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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 28 , 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, July 28, 1900. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Seven Years on Our Truck Farm. 
Part IV .581, 582 
Do “Fairy Rings” Poison the Soil?. 583 
Buckwheat and Soil Poisoning. 583 
Clark and Ills Grass Crop. 584 
Cow Pea Vines Before Grass Seed. 584 
Disease of Peas. 584 
Lime or Limekiln Ashes. 584 
Crimson Clover in Corn. 586 
Hope Farm Notes. 587 
Crop Prospects . 589 
The Farm Labor Question.•. 593 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Experience in Soiling Cattle. 583 
Cosgrove’s Poultry Account for June. .. 593 
Wants to he a Milkman. 594 
Sheep Situation in America. 594 
Best Wood for a Silo. 595 
Shipping Incubated Eggs. 595 
That Breeding Question. 595 
HORTICULTURE. 
Growing Plants in Oregon. 
Renovating Old Asparagus. 
The “Premium Red” Apple. 
Grapes in Oregon. 
Culture of Grapes. 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 
Fruit Prospects in Columbia County... 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 
Canning Corn . 
Some Good Jellies. 
For the Eider Woman. 
The Bookshelf . 
An Unappreciated Fruit. 
The Rural Patterns. 
583 
583 
584 
584 
584 
586 
589 
590 
590 
590 
590 
590 
591 
591 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Timber for Fence Posts. 582 
Natural Grafting of Trees. 582 
Destroying Field Mice. 582 
Moving Spruce and Pear Trees. 582 
Building a Fireplace. 582 
Cutting Elm to Prevent Sprouting. . .. 584 
Clearing Land of Stumps. 585 
Editorials . 588 
Events of the Week. 589 
Winter Courses in Horticulture at 
Cornell . 589 
The Question of Niagara Falls. 589 
Business Bits . 589 
Products, Prices and Trade. 592 
Humorous . 596 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending July 21, 1906, wholesale unless other¬ 
wise specified. The prices of grain, butter, 
cheese and eggs are based on the transac¬ 
tions 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, in¬ 
quiries and observations of sales in the vari¬ 
ous market sections. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2, red, for export — 
No. 1, Northern, Duluth ins — 
Corn, No. 2, mixed. — 
Oats . — 
Rye . — 
@ 
@ 
@ 
@ 
84 
88 % 
59 
42 
00 
FEED. 
Trade dull. 
City Bran . 
Middlings . 
Red Dog . 
@ 20.00 
@22.00 
@24.00 
HAY. 
But little high grade arriving. 
No. 1 .1S.00 @19.00 
No. 2 .16.00 @17.00 
No. 3 .14.00 @15.00 
Clover, mixed .13.00 @16.00 
Clover .10.00 @12.00 
STRAW. 
Business very dull. 
Long Rye ..... 
.: .11.00 
Short and Oat.. 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice.. 
Common to fair.. 
German crop .,., 
@ 12.00 
@ 8.50 
@ 17 
@ 12 
@ 30 
MILK. 
N. Y. Exchange price advanced to $1.31 
per 40-quart can July 17, netting 2% cents 
per quart to 26-cent zone shippers who 
have no extra station charges. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, extra . 
21 
Seconds and firsts. 
& 
20 
State Dairy, best. 
@ 
20 
Lower grades . 
@ 
19 
Factorv . 
@ 
17 
Renovated . 
@ 
18% 
Packing Stock . 
@ 
16 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, fancy. 
_ 
@ 
11% 
Fair to good. 
10% 
Inferior . 
9% 
Half skims . 
8 % 
Full skims . 
@ 
2 
EGGS. 
Selected, white, fancy.. 
_ 
@ 
24 
White, good to choice. 
22 
@ 
23 
Mixed colors, extra. 
. . 20 
@ 
21 
Lower grades . 
@ 
18 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evap., fancy. 
_ 
@ 
12 
Evap., choice . 
. . 11 % @ 
11% 
Evap., prime . 
.. 11 
@ 
11% 
Chops, 100 lbs. 
@2.50 
Raspberries . 
@ 
30 
Cherries .. 
@ 
15 
Huckleberries . 
@ 
12 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 1905, choice, bush... — @3.00 
Fair to good.2.50 @2.90 
Medium, 1905, choice.1.87% @1.90 
Common to good.1.50 *@1.85 
Pea, 1905, choice. — @1.65 
Fair to good.1.50 @1.60 
Red kidney, 1905, choice. ... 3.00 @3.02% 
Fair to good.2.75 @2.95 
White kidney, 1905, choice..3.10 @3.20 
Yellow Eye, 1905, choice.1.50 @1.55 
Lima, California, 1905.3.00 @3.05 
Apples—Red Astrachan, new, 
half-barrel basket . 
Green sorts . 
Jersey, ‘windfalls, bbl.1 
Pears., Southern Le Conte, No. 
1 ha rro 1 2 
50 
50 
.00 
@1.25 
@ 1.00 
@2.50 
@4 50 
S’n I.e Conte, No. 2.1 
@3.00 
Plums, Japanese, carrier. 
Burbank . 
50 
@1.00 
50 
@1.00 
Del. & Md., green, 10-lb. bkt. 
Peaches. Ga., Carman, carrier 
10 
@ 20 
50 
@1.00 
Ga. Chinese Free . 
@1.00 
Ga., Mt. Rose . 
50 
@1.00 
Ga., Elberta . 
1 •» 
@1.50 
Ga., 'Belle of Georgia. 
< 
@ 1.50 
Ga., Early Bell. 
(<( \ 25 
South Carolina . 
50 
@1.25 
Md. & Del., per carrier. . .. 
50 
@ 1.00 
Md. & Del., per crate. 
40 
@ 90 
Md. & Del., per basket. 
25 
@ 60 
Cherries, sour, black, 8-lb. bkt. 
55 
@ 65 
Red and white, 8-lb. bkt.. 
35 
@ 50 
Sour, red, 8-lb. basket.... 
50 
@ 60 
Currants, quart . 
5 
@ 7 
Blackberries, Del. & Md., qt. . 
4 
@ 8 
Jersey, quart . 
5 
@ 8 
Up-river, quart . 
6 
@ 9 
Raspberries, red, pint. 
3 
@ 6 
Black Caps . 
3 
@ 5 
Huckleberries, N. Carolina, qt 
7 
@ 10 
Jersey, Del. & Md.. quart. 
7 
@ 9 
N. Y. & Pa., Mountain, qt.. 
10 
@ 12 
Gooseberries, green, quart. ... 
Muskmolons, Ga., standard 
crate . 
8 
@ 10 
@1.00 
S. Carolina, standard crate. 
50 
@ 1.00 
N. Carolina, stand, crate... 
50 
@1.00 
California, stand, crate. ...2, 
00 
@3.50 
California, pony crate. .... 2. 
Arizona, standard crate....3. 
00 
(d 2.50 
00 
@3.25 
Arizona, pony crate. 
Watermelon. Fla. & Ga., 100. 5 
— 
(a 2.50 
00 
@40.00 
Fla. & Ga., carload.130.00 
@300.00 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, L. I. in bulk, bbl...l.50 @2.25 
Jersey, barrel .1.50 @2.25 
Del. & Md„ bbl.1.50 @2.25 
Eastern Shore Md. & Va...1.50 @2.12 
Norfolk & Cape Charles. .. 1.75 @2.25 
Accomac Co., Va.1.50 @2.00 
North Carolina .1.50 @2.00 
Southern, white, Chilis.1.50 @2.00 
Southern, red, Chilis.1.50 @1.75 
Seconds .1.00 @1.25 
Culls . 75 @1.00 
Sweet potatoes, Jersey, bkt... 75 @1.25 
Yams, Southern, red, bbl.... 3.00 @4.00 
Beets, 100 bunches.1.00 @2.00 
Carrots, new, 100 bunches. ...2.00 @3.00 
Cabbage, L. I. & Jersey, bbl. 75 @1.00 
L. I. & Jersey, 100.3.00 @4.00 
Cucuml>ers, Norfolk, bill. 25 @ 75 
Baltimore, bushel-basket . . 40 @ 50 
Jersey, box . 25 @ 30 
Corn, Hackensack. 100.1.25 @1.50 
Jersey. Del. & Md.. 100_ 75 @1.25 
Celery, Michigan, dozen. 15 @ 25 
Jersey, dozen bunches. 15 @ 50 
Cauliflower, barrel . 50 @2.00 
Eggplants, Southern, box.... 1.00 @1.50 
Norfolk, large crate.2.00 @2.25 
Jersey, box .1.00 @1.25 
Garlic. New Orleans, lb. 5 @ 7 
Horseradish, 100 lbs.4.00 @5.00 
Kale, nearby, barrel. 25 @ 50 
Lettuce, nearby, barrel. 35 @ 75 
Western N. Y.. dozen. 10 @ 20 
Onions, Kentucky, bag.1.40 @1.50 
Virginia, red, barrel.2.00 @2.50 
Virginia, red, basket.1.00 @1.12 
Virginia, potato, barrel. ...2.00 @2.50 
Virginia, potato, basket.... — @1.00 
Virginia, white, barrel. ...2.00 @3.00 
Md. & Del., white, bush-crate 75 @1.00 
Jersey, white, basket.1.00 @1.25 
Jersey, yellow, basket.1.00 @1.25 
Long Island, red, barrel... 2.00 @2.50 
Long Island, yellow, barrel. 2.00 @2.50 
Orange Co., bag.1.50 @2.25 
Peppers, Jersey, box. 50 @1.00 
Norfolk, carrier . 75 @ — 
Peas, Western N. Y., basket.. 1.00 @1.12 
Western N. Y., bag. 75 @ 90 
Radishes, nearby, 100 bunches. 50 @ 75 
Rhubarb, nearby, 100 bunches. 50 @1.00 
String Beans, Jersey, wax, bkt. 50 @1.00 
Jersey, green, basket. 50 @1.00 
Long Island & Jersey, bag. . 50 @ 75 
Western N. Y., wax, bkt... 50 @1.00 
Western N. Y., green, bkt.. 75 @1.00 
Spinach, Nearby, bbl. 50 @1.00 
Squash, marrow, bbl-crate.... 50 @1.00 
Yellow, crook-neck, bbl-crate. 25 @ 50 
White, bbl-crate . 25 @ 50 
Turnips, Rutabaga, bbl . 75 @ — 
White, 100 bunches. 50 @ 75 
Tomatoes, Norfolk, carrier. ... 25 @50 
Md. & Del., carrier. 25 @ 40 
Baltimore, box . 75 @1.00 
Nearby Jersey, Acme, box.... 1.00 @1.50 
Nearby Jersey, common, box 75 @1.00 
South Jersey, common, box. 40 @ 60 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Spring Chickens. 20 @ 22 
Fowls . — @ 15 
Roosters . — @ 9 
Turkeys . 10 @ — 
Ducks, pair . 45 @ 80 
Geese, pair . 90 @1.50 
Pigeons . 25 @ 30 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys . 10 @ 12 
Spring Chickens, fancy. 27 @ 28 
Fair to good. 22 @ 25 
Fowls . 12 @ 14 
Ducklings . 12 @ 12% 
Geese . -—■ @ 18 
Squabs, best .3.00 @4.00 
Lower grades .1.25 @2.50 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers .5.00 @6.10 
Bulls .3.00 @4.25 
Cows .1.50 @3.85 
Calves .4.50 @7.50 
Sheep .3.50 @5.50 
Lambs .6.00 @8.00 
Hogs . — @7.30 
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 
Sulphate of potash, 2,016 lbs — @48.15 
Dried blood . — @53.00 
Kainit . — @11.00 
Acid phosphate . — @11.00 
Basic slag, 2,016 lbs. — @17.55 
Peruvian guano, Chincha.... — @40.50 
Lobos . — @30.00 
Ground bone . — @28.00 
Copper sulphate, bbl. lots, lb.. — @ 6% 
Sulphur flowers, bbl. lots.... — @ 2% 
Water glass, bbl. lots. — @ 2 
Myrtle : “George, we must elope.” 
George: “But surely your father has no 
objection to-” “None whatever. He 
suggested it, in fact. He says it will be 
cheaper.”—Credit Lost. 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
The Canadian wheat harvest is under 
way, and the crop promises to be very heavy, 
various estimates averaging about 130,000,- 
000 bushels. A large increase in the acre¬ 
age of new land being broken this Summer 
is reported. 
It is reported that Germany is using con¬ 
siderable dog flesh mainly for sausage pur¬ 
poses. It sells for about one-third more 
than horse meat, which is a standard article 
of food. Dog flesh is said to have a peculiar 
flavor specially pleasing to those who be¬ 
come accustomed to it. 
Potatoes. —The early crop of Long Island 
and Jersey is working out at 50 to 75 cents 
per bushel. Except in a few localities 
where drought struck them the tubers are of 
good size and smooth. Some crops had very 
narrow escapes from serious drought dam¬ 
age. the vines having that peculiar look of 
“shall 1 keep on growing or quit?” so well 
known to farmers. 
Our imports for June amounted to $100,- 
831,607, of which $56,583,555 were dutiable. 
Exports for the same month were $124,933.- 
995. For the year ending June 30, imports, 
$1,226,615,379, a little more than half be¬ 
ing dutiable; exports, $1,743,763,012. Ex¬ 
cess of gold imports over exports for year, 
$57,653,320. Items in the yearly exports 
were as follows; Cotton, $400,426,957; 
breadstuffs, $177,350,470; live stock, $41,- 
303,526. 
Peaches. —The receipts for the week have 
been heavy, and good fruit sold about 50 
cents per crate lower than the previous week. 
The quality has improved and it is possi¬ 
ble to get excellent specimens of Elberta, 
Carman, Mountain Rose and Georgia Belle, 
varieties good enough for anyone, and dis¬ 
tinct enough to suit all tastes. Wholesale 
prices for the best ran below $1.50 per six- 
basket crate, and a good many fair ones 
sold for $1. Early in the week I bought a 
crate of Itumph’s Eibertas to ship for $2. 
This Rumph brand is another of those labels 
that can usually be depended on. In a 
retail way peaches are selling for 30 to 50 
cents per four-quart basket, 10 and 16 for 
a quarter, and two or three for five cents. 
Berries. —The same man who asked me 
to send him peaches wanted 10 or 12 quarts 
of berries. But at that time berries were 
out of the question, being inferior and ex¬ 
pensive. Little huckleberries that dealers 
wanted 18 cents per quart for were not worth 
five cents from a consumer’s point of view. 
Huckleberries got more plentiful during the 
week, yet I saw nothing worth buying of¬ 
fered at wholesale for less than 8 to 12 
cents, and in small lots. 14 to 16. Rasp¬ 
berries, both red and black, have run about 
the same and blackberries a little lower. I 
never saw finer currants than those offered 
at present, but the New York market does 
not absorb this fruit readily. There seems 
to be a prejudice against them, probably on 
account of their sourness, and it is a com¬ 
mon thing for dealers to get scr overstocked 
that they are glad to unload to the canners 
at a cut price. 
Co-operative Experiment Dropped.— The 
city of Glasgow, Scotland, which for six 
years has maintained a municipal ownership 
telephone service, is said to have given up 
the enterprise and sold their entire holdings 
to the post office end of the general govern¬ 
ment. In one way this may seem a triumph 
for the private company, which the city 
owned concern has been competing with, yet 
during the six years the private company 
has been obliged to reduce its rates more 
than one-half, and decidedly cut prices for 
some forms of telephone service are said to 
have been offered. The net loss to the city 
for the six years is thought to he about 
$200,000. This telephone fizzle is no argu¬ 
ment against municipal ownership of utili¬ 
ties where the people really want this form 
of management, but if they are indifferent 
it is far better to defer such experiment 
until sufficient support can he pledged to 
carry it along without embarrassment. 
Apples. —The little choice fruit that has 
come to hand has sold well, and some near¬ 
by windfalls have brought as high as $2 per 
barrel. These make good pie or sauce stock 
if picked up at once and shipped. But there 
is no use sending windfalls to any distant 
market, as no matter how well they may 
look when shipped they will be discolored 
and nearly worthless on arrival. But wind¬ 
falls themselves ought to be sorted to some 
extent and those badly crushed thrown out. 
Appl.es falling on a heavy sod may be but 
slightly injured, and almost as good as 
picked fruit, while those from a high-headed 
orchard on stony land would be two-thirds 
crushed. Where windfalls are quoted as 
bringing high price, they are quite likely to 
be fairly sound. Apples that drop because 
they are wormy are not properly windfalls, 
even though the wind may hurry their 
dropping. Such fruit ought to go to the 
hogs, either by picking up or letting the hogs 
run in orchard, but the drop in a heavy wind 
may contain much fruit that would have 
hung on the tree and ripened. w. w. H. 
The Coachman: “I shall have to leave 
your service, sir.” Insurance President: 
“I am sorry to hear that, John. Why?” 
“When I’m a-drivin’ you out, sir, I hear 
folks say, ‘There goes that thief,’ and I 
don’t know which of' us they mean.”—Life. 
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UH« NT r n Some person or small family to 
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fifty acre farm forty miles from Buffalo and two 
miles from local station. Poultry and gardening. 
Address "ROBINDALE,” care The R. N Y. 
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ILLH0L mission House in New York. Established 
1838. Butter, Cheese, Eggs, Poultry, Hay, Apples, etc. 
E. B. WOODWARD, 302 Greenwich St., New York. 
VIRGINIA FARM FOR SALE. 
400 acres in Albemarle County, Virginia, on the 
James River. Lies between the C. & O. R. R. and 
County Road. Is nearly a square. Land lies well and 
is very well watered by branches and springs. Ex¬ 
cellent for a stock or general farm. Water power can 
be had on the place. Land high, rolling and fertile. 
Healthy climate, good neighborhood and rural free 
delivery. One mile to school, four to church and 
depot. Ra'lrond siding adjoins place. Fenced with 
woven wire. Owner will sell at bargain to quick 
purchaser as other interests prevent his attending to 
his place. Two dwellings and necessary outbuild¬ 
ings. Price $(''000.00. Easy terms. Address 
X. Y. Z., care Rural New-Yorker. 
riAIDV C A DIM -120 acres; about 10 
UAIH T r MrCIVI acres wood; fine 
springs; good farm house and barns; macadam road. 
Creamery three miles; railroad quarter of a mile. 
Three cents in summer, four cents in winter, for 
milk, wholesale. One hour from New York City. 
W. D. ADAMS, Hudson City Branch, 
Jersey City P. O., N. J. 
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Animal Breeding, Shaw. 1.50 
Business Hen, 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, Ilunn and Bailey. 1.00 
Greenhouse Construction, Taft. 1.50 
Greenhouse Management, Taft. 1.50 
Horticulturist’s Rule Book, Bailey.75 
Harris on the Pig. 1.00 
How to Plan the Home Grounds, Parsons 1.00 
Home Science Cook Book. 1.11 
Handbook of Conversation, Peabody.50 
Heather, Wallace. 1.50 
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