THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
September 17, 
692 
MARKETS 
Prices obtained during (he week ending Sep 
tember 12, 1904 : 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2, red. — @1-07% 
No. 1, Northern, Duluth in¬ 
spection . — @1.23% 
Corn, export grade. — @ GO 
Oats, standard white. — @ 30 % 
Rye, clean and free from onions — @ 63 
Barley, feeding. — @ 4(5 
Clover seed, retail, lb. — @ 15 
Timothy, choice recleaned, bu.. — @2.85 
FEED. 
Standard Middlings. 25.00@ 28.00 
Spring bran. 20.00@ 23.00 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay, prime. — @ 90 
No. 1. 80 @ 85 
No. 2, . 70 @ 75 
No. 3. 55 @ (55 
Clover and Clover mixed. . . 40 @ GO 
Straw, choice rye. 80 @ 90 
Oat and wheat ... ( . 40 @ 55 
MILK. 
New York Exchange price, $1.31 gross per 
40-quart can delivered in New York, or 2% 
cents per quart net for 26-cent zone. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, range of thirds to 
extras . 
14 
(f? 
19% 
18 
State Dairy. 
12 
@ 
CHEESE. 
Choice full croani. 
8%@ 
8% 
Skims and light skims. 
2 
@ 
0 
EGGS. 
Choice to fancy selected white. 
24 
@ 
27 
Mixed and lower grades. 
10 
@ 
22 
HOI'S. 
N. Y. State, com. to choice... 
27 
@ 
35 
Pacific Coast. 
20 
@ 
31 
German, crop 1903. 
@ 
58 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evaporated. 
4 
@ 
7 Vi 
Sun dried. 
2 
@ 
4 
18 
@ 
19% 
Huckleberries. 
13 
@ 
14 
Blackberies . 
— 
@ 
0 
Cherries . 
12V 
13% 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, band-picked, good to cb. 
closed bbl.1 
@2 
.00 
Windfall . 
50 
@1.00 
50 
4.00 
Plums, 8-lb basket. 
10 
@ 
30 
Peaches, 10-qt. basket... 
40 
@1.00 
Grapes, as to kind, carrier. .. 
50 
@ 
90 
Huckleberries, qt. 
3 
@ 
8 
Muskmelons, bu. box or crate.. 
25 
@i. 
.50 
Watermelons, carload . 
50.00 @175J 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, fair To choice bbl.... 
1.00 
@1.02 
Cabbage, 100 heads . 
1.50 
@2.50 
Cauliflower, bbl . 
1.00 
@3.00 
Cucumber pickles, 1,000 . 
50 
@2.00 
Egg plants, bbl . 
50 
@ 75 
Lima beans, basket . 
50 
@1.25 
Onions, white, bbl ... 
2.00 
@3.00 
Red and yellow . 
@2.25 
Peppers, bbl. 
50 
@ 1.00 
Squash, Summer, bbl. 
25 
@ 50 
Hubbard . 
— 
@1.00 
Tomatoes, bu. box. 
15 
@ 40 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls . 
— 
@ 14 
Roosters . 
— 
@ 9 
Ducks, pair . 
— 
@ 60 
Chickens . 
— 
@ 15 
Turkeys . 
— 
@ 13 
Geese . 
— 
@1.00 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Spring turkeys, lb. 
25 
@ 35 
Turkeys, old, com. to good. . .. 
12 
@ 15 
Chickens, fair to fancy . 
14 
@ 22 
Fowls . 
@ 14 
Spring ducks . 
15 
@ 17 
Squabs, as to quality, doz... .. 
@2.50 
FARM CHEMICALS.—Prices on fertilizers 
cover the range from ton to car lots f. o. b. 
Nitrate of soda, ton, $45@50; dried bloo ., 
high grades, line ground, $53 @ 5(5: kainit, ton, 
$10(1/12: muriate potash, 80 per cent, $38@ 
44; acid phosphates. $12(0 10; copper sul¬ 
phate, in bbl. lots, lb, 5% : water glass (so¬ 
dium silicate), in small lots, lb, 15@30. 
LIVE STOCK.—Steers. $3.50@5.70; cows, 
$1.25@3.50 ; calves, $4@8.50 : sheep, $2.50@ 
4; lambs, $5.25@0.50; hogs, State, $0.25. 
MILK NOTES. 
About a third of the dairymen are feeding 
grain in order to keep their cows in good con¬ 
dition. Mixed feed is $27 per ton, and the 
oilier dairy feeus, such as bran, gluten, corn- 
meal, etc., are $25 per ton. We think the 
dairymen are making a great mistake in feed¬ 
ing grain this time of the year: it certainly 
knocks the profit off. An acre or two of oats 
and peas fed from the first of July until the 
middle of August, when the sowed corn is 
ready to feed, would save that terrible feed 
bill, and at the same time the cows would be 
in as good condition and yield as much milk. 
The dairymen are waiting until the Bordens 
put out their Winter prices before buying 
Winter milkers. The hired help problem here 
is partly solved in the large dairies by the 
use of milking machines with fairly good suc¬ 
cess. The cows are in good condition and 
are doing as well as they did last year. The 
oat crop was large and corn is doing fairly 
well considering its late start, and the crop 
this season was better than the average. The 
Bordens bad 170 patrons, but now only have 
150, as they turned 20 away because they re¬ 
fused to make Winter milk. o. R. M. 
Mt. Upton, N. Y. 
Shade Trees for Streets. 
II. L., Norwood, Pa .—What would be the 
best shade tree for street planting in a sub¬ 
urban town? They will be planted along 
the curb line of a 10-foot wide sidewalk, four 
feet of which is cement or flagstone, and the 
rest is sod. The 30-foot wide driveway is. 
now a common dirt road, but will be macada¬ 
mized or paved in the future. It is desirable 
that they should be fairly rapid growers 
and be reasonably free from insect attacks 
and disease. The North Carolina poplar, 
which we now have, suits us very well in 
these regards, but it is objectionable because 
its roots till all flower beds within a consid¬ 
erable distance, and ruin them, and it also 
throws up shoots all over the lawn about as 
fast as they can be pulled up. The roots 
enter drain pipes through the smallest open¬ 
ings, and grow on till they clog the pipe up. 
Great masses of roots have also been found 
in water wells 100 feet or more away from 
the trees. We have thought of Pin oak, 
tulip and Norway maple. We would like 
your opinion of these, or of anything better 
you might wish to recommend. 
Ans.— You have named the three best 
trees for street planting. Norway maple 
is most generally successful. It is easy to 
transplant, a good grower and always 
makes a handsome and desirable speci¬ 
men. Pin oak is very desirable, but is 
rather a slow grower in its early stages, 
unless very good nursery grown trees 
are secured. It makes a very attractive 
specimen in 10 or 12 years from planting. 
The tulip tree is also very desirable and 
is ornamental from the start, but is some¬ 
times difficult to replant. It needs con¬ 
siderable room as it grows old, but is in 
every respect a desirable tree. European or 
Japan chestnuts are both very desirable 
for this purpose, making handsome and 
well-shaped trees. There is no trouble 
from roots getting into drains or under 
houses. When they begin bearing, how¬ 
ever, they are likely to attract consider¬ 
able attention from boys, and the large 
burrs become somewhat of a nuisance, un¬ 
less gathered up as they fall. Taken all 
together, good Norway maples would 
probably be most satisfactory. 
Pacific Coast Notes. —Galvanized poultry 
wire netting, two-inch mesh, lasted four years. 
It rains or is damp and cloudy about live 
months in the year here. Water glass costs 
from 50 to 85 cents a pint at drug stores here. 
1 used it successfully for the past three years 
in preserving eggs, one part water glass to 
eight [/arts water. Eggs put in this solution 
in April are good till the following February 
at least. Rhubarb roots are not frozen in 
this country before forcing, as it seldom 
freezes in Winter here and many gardeners 
force rhubarb in January and February. 
Tacoma, Wash. m. d. 
. FfZUjf AMD 
Shrubs, Hardy Plants, 
Poses 
for Fall Planting. 
All the Best and Hardiest Varieties. 
Largest Collections in America. 
Free Illustrated Catalogue. 
ELLWANQER & BARRY, 
Rochester, N. Y. 
Mt. Hope Nurseries. Established 1840. 
SAVE YOUR FENCE 
By using a little paint with oui 
STANDARD PAINTER 
Prevents further rust- 
Price postpaid, 
90 Cents Each. 
Pittsburg Woven Wire 
Fence Co., 
100 Twenty-fourth St., 
PITTSBURG. PA. 
Wheat is worth $6.00 a bushel 
and Bran costs $200 a ton 
When you buy Stock Foods, for you know they ar9 
90 per cent. “ Filler.” 
ARABIAN STOCK TABLETS 
have no ” Filler, ’ made from seeds, compressed into 
Tablets, convenient to use. $1.00 box guaranteed 
equal to more than 100 lb. of any “ Food ' ever sold. 
Sent by mail postpaid: no freight to pav. To prove 
they will cure diseases, fatten ami grow stock 
and save feed we will give away ABSOLUTELY 
FREE lOO.OOO.OOOASample box to the first man 
in each county to send us his address and list of Stock 
he has. Agents wanted. 
BeSAW SPECIALTY CO., 
Scholield Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 
$42.50 BUFFALO TO THE PACIFIC 
COAST VIA THE NICKEL 
PLATE ROAD. 
One way Colonist tickets on sale daily from 
September 15th to October 15th. Rates from 
New York, and full information on applica¬ 
tion to local Ticket Agents, or A. W. Eccle¬ 
stone, D. P. A., 385 Broadway, New York City. 
When yon write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you will get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee, page 8. 
RAW FURS AND GINSENG WANTED. 
For reliable prices send two-cent stamp. 
LEMUEL BLACK, Exporter of Raw Furs and 
Ginseng, Lock Box 48, Hightstown, N. J. 
AT T E N TIO 
favor ns with your orders. Mail orders a Specialty 
I. HERZ. Labor Agency, 2 Carlisle St., New York 
PADUC rich farming and fruit growing, 
r AnnlO Write J. D. s. HANSQN, Hart, Mich. 
STOCK OR DAIRY FARIVI. 
700 Acres, 8*15 Per Acre. 
Four hundred acres cleared. Timber and wood worth 
$5,000. Thirty rods from Almond station, main line 
Erie, 100 rods from creamery, stores, churches and 
school. Good buildings. Well watered and fenced. 
White sulphur spring near house. High ground. 
Cool summer home. Immediate possession. 
F. G. HALL, Dansville, N. Y. 
T O LET—Dairy or truck farm; good roads: best mar¬ 
kets- Warren B. Mitchell, R.F.D. 1, Paterson. N. J. 
Oldest Commission ISmEiTcS 
eggs, pork, poultry, dressed calves, game, etc. Fruits. 
E. B. WOODWARD, 302 Greenwich Street, New York. 
APPLES PEARS 
Peaches, Plums, Potatoes, and all Fruits 
and Vegetables. Highest market prices 
secured for choice products. Write us 
what you have to offer. 
ARCHDEACON & CO., 100 Murray Street, New York. 
GBO. P. HAMMOND. E8T. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & GO., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers In all kinds oV 
COUNTRY PRODUCE, Apples, Peaches, Berries. 
Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms and Hot¬ 
house Products a Specialty Consignments solicited. 
34 & 36 Little 12th St.. New York. 
Farm, Crops, Stock and Tools 
225 acres, cuts 5a tons hay and grows big crops of 
com, potatoes, beans and grain; fields smooth and 
slightly rolling; brook watered pasture for 25 cows; 
75 barrels apples in season: plenty of wood for borne 
use; lbi-story house. 9 rooms; barn wilh fine cellar, 
hay fork, etc , tie up for25cows: good carriage house; 
flue shaae about buildingB, large graded lawn, and 
bioad views; on main road; 3 miles from steam and 
electric cars, store, high school, churches, oil cloth 
and woolen mills; mall delivered; town school only 
few hundred yards from house; to settle estate 
quickly, will include growing crops, part of the hay; 
2 work horses. 11 good cows, 1 two-horse hay wagon, 
1 two-horse dump cart. 1 two-horse sled, 1 drop axle 
truck wagon. 1 light wagon, 1 set double harness, 1 
new weeder, 1 sleigh. 2 cultivators,2 plows. 2 harrows, 
2 horse rakes, 1 two-horse mowing machine, 1 stone 
drag, pails, rakes, hoes. cans, etc : 1 two-year-old 
lieiter, (1 yearling heifers, 2 yearling bulls, 2 calves. 
Price for all only $4,0(0. $2,20U down and balance on 
easy terms. Illustrated lists of other New England 
farms, with reliable information of soils, crops, 
markets, climate, etc., mailed free. E. A.STKOUT, 
Farm Department 42, 150 Nassau St.. New York City, 
orTremontTemple, Boston. Mass. 
nQAVA/ING? ”HOW to MAKE ” boat, balloon, 
UnHWIIlUd kite, sled and 12 other things for 
BOYS, by mail, 10c. C. W. BUCHER, Littlestown, Pa 
Business Manager Wanted. 
I want a reliable and trustworthy man in every county to manage a branch 
office. No canvassing required. Gentleman with some experience in fruit growing 
preferred. Can easily he managed with other business or work of any nature. 
Small capital required. Full particulars upon application. Give two business 
references and present occupation. Address 
MARTIN WAHL, Nurseryman, Rochester, N. Y. 
How to Buy Farm Tools Cheap 
And Have Them Guaranteed to Give Perfect Satisfaction in Every Respect or Your Money Back. 
Fanners are saving thousands of dollars every year buying their farm machinery, and appa¬ 
ratus, household utensils, buggies, wagons and harness of us. We sell everything used by the 
farmer aud stockraiser, uot only direct from the factory, but at almost factory cost. 
4Ve save a fanner on every purchase from 25 per cent to 60 per cent and our 
guarantee is absolute. If the goods you buy of us are not as represented or if for any 
other reason they are not satisfactory, return them to us at once and we will refund 
you your money and pay freight charges both ways. 
_ „ OUR NEW CATALOGUE IS FREE FOR THE ASKING. 
Write us to-day and bear in mind that tills entire catalogue Is filled with just as big bargains 
as we show on the margin of this advertisement. Thousands of farmers are buying of us every 
month in the year because they have fouud that they get the best goods manufactured at the 
lowest possible casli price. 
CASH SUPPLY & MFG. CO., 12 Lawrence Square, Kalamazoo, Mich. 
JAYNE’S EXPECTORANT 
CURES THE WORST COLDS. 
For 7 3 years the Standard Cough Remedy. 
