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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 3, 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, March 3, 1906. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Potato Farming by Cripples.169, 170 
Lime for Sour Soil. 175 
Fertilizer for Lima Beans. 176 
Transplanting Onions. 176 
Best Varieties for Pickles. 176 
Transplanting Young Pine Trees. 176 
Salt on Asparagus. 177 
Weeds in Alfalfa Seed.182, 183 
General Use for Spraying Engines. 183 
Sweet Corn Notes. 183 
Plaster or Lime with Fertilizer. 184 
Fertilizer Questions; Buckwheat. 184 
Facts about Hen Manure. 185 
Sweet Potatoes from Cuttings. 1.85 
Hone Farm Notes. 189 
A Single Pumpkin Seed. 195 
Sulphuring Potatoes. 195 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Treatment for Roup. 178 
Fastening for Cows. 190 
Manger and Silo Queries. 190 
Increase from a Trio. 191 
Hints for the Milkman. 192 
Trying New Grain Feed. 192 
Horns OIT the Bull. 193 
Dogs and Sheep in N. Y. 193 
Heat Lost from Silo..,. 193 
Packing Butter in Crocks. 193 
A Pet Crow. 194 
Why Hen’s Don’t Lay. 203 
HORTICULTURE. 
Some Economies in Scale Fighting.. 170, 171 
Lime and Sulphur as a Fungicide... 171, 172 
Pollination of Fruit Trees. 172 
Power Spraying Outfits. 172 
Peach Yellows. 172 
Remaking an Old Lawn. 172 
Growing Fall-Bearing Strawberries. 173 
Late Brood of Codling Moth. 173 
Starting a Strawberry Bed. 174 
Variety Testing. . .. .’. 174 
When Vegetables are Started. 174 
Starting Crops Ahead. 175 
Japan Lilies: Hardy Roses. 175 
Strawberries from Seed. 175 
Big Pears. 175 
Training Dewberries. 176 
Birds and Honeysuckle. 177 
The India Raspberry. 177 
Plum Trees With Black Knot. 177 
Reversion of Turnips. 177 
Apples for Monroe Co., N. Y. 179 
Budding; Plums in Hudson Valley. 179 
The Jefferis Apple. 179 
Plums and Peaches for Northern N. Y... 179 
Fruit for Vermont. 179 
Illinois Apple Notes. 180 
New Cure for San Jose Scale. 181 
Propagating Japanese Barberry. 181 
Machine Set Plants. 181 
Big Undertaking With Asparagus and 
Rhubarb . 186 
Egyptian Onion in Spring. 186 
Blanching Celery in Tile. 186 
Onion Culture; Large Bulbs. 186 
Does Bordeaux Mixture Injure Trees?... 187 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 188 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 198 
Herbs in the Garden. 198 
A Good One-Egg Cake. 198 
The Rural Patterns. 199 
Noodles in Various Forms. 200 
A Possible Living. 200 
Notes from a Massachusetts Garden. 201 
Some Chicken Ree» ipes. 201 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Cement-Lined Tank. 178 
No Place Like Home. 193 
Publisher's Desk. 195 
Editorials . 196 
Humorous. 204 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending February 24, 1906, wholesale except 
otherwise noted. The prices of grain, butter, 
cheese and eggs are based on the official 
figures 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. 
— 
@ 89% 
No. 1. Northern Duluth.. 
4 - 
@ 91% 
Corn, No. 2, mixed. 
— 
@ 48 
Oats . 
( —- 
@ 37 
Rye . 
_ — 
@ 65 
Barley . 
@ 45 
FEED. 
Wholesale at N. Y. 
Spring Bran. 
_ 
@20.00 
Middlings . 
— 
@22.00 
Red Dog. 
@23.50 
Oil meal. 
— 
@31.50 
Cottonseed meal.: 
@30.00 
Retail Western N. Y. 
Spring Bran. 
.21.00 
@22.00 
Middlings . 
. 23.00 
@24.00 
Red Dog. 
— 
@25.00 
Gluten . 
.24.00 
@29.00 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay. No. 1. 
@ — 
No. 2. 
@ — 
No. 3 . 
@11.00 
Clover, mixed. 
.12.00 
@13.00 
Clover . 
@10.00 
Straw, long rye. 
. 11.00 
@13.00 
Short and oat. 
. 8.00 
@ 9.00 
MILK. 
N. \\ Exchange price $1.61 per 40-quart 
can, netting 3% cents to 26-cent zone ship¬ 
pers who have no extra station charges. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, best. 
— 
@ 
28 
Lower grades. 
. . 17 
@ 
26% 
State Dairy, best. 
. .. 25 
@ 
26 
Lower grades. 
. . . 16 
@ 
23 
Imitation Creamery. 
. . . IS 
©> 
21 
Factory . 
17 
Packing Stock. 
• ■ 13% @ 
16 
EGGS. 
Market badly glutted. 
Fancy, white. 
. . . 20 
@ 
21 
Choice, white. 
. . 18 
@ 
19 
Extra, mixed colors. 
■ 16% 
@ 
17 
Lower grades. 
l 9 
@ 
15 
Western and Southern. 
@ 
14 
Storage . 
10 f 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, fancy. — @ 14% 
Choice . — @ 13% 
Fair to good. 11 %@ 12 
Part skims. 7 @ 10 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evap.. fancy. — @ 11% 
Evap., choice. — @ 10 
Evap., prime. — @ 9% 
Evap., common. 7 (a) 8 
Sun-dried . 5 <§> 7 
Chops, 100 lbs.2.60 (a 2.~0 
Cores and skins.1.95 @2.00 
Raspberries . — @ 28 
Cherries. — @ 14 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, Ben Davis & Baldwin. 3.50 (S>5.00 
Spy. Spitz. King.4.00 @6.00 
Greening.3.00 @5.50 
Strawberries, quart. 25 @ 60 
Cranberries, bbl.16.00 @21.00 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice... 14 @ 16 
Common to fair....... . 11 @ 13 
Olds. 5 @ 7 
German, 1905 ..28 @ 36 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Bermuda, bbl. ......3,00 
State and Jersey. .........1.50 
European. 168-lb. bag. .... .1.50 
Sweet potatoes, bbl. ...1.50 
Brussels Sprouts, qt. 8 
Beets, 100 bunches. .......... 3.00 
Carrots, bbl.1.00 
Cabbage, ton.. 13.00 
Celery, dozen . 15 
Chicory and Escarol, bbl..... .4.00 
Eggplants, box .. 1.50 
Kale, bbl... 75 
Lettuce, bbl. 1.50 
Onions, white, bbl.3.00 
Yellow.1.50 
Red.1.00 
Peppers. 24-quart carrier.2.00 
Peas, Fla., basket..1.00 
String Beans.100 
Spinach, bbl . 1.00 
Squash, bbl.1.25 
Turnips, bbl. 50 
Tomatoes, 24-quart carrier. ... 1.00 
HOTHOUSE GOODS. 
Cucumbers, dozen.1.50 
I vet t uce, dozen. 50 
Mushrooms, lb. 15 
Radishes, 100 bunches.2.00 
Rhubarb, dozen . 30 
Tomatoes, lb. 10 
LIVE POUTRY. 
Receipts heavy. Prices lower. 
Chickens . — 
Fowls . — 
Roosters . — 
Turkeys . — 
Ducks, pair. 60 
Geese, pair.1.25 
Pigeons, pair 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys . 13 
Chickens . 12 
Fowls . 10 
Ducklings . — 
Ducks . ... 10 
Geese. 10 
Squabs, dozen .1.75 
@ 6.00 
© 2.00 
@1.75 \ 
© 3.00 
© 16 
@5.00 
@1.25 
@ 22.00 
@ 65 
© 6.50 
@3.50 
@) 85 
@ 6.00 
@ 6.00 
@2.00 
@1.75 
@6.00 
@ 5.00 
@ 6.00 
@1.50 
@1.75 
©il.OO 
@6.00 
@ 2.00 
(a 1.00 
@i 60 
© 3.00 
© 50 
@ 40 
@ 10 
@ 12 % 
@ 7 
@ 16 
@ 85 
@1.75 
@ 25 
@ 21 
@ 25 
@ 14 % 
@ 20 
@ 15 
@ 12 
@4.25 
COUNTRY-DRESSEL) MEATS. 
Choice larnhs rather scarce and higher. 
Calves . 8 @ 11 
Lambs, hothouse, each.6.00 @11.00 
Pork . 6 @ 8% 
LIVE STOCK. 
Calves . 
Sheep . 
.5.00 
.4.00 
@9.25 
@5.00 
@7.75 
@0.50 
Hogs . 
FURS. 
Black Bear. 
15.00 
@25.00 
Badger . 
60 
@ 1.00 
@ 9.00 
@ 4.00 
Red Fox. 
2.00 
Fisher . 
6.00 
@ 8.00 
Wolf. Timber. 
@ 5.00 
Lynx . 
@ 8.00 
Wild Cat. 
50 
@ 80 
Martin . 
8.00 
@ 20.00 
Skunk, black. 
— 
@ 1.90 
Half striped. 
— 
@ 1.40 
Striped .. 
— 
@ 65 
White. 
— 
© 25 
Raccoon . 
60 
@ 1.50 
Opossum . 
25 
@ 50 
Mink . 
3.00 
@ 6.00 
Muskrat. Spring. 
— 
@ 22 
Winter .. 
19 
@ 21 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Prices named are 
N. Y. 
for. 
ton 
lots, 
f. o. b.. 
Nitrate of Soda. ton. 
. - 
@52.00 
Muriate of Potash.., 
. - 
@41.25 
Dried Blood . 
. - 
@50.00 
Ivainit . 
. - 
@11.00 
Acid Phosphate. 
. - 
@11.00 
Sulphate of Potash. . 
. *- 
@47.00 
Ground Bone . 
. - 
© 25.00 
Tankage . 
. -- 
@34.50 
Copper Sulphate, bbl. 
lots. 
lb. 
. - 
© 6% 
Sulphur Flowers, bbl. 
lots, 
lb. 
. - 
© 2 i., 
Vermin and Tobacco. —In regard to tobac¬ 
co. as a preventive of damage by mice and 
rabbits; I have known mice to tunnel into 
the center of a six-foot wide bulk of tobacco 
and rear their young there. I have also 
found nests of young rabbits under piles of 
tobacco stalks in and near barns, and have 
known lice to drive setting hens off nests 
made of pure, strong tobacco. In my opin¬ 
ion, as a tobacco grower of 40 years’ ex¬ 
perience, tobacco is not such a deadly poison 
as some will have us believe. c. d. lyon. 
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