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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
October 20, 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker. October 20, 190G. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Gasoline Power In the Wheat field. 774 
Objections to Alfalfa Answered. 775 
Cleaning Land of Stumps . 770 
Cutting Asparagus in Fall. 770 
Hope Farm Notes . 781 
Crop Prospects .,. 787 
Alfalfa and Shredded Stalks in Market.. 787 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Aberdeen Argus Cattle in Delaware.... 773 
'Hie Work of Poultry Keeping.773, 774 
Ventilation for a Henhouse. 782 
Limber-Neck in Fowls. 783 
Water Supply for Barn. 783 
Moldy Cornstalks . 783 
An Old Dairy Question . 784 
Another Polled Durham Story. 784 
Colt Cut by Barb Wire . 785 
Linseed Oil for Horses. 785 
The Supply of Dairy Cows . 785 
Milk Notes from Southern New York.... 785 
Use of Milking Tube. 785 
Milk Prospects. 785 
Ailing Chicks . 785 
HORTICULTURE. 
Experience with Melon Blight. 775 
The “Yellows” and Peach Trees. 770 
Ashes in Potting Soil. 770 
Budding Seedling Apple. 776 
An Experience with Peach Rot. 770 
Bad Points of Champion Peach. 777 
A Budding Problem . 778 
I,ilium Candidum ; Everlasting Peas.... 778 
Cultivation of European Walnuts . 778 
Fruit Troubles in Kansas . 779 
Planting Asparagus Seedlings. 779 
Plum Questions . 779 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 780 
Nut Culture in Oregon . 780 
New Bhg Killers . 784 
Scaly Fruit . 787 
Fumigating Nursery Stock . 791 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 
Indoor Ferneries . 
The Rural Patterns . 
A Corn Festival . 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Bringing Water to the House. Part I.. 
Questions About an Icehouse . 
Torrens System of Registering Land.... 
Products, Prices and Trade. 
Editorials . 
Can J. W. Wadsworth Be Defeated?.... 
Business Bits . 
Publisher’s Desk . 
A Japanese Luncheon . 
Humorous . 
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MARKETS 
Prices received at New York during week 
ending October 13, 1900, wholesale unless 
specified otherwise. The figures for grain, 
blitter, 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 on 
other products are from reports of dealers, 
inquiries and observation of sales in the 
various market sections. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2, red, for ex¬ 
port . — 
No. 1, Northern, Duluth, ins — 
Corn. — 
Oats. — 
Rye. — 
Barley. — 
Buckwheat. — 
FEED. 
Wholesale at New York. 
City Bran . . ..20.50 
Red Dog . — 
Linseed meal . — 
Retail Western N. Y. 
Rian .22.00 
Red Dog . — 
Corn meal . 
Linseed meal. — 
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FRESIl FRUITS. 
Apples, Jonathan .2.50 
McIntosh .2.50 
Alexander and Wealthy ....2.50 
Maiden BJush and Fall 
Pippin .2.00 
Gravenstein .2.00 
Twenty Ounce .175 
King.1-75 
S""- Baldwin and B. IJ.1.50 
Greening .1-50 
Pears. Bartlett.2.50 
Seckel .2.00 
Bose . 2.50 
Anjou. 1-50 
Sheldon . 2.00 
Duchess .2.00 
Louise Bonne .1-25 
Le Conte.100 
Kieffer .1.00 
Quinces, bbl.3.50 
Plums. 8-lb. basket. 30 
Peaches, Eastern, carrier.1.00 
Eastern, %-bu. bkt. 50 
Ohio, bu. bkt.1.00 
Grapes, black, 8-lb. bkt. 10 
Black, 4-lb. bkt. 7 
Niagara, 4-lb. bkt. 11 
Delaware, 4-lb. bkt. 15 
NUTS. 
Chestnuts Northern, bu.4.00 
Southern .3.00 
Cultivated .2.50 
Hiekorynuts, bu.2.50 
Butternuts, bu. 50 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes. Maine. 108-lb. bag... 1.05 
Long Island, bill.1.87 
State, 180 lbs.1.75 
Jersey . 1-50 
Sweet, potatoes. S’n. bill.1.00 
Jersey, basket . 75 
Sprouts, qt. 0 
Beets and carrots, bbl.1.00 
Cabbage. 100 .2.50 
Pickles, bushel .1.00 
Celery, do z. 10 
Cauliflowers, bbl.1.00 
Kale, bbl. 25 
Lettuce, 2-doz. box.1.25 
Mushrooms, lb. 50 
Onions, Conn., white, bbl.2.50 
Red and yellow .1.50 
.State and W’n. sack.1.25 
Orange Co., N. Y., red, bag.. 1.00 
Yellow .1.25 
Peppers, bill. 75 
Squash, bbl. 75 
Spinach, bbl . 75 
Turnips. Rutabaga, bbl. 00 
Tomatoes, bu. 50 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens, lb. 
Fowls . 
Roosters, old . — 
Turkeys . — 
Ducks, Spring . 13 
Old. pair . 30 
Geese, pair . 90 
Pigeons, pair . — 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys . 
Chickens, best, brollei 
Other grades . 
. 12 
rs. 20 
. 13 
. 14 
Geese . f ... ■ 
. 15 
Squabs, best . 
.4.00 
LIVE 
STOCK. 
Hull*; 
Calves . 
.3.50 
Sheep . 
.3.50 
.7.00 
Hogs . 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
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@4.50 
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<8 50 
@4.50 
<8 35 
@2.50 
@ 1.00 
@3.50 
@2.00 
@ 2.00 
@1.50 
@2.00 
@1.50 
@1.25 
@ 1.00 
@ 75 
@ 75 
@ 12% 
@ 14 
@ 9 
@ 14 
@ 14 
@ 80 
@1.50 
@ 20 
@ 14 
@ 22 
@ 18 
@ 15% 
@ 15 
@ 20 
@4.50 
@3.50 
@ 6.10 
@3.40 
@4.15 
@ 3.75 
@8.75 
@5.00 
@8.25 
@7.10 
Prices for ton lots: smaller quantities pro¬ 
portionately higher. 
Nitrate of soda, ton. — 
Muriate of potash, 2,016 lbs.. — @41.85 
Sulphate of potash, 2.010 lbs.. — @4S.lo 
Dried blood . — @£0.00 
Kalnit . — @11.00 
Acid phosphate . — @11-00 
Basic slag. 2.010 lbs. — @17.55 
Peruvian guano, Chineha. — @40.50 
Lobos . — @30.00 
Ground bone. 3 per cent am.; 
54% per cent bone plios.. — @20.50 
Prime Timothy 
IIA Y, 
@19.00 
No. 1 . 
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@18.50 
No. 2 . 
. .16.00 
@17.00 
No. 3 . 
. .14.00 
@15.00 
Clover Mixed . 
. .13.00 
@17.00 
Clover . 
. .11.00 
@15.00 
Salt Meadow . 
. .10.00 
@12.00 
STRAW. 
Long Rye . 
@13.00 
Short and Tangled. 
9.00 
@10.00 
Oat and Wheat . 
7.00 
@ 8.00 
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MILK. 
New Y'ork Exchange price if 1.61 per 40- 
quart can, netting 314 cents per quart in 20- 
cent zone points where no extra shipping 
charges are made. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, finest . 
Extras . 
Firsts . 
Seconds . 
Thirds . 
Storage . 
State Dairy, best. 
Lower grades. 
Imitation creamery . 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, fancy . 
Fair to good . 
Inferior . 
Skims . 
EGGS. 
Fancy, white . 3 
White, good to choice 
Common to fair . 
Western and Southern 
Storage . IS 
BEANS. 
Marrow, bushel . 
Pea . 
Red Kidney . 
Yellow Eye . 
HOI'S. 
New, prime to choice. 
Fair to good. 20 
German . 27 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evap.. new good to cb. 
Evap.. poor to fair. 
Sun dried . 
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flabby. He didn’t have 
a strong muscle in his 
entire body. 
The physician who had 
attended the family for 
thirty years prescribed 
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SUPERIOR 
WIRE FENCE 
Made of very heavy. high car^, 
bon steel wire, heavily galvan¬ 
ized, securely connected wit! 
the Superior Lock, strongest an< 
most easily attached lock made. , 
SAMPLE PIECE to test and CATA¬ 
LOG FREE. Write to-day. 
THE SUPERIOR FENCE CO.. Cleveland. Ohio. 
A K&ietiwazoos 
4 Direct to You 
"Kalamazoos” are fuel savers.— 
They last a lifetime— 
Economical in all respects— 
They are low in price and high in quality— 
They are easily operated and quickly set up and made 
ready for business— 
Buy from the actual manufacturer— 
Your money returned if everything is not exactly as 
represented— 
You keep in your own pocket the dealers' and jobbers’ 
profits when you buy a Kalamazoo. 
Wc Pay the Freight 
Radiant Base Burner 
High Grade Parlor 
Heater for Hard Coal 
We want to 
prove to you 
that you can¬ 
not buy a bet¬ 
ter stove or 
range than the 
Oak Stove Heater 
For all kinds of fuel 
Kalamazoo at any price. 
We want to show you how and 
why you save from 20# to 40# in 
buying direct from our factory. 
If you think $5, or $10, or $40 
worth 
saving 
All Kalamazoo cook 
stoves and ranges are 
fitted with patent oven 
Thermometer which 
makes baking and roast¬ 
ing easy. 
All Kalama¬ 
zoo stoves and 
ranges are guar¬ 
anteed under a 
binding, legal and thoroughly re¬ 
sponsible $20,000 bond to be exact¬ 
ly as represented. 
All stoves blacked, polished and 
ready for immediate use when you 
receive them. 
You won’t need the help of an 
expert to set them up in your home. 
SEND POSTAL 
FOR CATALOGUE NO. 
114 
Royal Steel Range 
For all kinds of fuel. 
Examine our complete line of stoves 
and ranges for all kinds of fuel; note 
the high quality; compare 
our prices with others and 
then decide to buy from 
actual manufacturers and save 
all middlemen’s profits. 
Catalog shows 267 styles 
and sizes for all kinds of 
fuel. Write now. 
Sold on 360 Days Ap¬ 
proval Test. 
Kalamazoo Stove Go. 
Manufacturers, 
Kalamazoo, Mich. 
Handsomely Nickeled Monarch Cast 
Iron Range. For all kinds ol fuel. 
Elite Oil. 
A high grade, perfect burn¬ 
ing oil. Never fails to 
please where a clear,strong 
light is desired. Made 
from Pure Pennsylvania 
Crude. Write for particu¬ 
lars and prices. 
DERRICK OIL CO., 
Titusville, Penn. 
CONNECTICUT FARMS ftSSJrffiS 
in all parts of the State. BANCROFT’S REALLY 
CO., Sage-Alien Building, Hartford, Conn. 
Iff Cl I I nniTCn Productive New Jersey 
flELL LUuA I UU Farms between Phila¬ 
delphia and New Y’ork; highly improved dairy, stock, 
truck and fruit farms, country seats, squab ranch and 
poultry yards; we handle the best. Tell us your 
requirements, A. W. DRESSER, Burlington, N. J. 
P| C ACE send a trial shipment to the Oldest Com- 
I LlHOL mission House in New York. Established 
1838. Butter, Cheese, Eggs, Poultry, Hay, Apples, etc. 
E. B. WOODWARD, 302 Greenwich St., New York. 
WM. H. COHEN & CO., 
Commission Merchants, 
229 and 231 Washington Street, New York. 
OUlt SPECIALTIES: 
Game, 
■ Poultry 
Mushrooms, 
Purs, 
I Calves 
I Nuts, 
Ginseng, 
1 Hot House Lambs,! 
I Fancy Eggs. 
nonircftl PRAPlfCRQ are as fresh as whole 
DnUlYtn unAuIVCnO 0 „ e s and can be bought 
at low prices from the factory of NEW ENGLAND 
BISCUIT CO., Worcester, Mass, manufacturers of 
the famous ‘‘Toasted Butter Crackers,” “Little 
Brothers Lunch Biscuit,” etc. Write us. 
PAR OBI P—Shetland Ponies, Pony Vehicles 
rUVl wmLC and Pony Harness of all kinds. 
Second band rigs always in stock. 
J. B. HICKMAN, Parkersburg, West Virginia. 
NEW LAID EGGS 
Wanted for retail trade. Top cash price for strictly 
fresh stock. C. H. SPENCER, Phenix, R. I. 
MICHIGAN FAltMS.—Good improved farm.pro- 
‘' *ductive soil, sellingcheap, splendid climate. Write 
for list “ M.” C. B. BENHAM, Hastings, Mich. 
3,000 FARMS. 
money makers, for sale in Maine, New Hampshire, 
Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Y’ork. 
New Jersey, and the South. “ Strout’s List No. 16” 
describes hundreds in detail, 1 to 1,000 acres, $000 to 
$20,000, many with stock and tools included, It is the 
most complete book of real farm bargains ever issued. 
It has hundreds of cuts of buildings and traveling in¬ 
structions to reach properties. Send to-day for free 
copy. E. A. STROuT, Dept. 42, 150 Nassau Street, 
New York City. 
$500 
Cash or Time 
Buys a 
FARM 
In Virginia 
With cozy new 3-room cottage like cut, and 25 
acres for poultry, fruit and vegetables. Only 
two miles from the live town of Waverly, on 
N. & W. Ry., midway between Norfolk and 
Richmond. Delightful climate, abundant water, 
unexcelled markets for produce. Splendid 
social advantages. “Go South,—Young ManP* 
Write today for Booklets, lists of bargains in 
farms, lowest excursion rates, etc. 
I.H.LaBaume. Norton * wcskra Bj. Dep. D, Roanokt, Ys. 
Very Low Colonist Rates via 
Nickel Plate Road. 
$42.50 Buffalo to Pacific 
Coast Points. 
Corresponding rates to all points in the 
far West, daily until October 31st. Choice 
of routes beyond Chicago. Tickets good 
in tourist sleepers. For full particulars, 
write R. E. PAYNE, General Agent, 291 
. Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y., or call on 
I A. W. ECCLESTONE, D. P. A., 385 Broad¬ 
way, New York. 
FLORIDA HOMEAND FARM FOR SALE, 
at Belleview, eleven miles south of Ocala, Marion 
County. One hundred and twelve miles south of 
Jacksonville, on S. A. L. Ry. , Modern two and a half 
story house containing nine furnished rooms. Cen¬ 
trally located on a principal street. One hundred fifty 
acres rich hammock land, eighty acres of which was 
an orange grove, one and a quarter miles from house. 
Fourteen acres pine land under cultivation quarter 
mile from house. Write for descriptive circular of 
this beautiful home, in a locality noted for its healtli- 
fulness. Address P. D. WAITE, Palmetto, Florida. 
HUNTING IN THE MAINE WOODS. 
Sportsmen Getting Ready for Deer and 
Moose. 
The huntsman’s day has come around again. He is 
busy now, in his preparations for a fall journey into 
the wilds. Toward the forests of Maine and the 
timber lands of New Brunswick, Nimrods are jour¬ 
neying. No more delightful vacation, and no more 
healthful outing than a two weeks’ visit in the pine 
forest of Maine in the fall season of the year, can be 
enjoyed; and coupled with all the enjoyments which 
this season and vacation opportunity offers, is the 
keen enjoyment and zealous interest of the sportsman, 
who with his rifle and gun goes into the forest to ex¬ 
perience the excitement of the hunt. Maine, which 
is a vast wilderness of pine forests and beautiful lakes 
and streams, well deserves its title, the “huntsman’s 
paradise.” From the time when the opening shot 
proclaims the law is off, and the deer ami moose 
scamper under cover, before the bang of the sports¬ 
man’s rifle, until the last day of November, when the 
earth enshrouded in its mantle of snow and the forest 
stripped naked of its foliage, proclaims the advent of 
winter, the wilds of Maine are a true Eden for the 
hunters from all parts of the United States. The 
Rangeley and Dead River regions, famed for the re¬ 
wards which they bestow on visiting fishermen, have 
additional charms which they unfold in the fall of the 
year. Many is the good story of a deer or moose 
hunt related on a winter night at some Game Club 
Dinner, which took place tne previous fall in this 
same section. Farther north, around Mooseliead, 
sportsmen annually assemble, and pursue with vigor 
the exciting chase after deer and moose. In Washing¬ 
ton County and the Bangor & Aroostook region are 
wilds which seldom if ever are visited by men. In 
Northern Maine, especially in the territory where the 
berry patches are plentiful, bears abound, and it is no 
uncommon sight to see a visiting sportsman coming 
home from his trip with a substantial trophy in the 
shape of a good bear skin. Squirrel, rabbits, foxes, 
otter and various kinds of small animals are quite 
plentiful; and throughout the state bird shooting in¬ 
cluding woodcock, partridge, quail, pheasant, etc., is 
first class. Make up your mind to enjoy the pleasures 
of a vacation in the Maine Woods during September 
or October, or at least send to the Boston & Maine 
Passenger Department, Boston, Mass., for one of the 
beautifully illustrated descriptive books, describing 
and telling in detail about the fish and game resorts 
of New England, Canada, and the Maritime Prov¬ 
inces. Accompanying this book is a booklet giving 
the condensed fish and game laws of all this section. 
Upon receipt of a two-cent stamp, both booklets will 
be mailed to any address. 
Don’t Wear a Truss 
Brooks* Appliance is a new 
scientific discovery with auto¬ 
matic air cushions that dtaws 
the broken parts together and 
binds them as you would a 
broken limb. It absolutely holds 
firmly an d com fort ably an d never 
slips, always light and cool and 
conforms to every movement of 
the body without chafing or 
hurting. I make it to your 
measure and send it to you on a 
strict guarantee of satisfaction « 
or money refunded ami I have 
put my price so low that any¬ 
body, rich or poor, cun buy it. 
Remember I make it to your 
order—seud it to you—you wear 
it—aud if it doesn’t satisfy you, you send it back to me and I will 
refund your money. The banks or any responsible citizen in 
Marshall will tell you that is the way I do business—always abso¬ 
lutely on the square and l am selling thousands of people this way 
f *r the past five years. Remember 1 use no salves, no harness, no 
lies, no fakes. 1 just give you a straight business deal at a 
i easonahlc price. 
C. E. Brooks, 2079 Brooks Bldg., Marshall, Mich. 
