832 
November 18. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, November 18, 1905. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Close Cropping . 825 
Hope Farm Notes. 826 
A Summer Boarder Farm. 833 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
A Dairy of Grade Cows. 834 
Oats and Peas for Ilorses. 834 
Another Balky Horse Remedy. 834 
A Fine Jersey Cow. 835 
Meaty Notes from Maine. 835 
HORTICULTURE. 
Cost of Greenhouse.821, 822 
More About Woolly Peaches. 822 
History of the McMahan Apple. 822 
Platform for Hauling Apples. 823 
Delaware as an Apple State. 823 
Peaches for Eastern New York. 824 
Renewing a Massachusetts Orchard. 824 
Soil Sterilization . 824 
Great Chrysanthemum Show. 825 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 825 
Apple Results in Arkansas. 829 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 830 
Soups Without Meat. 830 
Holders . 830 
The Bookshelf . 830 
Christmas Ahead II. 831 
The Rural Patterns. 831 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Concrete Blocks for Building. 822 
What About Cement Posts. 823 
Products, Prices and Trade. 825 
Editorials . 828 
Events of the Week. 829 
Outlook for Furs. 829 
Co-operative Insurance and Rods. 829 
Business Bits. 829 
Pumping from Distant Welt. 832 
Publisher's Desk . 833 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending November 11. 1905, wholesale except 
otherwise noted. The prices of grain, butter, 
cheese and eggs are based on the official tig 
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 sates. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat. No. 1. Northern Duluth — 
@ 97 5 /a 
No. 1, hard. Manitoba.. 
. . . - 
@ 97 
No. 2, red, for export. . 
. . . *- 
@ 95 Vt 
- 
@ 62 
Oats . 
__ 
@ 37 
Rye . 
— 
@ 7 2 i/o 
Barley . 
. .. 54 
@ 65 
IIAY AND STRAW. 
llay. No. 1. 
. . 16.00 
@16.50 
No. 2 . 
. .14.00 
@15.00 
No. 3 . 
. .12.00 
@13.00 
Clover, mixed . 
. .12.00 
@ 13.00 
Clover . 
10.00 
@11,00 
Straw, long rye. 
. .14.00 
@15.00 
Short, and Oat. 
@11.00 
MILK. 
N. Y. Exchange price 3 Vi cents per quart 
in 26-cent zone, in effect November 11. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, first quality. 
Lower grades . 
State Dairy . 
Imitation Creamery . 
Factory . 
Renovated . 
Packing Stock ... 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, fancy. 
Fair to choice. 
Light skims . 
Full skims .'.. .. 
EGGS. 
Selected, white, fancy. 
Selected, white, choice. 
Mixed, extra . 
Nearby, fair to good. 
Western and southern. 
Refrigerator . 
23 @ 
23 Mi 
16 % (7n 
22. *.. 
16 @ 
09 
17 @ 
19 
15 @ 
17% 
15 @ 
20 
15 @ 
17 
— @ 
13% 
12 M* @ 
13 Vi 
10% @ 
11 
3%@ 
4y 2 
. 35(5} 37 
32 @ 34 
29 (5! 30 
24 (5) 26 
20 @ 24 
18% @ 23 
NUTS. 
Chestnuts, bu.4.50 
Iliekorynuts, bu.2.00 
Butternuts, bu. 50 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, Twenty Ounce 
Pound Sweet . 
York Imperial .... 
Snow . 
Ben Davie . 
Maiden Blush . 
Fall Pippin . 
McIntosh . 
Baldwin . 
Spi tz . 
Iiubbardston . 
Greening . 
Western, bu. box... 
Culls and windfalls. 
Pears, Seckel . 
Bose . 
Clairgeau .. 
Ivieffer . 
Quinces, bbl. 
Grapes, 18-lb. case. . ., 
4-lb. basket . 
Cranberries, bbl. 
.2.50 
2.25 
2.75 
2.50 
2.50 
2.50 
2.50 
3.00 
2.50 
2.50 
2.50 
2.50 
2.00 
1.00 
5.00 
3.00 
2.50 
1.00 
1.00 
50 
10 
7.00 
VEGETABLES, 
Potatoes. L. I.. 180 lbs.2.37 
State & Jersey, round sorts. 2.00 
Long kinds .2.00 
Sweet potatoes, bbl. 75 
Brussels sprouts, quart. 8 
Beets. 100 bunches. 75 
Callage, red. ton.20.00 
White Danish seed.16.00 
Domestic seed .12.00 
Celery, dozen . 15 
Cucumbers, bill. 2.00 
Cauliflower, bbl.. 1.50 
Eggplants .1.50 
Lettuce, bill. 50 
Lima Beans, bu.1.00 
Mushroms, lb. 10 
Onions, Conn., white, bbl.2.00 
Conn., yellow .2.00 
Conn., red .1.50 
Orange Co., yellow, bag....1.75 
Orange County, red.1.25 
Long Island, bbl.1.50 
Banners, bbl.1.00 
Sninach. bbl. 75 
Squash, Hilliard, bbl. 75 
Marrow . 50 
Turnins. Ruta baga, bbl. 75 
Tomatoes, bu. 50 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens . -— 
Fowls . 10 
@7.00 
@2.50 
@ 75 
(a 4.00 
@3.00 
@ 3.50 
<0 4.00 
@3.50 
(a 8.50 
@3.50 
(a 5.00 
@3.50 
@5.00 
ui 3.50 
(a 4.50 
<5 4.50 
@2.00 
@ 8.00 
<0 4.50 
@4.25 
@3.00 
<0 3.50 
@ 1.25 
@ 15 
@13.00 
@2.62 
(a 2.5(1 
<0 2.25 
@1.50 
<§ 12 
(a 1.25 
(a 25.00 
@18.00 
(<’ 14.00 
@ 50 
@ 5.00 
@ 2.00 
@ 2.50 
@ 1.00 
(a 2.00 
<g 50 
@ 4.50 
<0 2.50 
(a 2.25 
@2.00 
@1.75 
@2.00 
@1.50 
@ 1.00 
@1.00 
@ 75 
@ 1.12 
@1.25 
@ 10 
@ 11 
Roosters . 6 @ 7 
Turkeys . — @ 14 
Ducks, pair . 60 @ 80 
Geese, pair .1.12 @1.62 
Pigeons, pair .. .•. — @ 25 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Spring Turkeys, lb. 14 @ 15 
Old Turkeys . 13 @ 17 
Chickens, fey, broilers, lb... . 22 @ 24 
Fair to choice . 18 @ 20 
Prime roasters . —• @ 26 
Fair to good. 14 @ 18 
Fowls . 13 @ 14 
Ducks . 10 (a 14 
Geese . 15 @ 20 
Squabs, prime, dozen.3.00 @4.00 
Mixed and dark.1.75 @2.50 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS. 
Veal calves, 11).. — @ 11% 
Pork . 7 Vi @ 8% 
Roasting Pigs . 10 @ 12 % 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native steers, 100 lbs.3.30 @5.10 
Oxen and stags.2.75 @4.50 
Bulls .2.15 @3.40 
Cows . 
, . . , . 
. 
...1.35 @3 r & 
Milch cows 
with 
calves... 
... 30.00" fit 
Calves, veal 
... 5 * 
Culls _ 
Sheep . . .. 
Lambs . . .. 
Ilogs, State 
and 
Pa. 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Prices named are for car lots. Single 
bag lots 10 to 25 per cent higher. 
Nitrate, of soda. — @52.00 
Muriate of Potash. — @42.00 
Acid Phsphate . — @14.00 
Ivainit . — @12.00 
Dried Blood. — @65.00 
WILD GINSENG 
Southern, lb.6.50 
Western .6.75 
Northern .7.00 
@6.75 
@7.00 
@7.50 
PUMPING FROM DISTANT WELL 
I want to add a word or two of advice 
to that given to M. M. W., page 674, rela¬ 
tive to pumping from well at a distance. 
The most important item of all is tin.: * >s 
line pipe from pump to water li’ ~ 1 
be at least one size and if ft, >vo 
sizes larger than his set length., , ^ *pwn 
well is over 100 feet from horrse* and 
about same lift as his. I have handled 
many thousands of feet of pipe,'- and can 
assure him that this advice, although in¬ 
volving a little extra expense, is sound, 
and that he cannot have an casy-ivorking 
pump unless he follows it, as the friction 
in the long line pipe will add consider¬ 
ably to the work and decrease the flow. 
We use a Douglas pendulum force and 
lift pump and want nothing better. Di¬ 
ameter of pipe in set length is one and a 
quarter, and our line pipe from foot of 
set length to water is one and a half. 
On a distance such as his I should sure¬ 
ly use two inch, advice of “practical” 
plumbers to the contrary notwithstanding. 
The additional cost will not be so very 
great. The proper way to install this out¬ 
fit is to use as long a set length as possi¬ 
ble—six or eight feet, if possible, al¬ 
though this necessitates digging a deeper 
trench near the house. Let the fall to 
entrance at well be gradual and constant 
and free from bends or humps. Make 
connection at foot of set length by a short 
nipple same size as set length and a 
reducing elbow, reducing from size of line 
pipe to size of set length nipple, say 2 
inches by 1J4 inch. Don’t couple up with 
an elbow same size as your set length — 
the reducing ells come in all sizes. Make 
all joints extra tight and put a swinging 
check valve at the foot of the line pipe 
just before it makes the bend to go down 
in the well. Put on a foot valve if you 
want to, but do not neglect the swinging 
check—it means ease of operation and 
no priming. After everything is coupled 
up prime the pump and pump away—it 
will take a good while to fill the pipe, 
for you are pumping air, which is elastic, 
but after a while, if the work is done 
right and the joints tight, the water will 
appear and you will find the pumping no 
harder than on an ordinary straight lift 
of equal height. This is because your 
water in the line pipe moves so slowly 
(comparatively) as to require no appre¬ 
ciable force to move it, the large diameter 
of the pipe practically making it a reser¬ 
voir connecting with the well. In the 
diagram, P is pump, S sink, F floor, L 
pump cylinder, E nipple same size as set 
length, say three inches long; H reducing 
elbow, D swinging check, B elbow, A lift 
pipe. c. c. 
WM. H. COHEN & CO., 
Commission Merchants, 1 
229 and 231 Washington Street, New York. 
OUR SPECIALTIES: 
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1 Poultry 
Mushroom*, 
Furs, 
I Calves 
Nuts, 
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Apples, Pears. Grapes, Potatoes, and all fruits and 
Vegetables Fancy Eggs, Nuts and Game, Top 
prices secured for choice products. Write us what 
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TOP MARKET PRICES 
If you want Hay, Straw, Fruits,Produce, Poultry, But* 
Lggs, etc., to firing Top Market Prices: send to¬ 
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_ F. H. KEELER & CO., 
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SALIMENE 
THE BEST REMEDY FOR 
SAN JOSE SCALE. 
Liquid or Powder Form. Circulars and price on 
application. 
MONMOUTH CHEMICAL WORKS, 
Shrewsbury, New Jersey. 
DEG. SHROPSHIRES and O. I. C. SWINE of all 
ages; both sexes, from the right place. 
CEDAR LAWN FARM, Ludlowville, N. Y. 
White Holland Turkeys 
HENS and TOMS not akin, 183 to S>5 each. Eggs 
in season. M. 0. VAN WINKLE, Stone Ridge, N. Y. 
MR. TRAPPER 
WANTED AND FOR SALE. 
S5 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 
II. F. SMITH. 
Traffic Manager, N. C. & St. Louis Ry., Nashville. 
Tenn. Dept. C. 
enp DC|JT A fine farm in Carroll Co. Md , 
run ntn I ■ 200 acres; U0 beingmeadow; 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 he 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 
GUMMING, 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, 
bend for lists. 
A. W. DRESSER, Burlington, N. J. 
~iw Avviv i uiui.uuui ucYUtcu 
to special crops yielding an annual income of 
$5,000 to $0,000. C. A. Goetzman, Lyons, N. V. 
To Raw Fur Shippers and Trappers. 
1 For reliable prices on RAW FURS and GINSENG, 
send two-eent stamp to LEMUEL BLACK. Lock 
Box 48, Hightstown, N. J. Prices ready about 
December 1st. No curiosity seekers answered. 
UI a MTCn a position about December 1st to take 
l , ,, , care of and milk a small herd of pure 
bred Holstein Cows and care for a small truck garden, 
preferably near New York City, by a middle aged 
S’Ofn, 0 man of experience: best of references. Address 
W. F. N., care oi Rural New-Yorker. 
FAR QAI F cheap, my 200 acre farm near Chesa 
I Ull vHLIa peake Bay, one mile from county 
seat; good markets; ideal climate. 
A. W. HEPBURN, Mathews, Ya. 
Are you aware that the man who ships to Skunky 
Jim does not lose any sleep worrying about his 
returns? He knows he'll get a square deal. I’m 
anxious to prove the above assertion to you. May 1? 
Established 1899. Price list free. 
JAS. P. ELLIS, Stony Ford, Orange Co., N. Y. 
ATT E N TIO NTJp #."! sS 
favor us with your orders. Mail orders a Specialty. 
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Our plan of selling custom-made, oak-tanned harness 
t.y mail, direct from the factory at wholesale prices, is 
a big saving to every farmer. All harness is guaranteed. 
If it’s faulty in any way, return it and get your money 
back. Write for illustrated catalogue F and pricelist. 
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AGENTS 
WANTED 
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Greatly improved. Better than over. 
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riveting and 
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combined. Notice the Automatic Spacer 
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show it means a sale. Agents make 
$3 to $15 a day. One agent made 920 first 
day and writes to hurry machines to him. Write forapeo* 
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MIXED FARMING 
Wheat Raising 
Ranching 
Three great pursuits have again 
shown wonderful results on the 
HOMESTEAD LANDS 
WESTERN 
CANADA 
Magnificent Climate— Farmers plowing 
in their shirt sleeves in the middle of 
November. 
“All are bound to be more than 
pleased with the final results of the 
pust season’s harvests.”— Extract. 
Coal, wood, water, hay in abundance— 
schools, churches, markets convenient. 
This is the era of 41.00 wheat. 
Apply for information to Supt. of Iia* 
migration, Ottawa, Can.; or to 
IHOS. DUNCAN, Canadian Government Agent 
Syracuso lltok Building, SYRACUSE, N. Y. 
Mention this paper. 
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I ^ / ) would a broken limb. No 
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In every part. 
The lid Is inde- 
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gearing so that 
the heavier 
parts do not 
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other makes, 
The inside is 
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the gearing is 
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If you can give us 3 to 5 days of your spare time, w r e will show you 
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This offer is only open for a limited time and represents $3,000 worth of stock. 
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Breeders of Improved Large English Berkshires, the Long, Broad Low 
Down Kind That Get Big Quick on Less Feed Than 
any Other Strain of Swine. 
