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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
October 28 , 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New Yorker, October 28, 1905. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Saving Seed Corn in Iowa.773, 
The Land of Cow Peas and Clover. 
The Simple Life on a Farm. 
White Grubs and Potatoes,. 
Short Hints About Drainage. 
Sweet Potatoes Go to Strings.,,,. 
The Culture of Beans...•... 
A Parmer’s Notes. 
I iope Fa rm Notes. 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Experience With Balk.v Horses. 
Getting Rid of Hen Lice. 
Sunflower Seed for Fowls. 
'Treatment for the Pip. 
Outbreak of Roup. 
TO Fatten Young Poultry. 
Morgan Horses .’. 
Something About Ferrets. . 
Percheron Stallion Gov, 'Peddy. 
Cow Gives Bloody Milk.'. 
Feeding Apples to Cows. 
A Farrow Cow . 
Reviving an Old Pasture. 
How to Feed Cows. 
Cow Gives Bitter Milk.” 
774 
774 
775 
775 
775 
770 
770 
777 
779 
773 
7S5 
785 
785 
785 
780 
780 
780 
787 
787 
787 
787 
787 
787 
787 
HORTICULTURE. 
American Pomological Society, Part III. 774 
Scraper for Apple Trees. 770 
Whitewash for Trees. 770 
Keeping Tomatoes. 770 
Planting Blackcaps . 770 
Hudson Valley Fruit. 770 
Gardening in Public Schools. 777 
Ituralisms . 778 
Apple Notes from a Dairy Section....... 781 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 782 
The Rural Patterns. 782 
Uses for Kerosene. 783 
charity Sweetheart’s Letters. 783 
The Bookshelf . 783 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Big Stories Boiled Down. 775 
Silk Culture in the South. 770 
Products, Prices and Trade. 777 
Editorials . 780 
Events of the Week. 781 
Business Bits . 781 
Publisher's Desk .785 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending October 21, 1905, wholesale except 
otherwise 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, inqui¬ 
ries and observation of sales in the various 
market sections. Where possible these figures 
are the average of several sales. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 1, Northern Duluth — 
No. 1. hard. Mnnitrkhn 
@ 95% 
@ 94% 
@ 93% 
@ 60 
@ 34 
frt] rss 
No. 2, red, for export. . . 
Corn . 
.. . — 
Oats . 
Rye . 
Barley . 
@ 50 
@21.00 
(<t 1 7.50 
@ 28.00 
@30.00 
FEED. 
Middlings . 
Spring Bran . 
Cottonseed meal . 
Linseed meiil 
GRASS SEEDS. 
New York retail prices. 
Timothy, bu. 
Red Top, bu. 
Kentucky Blue Grass, bu . . . 
@3.00 
@1.40 
@2.35 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay, No. 1.. ...15.00 @16.00 
No. 2.... — (n 14.00 
Clover, mixed. 
.12.00 
l 
(d 13 00 
(’lover . 
@ 12.50 
Straw, Long rye. 
.15.00 
@16.00 
Short and Oat. 
.10.00 
@11.00 
MILK. 
N. Y Exchange price $1.51 per 40.quart 
can, netting three cents per quart in 26-cent 
zone points where there are no extra sta¬ 
tion charges. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, first quality. 
99 
@ 22% 
Lower grades. 
. 16 % @ 20 
Slate Dairy. 
. 16% @ 21 
Imitation Creamery . 
. 17 
@ 19 
Factory .. 
• 16% @ 17% 
Renovated . 
. 15 
@ 20 
Packing Stock . 
. 15 
@ 17% 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, fancy. 
— 
@ 11 % 
Fair to choice. 
— 
@ 10% 
Light skims. 
9% @ 10 
Full skims. 
9 
%@ 3% 
EGGS. 
Selected, white, fancy. 
. 30 
@ 32 
Selected, white, choice. 
@ 29 
Mixed, extra. 
. 25 
@ 26 
Nearby, fair to good. 
99 
@ 24 
Western and southern. 
. 17 
m 22 
Refrigerator . 
. 17 
. @ 21 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, Evap., 1904, com. to 
prime . 
. 5 
@ 8 
Sun dried. 1904. 
4 
@ 5 
Sun dried, 1905. southern. 
^ - 
@ 4 
Raspberries. 1905. 
@ 26 
Cherries, 1905. 
@ 14 
Blackberries, 1905. 
@ 8% 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples. Alexander.. 
@4.20 
Gravenstein . 
@7.50 
Wealthy . 
@3.50 
Maiden Blush.-. 
. 2.0(1 
@3.00 
Fall Pippin .. 
. 2.00 
@3.00 
Baldwin . 
.1.75 
@3.00 
Hubbardston . 
@2.50 
Greening . 
.2.00 
@4.00 
Culls and windfalls. 
. 1.00 
@2.00 
Pears, Seckel and Bartlett. . 
@6.00 
Bose . 
@4.00 
Clairgeau . 
@3.00 
Anion . 
@35.0 
Louise Bonne. 
@3.00 
Kieffer . 
.1.00 
@2.00 
Plums. 8-lb. bkt. 
. 25 
@ 50 
Peaches. % bu. bkt. 
. - 
@ 25 
Grapes, 18-lb. case. 
. 50 
@> 90 
4-lb. basket. 
9 
@ 14 
Cranberries, bbl. 
.6.00 
@8.00 
NUTS. 
Chestnuts, bu.3.50 @6.00 
llickorynuts, bu.,1,50 @2.00 
Butternuts, bu.. — @ 75 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, L. I., 180 lbs.2.00 
State & Jersey, round sorts. 1.75 
I.ong kinds.1.65 
Sweet potatoes, bbl.1.12 
Brussels sprouts, quart. 6 
Beets, 100 bunches. 75 
Carrots, bbl. 75 
Cabbage, 100.2.50 
Celery, dozen. 15 
Cucumbers, bbl.2.00 
Corn, 100. 50 
Cauliflowers, bbl. 50 
Eggplants, bbl. 75 
Lettuce, dozen. 10 
Lima Beans, bu.1.25 
Onions, Conn., white, bbl....3.00 
Conn., yellow.1.50 
Conn., red.1.50 
Orange Co., yellow, bag.... 1.50 
Orange Co., red.1.25 
Long Island, bbl.1.50 
Ohio, white, bu.1.00 
Peppers, bbl. 75 
Spinach, bbl. 50 
Squash, Hubbard, bbl. 50 
Marrow . 40 
Turnips, Ruta baga, bbl. 60 
Tomatoes, bu. 25 
BEANS. 
Marrow . 
Medium . 
Pea . 
Red kidney. 
Yellpw Eye. 
HOPS. 
N. Y. State choice. 
Common to prime. 
German, 1905. 
2.00 
1.65 
1.80 
16 
30 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens . —■ 
Fowls . 
Roosters . — 
Turkeys . ~ 
Ducks, pair. 60 
Geese, pair.It 2 
Pigeons, pair. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Spring Turkeys, lb. — 
Old Turkeys. L5 
Chickens, fey. broilers, 11>.... 22 
Fair to choice. 16 
Prime roasters. — 
Fair to good. *•> 
Fowls . I? 
Ducks . 14 
Geese . 
Squabs, prime, dozen.-.mj 
Mixed and dark. 
<5 2.12 
@2.00 
(a 1,90 
@ 1.75 
fa 12 
@ 1.00 
(a 1.25 
(<i 3.50 
@ 50 
(a 10.00 
Cl 1.50 
(a 1.75 
@ 1.25 
(a 50 
@2.50 
@ 5.50 
@ 2.25 
Cl 2.00 
ci 2.00 
(a 1.75 
@2.00 
@ 1.50 
@1.25 ' 
@ 75 
(a 7 5 
@ 60 
@ 90 
@ 1.00 
@ 2.85 
@2.00 
@ 1.75 
<8 2.05 
@1.85 
@ 23 
@ 20 
@ 40 
@ 13% 
@ 14 
@ 9% 
@ 14 
@ 80 
@1.62 
@ 20 
@ 22 
@ 20 
@ 24 
@ 20 
ci 23 
@ 21 
@ 15 
Cl 1 i 
@ 20 
@ 3.00 
@2.25 
COUNTRY-DRESSED 
leal, calves, lb. 
Pork . 
Roasting Pigs. 
MEATS. 
. — @ 
7 @ 
. 10 @ 
12 
9 
13 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers, 100 lbs. 
Oxen and stags. 
Bulls . 
Cows. 
Milch cows with calves....: 
Calves, veal. 
Culls . 
Sheep . 
Lambs . 
.4.25 
. 2.50 
.2.50 
.1.40 
25.00 
. 5.00 
. 3.00 
.3.50 
. 6.00 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Prices named are for car lots, 
bag lots 10 to 25 per cent higher. 
Nitrate of soda. — 
Muriate of Potash. — 
Acid Phosphate. — 
Kainit . 
Dried Blood. 
@5.25 
@4.32 
@3.75 
@3.60 
(a 55.00 
@9.50 
Ci 4.50 
@5.25 
@8.00 
Single 
@50.00 
@42.00 
@ 14.00 
@ 1 2.00 
@52.00 
Pumping Distant Water —I was interest¬ 
ed in reading on page 674 in regard to pump¬ 
ing water from a distance. Fifteen years 
ago it was very dry, and the well which sup¬ 
plies the barn with water failed. I expected 
every dav that we would have rain, but the 
first' of December came and no rain. I de¬ 
cided then to bring water from a spring in 
the pasture, about 440 feet from where I 
wanted the pump in the barn, and about 18 
feet lower. I used 1 Vi-inch galvanized iron 
pipe and put 3% to four feet deep. I laid 
it straight and as near an even grade as I 
could : used a % elbow to corner on the south 
side of barn, and one % elbow to come up 
into barn where the pump was to be. As we 
had to dig through hard clay we did not get 
along verv fast, and the ground freezing 
every night, I laid the pipe before the trench 
was all dug. and filled in with horse and 
scraper as we went along. The better way 
would be to lay the pipe and put on the 
pump and see if the pipe is tight, because a 
pipe which water is drawn through must be 
perfectly tight or the water will run back. 
I had laid a great deal of pipe for steam and 
water, and thought I could make it tight. 1 
put on a No. 2 copper pump and brought the 
water, and for 15 years have never had any 
trouble. There is no chance for a foot valve 
and there is no check valve in the pipe, and 
there is no need of any, if the bottom box and 
valve of the pump is tight and it is much 
easier to keep them tight than a foot or check 
valve which is under water or ground. The 
pump works easily, and we pump a wooden 
•pail as full as one can carry it with 10 or 12 
strokes. When the pump has not been used 
for some time it takes two or three strokes 
more to fill a pail once or twice, but we never 
have to prime it. and water comes with the 
first stroke. Water pipe should always be 
laid on an even grade, so the water can be 
let back into the well, if there is any need 
of doing so on account of cold weather to 
prevent freezing or to prevent air gathering 
in the pipe. w e. rines. 
WANT TO KNOW , 
Early Potato Varieties < 
F. A. W., Oswego Co., A T . Y .—Will some of 
the readers of your paper who have had ex¬ 
perience in raising early potatoes tell me 
what varieties they consider the earliest 
and best yielders? 
R. N.-Y.—Will readers please answer 
this, giving the character of the soil and 
stating whether sod is used for potato 
ground or manure or fertilizer used? 
Canada Thistle. —Noticing the inquiry 
on page 665 on destroying Canada thistles, 
1 will give my way, which is very easy and 
effectual. I merely wait until they are in 
full blossom, but not late enough to have 
the seeds ripen, and then cut them off close 
to the ground. The same plan will end bur¬ 
docks. As to getting rid of ants, we scatter 
a quantity of Persian insect powder around 
the edges of shelves, so they cannot get in 
without crossing it, and leave for three days, 
when the plague is ended. j. v. h. n. 
Ulster Co.. N. Y. 
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