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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 6, 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, January 0. 1900. 
FARM TOPICS. 
The Farm Supply of Ice. 2 
A Load of Sweet Corn. 2 
Farm and Garden. 9 
Fining lien Manure. 13 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Sheep for a Small Farm. 1 
The Sheep-Killing Dog. 1 
Hints on Fattening Lambs.1. 2 
A Brace of Hen Notes. 2 
Stone and Cement Silo. 14 
Grain Ration With Silage. 14 
Another Freemartin . 14 
Balking Horses. 14 
The Busk Milkpail. 13 
liens in Close Quarters. 15 
Colt With Injured Eye. 15 
HORTICULTURE. 
Ranunculus and Anemones. 2 
Plan for Cheap Greenhouse. 3 
Celery Goes to Seed. 3 
Advice About Glass Gardening. 3 
Varieties for Grafting. 4 
Suiting Graft to Scion. 4 
Greenhouse Work in January. 5 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 10 
Favorite Cakes... 10 
The Rural Patterns. 11 
A Leaf from the Sunshine Room. 11 
The Bookshelf. H 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
An Icehouse Underground. 3 
Products, Prices and Trade. 4 
Editorials . ® 
An Investigation of Fence Wire. 9 
Publisher’s Desk. 13 
markets 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending December 30, 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 appeal to warrant. Prices of other 
products arc 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. 
Corn . 
Oats . 
Barley . 
Buckwheat . 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay, No. 1.16.00 @16.o0 
No 2.14.00 @15.00 
No'. 3 .12.00 @13.00 
Clover, mixed .10.00 @13.00 
Clover .10-00 @12.00 
0 
5 
1.25 
@5.00 
@2.50 
@2.25 
(a 1.90 
@2.00 
@ 10 
(a 1.50 
@ 20.00 
@ 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes. Bermuda.3.00 
Long Island, best, 180 lbs. .2.25 
State and Jersey.1.75 
European, 168-lb. bag.1.35 
Sweet potatoes, bbl. 
Brussels Sprouts, qt 
Carrots, bbl. 
Cabbage, ton.14.00 
Celery, dozen . 15 @ 50 
Chicory and escarol, bbl.3.00 @4.00 
Cauliflowers, bbl.2.00 @6.00 
Kale, bbl. 75 @1.00 
Lettuce, Vi-bbl. basket.1.00 @5.00 
Onions, white, bbl.2.50 @0.00 
Yellow .2.00 @2.50 
Red .1.50 @1.75 
Green Peas and beans, basket. 1.50 @4.00 
Spinach, bbl.1.00 @2.00 
Squash, bbl. 75 @1.00 
Turnips, bbl. 50 @1.00 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens . 10% @ 11 
— @ 
94% 
— @ 
93 % 
— @ 
50 
— @ 
37 
— @ 
45 
— @ 
63 
Straw, long rye. 
— @13.00 
FEED. 
Spring Bran. — 
Middlings .18.00 
Red Dog. — 
Cottonseed meal. — 
Linseed meal. — 
@17.60 
@20.00 
@322.10 
@30.00 
@31.50 
MILK. 
N. Y. Exchange price $1.71 per 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 . 18 
State Dairy. 10 
Imitation Creamery. 18 
Factory . 10 % @ 
Packing Sitock. 14 
CHEESE. 
Full creamery, fancy. 
Fair to good. 12 
Light skims. — 
■Pull skims. 3 
EGGS. 
Selected, white fancy. 36 
Selected, white, choice. . 
Best mixed colors... 29 
Lower grades. 1 
Western and southern. .. 
Storage . 18 
BEANS 
Marrow .2.50 
Medium . 
Pea ._ 
Red kidney....2 
White kidney.3 
Yellow Eye...1 „ 
Black Turtle Soup.3.50 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evaporated, fancy.... 11 
Evap., choice. — 
Evap.. com to prime. i 
Sun-dried . 5 
Chops. 100 lbs. — 
Cores and skins, 100 lbs. ... — 
Cherries . 14 
Raspberries . — 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples. Winesap. McIntosh, 
Spitz, King. Greening. . .. 2.50 
Spy .2.50 
Baldwin and York.2.;>0 
Pears, Kieffer. bbl. 
Cranberries, bbl. 
Strawberries. Fla., qt... 
HOFS. 
Prime to choice. 16 
Common to fair. 10 
Olds . 5 
German, 1905 . 30 
HOTHOUSE GOODS. 
Cucumbers, choice, dozen.1.00 
I.ettuce, dozen. 00 
Mushrooms, lb. 10 
Radishes, 100 bunches.2.00 
Tomatoes, lb. 10 
25 
@ 25% 
18 
@ 23 
16 
@) 23 
18 
@ 20 
16V.@ 17% 
14 
@ 16% 
@ 14 
12 
@) 13 
— 
@ 11 
3 
@ 5 
36 
@ 38 
33 
m 35 
29 
@ 32 
17 
@ 25 
25 
@ 32 
18 
@ 21 
@3.10 
— 
@2.15 
— 
@1.80 
@2.80 
@3.60 
@1.80 
@3.60 
@ 
@ 
@ 
@ 
12 
io % 
9 % 
7 
, 2 00 
. 12.00 
.. 30 
@13.10 
@2.10 
@ 15 
@ 27 
@5.00 
@4.50 
@4.00 
@3.00 
@15.00 
@ 50 
@ 19 
@ 15 
5 @ 
@ 40 
@1.50 
@ 1.00 
@ 50 
@3.00 
@ 30 
Fowls .. 
Roosters . 
Turkeys . 
. 12 
@ 
@ 
12 
8 
15 
Ducks, pair. 
. 60 
.1.25 
if 1 
80 
Pigeons, pair. 
@ 
25 
DRESSED 
Turkeys, best.. 
POULTRY. 
. 21 
@ 
22 
Fair to good. 
. 17 
0) 
20 
Chickens, fancy. 
@ 
22 
Fair to goou. 
. 16 
@ 
20 
Fowls . 
. 13 
@ 
14 
Ducks . 
. 14 
@ 
15 
Geese . 
. 12 
@ 
13 
Squabs, dozen . 
.1.75 
@2. 
.50 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS. 
Calves, prime. — 
Common to good. 8 
Pork . 7 
Roasting Pigs. 12 
FURS. 
Black Bear.15.00 
Cubs and yearlings. 5.00 
Badger . 00 
Otter .15.00 
Beaver . 5.00 
Red Fox. 2.00 
Fisher . 0.00 
Wolf, Timber. 3.00 
@ 
| 
@ 
@ 
11 % 
11 
7 % 
12 V. 
@20.00 
@ 10.00 
@ 1.00 
@ 20.00 
(ll 'Mill 
@) 4.00 
8.00 
1.00 
@ 
@ 
Wolverine . 
6.00 
@ 
7.00 
Lynx . 
@ 
s.oo 
Wild Cat. 
50 
@ 
80 
Marten, dark. 
10.00 
@: 
25.00 
Skunk, black. 
1.50 
@ 
1.75 
Half striped. 
1.25 
@ 
1.40 
Striped . 
50 
@ 
65 
White . 
25 
(Q) 
30 
Raccoon . 
60 
(a) 
1.40 
Opossum . 
25 
@ 
45 
Mink . 
@ 
5.00 
Muskrat, Winter. 
15 
@ 
18 
Fall . 
10 
@ 
12 
TOBACCO. 
Connecticut broadleaf filler. . 
. 5 
@ 
10 
Wrappers . 
@ 
75 
N. Y. State fillers. 
0 
7 
Fine and selections. 
. 20 
@ 
25 
Pennsylvania broadleaf. 
@ 
9 
Va. shipping, com. lugs. 
Good lugs. 
6 
. 6% 
0 
0 
6% 
7 
Com. to med. leaf. 
. 7% 
@ 
8% 
Good to fine leaf. 
. 10 
@ 
12 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Prices named are for car lots; single hag 
lots 10 to 25 per cent higher. 
Nitrate of Soda, ton. — @52.00 
Muriate of Potash. — @42.00 
Dried Blood. — @55.00 
Ivainlt. — @12.00 
Acid Phosphate. — @14.00 
WILD GINSENf 
Northern .. 
@7.25 
LIVE STOCK. 
0 5.50 
Calves .... 
@ 9 50 
Sheep . 
@5.25 
Lambs .... 
@8.25 
s 
DeLOACH PATENT 
Avoid imitators and infringers nnd buy the Genuine. Saw 
Mills. 4 H. 1’. and up. Shingle, Planing, Lath and Oorn 
Mills; four Stroke Hay Presses. Water Wheels. 
Catalog free. Wo pay the freight. 
DeLOACU MILL M’F’U. CO„ Box 303. Atlanta, (Is. 
AW MILL 
WM. H. COHEN & CO., 
Commission Merchants/ 
229 and 231 Washington Street, New York. 
OUR SPECIALTIES : 
Game, 
1 Poultry 
Mushroom*, 
Furs, 
I Calves 
Nuts, 
Ginseng, 
1 Hot House LamosJ 
Fancy Bgg». 
GEO. P. HAMMOND. EST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN. 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & GO., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers in all kinds of 
COUNTRY PRODUCE, Apples, Peaches, Berries. 
Butter. Eggs, Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms and Hot¬ 
house Products a Specialty. Consignments solicited" 
34 <fc 36 Little 12th St.. New York. 
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. Former owners 
just retired with a fortune. Address 
SUMMER 
Box 739, 
HOUSE, 
New York City. 
F OR SALE.—A 15 H. P. Frick Portable Engine. 20 
H. P. Boiler, good as new; used only a short time. 
Also, a 19-inch Ohio Cutter and Blower, Including 40 
feet of HHnch pipe, rlso in good condition. Address, 
SLOANE BBOS , White Lake. Sullivan County, N. Y. 
U SE Hubbard’s Window Sasli Look (Pat 1899). 
Best is the cheapest. Write for terms to J). 8. 
Hubbard Son & Co., 259 Third Ave.. Bay Shore. N. Y. 
WANTED POSITION. 
Young married man age 
30, 10 years active exper¬ 
ience in all branches farming. Fruits and trucking a 
specialty. Hood milker not afraid of work. Capable 
of taking charge. References as to character and 
ability. Address at once H. K. Lank, Seaford, Del. 
SHIP 
your Butter, Cheese, Eggs, Poultry, 
Apples, etc., to the Oldest Commission 
House in New York. Established 1838. 
E. B. WOODWARD, 302 Greenwich St., New York. 
Experienced Poultryman Wanted, 
Will pay a very good salary and guarantee 20* of 
the profits to a man who has had a thorough experi¬ 
ence in the Egg Business, and can show the best of 
references from a well-known firm. Must be a go-a¬ 
head. It will be a waste of time for any other to apply. 
LOUIS A. RIPLEY, Litchfield, Conn. 
Virginia Farms 
FREE CATALOGUE of Splendid Bargains* 
R. B. CHAFFIN & C<)„ Inc., Richmond, Va. 
Learn to be a Watchmaker. 
The Horologioal Department of Bradley Poly¬ 
technic Institute, Peoria, III., teaches Watch¬ 
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. 
An 
Open 
Secret 
It is an open secret among poultry 
raisers who have been successful that 
food Is not all that makes hens lay. Often¬ 
times even the greatest care and attention to 
proper feeding will not produce eggs at this 
season of the year. Such a condition is invariably 
due to digestivedifficultiesand sometimes disease. 
Dr. Hess Poultry Pan-a-ce-a meets this condition. 
It is a tonic, increasing the powers of digestion, sup¬ 
plying iron for the blood, cleansing the liver, arousing 
the egg-producing organs, reddening the comb and 
brightening the feathers. 
DR. HESS 
Poultry PAN-A-CE-A 
is the prescription of Dr. Hess (M. D„ D. V. S.). In addition to Increasing egg 
production it cures and prevents poultry diseases. Besides being atonic ^ 
it has a special property peculiar to itself—that of destroying 
infection, the source of so many poultry diseases. It bears the 
indorsement of leading poultry associations in the 
United States and Canada. Costs but a penny a 
day for about thirty fowls, and is sold on a 
written guarantee 
11-2 lbs. 25c , 
mull or expres. 40c 
5 lbs. 60c < 
12 lbs. #1.85 
25 lbs. pall #2.50 1 
Send two cents for Dr. 
Hess 48-page Poul¬ 
try Book, free. 
Except in Canada 
and extreme 
West and 
South. 
DR. HESS & CLARK, 
Ashland, Ohio. 
Instant Louse Killer Kills Lias. 
To Raw Fur Shippers and Trappers. 
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. 
ATT E NTIO N 
favor us with your orders. Mail orders a Specialty. 
International Labor Exchange, 103 Greenwich 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, 
Grasses, Vegetables, Fine Stock, etc. Climate the 
best in the world, with conditions of health unsur¬ 
passed. Values increasing, For free literaturo write 
XX. F. SMITH, 
Traffic Manager, N. C. & St. Louis Ry., Nashville, 
Tenn. Dept. 0. 
WANTED 
HAY AND STRAW 
WRITE FOR QUOTATIONS. 
F. D, HEWITT, 120 Liberty St., N. Y. 
Portland Cutter 
Only $16.70 
Wo Can Ship Same Day Order Is 
Received 
This handsome, stylish and popular cutter Is 
made of guaranteed materials throughout. The 
body is the latest style, 30 x 34 Inch, 22-inch back, 
gives warmth, comfort and elegance In appear- 
ance. Gear woods are select air-seasoned, runners 
are rock elm, steam bent, 1% x % Inch. Knees and 
beams lbi x % inch, channel shoes Inch, 
braces clipped to knees and gears Ironed up very 
strong and secure. Removable trimmings, dark 
green union cloth or whipcord, as preferred; regular 
fluffed cushion and spring back. Paint—body black 
with fancy moulding, gear and shafts Brewster green 
or carmine neatly striped. Complete with shafts and 
shifting bar. Only $10.70. 
A Full Line at Factory Cost 
These cutters are high quality, have channel 
shoes,removable upholstery, audare fitted with good 
shafts and quick shifting bar, which la held In posi¬ 
tion by thumb-screw, can be changed from one posi¬ 
tion to another In a minute’s time and gives you 
choice of having horse travel straight ahead or at one 
side. Remember this, more cutters are made In 
Kalamazoo than In any other city In the United States 
and when you deal with us you deal at headquarters 
and pay one small profit only, to actual shop cost. 
Only $20.50 
A favorite cutter, ele¬ 
gant design, extremely 
substantial, heavily ironed, 
well braced, wing dash, ex¬ 
tra high roll back. Body 34 
In. wide, 80 In. long, seat 13 
In. deep, highly finished, 
spring cushion and back removable. Trimmed In 
green cloth or whipcord. Has carpet, nickel arm and 
dash rail. Body painted In black, striped with green 
or carmine, gearalso striped. Channel shoes. This 
cutter Is extra quality, only $20.50. 
Only $21.50 
This Great Eastern Port¬ 
land Cutter,very fine, high¬ 
ly finished,nicely trimmed, 
extra roomy, easy riding, Is 
trimmed In heavy green 
wool cloth or whipcord. 
Body painted rich black, 
striped with green or carmine, gear also striped. 
Channel shoes and removable upholstery. Carpet 
and all other trimmings. Price $21.50. 
Select the cutter you want, send us the whole 
amount with order or S3.OO just to show good faith 
and we will ship the cutter at once on approval. If 
satisfied pay the freight agent the balance due. If 
It Is not exactly as represented, we will pay freight 
both ways and at once refund your$3.00or any other 
amount you have paid us. Send forournew general 
catalogue C87. Full of bargains in everything for 
the farm and home. 
L-eo 
L-IOO 
Buffalo 
Robes $1.00 
ON APPROVAL 
For buggy, sleigh or auto¬ 
mobile there is nothing 
finerto be had at any price. 
American Buffalo Relies are 
a thing of the past, but we 
offer the “KAZOO” BUFFALO BORES, a substitute that has 
every appearance and many advantages over the genu¬ 
ine Buffalo Skin Robe. They are pliable, soft, lined with as¬ 
trakhan and interlined with rubber cloth, making them ab¬ 
solutely wind and waterproof and much warmer and more 
comfortable than any stiff skin robe. These robes are wortn 
$10.00 of any man's money and you will say so when you see 
it. You cannot buy a more elegant appearing or more ser¬ 
viceable robe at $25.00 retail. We sell to you direct at almost 
factory cost. 54x52. .$5.00 64x62..*6.00 54x72. ,*T.OO 
Send $1.00 as guarantee of good faith. Pay the agent the balance 
when you get your robe. If you are not absolutely satisfied, 
tell the agent to return it to us at our expense and we will re¬ 
fund you your 81.00 and pay charges both ways. 
Why not order robe and cutter together and save 
all transportation charges on robe—will pack It 
under seat of cutter and guarantee safe delivery. 
CASH SUPPLY & MFG. CO. 
671 Lawrence SqKALAMAZOO, MICH. 
