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MARKETS 
General Review. 
The egg market has weakened a little, al¬ 
though there is no specially quotable change 
in prices. The greatest surplus is of medium 
and lower qualities. Apples have been run¬ 
ning poor, and consequently prices are shaded. 
. The bulk of strawberries received is poor, 
being either small or in bad condition. There 
has been some surplus of new potatoes, which 
weakened the market. Old. both foreign and 
domestic, are firm. The Milk Exchange has 
reduced the price to the producer to .2% 
cents per quart. 
Prices obtained during current week ending 
May 24, 1904: 
GRAIN.—Wheat, No. 2, red, for export, 
.$1.08; No. 1, Northern, Duluth inspection, 
$1.00%. Corn, 576/59. Oats, 48@50. Rye, 
706/75. Barley, 47@48. 
FEED.—Spring bran, 200-lb sacks, $256/ 
28. Flour middlings, $286/30. 
SEEDS.—Retail prices f. o. b. New York. 
Timothy, bu., $3.50. Clover, bu., $9. Red- 
top, bu., $1G. 
HAY AND STRAW.—Hay, prime, 95@$1 ; 
No. 1, 90t@92% ; No. 2, 80^ 87% ; No. 3, G5@ 
75. Clover, mixed, 70(q75; clover, 556/60. 
Marsh, 506/55. Straw, long rye, $1.10@1.25. 
Oat, 50@60. 
MILK.—New York Exchange price 2% 
cents per quart to shippers in 26-cent freight 
zone. 
BUTTER. — Creamery, 146/20%; State 
dairy, 13@19%.; factory, 11%@14; imita¬ 
tion creamery, 13%<glG; renovated, 106/17; 
packing stock, 106/13%. 
CHEESE.—Full cream, new, 5@;7% ; skims, 
26/4%. 
EGGS.—Fancy selected white, 206/21; fair 
to prime, 186/19; Western and Southern sec¬ 
onds to firsts, 136/17 ; checks, 13@14. 
DRIED FRUITS.—Apples, evaporated, 4@ 
7% ; sun dried, 2%@4; chops, 100 lbs, $2.30 
0/2.40; cores and skins, 100 lbs, $1.65@1,75. 
Raspberries, 25. Huckleberries, 13%@14. 
Blackberries, 5@5%. 
FRESH FRUITS.—Apples, choice to fancy, 
$2.75@3.50; fair to good, $1,256/ 2.50. 
Peaches, Florida, crate, $1,506/3. Strawber¬ 
ries, qt., 5@15. 
VEGETABLES.—Potatoes, Bermuda, $46/ 
6; Southern, $3.75@5; State and Western, 
$2.50@3.50; foreign, 168-lb sack, $2.25(0:3; 
sweets, bbl., $2,506/5. Asparagus, prime, doz. 
bunches, $2(1/ 2.50; short and culls, 60(0 $1.75. 
Beets, new Souiheru, loo bunches, $2(//4. Car¬ 
rots, old, bbl., $2@3; new Southern, 100 
bunches, $2@3. Cabbage, new Southern, 
bbl. crate, $16/2. Egg plants, bu. box, $26/3. 
Horseradish, 100 lbs, $4(0 G. Kale, bbl., 506/ 
GO. Leeks, 100 bunches, $36/6. Lettuce, doz. 
heads, 50@75; barrel, $1,506/2.50. Peppers, 
bushel carrier, $16/2. Peas, %-bbl. basket, 
$1(0; 1.50. String beans, %-bbl. basket, $1@ 
1.50. Radishes, 100 bunches, $1. Spinach, 
bbl., $ 1(0 1.50. Turnips, ruta baga, bbl., $1@ 
1.25. Tomatoes, bu. box or carrier, $l@2.z5. 
Watercress, 100 bunches, 756/$1.50. 
HOPS.—New York State, 1903, 2G@35; 
Pacific coast, 1903, 24(0 30; olds, 9@14. 
BEANS.—Marrow, bu., $2.50@2.95 ; pea, 
$1.75(4/1.95; red kidney. $2.75(0 3; white kid¬ 
ney, $2.95(03; yellow eye, $2,606/2.65 ; lima, 
California, $2.37 % (7/ 2.40. 
LIVE POULTRY.—Fowls, lb, 13; chickens, 
pair, G0(0$l; roosters, lb, 9; turkeys, 12; 
ducks, pair, 406/90; geese, pair, 90@$1.25; 
pigeons, pair, 35(040. 
DRESSED POULTRY.—Turkeys, 12@1G; 
broilers, fancy, lb, 306/50; fowls, 126/13; 
squabs, doz., $1.75(02.75. 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS.—Calves, G 
6/8; lambs (hothouse), head, $36/7; pork, 
5@7y 2 . 
TOBACCO.—Seed leaf. Connecticut fillers, 
46/G; tine wrappers, 506/70; New York State 
fillers, 36/o; Virginia shipping, common to 
good lugs, 66/ 7; medium to good leaf, 9@11; 
good to fine leaf, ll%@l 2 - /2 . 
BARKS, ROOTS AND HERBS.—Elm, lb, 
356/ 40. *i ild cherry, lb, 5%6/ 9- Sassafras, 
lb, 86/10. Cascara sagrada, lb, 156/19. Sage, 
IT). 36/5. Ginseng, lb, $4.75@7. Virginia 
snake root, lb, 436/ 45. 
FARM CHEMICALS.—Prices on fertilizing 
chemicals are intended to' cover the range 
from single ton to carload lots f. o. b. New 
York: Nitrate of soda, ton, $486/52; dried 
blood, $53<g)56; ground bone, $256/28; mu¬ 
riate of potash, $366/45; sulphate of potash, 
$446/50; kainit, $116/13; acid phosphate, $12 
@15; copper sulphate in bbl. lots, lb, 5%; 
sulphur flour, in bbl. lots, lb, 3; liver of sul¬ 
phur, in 50-lb lots, lb, 14; water glass (sili¬ 
cate of soda), small lots, lb, 15@25. 
LIVE STOCK.—Steers, $4.60@5.G0. Milch 
cows, with chives,‘$256/GO. Calves, $56/6.50. 
Sheep, $3,506/5.50. Lambs, $4,756/7. Hogs, 
$5.20@5.35. 
“Some people’s idea of a contented dis¬ 
position,” said Uncle Eben, “is bein’ will¬ 
in’ to sit down comfortable an’ wait foh 
meal times while somebody else does all 
de work.”—Washington Star. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Deodorant for Cow Stable. 
&. B., Jamestown, V. V.—What is the best 
thing to use to kill odor in cow stables? I 
have in the past used air-slaked lime, but 
understand that this injures the manure for 
fertilizer. Will a mixture of kainit and acid 
phosphate answer the purpose? If so, in 
what proportion should they be mixed to 
“balance" the manure? Is there danger of 
injuring the feet of cattle by their use? 
Ans.— The trouble with lime is that it 
sets free ammonia. Land plaster or 
gypsum is better than lime, though it does 
not prevent all odors. A mixture of 
kainit and acid phosphate is the best for 
manurial purposes. It would add potash 
and phosphoric acid and hold the ammo¬ 
nia better than- the plaster. The plaster 
looks neater in the stable. Ordinary 
quantities of the kainit and phosphate will 
not hurt the cattle. 
Carbolic Acid Emulsion. 
Reader, Xo Address .—On page 305 is a 
statement by Prof. Slingerland about which 
I wish fuller information. Does carbolic acid 
emulsion need special apparatus to make it, 
and how liberally and how often should it be 
applied to onions? t^ course it does not 
want a cupful to each plant. 
Ans.— No special apparatus is required 
to make the carbolic acid emulsion for 
Cabbage or Onion maggots. It is only 
necessary to dissolve the soap in hot 
water, and when in solution add the car¬ 
bolic acid and thoroughly stir or agitate 
the hot mass into an emulsion. In apply¬ 
ing to onions one could simply dilute the 
emulsion to the specified strength, and 
then pour it along the rows of plants from 
a watering pot, using it liberally. 
M. V. SLINGERLAND. 
How to Use Nitrogen Bacteria. 
C. TV. 8., Cohocton, N. Y .—I have a suffi¬ 
cient amount of nitrogen germs from the 
U. S. Department of Agriculture properly 
to charge a gallon of water, and propose 
to use the same iu moistening the clover 
seed sown, and thus inoculate the soil for 
Red clover. How much clover seed should 
be used with this amount of water and 
microbes? How long should the seed be 
moistened before sowing? How long will 
the “cake" of nitrogen gatherers keep unin¬ 
jured before being used, and is it necessary 
to use phosphate or poTash when using this 
material on fairly rich ground? 
Ans.—A culture solution of one gal¬ 
lon is sufficient to inoculate about a bush¬ 
el and a half of clover seed. The seed 
should not be soaked, but merely moist¬ 
ened. There is no necessity for allowing 
the seed to be in the solution longer than 
the time sufficient to moisten the seed 
coat. The dry culture as packed for 
sending out from this laboratory, will re¬ 
tain i/s vitality if kept dry and under or¬ 
dinary conditions of temperature, for a 
period of six to twelve months. On 
fairly rich ground there is ordinarily no 
necessity for the addition of phosphate 
or* potash. I might add that where soil 
is acid a light liming is very beneficial in 
starting a leguminous crop where it is de¬ 
sired to secure an effective inoculation. 
[Prof.] G. T. MOORE. 
Mulching Young Apple Trees. 
F. TV. P., Preston, X. V.—I have just set 
out a small apple orchard for home use. I 
do not wish to cultivate. I have mulched 
the trees with strawy horse manure, and will 
have an abundant supply of stable manure, 
hen manure and hard wood ashes to use 
when necessary. IIow can I get the best re¬ 
sults under these conditions with clay soil? 
Ans.— In handling our young apple trees 
we do not put the mulch up close to the 
trunk, but leave a space of about six 
inches around it well hoed so as to keep 
the grass away from the tree. The mulch 
is put around .outside of this small hoed 
space. We would put the manure around 
the tree in a circle five or six feet in diam¬ 
eter if we had enough of it, and sprinkle 
the hen manure and the wood ashes up 
closer to the tree. In putting on the 
wood ashes we would rather lift the 
mulch and put the ashes under it. June 
is the best month for growth. We would 
crowd the tree hard in -that month. 
Metal Roofing. —On pages 327 and 395 
metal roofs were discussed. The oldest iron 
roof in this neighborhood was put on a 
dwelling house in October, 1S7G, nearly 28 
years ago. This roof has been painted about 
once in three years, and looks like lasting 
25 years longer, with the same care in paint¬ 
ing. In 1884 I roofed a house with tin. It 
has been painted about once in three years, 
and seems to be as good as it was at first. 
In 1891 I roofed a barn with steel. This 
steel roof was painted twice on the under 
side before it was put on, and has been 
painted once each year on top. It is rusted 
some on the under side and the painting once 
a year has not kept the top entirely free from 
rust. Iu the last four years 11 barns, two 
dwellings and one church have been struck 
by lightning within about five miles of where 
I write, and not one of these 14 buildings 
was roofed with metal. This, of course, is 
only negative evidence. It may have just 
happened that the lightning struck the wood 
and slate-roofed buildings. We are in the 
same county and only 1G miles from Steuben¬ 
ville, O., but had not heard of a metal-roofed 
building being struck by lightning until I 
read the communication of J. II. II. on page 
R. M. R. 
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