382 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
April 28 , 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, April 28, 1906. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Report: of a Potato Crop. 366 
Barn Plan and Silage Cart. 366 
The Value of Humus. 366 
Radical Views on Seed Corn. 367 
Why Did the Alfalfa Fail?. 368 
What One Man Can Do. 3(i8 
Apple Pomace Sours Land. 368 
Improving Hill Land. 368 
Starting Alfalfa i 
Sowing Clover in 
Fertilizer in Kansas. 369 
Working Farm on Shares. 371 
Pole or Tongue for Disk Harrow. 371 
. 373 
. 379 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, fancy. — @ 
Good to prime. 13 %Ca> 
Common to fair. 11 @ 
Light skims . 9 @ 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, Greening, bbl.5.00 
Spy .4.50 
Ben Davis .4.50 
Baldwin .4.50 
Russet .4.50 
Low grades .3.00 
i4y 4 
14 
13 
10 
BUSINESS BITS. 
n Vh'irinin. Strawberries, Florida, quart.. 10 @ 
Iowa . 369 Charleston . 16 @ 
. North Carolina . 10 @ 
@7.00 
@ 5.50 
@5.50 
@5.50 
@5.00 
@4.00 
20 
28 
15 
Hope 
Crop 
Farm Notes. 
Prospects . .. 
Report. 
365 
367 
368 
374 
374 
374 
374 
374 
Iry Scraps Again.375 Beets. 100 hunches 
l.v 'Turkey Talks . 376 Carrots, bbl. 
e With Scratches. 376 Cabbage. Southern. 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
A Talk About Sheep. 
Cosgrove’s March Poultry 
Renovating Old Butter..'. 
Cow With Diarrhoea. 
Cow With Peculiar Ailment.... 
Feeding Cut Hay or Straw Wet 
Value of Orpingtons. 
The Blue Hen. 
What Ailed the Plant?. 374 
Keeping Eggs in Water Glass. 375 
Applying I,ice Powder to Hens. 375 
Poultry ~ 
Timel. 
Horse 
Beets for Milch Cows. 376 
Cow With Diseased IJddcr. '376 
Failure of “Company” Horse Deals.... 376 
Cures for .Tumping Cow. 377 
Cow and Milk Notes. 377 
Weight of Feeds. 377 
Hen Record . 377 
HORTICULTURE. 
Melons on Light Sandy Soil. 365 
Mixed Ashes for Mulching. 368 
Grape Notes . 303 
That Old Vineyard.370 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 372 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 380 
Charity Sweetheart's Letters.3so 
Mrs. Speaker Talks.. 334 
The Rural Patterns.. j 381 
Kitchen Helps .3x1 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
A Rural Magazine Club.365, 366 
Road Working in Nebraska. 366 
The Chinese Diet. 369 
Products*. Prices and Trade. . 370 
More Views on the Chinese Question. .. . 370 
Widow’s Share in New Hampshire. 371 
Lawful Fence in New York. 371 
Pennsylvania Fences .’. 374 
More Fence Questions. . . . 371 
Editorials. [ 37X 
Events of the Week. . 379 
Proposed Changes in Highway Law.. 379 
Publisher's Desk .333 
M A Ft K E T S 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending April 21. 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 . . 
No. 1, Northern Manitoba.. — 
No. 1, Macaroni. — 
Rye . . 
Corn . . 
Gats . . 
Barley . 46 
GRASS SEEDS. 
N. Y. for A1 
HOTHOUSE GOODS 
I.ottuce, dozen . ! 
Mushrooms, lb . 
Tomatoes, lb . 
Radishes, 100 bunches. .. 
Cucumbers, dozen . 
Rhubarb, 100 bunches... 
. 10 
. 20 
. 1.50 
. 65 
. 2.00 
@ 
@ 
@ 
@ 
50 
45 
30 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Bermuda, new, bbl. 
Florida, new . 
Maine . 
State and Western. 
Sweet potatoes, bbl. 
Artichokes, dozen . 
Asparagus, Calif., green, doz. 
Southern 
4.00 
3.00 
2.30 
2.10 
2.00 
75 
5.00 
2.00 
.2.50 
.1.50 
. bbl. crate. 1.75 
Kale, bbl. 25 
Lettuce, %-bbI. basket. 50 
Onions, Conn., white, bbl.2.00 
Yellow .1.25 
Red .1.25 
Peppers, 24-qt. carrier.1.00 
Peas, 1-3 bbl. basket. 75 
String beans. 1-3 bbl. basket.. 1.00 
Spinach, bbl. 90 
Turnips, bbl.2.00 
Tomatoes, 24-qt. carrier.1.00 
LUMBER. 
Wholesale in N. V. 
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 Kidney.2.70 
White Kidney .3.10 
Y’ellow Eye .1.50 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Fowls . 13 
Turkeys . 13 
Ducks, pair . 60 
Geese, pair .1.00 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys . 16 
Chickens, broilers, best. 35 
Seconds . 20 
Chickens . 13 
Fowls . ll 
Ducklings . 20 
Squabs, dozen .1.75 
@2.50 
@ 90 
@4.00 
@6.50 
@5.00 
@2.50 
@ 2.20 
@3.25 
@ 1.00 
(a 10.00 
@6.00 
fa 5.00 
@2.50 
@2.25 
@ 75 
@2.00 
@5.00 
@1.75 
@1.75 
@3.00 
@ 1.50 
@2.25 
@1.75 
@ — 
@4.00 
@20.00 
@22.50 
@27.00 
@ 103.50 
@ 58.50 
@30.00 
@40.00 
@28.00 
@3.05 
<0 2.05 
@ 1.60 
@2.90 
@3.20 
@1.60 
@ — 
@ 18 
@ 85 
@1.50 
@ 
@ 
@ 
@ 
@ 
@ 
@3.75 
18 
40 
25 
19 
13 Vj 
(’al ves 
Lambs, 
Pork . 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS. 
hothouse .2.50 
.. 7 
LIVE STOCK. 
.4.80 
.3.00 
.1.75 
.4.00 
.3.50 
Lambs .6.00 
Hogs . — 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Steers 
Hills 
< ’ows 
Calves 
Sheen 
@ sy 2 
@5.50 
@ 9 
@5.70 
@4.40 
@ 4.00 
@6.75 
@ 4.65 
@6.90 
@7.10 
lbs. f. 0 . b., 
Grass. 
Per 100 
Timothy . 
Kentucky Blue 
Red Top .... 
Alfalfa . 
Crimson Clover. 
Mammoth Red Clover 
Medium Red Clover. 
Prices named are for ton 
v v 
lots. 
f. 0 . b.. 
@ 
DO Vs 
Nitrate of Soda, ton. 
. 
@52.00 
@ 
*11 1:. 
Muriate of Potash. 
— 
@41.25 
@ 
89 
Dried Blood . 
— 
@50.00 
(a 
65 
Kalnit .. 
— 
@11.00 
@ 
54 
Acid Phosphate . 
— 
@11.00 
@ 
37 
Sulphate of Potash. 
— 
@47.00 
(d> 
52 
Ground Bone . 
— 
@25.00 
Tankage . 
_ 
@34.50 
Cooper Sulphate, bbl. lots. lb. 
— 
@ OV, 
quality. 
Sulphur Flowers, bbl. lots. lb. 
— 
@ 2% 
Wholesale at 
Spring Bran 
N. 
FEED. 
Y. 
7.00 
14.00 
10.00 
17.00 
11.00 
18.00 
17.00 
— @19,90 
Middlings . 22.00@2.3>)0 
Red Dog 
Oil meal . 
Cottonseed meal 
HAY. 
No. 1 .17.00 
No. 2 . 16.00 
No. 3 .14.00 
Clover mixed for whole range.lo.00 
Clover . 9.00 
STRAW. 
Long rye .11.00 
Short and tangled . 8.00 
Oat and wheat. —. 
MILK. 
In effect April 16 the N. 
was reduced to $1.41 per 
ing 2% cents per quart 
@24.00 
@ 29.50 
@30.00 
@18.00 
@ 1 6.50 
@14.50 
@14.00 
@ 11.00 
@ 1 3.50 
@10.00 
@ 8.00 
Y. Exchange 
40-quart can, 
in 
price 
nett- 
freight zone who have no 
extra station 
charges. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, extra . 
21 
@ 
21 Vr, 
Firsts . 
18 
@ 
20 
Thirds and seconds.. 
14 
@ 
17 
State Dairy, best. 
_ 
@ 
20 
Lower grades . 
14 
@ 
19 
Imitation Creamerv . 
16 
@ 
17 
Factory . 
12 
@ 
1 5 V. 
Renovated, best . 
@ 
IS 
Lower grades . 
11 
@ 
15 
Packing stock . 
11 
@ 
15 
EGGS. 
Fancv, white . 
21 
@ 
- 
Choice, white . 
19 
@ 
20 
Extra mixed colors. 
19 
@ 
Western and Southern. 
15 
(al 
17 
I *uck eggs . 
25 
@ 
35 
Goose eggs . 
— 
@ 
75 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evaporated, fev. 
_ 
@ 
11 
Evap., choice . 
9l£@ 
10 
Evap., prime . 
9 
(d 
9 u 
Evap.. common to fair. . .. 
7 
(ft) 
8 Vi 
Sundried . 
5 
@ 
7 
Chops, 100 lbs.2 
45 
@ 2 
.60 
Cores and skins, 100 lbs.... 1 
,90 
@ 2 
.00 
Cherries . 
14 
@ 
15 
Huckleberries . 10 
Raspberries . — 
@ 
12 
30 
Butter Farming Train.— New England is 
the first eastern section to copy the western 
plan of sending out a railroad farmers’ insti¬ 
tute. The New England Homestead started the 
plan, the Boston & Maine R. R. furnished 
the cars, and the Experiment Stations, under 
direction of Prof. Brooks of the Massachu¬ 
setts Agricultural College, organized the 
meetings and the exhibits. One of our 
readers thus describes the train—which ran 
through Massachusetts, Vermont and New 
Hampshire: 
“It is composed of four cars, one devoted 
to farm crops and fertilizers, one to animal 
husbandry, and one and part of another ,to 
fruit growing, forestry, etc. The train 
makes stops of 40 minutes or more at cer¬ 
tain stations along its route. As the train 
stops an announcer requests the crowd to 
choose the car whose subject interests him 
most, and be seated during the 10 or 20 
minutes lecture. Seats are removed from the 
front end (perhaps a third) of the car and 
long tables on either side hold exhibits per¬ 
taining to the subject treated. All along 
both sides of the car are hung bulletins, 
pictures, charts, data. etc. After the lecture 
the people pass forward and out of the car 
examining the exhibits and asking questions 
of those in charge. Entrance to the cars 
was by the rear door only. Tlie> whole affair 
was admirably arranged and executed, but 
the facilities were hardly adequate, for each 
car was too crowded to allow of free circula¬ 
tion, and the time was all too short. It was 
scarcely enough to allow careful investiga¬ 
tion of one car, to say nothing of the others.” 
Lath and Plaster for Tank. —I have 
been much interested in the articles in your 
paper about watsr tanks. There is one in 
this place, built 15 or 20 years ago, of two- 
inch chestnut plank lined with galvanized 
iron. In a few years the iron rusted out, 
then it was lathed and plastered with Port¬ 
land cement, and is now doing good service. 
Gilead, Conn. h. b. b. 
The Fairbanks Company of New York, who 
have long been specialists in the matter of 
adapting gasoline engines to specific duties, 
have branch houses all over the country. 
They are a good concern for farmers to look 
to for powers adapted to their uses. Experts 
on conditions, requirements, power, duty, 
style of engine needed, etc., go out and look 
personally into each case and attend to the 
proper installation of the engine. You are 
pretty sure of not going wrong on anything 
when you buy a Fairbanks Engine. If you 
need an engine, get started bv writing The 
Fairbanks Company. New York, for their 
little free book on “Farm Power.” 
Every farmer, every land owner, wlio has 
a boggy _ or swampy piece of ground may 
learn, without cost, bow to reclaim it and 
make it profitable at little expense. John II. 
Jackson. 76 Third Avenue, Albany, N. Y.. has 
published a thoroughly practical treatise on 
drainage, and he will send this little book free 
to anyone who is interested. Practical ex 
perience demonstrates that file drained land 
is made very productive through the liberal 
admission of air and the carrving off of sur¬ 
plus moisture. The increase in the value of 
land after the laying of the tile wiil more 
than repay the cost of draining. If you have 
reclairnable land write to-day for a copy of 
this interesting book. 
FOR SALE 
Trotting Mare 
HOPE FARM BEAUTY 
SIRED BY ALCERENER, 2.19, 
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great speed and endurance. Address H. W.C., care 
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R 
$1 
OSE COMB BROWN LEGHORN EGGS 
for hatching that will proauce beauties and layers 
per 15; $4 per luO. I. C. Hawkins, Chester, N. Y. 
ROSE COMB RHODE ISLAND REDS-®??,,fig 
right. Circular free. E. E. BAUM. Potsdam, N. Y. 
GEILF. HAMMOND. EST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN. 
•I 
kinds of 
Rue Nebraska Experiment Station authori¬ 
ties are quoted as estimating that from 85 
per cent to 90 per cent of the nearly 35,000 
separators in use in Nebraska are the 
famous De Laval machines. These well-known 
separators are used in everv part of the 
world, and in view of the exceptional effi¬ 
ciency and the general satisfaction they give 
the user it is not surprising to find that over 
85 per cent of the separators in use In 
Nebraska are of De Laval make. A hand¬ 
somely illustrated catalogue of the Do Luval 
machines and any desired information can 
be had for the asking by addressing The 
De Laval Separator Co., 74 Cortiandt Street, 
New 1 ork City, or any one of the Company’s 
numerous branches. 
The making of hay demands the best 
thought of the farmer, and likewise the best 
tools he can procure—tools that will help him 
to handle the crop at the proper time and 
in the proper manner. Time Is an important 
factor in the haying season, and the right 
sort of tools will save their cost in time 
saved, and in the better quality of the hay 
they enable the farmer to harvest. The 
Dain Manufacturing Co.. Ottumwa. Iowa, are 
known all over this country as makers of 
farm tools of superior merit. Write for cir¬ 
culars and prices of these tools and he ready 
to handle hay In the quicker and better way 
made possible by the Dain side delivery hay 
and bean rake, which handles hay or beans 
equally well ; the Dain hav loader and the 
Dain baling press—the best, most durable 
press made. 
Tea and coffee never hurt the average per¬ 
son when used in moderation and when made 
right. Tea should never be boiled. Scald 
the teapot first, then just pour freshlv boiled 
water on the leaves, let stand five minutes, 
and you have a delicious, refreshing beverage 
that mildly exhilarates without leaving anv 
reaction. Physicians say one or two cup’s 
of coffee daily, made from a good blend of 
Java and Mocha, furnish a desirable brain 
stimulus and a certain amount of actual 
nutrition. But the tea and coffee must be 
good quality, and usually when good are ex¬ 
pensive. Now .Tames Van D.vk Company, 307 
Water St.. New York, will sell vou a regu¬ 
lar 60-cent quality of tea for 35 cents and a 
35-cent quality for 25 cents. They buy from 
the importer and seDd direct to you,‘giving 
you the middlemen’s profits. For 10 cents 
they will send you. if you mention The 
R. N.-Y., a three-ounce sample of coffee and 
a two-ounce sample of tea ; five ounces in 
all. Your future orders will be exactly the 
same as your samples, too. Here’s where 
you can save money by drinking better tea 
and coffee. Just put five two-cent stamps in 
an envelope with your name and address 
mention The R. N.-Y. and mail to-dav— 
that’s all. 
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Merchants and Dealers in all kirn.., 
COUNTRY PRODUCE, Apples, Peaches, Berries. 
Butter. Eggs, Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms and llot- 
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34 & 36 Little 13th St.. New York. 
LAMBS 
Calves, 
tables. 
SHIP 
SPRAY MATERIAL 
BERRY BASKETS 
AND CRATES. 
Everything for planting, 
growing, harvesting ana 
marketing fruit. Write us 
to-day and let us quote you 
a special price on what you 
need. The Powerful Barrel 
Pump shown here can be at¬ 
tached to any barrel. Price 
complete, ready to use, 
only $ 4 . 95 , Send for our 
catalogue of trees, plants, 
... vines and everything need- 
ed to care for them. It is free with a copy 
of Green s Big Fruit Grower Magazine. 
GREEN’S NURSERY CO., 
105 Wall Street, Rochester, N. Y. 
ENSILAGE 
CUTTER 
BLIZZARD 
with wind elevator, either mounted 
or unmounted. Cuts hay, straw, 
feed, etc. Elevates to any height. 
Strong, durable, economical. Fully 
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bow to get a machine on trial. 
Send for new illustra¬ 
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Works, Box69 teuton, O. 
COOPER 
& SHEEP Dip 
Bws ..._ 
STANDARD OF THE WORLD f«r 60 
year*. Used on 850 millions annually. If local 
druggist cannot *upplv, send 01.75 for 08 (100 gaL) 
YCKLYN, 72 Bearer St., «. Y. 
Poultry, Hothouse Products, Fruits, Vege- 
Top prices for choice goods. 
Write us what you have for sale. 
ARCHDEACON & CO., 100 Murray St, N.Y. 
your Butter, Cheese, Eggs, Poultry 
Apples, etc., to the Oldest Commission 
House in New 1 ork. Established 1838. 
E. B. WOODWARD, 302 Greenwich St., New York. 
UTI D for farms, dairies and factories fur- 
" 1 “ r nished. Mail orders a specialty. 
Immigrant Labor Exchange, Inc., 2 Carlisle St., N.Y 
W ANTED—Position by a young man in private 
family. Good gardener, and to make himself 
useful around country place. 
L. 8.. Care kitral New-Yorker. 
CARMS- For rich farming, fruit growing fine 
* climate, write J. I). S. HANSON, Hart, Mich. 
MICHIGAN FAKM FOR SALK.—X am compelled to 
1,1 sell a tine Michigan farm of 80 acres and 320 acres 
of unimproved land at an exceedingly low figure. If 
you are interested, write li. L. Cutler, Luther. Mich. 
90 Acres, with Stock and Tools, 
for only $1,000. keep 8 cows, plenty of wood and 
timber; 100 bbls. apples in season, pears and plums; 
house 9 rooms, piazza, painted and blinded; barn 
36x36, stable 25x26, shop and hennery, all in good 
repair, shaded by maples, pleasant, view of village, 
few steps to neighbors, 146 miles to village, 4 cows, 
mowing machine, horse rake. plow, cultivator, disk 
harrow, farm wagon and rack, hoes, shovels,etc., all 
included, for only $1,000, $1,000 down and easy terms; 
full details in “ Strout’s List No. 16,” a circular de¬ 
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trades selected from more than 3.000 farms listed 
for sale; 5 to 400 acres. $500 to $20,000: write to-day 
for free copy. E. A. STROUT, Dept. 42, 150 Nassau 
Street, New York City. 
EXACT WEIGHT 
STEEL LEVERS, DOUBLE BEAM, 6 TON 14x8 
Wagon Scales 
$25 
On trial. Pay when satisfied. 
TRUE WEIGHT CO., 
Box No. 5 BINGHAMTON N. Y. 
SI 
THE PHILADELPHIA 
The BEST ON EARTH. 
Has the Longest Test and Most in Use. Continuous 
Opening from Top to Bottom. The only opening 
Roof made. 
TANKS AND TOWERS 
Ask for price and catalog. 
E. F. SOHLICHTER, 1910Market St., Pliila., Penna. 
Cream Raisers 
pkt. to CYRIL FI 
and u p 
Does alia 
8100.00 sep¬ 
arator will. Run* 
Itself, no crank t(. 
turn, no complicated 
machinery to wu«h. 
Raises cream between 
milkings, gets more 
cream therefore more 
butter. Gives sweet, 
undiluted skim milk 
——for house use,calves 
? n £j?”^ s * N°crocks or pans to handle, no ek 1 m m 1 n g 
50,000 gravity separators sold in 1905, 11 ) 01*0 Boss t*iniii 
any other kind. Best and cheapest separator made. 
Free Trial Given. Catalogue Free. Write today. 
Bluffton Cream Separator Co., Box Mi Bluffton, O. 
KA DEXX 
Cream Extractor 
, Has three times the separat¬ 
ing power of other makes. 
Does not mix water and milk. 
Beats Them Ail 
because it gets more cream. 
More butter. Greater profits. 
Easiertocleanandoperate. No 
waste. Durable. Anti-rust 
throughout. Results auaran- 
teea. Catalog free. W rite to¬ 
day. We want food agents. 
KA DEXX CREAM SEPARATOR CO, 
30 KaDexx Bldg. ROCHESTER, N.Y. 
ICKMORE’3 
GALL CURE 
Is sold by all dealers 
and they will pay the 
noney back if it does 
not cure harness and 
, saddle galls, wire 
cuts, speed cracks, 
scratches or grease 
heel while you work 
the horse. Nothing 
better for bruises, 
rope burn, old sores 
or cracked cow’s 
teats. No substitute 
one half so good. Write 
__ _ today for B ic k m o r e ’ 3 
Horse Book, illustrated, and large FREE 
Sample box Gall Cure for 10 cents to pay 
postage on both. Sold by dealers. Bick- 
more Gall Cure Co., Box 912 Old Town, Maine. 
