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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
September 1, 
CONTENTS. 
Tub Rural New-Yorker, September 1, 1000. 
FARM TOPICS. 
A Quarter Century Hired Man. 002 
Lime; What Does the Soil Need?. 002 
Farm Forestry . 002 
One Settlement of Labor Question. 002 
A Good Crop of Wheat. 002 
Virginia Farm Problems. 002 
The Hired Man Question. 663 
The Outlook for Potatoes. 004 
Moldy Alfalfa Hay. 664 
How to Plow Sldeliill Land. 605 
Hope Farm Notes. 607 
Farm and Garden. 608 
The Hay Crop. 008 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Sale for Water Glass Eggs.... 
Intestinal Disease in Ileus.... 
Ram Pasture for Cows. Part 
A Massachusetts Dairy Farm. . 
Cure for Stringhalt. 
I lorbe-Feeding Quest ions. 
Horse With Scours. 
Sheep in Apple Orchard. 
Straining Sour Milk. 
Spreading Hay in Mow. 
Material for Stable Floor. 
Sugar-Cured Ham. 
Cattle Inspection Law. 
Lumpy Jaw in ('attie. 
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674 
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IIORTICFLTFRE. 
A Box of Fine Western Apples. PartII. 
Terrible Melon Blight Problem.001, 
How <o Ripen Kieffer Pears. 
Making “Seedless" Apples. 
The Lilac Bush. 
A New Tlee Game. 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 
Stone Drains on Lawns. 
Outlook for the Apple Crop. 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 
Four Peach Recipes.. 
Snl’ced Cucumber Pickles.. 
Tomato Catchup . 
The Hay-Box Cooker. 
Canning Corn . 
The Rural Patterns. 
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071 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
I.ifting Water by Air Pressure. 002 
Editorials . 60S 
Products. Prices and Trade. 072 
Humorous . 076 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending August 25. 1000. 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 — 
@ 79 
No. 1. Northern Duluth 
ins. — 
fit 84% 
Corn, No. 2, mixed. 
, . . . - 
fit 1 57 
— 
fit 42 
Rye ... 
.... — 
@ 56 
HAY. 
\o 1 . 
. . .19.00 
@20.00 
No. 2 . 
. ..17.00 
@18 OO 
. . .14.00 
fit 15.50 
Clover, mixed . 
@16.00 
fit 13.00 
STRAW. 
Long rye . 
...11.00 
@12.00 
Short and oat. 
. . . 8.00 
@10.00 
MILK. 
New York Exchange price $1.41 per 40 
quart can. netting 2% cents per quart to 
20-cent zone shippers who Jiave no extra 
station charges. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, fancy . 
Seconds and firsts. 
State dairy, best. 
Lower grades . 
Factory . 
Renovated . 
Packing stock . 
24 
@ 
— 
19 % fit 
23 
— ‘@ 
•Ml 
17 
(o' 
21 
14 14 fit 
IS 
14 
@ 
20 
14 
@ 
17 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, fancy. 
Fair to good. 
Inferior . 
Half skims. 
Full skims . 
— 
@ 
12 % 
12 
@ 
12 % 
10 
(ft 
11 
9 
@ 
9% 
2 
@ 
o 
o 
EGGS. 
Selected, white, fancy. 
White, good to choice. 
Mixed colors, extra. 
Lower grades . 
beAns. 
Marrow, choice, bush. 
Fair to good. 
Medium, choice . 
Common to good. 
Pea. choice . 
Fair to good. 
Red Kidney, choice. 
Pair to good. 
Wh’te Kidney, choice. 
Yellow Eye, choice. 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 
Common to fair. 
German crop . 
26 
@ — 
23 
fit 24 
23 
fit 24 
15 
@ 19 
2.90 
@2.95 
@2.85 
— 
@1.75 
fit 1.70 
fit — 
1.40 
(a 1.50 
3.12 
% @3.15 
2.75 
fit 3.05 
@3.15 
1.55 @ — 
@ 17 
11 
fit 12 
27 
@ 30 
DRIED FRUITS. 
No new apnles in yet. 
Cherries. 1900. per lb. 14 @ 14% 
Raspberries, State, evap., 1905, 
lb. — @ 20% 
Blackberries, 3906. lb. — @ 10 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples. Duchess, choice.2.25 @3.00 
Williams Early Red.3.00 @4.00 
Alexander .2.50 @4.00 
Wealthy .2.50 @3.50 
Maiden Blush .2.25 @3.00 
Holland Pippins .2.25 @2.75 
Orange Pippin .2.25 @2.50 
Astrachan, choice .2.00 @2.50 
Bough .2.00 @2.50 
Open heads, gbod to choice. 1.50 @2.50 
Open heads, poor to fair... 75 @1.25 
Jersey, half-barrel basket, 
fancy, red .1.50 @1.75 
Pears. Clapp’s Favorite. bbl..2.00 @3.25 
Bartlett .2.00 @3.50 
Bartlett. Maryland and Dela¬ 
ware, half-bbl. basket... 75 @1.25 
Flemish Beautv. bid.1.25 @1.50 
Tyson, bbl.1.50 @2.00 
Common sorts, barrel.1.00 @1.50 
Flu ms. Summer varieties, 
ca rrier . 5(1 @ 1.00 
10-lb. basket . 12 @ 10 
State, 8-lb. basket. 20 @ 30 
Peaches, Western Maryland & 
West Virginia, carrier.,. 1.00 @3.00 
Western Maryland and West 
Virginia, basket ....... 35 @ 1.00 
carrier . <5 @ 90 
Up-river, Delaware, case...2.00 @2.25 
Md. (k Del., Moore’s Early. 
carrier .1-00 @1.25 
Md. & Del., Champion, car. — @ 75 
Blackberries, Jersey, quart... 3 @ 10 
Up-river, quart. 0 @ 12 
Huckleberries. Jersey, Del. & 
Md., quart. 0 @11 
N. Y. & Pa.. Mountain.... 7 @ 12 
Muskmelons, Jersey, crate or 
basket . 30 @ 75 
Md. & Del., standard crate. 40 @1.25 
Tennessee, crate.1.00 @2.25 
Colorado, standard crate..4.00 @5.00 
Colorado, pony crate.2.50 @3.00 
Watermelons. Virginia, per 
steamer, 100.0.00 @10.00 
Del. & Md.. 100.10.00 @30.00 
Rail receipts, per carload.100.O0 @200.00 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Long Island, bbl...1.50 @1.75 
Jersey .1.12 @1.75 
Southern .1.00 @1.50 
Sweet Potatoes, S’n yellow, 
bbl.2.00 @2.50 
Southern, white yams.1.00 @1.75 
Southern, red.1.00 fit 1.50 
Jersey, basket.1.25 @1.50 
Brussels Sprouts, quart. 10 @ 15 
Beets. 100 bunches. — @1.00 
Carrots. 100 bunches. — @1.00 
Cabbage, L. I. & Jersey, 100.. 1.50 @3.00 
Cucumbers, Jersey & L. I. bbl.1.00 @2.00 
Cucumber Pickles, per 1,000.. 1.00 @3.00 
Corn. Hackensack. 100.1.00 @1.50 
Other Jersey, 100. 00 @1.25 
Celery, Michigan, dozen. 15 fit 40 
Jersey dozen. 10 @ 35 
Cauliflowers Long Island, bbl. 75 @2.00 
State, fancy, bbl.5.00 @8.00 
Eggplants. Jersey box. 30 @ 40 
Jersey, half-bbl. basket. 40 @ 00 
Jersey, bbl. 75 @1.00 
Lima Beans, half-bbl. basket. 50 @1.50 
Lettuce. Near-by, bbl. 50 @1.00 
Western N. Y., basket. 50 @1.50 
W’n N. Y., 2 dozen box.... 50 @1.00 
Onions, Conn, whl’e bbl.3.00 @3.50 
Connecticut red.1.75 @2.50 
Connecticut, yellow.1.75 @2.50 
State & W’n. white, crate. 1.00 @> — 
Jersey, white, basket.1.00 @ — 
Jersev & Pa., yellow, bkt. . 75 @ 85 
L. I. & Jersey, red. bbl_1.00 @1.50 
L. T. & Jersey, yellow, bbl...1.00 @1.75 
Orange Co., white, bag....1.50 @2.50 
Orange Co., red. bag. 50 @1.50 
Orange Co., yellow, hag. ...1.00 @1.75 
Peppers, Jersey box. 30 @ 40 
Jersey, half-bbl. basket.... 40 @ 00 
Jersey, bbl. 75 @1.00 
Peas, Western N. Y.. basket.. 75 @1.50 
Western N. Y.. bag. 50 @1.25 
String Beans. Jersey, basket.. 50 @ 75 
Long Island & Jersey, bag.. 30 @ 00 
Western N. Y„ wax. bskt.. 50 @ 75 
W’n N. Y.. green, bskt. 00 fir 75 
Virginia, basket. 35 @ 50 
Squash. Marrow, bbl.-crate.... 75 @1.00 
Yellow, crook-neck, bld.-cr. 50 @ 75 
White, bbl.-crate. 50 @ 75 
Turnips. Rutabaga, bbl. — @ 75 
Tomatoes, Up-river & Hacken¬ 
sack. box. 50 @ 75 
Jersey, box. 25 @ 50 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Spring chickens. — @ 15% 
Fowls . — @ 13% 
Roosters . — @ 8% 
Turkeys . 13% @ — 
Spring-ducks, lb. 12 @ 13 
Ducks, pair. 50 @ 80 
Geese, pair. 90 @1.50 
Pigeons . 20 @ 25 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys . 11 @ 13 
Spring chickens, fancy. 22 @ 23 
Fair to good. 14 @ 19 
Fowls . 12% @ 14 
Ducks, Spring. 10 @ 12 
Geese . — @ 18 
Squabs, best.3.00 @3.50 
Lower grades.1.25 @2.50 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers .3.90 @0.05 
Bulls .2.50 @3.75 
Cows .1.00 @3.75 
Calves .5.50 @9.00 
Sheep .3.25 @5.50 
Lambs .6.50 @8.75 
Hogs . — @6.75 
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 
Kainit . — @11.00 
Acid phosphate . — @11.00 
Basic slag. 2.010 lbs. — @17.55 
Peruvian guano, Chincha. — @40.50 
_ Lobos . — fill 30.00 
Ground bone. — @*>8 00 
Copper sulphate, bbl. lots. lb. — @" 6% 
Sulphur flowers, bbl. lots.... — @ 2% 
Water glass, bbl. lots.— @ 2 
GRASS SEEDS. 
Retail prices at New York. 
Timothy, bu. of 45 lbs. $3.50 
Blue Grass, bu. of 14 lbs. 2!so 
Orchard Grass. 14 lbs. 2.75 
Red Top, 30 lbs. (j@0 
Alfalfa, lb. .op 
Medium Red Clover, ll>.. ” ’20 
As Egg Message. —The Portland Oregonian 
says that a housewife in Portland wrote to 
the Chamber of Commerce about an egg: 
“The ‘Housewife’ says she purchased eggs 
from her corner grocer, whom she had no rea¬ 
son to believe was otherwise than an honest 
man, and which were represented as being 
fresh from the ranch. Just as she was 
serving her husband’s breakfast the other 
morning she happened to notice the shell of 
one of the eggs, and was astonished to find 
the following inscription written thereon: 
‘Jess Simpson, Concordia. Kan., June 14. 
Write.’ ‘If Mr. Simpson is matrimonially in¬ 
clined,’ wrote (lie woman to Mr. Giltner, ‘his 
egg has unfortunately fallen into wrong 
hands.’ ” 
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During the hot summer Ruberoid will not melt because it 
contains no tar. It will stand the cold of winter because it retains 
its pliability indefinitely. Sparks or burning brands will not ignite it. 
For your own safety, look for the registered trade mark 
.“RUBEROID,” stamped on the under side every four feet. 
None other is genuine. Send for samples and Booklet R. 
THE STANDARD PAINT COMPANY 
OAKHURST FARM 
PRINCE ALBAN De KOL OAKHURST, 
No. 417XL:. Born, October 8. 1904. 
Sire BROOKSIDE KING De KOL, 27209. He by 
De Kol 2d’s Butter Boy 3d., 211200. 
Dam SAUCY CLARA BARTON, 44600. A. R. O. 
4651. Milk, 393 lbs.; Butter, 15 lbs. 5.2 oz.; Fat, 12.258 
lbs.; per cont3.i. First check for $50 takes him. 
EONA De KOL BURKE HERO, 
No. 42035. Boru, April 19, 1905. 
Sire HERO De KOL BURKE. He by De Kol 
Burke, A. R. O. 22991. 27 A. R. O, Daughters. 
Dam MARSHLAND EONA, 72589. A. R. O. 4606. 
Milk, 386.8 lbs.; Fat, 12.597 lbs.: Butter, 15.746 lbs. at 
80 per cent. First check for $50 takes him. 
PIETERJE ARTIS PRINCE OAKHURST 
No. 41989. Born, January 11, 1905. 
Sire BROOKSIDE KING De KOL, 27209. He by De 
Kol 2d’s Butter Boy 3d, 23260. 45 A. R. O. Daughters. 
Dam PIETERJE QUEEN CUZA, 50225. A. R. O. 
5468. Butter, 20.789 lbs. In 14 days, 41.14 lbs. First 
check for $75 takes him. 
A. L. BROCKWAY, 
R. F. D. No. 3. Auburn, N. Y. 
STAR FARM HOLSTEINS 
$3 for $1,$10 for $5, $M> for $25, $!OOfor $50, 
$1,060 for $500, $5,000 for $3,500. 
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