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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
May 5, 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, May 5, 1006. 
FARM TOFICS. 
The Work of a Massachusetts Man.... 385 
I’lank and Frame Barns Combined. 386 
Farmers and a City License. 387 
Sorghum and Clover in Maryland. 387 
Wood Soil for Manure. 388 
Chemicals and Worn-out Soil. I’art V.. 389 
Why Use Sulphur on Potatoes?.390 
Hope Farm Notes. 393 
Hay Doors in Barn. 397 
Crop Prospects . 399 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Scraps and Bone Cutters. 393 
Income from Ayrshire Herds. 394 
Dairy Feeds . 394 
Mapes, the Hen Man. 395 
Barley and Cows . 395 
A Hard Sheep Question. 396 
Cotton-Seed Meal for Hens. 396 
Cow Notes . 396 
Holstein Cow Pontiac Calypso. 397 
Cement Floors for Hogpens. 397 
Effect of Feeding Upon Milk. 397 
Live Stock Records. 397 
Ailing Hens . 397 
Raising a Colt . 397 
HORTICULTURE. 
Asparagus Rust in California. 386 
Why Did Lime and Sulphur Fail?. 387 
Extended Strawberry Season. 388 
Humus in Garden Soil. 388 
How to Fight Maggots. 388 
Why Grow the Clinton Grape?. 389 
Kieflfer Pear for Top-Working. 390 
Strawberries and Rheumatism. 390 
Apples for Cambria Co.. Pa. 390 
Wood Ashes and Hen Manure; Fertilizer 
for Grapes . 390 
Onions and Squash Bugs. 390 
The Value of Nut Culture. 391 
A Canadian Apple Eater. 391 
Banana and Bismarck Apples. 391 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 392 
Purity of Sulphate of Copper. 397 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 400 
The Rural Patterns . 400 
Batter Pudding . 400 
Summer Blouses and Guimpes. 4ol 
A Friend in Need . 401 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
In Favor of Chinese Labor. 386 
Experience With City Helpers. 386 
The Cost of Cement Walks. 386 
Harrowing the Highway. 387 
Some Notable Trees...'.. 387 
Insulating a Water Pipe. 388 
Trouble With a Spring. 390 
Products, Prices and Trade. 391 
Editorials. 308 
Events of the Week. 399 
Dade County Fair . 399 
Conditions in Southern Illinois. 399 
Opportunities at Miami, Florida. 399 
Business Bits . 399 
Publisher's Desk .'. ’. 403 
Humorous.404 
M A Ft K E T S 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending April 28, 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, Macaroni. 
Rye . 
Corn . 
Oats . 
Barley . 
— 
@ 
88% 
— 
@ 
89 
•— 
@ 
65 
— 
@ 
54 
— 
@ 
37 
4(3 
@ 
52 
GRASS SEEDS. 
Per 100 lbs. f. o. b., N. Y. 
for A1 
quality. 
Timothy . 
7.00 
Kentucky Blue Grass. 
Red Top . 
14.00 
10.00 
Alfalfa . 
1 7.00 
Crimson Clover . 
11.00 
Mammoth Red Clover. 
18.00 
Medium Red Clover. 
17.00 
FEED. 
Wholesale at N. Y. ' 
Spring Brau . 
_ 
@21.00 
Middlings . 
@23.00 
Red I >og . 
@24.50 
Oil meal . 
— 
@31.50 
Cottonseed meal . 
@30.00 
hay. 
No. 1 . 
@ 18.00 
No. 2 . 
— 
@17.00 
No. 3 . 
. .14.00 
@14.50 
Clover mixed for whole range.10.00 
@14.00 
Clover . 
@11.00 
STRAW. 
Long rye .. 
@13.50 
Short and tangled. 
, . 8.00 
@10.00 
Oat and wheat. 
@ 8.00 
MILK. 
N. Y. Exchange price .$1.41 per 40-quart 
can, netting 2% cents per quart to shippers 
in 26-cent freight zone who have no extra 
station charges. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, extra . 
Firsts . 
. 21 
. 18 
@ 
@ 
@ 
21% 
20 
Thirds and seconds. 
. 14 
17 
State Dairy, best. 
. - 
(a > 
20 
Lower grades . 
. 14 
Or 
19 
Imitation Creamery . 
. Hi 
@ 
17 
Factory . 
. 12 
(a 
15 % 
Renovated, best . 
. - 
@ 
18 
Lower grades. 
. 1 1 
@ 
15 
Packing stock . 
. 11 
@ 
15 
EGbS. 
Fancy, white . 
. 20 
@ 
_ 
Choice, white . 
. 19 
@ 
— 
Extra mixed colors. 
. 19 
@ 
— 
Western and Southern. 
. 15 
(a) 
17 
Duck eggs . 
. 17 
® 
22 
Goose eggs . 
. 35 
@ 
40 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, fancy. 
. - 
® 
14% 
Good to prime. 
. 13% 
(a) 
14 
Common to fair. 
. 11 
(a 
13 
Light skims. 
. 9 
@ 
10 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evaporated, fey.. 
Evap., choice . 
Evap., prime . 
Sundried . 
Chops, 100 lbs. 
Cores and skins. 100 lbs 
Cherries . 
Huckleberries . 
Raspberries . 
— (® 11 
10% 
10 
7 
2.50 
— as 2.00 
14 @ 15 
10 (S> 12 
— @ 30 
10 Vi @ 
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 
Strawberries, Florida, quart.. 15 
Charleston . 18 
North Carolina . 12 
(a 7.00 
(a 5.50 
(a 5.00 
(<i 5.50 
(0)5.00 
@ 4.00 
(fi 25 
@ 25 
@ 18 
HOTHOUSE GOODS. 
Lettuce, dozen . 40 @ 75 
Mushrooms, lb. 10 @ 45 
Tomatoes, lb. 15 (0 25 
Radishes, 100 bunches.1.50 @ 2.50 
Cucumbers, dozen . 65 @ 90 
Rhubarb, 100 bunches.2.00 @4.00 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Bermuda, new bbl.. 5.00 (0 5.50 
Florida, new .3.00 (0)4.75 
Maine .2.30 @2.50 
State and Western. 2.10 @2.20 
Sweet potatoes, bbl.2.(>0 @3.25 
Artichokes, dozen . 75 @1.00 
Asparagus. Calif., green, doz. .“.no @11.00 
Southern .2.00 @6.00 
Beets, 100 bunches.2.50 @5.00 
Carrots, bbl. 2.00 @3.00 
Cabbage. Southern, bbl. crate. 1.2" @1.50 
Kale, bbl. 50 @ 75 
Lettuce, %-bbI. basket. 75 @1.75 
Onions, Yellow .1.50 @2.00 
Red .1.25 @1.75 
Peppers. 24-qt. carrier.1.00 @2.50 
Peas, 1-3 bbl. basket. 50 @1.25 
String beans, 1-3 bbl. basket.. 1.50 @2.75 
Spinach, bbl. 75 @1.25 
Turnips, bbl.2.00 @ — 
Tomatoes, 24-qt. carrier.1.00 @4.00 
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 Pino, flooring.22.00 
Siding .26.00 
Marrow .... 
Medium . ... 
Pea . 
Red Kidney . 
White Kidney 
Yellow Eye . 
BEANS. 
2.50 
1.60 
1.45 
2.70 
3.10 
1.50 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Broilers, pair. 00 
Fowls . 13 
Turkeys .•. 12 
Ducks, pair . 60 
Geese, pair .LOO 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys . 10 
Chickens, broilers, best. 35 
Seconds . 20 
Chickens . 13 
Fowls . 11 
Ducklings . 20 
Squabs, dozen .1.75 
@20.00 
@22.50 
@27.00 
@ 103.50 
@58.50 
@30.00 
@ 40.00 
@28.00 
@3.05 
<<1 2.05 
@ 1.00 
@2.90 
@3.20 
@1.60 
@ 70 
@ — 
@ — 
@ 85 
@1.50 
@ 18 
@ 40 
@ 25 
@ 19 
@1 13% 
@ — 
@3.75 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS. 
Calves . 4 @ 7% 
Lambs, hothouse .2.50 @6.00 
rork . 7 @ 9 
Steers 
Bulls 
< lows 
Calves 
Sheep 
Lambs 
Hogs 
LIVE STOCK. 
4.80 
3.00 
1.75 
4.00 
3.50 
6.00 
@5.70 
@4.40 
@4.00 
@6.25 
@ 5.00 
@6.90 
@7.10 
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. — 
f. o. b., 
@52.00 
@41.25 
@50.00 
@ 11.00 
@ 11.00 
@47.00 
@25.00 
@34.50 
@ 6 % 
@ 2 % 
Tannery Refuse. —About 10 years ago I 
bought at a tannery seven loads for $4, which 
I hauled two miles, a^d I think one load of 
that refuse is worth at least two of the best 
manure. I put the seven loads on one acre, 
and put. other by the side of it which does not 
show now. but where I put that refuse it can 
be plainly seen to-day. I would pay at least 
$2.50 a load if I could get it, and haul it 
three miles if I had the chance. If I could 
get all I could haul I would hire a man and 
haul all the time if I could get it for hauling 
at least. The only trouble was that I put 
corn where I put the refuse, and the dogs 
in the neighborhood would dig after the scrap- 
pings of the hides, and damaged the corn. 
J. C. M. will not see it quite so much in the 
first crop, say corn, as he will in Timothy and 
clover. It did well on my land, which is 
clay gravel. f. h. s. 
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