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TIIE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 23, 
CONTENTS. 
The Uuhai. New-Yokkek, December 23, 1905. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Contract for Tomato Plants.909, MO 
Experience of a Tomato (Jrovver. 910 
i.inie in Fall. 912 
Storing Onions; Cause of Cabbage Itol.. 912 
Alslke Clover . ©13 
Hope Farm Notes. 915 
Farm Prospects. 917 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Single Comb White Wyandot)en. 921 
Cow With Indigestion. 922 
The Malk.v Horse Problem. 922 
Hog Lice and Dishorned Calves. 923 
(letting liens Ready for Winter. 923 
HORTICULTURE. 
Long Experience in Spraying. 910 
Hardiness of Peach Varieties. 910 
Still Sticks to Lime and Sulphur. 911 
Second-Crop Apples . 911 
Honey Locust Hedges. 912 
Knot in Pears. 912 
Ward Blackberry: Red Cross Currant.. 912 
(las Injuring Shade Trees. 912 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 914 
Apple Growing in West Virginia. 917 
June Trimming. 921 
Dust Spraying. 923 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 918 
The Rural Patterns. 918 
Change of Work. 919 
Charily Sweetheart's Letters. 919 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Pitch for a Leaky Tank. 911 
Editorials . 910 
Events of the Week. 917 
Christmas In Odd Corners. 917 
Express Reform . ill7 
Business Bits . 917 
Publisher’s Desk . 921 
Cement Posts . 921 
M A Ft K E T S 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending December 16, 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 
tires are the average of several sales. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 1. Northern Duluth — @ 95% 
No. 2, Red. — (ft 1 95 
Corn . — @ 52 
Oats . — @ 38 
Rye . — @ 72 
Barley .. @ 45 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hav. No. 1. — @16.00 
No 2 .14.00 (a) 14.50 
No. 3 .12.00 @ 13.00 
Clover, mixed .12.00 (3)14.00 
Clover .10OO @13.00 
Wild . 8.00 @10 00 
Straw, long rye.13.00 @14.00 
Short and Oat. 7.00 @10.00 
FEED. 
Wholesale at New York. 
Spring Bran . 
Middlings . 
I\E(] I)0£. 
. . .10.85 
. . .18.00 
@17.25 
@ 20.00 
(<i 22,25 
Cottonseed meal . 
I.insppd monl . 
(a 28.00 
@30 50 
Retail Western N. Y. 
Spring Bran . 
Middlings . 
. . . 19.00 
. . .21 00 
. . . 23.00 
@20.00 
@24.00 
@24.00 
Rml I log . 
Gluten Feed . 
Oil meal . 
@25.00 
@28 00 
@35.00 
MILK. 
N Y. Exchange price $1.71 oer 40 quart 
can, netting 3% cents per quart at 20-cent 
zone points where there are no additional 
station charges. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, best . 
Lower grades . 
State Dairy . 
Imitation creamery . 
Factory . 
Packing Stock . 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, fancy. 
Fair to good. 
1 ight skims . 
Full skims . 
EGGS. 
Selected, white, fancy. 
Selected, white choice. 
Best mixed colors. 
Lower grades . 
Western and southern. 
Storage . 
BEANS. 
Ma rrow ... 
Medium . 
Pea . 
Red Kidney . 
White Kidney . 
Yellow Eye . 
Black Tin-tie Soup. 
24 
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18 
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17 
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15 
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14 
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13% 
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11 
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34 
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32 
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so 
.40 
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50 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 1(1 @ 19 
Common to fair. 19 @ 15 
Olds . 5 @ 8 
German, 1905 . 30 @ 40 
HOTHOUSE GOODS. 
Cucumbers, choice, dozen.... 00 @ 75 
lettuce, dozen . 20 @ 50 
Mushrooms, lb. 15 @ 50 
Radishes. 100 hunches.2.00 @3.00 
Tomatoes, lb. 10 @ 15 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apnles. evaporated, fancy.... 11 
Evap., choice. — 
Evnp.. com. to prime. 7 
Sun-dried . 4 Y, 
Chops. 100 ibs.3.00 
Cores and skins, 100 lbs. . .2.00 
Cherries . 14 
Raspberries . — 
@ 12 
@ 1 0 Vn 
@ 9% 
@ 0% 
@3.25 
@ 2.10 
@ 15 
@ 27 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples. Wiuesap, McIntosh, 
Spitz, King, Greening. .. 2.50 @5.00 
Spy .2.50 @4.50 
Baldwin and York.2.50 @4.00 
Pears, Kleffer, bbi.2.00 @3.00 
Grapes, 4-lb. basket. in @ 12 
Strawberries, Flu., qt. 50 @ 75 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Bermuda .3.50 @5.50 
Long Island, bes-t, 180 lbs..2.25 @2.50 
State and Jersey.1.50 @2.25 
European, 108 lb. bag.1.75 @2.00 
Sweet potatoes, bbi.1.50 @2.00 
Brussels Sprouts, qt. 5 @ 10 
Carrots, bbi.1.00 @1.50 
Cabbage, ton .14.no @ 28.00 
Celery, dozen . 15 @ 50 
Chicory and escarol, bbi....3.00 @4.00 
Cauliflowers, bbi.1.00 @5.00 
Kale, bbi. 65 @ 75 
Lettuce, %-bbl. basket. 25 @1.00 
Onions, white, bbi.2.50 @5.00 
Yellow .2.00 @2.50 
Red .1.50 @2.25 
Green Peas and beans, basket. 1.00 @2.25 
Spinach, bbi.1.00 @1.25 
Squash, bbi. 75 @1.00 
Turnips, bbi. 50 @1.00 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens . 11 @ 11 1 /, 
Fowls . 12 @ 12% 
Roosters . — @ 8% 
Tni-keys . — @ 14" 
Ducks, pair . 00 @ 85 
Geese, pair .1.25 @1.75 
Pigeons, pair. - - @ 25 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys. l>est . 18 @ 20 
Fair to good. 14 @ 17 
Chickens, fancy . -— @ 22 
Fair to good. 15 @20 
Fowls . 12 @ 14 
Ducks . n @ 14 
Geese . 11 @ 14 
Squabs, dozen .1.75 @2.50 
COU NT It Y-DR E S SED M E ATS. 
Calves, prime . — @ 12 1/1 
Common to good. 8 @ 12 
Pork . 5 %@ 8 
Roasting Pigs . 10 @ 12% 
FURS. 
Black Bear .....15,00 @20 00 
Cults and yeal-IIngs. 5.00 @10.00 
Badger . 60 @ 1.00 
Otter .15.00 @20.00 
Beaver . 5.00 @ 9.00 
Red Fox . 2.00 @ 4.00 
Fisher . 6.00 @ 8.00 
Wolf, Timber. 3.00 @ 5 00 
Wolverine . 0.00 @ 7 .00 
Lynx . 5.00 @ 8.00 
Wild Cat . 50 @ ■ 80 
Marten, dark .10.00 @25.00 
Skunk, black . 1.80 @ 2.00 
Half striped . 1.40 @ 1.50 
Striped . 65 @ 75 
White . 30 @ 35 
Raccoon . 00 @ 1.40 
Opossum . 15 @ 45 
Mink . 3.00 @ 7.00 
Muskrat, Winter . 17 @ 18 
Fall . 12 @ 14 
TOBACCO. 
Connecticut broadleaf filler.. 5 @ 10 
Wrappers . 35 @ 75 
N. Y. State fillers. 5 @ 7 
Fine and selections. 20 @ 25 
Pennsylvania broadleaf. 7 @ 9 
Va. shipping, com. lugs. 6 @ 0 % 
Good lugs . 6*/>@ 7 
Com. to med. leaf. 7 %@ 10 
Good to fine leaf. 11 %@ 12% 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Prices t.amed 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 
Kainit. — @12.00 
Acid Phosphate . — @14.00 
WILD GINSENG. 
Northern . 7.00 
Western .0.75 
Southern .0.50 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers .3.50 
Calves, veal .5.00 
Sheep .4.00 
Lambs .6.50 
@7.50 
@7.00 
@0.75 
@5.50 
@9.25 
@5.75 
@8.50 
A Western Irrigation Problem. 
L. ( 1 .. Opilrn, Utah .—I have a piece of 
land, about eight acres, that has to be irri¬ 
gated from a canal. The land is higher 
than the level of the water, and in order 
to get the water on the land, so it will 
flow, it has to be dammed and backed up for 
a distance of half a mile or more, and that 
causes a great loss to me both in time and 
water, because my neighbors’ lands are much 
lower than mine, and they get the water 
that should he mine. It flows on to their 
land by my backing up the water. Can you 
tell me the cheapest and best way to raise this 
water up about three or four feet? The stream 
has very little fall. My share of this water 
is one-third the stream for 18 hours once 
in eight days. 1 think one-third of the 
stream would fill a six-inch pipe, or perhaps 
a larger one. How can I raise this amount 
of water, say three or four feet, so that the 
land may be flooded? 
Ans. —There are but two ways open to 
L. G. He must either go up the canal 
the half mile or so to which he refers, as 
the distance the water would set back in 
lifting the water with a dam, and lead the 
water from there in a private ditch or 
flume; or else he must put in a pumping- 
plant of some type. If there were a 
larger volume of water than your corre¬ 
spondent indicates that the canal carries a 
simple and comparatively inexpensive lift 
could be built which would do the work, 
provided it would do to raise the water 
in the canal 18 inches, so that an effective 
fall of this amount could be had to drive 
a bucket wheel. Apparently his only 
available thoroughly effective method is 
to use a centrifugal pump and a small gas¬ 
oline engine. A 2 '/ horse power engine 
and a No. 3 centrifugal pump, provided 
with a five-inch suction and a four-inch 
discharge, would easily raise the amount 
of water indicated through a height of 
six or eight feet. Such an engine and 
pump would cost in' Chicago between $150 
and $200. It would be possible to drive 
such a pump by horse power, using either 
a tread or a sweep power. f. 11 . king. 
Save the Humus.— On page 758 I no¬ 
tice advice for freeing land from quack 
roots. There is no doubt about the effi¬ 
ciency of the method. But I do dislike 
to have such a practice commended here 
in the East. We are constantly urging 
farmers to increase organic matter in the 
soil, and we all know the immediate 
change in production when the soil is 
black with humus. The organic matter 
in quack roots is worth just as much as 
in any other form; and much cheaper, be¬ 
cause that is there, and the only expense 
is the killing. My experience has been 
with the most confirmed and chronic 
form, upon soil most congenial and natur¬ 
ally adapted, and while I will not say 
we have killed it all out, I do say that 
fields that were formerly so filled that 
almost nothing else would grow, are now 
practically free, I have a field of Al¬ 
falfa growing clean that had for a previ¬ 
ous crop as rank quack as one could well 
imagine. Please don’t draw the stuff off, 
but on the other hand use the heavy disk 
harrows weighted, chopping the roots fine, 
keeping the soil stirred, and the roots 
will soon die, leaving the finest seed bed 
conceivable. I would as soon think of 
drawing away the organic matter from 
my stable manure. Do not permit any¬ 
thing to leave the soil that will decay. 
_H. E. COOK. 
Butter Sticking.—T he stickiness of but¬ 
ler utensils made of wood may be avoided 
by washing well in very hot clear water and 
scouring well wilh salt. Scald again with 
boiling water and let stand awhile with 
cold water sprinkled with salt before using. 
The washing soda is preferable to soap, but 
we never use soaps or alkali on our wooden 
utensils, as they absorb an unpleasant soapy 
flavor. 'I he salt is quite as efficacious, and 
bettor every way. M . P . A 
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