576 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
July 39, 
CONTENTS. 
The Rukal New-Yorker, July 29, 1905. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Close Culture in Garden and Farm..565, 566 
"Muck" and Its Handling. 568 
Fruto Farm Hits. 569 
Killing Out Quack Grass. 569 
Hope Farm Notes. 571 
Hay Loaders. 571 
Crop Prospects. 573 
The Outlook for Hay. 573 
Asparagus Rust in California. 573 
Damage for Breach of Warranty. 573 
Farm Hands in Indiana. 578 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Care of Horse in Hot Weather. 566 
Clover Silage for Little Pigs.566, 578 
Grain for Pastured Cows....:.567, 579 
Lime Wash for Lice. 570 
Cow with Injured Udder. 578 
Yearly Income from a Hen. 578 
Rye for Poultry. 579 
Some Skim-milk Calves. 579 
Ration lor Over-Fat Cow. 579 
Flies on Stock; Bloody Milk. 57!) 
Ration for Bull Calf. 579 
HORTICULTURE. 
Planting Trees in the Brush. 567 
Public Spraying Notes. 567 
Strawberries in South Jersey. 568 
Burbank’s Fruits. 568 
The New York Strawberry. 568 
Potted Strawberry Plants. 568 
Girdled Grapes. 568 
White Lead and Linseed Oil on Apple 
Trees. 568 
The Corsican Strawberry. 568 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 570 
Green Mountain Grape. 570 
Durable and Inexpensive Bench. 571 
Bisulphide of Carbon for Ants. 576 
Asparagus and Smilax. 576 
Power Spraying in Vineyards. 577 
WOMAN AND DOME. 
From Day to Day. 574 
Delaware Pea Packing. 574 
Two Currant Recipes. 574 
Drying Green Peas. 574 
A Suggestion in Decoration. 575 
Living on $150 a Year. 575 
The Bookshelf. 575 
'The Rural Patterns. 575 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Sewage Turned Into Money. 565 
Kitchen and Bathroom Conveniences. . . . 566 
Defective Ventilation. 566 
Value of Lightning Rods. 569 
Editorials. 57-> 
Events of the Week. 573 
Enrich Country Rather than City. 573 
Publisher’s Desk. 577 
Products, Prices and Trade. 577 
Sanitation for Consumptives. 577 
Humorous. 580 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending July 22, wholesale except otherwise 
noted. The prices of grain, butter, cheese 
and eggs are based on the official figures of 
the Produce and Mercantile Exchanges, with 
such revision as outside deals noted appear 
to warrant. Prices of other products are 
from reports of dealers, inquiries and obser¬ 
vation of sales in the various market sec¬ 
tions. Where possible these figures are the 
average of several sales. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2, red. 
. . 94 % @ — 
No. 1. Northern, Duluth.. 
— 
@1.16 2-3 
Corn, mixed . 
. . - 
@ 
Oats, mixed . 
. . - 
@ 36 
Rye . 
. . - 
@ 72 
Barley . 
@ 48 
FEED. 
Wholesale at New York. 
Spring bran . 
. -- 
@17.50 
Flour middlings . 
. - 
@20.50 
Red dog . 
. - 
@23.50 
Hominy chops . 
. - 
@21.50 
Oil meal . 
. - 
@30.00 
Retail Western New York. 
Bran . 
.20.00 
@23.00 
Middlings . 
.22.00 
@26.00 
Red dog . 
@27.00 
Oil meal . 
. - 
@35.00 
Corn and oats. 
. 26.00 
@27.00 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Market very dull. 
llay, prime . 
. - 
@16.00 
No 1 . 
(a 15.50 
No 2 . 
@14.00 
No. 3. 
. 12.00 
@12.50 
Clover and clover mixed.. 
. 10.00 
@12.00 
MILK. 
In effect July 16, the New York Exchange 
price was increased one-fourth cent to $1.31 
per 40-quart can, now netting 2% cents per 
quart to shippers in 26-cent freight zone 
where no extra station charges are made. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, extras . 
20 % @ 
21 
Firsts . 
19 % @ 
20 
Seconds . 
18 
@ 
19 
Thirds . 
17 
@ 
17% 
State dairy, half-tubs, extras. 
19 % @ 
20 
Tubs, firsts . 
18 Vi @ 
10 
Tubs, seconds . 
17 
@ 
18 
Lower grades . 
15 
Vi @ 
1 6 Vi 
Western imitation creamery, 
extras . 
18% @ 
19 
Firsts . 
17 
@ 
17% 
Western factory, firsts. 
1 
— 
Seconds . 
15 
Vi @ 
16 
Lower grades . 
14% @ 
15 
Renovated, extras . 
18 
@ 
- - 
Firsts . 
16 V. @ 
17% 
Seconds . 
15% @ 
16 
Lower grades . 
14 
@ 
15 
Packing stock, No. 1. 
16 
( 5) 
— 
No. 2 . 
15 
@ 
15% 
EGGS. 
Fancy, selected, white. 
24 
@ 
25 
Selected, white, choice. 
22 
@ 
23 
Fresh gathered, extra mixed 
2\ 
@ 
22 
Fresh gathered, firsts. 
18 
(ft 
20 
Western, fresh gathered, firsts. 
17 
(a) 
18 
Seconds . 
15 
Vi @ 
1« % 
Thirds . 
14 
@ 
15 
Kentucky, fresh gathered, 
thirds to seconds. 
12 
@ 
16 
Checked eggs . 
8 
@ 
11 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, small, fancy. 9% 
Fair to choice. 
Large, fancy . 
Light skims, choice. 
Part skims, prime. 
Full skims . 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evaporated, fancy. 
Evaporated, choice . 6% 
Evaporated, prime . 
Evaporated, com. to good. 
Sun dried, Can., quarters. . 
Sun dried, Ohio. 
Cores and skims, 100 lbs... 1.10 @1.20 
Raspberries, 1904, lb. 23 @ 24 
Huckleberries . 10 @ 11 
Blackberries . 7 @ 7% 
Cherries . 12 @ 13 
9%@ 
— 
9 @ 
9% 
— @ 
9% 
7%@ 
8 . 
6%@ 
7 
1 @ 
2 
7%@ 
6%@ 
7 
6 @ 
6% 
4 % @ 
5 % 
3 % @ 
4% 
2>/ 4 @ 
3 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Annies, new, bbl. 
Iialf-bbl. baskets. 
Bushel crates . 
Small peach baskets. . . 
Pears, Southern, Le Conte, bbl.l 
Plums, Md. and Del., carrier. 
North Carolina . 
Peaches, N. C., carrier. 
South Carolina . 
Georgia, Elberta . 
Georgia, Belle . 
Georgia, Emma . 
Grapes, N. C., Del., carrier. .. 
Cherries, sour, black, 8-lb. bkt 
Sour, red, 8-lb. basket. 
Blackberries, Del. and Md., qt 
Jersey, quart . 
Raspberries, red, pint. 
Black caps, pint. 
Huckleberries, quart . 
Gooseberries, quart . 
Currants, Cherry, quart. 
Small, quart . 
Muskmelons, Georgia, crate.. 
South Carolina . 
North Carolina and Virginia 
Maryland and Delaware. 
Baltimore . 
Watermelons, Fla., 100.... 
Carload .125 
VEGETABLES. 
Jersey. Del. and Md. 
Southern . 
Common . 
Yams, N. C. Golden yellow, bbl. 
Beets, Long Island, 100 bnchs. 
Carrots, old, bbl. 
I.ong Island, 100 bunches.. 
Cabbage. Long Island. 100.... 
I.. I. and Jersey, bbl. 
Cauliflowers, dozen . 
Celery, dozen . 
Cucumbers, Norfolk, bbl. 
Other Jersey. 100. 
Egg plants, Florida, box.. 
Norfolk, half-bbl. 
Lettuce, nearby, bbl. 
Onions. Southern, white, bushel 
crate . 
Southern, Potato, bbl. 
Southern, yellow, bbl. 
Southern, red, bbl. 
Kentucky, bbl. 
Jersey, white, half-bbl. bkt. . 
Peppers. Fla., carrier or bkt. .. 
Jersey, box . 
Radishes, 100 bunches. 
String beans, Jersey, bu. bkt.. 
State, bushel . 
Spinach, nearby, bbl. 
Squash, Hubbard, bbl. 
Marrow, bbl. 
White, bbl. 
Yellow crook-neck, bbl. 
Turnips, ruta baga, bbl. 
White, bbl. 
Tomatoes, N. C. and Va., 24-qt. 
carrier . 
Md. and Dei., carrier. 
Baltimore, box. 
Upper Jersey, Acme, box.... 
Upper Jersey, Grant, box... 
South Jersey, Acme, box. . . . 
South Jersey, Grant, box. .. 
Medium to 
Marrow, choice. 
HOPS. 
BEANS. 
Common to good. 
ea, choice. 
Common to good. 
Common 
LIVE POULTR' 
Spring chickens, Western, 11).. 
Southern and Southwestern 
Fowls, Western . 
Roosters, old. 
Turkeys, old . 
Geese, pair 
Pigeons, pair 
Chickens plentiful and lower 
Turkeys, Western, average best 
Western, mixed, fair to good 
Chickens, Phila. broilers, 3% 
to 4 lbs. to pair, lb. 
Pennsylvania broilers, large. 
Small . 
Western, dry picked. 
Scalded. 3% lbs. and over 
to pair . 
Scalded, under 3 lbs, to 
pair . 
Southern, broilers, scalded.. 
Fowls, No. Ind., Ill. and Iowa, 
dry picked . 
So. Ind. and Ill., dry picked 
Western, scalded, med. size. 
Southern and Southwestern, 
scalded . 
Western and Southwestern, 
poor to fair. 
Spring ducks, I;. I. and East. 
Penna. and Virginia. 
Squabs, prime, large, white, 
doren .2.50 
Mixed .2.12 
Dark .1.50 
.1.00 
@2.25 
. 50 
@1.00 
25 
@ 75 
. 15 
@ 30 
. 1.00 
@3.50 
, 50 
@ 75 
75 
@1.00 
. 75 
@1.25 
. 50 
@1.25 
. 50 
@1.50 
50 
@1.50 
50 
@1.25 
1.75 
@2.00 
40 
@ 65 
. 25 
@ 50 
4 
@ 6 
5 
@ 8 
3 
@ 6 
3 
@ 5 
5 
@ 10 
5 
@ 12 
5 
@ 6 
4 
@ 5 
75 
@1.25 
75 
@2.00 
i 50 
@2.00 
75 
@2.25 
@2.00 
2.00 
@25.00 
@275.00 
1.00 
@1.37 
75 
@1.37 
75 
@ 1.50 
40 
@ 65 
.2.00 
@2.50 
75 
@1.00 
@ 75 
50 
@1.00 
2.00 
@3.00 
75 
@ 1.00 
50 
@1.00 
15 
@ 60 
75 
@1.50 
2.00 
@4.00 
1.00 
@ 1.25 
60 
@1.00 
75 
@1.25 
1.00 
@2.00 
50 
@ 75 
50 
@ 65 
1.25 
(a) 1 .no 
@2.00 
2.00 
@2.25 
@1.75 
50 
@ 75 
1.00 
@1.50 
50 
@ 75 
50 
@ 60 
25 
@ 50 
50 
@ 75 
30 
@ 50 
75 
@1.00 
25 
@ 75 
25 
@ 60 
25 
@ 75 
75 
@1.00 
50 
@ 75 
20 
@ 40 
25 
@ 50 
40 
@ 60 
1.00 
@1.50 
50 
@ 75 
75 
@1.50 
35 
@ 50 
25 
@ 26 
22 
@ 24 
20 
@ 21 
50 
@ 60 
@3.45 
2.80 
@3.35 
2.22% @2.25 
1.80 
@2.20 
1.60 
@1.85 
@ — 
@3.05 
@3.55 
@ — 
@ 15 
— 
@ 14 
— 
@ 14% 
— 
@ 9% 
— 
@ 14% 
60 
@ 80 
1.00 
@1.25 
— 
@ 20 
RY. 
17 
@ — 
15 
@ 16 
21 
@ 23 
17 
@ 18 
14 
@ 16 
14 
@ 16 
— 
@ 15 
13 
@ 14 
13 
@ 14 
___ 
@ 14 
— 
@ 13% 
— 
@ 13% 
— 
@ 13 
10 
@ 12 % 
— 
@ 17 
16 
@ 17 
10 
@ 12 
@2.75 
@2.25 
@1.62 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers .4.05 @5.60 
Bulls .2.75 @3.50 
Cows .1.60 @3.70 
Calves, veal .5.00 @7.25 
Tailenders .2.50 @4.00 
Sheep .3.00 @4.75 
Lambs .5.50 @7.25 
Hogs.6.25 @6.50 
ESSENTIAL OILS. 
Wholesale jobbers’ prices. 
Pennyroyal, ib.1.00 @1.10 
Peppermint .2.65 @3.25 
Sassafras . 50 @ 55 
Spearmint .4.50 @4.75 
Tansy . 3.65 @4.00 
Wintergreen .1.65 @2.00 
TOBACCO. 
Connecticut broadleaf fillers.. 5 @10 
Seconds . 25 @ 35 
Fine wrappers. 60 @ 70 
N. Y. State fillers. 3 @ 5 
Average running lots. 5 @ 12 
Pennsylvania broadleaf Bs.. .. 1.3 @ 14. 
Va. shipping com. lugs. 6 @ 6’ 
Com. to med. leaf. 7%@ 8 V. 
Med. to good leaf. 9 ~@ 10 
Good to fine leaf. 11 %@ 12 Ms 
Louisville burley com. lugs... 10 @ 11 
Med. to good lugs. 11 %@ 13*4 
Com. to good leaf.,. 10 @ 15 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Prices given are for ton lots. Single bag 
lots 10 to 25 per cent higher. 
Nitrate of soda. — @52.00 
Muriate of potash. — @42.00 
Acid phosphate. — @13.00 
Kainlt . — @12.50 
Dried blood . — @48.00 
Copper sulphate, bbl. lots, lb. — @ 6 
Sulphur flour in bbl. lots, lb. — @ 2% 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and 
‘‘a square deal.” See guarantee, page 8. 
COD C II C-Eighteen miles East of Ludington, 
lull OALC Michigan, 2*-2 miles South of the 
Pere Marquette Railroad, 285 acres of land at $0 per 
acre. No buildings. Might exchange for small farm 
near Chicago. 
J. I). VANDERCOOK, 153 La Salle St., Chicago. 
ABENAQUE MmW 
PORTABLE and STATIONARY 
'S 65 
5 S 
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a> ce 
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our Engines to 
b e thoroughly 
reliablo and the 
best made for 
Farm Work. 
Send for free 
Catalog O, and 
learn their many 
points 
showing 
higher 
value 
before 
buying 
else¬ 
where. 
2-18 H.P 
Hay Presses, Threshers, Grinders, Ensilage Cutters 
fltitl F.iicilnua Ulnumwo. 
ABENAQUE MACHINE WORKS, 
Westminster Station, Vt. 1 
CRAIN DRILL 
r- , ■ The YORK FORCE FEED DRILL combines 
lightness with strength. Most complete drill made. N o 
complex gearing to get out of order. Boxes are close to 
ground. Easily Fully 
regulates Ouuranteed 
quantity 
of seed 
or fer¬ 
tilizer. 
IWARD- 
ED GOLD 
MEDAL 
St, Louis 
World’s 
Fair. 
Weight, 
Only 700 Us. 
A gents W anted. 
Write for catalogue. 
THE HENCH & DR0MG0LD CO 
Mfr»., York, l*n. HADK ALSO WITH DISC 
The Ever-Ready 
STODDARD 
Gas and Gasolene 
ENGINE 
Will run your Silage Cutter, your Thresher, etc., eas : er, 
faster, better, cheaper and more reliably than any other 
known power can do it. Runs all other machines in like 
manner. The ideal motive power lor the modem farm. 
Buy the Stoddard and You Buy the Best. 
Agents wanted in unoccupied territory. 
STODDARD MFG. CO., Rutland. Vt. 
When writing;, ask for Catalog; EH. 
POPULAR ENGINE AT 
THE RIGHT PRICE. 
Our 3-H.P." BEAT ’EM ALL” 
Pumper, only $110. Our 3*2 to 4- 
H.P. “WATERLOO BOY” 
only $125. Write for illus¬ 
trated catalogue. 
Waterloo Gasoline 
Engine Co. 
Waterloo, ... Iowa. 
CAPITAL 
GAS & GASOLINE 
ENGINES 
We will sell a 
sample 3*2 H. P. 
engine at half 
price. 
C. H.A. Dissinger& 
400 Cherry Street 
Wrlglitsville, Penna. 
PA' MER GASOLINE ENGINES 
Three Horse Power, $ 100.00 
Five Horse Power, $ 150.00 
Wood Sawing- Outfits on 
Wheels 
Tbr e Horse Power, $ 200.00 
Five Horse Power, $ 250.00 
PALMER BROS. 
Cos Cob , Conn. 
HOMESEEKER’S GUIDE. 
DO YOU KNOW about the “Eastern 
Shore” of Maryland? We publish a 
Homeseeker’s Guide in the interest 
of those desiring- to purchase good 
homes. Write for it, it is tree to you. 
J. A. JONES & Co., 
SALISBURY, MARYLAND 
HARNESS 
We Bell custom made oak-tanoed leather harness direct to the 
individual at factory prices. And we warrantitto be the best 
made for the money. Only the finest selected stock used. Noth¬ 
ing cheaper trashy. Guaranteed to give satisfaction or money 
back. Illustrated catalogue F and price list free on request. 
THE KING HARNESS CO., <> Lake St.,Onego, Tioga Co.,X .Y. 
0 HI 0 B, " :r Ensilage Cutters 
will cut more corn in half inch lengths and elevate it into silo with a given amount of 
power than other Ensilage Cutters. Hence, they excel in the two most important points, 
The new sizes will cut:— CAPACITY AND POWER. 
No. 14, 1 2 to 1 6 tons par hour In 1-2 Inch lengths. Power 8 to 1 O H. P. Steam. 
No. 17, 16 to 20 do do 10 to 12 H.P. “ 
No. 19, 20 to 25 do do , , 12 H.P. “ 
And they are so guaranteed. We continue to make Nos. 13, 16 and 18 Self Feed Cut¬ 
ters, both with Blower and Chain Elevators. 
More money can be made out of milk cows ami beef cattle 
by feeding silage than by any other means. 
On Silage ration, milk costs 6894c, per 100 pounds. 
On Grain ration, milk costs $1.05 “ “ “ 
Average net profit per cow per mouth on silage $5.86*4. with 
Grain $2.46*4. State 
Experiment Stations 
have demonstrated 
by tests that Silage, 
Clover Hay and 4 pounds 
of grain as a daily ra¬ 
tion will produce 40 per 
cent more beef during 
winter months, than by other 
foods. Silage costs about #150 
per ton in silo. Catalog shows in¬ 
numerable illustrations of dairy 
properties and letters from users 
of‘-Ohio’-Cutters. “Modern Silage 
Methods” tells everything about 
silage from planting to feeding 
and results. Price 10c . coin or 
stamps. Manufactured by 
THE SILVER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, SALEM, OHIO. 
Write for FR 
Catalog of Farm Machinery 
LOW DOWN 
GRAIN-FERTILIZER DRILL 
The original and only Perfect Low Down Drill 
made both with Disc and Hoe. Four foot wheels but 
frame being hung below axle makes hopper very low. 
No cog gears to get out of order. Chain drive direct 
from axle. Perfect regulation of quantity of grain or 
fertilizer to be sown without stopping drill. Positively 
the simplest, lightest running and most accurate drill 
on the market. Fully guaranteed 
In every respect. 
