Boston  Produce  Markets  be  cleaned  up  mostly  this  month.  ATir- 
.i  i  r  \  ginia  and  oastorn  shore  potatoes  come  in 
Continued  from  page  761)  freely  in  June.  They  are  reported  two 
OCR  are  not  so  heavy  as  they  weeks  late  this  year,  with  a  lighter  acre- 
short  time  ago,  this  position  ap-  age  than  last  year.  It  is  possible  the 
oth  lo  western  and  nearby  eggs,  lateness  of  the  southern  season  may 
South  Market  St.  dealer:  “The  save  the  northern  potato  situation  and 
;kot  is  steady  and  we  believe  bring  about  improvement  at  the  last  end. 
ill  not  go  lower.  The  next  move  It  is  believed  there  are  enough  potatoes 
3  be  upward  in  nearby  eggs,  for  everybody  at  medium  prices.” 
is  good,  as  it  usually  is  at  this 
Storage  buying  has  been  late.  VEALS  lower. 
ess  than  usual  so  far,  but  May  The  heavy  supply  of  dressed  veal  has 
cool  weather  are  as  good  for  depressed  the  market  until  very  few 
as  April  eggs-,  and  may  be  put  choice  lots  sell  above  14  cents,  and  l.t 
hcrally  enough  to  offset  early  cents  is  a  fair  quotation  for  the  general 
”  Said  another  receiver:  “Eggs  run  of  shipments.  Country  dressed  hogs 
r  to  cold  storage  freely,  and  the  si'll  slowly,  but  prices  faold^  around  I'-'hg 
ooks  like  better  prices,  at  least  1.”  cents.  Lambs  are  in  light  supply 
coins  to  have  been  reached  from  sell  easily  at  15  and  16  cents.  Choice 
indications.  Western  storage  heavy  hothouse  lambs  bold  steady  around 
ggs  are- being  put  away ’around  .  $10  each.  g.  n.  f. 
Middle-aged  woman  for  housework 
Kino  home  for  the  right  person. 
UY.  R.  D.  0.  Auburn,  N.  Y. 
CONTENTS 
MARRIED  MAN  wants  position  on  a 
the  month :  a  good  all  around  man, 
BOX  1317,  care  Rural  New-Yorker. 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER,  May  13,  1916. 
-  FARM  TOPICS. 
“there  Is  More  in  the  Man  i  lian  In  the  Land”.. 739 
The  Care  of  Late-planted  Potatoes . 740 
Spreading  I  ime  by  Hand  . 741 
Chestnut  Blight  and  Potatoes . 744 
Coming  Farmer*’  Meetings . 746 
Hope  Farm  Notes .  . ,  . . 748 
The  Biggest  Farm  Question . 748 
Hen  Manure  lor  Potatoes .  748 
New  England  Notes . 757 
LIVF  STOCK  AND  DAIRY. 
Self-feeders  for  Hogs . 754 
An  Experiment  In  Feeding  Pigs . 754,  755 
Varying  Cream  Test  . 755 
Silo  on  Seven-acre  Farm . 755 
The  Sale  of  Silane . 755 
Grain  Ration  With  Rye  Straw . 756 
Home-mixed  Grain  . 756 
Distillers’  Grains  and  Milk  Flavor . 756 
Improving  Restricted  Ration . 756 
Use  of  Oil  Meal  . 756.  757 
American  Jersey  Cattle  Club's  Annual  Meeting  In 
New  York  . . 757 
Pennsylvania  Dairy  Notes . 757 
Storing  Butter  for  Winter . 758 
Bitter  Milk  . 758 
Blood  in  Milk . 758 
THE  HENYARD. 
Criminal  Treatment  of  Poultry . 739.  740 
Single  Comb  Wyandotte  Poultry  . 740 
Egg-laying  Contest  . 760.  761 
HORTICULTURE. 
Long  Experience  at  Top-working  Apples . 7-1  f 
Hydrated  Lime  and  Sulphur  Spray . 741 
More  Facts  on  Ousting  Apple  Trees . 742 
A  Profitable  Blue.  Plum  . 742 
Strawberries  In  Orchard:  Klllinq  Out  Witch  Grass  742 
Notes  from  a  Maryland  Garden . 743 
Cultivating  Strawberries  . 743 
Garden  Questions  . 743 
Treatment  for  Tree  Dopers . ^744 
Trimming  Maple  Trees  . 749 
Basket  Willows  . 749 
Neglected  Peach  Trees . 749 
WOMAN  AND  HOME. 
From  Day  to  Day . . . 752 
Old-fashioned  Dyes  . 752 
Embroidery  Desiqn  . 752 
The  Rural  Patterns . 1.752 
Seen  in  New  York  Shops  . 752,  753 
Letters  from  a  Cousin . 753 
With  Tuna  Fish . 753 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Frank  of  Peach  Hill  (Continued) . 744 
Events  of  the  Week . 746 
Sale  of  Farm . 747 
Dower  Interest  in  Life  Estate... . 11.. 747 
Mortgages:  Distribution  of  Property . 747 
Village  Line  Fence . 747 
Tenant’s  Full  Right  to  Premises . 1.11 747 
Editorials  . 750 
Publisher’s  Desk  . 762 
Helper  on  a  ciutiinerctnl  poultry 
uat  la-  rapid  dry  picker.  State  ex- 
d  wages  desired'  in  first  letter. 
FARM,  Greenwich,  Conn. 
Herdsman,  single,  good  hnttormakor 
or_  herd  of  eight  Guernsies;  good 
1  72,  Oyster  Bay,  Long  Island,  N.  Y. 
WIDOW,  breaking  up  her  home 
tioir  as  nurse  or  housekeeper;  re 
Address  CAPABLE,  Box  1320,  ea 
Yorker. 
WANTED -Cook  in  Summer  boarding  house, 
from  middle  of  June  to  October;  good  wages 
to  competent  person.  RIVER  FARM  HOUSE. 
Delaware  Water  Gap,  Fenna. 
FARMER  and  gardener  desires  position  as  farm 
foreman  working  oil  gentleman's  estate,  life 
experience  with  horses,  entile,  good  vegetable 
grower;  aged  4.T;  American,  single,  good  refer¬ 
ence.  BOX  132U,  care  Rural  New-Yorker. 
WANTED — At  once,  a  reliable  married  teamster 
who  will  board  help  and'  appreciate  a  year- 
round  position  for  himsef  and  all  the  members 
Of  his  family  who  desire  to  work.  CONYERS 
FARM,  Greenwich,  Conn, 
ARTIES  desiring  EASTERN  MONTANA 
LAND  address  J.S.  Neel, Sumatra, Montana 
E.  V.  Odell’s 
FARMERS 
BUREAU 
Estab*  lo52 
OITieo  825  6th  Ave.,  X.  y.  Phone  Bryant 
7007.  Managers*,  Farmers,  Gardeners, 
Dairymen  rvndtrymen.  Kemieimeu, 
Horticulturists,  all  nationalities: 
prompt  service :  references  investigated. 
young  men 
BOX  1325, 
W e  ha  ve  many  able-bodied  young 
men.  both  with  and  wit  hout.' fann¬ 
ing  experience,  who  wish  to  work 
on  farms.  If  you  need  a  good, 
steady  sober  man.  write  for  tin 
order  blank.  Ours  is  a  philanthrop¬ 
ic  organization  atid  we  make  no 
charge  to  employer  or  employee. 
THE  JEWISH  AGRICULTURAL  SOCIETY 
176  Second  Avenue  N.  Y.  City 
FOR  BALE  or  to  rent,  village  property.  J.  C 
POSITION  DESIRED  on  poultry1  farm,  age  35, 
Rutgers  certificate;  can  keep  books  and  ac¬ 
counts;  best  references.  BOX  1328,  care  Rural 
New  Yorker.. 
WE  CAN  SUPPLY 
Women  Help  for  Farm  Families 
At  Nominal  Wages  and  Good  Home — No  Charge, 
GUILD  OF  THE  INFANT  SAVIOUR 
105  E,  22d  Si.  ...  New  York  City 
A  MAN  and  Ids  wife  wonhl  like  a  ] 
farm,  the  man  to  do  general  farm 
the  wife  to  work  In  the  house,  both 
all  kinds  of  farm  work;  would  like  ro< 
have  son  and  daughter.  BOX  1327, 
New-Yorker. 
30,000  Tons  Hlgh-rlnss,  t) Hirlal-i inqici’tcit,  Oiinlllr-gmii-untccfl 
Products,  Prices  and  Trade 
C,i-i)[ierallve  asswlatimi,  V.-mh-e  oil  hay  *  e. ■•Ulcers.  Pirct  [o 
Consumer — no  H|io,'«tat,i|S.  Prices  loWei- Umu  dealer*. 
Alfalfa  Timothy — Clover — Mixed  Hay — Straw 
Every  bale  graded  and  giiu.1  unteed  with  Ass'n  Brand 
Lar  ge  membership  allows  prompt  shipments,  any  kind— 
any  quantity.  Member  Iras  World’s  Gold  Medal  of 
I’aiiaiaft-l'aeific  Exp.  for  hay.  Special  prices. 
ONONDAGA  ALFALFA  GROWERS’  ASS  N,  Inc. 
3-13  Coal  Exchange  Bldg-  ::  ::  Syracuse.  N.  Y. 
Subscribers’  Exchange 
BUSINESS  OPPORTUNITY— Will  sel 
t crest  in  one  of  t ho  largest  and  mo 
poultry  plants  in  the  State.  Buyer 
mnnnger.  with  salary  to  be  taken' out 
before  division  is  made.  For  partli 
dress  HUDSON  RIVER  FARMS,  Esopu 
ACRE  Alfalfa  Farm  for  sale. 
>rk;  well  located’:  good  bull 
L  RI  YEN  BURG  1J,  Stoekbi'idgi 
FOR  RENT — Alfalfa,  dairy  ranch,  fully  stocked 
renter  buy  half  stock.  C.  W.  HYATT, 
Nor! ham,  Nev. 
FOR  SALE- — lfi  horsepower  steam  tractor.  8x10 
single  cylinder,  in  good  working  condition, 
Wnddington,  N.  Y.  Address  ROOM  020,  Secur¬ 
ity  Mutual  Bldg.,  Binghamton.  X.  Y. 
FOR  SALE — To  close  estate,  tr 
farm,  ti  miles  to  Trenton,  wit 
haliitauts.  where  you  get  101)  e, 
sinner's  SI.  Mails  delivered.  t> 
schools,  fi-rooln  house,  bains,  g 
WALTER  HA  IN  ES,  Rubbiiisvilb 
WA  NTED — Buckwheat  middlings. 
KDESTXER,  Trenton.  X.  J.,  Route  1 
FOR  SALE — Farm  seventy-five  acres,  with  good 
house,  and  all  necessary  buildings,  strong,  fer¬ 
tile  land  all  tillabe;  wood  lot  and  orchard;  fif¬ 
teen  miles  from  SrhencctnOy.  N.  A’.  Immediate 
possession.  Inquire  of  I.,  a.  WILBER,  La- 
Grangeville,  Dutchess  Co.,  X.  Y, 
011c  season 
WILL  EXCHANGE  line  White  Leghorn  hens  or 
pullets  for  2  or  4  horse  gasoline  engine. 
BiNGIIAM  EGG  FARM,  North  Bingham,  Pa, 
FARM,  flour  "  mill,  waterpower  for 
Business  stand.  Ask  about  it. 
RlS,  Fredericksburg,  Virginia. 
ALFALFA  HAY  from  c 
medal  at  Pan-American 
no  commissions  to  pay. 
Fayetteville,  N.  Y. 
hat  won  golc 
t  to  consumer 
ERKENBEUK 
10  ACRES,  well  located,  crops,  stock,  loo! 
eluded.  Quick  possession.  E.  M.  R.1 
Georgetown,  Del. 
—Young  dairymen  (farm  boys),  good 
desiring  to  increase  their  knowledge 
m  a  large  up-to-date  dairy  farm  near 
Good  board,  good  wages.  Write  to 
T.AFB.NKR.  Superintendent.  Wabau, 
1  Chestnut  St.,  or  come  ready  to  work. 
i  acres,  capa- 
dwelling,  fin- 
A  It  At  STRONG 
,M  FOR  SALE  to  settle  estate, 
wood  lots  and  buildings;  well 
t  trees,  in  Rixtown.  Conn, 
in  town.  BOX  1322,  care 
75  acres  with 
water,  some 
Most  sightly 
Rural  New- 
SITUATION  as  superintendent  wanted  by  an 
experienced  farmer.  Good  accountant.  A  1 
stock  man  and’  poultry  man:  college  course 
First  class  experienced  poultryman  also  desires 
position,  private  place  preferred.  F.  K.,  care 
■Tulin  Buckler.  Esq.  R.  F.  It.,  Pittsfield,  .Mass. 
WANTED- -Strong,  active 
poultry  farm.  Gool  home 
start.  BOX  243.  St.  James, 
boy  on  commercial 
and  small  wages  to 
Receipts  at  New 
ending  May  4,  1916 : 
Rutter,  lbs . 
i  iggs,  doz . 
Dressed  poultry,  pk| 
Live  poultry,  crates 
Cotton,  bales  ...... 
Apples,  bbls . 
Cranberries,  bbls.  .. 
Lemons,  boxes  .... 
Unions,  sacks  . 
Oranges,  boxes  .... 
Potatoes,  bbls . 
< ’orn,  bushels  . 
Huy,  ions  . .. . . 
<  bits,  bush . 
Rye,  bn sb . 
Wheat,  bush . 
Rosin,  bbls.  . . . 
Sptx.  Tnrp.,  bbls... 
Tar,  bbls . 
WANTED-  Experienced  man  for  general  farm 
work,  No  milking.  state  wages  wanted. 
BON  5,  Smithtown.  L.  I.,  N.  A". 
-Two  good  milkers  in  certified  dairy 
Island.  Experienced  men  only  need 
iigcs  835  and1  hoard.  Address  BOX 
Rural  New-Yorker, 
acres,  wood  and  timber. 
Greenwood,  Del. 
FRUIT,  GRAIN  FARM. 
trees,  10  minutes  rail 
River:  house  8  rooms,  al 
buildings.  Price  84.SOO; 
R.  LIVINGSTON,  Athens, 
(14  acres,  000  bearing 
■uad.  2  miles  Hudson 
other  necessary  farm 
small  amount  down. 
Single  man  for  farm  work  on  Alle- 
,  N.  Y.,  l’t mu.  BOX  131S,  care 
Vermont, 
exceptionally  fine 
Now  York.  I.aek- 
Uhatham  or  Mad- 
•s  of  wood,  2  good 
cottage;  fruit. 
