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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
June 2, 
CONTENTS. 
The Rukal New-Yorker, June 2, 1906. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Pacific Coast Farmers and Chinamen 453, 454 
Alfalfa for Eastern Farmers. Part IV... 456 
Why llulid a Round Barn?. 456 
Seeding in the Corn. 456 
Utilizing Muck Land. 457 
Hope Farm Notes. 459 
Are Farmers Responsible?. 467 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Notes on the Sheep Industry. 453 
Pasture in the Barn. 454 
“Water Glass Eggs” Again. 455 
Lime and Sulphur for Hen Lice. 455 
Plan for Henhouse. 464 
Why Eggs Do Not Hatch. 465 
Color on White Wyandottes. 465 
Bald-Headed Hens . 465 
Thick-winded Horse . 466 
Care of Broody Hens. 466 
Hints on Calf Raising. 467 
Homemade or Home Trade Cheese. 467 
HORTICULTURE. 
Geo. T. Powell on the Seedless Apple.... 455 
Hyde King Apple. 456 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 458 
Transplanter for Strawberries. 458 
Not a New Pear. 458 
Value of Orchard Trees. 458 
Crop Prospects . 461 
From Southwestern Michigan. 461 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 462 
The Rural Patterns. 462 
Collecting and Using Down. 463 
Cotton Waste . 463 
Roxbury Cakes . 463 
The Bookshelf. 463 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
“A Frost-Proof Storage House”. 455 
Squaring a Building. 457 
A Drainer’s DIarv . 457 
Editorials . 460 
Events of the Week. 461 
The Problem of Domestic Help. 461 
Business Bits . 461 
Earthquake Experience . 464 
Products, Prices and Trade. 464 
Italian Farm Workers...,. 464 
Publisher’s Desk . 465 
Humorous . 468 
MARKETS 
Prices obtained at New York during week 
ending May 26, wholesale unless otherwise 
noted. The prices of grain, butter, cheese 
and eggs are based on the official reports of 
Produce and Mercantile exchanges, with such 
revision as outside deals noted appear to war¬ 
rant. Prices of other products are from re¬ 
ports of dealers, inquiries and observation 
of sales In the various market sections. The 
word “special” where used in this column 
means that the price given has been paid in 
exceptional cases only. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2, red, choice 
. . . « - 
@ 94 
No. 1, Northern Duluh, 
ins. — 
@ 93 
Corn, No. 2. mixed. 
— 
@ 57% 
Oats, No. 2, mixed. 
, . . . - 
@ 38 % 
> - 
@ 62 
Barley, delivered in N. Y 
.... — 
@ 48 
FEED. 
City bran . 
— 
@22.00 
Middlings . 
. . . . - 
@23.00 
Red Dog . 
. . . . - 
@23.50 
Cottonseed meal . 
@29.00 
Linseed meal . 
@31.50 
HAY. 
Prime, “special”. 
-- 
@21.00 
No. 1 . 
. . .18.00 
@19.00 
No. 2. 
. .. 16.00 
@17.00 
No. 3 . 
. . .14.00 
@15.00 
Clover mixed . 
. . .10.00 
@16.00 
Clover . 
@13.00 
STRAW. 
Long rye .13.00 
Short and tangled .11.00 
Oat and wheat . — 
3)14.00 
11.50 
9.00 
@ 
MILK. 
N. 
can, 
zone 
charges. 
Y. Exchange price $1.31 per 40-quart 
netting 2%. cents per quart to 26-cent 
shippers who have no extra station 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, “special”. „ 
Extras . 19% @ 
Seconds and firsts . 
Low grades . 13 
State Dairy, prime. 
Under grades . 14 
Imitation creamery . 15 
Factory . L3%(01 
Renovated . 10 
Packing stock . 10 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, new, best. 
Fair to good . 9%. @ 
Inferior . 7 %@ 
Old. 
Full cream, fancy. 13 
Good to prime. 12 
EGGS. 
White, “special”’. 
Fancy . 
Good to choice . 19*4 (3) 
Mixed colors, extra .. 
Lower grades . If 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evap., fancy. 
Evap, choice . 11% @ 
Evap., prime . 
Chops, 100 lbs. 
Cores and skins.2.00 
Raspberries . 
Huckleberries . 10 
Cherries . 14 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples. Spy .5.50 
Baldwin .5.00 
Ben Davis .4.50 
Russet .4.2 
Under grades .3.00 
Strawberries, “special,” qt... 
— 
@ 
21 
19% 
@ 
19% 
16 
@ 
ID 
13 
15 
18% 
(ci). 
19 
14 
@ 
1.7 
15 
16 
13%@ 
14% 
10 
@ 
16 
10 
@ 
13% 
@ 
10% 
9% 
@ 
10 
7% 
@ 
8% 
13 
@ 
13% 
12 
@ 
12% 
@ 
23 
— 
@ 
21 
19% 
@ 
20 
19 V. 
@ 
20 
15 
@ 
18 
11% 
@ 
12 
11% 
@ 
11& 
— 
@ 
11 
.40 
@2 
.60 
@2. 
.12% 
— 
@ 
30 
10 
@ 
12 
14 
@ 
15 
@6 
.00 
@5. 
.75 
@5. 
00 
25 
@4 
.75 
@4. 
00 
— 
@ 
18 
North Carolina . 5 
Norfolk .. 5 
Eastern Shore . 6 
Del. and Maryland. 7 
Huckleberries, N. C., qt. 20 
Peaches, Fla., carrier.3.00 
Watermelons, Fla., each. — 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 13 
Common to fair. 10 
Ordinary . 9 
German, 1905 . 26 
Marrow .... 
Medium . 
Pea . 
Red Kidney . 
White Kidney 
Y’ellow Eye . 
BEANS. 
.2.50 
.1.60 
.1.50 
.2.75 
.3.10 
.1.50 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS. 
Cucumbers, bu. box .2.00 
Cauliflowers, doz.2.00 
Mushrooms, lb. 15 
Tomatoes, lb. 10 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Broilers, lb. 22 
Fowls . — 
Roosters . — 
Turkeys . — 
Ducks, pair . 50 
Geese, pair . 90 
Pigeons, pair. — 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys . 12 
Broilers, “special,” lb. — 
Dry picked, fancy . 35 
Good to prime . 25 
Fowls . 12 
Ducklings, “special,” lb. 
Fancy . — 
Squabs, “special,” doz.4.50 
Prime, white .2.50 
Mixed and dark .1.25 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers .5.00 
Oxen and stags .4.35 
Cows .2.15 
Calves .5.00 
Sheep .4.50 
Lambs .6.00 
Hogs . — 
§ 10 
12 
14 
@ 16 
@ 30 
@5.00 
@ 1.00 
(a) 15 
@ 12 
@ 10 
<§ 33 
<0)3.10 
@2.05 
@ 1.05 
@ 3.05 
@3.25 
@1.60 
(S'4.00 
@5.00 
(a 75 
@ 15 
@ 26 
@ 13 % 
@ 8 
@ 12 
@ 80 
@1.50 
@ 25 
<3> 15 
<0> 50 
@ 38 
@ 30 
@ 14 
@ 17 
@ 14 
@5.50 
(0)3.50 
@1.50 
(05.60 
(04.80 
(04.20 
@7.00 
(05.00 
@7.00 
@7.00 
COUNTRY-DRESSED 
Calves, lb. 
I>ambs, head . 
Pork, lb. 
MEATS. 
. 5 @ 9 
.3.00 (0)6.00 
• 7%@ 9% 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Nitrate of Soda, ton. — 
Muriate of Potash . — 
Dried Blood . — 
Kainit . — 
Acid Phosphate . — 
Sulphate of Potash . — 
Ground Bone . — 
Copper Sulphate, bbl. lots.... — 
Sulphur Flowers, bbl. lots . . — 
Water Glass, bbl lots. — 
@43.00 
@41.50 
@53.00 
@ 11.00 
@12.00 
@47.00 
@28.00 
@ 2% 
@ 2 % 
<0 9 
LUMBER. 
Wholesale in N. Y. 
Hemlock, joist, 1,000. —— 
Boards .21.50 
Timber. 20 to 32 ft.20.50 
White Pine, uppers......... 86.50 
Shelving '.36.50 
Box .24.50 
Yellow Pine, flooring.22.00 
Siding .26.00 
@ 20.00 
@22.50 
@27.00 
@103.50 
@58.50 
@30.00 
@40.00 
@28.00 
PRODUCTS , PRICES AND TRADE. 
Some Florida peaches have sold as high as 
$5 per carrier, but many have been so 
green or specked as scarcely to pay charges. 
Extra high prices have been paid for 
Florida watermelons, $1 each, and sometimes 
more, at wholesale. Those that I have noted 
were of fair size and very fine for the sea¬ 
son. 
Potatoes. —There is a great variety of 
new stock from Bermuda. Florida, Georgia 
and South Carolina. The market is firm 
only on the better grades. Culls and seconds 
have been sold at about half the price of 
better grades. Old potatoes continue to ar¬ 
rive In large quantities and find a weak mar¬ 
ket. 
Strawberries have sold low on account 
of inferior quality. On some days it is hard 
to find any that are not soft or sanded. 
The latter defect is more serious than 
growers might imagine. It is difficult to get 
the sand off a berry when freshly picked, but 
after it has had the customary shaking up 
in shipment the dirt gets ground into it 
so that removal is impossible. If the berries 
are put in water a little of the sand will 
settle to the bottom, but they will still he 
gritty. 
Better is a cent lower than at last re¬ 
port, with indications of a still further 
drop. The receipts have been heavy, and 
reports from producing sections indicate a 
considerably increased output. As is usual 
at times when changes are made to or from 
pasture, complaints of irregular or inferior 
quality are common. The butter is light¬ 
bodied or off in flavor, or the color is wrong. 
The buttermaker handling all sorts of cream 
has his own troubles now, and considering 
the mixed lots delivered at some places the 
wonder is that he does so well. Some deal¬ 
ers here are in close quarters on account 
of having guaranteed prices in advance, which 
have proved higher than the market warrants. 
Weight of Beans. —“What is the lawful 
weight of a bushel of beans in New Y’ork 
State? Is it 60 or 62 pounds? The dealers 
claim 62 pounds, when they buy, but they 
sell at 60 pounds, thereby taking two pounds 
out of every bushel they buy from the farm¬ 
ers.” INQUIRER. 
Western New York. 
In Chapter 34 of the Laws of 1896 the 
weight of a bushel of beans was put at 60 
pounds. But we understand that in western 
New York it has been the custom for several 
years to demand 62 pounds from the producer, 
and it is probable that in case of a lawsuit 
this matter of custom would have consider¬ 
able weight. If a farmer in the section where 
that custom prevails delivers 3,000 pounds of 
beans to a dealer and in settling up the 
dealer refuses to pay him for 50 bushels, de¬ 
manding 100 pounds more, a jury might eas¬ 
ily decide in favor of custom rather than 
law. We have heard of no case where this 
has been tested, and do not consider it worth 
going to law about. It will be a saving of 
money and temper to have a definite under¬ 
standing as to what weight is to be given. 
The actual weight of a struck bushel of 
beans of different kinds varies so much that 
it would seem better to sell them by the 
pound or hundred. To bring the bushel into 
the bargain only complicates matters. What 
sense is there in calling 60 or 62 pounds 
of, say. White Kidney beans a bushel, when 
the actual weight is four or five pounds less? 
What About Top Prices?—A reader 
states that our market quotations on 
some products are incomplete, as prices 
for the very highest grades are not 
given. The criticism is well founded and 
will apply to practically everything quoted. 
The omissions of these fancy prices are in¬ 
tentional. as the proportion of stuff good 
enough to sell at such figures is small, and 
it seemed misleading to quote exceptional 
prices which few people get. As the re¬ 
quest lias been made, however, these special 
prices will be listed in future wherever noted, 
and the word “special” will be used to 
identify them. Thus: Broilers, “special,” per 
lb., 50 cents. But why these exceptional 
prices? Do they always stand for quality? 
No, there are three elements, one or all of 
which are responsible for the premium, viz: 
quality, customer and time received. The 
first needs no explanation. As to the cus¬ 
tomers, there are only a limited number who 
will pay the premium. When these are sup¬ 
plied, stuff equally good may have to go at 
a cut price. The difference of a single 
hour in arrival of the goods may cause a 
loss of the trade desired. Commission men 
often get scolded because of the low prices 
returned, and many deserve it, but there are 
cases where part of the same lot of goods 
lias to be disposed of at a lower rate solely 
because the supply of high grade customers 
Is exhausted for the time. To know when 
and where to sell and how to get a quick 
move on goods are qualities of wide-awake 
produce dealers, and doubtless many have 
been greatly helped in this direction by the 
stirring up their customers have given them. 
_ w. w. H. 
WANT TO KNOW. 
Plan for Henhouse. —I Intend to build a 
house to accommodate 500 laying hens, said 
hens to be kept on 1% acre of ground, and 
would like to ask some of your readers who 
have had experience in building chicken 
house to give me some of their plans. 
_ _ s. s. 
Italian Farm Workers.—I have two 
Italians working for me who came from Italy 
through New Y’ork in March. 1905; have 
had two before, one stayed with me for two 
years and then went to California, where he 
had relatives and the other is now in Penn¬ 
sylvania. I have always found them indus¬ 
trious, hard workers who wanted to get up 
early and be done early at night. We begin 
at 4.30 a. m. and quit at 6 p. m. One of the 
boys has lost one day in one year and the 
other not any. g. l. n. 
Vermont. 
Earthquake Experience. —We have been 
shaken up by the hardest earthquake I re¬ 
member, with many small shocks and tremors 
following; have had no time to hear news 
from country or city neighbors. Clock, 
bottles, etc., fell down, and water was spilled 
from buckets, pitchers and even teakettle. 
The horse (unstabled) ran up the hill, and 
even the birds, especially blue-jays and quail, 
flew about and uttered cries. I was glad 
I had no chimney to fall or be cracked. 
These light frame houses that I live in, and 
keep for Summer campers, are pretty safe 
in such a time. The Japanese (wise in many 
things) build and furnish for just such 
exigencies, and I remember as a child when 
first coming to California, the memory of 
heavy shocks in the “60’s” impelled people 
to keep clocks and vases wired to the wall 
on their mantels and shelves. A young lady 
camping here has been talking of walking in 
the dewy grass barefoot for her health. 
This morning she did It at five o’clock, soon 
after the shake began. An alarm clock was 
not needed this time for early rising. 
Santa Cruz Co., Cal s. e. a. 
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Nursery Book, Bailey.. 1.00 
Milk and Its Products, Wing. 1.00 
Pruning Book, Bailey. 1.50 
Spraying of Plants, Lodeman. 1.00 
Care of Animals, Mayo. 1.25 
Barn Plans and Outbuildings. 1.00 
Alfalfa, Coburn.50 
Accidents and Emergencies.10 
Agricultural Chemistry, Storer, 3 Vols. 5.00 
Campbell’s Handbook of Synonyms.50 
Cyclopedia of Agriculture. 3.50 
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* 
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