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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 27, 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, May 27, J905. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Which Field for Alfalfa?. 423 
Farm Labor in Delaware. 423 
Crops for Plowing Under. 423 
Use of Lime With Fertilizer. 424 
Cattails or Flags for Forage. 424 
Fertilizer for Potatoes. 424 
Construction of Smokehouse. 425 
Facts About Windmills. 425 
Information About Stacking Fodder.... 425 
Hope Farm Notes. 427 
Crop Prospects . 42!i 
Destroying Mustard . 429 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Fancy Markets for Eggs. 422 
An Advocate of the Silo. 422 
Farm and Dairy Notes. 434 
Cow Weaner. 434 
Pure Bloods vs. tirades. 435 
Remedies for Ailing Cows. 435 
Pasture for Hogs. 435 
HORTICULTURE. 
Building a Greenhouse. 421 
Strawberry Basket Carrier. 422 
Flour and Kerosene for Spraying. 423 
Grafting Plum Into Apricot. 424 
Mammoth Clover in Peach Orchard. 424 
Kuralisms . 42C 
Flour of Lime. 42(5 
The Italian Prune on Puget Sound. 429 
Paper Pots. 429 
Boxed Apples. 429 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 430 
The Evening Meal in California. 430 
Some Posy Beds, Part II. 431 
The Rural Patterns. 431 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Inexpensive Bathroom. 422 
Cement and Lime for Mortar. 424 
Editorials . 428 
Events of the Week... 429 
Business Bits. 429 
Markets . 432 
Publisher’s Desk. 433 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending May 20, 1905. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2, red. 
No. 1, Northern. Duluth.... 
Corn, mixed . 
Oats, mixed... .. 
Barley. 
— © 98% 
— @1.08% 
— © 5(5 
— © 36 
— @48 
FEED. 
Wholesale prices 
Spring Bran. 
Middlings . 
Red Dog. 
Ilominy Chop. 
Retail Western New Y'ork. 
Wheat Bran.22.00 
Middlings .24.00 
Red Dog.26.00 
Corn and Oats.25.00 
DAY AND STRAW. 
©18.10 
(a 21.00 
(a 2.3.25 
(a 20.00 
(<l 23.00 
© 26.00 
© 27.00 
@ 26.00 
Ilay, No. 1. 75 
No. 2. 05 
No. 3. 60 
Clover and Clover mixed. ... 65 
Straw, long rye . 80 
MILK. 
@ 77% 
@ 70 
© 65 
@ 72% 
@ 85 
New York Exchange price 2% cents per 
quart to shippers in 26-cent zone. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, extra. 21 %©> 22 
Firsts . 20% ©> 21 
Seconds . 19 © 20 
State dairy, tubs, extra. 21 fa 21 % 
Firsts . 20 © 20% 
Seconds . 19 © 19% 
Thirds . — @ 18 
Western Imitation Creamery, 
extras . — © 19 
Firsts . — © 18 
Renovated, extras. — © 19 
Firsts . 18 @ 18% 
Seconds . 17 © 17% 
Thirds. 15 © 16 
Western Factory, firsts, current 
make . — © 18 
Seconds, current make. It! © 17 
Thirds . 14 @ 15 
Packing stock No. 2. 16 @ 17 
CHEESE. 
NEW. 
Full cream, small, fine. — © 11% 
Small, fair to choice. 10% © 11 
Large, white. 10% © 11 
Large, colored. 10%© 10% 
Light skims, choice. 9%@ 9% 
Full skims . 2 © 3 
OLD. 
Fancy, white and colored. — © 14% 
Fine, white and colored. — @ 13% 
EGGS. 
Nearby, fancy, white. 20 @ 21 
Choice . 10 © 10% 
Extra mixed. — @ 19 
Western, firsts, storage pack.. 18%@ 18% 
Firsts. — @ 18 
Seconds . 17 © 17% 
Thirds. 15% © 16 
Term, and other South, seconds 16 © 16% 
Thirds. 13% @ 15 
BEANS. 
Marrow, choice, bu.2.85 ©2.00 
Common to good.2.50 ©2.80 
Pea, choice. — @1.75 
Common to good.1.50 @1.70 
Red kidney, choice. — @2.65 
Common to good.2.45 @2.60 
White kidney, choice.3.10 @3.15 
Black turtle soup, choice.3.25 © — 
Yellow eye, choice. — @2.00 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, fancy, N. Y. State.... 
Choice, N. Y. State. 
Low grade . 
Waste, prime, 100 lbs. 
Chops . 
Sun-dried quarters. 
Raspberries . 
Iluckleberres . 
Cherries ... 
6% @ 7 
5 % © 6 
4 (■< 5% 
95 @1.05 
1.45 @1.50 
2 % @ 3 
24 © 25 
10 @ 11 
@ 13 % 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, Ben Davis. 
Spy . 
Baldwin ... 
Greening . 
Spitzenburg . 
Russet . 
Strawberries. Norfolk, fey.... 
Norfolk, ch. 
Md., fancy.. 
Md., choice. 
2.25 
2.25 
o 2~i 
2 .00 
2.25 
2.25 
6 
5 
6 
4 
@3.50 
@3.50 
©3.00 
© 3.25 
@3.50 
@3.00 
@> 12 
© 8 
@ 14 
@ 8 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes. State & W'n, 180 lbs. 
Maine, 168-lb bag. 90 
Bermuda, new. No. 1, bbl. 
No. 2.. 
Southern. Rose, No. 1. bbl 
Chili white. No. 1, bbl. 
Chili red. No. 1, bbl... 
Seconds, bbl. 
Culls, bbl. 
Sweets, Jersey, bbl.2,00 
Asparagus, Colossal, doz. . . 
Extra prime. 
Culls . 50 
Beets, Charleston. 100 bchs. 
Florida, bbl crate.1.00 
Carrots, Charleston, 100 be 
Cabbage, Norfolk, bbl. 
Celery, St. & West., doz. . . 
Chicory, New Orleans, bbl. 
Corn, Florida, ease of 100. 
Kale, nearby, bbl. 
Kohlrabi, New Orleans, 100 
bunches .2.00 
Lettuce, nearby, bbl. 
Mushrooms, lb. 
Oyster plants. 100 bchs.2.00 
Peas, East. Sh. Va.. bu-bkt. . 
N. C\, bu-basket. 
N. C\, %-bbl. basket. 
Norfolk, per %-bbl. basket. 
Norfolk & Suffolk, per bkt.. 2f 
Parsley, New Orleans, 100 be 
Parsnips, old bbl. 
Radishes, nearby, 100 bchs. 
Spinach, nearby, bbl. 
String beans. Charleston, wax, 
bu-baeket . 20 
Round green... 
Flat green. 
Savannah, wax . 
Green . 
Florida . 
Squash, Marrow, old, bbl. 
Hubbard, old, bbl. 
Tomatoes, Florida, fancy, 20- 
qt. carrier .. 
Florida, choice.1.00 
Florida, common. 
Turnips. Rutubaga. bbl.... 
LIVE POULTRY 
Spring chickens, nearby, pair 
Western and southern, lb. 
Fowls, Western. 
Roosters . 
Turkeys . 
Ducks .. 60 
Geese, pair .. 
Pigeons, pair . 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, Western, average best 17 
Mixed weights, fair to good. 15 
Chickens, broilers, 3 lbs. and 
under to pair, lb. 40 
Mixed sizes . 17 
State and I’a.. mixed sizes.... 15 
Western broilers . 30 
Fowls, Western, medium size. . 
Ducks, Spring, I.. I. and East¬ 
ern. lb... — 
Squabs, prime large white, doz.2.50 
Mixed, dozen .2.12 
Dark, dozen .U50 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS. 
. 6 © 9% 
head .5.00 @6.50 
.. 7 % @ 8% 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers .5.75 @0.3.) 
.3.«>0 @4.40 
. 3.00 @4.75 
...1.80 @4.25 
beef . 8 % © 10 
7 3 
© 1.12 
@ 1.15 
4.00 
© 4.50 
@3.50 
2.25 
@3.00 
2.25 
@2.75 
2.25 
© 2.50 
©'2.00 
© 1.75 
2.00 
© 1.00 
2.25 
© 2.75 
© 2.00 
@1.00 
1.00 
©6.00 
@2.00 
1.00 
@3.00 
©1.75 
15 
©) 90 
2.00 
@5.00 
@3.00 
40 
© 60 
2.0(1 
@4.00 
©2.25 
10 
© 50 
2.00 
@3.00 
1.50 
@ 1.75 
25 
@ 50 
25 
@1.25 
7~> 
@1.50 
25 
@ 75 
il.OO 
@ - 
1.00 
© — 
40 
@ 50 
75 
© 1.00 
20 
© 60 
25 
@1.00 
25 
@1.50 
15 
© 50 
25 
@1.00 
.25 
© 1.00 
— 
@1.00 
1.00 
@1.25 
1.50 
@2.00 
1.00 
@1.25 
50 
@ 7 5 
75 
@ 1.00 
75 
@1.00 
© 35 
— 
© 13% 
_ 
© 9 
— 
©/ 12 
60 
@ 80 
1.0(1 
© 1.25 
— 
@ 25 
© 
@ 
© 
© 
@ 
© 
© 
© 
(a 
16 
45 
20 
17 
35 
1 3 % 
20 
75 
@2.25 
@1.62 
Calves 
I .a mbs 
Hogs 
i >xen . 
Bulls . 
Cows . 
Dressed _ 
Milch cows with calves. 50.00 
sheep 5 '.7.7.'.'.'.'.'.'.::::::::::3.5o @ 5.00 
Lambs .7.8-00 
Hogs . ( '-°o 
ESSENTIAL OILS. 
Wintergreen .1.85 
Sassafras 
© 50.00 
@7.00 
@9.00 
@ 6.12 
Peppermint 
2.90 
@ 2.10 
© 70 
@ 3.00 
Spearmint .4.75 @.>.00 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Prices for ton lots f 
bag 
per 
'rices for 
lots 10 to 25 
Nit rate of soda . . 
Muriate of potash. 
* "M nhosphate . 
Kainit . 
Dried blood . 
Tankage . 
Bone meal . 
Peruvian guano . 
Sulphur flowers, bbl. lots. 
Copper sulphate, bbl. lots. 
o. b. New York! Single 
cent higher. 
lb. — 
lb. — 
© 53.00 
@43.00 
© 12.50 
@12.00 
© 52.00 
@35.00 
@25.00 
@37.00 
© 2 % 
© 5 % 
“I think,” said the reporter, ‘‘that the 
iiiblic would like to know how you man¬ 
ned to live to such a great age.” “By 
lerseverance,” replied the centenarian. 1 
est kept on livin’.”—Philadelphia Press 
Mama; '‘When that naughty boy threw 
tones at you why didn’t you come and 
ell me instead of throwing them back 
t him?” Little Willie: “Huh! What 
;ood would it do to tell you? You 
ouldn’t hit the side of a house.”—Wash- 
ngton Life. 
“BED-hangings are in fashion again, 
ead a citizen of Arkansas, who was la- 
loriously conning the “patent side" of <he 
ullage newspaper. “Bed-hangin’s—well, 
’ll be dad-dogged. It’s a blamed lazy 
uss that won’t git out o’ bed to be 
tung.”—Credit Lost. 
“It’s pretty hard to determine a boy’s 
'ocation.” “Well, it seems to be pretty 
veil settled that my boy is bound to be a 
■ontractor.” “Showing an aptitude for it 
dready, eh?” “Well, he contracts nearly 
■verything that comes along; had the 
•hicken-pox and mumps last month, and 
iow he’s got the measles.”—Philadelphia 
Press. 
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TURNS 
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iTHE 
Cream Separator does it 
SURE' V — SIMPLY —SWIFTLY-SAFELY —STEADILY 
TEN YEARS USE FURNISHES AMPLE PROOF. 
separator for farm purposes and that its wearing qualities are of the best, and cheerfully 
recommend the U. S. Cream Separator to any one intending to purchase a separator for 
its durability, simplicity and construction. It is a clean skimmer and easily eared for. 
We have used our separator twice a day and skimmed the milk from 30 cows and it never 
failed to do the work which it was required to do. To all appearances it will last a good 
many years to come.” 
Roskndaj.e. Wis.. March 8. 1905. F. H. SCRIBNER. 
The U. S. Separator holds the World’s Record for cleanest skimming 
VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO., Bellows Falls, Vt. 
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Salt Lake City, Utah, San F»ancisco, Cal., Portland, Ore., Buffalo, N.Y., Portland, Me., Montreal, and Sherbrooke, 
Que., Hamilton, Out., Winnipeg, Calgary, and Vancouver. 
404 Address all Letters to Bellows Falls, Vt. 
Convenience. 
Why not get it in your cream separator when 
every other essential goes with it? That’s 
the difference between the separator of 
today and the old machines. The new 
Papec 
Cream Separator 
doesn't require you to lift the milk as high as 
your head to fill the can. A child can fill it. 
That counts when you use it every day twice 
a day. Mind you, this is not attained at the 
expense of clean skimming, easy turning, or 
cleaning. Handiness is not inconsistent with these 
things. The Papec is the separator that has them all. 
Let us tell you all about it. Our free book will do it. 
THE PAPEC MCH. CO., 
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Buy Direct From Factory 
And Save the Middleman's Enormous Profits. 
Our Milk Cans embody all best improvements; are 
made of annealed steel; all partsdouble tinned. In¬ 
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collect and sour; very easy to clean—a most Import¬ 
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Wisconsin, 
8 gal, 15 lbs, $1 35 
10 gal, 10 lbs, 1 40 
5 gal, 12 lbs, 
8 gal, l~'4 lbs, 
10 gal, 18% lbs, 
5 gal, 15 lbs, 
8 gal, 21 lbs, 
10 gal, 22 lbs, 
8 gal, 21 lbs, 
10 gal, 22 lbs, 
Terms, cash with order. 
■New York.' 
1 40 
1 55 
1 00 
1 05 
1 75 
1 80 
1 75 
1 80 
. . or 
C. (> 1). subject to examination. 
THE SEESTEDT BROS. MFG CO. 
ROMULUS, MICH. 
Iowa, 
New York, 
Cleveland, 
Live stock diseases prevented 
Pratts P. V. Condition Powder, 
Made by Pratt Food Co., Phila. Over 30 years old. 
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Farmers wanted as agents. August Post, Moulton, Iowa. 
att e nt i o NT.?;:.;::,, ssr 
favor us with your orders. Mull orders a Specialty 
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150 Envelopes and 150 Letter Heads, neatly 
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DURHAM BULL 
Wanted, from twelve 
__months to two years old. 
Must be registered. Reply P. O. Box 377, New. York. 
R egistered jerseys- 4 Heifers, 2 to 14 mos. : 7 
Bulls, 4 to 8 1110 s. old, St, Lambert Strain. "Sire 
a Pure St. Lambert.” J. Aldus Herr, Lancaster, Pa. 
SILOS 
Buy your Silo material from T E. 
CROSS, Poughkeepsie, New York, 
and save agent's profits. 
There is a good opening on a large farm in Western 
Pennsylvania for a bright, up-to-date farmer and 
wife. Prefer one having had experience on a dairy 
farm. This will appear but once. If you want the 
place reply to "Farmer,” care Rural New-Yorker, 
stating experience, age and references. 
WANTED 
Strawberries and all other Fruits and Vege¬ 
tables; Dressed Lambs, Calves, Hothouse Products, 
Fancy Eggs, etc. Top prices secured for choice pro¬ 
ducts. Write us what you have for sale. 
ARCHDEACON & CO., 100 Murray St., New Y’ork. 
6*0. P. HAMMOND. EST. 1875. PRANK W. GODWIN 
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Commission Merchants and Dealers In all kinds ov 
COUNTRY PRODUCK, Apples, Peaches, Berries. 
Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms and Hot¬ 
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84 * 36 Kittle 12th St.„ New York- 
VIRGINIA FARMS 
COST $10 
Income $30 
ACHE 
por Aero 
IHOICK Homer Pigeons for squab breeding and 
j Hying. JOHN M. HATHAWAY, Acushnet, Mass. 
BOOKS WORTH BUYING. 
Sent Postpaid on Receipt of Price. 
American Fruit Culture, Thomas.$2.50 
Bush Fruits, Card. 1.50 
Dwyer’s Guide to Hardy Fruits and Ornamentals, .50 
Horticulturist’s Rule Book, Bailey.75 
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describing and illustrating hundreds, mailed free. 
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