THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February £4 ( 
164 
CONTENTS. 
Tub Rural New-Yorker, February 24, 1906. 
FARM TOPICS, 
Gas By-Products for Fertilizers. 150 
Dream of a Farm Home. 152 
I'otasli Needed for Corn. 155 
A Bargain In Wood Ashes. 155 
Subsoil Plowing; Fertilizer. 155 
Farming With Green Manures. 155 
Soda Ash Vs. Potash. 155 
Fertilizer for Alfalfa. 155 
Hope Farm Notes. 157 
FRBSII FRUITS. 
Apples, Ben Davis & Baldwin 
Spy, Spitz, King. 
Greening . 
. 3.50 
@5.00 
. 4.00 
@0.00 
(ci 5.00 
Strawberries, quart. 
. 20 
@ 40 
Cranberries, bbl. 
@20.00 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 
. 14 
(ft. 16 
Common to fair.. 
. 1 1 
(ft 13 
(ft 7 
German, 1905 . 
. 28 
(ft 36 
VEGETABLES. 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Cosgrove's Hens for January.145, 146 
A Renter and Portable Houses. 148 
Farm Horses. 150 
The Y'alue of a Balanced Ration. 152 
Some Good Hens. 152 
A Question of Hog Breeding. 158 
Sheep-Killing Dogs. 158 
Beet Pulp for Feeding. 158 
Cream That Foams In Churn. 159 
Feeding and Breeding Problems. 159 
Wart on Horse. 159 
Ropy Milk. 159 
Eggs Did Not; Hatch. 160 
Cracked Wheat for Chicks. 100 
Questions About Ducks. 160 
Facts About Water Glass and Eggs.... 160 
The Banner Hen Record. 160 
Feeding Roots to Ewes. 161 
Feeding Sulphur to Lambs. 161 
Plan for Hogpens. 165 
HORTICULTURE. 
An Oregon Glass Covered House. 146 
Adulteration of Blue Vitriol.. 146 
Top-Working Obi Trees. 146 
Damage from Spraying. 146 
Leading Questions About Apples. 147 
Keeping Farm Apples. 147 
Heating an Ontario Greenhouse. 148 
Carnation Stem Rot. 148 
Grafting Seedling Apples. 145* 
The Elkle Apple. 150 
The Vegetable Garden.153, 154 
Notes front the Rural Grounds. 156 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 166 
The Mirror’s Revelation. 166 
The Rural Patterns. 167 
The Bookshelf . 167 
Kitchen Suggestions . 167 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
A Suggestion for Dog Tax. 146 
Our Benevolent Express Companies..... 147 
A Complicated Property Right. 149 
Pitch and Tallow for Leaks. 149 
Papering Painted Walls. 150 
Keening Bees on Shares. 150 
Building an Icehouse. 150 
Defective Wire . 150 
A Batch of Concrete Questions. 154 
Editorials . 162 
The "Cold North” Is All Right. 163 
Publisher’s Desk. 165 
MARKET 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending February 17, 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. 2, red. 
No. 1, Northern Duluth. 
Corn, No. 2, mixed. 
Oats 
Rye 
Barley 
— (ft 
(ft 92 % 
(ft 94 % 
(ft 50 
16 
at 
FEED. 
N. Y. 
Wholesale 
Spring Bran. 
Moddllngs . — 
Red Dog. — 
OH meal. — 
Cottonseed meal. — 
Retail Western N. Y. 
Spring Bran.21.00 
Middlings .23.00 
Red Dog. — 
Gluten .24.00 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay, No. 1.15.00 
No. 2 .13.00 
No. 8 .11.00 
Clover, mixed.12.00 
Clover . 9.00 
Straw, long rye.11.00 
Short and oat. 8.00 
(ft 70 
(ft 45 
(ft 19.50 
(ft 22.00 
(ft 23.50 
<u)31.50 
@30.00 
@22.00 
@24.00 
@25.00 
@29.00 
@15.50 
@14.00 
@ — 
@13.00 
@11.00 
(ft 13.00 
@ 9.00 
MILK. 
N. Y. Exchange price $1.71 per 40-quar 
can, netting 3% cents to 26-cent zone ship 
pers who have no extra station charges. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, best. 
. 27 
(ft 
27% 
Lower grades. 
. 17 
(a) 
Stnte Dairy, best. 
. - 
0 
25 
Ig>wer grades. 
. 16 
22 
Imitation Creamery. 
. 18 
(<v 
20 
Factory . 
. 15 
(ft 
17 
Packing Stock. 
. 13 Ms @ 
16 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, fancy. 
, - 
(a> 
14% 
Choice . 
. - 
<ft 
13 V, 
Fair to good. 
11% @ 
12 
Part skims. 
7 
10 
EGGS. 
Two cents lower. 
Fancy, white. 
(ft 
24 
Choice, white. 
.... 21 
(ft 
22 
Extra, mixed colors. 
4 - 
(ft 
Til 
Lower grades.. 
.... 14 
@ 
17 
Western and Southern.. 
.... 14 
(ft 
18 
Storage . 
.. . . 7 
@ 
11 
DRIED Fill 
Apples, evap., fancy. 
Evap., choice. 
ITS. 
(ft 
11% 
, . , , - 
(ft 
10 
Evap., prime. 
(ft 
«% 
Evap., common. 
. . .. 7 
(ft 
8 
Sun-dried . 
.... 5 
(ft 
7 
Chops. 100 lbs. 
(ft 2 
.80 
Cores and skins. 
.. . .2.00 
@2 
.15 
Raspberries . 
(ft 
28 
Cherries . 
. . . . - 
(ft 
14 
Potatoes, Bermuda, bbl.3.00 
State and Jersey.1.50 
European, 108-lb. bag.1.50 
Sweet potatoes, bbl.1.25 
Brussels Sprouts, qt. 8 
Beets, 10O bunches.3.00 
Carrots, bbl.1.00 
Cabbage, ton .13.00 
Celery, dozen. 15 
Chicory and ICs-carol. bbl.4.00 
Eggplants, box .1.50 
Kale, bbl. 60 
Lettuce, bbl.1.50 
Onions, white, bbl.8.00 
Yellow .1-50 
Red .LOO 
Peppers, 24-quart carrier.... 1.50 
Peas, Fla., bkt.1.00 
String Beans .LOO 
Spinach, bbl. 65 
Squash, bbl.1.25 
Turnips, bbl. 50 
Tomatoes, 24-quart carrier.... 1.00 
HOTHOUSE GOODS. 
Cucumbers, dozen.1.50 
Lettuce, dozen. 50 
Mushrooms, lb. 15 
Radishes, 100 bunches.2.00 
Rhubarb, dozen . 40 
Tomatoes, lb. 10 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens . — 
Fowls . — 
Roosters . — 
Turkeys . — 
Ducks, pair. 60 
Geese, pair. 1.25 
Pigeons, pair. — 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys . 18 
Chickens . 12 
Fowls . 10 
Ducklings . — 
Ducks . 10 
Geese . 10 
Squabs, dozen.1.75 
COUNTRY-D R E SSE D M EAT 
Calves . 8 
Lambs, hothouse, each.4.00 
Pork . 6 
@ 6.00 
@ 2.00 
@ 1.75 
@ 8.00 
(ft 16 
@5.00 
(a 1.25 
@22.00 
@ 50 
@ 6.00 
(ft 3.50 
<n 65 
(d 6.00 
(a 6.00 
@ 2.00 
@1.75 
<k 5.00 
@5.00 
@ 8.00 
@ 1.00 
(ft 1.75 
<o 1,00 
@6.00 
@1.75 
@1.25 
(a 65 
@2.75 
@ 00 
@ 40 
@ 12 
@ 1 5 
(ft 9 
(ft 14 
(ft 85 
@ 1.75 
(ft 25 
@ 21 
(ft 25 
(ft 1 4 i/, 
(ft 20 
(ft 15 
(ft 12 
@4.25 
S. 
@ 11 V 0 
@10.00 
@ 8 Vi 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers .4.50 @5.85 
Bulls .8.00 @4.40 
Cows .L80 @4.25 
Calves .5.00 @9.75 
Sheep ....4.00 w!5.00 i 
Lambs .6.25 @7.60 
Hogs . — @6.40 
FURS. 
Prices revised from recent T.ondon sales. 
Black Bear.15.00 @25.00 
Badger . 60 @ 1.00 
Beaver . 5.00 (ft 9.00 
Red Fox. 2.00 @ 4.00 
Fisher . 6.00 (ft 8.00 
Wolf. Timber. 8.00 @ 5.00 
Lynx . 5.00 (ft 8.00 
Wild Cat. 50 (ft 80 
Martin . 8.00 @20.00 
Skunk, black. — @ 1.90 
Half striped. — @ 1.40 
Striped . — <3! 65 
White . — @ 25 
Raccoon . 60 @ 1.50 
Opossum . 25 @ 50 
Mink . 3.00 (ft 6.00 
Muskrat, Spring. —* @ 22 j 
Winter . 19 @ 21 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Prices named are for ton lots, f. o. b., 
N. Y. _ 
Nitrate of Soda, ton. — @52.00 
Muriate of Potash. — @41.25 
Dried Blood. — @50.00 
Kainlt . — @11.00 
Acid Phosphate . — @11.00 
Sulphate of I'otnsh. — @47.00 
Ground Bone. — @25.00 
Tankage . — @34.50 
Copper Sulphate, bhl. lots, lb.. — (ft 6% 
Sulpur Flowers, bbl. lots. lb.. — @ 2% 
LOOK OUT FOR “BUMBLE FOOT 
I have about 25 hens and pullets In a coop 
12 x 15; am feeding whole wheat mornings; 
a mash, two parts bran, two parts middlings, 
two parts meal and one part beef scrap at 
noon ; whole corn for supper. They seemed 
to stop laying after coming along nicely In 
December, and now I have noticed them go¬ 
ing lame. On examining them I find that 
they have sore or scabby legs. They are cov¬ 
ered with scabs above the hock Joint, on 
what is called the drumstick. At first it was 
only the pullets, but now I notice also some 
of the older hens. I have treated them for 
scaly leg or leg parasites with kerosene oil, 
and was afraid that the oil might have caused 
this trouble. What is it? a. d. h. 
Wilton. Conn. 
Scabby legs would not make them lame. 
It may be rheumatism from damp houses, 
or quite likely it is “bumble foot.” If 
roosts are high, hens in jumping down 
sometimes get corns on bottom of feet, 
and occasionally these are very sore. 
Sometimes a core will form like a boil. 
Let inquirer examine bottom of feet and 
see. c. A. COSGROVE. 
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husband?” Emma: “Sh! They are going 
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room for a broad-minded man.”—Chicago 
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Physician: “You will be glad to 
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"Yes—only, when you said last week you 
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For the land’s sake use Bowker’s Fer¬ 
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Big 4, 20th Century, National. The oat 
wonders, 07 cents per bushel. 
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The Edgewater Herd, 
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Address W. K. 8ELLKCK, Huntington, N. Y. 
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