction  guar¬ 
anteed  or  purchase  price  of  plants  refunded. 
S.  M.  GIBSON  CO.  .  Yonges  Island,  S.  C. 
IT’S  NOT  A  GARDEN  OR  A  FARM 
’till  planted  with  Asparagus.  Rhubarb,  Horse  Rad¬ 
ish  Roots,  Fonr-year  Grape  Vines  and  Small  Fruits. 
Have  thousands  of  these  roots.  100  and  less,  post¬ 
paid.  1,000  by  express.  Prices  quoted.  Tomato 
seed  free.  WARREN  SHINN.  Rost  Specialist.  Woodbury.  N.  J. 
X3AHLIAS 
A  chance  to  buy  fine  ones 
at  unusually  low  prices. 
Mine  cost  from  35c  to  SI  each.  I  will  deliver 
10.  all  different,  labeled,  for  S2.  Guaranteed 
satisfactory  or  money  refunded  or  replaced  free. 
Albert  Lowenf els,  33  laurel  Place.  New  Rochelle. N. Y. 
(fl  UNIVERSAL  STRAWBERRY  GARDEN— Your  own 
I  choice.  Missionary,  Premier,  Sen.  Dunlap,  Rig  Joe  or 
v  Chesapeake,  25  of  any  3  varieties,  or  with  25  Progres¬ 
sives  Everbearer,  25c  additional.  Postage  Paid  and  Satis¬ 
faction  Guaranteed.  The  Raynsr  Isys,  ISIt  wild  fares.  Salisbury,  MS. 
STRAWBERRY  AND  RASPBERRY  PLANTS 
Send  for  Catalogue.  No  other  in  the  country  like  it.  Full 
of  valunble  information.  You  will  not  throw  it  into  the 
wastebasket.  C.  8.  PRATT,  Athol,  Maas. 
A  Of  I  A  C  8  fine  tubers _  $1.00 
6  named  cactus.  1.00 
All  best  cut  flower  varieties— postpaid. 
HORROCKS  BROS.  -  Concord,  Mass. 
Washington  ASPARAGUS-ROOTS,  SEEO 
Prolific.  Early.  Rust  resistant.  Send  for  price  list. 
SAMUEL  BURNLEY  ~  ~  Seekonk,  Maas. 
JThinn-F/at 
Protects 
From  Lightning 
Lightning  is  Destructive — but  Science  has  made 
it  possible  for  us  to  fully  protect  your  buildings 
from  Lightning  damage  during  the  most  violent 
electrical  storms. 
Shinn-Flat  Lightning  Conductors  and  permanent 
fixtures  will  protect  your  property  at  a  small  cost. 
Shinn-Flat  is  the  modern  form  of  lightning  rod. 
pure  copper,  woven  flat  in  continuous  length. 
Approved  by  the  Underwriters’  Laboratories, 
representing  all  Stock  Insurance  Companies;  en¬ 
titled  to  the  maximum  insurance  credit  in  all 
states  where  credits  are  allowed.  Nationally 
known  by  electrical  experts  as  the  highest  and 
most  efficient  type  of  lightning  protection. 
We  have  some  open  territory  of  interest  to  live- 
wire  dealers.  Write  for  particulars. 
W.  C.  SHINN  MFG.  CO. 
1246  Lyt ton  Building  Chicago,  III. 
Shinn-Flat  Cable,  one-third  actual  width 
CABBAGE  PLANTS 
Plant  Fulwood’a  Frost-Proof  Cabbage  Plants  and  have 
headed  cabbage  three  weeks  earlier  than  you  will 
with  home-grown  plants.  Varieties:  Jersey  Wakefield, 
Charleston  Wakefield,  Succession.  Flat  Du  toll  and  Copen¬ 
hagen  Market.  Prices  by  express  81.00  per  thousand.  By 
Parcel  Post,  postpaid,  500  for  81.25;  1,000  for  82.25.  Prompt 
shipments.  Satisfaction  guaranteed  or  money  returned. 
P.  D.  FULWOOD  -  .  .  Tifton.  Ga. 
PflTATfl CC— Carman,  Cobbler.  fireen-Mt.,  Russett,  Ohio, 
ru  I A  I  UCO— Rose,  Six  Weeke.  Others,  c.  »080.fi«li«r».  B.8. 
Garden  and  Farm  Notes 
Applying  Fertilizer  to  Peas 
In  the  article  on  peas,  on  page  431, 
Mr.  Perkins  uses  one-half  ton  of  4-8-6 
fertilizer  per  acre.  How  is  this  applied? 
Is  it  drilled  with  the  peas  or  broadcast 
and  harrowed  in?  w.  T.  c. 
Dutchess  Co.,  N.  Y. 
#  If  the  ground  is  in  fairly  good  condi¬ 
tion  sow  broadcast  and  harrow  in.  If 
ground  is  poor  sow  peas  about  4  in.  deep, 
pull  a  little  dirt  on  peas,  then  scatter 
fertilizer,  a  handful  to  every  3  ft.,  then 
drag  level  with  plank.  \v.  P. 
Planting  Asparagus 
There  is  no  reason  why  garden-makers 
should  be  denied  the  best  types  of  aspara¬ 
gus,  for  strains  of  the  Washington  variety 
are  being  placed  on  the  market  by  several 
seedsmen  and  nurserymen.  The  Wash¬ 
ington  asparagus  is  much  more  nearly 
rust-proof  than  any  other  kind,  and  is  a 
first-class  variety  for  the  table.  Many 
people  like  to  grow  asparagus  from  seed 
in  order  to  keep  a  new  supply  coming 
along,  and  this  is  readily  done.  It  is  a 
good  plan  to  weed  out  the  female  plants. 
It  is  a  nuisance  to  have  seedlings  coming 
up  all  through  the  bed,  and  if  only  male 
plants  are  grown  there  will  be  no  trouble 
of  this  sort,  because  no  seeds  will  he  scat- 
Aloug  this  “front,”  careful  watch  wall  be 
kept,  orchards  sprayed,  dead  trees  re¬ 
moved,  and  measures  taken  to  prevent  the 
pest  from  traveling  westward.  The  work 
will  be  financed  by  a  recent  appropriation 
of  $150,000. 
The  rapid  spread  _  of  the  European 
eo r n-bore.r  has  necessitated  the  issuance 
by  the  Federal  Horticultural  Board  of 
new  quarantine  orders  (effective  April 
1),  placing  additional  cities  and  towns  in 
Massachusetts,  Maine,  Rhode  Island,  New 
Hampshire  and  Michigan  in  the  restrict¬ 
ed  area.  The  board  points  out  that  in 
practically  all  the  territory  covered  the 
infestation  lias  not  reached  a  stage  to 
cause  serious  damage '  to  corn  grown 
there,  but  indicates  the  slow  infiltration 
of  the  post  through  natural  movement  and 
more  or  less  by  artificial  carriage  from 
i lie  main  center  in  the  vicinity  of  Boston. 
The  new  areas  include  13  towns  in  Maine. 
115  in  New  Hampshire,  33  in  Massachu¬ 
setts,  10  in  Rhode  Island  and  11  in  Mich¬ 
igan.  Within  the  infested  area  free 
movement  of  stock  is  permitted,  the  regu¬ 
lation  of  movement  of  plant  products  be¬ 
ing  limited  to  shipment  out  of  the  quar¬ 
antined  area.  The  restriction  applies  to 
cut  flowers  or  entire  plants  of  Chrysan¬ 
themum,  aster,  Cosmos,  Zinnia  and  holly¬ 
hock  and  cut  flowers  or  entire  plants  of 
Gladiolus  and  Dahlia,  except  the  bulbs 
thereof  without  stems;  to  corn  and  broom 
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tered.  It  may  be  argued  that  the  same 
result  can  be  obtained  by  cutting  off  the 
stalks  before  the  seeds  are  formed.  Yet 
growers  recognize  that  the  longer  the 
stems  are  allowed  to  remain,  the  stronger 
the  crowns  become,  and  the  better  the 
next  season’s  crop.  Seedlings  which  are 
grown  well  are  likely  to  flower  the  first 
year.  Although  started  plants  are  com¬ 
monly  used  for  making  beds,  experienced 
growers  have  often  found  that  plants 
grown  from  seed  and  not  disturbed  be¬ 
come  more  vigorous  than  those  which  have 
been  transplanted.  It  isn’t  necessary  to 
make  a  particularly  deep  trench  when  as¬ 
paragus  is  being  set  out,  as  some  people 
seem  to  think,  nor  to  put  a  great  mass  of 
manure  under  them.  Much  of  the  root 
growth  is  sidewise,  and  it  is  much  better 
to  have  the  soil  between  the  rows  well 
fertilized.  In  the  home  garden  a  trench 
7  in.  deep  will  be  ample,  with  the  plants 
2  ft.  apart,  and  3  ft.  between  the  rows. 
E.  I.  FARRINGTOX. 
Farm  and  Garden  Notes 
The  Government  states  that  use  will  be 
made  of  airplanes  in  estimating  the  cot¬ 
ton  acreage,  the  Department  of  Agricul¬ 
ture  announcing  April  4  that  photographs 
will  be  taken  July  25  of  selected  areas 
from  three  army  planes,  which  experts 
will  use  in  dusting  cotton  plants  with 
calcium  arsenate  in  the  fight  against  the 
boll  weevil.  Estimates  of  the  cotton  acre¬ 
age  will  be  made  from  the  photographs 
and  checked  up  against  the  acreage  re¬ 
ports  made  by  the  Department  of  Agri¬ 
culture’s  reporters  for  use  in  the  first 
official  estimate  of  cotton  acreage  of  the 
season. 
New  York  State’s  fight  to  keep  the 
gypsy  moth  from  extending  its  activities 
westward  from  New  England  will  begin 
April  15  along  a  450-mile  “front,”  it  was 
announced  by  IT.  B.  Melntire.  Federal 
gypsy  moth  expert,  who.  with  Dr.  H.  P. 
Felt,  State  Entomologist,  will  _  be  in 
charge  of  the  campaign.  Forsaking  the 
usual  method  of  fighting  the  moth  behind 
its  steadily  advancing  lines  of  encroach¬ 
ment.  Mr.  Melntire  said  it  is  planned  to 
make  a  “no  man’s  land,”  a  strip  25  miles 
in  width,  extending  from  Bridgeport, 
Cohn.,  through  Millerton,  Dutchess  Coun¬ 
ty.  into  New  York  State,  and  north 
along  the  Hudson  and  Champlain  valleys. 
corn  (including  all  parts  of  the  stalk  I, 
all  sorghums,  Sudan  grass,  celery,  green 
beans  in  the  pod,  beets  with  tops,  spin¬ 
ach.  rhubarb  and  oat  and  rye  straw  as 
such  or  when  used  as  packing. 
Gabriel  Davidson,  general  manager  of 
the  Jewish  Agricultural  Society,  issued 
April  !>  a  report  elucidating  the  “back-to- 
the-land”  movement  of  the  Jewish  race. 
He  says  that  within  23  years  the  Jewish 
farm  population  has  increased  from  216 
families  to  a  population  of  75,000.  The 
total  acreage  farmed  in  1000  was  12.020. 
while  today  more  than  1,000,000  acres 
have  been  cultivated  by  Jewish  labor,  and 
the  real  estate  and  personal  value  of  these 
holdings  are  over  $100,000,000.  The  so¬ 
ciety  has  been  diligent  in  teaching  meth¬ 
ods  of  sanitation  in  farm  life;  has  inaug¬ 
urated  an  employment  department  that 
has  secured  farm  work  for  14.446  young 
Jewish  men  since  its  establishment  in 
1008;  and  has  also  established  a  farm 
loan  department  that  has  granted  since 
1000  a  total  of  6.627  farm  loans,  aggre¬ 
gating  $4,143,000,  and  covering  38  States. 
The  first  steer  to  be  shipped  from  Can¬ 
ada  to  Great  Britain  after  a  30-year  em¬ 
bargo  on  Dominion  cattle  received  such 
an  enthusiastic  welcome  that  he  brought 
an  unemployment  fund  $2,500  before  he 
finally  was  knocked  down  to  a  butcher  for 
$35.  A  report  of  the  reception,  cabled 
to  the  Canadian  Department  of  Agricul¬ 
ture.  said  the  animal  was  first  bought  b.v 
W.  B.  Donaldson,  a  noted  shipper,  for 
100  guineas.  He  turned  the  money  over 
to  the  fund  and  put  the  steer  on  the  block 
to  be  auctioned  again  and  again  until  the 
$2,500  was  accumulated.  Then  the  beef 
butcher  got  the  animal  for  $35.  It 
weighed  1.100  lbs. 
The  New  York  Senate  adopted  April 
10  a  resolution  offered  by  Senator  Nathan 
Straus,  Jr.,  calling  for  a  non-partisan  in¬ 
vestigation  of  the  milk  and  butter  supply 
served  in  the  Capitol  restaurant.  The 
resolution  sets  forth  that  an  analysis  of 
the  milk  “has  disclosed  that  its  quality 
is  not  such  as  to  be  conducive  to  health.” 
The  Capitol  restaurant  is  subsidized  by 
the  State  government.  A  committee  of 
five  will  be  named  to  conduct  the  investi¬ 
gation. 
