936 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 30, 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, December SO, 1905. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Hay Slings. 828 
Ground Bone with lame. 829 
Pasturing Cow Peas. 829 
Fertilizer Analysis Explained. 829 
Feeding Values of Dent and Flint Corn. 829 
Hope Farm Notes... 931 
Farming in Russian Transcaucasia.... 933 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Mapes, the Hen Man.925, 920 
A Horse and a Problem. 926 
A Montana Man on Balky Horses. 920 
The Young Cow: Her Feed and Care... 927 
Eggs in Alcohol Barrel. 927 
Eggs in Water Glass. 928 
New York State Dairymen. 933 
Selecting Laying Hens. 937 
Sick Hen; Grain Ration. 937 
Growth on Pullet's Head. 937 
White-comb in Turkeys. 937 
The Berkshire Hog. . 938 
How to Ship Live Stock. 938 
Brief Dairy Notes. 939 
A Young Holstein Bull. 939 
In a Massachusetts Dairy. 939 
Streaks in Butter. 939 
HORTICULTURE. 
The Hope Farm Orchards. 925 
A Spray of Baldwins. 926 
Notes on Keeping Apples. 927 
Washes for Fruit Trees. 927 
Believes in Fumigation. 927 
Culture of Dewberries. 928 
A Frosted Arancaria. 928 
Currants in Kansas. 928 
Rotted Manure for Grapes. 929 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 930 
The Emperor Peach. 933 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Dav. 934 
Hulled Corn . 934 
Making Beef Tender. 935 
The Rural Patterns. 935 
The Bookshelf . 935 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Black Walnut for Timber. 928 
What is a Straight Line. 928 
The American Tuberculosis Exhibition.. 829 
Products. Prices and Trade. 829 
Events of the Week. 933 
Business Bits. 933 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending December 23, 1905, wholesale except 
otherwise noted. The prices of grain, butter, 
cheese and eggs are based on the otlicial 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. 1, Northern Duluth 
No. 2, Red. 
Coni . 
Oats . 
Rye . 
Barley . 
@ 
95% 
(a 
92% 
@ 
58 
@ 
37 
@ 
75 
fa 
42 
HAY AND 
Hay, No. 
No. 2 
1. 
STRAW. 
.1G.00 
. 14.50 
No. 3.12.50 
Clover, mixed .12.50 
Clover .12.00 
Straw, long rye.13.00 
FEED. 
Spring Bran. — 
Middlings . — 
Red Dog. — 
Cottonseed meal. — 
Linseed meal. — 
MILK. 
N. Y. Exchange price $1.71 per 
can, netting 3 % cents per quart at 
zone points where there are no 
@16.50 
@15.00 
@ 13.50 
@14.00 
@13.00 
@14.00 
@ 1 8.85 
@21.50 
@24.50 
@30.00 
@31.50 
40-quart 
26-cent 
additional 
station charges. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, best. 
. 24 
@ 
24% 
Lower grades. 
. 20 
@ 
23 
Stale Dairy. 
16 
@ 
23 
Imitation creamery. 
. 17 
@ 
10 
Factory. 
. 15 
fa 
17% 
Packing Stock. 
. 14 
fa 
17 
CHEESE. 
Full creamery, fancy. 
. - 
@ 
13% 
Fair to good. 
. 1 1 
@ 
13 
Light skims. 
. 10 
@ 
10% 
E 11 11 skims. 
• 3% 
@ 
4V§ 
EGGS. 
Selected, white fancy. 
— 
@ 
36 
Selected, white, choice. 
. 33 
@ 
34 
Best mixed colors. 
. 30 
@ 
32 
Lower grades. 
. 25 
@ 
28 
Western and southern. 
. 20 
@ 
26 
Storage . 
. 17 
(a 
21 
BEANS. 
Marrow . — @3.10 
Medium.2.50 @3.00 
j'ea . — @1.75 
Red kidney. — @2.80 
White kidney.3.50 @3.60 
Yellow Eye.1.75 @1.80 
Black Turtle Soup.3.50 @3.60 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 16 @ 19 
Common to fair. 10 @ 15 
Olds . -5 @ 8 
German, 1905. 30 @ 40 
HOTHOUSE GOODS. 
Cucumbers, choice, dozen. 60 @1.00 
IjOtfuce, dozen. 40 @ 85 
Mushrooms, lb. 1*1 @ 60 
Radishes, 100 bunches.2.00 @3.00 
Tomatoes, lb.1.00 @2.50 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evaporated, fancy. 11 
Evap., choice 
@ 
@ 
@ 
(5? 
12 
10% 
9% 
6 V, 
Gvap., 
Evap., com. to prime. i 
Sun-dried . 4 % 
Chops. 100 lbs. — @3.25 
Cores and skins, 100 lbs.... — @2.1*1 
Cherries . 14 @ 15 
Raspberries . — @ 27 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, Winesap. McIntosh, 
Spitz, King, Greening... .2.50 fa)5.00 
Spy .2.50 @4.00 
Baldwin and York.2.50 @4.00 
Pears, Kieffer, bbl.2.00 @3.00 
Cranberries, bbl.10.00 @14.00 
Strawberries, Fla., qt. 30 @ 75 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Bermuda.3.00 
Long Island, best, 180 lbs. . .2.00 
Stale and Jersey.1.75 
European, 168-lb. bag.1.50 
Sweet potatoes, bbl.1.50 
Brussels Sprouts, qt. 5 
Carrots, bbl.1.25 
Cabbage, ton .18.00 
Celery, dozen . 15 
Chicory and escarol, bbl.3.00 
Cauliflowers, bbl.2.00 
Kale, bbl. 50 
Lettuce, %-bbl. basket. 50 
Onions, white, bbl.2.50 
Yellow.1.00 
Red .1.50 
Green Peas and beans, basket. 1.50 
Squash, bbl. 50 
Turnips', bbl. . 50 
@5.00 
@2.50 
@2.25 
@2.00 
@2.50 
@ 10 
@1.50 
@25.00 
@ 50 
@4.00 
@ 6.00 
@ 75 
@ 1.50 
@6.00 
(a 1.75 
@1.75 
@3.50 
@1.00 
@1.00 
fa 1.00 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens . 
. 10 
@ 
11 
Fowls . 
. 12 
@ 
12 V. 
Roosters . 
8% 
Turkeys . 
— 
@ 
14 
Ducks, pair. 
. 60 
@ 
85 
Geese, pair. 
@1.75 
Pigeons', pair . 
@ 
25 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkevs, best. 
— 
@ 
22 
Fair to good. 
. 17 
20 
Chickens, fancy. 
— 
(5) 
22 
Fair to good. 
. IS 
@) 
20 
Fowls. 
. 12 
@ 
14 
I nicks . 
. 10 
@ 
15 
Geese. 
. 10 
@3 
14 
Squalls, dozen. 
@4.00 
COUNTRY-DRESSED 
MEATS. 
Calves, prime. 
— 
@ 
12 
Common to good. 
. 8 
@ 
11 
pork . 
6 
@ 
7% 
Roasting Pigs . 
. 10 
@ 
12% 
FURS. 
Black Bear.15.00 
Cubs and yearlings. 5.00 
Badger . 60 
Otter .15.00 
Beaver . 5.00 
Red Fox. 2.00 
Fisher . 6.00 
Wolf, Timber . 3.00 
Wolverine. 6.00 
Lynx . 5.00 
Wild Cat . 50 
Marten, dark.10.00 
Skunk, black.'.. 1.80 
Half striped. 1.40 
Striped . 65 
White . 30 
Raccoon . 60 
Opossum . 25 
Mink . 3.00 
Muskrat, Winter. 17 
Fall . 12 
@20.00 
@10.00 
@ 1.00 
@ 20.00 
@ 9.00 
@ 4.00 
@ 8.00 
@ 5.00 
@ 7.00 
@ 8.00 
@ 80 
@25.00 
@ 2.00 
@ 1.50 
@ 75 
@ 35 
@ 1.40 
@ 45 
@ 7.00 
@ 18 
@ 14 
TOBACCO. 
Conecticut broadleaf filler.. 5 @ 10 
Wrappers . 35 @ 75 
N. Y. State fillers. 5 @ 7 
Fine and selections. 20 @ 25 
Pennsylvania broadleaf. 7 @ 9 
Ya. shipping, com. lugs. 6 @ 6% 
Good lugs . 6 % @ 7 
Com. to med. leaf. 7%@ 10 
Good to fine leaf. 11 % @ 12% 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Prices named are for car lots; 
lots 10 to 25 per cent higher. 
Nitrate of Soda, ton. — 
Muriate of Potash. — 
Dried Blood. — 
Kalnit . — 
Acid Phosphate . — 
single bag 
@52.00 
@42.00 
@55.00 
@12.00 
@14.00 
WILD GINSENG. 
Northern .7.00 @7.50 
Western .6.75 @7.00 
Southern .6.50 @6.75 
LIVE STOCK. 
Calves, veal.6.00 
Sheep .3.50 
lambs .7.00 
@9.50 
@5.35 
@8.00 
“An phwy don’t yez like Muldoon?’’ 
“He’s not on th’ square.” “’Phwat makes 
yez think so?” “He’s th’ kind av a man 
th’t can’t look ye straight in the eye till 
yer back’s turned.”—Cleveland Plain 
Dealer. 
“It seems to me,” said Mrs. Oldcas- 
tle, “that the dogmatists have about had 
their day.” “I know it,” replied her hos¬ 
tess. “Me and Josiah was talkin’ about 
it the other night. You hardly ever see 
a lady carryin’ one on her lap in the car¬ 
riage now.”—Chicago Record-Herald. 
Mrs. Highmus: I was shocked to 
hear that your husband has been operated 
upon for appendicitis. Is he out of dan¬ 
ger? Mrs. Gaswell: “Oh yes; he’s re¬ 
covering from the operation all right, but 
he’s dreadfully disappointed. The doc¬ 
tors found there wasn’t anything the mat¬ 
ter with him.”—Chicago Tribune. 
“I hear that you really take pumpkins 
for subscriptions to your paper,” drawled 
the old farmer, who had mounted the 
winding stairs to the editorial rooms of 
the rural paper. “For a while,” replied 
the editor. “’Bout how long?” “Until 
the Autumn poets stop sending in poems. 
We pay them off in pumpkins.”—Chicago 
Daily News. 
Mrs. Nuritch : “I told Widow 
Downes to send her boy to you and you’d 
give him a position-” Mr. Nuritch: 
“Well, I didn’t give him no position. He 
came with a note from her, an’ she said 
in the note, ‘I must find employment for 
my boy, even if he works for a mere pit¬ 
tance.’ The nerve of her callin’ me ‘a 
mere pittance !’ ”—Philadelphia Press. 
WANTED 
Thoroughly experienced practical farmer (married) 
as working manager. Eighty acres under cultivation, 
three cows, four horses. Specialties: Fruits and 
Vegetables. Ten room house, bath, hot and cold 
running water, telephone. Situated on Hudson 
River. 38 miles from New York City. Owner has 
separate summer residence. Address "FARMER, 
Post Office Box 1020, New York. 
Vif A \ T 'T'Pn a position as Manager or Super- 
™ -rVix 1 A~iU intendent of a farm by an experi¬ 
enced man. Address,LEBKU8MARTIN,Sussex,NJ 
F OR SALE.—a 15 H. P. Frick Portable Engine, 20 
H. P. Boiler, good as new; used only a short time. 
Also, a I'J-inch Ohio Cutter and Blower, Including 40 
feet of 10-inch pipe, alsoyttgood condition. Address, 
SLOANE BROS , White Lake, Sullivan County, N. Y. 
UfAIITCn DnCITinil Young married man age 
11 AII I EU rUOl I lUlli 30 , 10 years activeexper- 
ienc.e in all branches fanning. Fruits and trucking a 
specialty. Good milker not afraid of work. Capable 
of taking charge. References as to character and 
ability. Address at once H. K. Lank, Seaford, Del. 
SUMMER BOARDING HOUSE, 
on Fisher’s Island, accommodates about 100, with 9 
acres. A popular resort reached by boat or rail from 
New York City. Completely furnished, including bed¬ 
ding, table and kitchen. Small amount of cash re¬ 
quired. It is a chance of a lifetime. Fonner owners 
just retired with a fortune. Address 
StTMMEn HOUSE, 
Box 729, New York City. 
Acre stock and grain farm 
—One of the finest rich prairie land farms 
in Missouri. I s now in fine blue grass, corn and 
timothy. Well watered, cross-fenced and two sets of 
modern improvements. Must be sold to settle estate. 
DYAS & Co., 107 N. 9th St., St. Louis, Mo. 
To Raw Fur Shippers and Trappers. 
For reliable prices on RAW FURS and GINSENG, 
send two-cent stamp to LEMUEL BLACK, Lock 
Box 48, Bightstown, N. J. Prices ready about 
December 1st. No curiosity seekers answered. 
Learn to be a Watchmaker, 
The Horologieal Department of Bradley Poly¬ 
technic Institute, Peoria, III., teaches Match¬ 
making, Jewelry, Engraving, Optics. Fullest 
equipment and most thorough instruction in America. 
No previous training required. A few months fits 
one to earn large salary. Students come from every 
part of The United States, from Europe, and South. 
America. Open all the year. Enter at any time. 
Send for illustrated catalogue. Learn the best trade 
at the best place. 
WM. H. COHEN & CO., 
Commission Merchants, 1 
229 and 231 Washington Street, New York. 
OUR SPECIALTIES: 
Same, 
I Poultry 
Mushroom*, 
Furs, 
1 Calves 
Nuts, 
Ginseng, 
1 Hot House Lambs,! 
Fancy Eggs. 
$5 TO S20 AN ACRE 
is the price paid to-day for rich lands in Tennessee 
suitable for raising Cotton, Wheat, Potatoes, Hay, 
Grasses, Vegetables, Pine Stock, etc. Climate the 
best in the world, with conditions of health unsur¬ 
passed. Values increasing. For free literature write 
H. F. SMITH, 
Traffic Manager, N. C. & St. Louis Ry., Nashville, 
Tenn. Dept. C. 
FLORIDA HOMES 
AND 
FLORIDA INVESTMENTS. 
T 11 the Florida Hill and Lake Country. One of the 
finest Orchard Countries in the World. Investments 
guaranteed to pay Ten per cent the first year, Fifteen 
per cent the second year and Twenty per cent the 
third year. For full information address 
GEO. H. MAYO, 
Grandin, Putnam County, Florida. 
ATTENTION tsr&ss Sffi 
favor us with your orders. Mail orders a Specialty, 
International Labor Exchange, 103 Greenwich St., N.Y 
SIX POPULAR ROOKS. 
You want some good books to read. We want new readers for The R. N.-Y. Let us 
help each other. Send one new yearly subscription at SI. The new subscriber will get the 
paper for a year and a copy of The Farmer's Garden, or send 1*> new trial subscriptions for 
10 weeks at 10 cents each—'$1 for the ten. 
Then for your trouble we will send you by return mail and postpaid your choice of the 
following six books. These are all new and popular books. Cloth bound and retail at $1.50 
each. 
DAVID HARUM. THE CHRISTIAN. 
BY E. N. WESXCOTT. BY HALL CAINE. 
No other book 
of fiction in re¬ 
cent years has 
reached the pop¬ 
ularity of David 
Ha rum. It is a 
story full of 
life and action, 
aboun ding in 
homely speeches, 
wise philoso¬ 
phy and subtle 
humor. The ro¬ 
mance of a city 
clerk and a 
country maiden 
add a feature of 
great human in¬ 
terest. Nearly a 
million copies 
of the work have 
been sold. It is 
cloth hound and 
the publi sher's 
price is $1.50. 
BLENNERHASSETT . 
BY C. F. PIDGIN. 
Blennerh a s s e t 
is an intensely in¬ 
teresting book of 
history and ro¬ 
mance dealing 
with many char¬ 
acters prominent 
in tHe early life ol 
our country. The 
relations of Alex- 
a n d e r Hamilton 
and Aaron Burr 
are traced from 
au unusual point 
of view. This 
story is so fasci¬ 
nating, and at 
times exciting, 
that the reader 
will not willingly 
lay the book aside 
after starting it. 
This is an illus¬ 
trated edition ; cloth bound. Publisher’s price 
$1.50. 
QUINCY ADAMS SAWYER. 
BY C. F. PIDGIN. 
Tliis story of New 
England life will inter¬ 
est the whole family. 
The story is full of ac¬ 
tion and unexpected 
turns, and a pleasing 
thread of romance is 
woven through it. The 
character sketching is 
clever, showing sharp¬ 
nosed gossips, people ter¬ 
ribly "near,” queer and 
“sot” in their ways, and 
other admirable charac¬ 
ters, among whom are 
Alice Pettingill and her 
Uncle Ike. who is some¬ 
thing of a crank, but good-hearted and full 
of hard sense. It is said to he the best New 
England story ever written, which in itself 
is rather a strong recommendation, it has 
many full-page illustrations. Cloth bound, 
and retails at $1.50. 
This is a most 
remarkable book. 
Its popularity aud 
sales surprised 
and astounded 
both the publish¬ 
ers and the au¬ 
thor. Several hun- 
dred thousands 
have been sold, 
and the demand 
continues. The au¬ 
thor’s great repu¬ 
tation rests prac¬ 
tically on this 
hook. The story 
of John Storm 
and Glory Quayle 
is full of interest 
and pathos. It 
has been as popu¬ 
lar on the stage 
as in literature. 
Those who have not yet read it have a treat 
in store for them. It is printed on good 
paper, large, clear print and substantial 
cloth binding. It retails for $1.50. 
THE RIGHT OF WAY . 
BY GILBERT PARKER. 
This story is Gilbert 
Parker’s masterpiece. It 
is a fascinating hook. The 
love story running through 
it is unusual and pathetic¬ 
ally interesting. The por¬ 
trayal of character is 
clear and strong, and its 
spiritual import is health¬ 
ful and inspiring. Char¬ 
ley Steele is the central 
figure, and tlie character 
is powerfully drawn. He 
is a young lawyer, bril¬ 
liant. gifted aud popular. 
His great vice is intem¬ 
perance. Iiis married life 
is also unsympathetic. Iiis fate is eventu¬ 
ally so strange that he passes as one dead, 
yet he lives, and his later development sur¬ 
prises you and inspires you. It is a strong 
presentation of a strong man’s effort to live 
down the past. lie is beset by great trials 
and his early cynical tendencies are in con¬ 
stant dispute with a healthier spiritual influ¬ 
ence of his new life. It is one of those hooks 
that you can read the second or third time 
with new interest and greater profit with 
each repetition. It is a large hook of 426 
pages, illustrated, large, clean type, and good 
paper. The publisher's price is $1.50. 
Letters from a Self-Made 
Merchant to His Son. 
This is one of the most popular of tile new 
hooks. The father is a successful pork packer 
of Chicago without education or culture. 
The son is a young man just out of college 
with both education and refinement, who is 
trying to make a place for himself in the 
East. The son does not get on very fast, 
and the father writes him from time to time. 
It is a most interesting book, and few 
hooks of recent publication have had so large 
a sale. » 
You may earn one or more of these books in this way. Make your selection 
when you send the order, and the book will go to you by first mail after your order 
is received. 
THE RURAL NEW-VORHEK, 409 Pearl St., /V. V. 
