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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
March 17, 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, March 17, 1906. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Autobiography ol' a Kentucky Field. 220, 260 
Drv Farming'. 230 
Alfalfa Experience . 232 
The Clover Root Borer. 232 
Correspondence Course in Agriculture.. 233 
Crain Smut Treatment. 233 
Crain Drill for Dropping Fertilizer.... 237 
Farm Hands from New York City, Part I 238 
An Experience with Has Lime. 239 
Hope Farm Notes. 241 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
A Novel Incubator. 230 
Another Barn Plan. 239 
A Farmers' Horse Company. 242 
Colt Out of Condlton. 242 
Milch Goat or Poor Man's Cow. 242 
A Fine Holstein Cow. 243 
Rheumatism in a Hog. 243 
Raising Early Lambs . 243 
The Dog Question . 244 
Wart on Dorse . 244 
Early Birds . 244 
Buckwheat Hulls in Manure. 244 
Blood Spots in Eggs. 245 
Hen With Rheumatism. 245 
More Hen Records. 245 
Two Vermont Pigs. 245 
A Successful Dairy Excursion. 249 
HORTICULTURE. 
Rotation and Fertilizer for Strawberry 
Growers . 230 
Starting a New Lawn. 230 
Top-Working Orchard Trees. 231 
The Spencer Seedless Apple. 231 
What To Do With Dwarf Pears. 231 
Frazer Ilardskin Apple. 231 
The Small Garden Man. 232 
Position of Greenhouse Thermometer... 232 
The Valencia Onion. 232 
Orange Varieties . 233 
Apples in Arizona . 233 
Experience With a “Seedless” Blackberry 234 
Orchard for Western Massachusetts... . 234 
Pruning and Thinning. 234 
Small Fruits for Home Use. 235 
Keeping Apples . 235 
Tile Drainage for Orchards. 238 
Notes From the Rural Grounds. 240 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day... 250 
Charity Sweetheart's Letters. 250 
Hot Cakes to Eat With Maple Syrup.. 251 
The Rural Patterns . 251 
The Bookshelf . 251 
New England Indian Pudding. 251 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
A Trespass Sign. 233 
Wife’s Rights in Husband's Estate. 233 
Products, Prices and Trade. 236 
Business Bits . 236 
Storekeepers Against Parcel Post. 237 
How to Grind Tools. 237 
Work of a Gasoline Engine. 239 
Editorials . 246 
Events of the Week. 247 
Notes from Dade Co., Fla. 247 
Publisher's Desk . 249 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending March 10. 1906, wholesale except 
otherwise noted. The prices of grain, butter, 
cheese tnd eggs are based on the official 
figures of the Produce and Mercantile Ex¬ 
changes, with such revisions 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. — # 86 
No. 1, Northern Duluth.... — # .88 
Corn, No. 2, mixed. — # 50 
Oats . — # 35 
Rye . — # 65 
Barley . — @ 45 
GRASS SEEDS. 
Per 100 lbs. f. o. 1). N. Y. for A1 quality. 
Timothy . 7.00 
Kentucky Blue Grass. 14.00 
Red Top . 10.00 
Alfalfa . 17.00 
Crimson Clover . 11.00 
Medium Red Clover. 17.00 
Mammoth Red Clover . 18.00 
FEED. 
Wholesale at N. Y. 
Spring Bran . — #19.00 
Middlings . — #21.00 
Red Dog . — #23.00 
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. 
Ilav, No. 1.15.00 # 16.00 
No 2 .12.00 #13.50 
No! 3.10.00 #11.00 
Clover, mixed . 8.00 #10.00 
Straw, long rye.11.00 #13.00 
Short and oat. 8.00 @ 9.00 
MILK. 
N. Y. 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 . 
.... - 
# 
27% 
Lower grades . 
. 17 
# 
26 l/o 
State Dairy, best. 
. 24 
# 
26 
Lower grades .. 
. 16 
# 
23 
Imitation Creamery .. . 
. 17 
# 
20 
Factory . 
. 14 
# 
16 
Packing Stock . 
. 13 
16 
EGGS. 
Fancy, white . 
.... 20 
# 
21 
Choice white . 
. IS 
# 
19 
Extra mixed colors. 
# 
17 
Lower grades . 
. 11 
# 
15 
Western and Southern.., 
. 13 
Cd 
15 
Storage . 
. 8 
@ 
13 
HOTHOUSE 
GOODS. 
Cucumbers, dozen . 
#2.00 
Lettuce, dozen . 
# 
65 
Mushrooms, 11). 
. 15 
# 
50 
Radishes, 100 bunches... 
_2.00 
#2 
.50 
Rhubarb, dozen . 
. 25 
# 
50 
Tomatoes, lb. 
20 @ 40 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Bermuda, bbl.3.50 #6.50 
State and Jersey.1.65 #1.87 
European, 168-lb. bag.1.50 #1.80 
Sweet potatoes, bbl.1.50 #3.00 
Artichokes, dozen.1.00 #1.25 
Asparagus, Calif, green.5.50 #9.00 
Brussels Sprouts, qt. 8 @ 16 
Beets, 100 bunches.2.00 
Carrots, bbl.1.50 
Cabbage, ton .20.00 
Celery, dozen. 15 
Chicory and Escarol, bbl.5.00 
Eggplants, box .1.50 
Kale, bbl. 
Horseradish. 100 lbs. 
Lettuce, %-bbI. basket.1.00 
Onions, white bbl.3.00 
Yellow .1.50 
Red . 
Peppers. 24-quart carrier.... 1.50 
Peas, Fla., basket.2.00 
String Beans .2.00 
Spinach, bbl....1.00 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples. Spitzenburg .4.00 
Greening . 
King . 
Spy . 
Baldwin .. 
Ben Davis .4.00 
Russet ....3.50 
Strawberries, Fla., qt. 
Cranberries, bbl.18.00 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens . 
Fowls . 
Roosters . 
Turkeys . 
Ducks, pair . 
Geese, pair .1.25 
Pigeons, pair . 
COUNTRY-DRESSED 
Calves . 
Lambs, hothouse, each .... 
Pork . 6%@ 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers .4.60 
Oxen and stags.3.00 
Bulls . 
Cows . 
Calves . 5.00 
Sheep .4.00 
Lambs .6.25 
Hogs . 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Prices named are for ton 
N. Y. 
Nitrate of Soda, ton.. 
Muriate of Potash . 
Dried Blood ... 
ICainit . 
Acid Phosphate.. 
Sulphate of Potash . 
Ground Bone . 
Tankage . 
Copper Sulphate, bbl. lots, lb. . 
Sulphur Flowers, bbl. lots, lb.. 
.2.00 
#4.00 
# 2.00 
>0.00 
#25.00 
. 15 
# 65 
@6.00 
@3.50 
75 
# 85 
2.00 
@5.00 
.1.00 
# 2.50 
@6.00 
, 1.50 
@2.00 
1.00 
@1.75 
1.50 
#2.50 
,2.00 
#5.00 
,2.00 
#6.00 
1.00 
@1.50 
4 00 
@6.00 
3.50 
@6.00 
.4.50 
#5.50 
.4.25 
#5.25 
4.25 
@5.25 
4.00 
#5.00 
#4.50 
25 
# 40 
@24.00 
@ 11 
— 
@ 12% 
— 
(a) 8 
— 
@ 16 
60 
@ 85 
@1.75 
— 
@ 30 
MEATS. 
8 
@ 12 
(d 8.00 
6%@ 8% 
4.60 
@5.80 
@5.00 
#4.50 
2.00 
@4.10 
# 1 0.00 
4.00 
@5.50 
6.25 
@7.75 
,S. 
@6.80 
lots 
f. o. b., 
- 
@52.00 
— 
#41.25 
-- 
#50.00 
— 
@11.00 
— 
#11.00 
— 
#47.00 
— 
#25.00 
— 
#34.50 
— 
# 6% 
— 
@ 2% 
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