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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 26, 
CONTENTS. 
The Rorai., New-Yorker, May 26, 1906. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Crimson Clover .437, 438 
Bordeaux Mixture Simply Made. 438 
Bark Grafting ... 438 
Alfalfa for Eastern Farmers. Part III. 441 
Killing Chick weed .442 
Hope Farm Notes. 443 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Sorghum Growing for Stock Food. 438 
Training a Trotting Horse to Saddle.... 439 
Dairy Conditions in Albany Co.. N. Y.. 445 
Cosgrove’s Poultry Account for April.... 449 
A Hen Problem.’. 449 
Cement Floors for Hogs. 450 
The Dog Question Down South. 450 
Buff Orpington Poultry. 450 
Cure for Jumping Cow. 450 
Ilills or Drills for Silage Corn.451 
Planning a Barn. 451 
Cows Give Ropy Milk. 451 
Dusting a Hen. 451 
Pennsylvania Dairy Conditions. 451 
HORTICULTURE. 
Friends of Ben Davis Talk.437 
More About the Seedless Apple. 438 
Experts on Strawberry Culture. 439 
A Fine Elberta Seedling. 439 
Quality of Arizona Melons. 439 
Questions About Asparagus. 440 
Arsenite of Lime and Arsenate of Lead 440 
Philadelphia Rose . 441 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 442 
Mice in Hotbeds. 443 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 446 
A Little Girl’s Frock. 446 
Herbs of the Garden. 446 
Tested Strawberry Recipes. 447 
The Rural Patterns. 447 
Tlie Bookshelf . 447 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Experiences at Post Offices.438 
Drag the Road at Once. 439 
Mexican Rubber Companies. 441 
Editorials . 444 
Events of the Week. 445 
Products, Prices and Trade. 448 
Publisher’s Desk . 449 
Farm Help . 451 
MARKETS 
Prices received at New York during week 
ending May 19, 1906, wholesale unless other¬ 
wise specified. 'The figures given for butter, 
cheese, eggs and grain are based on the reports 
of Produce and Mercantile exchanges with 
such revision as outside deals noted appear 
to warrant. Prices of other products are 
from reports of dealers, inquiries and obser¬ 
vation of sales in the various market sec¬ 
tions. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 1, Northern, Duluth 
Inspection . 
. - 
@91% 
No. 2, red, for export. 
@ 93 
Corn . 
@ 57 
Oats . 
@ 38 
Rye . 
— 
@ 62 
Barley . 
@ 46 % 
FEED. 
City bran . 
. - 
@22.00 
Middlings . 
. - 
@23.50 
I,inseed meal . 
. - 
@ 31.50 
Cottonseed meal . 
. - 
@30.00 
HAY. 
No. 1 . 
18.00 
@19.00 
No. 2 . 
15.50 
@ 17.00 
No. 3 .. 
1.3.00 
@14 00 
Clover mixed . 
10.00 
@ 14.00 
Clover . 
10.00 
@13.00 
STRAW. 
Long rye . 
. - 
@13.00 
Short and tangled . 
11.00 
@11.50 
Oat and wheat . 
@ 9.00 
MILK. 
New York Exchange price 
2 V> 
cents per 
quart to shippers in 26-cent freight 
zone. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, extra . 
. 20 
@ 21 
Seconds and firsts. 
. 19 
@ 20 
State Dairy . 
. 14 
@ 20 
Imitation creamery . 
. 15 
@ 16 
Factory . 
. 11 
@ 15 
Renovated . 
. 10 
@ 16 v. 
Packing stock . 
. 10 
@ 131/, 
CHEESE. 
New. 
Full cream, best . 
. - 
@ 9% 
Fair to good . 
8% 
@ 9 
Inferior . 
@ 8 
Light skims . 
71/4 
@ 7% 
Old 
Fancy . 
. 13 
@ 13% 
Good to prime. 
. 12 
@ 12% 
EGGS. 
White, fancy . 
— 
@ 21 
White, good to choice. 
19 V, 
@ 20 
Mixed colors, extra. 
19 % 
@ 20 
Lower grades . 
. 15 
@ 18 
Western and Southern . 
. 13 
@ 19 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, Baldwin & Ben Davis. 5.00 
@6.00 
Spy . 
.5.00 
@6.25 
Russet ... 
.4.25 
@4.75 
Low grades . 
@4.00 
Strawberries, Maryland . 
. 7 
@ 12 
Norfolk . 
5 
@ 10 
North Carolina . 
. 5 
@ 8 
South Carolina . 
. 5 
@ 8 
Peaches, Fla. carrier. 
@6.00 
HOPS. 
Prime to< choice. 
. 13 
@ 15 
Common to fair. 
. in 
@ 12 
Ordinary . 
9 
@ 10 
German, 1905 . 
. 26 
@ 33 
BEANS. 
Marrow, bushel . 
@3.10 
Medium . 
.1.60 
@2.10 
Pea . 
@1.70 
Red Kidney . 
@3.05 
White Kidney . 
@3.20 
Y’ellow Eye. 
.1.50 
@1.60 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Bermuda new. No. 1 
. 5.00 
@6.00 
Bermuda, new. No. 2. 
.3.00 
@4.00 
Florida. Rose. No. 1. 
.4.75 
@5.25 
Fla.. Chili, red. No. 1. 
@5.00 
Florida. No. 2. 
@3.75 
Ga. & S. C., Rose. No. 1 ... 
.4.00 
@5.00 
Ga. & S. C.. Rose. No. 2. . . 
.3.00 
@3.50 
State & W’n. in blk. 180 lbs 
.2.12 
@2.25 
Maine and Eastern, bag. . . 
.2.10 
@2.40 
European, per 168-lb. bag. 
. 1.75 
@2.00 
Sweet Potatoes. Jersey, bbl.. 
.2.00 
Iff 3.00 
Artichokes, California, dozen.. 
. 50 
@1.00 
Asparagus, Colossal, doz. bchs. 
0 25 
@3.25 
Extra . 
.1.75 
@2.00 
Prime . 
.1.25 
@1 50 
Culls . 
. 75 
@1.00 
Beets. Charleston, 100 bchs. 
.4.00 
@6.00 
Carrots, old. bbl. 
@2.25 
Charleston. 100 bunches.. . 
.3.00 
@5.00 
Cabbage, Charleston, bbl. crate. 
.2.00 
@2.50 
North Carolina, crate.. 
.1.75 
@2.25 
Norfolk, crate .1.50 @2.00 
Eastern Shore, crate.1.75 @2.25 
Cucumbers. Florida, bu. bkt..l.50 @2.25 
Corn, Florida, bu. case.1.00 @1.50 
Cchieory & Escarol, N. O., bbl.4.00 @5.00 
Kale, near-by. bbl. 25 @ 75 
Lett uce, Norfolk. Vi-bbl. bkt. . 40 @1.00 
Onions, Bermuda, bu. 90 @1.00 
New Orleans, bag.1.00 @1.10 
Egyptian, bag .1.75 @2.00 
State & W’n, old, bbl or bag 50 @1.00 
Orange Co., N. Y„ old, bag. . 10 @ 50 
Jersey, shallots. 100 hchs.. 50 @1.00 
Peppers, Florida, 24-qt. car. ..1.25 @2.25 
Peas, N. Carolina, bu. basket.. 75 @1.50 
Norfolk, 14-bbl basket.2.00 @3.00 
Radishes, Norfolk, basket. 25 @ 50 
Rhubarb, near-by, 100 bchs.. 50 (a 1.50 
String beans. Florida, bu. bkt.1.00 @2.00 
Savannah, basket .2.00 @2.50 
Charleston, basket .2.00 @2.50 
Spinach, bbl. 50 @1.00 
Squash, Fla., marrow, bbl.-cte. 2.00 @2.50 
Fla., crook-neck. bbl.-crate.. 1.75 @2.25 
Turnips. Rutabaga, bbl.1.50 @2.00 
Tomatoes, Florida, 24-qt. car. 1.00 @2.50 
Watercress, 100 bunches. 75 @1.50 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS. 
Cucumbers, best, bu. box.4.00 @6.00 
Seconds .2.00 @2.50 
Cauliflowers, doz.2.00 @5.00 
Lettuce, doz. 50 @1.00 
Mushrooms, lb... 15 @ 65 
Radishes, 100 bunches.1.00 @1.50 
Tomatoes, lb. 10 @ 15 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEATS. 
Veal calves . 7 @ 9 
Spring lambs .3.00 @6.00 
Pork . 7%@ 9% 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Broilers, lb. 25 @ 30 
Fowls, lb. — @ 14% 
Roosters . — @ 8% 
Turkeys . -— @ 12 
Ducks, pair . 60 @ 85 
Geese, pair. 90 @1.50 
Pigeons . 30 @ 35 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys . 12 @ 15 
Broilers, 4 lbs. and under, per 
pair, lb. 30 @ 35 
Fair to good . 20 @ 25 
Fowls. 12 @ 14 
Ducklings . 14 @ 15 
Squabs .2.50 @3.50 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers .5.25 @6.00 
Bulls .3.50 @4.25 
Cows .2.00 @4.25 
Calves .4.50 @7.00 
Sheep .3.50 @5.00 
Lambs .6.00 @7.00 
Hogs . — @6.85 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Prices named are for ton lots, f. o. b., 
N. Y. 
Nitrate 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% 
Sulphur Flowers, bbl lots, lb.. — @ 2% 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
Pineapples from Havana have been bring¬ 
ing good prices, 24s as high as $2.65 per 
crate, and small sizes running from $2.15 to 
$2.30. 
Banana shipments from the Bluefields sec¬ 
tion of Nicaragua during 1905 amounted to 
nearly 2,000.000 bunches, valued at about 
$670,000. 
The biggest sailing vessel afloat is at this 
port, a German five-master, the Rickiners. 
The length is 441 feet, width 54 feet and 
draught 26 feet nine inches. A load of oil for 
Japan will he taken from New York. 
No finer dressed lambs have been noted 
than some recently seen. The shipper of 
this special lot has hothouse lambs ready for 
market early in December and makes ship¬ 
ments until late in May. lie has worked out 
the fine points of the business where others 
fail, and seldom has losses from stock soured 
on the way. The lot referred to was dressed 
specially for Summer weather, and after a 
600-mile trip arrived sweet and sound. Thev 
were hog-dressed, cut open all the way, so 
that there was no opportunity for liquids 10 
remain in breast cavity or neck and perfect 
air circulation provided. At about the level 
of the kidneys as the lamb hung up the 
skin was parted from the flesh and neatly 
fastened back about four inches, giving an at¬ 
tractive glimpse of the fat and flesh. 
The market for tin, both in this country 
and England, has been in an extremely live 
condition, and new price records have been 
made, over $1,000 per ton in five-ton lots. 
London dealers appear to have come very 
near cornering the supply. Tin is not pro¬ 
duced in the United States to any great ex¬ 
tent. though there are said to be rich un¬ 
developed mines in Canada. England has 
always been a large producer, and consider¬ 
able quantities also come from Singapore and 
Germany. The enormous increase in the use of 
tinned cans and other utensils in which iron 
is coated with this metal has heavily taxed 
the supplies of crude material. Thus far no 
other metal has been found to take the place 
of tin for high-grade ware, but much cheap 
ware is made with adulterated washes thinly 
applied. 
African Cotton. —A statement that should 
interest cotton growers in this country is the 
remark by the president of the Liverpool 
Chamber of Commerce that Great Britain will 
import this year from West Africa more than 
$500,000 worth of cotton. He thought that 
that section of Africa would soon produce 
more cotton than the great Lancashire indus¬ 
tries could use. Both land and labor are 
much cheaper in Africa than in the United 
States, and it is only natural that English 
capitalists should have developed the busi¬ 
ness. but this development has been hastened 
by the outrageous thick-headed hoggishness 
of cotton speculators in this country. The 
prohibitive prices to which they have forced 
the commodity at times during the last three 
years have compelled actual users of cotton 
to protect themselves in all possible ways. 
'Hie feeling of many growers is quite well 
shown in a bill introduced in the National 
House of Representatives, providing that any 
person or persons who buy or sell cotton for 
the purpose of speculating under the plan 
commonly known as “cotton futures” shall 
be deemed guilty of keeping and running a 
gambling house, and shall be fined not less 
than $5,000 and also shall be imprisoned for 
a period of ten years. There is not the 
slightest probability of this becoming a law, 
but it would be a most wholesome one, and it 
might well be amended to include similar 
methods of dealing in grain. Now and then 
a producer gets the benefit of such a manipu¬ 
lated price, but most of the profits go to the 
men who under the guise of business carry 
on what is in principle as vile a programme 
of gambling thuggery as ever graced the 
worst dens of New York or Chicago. Fine 
and imprisonment are the most suitable forms 
of anthrax vaccine for the species of black¬ 
leg with which these gentlemen are affected. 
The hothouse cucumber season runs from 
early Winter to late Spring, and the best 
fruits are always high. The Boston bushel 
box is (he favorite package. This holds about 
eight dozen good-sized ones and sells any¬ 
where from $4 to $10, according to season 
and demand. Seconds run much below these 
figures, often going for one-third of the price 
named and meeting severe competiton from 
southern grown cucumbers. The cucumber is 
not usually classed among aesthetic natural 
productions, yet a trip through a first-class 
glasshouse where this crop is grown will , 
quickly convince one that this humble vege¬ 
table when given a fair chance is beautiful 
as well as useful. The vine grows much 
larger than in open air and all about are 
hanging the fruits, dark green with delicate 
light shadings and white stripes. Bees are 
kept for pollinaton. The utmost care is used 
in selecting specimens for seed. The grower 
has his ideals of size, form, coloration, stripes, 
etc., and watches and marks those approach¬ 
ing nearest what is desired. The business 
ought to be more profitable than it is. Some 
of the drawbacks were mentioned last week 
in methods of marketing in which the 
grower competes with his own goods and 
thus cuts his own prices. The best hothouse 
cucumbers ought always to be high. Thev 
are luxuries not intended for people of mod¬ 
erate means. With the present high prices 
for coal, glass and labor the cost of the crop 
is heavy. The growers ought to know just 
what becomes of the cream of their crops, 
keeping clear of dealers who have not the 
proper consumptive trade or are not willing 
to work hard enough to get it. A few well 
selected selling agents in the large cities 
could put this business on a more substantial 
basis if given a chance, but they would have 
to be assured that shipments of the same 
grade were not made to irresponsible price 
cutting neighbors. The point is that the skill¬ 
ful growers and equally skillful salesmen 
should be better acquainted to keep an expen¬ 
sive business on a paying basis. This is the 
way many manufactured products are ban¬ 
died. the output of certain cotton and woolen 
mills for instance, with satisfaction all 
around and no hardship to the consumer. 
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Some Facts About Binder Twine. 
When the rush of the harvest season is full 
upon you it is too late to consider the merits 
of the various binder Iwines offered in the 
market. 
Experience has taught that there's a whole 
lot of difference between good twine and inferi¬ 
or twine. It is not necessary to argue that 
question with a practical grain grower. 
Twine that breaks—twine that won’t work— 
is cne of the greatest troubles the farmer in 
the midst of harvest can encounter. \ 
Breakage means delay, and delays are always 
expensive in harvest time. 
If you want to be sure of your twine in the 
harvest field, make sure of it while you have 
time to think of it now. 
Special machinery is necessary for accurate¬ 
ly testing the strength of binder twine. The 
grain grower, of course, has not this machin¬ 
ery. 
But he can know to his own satisfaction and 
absolute certainty what the tests show at the 
factory. 
Fifty pounds is regarded as the standard of 
strength in ail twines for which high grade is 
claimed. Any twine that breaks under this 
weight is pretty sure to cause trouble at har¬ 
vest time. 
The above illustration accurately displays 
the result of a series of tests of ten balls of 
standard twine. The International Harvester 
Company’s twine averaged go <S~ q-io founds, 
while one competitor’s twine barely reached 
the standard, and two fell below 2 7-ioand 
4 4-10 lbs., respectively. 
These are not simply bald, unsupported 
claims. They are facts —that have been proved 
under absolutely fair and correct conditions. 
After quality comes the length of the twine— 
the amount you get when you buy a found. Of 
sisal and standard grades you should get prac¬ 
tically 500 feet to the pound. 
A pound of International Harvester Com 
pany’s twine was shown by tests to run nearly 
504 feet, while competitors' twines averaged as 
low as 452.3. There’s a big difference here 
and it is against you. 
There is better twine and more twine in a ball 
of International Harvester Company’s twine 
than in any other—and foot for foot, a gooa 
deal less costly twine. 
Another thing: Some of the twines offered 
by other makers are very hard—twisted. Such 
twine, as grain growers know, is liable to kink 
and break on a binder and cause the ball to 
collapse at the last end. This means additional 
loss. 
You can figure it out for yourself. And now 
is the time. 
You will be absolutely safe however if you go 
to the International local dealer and ask for 
prices on either Champion, Deering, McCor¬ 
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tional brands of sisal, standard, manila or pure 
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INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY^OE .AMERICA 
(iNConPORATrni ■* '——— 
( INCORPORATED) 
CHICAGO, U. S. A. 
