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March 31, 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, March 31, 1906. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Chemicals and Worn-out Soils.277, 278 
Value of Tobacco Stems. 280 
.Apple Pomace for Fertilizer. 280 
Alfalfa on Rough Land. 280 
Hen Manure and Chemicals. 280 
Fertilizers for Cabbage. 280 
Sugar Beets and Wireworms. 280 
Killing out Bermuda Grass. 281 
Composting lieu Manure. 281 
Getting Ready for Grass Seeding. 281 
Use of Hard-wood Ashes and Sheep Man¬ 
ure . 283 
Two Questions About Fertilizers. 285 
Corn for Green Manure. 285 
Fertilizer for Corn . 280 
Corn or Potatoes for Sod. 287 
Cow Peas and Other Green Crops. 287 
Hope Farm Notes . 289 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Plan for a Cow Manger. 278 
Defects in a Brood Mare. 290 
Beginner's Poultry Experiment . 201 
Clotted Cream; Cream Cheese. 291 
Controlling a Runaway. 2511 
Those "Model Farm” Milk Prices. 292 
IIow to Bottle Milk. 292 
Sheen Killing. 292 
Mapes, the lien Man. 293 
Hen Notes . 293 
HORTICULTURE. 
Renovating Old Orchards. 278 
Training Tender Grapevines. 279 
Notes on Gardening. 280 
Ashes for Orchards. 281 
A Box of Lettuce Every Day. 281 
Dahlia Notes . 282 
Japanese Kudzu Vine . 282 
Propagating Azaleas . 282 
Top-Working Kieffer and Ben Davis. 282 
Apples for Central New York. 282 
An Experience With Asparagus. 283 
Shipping Cut Flowers. 283 
Friend of Prizetaker Onions. 284 
Melons on Light Soil. 285 
Tools for Cultivating Orchard. 285 
Chemicals or Wood Ashes?. 2S0 
Alfalfa in an Orchard. 280 
Glasshouse Questions . 286 
Fall-Plowed Sod for a Garden. 287 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 288 
Keeping Apples for Home Use. 289 
Fruit Growing in New Jersey. 295 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Dav to Day. 298 
A Hop Vine . 298 
The Rural Patterns. 299 
Soap and Laundry Notes. 299 
Making Soft Soap .299 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
A Worker for Parcels Post. 279 
Keeping “Good Roads" in Repair. 279 
Rural Mail Box on Wires. 280 
Good Old Fence Wire. 280 
The British Postal Service. 281 
Business Bits . 284 
Hay Rogues . 284 
Frogs In Springs . 286 
Soft Water Turns Hard. 287 
Editorials . 294 
Events of the Week. 295 
Markets . 296 
Publisher’s Desk . 297 
Products, Prices and Trade. 297 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending March 24, 1906, wholesale except 
otherwise noted. The prices of grain, butter, 
cheese and eggs are based on the official 
figures of tlie 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 arverage of several sales. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 1, Northern, Duluth 
Inspection. — <?2) 87% 
No. 2, red, choice. — @ 80% 
No. 1, Macaroni. — @ 87 
Rye . — @ 60 
Corn . — @ 50 
Oats. — @ 35 
Barley . 45 @ 52 
GRASS SEEDS. 
Per 100 lbs. f. o. b. 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 . 
Middlings . 
Red Dog . 
Oil meal . 
Cottonseed meal . 
Retail Western N. Y. 
Spring Bran. 
Middlings. 
Red Dog . 
Gluten . 
Oil meal . 
Corn and Oats. 
21.00 
23.00 
24.00 
@19.00 
@ 22.00 
@23.00 
@31.50 
@30.00 
@22.00 
@24.00 
@25.00 
@29.00 
@35.00 
@25.00 
HAY. 
No. 1.15.50 
No. 2.13.00 
No. 3.11.00 
Clover, mixed, for whole range 8.00 
Clover . 8.00 
STRAW. 
Long rye.11.00 
Short and tangled. S.00 
Oat and wheat. — 
MILK. 
@16.50 
@14.00 
@12.00 
@13.00 
@io.oo 
@ 13.00 
@10.00 
@ 8.00 
N. Y. Exchange price $1.51 per 40 quart 
can, netting three cents per quart to shippers 
in 26-cent freight zone who have no extra 
station charges. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, extra. 
Firsts . 
Thirds and seconds. 
State Dairy, best. 
Lower grades. 
Imitation Creamery. 
Factory .. 
Renovated, best . 
Lower grades . 
Packing stock . 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, fancy. 
Good to prime. 
Common to fair. 
Light skims. 
— 
@ 
27 
24 
@ 
26 
17 
@ 
23 
— 
@ 
25 
15 
@ 
20 
17 
@ 
20 
@ 
16 
-. 
@ 
19 
12 
@ 
16 
12 
@ 
15% 
____ 
@ 
14 
13% 
@ 
13% 
11 
@ 
13 
10 
@ 
11% 
EGGS. 
Fancy, white. 20 @ 21 
Choice, white . 18 @ 19 
Extra, mixed colors. 17 @ 17% 
Western and Southern. 14 @ 16 
Cold storage. 10 @ 14 
Duck eggs. 25 @ 32 
Goose eggs . — @ 75 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evaporated, fey. — @ 11 
Evap., choice . 9%@ 10 
Evap., prime . 9 @ 9% 
Evap., common t6 fair. 7 @ 8% 
Sun-dried . 5 @ 7 
Chops. 100 lbs.2.25 @2.40 
(’ores and skins, 100 lbs. . ..1.87 @2.00 
Cherries . 14 @ 15 
Huckleberries. 10 @ 12 
Raspberries . — @ 28 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, Greening, bbl.4.00 
Spy.4.50 
Ben Davis.4.50 
Baldwin .4.25 
Russet .4.00 
Low grades.2.50 
Strawberries, Florida, quart. . 20 
Cranberries, % bbl. crate.4.50 
@6.00 
@6.00 
@ 5.50 
(a 5.25 
@4.50 
@ 3.50 
@ 30 
@5.75 
HOTHOUSE GOODS. 
Lettuce, dozen . 25 @ 60 
Mushrooms, lb . 15 @ 60 
Tomatoes, lb. 20 @ 40 
Radishes, 100 bunches.1.50 @2.25 
Cucumbers, dozen .1.12 @1.37 
Rhubarb, 100 bunches.2.50 @4.50 
Beet Tops, bu. 75 @1.00 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 13 @ 15 
Common to Fair. 10 @ 12 
Ordinary. 7 @ 9 
Olds. 5 @ 7 
German . 26 @ 33 
BEANS. 
Marrow .2.50 @3.10 
Medium .1.70 @2.00 
Pea .1.40 @1.55 
Red kidney. — @2.72% 
White kidney.3.05 @3.15 
Yellow Eye. — @1.60 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Bermuda, new, bbl.. —- @8.00 
Bermuda, 2d crop.4.00 @7.00 
Southern, new .1.50 @3.00 
Maine .1.75 @2.00 
State and Western.1.50 @1.75 
European .1.50 @1.75 
Sweet potatoes, bbl.1.50 @3.00 
Artichokes, dozen . 75 @1.00 
Asparagus, Calif., green doz...6.00 @10.00 
Southern .3.50 @6.50 
Brussels Sprouts, qt. 10 (a ] 18 
Beets, 100 bunches.4.00 @6.00 
Carrots, bbl .1.25 @1.75 
Cabbage, Danish Seed, white, 
ton .35.00 @45.00 
Red. ton .15.00 @20.00 
Southern, bbl. crate.2.50 @3.00 
Chicory, bbl.5.00 @6.00 
Escarol, bbl.3.50 @4.00 
Kale, bbl. 75 @1.00 
Lettuce, %-bbl. basket.1.00 @2.50 
Onions. Conn., white, bbl.2.00 @6.00 
Yellow.1.25 @1.75 
Red .1.25 @1.75 
Peppers, 24-qt. carrier.1.50 @2.50 
Peas, 1-3-bbl. basket.3.00 @9.00 
String beans, 1-3-bbl. basket. . .2.00 @5.50 
Spinach, bbl.1.25 @1.50 
Turnips, bbl. 65 @ 85 
Tomatoes, 24-qt. carrier.1.00 @5.00 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens, lb. — @ 11% 
Fowls . — @ 14% 
Roosters . — @ 9 
Turkeys. 16 @ 18 
Ducks . 60 @ 85 
Geese.1.25 @1.75 
Pigeons, pair. 30 @ 35 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys . 16 @ 19 
Capons . 15 (cv IS 
Chickens, broilers, best. 30 @ 35 
Seconds. 20 @ 25 
Chickens . 13 @ 19 
Fowls . 11 @ 14% 
Ducklings .. 20 @ 22 
Squabs, dozen.1.75 @3.50 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS. 
Calves . 7 @ 11% 
Lambs, hothouse .3.00 @7.00 
Pork . 7 @ 9 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers .4.25 
Oxen .3.35 
Bulls .3.00 
Cows . 2.00 
Calves .5.00 
Lambs.7.00 
Hogs. — 
FURS. 
Black Bear . 
Cubs and yearlings. 
Badger .... . 
Otter . 
Beaver, large . 
Medium. 
Small . 
Silver Fox. 
Cross Fox . 
Red Fox . 
Gray Fox . 
Fisher . 
Wolf, Prairie. 
Timber . 
Wolverine. 
Lynx . 
Wild Cat . 
Civet Cat . 
Marten, dark . 
Pale. 
Skunk, black.. 
Half-striped . 
Striped . 
White . 
Raccoon . 
Opossum, large. 
Medium..... 
Small. 
Mink . 
Muskrat, Spring . 
Winter . 
Fall . 
Kits . 
Black . 
.15.00 
. 5.00 
(50 
.15.00 
. 8.00 
. 5.00 
. 2.00 
100.00 
. 6.00 
. 2.00 
. 75 
. 6.00 
. 1.50 
. .3.00 
. 5.00 
. 5.00 
50 
20 
.10.00 
. 3.00 
. 1.60 
. 1.20 
55 
. 25 
. 70 
50 
25 
8 
. 3.00 
. 23 
. 19 
. 15 
3 
. 25 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Prices named are for ton lots 
N. Y. 
Nitrate of Soda, ton. — 
Muriate of Potash. — 
Dried Blood . — 
Ivainit . — 
Acid Phosphate. — 
Sulphate of Potash. — 
Ground Bone. — 
Tankage . — 
Copper Sulphate, bbl. lots. lb. — 
Sulphur Flowers, bbl. lots, lb. — 
@5.85 
@4.65 
@4.50 
@4.30 
@9.00 
@7.50 
@6.85 
@i 
>5.00 
@10.00 
@ 
1.00 
@20.00 
@ 
9.00 
@ 
6.00 
@ 
3.00 
@300.00 
@1 
2.00 
@ 
4.00 
@ 
85 
@ 
8.00 
@ 
1.75 
@ 
5.00 
@ 
7.00 
@ 
8.00 
@ 
SO 
@ 
30 
@20.00 
@ 
8.00 
@ 
1.70 
@ 
1.30 
@ 
65 
@ 
35 
@ 
2.00 
@ 
55 
@ 
35 
@ 
10 
@ 
6.00 
25 
@ 
21 
@ 
17 
@ 
5 
@ 
8.1 
f. o. 
52.00 
@41.25 
@50.00 
@11.00 
@11.00 
47.00 
@25.00 
@34.50 
@ 6 1 
@ 2 % 
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heating and they almost invariably speak 
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It seems that the grate is a luxury which, 
when once enjoyed, people do not willing¬ 
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water backs for the jambs and back and 
top of grate? These could be connected 
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