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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
June 10, 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, June 10, 1905. 
FARM TOPICS. 
A Veteran’s Plea for Silage. 454 
Which Field for Alfalfa. 454 
How the Farm Women Help. 455 
An Excellent Connecticut Silo. 455 
Fertility of the Land. 455 
Hope Farm Notes . 459 
Crop Prospects . 401 
When to Cut Wheat Hay. 401 
Second Crop Potatoes ...’. 401 
Sweet Corn or Cane for Fodder. 401 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Wyandottes and Dark Eggs . 406 
Horses In Western New York. 406 
Right of Tenants to Manure. 406 
Carnivarous Sheep . 460 
Raising a Jersey Calf. 407 
Ripening Cream; Use of Starter. 407 
Care of St. Bernard Dog. 467 
Cribbing Horses . 407 
HORTICULTURE. 
Greens Under Glass .453, 454 
Plan for a New England Orchard.... 454 
The Value of An Orchard Tree. 455 
Dying Apple Trees . 456 
Weed Killer . 450 
Handy Seed-Sowing Device. 457 
Influence of Stock Upon Graft. 457 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 458 
Insect on Strawberries . 461 
Orange Winter Apple . 461 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Upy to Day. 462 
Cherry Recipes; Cotton-seed Oil....462, 463 
Suggestions in Mush . 403 
The Rural Patterns . 463 
The Bookshelf .| 403 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Iowa Experiments at County Poor Farms 454 
Extra Hand Power on a Pump. 455 
Beehives and Other Incubators. 455 
Cement for Silo . 456 
A School for Automobiling. 456 
Publisher’s Desk . 465 
COUNTRY'-DRESSKD 
Calves, prime veal. 
to good . 
Fair 
Poor 
Spring 
@ 
(u 
MEATS. 
. 9 € 
. 8 
. 6 
lambs, head.2.00 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, lb. 13 
Chickens, fancy, broilers, lb. .. 40 
Mixed sizes . 17 
Fowls . — 
Ducks . 17 
Squabs, dozen .1.50 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers .5.35 
Bulls .3.00 
Cows .1.90 
Dressed beef . g 
Milch cows with calves.20..00 
Calves, veal .4.00 
Sheep .3.50 
Lambs .7.00 
Hogs .4.90 
@ 
@ 
@5.00 
9% 
8 % 
7 
17 
50 
20 
14 
19 
@2.75 
@6.00 
@4.75 
@4.30 
@ 9 
@50.00 
@7.25 
@5.00 
@8.50 
@5.90 
THEPOTA TO CROP,' 
large or small, is beat 
harvested with 
the Improved 
DOW DEN 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
near New- 
small milk 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending June 3, 1905. Wholesale except other¬ 
wise noted. The prices of grain, butter, 
cheese and eggs are based on the official fig¬ 
ures of the Produce and Mercantile Ex¬ 
changes, with such revision as outside deals 
noted appear to warrant. Prices of other 
products are from reports of dealers, in¬ 
quiries and observation of sales in the vari¬ 
ous market sections. Where possible these 
figures are the average of several sales. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 1, Northern, Du¬ 
luth . —..@1.17% 
No. 2 Northern. Manitoba.. — @ 97 
Corn, No. 2, mixed. — @ 56 
Oats, mixed . — @ 35 
Rye . — @ 85 
Barley . — @ 44 
FEED. 
Spring bran . — 
Middlings .20.00 
Red dog . — 
Cotton seed meal . — 
Linseed meal .:. — 
@19.50 
@22.50 
@23.50 
@26.00 
@30.00 
Hay, prime 
HAY AND STRAW. 
No. 1 . 
(a) 
15.50 
No. 2 . 
13.50 
(a) 
14.00 
No. 3 . 
12.00 
@13.00 
Clover and clover mixed.. 
10.00 
@ 
14.00 
Straw, long rve. 
14.00 
@ 
16.00 
Short and oat. 
@ 
12.00 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, extras, lb. 
. 20-y, @ 
21 
Firsts . 
@ 
20% 
Seconds . 
(3) 
19% 
Thirds . 
@ 
18 % 
State dairy, half-tubs, extras 
— 
(a) 
18% 
Tubs, firsts . 
. 19% @ 
20 
Tubs, seconds . 
. 18 % @ 
19 
Lower grades . 
. 17 
@ 
IS 
Western imitation creamery. 
extras . 
„ —— 
@ 
19 
Firsts . 
. 18 
@ 
18% 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, small, fine. 
, -1 
@ 
9% 
Small, fair to choice. 
. 8%© 
91/4 
Large, fine . 
. - 
@ 
9% 
Light skims, small, choice... 
• 7 V 
■, @ 
7% 
l’art skims, prime . 
. 5 % @ 
6 
Full skims . 
1 
@ 
2 
. 20 @ 
— @ 
18 @ 
— @ 
17% @ 
EGGS. 
Fresh gathered, fancy, white.. 
Selected, white; good to eh. 
Fresh gathered, extra mixed 
Fresh gathered, firsts . 
Western, graded, ch. to fancy. 
Western, good to prime. 16% 
FRESII FRUITS. 
Apples, Spy .2.50 
Baldwin .2.50 
Ben Davis .2.50 
Russet .2.25 
No. 2 stock .1.00 
19 
18% 
17% 
17 
@5.00 
@3.50 
@3.25 
@3.25 
@2.00 
@ 18 
1 
@ 
@ 
@ 
@ 
@ — 
@3.50 
@3 00 
@50.00 
7 
7 
6 
12 
Huckleberries, N. C.. quart.... 10 
Strawberries, Norfolk, qt. 2 
Eastern Shore . 3 
Maryland and Delaware.... 3 
Jersey . 3 
Blackberries, N. C., qt. 10 
Gooseberries, qt. 10 
Peaches. Fla., carrier.2.00 
Georgia, carrier .1,00 
Watermelons, Florida, 100. ..30.00 
MILK. 
In effect June 1. New York Exchange price 
reduced one-fourth cent per quart, netting 
2% cents in 26-cent freight zone where no 
extra station charges are made. 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes very dull, new Southern 50 cents 
per barrel lower. 
Potatoes, old, 180 lbs. 
New. No. 1, bhl. 
Southern, culls to seconds. 
Asparagus, extra choice, doz. 
Fair to good. 
Beets and carrots, 100 bnchs. 
Cabbage, Southern, bbl. 
Cucumbers, S’n, 3-pk. bkt. ... 
Sweet corn, Southern, 100. . . 
Celery, dozen . 
Egg plants, bu. box. 
Kale, barrel . 
T^ettuce, barrel .. 
Mushrooms, lb. 
Onions, bu. crate.. 
Peppers, 24-qt. carrier. 
Green peas, bu. bkt. 
Radishes, 100 bunches. 
Spinach, bhl. 
Squash, new, bbl.. 
Turnips, ruta baga. 
Tomatoes, 24-qt. ci 
bbl. 
. 75 
@1 
.00 
@2 
.00 
50 
@1 
.25 
.1.75 
@2 
.50 
.1.00 
@1 
.50 
.1.00 
@4 
.00 
75 
@1 
.00 
. 50 
@1 
.50 
@2 
.50 
, 20 
@ 
80 
,2.00 
@3 
.50 
40 
@ 
60 
1.00 
@2 
.00 
20 
@ 
50 
75 
@1 
.50 
2.00 
@3. 
.00 
75 
@1. 
.50 
— 
@ 
50 
50 
@2. 
00 
40 
@ 
60 
@2. 
25 
50 
@1. 
00 
75 
@2. 
25 
A Milk Proposition.— “I live 
ark, N. J., and intend to start a 
route. I wish to get good milk that I know 
has not been watered and doctored, and can 
pay a fair but not fancy price. Must 1 de¬ 
pend on the city wholesalers or would it be 
feasible to buy direct from some farmer?” 
New Jersey. t. 
There are usually many farmers on the look¬ 
out for such an opportunity to ship direct to 
a reliable man and get away from the large 
wholesalers. The best way will be to write 
to several farmers in the dairy sections most 
accessible, and then if possible visit the place 
that seems most suitable and make a strict 
bargain. If unable to do this, deal with the 
large wholesalers. They can supply any quan¬ 
tity or grade desired, but the margin of 
profit: would be smaller than in a direct ar¬ 
rangement made, as indicated above. 
Cheese.—T he old stock is practically out 
of the market, and new make is getting so 
plenty that prices have gone down to the low¬ 
est figure for a long time. Sellers at inte¬ 
rior points seem disposed to cut prices to 
avoid an accumulation of fodder cheese, 
have been making some investigation of the 
cheese offered at retail here at present, and 
find it surprisingly good in flavor and texture 
as compared with offerings in the same stores 
last year. There is considerable demand for 
a cheap cheese, but a grocer who keeps only 
the low-priced grade is quite sure to kill off 
the better element of his trade. In scores 
of families no cheese is used merely because 
only a rank mean-flavored article, that can 
be bought at a low price, is offered. Dealers 
who are obliged to keep cheap cheese should 
have the other grade also, buying the small 
sizes if necessary and advertising it at every 
opportunity. Where customers are educated 
in this way a choice cheese does not last long 
enough to make much waste. 
Investment Sharks. —Last week reference 
was made to a brand of stock brokers who 
could not be found at the address- given, get 
ting their mail by proxy, changing their name 
at convenient intervals, and pocketing what¬ 
ever money is sent them without making 
acknowledgment or return. Dealing with 
them is probably as painless a way of losing 
money as one could find. As all future cor¬ 
respondence is ignored, he is not long left In 
doubt about their intentions. We are often 
asked to look up another type of brokers con¬ 
cerning whom it is more difficult to make 
a correct estimate, as they have a plant and 
do business, at least some of which must bo 
on the square. Their office may be a small 
two-room affair, or more pretentious. Their 
typewriters and letter duplicators are busy 
preparing matter for the mail, as most of 
their customers are obtained by sending cir¬ 
culars and what appear to he personal let¬ 
ters to lists of names of country and village 
people. They always know of‘a low-priced 
stock which can he bought to advantage now. 
Send them $50 or $100 and they will “mar¬ 
gin” so many shares a certain number of 
points. This is a form of gambling quite 
similar in effect to betting on a horse race. 
The broker gives you a ’‘tin,” you send him 
$50 or so to protect him in case the stock 
goes down. lie buys a certain number of 
shares with his own money, or that of some 
other customer. If it goes up. you have the 
profits, less his commission and possibly some 
other charges, hut never actually own any 
of the shares. If it goes down, he holds it 
until the loss nearly covers the money vou 
sent him, then sells, and you lose your $50. 
You take all the risk : he can lose nothing. 
That is the essence of dealing on a margin, 
which has ruined scores of people and made 
hundreds dissatisfied with their lot in life. 
The best thing that can happen to the person 
who makes the first trial at such gambling is 
to lose the whole amount put up. This may 
discourage further attempts of the sort. The 
worst thing is to gain $50 or $100 for every 
$50 put up, as is sometimes the case. Men 
who can go through such an experience with¬ 
out losing their heads are scarce. Making 
money by hard labor will he too slow a pro¬ 
cess after that, and when the luck goes against 
them, any way of getting money to make one 
more trial may be resorted to. It is hard to 
conceive anythin* outside of real crime more 
destructive to life development of farms and 
farm homes /nan the sending away of 
hard-earned money to some stock broker who 
has glittering opportunities to offer. The 
personal interest which should be centered in 
the farm goes with the money. The finan¬ 
cial page of the daily paper Is anxiously 
looked at to see how copper, steel. St. Paui, 
etc., has gone. No matter what the result, 
the farm and farm life seem a dreary place 
and hopeless drudgery. The effect on young 
wage earners in the city is demoralizing. 
Clerks, stenographers, and office hoys drop 
their dollars into this hungry mouth. I knew 
a young man about to be married, who had 
saved $500.. A friend had just doubled his 
money in a Wall Street investment, and Iip 
kept thinking how much better $1,000 would 
he than $500. until he turned over the $500 
to the same broker on what was considered a 
sure thing. But the stock went down and 
down until he lost every cent, and actually 
had to borrow money for his wedding outfit. 
This severe lesson was enough. As he was 
industrious and had a good and growing posi¬ 
tion. he got a firm footing again and has 
prospered ever since, though never touching 
stock speculation. h. 
EGGS FOR SALE Selected. 7 5 cents. 
Choice fine laying strains. W. Wyandottes, Baired 
P. Rocks, R. T. Reds. S. C. W. Leghorns. 
O. LINDEMARK, L. Box 93, Gt. Barrington, Mass. 
Potato Digger • P eep ° r , shallo , w - y°u get 
, ... . them all, fast, cleanand un- 
•nt. Standard differ with no peer, and 11 lwtp- Aik fur fra. Dowden book 
OOWOEN MFC. CO., Box 533, PRAIRIE CITY, IA.' 
Better than 
Firing. 
•'■pi 
Stop firing or using any such barbarous 
methods when you can accomplish far more 
In a quarter of the time and never lay up the 
horse and never blemish him. Try 
Stevens’ Ointment. 
ft 
FORSALE 
STOCK & DAIRY FARM 
Walworth County, Wisconsin. 
In the world famous 
“ELGIN DISTRICT 
fifty years It has been the greatest horse 
xiy In Europe and as a blister is used and 
For 
remedy in Rurope and as a __ __ 
recommended by the greatest veterinaries every. 
where. For Splints, Spavins. Thuroughpins, 
Curbs and all diseases of the legs it is infalliable 
and positively guaranteed. None genuine with¬ 
out our written signature. Price, $t.ooj«r box, 
postpaid. Stevens' Ointment can lie furnished 
through your druggist or harness dealer or direct. 
Sam Parmer, Nashville, Tenn., says: “I have 
used Stevens’ Ointment for l>ad legs for years. It 
is away ahead of firing and all otherblistering for 
it acts quick, cures quick and you don't have to 
lay up the horse.” Send for Dr. Stevens’ valu- 
able treatise, " Lameness in the Horse, Its Cure 
and Remedy”—FREE. 
TUTTLE & CLARK, Detroit, Mich. 
Sole Agents for til* United States. 
Tne Latest Product of the 3<)th Century. 
The Air-Cooled Pumping Gasoline Engine. 
Just what 
you want 
for .Sawing 
Wood. 
Churning, 
Running 
Cream 
Separator. 
No Water 
to freeze. 
Gasoline 
in the base. 
ngiue. 
Made in 1^ 
and 2 Hj H. 
P. Either 
plain or 
with hack 
gear. 
Write for 
price. 
R. H. Deyo, 
& Co.. 
Bingham¬ 
ton, New 
York. 
THE 
COLUMBUS 
Gas and Gasoline 
Engines. 
Simple, effective, 
easily started and 
adjusted. 
Columbus Machine Co, 
Columbus, Ohio. 
Send for catalogue 
No. 62. 
CHAIN-HANGING 
CATTLE STANCHION 
The Most Practical 
CATTLE FASTENER 
ever invented. 
Manufactured and for 
f&le by 
O. H. ROBERTSON, 
Forestville, Conu. 
BINDER TWINE 
Q3p Farmers Wanted as Agents. 
04 1, AUGUST POST, Moulton, Iowa. 
SILOS 
putters, Blowers, Engines and Hay- 
.___4fiSn 
ing Tools. R. C. REEVES 
187 Water Street, New York. 
CO., 
SILOS 
Buy your Silo material from T E. 
CROS-L Poughkeepsie, New York, 
and save agent's profits. 
X AYI C WIITO Make old buggies run like new. 
• MALL IIU I O Sample sent on approval. 
Agts. wanted. Hardware Co.. Box F 43, Pontiac, Mich. 
ATTENTION l “ “S 
favor us with your orders. Mall ordets a Specialty, 
I. HKRZ, Genl. Mgr., yyMontgoniery St., Jersey City, N. J. 
A farm that will pay big money on the investment 
the first year, and increase in revenue each suc¬ 
ceeding year. Deep, rich soil that has never been 
overworked—up-to-date buildings and equipments. 
Located in a beautiful, healthy country with good 
roads, good shipping facilities, and good educa¬ 
tional opportunities. Prosperous section. Would 
make a most ideal country gentleman’s place. 
240 ACRES 
185 acres under cultivation, 55 acres in woods and 
pasture, in which there is a splendid pond of sever¬ 
al acres. Every acre can be worked if desired. 
Barns and Buildings 
Da.iry Barn, 32 by 100 feet, and is arranged to 
house 65 milch cows. Modern equipments, cement 
floors. 
Horse Bam, 30 by 40, with stalls for 12 horses; 
modern conveniences, cement floors, etc. 
The Waffon and Tool House is new and modern. 
size 32 x 42. 
The Hen House is 14x20. All of stone and with 
sheet iron roofs. 
Wood Shed, 18x20. 
Good Well-built Hog Sheds. 
Wind Mill, 60 feet high, with 10 ft. wheel—two 
good wells, plenty of good water. 
HOUSE—A Good, Comfortable, Roomy Homo, 
16 rooms, surrounded by large oak trees, and situ¬ 
ated on a good macadam road. 
Orchard, 7 years old, with 50 trees of selected 
fruits just rounding into bearing. 
Local and Long Distance Telephone in house. 
One-half mile to post office and creamery near by! 
Books show net returns of $3915.00 from this farm 
last year after providing for the keep of two fami¬ 
lies. Farm fully stocked now with all necessary 
live stock, tools, implements, etc., which will be 
sold with the farm if desired. 
I believe this is one of the best properties, in one 
of the most prosperous, beautiful and healthy sec¬ 
tions of our country. It has the name of being by 
far the best farm in that part of Wisconsin. Prices 
and particulars by addressing 
FRANK E. LONG, 1202 Powers Bldg., CHICAGO. 
VIRGINIA FARMS 
COST $10 PER ACRE 
Income $30 per Acre 
Virginia Land Is doing this for its farmers every year, and 
we prove It to you by signed statements. Long Summers, 
mild Winters. Best shipping facilities to great eaateru 
markets at lowest rates Best church, school and social advau 
tages. For list of farms, excursion rates and what others have 
accomplished,write to-day to F. H. LABAUMK, Agr. and lud. Agt. 
Norfolk and Western Ky., B»Jtl7 Itoanoke, Va. 
FOR SALE-FARM 222 ACRES 
Johnson tp., Trumbull Company, Ohio. Fertile soil, 
spring water, good fences. 8-room house, three barns. 
Centralized school, R. F. I). mail. Immediate pos¬ 
sesion. Price #30 per acre. 
George ill. Smith. Court House, Warn n, O. 
Maine Farm For Sale—100 acres good land, good build¬ 
ings, _50 apple trees, all kinds small fruits. Beautiful 
shade trees. Price $1000. A. I. Hall, Rochester, N. H. 
3,000 MONEY-MAKING FARMS for sale through- 
out Ntiw England aud the South; “Strout’s Spring 
Gist, describing and illustrating hundreds, many 
Sdpdp’ JP"? wi ng crops included, mailed 
FREE. E A. SI ROUT, Farm Dept. 42, 150 Nassau 
St.. New York City, orT remont Temple. Boston. 
DISTRICT AGENTS 
WANTED. $]00 to $500 necessary to start. Ex¬ 
's',,'' 0 agency given for sale of Five Dollar Washing 
Machine, guaranteed to do twice the work of auy 
i en Dollar Machine sold to-day. Works easy, noise¬ 
less, no gearing. Made like galvanized tub. Weighs 
— pounds. New article and selling fast. Territory 
assigned in order of application. LEADER 
WASHER COMPANY. Box 220, Bay City! Michigan 
UEO.P. HAMMOND. EST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & CO., 
putter, Eggs, Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms and Hot- 
‘°, us « .products a Specialty Consignments solicited. 
34 A 30 Little 13th St., New York. 
WANTED 
Strawberries aiul all other Fruits and Vege- 
ARCHDEACON & CO., 100 Murray St.. New Y’ork. 
A PROFITABLE FARM MACHINE 
Cream represents cash. Be sure then to buy the Cream Seuarator that 
skims the closest—that yets all the cream possible. * 
THE U. S. 
CREAM SEPARATOR 
takes out more cream than any other because of 
the unique construction of the bowl. 
AN EXCLUSIVE FEATURE 
Only two simple parts inside the bowl, one fits into the 
Other, both fit into the steel bowl shell. 
When put together there are three bowls in one. 
No other separator has this advantage, and that is 
why no other can skim as close as the U. S. 
Our free booklet fully explains and illustrates this 
feature. It shows, too, the easy-to-fill milk tank, the en- 
leased light running gears, and self-oiling device found in the U. S. It makes 
I mighty interesting reading. Drop us a line now while the matter is fresh in your 
mind, and we will send you the booklet by return mail. 
VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO., Bellows Falls, Vt. 
Prompt Deliveries. ia Distributing Warehouses in U. S. and Canada 
406 
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