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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
July 7 . 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, July 7, 1906. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Seven Years on Our Truck Farm. 
Part 1.533, 534 
In Favor of a Itmuid Barn. 534 
Packing Tender Plants. 534 
Farming Both Ends of (lie Country. 534 
A Hired Man on Farm Labor. 534 
Experience with Alfalfa. 535 
A Farmer's Son on Farm Labor. 535 
Wild Honeysuckle . 530 
The Best Paying Crops. 536 
Maine University Farm Special. 537 
Hope Farm Notes. 539 
Crop Prospects . 541 
Preparing for the Harvest.541 
Fences and Farm Dogs. 541 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Manchester’s Dairy Notes. 537 
Old-Fashioned Butter Making. 537 
Bad Air for Chicks. 545 
Hen Surgery with a Razor. 545 
Chicken Notes . 545 
Hens with Throat Trouble. 545 
A Chicken Trouble. 545 
The Beef Trouble. 545 
Western Stock Notes. 546 
Lame Mule . 546 
Fishnets for Chicken Hawks. 546 
Notes from Hog Men. 546 
Excess Moisture in Butter. 547 
Fraud in the ‘‘Registration” of Animals. 547 
The Little Chicks.547 
HORTICULTURE. 
Making the Strawberry Bed. 536 
Raspberries and Blackberries for Ohio... 536 
Ailing Peach Trees. 536 
Fruits for Arkansas. 536 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 538 
A Garden Transplanter. 538 
Most Profitable Garden Crop. 538 
The Blueberry In Cultivation. 538 
Commercial Apples for Colorado. 541 
Red Cedar and Apple Trees. 541 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 542 
A Few Good Cakes. 542 
The Sense of Humor. 542 
A Cure for Discontent. 542 
Five Stock Collars. 543 
The Bookshelf. 543 
The Rural Patterns. 543 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Husband's Right in Property. 537 
Rights in Widow’s Properly. 537 
Disputed Right of Way.... 537 
Editorials ....... 540 
Events of the Week. 541 
New York Entomologic Service. 541 
Nut Growers’ Convention. 541 
Prices, Products and Trade. 544 
Humorous . 548 
markets 
Prices obtained at New York during week 
ending June 30, 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. 
All varieties. No. 2.3.00 
Southern, new, crate.1.00 
Tears, S’n. lye Conte, No. 1. 
bbl.6.00 
Southern Le Conic, No. 2..3.00 
©3.50 
LUMBER. 
Wholesale in N. Y. 
Wheat, No. 2, red. choice.... 
No. 1, Northern Duluth, ins. 
Corn, No. 2, mixed. 
Oats, No. 2, mixed. 
Rye . 
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92% 
60 
46 
65 
City bran. 
Middlings .. 
Red Dog. 
Cottonseed meal 
Linseed meal .. 
Prime, 
No. 1 
‘special” 
FEED. 
HAY. 
.18.00 
No. 2 .15.50 
No. 3 
.13.00 
@ 20.00 
@ 22.00 
@23.00 
©29.50 
@31.50 
@ 20.00 
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@16.50 
@14.50 
@16.00 
@13.00 
Clover, mixed .10.00 
Clover .10.00 
STRAW, 
Long rye .12.00 — 
Short and tangled.10.00 @ — 
Oat and wheat. 8.00 @ — 
MILK. 
N, Y. Milk Exchange price $1.21 per 40- 
quart can, netting 2% cents per quart in 
2(i-cent zone. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, “special” . 
Extras . 20 %< 
Seconds and firsts.. 17 
Low grades . 16 
State Dairy, prime. — 
Under grades. 15 
Imitation creamery . 16 
Factory . 
Renovated . 12 
Packing stock . 12 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, new. best.. 
Fair to good. 10 
Inferior . 
EGGS. 
White, “special” . 
Fancy .. 
Good to choice . 21 
Mixed colors, extra. 20 
Lower grades . 15 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 12 
Common to fair. 
German, 1905 . 27 
BEANS. 
Marrow . 2.50 
Medium .LOO 
Pea . 
Red Kidney.2.75 
White Kidney .3.10 
Yellow Eye . 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evap., fancy. 11%© 
Evap., choice . 
F.vaD.. prime . 
Chops, 100 lbs.2.20 
Cores and skins.2.00 
Raspberries . 
Huckleberries . 10 
Cherries . 14 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples—Spy, bbl. 
Baldwin .4.50 
Russet .4.00 
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Plums, 
(5a., Japanese, carrier 
. 1.00 
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Red June. 
. 1.00 
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Burbank . 
.1.00 
Ga., 
Wild Goose . 
. 1 OO 
Peaches. Fla., carrier. 
.1.00 
Ga., 
Tillotson . 
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Waddell . 
. 1.00 
Ga., 
Carman . 
. 1.00 
Ga., 
Red River.. 
. 1 .00 
Ga., 
St. John. 
.1.00 
Ga., 
Early Elberta.. 
. 1.00 
Cherries. Black, 8-lb. basket. 
. 50 
@7.00 
Hemlock, joist, 1,000. 
Boards . 
©20.00 
@22.50 
@4.00 
Timber, 20 to 32 ft. .. 
.20.50 
@27.00 
@2.00 
While pine, uppers... 
.86.50 
@ 103.50 
Or 1.75 
Shelving . 
@58.50 
@2.00 
Box . 
@30.00 
@1.75 
Yellow pine, flooring. . 
.22.00 
@40.00 
@1.75 
Siding. 
.26.00 
©28.00 
Red and white, 8-lb. bkt.... 25 
Sour, 8-lb. basket. 25 
Black, lb. 8 
Red and white, lb. 5 
Sour, lb. 5 
Sweet, quart . 5 
Sour, quart . 5 
Currants, small, quart. 7 
Strawberries, South Jersey, qt. 4 
Monmouth Co., N. J. 4 
Hilton & Irvington. N. J... 6 
Up-river, lower stations.... 6 
Up-river, upper stations.... 7 
Western N. Y. 8 
Blackberries, N. C., quart. 4 
Del. & Md. 5 
Jersey . 7 
Raspberries, Red. pint. 4 
Black Caps, pint. 4 
Huckleberries. N. C., quart... 10 
Jersey, Del. & Md., qt. 12 
Pa., Mountain, quart. ....... 15 
Gooseberries, small green, qt. . 6 
Muskmelons, Florida, standard 
crate .1.00 
Florida, pony orate. 75 
Georgia, standard crate.... 1.50 
Georgia, pony crate.1.25 
S. Carolina, standard crate. 1.75 
California, standard crate..4.00 
California, pony crate.3.00 
Watermelons. Fla. & Ga. 100.25.00 
Fla. and Ga., carload.... 200.00 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Southern Rose, No. 1 . 
barrel .2.50 
S’n, Irish Cobblers. No. 1...2.25 
S’n, white Chilis. No. 1_2.25 
S’n. red Chilis, No. 1.2.00 
Southern, No. 2.1.50 
Southern, culls .1.00 
Old. bl)l. or bag.1.50 
Sweet Potatoes. Jersey, bbl... 1.50 
Artichokes, California, dozen.. 50 
Asparagus, Colossal, dozen. ... 3.00 
Extras . \2.25 
Prime .1.50 
Culls . 75 
Beets, 100 bunches.1.00 
Carrots, old, bbl.2.00 
New. 100 bunches.2.00 
Cabbage, Va., Md. & Del., bbl.. 25 
Va., Md. & Del. bbl. 25 
L. I., & Jersey, bbl. 75 
L. I. & Jersey, 100.3.00 
Cucumbers, Norfolk, bbl. 
Norfolk, half-bbl. basket... 1 
Norfolk, bushel basket. 
Corn. North Carolina, case.... 1 
Jersey, 100.1 
Celery, Michigan, dozen. 
Egguiants, Florida, box. 
Garlic, New Orleans, lb. 
Horseradish, 100 lbs.4 
Kale, nearby, bbl. 
Lettuce, nearby, bbl. 
Lima Beans. Florida, crate... 2 
Mint, 100 bunches.1 
Mushrooms, lb. 
Onions. Bermuda, crate.1 
Texas, yellow. Cummer crate 
Texas, yellow, flat crate. ...1 
Texas, white. Cummer crate. 
New Orleans, bag.1.-jf> 
Egyptian, bag 1 .2.15 
Virginia, basket . 75 
Md. & Del., white, bushel 
crate . 50 
Jersey, white, basket. 75 
Okra, Florida, carrier.2.00 
Peppers, Florida, crate.1.00 
Jersey, basket .1.50 
Peas, Jersey, basket.1.2 
L. I. & Jersey, bag.1 
Up-river, basket .1 
Western N. V., basket.1 
Radishes, nearby, 100 bunches 
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@1.75 
@1.50 
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Rhubarb, nearby. 100 bunches. 
String Beans, Norfolk, green 
basket . 75 @1.25 
Norfolk, wax, basket.,,,,,, 50 ©1.00 
Baltimore, wax, basket. 1.00 ©1.25 
Baltimore, green, basket,,, 1.00 @1.25 
Jersey, wax. basket.,,,,,,. 75 @1.25 
Jersey, green, hasket, .,. ,.. 75 @1.50 
Long Island & Jersey, bag. .1.00 @1.50 
Spinach, nearby, barrel..,,,,, 50 @1.00 
Squash, marrow, bbl.-crate.,, 75 @1.50 
Yellow crook-neck.. 5ft @i.oo 
White . 50 @1.00 
Turnips, Rutabaga, bbl, ,,,,,, 1.00 @1.25 
White, 100 bunches_,., 75 @1.00 
Tomatoes. Florida, carrier.... 75 @1.50 
Georgia . 1.00 @1.75 
Norfolk . 1.00 @1.75 
Jersey, box . .,. ..1.00 @2.00 
Mississippi, flat box . 85 ©1.00 
Watercress, 100 hunches.1.00 @1.50 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Spring Chickens, lb. 18 @ 23 
Fowls . — © 13% 
Roosters ...-— @ 8 
Turkeys . 11 © 12 
Ducks, pair . 50 @ 80 
Geese, pair. 90 @1.25 
Pigeons, pair . — @ 25 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys . 11 @ 13 
Spring Chickens, “special,” lb. — @ 35 
Dry picked, fancy. 23 © 25 
Good to prime. 20 @ 22 
Fowls . 11 @ 14 
Ducklings, fancy . 12 @ 12% 
Squabs, “special,” dozen.4.00 @5.50 
Prime, white .2.25 @3.00 
Mixed and dark.1.25 @1.50 
LIVE STOCK. 
The top figure given on lambs was paid 
for a lot of extra choice from Kentucky. 
Steers .4.8ft ©5.80 
Cows .1.50 @4.05 
Calves .4.00 @6.75 
Sheep .3.50 ©5.50 
Lambs .7.75 @9.75 
Hogs . — @7.00 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Prices for ton lots, smaller quantities pro¬ 
portionately higher. 
Nitrate of soda, ton. — ©51.50 
Muriate of potash, 2,016 lbs.. — ©41.85 
Dried blood . — @53.00 
Kainit . — ©11.00 
Acid phosphate . —- @12.00 
Ground bone . — @28.00 
Copper sulphate, bbl. lots, lb.. — @ 6% 
Sulphur flowers, bbl. lots. — @ 2% 
Water glass, bbl. lots. — @ 2 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE . 
During a single week recently 32 cars cher¬ 
ries, 60 of peaches, 81 of plums and five of 
apricots were shipped from California for 
eastern markets. 
The banana business of Costa Rica is in¬ 
creasing rapidly. During 1905 more than 
5,000,000 bunches were sent to the United 
States and nearly half as much to Great 
Britain. 
Scientists are finding elements of fertil¬ 
ity in the volcanic dust spread on the land 
during the last Vesuvian eruption. Yet 
most people will prefer to have their fer¬ 
tilizers ground and mixed a little further 
from home and distributed in a somewhat 
less ostentatious manner. 
The details of one method of settling the 
labor question, as well as numerous other 
vexatious farm and home problems, are sent 
us by a Connecticut man, who has been 
invited to invest $2 in the scheme. The so¬ 
ciety or “guild,” as it is called, promises 
to assist its members la getting help; to 
furnish Instruction in all branches of agri¬ 
culture, live stock, etc.; to help get cheap 
farms; assist strangers; establish farm col¬ 
onies, and all for $2. After some corre¬ 
spondence it was found that the head of this 
wonderful society—on paper—was an alleged 
preacher, who was constantly on the move 
and usually left a fair crop of debts behind. 
The results showed that $2 bills rather than 
pure altruism were the magnet of this man's 
motive. 
Stiuwbekkies. —Receipts during the past 
10 days have averaged poor. Sections 
soaked with that three days’ rain sent ber¬ 
ries that got very soft on the way. Berries 
soaked with water and expressmen who han¬ 
dle the crates as though filled with rubber 
balls make an unprofitable combination. But 
fruit that arrived in prime condition has sold 
well, the best of any time since the full sea¬ 
son opened, up-river and western N. Y. 
berries bringing most. With some exceptions 
prices on the Hilton and Irvington crop have 
not been up to those of previous years, and 
the berries noied have been but little above 
average. It is understood, however, that 
some fancy lots have sold at premium prices. 
The oilier day a farmer asked me whether 
there is any place where weeds would rather 
grow than In a strawberry bed. An onion 
bed will run a close race with It, hut a 
weedy strawberry patch, even though only a 
little neglected, is a tough proposition, tax¬ 
ing muscle, patience and finger ends. 
Peaches from Florida are practically over 
and the Georgia crop is well started. Some 
of tlie varieties seem at present are Tillot- 
son, Waddell, Carman and Elberta. A great 
many have sold under $1 per crate, owing to 
inferior quality. The familiar red label of 
the Hale orchards is seen in retail places 
well scattered about the city. This label is 
supposed to be put only on fruit that is 
“worth while,” and the experience of dealers 
seems to he that the Intention is usually put 
into effect. 
Hay. —The market has weakened a little, 
particularly on the better grades of Timothy. 
One reason for this is that many city people 
who spend the Summer at their country 
places take their horses with them. These 
horses eat choice Timothy and when away 
the demand Is just so much less. Attention 
has previously been called to the dusty con¬ 
dition of some hay. It Is bright and has 
not been weathered, yet when shaken out the 
dust flies more than might he expected, and 
the shakings have a large percentage of grit. 
There are men mean enough to stuff hay 
with dirt when haling, to make it “weigh 
well.” I have seen tills done, but it is prob¬ 
able that the hulk of the dirt complained of 
nowadays is from reckless use of the wire 
hay rake, and road dust raised by automo¬ 
biles that go tearing along country roads. 
The wire rake is a pernicious thing when 
misused. It is better to leave a few spears 
of hay on the meadow than to go around 
the field scratching out the grass roots and 
raking up a few forkfuls of scatterings load¬ 
ed with dirt. The old-fashioned plan of 
having a hoy with hand rake follow the load 
had its merits, though perhaps a little hard 
on the hoy. But the dust raised by those 
howling representatives of pandemonium is 
a serious matter. In addition to the dis¬ 
comfort of housekeepers living near much- 
traveled roads, the standing grass is so 
thickly coated with dust that It is fit to cut 
only after being washed by a heavy rain, 
which does not always come at the right 
time. In sections of England there are re¬ 
ports of cattle being made sick by contin¬ 
ually eating hay loaded with this road dust. 
The roads, originally intended for the con¬ 
venience of foot passengers, have thus be¬ 
come unsafe foy travel and an actual menace 
to crops. w. w. h. 
YOU ARE IV O T 
too far away. We ship 
CALDWELL 
Tanks, Towers anti Wind Mills to every 
state in the country. The reason Is t hey 
are the best made of any on the market. 
Ask us for teferenees in your neigbbor- 
hood. We have them. Send for Tank 
and TowerCatalogueand Special Water 
Works Catalogue. 
W. K. Caldwell Co,, Louisville, Ky. 
GEO. P. HAMMOND. EST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN. 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & CO., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers in all kinds of 
COUNTRY PRODUCK, Apples, Peaches, Berries. 
Butter, Eggs, Cheeso, Poultry. Mushrooms and Hot¬ 
house Products a Specialty. Consignments solicited. 
34 <& 30 Little 12th 8t„ New York. 
BERRIES, PEACHES, 
Fresh 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 Sl„ N.V. 
POSITION WANTED SXlS 
ence. Address R., care of Rural New-Yorker. 
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ANTED: Experlenrcit farmer, modern metlioda, Address 
“FARMER, ’ care of Morning News, Wilmington, Del. 
IJ | your Butter, Cheese, Eggs, Poultry, 
II I | Apples, etc., to the Oldest Commission 
House in New York. Established 1838. 
E. B. WOODWARD, 302 Greenwich St„ New York. 
WANTED 
HAY AND STRAW 
WRITE FOR QUOTATIONS. 
F, 0. HEWITT, 120 Liberty St., N. Y. 
Final rnn C AI C Cheapest one ever offered; 
rfiniYI rUFl OHLl splendid location and eleg¬ 
ant soil; good house and outbuildings; fine fruit; 
over 100 acres in cultivation; contains 200 acres; is 
near Salisbury; can he bought for $1,800; easy terms. 
Address SAMUEL P, WOODCOCK, Salisbury, Md. 
REGISTERED 0. I. C. PIGS 
for sale. June 19th and 24th farrow. Particulars to 
VV. SWARTZ, Shelly, Pennsylvania. 
RPfiKTFRpn H I P and Chester White pigs, 
nLUIOIt.(iLU Uil. U. either sox, pairs not akin. 
Telephone. E. P. ROGERS, Wayville, N. Y. 
Ffln CM I fj— Seven Shropshire ram lambs of 
Tun vnbL varying ages. All from registered 
stock. OHAS. M. JARVIS, Berlin, Conn. 
are raised in one month: 
bring big prices. Moneyf^7 | 
UUyhUO makers for poultry meu.ffyft 
w w farmers, women. V-Ly V—y 
A\7'Sendfor our Free Book and learn thisAWIr 
V“5rieh industry. Correspondence invitodffVvTt^y > 
-‘Plymouth Rook Squab Co., '“vdVUAffl 
1335 Howard St., Melrose, Mnss.^iiy^y 
ROCK-HOLLAND FARM 
STONE RIDGE, 
NEW YORK. 
W. Plymouth Rocks and W. Holland Turkeys. 
Maple Villa Poultry Yards—Eggs and stock guaran¬ 
teed. Hamburgs. Leghorns, Andalusians. Mlnorcas, 
Wyandottes, Rocks, Anconas. w.u.moshkk, Sylvan la, Fa. 
L IGHT BRAHMAS—Prize stock. EGGS $1.00 
for 15. C. GORDON, R. F. D. 1, Sprakers, N. Y. 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Winners at N. Y. State Fair, 1904-05. Trios, $5. Eggs 
for hatching, $1.00 per 15; $5.00 per 100. Catalogue 
free. O. H. ZIMMER, R. I). 41, Weedsport, N. Y. 
SPECIAL 
It. C. W. LEGHORNS, W. 
P. KOOKS. EGGS 5c. EACH. 
STOCK FOlt SALE. 
L. O. HILLS, Delaware, O. 
90 
War s Poultry, Pigeons, Parrots, Dogs, Cats. 
Ferrets, etc. Eggs a specialty. 00 p. book. 10a 
Rates free. J. A ■ BKUGEY, Box 8,Telford,Pa, 
EDWARD G. NOONAN, MA A\8S A ’ 
Breeder of Thoroughbred Poultry. Prices reasonable. 
USEF UL BO OKS 
Sent postpaid by Rural New-Yorker at 
prices named: 
Animal Breeding, Shaw. 1.50 
Business lien, Collingwood.75 
Corn Judging, Shamel.50 
Domestic Sheep, Stewart. 1.50 
Evolution of Our Native Fruits, Bailey. 2.00 
Farm Poultry, Watson. 1.25 
Fertilizers, Voorhees. 1.00 
Fumigation Methods, Johnson. 1.00 
Garden Making, Hunn and Bailey. 1.00 
Greenhouse Construction, Taft. 1.50 
Greenhouse Management, Taft. 1.50 
Horticulturist’s Rule Book, Bailey.75 
Harris on the Pig. 100 
Iiow to Plan the Home Grounds, Parsons 1.00 
Home Science Cook Book. 1.11 
Handbook of Conversation, Peabody.50 
Heather, Wallace. 1-50 
How Crops Feed, S. W. Johnson. 1.50 
How Crops Grow, S. W. Johnson. 1.50 
Hedges, Windbreaks and Shelters, Powell .50 
Irrigation and Draiuage, King. 1.50 
Insects Injurious to Staple Crops, San¬ 
derson . 1-59 
The Rural New-Yorker, New York 
