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The  RURAL.  NEW- YORKER 
May  5,  1023 
Exactly  Fitted  to  the 
Business  of  Farming 
With  more  engine  power  than  any  other  vehicle  of  its  rated 
capacity,  for  fleetness  and  certainty  of  performance, — 
With  power  units  suspended  in  an  inner- framed  mounting, 
for  protection  against  road  shocks  and  for  greater  driving 
smoothness, — 
With  an  entire  chassis  perfected  by  ten  years  of  consistent 
usage,  as  assurance  against  experimental  practices, — 
With  body  convertibility  making  it  readily  adaptable  to 
every  class  of  farm  service, — 
With  brute  strength,  remarkable  simplicity  and  unusual 
accessibility  to  guarantee  continuity  of  operation, — 
And  with  pneumatic  cord  tires,  electrical  equipment  and 
other  factors  making  for  completeness,— 
The  Speed  Wagon  is  surely  the  most  telling  example  of 
broad-gauged  usefulness  in  the  rural  haulage  field. 
Twelve  standard  body  styles.  Capacity  500  to  2500  pounds.  Price 
of  Open  Cab  Express  (illustrated)  $1375;  chassis,  $1185,  at 
Lansing,  plus  tax.  More  than  75,000  in  use. 
Designed  and  Manufactured  in  the  Big 
Reo  Shops, — Not  Assembled 
Send  lor  Booklet  REASONS j'or  REO. 
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REO  MOTOR  CAR  COMPANY 
Lapsing,  Michigan 
STRAWBERRY  PLANTS  DELIVERY 
by  Parcel  Post  or  Express.  TRUE  TO  NAME!.  New  land 
grown;  no  ROOT  APHIS  or  DISEASE.  Free  Catalogue 
Berry,  Vegetable  and  Flower  Plants. 
100  250  1O00 
Superior . SO. 70  81.30  83.7  5 
Howard  17  or  Premier  1 . 'A 5  1.80  5.95 
Dunlap  or  Dr.  Burrell.  .90  1.50  4.95 
Late  Gaudy . 90  1.50  4.95 
Progressive  Ever  B. .. .  1.50  2.75  10.00 
600  at  1000  rate.  Prompt  Free  Delivery. 
N1COL  NOOK  GARDENS  •  •  Milford,  Del. 
Plantan  EVERLASTING  VEGETABLE  FARM 
J  have  the  largest  stock  of  Asparagus,  Rhubarb, 
Horse  Radish  roots,  Four-year  Grape  vines  in  New 
Jersey.  IStoek  now  reduced.  Send  for  bargain  prices 
and  32-page  catalogue.  Warren  Shinn,  Wood¬ 
bury,  N.  J.  ROOT  SPECIALIST  OF  25  YEARS. 
EUREKA  corn 
Genuine  Virginia  grown.  “More  tons  per  'TCI  i 
acre.”  Freight  paid  on  2  bushels.  Per  bu.  «p2i.  I  O 
B.  F.  METCALF  &  SON,  226  W.  Genesee  St.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
Early  and  Late  Frostprooi  Cabbage  Plants  I 
300— SI;  500 — SI .25;  1,000— $2.25,  postpaid;  expressed, 
$1.50.  Sweet  Potato,  Tomato,  standard  varieties, 
treated  against  disease  and  rot.  May,  June  Deliv¬ 
ery.  Prices  Free.  Quality,  satisfaction  guaranteed. 
MAPLE  GROVE  FARMS  -  Franklin,  Virginia 
MILLIONS  "Frost  Prool  ’  CABBAGE  PLANTS 
Copenhagen,  Wakefields,  Succession,  &c.  300— $1 ; 
500— $1.25j  1,000— $2.25.  mailed  prepaid.  Expressed, 
10,000— $15.  Tomato  and  Sweet  potato  plants.  300— 
$1.50;  500 — 52 ;  1,000— $3,  Prepaid.  Expressed,  10,000 
•20,  Cash.  Don’t  take  chances.  Ol  der  from  largest  grow¬ 
ers  in  Virginia.  GUARANTEED  SAFE  ARRIVAL  ANTWHERE  OR  MONET 
REFUNDED.  J.  P.  COUNCILL  COMPANY  Franklin,  Virginia 
DAIII.1AS.  Twelve  different  varieties,  postpaid,  SI. 
A  NNA  COR  WIN.  IL  F.  I>.  So.  3,  Newburgh.  N.  Y. 
You'i  e  Wanted  Address  Stamps  for  your  Parcel  Post. 
Now  order  some.  1e  «aeb.  T.  TERWILLI6ER,  Walden,  N.  T. 
POTATO  SPRAYER 
HIGH  PRESSURE 
mGL*RS  Nnt£iTs„ 
ctiams  1  TUsrnooiEE 
'FRIEND' MFG.Co.  Gaw.NY 
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SOLD  on  a  GUARANTEE 
Treat  your  seed  with  CORBIN  and  protect  it 
against  Crows,  other  birds.  Mice,  Wireworms, 
Weevils,  etc.  CORBIN  prevents  stinking  smut, 
Easily  applied.  Treated  seed  can  be  used  in  planter. 
Costs  about  15c  per  acre  of  corn.  If  it  fails  to  do 
wha  we  claim,  return  empty  can  and  we  will  refund 
your  money.  Send  for  a  can  today— enough  to  treat 
300  lbs.  of  seed.  Price  81.50.  We  pay  postage, 
AMERICAN  CORBIN  CO..  PLAINFIELD.  N.  J. 
TIMOTHY  SEED 
Few  dealers  can  equal  Metcalf’s  Recleaned  Tim¬ 
othy,  99.70%  pure.  $4.00  per  bushel  of  45  pounds. 
Metcalf's  Timothy  and  Alsike  Mixed,  at  $4.50  per 
bushel  of  45  pounds. 
Bags  free  and  freight  paid  on  each  in  fire  bushel  Iota. 
B.  F.  METCALF  &  SON,  Inc. 
206-208  W.  Genesee  St.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
Everbearing  Strawberry  Plants 
81.50  per  100.  810  per  1,000.  Plants  set  out  this 
Spring  will  bearQunntitiea  of  Delicious  Berries  this 
Summer.  BASIL  PERRY.  R.  R.  5,  Georgetown,  Delaware 
STRAWBERRY  PLANTS 
Kellogg's  Premier,  Success.  Aroma.  Wm.  Belt, 
Parson’s  Beauty  and  Howard  17.  85  per  1,000. 
Chesapeake.  88  per  1  000.  Catalogue  Free. 
Basil  Perry  R.  R.  5  Georgetown,  Delaware 
EVERBEARING  STRAWBERRY  PLANTS 
(Progressive,  Superb  or  Lucky  Roy  .1  state  inspected.  S2 
per  100  JTantSjjostpaiti,  LEW  IK  SifcVEkS,  Keymotnt,  R.B. 
Farm  and  Garden  News 
The  horse  quarantine  in  New  York 
eight  years  ago  because  of  the  prevalence 
of  glanders  lias  beeen  lifted  because  of 
the  reduction  in  the  number  of  cases, 
according  to  announcement  April  11  by 
the  State  Department  of  Farms  and  Mar¬ 
kets.  During  the  period  of  restriction  no 
horses  have  been  admitted  to  the  city  or 
Nassau,  Suffolk  and  Westchester  counties 
without  examination. 
The  Italian  Ambassador  is  expected 
soon  to  notify  the  State  Department  and 
the  Department  of  Labor  that  Italy 
stands  ready  to  supply  on  short  notice 
the  12  per  cent  deficit  in  farm  labor  re¬ 
ported  recently  by  the  Department  of 
Agriculture.  The  best  farmers  would  be 
offered.  The  Ambassador  has  indicated 
in  speeches  the  desire  of  his  country  to 
send  her  surplus  population  to  America 
under  conditions  that  will  meet  require¬ 
ments  of  sections  of  the  country  where 
laborers  are  needed.  The  law  prevents 
the  acceptance  of  any  large  number  of 
Italian  immigrants,  but  Secretary  Davis 
has  indicated  be  might  recommend  new 
legislation.  It  is  expected  the  Italian 
Government  will  try  to  have  proposed 
changes  include  provision  to  increase  the 
quota  for  Italy. 
The  United  States  Civil  Service  Com¬ 
mission  announces  that  examinations  for 
a  Plant  Quarantine  Inspector  and  an 
Assistant  Plant  Propagator  will  be  held 
on  .Tune  0  and  May  23,  respectively.  The 
maximum  salary  with  bonus  for  the  for¬ 
mer  is  $2,740,  and  $1,840  for  the  latter. 
Information  and  application  blanks  may 
be  obtained  at  any  customs  office  or  city 
post  office  or  from  the  commission  at 
Washington,  D.  C. 
American  agriculture  is  in  a  critical 
state  and  it  is  up  to  the  banks  to  co¬ 
operate  generously  with  farmers,  -T.  H 
Puelicher,  president  of  the  American 
Bankers’  Association,  said  April  23  dur¬ 
ing  a  discussion  of  agriculture  before  the 
bankers’  executive  council,  meeting  at  the 
IWestehester-Biltmore  Country  Club,  near 
Rye,  N.  Y.  Burton  M.  Smith,  chairman 
of  the  Agricultural  Commission,  urged  a 
better  understanding  between  farmer  and 
banker.  Committee  meetings  dealt  en-  ; 
tirely  wilh  agricultural  topics. 
Russia  has  sold  150,000  tons  of  grain  to 
Germany,  according  to  a  radiogram  re¬ 
ceived  April  10  by  the  Department  of 
Agriculture  from  its  representative,  E.  C. 
Squire,  who  is  making  an  agricultural 
survey  of  Northern  Europe  for  the  de¬ 
partment.  The  1022  grain  crop  in  Rus¬ 
sia  is  estimated  at  45.000,000  tons  by  the 
Russian  Statistical  Bureau.  Of  this 
quantity  the  bureau  estimated  that  10,- 
000  tons  are  available  for  export.  The 
League  of  Nations  report  on  economic- 
conditions  in  Russia  indicates  these  esti¬ 
mates  are  too  high  and  that  the  total 
grain  supplies  in  Russia  are  barely  suffi¬ 
cient  to  feed  the  Russian  people. 
CONTENTS 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER,  MAY  5,  1928 
FARM  TOPICS 
The  Beginnings  of  Agriculture  in  America— 
Part  1 . 679’ 
New  Yorkers  and  Boosters . 
Carbon  Dioxide  as  a  Fertilizer . 
Federal  Inspection  of  Hay . 
A  ’-Mulch”  of  Stones . ■  •  ■  • 
Value  of  Potatoes . <>81> 
Notes  from*a  Sagebrush  Farmer  s  Wile - 
Alsike  Alone  . . . 
Hay  from  Sprayed  Orchards . 
Trouble  Over  Drainage . . . 
LIVE  STOCK  AND  DAIRY 
A  Cow  With  a  Label . 
Farmers  as  Milk  Consumers... 
Cows,  Hogs  and  Cash . 
Sheep  Shortage  . 
A  Feed  Analysis . . 
Feeding  Cows  and  Heifers . 
Feeding  Brood  Sow . 
Molasses  With  Silage . . 
Minerals  for  Pigs . . 
Supplementing  Brewers’  Grams 
Feed  Lacks  Protein . 
THE  HENYARD 
Starting  a  Poultry  Farm . . 
Expensive  Ration  . 
Cure  for  Egg -eating  and  Pulling  Feathers. 
Buying  Baby  Chicks  for  Broilers . 
Bronchitis  . 
Egg-laying  Contest  . 
Ailing  Pullets  . 
HORTICULTURE 
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Waterglass  for  Pruning  Wounds . 
Treatment  of  Forced  Plants  After  Flower¬ 
ing  . ; . 
Grapes  for  Central  Michigan . 
Lawn  Grass  Seed  Mixture . 
Perennial  Phlox  . 
Peaches  from  Seed . 
Pruning  Plums  and  Peaches  and  Propagat¬ 
ing  Grapes  . . . 
More  About  Top-working  Kieffers . 
New  Seedling  Pear  Cayuga . 
WOMAN  AND  HOME 
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From  Day  to  Day .  694 
The  Rural  Patterns . 694 
Prune  Marmalade;  Shrinkage  in  Canning...  694 
Tennessee  Notes  . 094,  695 
Pineapple  Doyley  .  695 
Flower  and  Starch  Beads . . .  695 
Quickly  Made  Soap .  695 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Advice  About  Food .  680 
Cats,'  Rats  and  Birds .  685 
‘‘The  Outlaw  Cat” .  685 
Plan  for  Water  Supply . 687 
Increasing  Speed  of  Saw- .  687 
Manufacturing  Cement  Blocks .  687 
School  Voters  and  School  Troubles .  693 
Menace  of  Money  and  Power .  693 
STRAWBERRY  PLANTS 
The  three  leaders  for  home  and  commercial  grower*. 
HOWARD  17  or  PREMIER  •  DR.  BURRILL  -  LUPT0N 
A  great  trio.  Early  to  late  season,  prolific  bearersand  big 
money  makers.  Selected,  clean  plants.  Grown  on  ground 
never  before  used  for  Strawberriea.  State  inspected. 
ASPARAGUS  ROOTS,  CONOVER'S  COLOSSAL  and  PALMETTO 
The  old  reliable  varieties.  Fine,  large  roots.  $10.00  per 
1,000.  Send  for  Circular  A.  ^ 
JAY  S.  SKEHAN,  Vineland,  New  Jersey 
SPECIAL 
April  Bargains 
and 
Free  Delivery 
Owing  to  the  lateness  of  the  season 
we  will  have  an  ample  supply  of 
plants  of  practically  all  varieties 
until  May  15th.  And  offer  them  at 
greatly  reduced  prices. 
Here  is  a  chance  that  may  never 
happen  again  to  the  late  BUYER. 
100 
250 
1000 
PREMIER . 
$1.15 
$2.00 
$5.00 
Howard  17 . 
1.15 
2.00 
5.00 
FORD . 
1.15 
2.00 
5.00 
BIG  LATE  ,  . . . . 
1.15 
2.00 
5.00 
DUNLAP . 
1.00 
1.50 
3.50 
Dr.  Burrill . 
1.00 
1.50 
3.50 
LUPTON  LATE 
1.15 
1.50 
5.00 
EATON . 
1.50 
2.50 
.... 
GANDY . 
1.15 
2.00 
5.00 
AROMA . 
1.15 
2.00 
5.00 
BIG  JOE . 
1.15 
2.00 
5.00 
BUS-BASKET . . 
1.50 
2.50 
7.50 
World  Wonder.. 
1.50 
2.50 
7.50 
Chesapeake 
2.00 
.... 
.... 
EVERBEARING 
100 
250 
1000 
CHAMPION. . . . 
$3.00^ 
$5.00  1 
$15.00 
PROGRESSIVE 
1.50 
2.75 
8.00 
LUCKY  BOY  . . 
3.00 
5.00 
15.00 
500  plant *  at  1000  rate 
Mail  us  your  order  direct  from  this 
ad— today — enclose  M.  O.  or  register 
your  letter,  and  we  promise  prompt 
shipment  by  parcel  post  if  within 
the  3rd  Zone— all  other  Zones  Ex¬ 
press  Paid. 
E.  W.  Townsend  &  Sons  Nursery 
SALISBURY,  MARYLAND 
Why  Pay  the  Thresherman 
When  you  can  do  the  work  yourself  ?  You,  no 
doubt,  have  an  engine — Why  not  invest  a  few 
hundred  dollars  and  own  a  complete  thresher 
outfit !  It  will  pay  you  to  look  into  the 
ELLIS  CHAMPION 
SIXTY-THREE  YEARS  OF  EXPERIENCE 
behind  these  threshers,  and  they  are  guaran¬ 
teed  to  please  !  You  will  not  only  save  the 
price  of  the  Thresherman,  but  you  will  save 
more  grain,  and  there  will  be  no  worry  as  to 
when  the  threshing  will  he  done.  We  make 
four  sizes  and  equip  our  machines  with  all  the 
latest  improvements.  Write  for  our  catalogue. 
ELLIS  KEYSTONE  AGRICULTURAL  WORKS 
Pottstown  -  Pennsylvania 
Rll«fl4XC  Two  years  old,  $3.75  dozen, 
UUSlIvS  postpaid,  insured  delivery, 
Opheliu,  Columbia,  Pilgrim,  Premier,  Francis  Scott  Key, 
Mrs.  Aaron  Ward,  Crusader,  Madame  Butterfly.  Bloom 
from  these  bushes  won  first  prize,  Flower  Show.  New 
York  City,  1922  ;  also  March  14,  1923. 
Hardy  Chrysanthemum  plants  $1.25  dozen’ 
Honorable  Treatment  Guaranteed.  postpaid. 
REYNOLDS  FARM,  South  Norwalk,  Conn. 
TOMATO  PLANTS,  Ready  May  25,  $1.98  per  1  .(>00 
CABBAGE  ■’  ”  "  20,  1  75  ”  • 
A8TEK  “  ••  ••  25.  75  ••  100 
DAHLIA  ROOTS, $1  per  Doz.  All  Plants Pnstp'd. 
DAVID  RODWAY  liar tly,  Delaware 
