362 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
April 21 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, April 21, 1906. 
FARM TOPICS. 
The Chinese as Farm Laborers.345, 346 
Short Succession of Forage Crops. 347 
«%emicals With Manure for Corn....'.. 348 
Hviiato seal) . 348 
Hen Manure for Potatoes. 348 
iUotf»$oes to Follow Potatoes. 348 
‘Cow Peas and Wheat. 349 
‘Chemicals and Worn-Out Soil. Part IV 351 
4lo]>e Farm Notes. 353 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
■Early Pasture for Cattle. 350 
Will Pork-Making Pay?.354 
Better Care for Veal Calves. 354 
Horse and Cow Questions. 354 
Sick Turkey and Chicks. 355 
Care of Little Chicks. 355 
Dry Feed for Chicks. 355 
Dried Blood for Poultry. 355 
A February Record. 355 
Fodder Crops for Hogs. 356 
Fattening Veal Calves. 356 
Trouble With the Sheep. 356 
Heifer With Defective Udder. 357 
Ventilating a Sheep Barn. 357 
Care of Colt's Feet. 357 
Canadian Dairying . 359 
Milk Offenders . 359 
HORTICULTURE. 
The Work of Lime and Sulphur. 346 
Plum Curculio: Bordeaux Mixture. 346 
Crowbar Planting. Fruit Varieties. 348 
Starting Raspberries and Blackberries. . 348 
Proclaim the Gospel of Fruit Eating.... 349 
“What Apples Shall -We Eat?". 349 
Are Planters Using Smaller Trees?. . . . 350 
Oyster-Shell Bark Louse. 350 
Top-Grafting Ben Davis . 350 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 352 
The Rebecca Grape. 363 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 360 
Hard Soap . 360 
Soft Soap . 360 
An Iron Sink . 360 
Nothing But Codfish . 361 
The Rural Patterns . 361 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Exercise Before School. 346 ' 
Mail Box on a Wire. 346 
"Mistakes in a Cooling Room. 347 
5>rag the Road. 347 
A Concrete Bridge . 348 
Business Bits . 351 
'The Auto Robber . 354 
'Editorials.358 
Events of the Week. 359 
Possibilities of Middle South. 359 
Eastern Advantages . 359 
Publisher’s Desk . 363 
Dog Laws in Virginia . 363 
Humorous. 364 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending April 14, 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 . — @ 88 >4 
No. 1, Northern Manitoba.. — @ 90 
No. 1, Macaroni. — @ 89 
Rye . — @ 63 
Corn . — @ 53 
Oats . — (5; 36 
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 
Mammoth Red Clover. 18.00 
Medium Red Clover. 17.00 
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 . 
— (j 20.00 
22.000 23.00 
— @24.50 
— 0 31.50 
— @30.00 
21.00@ 22.00 
23.00@24.00 
— @25.00 
24.00029.00 
— @35.00 
— @25.00 
HAY. 
No. 1 . 
No. 2 . 
No. 3 . 
Clover, mixed, for whole range 
Clover. 
15.50@ 16.50 
14.00015.00 
12.00013.00 
9.00014.00 
9.00011.00 
STRAW. 
Long rye . 
Short and tangled . 
Oat and wheat . 
MILK. 
11.00013.00 
8.000 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 .. 
EGGS. 
Fancy, white ... 
Choice, white. 
Extra mixed colors. 
Western and Southern. 
Duck eggs . 
Goose eggs . 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, fancy. 
Good to prime. 
Common to fair. 
f Light skims . 
21 
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21 Vo 
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20 
14 
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17 
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20 
14 
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19 
16 
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17 
12 
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16 
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13% 
11 
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15 
11 
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21 
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181/* @ 
19 
18 Vi @ 
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15 
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17 
25 
@ 
35 
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75 
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14% 
1315 0- 
14 
11 
13 
9 
<§s 
10 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evaporated, fey.. 
Evap., choice . 
Evap., prime . 
Evap.. common to fair. 
Sunoried. 
Chops, 100 lbs. 
Cores and skins, 100 lbs 
Cherries. 
Huckleberries. 
Raspberries. 
@2.60 
@ 2.00 
@ 15 
— 12 
@ 30 
FRESH 
Apples, Greening, bbl. 
Spy. 
Ben Davis . 
Baldwin. 
Russet. 
Low grades . 
Strawberries, Florida, 
Charleston. 
FRUITS. 
.5.00 
.4.50 
.4.50 
.4.50 
.4.50 
.3.00 
quart. . 18 
. 25 
HOTHOUSE GOODS. 
Lettuce, dozen . 25 
Mushrooms, lb. 10 
Tomatoes, lb . 20 
Radishes, 100 bunches........ 1.50 
Cucumbers, dozen .1.25 
Rhubarb. 100 bunches.2.50 
Beet Tops, bu. 50 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes. Bermuda, new, bbl..5.00 
Bermuda, 2d crop.4.00 
Florida, new .3.00 
Maine. ..2.25 
State and Western.2.15 
Sweet potatoes, bbl.2.00 
Artichokes, dozen . 75 
Asparagus, Calif., green, doz. .5.00 
Southern.2.00 
Beets. 100 bunches.2.00 
Carrots, bbl.1.00 
Cabbage, Southern, bbl. crate.. 1.75 
Chicory, bbl.2.50 
Escarol, bbl.3.00 
Kale, bbl. .. 75 
Lettuce, Vj-bbl. basket. 50 
Onions, Conn., white, bbl.2.00 
Yellow.1.25 
Red.1.25 
Peppers, 24-qt. carrier.1.00 
J’eas, 1-3 bbl. basket.1.00 
String beans, 1-3 bbl. basket..1.50 
Spinach, bbl. 90 
Turnips, bbl.2.00 
Tomatoes, 24-qt. carrier.1.00 
LUMBER. 
Wholesale in N. Y. 
Hemlock, joist, 1.000. —• 
Boards .21.50 
Timber, 20 to 32 ft.20.00 
White Pine, uppers.86.50 
Shelving.36.50 
Box.24.50 
Yellow Pine, flooring.22.00 
Siding.26.00 
BEANS. 
Marrow.2.50 
Medium.1.60 
Pea.1.45 
Red Kidnev .2.60 
White Kidney .3.10 
Yellow Eye .1.50 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Fowls. 15 
Turkeys. 16 
Ducks, pair . 60 
Geese, pair .1.00 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys. 15 
Chickens, broilers, best. 30 
Seconds. 20 
Chickens. 13 
Fowls. 11 
Ducklings. 20 
Squabs, dozen .1.75 
07.00 
0 5.50 
@ 5.00 
@5.50 
§ 5.00 
4.00 
25 
@ 35 
@ 60 
0 50 
0 35 
0)3.00 
01.75 
@4.00 
@ 75 
@7.50 
@7.00 
06.00 
0 2.40 
(n 2.30 
@3.25 
@ 1.00 
010.00 
@6.00 
@5.00 
@1.25 
@2.25 
@3.00 
0 3.50 
@1.00 
@2.00 
@6.00 
@1.75 
@1.75 
@2.25 
@3.50 
@5.00 
@1.75 
@ — 
@4.50 
@20.00 
@22.50 
@27.00 
@103.50 
@58.50 
@30.00 
@40.00 
@28.00 
@3.05 
@ 2.05 
@1.62 
@2.80 
@3.20 
@1.60 
@ — 
@ 18 
@ 85 
@1.50 
@ 18 
@ 35 
@ 25 
@ 19 
@ 14 
@ 22 
@3.50 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS. 
Calves. 3 @ 8% 
Lambs, hothouse .3.00 @7.00 
Pork. 7 @ 9 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers.4.60 
Bulls. 3.00 
Cows.1.75 
Calves. 4.00 
Sheep.3.00 
Lambs.6.00 
Hogs. — 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Prices named are for ton lots, 
N. Y. 
Nitrate of Soda, ton. — 
Muriate of Potash. — 
Dried Blood . — 
Kainit. —• 
Acid Phosphate . — 
Sulphate of Potash. — 
Ground Bone . — 
Tankage. — 
Copper Sulphate, bbl. lots, lb. — 
Sulphur Flowers, bbl. lots. lb. — 
@5.80 
@4.40 
@4.00 
@8.00 
@4.50 
@6.90 
@6.90 
f. o. b., 
@52.00 
@41.25 
0)50.00 
@ 11.00 
@11.00 
@47.00 
@25.00 
@34.50 
@ 6i/, 
@ 2% 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
Tub potato market weakened soon after 
the heavy rise last reported, and prices are 
now unsettled at about 25 cents per barrel 
lower. 
Last week’s outlook regarding butter was 
quickly upset by a drop of three to four 
cents in creamery and State dairy. The 
price is now seven cents less than at same 
date last year, and is but little above usual 
grass prices. 
Wool. —Reports from Boston show a fair¬ 
ly strong market. Some typical prices recently 
paid are: Michigan fine unwashed, 24 to 25 
cents; Ohio and Pennsylvania XX, 35; 
fine unwashed, 26: unwashed delaine, 23 to 
29; Idaho, fine, 22; Wyoming fine, 21, me¬ 
dium. 26. 
Strawberries are arriving from Florida 
and Charleston freely and prices have de¬ 
clined. The demand is very good, and will 
increase, as ihe quality of the fruit is in¬ 
proving. Southern growers have got rid of 
some of the inferior varieties with shipping 
qualities like stones, which were raised in 
former years. This is a wise move as people 
are less tolerant of inferior varieties than 
formerly. At one time the Wilson strawberry 
was a widespread favorite. Now almost noth¬ 
ing is heard of it. It had many merits, but 
more palatable, less acid sorts have taken 
its place. 
A reader asks for information regarding 
lost heirs. He has heard that an advertise¬ 
ment in a Scottish newspaper calls for the 
heirs of a possible estate in Australia. This 
advertisement was doubtless one of the many 
fakes that have appeared. Those replying to 
it will receive among other things a request 
for a $5 or $10 fee for further particulars, 
blanks to fill out, etc., and after the fee is 
sent nothing more will be beard. Of course 
there are cases where the scattered heirs of 
an estate are sought in this way, but this one 
has the air of mystery about It characteristic 
of the fake kind. 
CORNED BEEF 
We use only FRESH BEEF, and then nothing hut 
the plates. WE GUARANTEE THE QUALITY. 
Everybody orders again, as the CORNED BEEF is as 
we represent. Write for prices^will answer promptly. 
GEO. NYE & COMPANY 
SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 
STRAW th! country STRAW 
Calves, both live and dressed, have met a 
bad market this week, and the results are 
sure to be unsatisfactory to shippers. “Fatted 
calf" is not now considered a requisite of a 
feast, so the Easter holidays do not particu¬ 
larly improve the veal trade. Lambs have 
done better. Spring lamb Is a favorite dish 
for the Easter trade, and, when prime, there 
is probably no finer meat to be had. Some 
of the daily newspapers have just learned 
that there is such a thing as “hothouse 
lamb,” but they appear to have “got their 
labels mixed.” It is said that these Iambs 
begin to arrive about the middle of March : 
that they weigh about 24 pounds with hide 
on; are raised in artificial heat, much the 
same as greenhouse plants; and have sold 
for $35 to $45 each. The last statement 
will he a surprise to shippers who have been 
getting only $6 to $9 per head. The facts 
are that the best of these lambs weigh about 
35 pounds dressed; that they are on hand 
for the Christmas trade; practically all sell 
within the range of $5 to $10; and with few 
exceptions no artificial heat is used. 
Arpi.ES. —Prices remain about the same as 
for some time past; $7 wholesale is the 
highest figure noted, but most sales run 
from $4.50 to $5.50. This is the “open sea¬ 
son" for Ben Davis here, and very fine spec¬ 
imens of western-grown are seen. The friends 
of this variety have done much to bring it 
into disrepute by urging indiscriminate plant¬ 
ing of it wherever apples will grow, and the 
EXTRA long RYE, $13 per ton. 
COWS ONE HoIsTeTn FOR SALE 
F. W. O. SCHMITZ, 
Prince Bay, Richmond Co., N. V. 
O 111 ri* y° ur Butter, Cheese, Eggs, Poultry 
■ I I ■ Apples, etc., to the Oldest Commission 
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References requi-ed. Apply SUPERINTENDENT'S 
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W ANTED—Man to take charge of small farm near 
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understand management of horses and cattle. State 
experience and references. Wages $40 per month, 
with house. Chance for advancement to right man. 
C. W. E., Rural New-Yorker. 
F ARMS—For rich farming, fruit growing fine 
climate, write J. D. S. HANSON, liai't, Mich. 
Oil C Cheapest one ever offered; 
OHLL splendid location and elegant 
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100 acres in cultivation: contains 200 acres; near Sal¬ 
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B EAUTIFUL COUNTRY HOME-Healthy and 
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result has been a lot of worthless fruit. There 
are localities where creditable Spitzenhurg or 
Spy cannot be grown, and people do not at¬ 
tempt commercial culture of them under 
such uncongenial conditions. I have seen 
both Spy and Spitzenhurg that disgraced their 
names as badly as the corky, ill-grown and 
improperly handled Ben Davis, which has 
served as a text for so many horticultural 
speakers and writers. One of the most at¬ 
tractive of the newer varieties that have 
appeared in this market in small quantities 
is Hyde King. It is large, firm, yellowish 
green, many with a red cheek, very attrac¬ 
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many other kinds are past their prime, pleas¬ 
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cooks well. It really looks like a new busi¬ 
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