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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 11 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New Yorker, November 11, 1005. 
FARM TOPICS. 
The Farmer and tbe Game Laws. 805 
The Land of Cow l’eas and Clover. 
Part III. 806 
Iland-Power Shredders . son 
Virtues of Alsike Clover. SOS 
Storing Winter Vegetables.so!) 
Harvesting Sunflowers . SO!) 
Hope Farm Notes. Sll 
Agricultural Conditions in Central On¬ 
tario, Canada . 813 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Goat's Milk . 807 
Milk Room in Cellar. 808 
Rutter from Holstein Cream. 81.8 
Feeding Young l’lgs. si8 
Some Questions About Sheep. SID 
More About Freemartins. 81!) 
HORTICT’LTT'RE. 
Do Woolly Peaches Resist Rot ?. SO ft 
What Ailed (he Sweets?. 80S 
The Crothers Peach. 80 S 
Preventing Tree Rot. 808 
Grape for Jelly-Making. 808 
Who Knows This Apple?. 80S 
Rural isms . 810 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Pay to Pay. 814 
Tomato Stains on Linen. 814 
Broiling Chickens . 814 
The Rural Patterns . 814 
The Case of Olivia. 814 
MISOELLANEOPS. 
“Good Roads” al a Low Cost.805, 800 
Air In a Water Pipe. 807 
An Iowa Yankee “Looks Back". 807 
Advantage of Hot Water ileal. 807 
Products. Prices and Trade. SO!) 
Editorials . 812 
Events of tlie Week. 813 
Fire Insurance and Lightning Rods.... 8’3 
Business' Bits . Si 3 
Publisher s Desk . 817 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending November 4, 1005. 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. 
. -r- 
Or 98 % 
No. 2, red, for export. 
. - 
Oi 97 Vs 
Corn . 
-- 
Or 58 
Oats . 
. - 
#) 36 
Rye ... 
— 
Oi 72'/. 
Barley, . 
Or 03 
FEED. 
Middlings . 
— 
#20.00 
Spring Bran. 
. - 
#17.10 
Red Dog . 
. - 
#22.40 
Cottonseed meal . 
(a 28.00 
Linseed meal . 
. - 
@30.50 
Retail Western New York. 
Spring Bran . 
19.00 
Oi 20.00 
(a 24.00 
Red Dog . 
— 
(a 25.00 
Corn and oats. 
24.00 
fa 28.00 
Hay and straw. 
Hay, No. 1. 
lfi.50 
#17.00 
No. 2. 
14.50 
@15 50 
No. 3 . 
12.50 
#14.00 
Clover, mixed . 
12.00 
# 13.00 
Clover . 
12.00 
#13.00 
Straw, long rye. 
14.00 
@15.00 
MILK. 
New York Exchange price 
three 
cents per 
quart to 26-cent zone shippers. 
BUTTER. 
One cent lower. 
Creamery, first quality. 
22 
# 22 v, 
Lower grades . 
1GV. 
Or 21 i/. 
State Dairy . 
. 16 
# 22 
Imitation Creamery . 
. 17 
# 19 
Factory . 
. 15 
# 17 V. 
Renovated . 
. 15 
Or 20 
Backing Stock . 
. 10 
@ 17 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, fancy. 
-. 
# 1 3 14 
Fair to choice. 
12 V. 
# 13 'A 
Light skims. 
10% 
(d> 11 
Full skims . 
4 Vi 
@ 7 
EGGS. 
Selected, white, fancy. 
, - 
# 35 
Selected, white, choice. 
. 30 
(a 33 
Mixed, extra . 
. - 
# 28 
Nearby, fair to good. 
. 24 
# 20 
Western and southern. 
. 23 
Oi 27 
Refrigerator . 
. 18 
# 22 Vi 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, Evap., 1905, choice. 
. - 
# 9 
Evap.. 1905, com. to prime 
5 
# 7 
Sun dried, 1904. 
# 5 1 L 
Sun dried, 1905, southern. 
3 % # 4 
Chops, 100 lbs. 
.1.75 
#1.85 
Raspberries, 1905 . 
. - 
# 215 
Cherries, 1905 . 
. 14 
# 15 
Blackberries, 1905 . 
. - 
# 9 
FRESH FRITH 
Apples, Twenty Ounce. 
#4.00 
Snow . 
. 2 50 
Oi 3 50 
Pound Sweet .. 
#3.50 
Maiden Blush . 
#3.50 
Fall Pippin . 
fa 3 50 
Spitz . 
. 2.50 
Oi 4 00 
Baldwin . 
#3.50 
King . 
0/5.00 
Hubbards ton . 
(a 3.50 
Spy . 
#4.25 
Greening . 
.2 50 
0/4.00 
Ben Davis . 
0/3.50 
Culls and windfalls . 
.1.00 
0/2.50 
Pears, Seckel and Bartlett.. 
0/8.00 
Bose . 
0/4.50 
Clalrgeau . 
0/4.00 
Anjou . 
#4.00 
Louise Bonne . 
#3.25 
Sheldon . 
.2.50 
#4.50 
Kieffer . 
.1.00 
#2.25 
Quinces bbl. 
. 1.00 
#3.50 
Peaches, V>-bu. basket. 
25 
#1.00 
Grapes, 18-Ib. case. 
. 75 
#1.25 
4-lb. basket . 
1 0 
# 10 
Cranberries, bbl. 
. 7.00 
#10.00 
NUTS. 
Chestnuts, bu. 
#7.00 
Hickorynuts, bu. 
#2.25 
Buternuts, bu. 
@ 75 
- VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, L. I., 180 lbs. 
State A Jersey, round sorts... 
Long kinds . 
Sweet potatoes, bbl. 
Brussels sprouts, quart. 
Beets, loo bunches. 
Carrots, bbl... ... 
Cabbage, 100 . 
Celery, dozen . 
Cucumbers, bid. 
Cauliflowers, bbl. 
Eggplants, bbl. 
Lettuce, dozen .. 
Lima Beans, bu. 
Onions, Conn., white, bbl. 
Conn., yellow . 
Conn., red . 
Orange Co., yellow, bag.... 
Orange County, red. 
Long Island, bbl. 
Peppers, bbl....... 
Peas, s'n. 14-bbl. 
Spinach, bbl. 
String Beans, s’n. basket. 
Squash, Hubbard, bbl. 
Marrow . 
Turnips, Ruta baga, bbl. 
Tomatoes, bu. 
2.23 
2.12 
2.00 
1.12 
8 
75 
75 
2.50 
15 
2.00 
1.00 
1.50 
10 
1.00 
2.50 
1 50 
1.50 
1.50 
1.25 
1.50 
1.00 
1.00 
50 
15 
75 
50 
75 
50 
BEANS. 
Marrow 
Medium 
Pea . 
Red kidney 
Yellow Eye 
HOPS. 
N. Y. State, choice 
Common to fair . 
German, 1005 . 
, 1.50 
. 2.75 
1.50 
18 
15 
30 
# 2.62 
#2.25 
#2.15 
#1.75 
# 12 
# 1.00 
fa 1.25 
(a *.00 
0/ 50 
# 8.00 
#1.75 
0/ 2.50 
Or 15 
#2.00 
(a 4.50 
(a 2.25 
fa 2.00 
(a 2.12 
Oi 1.75 
Or 2.00 
Or 1.50 
# 2.00 
Or 85 
Or 75 
#1.00 
fa 75 
Or 1.12 
fa 1.25 
#2.80 
Oi 2.00 
Oi 1.75 
(a 2.80 
Oi 1.85 
# 2S 
LIVE POFLTRY. 
Chickens • .. 
Fowls . 
Roosters . 
Turkeys . 
Pucks, pair . 
Geese, pair . 
Pigeons, pair. 
DRESSED 
lb.. 
POT 
. . . 00 
... 1.12 
I .TRY. 
. .. 16 
or 
Or 
# 
Oi 
Oi 
fa 
Or 
(a 
(a 
18 
40 
10 
11 
7 
14 
so 
1.0 
Spring Turkeys, 
Old Turkeys . 
Chickens, fey, broilers. Hi. 
Fair to choice. 
Prime roasters . 
Fair to good. 
Fowls . :■ 
1 tucks . 1 
Geese . 
Squabs, prime, dozen. 
Mixed and dark . .. 
14 
•i'i 
To 
15 
12 
ir 
.. 3.00 
. . 1 .oo 
# 
# 
# 
Or 
OH 
Oi 
Oi 
Oi 
# 
#4.00 
75 
20 
15 
24 
20 
21 
18 
14 
10 
18 
(a 1 
MEATS. 
COUNTRY-DRESSED 
Veal, calves. II). 
Pork . 
Roasting Pigs . 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native steers, 100 lbs. ... 
Oxen and stags. 
Bulls . 
Cows . 
Milch cows with calves... 
Calves, veal .• • 
Culls . 
Sheep . 
I.a mbs . 
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 B'ood . 
WILD GINSENG. 
Southern, lb.6.50 
Western . 
Northern . <• ,0 
. 10 
# 11 V- 
45 
# 8% 
. 10 
# 14 
#5.00 
. 75.75 
0/3.05 
. 2.25 
(a 3.75 
.1.40 
0/3.00 
25.00 
0 / 50.00 
Oi 8.50 
. 3.00 
0/ 4.HO 
0/5.50 
@7.50 
, Single 
#52.00 
(a 42.00 
(a 14.00 
#12.00 
Or 52.00 
#0.75 
#7.o0 
f i 7.50 
WANT TO KNOW. 
Four-IIorsk Equalizer. —Will some reader 
of The It. N.-Y. send a diagram and speci¬ 
fication of a four-horse equalizer to he used 
on grain harvester with three horses on one 
side and one on the other side of pole. 
Fulton, N. Y. M. w. 
Spring Pole for Drilling. —A number of 
years ago I read in some farm paper how to 
drill a well with a spring-pole outfit. As I 
remember, the writer said, the spring-pole 
outfit was used in boring for coal in the coal 
regions. IIow large a hole can one drill j 
and about how deep? F. e. k. 
Troy, N. Y. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee, page 8. 
Buy Union Lock Poultry Fencing 
of Case Bros., Colchester, Conn. Descriptive circular 
and price list FREE. 
BIG) PREMIUM BUDGET 
vAl ||p 100 Money-making Secrets. 
im-UL. 20 Popular Songs, Words and Music, 
in 100 Practical Cooking Recipes. 
IVI Magical Tricks, and (E! Puzzles. 
nCWTC 57 Amusing Experiments, and 02 Games. 
rUn 20 Portraits of Presidents of U. S. 
V UR 25 Portraits of Famous Actresses. 
• I ■ 100 Conundrums, and 10 Short Stories. 
ALL 324 Jolly Jokes and Witty Sayings. 
Tiircr 10 Model Love Letters. 
I UloL 20 Amusing Illustrated Rebuses, 
post- 22 Secrets of the Toilet, 
paid. Language of Flowers, Gems, etc., etc. 
HOME SUPPLY CO.. D5i), 438 Pearl St., New York- 
Pills Itself 
Instantly at 
i any Ink-well, 
THIS 
WAY. 
AGENT5 WANTED 
FOR 
THE STANDARD 
Self-filling. Self-cleaning 
Fountain Fen. 
ACTIVE, NOW, for CHRISTMAS! 
Manufacturer’s Agent, 
205 W. 104th Street and Broadway, 
Room 1, New York. 
GEO. P. HAMMOND. EST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN. 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & CO., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers in all kinds of 
COUNTRY PRODUCE, Apples, Peaches, Bernes, 
Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms and Hot¬ 
house Products a Specialty. Consignments solicited’ 
34 & 30 Little 1 2th Nt„ New York. 
TOP MARKET PRICES 
If you want Hay, Straw, Fruits,Produce, Poultry, But¬ 
ter. Eggs, etc., to bring Top Market Prices; 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 1»rk. 
Thanksgiving Poultry, 
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. 
WM. H. COHEN & CO., 
Commission Merchants,’ 
228 and 231 Washington Street, New York. 
OUR SPECIALTIES: 
ATTENTION 
favor us with your orders. Mail 
International Labor Exchange, 103 Greenwich St., N 
Needing male 
_help of any kind, 
Mail orders a Specialty. 
W A NTi n A » active, up-to-date married man 
tt ail I L.I/ to take charge of a 140 acre farm in 
Biair County, Penn. Want a man who can success¬ 
fully raise truck and chickens. Address, 
A. B. 0., care Rural New-Yorker, New York. 
$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 
F. SMITH, 
Traffic Manager, N. C. & St. Louis Ry.-, Nashville, 
Tenn. Dept. C. 
FOR RENT. 
Game, 
1 Poultry 
Mushrooms, 
Furs, 
1 Calves 
Nuts, 
Ginseng, 
1 Hot House Lambs,I 
S ancy Eggs. 
VIRGINIA FARMS 
$8 per Acre and up 
with improvements. Good productive soil, abundant 
water supply and best climate on earth. Near rail¬ 
road and good markets with best church, school and 
social advantages. For list of farms, excursion rates 
and our beautiful pamphlet showing what others 
have accomplished, write to-day to F. H. LA 
BAUME. Agrl. and Indl. Agt., Norfolk & Western 
Ry., Box 17, Roanoke, Va. 
WANTED A small farm in or very near a 
if Mil I LU ■ pleasant town or village where there 
are gooil schools. The place must bo healthy, pleas¬ 
ant to live upon and suitable for fruit raising. A 
small stream is desired and if possible a water, mount¬ 
ain or broad flat view. The building site must not he 
shut in. The place must tie within three or four hours 
of New York City. Address “TEACHER”, care of 
Rural New-Yorker. 
A fine farm In Carroll Co. Md., 
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- 
CUMMING, Freedom, Carroll County, Md. 
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. We do not handle low grade farms on easy 
terms, nothing we cannot conscientiously recommend. 
Send for lists. 
A. W. DRESSER, Burlington, N. J. 
To Raw Fur Shippers and Trappers. 
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 1 st. No curiosity seekers answered. 
BUSINESS MANAGER WANTED in every 
u town to manage branch office and superintend 
force of salesmen; big money. No canvassing. No 
capital required. Can be managed with other work 
or business. Particulars on application. Give ref¬ 
erences. WILLIAM C. MOORE & CO., Nurserymen, 
Newark, New York, Dept. A. 
T wenty-five Bushels 
of WHEAT 
to the Acre 
means u productive capacity 
in dollars of over 
$16 per Acre 
This on land, which has cost 
the farmer nothing, but the 
price of tilling it, tells its own 
story. The 
Canadian 
Government 
gives absolutely free to every settler 
160 acres of such land. 
Lands adjoining can be purchased at 
from $6 to $10 per acre from railroads 
and other corporations. 
Already 175,4)00 farmers from the 
United StateB have made their homes 
in Cunada. 
For pamphlet “20th Century Canada,” 
and all information apply to Supt. of 
Immigration, Ottawa, Canada; or to 
TIIOS. DUNCAN, Canadian Government Agent 
Syracuse Rank building, SYRACUSE, N. ¥• 
Mention this paper. 
Bargain Sale of Strictly Choice Standard Bred 0.1. C. Swine 
For 30 Days Only. 
I am obliged to make a change in my Hog plant and must reduce my stock at sacrifice 
prices. 1 have a fine lot of Gilts weighing 125 to 175 pounds, well worth $‘45 to $34), 
going in this sale at $145 to $18. Gilts bred, *‘~0 ; worth *35. Boars same age and 
weight at same cut price. A host of Fall Pigs, fine as silk, in pairs and single; standard 
price, *25 in pairs, *15 single, in this sale for 30 days only, *23 in pairs. *12 
single, prices that are in the reach of all. 1 may never again be able to make such a 
grand offer. Write promptly to secure these great bargains. In Business Over 24) Years. 
M. L. BOWERSOX. Bradford, Darke County, Ohio. 
HEEBNER’S “union’'feed and ensilace cutters 
■ ■ ■■ are the only thoroughly up-to-date machines in dry fodder cutting. They cut 
and crush at one operation. Prepare the nutritious lower stock, making an excellent and much relishod foo<L No 
waste. Easy to masticate. It is easier to grow two ton* of fodder than one tom of hay on the 
same ground. Fodder is equal to hay in feeding value. The corn itself is clear gain. Shred¬ 
ding attachment for 96.00. You then have cutter, crusher ami shredder combined in one. 
Not much more expensive than other machines, but far more valuable. Bend for free booklet 
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WE GUARANTEE 
2-Roll, 
4-Roll, 
and 
6-Roll, 
Doan oi Mounfitf. 
JVrite to-day for 
free Catalogue. 
that under the 
same conditions 
as to power and 
speed applied, condition of corn, etc,. 
The Appleton 
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will do more and better work than any other ma¬ 
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the market, that, itis simpler in construction; easie. 
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to require less power for successful operation. The 
proof of these claims is sent for the asking We 
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powers, shellers, ensilage and fodder cutters, feed 
grinders, wood saws, windmills, etc. Remember 
that Appleton quality lathe standard ol excellence. 
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