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American Agricultui'ist, April 14,1923 
For Every Kind 
of Spraying 
This handy sprayer fills the 
bill—Sprays fruit trees, gardens, 
flowers, shrub^ vegetables, 
grapes, berries. For whitewash¬ 
ing poultry houses, cellars, fence 
posts, and trees — for spraying 
disinfectant, fly spray, carbola 
in poultry houses and sta¬ 
bles—for washing windows, 
id ■ 
automobiles and buggiesl 
^^'ISBANNER 
COMPRESSED AIR SPRAYER 
IS made right—strong, effici¬ 
ent and handy,—designed to do 
the work as it should be done. No 
effort at all to use it. A few 
Strokes of the pump compresses 
air to discharge contents of the 
tank—carried on shoulder strap 
or by handle — handy nozzle, 
opens and cuts off instantly— 
throws long distance fine mist or 
coarse spray. 
Ask your dealer to shove you 
this sprayer — examine it — you 
will be surprised that it can be 
sold at so low a price—Don’t ac¬ 
cept a substitutes — there are 
imitations but only one No. 22 
Banner —insist on getting the 
best—most hardware and imple¬ 
ment dealers carry them—if yours 
does not, write us and we will 
see that you are supplied. Send 
for free catalog of complete line. 
D.B.SMITH &CO. 
SMITH 
SPRAYERS 
Manufacturers of Quality Sprayers 
Since f886 
80 Main Street, Utica, N. Y 
The name SMITH on a sprayt 
is a guarantee of lasting Quality 
and satisfaction, or money bad. 
QUAKER HILL FARM 
SEEDS 
are SUPERIOR because 
1. Each strain was developed by plant 
breeding experts. 
2. They have averaged highest yields in 
farm bureau and college tests. 
3. Field and bin inspections by disinter¬ 
ested persons show the disease free¬ 
dom and purity. 
Oats, Barley, Corn, Potatoes, Beans 
Write for Deso'iptionSy Records and Pnces 
BUY DIRECT FROM GROWER 
K. C. LIVERMORE, “S* HONEOYE FALLS, N.Y. 
West ^ B 
A Hardy Ensilage Corn 
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 guaranteed by the growers to be mature, 
of high quality, purity and germination. 
Ask yourCounty Agent about this genuineWest 
Branch Sweepstakes Ensilage Corn. Write us 
for sample, prices and complete description. 
WEST BRANCH CO-OPERATIVE SEED 
GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC. 
Box A, Williamsport, Pa. 
BOXOF^EOSmiO 
This is a Wonderful Box of 
Seeds and will produce 
bushels of Vegetables, 
Fruits and Flowers. 
ig 
of Seeds will be mailed to 
any address for only lOc. 
1 Pkt. (300 seeds) Cabbage—60-<tay—Produced heads in 60 days. 
(600 
<100 
<100 
(1000 
(100 
(26 
(50 
(1000 
(2000 
) Lettuce—Earliest or 12-day—Record breaker. 
) Radish —Red Bird — Earliest of all reds. 
) Vegetable Peach—Fine for preserving. 
) Turnip—6Wks.orSnowball—Quickestgrower. 
) Tomato—Early^ee—best of all EJrect grower. 
) Garden Berry—Fruits in 4 months from seed 
—good for Preserves and Pies. 
) Aster-Bouquet-l plant is a gorgeous bouquet. 
) Poppy-Firefly-Most gorgeous poppies grown. 
) Flowers—27 varieties—Great mixture—Won¬ 
derful colors. 
I Guarantee you will be more than pleased. New 1923 
Seed Book of the best Vegetable and Flower seeds, 
many Novelties in Colors, free to all. Order today. 
F. B. MILLS, Seed Grower, Box 40, ROSE HILL. N. Y. 
RFRRV PI ANTS Strawberry, Raspberry, Blackberry, 
D£iIa 1\1 rLAltlij Dewberry, Loganberry, Gooseberry. 
dragon, Ajnnia ana oiner an 
^ARRY D. SQUIRES 
In the Garden Vineyard 
Varieties and Cultural Practices for the Small Grower 
Currant, Grape plants. 
VEGETABLE ROOTS 
VEGETABLE PLANTS Tomato, Parsley, Elgg Plant, 
Onion, Beet, Sweet Potato, Pepper plants. 
Cl nWPR PI AMTC Hollyhock. Canterberry Bells, Fox- 
rLUviLK rLAi'lli) glove, SweetWilllam, Poppy, Phlox 
and other perennials; Pansy, Aslor, Columbine, Salvia. Snap¬ 
dragon, Zlinnia and other annuals; Roses.Shrubs. Catalogue free. 
T he first considera¬ 
tion in planting a 
garden vineyard is that of varieties, so 
that the wants of the household may 
be satisfied. A garden vineyard is of 
little service if the varieties are such 
that the fruit ripens all at one time. 
The sorts must be selected so that they 
will cover the entire season. Under our 
conditions in the Lake Erie section, _we 
can make plantings for early fruiting 
varieties from the Red Moyer, Moore’s 
Early, Black Worden, Diamond or Lady 
Washington, while Concord, Delaware 
and Niagara come for the middle of the 
season. Catawba, Agawam or some of 
Rodger’s Hybrids will round out the 
season as good late sorts. 
This list is merely suggestive, and 
there are many others in favor. While 
some have merit, there is not one in 20 
of the new varieties being introduced 
which shows improvement over our 
present list. However, the amateur 
grape grower can satisfy his curiosity 
by experiment 
By L. G. YOUNGS 
If the growth of the 
vines is not satisfac¬ 
tory at the end of the second year after 
planting, the wood is cut back in the 
same way as in the first year after 
planting, and this process may be fol¬ 
lowed throughout the vineyard until 
satisfactory. In most cases we bring 
two canes up to the bottom wire i^nd 
tie them at right angles along the bot¬ 
tom wire, or else they are carried to 
the top wire and tied along that. We 
use a No. 20 vine wire in tying the 
canes on the top wire. The tie on the 
bottom wire is made with a 4-ply twine 
an I is loose enough so that the cane 
will not girdle. 
A Danger in Tying 
W E have found that when wire is 
used to make the tying upon the 
bottom wire, the cane is often girdled, 
and so we have discontinued that prac¬ 
tice. Some growers in our section only 
bring up one cane at first to either the 
bottom or to 
A favored spot in the garden when the 
purple bunches hang thick 
ing, and, if done 
in a small way, 
the expense will 
be insignificant. 
If the garden 
vineyardist will 
make the bulk 
of his plantings 
of tested varie¬ 
ties he will be 
quite sure of 
average, moder¬ 
ate success in 
his w o rk . If 
the locality is 
s u b j e c t to se¬ 
vere frost, it is 
advisable to lo¬ 
cate the vine- 
y a r d on the 
highest avail- 
able ground on the farm, as frost will 
be less liable to cause damage, and 
grapes seem to naturally thrive best 
on high levels. 
It has been my experience that the 
best grade one-year vines are prefer¬ 
able, and commercial grape men seem 
to make this preference. Some grow¬ 
ers are not willing to wait, and hope to 
hasten the fruiting of their varieties 
by purchasing two-year vines. It has 
been our experience that the one-year 
vines, when purchased, should be cut 
back to an 8 or a 10-inch root and 
trimmed to two buds. Growth can be 
hastened by use of a commercial fer¬ 
tilizer applied after the roots have been 
well covered with soil. The earth pre¬ 
vents any burning action of the fer¬ 
tilizer. 
It is best to plant the garden vine¬ 
yard on much the same lines as the 
large vineyard. The 10 x 10-foot and 
9 X 9-foot spacing of vineyards is now 
obsolete, and spacing of 9x8, 9x7, or 
9x6 feet is followed mostly for the 
strong growing varieties like the Con¬ 
cord. A few vineyardists out here fol¬ 
low the 8-foot spacing of the rows for 
the Delaware and weaker growing 
varieties, but the method is not satis¬ 
factory either for haulpig out the 
grapes or for plowing and cultivating. 
the top wires 
In the arm 
system, the cane 
is trained to 
two arms on the 
bottom wire at 
right angles to 
the main cane. 
Three to five 
laterals are 
brought up 
from the arms 
and tied to the 
top wire for 
the fruiting 
wood. Under 
the Kniffen sys¬ 
tem as former¬ 
ly practiced, 
two laterals 
were trained 
over the bottom wire and two over the 
top wire at right angles to the parent 
cane. The modification of this system 
is to carry the vine to the top wire 
and tie the fruit wood down to the 
bottom wire. We have found that 
when this system is followed there will 
be less trouble from the wind blowing 
down the canes from the trellis. 
A word about the ti’ellis: The first 
wire of this is stapled to the post and 
spaced 30 to 36 inches from the ground. 
The second, or top wire, is stapled 24 
inches above the bottom wire. A few 
vineyardists have used a third wire, 
but it has been very generally discon¬ 
tinued in recent plantings. 
HAMPTON BAYS, N.Y. 
Setting out the Vines 
T TERE is a tendency right now toward 
closer planting in the setting of vine¬ 
yards, but as less wood is put up, the 
aggregate of buds is about the same 
per acre. Vineyardists formerly de¬ 
sired the vines to have 45 to 60 or more 
buds, but now 25 to 35 buds is gener¬ 
ally the rule. The decrease in buds 
gives larger berides and better should¬ 
ered fruit. 
There are various systems of train¬ 
ing vines, the general purpose of all of 
which is the renewal of the fruiting 
wood. The one big fact which the 
garden vineyardists should grasp is 
that the grapes are not grown on old 
wood, but on wood of the previous sea¬ 
son’s growth. The first season for 
planting we cut back the vines to three 
buds, and from the three canes which 
grow we save the two best ones to carry 
to the trellis. The support, or trellis, is 
made by setting stakes at a distance 
of three vines apart. A post and brace 
is used at either end of the vineyard 
row, and the stakes at every three 
vines are wired to them. 
Spraying 
G rapes need to be sprayed when rot, 
mildew, or anthracnose are prevalent, 
with Bordeaux mixture, applied at the 
rate of 100 gallops to the acre. This 
is put on immediately after the grapes 
have blossomed. In fact, it is well to 
spray at this time, as a general insur¬ 
ance against fungous troubles. If the 
grape root-worm or the grape berry- 
moth are present, add five or six pounds 
arsenate of lead to the Bordeaux mix¬ 
ture, and repeat the spraying in two 
weeks. 
If thrip or leaf hopper are in the 
vineyard, it is best to use a nicotine 
spray to control them. This may be 
combined with the arsenate of lead. 
The nozzles of the spray rod should be 
so that the fine spray is thrown upward 
upon the underside of the leaves. Fine 
holes in the nozzles give_ best results, 
particularly when combating the thrip, 
for nicotine is a contact spray and 
should be applied as a mist to prevent 
the pest. __ 
TREATING OATS FOR SMUT 
In last week’s issue there appeared a 
stenographic error on page 309 in the 
recommendations for diluting formal¬ 
dehyde in the 
smut. Instead 
dehyde in 40 
directions shou 
of formaldehy( 
After the se ‘ 
through the 
and fight 
a tight, clea^ 
the diluted 
The pile h 
during the^ 
is moiste 
^ery 
Double SpririgProfits 
Allen's Full-Nest Foods 
You L-an raise from liU to 1)5 
cent of your y o u n k hatches 
perhaps lUU per cent on 
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Buttermilk Starting Mash. 
Buttermilk Nutro Growing Mash 
Buttermilk Mash for Layers 
Nursery Chick Food. 
Growing Chick Food. 
Quality Scratch Food. 
Write for prices 
of Allen’s Guaran¬ 
teed Foods and 
interesting 
literature. 
ALLEN 
MILLING 
COMPANY 
BOX 544 
Niagara Falls, N. Y, 
Pedigreed Potatoes 
Irish Cobblers, and Certified Rural 
Russets. Yields from 300 to 562 bushels 
per acre, for ten years. First Prize 
and Sweepstakes medal over all vari¬ 
eties at Cornell Potato Show, Feb. 23. 
Address 
GARDNER FARMS, TULLY, N. Y. 
You .houjd PJJQ5J PI^QP ebb.,. 
use 
pi ants 
and get your cabbage into tlie markets four to six weeks 
earlier than you can by using home-grown hot bou.se 
plants. Early Jersey and Charleston Wakefields, Succes¬ 
sion and Plat Dutch. Prices by express f. o. b. here— 
$1.25 per 1,000; 5,000 for $5; 10,000 for $9; 25,000 for $20. 
Should you wish plants shipped by parcel post, add one 
dollar per thousand to above prices. Satisfaction guaran¬ 
teed or purchase price of plants refunded. 
S. M. GIBSON CO. 
YONGES ISLAND, S. C. 
CLOVER AM) TIMOTHY 
$ 4.00 
BUSHEL 
Sweet Clover $7.00: Alfalfa $7.00; Red Glover 
$12.00; Sudan $6.00; Grimm Alfalfa $20.00; 
Orchard Grass $2.00; Red Top $2.00; Blue 
Grass $4.00; Caneseed $2.60; Alsike $10.00; 
Timothy $4.00; sacks FREE; Satisfaction or 
money back; we ship from several warehouses 
and save you freight; 6 per cent discount on 
6 bushel orders; Order from this ad or write 
for samples, but eet your order in as prices 
’ ’ ighe 
are soini; much higher. 
MEIER SEED CO. aa Salina, Kansas 
GLADIOLUS GORGEOUS 
Plant early and often. Our prize mix¬ 
ture of rare kinds. All bloom this year. 
Large bulbs, 100 for $3.00; 30 for $1.00; 
florist size, 100 for $1.75, or 50 for 
$1.00. Mammoth bulbs, 25 for $1.00, 
postpaid. 
R. J. GIBBINS MT. HOLLY, N. J. 
On cream separators. A 
tried, tested, nigh quality 
separator. Famous for close 
eklmming, modern improvements. 
^ ’economicaloperation, at a price that 
m^es the Galloway the world’s great¬ 
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Payment Plan makes it easy to 
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WILLIAJ^ GALLOWAY CO. 
Dept. 343, Waterloo. Iowa 
iment of oats for 
of formal- 
£f water, the 
one pound 
of water, 
been run 
piut balls 
piled on 
led with 
ehyde. 
Times 
nel 
GROWER 
strawberry Plants, Raspberries, 
Hlackberry, (looseberry. Currant. 
Grapes. Asparagus, Rhubarb. Trees-- 
Fruit, Nut, Shade, Ornamental. 
Flowers—Bulbs, Vines, Lto.ses, Shrubbery, etc. 
Write for prices and booklet howto grow everi/tbing from th- nursery. 
A. G. BLOUNT. Dept. E, HASTINGS, N. Y. 
Strawberry Plants 
FOR SALE. Ask for Cata¬ 
log telling all about the 
great Early Frost Proof straw 
berry. “Horsey” and 40 other varieties. Lucretia Dewberry, $ 1 2 
per 1,000. Horseradish and other plants. 
J. KEIFFORD HALL, R. No. 1, REID’S GROVE. MO. 
CTD AUfDCDDICC Why buy cheap plants, when you cart 
ijlnnYYDLlVlvlEiO get the best at rock-botlom puces' 
The Best and tSlen IMary, $8 per 1,000; S. Dunlap, $ > 'O' 
per 1,000; all varieties, $l per lOO. Delivered Iree. 
R. L. McNlTT, PULASKI, N. Y. 
Peach Trees 20c, Apple Trees 25c 
each Postpaid. Send for 1923 Catalog of Fruit Trees, 
Plants. Guaranteed Garden, Flower and Farm Seet.s. 
ALLKN M KSKUY k 8KKI> IIOISK GENEVA, OHIO 
«T , II rtr I Mild or Strong. F.xtra fine 
Natural Leal 1 opaccO'-^ng^o^ibs. _si.^; w. 
FREE; Hand-Picked Chewing. :■ lbs. $1-50; 10, $2.50. 
TOBACCO GROWERS’ UNION, Murray, Ky. 
