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CONTENTS. 
The Rural, New-Yorker August 4, 1906. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Other Side to Hired Man Question. .597, 
Various Insect Pests. 
Alfalfa Hard to Spoil. 
Notes on the Asparagus Crop. 
Well Outlet for Tile Drainage. 
Eradicating Johnson (trass. 
A Pole for Leveling Hay. 
Alfalfa After Oats and Peas. 
Chemicals and Worn-out Soil. 
Pennsylvania Alfalfa . 
Hope Farm Notes. 
Crop Prospects . 
The Farm Labor Question. 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Leghorn Pullets vs. “Mongrels”.... 
A Pennsylvania Egg Record. 
Chicks with Bronchitis. 
Shipping Half-Hatched Eggs. 
The Nine Lives of a Chicken. 
Bright Outlook for Sheep. 
Some Maryland Forage Crops. 
Wants to Be a Milkman. 
Questions About Angoras. 
HORTICULTURE. 
A Transplanter; Strawberry Beds.. 
Gladiolus Questions . 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 
Fan for Cleaning Grapes. 
WOMAN 
From Day to Day 
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Hot Weather Puddings. 
Living on a Small Income. 
The Rural Patterns. 
The Bookshelf . 
Skirt Supports . 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Those Doubtful Agents.. 
Rust-Proof Water Pipes. 
Editorials . 
Events of the Week. 
Repopulating Abandoned Towns.. 
New York Entomologic Service. .. 
Business Bits . 
Products, Prices and Trade. 
Use of Cement in Central West. 
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FEED. 
City bran 
Middlings 
Red dog . 
— @ 20.00 
— @ 22.00 
— @24.00 
IIAY. 
But little high grade arriving. 
No 1 19.00 @19.50 
No 2 .17.00 @18.00 
No.’ 3 .14.00 @15.00 
Clover, mixed .13.00 @16.00 
Clover .10.00 @12.00 
STRAW. 
Business very dull. 
Long rye .10.00 @11.00 
Short and oat. 7.00 @ 8.00 
BEANS. 
Marrow, choice, bushel.2.95 @3-90 
Fair to good.2.50 @2.90 
Medium, Choice . — @1.85 
Common to good.1.50 @1.80 
Pea, choice .1.62% @1.65 
Fair to good.1.50 @ 1.60 
Red kidney, choice.3.00 @ — 
Fair to good .2.75 @2.95 
White kidney, choice.3.05 
Yellow Eye, choice.1.50 
Lima, California .3.00 
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MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending July 28, 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 observation of sales in the vari¬ 
ous market sections. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2, red, for export — @83 
No. 1, Northern, Duluth ins — @ 8714 
Corn, No. 2, mixed. — @ 58 
Oats . — @ 43 
Rye . — @ 59 
Ga., Mt. Rose. 50 @1.00 
N. & S. Carolina. 50 @1.00 
Md. and Del., carrier. 50 @1.00 
Md. and Del., basket. 35 @ 60 
Jersey, basket . ; • • -5 @ 50 
Grapes, N. C. and Del., carrier.l.<5 @2.00 
Currants, quart .. • 4 
Blackberries, Del. and Md., qt. 3 
Jersey, quart ..... «* 
Up-river, quart . •> 
Raspberries, red, pint. 3 
Huckleberries. Jersey, Delaware 
and Md. « 
N. Y. and l’a., Mountain... 10 
Goosel>erries, green, quart.... 8 
Muskmelons, Southern, crate.. 50 
Norfolk, l)bl. 25 
Norfolk, 48-quart crate.... 25 
Md. and Del., stan’rd crate. 1.00 
California, standard crate..3.00 
California, pony crate.2.50 
Arizona, standard crate... .3.50 
Arizona, pony crate.2.75 
Watermelons, Southern, 100..8.00 
Southern, carload .85.00 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Long Island. bbl....1.50 
Jersey .1.25 
Del. and Md.1.25 @1.75 
Va. and E. Shore, Rose-1.50 @1.7o 
Va. and E. Shore, white.... 1.25 
Va. and E. Shore, red-..1.25 
Seconds .”9 
Culls . 50 
Sweet potatoes, Jersey, bkt. . 75 
Yams, N. C., red & white, bbl.2.00 
Beets, 100 hunches. —• 
Carrots, 100 bunches. —— 
Cabbage, L. I. & Jersey, bbl.. 50 
Cucumbers, Norfolk, bbl. 25 
Baltimore, bushel-basket ... 30 
Jersey and L. I., box. 25 
Corn, Hackensack, 100. 50 
Jersey. Del. and Md., 100. .. 40 
Celery, Michigan, dozen. 15 
Jersey, dozen . 10 
Cauliflower, barrel . 50 
Eggplants, Norfolk, large crate.1.25 
Jersey, box . 50 
Jersey, half-bbl. basket. 60 
Lettuce, nearby, bbl. 40 
Western N. Y., basket. 50 
Onions, Kentucky, bag.1.30 
Texas, crate .100 
Virginia, red. bbl.2.00 
Virginia, red. basket. 7-> 
Virginia, Potato, bbl.1.50 
Virginia, Potato, basket.... 60 
Virginia, white, bbl.2.00 
Md. and Del., white, bu-crate 75 
Jersey, White, basket.1.00 
Jersey, yellow, lmsket.1.00 
L. L and Jersey, red, bbl...2.00 
L. I. and Jersey, yellow, bbl.2.00 
Orange Co., bag.1.00 
Peppers, Jersey, box. 40 
Jersey, half-bbl. basket. ... 65 
Norfolk, carrier . 40 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 15 @ 17 
Common to fair. 10 @ 12 
German crop . 27 @ 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 . 20% @ 
Seconds and firsts. 18 
State dairy, best. — 
Lower grades . 15 
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Factory . 14 
Renovated . 13 
Packing stock .. 1- 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, fancy 
Fair to good .... 
Inferior . 9 _ 
Half skims . 8%@ 
Full skims . 1 
EGGS 
Selected, white, fancy. . 
White, good to choice... 
Mixed colors, extra. 20 
Lower grades . 15 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evaporated, fancy 
Evap., choice . 
Chops, 100 lbs.2.40 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, Duchess, choice, bbl...2.50 
Nvack Pippins, choice.2.50 
Bough, choice .2-00 
Astraclian. choice .2.00 
Open heads, prime. ....... l.._>0 
Open beads, poor to fair. .. 
Pears, S'n Le Conte, No. 1 
S’n Le Conte, No. 2- 
Clapp’s Favorite . 
Nearby, other early sorts.. 1.50 
Plums, Del. and Md., carrier.. 
Del & Md., green, 10-lb. bkt, 
Peaches, Ga., Elberta, carrier. 
Ca., Belle of Goergia. 50 
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Peas, Western N. Y„ basket.. 
Western N. Y., bag. 
String beans, Jersey, bkt. 
Long Island and Jersey, bag 
Western N. Y., basket. 
Squash, marrow, bbl.-crate. .. 
Yellow, crook-neck, bbl.-crate 
Turnips, ruta baga, bbl. — 
Tomatoes, Norfolk, carrier. .. 20 
Md. and Del., carrier. 30 
Baltimore, box . 60 
Nearby Jersey, Acme, box.. 1.00 
Nearby Jersey, common, box 60 
South’Jersey, Acme, box.... 75 
South Jersey, common, box.. 40 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Spring chickens . 17 
Fowls . — 
Roosters . — 
Turkeys . 10 
Ducks, pair . 45 
Geese, pair . 90 
Pigeons . 25 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys . 10 
Spring chickens, fancy. 2< 
Fair to good. 22 
Fowls . 12 
Ducklings . 12 
Geese .„ —* 
Squabs, best .3.00 
Lower 
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@ 60 
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@ 1.00 
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@ 75 
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LIVE STOCK. 
Steers .4.45 @5.93 
Bulls .2.50 @3.95 
Cows .1.50 @3.85 
Calves .4.50 @7.50 
Sheep .3.00" @5.00 
Lambs .5.00 @7.50 
Ilogs . — @7.30 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Prices for ton lots, smaller quantities pro- 
portionately higher. 
Nitrate of soda, ton. 
Muriate of potash, 2,016 lbs.. 
Sulphate of potash, 2,016 lbs. 
Dried blood . 
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<0 51.50 
@ 41.85 
@48.15 
@53.00 
@ 11.00 
Acid phosphate . 
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@11.00 
@17.55 
Peruvian guano, Chincha.... 
Lobos .. •. 
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@40.50 
@30.00 
@ 28.00 
Copper sulphate, bbl. lots, lb. 
Sulphur flowers, bbl. lots.... 
Water glass, bbl. lots. 
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A PENNSYLVANIA EGG RECORD. 
I will give you an account of 12 Ply¬ 
mouth Rock hens that I kept in 1905. In 
January they laid 194 eggs, which sold 
for $4.85; February, 126, sold for $3.15; 
‘March, 267, sold for $6.70; April, 188, 
sold for $3.92; May, 150, sold for $2.75; 
June, 98, sold for $1.64; July, 126, sold 
for $2.10; August, 54, sold for 90 cents; 
September, 30, sold for 62 cents; October, 
31, sold for 64 cents; November, 42, sold 
for $1.05; December, 72, sold for $1.80; 
or 1,378 eggs for the 12 months, not 
quite 115 eggs per hen; not a very good 
record, as I have read of hens that laid 
as high as 274 eggs in a year. I set 76 
eggs and hatched 55 chicks, of which I 
raised 48; a rat took the other seven 
when they were three weeks old. I sold 
$31.43 of stock and had at the beginning 
of 1906 12 hens and two cockerels. Eggs 
and stock were sold at market price. I 
received for eggs $30.12, less $1.58, 
which I used for hatching. Feed cost me 
$9.35, leaving me a net profit of $50.62 or 
$4.22 per hen. In July I sold five of 
my hens, so I only had seven of the orig¬ 
inal ones to lay the rest of the' year. I 
hatched the chicks under hens, and 
raised them myself without a brooder. I 
do not see where there is any chance 
for anyone to doubt this for there is 
nothing remarkable about it, and anyone 
can do as well, and I believe better. My 
stock is purebred White and Barred Ply¬ 
mouth Rocks. Some of my cockerels that 
were hatched in May weighed over seven 
pounds in November. S. D. H. 
Coupon, Pa. 
Chicks With Bronchitis. 
Can some one tell what Is wrong with my 
chicks? They rattle in the throat as if 
they were full of eokl, their craws are ex¬ 
panded, and hollow. Is there a remedy? 
Poolesville, Md. m. v. 
This rattling in the throat is one of 
the symptoms of bronchitis, resulting 
from neglected colds. Chicks get wet in 
some sudden shower, then perhaps have 
to huddle at night in a little A coop 
with slats nailed on both sides, where 
the air has a free sweep over them, and 
the chicks get a cold which soon runs 
into bronchitis, which is a catarrh of the 
mucous lining of the air passages, and 
the rattling is caused by the large quan¬ 
tity of mucus discharged into the 
throat. Give one drop of tincture of 
aconite in a teaspoonful of water every 
hour for four or five hours, and if the 
rattling still continues give ‘‘Dumas anti- 
malarial pills,” one at night and morn¬ 
ing, and keep the chicks where it is dry 
t use the little A coops, but always board 
up one side to within five or six inches 
of the top, which is left open for the 
warm air arising from the chicks to pass 
out. But the wind is kept off by the 
boarding, and the chicks if they get wet, 
will soon dry off if they have a gooc 
sheltered place to huddle in. The pills 
mentioned are a compound of quinine, 
strychnine and iron. Any good druggist 
would know in about what proportion to 
mix the above ingredients. 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
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Wholesale 
Hemlock, 
Timber, 
Timber. 
Timber, 
Timber, 
Timber, 
Timber. 
LUMBER. 
prices at New York. 
_ joist .22.00 
Boards .21.50 
Boards, surfaced . — 
20 feet and under. 20.00 
22 to 24 feet. — 
26 to 28 feet... — 
30 to 32 feet- — 
34 to 36 feet. ... — 
38 to 40 feet. — 
White pine, uppers.86.50 
Cuts .28.50 
Shelving .36.50 
Dressing boards .33.50 
Box .24.50 
Shippers •.•.31.50 
Mill culls .20.00 
Mahogany, 100 feet . 7.00 
Rosewood, ton .30.00 
TOBACCO. 
Connecticut wrappers . 35 
Fillers . 5 
N. Y. State fillers . 5 
Wrappers . 20 
Pennsylvania broadleaf . 18 
ROOTS AND HERBS. 
Prices paid collectors vary 
quality. The following are 
choice. 
Sweet flag root, lb. 
Snake root, lb. 
Laurel leaves, lb. 
Sage, lb. 
Thyme, lb. 
Slippery elm, lb. 
Wild cherry, lb. 
Cascara Sngrada, lb. 
Sassafras, lb. 6 
August 4, 
FARMERS SHOULD USE ST S"S8 
decomposable sun-dried ground phosphate rock, and 
get phosphorus into your soil at one-fourth the cost 
of the same element in acid-phosphate. Follow 
directions of Prof. C. E. Thorne, Director Ohio Agri¬ 
cultural Exp. Station, Wooster, Ohio, and Prof. C. G. 
Hopkins, Director Illinois Agr. Exp. Station, Lrhana, 
111. Stock now ready for shipment. Order now from 
W. J. EMBRY, & CO., Columbia, Tenn. 
greatly as 
for good 
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n CAI P—Two (2) Stave Silos, 
p X/ Vm OMLC 100 ton capacity each; 
one (1) Blizzard Ensilage Cutter complete; one (1) 1U 
h. p. steam engine and boiler on combined base; 
one (1) 5,000 gallon water tank and staging. Farm 
of 77 acres at Westfield,N. J., to let or will sell. 
H. A. B., care Rural New-Yorker. 
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@ 78.50 
@58.50 
@43.50 
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Shipping Half-Hatched Eggs. — This 
Station has not tried experiments in the 
direction indicated. The large incubator 
companies do ship eggs before they have 
pipped for hatching in the shows. It is 
very probable that eggs could be shipped 
In moderate weather during the two or three 
days prior to pipping, and be a success if 
carefully packed and excluded from the air, 
They would, in such case, furnish all the 
heat needed, from within, and lose very 
little on account of impervious packing as 
for example, paper. The range of days in' 
which this condition holds is of course 
unknown to me. The Chinese are said to 
incubate their eggs after the eleventh day 
by laying them on a shelf in the upper 
part of the room and covering with 
blanket. cooper curtice. 
to 
to 
Purebred Holstein Friesian Bull Calves 
Choice stock at reasonable prices. Write promptly 
W. \V, CHENEY, Manlius, N. Y 
P osition Wanted by Poultryman; 2' years practical 
experience. Up-to-date and reliable. Married and 
family. Good reference. E. A. Johnson, Roscoe, Ohio 
FERTILIZER LIME etc., address 
WALTON QUAKKIES, Harrisburg, Fa. 
BERRIES, PEACHES, 
Fresh Vegetables, Fancy Fggs, 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. 
GEO. P. HAMMOND. EST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN. 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & CO., 
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. 
34 & 36 Little 1 2tli St.. New York. 
)| r A QT send a trial shipment to the Oldest Coro- 
LlHOL mission House in New York. Established 
1838. Butter, Cheese, Eggs, Poultry, Hay, Apples etc. 
E. B. WOODWARD, 302 Greenwich St., New York. 
WANTED 
HAY AND STRAW 
WRITE FOR QUOTATIONS. 
F, 0. HEWITT, 120 Liberty St., N, Y. 
DAIRY FARM 
—120 acres; about_ 10 
_ acres wood; fine 
springs; good farm house and barns; macadam road. 
Creamery three miles; railroad quarter of a mile. 
Throe 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. 
UCII UlAUTCn We will employ country- 
ffltll If All I CU bred young men at good 
wages any time. Brickmakors are always in demand. 
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SEPTEMBER 
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