736 
September 29, 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, September 29,1906 
FARM TOPICS. 
A Nova Scotia Hired Man. 726 
Wheat Harvest in Kansas. 726 
Celery on a Swamp Farm. Part 1. 727 
Truth About Ginseng Culture. 727 
Hope Farm Notes. 731 
Killing Garlic. 733 
Portable Corncribs . 737 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
A Woman’s Poultry Notes. 726 
Two Ailing Cows. 736 
Cow With Inflamed Udder. 738 
A Case of Garget. 738 
Doors for the Silo. 738 
Dry Mash for Poultry. 738 
A Massachusetts Dairy Farm. 739 
Building a Corncrib. 739 
HORTICULTURE. 
An Orchard that “Locks Horns” ...725, 726 
Fumigation of Nursery Stock. 728 
Home Keeping of Apples. 728 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 730 
Fruit at the New York State Fair. 733 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day.734 
Charity Sweetheart’s Letters. 734 
Drying Apples . 734 
Marmalades and Preserves. 735 
The Rural Patterns. 735 
The Bookshelf. 735 
Mexican Eggs . 735 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Cement Posts for Wire. 729 
Gasoline Motors for Farm Machinery... 729 
Editorials . 732 
Mr. Wadsworth and Meat Inspection.... 733 
Events of the Week.733 
Business Bits .733 
A New Substitute for Rubber. 736 
Products, Prices and Trade. 737 
Humorous. 740 
MARK E T S 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending September 22, 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 l>est quality at New York. 
Timothy, bu. of 45 lbs. $3.25 
Blue Grass, bu. of 14 lbs. 2.90 
Orchard Grass, 14 lbs. 3.25 
Red Top. 30 lbs. 5.50 
Alfalfa, lb.20 
Medium Red Clover, lb.20 
@ 79% 
@ 85 
@ 58 
(a 42 
@ 60 
HAY. 
No. 1 . — 
No. 2 .17.00 
No. 3 .15.00 
Clover, mixed .14.00 
Clover .13.00 
@18.50 
u, 18.00 
@16.00 
(0)17.0!) 
@14.00 
STRAW. 
Long rye .13.00 
Short and oat. 7.00 
@15.00 
@10.00 
MILK. 
New York Exchange price $1.51 per 40 
quart can, netting three cents per quart to 
26-cent zone shippers who have no extra 
station charges. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, finest ... 
Extras . 
Seconds and firsts 
Lower grades .... 
State Dairy, best... 
Under grades .. . 
Imitation Creamery 
Factory . 
Renovated . 
Packing Stock .... 
-@ 
26% 
25 
@ 
25 V ? 
21 
@ 
24% 
19 
@ 
20 
— 
@ 
24 
18 
C(7> 
23 
19 
@ 
22 
16 
@ 
19 
15 
@ 
•>0 
15 
@) 
IS 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, fancy. 
Fair to good. 
Lower grades . 
Skims . 
— @ 
ny 2 @ 
io @ 
3 @ 
1214 
12 
11% 
8 
EGGS. 
Selected, white, fancy. 29 
White, good to choice. 27 
Mixed colors, extra. 26 
Lower grades . 15 
BEANS. 
Marrow, choice, bushel.2.65 
Fair to good.2.25 
Medium, choice .1.55 
Common to good.1.30 
Pea, choice .1.55 
White kidney, choice.3.00 
Yellow Eye, choice.1.55 
@ 30 
@ 28 
@ 27 
@ 21 
@2.67% 
@2.60 
@1.60 
@1.50 
@ — 
@3 10 
@ — 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 15 
Common to fair. 11 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, E’vp., 1905, best, per lb 10 
Evap., State, new._ 6 
Chops. 1905, per 100 lbs.. 1.80 
Cores and skins, 100 lbs....2.00 
Cherries, 1906, lb. 16 
Raspberries, 1905 . 30 
Blackberries 1906 . 10 
@ 17 
@ 12 
@ 11 
@ 7% 
@2.25 
@2.25 
@ 17 
@ 15 
@ — 
@ 11 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples Jonathan bbl.2.50 
Alexander .2.25 
Wealthy .2.25 
Maiden Blush .1-75 
Holland Pippins .1.75 
Fall Pippin •••••••••••••« 1 -7 .j 
Gravenstein .2.00 
@3.50 
@3.23 
@3 00 
@2.25 
@2.25 
@2.25 
@2.75 
20-ounce . 
Greening .-.J*7j> 
Pears Bartlett, bbl.2.00 
Seckel .2.00 
Bose .2.00 
Clairgeau .J-50 
Anjou .l-i>0 
Sheldon .J-oO 
Flemish Beauty .100 
I>e Conte .100 
Common sorts . 1-00 
Plums, Damson. 8-lb bkt.... 30 
Other kinds . 20 
Peaches, Western Maryland 
and West Va., carrier. .. 1.00 
Md. and W. Va., basket..-.. 60 
Jersey basket . 60 
Up-river, 2-basket crate.... 75 
Up-river, basket . 60 
Pine Island, carrier.1.50 
Pine Island, basket. 75 
State, carrier .1-50 
State, basket . 40 
State, 2-pony-basket crate. . 75 
Grapes. Up-river Niagara case. 50 
Delaware, case . 60 
Concord & Worden, carrier. 50 
Cranberries, Cape Cod, bbl....5.00 
Cape Cod, crate.1.60 
Muskmelons, Col., stand’d crate 50 
Colorado, pony crate. 50 
Oklahoma, standard crate. .1.00 
Oklahoma, pony crate. 50 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, L. I., barrel.1.75 
Jersey, barrel .1.50 
Sweet Potatoes, S’n yellow, bbl. 1.12 
Jersey, basket . 75 
Jersey, culls, basket. 40 
Brussels Sprouts, quart. 5 
Beets, barrel .1.00 
Carrots, barrel .1.00 
Cabbage, L. I. & Jersey, 100.2.50 
Cucumbers, nearby, barrel... 1.00 
State & Western, basket.... 50 
Cucumber Pickles, State, 
bushel-basket .1-00 
Corn, nearby. 100 . 75 
Celery. Michigan dozen. 15 
Jersey, dozen . 10 
Cauliflowers, L. I., barrel. ... 1.00 
State, barrel .4.00 
Eggplants, Jersey, barrel.1.00 
Lima Beans, bag. 50 
I-Ialf-bushel basket . 75 
Lettuce, Western New York, 
2 dozen box. 50 
Onions. Connecticut & Eastern 
white, barrel .3.00 
Conn. & E’n, red.2.00 
Conn. & E’u, yellow.2.00 
State & W’n, white, crate.. 75 
Ohio, yellow, bag.1.00 
Jersey, white, basket. 75 
Orange Co., red. 75 
Orange Co., yellow.1.00 
Peppers, red, barrel.1.00 
Green, barrel . 60 
Pumpkins, barrel . 50 
Parsley, 100 bunches. 75 
String beans. Jersey, bag.... 35 
Western N. Y., basket. 25 
Squash, marrow, barrel. 50 
Hubbard .1.00 
Turnips, Rutabaga, Canada, bbl.1.00 
Jersey, barrel . 50 
Tomatoes, nearby, box. 35 
State, bushel-basket . 50 
Jersey & Del., peach bkt. .. 15 
@2.25 
@2.25 
@5.00 
(a 3.50 
@3.25 
@3.25 
@2.00 
@2 00 
@2.00 
@2.00 
@1.50 
(<i 40 
@ 40 
@ 2,00 
@1.12 
@ 1.25 
@1.25 
@1.25 
@2.00 
@ 1.25 
@ 2.50 
@ 1.00 
@1.50 
@ 75 
@ 85 
@ 60 
@ 6.00 
(a 1.90 
@2.00 
@ 1.25 
@ 1.50 
@1.90 
@2.00 
@ 1.75 
@1.37 
@ 1.00 
@ 50 
@ 15 
@ 1.75 
@1.50 
@4.00 
@2.50 
@ 75 
@3.50 
@1.50 
(a in 
@ 35 
@3.00 
@6.00 
@1.50 
@1.25 
@1.50 
@1.50 
@4.00 
@2.50 
(a 2.50 
@ 1.00 
@1.75 
@ 1.00 
@1.50 
@1.50 
@1.50 
(a 90 
@ 75 
@ 1.00 
@ 65 
@ 75 
(,1 1.00 
@ 1.25 
@ 1.12 
@ 75 
@. 75 
@ 75 
@ 25 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens and fowls higher this week on 
account of demand for Jewish New Year. 
Spring chickens. 
Fowls . 
Roosters . 
Turkeys . 
Spring ducks, lb 
Ducks, pair .... 
Geese, pair .... 
Pigeons . 
— 
@ 
14 
— 
@ 
14 
_ 
0, 
10 
14 
@ 
.—. 
13 
@ 
14 
50 
@ 
SO 
90 
@1 
.50 
20 
@ 
25 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, old . 11 @ 14 
Spring, fancy . 22 @ — ■ 
Spring chickens, fancy.19 @ 21 
Fair to good. 14 @ 18 
Fowls . 12% @ 14% 
Ducks, Spring . 13 @ 13% 
Geese . 18 @ 20 
Squabs, best.3.00 @3.25 
Ixtwer grades .1.25 @2.50 
Steers 
Bulls 
Cows 
Calves 
Sheep 
Lambs 
Hogs 
LTVE STOCK. 
.3.90 @5.70 
.2.50 @5.10 
.1.30 @3.75 
.4.75 @9.00 
.3.50 @5.00 
.5.75 @7.50 
.6.50 @6.90 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
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¬ 
tion of nitrate of soda by the U. S. Govern¬ 
ment in the manufacture of explosives in 
place of nitrate of potash. Dealers are now 
paving more in 1,000 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. — @54.00 
Muriate of potash, 2.016 lbs.. — @41.85 
Sulphate of potash, 2,016 lbs - @48.15 
Dried blood . — @53.00 
Kainit . — @11.00 
Acid phosphate . — @11.00 
Basic slag, 2,016 lbs. — @17.55 
Peruvian guano, Chincha. — @40.50 
Lobos . — @30.00 
Ground bone, 3 per cent. am.; 
54% per cent bone phos... — @26.50 
Copper sulphate, bbl. lots, lb. — @ 6% 
Sulphur flowers, bbl. lots.... — @ 2% 
Water glass, bbl. lots. — @ 2 
A NEW SUBSTITUTE FOR RUBBER . 
Last Spring we gave such information as 
we could obtain regarding a wild plant in 
Colorado from which it was claimed rubber 
could be made. It seems that there is 
such a plant, and that it is possible to make 
a small quantity of rubber from it, but thus 
far the process is too expensive and too 
complicated to warrant any practical in¬ 
vestment in it. Now comes information 
from northern Mexico regarding another 
plant, which yields not exactly rubber, but 
what may be called a good imitation there¬ 
for. The United States Consul at Saltillo 
says that the Guayule shrub, formerly con¬ 
sidered a nuisance, has now reached a fair 
value. It was known for a long time that 
the shrub contained a substance very much 
like rubber, but only within recent months 
has a process been discovered for extract¬ 
ing this gum for commercial use. This has 
given considerable value to the shrub and 
the land upon which it is grown. Now we 
learn from the Galveston. Texas, News that 
over 1,000 bales of this Guayule, each bale 
weighing 500 pounds, have been shipped to 
Germany as an experiment. The shrub is 
locally known as greasewood. a low-growing 
plant found wild over large tracts of land 
in Texas and northern Mexico. A few bales 
were shipped to Germany some time ago ror 
experimental purposes. These experiments 
proved so successful that an order was 
given for 1,000 bales with which to con¬ 
duct further experiments. These bales came 
from southern Texas in very much the same 
form and shape as bales of hay. bound to¬ 
gether by wire. Before being shipped, how¬ 
ever, they were crushed into smaller and 
firmer bales on a cotton press. 
The process of extracting the so-called 
rubber consists of grinding up the wood, 
pressing out the sap or gum and evaporat¬ 
ing it. As soon as it was learned that this 
greasewood might have a commercial value 
shrewd speculators began to take up the 
land upon which it is found growing. The 
State owns large tracts of these lands, 
which have been set aside for school pur¬ 
poses. Lawyers immediately applied to the 
State for power to take up these lands. 
They wanted a decision as to the classifica¬ 
tion" of them. The Attorney General decid¬ 
ed that such land would come under the 
heading of “timber land,” and under the 
law they must be sold for at least $5 per 
acre, tfhis is not satisfactory to the specu¬ 
lators. who desire to obtain control of large 
quantities of this greasewood. and they are 
endeavoring to have the Attorney General 
change his decision, in which case they could 
obtain the land for about $1 per acre, for it 
is really believed in Texas that there are 
great possibilities in the handling of this 
greasewood. Should the Attorney General 
reverse his decision it seems 1 likely that most 
of the land would fall into the hands of 
speculators, who would largely benefit by 
any development of the industry. As the 
monev obtained from the sale of these lands 
is applied for school purposes it would seem 
as if the cause of education was well pro¬ 
vided for financially in Texas. We deem it 
well to caution our readers, however, with 
regard to the possibilities of this business. 
There seems to he no question about the 
fact that the greasewood does contain a 
gum. which may. with proper handling, be 
substituted in part for rubber. It is not. 
however, a true rubber, and we advise our 
readers not to buy stock or bonds in com¬ 
panies, which may be developed for the pur¬ 
pose of handling this greasewood. The time 
will soon be right for speculators to make 
startling propositions along these lines. Our 
advice is to let. them alone, and let them 
provide their own money for developing this 
business. 
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