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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 17, 
CONTENTS. 
Tite Rural New-Yorker, November 17, 1906. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Where They Burn Stable Manure.846 
White Grubs and Potatoes. 846 
Wheat Growing. 848 
Clover in Corn. 848 
What Caused Potato Blight?. 849 
Cow Pea Notes. 850 
Alfalfa . 851 
Hope Farm Notes. 853 
Crop Prospects . 859 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Is It a Whitewash?. 847 
Berkshires for Me. 854 
Poisoning a Fox. 854 
Bad Digestion in a Horse. 854 
Composition of Cow Manure.854 
Beef Cattle Outlook. 854 
Henhouse Ventilation Again. 855 
Soap for Crop-Bound liens. 855 
Kerosene for Sick Poultry. 855 
How to Raise a Colt. 856 
The Age of a Cow. 857 
HORTICULTURE. 
'Phe Mulch Method of Orcharding. . .845, 846 
Mulch Talk from J. II. Hale. 846 
Cherry Culture in Kansas. 848 
Bulk Apple Shipments. 850 
Planting Trees . 850 
Fumigation of Nursery Stock. 850 
Why Plant the Elberta Peach?. 85l 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 852 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 860 
The Bookshelf . 860 
Little Girls’ Christmas Gifts. 861 
The Rural Patterns. 861 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
A Cistern for an Icehouse.846 
Paper Rooting . 847 
Ownership of Right of Way. 848 
The Value of Unpolished Rice.848 
Products. Prices and Trade. 851 
Roofing Experience Wanted. 857 
Clearing a Water Pipe. 857 
Editorials . 858 
Events of the Week. 859 
Fire Insurance Notes. 859 
Business Bits . 859 
Publisher’s Desk . 863 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending November 10, 1906, wholesale unless 
otherwise noted. 
Wheat, No. 2, red 
Corn . 
GRAIN. 
@81% 
@ 55% 
@ 40 
Oats . 
Rye . 
_ 
@ 65 
Barley ..’ 
FEED. 
@ 43 
Bran . 
, . - 
@21.85 
Middlings . 
. ,22.00 
@24.00 
Red Dog . 
HAY 
AND STRAW. 
@26.00 
Hay, No. 1. 
— 
@20.00 
No. 2 . 
..17.00 
@18.00 
No. 3 . 
@15.00 
Clover, mixed . 
.. 13.00 
@17.00 
Clover . 
@ 15.00 
Straw, Long rye. 
..12.00 
@'13.00 
Short and oat. . 
. . 9.00 
@11.00 
MILK. 
N. Y. Exchange price $1.71 per 40-quart 
can, netting 3% cents per quart at 26-cent 
zone points where no extra station charges 
are made. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, extras, lb. 
— 
@ 
27% 
Firsts . 
24 
@ 
20 
Seconds . 
22 
@ 
23 
Thirds . 
20 
@ 
21 
State Dairy, fancy. 
25 
@ 
26 
Lower grades . 
19 
fa) 
24 
Western Imitation Creamery.. 
21 
@ 
23 
Western Factory . 
16 
@ 
20 
Renovated . 
16 
fa) 
21 
Packing Stock . 
15 
@ 
19 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, fancy. 
13% @ 
— 
Small, fair to good. 
12 
@ 
12% 
Inferior . 
10% @ 
11 % 
Half skims, best. 
10% @i 
1 0 % 
Full skims . 
3 
4 
EGGS. 
Selected, white, fancy. 
— 
@ 
36 
White, good to choice. 
33 
fa) 
35 
Mixed colors, extra. 
— 
@ 
32 
Mixed, firsts to extra firsts.. 
29 
@ 
31 
Common to fair. 
23 
@ 
27 
Western and Southern. 
22 
@ 
29 
Storage .. 
18 
@ 
23 
BEANS. 
Marrow. 1906, choice, bushel. 2.45 @2.50 
Medium, 1906, choice.1.62%@1.65 
Pea, 1906, choice.1.60 @1.65 
Red Kidney, 1906, choice. — @2.50 
Yellow eye, 1906, choice.1.70 @ — 
Lima, California.2.90 @3.00 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 23 @ 24 
Medium to prime. 20 @ 22 
German, crop, 1906. 36 @ 42 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, Evap., new. best, lb... 8 @' 8% 
Evap., new, choice. 7 @ 7% 
Evap., new, prime. 6%@ 6% 
Sun-dried, best . 5%@ 6 
Chopped. 100 lbs. —• @1.85 
Cores and skins, 100 lbs... — @1.30 
Cherries, 1906. per lb. 18 @ 19 
Blackberries, 1906. per lb. 12 @ 13 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, Jonathan, bbl.2.50 
McIntosh .2.50 
Alexander .2.50 
Wealthy .2.50 
Gano .2.50 
Snow .2.50 
None Such .1.75 
Grnvenstein .2.00 
King .2.00 
Spitzenburg .1.50 
Spy .1.50 
Baldwin .1.50 
Ben Davis .1.50 
Greening .1.50- 
Pears, Bartlett, bbl.2.50 
Seckel .2.00 
Bose .2.50 
Clairgeau .2.00 
Anjou .2.00 
Sheldon .2.00 
Lawrence .2.00 
Vicar .1.50 
Kieffer . 50 
Quinces, barrel .2.50 
Grapes, Black. 8-lb bkt. 16 
Black. 4-lb basket. 10 
Niagara, 4-lb. basket. 10 
Niagara, 20-lb. basket. 50 
Delaware, 4-lb. basket. 14 
@4.50 
@4.00 
@3.50 
@3.50 
@3.25 
@3.00 
@2.25 
@2.75 
@3.00 
@3.00 
@2.50 
@2.25 
@2.25 
@2.50 
@5.50 
@5.00 
@4.50 
@3.00 
@2.75 
@3.00 
@2.75 
@2.50 
@1.50 
@4.00 
@ 20 
@ 13 
§ 18 
60 
18 
@3.50 
@2.75 
@2.25 
@9.50 
@1.70 
@1.87 
@1.75 
@ 1.60 
@ 1.00 
@ 12 
@1.50 
@1.25 
@4.50 
@15.00 
@10.00 
Delaware, 100 lbs.3.00 
Clinton, 100 lbs.2.50 
Concord, 100 lbs.2.00 
Cranberries, Cape Cod, bbl....7.50 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Maine, bag.1.65 
Long Island, in bulk. bbl...1.75 
State, in bulk, 180 lbs.1.50 
Jersey, barrel .1.50 
Sweet Potatoes, S’n yellow, bbl 75 
Brussels Sprouts, quart. 4 
Beets, barrel .1.00 
Carrots, barrel .1.00 
Cabbage, L. I. and Jersey, 100/2.50 
Danish seed, white, ton... .12.00 
Domestic, ton .9.00 
Cucumbers, Florida, basket. 
Hothouse, dozen . 
Celery, Mich., dozen. 
Jersey, dozen stalks. 
Cauliflowers, L. I., long cut, 
barrel . 
L. I., short cut, barrel.... 1 
State, basket. 
Eggplants, Jersey, barrel.. 
Florida, box .2 
Kale, nearby, barrel. 
Lettuce, nearby, per bbl... 
Mushrooms, lb. 
Onions, Connecticut and East’n, 
white, barrel.2 
Red . 
Yellow .1 
State & West’n, white, crate 
Red, bag .1 
Jersey, white, basket... 
Orange Co., red, bag.1 
Yellow .1 
Pumpkins, barrel . 
Tarsnips, per barrel. 
Parsley, per 100 bunches. . 
Peas, Virginia, per basket.1 
Florida, per basket.2 
Radishes, Hothouse, per 100 
bunches .. 
Norfolk, per basket. 
String beans, Va.. wax, per bkt.1 
Va., green, per basket.1 
Charleston, per basket.1 
Florida, green, per basket...2 
Florida, wax, per basket....2 
Squash, marrow, per bbl. 
Hubbard, per barrel. 
Florida, new white, per bkt. 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens . 
Fowls . 
Roosters . 
Turkeys . 
Ducks . —• @ 
Geese . — @ 12 
Pigeons, pair . — 1 @ 25 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers .3.90 @6.00 
Oxen and stags.4.10 @4.50 
Bulls .2.60 @3.05 
Cows .1.20 @3.60 
Calves ..4.00 (jr?0.00 
Sheen .3.00 @5.00 
Lambs .6.00 @7.00 
Hogs .6.50 @6.70 
2.00 
@3.00 
50 
@1.25 
15 
fa) 50 
. 10 
@ 40 
•f 
50 
@1.50 
1.00 
@4.00 
75 
@1.50 
1.0(1 
@2.00 
2.00 
@3.00 
25 
@ 40 
50 
@1.50 
30 
@ 90 
@4.50 
@2.00 
@2.50 
75 
@1.00 
1.00 
@1.75 
.75 
@1.00 
1.00 
@1.50 
@1.75 
50 
@ 75 
50 
@1.00 
75 
@1.00 
1.00 
@4.00 
2.00 
0 
@4.00 
1.00 
@2.00 
20 
@ 60 
1.00 
@2.50 
1.00 
@3.00 
1.00 
@3.00 
2.50 
@3.50 
@4.00 
50 
@ 75 
50 
@1.00 
50 
@ 75 
@ 11 % 
@ 11 % 
@ 7% 
@ 14 
12 % 
Nuts for Tennessee. 
E. E. E., Johnson City. Trim .—Is there 
any pecan that will live, thrive and bear in 
this section? We are 1,650 feet above sea 
level, at the base of the Great Smokies; get 
down to zero very occasionally, often to five 
or six above, and I have heard it reported as 
five below, but never saw it. I mean, of 
course, a pecan of good quality. I wrote to 
a firm in Florida that sells pecans, and they 
recommended a couple, hut I was afraid to 
try them, and I do not recall the name. I 
think one was Stuart, though not sure. I 
don't want to go into it commercially, but 
want to plant a tree in my own lot, for my 
own use, if it ever bears. Do you know any¬ 
thing about the paper-shell hickorynuts, and 
if they would thrive and do well here? Hick¬ 
ories grow and thrive here, but I have never 
seen any yet that bear good edible nuts. 
They are rather small, thick-shelled, and 
small-meated. In Pennsylvania, where I was 
raised, there grew what we called “shell- 
barks" and they were fine. They also grew 
in Iowa, where I lived, near Des Moines. 
Do you consider the hickory of any species 
a desirable tree in a town place? Our 
soil is limestone clay. 
Ans.— There is no doubt of the success 
of the hardier varieties of the pecan in 
the rich valleys of the mountain regions 
of the Southern States, but I should think 
only in an amateur way. I have seen the 
trees bearing in such places, but they 
were only very ordinary seedlings. It is 
my opinion that the Moneymaker t and 
some other of the. early ripening varieties 
would mature their nuts at elevations of 
1,500 and under 2,000 feet above sea level. 
They should only be planted in rich land, 
such as the places where the Black walnut 
thrives. But the cultivation of the choice 
varieties of the little Shellbark hickory 
is much more to be commended for any 
section out of the cotton belt. The pecan 
is all right where cotton grows to its 
higher development, and the hickory 
where corn does the same. It would be 
very profitable, in my opinion, to have 
a grove of grafted trees of the choice 
varieties of the hickory. The trees will 
flourish over a very large part of the 
country and they bear abundantly. If the 
proper varieties are selected and planted 
there is nothing difficult about it but their 
propagation. The seedlings are easy 
enough to grow, and they would be very 
good, but grafted trees of kinds that are 
very superior would be far better. There 
are some such varieties now known and 
grafted to a very limited extent, but I do 
not know where young nursery trees may 
be had. There is a standing opportunity 
for the production of such trees by nurs¬ 
erymen, and while there would be far 
more trouble in getting them ready for 
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they can be grown in a practical way and 
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have already been given varietal names, 
but there are many more scattered over 
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Kansas, but more abundantly in the cen¬ 
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