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May 19, 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker. May 19, 190C. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Alfalfa for Eastern Farmers. Tart 
XI.421 422 
Hope Farm Notes..’ 427 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Visit to a Successful Milk Dairy. 422 
Incubator Experience . 434 
Some Pennsylvania Hens. 434 
Dried Blood for Calves. 434 
Feeding Beet Pulp and Alfalfa to Sheep. 435 
The Eggs too Large. 435 
HORTICULTURE. 
Notes on Melon Culture.422, 423 
Marking an Orchard by Wheel Power.. 423 
Japan Clover for Orchard Mulch. 423 
The Crop of Rhubarb. 423 
Cold Storage for Farm Apples. 423 
The Seedless Apple Is Not Wormless.. 424 
Apple Questions from Virginia. 424 
Hyde King Apple. 425 
Ruralisms . 426 
Currant Notes. 435 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 430 
Dumb Waiter for Fuel. 430 
Nasturtiums . 430 
A Bed of Perennials. 430 
'I'lie Bookshelf . 430 
The Rural Patterns.-.. 431 
Other Spring Sewing. 431 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
One Man’s Strenuous Job... 424 
Ila.v Rack Loader.425 
Southern Views of Chinese Labor. 425 
Editorials . 428 
Events of the Week. 429 
Confessions of a Mail Carrier. 42!) 
Publisher's Desk . 433 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending May 12. 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 revision 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. 46 
FEED. 
Wholesale at N. Y. 
City Bran . — 
Middlings . — 
Red Dog . — 
Oil meal . — 
Cottonseed meal . — 
Retail Western N. Y. 
Bran .22.00 
Middlings .23.00 
Red Dog .:. — 
Gluten .24.00 
Oil meal . — 
Corn and oats . — 
HAY. 
No. 1 . — 
No. 2 .15.50 
No. 3 .12.50 
Clover mixed for whole range. 10.00 
Clover .10.00 
STRAW. 
Long rye . — 
Short and tangled .11.00 
Oat and wheat. — 
MILK. 
In effect May 11 the N. Y. Exchange price 
was reduced one-fourth cent to $1.31 per 40- 
quart can. netting 2% cents per quart to 
shippers in 26-eent freight zone who have no 
exlra station charges. 
BUTTER. 
@ oo% 
@ 85 
@ 63 
@ 58 
@ 38 
@ K9 
@23.00 
@23.50 
@24.50 
@31.50 
@29.00 
@23.00 
@24.00 
(a 25.00 
@29.00 
@35.00 
@25.00 
@18.00 
<§ 16.00 
@13.50 
@14.00 
@11.00 
@13.00 
@ 11.50 
@ 9.00 
Creamerv, extra .. 
. . - 
@ 
20% 
Firsts . 
. 18 
@ 
1!) 
Thirds and seconds. 
. 13 
@ 
17 
State Dairy, best. 
, . - 
@ 
20 
Lower grades .. 
,. 13 
@ 
19 
Imitation Creamery . 
.. 15 
@ 
16 
Factory . 
@ 
15 
Renovated, best . 
_ - 
@ 
16% 
Lower grades . 
, . 10 
@ 
14 
Packing stock . 
@ 
13% 
EGGS. 
Fancv. white. 
. 20 
@ 
— 
Choice, white . 
. 19 
19% 
Extra mixed colors . 
. 1!) 
@ 
— 
Western and Southern . 
. 15 
@ 
18 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, fancy . 
. - 
@ 
141/4 
Good to prime . 
. 13% @ 
14 
Common to fair . 
. 11 
@ 
13 
New Crop 
Full cream best . 
■ @ 
9% 
Fair to good . 
... 8%@ 
9 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evaporated, fev. 
. 11 % @ 
12 
Evap., choice . 
. 11% @ 
11% 
Evap., prime . 
. 10%@ 
11 
Chops. 1O0 lbs. 
@2. 
.60 
Cores and skins, 100 lbs... 
.2.00 
@2, 
.10 
Cherries . 
. 14 
@ 
15 
Huckleberries . 
. 10 
@ 
12 
Raspberries . 
@ 
30 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, Spy .5.00 
Ben Davis .4.50 
Baldwin .5.00 
@6.50 
@5.50 
@6.25 
Russet .4.25 @5.25 
Low grades .3.00 @4.00 
Strawberries. Charleston .... 4 @ 16 
North Carolina . 5 @ 15 
Norfolk . 8 @ 15 
Eastern Shore . 10 @ 15 
Maryland . 10 @ 15 
BEANS. 
Marrow .2.50 @3.05 
Medium .1.60 @2.05 
Pea .1.50 @1.70 
Red Kidney .2.70 @3.05 
White Kidney .3.10 @3.20 
HOTHOUSE GOODS 
Lettuce, dozen . 50 @1.25 
Mushrooms, lb. 15 @ 60 
Tomatoes, lb. 10 @ 15 
Radishes, 100 bunches .1.00 @1.75 
Cucumbers, bu. box.2.00 @4.00 
Rhubarb, 100 bunches.1.00 @1.50 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes. Bermuda, new, bbl..3.00 @6.00 
Florida, new .3.00 @5.25 
Maine .2.15 @2.25 
State and Western .2.00 @2.20 
Sweet potatoes, bbl.2.00 @3.25 
Artichokes, dozen . 50 @1.00 
Asparagus, prime, doz.2.50 @3.50 
Seconds .1.75 @2.00 
Beets. 100 bunches.4.00 @7.00 
Carots, 100 bunches.3.00 @5.00 
Cabbage. Southern, bbl. crate. 1.25 @2.00 
Kale, bbl. 25 @ 75 
Lettuce, *4bbl. basket.1.00 @2.50 
Onions. State & W'n. old, bbl 50 @1.50 
Bermuda, bu. crate.1.35 @1.40 
Texas, crate .1.25 @1.50 
Okra, 24-qt. carrier.2.00 @3.00 
Parsley, bu. box.1.50 @2.00 
Peppers, 24-qt. carrier.1.00 @2.00 
Peas, 1-3 bill, basket.1.25 @2.50 
Radishes, 1-3 bbl. bkt. 50 @1.00 
String beans. 1-3 bbl. basket..1.00 @3.00 
Spinach, bbl. 75 @1.25 
Turnips, bbl: ..2.00 @ — 
Tomatoes, 24-qt. carrier.1.00 @3.50 
Yellow Eye .1.50 @1.60 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Broilers, pair . 25 @ 55 
Fowls . 14 @ -— 
Turkeys . 12 @ — 
Ducks, pair . 60 @ 85 
Geese, pair .1.00 @1.50 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys . 16 @ 18 
Chickens, broilers, best. 33 @ 35 
Seconds . 20 @ 30 
Fowls . n @ 13 % 
Ducklings . 17 @ 19 
Squabs, dozen .1.25 @2.00 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS. 
Calves . 5 @ 914 
Lambs, hothouse .2.50 @6.50 
Pork . 7 @ 9 % 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers .4.80 @5.70 
Bulls .3.40 @4.85 
Cows .2.00 @4.25 
Galves .4.50 @7.00 
Sheep .3.50 @5.00 
Lambs .6.00 @6.50 
Hogs . — @6.85 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Prices named are for ton lots, f. o. b., 
N. Y. 
Nil rate of Soda, ton. — @52.00 
Muriate of Potash. — @41.25 
Dried Blood . — @50.00 
Kainit . — @11.00 
Acid Phosphate . — @11.00 
Sulphate of Potash . — @47.00 
Ground bone . — @25.00 
Tankage . — @34.50 
Copper Sulphate, bbl. lots. lb. — @ 6% 
Sulpphur Flowers, bbl. lots, lb. — @ 2% 
LUMBER. 
Wholesale in N. Y. 
Hemlock, joist, 1,000. — @20.00 
Boards . 21.50 @22.50 
Timber. 20 to 32 ft.20.50 @27.00 
White Pine, uppers.86.50 @103.50 
Shelving .36.50 @58,50 
Box .24.50 @30.00 
Yellow Pine, flooring.22.00 @40 00 
Siding .26.00 @28.0Q 
When you write advertisers mention Tub 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and 
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Annual Sale of 100 Head of Choicely-Selected 
IMPORTED JERSEY CATTLE. 
A Pleased Buyer is the Best Advertisement. 
At our Annual Sale, MAY 30th (Decoration Day), the selection, as usual, will be very choice—if any¬ 
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fidence in me in the past, as well as the class of cattle that we handle.—T. S. O. 
It has always been our custom to sell no animal unless we stated all faults, and to care for the comfort 
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Address T. S. 
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World’s Champion Cow 
The Guernsey cow here illustrated has proven herself the biggest butter producer in 
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pounds of milk testing 5.75 per 1 
cent, fat; this is the largest 
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The butter exhibited from my farm was awarded FIRST PRIZE 
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