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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 11, 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yokker, August 11, 1900. 
FARM TOPICS. 
“Chemicals and Clover Again”.013, 014 
How lo Cure Cow-I’ea Hay. 015 
Maryland Notes . 615 
Chemicals and Worn-out Soil. 017 
Hope Farm Notes. 019 
Crop Prospects . 021 
<)u i look for the Hay Crop. 621 
Seed Potatoes Wanted. 021 
The Farm Labor Question. 027 
Notes from an Alfalfa Country. 627 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Ox Team Still on Deck. 613 
Sunday Cream Delivery. 614 
A Useful lien. 624 
Loafer and Worker in Cowhide. 626 
A Disease from Alsike Clover. 020 
Angora Goats and Laurel. 026 
Bird Killers Fined. 026 
Barn Building . 020 
Dishorned CaTtle . 620 
A Silo Outside a Barn. 027 
HORTICULTURE. 
An Over-Pruned Orchard. 014 
Lettuce for Early Winter. 016 
Behavior of Strawberries In Indiana.. 010 
Some Apple Notes. 010 
For Getting Brush Out of the Orchard.. 017 
Strawberries and Truck in Arkansas... 017 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 018 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 622 
A Day From Home. 022 
For the Lover of Flowers. 023 
M.v Tale of Woe. 023 
Destroying Carpet Bugs. 623 
'Phe Rural Patterns. 023 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Editorials . 020 
Events of the Week. 021 
New York Entomologlc Service. 621 
Railroad Laws Wanted in Michigan... 021 
Winter Courses at Cornell University.. 021 
Business Bits . 621 
Humorous . 628 
Publisher's Desk . 625 
Products. Prices and Trade. 625 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending August 4, 1900, wholesale unless 
otherwise specified. The prices of grain, 
butter, cheese and eggs are based on the 
transactions of the 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 observations of sales in the 
various market sections. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2, red, for export — @80% 
No. 1, Northern, Duluth ins — @ 85% 
Corn, No. 2, mixed. — @ 58 
Oats. — @ 43 
Rye . — @ 56% 
HAY. 
No. 1 .19.00 @19.50 
No. 2 .16.00 @17.50 
No. 3 .14.00 @15.00 
Clover, mixed .13.00 @10.00 
Clover .11.00 @13.00 
STRAW. 
Business very dull. 
Long rye .10.00 @11.00 
Short and oat. 7.00 @ 8.00 
BEANS. 
Marrow, choice, bushel.2.95 @3.00 
Fair to good.2.50 @2.90 
Medium, choice . —■ @1.85 
Common to good.1.50 @1.75 
Pen. choice . -—- ,@1.60 
Fair to good.1.45 @1.55 
Red kidney, choice.3.00 @ — 
Fair to good.2.75 @2.95 
White kidney, choice.3.05 @3.15 
Yellow Eye, choice.1.50 @1.55 
Lima, California .3.00 @ — 
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 20-cent zone shippers who have 
no extra station charges. 
BUTTER. 
Creamerv, extra . 
21 
@ 
22 
Seconds and firsts. 
18 
@ 
20 % 
Slate dairy, best. 
— 
@ 
20% 
Lower grades . 
15 
@ 
19 
Factory . 
14 
@ 
17 
Renovated . 
13 
@ 
19 
Packing stock . 
13 
@ 
10 % 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, fancy. 
— 
@ 
11V. 
Fair to good. 
11 
@ 
11% 
Inferior . 
9 
@ 
10 
Half skims . 
8 % @ 
8% 
Full skims . 
1 
@ 
2 
EGGS. 
Selected, white, fancy. 
24 
@ 
25 
White, good to choice. 
22 
@ 
23 
Mixed colors, extra. 
22 
@ 
23 
Lower grades. 
15 
@ 
IS 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Spring chickens . 
— 
@ 
14 
Fowls . 
— 
@ 
13 
Roosters . 
— 
@ 
8 
Turkeys . 
10 
@ 
— 
Spring Ducks, 11). 
— 
@ 
14 
Ducks, pair . 
45 
@ 
SO 
Geese, pair .. 
90 
@ 
1.50 
Pigeons . 
25 
@ 
— 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
The supply of Spring chickens, both live 
and dressed, is much increased and prices 
correspondingly lower. 
Turkeys . 11 @ 13 
Spring chickens, fancy. 21 @ 22 
Fair to good. 14 @ 19 
Fowls . 12 @ 14%' 
Ducks, Spring . 10 @ 12 
Geese . — @ 18 
Squabs, best .3.00 @4.00 
Lower grades .1.25 @2.50 
LIVE STOCK. 
_4.00 
Cows . 
_1.30 
Shnan .3.00 
Hogs . 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evaporated, fancy 
@5.80 
@3.60 
(a 3.60 
@7.50 
@5.00 
@8.25 
@7.30 
@ 12 
Evap., choice . 11 %@ 11% 
Chops, 100 lbs.2.40 @2.50 
Waste .2.25 @2.40 
Del a war 
carrier. 
basket. 
carrier. 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, Duchess, choice, bbl. 
N.vack Pippins, choice, bbl 
Bough, choice . 
Astra chan, choice . 
Double heads, com. to fair. 
Open heads, good to choice 
Open heads, poor to fair. 
Pears, Southern I.e Cont 
prime, bbl. 
S'n Le Conte, poor to fair 
Clapp’s Favorite, . 
Bartlett, Jersey . 
Bartlett, Md. and 
half-bbl. basket 
Bell . 
Plums, Dei. & Md.. 
Del. & Md., 10-lb. 
Del. & Md., quart. 
Peaches, Ga., choice 
Ga., average prime . 
Ga., inferior . 
N. & S. Carolina. 
Western Mu., carrier .... 
Western. Md.. basket. 
Other Md. & Del., carrier.. 
Md. & Del., basket. 
Jersey, basket . 
Grapes, N. C. & Del., carrier. 
Currants, quart . 
Blackberries. Jersey, quart. . 
Up-river, quart . 
Raspberries, red. pint. 
Huckleberries, Jersey, Del. 
Md., quart . 
N. Y. & Pa.. Mountain, qt 
Musk melons—Southern, crate 
Norfolk, bbl. 
Norfolk, 00-quart crate. . 
Md. & Del., standard crate 
Baltimore, crate . 
Baltimore, basket . 
Baltimore, extra selects, bkt 
California, standard crate. 
California, pony crate .. . 
Arizona, standard crate... 
Arizona, pony crale. 
Watermelons, Southern, 100. 
00 
50 
00 
75 
00 
Southern, carload .85.00 
50 
50 
25 
25 
25 
50 
75 
50 
50 
75 
00 
t 
50 
00 
50 
12 
3 
50 
25 
50 
75 
50 
50 
75 
35 
25 
50 
3 
3 
0 
4 
6 
10 
50 
50 
50 
.00 
,00 
00 
L. 
VEGETABLES. 
I., barrel. 
old, 
Potatoes, 
Jersey .. 
Jersey, bag . 
Del. & Md., bbl. 
Va. & Eastern Shore, . 
Seconds . 
Culls . 
Sweet Potatoes, Jersey, 
basket . 
Southern, yellow, bbl.3 
Southern, white yams, bbl..3 
Southern, red. bbl.2 
Beets, 100 bunches. 
Carrots, 100 bunches. 
Cabbage, L. I., & Jersey, bbl.. 
L. I. & Jersey, 100.1 
Cucumbers, Norfolk, bbl. 
Jersey & L. I., bbl.2 
Jersey & L. I., box. 
Rockland Co., bbl.2 
Albany, basket . 
Cucumber pickles. 1,000 .2 
Corn, Hackensack, 100.1 
Jersey, Del. & Md., 100... 
Celery, ’ Michigan, dozen. 
Jersey, dozen stalks. 
Cauliflower, barrel . 
Eggplants, Norfolk, large crate.1 
Jersey, box . 
Jersey, half-bbl basket. 
Lettuce, nearby, barrel. 
Western N. Y.. basket. 
Onions. Kentucky, bag.1 
Texas, crate .1 
Virginia, Potato, bbl.2 
Virginia. Potato, basket.... 
Md. & T)el.. white, bush-bkt. 
Jersey, white, basket.1 
Jersey, yellow, basket.1 
Shelter Island, barrel.2 
L. I. & Jersey, red. bbl....2 
L. I. & Jersey, yellow, bbl.. 2 
Orange Co., bag .1 
Peppers, Jersey, box. 
Jersey, half-bbl basket.... 
Norfo’lk, carrier . 
Peas, Western N. Y., basket.. 
Western N. Y., bag. 
String Beans, Jersey, wax. bkt. 
Jersey, green, basket. 
Long Island & Jersey, bag. 
Western N. Y., wax, bkt. .. 
Western N. Y., green, bkt.. 
SquaslT, Marrow, bbl-crate... 
Yellow, crook-neck, bbl-crate 
White, bbl-crate . 
Turnips, Rutabaga, bbl. 
Tomatoes, nearby, Jersey, 
Acme, box . 
Nearby Jersey, common, box 
South Jersey, Acme. box... 
South Jersey, common, box. 
50 
.50 
65 
.00 
50 
.50 
90 
.00 
.00 
00 
15 
10 
75 
.00 
40 
50 
40 
25 
.20 
.00 
.00 
75 
75 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
40 
00 
40 
50 
35 
50 
50 
40 
00 
75 
50 
25 
25 
75 
40 
60 
25 
@3.00 
@3.00 
@2.50 
@ 2.75 
@ 2.00 
@2.50 
@1.25 
(n 4.50 
@3.00 
(a 4.00 
@3.50 
@1.75 
@2.50 
@ 1.00 
@ 10 
@ 5 
@ 1.75 
@1.50 
@ 1.00 
(n 1.50 
@1.75 
@ 75 
@1.50 
(u 65 
@ 50 
@1.75 
(a 6 
@ 10 
@ 10 
@ 10 
@ 10 
@ 12 
@ 1.50 
(a 1.00 
@ 1.00 
@2.00 
@1.25 
<9 75 
@1.50 
@5.00 
<j13.00 
@3.00 
@2.00 
@20.00 
@200.00 
50 
25 
.50 
25 
,25 
. 00 
50 
75 
00 
00 
50 
@1.75 
@1.02 
@1.00 
@ 1.02 
(a 1.50 
@ 90 
@ 00 
@1.25 
@4.00 
@3.50 
@3.00 
@1.00 
@ 1.00 
@ 75 
@4.00 
@1.00 
(a 3.00 
@ 75 
@ 3.00 
@1.00 
@3.00 
@1.50 
@1.00 
(a 40 
@ 35 
@3.00 
@ 
@ 
@ 
@ 
<<! 
50 
05 
75 
75 
@1.25 
@1.25 
@2.25 
@ 1.00 
@1.25 
@ 1.50 
@1.25 
@2.25 
@2.25 
@2.25 
(a 1.50 
@ 50 
@ 75 
@ 50 
@ 1.12 
@ 1.00 
@ 75 
@ 75 
@ 05 
@1.00 
0 / 1.1 2 
@1.00 
@ 75 
@ 75 
@ 75 
@1.00 
@ 00 
@ 80 
@ 50 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Prices for ton lots, smaller quantities pro¬ 
portionately higher. 
Nitrate of soda, ton. — @51.50 
Muriate of potash. 2.010 lbs.. — @41.85 
Sulphate of potash, 2,010 lbs. — @48.15 
Dried blood . — @53.00 
Kainlt . — @11.00 
Acid phosphate . — @11.00 
Basic slag. 2,010 lbs. — @17.55 
Peruvian guano, Chincha.... — @40.50 
Lobos . — @30.00 
Ground bone . —• @28.00 
Copper sulphate, bbl. lots, lb. — @ 0% 
Sulphur flowers, bill. lots.... — @ 2% 
Water glass, bbl. lots. — @ 2 
LUMBER. 
Wholesale prices at New York. 
Hemlock, joist .22.00 @24.00 
Boards .21.50 @22.00 
Boards, surfaced . —- @23.00 
Timber, 20 feet: and under. 20.00 @22.00 
Timber, 22 to 24 feet. — @25.00 
Timber, 20 to 28 feet... — @20.00 
Timber, 30 to 32 feet*... — @27.00 
Timber, 34 to 30 feet.... — @28.00 
Timber, 38 to 40 feet. — @29.00 
White pine, uppers.80.50 @103.50 
Cuts .28.50 @78.50 
Shelving .30.50 @58.50 
Dressing boards .33.50 @43.50 
Box .24.50 @30.00 
Shippers .31.50 @33.50 
Mill culls .20.00 @22.00 
Mahogany, 100 feet . 7.00 @12.00 
Rosewood, ton .30.00 @55.00 
TOBACCO 
Connecticut 
Fillers .. 
N. Y. State 
Wrappers 
Pennsylvania 
wrappers . 
• • • 
35 
@ 
75 
5 
@ 
10 
fillers. 
5 
@ 
7 
20 
@ 
25 
broadleaf 
18 
@ 
20 
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. 
Slipperv elm, lb. 
Wild cherry, lb. 
Cascara Sagrada, lb. 
Sassafras, lb. 
greatly 
as to 
for good to 
3%@ 
4 
22 @ 
30 
2%@ 
3 
2 @ 
4 
2 @ 
3 
7 @ 
10 
3 @ 
5 
4 @ 
0 
0 @ 
8 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and 
‘‘a square deal.” See guarantee, page 8. 
NINE CHOICE REG. GUERNSEYS. 
Six young cows in milk 3 to 4 years old; two 2 year 
old bred heifers; 1 bull, advanced registry breeding. 
A. J. SNYDER, Buck Co., Plumsteadville, Penn, 
COTTAGE GROVE STOCK FARM 
has for salo Jersey Bulls from one to nine months 
old, St Lambert Strains, Oxford Down Sheep, Poland 
China Swine. S. E. GlLLETT, Ravenna, Ohio. 
HI C A 0C send atrial shipment to the Oldest Com- 
iLLnOL mission House in New York. Established 
1838. Butter, Cheese, Eggs, Poultry, Hay, Apples, etc. 
E. B. WOODWARD, 302 Greenwich St., New York. 
A Useful Hen. — T have not been keep¬ 
ing chickens long enough to know wheth¬ 
er I have a good record on the hen I am 
to speak of, but none of my friends seems 
to be able to cap my story, and if it is of 
interest generally I sent it in. I had a 
Barred Rock two-year-old, to whom I 
gave 11 chicks. No hen could have been 
a better mother, and she raised all but 
two, which being caught in a shower, ran 
under a porch and were killed by a rat; 
the hen can’t be blamed for that. When 
the chicks were 18 days old she gave me 
an egg. and kept on in the effort to pay 
her babies’ board until she weaned her 
brood, at a little over six weeks, laying, 
in that time, 19 eggs. When she left her 
chicks I put her in jail, until T made sure 
her family could dispense with her serv¬ 
ices. The second day in jail, she laid 
again; that night I put her on the roost, 
and on each of the four following days she 
contributed further. After that, I lost 
track of her. Isn’t this a pretty good 
record? hiram van campen. 
Ohio. 
R. N.-Y.—There’s a useful hen. She 
pays her way and gives a good example 
to society. 
rofitable P ° ultr y Ralsln $ 
is made cmj if jouu»e the new 19DG-Pattern 
Standard CYPHERS Incubator 
fnaranteed to hatch more and healthier chicki than any 
other. 90 Day* TVial. Poultry Guide (228 pages) Proa 
If you mention thla journal and pire addressee of two 
neighbore I nterested In poultry. Write nearest office. 
CYPHERS INCUBATOR CO.. Buffalo, N. Y. 
Boston, Chicago, New York, Kansas City or San Francisco* 
FERTILIZER LIME 
etc., address 
WALTON QUARRIES, Harrisburg, Pa. 
ury WANTCn We w '0 employ country¬ 
man Tv Mil I CU bred young men at good 
wages anytime. Brickmakers are always in demand. 
Write immediately. NEW YORK PRESS-BRICK 
COMPANY, Canandaigua, New York. 
Ulf M UTFH-Married man to occupy tenant bouse 
TTHI1 I CU and work on farm. Must be thor¬ 
oughly reliable, sober, and understand farm work. 
House lias six rooms, is on main road one-half mile 
from town. Also Woman to cook. Must be well 
recommended. Also single man who is a good milker. 
Address Allen S. Merchant, Supt.,Farmingdale, N.J. 
WKIITCn A capable farmer and wife for farm 
VT All I CU near New York. Must have verifi¬ 
able references as to honesty, sobriety and efficiency. 
Plain farming and household gardening. Butter 
making and poultry for household only. Good wages, 
separate house and a permanent position for right 
parties. Address K. B. "Rural New-Yorkkk.” 
F OR SALE— Well improved 395 acre Wisconsin 
farm. Price $8,000; easy terms. FRANK CLEVE¬ 
LAND, 1057 Adams Express Building, Chicago, 111. 
EXTRA GOOD FARMS FOR SALE 
in Champaign County, Ohio. None better. Write 
us what you want. We guarantee everything as 
represented, and furnish best of reference. 
T. E. DYE & BRO., Agents, Urbana, Ohio. 
DAIRY FARM ,?, “”K.AT*.,L° 
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. 
TTTE have such a 
* * good offer to 
make to new sub¬ 
scribers that it will 
require but little 
effort on your part to 
make a nice sum of 
money taking sub¬ 
scriptions for us this 
fall. Won’tyouletus 
send you our terms? 
RURAL NEW=Y0RKER, 
409 Pearl St., New York City. 
VIRGINIA FARM FOR SALE, 
400 acres in Albemarle County, Virginia, on the 
•lames River. Lies between the C. & O. R. R. and 
('ounty 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. 
I lealthy climate, good neighborhood and rural free 
delivery. One mile to school, four to church and 
depot. Railroad 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 ami necessary outbuild¬ 
ings. Price $f>000.00. Easy terms. Address 
X. Y. Z., care Rural New-Yorker. 
THE LEVIN PRUNER. 
The best pruner. Cuts Hi-inch dry branch. Quick, 
clean, easy cut. We will send it post paid for club of 
two new yearly subscriptions at $1 each, or for elub 
of 7 ten weeks trials at 10 cents each. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, NEW YORK. 
TIME IS THE TEST 
of durability in a high-speed machine like the cream separator. No 
other machine a farmer uses has harder use. Run twice every 
day, winter and summer, it must not only do thorough work, but to 
be permanently profitable, it must be durable. 
U.S. 
CREAM 
are built for long service. A solid, low frame encloses entirely all 
the operating parts, protecting them from dirt and danger of injury. 
The parts are few, simple and easy to get at. Ball bearings at high 
speed points, combined with automatic oiling reduce wear as well 
as insure the easiest operation. Such careful and thorough construc¬ 
tion is what enables the U. S. to better 
STAND THE TEST 
than any other separator. You don’t have to buy a new one every year or 
two. And remember: the U. S. does the cleanest skimming all tha time. 
Look into this. Write today for a copy of our handsome, new separator 
catalogue. Ask for number 159 . It is finely .illustrated and tells all about 
the U.S. Address 
Vermont Farm Machine Co., Bellows Falls, Vt. 
Prompt deliveries of U. S. Separators from warehouses at Auburn, Me., Buffalo, N. Y., Toledo, O., 
Chicago, Ill., LaCrosse, Wis., Minneapolis, Minn., Sioux City, la., Kansas City, Mo., Omaha, Neb., 
San Francisco, Cal., Portland Ore., Sherbrooke and Montreal, Que., Hamilton, Out., Winnipeg, 
Man. aud Calgary, Alta. 
Address all letters to Bellows Falls, Vt. 447 
