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'August 18, 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
CONTENTS. 
The Rubai, New Yohkkr, August 18. 100t>. 
Geese . — @ 18 
Squabs, best.3.00 @4.00 
Lower grades .1.25 @2.50 
FARM TOPICS. 
Great Value of a Horse Fork. 030 
Cow-Pea Hay in Delaware. 030 
An Iowa Farm Rotation. 030 
Two Ways of Clearing Land. 031 
“A Barrel of Hen Manure”. 031 
A Short Chapter on Alfalfa. 031 
Chemicals and Worn-out Soil. 033 
Reseeding With Alfalfa. 033 
A Hood Wheat Crop. 633 
My Friend, the Cow Pea. 034 
Tarred Corn . 634 
Germination of Soy Beans. 034 
Hope Farm Notes. 035 
Michigan Crop Conditions. 037 
Conditions in Northwest. Arkansas. 637 
Crop Prospects . 037 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Chickens With Dropsy. 040 
Good Care for Horses. 040 
Shipping Eggs Partly Hatched. 041 
A Woman’s Alfalfa and Hen Notes.... 041 
Work in the Poultry Business. 042 
Some “Bosh” About Clean Milk. 042 
Barn Pasture for Cows. Part 1. 643 
'Troughs for Hen Feeding.643 
Controlling a Runaway. 043 
HORTICULTURE. 
The Story of a Kentucky Vineyard. .029. 030 
News of the Asparagus Rust. 032 
Second-Crop Strawberries. 632 
Tests of New Strawberries. 032 
The Columbian Raspberry. 633 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 034 
English Apple Crop. 637 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 038 
Charity Sweetheart’s Letters. 038 
A Suggestion for Canning. 038 
Four Familiar Pickles. 639 
More About Canning Corn. 639 
'The Rural Patterns. 039 
The Bookshelf . 039 
Mustard Pickles . 639 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Tlie Value of Ginseng. 630 
When to Kill Timber. 631 
Legal Holidays on a Farm. 633 
Encroachment on Brook. 633 
Various I,egal Questions. 033 
Editorials.030 
Events of the Week. 037 
The Destroying of Niagara Falls.637 
Business Bits . 037 
Products, Prices and Trade. 041 
Humorous . 644 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending August 11, 1906, 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 —• 
No. 1, Northern. Duluth ins — 
Corn, No. 2, mixed. — 
Oats . — 
Rye . — 
HAY. 
No. 1 .19.00 
No. 2 .17.00 
No. 3 .14.00 
Clover, mixed.13.00 
Clover .11.00 
STRAW. 
Business very dull. 
Long rye .11.00 
Short and oat. — 
BEANS, 
Marrow, choice, bushel.2.95 
Fair to good.2.50 
Medium, choice . — 
Common to good.1.50 
Pea, choice. —■ 
Fair to good.1.45 
Red kidney, choice.3.00 
Fair to good.2.75 
White kidney, choice.3.05 
Yellow Eye, choice. — 
Lima, California .2.90 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 15 
Common to fair. 10 
German crop . 27 
MILK. 
@ 79% 
§ 84% 
@ 57 
@ 43 
@ 56% 
@ 20.00 
@18.(/0 
@15.00 
<5)15.50 
@13.00 
< 6 ) 12.00 
@ 8.00 
<6)3.00 
@ 2.90 
<61.80 
<61.75 
(6 1.60 
<61.55 
@ — 
@2.95 
<63.15 
<6)1.55 
@ — 
@ 17 
@ 12 
@ 30 
N. Y. Exchange price $1.31 per 40 quart 
can, netting 2% cents per quart to 26-cent. 
zone shippers who have no extra station 
charges. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, fancy . 
23 
@ 
— 
Seconds and firsts. 
1 8% @ 
21V, 
State dairy, best. 
— 
@ 
21 
Lower grades . 
10 
@ 
— 
Factory . 
14 
@ 
17 Vi 
Renovated . 
14 
(U > 
19 V> 
Packing stock . 
13 
@ 
10% 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, fancy. 
— 
@ 
11 % 
Fair to good. 
11 
@ 
11 'A 
Inferior . 
9 
@ 
10 
Half skims. 
8%@ 
8% 
FhII skims . 
1 
@ 
2 
EGGS. 
Selected, White fancy. 
25 
@ 
— 
White, good to choice. 
22 
@ 
23 
Mixed colors, extra. 
22 
@ 
23 
I /iwer grades. 
15 
@ 
18 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Spring chickens . 
— 
@ 
14 
Fowls . 
— 
@ 
13% 
Roosters . 
— 
@ 
8 
Turkeys . 
12 
(tb 
_ 
Spring Ducks, lb. 
@ 
14 
Ducks, pair . 
50 
@ 
80 
Geese, pair . 
90 
@1.50 
Pigeons . 
25 
@ 
— 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkevs . 
11 
@ 
13 
Spring chickens, fancy. 
21 
@ 
22 
Fair to good. 
14 
@ 
19 
Fowls . 
12 
@ 
14 
Ducks, Spring . 
10 
@ 
12 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples—Duchess, choice, bbl. .2.50 
Alexander .2.50 
N.vack Pippins.2.50 
Orange Pippin .2.25 
Bough, choice.2.00 
Astrachan, choice .2.00 
Double heads, com’n to fair.1.25 
Open heads, good to choice. 1.50 
Open heads, poor to fair. .. 75 
Jersey, half-bid basket, fancy 
red .1.50 
Pears, S’n Le Conte, prime, bbl.3.50 
S’n LeConte, poor to f’r, bbl. 1.50 
S’n Kieffer, bbl.1.50 
Clapp's Favorite, bbl.2.75 
Bartlett, Jersey, bbl.2.50 
Bartlett, Md. & Del, %-bhl ktl.00 
Bell, bbl .*.1.75 
Flemish Beauty, bbj.1.50 
Nearby, other early sorts, bbll.50 
Plums, Del. & Md.. carrier.... 50 
Del. & Md., 10-lb. basket... 12 
Del. & Md., quart. 3 
Peaches, Ga., choice, sound, 
carrier.1.50 
Ga., av'ge prime.1.00 
Ga., inferior. 50 
N. & S. Carolina. 75 
Western Md.2.00 
Western Md., basket. 40 
Other Md. & Del., carrier. .. 50 
Md. & Del., crate. 25 
Md. & Del., basket. 20 
Jersey, basket. 25 
Grapes, N. C. & Del., carrier.. 1.25 
Currants, quart. 3 
Blackberries, Jersey, quart.... 3 
Up-river, quart:. 0 
Raspberries, Red, pint. 4 
Huckleberries, Jersey, Del. & 
Md., quart. 5 
N. Y. & Pa., Mountain, quart 8 
Muskmelons, Jersey, crate.... 50 
Norfolk, barrel. 40 
Norfolk. 60-quart crate. 40 
Md. & Del., standard crate. . 50 
Baltimore, crate. 50 
Baltimore, basket. 15 
Arizona, standard crate.... 2.25 
Arizona, pony crate.1.75 
Watermelons, Southern, 100. . .8.00 
Southern, carload.100.00 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Long Island, bbl.... 1.50 
Jersey .1.25 
Del. & Md.1.25 
Va. & Eastern Shore.1.25 
Seconds . 00 
Sweet Potatoes, S'n yellow, bbl.3.00 
Southern, white yams.2.75 
Southern, red.2.50 
Beets, 100 bunches. — 
Barrel . 75 
Carrots, 100 bunches. — 
Cabbage. I,. I. & Jersey, bbl... 50 
L. I. & Jersey, 100.1.50 
Cucumbers, Norfolk, bbl. 50 
Jersey & L. I., bbl.1.00 
Jersey & L. I., box. 40 
Rockland Co., bbl.1.00 
Cucumber Pickles, 1.000.1.00 
Corn. Hackensack. 100. 75 
Jersey. Del. & Md.. 100_ 50 
Celery. Michigan, dozen. 15 
Jersey, dozen. 10 
Cauliflowers. Long Island, bbl. 75 
Eggplants, Norfolk, large crate 75 
Jersey, box. 25 
Jersey, half-bbl. basket. 30 
Jersey, bbl. 75 
Lima Beans, bag.1.00 
Lettuce, Near-b.v, bbl. 50 
Western N. Y., basket.. 75 
Onions, Kentucky, bag.1.00 
Texas, crate.1.00 
Virginia, oPtato, bbl.1.50 
Virginia, Potato, basket. 75 
Md. & Del., white, hush-crate 75 
Jersey, white, basket.1.25 
Jersey, yellow, basket.1.00 
Shelter Island, bbl.1.75 
Orange Co., bag. 75 
Peppers, Jersey, box. 75 
Jersey, half-bbl. basket. 25 
Jersey, bbl. 75 
Norfolk, carrier. 25 
Peas, Western N. Y., basket... 50 
Western N. Y., bag. 30 
String Beans, Jersey, wax, bkt. 50 
Jersey, green, basket... 50 
l6)ng Island & Jersey, bag.. . 40 
Western N. Y., wax, basket. 50 
Western N. Y., green, basket. 50 
Squash, Marrow, bbl.-crate. .. 75 
Yellow, crook-neck, bbl.-crate 25 
White, bbl.-crate. 25 
Turnips, Rutabaga, bbl. — 
Tomatoes, Nearby J’y, Acme, 
box. 25 
Nearby Jersey, common, box. 25 
South Jersey,’ Acme, box . ... 40 
South Jersey, common, box. 15 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers .4.50 
Bulls .2.25 
Cows ...1.00 
Calves .5.00 
Sheep .3.00 
Lambs .5.00 
Hogs . — 
TOBACCO. 
Connecticut wrappers . 35 
Fillers . 5 
N. Y. State fillers . 5 
Wrappers . 20 
Pennsylvania broadleaf . 18 
ROOTS AND HERBS. 
@3.00 
u, 3,25 
(a 3.00 
@ 2.50 
(a 2.50 
@2.75 
f61.75 
@2.50 
(a 1.25 
@2.00 
@4.00 
@3.00 
@ 2.50 
@3.25 
@4.00 
@ 1.50 
<6 2.25 
(a 2.00 
@2.25 
@1.00 
@ 10 
@ 5 
@2.50 
@ 1.50 
<<v 75 
@2.00 
<62.75 
@ 80 
@2.00 
@ 1.00 
@ 75 
@ 75 
@1.50 
@ 10 
@ 12 
@ 10 
@ 10 
<6 12 
@1.00 
@ 75 
@ 75 
@1.50 
@3.00 
@1.50 
@3.50 
@ 2.50 
@ 20.00 
@225.00 
@1.75 
@ 1.02 
@ 1.02 
(a 1.62 
@ 1.00 
@4.00 
@3.50 
@3.00 
@ 1.00 
@1.00 
@1.00 
(a 1.00 
@4.00 
@ 1.00 
@2.00 
@ 00 
@2.00 
(a 3.00 
@1.25 
@ 1.00 
(a 40 
@ 35 
@3.00 
(a 1.00 
@ 35 
@ 40 
@ — 
@2.25 
@1.00 
@1.25 
@ — 
@ — 
@2.00 
@1.00 
@1.25 
@1.50 
@1.25 
@2.75 
@1.25 
@1.25 
@ 65 
@1.00 
@ 40 
t l.00 
90 
@ 75 
@ 60 
@ 00 
@ 75 
@ 75 
@1.00 
@ 75 
@ 75 
@ 75 
@1.25 
<6 50 
@ 80 
@ 40 
@5.90 
@3.00 
@3.75 
@8.00 
@4.75 
@8.25 
@7.10 
@ 75 
@ 10 
@ 7 
@ 25 . 
@ 20 
Prices paid collectors vary greatly as to 
quality. The following are for good to 
choice. 
Sweet flag root, lb. 3%@ 4 
Snake root, lb. 22 @ 30 
Laurel leaves, lb. 2%@ 3 
Sage, lb. 2 @ 4 
Thyme, lb. 2 @ 3 
Slippery elm, lb. 7 @ 10 
Wild cherry, lb. 3 @ 5 
Cascara Sagrada, lb. 4 @ 0 
Sassafras, lb. 6 @ 8 
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, 2,010 lbs. — @48.15 
Dried blood . — @53.00 
Kainit . — @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, bbl. lots.... — @ 2% 
Water glass, bbl. lots. — @ 2 
LUMBER. 
Wholesale prices at New York. 
Hemlock, joist .22.00 
Boards .21.50 
Boards, surfaced ........ 
Timber, 20 feet and under. 20.00 
Timber, 22 to 24 feet. — 
Timber, 20 to 28 feet... — 
Timber, 30 to 32 feet. ... — 
Timber, 34 to 30 feet. ... — 
Timber. 38 to 40 feet. 
White pine, uppers.86.50 
Cuts .28.50 
Shelving .30.50 
Dressing boards .33.50 
Box .24.50 
Shippers .31.50 
Mill culls .20.00 
Mahogany, 100 feet . 7.00 
Rosewood, ton .30.00 
@24.00 
<622.00 
@23.00 
@22.00 
@25.00 
@ 20.00 
@27.00 
@28.00 
@ 29.00 
@ 103.50 
@ 78.50 
<6 58.50 
@43.50 
<6 30.00 
@33.50 
(<i 22.00 
ui 12.00 
@55.00 
When you write advertisers mention Tiie 
R. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal." See guarantee, page 8. 
BFIIILiXj FARM 
Holstein Cattle. 
Heine of Lord Netherland DeKol. Great sire of high 
testing cows. He has 50 A. R. O. daughters and more 
that average 4# and over than any other bull. High 
class stock for sale. Let us quote you prices on any¬ 
thing you may need. 
E. C. BRILL, Poughquag, N. Y. 
CHOICE S. C. BROWN LEGHORNS 
from Boston winners. Yearling Breeders, females, 
$1 each. Cockerels after September 15, $1 and $1.50. 
C. S. COOK, Jr., West Newton, Mass. 
CHICKENS WITH DROPSY. 
What can I do for my chickens? Their 
feet and legs swell till they cannot use 
them; they lie around for two or ‘three 
weeks before they die, but seem to he well 
every other way, and have a good appetite, 
but just begin to get lame at first and stand 
on one foot, and then get so they cannot use 
their feet. I have Just lost a fine Plymouth 
Rock rooster. I lanced one foot, and it bled 
freely. Now I have a turkey gobbler get¬ 
ting the same way. Any information will 
lie appreciated. s. 
I should think this was a case of dropsy 
of the legs and feet. Tt is caused by too 
heavy feeding and too little exercise. 
Give a laxative (Epsom salts is one of the 
best) turn them out on grass,—if they are 
confined in yards,—and feed sparingly. If 
S. is so situated that he cannot turn the 
fowls out on free range, he can feed 
plenty of green food, and feed all grain 
in deep litter, so the birds will have to 
exercise. Perhaps they have free range 
now. Tt would be easier to answer ques¬ 
tions if more particulars were given. 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
GOOD CARE FOR HORSES. 
Turf, Farm and Home, of Waterville, Me., 
contains a very sensible article on the care 
of working stock : 
“The coming of two large and many 
small circuses in Maine this season has 
revived the oft-repeated question of how do 
these traveling shows keep their horses look¬ 
ing so sleek? As it is well known, they are 
obliged to do their work under the worst 
conditions, sleeping at night standing with 
their heavy harness on, and always obliged 
to work in all kinds of weather, sick or 
well—and yet they are always fat and 
sleek, and look as though they were the 
inmates of a private stable, where their 
owners personally superintended doing them 
up in oil papers every night. Surely there 
is a mystery about the business somewhere. 
Perhaps we are mistaken but we fancy we 
have discovered why these horses and 
others that are obliged to haul heavy loads 
long distances at a good rate of speed are 
always in the pink of condition, and never 
show any signs of fret or worry. The dis¬ 
covery came to us all unexpectedly and 
wholly unsought, for we have years ago 
given up all hope of having the question 
answered by anyone intentionally, espe¬ 
cially anyone connected with the horses 
referred to. The secret came out in this 
way. While unloading the great Barnum 
circus in Portland some of the town teams 
bringing supplies to the grounds got mired, 
and the more the drivers lashed them the 
less they tried to start the load. One of 
the managers, seeing the difficulty, rushed 
to the rescue, and recommended that the 
whipping cease. Then he sent for one of 
his own teams to hitch on and pull the load 
to its destination, but l>efore he left he told 
the driver of the discouraged team that 
the trouble with his horses was that they 
had lost conlidence in the one that they 
ought to look to to help them out of 
their troubles. Getting warmed up with his 
subject he remarked that the pair of horses 
had l>een whipped more than all the horses 
in the great circus had been punished for 
years, and more than they would be punished 
for years to come with his knowledge. No 
driver or groom would be retained for a 
moment if he was known to strike a horse 
in anger, or even to worry an animal by 
nagging him, as so many drivers do. Here 
is the secret of fat, sleek-looking horses in 
a nutshell. It is not. the hard work or 
the inclement weather that makes the lames 
show or the head droop, nor even some¬ 
what limited rations for brief periods, but 
rather the incessant worrying and frelting 
that so many drivers indulge in at all times, 
often unwittingly. A good horse will do an 
immense amount of work if given a chance 
to do it in a rational way. 
“An old-time driver of oxen who drove a 
six-ox team in Maine logging woods for a 
long period of years, told the writer that 
the secret of having a famous team capable 
of handling immense loads was not to ever 
allow them to be stuck. If they ever got 
into a place where they could not possibly 
pull the load out he must find it out liefore 
the ‘steers’ did, and the fact must be kepr 
a fast secret from them. If this was done 
the team would never give up a load, but 
would hang to it, as they would know no 
other way out of it." 
BUFF PLYMOUTH COCKERELS 
For Sale. March and April hatch. $1 to $2 if taken 
at once. Also, a limited number of Buff Rock Hens 
at $1 each. HOWARD SUTI’ON, Fail-mount, N.Y. 
□ I C ACC send a trial shipment to the Oldest Com- 
ILLHOL mission House in New York. Established 
1828. Butter, Cheese, Kggs, Poultry. Huy, Apples, etc. 
E. B. WOODWARD, 202 Greenwich St., New York. 
GEO. P. HAMMONII. EST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN. 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & GO., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers in all kinds of 
COUNTRY PRODUCE, Apples, Benches, Berries. 
Butter. Eggs. Cheese. Poultry. Mushrooms and Hot¬ 
house Products a Specialty. Consignments solicited. 
34 & 3<> Little 12th St.. New York. 
Apples, Pears, 
Peaches. Plums and all Fruits and Vegetables. 
Fancy eggs and choice farm products. Write us 
what you have to offer. 
ARCHDEACON & CO., 100 Murray St., N.Y. 
position Wanted by Poultryman; 20 years practical 
'experience. Up-to-date and reliable. Married and 
family. Good reference. E. A. Johnson, Roscoe, Ohio 
Uril lA/AIITtn We employ country- 
ill CN ft HR I LU bred young men at good 
wages any time. Briekmakers are always in demand. 
Write immediately. NEW YORK PRESS-BRICK 
COMPANY, Canandaigua, New \ork. 
WANTED 
A dairyman to look after a herd of Jerseys(lO), one 
who is used to feeding ensilage and a first rate milker 
and willing to make himself useful. Wages fifty 
dollars a month. W. D. R., care “The R. N-Y. 
CADIICD UfAMTCn A ca l ,a,J 1 e energetic 
rHltnH.il TT HR I LU single man as work¬ 
ing fanner on a Jersey dairy farm where certified 
milk is produced, no drinkers. Man must come of 
good stock and give references. Also herdsman 
wanted of identical qualifications. Modern barn and 
all conveniences. State wages. One mile from city. 
ULSTERDORP FARMS. 
Highland Landing, Ulster County. New York. 
HAI D V C A DM-lfO acres; about 10 
L/AIIXT r/\r\IVl 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. <>., N. .1. 
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. 
TI/E have such a 
f 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’t you let us 
send you our terms? 
RURAL NEW=Y0RKHR, 
40*1 Pearl St., New York City. 
THE LEVIN PRUNER. 
Tlie best pruner. Cuts ki-inoh 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. 
