American Agriculturist, August 11,1923 
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ABSORB,NE 
STOPS 
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from a Bone Spavin, Ring Bone, Splint, 
Curb, Side Bone, or similar troubles 
and gets horse going sound. It acts 
mildly but quickly and good results 
are lasting. Does not blister or re¬ 
move the hair and horse can be 
worked. Page 17 in pamphlet with 
each bottle tells how. $2,50 a 
bottle delivered Horse Book 9 R Free. 
W. F. YOUNG, Inc., 579 Lyman St., Springfield, Maas. 
CATTLE BREEDERS 
GRADE HOLSTEINS 
150 August and September Cows 
2 CARS FINE READY COWS 
All young, good size, good condition. 
Perfect udders and good producers. 
Shall have October and November Cows in Season 
OSWALD J. WARD & SONS, CANDOR, N. Y. 
HOLSTEIN BULLS FOR SALE 
Sons of 
DUTCHLAND COLANTHA SIR INKA 
FiSHKILL FARMS, Hopewell Junction, N. Y. 
HENRY MORGENTHAU, Jr., Owner 
HftlSTFIN RIII I Born Dec - 7th ’ 1921 - Sireti Dy a 
IlULOlEin DULL 33-pound Son of King of the 
Pontiacs, Dam is 24.95-pound daughter Changeling But- 
ter Boy. He is nicely marked, splendid individual, well 
grown and ready for service. Priced to sell 
FRED. A. BLEWER 
Owego, N. Y. 
HOLSTEINS and GUERNSEYS 
Fresh cows and springers. 100 head of the finest 
quality to select from. Address 
A. F. SAUNDERS , CORTLAND, N. Y. 
“HOLSTEINS” 
Two car loads high-class grade springers. The 
buid that please. One car load registered females. 
Well bred, strictly high-class. Several registered 
service bulls. J. A. LEACH, CORTLAND, N. Y. 
HIGH-GRADE HOLSTEIN COWS 
fresh and close by large and heavy producers. 
Pure bred registered Holsteins all ages; your 
inquiry will receive our best attention 
Browncroft Farm McGRAW New York 
HIGH GRADE HOLSTEIN HEIFER CALVES $15 
each; registered bull and heifer calves, $25 up; registered 
hulls ready for service, and cows. Address 
SPOT FARM, TULLY, N. Y 
SWINE BREEDERS 
125-PIGS FOR SALE-125 
Yorkshire and Chester White Cross, and Chester and 
Berkslnre Cross. A) 1 large growthy pigs, 6 to 7 weeks old, 
fo tX each; 7 to 8 weeks old, $5.50 each: 8 to 9 weeks old, 
ec rn ea i ’ « 5 1 )lir 6 -bred Berks!) ire pigs, barrows or sows, 
**•-0 ea< \ h ' ? weeks old: and 20 Chester White, 7 weeks old, 
each: boars of the above breeds $8.00 each. All good 
clean stock, bred from the best of stock that monev can 
buy. 1 will ship any part of the above lots C. O. D. to 
you on approval. 
WALTER LUX, 388 Salem St., WOBURN, MASS. 
Big Type Poland China Pigs 
Gilts and Boars for sale. Sires: Ford’s Liberator and 
Ford’s Big Tim, Moderate prices. 
STEPHEN H. FORD, 402Siewart Building, Baltimore, Md. 
large berkshires at highwood 
Grand champion breeding. Largest herd in America. Free booklet. 
MARPENDING Box 10 DUNDEE, N.Y. 
BABY CHICKS 
STRICKLER'S QUALITY AUGUST CHICKS 
BIG HATCHES AUGUST 1-8-15-22-29 
Large, heavy-type Barron English s. c. White Leghorns of 
superlative quality mated to pedigreed cockerels. Each 
pen headed by Lady Storrs’ Pen cockerels (Dams records 
240 to 271 eggs «ach in pullet year). Highest quality 
vigorous chicks by special delivery parcel post prepaid 
100> sate and liv^ delivery guaranteed. $9 per 100 $44 
per 500 $85 per 10 v0. Also husky pure-bred Barred Rock, 
K. I. Reds and v\ hite Rock chicks, $11 per 100, $54 per 500. 
LEONARD F. STRICKLER, SHERIDAN, PA. 
Chicks 
BABY CHICKS 
S. C. Rhode Island Reds, 12c each 
Barred Plymouth Recks, 11c each 
S. C. White Leghorns, . 9c each 
l Mixed or Off Color, . . 7c each 
These chicks are alt hatched from free range stock 
Safe delivery and satisfaction guaranteed. Descriptive 
booklet tree. 1 
W. A. LAUVER, McALISTERVILLE, PA. 
BABY CHICKS tei d ! { n °; k & $1100: 
Leghorns, $9.00 per hundred: mixed, $8.00. 1(XK delivery 
guaranteed. -.Not a new beginner. ' 
J. W. KIRK, Box 51, McALISTERVILLE, PA. 
GOO White Leghorn Breeders, one year old 
$ 1.(0 each. 10 W T eeks’ Old Pullets, Aug. 10th 
clelivery, SI. 00 each and up. Thousands ready. 
HUMMER’S POULTRY FARM 
FRENCHTOWN, N. J., R. 1 
I ARGF STOCK Poul ‘ r y, Turkeys,Geese,Ducks.Guineas, 
LfilYUL OIULIY Bantams, Collies, Pigeons, Chicks, Stock 
Eggs, low: catalog. PIONEER FARMS, Telford, Pennsylvania! 
The Garden Berry Patch 
Every Farm Should Have One—Some Suggestions 
I T is a source of won¬ 
der to me that more 
farmers do not raise strawberries at 
least for their own use. They are so 
easy to raise and such a delicious 
addition to the menu. I have never 
yet seen the market where I live 
glutted with home grown fruit, 
though sometimes the fruit that is 
shipped in from outside markets does 
not sell well on account of its appear- 
ence. 
There are different opinions as to 
the best methods to be followed in rais¬ 
ing strawberries, but I think that most 
agree that thorough preparation of the 
ground is necessary at the beginning. 
We started in with 600 pedigree plants 
for our own use. Plants are like ani¬ 
mals, you cannot start with scrub 
stock and expect to reap the cream of 
the market. After the ground was 
manured it was plowed, disked, and 
dragged both ways, which thoroughly 
pulverized the soil. It was then ready 
for the young plants. 
Combine Varieties 
We used both pistillate and stami- 
nate varieties, setting every third row 
of the staminate varieties. Staminate 
varieties do as well alone, but pistillate 
varieties have not as strong a power 
of pollenization, therefore do not pro¬ 
duce much fruit, when planted alone. 
Being old-fashioned and not having 
many plants, we carried along a pail 
of water, pouring a little around each 
plant as it was put into the ground 
with the result that not a plant was 
lost. Of course this could not be done 
if one was raising for the market on 
a large scale. Some prefer to keep the 
plants in hills which was our method. 
The matted row is less labor to care 
for but does not produce as large or 
as fine berries. 
For hill planting keep all runners 
clipped. Every time a runner is cut 
a new crown is formed on the parent 
stalk which means a larger produc¬ 
tion of berries. If runners are wanted 
for new settings, have a number of 
rows for the purpose of raising them, 
allowing two or three runners to each 
plant to take root but do not allow 
them to fruit. If too many runners 
are allowed to grow it weakens the 
vitality and if the vitality is weak of 
course the results are not up to 
standard. 
If runners are kept cut the plants 
will produce a large crop of fine berries 
for two or three years, but for best 
results a new bed must be started 
every second or third year. The new 
bed will then be at its prime when the 
old bed is on the wane. 
After the fruiting season the mulch 
should be burned just as it is in the 
row, for in this way many of the larvae 
of the white grubs which are so de¬ 
structive may be kilted.— Irene AsH- 
BAUGH. 
HOW I HANDLE RASPBERRIES 
C. H. CHESLEY 
Red raspberries are not found in 
oversupply in any of our eastern 
markets. For this reason, I believe 
small farmers ought to give them more 
attention. A patch once started can 
be kept in shape by a little work each 
season and it does not need annual 
renewing as does the strawberry plan¬ 
tation. It may be said, in fact, that 
the raspberry patch renews itself. Of 
course the farmer uses judicious care 
in guiding the growth. 
Red raspberries spread by suckers 
extending out from the roots, so no 
special methods of layering to help 
propagation are required. If it is de¬ 
sired to increase the plantation, the 
new canes, are pulled up and set where 
wanted, either in the early spring or 
late fall. In order to keep the patch in 
shape, it is necessary to pull out these 
new shoots every spring, that is, those 
that appear between the rows. New 
shoots must be left each year, for a 
cane bears but once. 
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50 25 Barred Rocks $13.00 $7.00 $3.75 
- - ---- — Whiff Leghorns $10.00 $5.50 $3.00 R. I. Reds 15.00 7 75 4 00 
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I have found it ad¬ 
visable to go over the 
rows when the plants are in bloom 
or about done blooming and cut the 
new canes back to two feet or a little 
more. The new canes that do not bloom 
this year will perfect a crop of buds 
that will open up next spring, so I 
cut them back to cause a bushy 
growth and thereby cause a larger 
crop of buds. Then, when bearing 
is completed the old canes are removed 
and the new canes given the entire 
field. This treatment applies to the 
standard varieties that bear fruit in 
the early summer. 
The everbearers, like the St. Regis 
variety, require a little different treat¬ 
ment. The canes seem to bear two 
crops of berries.. Those which start 
early in the spring bear fruit in late 
summer and again the next spring. 
It may be said, however, that non¬ 
bearing canes should be cut back each 
spring in order to induce sturdy and 
branching growth. The reason some 
patches of everbearers do not bear 
much fruit is because canes are left 
too thick in the rows. As soon as a 
crop is matured, the canes should be 
removed. This gives the others a 
chance to develop and produce desir¬ 
able berries. I have a patch of the 
St. Regis variety that has borne a good 
crop each year for five or six. If left 
to itself these bushes would have over¬ 
grown the entire garden. Instead I 
plow between the rows each spring and 
then I pull all shoots that are not de¬ 
sired to grow. This keeps the number of 
canes within bounds and I get berries 
in June and again during September. 
The Brown Mouse 
(Continued from page 95) 
schoolroom. Bettina’s eyes followed 
him about the room in a devotional sort 
of way; but so, too, did those of the 
ten-year-olds. He was loved, that was 
clear, by Bettina, Calista Simms and 
all the rest—an excellent thing in a 
school. 
All the same, Jennie met Jim rather 
oftener after the curious conversation 
between those rather low fellows, Pete 
and the trouble shooter. As the time 
came for Jim to begin to think of his 
trip to Ames, Colonel Woodruff’s hint 
that she should assume charge of the 
problem of Jim’s clothes for the oc¬ 
casion, came more and more often to 
her mind. Could she approach the sub¬ 
ject with any degree of safety? It 
was a delicate question; and consider¬ 
ing the fact that Jennie had quite dis¬ 
missed her old sweetheart from the list 
of eligibles—had never actually ad¬ 
mitted him to it, in fact—they assumed 
great importance to her mind. 
Somehow, Jim had been acquiring 
dignity and unapproachability. She 
must sidle up to the subject. She did. 
She took him into her runabout one 
day as he was striding toward town. 
“I’m going to Ames to hear your 
speech,” said she. 
“I’m glad of that,” said Jim. “More 
of. the farmers are going from this 
neighborhood than ever before.” 
“Who’s going?” asked Jennie. 
“The Bronsons, Con Bonner and Nils 
Hansen and Bettina,” replied Jim. 
“That’s all from our district—and Co¬ 
lumbus Brown and probably others 
from near-by localities.” 
“I shall have to have some clothes,” 
said Jennie. 
Jim failed to respond to this, as 
clearly out of his field. 
“And pa’s going to have a suit before 
we go, too,” said Jennie. “Here are 
some samples I got of Atkins, the 
tailor. Which would be the most be¬ 
coming do you think?” 
Jim looked the samples over care¬ 
fully, but had little to say as to their 
adaptation to Colonel Woodruff’s sar¬ 
torial needs. Jennie laid great stress 
on the excellent quality of one or two 
samples, and carefully specified the 
prices of them. Jim exhibited no more 
than a languid and polite interest, and 
gave not the slightest symptom of ever 
having considered even remotely the 
contingency of having a tailor-made 
suit. Jennie sidled closer ro the subject. 
(Continued next week) 
Vlgoi* 
Vigor is one of the most important char¬ 
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VIGOR IN HOLSTEINS MEANS - 
Less trouble to the dairyman at calv~ 
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or injury to cows through calving -- 
stronger, healthier calves at birth — 
more rapid gains in the offspring 
from calf hood to maturity - - large * 
steady production under adverse 
conditions. 
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