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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 23 
MAH KB E T 9 
Prices obtained during week ending 
April 15, 1004: 
GRAIN.—'Wheat, No. 2, red, for export, 
■fl.Ofi; No. 1 northern. Duluth inspection, 
$1.00-%: corn. 52; oats, 43; rye, 79%; barley, 
45(3*51. 
FEED.- Spring bran, 200-lb. sacks, retail, 
$23325; red dog. $28(0)30; standard middlings, 
$24(328. 
SEEDS.— Retail prices f. o. b. New York: 
Timothy. 100 lbs., $2.75(33.60; clover, 100 lbs., 
$I457>16. 
hay AND STRAW.—Hay, prime. 97%; 
No. 1, 90(395; No. 2, 75(385; No. 3, 65(370; 
clover, mixed, 70(380; clover, 50(365; marsh, 
50(360; straw, long rye, $1(31.20; oat, 50(300. 
MIRK.- N. Y. exchange price, 2% cents 
per quart to shippers in 26-cont freight 
zone. 
RUTTER. - Creamery, 13(0)22%; State 
dairy, 13(321; factory, 12(014; imitation 
creamery. 14(317; renovated, 10(017; pack¬ 
ing stock, 11(313%. 
CHEESE.- Full cream, 9%312; skims, 
338. 
EGGS.—Fancy selected white, 19%; fair 
to prime, 17(318; western and southern sec¬ 
onds to firsts, 16(317%; checks, 15%. 
DRIED FRUITS.—Apples, evaporated, 4 
<37%; sun dried, 3<34%; chops, 100 lbs., $2.45 
(0)2.50; cores and skins, 100 lbs., $1.50(31.60; 
raspberries, 23(324; huckleberries, 13%(314; 
blackberries, 5. 
FRESH FRUITS.—Apples, choice to 
fancy, 13(38.50; fair to good, $2(32.75; cran¬ 
berries. hbl., $5(38; strawberries, qt., 10(322. 
V EG ETABDES.—Potatoes, Bermuda, $6.50 
(08.50; southern, $4.50(37.50; Bong Island and 
Jersey, $3.75(34.25; State and western, $3.25 
(33.50; foreign. 168-lb. sack, $3(33.50; sweets, 
bbl., $2.50(35; asparagus, prime, doz. 
bunches. $2.25(34; short and culls, $1.50(3 
2.50; beets, old, bbl., $2.50(33; new southern, 
100 bunches, $2(35; carrots, old, bbl., $1.50(3 
2.25; new southern, 100 bunches, $3(35; cel¬ 
ery, doz. roots, 10(375; cabbage, Danish 
seed, ton, $40(355; new southern, bbl. crate, 
$333.50; cucumbers, southern. 100, $4(36; 
chicory, bbl., $8(36; escarol, bbl., $2.50(35; egg 
plants, bu. box, $1(33.50; horseradish, 100 
lbs., $1(36; kale, bbl., $1.2601.60; leeks, 100 
bunches, $3(36; lettuce, barrel, $3@6; one- 
tbird bbl. basket. $1(32.50; onions, red and 
yellow, $2<34; peppers, bushel carrier, $1(3 
2; peas, one-third bid. basket, $1.50(02.50; 
string beans, one-third bbl. basket, $1(0)2.25; 
radishes, bbl., $2(34; 100 bunches, $2; Ro¬ 
ma ine, bbl., $2(33; squash, marrow, bid., $2 
<02.50; Hubbard, $2(32.50; turnips, rutabaga, 
bid., $131.25; tomatoes, bu. box or carrier, 
50<3$1.50; watercress, 100 bunches, $133. 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS. — Cucumbers, 
doz.. 75:0$1; cauliflowers. Long Island, doz., 
$1(06; lettuce, doz., 50(375; mushrooms, lb., 
25(350; radishes, 100 bunches, $1.50(32.50; 
rhubarb, doz. bunches, 25(060. 
HOPS.—N. Y. State, 1903. 27331: Pacific 
Ooast, 1903, 26330; olds, 9314; German, 57 
364. 
BEANS.- Marrow, bu., $2.6032.95; pea, 
$1.8031.95; red kidney, $2.7533.06; white kid¬ 
ney, $333.05; yellow eye, $2.6032.65; lima, 
California, $2.3532.40. 
LIVE POULTRY.—Fowls, lb., 14; chick¬ 
ens, 13; roosters, 8%; turkeys, 13; ducks, 
pair, 60390; geese, pair, 903$1.25; pigeons, 
pair, 25, 
DRESSED POULTRY.—Broilers, fancy, 
lb., 35340; chickens, 12318; fowls, 10%<3>13%; 
squabs, doz., $2.5033. 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS. — Calves, 
537%; lambs (hothouse), head, $436.50; 
pork, 538. 
LIVE STOCK.—Steers, $4.5036.30; bulls, 
$334; milch cows with calves, $25348; 
calves, $3.5036; sheep, $435.26; lambs, $5.75 
36.90; hogs, $5.7035.75. 
TOBACCO.—Seed leaf, Connecticut fillers, 
436; fine wrappers, 50370; N. Y. State fill¬ 
ers. 336; Virginia shipping, common to 
good lugs, 536%; medium to good leaf, 83 
11; good to fine loaf, 11%312%. 
PARKS. ROOTS AND HERBS.—Elm, 
lb.. 26330; wild cherry, lb., 5%39; sassafras, 
lb., 8310; Cascara sagrada, lb., 163)20; sage, 
lb., 335; ginseng, lb., $4.7537; Virginia 
snake root, lb., 40345. 
KARM CHEMICALS.—Prices on fertiliz¬ 
ing chemicals are intended to cover the 
range from single ton to carload lots 
f. o. b. New York; Nitrate of soda, ton, 
$46360; dried blood, $50355; ground bone, 
$24328; muriate of potash, $36345; sulphate 
of potash. $14350; kalnit, $11313; acid phos¬ 
phate, $12315; copper sulphate, in bbl. lots, 
lb., 5%; sulphur flour, in bbl. lots, lb., 3; 
liver of sulphur, in 50-lb. lots, lb., 14; water 
glass (silicate of soda), small lots, b., 10 
325. _ 
'Tis now with hoe and spade we go 
And labor like the dickens, 
To furnish forth the proper fare 
For Neighbor Jones's chickens. 
—iS’ew York Sun. 
Grass Sod For a Park. 
J. R., Carlisle, Pa .—What is the best kind 
of grass mixture suited for sowing in the 
rear of a private residence on a plot of 
ground of five to six acres? An expensive 
lawn mixture is unnecessary, as we have 
provided this in the front and immediate 
vicinity of house, but a good permanent 
mixture is what Is wanted, and at the 
same time something which could be gone 
over occasionally with horse lawn mower 
with good effect. 1 have suggested a mix¬ 
ture of Blue grass and White clover. Can 
you suggest anything better? 
A ns.— The following mixture ought to 
give a fine sod. This is for each acre— 
3o pounds Blue grass, 35 pounds Red-top 
and 10 pounds White clover. This will 
seem like a tremendous seeding to a 
hay farmer, but it will be needed in a 
permanent lawn or park. 
Bermuda Grass In Orchard. 
.1. II. 8., Mammoth, Arts. —I have a nice 
orchard and the Bermuda grass has cov¬ 
ered the ground. Will it hurt the fruit oi 
fruit trees? What will kill the grass? 
Ans. —If there is a thick sod of this 
grass in any orchard it will seriously 
Interfere with the growth of the trees 
and prevent their fruit from attaining 
its proper development. Bermuda grass 
is very hard to kill out, but by plowing 
and harrowing it in the Fall and allow¬ 
ing the roots to freeze it can be killed 
out fairly well. H. e. v, u. 
Action of Limb. —The Ohio Experiment 
Station gives this simple explanation of 
one action of lime: “If a little lime be 
mixed with strong manure, such as hen 
manure, an odor of ammonia will become 
apparent. This means that the lime is lib¬ 
erating the ammonia from the manure, 
and that it is escaping into the air. If 
lime be mixed with the soil similar action 
will take place. If a crop be growing upon 
(he soil it may absorb part of the escap¬ 
ing ammonia and a larger crop will re¬ 
sult; but this larger crop Is made at the 
expense of tlie soil stores of plant food, 
and if these stores are not maintained by 
manuring or fertilizing the soil will soon 
refuse to respond to lime, because all the 
material in it upon which lime can act has 
been drawn out. and the soil is poorer than 
if no lime had been used." 
Tent Caterpillahs.— Nearly every year 
a good many apple trees and most wild 
cherry trees are badly infested with tent 
caterpillars. It is the usual custom to wait 
till the nests are large and the damage 
done to the foliage serious before anything 
is done to them. Then an attempt is made 
to burn the nosts. with the result that a 
great many of the caterpillars escape and 
live to perpetuate the species. We are sel¬ 
dom troubled with them at all nowadays, 
but a few years ago there were nests in 
our trees every Spring. The eggs were 
laid In the Fall. In a danse cluster, usually 
in the fork of a l wig. They are not easily 
seen at the time, being small and the same 
color as the twig, but in the Spring, after 
a short period of warm weather, the eggs 
hatch, and the tiny worms begin to spin 
their nests. If one has sharp eyes and is 
watching for them, these nests can be 
quickly seen while they are still very 
small. With a piece of rough cloth they 
can be wiped off the branch, and nests 
and caterpillars destroyed in an instant. 
If the branches are so high as to be iliiil- 
cult to reach, a little swab can bo fastened 
to the end of a flshpole and used. In this 
way the foliage is saved, and there are no 
unsightly nests and no crawling caterpil¬ 
lars. If this is done every year, there will 
soon be very little trouble with tent cater¬ 
pillars. SUSAN BROWN ROBBINs"' 
My Experience With Roup.— In The R. 
N.-Y., page 291, Mr. Turner gives his ex¬ 
perience with roup, but does not give a 
remedy. I will give my experience with 
that most terrible of all poultry diseases, 
and the remedy which T used, which T be¬ 
lieve to be the surest, quickest and easiest 
applied of any remedy used, and T believe 
original with me. One Winter I had 25 
Bari ridge Cochin fowls. In one eoUl, long, 
wet spell more than half took violent colds 
and In a few days they wore a hard-look¬ 
ing lot; faces swollen, eyes full of matter 
and many of them closed. I did not know 
what to do, as T had never had any in 
that way before, but at a venture and for 
an experiment T took a half-pint tin cup, 
filled it with strong vinegar and put In all 
(be copperas it would dissolve. T then took 
the bens, one at a time (sick and well), 
under my arm. comb between thumb and 
finger and bold the bend entirelv covered 
in it. until the throat and nostrils were 
eomplotoiv wet by an attempt to breathe. 
Tt took but a few minutes to go over them 
nil after they bad gone to roost. The next 
dav they seemed much better—all the 
closed eves bad opened. T treated them all 
again that night, and In three days from 
that time you would not have known mat 
they had ever been sick, and no new cases 
developed. e. r. a. 
Horscheads. N. Y. 
BOOK BARGAINS. 
A few shelf-worn copies of the following 
20-cent pamphlets will be sold at the rate 
of any six for 25 cents or the whole 10 for 
40 cents; 
Canning and Preserving, Young; Mow to 
Plant a Place, Long; Silo and Silage, A. J. 
Cook; Ensilage and Silo, Collingwood; 
Fruit Packages, Powell; Accidents aiul 
Emergencies, Groff; Country Roads, 
Powell; The New Botany, Beal; Milk 
Making and Marketing, Fowler; Tubero:: 
Begonias. 
AQTUIJA PUHKII to May cnri'd. Ilonltli rvnti.m.i. JioOli .W/■' 
nOifllflft FIIJ3I0. I’. Harold Hayes, HulTulo,N.Y. 
Wanted on Poultry Farm. 
A young active single man to do general fanning, 
care of horses, and team work. Wages $25 per in out li 
with board. Only those wishing steady employment 
need apply. 
LAKEWOOD FARM COMPANY, Uurrsvllle, N. J. 
BETTER THAN CHEMICALS. 
Mr. J. A. Wilson, Amesbury. Mass., 
whose mammoth collection of prize vege¬ 
tables was the great center of attraction 
at the fair, writes: 
“I use about a ton of Bradley’s Complete 
Manure to the acre, working it well into 
the soil before dropping the seed. All 
kinds of garden crops, especially cabbage, 
thrive well on Bradley’s High-Grade Ma¬ 
nure. I have used other kinds of fertilizers 
but get much the best satisfaction from 
the Bradley, it not only giving best crop 
results but with its fine mechanical con¬ 
dition ns compared with other kinds, much 
time and perplexity is saved in its. appli¬ 
cation. I had several tons of chemicals 
mixed for mo last Spring under my own 
direction, but failed to get near the anila- 
factory results from the chemical mixture 
as from the Bradley.”—.4dr. 
I" ■ For rich farming and fruit, growing, 
■“ Write J.D.S. HAN-sON. Bait Mich, 
Paudicnkus' Pauapisk Cheap lands. Heat climate. 
u Best markets. Write Mason A Taber. Norfolk Va. 
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Catalogue free. The Anchor Fence k Mfg, Co. Cleveland, Ohio. 
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RALPH It. CA RTE It CO., 2<J Cortlandt St., W.1 
I WANT FARMBIMG LANDS 
and will pay cash for them, provided they 
are productive; situated within 1 !) hours 
of N. Y. City and the price is right. I 
want to deal direct with the owner. No 
agenls. Will pay from $2,500 to $ 20,000 
for good farms. Write, giving full par¬ 
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Bldg, New York City. 
FARM FOR SALE. 
1% miles from Rnpld (Electric) Hallway at Now 
Baltimore, Michigan; 100 acres improved: 60 sores 
woodland; well watered; barn with stone basement 
60 by 100 feet, w I to outbuildings and 4 ton platform 
scales. Good house; Hue spring piped to house and 
barn; windmill. 
MARK NOKKIS,Grand Rapids,Michigan. 
eldest commission khuww. autter,chec»oi 
eggs, pork, poultry, dress si calves, grime, etc 
If. U WOOIXWAUD. 302 Greenwich Str.iet, N( 
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SPRING LAMBS 
i; lives; Fancy Eggs: Ginseng. Etc. Top Prices. 
WV. II COHEN A CO.,Commission Merchants, 
2.*0-231 Washington Street, New Y’ork 
TAKE THE NICKEL PLATE ROAD 
FOR THE ST. LOUIS FAIR. 
Lowest Rates and many unusual privi¬ 
leges. Speciiil $15.00 rate on certain dates. 
Full Information on application to local 
Agents, or R. E. Payne. General Agent, 
201 Main St.. Buffalo, N. Y.. or A. W. Ec- 
elestone, D. P. A., 385 Broadway, New 
York. 
$53.00 TO CALIFORNIA , OREGON 
AND WASHINGTON. 
Via the Chicago, Union Pacific and North- 
Western Line. Daily from Chicago, March 
1 to April 30. Correspondingly low rates 
from all points. Pullman tourist sleeping 
cars Chicago to San Francisco, Los Am 
geles and Portland daily. Double be rdf 
rate from Chicago only $7.00. Dally and 
personally conducted excursions. Three 
fast trains daily (o ihe Pacific Coast. The 
only double track railway to the Missouri 
River. AH agents sell tickets via this 
route. For full Information, time sched¬ 
ules, maps and book on California write 
to W. B. Kniskern, Passenger Traffic 
Manager, C. & N. W. Ry, Chicago. 
ORANGES the'year IN CUBA 
We cun sell laud In large or small tracts In any province In Cuba where oranges, pineapples and 
bananas grow all the year, where three to four crops of corn. beans and vegetables may he raised annually, 
and where cattle have luxuriant green grass every day In the year. 
No extremes of heat or cold No healthier climate known. Cheapest transportation to the great 
markets. Prices very low, but rapidly advancing. For Information, write 
The Tropical Land Company, 528 chambei- of Commerce Bldg., Detroit, Michigan. 
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FOR $21.00 TO $23.00 $i4,oo to $17.00, 
TOP BUGGIES,similar to one Illustrated, SURREYS at 
HAVE BEEN WIDELY ADVERTISED. I$34.00 tO $38.00. 
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