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August 19, 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKERi 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, August 19, 1905. 
3, 
FARM TOPICS. 
When Shall We Haul Manure?.61 
Experience With a “Crackerjack".... 
The Hay Machinery Question. 
Hay leader and Side Delivery Rake. . 
Heavy Feeding for Alfalfa. 
Fertilizer for Alfalfa. 
Caterpillars on Celery. 
Notes on Lime. 
Hope Farm Notes. 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Bloody Eggs. 
The Jersey. 
Bulky Ration for Farm Horses. 
Milk Notes. 
The Morgan Horse. 
Horse With Sore Throat. 
Mange on Calves. 
Keeping Flies off Cows. 
Garbage Feeding to Hogs.. 
< 'ot ton-seed Meal. 
Bone-Ail . 
HORTICULTURE. 
A Few Lawn Questions. 
A Disease of Rose Leaves. 
Poison Ivy: Blueberries; Old Grapevines 
Rose Bugs and Grapes. 
Potted Strawberry Plants. 
Burbank’s Fruits. 
Crimson Rambler in Quebec Province. 
How to Fight Currant Worms. 
Heavy Growth of Currants. 
Transplanting Wild Blackberries.... 
Root Propagation of Blackberries.... 
Hardiness of Rambler Roses. 
Radish and Lettuce. 
White Lead and Oil for Trees. 
Asparagus and Smilax. 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 
Some of the 1905 Strawberries...... 
Canadian Fruit Crops.. 
Apple Failures and Prices of Recent Years 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 
The Other Side. 
Quick Pickles. 
Oat Cakes and Oat Bread. 
The Rural Patterns. 
The Bookshelf. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Stoppage in a Water Pipe.\ .. 
Editorials . 
Events of the Week. 
Business Bits. 
Count y Poor Farms for Experiments. 
Products, Prices and Trade. 
Publisher’s Desk. 
Humorous . 
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MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending August 12, 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. 1, Northern, Duluth — 
No. 2. red. Winter 
Corn, mixed . 
Oats . 
Rye, dull and lower 
Barley . 
trai.ii % 
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Western bran . — @17.00 
Standard middlings.18.00 (1/ 20.00 
Red dog . — @23.50 
Cotton-seed meal. — @29.50 
Linseed meal . — @30.00 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hav. No. 1 . 18.00 @18.50 
No 2 .16.00 @17.00 
No. 3 . 14.00 @15.00 
Clover .12.00 @14.00 
Clover, mixed .14.00 @16.00 
Straw, long rve.'3.00 @14.00 
Short and oat. 9.00 @10.00 
MILK. 
New York Exchange price remains at $1.31 
per 40 quart, can. netting 2% cents in 26" 
cent freight zone where there are no extra 
station charges. 
BETTER. 
Creamery, extras . 
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Seconds . 
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Thirds . 
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Stall* dairy, half-tubs, extras.. 
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Tubs, firsts. 
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Western imitation creamery, 
extras . 19% @ 
Firsts . 18 @ 
Western factory, firsts. ?7%@ 
Seconds. 16% @ 
Lower grades. 15 @ 
Renovated, extras. 19 @ 
Firsts . 18 @ 
Seconds . 16%@ 
Lower grades. 15 
Packing stock. No. 1. 
No. 2. 
No. 3 . 
EGGS. 
Fresh gathered, fancy, white. 
Selected, white, choice. 23 
Fresh gathered, extra mixed. -— 
Prime to average best. 
Western, country candled, best 
Country candlecT. fair to good 
Western, uncandled, best. 
Encandled, fair to good. 18 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evaporated. 1904. fancy 
Evaporated. 1904. choice... 
Evaporated. 1904, prime.... 
Evap.. 1904. com. to good.. 
Sun (Tried, 190t, Can, qtrs. 
Sun dried. 1904 , Ohio. 
Chops. 100 llis. . 
Cores and skins, 100 ibs....1 
Raspberries, futures. 1905. . . . 
Huckleberries, futures, 1905.. 
Blackberries. 1904 . 
Cherries, 1905 .. 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples. Gravenstein, bbl.2 
Duchess .2 
Nyack Pippin.2 
Orange Pippin .2.00 
Astradian . - ~~ 
Open heads, bbl.1 
Half bill, baskets. 
Bushel crates . 
Small peacli baskets. 30 
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Pears, Southern LeConte, bbl..2 
Southern Kelffer .1 
Clapp s Favorite.4 
Bell . “ 
Catharine .3 
Scooter .3 
Bartlett, half-bbl. basket....1 
Common, bbl.2 
Plums, Md. and Del., carrier.. 1 
Md. and Del., basket. 
Up-river, basket . 
Peaches, Md. and Del., carrier. 1 
Md. and Del., basket.1 
Jersey, basket . 
Pine Island, poor, basket. . . 
Blackberries, Jersey, quart.... 
Up-river, quart . 
Raspberries, red, pint. 
Huckleberries, quart. 
Muskmelons, Md. & Del., crate 
Baltimore, crate . 
Baltimore, basket. 
Arizona, crate.3 
Jersey, half-bbl. basket.1 
Watermelons, Southern, 100.. 10 
Southern, carload .150. 
VEGETABLES. 
Long Island, bbl.. . .1 
Del. and Md.1. 
Potatoes, 
Jersey 
Southern, 
100 bnclis. 
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Southern ■. 
Sweet potatoes, 
yellow, bbl. . 
Beets, Long Island 
Carrots, new. bbl. 
I.ong Island, 100 bunches. 
Cabbage, Long Island. 100. . 
L. I. and Jersey, bbl. 
Celery, State, dozen stalks. . . . 
Jersey, dozen stalks. 
Michigan, dozen stalks. 
Cucumbers, tipper Jersey, box. 
South Jersey, box. 
Jersey, l >1>1.1 
Shelter Island, bbl.1 
Cucumber pickles. Jer’y, 1.000..1 
Rockland’ Co., 100.2 
Corn. Hackensack. 100.1 
Other Jersey, 100. 
Egg plants. Norf’k, 60-qt. crate 
Jersey, box . 
Lettuce, nearby, bbl. 
Western N. Y., dozen. 
Boston, dozen . 
Onions, Jersey, white, half¬ 
barrel basket . 
Long Island, bbl.1 
Orange Co.. N. Y., red. bag.. 1 
Okra, Jersey, 100. 
Peppers, Jersey, box. 
Jersey, bbl. 
Peas, Western N. Y.. basket...1 
Western N. Y.. bag. 
Radishes, nearby. 100 bunches. 
String beans, Jersey, wax, bkt. 
Jersey .green, basket. 
State bushel basket.. 
Squash, Hubbard, bbl.. 
Marrow . 
White . 
Yellow, crook-neck ... 
Turnips, ruta baga. 
Tomatoes, up. Jer’y, Acme, box 
Up. Jersey*. other kinds, box 
So. Jersey, Acme, box. 
So. Jersey, other kinds, box. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys. Western, average best 
Western, mixed, fair to good 
Western, poor . 
Spring chickens. Phila., 3% to 
4 lbs. to pair. 
Pennsylvania, large . 
Pennsylvania, small 
Western, dry picked 
lbs. to pair. 
Western, dry picked, small to 
medium . 
Western, scalded, 3%@4 lbs. 
to pair . 
Western, scalded, under 3 
lbs. to pair. 
Southern, scalded . 
Fowls, No. Ind., Ill and Iowa, 
dry picked . 
So. Ind. and Ill., dry picked’ 
Other Southwes’n and South¬ 
ern, dry picked 
Western, scalded. 
Sou’n and Southw’n. scalded 
Western and Southwestern, 
poor to fair. 
Spring chicks. L. I. and East.. 
Penna. and Virginia, lb.... 
Western, lh. 
Squabs, p’me, large, white, doz.2.50 
Mixed .2 00 
Dark .1.50 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native steers .4.00 
Bulls .2.50 
Cows .1.65 
Calves, veal .4.00 
Culls .3.00 
Sheep .3.00 
Lambs .5.50 
Hogs .6.00 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Prices given are for car lots, 
lots 10 to 25 per cent higher. 
Nitrate of soda. —■ 
Muriate of potash. — 
Acid phosphate .. — 
Kainit . — 
Dried blood . — 
Copper sulphate, bbl. lots, lb.. — 
Sub'hur flour in bbl. lots, lb.. — 
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better than the other stuff be had been eat¬ 
ing. 
Potatoes have gone down 25 cents a bar¬ 
rel since last report, and the price outlook 
is not so favorable as a week ago. The 
heavy rain appears to have put the medium 
late crop on its feet even more than was 
expected, so that favorable weather from 
now on may make a fair crop in fields that had 
been about given up. I have heard a number 
of comments by consumers to the effect that 
the quality of * tlie potatoes is a little above 
the average. The season has more or less 
influence on the quality of the tubers. A 
naturally mean potato will not. be improved 
by favorable weather, but a choice one very 
readily deteriorates. 1 have seen seed known 
to be choice Hebron that produced potatoes 
nearly as soggy and inferior as the old-time 
Peerless, which as a rule was raised only 
to sell, as the growers themselves had other 
varieties for their own use. The instance 
referred to was in a very wet season. 
Preparing Ginseng for Market.—“I have 
what is called the best wild ginseng. What 
is it worth in New York now, and what is 
the best way to dry it. t. m. b. 
Alabama. 
The best northern and eastern wild root 
is now wholesaling in New York at $6 or a 
little better per pound, and southern about 
$1 less. The roots should he washed thor¬ 
oughly, and dried so as to preserve their nat 
ural appearance as nearly as possible. Dry¬ 
ing in the sun is a rather slow process unless 
the weather happens to be favorable, though 
considerable ginseng is cured in this way. 
If stove heat is used great care is needed 
not to scorch or discolor the root. The (’hi" 
nese ol ject to scorched root, and as the whole 
business is based on their whims, it is well to 
come just as near their wishes as possible. 
Probably the best and quickest plan for dry¬ 
ing ginseng is to subject it to such a cur¬ 
rent of warm air as may Ik* had at a safe 
distance from a cook stove. The little tray 
evaporators sold for drying fruits on top 
of the stove do very well, or a homemade 
affair consisting of a box Holding several 
wire netting trays, set on bricks on top of 
the stove will answer. The essentials are to 
have the root clean and not discolored or cut 
full of holes. Some root loaded with lead 
to make it weigh well has been received here, 
and dealers are suspicious of pieces in which 
incisions have been made. 
The Whole Secret by Mail. —“I have a 
letter from a concern offering to teach me 
by mall how to become a newspaper corre¬ 
spondent. They claim that there Is big 
money in it and that no previous experience 
is necessary. Is this a fake?" reader. 
New York. . 
The writer saw this concern’s advertise 
ment and looked them up. to see whether they 
were doing a square business. They are 
not frauds, and are giving actual service for 
the money sent them, that to some may be 
worth the price charged. But their assump¬ 
tion that there is an unlimited demand for 
this work, and that anyone can do It after 
taking one of their correspondence courses 
is nonsense, and has brought disappointment 
to many who thought this to be a short and 
easy route to prosperity and fame. The city 
dailies can use local correspondents who are 
keen observers and can write brief, pointed 
news items that escape the Associated Press, 
and an occasional article might be sold if 
specially good. But a great amount of such 
matter lias to be turned down for no other 
reason than lack of space and the amount' 
paid for may seem meager compared to what 
is sent in. There certainly is no “big money” 
in it, and the probabilities are that a pint 
of ink and a whole handful of pens will be 
used up before enough money is earned to pay 
the tuition fee charged for this instruction. 
Anyone thinking of taking up news gathering 
for a business should read the article on 
the Associated Press, recently printed in The 
Century Magazine. n. 
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STANDARD FOR 14 YEARS. 
Ruberoid was the first weather-proof and elastic ready-to-lay roofing placed upon the 
market, and there is more of it in use to day than of any other roofing. Contains no tar or 
paper. Will not melt, rot or tear. Highly fire resisting. 
Ruberoid Roofing outlasts tin, iron ami shingles. Easily applied. 
Do not he imposed upon by inferior imitations, Look for the registered trade-mark, 
“RUBEROID,’’ stamped on the under side, every four feet. No other is genuine. Send 
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PRODUCTS PRICES, AND TRADE. 
Atples are selling at all sorts of prices. 
Some Nyack and Duchess have brought $3 or 
more per barrel. The better grades of all 
early varieties are still scarce. Culls and 
windfalls go anywhere from 25 to 60 cents 
per bushel. 
Peaches.- —The season is now between bay 
and grass. The southern crop was disap¬ 
pointing all around, and practically the last 
run is here. The nearby ones that are ar¬ 
riving are mostly poor or immature, and the 
market is just about bare. Consumers are 
hoping for large shipments from Connecticut 
and nearby later. 
Muskmelons are lower, and, as a rule, 
very poor, lacking flavor and sweetness. The 
past (ool, cloudy week and water soaked soil 
put an end 1 to many promising patches. Real¬ 
ly edible melons are so scarce that even mod- 
crate-priced restaurants charge 35 cents for 
a portion, consisting of half a melon. There 
is not much money in them at this price, as 
many have to lie thrown away. In reslau- 
lants that make any effort to serve good food, 
each melon is tested and all rejected that do 
not come up to standard. The restaurant 
patrons have forced this action by sending 
back to the kitchen melon portions not satis¬ 
factory. I have seen men who, without a 
rpurmur would eat tough meat, strong butter, 
stringy green beans and' omelet made of 
second-class storage eggs, refuse a piece of 
muskmelon that, comparatively speaking, was 
NEW YORK STATE FAIR 
SYRACUSE, September 11-16. 
$65,000 IN PREMIUMS AND PURSES 
Great Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition 
LIVE STOCK EXHIBIT. 
Will be one of the most interesting features of 
the Fair. Entries close in this Department, 
August 14. 
POULTRY, PIGEONS AND PET STOCK. 
The best birds in the country on exhibition. 
All the latest improvements used in the handling 
and care of birds. Entries close August 14. 
THE IMPLEMENT DISPLAY. 
Promises to be greater than ever in the num¬ 
ber and variety of Farm Implements shown. 
THE DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT. 
Will prove of great interest to the ladies 
Entries close September 4. 
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FARM PRODUCE. 
The display in this Department is one of the 
best features of the Fair. Entries close Sept. 4. 
DAIRY EXHIBIT. 
will he up to the usual high standard and prom¬ 
ises to he larger than ever. Entries close Sept. 4. 
FRUIT AND FLOWERS. 
The display in the Fruit wild Flower Depart¬ 
ments will equal any exhibit over given at the 
Fair. Entries close September 4. 
SEND FOR PRIZE FIST. 
SHAVER, Secretary, Syracuse, N. Y. 
