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February 17 , 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
CONTENTS. 
FARM TOPICS. 
What Ailed the Alfalfa. 123 
Drying Sweet Potatoes. 120 
Mistaken Notion About Manure. 120 
Gathering Leaves. 127 
Silage Without a Silo. 128 
Killing Blackberries. 129 
Advice to the Hope Farm Man. 130 
Alfalfa Note. 130 
Hope Farm Notes. 133 
Sugar Beets in New York. 139 
. . t.... i . i i '.i t.. • 1 OO 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Gasoline ileat for Brooder House... 121, 122 
Dairy Notes About Ice. 123 
Hen Notes. 130 
A Milking Machine. 134 
Bottled Milk. 134 
Farm Butter, Part II. 135 
Mapes, the Hen Man, Corrected. 136 
Poultry Notes. 136 
Sheep for an Orchard. 137 
Ilay Causes Blind Staggers. 137 
Hatching of Water Glass Eggs. 137 
Calf Without Milk. 137 
HORTICULTURE. 
Peaches in Central New York. 124 
The Back Yard Garden. 124 
Apples for British Columbia. 127 
Diseased A.pple Trees. 127 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 132 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
The New Grange Hall.142, 143 
The Rural Patterns.... 143 
Knitting Instructions Wanted. 143 
Chocolate Blanc Mange. 143 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
The Sponge Industry in Florida. 123 
Keeping Ditch Open. 125 
Obscure Boundaries. 125 
Division of Married Woman's Property.. 125 
Patent Law. 125 
Products, Prices and Trade. 128 
A Home in the Country. 129 
Express Company Notes. 129 
Editorials . 138 
Events of the Week. 139 
Florida Notes. 139 
New York Notes. 139 
Indiana Notes. 139 
Business Bits. 139 
Publisher’s Desk. 141 
markets 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending February 10, 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. 
. „ - 
@ 92% 
No. 1, Northern Duluth.. 
. . -- 
@ 95% 
Corn, No. 2, mixed. 
. . . - 
@ 50 
Oats . 
— 
@ 30 
Rye . 
. . . - 
@ 72 
Barley . 
@ 45 
Buckwheat . 
@ 01 % 
FRED. 
Wholesale at N. Y. 
Spring Bran. 
@19.50 
Middlings .. 
@22.00 
Red Dog. 
(a 23.75 
Oil meal. 
. . . - 
@31.50 
@ 30.00 
Retail Western N. Y. 
Spring Bran. 
. .21.00 
@22.00 
Afiddlings . 
(a 24.00 
Red Dog. 
. . 24.00 
@25.00 
Gluten . 
. . 24.00 
@29.00 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay, No. 1. 
@15.50 
No 4> 
@14 00 
No. 3. 
@ 12.00 
Clover, mixed. 
. .12.00 
@13.00 
Clover . 
(a 11.00 
Straw, long rye. 
. . 11.00 
@13.00 
Short and oat. 
. . 0.00 
@ 9.00 
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. 
. 261/ 2 @ 
27 
Lower grades. 
. 18 
@ 
25 
State Dairy, best. 
. - 
@ 
24 
Lower grades. 
. 10 
@ 
22 
Imitation Creamery. 
. 18 
@ 
20 
r/t) 
1 7 1/, 
Packing Stock . 
. 1.3% @ 
10 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, fancy. 
, - 
@ 
14V4 
Choice . 
. - 
@ 
1 3 V- 
Fair to good. 
. 11 % @ 
12 
Part skims. 
9 
@ 
10 
EGGS. 
Two cents higher. 
Fancy, white. 
. 25 
@ 
26 
Choice, white. 
. 23 
(8) 
24 
Extra, mixed colors. 
-. 
@ 
20 
Lower grades. 
. 14 
@ 
19 
Western and Southern. 
. 15 
@ 
19 
Storage . 
. 10 
@ 
14 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 
. 14 
@ 
16 
Common to fair. 
. 10 
@ 
13 
Olds . 
@ 
7 
German, 1905. 
. 28 
@ 
30 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evap., fancy. 
. - 
@ 
11 
Evap., choice. 
@ 
10 
Evap., prime. 
9 
@ 
9% 
Evan., common. 
@ 
8 
Sun-dried . 
. 5 
@ 
7 
Chops, 100 lbs. 
— 
@2 
.80 
Cores and skins. 
. - 
@2 
.15 
Raspberries . 
. - 
@ 
28 
Pherrips . 
_ 
(w 
14 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, Ren Davis & Baldwin 
. 3.00 
@4 
.50 
Spy, Spitz, King. 
.4.00 
@0 
.00 
York and Greening. 
@5 
.00 
Strawberries, quart. 
. 20 
@ 
00 
Cranberries, bbl. 
@20.00 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Bermuda, bbl.... 
State and Jersey. 
European, 168-lb. bag.... 
Sweet potatoes, bbl. 
Brussels Sprouts, qt. 
Beets, 100 bunches. 
Carrots, bbl. .. 
Cabbage, ton . 
Celery, dozen . 
Chicory and Escarol, bbl. .. 
Eggplants, box. 
Kale, bbl. 
Lettuce, bbl.. 
Onions', white, bbl. 
Yellow . 
Red . 
Peppers, 24-quart carrier.. 
Peas, Fla., bkt. 
String Beans . 
Spinach, bbl. 
Squash, l»bl. 
Turnips, bbl. 
Tomatoes, 24-quart carrier. 
Watercress, 10T) 4-inch bchs 
.3.00 
. 1.50 
.1.50 
.1.25 
8 
. 3.00 
. 1.00 
13.00 
. 15 
. 3.00 
. 1.50 
75 
. 2.00 
. 3.00 
.1.50 
. 1.00 
. 1.50 
. 2.00 
. 2.00 
. 1.50 
.1.25 
. 50 
.1.00 
.1.50 
HOTHOUSE GOODS. 
Cucumbers, dozen.1.50 
Lettuce, dozen. 35 
Mushrooms, lb. 15 
Radishes, 100 bunches..2.00 
Itnubarb, dozen . 50 
Tomatoes, lb. 10 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens . — 
Fowls . — 
Ro.osfers . 1 — 
Turkeys . — 
Ducks, pair. 60 
Geese, pair .1.25 
Pigeons, pair . — 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys .... 
Chickens . .. 
Fowls . 
Ducklings ... 
Ducks . 
Geese . 
Squabs, dozen 
13 
14 
10 
10 
10 
1.75 
@4.50 
@2.00 
@1.75 
@2.75 
@ 12 
@5.00 
@1.25 
@22.00 
@ 50 
@4.50 
@3.00 
@ 85 
@6.00 
@o.uo 
@2.00 
(a 1.75 
@4.00 
@6.00 
@8.00 
@2.00 
@1.75 
@ 1.00 
@4.00 
@ 2.25 
@2.00 
(a 1.25 
@ 75 
@2.75 
@ 00 
@ 40 
@ U 
@ 13 
@ 7 Vi 
@ 14 
@ 85 
@1.75 
@ 25 
@ 20 
@ 25 
@ 14 
@ 20 
@ 15 
@ 12 
@4.25 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS. 
Calves .- 8Vi@ 12 
Lambs, hothouse, each.4.00 @10.00 
Pork . ^ @ 8V4 
Roasting pigs, lb. 12 @ 14 
Steers 
Bulls 
('ows 
Calves 
Sheep 
Lambs 
Hogs 
LIVE STOCK. 
.4.50 
.3.00 
.1.80 
.5.00 
. 4.00 
.0.50 
@5.80 
@4.25 
@4.10 
@9.75 
(n 5.50 
@ 7.85 
@0.40 
WILD GINSENG. ___ 
Northern .6.75 
Southern...6,25 
@ 7.00 
@6.50 
FURS. 
Prices revised from 
recent London 
sales. 
@ 20.00 
Badger . 
. 00 
@ 1.00 
@ 9.00 
. 2.00 
@ 4.00 
. 0.00 
@ 8.00 
@ 5.00 
@ 8.00 
WiUl Cat . 
. 50 
@ 
80 
. 8.00 
@25.00 
Slrnnk hlnr>k. 
— 
@ 1.80 
Half striped. 
Striped . 
White . 
’.! '. 00 
@ 1.40 
@ 05 
@ 25 
@ 1.40 
. 25 
@ 
45 
Afink 
@ 0.00 
@ 0.00 
Muskrat, Winter. 
Fall . 
. 12 
@ 
@ 
10 
13 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Prices named are or car lots; 
lots 10 to 25 per cent higher. 
Nitrate o Soda, ton. — 
Muriate of Potash. - 
Dried Blood . — 
Kainit . — 
Acid Phosphate . — 
single bag 
@52.00 
@42.00 
@55.00 
@12.00 
@14.00 
ROCK HOLLAND TURKEY NOTES. 
Provide a shelter for your turkeys to 
which they may go at their pleasure, hut 
never compel them to stay there. If you 
find them spending several days in the 
treetops, during a snowstorm, don’t worry 
over it; if they come through all right, you 
may feel sure you have good stock for 
breeding. By February 1 you should have 
disposed of all except breeding stock. 
Make friends of your birds, and study 
your flock very carefully, keeping only the 
best. If you have a hen that has proved 
a good breeder, and a good mother, don’t 
discard her as long as she will lay 15 
or 20 eggs during the season. When 
selecting your young hens, choose the 
largest, most vigorous. If you can pos¬ 
sibly do so get a tom not akin to your 
hens. If he came from good stock, I 
would rather have one of average size 
(for the breed) than a fat, overgrown, 
clumsy fellow. 
The best turkeys I ever raised were 
from six hens mated to a tom that 
weighed only 15 pounds, White Hollands; 
average weight of hens was about 12 
pounds. Pullets hatched July 15 had 
grown to be 10 pounds by Thanksgiv¬ 
ing. Give your birds liberty to range 
at will. As long as there is a bit of 
sod, not covered by snow, you will be 
surprised to see how much of the dead, 
brown grass they will eat. Don’t over¬ 
feed; a little wheat or buckwheat in the 
morning and as much corn as they will 
eat quickly at night, while the weather 
is cold. Keep fresh water where they 
can help themselves at all times, also 
oyster shells and grit of some sort. A 
head of cabbage is a great treat for 
them, and they appreciate scraps from 
the table and green cut bone as much 
as your chickens. I don’t allow my 
turkeys to go inside the chickenhouse 
at any time, but they all run together 
on range. _ w. 
ARRANGEMENT OF SILO DOORS. 
How does Mr. Manchester arrange the 
doors in his circular silo. t. s. w. 
News Ferry, Va. 
Building the doors for this circular silo 
is a simple matter. The carpenter made 
ours in less than an hour. After the silo 
is up complete you locate the places you 
want the doors between the rods and at 
convenient distances apart for easy feed¬ 
ing; 2 x 2J4 feet will make door of suffi¬ 
cient size. Out of two-inch plank saw 
strips three inches wide of same curvature 
of outside of silo, two for each door and 
one inch less than width of door. Nail 
these in place where you are to have the 
door to hold the staves that make the 
door. Bore a small hole at corner of door 
to insert a compass saw, then saw out the 
door on a level with the inside of the door 
two inches wider and longer than the out¬ 
side. After you have sawed this out the 
door pushes into the silo, but cannot come 
outside. No clasps, hinges or trimmings 
needed. When you are filling simply push 
door into place. The silage holds it 
tightly, and it cannot move until you take 
it out. If you are using six-inch staves 
in the silo the width of the door will take 
five of them, but it is better to have the 
ends of the door in the middle of the 
stave to get a good bevel on the door, so 
start the door in the middle of a stave, 
and end on the middle of the fifth stave 
beyond. h. g. Manchester. 
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we will send 50 VARIETIES 
OF VEGETABLE SEEOS AND 1000 
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—together with 108-page 
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your Butter, Cheese, Eggs, Poultry 
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Traffic Manager, N. C. & St. Louis Ry., Nashville, 
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:OR SALE—Farmer's Furnace, 15 Gallons, also 
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Each 
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2 Duroc Jersey Boar Pigs, 7 months old. 12 
2 Duroc Jersey Sow Pigs, 7 months old. 15 
1 Duroc Jersey Gilt Bred to Farrow in April.... 25 
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CALK8MFN WANTED—For the best farm 
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