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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
June 23, 
CONTENTS. 
Tiib Rural New-Yorker, Juno 23, 1906. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Value of New Hampshire Farms... .501, 502 
Effective Use of “Ilopperdozer”. 502 
Why Should This Alfalfa Fail?. 502 
Farmers and the Retail Trade.503 
Plants Poisoning Ground. 503 
Honeysuckle in Orchards. 504 
Paris-green for Cabbage Worms. 504 
Brussels Sprouts in South. 504 
I low to Use Cow Peas. 505 
Home Farm Notes. 507 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
“Grub in the Head?”. 502 
Care of Colt’s Feet. 513 
Calves Without Milk. 514 
Sheep Questions. 514 
Meat Breeders’ Association. 514 
Cow With Hoof Rot. 515 
Ailing Lambs . 515 
Feeding Notes . 515 
HORTICULTURE. 
Sterile Mulberry . 504 
Koonce Pear . 504 
Cedar Trees and Apples. 504 
Unfruitful Plum Tree. 504 
Peaches for Colorado. 504 
Concrete for Greenhouse. 505 
Rural isms . 500 
A Ben Davis Man. 512 
Publisher’s Desk . 513 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 510 
Hints on Canning Vegetables. 510 
Savory Sandwiches. 510 
Ways With Floors.511 
The Rural Patterns . 511 
Household Congress . 511 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Carriers’ Side of Rural Mail Delivery... 502 
Hail Storm in New York. 504 
Irrigation from Roof. 505 
Editorials . .. 508 
Events of the Week. 500 
Stock Feeding in Colorado. 500 
Business Bits. 500 
Markets . 512 
Products. Prices and Trade. 512 
MARKETS 
Prices obtained at New York during week 
ending .Tune 16, 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 
warrant. Prices of other products are from 
reports 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.... —- @ 00 
No. 1. Northern Duluth, ins. — @ 03% 
Corn. No. 2, mixed. — @ 60% 
Gats, No. 2, mixed.. — @ 41 
Rye . : . — @ 63 
FEED. 
Gitv bran . — @21.00 
Middlings . — @22.00 
Red Dog. — @23.50 
Cottonseed meal . — @29.50 
Linseed meal . — @31.50 
HAY. 
Prime, 
“special” . 
— 
@ 21.00 
No. 1 
. .18.00 
@19.00 
No. 
O 
. .16.00 
@17.00 
No. 
3 . 
. .14.00 
@15.00 
Clover 
mixed . 
. . 10.00 
@ 10.00 
Clover 
STRAW. 
. . 10.00 
@13.00 
Long 
rye . 
@ — 
Short 
and tangled . 
. . 11.00 
@ 11.50 
Oat and wheat. 
@ 9.00 
MILK. 
N. Y. Milk Exchange price $1.21 per 40- 
uart can, netting 2 % cents per quart in 
: 6 -cent zone. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, ‘special” . * — @ 22 
Extras . 20 @ 20% 
Seconds and firsts. 17 @ 19% 
; Low grades . 15 @ 17 
Stata Dairy, prime. — @10 
I Under grades. 14 @ 17% 
Imitation creamery. 15 @ 17 
Factory . 12 (5) 15% 
Renovated . 12 @ 17% 
Packing stock . 12 @ 15 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, new, best. — @10% 
Fair to good . 0 % (a) 10 
Inferior . 7 @ 8 % 
EGGS. 
White, ‘‘special” .. — @ 25 
Fancy. — @ 22 
Good' to choice . 20 @ 21 
Mixed colors, extra. 19 @20 
Lower grades. 15 @ 18 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evap., fancy. 11 % @ 12 
Evap., choice . 11% @ 11% 
Evap., prime . — @ 11 
Chops, 100 lhs.2.20 @2.50 
Cores and skins.2.00 @2.25 
Raspberries . -— @ 30 
Huckleberries . 10 @ 12 
Cherries . 14 @ 15. 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples. Spy .6.00 @6.75 
Baldwin .5.50 @6.50 
Ben Davis .5.00 @5.50 
Russet .4.50 @5.50 
Under grades.3.00 @4.00 
Strawberries, “special,” qt.V.. — @18 
Jersey . 4 @ 12 
Up-River . 5 @ 10 
Staten Island . 7 @ 10 
riums, Ga., carrier .2.00 @3.00 
Cherries, lO lb. bkt. 50 @ 90 
Blackberries, N. C., quart.... 7 @ 9 
Gooseberries, quart. 6 @ 8 
Muskmelons, bu. crate.1.00 @2.50 
Huckleberries, N. C., quart... 8 @16 
Peaches, Fla., carrier.1.00 @2.50 
Watermelons, Fla., 100.25,00 @35.00 
nors. 
Prime to choice . 11 @ 13 
Common to fair. 9 @ 11 
German, 1905 . 27 @ 30 
BEANS. 
Marrow .2.50 @3.05 
Medium .1.60 @2.00 
Pea . ...J .1.50 @1.60 
Red Kidney .. .'.2.75 @3.05 
White Kidney .3.10 @3.25 
Yellow Eye.1.50 @1.60 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, S’n, Rose, No. 1, bbl.3.00 @5.00 
S’n, white Chilis, No. 1_3.00 @4.50 
S’n, red Chilis No. 1.2.75 @4.00 
Southern No. 2.2.00 @2.50 
Southern, culls, .1.25 @1.75 
State & W’n. in bulk, 180 lbs.2.50 @2.62 
State & Western, bag.2.50 @2.00 
Maine & Eastern, bag.2.50 @2.60 
European, 168-lb. bag.2.25 @2.50 
Sweet Potatoes, Jersey, bbl,.1.50 @2.50 
Jersey, basket . 60 @ 90 
Artichokes, California, dozen 50 @1.00 
Asparagus, Colossal, doz. behs.2.00 @3.00 
Extras .1.75 @2.00 
Prime .1.25 @1.75 
Culls . 60 @1.00 
Beets, new, 100 bchs.1.00 @2.00 
Carrots, old, bbl.2.00 @4.00 
New, 100 bchs.1.50 @>2.50 
Cabbage, Va.. Md. & Dei., bbl. 75 @ 90 
Cucumbers, Florida, basket.... 15 @) 50 
Cliar’n & Savannah, crate.. 40 @1.00 
Ch’n hothouse, basket.2.50 @3.00 
Norfolk, cold frame, basket. 1.00 @1.25 
North Carolina, basket. 1.00 @ — 
Corn. Southern. 100.1.00 @3.00 
Eggplants, Florida, box.1.00 @1.50 
Garlic. New Orleans, lb. 8 @ 10 
Horseradish. 100 lbs.4.00 @5.00 
Kale, near-by, bbl. 25 @ 50 
I.ettuce, near-by. bbl.1.00 @1.25 
Boston, hothouse. 3-doz box. 1.00 @1.25 
Lima Beans. Florida, crate...2.00 @4.00 
Mint, per 100 hunches.1.00 @2.00 
Mushrooms, lb . 20 @ 85 
Onions. Bermuda crate.1.30 @1.40 
Texas, yellow. Cummer crate 75 @1.50 
Texas, yellow, fiat crate...1.00 @1.35 
Texas, red. Cummer crate. . . 75 @1.25 
Texas, red. fiat crate... .1.00 @1.25 
Texas, white, Cummer crate. 1.75 @2.00 
Texas, white, flat crate.1.35 @1.50 
New Orleans, hag .1.30 @1.35 
Egyptian, bag .2.25 @ — 
Virginia, white, basket. 75 @1.00 
Okra. Florida, carrier.2.00 @2.50 
Peppers, Florida crate.1.50 @2.25 
Peas, Del. & Md.. basket.1.00 @1.75 
Jersey, large, basket .1.50 @2.00 
Jersey, small. basVT.1.00 @1.50 
Radishes, near-bv, 100 bchs.. 50 @ 75 
Rhubarb, near-by. 100 bchs... 50 @1.00 
String Beans, Savannah, bkt.. 25 @ 50 
Charleston, basket . 25 @ 50 
Charleston, green, basket.. 25 @ 50 
N. C„ half-bbl. basket. 40 @ 60 
N. C.. bush-basket . 25 @ .50 
Norfolk, green, basket. 60 @ 75 
Norfolk, wax, basket. 50 @ 65 
Spinach, near-by. bbl... 50 @1.00 
Squash. Marrow, bbl-crate. .. .2.00 @3.00 
Yellow, crook-neck, bbl-crate 50 @1.50 
White, bbl-crate . 50 @1.50 
Turnips, Rutabaga, bbl.2.00 @2.50 
White. 100 bchs.1.00 @ — 
Tomatoes, Florida, carrier.... 1.00 @2.25 
Mississippi, fiat box. 75 @ — 
Hothouse, lb. 13 @ 16 
Watercress, 100 bunches.1.00 @1.50 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Broilers. Ib. 24 
Fowls . — 
Roosters . — 
Turkeys . 11 
Ducks, pair . 50 
Geese, pair . 90 
Pigeons, pair. — 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys . 11 
Broilers, “special,” lb. — 
Dry picked, fancy. 30 
Good to prime. 20 
Fowls . 11 
Ducklings, fancy. 12 
Squabs, “special,” dozen.4.00 
Prime, white .2.25 
Mixed and dark .1.25 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers .4.75 
Cows .1.50 
Calves .5.25 
Sheep .3.50 
Lambs .7.00 
Hogs . — 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
@ 27 
@ 13% 
@ 7 
@ 12 
@ 80 
@1.50 
@ 25 
@ 13 
@ 42 
@ 32 
@ 27 
@ 13% 
@ 12 % 
@5.00 
@3.00 
@1.50 
@4.85 
@4.05 
@7.60 
@5.50 
@9.00 
@7.00 
Prices for ton lots, smaller quantities pro¬ 
portionately higher. 
Nitrate of Soda, ton. — @51.50 
Muriate of Potash, per 2,016 lbs — @41.85 
Dried Blood . — @53.00 
Kainit . . — @11.00 
Acid Phosphate . — @12.00 
Sulphate of Potash, 2,016 lbs — @48.15 
Ground Bone . — @28.00 
Copper Sulphate, bbl. lots.... — @ 6 % 
Sulphur Flowers, bbl. lots. ... — @ 2% 
Water Glass, bbl. lots. — @ 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.80.50 @103.50 
Shelving .36.50 @58.50 
Box .24.50 @30.00 
Yellow Bine, flooring.22.00 @40.00 
Siding .26.00 @28.00 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
Fruits. —Apples are moving slowly, other 
fresh fruits attracting more attention. 
Strawberries are very plentiful and selling 
low. The nearby crop is heavy, and excel¬ 
lent fruit has sold for 10 to 12 cents. Cher¬ 
ries are on hand in large quantities, but 
many in bad condition owing to rough hand¬ 
ling. The shippers say that if they send 
them in small packages the express men 
throw them' about like baseballs, and if they 
use large baskets the fruit in the bottom is 
crushed by the weight above it. I saw one 
lot of about a ton from Maryland in three- 
peck baskts, that was in good condition for 
cider making. Wild Goose and Japanese 
plums from Georgia have sold well. Peaches 
are making quite a show and will soon be 
here in large quantities. Prices are ranging 
from $1 to $2.50 or a trifle ..better. Water¬ 
melon trade is good. *' ^ 
As the President has signed.the denatured 
alcohol bill, this measure "is now a law,’ in 
effect January 1, 1907. This law will benefit 
practically everyone but the wood alcohol 
and oil industries, as it provides cheap fuel 
and furnishes a market for many surplus 
products, including potatoes. The fear that 
this denatured alcohol may be so doctored 
as to be used as a beverage appears to be 
groundless. The process of denaturing will 
vary according to the use to be made of the 
alcohol, but if any smart chemist should devise 
a scheme for counteracting any of these de¬ 
naturing agents it would be soon discovered 
and stopped. In all probability chronic law¬ 
breakers will stick to “moonshine” opera¬ 
tions, as offering a much greater proportion 
of profit for the risk involved. 
The silliest whine heard recently is the 
cry that business is being killed on acount of 
the publicity given the nacking industry or 
the falsehoods told about it. The idea seems 
to be that the essential workings of any 
concern handling public necessities should be 
wrapped in cotton and tenderly laid away 
from tile gaze of the curious and unsympa¬ 
thetic public. Any legitimate business that 
cannot stand publicity or being lied about 
must be organized on a very faulty basis. 
Common sense should suggest the possibility 
of such forms of criticism arising at any 
time and the need of being ready to meet 
them at once in manly fashion. The better 
element among the packers doubtless take 
this view, and the calamity wails now heard 
are merely the cries of misguided friends, 
from whom the beef men themselves may well 
pray to be delivered. No man need be weak- 
kneed in the face of publicity or falsehood 
unless his business methods are shaky or the 
lies prove to be truth, in either of which 
cases exposure of him can result only in pub¬ 
lic good. 
Moisture in Butter. —The existing dairy 
laws prohibit commercial handling of butter 
containing more than 16 per cent water, this 
being regarded as adulterated and subject to 
a tax of 10 cents per pound. Excess of 
moisture has been discussed in European 
markets for a long time, and in some places 
very stringent laws are in force, but until 
quite recently the matter has had but little 
attention here, and inspectors are finding con¬ 
siderable butter in which the water content is 
more than 16 per cent. Under ordinary 
conditions, where cream is well handjed and 
the butter properly worked, 12 or 13 per 
cent moisture should be a normal limit, and 
much will run under 12. This excess of 
water may be the result of careless methods, 
or the water may be purposely left in or put 
in. The sale of water at butter prices is 
profitable, nearly as much so as the old well 
tried plan of watering the milk, and is no 
less a swindle. Those who, on account of 
ignorance or carelessness are making butter 
that runs over 16 per cent moisture ought to 
learn better, and butter that is purposely 
watered should he classed with other frauds. 
It is not easy to make an adequate test, and 
the butter trade is rather at sea as to 
whether they will be held to strict account 
for any of this excess moisture butter found 
in their hands or in storage. Mr. Vanne- 
man, a well known butter man in this city, 
and a representative of the careful and reli¬ 
able end of the trade, lias been trying to learn 
fromthe Internal Revenue Department what 
action would be taken in cases where dealers 
handled this butter ignorantly and with no 
fraudulent intent. Regarding most of the 
questions asked the revenue commissioner is 
rather non-committal, and the impression 
gained from his statements is that a definite 
policy has not been decided on. Of course 
he gives no assurance of leniency in enforce¬ 
ment of the law. no matter how innocent of 
wrong the offender may be as it is his sworn 
duty to enforce the 10 -cent tax regulation on 
all butter found liable to it. Now the essen¬ 
tial point about all this is that butter makers 
must get riqht at it and stop turning out but¬ 
ter that is 16 per cent water. Those wilfully 
guilty of this swindle should quit from a 
sense of self preservation, and tho^e who may 
innocently have fallen into the error should 
finish learning their trade. The writer’s ex¬ 
perience in making dairy butter from a herd 
of 10 cows, with only an average equipment, 
Is that there is no good reason for turning 
out such watery butter if reasonable care is 
used. In the creamery conditions are differ¬ 
ent, and the butter maker working with a lot 
of miscellaneous cream lias a difficult job. 
Yet a man fit for such work will not be satis¬ 
fied until he learns at least how to make law¬ 
ful butter. It is to lie hoped that the author¬ 
ities will condemn no butter without ade¬ 
quate test, something more than the analysis 
of an ounce or two, or weighing a quantity, 
subjecting it to heat, weighing again arid 
concluding that the loss was waier. ’The 
evidence should be positive rather than nega¬ 
tive. If the chemist can show say 2% ounces 
of water distilled from one pound of butter, 
the evidence is dear. . w. w. h. 
•’ 11 -■ - , * 
A Ben DAvis Man. —I notice you always 
run down the Ben Davis apple. It is one 
of the very best growers, earliest to bear, 
fruit ^always fine, bears every vear, keeps all 
Winter, and has friends enough to' make it 
one tof the very best sellers on the market. 
“Uncle Ben” has ;;, paid mortgages, bouglu 
clothes and shoes for poor children, and made 
many hafipy homes. Now please give our 
friend Ben a rest, and get after some of our 
strike leaders and trust magnates, and you 
will be doing more for your rural friends 
than you can ever do by erving down one of 
the best friends of the apple farmer of 1906. 
Connecticut. c. h. brundage. 
BUILDING MATERIAL 
for houses, barns and farm 
— . c —, ery description. 
Stands greater 
weight, and is 
cheaper than 
brick, stone or 
cement. Send 
for estimates. 
Samples sent 
free. Freight 
prepaid. - 
Sold only in 
car-loads. 
Write 
H. B. Camp Co, 
Bussunier Bldg. 
PITTSBURG, Ptm 
A Crazy Hen 
eaten alive with lice can’t lay eggs, 
and is a most wretchedly uuproui- 
able bird. Instant Louse Killer In 
The nests, on the roosts and in the 
dusting places will -work wonders in 
restoring peace and harmony. The 
egg basket will show better and the 
flock will do better in every way. 
Instant 
Louse Killer 
(Powder or Liquid) 
costs little to use and does much. 
It kills lice on stock and ticks on 
sheep. It destroys bugs on cucumber, 
squash and melon vines, cabbage 
worms,slugson rosebushes; is harm¬ 
less when applied to eatable plants. 
Instant Louse Killer is the original 
powder Louse killerput up in round 
cans with perforated top. Be sure of 
the word “Instant.” See that i t i s on 
the can—there are over 25 imitations. 
1 Ib. 25c. (Except 5 11 Canada 
•» ih« ) and extreme 
* IDS. bUC. ( west aud South _ 
If your dealer-canuot supply you 
we will forward I lb. by mail or ex¬ 
press, prepaid for 35 c. Sold on a 
written guarantee. 
DR. HESS & CLARK, 
Ashland, Ohio. 
AYRSHIRES and GHESHIRES. 
Two Bull Calves, four months old; Heifer, two 
months; Sows in farrow; Spring Pigs. All stock 
eligible to registry; fine condition. 
Homer J. Brown, Harford, Cort. Co., N. Y, 
UIUERNSEY BUI.LS from 8 to 12 months old. 
'-*■ Breeding, price and individuality right. 
W. A. ALEXANDER, Union Springs, New York. 
Farmers wanted as agents 
AUGUST POST, 
Binder Twine 
Moulton, 
Iowa. 
Strawberries and Peaches 
Early Vegetables, Fancy Eggs, and Choice Farm 
Products of all kinds wanted. Market information 
on request. Write us what you have to offer. 
ARCHDEACON & CO., 100 Murray St., N.Y. 
I your Butter, Cheese, Eggs, Poultry, 
I I I it Apples, etc., to the Oldest Commission 
House in New York. Established 1838. 
E. B. WOODWARD, 302 Greenwich St., New York. 
GKO. P. HAMMOND. EST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN. 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & GO., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers in all kinds of 
COUNTRY PRODUCE, Apples, Peaches, Berries. 
Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms and Hot¬ 
house Products a Specialty. Consignments solicited. 
84 & 36 Little 1 3th St., New York. 
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ANTED: Experienced farmer, modern methods, Address 
“FARMER, ’ care of Morniug News, Wilmington, Del. 
COD (* 11 T Fruit, grain, truck, and grass farm. 
I Ull vALC 10,000 peach, 3,000 pears, 800 apple 
and 200 plum trees; prospect of 12,000 baskets of fruit 
this year. Good buildings. All for $14,000 possesion, 
143 STATE STREET, Dover, Delaware. 
IAA ACRE FARM. Price, $600. Greatest bar- 
IUU gain ever offered. Mild climate. Summer and 
Winter home. Very healthy spot. 40 acres in good 
crops and fruit; 00 acres covered with good timber. 
Dwelling and other buildings on farm. Good title. 
Come at once and see with your own eyes. J. LEE 
WOODCOCK, M. D., 400 Camden Ave., Salisbury,Md. 
For Sale-FRUIT AND DAIRY FARM 
218 acres, just outside city limits, Grand Rapids, Mich. 
GO acres best fruits; $8,000 worth modern buildings; 
good land, well watered, will keep50cows; good roads; 
good market; easy terms; price $100 per acre. Write 
for particulars. C. H. PERKINS, Newark, New York. 
3 AAA money-making farms for 
^ UUU SALE. "Strout’s Special List,” illus¬ 
trating hundreds of the best farm bargains in New 
England, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Mary¬ 
land and the South, free. E. A, STROUT, Farm 
Dept. 42. 150 Nassau Street, New York. 
CNDU CflD CAI C Cheapest one ever offered; 
rPitlTl run OMLE splendid location and eleg¬ 
ant soil; good house and outbuildings; fine fruit; 
over 100 acres in cultivation; contains 200 acres; is 
near Salisbury: can be bought for $1,800; easy terms. 
Address SAMUEL P. WOODCOCK, Salisbury, Md. 
THE LEVIN PRUNER. 
The best pruner. Cuts Vinch dry branch. Quick, 
clean, easy cut. We will send it post paid for club of 
two new yearly subscriptions at $1 each, or for club 
of 7 ten weeks trials at 10 cents each. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. NEW YORK. 
