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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 4 
CONTENTS. 
Tub Rural New Yorker, November 4, 1905. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Experience with Inoculated Soil. 789 
Lack of Water Power. 789 
The Land of Cow Peas and Clover. 790 
Building an Icehouse. 791 
Hope Farm Notes. 795 
LIVE STOCK ANI) DAIRY. 
Mapes The lieu Man. 790 
Advice to Young Dairymen. 791 
Feeding Cotton-Seed Meal. 801 
Food Value of Hulled Oats. 802 
Ailing Animals . 802 
Trouble with Cow's Udder. 802 
Horse Meat for Hens. 802 
Working Cow's Udder . 803 
Meat for Hens. 803 
HORTICULTURE. 
Fall Planting for Raspberries. 790 
The Ensee Apple. 791 
Greenhouse With Hotbed Sash . 791 
Grafting Cherry Sprouts. 792 
Winter Care of Raspberries. 792 
Girdled Grapes . 792 
Seedless Sweet Apple. 792 
Greenhouse Work in November. 793 
Rural isms . 794 
WOMEN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 70S 
The Rural Patterns . 798 
Christmas Ahead. Part 1. 799 
The Bookshelf . 799 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Drainage for Hillside House . 792 
Building a Concrete Wall . 792 
Products, Prices and Trade. 793 
Editorials . 790 
Events of the Week . 797 
Markets . 800 
Publisher's Desk . 801 
A Talk on Packages . 801 
Stone Drains. 801 
Humorous . 804 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending October 28, 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 — @ 99% 
No. 1, hard, Manitoba. — @ 97% 
No. 2, red, for export. — @ 95% 
Corn . — 0 <52 
Oats . — @ 35 
Rye . — @ 73 
Barley . — 0 44 
FEED. 
Middlings .18.00 @21.00 
Spring Bran . — 0 17.00 
Cottonseed meal . — @28.00 
Linseed meal . — @30.00 
GRASS SEEDS. 
New York retail prices. 
Timothy, bu. — @3.00 
Red Top, bu. — @1.40 
Kentucky Blue Grass, bu. — @2.35 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay, No. 1.15.00 
No. 2.13.50 
No. 3.12.00 
Clover, mixed .12.00 
Clover .11.00 
Straw, Long rye. — 
Short and Oat. 9.00 
MILK. 
(fir 10.00 
@14.50 
@13.00 
@13.00 
@ 1 2.50 
(a 15.00 
@ 10.00 
Y. Exchange price $1.51 per 40-quan 
netting three cents per quart at 26-ceni 
N. 
can, __ 
zone points. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, first quality. 
Lower grades . 16% @ 
Imitation Creamery . 
Factory . 15 
Renovated . 
Packing Stock . 15 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, fancy. 
Fair to choice. 
Light skims. 
Full skims . 
EGGS. 
Selected, white, fancy. 
Selected, white, choice. 
Mixed, extra . 
Nearby, fair to good. 24 
Western and southern. 19 
Refrigerator . 18 
poles, evap., 
Evap. 1905, 
DRIED FRUITS. 
1905, prime ... 
com. to good. .. 
23 
@ 
23 % 
16% @ 
22 
17 
@ 
hi 
15 
@ 
17% 
15 
@ 
20 
15 
@ 
17 
@ 
12 % 
12 
@ 
12 % 
10 % @ 
10 % 
3 % @ 
4% 
34 
@ 
35 
30 
@ 
32 
— 
@ 
28 
24 
@ 
27 
19 
@ 
25 
18 
@ 
22 
@ 
8 % 
5 
@ 
6 % 
4 
@ 
5 
4 
@ 
5 
— 
@ 
26 
13 
@ 
14 
— 
@ 
S% 
@3. 
50 
@4. 
50 
@3. 
50 
@3. 
50 
.00 
@3. 
50 
3vap. 19 
Sun dried, 1904 
Sun dried, 1905, southern. . 
Raspberries, 1905 . 
t nerries. 1905 . 
Blackberries, 1905 . 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, Wealthy .2.50 
King 
Maiden Blush .2.50 
Ben Davis . 2.50 
Fall Pippin .2.00 
York Imperial . 2.75 @3.50 
Snow .2.50 @3.50 
Baldwin .1.75 @3.00 
Hubbardston .2.00 @3.50 
Greening .2.00 @4.00 
Culls and windfalls .1.00 @1.75 
Pears, Seckel and Bartlett. ...4.00 @8.00 
Bose .3.00 @4.50 
Clairgeau .2.50 @4.25 
Anjou ..2.50 @4.00 
Louise Bonne .2.25 @3.25 
Sheldon .2.50 @4.50 
Duchess .2.00 @3.50 
Kieffer .1.00 @2.25 
Quinces, bbl.2.00 @5.00 
Peaches, %-bu. bkt. 
.. 25 
@1.25 
Grapes, 18-lb. case. 
. . 50 
@1.25 
4-lb. basket. . 
. . 10 
@ 15 
Cranberries, bbl. 
. . 6.50 
@8.50 
NUTS. 
Chestnuts, bu. 
@ 6.00 
Hickory, bu.. 
@ 2.00 
Butternuts, bu. 
(i7 75 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes. I.. L. 180 lbs. 
@2.50 
State & Jersey, round sorts.2.00 
(a 2.25 
l.ong kinds . 
. . 2.00 
fa 2.1 5 
Maine, 168-lb. bag. 
. . 2.10 
(a 2.25 
German, 168-lb. 
@ 2.00 
Sweet potatoes. Mil. 
. 1.00 
fa 1.50 
Brussels sprouts, quart. 
8 
(a 12 
Beets, 100 bunches. 
fa 1 .00 
Carrots, Mil. 
75 
@ 1.00 
Cabbage, loo . 
(a 3.50 
Celery, dozen . 
fa 50 
Cucumbers. Mil. 
. 2.00 
fa 10.00 
Hothouse, dozen . 
fa 1.50 
Corn, loo . 
. 1.00 
@ 2.00 
Cauliflowers, bid. 
. 1.00 
@1.75 
Eggplants . 
@2.50 
Lettuce .dozen . 
. 10 
@ 40 
Lima Beans, bu. 
. 1.00 
@2.25 
Onions, Conn., white, bbl.... 
@ 6.00 
Conn., yellow . 
(a 2.25 
Conn., red . 
.1.50 
fa 2.00 
Orange Co., yellow, bag.. . 
.1.50 
(a 2.00 
Orange County, red. 
.1.35 
@1.75 
Long Island, bill. 
(a 2.00 
Ohio, white, bu. 
. 1.00 
fa 1.65 
Peppers, bill. 
fa 1.25 
Spinach, Mil. 
. 50 
@ 65 
Squash, Hubbard, Mil. 
. 50 
@ 75 
Marrow . 
. 40 
@ 65 
Turnips, Ruta baga. Mil. 
. 60 
fa' 90 
Tomatoes, bu. 
(a 1.00 
Hothouse, lb. 
•> 
@ 9 
BEANS. 
Marrow . 
. 2.70 
(a 2.80 
Medium . 
— 
@ 2.00 
Pea . 
.1.50 
(a 1.75 
Red kidney . 
. 2.50 
fa 2.85 
Yellow Eye . 
fa 1.85 
HOPS. 
N. Y. State, prime, 1905.... 
_ 
@ 22 
Fair to choice. 
. 15 
@> 20 
German, 1905 . 
. 30 
@) 40 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens. 
@ 1 1 
Fowls . 
(a 12 
Roosters . 
_ 
@ 8 
Ducks, pair . 
. 1.12 
fa 1.62 
Pigeons, pair . 
@ 20 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Spring Turkeys, lb. 
19 
@ 22 
old Turkovs . 
@ 20 
Chickens, fey., broilers, lb. . . 
22 
@ 24 
Fair to choice. 
. 14 
@ 19 
Prime roasters . 
. 18 
@ 21 
Fair to good. 
. 14 
@ 17 
Fowls . 
14 
fa 15 
1 Hicks . 
14 
(a 1 7 % 
Geese . 
15 
til) ‘>0 
Squabs, prime, dozen. 
fa 4.00 
Mixed and dark . 
. 1.75 
(7/ 2.50 
COUNTRY-DRESSED 
MEATS. 
Veal, calves, lb. 
. 10 
@ 1 ? 
I ’ork . 
c> 
@ g \/ 1 
Roasting Pigs, lb. 
. 10 
@ 13 ' 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native steers, 100 lbs. 
@5.25 
Oxen and stags. 
. 2.00 
(a 3.50 
Bulls . 
(a 3.40 
Cows . 
@3.50 
Milcli cows with calves. 
25.00 
fa 55.00 
Calves, veal . 
.4.50 
fa D .00 
Culls . 
. 3.50 
@4.00 
Sheep . 
fa 5.50 
Lambs . 
fa 8.25 
Hogs, State and Pa. 
. 5.60 
@5.75 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Prices named are for car lots. Single bag 
lots 10 to 25 per cent higher. 
Nitrate of soda. 
Muriate of Potash. . . 
Acid Phosphate .... 
Kainit . 
. — @42i06 
. — @14.00 
Dried Blood . 
WILD GINSENG 
> » mi/ ' I 1 
Southern, lb.6.50 @6.75 
M estern . 
(a 7 00 
Northern . 
@7.50 
PLYMOUTH ROCK vs. WYANDOTTE 
FOR ROASTERS. 
“Will Plymouth Rock Birds reach the 
roasting weight, five pounds, quicker than 
White Wyandottes"? I have had no experi¬ 
ence with Plymouth Rocks, but have had a 
very good chance to observe them in neighbor¬ 
ing flocks. From what I have seen would say 
the average Wyandotte would reach five 
pounds as soon as the average Plymouth 
Rock, as I believe the extra weight taken on 
by the Plymouth Rock is made after five 
pounds is reached I speak of average Wy¬ 
andotte and average Plymouth Rock, because 
it is very hard to make a positive statement 
on a question of this kind,, as some strains 
of Wyandottes differ from others as much 
as they differ from Plymouth Rooks, in size, 
maturity, laying qualities, etc. The same 
may be said of Plymouth Rocks. I have seen 
flocks of Wyandottes that would weigh more 
at maturity than some flocks of Plymouth 
Rocks, but the Standard calls for one pound 
more weight on mature specimens of Ply¬ 
mouth Rocks, one pound on pullets and only 
one-half pound on cockerels. The cockerels 
will be the birds no doubt that are to be 
made into roasters. This would seem to indi¬ 
cate a lack of early maturity in Plymouth 
Rocks I think, however, the breeder will 
make no mistake in choosing either of these 
provided he gets a good strain. Ilis individ¬ 
ual preference should be the guide in select¬ 
ing a variety in either of these breeds. 
g. r. s. 
I have never kept the Wyandotte chickens, 
and cannot answer your question from ex¬ 
perience, but my observation leads me to 
think that the Wyandottes will reach the 
roasting weight as soon as the Barred Ply¬ 
mouth Rocks under the same conditions. 
Pennsylvania. john w. cox. 
I consider the Plymouth Rocks the hardi¬ 
est and quickest maturing, if not bred too 
close akin, of any fowls we have. A great 
deal of stock with many breeders is run too 
close akin for best results, and is the cause 
of a great deal of trouble with many breed¬ 
ers. SIDNEY' SPRAGUE. 
New York. 
This was our plan of working the broil¬ 
ers, roasters, etc.: Flock consisted of Wy¬ 
andottes, B. P. Rock and. Games. We would 
go over them at: seven weeks and catch them 
for broilers; if they had some fault that dis¬ 
qualified them, the W. Wyandottes first. B. 
P. Rocks about five days later, would let 
them go till they weighed 3% pounds; then 
hunt them again, the Wyandottes first, as 
they came first, by at least a week. 1 liked 
the Wyandottes the best on account of their 
dressing better, so that I cleaned out the B. 
P. Rocks and kept, the Wyandottes and 
Games. w. c. valentine. 
New York. 
My opinion is that Plymouth Rock chicks 
will reach roasting size (five pounds and 
over) quicker than Wyandottes, though the 
difference in time is not great enough to 
make any very great gain, while for broil¬ 
ers weighing two to 2 % pounds I think the 
Wyandottes are preferable. The Plymouth 
Rock chick develops frame faster than it 
does meat in the early stages, and is not as 
round-breasted and meaty when it will weigh 
two pounds as a Wyandotte chick of same 
weight. The tendency of many Wyandotte 
breeders is to increase the size of their 
birds. This, 1 think, is a mistake, although 
I acknowledge that, in common with other 
breeders, I am most pleased with the largest 
and heaviest of my chicks. But usually the 
extra pound of meat takes a month to put 
on, and the laying time is postponed that 
long. Now, if the pullet lays two dozen eggs 
during the month the larger oue is putting on 
the extra pound of meat, at the usual price 
at this season 35 cents, she will produce 70 
cents in value as against 14 cents, the price 
of the pound of meat, and I have noticed 
that it is invariably the smallest of my 
Wyandottes that are the best layers. If a 
person wants to raise roasting chickens I 
think that cross of Light Brahma and White 
Wyandotte would be ideal for that purpose. 
Connecticut. geo. a. cosgrove. 
Milk Swindlers. —The Farmer says that 
the Dairy and Food Commissioner of Wis¬ 
consin, is punishing the hotel keepers who 
water milk : "It should be considered as 
much of a crime to water or skim milk in a 
hotel or restaurant as it is on the farm. 
The manager of a hotel or lunch counter 
may buy a quart of milk from a farmer for 
tive cents, and if it should be watered, 
skimmed or fail to test three and a half 
per cent butter fat the farmer is liable to a 
tine of $25. The average lunch vender 
skims the top from this quart of milk to 
cream the coffee and divides the balance 
into from five to seven glasses, and sells it 
for from five to ten cents a glass. Many 
a traveling man can testify to paying ten 
cents a glass for milk that had been both 
skimmed and watered.” 
New Jersey Tomatoes. —We find the early 
produce of this neighborhood reaches the 
Philadelphia market at about the glut of the 
southern produce, and we do not think the 
price received will pay for the extra work 
and expense of forcing. Our main crops are 
tomatoes and strawberries; we raise the Wool- 
verton and Gandy berries, as they seem best 
suited to our ground, and they reach the 
Philadelphia market between the southern and 
New York crop, and bring tbe best price at 
that time. We contract with the canners 
at Camden (which is about 10 miles away) to 
raise tomatoes for them at $8 per ton. We 
think this pays better than selling to the 
commission men of Philadelphia, as all small 
and cracked fruits can be sold to the canners 
that would be sold in market as culls at a 
very low price. t. s. f. 
Camden Co.. N. .T. 
Your Working Gloves 
Should be DEER¬ 
SKIN Gloves. For 
<£ | we will send 
V I postpaid a pair 
of the best Buck • 
skin Gloves made. 
Our new cataioj with 
I 26 tHim?attom isjree 
Write for copy. 
□oorsliirL Glove Co. 
20 Middle St .. Gloversville, N. Y. 
APPLE BARRELS AND BOXES, p l r ? c w es 
Prompt shipments. R. GILLIES, Medina. N. Y. 
0 1 II PIGS, August and September farrow 
■ I ■ Ul also mature sows. Bred and registered; 
choice stock, prices low. S. T. WITMER, Union 
Deposit, Pa. 
30 TONS HAY, corn, potatoes, vegetables, apples, 
12 cords stove wood, 40 liens, pail good horses, 7 tine 
cows, all go witli this productive 90-acre dairy farm: 
only 9 miles from State capital: good house; conven¬ 
ient barns; good repair: $2,900 includes all; full 
details and "Strout's Special List,” lust out, describ¬ 
ing and illustrating hundreds of MONEY-MAKING 
FARMS throughout New England, New Jersey, and 
Delaware, mailed free. E. A. STROUT, Farm Dept. 
42, 150 Nassau St., New York City. 
WANTED AND FOR SALE. 
W E WILL PAY WEEKLY 
Salary and Expenses to 
successful Canvassers. 
About a dozen men wanted at 
once. Experience and very best 
references required. Send ref¬ 
erences with application. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
SUBSCRIPTION DEPARTMENT, 
409 Pearl Street, New York. 
WANTED. 
Apples, Pears, Grapes, Potatoes, and all fruits and 
Vegetables Fancy Eggs, Nuts and Game, Top 
prices secured for choice products. Write us what 
you have for sale. 
ARCHDEACON & CO., 100 Murray St., New York. 
TOP MARKET PRICES 
If you want Hay, Straw, Fruits,Produce, Poultry, But¬ 
ter. Eggs, etc., to bring Top Market I’rices; send to¬ 
day for our illustrated booklet giving details. Refer¬ 
ences and Methods of Handling goods. Market quota¬ 
tions, Stencils, Shipping cards— Sent FREE on request 
F. H. KEELER & CO., 
104 Murray Street, New York. 
FRESH EGGS, high price given, and 
i DRESSED P< *UI.TRY; also Winter 
apples. Best price given. Address 
,1. WILCOX, Westerly, Rhode Island. 
WM. H. COHEN & CO., 
Commission Merchants,’ 
229 and 231 Washington Street, New York. 
OUR SPECIALTIES: 
Game, 
I Poultry | 
1 Mushrooms, 
Furs, 
I Calves 
Nuts.. 
Ginseng, 
1 Hot House LamDs,| 
I Fancy Higgs. 
WANTED 
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WRITE FOR QUOTATIONS. 
F. D. HEWITT, 120 Liberty St., N, Y, 
To Raw Fur Shippers and Trappers, 
J For reliable prices on RAW FURS and GINSENG 
send two-cent stamp to LEMUEL BLACK, Lock 
Box 48, Hightstown, N. J. Prices ready about 
December 1st. No curiosity seekers answered. 
MUSIC LESSONS ; FREE. 
It tells how to learn to play any instrument. Piano 
Organ,Violin,Guitar,Mandolin, etc. Write American 
School of Music, 333 Manhattan Bldg., Chicago, Ill. 
CARPENTERING taught by mail, also advice to in- 
v tending builders. Plans and specifications etc. 
H. S. MARTIN, Kenniore, N. Y. 
NEW JERSEY FARMS. 
Reliable New Jersey Farms-Large stock and dairy 
farms, highly improved. Productive truck and fruit 
farms, small farms, country-seats, country homes and 
mansions. \\ e do not handle low grade farms on easy 
terms, nothing we cannot conscientiously recommend. 
Send for lists. 
A- IV. DRESSER, Burlington, N. J. 
enp DEIIT A fine farm in Carroll Co. Md., 
Iwli lltn I ■ 200 acres; 00 being meadow; well 
watered by springs and two streams; ample farm 
buildings and hay barracks; new tenant house; wells 
at tenant house and barn. Possession at any time; 
money rent. The mansion, 21 room fully furnished, 
would be let with farm to a suitable tenant. Trolley 
between Baltimore and Frederick will be running a 
mile from farm within a year. A. P. GORDON- 
CUMM1NG, Freedom, Carroll County, Md. 
$5 TO $20 AN ACRE 
is the price paid to-day for rich lands in Tennessee 
suitable for raising Cotton, Wheat, Potatoes, Hay, 
Grasses, Vegetables, Fine Stock, etc. Climate the 
best in the world, with conditions of health unsur¬ 
passed. Values increasing, For free literature write 
I- P. 3MITH, 
Traffic Manager, N. C. & St. Louis Ry., Nashville, 
Tenn. Dept. C. 
UfCCTCRN EARMC Handsome illus- 
VTLOICnH r A it m Oi trated List Free. 
Chicago Farm Agency, 125D Hartford nidi;., Chicago. 
UUANTED, position on dairy farm in New Jersey. 
TT Farm experence and good reference, wages mod¬ 
erate. Address M. C. SLAGHT, Trumansburg, N. Y. 
WANTFH- An aet ‘ ve - up-to-date married man 
TT 1 to take charge of a 140 acre farm in 
Blair County. Fenn. Want a man who can success¬ 
fully raise truck and chickens" Address. 
A. B. C.i care Rural New-Yorker, New York. 
lA/ARUTm Man and wife, chi]. 
w® 0 Kb dren, on a farm less than 
a mile from town. A very small number of Help 
boarded on place. Man to do farm work, woman to 
do general house work. House lias been newJy furn¬ 
ished and all fittings are of the best quality. Good 
wages and permanent position for right people. Best 
of reference required. ALLEN S. MERCHANT, 
Supt., Fanningdale, N. J. 
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