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POTTLTRYMAN  desires  position;  several  years’ 
practical  experience,  also  Cornell  1915-1016; 
thoroughly  understands  incubating,  brooding  and 
layers;  White  Leghorns  preferred1.  Address 
IIF.NRY  MELA,  53  West  82d  St.,  New  York 
CONTENTS 
COFFEE 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER,  June  10.  I 
FARM  TOPICS. 
Wheat  Growing  In  Vermont  . 
The  Care  of  Late-planted  Potatoes.  Part  V.. 
Crops  and  Farm  Notes  . 
Coming  Farmers’  Meetings  . 
Hope  Farm  Notes  . . . 
New  England  Notes  . 
LIVE  STOCK  AND  DAIRY. 
The  Great  Chicago  Milk  War  . 
Live  Stock  and  Maintenance  of  the  Soil.  Pai 
Hog  Cholera  In  Massachusetts.  Part  III . 
Sheep  vs.  Dairies  . . 
Bringing  Up  Colt  on  Bottle  . 
Han  filing  the  Brood  Sow  . 
A  Silage  Table  .  . . 
Ayrshire  Breeders  Organize  . 
Soy  Beans  for  Fodder  . 
New  Jersey  Dairy  Law  . 
Coming  Live  Stock  Sales  . 
THE  HENYARD. 
The  Egg-laying  Contest  . 
Single  Comb  Wyandottcs  . 
Poor  Laying  Ration  . . . 
Shipping  Poultry;  Laying  House  . 
HORTICULTURE. 
The  Old  Fight  Against  Peach  Borers  . 
Notes  from  a  Maryland  Garden  . 
Trees  Fall  to  Grow  . 
The  Chinese  Wild  Peach  . 
Beetles  Attacking  Grapes  . 
Wistaria  Falls  to  Bloom  . . . . 
WOMAN  AND  HOME. 
From  Day  to  Day  . 
The  Rural  Patterns  . . 
Country  Vacations  . 
Seen  In  New  York  Shops  . . . . 
Homemade  Fireless  Cooker  . - 
Embroidery  Design  . 
A  Homestead  in  Idaho.  Part  11 . 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
The  Ploture*  . . 
Events  of  th*  Week  . 
New  York  Agricultural  Fairs  . . 
Getting  Rid  of  Turtles  . 
Frank  of  Peach  Hill  (Continued)  . 
Summer  Cara  of  Furnace  . 
Editorials  . 
Notes  from  Department  of  Foods  and  Markets 
Publisher’s  Desk  . 
Direct  from  Wholesaler, 
Fresh  off  the  Roaster 
FOR  SALE — Now  McCormick  mower  *40;  new 
Deere  Manure  Spreader;  Syracuse  Plow,  used 
Sulky  Plow  cheap.  E.  It.  DUNN,  Southington, 
Conn. 
Bean  or  Ground,  * 
Delivered  free  within  300  miles  by  parcel  post 
lO  Lbs.  DELIVERED  FREE  1  OOO  Miles 
Satisfaction  guaranteed  or  money  refunded 
GILLIES  COFFEE  CO. 
235-237  Washington  Street  New  York 
ESTABLISHED  TO  YEARS 
CHOICE  opportunities  for  aspiring  youths.  Will 
sell  a  new  No.  10  visible  Smith  Premier 
Typewriter  and  choicest  literary  gems  upon  his¬ 
tory,  fiction,  science,  mechanics,  agriculture, 
law  and  miscellaneous  topics;  can  suit  anv  book 
lover.  Correspondence  solicited.  JAY  T 
SMITH,  Rupert,  Vt. 
EQUIPPED  POULTRY  FARM  for  sale,  88  acres 
level  land’.  12-room  house,  large  barn  and 
wagon  house,  66  apple  trees,  350  peach  trees, 
poultry  house  f,,r  1,200  chickens,  brooder  house 
for  2,000  chicks;  3,600  egg  Candee  incubator. 
Established  business,  26;  miles  to  depot.  Owner 
must  retire  oil  account  of  sickness,  and’  for  a 
quick  sale  will  include  growing  crops,  20  acres 
oats.  12  acres  wheat,  8  acres  corn.  Price, 
$5,000,  and  $3,000  can  remain  on  mortgage. 
Address  OWNER.  Sait  Point.  Dutchess  Co..  N.  Y. 
Agents  Wanted,  to  Distribute  £no  wv  was  her? 
Wonderful  1  Durable!  Simple!  Cheap!  Everybody  buys! 
New  plan.  Permanent  business.  Write  for  Folder  and  territory.  Be 
quick.  GOFF  MFG.  CO..  Inc.,  DALLAS,  IOWA 
W  ANTED — j  to  2  b.  p.  steam  boiler.  F 
PENN  OYER,  Culpeper,  Va. 
We  have  many  able-bodied  young 
men.  both  with  and  without  farm¬ 
ing  experience,  who  vr.ish  t>>  work 
on  farms.  If  you  need  a  good, 
steady  sober  man.  write  for  an 
order  blank. Ours  is  r  philanthrop¬ 
ic  organization  and  we  make  no 
charge  to  employer  or  employee. 
THE  JEWISH  AGRICULTURAL  SOCIETY 
176  Second  Avenue  N.  Y.  City 
2!)  ACRE  FARM;  twenty  minutes  from  center  of 
progressing  town.  Write,  GORDON  CHAR¬ 
TER,  Stafford  Springs,  Conn, 
FARM  150  acres,  great  bargain.  For  portion 
Jars  address  E.  RICE,  No.  Stouington,  Conn. 
130  ACRE  FARM  near  busy  country  town. 
school  and  telephone  line.  Daily  mail.  On 
good  auto  road.  Fine  for  poultry  farm  <>r  sum¬ 
mer  home.  For  particulars,  LOCK  BOX  600, 
Ludlow,  Vermont. 
ft  Ann  PADMC  IN  nearly  every  desirable 
UUUU  rHIfmd  SECTION  OF  NEW  YORK  state 
Tell  us  wliat  kind  of  farm  yon  want,  and  how  much 
cash  yon  can  pay  and  wo  will  send  you  a  carefully 
prepared  list  of  just  such  places.  CENTRAL  OFFICE: 
THE  FARM  BROKERS’  ASSOCIATION,  Inc  ,  Oneida,  New  York 
Other  offices  throughout  the  State. 
SO. 001)  Tnn«  nigh-clan,  QlUrial-iiwpealed,  (jnalllv-^urirnnlccd 
POULTRY  FARM  of  5  acres,  two  miles  from 
station,  one  mile  from  eburch  or  school  in 
township  of  Wyalusing,  Pa.  ELIJAH  WELLS, 
Kummerfield,  Pa.,  It.  D.  14. 
Co-op-iatlve  afForlutlmi,  Member#  all  liny  |rnilucor»,  Direct  to 
consumer— nu  Hiwrulatnra.  Fiie«*  lower  Horn  dealer*. 
Alfalfa  Timothy  —  Clover —  Mixed  H»y— Straw 
Every  bale  graded  and  guaranteed  with  Ass'n  Brand 
large  membership  allows  prompt,  difpjnoutr,  any  kind— 
any  quantity.  Member  has  World's  Gobi  Medal  of 
Panama-Pacific  Exp.  for  hay.  Special  prices. 
ONONDAGA  ALFALFA  GROWERS'  ASS'N,  Inc. 
3-13  Coal  Exchange  Bldg.  ::  ::  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
Monmouth  County  by  the  Sea- 
Estates,  Dairy  Farms.  »r  r 
Poultry,  Plan  Is.  |Vpvy  L 
Shore  Cottages.  ivv  U  J ' 
■Garden  Spot  of  Jersey 
Truck-Fruit 
repv  Farms.  Country 
Homes  by  the  Sea. 
Grant  Parish,  Broker  in  Monmouth  Projjerty,  Asbury  Park,  N.  J. 
A  LARGE  tlud  commod’iotis  (Colonial  style)  farm 
house  to  rent  for  the  summer.  S.  I). 
WHEELER,  R.-D.  11.  Westport,  Conn. 
SUMMER  BOARDERS,  poultry,  fruit,  180  acres, 
1-1 -room  house,  crops  growing,  gorden  planted; 
$500  cash,  6  years'  time;  or  exchange  for  small 
place.  BOX  3S5,  Cairo.  N.  Y. 
122-ACRE  Alfalfa  Farm  for  sale.  Central  New 
York;  well  located;  good  buildings,  $8,000. 
F.  H.  ItXVENBURGH,  Stockbridge,  N.  Y. 
Crops  and  Prices 
May  20.  Corn  is  coming  up  anti  looks 
well,  not  all  planted  yet.  Oats  look 
well,  small  on  account  of  late  Spring. 
Wheat  may  he  a  half  crop  in  our  locali¬ 
ty.  Grass  looks  good.  Milk  sells  for  16 
to  20c  per  gal.,  wholesale.  Corn  75  to 
80c  bn.;  oats  50c;  wheat  $1.10.  N.  D. 
Dayton,  O. 
Very  little  headway  has  been  made  in 
corn  planting  on  account  of  wet  weather. 
Much  of  the  prairies  here  under  water, 
although  we  are  high  and  dry  above  any 
river  or  lake.  But  it  is  raining  every 
two  or  three  days,  and  we  are  getting 
real  floods.  Got  about  five  inches  of  rain 
this  week.  About  one-third  of  the  corn 
planted  and  much  of  that  will  have  to 
be  replanted.  -'Too  wet  to  get  into  the 
fields  for  a  week  without  auotber  drop 
of  rain.  Oats  looks  well.  50  per  cent, 
of  last  year’s  area;  rye  very  fine,  wheat 
fair  to  good,  (Fall,  no  Spring),  about 
60  per  cent,  of  last  year’s  area.  Fruit 
nothing  to  half  a  crop,  except  strawber¬ 
ries,  which  are  loaded.  E.  J.  b. 
Nauvoo,  Ill. 
Corn  all  planted  in  the  county.  On 
good  land  it.  is  up  ankle  high  and  a  fairly 
good  stand.  It  was  rather  dry  until  May 
26.  Raining  quite  heavy  now.  Timothy 
not  as  good  as  last  year  at  this  date ; 
wheat  almost  a  total  failure;  oats  look 
fair  since  the  rain  started.  Clover  most¬ 
ly  frozen  out  last  Winter  except  in  few 
favored  sections.  A  few  farmers  sell 
milk  at  retail  for  8c  qt.„  just  small 
amount.  Must,  farmers  ship  cream,  for 
which  they  receive  at  present  39  to  31c 
for  pound  of  bnttevfat.  Fruit  prospects 
fair,  not  so  good  an  apple  set  as  last 
year  in  this  immediate  section.  E.  L. 
Linton,  Ind. 
May  28.  This  week  will  see  about  all 
the  corn  plauted,  the  acreage,  I  think,  is 
about  an  average  one ;  the  ground  is 
getting  somewhat  dry  but  we  had  a  small 
shower  yesterday.  With  good  corn  weath¬ 
er  through  the  Summer  we  ought  to  have 
a  good  average  crop  or  above.  Oats  are 
looking  well  with  an  average  acreage. 
This  is  a  poor  oats  country.  Wheat  is 
below  an  average  acreage  hut  looks  line. 
There  was  a  small  per  cent,  of  it  plowed 
up  having  been  killed  out.  Potatoes  are 
coming  up  and  look  well,  about  average* 
acreage  planted;  they  are  not  raised  on 
a  commercial  scale.  Strawberries  are 
ripening  and  will  be  a  good  crop  if  it  is 
not  too  dry.  Blackberries  are  getting 
out  of  bloom  and  look  fine;  last  year 
was  wet  and  produced  large  canes.  Ap¬ 
ples  are  about  a  half  set,  the  trees  look 
reasonably  healthy.  c.  p. 
Columbus,  Ind. 
Spring  is  backward  and  work  pushing 
the  farmers.  Oats  are  sown.  Corn 
ground  is  too  wet  to  plow.  We  had  a 
hail  storm  May  2-1 — hail  as  large  as  hen’s 
eggs.  Pasture  is  short  and  help  very 
scarce.  Stock  selling  well;  horses  81 75 
to  $200.  Milch  cows  $45  to  $65;  beef 
cattle.  7%  to  8c.  Sheep  very  scarce; 
ewes  for  Fall  delivery  $7.50  per  head. 
Butter  24c;  eggs  17;  chickens  16;  corn, 
buying  price,  $1;  oats  GOc;  hay  $13  ton. 
To  Sell  Cherries 
WANTED— 50  to  200  acres.  Massachusetts,  Con¬ 
necticut  or  Jersey  preferred".  Must  be  bar¬ 
gain.  Without  or  with  buildings.  Some  wood¬ 
land.  Never-failing  stream  or  lake.  Send  price 
and  particulars  quickly.  H.  W.  BERK.  River- 
dale,  N,  Y. 
Cherry  prices  this  year  promise  to  be  good.  Pacific  Coast 
crop  is  short.  In  New  York  City  this  fruit  is  largely  distributed 
by  push-cart  men  and  peddlers.  When  they  can  have  a  full  and 
regular  supply  of  State  cherries  put  up  in  attractive  shape,  they 
will  continue  to  sell  them  exclusively  and  cause  a  wide  distribu¬ 
tion  and  large  consumption. 
Tn  shipping  to  the  New  \ork  market  it  is  advisable  to  use 
new  standard  quart  berry  baskets  and  pack  them 
32-quart  crates 
will  arrive  on  the  market  full 
FOR  SALE — Circumstances  compel  sacrifice  of 
farm,  35  acres,  burn  36x40,  apple  orchard,  fine 
location,  main  road,  near  neighbors,  school, 
church,  stores  and  railroad;  fare  $1  by  boat  to 
New  York.  Price  $1,000;  $450  cash.  R.  HAHN, 
SaugerfieS,  N.  Y.,  Route  3. 
CHOICEST  new  Vermont  Maple  Syrup  at  $1.15 
per  gallon;  sugar  in  5  and1  10-lb.  pails  at  16c. 
per  lb.  JAY  T.  SMITH,  Rupert,  Vt. 
in  new  gift 
The  baskets  should  be  well  filled  so  that  they 
Handle  carefully  and  pack  cher¬ 
ries  in  the  baskets  with  stems  downward  so  that  none  of  the 
stems  are  visible  when  the  basket  is  filled.  Do  not  pack  over¬ 
ripe,  wormy  or  defective  fruit. 
The  purpose  of  the  Department  of  Foods  and  Markets  is 
to  develop  the  New  York  City  trade  for  cherries  and  other  small 
fruits.  There  are  14,000  push-cart  men  and  peddlers  in  the  city 
distributing  fruit  daily.  There  are  about  30,000  stores  distribut¬ 
ing  food  to  families  throughout  greater  New  York.  All  of  these 
agencies  can  be  used  to  distribute  cherries  and  other  small  fruits 
for  eastern  growers  just  as  they  distribute  Pacific  Coast  products 
from  the  beginning  to  the  end  of  their  season,  but  to  secure  their 
services,  we  must  be  in  a  position  to  give  xhein  a  large  volume 
and  steady  supply.  If  we  do  not  keep  them  supplied,  other  sec¬ 
tions  will,  and  if  our  supply  fails  them  even  for  a  day,  we  are 
in  danger  of  losing  their  services  entirely. 
This  year  the  New  York  grower  has  an  opportunity  to  util¬ 
ize  these  agencies  of  distribution  to  better  advantage  than  ever 
before.  The  Department  is  here  to  serve  the  grower  but  to  secure 
the  results  the  grower  must  do  his  part  in  uuttina'  no  the  fruit 
FARM  68  acres,  2 hi  miles  to  station,  mile,  to 
church  nml  school;  plenty  fruit,  apples,  pears, 
plums,  peaches,  cherries,  grapes,  1  >6  story  house 
of  7  rooms  and  pantry,  painted  white.  Barn  42 
ft.  long  with  cow  barn  attached  ou  south  side, 
12  poultry  bouses.  High  location,  good  trout 
brook.  Has  been  used  by  owucr  20  years  as  a 
poultry  farm;  50  acres  woodland,  which,  if  cut 
for  firewood  would  pay  for  farm;  price  $2,500. 
GEO.  A.  COSGROVE,  West  Willington,  Conn. 
TWO  YOUNG  MEN,  20  and  17,  strong,  willing, 
both  several  years’  farm  experience,  want 
work  July.  August,  farm  or  private  estate. 
HOGEL.  1433  I'.oscobel  Ave.,  New  York  City. 
SINGLE  MAN.  agricultural  school  graduate,  de¬ 
sires  responsible  position;  experienced  with 
purc-bred  stock;  butter  making,  growing  vege¬ 
tables.  excellent  poultry  man  and  with  knowl¬ 
edge  of  general  farming.  Excellent  references; 
state  wages.  BOX  1356,  care  Rural  New-Yorker. 
WANTED — Reliable  man  or  boy  that  can  milk 
and'  hoe;  small  place.  Write  BOX  10,  Madi 
son,  Goun. 
STEADY  POSITION  in  eountry  for  active  couple, 
about  40;  prefer  without  family;  man  with 
knowledge  gasoline  engines;  wife  to  assist  oc¬ 
casionally-  with  light  housework.  Write  full 
particulars,  religion,  nationality,  etc.,  BOYCE, 
501  Broadway,  New  York. 
YOUNG  MAN  wishes  position  on  farm.  II 
VOGT,  127  South  St.,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 
PRACTICAL  Market  Poultry  tn  an  desires  posi¬ 
tion  as  manager  of  plant  iu  operation  or  build 
arid  manage  new  plant.  Salary  at  beginning. 
Wife  and  self.  Highest  references.  Address 
BOX  1354,  care  Rural  New-Yorker. 
STUDENT,  twenty,  about  completing  first  year 
in  agriculture,  Cornell  University,  desires  em¬ 
ployment  during  vacation.  Preference  of  lines 
ill  order  following:  Fruit,  nursery,  poultry, 
apiary,  general  farming.  ALBERT  IIAYWOoi), 
Flushing,  N.  Y. 
POVLTBYMAN  desires  position  ou  commercial 
or  private  plant,  four  years’  practical  experi¬ 
ence:  college  training.  Can  give  best  of  refer¬ 
ences  as*  to  character  and  ability.  THOMAS  J. 
NICHOLS,  JR.,  Camillus,  N.  Y. 
WANTED — At  once,  two  single  men  for  general 
farm  work;  no  milking;  state  wages  wanted, 
W.  J.  WEBSTER,  Northampton,  Pa. 
WANTED — Single  white  man  to  work  on  farm; 
no  dairy;  wages  $36  per  month  and  board, 
W.  8.  BERGER.  Perkasio,  Pa. 
IVANTED — Good  milkers,  $2S,  and  laborers,  $25, 
at  once.  Apply  to  SUPT.  of  Belle  Ellen  Stock 
Farms,  Sussex,  N.  J. 
Fill  in  this  blank  and  mail  to  the  Department  of  Foods  and  Markets, 
204  Franklin  Street,  New  York  City. 
This  year  I  will  probably  have  for  shipment  to  the  New  York  market : 
WANTED — Dairyman;  married  man  under  35. 
Wages  fifty  dollars  month  and  good  4-room 
house.  Must  uuderstaml  separating  and  care  of 
milk.  To  wash  utensils  and  bottles,  bottle  and 
deliver.  Full  care  of  inside  dairy*  work.  Refer¬ 
ence  from  former  employer  required;  no  cigar¬ 
ettes  or  booze.  R.  I1.  SHANNON,  Sewicktey,  Pu. 
quarts  of  raspberries, 
quarts  of  strawberries, 
FARMER  WANTED— 10  hours  a  day,  $30  a 
month  and  found;  no  milking;  specialty  fruit 
and  farm  crop.  MORRIS  FARM,  Bridgeport, 
R.  4,  Conn. 
I’.  O.  Address 
