Jht  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
,  1395 
ROOFING 
Special  Snaps  For 
Quick  Keen  Buyers 
We  are  offering  a  limited  quantity  of  roll 
roofing  in  various  grades  for  immediate 
acceptance  and  shipment  as  follows: 
Smooth  Surfaced  Roofing 
This  material  is  built  on  three  different  weights 
of  felt,  well  saturated,  and  surfaced  smooth.  It  is 
easy  to  lay  on  any  roof,  and  can  be  adapted  to 
any  conditions  as  follows: 
No.  SC-1  Light  weight, per  roll  of  108  sq.  ft.  $1.00 
No.  SC-2  Med. weight,  per  roll  of  108  sq.  ft.  1.20 
No.  SC-3  Heavyweight,  per  roll,  108  sq.  ft.  1.40 
Redand  Grey- Green  Slate 
Coated  Roofing 
No.  SC-4  This  material  is  brand  new  85  to  90 
pound  stock,  built  on  a  heavy  felt,  and  surfaced 
with  red  or  grey-green  crushed  slate.  $150 
Price  per  roll  of  108  square  feet .  - — 
No.SC-5  This  stock  is  more  or  less  defective  as 
to  slate  coating;  two  to  three  lengths  $1  15 
to  the  roll.  Sold  as  is  per  roll  of  108  sq.  ft.  - 
Roofing  for  Repair  Jobs 
No.  SC-6  Lot  TM-4.  This  material  is  put  up  in 
full  rolls,  running  from  three  to  four  lengths  to 
the  roll.  Suitable  for  small  roofs,  repair  jobs, 
patching,  and  lining.  It  is  known  as  repair  job, 
or  spliced  roofing.  Price  per  roll  of  108  fiE£C 
square  feet . . . . . 
NOTE:  Nails  and  cement  will  be 
furnished  at  lOc  per  roll  extra, 
for  any  of  the  above  material. 
Dept.  SC- 37 
All  Prices  are  f.o.b.Chicago 
HARRIS  BROTHERS  CO. 
35th  and  Iron  Streets,  CHICAGO 
The  Early  Buyer  Buys  Right — 
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Commercial  mixtures  and  raw  ma¬ 
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A  Short-stemmed  Sunflower 
I  send  a  picture  of  myself  and  sun¬ 
flower  as  a  contrast  to  the  one  of  the 
girl  and  her  sunflower  in  a  late  number 
of  The  R.  N.-Y.  It  shows  what  can  he 
done  by  selection,  and  the  things  one  has 
to  contend  with  in  improving  and  keeping 
plants  true  to  type. 
Some  years  ago  I  had  some  White 
Wonder  sunflowers,  one  of  which  had 
the  “big  head”  and  short  stem.  It  has 
bred  quite  true,  but  this  year  it  has 
shown  some  crossing  with  the  Mammoth 
Russian  and  also  a  jet  black.  The  heignt 
of  this  sunflower  is  3  ft.  7  in.  to  the  cen¬ 
ter  of  the  head.  The  head  is  a  trifle  over 
12  in.  Most  of  the  flowers  were  about  as 
large  where  they  were  properly  thinned. 
They  wei'e  planted  May  9,  and  after  July 
4  have  had  no  rain. 
My  idea  is  that  this  type  of  sunflower 
would  be  a  boon  to  poultrymen ;  but 
probably  no  advantage  when  used  for 
silage.  To  get  best  results  it  should  he 
planted  in  rows  3  ft.  wide  and  plants  not 
closer  than  2  ft.,  or  perhaps  better,  30x30 
in.  each  way.  s.  T.  walker. 
Oregon. 
Garden  Truck  for  Boarders 
During  the  Summer  months  we  have 
quite  a  number  of  Summer  boarders,  and 
each  year  our  garden  truck  does  not  start 
to  mature  until  the  boarding  season  is 
nearly  over.  Other  farmers  in  the  vicinity 
engaged  in  the  same  line  as  we  are,  are 
using  garden  produce  a  month  ahead  of 
us.  Would  you  recommend  Fall  plow¬ 
ing  and  fertilizing?  I  would  like  all  the 
information  you  can  give  on  the  following 
crops :  Sweet  corn,  peas,  beans,  tomatoes, 
beets  and  kohl-rabi.  What  kind  of  soil 
should  I  pick  out,  and  what  exposure 
should  it  have?  This  year  we  planted  on 
land  that  was  of  a  sandy  loam  formation, 
and  it  was  the  first  time  in  a  number  of 
years  that  it  had  been  heavily  fertilized. 
East  Haddam,  Conn.  s.  s. 
A  good  sandy  loam  with  a  southern  ex¬ 
posure  is  best.  Early  Mayflower  for 
sweet  corn,  planted  May  10,  should  give 
you  corn  fit  for  table  the  last  of  July. 
Hundredfold  peas,  planted  April  15,  will 
give  you  peas  June  15.  Plant  again  May 
1  for  a  succession  crop.  Early  Valentine 
(green)  and  Refugee  (Wax  (yellow) 
beans,  planted  May  1  are  ready  for  use 
July  1.  Early  Egyptian  beet,  sown  April 
15,  should  be  ready  for  use  July  1.  Set 
large  transplanted  Bonnie  Best  tomato 
plants  May  15;  fruit  will  be  ripe  July  20. 
Early  White  Vienna  kohl-rabi  sown  May 
1  would  be  ready  for  use  July  15. 
WM,  PERKINS. 
Treatment  of  Gooseberry 
Would  you  tell  me  the  proper  treat¬ 
ment  for  a  gooseberry  bush?  Every  year 
we  have  blossoms,  but  they  disappear  be¬ 
fore  turning  into  berries.  How  and  when 
should  it  be  pruned?  MRS.  H.  B. 
Brooklyn,  N,  Y. 
Gooseberries  and  currants  call  for  much 
the  same  treatment,  excepting  that  goose¬ 
berries  will  carry  more  fruit  on  old  wood 
than  will  currants.  In  the  first  place,  it 
is  not  a  good  plan  to  have  many  canes 
older  than  three  years  of  age,  and  be¬ 
tween  four  to  10  shoots  to  the  bush  is 
sufficient.  In  the  Fall  is  a  good  time  to 
cut  out  the  old  shoots.  Then  in  the 
Spring  the  very  vigorous  shoots  should 
be  cut  hack  one-fourth  to  one-third  of 
their  growth,  and  all  the  small,  weak 
shoots  from  the  crown  should  be  removed. 
H.  B.  T. 
For  $1  postpaid.  Edmonds’  Poultry 
Account  Book.  The  Rural  New- 
Yorker,  333  W.  30th  St.,  New  York 
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months  before  we  were  married.”  “Yes 
darling,  I  know  they  are.”  “Well,  it’s  a 
bit  thick  to  expect  me  to  pay  for  the  bait 
I  was  caught  with.” — The  Passing  Show. 
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