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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
February 3, 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, February 3, 1906. 
FARM TOPICS. 
A Farmer from Town. Part II. 77 
Tomato Plants on a Large Scale.77, 78 
Building a Barn. 78 
Black Walnut Timber for Profit. 78 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Cow With Obstructed Teat. 88 
Ringworm on Cattle. 88 
Urowtb on Mare. 88 
Mare With Eczema. 88 
Lime Needed for Poultry. 88 
Shipping Cattle by Express. 89 
Cream Foams in Churning. 89 
Mapes, tbe Hen Man. 79 
Ice for the Small Dairy. 79 
Ropy Milk .. 86 
Connecticut Farm Notes. 86 
Laying Out a Henhouse. 87 
Care of the Fancier’s Poultry. 87 
HORTICULTURE. 
Laying Oft a Rough Orchard. 78 
Keeping Apples on the Farm. 79 
Best Asparagus for Ontario. 80 
Apples for Pennsylvania. SO 
Varieties for Grafting. SO 
Apples for Virginia. 80 
More About Copper Sulphate. 81 
Transplanting White Pines. 82 
Rot in Onions. 82 
Kiln-drying Sweet Potatoes. 82 
Notes from tbe Rural Grounds. 84 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 92 
Rice Recipes . 93 
The Rural Patterns. 93 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Concrete Questions . 80 
Muskrats Spoiling a Bank. 81 
There’s No Place Like Home. 82 
Products. Prices and Trade. 83 
The People Awake. 88 
Editorials . 90 
An Investigation of Fence Wire. 91 
Department of Agriculture. 91 
Publisher’s Desk. 95 
MARKETS 
Trices current at New York during week 
ending January 27 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, xvith 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. 
No. 1. Northern Duluth., 
Corn. No. 2, mixed. 
Oats . 
. . . - 
@ 90% 
@ 95% 
@ 51 % 
@ 36 
@ 72 
Rve . 
_ 
Barley . 
@ 46 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hav. No. 1. 
@16.50 
No 2 . 
. .14.00 
@14.50 
No 3. 
@12.50 
(’lover, mixed. 
. .10.00 
@12.50 
. Clover . 
. .10.00 
@12.00 
Straw, long rye. 
@1400 
Short and oat. 
. . 8.00 
@10.00 
FEED. 
Spring Bran. 
. . . - 
@20.50 
Middlings . 
— 
@22.50 
Red Dog. 
@23.50 
oil m ea 1. 
@31.50 
@30.00 
Cottonseed meal. 
MILK. 
N. Y. Exchange price $1.71 per 40-quart 
can. netting 3 Vo cents to 26-cent zone ship¬ 
pers who have no extra station charges. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, best. 26 @ 26% 
Lower grades... 18 @ 25 
State Dairy, best. — @ 24 
Lower grades. 17 @ 23 
Imitation Creamery. IS @ 22 
Factory . 15% (3 19 
Packing Stock. 15 @ 18 
CIIEESE. 
Full cream, fancy. — @ 14% 
Choice . — (3) 13% 
Fair to good. 11%@ 12 
Part skims.. 10 (3) 11 
Full skims. 3%@ 4% 
EGO S 
Fancy white. 26 @ 27 
Choice, white. 24 @ 25 
Extra, mixed colors. 21 (3) 22 
Lower grades. 15 (3! 20 
Western and Southern. 17 @20 
Storage . 10 @ 15 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice... 15 @ 17 
Common to fair. 10 @> 13 
Olds . 5 @ 8 
German, 1905. 28 @ 38 
BEANS. 
Marrow .2.50 @3.10 
Medium . — (3)2.10 
Pea . — @1.70 
Red kidney. — @2.70 
White kidney. — (3)3.50 
Black Turtle Soup. — <5)3.50 
Yellow Eye. — @1.80 
Lima, California. — @3.45 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apnles, evap.. fancy. — @11 
Evap., choice. — @ 10 
Evap., prime. 9 @ 9% 
Evap., common. 7 @ 8 
Sun-dried . 4 @ 7 
Chops. 100 lbs. — @3.00 
Cores and skins. — @2.20 
Raspberries . — @ 28 
Cherries . — @ 14 
HOTHOUSE GOODS. 
Cucumbers, dozen.1.00 @1.75 
lettuce, dozen. 40 @ 85 
Mushrooms, lb. 10 @ 60 
Radishes, 100 bunches.2.00 @3.00 
Rhubarb, dozen. 60 @ 75 
Tomatoes, lb. 10 @ 40 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, Ben Davis & Baldwin. 2.50 @4.00 
Spy. McIntosh. Spitz, King, 
York and Greening.2.50 @4.50 
Hubbardston and Russet... 2.50 @3.75 
Strawberries, quart. 20 @ 40 
Cranberries, tJbl.15.00 @20.00 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Bermuda, bbl.3.00 
Long Island, 180 lbs.2.25 
State and Jersey.2.00 
European, 168-lb. bag.1.50 
Sweet potatoes, bbl.1.50 
Brussels Sprouts, qt. 8 
Beets. 100 bunches.1.00 
Carrots, bbl.1.00 
Cabbage ton.13.00 
Celery, dozen . 
Chicory and Escaroi, bbl. . 
Eggplants box. 
Kale, bbl. 
Lettuce, bbl. 
Onions, white,, bbl.3 
Yellow .2 
Red .. 
Peppers, 24-quart carrier. . 
Peas. Fla., bkt. 
Siring Beans. 
Spinach, bbl. 
Squash, bbl. 
Turnips, bbl. 
Tomatoes. 24-qt. carrier.1 
Watercress, ltTO 4-inch bchs. 
LIVE STOCK 
Steers . 
Bulls .3.00 
Cows .1.80 
Calves .4.50 
Sheep .4.00 
Lambs .6.50 
Hogs . . . 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS. 
@4.50 
@ 2.50 
@2.25 
@3.00 
@3.00 
@ 12 
@5.00 
@1.25 
@28.00 
15 
@ 50 
@4.00 
@3.00 
40 
@ 60 
1.50 
@4.50 
@8.00 
2.00 
@2.50 
1.00 
@1.75 
@3.50 
1.00 
@4.00 
@4.00 
50 
@ 90 
1.00 
@ 1.25 
50 
@1 00 
1.00 
@3.50 
1.00 
@1.25 
@5.60 
@ 4.25 
1.80 
@3.60 
@9.50 
4.00 
@5.50 
(a 8.20 
— 
@6.00 
Calves . 
Lambs, hothouse, each . 
Pork . 
9% @ 11% 
7.00 @10.00 
7 @ 8 Va 
Roasting pigs, lb. 
12 
@ 
14 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens . 
— 
11 
Fowls . 
— 
13 
Roosters . 
— 
@ 
8 
Turkeys . 
— 
(Ql 
14 
Ducks, pair . 
60 
@ 
85 
Geese, pair . 
@1 
.75 
Pigeons, pair . 
— 
@ 
25 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys . 
15 
@ 
20 
Chickens . 
14 
@ 
20 
Fowls . 
10 
@ 
15 
Ducks . 
14 
@ 
15 
Geese . 
12 
@ 
15 
Squabs, dozen . 
1.75 
@4.25 
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 Potash. — @42.00 
Dried Blood. — @55.00 
Kainit . — @12.00 
Acid Phosphate. — @14.00 
WILD GINSENG. 
Northern .6.75 @7.25 
Southern .6.25 @6.50 
“Why is the three of spades like a 
shirt bosom?” “Because it looks like the 
deuce with a spot in the middle of it.”— 
Life. 
“Say. old boy, I scorched a bit in my 
new auto, and now I find myself in hot 
water.” “What can I do for you?” “Why, 
bail me out!”—Baltimore American. 
“Who gave the bride away?” “Her 
little brother. He stood up right in the 
middle of the ceremony and yelled, ‘Hur¬ 
rah, Fanny, you’ve got him at last!”’— 
Tit-Bits. 
“Yes, he calls himself a scientific 
farmer.” “And what does the science 
consist in?” “Why, he stays in town and 
runs the farm by telephone.”—Cleveland 
Plain Dealer. 
“You started in life, I believe. Sena¬ 
tor,” said the reporter, “a poor boy.” 
“Whoever told you that, young man,” 
answered Senator Lotsum, “lies egre- 
giously. I was the fattest baby of the 
family.”—Chicago Tribune. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal." See guarantee, page 14. 
Potatoes-Carman. Cobbler, Hebron, Fortune, Ohio, 
Rose,King,Noroton Beauty,Queen. 85 kluds. C. Ford,Fishers, N.Y. 
BERRY BASKETS & BERRY Crates IlTXll 
write to ANDREW REESH, New Springfield, Ohio 
A New Field Corn. 
We are able to offer this year a new Giant Yellow 
Flint Corn that is really remarkable. Has kernels 
and ears twice as large as ordinary Flint corn. 
Early enough for New York state and New England. 
Sample free. Ask for catalogue and wholesale price 
list of seeds. JOSEPH HARIilS-CO., Seed Growers. 
Coldwater. N. Y. 
TREE PROTECTORS 
75c. per IOO—$5 per IOOO 
Send for free samples and testimonials. 
Do not wait until Rabbits and Mice 
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WRITE US TO-DAY, 
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Fort Scott, Kans. IJox 73. 
O u I D your Butter, Cheese. Eggs, Poultry, 
■■ I m Apples, etc., to the Oldest Commission 
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E. B. WOODWARD, 302 Greenwich St., New York. 
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Plant and fertilize as you go. Corn, peas, 
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RAW FURS WANTED 
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|GEO. P. HAMMOND. KST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN. 
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Commission Merchants and Dealers in all kinds of 
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Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms and Hot¬ 
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Dressed Lambs, 
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$5 TO S20 AN ACRE 
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