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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
September 22, 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, September 22,1906. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Vineless Potatoes Without I’otatine.... 710 
Possibilities of an Alabama Farm. 710 
Is the Farmer Responsible?. 710 
Corn Cutting in a Dairy Section. 711 
Alfalfa in Oswego County, N. Y. 711 
Cleaning Up Old Fields. 711 
Best Way to Harvest Corn. 712 
The Seed Corn Harvester. 713 
A County Fair in New York City. 713 
Hope Farm Notes. 715 
Crop Prospects . 717 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Poultry Amid the Rocks. 709 
Ilogs in the Peach Orchard. 710 
Salt for Lice..... 713 
Chicken Killers’ Strike. 721 
Floor for Horse Stall. 721 
Horse Breeding Questions. 722 
Warm Climate Pigs; Minorca Hens.... 722 
Sheep vs. Cows for Profit. 722 
Skim-milk and Whey for Pigs. 722 
A Case of Garget. 723 
Suggested by a Jersey Study. 723 
The Polled Durham Breed. 723 
HORTICULTURE. 
Melons in a Ginseng Shed. 710 
Dodging the Melon Blight. 711 
Keeping Kleffer Peai's. 713 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 718 
The Obliging Tomato. 718 
Four Quince Recipes. 719 
The Rural Patterns. 719 
’Phe Bookshelf . 719 
Canning String Beans. 719 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Air Pressure for Lifting Water. ...709, 710 
Products, Prices and Trade. 712 
Editorials . 716 
Mr. Wadsworth and the Meat Inspection 
Bill . 717 
Events of the Week. 717 
Business Bits . 717 
Publisher’s Desk . 721 
Humorous . 724 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending September 15, 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 . 
GRASS SEEDS. 
Retail prices for best quality 
Timothy, hu. of 45 lbs. 
Blue Grass, bu. of 14 lbs.... 
Orchard Grass. 14 lbs... 
Red Top. 30 lbs. 
Alfalfa, lb. .. 
Medium Red Clover, lb. 
HAY. 
— @ 
—. @ 
— @ 
— 1 
— <§ 
at New 
77% 
80% 
58 
42 
58% 
York. 
$3.25 
2.90 
3.25 
5.50 
.20 
■ .20 
Xo 1 . 
_ 
@18.00 
Xo 2 . 
. 16.00 
@17.00 
@ 15.00 
Clover, mixed .. 
Clover . 
..14.00 
.13.00 
@17.00 
@15.00 
Long rye . 
Short and oat.. 
STRAW. 
.12.00 
.. 8.00 
@14.00 
@ 10.00 
MILK. 
New York Exchange price advanced to 
$1.51 per 40 quart can. effective September 
11. netting three cents per quart to 20-eent 
zone shippers who have no extra station 
charges. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, finest . 
Extras .-@ 
Seconds and 
Lower grades . 19 
State Dairy, best. 
Under grades .. 
Imitation Creamery . 19 
Factory 
Renovated . 15 
Packing Stock . 15 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, fancy. 
Fair to good. 
Lower grades. 10 
Skims . 
EGGS 
Selected, white, fancy. 29 
White, good to choice. 27 
Mixed colors, extra. 
Lower grades. 14 
BEANS. 
Marrow, choice, bushel. .. 
Fair to good. 
Medium, choice .1.55 
Common to good. 
Pea, choice .1.50 
Red kidney, choice.. 
White kidney, choice.3.00 
Yellow Eye, choice.1.55 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 15 
Common to fair. 11 
German crop . 27 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples. Ev'p., 1905. best, per lb 10 
Evap., State, new. 
Chops, 1905, per 100 lbs. 
Cores and skins. 100 lbs...2.00 
Cherries. 1906. lb. 
Huckleberries. 1905 . 13 
Raspberries, 1905 .. 
Blackberries, 1906 . 
— 
@ 25’ 
-av 25 
. . 20 % @ 24 
19 
@ 20 
23 
@ 23 
17 
fa 22 
19 
@ 21 ’ 
15 
@ 18 
15 
@ 21 
15 
@ 18 
_ 
@ 12 
12 
@ 12 
10 
@ 11 
3 
@ 8 
29 
@ 30 
27 
@ 28 
25 
@ 26 
14 
@ 20 
2.70 
@2.75 
2.25 
@2.65 
@1.60 
@1.50 
@ — 
3.05 
@3.10 
@3.10 
,1.55 
@ •-— 
15 
@ 17 
. 11 
@ 12 
27 
@ 30 
j 10 
@ 11 
6%@ 8 
.1.80 
@2.25 
2.00 
@2.25 
16 
@ 17 
13 
@ — 
, 29 
(Q) - 
. 11 
@ 12 
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FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples. Duchess, choice, bbl. .2.50 
Alexander ..2.50 
Wealthy .2-50 
Maiden Blush .2.o0 
Holland Pippins .2.50 
Fall Pippin .2.50 
Gravenstein .2.o0 
Twenty Ounce .2.50 
Greening .2.25 
Pears, Bartlett, bbl.2.25 
Seelcel .2.25 
Bose .2.00 
Clairgeau .1-50 
Anjou .1-50 
Sheldon .1.50 
Flemish Beauty .LOO 
Tyson .1.50 
Le Conte .. 1.00 
Common sorts .LOO 
Plums, State, 8-lb basket- 20 
Peaches. Western Maryland & 
West Virginia, carrier. .. 75 
Basket . 50 
Pennsylvania, carrier .1.00 
Pennsylvania, basket . 40 
Jersey, basket . 30. 
Up-river, 2-basket crate... 1.00 
Up-river, basket . 40 
Pine Island, carrier.1.75 
Pine Island, basket. 50 
State, carrier .1.50 
State, basket . 30 
State, 2-pony-basket crate.. 75 
Grapes, up-river. Niagara, case 60 
Up-river, Delaware, case... 50 
Concord & Worden, carrier. 40 
Cranberries. Cape Cod. bbl...5.00 
Cape Cod, crate.1.75 
Muskmelons, Colorado, standard 
crate .1.50 
Colorado, pony crate.1.00 
Oklahoma, standard crate.. 1.25 
Oklahoma, pony crate.1.00 
Watermelons, fancy, selects, 
100 .25.00 
Prime medium, 100.18.00 
Fair to good. 100.10.00 
Small and poor. 100. 5.00 
Prime to fancy, carload. . 175.00 
Common to good, carload.50.00 
@ 3.00 
(a 3.50 
(a 3.50 
@8.00 
(d 3.00 
(d 3.25 
(a 3.25 
(a 3.00 
(it 2.75 
(a 3.50 
(a 3.25 
(a 2.75 
(d 2.25 
(a 2.00 
@ 2.00 
@2.00 
(a 2.00 
@ 2.00 
fa 1.50 
@ 35 
@2.00 
(a 1.00 
@2.25 
@ 1.00 
(a- 1.00 
@1.65 
@ 1.00 
@2.50 
<a 1.25 
@2.25 
@ 70 
@1.50 
@ 75 
@ 70 
@ 65 
(a 6.00 
@2.00 
@2.25 
@1.50 
@1.75 
@1.25 
@35.00 
@23.00 
@ 15.00 
@ 8.00 
@ 275 00 
@150.00 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Long Island, bbl...2.00 @2.25 
Jersey . 1.50 @2.00 
Sweet Potatoes. Southern yel¬ 
low, barrel .1.50 @1.75 
Southern, yellow, culls, bbl. 60 @ 75 
Jersey, basket . 85 @1.12 
Jersey, culls, basket. 50 @ 60 
Brussels Sprouts, quart. 6 @ 15 
Beets, barrel .1.00 @1.75 
Carrots, barrel .1.00 @1.5.0 
Cabbage. L. I., & Jersey, 100.2.50 @4.00 
Cucumbers, Jersey & L. I., bbl.LOO @ 3.00 
Cucumber Pickles, State.1.00 @2.00 
Corn, nearby. 100. 75 @1.50 
Celery. Michigan, dozen. 15 @ 40 
Jersey, dozen .'.. 10 @ 35 
Cauliflowers, L. I., bbl. 75 @2.50 
State, barrel .5.00 @6.00 
Eggplants, Jersey, barrel.... 1.00 @1.50 
Lima Beans, half bbl. basket. 75 @1.50 
Lettuce, Western N. Y.. basket. 50 @1.75 
Onions. Conn., white, bbl....2.50 @3.75 
Connecticut, red .2.00 @2.50 
Connecticut, yellow .2.00 @2.50 
State and W’n, white, crate 75 @1.50 
L. I. & Jersey, red. bbl.... 1.50 @2.25 
L. I. & Jersey, yellow, bbl..1.50 @2.25 
Peppers, red, barrel.1.00 @1.50 
Green, barrel . 75 @1.00 
Pumpkins, barrel . 75 @ — 
Parsley. 100 bunches. 75 @1.00 
String beans, Jersey, basket.. 30 @ 75 
Squash, marrow, barrel. 50 @1.00 
Hubbard .1.00 @ — 
Turnips, Rutabaga, Canada. 
barrel .1.00 @1.12 
Jersey, barrel . 50 @ 75 
Tomatoes, nearby, box. 30 @ 65 
State, bushel-basket. 50 @ 75 
Jersey & Del., peach bkt... 15 @ 25 
Jersey & Del., carrier. 40 @ 60 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Spring chickens. — @ 12 
Fowls . — @ 13% 
Roosters .. •— @ 9 
Turkeys . 14 @ — 
Spring ducks, lb. 13 @ 13% 
Ducks, pair . 50 @ 80 
Geese, pair . 90 @1.50 
Pigeons . 20 @ 25 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, old . 
Spring, fancy . 
Spring chickens, fancy. 
Fair to good. 
Fowls . 
Ducks, Spring . 
Geese . 
Squabs, best . 
Lower grades .. 
11 @ 13 
28 @ — 
21 @ 22 
14 @ 19 
' 12 % @ 15 
13 @ 14 
18 @ 20 
8.00 @3.25 
1.25 @2.50 
Steers 
Bulls 
Cows 
Calves 
Sheep 
Lambs 
Hogs 
LIVE STOCK, 
F 
.4.15 
.2.50 
. 1 25 
.WWW,'. 5.00 
.3.50 
..6.50 
.0.50 
ARM CHEMICALS. 
@5.90 
@ 8.85 
@4.15 
<3 8.75 
@ 5.00 
8.50 
@6.90 
Prices for ton lots; smaller quantities 
proportionately higher. The decided advance 
in nitrate of soda is due In part to the 
earthquake in Chili and the export duty 
placed on this substance by the Chilean 
government as a revenue measure, and also 
to the Increased demand, owing to the adop : 
tlon of nitrate of soda by the U. S. Govern¬ 
ment in the manufacture of explosives in 
place of nitrate of potash. Dealers are now 
paying more in 1,060 ton lots on board 
ship than the price they charged a year ago 
for single tons f. o. b. New York. The 
market is very unsettled, and changes may 
occur at any time. 
Nitrate of soda, ton. 
Muriate of potash. 2.016 lbs.. 
Sulphate of potash, 2,016 lbs. 
Dried blood .. 
Kainit ..‘. 
Acid phosphate . 
Basic slag, 2,016 lbs. 
Peruvian guano. Chinclia. 
I.obos .. 
Ground bone. 3 per cent am.; 
54 % per cent bone phos.. . 
Copper sulphate, bbl. lots. lb. 
Sulphur flowers, bbl. lots.... 
Water glass, bbl. lots. 
@54.00 
@41.85 
@48.15 
@53.00 
@ 11.00 
@11.00 
@ 17.55 
@40.50 
@30.00 
@26.50 
@ 6 % 
@ 2 % 
@ 2 
The Chinese Language.—I t is said that 
in Japan it is a common thing to see work¬ 
men studying the English language. Both 
Japanese and Chinese seem to believe that 
great opportunities are to be found where 
English is spoken. Consul Anderson, in a re¬ 
cent report, says there seems to lie a different 
language every 25 miles : ‘‘To see two China¬ 
men, born within 10 miles of each other, 
arguing, gesticulating, and growing angry in 
a vain endeavor of one to have the qther 
understand him naturally impresses a for¬ 
eigner, and vet such a thing is not unusual. 
A friend tells me of two coolies in Peking 
who had a violent quarrel and came to blows 
over a cent simply because they were not able 
to understand each other, although both of 
them were speaking the Pekinese Mandarin 
dialect as the common people speak it. It is 
a common joke among foreigners that the 
Chinese must indicate hv signs or gestures 
what thev are to talk about at the beginning 
of a conversation before they can understand 
what the persons concerned are saying. No 
one is sure in sending an official dispatch or 
a private communication whether it will be 
taken in the sense intended or not. Clear 
cut. definite, and ready communication, so 
essential to business life, scarcely seems prac¬ 
ticable in the Chinese language." 
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