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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 10, 
CONTENTS. 
Tiib Rural New-Yorker, November 10, 1906. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Alfalfa on the St. Lawrence. 829 
A Railroad Introduced Alfalfa. 829 
What Alfalfa Will Do. 829 
Delaware Notes. 831 
A Fertilizer from Muck. 832 
Steamed Bone . 832 
Hope Farm Notes. 835 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
A Woman's Hen Notes.829, 830 
Mapos the Hen Man. 842 
Cows Injured by .Tumping.;. 84*3 
A Case of Cowpox. 843 
An Ailing Cow. 843 
A Silo Man Talks. 843 
HORTICULTURE. 
Bulk Shipments of Apples. 830 
The Danger from Peach Yellows. 831 
Flute-Crafting Chestnuts. 831 
Raspberries, Blackberries and Rhubarb.. 832 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 834 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 843 
Mrs. Spraker Talks. 843 
Charity Sweetheart’s Letters. 843 
The Rural Patterns. S43 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
October Snowstorm in Michigan. 831 
'I "he Icehouse Question.831 
A Wheeled Grader.832 
The Power of Gasoline Engines. 833 
Laving Cement Walks. 833 
Editorials . 836 
Events of the Week. 837 
Publisher’s Desk . S41 
MARKET 
Prices current in New York during week 
ending November 3, 1906, wholesale unless 
otherwise noted. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2, red, in elevator. — @ 81% 
No. 1, Northern Duluth.... — (Q 88% 
Com . —■ @ 56 
Oats . — @ 38 
Rye . — @ 6414 
Barley . — (a; 43 
Buckwheat, 100 lbs. — @1.25 
FEED, 
Spring bran. — @21.85 
Middlings .22.00 @24.50 
Red Dog . — @26,50 
Hominy chop . •— @23.00 
HAY AND STRAW. 
I lav, prime, ton. — @21.00 
No 1 .19.50 @20.00 
No. 2.17.50 (a 18.00 
No. 3 .15.00 @16.00 
Clover, mixed .14.00 @ 16.00 
Clover .12.00 @13.00 
Straw, long rye.12.00 @13.00 
Short and oat. 5.00 @10 00 
MILK. 
In effect November 1 the N. Y. Exchange 
price was advanced to $1.71 per 40-quart 
can. netting 3% cents per quart in 26-cent 
zone points where no extra station charges 
are made. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, best . — @ 27% 
Lower grades. 20 @ 26 
Storage . 22 @ 26% 
State dairy, best. 25 (a 26 
Lower grades. 19 @ 24 
Factory . 16 @ 20 
Packing Stock . 15 @ 19 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, best. — @ 13 Vi 
Fair to good. 12 @ 12% 
Skims . 3 @ S 
EGGS. 
White fancy . 34 @ 35 
White, good to choice. 31 @33 
Mixed colors, best. 29 @ 30 
Common to fair. 20 @ 24 
Western and Southern. 19 @ 26 
Stopage . 18 <a 23 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, Jonathan ......2.50 @4.50 
McIntosh .2.50 @4.00 
Alexander, Wealthy, Gano & 
Snow ..2.50 Jo 3.25 
Malden Blush and Pippin..2.00 @2.75 
King .2.00 @3.00 
Spy, Spitz and Baldwin. ... 1.50 @2.25 
Greening .1.50 @2.50 
Pears. Bartlett, bbl.2.50 @5.50 
Seckel .2.00 @>5.00 
Bose .2.50 @ 4.50 
Clairgeau and Anjou.2.00 @3.00 
Kieffer . 50 @1.50 
Quinces, barrel .2.50 @4.00 
Grapes, black, 8-lb bkt. 16 @ 20 
Black. 4-lb basket. 10 @ 13 
Niagara and Del.. 4-lb. bkt. 10 @ 18 
Cranberries, barrel .6.00 @9.00 
VEGETABLES. 
Potato market weak. 
Potatoes, Maine, bag.1.65 @1.70 
State and Jersey, barrel... 1.50 @1.75 
Sweet potatoes, bbl. 75 @1.00 
Brussels Snrouts. quart. 5 @ 10 
Beets and Carrots, bbl.1.00 @1.50 
Cabbage. 100 .2.50 @4.50 
Celery, dozen . 10 @ 50 
Cauliflowers, bbl. 50 @4.00 
Kale, barrel. 25 @ 40 
Lettuce, barrel .1.00 @1.75 
'Mushrooms, lb. 25 @1.00 
Dnions, white, bbl.2.50 @4.00 
Red and yellow.1.50 @2.25 
Squashes, bbl. 50 @1.00 
Spinach, bbl. 75 @1.00 
Tomatoes, box . 75 @'2.00 
Hothouse, lb. 5 @ 20 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens, lb. — @> 10% 
Fowls . — @ 10% 
Roosters . — @ 6% 
Turkeys . — @ 14 
Ducks, lb. — @ 14 
Geese, pair . 90 @1.50 
Pigeons, pair. — @ 25 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys . 14 @ 18 
Chickens, fancy . 20 @ 22 
Under grades . 14 @ 18 
Fowls . 10 @ 13% 
Squabs, dozen .2.50 @4.00 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Prices for ton lots; smaller quantities 
proportionate!'- higher. 
Nitrate of soda, ton. — @56.00 
Muriate of potash. 2,016 lbs.. — @41.85 
Sulphate of potash, 2,016 lbs.. — @48.15 
Dried blood . — @50.00 
Kainlt . — @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 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers .3.85 @5.85 
Oxen and stags.3.35 @4.50 
Cows .1.10 @3.40 
Calves .5.00 @9.00 
Sheep .3.25 @5.50 
Lambs .6.00 (a 8.25 
Hogs .6.50 @6.70 
Dressed * Poultry.— Receipts are very 
heavy and the outlook at present unfavorable, 
as the general run of stock offered consists 
of under grades, which have to be sold at 
low prices. Best dry-picked Spring turkeys 
have sold up to 20 cents and chickens as high 
as 22. It is to be hoped that this rush of 
inferior stuff will be over before the Thanks¬ 
giving market, as only choice, or a grade 
below this is wanted. During that week 
buyers are not looking for culls. All poultry 
intended for Thanksgiving trade should be 
here not later than Monday, November 26. 
but the latter part of the previous week 
will not be too early, as a great many retail¬ 
ers stock up then. This is especially true of 
those who are after the best goods. Late 
arrivals are quite sure to meet a poor trade 
unless there is a deckled shortage, which is 
not probable this Fall. Every year poultry 
intended for this trade arrives the day after 
when there is almost no demand. Following 
are a few rules for those making shipments 
of poultry to New Y'ork. Be sure that the 
crops are empty. Kill by sticking in the 
mouth and bleed thoroughly. Pick dry if 
you can successfully. This requires some 
skill and experience. If unable to do a good 
job, scald, being careful to keep the head 
and feet out of the hot water. Leave the 
head and feet on and do not draw. Pin¬ 
feather neatly. Avoid bruising in handling, 
both before and after killing; discolored spots 
injure sale. Ship in clean packages, either 
barrels or boxes. Unless only a very small 
quantity is to be sent, sort the turkeys, put¬ 
ting bens and toms in separate packages, and 
the culls by themselves, or keep the culls 
and fatten for later trade. Good sales of 
a whole box or barrel are often made to one 
customer on the condition of their being O. 
K. all the way through. If culls are found 
mixed in the price is sure to be discounted, 
so that sometimes a box of poultrv will sell 
for less than the prime stock minus the culls 
would have brought. w. w. h. 
CUTAWAY TOOLS FOR LARGE HAY CROPS. 
Threo of Clark’s Intense Cultivators produced 
this year on 14 Vj acres. 102 tons of well dried Alfalfa, 
Timothy and Redtop hay. If you want to know how 
enclosea2c. stamp to Geo. M. Clark, HiggaHum, Conn. 
nincn DO TO Special price now of $1.10 a 
rfllLn rll I A 1.000 for 3-inch pots. P. B. 
I Ml LI I I U I U Crosby & 8on.Catonsville.Md. 
WtNTFD Youth of 19 wishes position on up-to- 
VIM H 1 L U date dairy farm. Exemplary character. 
Best reference. Good milker. Address‘'CONWAY," 
Box 54. Griffins Corners, New York. 
60 HEAD 
’ OF 
JACKS and JENNETS 
For Sale at Auction 
TUESDAY,NOV.20,1906 
AT MY FARM, 
Near Junction, Ky. 
On the L. & N. & Q. & C. Railroads. 
Poor health requires me to discontinue the business 
and 1 will offer my entire holdings of line Kentucky 
Jack stock to the highest bidder without reserve. 
Also ten first-class Mules and fifteen horses, among 
which are a superb young saddle stallion and some 
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I. S. TEVIS, Shelby City, Ky. 
GKO. P. HAMMOND. KST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN- 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & GO., 
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HILLSDALE WHEEL CO., 17-28 Kerri. St., Hillsdale, Mieh. 
WARRINER'S 
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,•» ■ 
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TILE DRAINED LAND IS MORE PRODUCTIVE 
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ARCHDEACON & C0„ 100 Murray St., N.Y. 
Lambs, Calves, Poultry 
Our specialties are choice Hothouse Lambs, Calves, 
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E. B. WOODWARD, 302 Greenwich St., New York. 
MOUND CITY STOCK FARM. 
Shires, Percherons, Belgians, Hackneys and Coach 
Horses for sale. I will sell at my barn cheaper than 
any other firm in America. My draft horses weigh 
from 1,700 to 2,200 pounds. My high stepping Hackneys 
and Poachers weigh from 1.200 to 1,400 pounds; all 
sound and guaranteed breeders: and make the buyer 
safe for three years against death. The reason I can 
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he can buy them for me and save all the middlemen’s 
profits. If a good horse is needed in your community 
please write me. W.B. BULLOCK,Moundsville.W.Va. 
FOR SALE, 200-ACRE FARM 
in Goochland county, Virginia. Fifteen-room dwel¬ 
ling and all necessary outbuildings. Good fertile 
and. Good orchard. Price $2,200: Cash $1,200, bal-. 
lance one and two years. J. M. GlLL, Scranton, Pa 
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$8 per Acre and up 
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BAUME. Agrl. and Indl. Agt., Norfolk & Western 
Ry., Box 503 , Roanoke, Va. 
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I don’t believe farmers in colder climates realize 
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$5 to $20 an Acre and Goins Up 
COK SALE—A good Delaware farm of 400 acres 
* 250 acres improved and will produce good crops of 
peaches, clover, grain, tomatoes, etc. 24 acres in 
scarlet clover and a well established nursery. One 
half mile from Pa. R. R. Station and Tomato Cannery. 
16-rooin house, 3 large barns and 4 tenant houses. 
150 acres in timber land. BERTHA <’. JOHNSTON, 
Administratrix, Xtoekley, Delaware. 
80 ACRES, ONLY $1,450. 
Cuts 15 tons of hay. brook-watered pasture for 10 
cows; plenty of wood for home use; estimated to be 
100,000 feet timber, mostly hemlock; market at village 
one mile away: 105 apple trees, mostly Baldwins, 
nearly all young. 100 bbls. in season; 7 room house: 
barn 40x40; icehouse and stable. To settle estate, 4 
cows, 115 hens and chickens, horse rake, farm cart, 
sleigh and tools will lie included for only $1,450 for 
everything: half cash and easy terms. See Page 6, farm 
No. 10,361 of Strout’s List No. 17, just out, describing 
hundredsof farm bargains, with pictures of buildings. 
Mailed FREE. E. A. STRUCT, Farm Dept. 42, 
150 Nassau Street, New York City. 
M aryland farms for sale, situated 
on Eastern shore. Good grass and grain land, 
also splendid soil to grow small fruits. Catalogue 
free. COBEY & CHARLES, Federalsburg, Md, 
M ICHIGAN FARMS, Productive soil, splendid 
climate, fruit, stock and grain farms. Write 
for list "M." C. H. BENHAM, Hastings, Mich. 
40 MILES FROM N. Y. CITY. 
78 acres located only IVj miles from depot. Fine 
roads, mail delivered, cuts about 40 tons hay, spring 
; watered pasture for 12 cattle, 16-room house, hue 
lawn, beautiful shade, barn has room for 20 head 
stock: buildings insured for $2,500. Price reduced to 
only $6,000, to make quick sale, because of owner s 
iilness. For picture of houso see farm 84,063, page 1.1 
of Strout’s List No. 17, just out, mailed free. E. A. 
STROUT, Farm Dept. 42. 150 Nassau St., N. Y. City. 
FOR SALE OR WILL EXCHANGE 
For First-class Income Property 
THE LARGEST FRUIT, GRAIN AND STOCK FARM IN AMERICA 
4,650 ACRES 
About 100,000 Apple Trees, 2,000 Plum Trees, 
3,000 Cherry Trees, 2,000 Peach Trees. 2,000 
Acres in corn, big lot horses, cattle and hogs: 14 sets 
bldgs. Net income from $50,000 to $80,000 per year; 
price $400,000. Let me hear for further particulars ll 
interested. B. F. COOMBS & BRO, Parker, 
Linn County, Kansas. 
60 ACRES, ONLY $800. 
Overlooking river, steamers pass daily, keep 5 
cows, good soil for vegetables and berries, splendid 
chance for poultry; 2o barrels apples yearly, good 
barn, 5-room house; for its picture see page 6, 1 arm 
12,570 of Strout’s List, No. 17, mailed free. E. A. 
STROUT, Farm Dept. 42, 150 Nassau St., New lork. 
