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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
January 20, 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, January 20, 1900. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Litter and Manure Carriers. 38 
What Causes Mold in Corn. 40 
Oats and Clover in Illinois. 43 
Flint Corn in tlie West. 43 
Hope Farm Notes. 45 
Rest Angle for Lifting Silage. 48 
So. Dakota Notes. 51 
LIVE STOCK AND. DAIRY. 
Some Suggestions About Cows.37, 38 
Advertising tlie Business Hen. 38 
Hogs with Mysterious Ailment... 40 
Cream Fails to Rise. 46 
Mottled Butter. 40 
Mapes, The Hen Man. 47 
More About Balky Horses. 48 
Hen Manure . 48 
Cost of Milk. 48 
Colt Raised by Hand. 49 
Breed for Hothouse Lambs. 49 
Calves with White Scours. 49 
Black Orpington Poultry. 55 
HORTIC! : LTFRE. 
Treatment for Pear Orchard. 38 
About New Hardy Oranges. 39 
Preparation of Lime and Sulphur. 39 
Pruning Grapevines..'. 40 
Setting Out White Pines. 40 
Treatment of Amaryllis Johnsoni. 40 
Budding and Grafting Questions. 41 
Root-Pruned Trees. 42 
Ben Davis Defended. 42 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 44 
N. .1. State Horticultural Society Meets. . 51 
Fruit in British Columbia. 51 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 
The Bookshelf. 
Canning Beef at Home. 
Eeqdess Cakes and Desserts. 
The Rural Patterns. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Cutting Cedar Posts. 
Laying Out Building. 
Non-Freezing Water Tank. 
That Horse-Thief Problem. 
Editorials . 
Events of the Week. 
Products, Prices and Trade. 
Publisher’s Desk. 
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MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending January 13, 1900, 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. — @ 95 
Corn, No. 2, mixed. — @9 50 
Oats . — @ 37 
It-e . — @ 75 
Barley. — @ 45 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay, No. 
1. 
.16.00 
@16.50 
No. 2 
.14.00 
@. 15.00 
No. 3 
.12.00 
@ 1 3.00 
Clover, 
mixed . 
.12 0(i 
fa 13.50 
Clover 
.10.00 
@ 12.50 
Straw, long 
rye. 
@ 1 4.00 
Short and 
oat. 
@ 10.00 
FEED. 
Wholesale at N. Y. 
Spring Bran . — 
Middlings . — 
Red Dog. — 
Oil meal. — 
Cottonseed meal. — 
Retail Western N. Y. 
Spring Bran. — 
Middlings .23.00 
Red Dog. 
Gluten .25.00 
Corn and Oats. -— 
Linseed meal. 
(a 10.05 
@ 21.50 
fa 23.50 
@31.50 
@ 30.00 
@22.00 
@ 24.00 
@ 25.00 
@ 28.00 
@ 25.00 
@34.00 
MILK. 
N. Y. Exchange price $1.71 per 40-quart 
can, netting 3% cents to 26-cent zone ship¬ 
pers who have no extra station charges. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, best . — @ 27 
Lower grades. 19 @ 26 
State Dairy, best. —— @ 25 
Lower grades. 17 @ 23 
Imitation creamery. 18 @ 22 
Factory . 15 @ 18>4 
Renovated . 15 @ 21 
Packing Stock. 14 @ 17% 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, fancy. — @14 
Choice . 12 @ 13 
Fair to good. 11 @ 11% 
Part skims. 9 @ 10% 
Full skims. 3% @ 5 
EGGS. 
Fancy white. 33 @ 34 
Choice white. 30 @ 32 
Extra, mixed colors. 29 @ 30 
Lower grades. 24 @ 28 
Western and Southern. 20 @ 27 
Storage . 17 @ 21 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEATS. 
Some very fine hothouse lambs arriving. 
Calves . 9 @ 13 
Lambs, hothouse, each.7.00 @10.00 
Pork . 0 @ 8 % 
Roasting pigs, lb. 12 @ 14 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens. 11 %@ 12 
Fowls . 14 @ 14% 
Roosters . — @ 10 
Thrkeys . — @ 15 
Ducks, pair. 60 @ 85 
Pigeons, pair. — @ 25 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys . 18 @ 22 
Chickens . 16 @ 24 
Fowls . 12 @ 14% 
Ducks . 12 @ 16 
Geese . 10 @ 13 
Squabs, dozen.1.75 @2.50 
BEANS. 
Marrow .2.50 @3.05 
Medium .2.05 @2.10 
Pea .1.70 @1.75 
Red kidney. — @2.75 
White kidney. — @3.50 
Black Turtle Soup. — @3.50 
Yellow Eye. — @1.80 
Lima, California. — @3.45 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evap. fancy. — @ 11 
Evap. choice . — @ 10 
Evap. prime . — @ 9% 
Evap. common . 7 @ 8 
Sun-dried . 4 @ 7 
Chops, 100 lbs... — @3.10 
Cores and skims.*. — @2.25 
Raspberries . — @ 27 
Blacklxu rics . — @ 10 
Cherries . 14 @ 15 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apnles, Ben Davis A Baldwin.2.50 @4.00 
McIntosh, Spitz and King..2.50 @5.00 
Spy, York and Greening. ... 2.50 @4.50 
1 Iubbardston and Russet.... 2.50 @3.75 
Strawberries, qt. 30 @ 40 
Cranberries, bbl.15.00 @20.00 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Bermuda, bbl.3.00 
Long Island, iso lbs.2.25 
State and Jersey.2.00 
European, 108-lb. bag.1.70 
Sweet potatoes, bbl.1.50 
Brussels Sprouts, qt. 5 
Beets, 100 bunches.1.00 
Carrots, bid.1.00 
Cabbage, ton .13.00 
Celery, dozen . 15 
Chicory and Escaroi, bbl... .3.00 
Cauliflowers, bbl.2.00 
Eggplants, box.1.50 
Kale, bbl. 50 
Lettuce, bbl. 35 
Onions, white, bbl.3.00 
Yellow.2.00 
Red .1.50 
Peppers, 24-quart carrier.1.50 
Peas. Fla., bkt.2 00 
String Beans.1.50 
Spinach, bbl. 00 
Squash, bbl. 50 
Turnips, bbl. 50 
'Tomatoes, 24-qt. carrier.1.00 
Watercress, 100 4-inch bchs. .1.25 
HOTHOUSE GOODS. 
Cucumbers, dozen .1.00 
Lettuce, dozen . 30 
Mushrooms. 11). 10 
Radishes, 100 bunches.2.00 
Rhubarb, dozen . 00 
Tomatoes, lb. 10 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers .3.90 
Bulls .3 00 
Cows .1.80 
Calves .5.00 
Sheep .3.50 
Lambs.7.00 
Hogs . — 
Black Bear. 
Cubs and yearlings 
Badger . 
Otter . 
Beaver . 
Red Fox. 
Fisher . 
Wolf. Timber. 
Wolverine . 
Lynx . 
Wild Cat. 
Marten, dark. 
Skunk, black. 
Half striped.... 
Striped . 
White . 
Raccoon . 
Opossum . 
Mink . 
Muskrat, Winter. . . 
Fall . 
FURS. 
.15.00 
. 5.00 
.:. 00 
.T5.00 
. 5.00 
. 2.00 
. 6.00 
. 3.00 
. 6.00 
. 5.00 
. 50 
.10.00 
. 1.50 
. 1.25 
. 50 
. 25 
. 00 
. 25 
. 2.50 
. 15 
. 10 
TOBACCO. 
@4.50 
@2.50 
@2.25 
@2.10 
@3.50 
@ 10 
@4.00 
@1.50 
@ 25.00 
@ 50 
fa 4.50 
@8.00 
@3.00 
fa 65 
@ 75 
fa 6.50 
fa 2.25 
fa 2.10 
@ 3.00 
fa 4.00 
@3.50 
fa 90 
@1.00 
@ 1.00 
@4.00 
@1.50 
fa 1.50 
@. 75 
@ 50 
@3.00 
@ 90 
@ 25 
fa 5.75 
@4.10 
@ 2.05 
(a ' 0.00 
@5.50 
@8.50 
@6.00 
@ 20.00 
@10.00 
@ 1.00 
@20.00 
@ 9.00 
@ 4.00 
@ 8.00 
@ 5.00 
@ 7.00 
@ 8.00 
@ 80 
@ 25.00 
@ 1.75 
@ 1.40 
@ 65 
@ 30 
@ 1.40 
@ 45 
@ 5.00 
@ 18 
@ 12 
Connecticut broadleaf filler.. 
Wrappers . 
N. Y. State fillers. 
Fine and selections. 
Pennsylvania broadleaf. 
Va. shipping, com. lugs. 
Good lugs . 
Com. to med. leaf. 
Good to fine leaf. 
FARM CHEMICAL 
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6 %@ 
7 % @ 
10 @ 
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35 
5 
20 
7 
6 
S. 
10 
75 
7 
25 
9 
6 % 
7 
8 % 
12 
Prices named are for car lots; single bag 
lots 10 to 25 per cent higher. 
Nitrate of Soda, ton. — @32.00 
Muriate of Potash. — @42.00 
Dried Blood. — @65.00 
Kainit . — @12.00 
Acid Phosphate. — @14.00 
WILD GINSENG._ 
Northern . 
Southern . 6.-0 @0.o0 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
Buttee has advanced one cent, fancy 
creamery being particularly scarce. 
Hemlock lumber has been advanced 50 
conls to $1.50 per thousand feet, on account 
of the very heavy demand. 
Mahkow beans continue high. $3 per bushel 
or more; California Limas scarce and very 
high, about $3.50. Other varieties are rather 
dull. 
A rate of 18 cents per hundred has been 
made on grain from Nebraska to Gulf ports, 
which is about seven cents less than from 
Omaha to New York. 
The egg market appears to be on the verge 
of weakening. The arrivals are heavy, but 
the price limit set by some shippers holds 
enough stock off the market to prevent an 
immediate drop. Conditions on undergrades 
are veiy irregular, prices running from 14 
to 25 cents. 
Apples. —Trade in this market was du. 
during the past week. The receipts were 
not specially heavy, and there was no visible 
reason for this slackness, except that buyers 
did not come around. All varieties but fancy 
table sorts dropped off 50 cents to $1 per 
barrel; but will doubtless be higher. 
Tjie canned corn pack for the United 
States and Canada for 1905 was 13,418,065 
cases of two dozen each, nearly 2 , 000,000 
cases more than last year. Iowa takes the 
lead, with 2,557,104 cases. Other heavy pro¬ 
ducing States are Maine, Vermont, New York, 
Maryland, Virginia, Illinois, Indiana and 
Ohio. 
A codfish trust for the purpose of control¬ 
ling prices in Europe is reported as a pos¬ 
sibility of the near future, and no doubt it 
will spread to this country if successful. This 
seems the unkindest cut of all. Good mack¬ 
erel long ago joined the list of luxuries. The 
succulent codfish has always been consid¬ 
ered a dependable standby of the “common 
people," but even this, it seems, is to be 
dealt out to us as the octopus shall dictate. 
Dressed Poultry. —Conditions are much 
improved over the week following the holi¬ 
days. The delayed and out-of-condition ship¬ 
ments then arriving have been cleared out 
and weather is now more favorable for 
dressed meats. Fancy chickens and turkeys 
are in best demand now. there being less 
inquiry for turkeys. People get so thorough¬ 
ly turkeyed. ducked and goosed during the 
holidays that they seem glad to get back to 
chicken as a standby. 
Some time ago reference was made to the 
amount of poor holly seen here this Winter. 
'The results were even worse than was an¬ 
ticipated. as some was sold for 15 cents a 
case, and still more thrown away. This 
loss falls hard on a good many gatherers who 
had put in hard, disagreeable work gather¬ 
ing the prickly stuff, and expected some 
return. The dealers who handled the holly 
are getting plenty of complaints from dis¬ 
satisfied shippers. This trade has to be 
bandied in a very few days; and when fairly 
good holly is plentiful, as it was the past 
season, the inferior finds no buyers. Probably 
four years out of five the results are dis¬ 
appointing to a quarter of the shippers. 
A reader in Wisconsin has heard from 
some “World Detective Agency,” said to l>e 
at 1402 Broadway, New York. They state 
that their records give his family name, and 
that possibly he may be heir to a vast estate 
somewhere. For two dollars they will give 
information that may help him to find this 
waiting inheritance. 'The concern is no 
longer at the numl>er given, and they have 
left no new address, so we are unable to 
hear what they have to say. On general 
principles, however, our advice is never to 
send money to those making a proposition of 
this sort, even though they offer to furnish 
documentary evidence that may be worth 
thousands of dollars. The “lost heir" busi¬ 
ness is a well thrashed out bunco game. 
There are no estates in Europe subject to any 
such conditions as described by such con¬ 
cerns. It is very easy to make fake docu¬ 
ments which give their claims a plausible 
look. 
Poor Corn. —On the ferryboat I met a 
New Jersey man, employed in New York, who 
was carrying home a heavy bundle, which 
lie said was corn for the hens. “There are 
several feed dealers in my home town,” said 
he, “but the corn all seems musty. This 
came from a poultry supply store in the 
city. It costs more but is well cured, and I 
believe is better for the hens.” The amount 
of this damaged corn seen on the market 
during the year is large. It has l>een kiln- 
dried, but was evidently injured before the 
drying was done. There are black spots, and 
it does not have the sweet smell and taste 
that it ought. Corn does not cure readily 
in large piles or cribs, and. handled as much 
is it is in the West, there is less mold than 
might be expected. There ought to be a wide 
difference in price between bright, sound 
corn and grain that has l>eon heated, even 
though kiln-dried and partly scoured to 
make it look better. 
Two years ago I heard a fruit expert, at 
a horticultural meeting, say that excellent 
returns were being had from shipments of 
Kieffer pears to British markets, and he 
seemed to feel that here was a profitable 
outlet for the product of our Kieffer or¬ 
chards, which home buyers were neglecting. 
It is interesting now to note that English 
horticultural journals are printing letters 
from dissatisfied buyers of these pears, some 
who have tried to use them only as raw 
fruit pronouncing llie variety a humbug. No 
other result could lie expected from a mar¬ 
ket where the choicest pears of all varieties 
may be had. The Kieffer is a very useful 
variety for canning, but is so difficult to ripen 
properly that it can never become a dessert 
pear, except in a market bare of other fruit. 
Our trade with Europe has always been in¬ 
jured by attempts to unload upon that coun¬ 
try filled cheese, poor butter, apple packages 
stuffed with culls or low-grade fruits of any 
kind. H. 
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Mammoth, Medium Red, Alfalfa and Alsike 
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Registered Holstein Calves (I)e Kol Strahi), Regis¬ 
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White Plymouth Rocks} Winners,12 p. 13. 
Yearlings, 
Cockerels 
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1905. 
Improved early Canada (90 day) seed corn. 
W. Holland TURKEYS 
Ek£b after April 
lHt, $3.r»0per9. 
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Lambs, Calves, Poultry 
Our specialties are choice Hothouse Lambs, Calves, 
Poultry, Furs, Ginseng and Fancy Eggs. Careful 
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Write us what you have to sell. 
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