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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 2, 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New Yorker, Dec. 2. 1905. 
FARM TOPICS. 
A Connecticut Yankee is Thankful.861, 862 
Measurement of Hay in Stacks. 862 
Handling Forest Leaves..... 863 
Soy Beans . 864 
Hope Farm Notes. 867 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Mapes, the Hen Man. 866 
Farm and Dairy Notes . 874 
Shall lie Use a Dorset Ram?. 874 
1 lolsteln-Frlesian Breeders . 874 
Big Hen Flocks . 871 
Streaks in Butter . 875 
How They Ship Live Stock. 875 
Experience With Freeman ins . 875 
Western Morgan Horses . 875 
HORTICULTURE. 
The Czar on an Apple. 864 
The Largest Pear on Record. 864 
Quinces in Ontario . 864 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 866 
Fruit Growing in West Virginia. 8(5!) 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 870 
Brush and Comb Case. 870 
The “Best Ever” Fried Cakes. 871 
The Rural Patterns . 871 
The Bookshelf . 871 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
National Grange . 865 
Cement on Tin Roofs ...... 865 
Killing Grasshoppers . 865 
Editorials . 868 
Events of the Week. 869 
Business Bits .869 
New York Beet Sugar Factory. 869 
Products, Prices and Trade. 872 
Markets.872 
Publisher’s Desk . 873 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending November 25. 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 fig¬ 
ures are the average of several sales. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2 , red. 
No. 1 , Nor them Duluth. 
No. 1 , hard, Manitoba... 
Corn . 
Oats .. 
• • 32 
@ 91 
@ 93% 
@ 93% 
@ 57 
@ 38 
Rye . 
Barley, feeding . 
Buckwheat . 
@ 67 
@ 45 
@ 65 
FEED. 
@17.25 
@ 20.00 
@22.10 
(,i 28.00 
@ 30.50 
Middlings . 
Red Dog . 
Cottonseed meal . 
Linseed meal . 
. 18.00 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Iiav, No. 1. 
No. 2 . 
No. 3. 
Clover mixed . 
Clover . 
.16.00 
.14.00 
. 12.00 
. 13.00 
. 1 2.00 
@16.50 
@ 14.50 
@ 13.00 
@14.00 
@ 12.50 
@15.00 
@ 11.00 
Short and oat. 
MI1.K. 
N. Y. Exchange price 3% cents per quart 
to shippers in 26-cent zone. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, extra, lb. 24 (77) 24% 
Lower grades . 20 $7) 23 
State Dairy . 16 @ 23 
Factory . 15 @ 17 V, 
Renovated . 15 @ 20 
Packing stock . 15 @ 17 
CHEESE. 
Fancy . —■ @ 13% 
Fair to good. 12 @ 12% 
Skims . 4 @ 7 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evap. fancy. — @ 11 
Evap. choice . — @ 10 
Evap. prime . — @ 9% 
Evap. com. to good. — @ 7 
Sun-dried, Canada . 5%@ 6 
Sun-dried, southern . 4 @ 4% 
Chops, 100 lbs.2.75 @3.00 
Raspberries . — @ 26 
Cherries . 11 @ 15 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples. Blush. Bellefiower. Fall 
Pippin, Ben Davis, Bald¬ 
win, Ilubbardston .2.50 
Spitzenburg and King.2.50 
Spy .2.50- 
York Imperial .2.7-> 
Greening .2.50 
Pound Sweet .2.25 
McIntosh .3.00 
Pears. Bose, bbl.3.00 
Clairgeau and Anjou.2.50 
Duchess .200 
Sheldon .2.50 
Kieffer .2.00 
Quinces, bbl.1.00 
Grapes, 18-Ib. case. 50 
4-lb. basket . 10 
Bulk, ton .40 00 
Cranberries, bbl.8..>0 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Bermuda, bbl.6.00 
L. I., ISO lbs.2.50 
State and Jersey.1.7u 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl.1-25 
Brussels Sprouts, qt. ° 
Beets, 100 bunches. 75 
Carrots, bbl.. „ J-' 
Cabbage. Danish seed ton. ...16.00 
Domestic seed .I'”!. 1 !] 
Celery, dozen . 1 ■» 
Cauliflowers, bbl. 
Egg Plants, bbl.L-jO 
Kale, bbl. 
Lettuce, bbl. >■' 
Onions, bbl, white. 
yellow and red. 
Peppers, bbl. ... • ..j 
Peas, s'n. %-bbl. basket.1-6Q 
Green Beans, bkt. 7o 
Spinach, bbl. Jij? 
Squash, bbl. 50 
Turnips, bbl. ,; ) 
BEANS. 
Marrow, choice . 
Medium . — _ 
Pea .h8.) 
Red kidney . 
Yellow Eye . 
EGGS. 
Fancy, selected white. 38 
Selected choice .. “ ’ 
Mixed, fair to good. 
Western and Southern. 
@3.50 
(<t 5.00 
@4.50 
(,) 4.00 
@4.50 
@3.00 
@5.00 
@5.00 
<0 1.25 
@3.50 
@4.50 
@3.00 
<8 3.50 
@1.25 
@ 15 
@75.00 
@13.00 
@7.00 
@ 2.75 
@2.25 
@1.50 
@ 12 
@1.00 
@ 1.00 
@18.00 
@ 16.00 
@ 50 
@2.50 
@2.50 
@ 75 
(a 1 25 
@5.50 
@ 2 50 
@2.00 
@ 3 00 
@1.25 
@ 1.00 
@ 1.00 
@1.00 
@3.25 
@ 2.20 
@ 1.00 
@2 00 
@1.80 
@ 40 
@ 37 
co 34 
@ 31 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice. . .. 
. 19 
@ 22 
Com. to fair. 
. 14 
@ 18 
German . 
. 30 
@ 40 
WILD 
GINSENG. 
Northern . 
.7.00 
@7.50 
Western . 
@7.00 
Southern .6.50 @6.75 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS. 
Calves, prime . — @ 11 
Fair to good . 9 @ 10% 
Common . 7 @ 8 
Buttermilks . 4 (<v 6 
Pork . 5 % @ 7 
Roa sting I Mgs. 10 @12% 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens, lb. — @ 12 
Fowls . 11 @ 12 
Roosters . — @ 8 
Turkeys . — @ 14 
Ducks, pair . 60 @ 65 
Geese, pair .1.25 @1.75 
Pigeons, pair . — @ 25 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys . 14 @ 18 
Chickens . 15 @ 22 
Fowls . 11 @ 14 
Ducks . 10 @ 14 
Geese . 15 @ 20 
Squabs .2.50 @3.00 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers .4.00 @5.20 
Bulls .2.60 @2.60 
Cows .1.45 @2.70 
Calves, veal .5.00 @9.25 
Sheep .3.50 @5.25 
Lambs.5.00 @7.25 
Hogs .5.50 @6.00 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Prices named are for car lots; single bag 
lots 10 to 25 per cent higher. 
Nitrate of Soda, ton. — @52.00 
Muriate of Potash. — @42.00 
Dried Blood . — @55.00 
Ivainit . —• @12.00 
Acid Phosphate . — @14.00 
PRODUCTS , PRICES AND TRADE. 
Switzerland has revised its tariff laws. 
Some of the changes made are unfavorable 
to American trade, the chief items being 
leather, salted and smoked meats, bottled 
whisky, agricultural machines, sewing ma¬ 
chines and typewriters. Raw cotton is ad¬ 
mitted free. 
Butter remains about, as last reported. 
Supplies of extra fresh creamery are light, 
but anything below this grade is inclined to 
he dull, any shortage in current receipts being 
patched up with storage stock. The top price 
for extra creamery is 24%. and it must score 
very high to reach this price. 
Apples. —The high prices at which choice 
fruit is selling are bringing liberal shipments 
to this market. A great many people seem 
to think that when stock brings between $3 
and $4 per barrel it is a good plan to sell, 
no matter whether indications point to higher 
prices later. This is a wise move for those 
who have only ordinary storage, as the loss 
from shrinkage or rot in apples thus held 
until the last of January will discount any 
probable increase in price. 
Cotton Wild Again. —On the report that 
the amount of cotton ginned up to the middle 
of November is 500,000 bales short of what 
was anticipated and more than 2,250,000 
bales less than for the same period last year, 
speculators in the exchanges again broke 
loose, and there was an immediate advance 
of one cent per pound. Sales for November 
21 at the New York Exchange aggregated 
1.500,000 bales. The exact figures given cov¬ 
ering the amount ginned to November 14 
were 7,498,167. which is generally considered 
to mean a crop of something more than 
10.000.000 bales, though scarcely warranting 
the prophecy of 15-cent cotton made by some 
authorities, 
The Poultry Trade of this city is again 
geting very much stirred up over the activity 
of reformers who promise to renew, this 
Winter, their efforts to get legislation for¬ 
bidding the sale of undrawn or long-stored 
poultry. The poultry people are scared, 
ns they have millions that they have invested 
in stock, storage and trade in danger. One 
dealer makes the sweeping statement that 
he has handled stored poultry for 25 years 
and none of it ever developed ptomaines. 
IIow does he know? The food trade was left 
to itself for so long that it is no wonder 
some abuses worked in; when they 7 are cut 
out. some one is sure to feel hurt. We do 
not believe there is any danger of laws 
detrimental to trade in wholesome products 
being enacted. There is no need for wild 
statements or actions. The question is. what 
is the exact truth about this poultry business? 
Is undrawn poultry, or that kept in storage 
six months or more, wholesome? There are 
chemists and doctors who, without prejudice, 
can determine this matter, and. when the 
truth is known, the people can be trusted to 
take such action as is best. 
Financial Stringency.- —The newspapers 
of late have been talking about the shortage 
of ready monev in Wall Street, and the high 
loan rates (as much as 25 per cent) some 
have had to pay. The Secretary of the Treas 
urv was implored to send enough cash to the 
banks to “relieve the situation.” This does 
not mean that Uncle Sam was asked to donate 
the monev. or that he would lose anything 
bv taking it from the Treasury and putting it 
into circulation. But he did well to decline 
taking steps to aid or encourage the 
special brand of business management which 
appears to l>e responsible for this particular 
local stringency. There are what, in destina¬ 
tion may be called legitimate reasons for 
scarcity ‘of cash in the East at this season, 
such as the heavy movements of money to 
Western banks to pay farmers for their 
wheat, corn, hogs, etc., but conditions are 
greatly and unnecessarily aggravated by sky 
rocket speculators in the financial districts 
But for their wild actions financial strin¬ 
gencies would be few and would work them¬ 
selves out without help from the Treasury. 
Suppose a man with a farm paid for and 
$5,000 in bank should buy the farms of two 
or three neighbors, paying all his ready cash 
and giving mortgages for the balance In a 
short time he buys one or two more, borrow¬ 
ing wherever he" can get money and giving 
more mortgages, until, while nominally own 
ing half of a township, he is in debt to all 
his neighbors. If anyone recommends him to 
go a little slower, he says that no doubt 
buyevR will come along soon and take his 
surplus holdings at an advanced price. He 
goes to an Implement store and buys $200 
worth of machines, saying that no doubt he 
can fell them in a week or so for $400. 
Instead of selling his crops at fair prices, he 
hold* thorn for a 50 ner cent rise and bor¬ 
rows money to run his farm. Before he got 
nearly through such a programme he would 
be bankrupt or his friends would put him in 
a lunatic asylum. Such a man even while 
in the height of his boom would be a neigh¬ 
borhood nuisance, upsetting values and sow¬ 
ing discontent among those who ought to 
find in him a safe example. Two or three 
more of this type would multiply the harm¬ 
ful results more than tenfold. Yet the ac¬ 
tions of a large number of Wall Street specu¬ 
lators are still more wild. They buy and 
sell and borrow without apparent regard for 
what are considered good business principles 
and yell for help when they have made such 
heavy drains on the banks that the latter in 
self protection put on a prohibitive loan rate. 
The fact that they are able to give safe 
security for what they want to borrow does 
not remedy the matter. They are fit subjects 
for Government suppression rather than Gov¬ 
ernment aid. The rules of common sense 
finance for farm, store and factory should 
apply equally to the handling of financial 
paper. This country is prosperous not lie- 
cause of its millionaires who are hoarding 
their money or giving it away, nor of the 
organizing work of the “captains of industry” 
or the lurid howls of Wall Street gangs, but 
because of the steady clock-like work of the 
producers and those actually handling earth's 
products through all the varied channels of 
trade and manufacture which distribute these 
things to the ends of the earth. These thou¬ 
sands of men and women, boys and girls 
certainly have cause to be thankful for life 
and its opportunities. h. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y r . and you’ll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee, page 8. 
WANTED: We need 
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Fruits, Produce, 
Poultry, Butter, 
Eggs, Nuts, etc. 
Wo can secure you top 
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104 Murray St., New York. 
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228 and 231 Washington Street, Now York. 
OUR SPECIALTIES: 
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1 Poultry 
Mushroom*, 
Furs, 
1 Calves 
Nuts, 
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Apples, Pears, Grapes, Potatoes, and all fruits and 
Vegetables Fancy Eggs, Nuts and Game, Top 
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209 Hudson St., New York City, N. Y. 
G holceStock forSale.—Hocks,Wyandottes. Leghorns 
Minorca*. Turkeys, Ducks and Guineas. Also Lice 
Killing Nest Eggs, sample mailed. 5c.; dozen. 50c. 
Agents wanted. Pine Tiee Farm, Jamesburg, N. J. 
No Smoke House. Smoke meat with 
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AIITniinilll C USERS, drivers, repairmen. 
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AND 
HIDES 
1 O to bO% mure money for you to ship Kuw Furs, 
Horse and Cuttle Hides to us than to sell at home. 
Writo for Price List, market report, shipping tugs. 
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ANDER8CH HBOS. I>cpt. 1’AS Minneapolis, Minis 
To Raw Fur Shippers and Trappers. 
For reliable prices on RAW FURS and GINSENG, 
send two-cont stamp to LEMUEL BLACK, Lock 
Box 48, Hightstown, N. J. Prices ready about 
December 1st. No curiosity seekers answered. 
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WRITE FOR QUOTATIONS. 
F, D, HEWITT, 120 Liberty St., N. Y, 
$5 TO $20 AN ACRE 
is the price paid to-day for rich lands in Tennessee 
suitable for raising Cotton, Wheat, Potatoes, Hay, 
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II. F. SMITH, 
Traffic Manager, N. G. & St. Louis Ry., Nashville, 
Tenn. Dept. C. 
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FARMS ARE MONEY-MAKERS FOR STOCK, 
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Box 52. Titusville, Pa. 
ELITE OIL. • 
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removing pimples and beautifying the skin. Will pos¬ 
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For Sale—Fox and Rabbit Hounds. 
Choice PUPS now ready to ship for $5.00 each. 
MELVIN THOMAS, R. F. D. No. 1, Wayville, 
Saratoga, County, N. Y. 
PAR | — At a bargain, 50 Hampshire Ewes 
■ Ull 4HkL and Lambs and some Rams. Must 
sell. F. It. CONINE, Kanoim, N. Y. 
LAKELAND HERD, 125 HEAD 
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN CATTLE 
of both sexes and all ages. Cows all officially tested 
breeding of the best, many sired by or descended from 
Pietertje Hengerveld’s Count De 1vol. who has 47 A. 
R. 0. daughters. Mutual Pietertje Paul at head of 
herd; dam s record, 25 lbs. 9 oz. in 7 days. 
J* 7 ' Inspection invited. Correspondence solicited. 
WING K. SMITH, Syracuse, N. Y. 
BEEN BONE MAKES EGGS 
Lots of them, because i t is rich in protein and all other egg elements. You get twice the 
eggs, more fertile, vigorous chicks, earlier broilers, heavier fowls, bigger profits. 
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cuts ail kind* of bone, with adhering meat 
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Did you see our pig - offer in Nov. 18—R. N-Y ? 
You know if we don’t do a fair square business with you, this paper will expose us 
to its 100,000 subscribers and ruin our business with them. You can turn afewdays 
of your spare time to good account and help us introduce a good thing to the farmers. 
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Inaprovod Largo Borlisliii'oia. 
