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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 13, 
I 
I 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, Jan. 13, 1906. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Points About Drainage.17, 18 
Experience With Alfalfa in Indiana. 18 
Silo Arrangement and Handling Silage... 19 
The Model Farm Business. 19 
Weight of Stalks and Ears. 20 
Killing Out Blackberry Roots. 20 
l.ima Bean Vines in Silo. 20 
Sowing Grass Seed Alone. 21 
Farming With Chemicals. 21 
Lime Used in Spring. 22 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
A Talk About Dairying. 26 
Feeding Silage to Horses.. 27 
Geese and Rhode Island Reds. 28 
A Little Talk on Jersey Colors. 29 
Cow With Growth on Leg. 29 
Ferns Cause Blind Staggers in Ilorse.... 29 
Good Hens. 29 
Blood Meal for Calves. 29 
Lime and Cow Manure. 29 
The Value of Hen Manure. 29 
Phosphate Rock and Hen Manure. 29 
HORTICULTURE. 
An Experiment With Oil Sprays. 
I.imoid and Kerosene for Scale. 
An Orchard Brush Burner. 
Lime and Sulphur for Fruit Diseases.. . . 
Pewaukee, I key and Wisconsin Spy. 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 
Best Dessert Apples for Boston. 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 
Four Winter Drinks... 
Farmer's Fruit Cake... 
Animating the Dishrag. 
17 
17 
18 
19 
21 
24 
31 
32 
32 
32 
33 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Cold Storage Room in Icehouse. 18 
"Cold Storage” for Bees. 18 
Ice Storage for Family Use. 19 
Express Extortion and Parcels Post. 19 
Keep Away from Skunk Farms. 20 
Concrete With Ashes. 20 
Fence Wire. 20 
Keeping Apples in a Cellar. 21 
Timber for Fence Posts. 21 
Stone and Cement Cellar Wall. 21 
A Coh-IIouse Silo. 21 
Products. Prices and Trade. 23 
Little Stories. 23 
Editorials . 30 
An Investigation of Fence Wire. Part II.. 31 
Events of the Week... 31 
Business Bits. 31 
Publisher’s Desk. 35 
Pitch for Leaks. 35 
Hawk and Dog. 35 
Chinese Labor. 35 
MARKETS 
Trices current at New York during week 
ending January 6, 1906, 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. 1, Northern Duluth — 
No. 2, Red. — 
Com . 
Oats . — 
Barley . — 
Buckwheat . — 
Rye . — 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay. No. 1. — 
No. 2.14.00 
No. 3.12.00 
Clover, mixed.11.00 
Clover .10.00 
Straw, long rye.13.00 
Short and oat. 8.00 
FEED. 
@ 95% 
@ 91% 
@ 50 
(a 37 
@ 42 
@ 62 
@ 75 
on 6.00 
(a 14.50 
(a 13.00 
Of 1 3 00 
Of 12.50 
0? 14.00 
@10.00 
@19.50 
Of 20.50 
@22.10 
Of 30.00 
@31.50 
Spring Bran. . 
Middlings . 
Red Dog. 
Cottonseed meal. 
Linseed meal. 
MILK. 
N. Y. Exchange price $1.71 tier 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. 17 
State Dairy. 16 
Imitation Creamery. IS 
Factory . 15 
Packing Stock. 14 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, fancy. 
Fair to good. 12 
Light skims. 
Full skims. 
EGGS 
Selected, white fancy. .. 
Selected, white, choice. 30 
Best mixed colors. 29 
Ixiwer grades. 20 
Western and southern 
Storage . 17 
BEANS. 
Malrrow 3.00 
Medium . 
Pea .. 
Red kidney. 
White kidney. 
Yellow Eye. 
Black Turtle Soup. .. 
DRIED FRUITS 
Apples, evaporated, fancy 
Evap.. choice. 
Evap., com. to prime. . . 
Sun-dried . 
Chops, 100 lbs. 
Cores and skins, 100 lbs 
Cherries . 14 
Raspberries . 
FRESH FRUITS, 
les, Winesap.2.50 
Ap 
'Pi 
McIntosh, Spitz. King. 
Spy . 
Baldwin and York.2.50 
Cranberries, bbl.13.00 
Strawberries, Fla,, qt 
— 
@ 26 
17 
@ 25 
16 
@ 24 
IS 
@ 21 
15 
@ 18 
14 
@ 17 
_ 
@ 14 
12 
@ 13 
— 
@ 11 
— 
@ 4 
_ 
@ 34 
30 
@ 32 
29 
@ 30 
20 
@ 24 
20 
@ 26 
17 
@ 21 
@3.05 
- . 
@2.05 
— 
@1.75 
— 
@2.75 
— 
@3.50 
— 
@1.80 
— 
@3.50 
11 
@ 12 
— 
@ 10i 
9 
@ O' 
4 
@ 7 
— 
@3.10 
— 
@2.25 
14 
@ 15 
— 
@ 27 
@5.50 
2.50 
@5.00 
@4.50 
@4.00 
.3.00 
@20.0< 
SO 
@ 50 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS. 
Cucumbers, choice, dozen.1.00 @1.50 
lettuce, dozen. 60 @ 75 
Mushrooms, lb. 10 @ 40 
Radishes, 100 bunches.2.00 @3.00 
Tomatoes, lb. 10 @ 25 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 16 @ 19 
Common to fair. 10 @ 15 
Olds.... 5 @ 8 
German, 1905. 30 @ 40 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Bermuda.3.00 
Long Island, best, 180 lbs.. 2.25 
State and Jersey.1.75 
European. 168-lb. bag.1.50 
Sweet potatoes, bbl.1.50 
Brussels Sprouts, qt. 5 
Carrots, bbl.1.00 
Cabbage, ton .15.00 
Celery, dozen. 15 
Chicory and esearol, bbl.3.00 
Cauliflowers, bbl.2.00 
Kale, bbl. 60 
I/Cttuee, %-bbl. basket.1.00 
Onions, white, bbl.3.00 
Yellow .2.00 
Red .1.00 
Green Peas, basket.2.00 
Green Beans.1.00 
Spinach, bbl. 75 
Squash, bbl. 75 
@4.50 
@2.50 
@2.25 
@ 2.00 
@2.50 
@ 10 
(a 1.5(t 
hi 25.00 
hi 50 
(a 4.00 
@8.00 
hi 75 
@ 2.00 
@ 7.00 
(a 2.50 
@ 1.50 
@ 5.00 
@ 3.00 
(<t 1.00 
('• i oo 
@1 00 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens . 
. 11 
!@ 
12 
Fowls . 
. 13% @ 
14 
Roosters . 
. - 
@ 
9% 
Turkeys . 
@ 
15 
Ducks, pair . 
(a), 
85 
Geese, pair. 
. 1.25 
<#> 1 
.75 
l’igeons, pair. 
@ 
25 
DRESSED rOULTRY. 
Turkeys, best . 
_ 
@ 
22 
Fair to good. 
. 18 
@ 
20 
Chickens, fancy . 
4 - 
@ 
*22 
Fair to good. 
. 14 
@ 
17 
Fowl's . 
• - 
@ 
14 
Ducks . 
. 14 
@ 
16 
Geese . 
. 13 
1 5 
Squabs, dozen. 
<& 2. 
.50 
COUNTRY DRESSED 
MEATS. 
Calves, prime. 
. 11 %@ 
12 
Common to good. 
. 10 
@ 
11 
Fork . 
7 V> 
Roasting Figs. 
. 10 
@ 
12% 
TOBACCO. 
Connecticut broadleaf filler. . 
5 
@ 
10 
Wrappers . 
. 35 
@ 
75 
N. V. State fillers. 
5 
@ 
7 
Fine and selections. 
. 20 
@ 
25 
I’onnsy 1 vania broad 1 ea f. 
@ 
9 
Va. shipping, com. lugs. 
@ 
6% 
Good lugs. 
6% 
@ 
i 
Com. to mod. leaf. 
7%@ 
8% 
Good to fine leaf. 
. 10 
@ 
12 
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 
Fotash.. 
— 
@42.00 
Dried Blood. 
— 
@ 55.00 
Kainit . . . 
— 
@ 12.00 
Acid l’hosphate. 
@14.00 
WILD 
GINSENG. 
Northern . 
@7.25 
Southern ., 
.6.25 
@6.50 
LIVE 
STOCK. 
@5.50 
@9.75 
Calves ... 
Sheet) . ... 
@5.50 
Lambs . .. ■ 
@8.50 
Hogs . . .. 
@5.90 
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