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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, April 14, 1906. 
FARM TOPICS. 
I)o We Need Acid Phosphate?. 326 
Barn Plans . 326 
“New Celery Culture.” Damage from 
Mice. 327 
Vermont Alfalfa Wanted. 327 
Hen Manure for Asparagus. 328 
Wild Parsnips and Tame. 328 
Chemicals and Worn-out Soil. Part III. 320 
Unloading Hay . 329 
Varied Fertilizer Questions. 33<> 
Hope Farm Notes. 333 
Crop Prospects . 339 
Poultry Manure and Hoof Clippings.... 343 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Manchester’s Dairy Notes. 334 
Cow with Udder Trouble. 334 
A Pork Maker. 334 
Mapes, the Hen Man. 335 
Raising Colts . 3.35 
Prices for Milk. Cream and Butter. 336 
Warts; Capped Ilock. 336 
Farmers’ Horse Companies. 337 
Green Cut Bone vs. Beef Scraps. 343 
HORTICULTURE. 
Mr. Johnson’s Strawberry Culture. 325 
Lime and Sulphur in Virginia.325, .326 
Fiery Chariots in the Orchards. 326 
Fire Engine Cooker for Lime-Sulphur... 326 
Modification of ’Pop-Grafting. 326 
Laying Out an Orchard. 327 
Stringfellow Culture for Evergreens. 328 
Moth Balls for Striped Bug. 329 
Bunch Onions . 330 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 332 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 340 
Canned Fresh Rhubarb. 340 
Easy Ways with Geraniums. 340 
Flower Notes . 340 
Summer Sausage . 340 
Bread-Mixing Machines . 341 
The Rural Patterns . 341 
Cocoanut Pudding . 341 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Moving Ice in May. 326 
Encrusted Syrup Pans. 328 
The Sap in Trees. 328 
Products, Prices and Trade. 3.31 
Shall We Plant Nuts?. 331 
Locust for Fence Posts. 331 
Editorials . 338 
Events of the Week. 339 
More About the Middle South. 339 
Michigan Growers Combine. 339 
Concrete Cisterns . 343 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending April 7. 1906, wholesale except other¬ 
wise noted. The prices of grain, butter, 
cheese and 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. 1, Northern. Duluth 
Inspection . — @ 89 
No. 2, red, choice. — @ 88 V 2 
No. 1, Macaroni. — @ 89% 
Rye. — @ 63 
Corn. — @ 52 
Oats . — @ 36 
Barley . 45 (5> 52 
GRASS SEEDS. 
Per 100 lbs. f. 0 . 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 . — @10.75 
Middlings . — @22.00 
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 
Oil meal . — @35.00 
Corn and Oats. — @25.00 
HAY. 
No. 1.15.50 @16.50 
No. 2 .14.00 @15.00 
No. 3 .12.00 @13.00 
Clover, mixed, for whole range 9.00 @14.00 
Clover . 9.00 @11.00 
STRAW. 
Long rye .11.00 @13.00 
Short and tangled. 8.00 @10.00 
Oat and wheat. — @ 8.00 
MILK. 
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. 25 @ 25% 
Firsts . 22 @ 24 
Thirds and seconds. 16 @ 21 
State Dairy, best. — @ 24 
Lower grades. 15 @ 20 
Imitation Creamery . 16 @ 17 
Factory . 12 @ 16 
Renovated, best. —• @ 19 
Lower grades . 12 @ 16 
Packing stock . 12 @ 15% 
EGGS. 
Fancy, white . 21 @ — 
Choice, M'hite . 19 @ 20 
Extra mixed colors. 18% @ — 
Western and Southern. 15 @ 17 
Duck eggs. 25 @ 32 
Goose eggs. — @ 75 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, fancy. — @) 14% 
Good to prime. 13% @ 14 
Common to fair. 11 @ 13 
Light skims . 10 @ 11 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evaporated, fey. — @11 
Evap., choice . 9%@ 19 
Evap., prime . 9 @ 9 
Evap., common to fair. 7 @ 8 
Sundried. 5 @ 7 
Chops, 100 lbs.2.40 @2.60 
Cores and skins, 100 lbs.. . .1.80 @1.95 
Cherries . 14 @ 15 
Huckleberries. 10 @ 12 
Raspberries . — @ 28 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apnles, Greening, bbl.5.00 @7.00 
Spy .4.50 @5.50 
Ben Davis .4.50 @5.00 
Baldwin .4.50 @5.50 
Russet.4.00 @5.00 
Low grades .3.00 @4.00 
Strawberries, Florida, quart. .20 @50 
HOTHOUSE GOODS. 
Lettuce, dozen . 25 @ 60 
Mushrooms, lb. 15 @ 65 
Tomatoes, lb . 20 @ 35 
Radishes, 100 bunches.1.50 @3.00 
Cucumbers, dozen. 75 @ 90 
Rhubarb, 100 bunches.2.50 (o'4.00 
Beet Tops, bu. 50 @ 75 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Bermuda, new, bbl.. — @8.00 
Bermuda, 2d crop.4.00 @7.00 
Southern, new .1.50 @3.50 
Maine .2.50 @2.75 
State and Western.2.50 @ 2.62 
Sweet potatoes, bbl.2.00 @3.2o 
Artichokes, dozen . 75 @1,00 
Asparagus, Calif, green doz...6.00 @11.00 
Southern .3.50 @3.00 
Beets, 100 bunches.3.00 @6.00 
Carrots, bbl.1.75 @2.25 
Cabbage, Danish Seed, white,_ 
ton .3o.00 @40.00 
Southern, bbl. crate.2.50 @3.00 
Chicory, bbl.3.00 @3..>0 
Escarol, bbl.3.00 @4.00 
Kale, bbl. 75 @1.00 
Lettuce, %-bbl. basket. 50 @2.00 
Onions, Conn., white, bbl.2.00 @6.00 
Red .1.25 @1.75 
Peppers, 24-qt. carrier.1.00 @2.25 
Peas, 1-3-bbl. basket.1.00 @4.00 
String beans, 1-3-bbl. basket.. 1.50 @4.50 
Spinach, bbl.1.25 @1.50 
Turnips, bbl. 2.00 @*--25 
Tomatoes, 24-qt. carrier.100 @4.o0 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens, lb. — @ 
Fowls . — @ 
Roosters . — @ *2 
Pigeons, pair. 30 @ 35 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys . 16 (cv, 
Chickens, broilers, best. 30 @ 35 
Seconds . 20 @ 25 
Squabs, dozen .L7o @3.o0 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS 
Calves .„ 5 @ 9 
Lambs, hothouse .3.00 @6.o0 
Pork . ^ @ 9 
LIVESTOCK. 
c teers .4.60 @5.75 
Bulls ....3.00 @4.40 
Cows ’..L90 @4.35 
Calves 4.00 @8.00 
Sheen ..4.00 @5.00 
Lambs .6.00 @7.00 
Hogs ::::::::: . - @ 6.90 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Prices named are for ton lots t. o. b., 
Nitrate of Soda, ton. — @f2.00 
Muriate of Potash. — @41.20 
KSin1t B1 . 0O . a ..'.'.'.‘.v.v.v.':::;: - li?:§§ 
Acid Phosphate .. @4700 
Sulphate of Potash. — @47.00 
Ground Bone . 
Copper Sulphate, bbl. lots. lb. @ 6% 
Sulphur Flowers, bbl. lots, lb. @ 2 /■< 
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