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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
December 1, 
CONTENTS. 
Thb Rural New-Yorkkr, December 1, 1906. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Raw Fish as Fertilizer. 890 
Land Plaster and Acid Phosphate. 890 
Alfalfa in Southern New York. 892 
Millipede Worms. 892 
Light Soil Farming. 898 
Hope Farm Notes. 897 
Cheaper Freight for Potatoes. 907 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Dairy Short-Horn. 889 
Results from “Crowded Hens”.889, 890 
Sweet Potatoes for Stock. 892 
That Jersey Cattle Case. 898 
Hot Air for Milk Fever. 898 
The Breeds of Hogs. 899 
Tarred Paper for Henhouse. 899 
Clean Food for Poultry. 899 
Kerosene for Fowls. 899 
A Pound of Butter. Part II. 900 
A Dog With Brains. 901 
Some Breeds of Sheep. 901 
HORTICULTURE. 
The Potted Strawberry. Part II. 891 
Ben Davis Apples from Texas. 891 
The Champion Apple Picker. 892 
Tree Fruits for Ohio. 892 
A Worthy Flower. 893 
Apples for New Hampshire. 893 
Sweet Cherries on Mahaleb Stocks. 89.3 
Anthracnose on Raspberry. 894 
A Northern Gardener’s Notes. 894 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 896 
Third Annual Ontario Horticultural Ex¬ 
hibition . 903 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 904 
A Plea for the Readymade. 904 
Four Apple Recipes. 905 
The Rural Patterns. 905 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Bringing Water to the House. Part IV.. 890 
Sinking a Well in Sand. 891 
Education by Correspondence. 894 
Products. Prices and Trade. 895 
Government Seed Testing. 895 
Editorials* . 902 
Events of the Week. 903 
Business Bits . 903 
Publisher’s Desk. 907 
Humorous . 908 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending November 24, 1906, wholesale unless 
otherwise noted. The figures given on grain, 
butter, cheese and eggs are based on transac¬ 
tions on the Produce and Mercantile ex¬ 
changes with such revision as outside busi¬ 
ness noted appears to warrant. Prices on 
other products are from reports of dealers, 
inquiries and observations in the various 
market sections. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 1, Northern, Duluth 
inspection . 
No. 2, red. 
@ 90 Vi 
@ 81% 
@ 55 
Oats . 
@ 43 
Barley . — 
MILLFEED, 
@ 44 
CM tv Bran . 
. 21.00 
@ 22.00 
Middlings .■... 
@25.00 
Bed Dog . 
. . . . „ -- 
@26.50 
Linseed meal . 
HAY AND 
STRAW. 
@31.00 
Hay, prime Timothy. . . 
— 
@ 22.00 
No. 1 . 
. 20.00 
@ 21.00 
No. 2 . 
.18.50 
@19.50 
No. 3 . 
.16.00 
@17.00 
Clover, mixed . 
@18.00 
Clover . 
@16.00 
Straw, long rye. 
. 12.00 
(a 1 3.00 
Short and oat. 
. 9.00 
@ 11.00 
MILK. 
N. Y. Exchange price $1.71 per 40-quart 
can, netting 3% cents per quart to 26-cent 
freight zone shippers who have no extra 
station charges. 
BUTTER. 
Market, very firm and prices advancing. 
Best creamery 214 cents above last week; 
other grades one to two cents higher. 
Creamery, choicest. — @ 30 V 2 
Extras . 29% @ 30 
Firsts . 26 @ 28 
Thirds and seconds. 22 @ 25 
Storage . 22 @ 28 
State Dairy, best. 27 @ 27% 
Lower grades ... 22 @ 25 
EGGS. 
Receipts of fresh-gathered are light, but 
demand moderate owing to the high prices. 
White, fancy . 39 @ 40 
White, good to choice. 36 @ 38 
Mixed colors, extra. 35 @ 37 
Western and southern. 27 @ 33 
Storage . 18 @ 24 
BEANS. 
Marrow . — @2.55 
Medium . —• @T. 6 i» 
l>oa . — @ 1.66 
Red kidney . — @2.60 
Yellow Eye . —• @2.00 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evap., best 
Choice . 
Prime . 
Low grades .... 
Sun dried . 
Chops, 100 lbs.. 
Cores and skims 
Cherries . 
Raspberries . 
Blackberries . 
— @ S% 
7%@ 8 
6%@ 7% 
51/ 2 @ 6 
6 @ 6 % 
— @ 2.00 
1.45 @1.50 
18 @ 19 
30 @ 31 
13 @ 14 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, Jonathan, barrel.2.50 
McIntosh .2.50 
Alexander .2.50 
Wealthy .2.50 
Gano .2.50 
Snow .2.50 
Gravenstein .2.00 
King .2.00 
Spitz .I .50 
Spy .1.90 
Baldwin .1-50 
Ben Davis .L50 
Greening .1-30 
Bulk stock, per bbl. measure. 75 
Quinces, barrel .2.50 
Granes. black, 8 -lb. basket... 16 
Black. 4-lb. basket. 10 
Catawba, 4-lb. basket. 7 
Niagara, 4-lb. basket. 8 
Niagara, 20-lb. bkt. 50 
Delaware, 4-lb. basket. 14 
Cranberries, Cape Cod. late, 
barrel .7.00 
Cape Cod, early, black.6.00 
Jersey, per barrel.. 6.75 
@4.50 
@4.00 
@3.50 
@3.50 
@3.25 
@3.00 
@2.75 
@3.00 
@3.00 
@ 2.00 
@2.50 
@2.50 
fa 2.50 
@1.50 
@4.00 
@ 20 
@ 
@ 
@ 
@ 
@ 
12 
12 
15 
18 
@8.50 
@7.50 
@7.25 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Maine, bag.1.50 
Long Island, in bulk, bbl.. 1.50 
Jersey, bbl. or bag.1.25 
Sweet Potatoes, South'n yellow. 
barrel .1.25 
Jersey, basket . 75 
Artichokes, French, dozen.... 1.75 
Cabbage, Danish seed, white, 
ton . 10.00 
Domestic, ton. 8.00 
Celery, Mich., dozen. 15 
Jersey, dozen . 10 
Cauliflowers, L. I., long cut, 
barrel . 1.00 
L. I., short cut, barrel. 2.00 
Kale, Norfolk, barrel. 50 
Lettuce, Western N. Y., bkt.. 75 
Florida, basket .2.00 
Norfolk, basket . 1.00 
Mushrooms, lb. 50 
Onions, Conn. & E’n white, bbl.2.50 
Red .1.50 
Yellow .1.50 
State & Western, red, bag. . 1.00 
Orange Co., red. bag. 75 
Orange Co., yellow, bag. ...1.00 
Peppers, Florida, carrier.2.00 
Pumpkins, barrel . 50 
Parsnips, barrel .1.25 
Peas. Florida, basket.1.00 
Radishes, hothouse. 100 bcbs.1.50 
New Orleans, 100 bunches.. 2.00 
Romaine, New Orleans, bbl..4 .00 
Squash, marrow, barrel. 50 
Hubbard, barrel . 50 
Spinach. Norfolk, barrel.2.00 
Baltimore, barrel .1.25 
Turnips, Rutabaga, Can., bbl.. 90 
Nearby, barrel . 75 
White, nearby, barrel. 75 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens, U>. — 
Fowls . — 
Roosters . — 
Turkeys . — 
Ducks . — 
Geese . — 
Pigeons, pair. — 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, Spring, dry-picked, 
choice . — 
Spring, dry-picked, fair to 
good . 15 
Spring, scalded, choice. 17 
Spring, scalded, fair to good 15 
Poor to medium, old. 12 
Spring chickens, dry-picked, 
fancy . 20 
Dry-picked, average run... 16 
Fowls, fancy . — 
Average run . 13 
Squabs, prime, white, 9 to 10 
lbs. to dozen, per dozen.. 
Prime, white, 8 lbs. to dozen, 
per dozen . 
Prime, white, 7 Ihs. to dozen 
per dozen . 
Prime, white, 6 to 6 % lbs. to 
dozen, per dozen. 
Mixed, per dozen.1.75 
Dark, per dozen.1.50 
Culls, per dozen. 50 
@1.60 
@1.75 
@1.40 
@1.50 
@ 1.00 
@2.00 
@14.00 
@10.00 
@ 50 
@1 40 
@2.00 
@5.00 
@ 65 
@1.25 
fa 4.00 
fa 1.50 
(a 1.00 
(a 5.00 
@2.00 
(a 2.25 
@1.75 
@1.50 
@ 1.50 
@4.00 
@ 1.00 
@1.75 
@4.00 
(a 2.50 
@3.00 
@5.00 
@1.00 
@1.00 
@2.25 
@1.50 
@1.00 
@ 90 
@1.25 
@ 11 
@ 12 
@ 8 
@ 15 
@ 13 
@ 12 '4 
@ 25 
@ 18 
@ 17 
@ 18 
@ 16 
@ 14 
@ 22 
@ 18 
@ 14 
@ 13 % 
@3.75 
@3.25 
@2.50 
@2.00 
@ 2.00 
@ - 
@ 75 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native steers.4.75 @ 6.00 
Oxen and stags.2.60 @4.00 
Cows . 1.20 @3.75 
Bulls .2.50 @4.00 
Dressed beef . 6 % @ 10 
Calves .4.50 @9.00 
Sheep .3.00 @ 5.00 
Lambs .6.50 @7.75 
Hogs .6.50 @6.60 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Prices for ton lots; smaller quantities 
proportionately higher. 
Nitrate of soda, ton..56 00 
Muriate of potash, 2,016 ihs.41.85 
Sulphate of potash, 2,016 lbs.48.15 
Dried Blood .50.00 
Ivainit . 11 .oo 
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 phosphate.26.50 
Poultry For Holidays. 
Apples, Pears and all Fruits and Vegetables. Fancy 
Eggs; Hothonse Tomatoes and Mushrooms. Top 
prices secured for choice goods. Write us what you 
have for sale. 
ARCHDEACON & CO., 100 Murray St., N.Y. 
Lambs, Calves, Poultry 
Our specialties are choice Hothouse Lambs, Calves, 
Poultry, Furs, Ginseng and Fancy Eggs. Careful 
attention given to shipments. ^ _ 
Write us what you have to sell. 
WM. H. COHEN &CO., 229-231 Washington St.. N. Y. 
Farms That Grow 
“No. I HARD” WHEAT 
:y-three Pounds to the Bushel} 
r-f are situated In the Cana- 
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settler willing and able to 
comply with the Home¬ 
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During the present year a 
large portion of 
New Wheat-Crow¬ 
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has been made accessible to mar¬ 
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that has been pushed forward so 
vigorously by the three great Rail¬ 
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mixed farming and dairying are 
the great specialties. 
For literature and information address 
Superintendent of Immigration, 
Ottawa, Canada 
or THOS. DUNCAN. 
Canadian Government Agent, 
Syracuse Bank Bldg.. 
Syracuse, New York 
Vtntion this Fspsr. 
DAIRY FARM ON SHARES. 
Wanted experienced dairyman to work farm of 100 
acres, 20 cows. Located in New Jersey 25 miles from 
Philadelphia. For particulars apply to 
C. W. GABELL Jr., 514 Walnut St.. Philadelphia, Fa. 
standard 
for fifteen years 
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THE STANDARD PAINT COMPANY 
MANUFACTURERS 
100 WILLIAM STREET - NEW YORK 
MEN WANTED. 
Three single men on Long Island farm, one as fore¬ 
man. Good opportunity for capable, respectable 
parties to grow up with the business. 
I). T. HINCKLEY, Wading River, N. Y. 
UIAUTCn as partner in poultry plant just 
if All I kll started and laid out for large busi¬ 
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refined family. No capital necessary. Address 
"ANRUCO FARM, ’ Sparta. N. J. 
W ANTED—Married Man, with one or two working 
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son to gather garbage for pigs. Prefer man who is 
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hoqse, garden, seed and manure, milk and pork; man 
and one son $300 per year; man and two sons $520 per 
year, payable weekly. Send full particulars and re¬ 
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PI C AQE send a trial shipment to the Oldest Com- 
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E. B. WOODWARD, 302 Greenwich St., New York. 
RIVER FARM FOR MlilttZoSaSZ 
the noted river "Pocomoke," containing about 130 
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barns, stables, etc. Climate very mild. Especially 
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82 ACRES 
Level Farm for Sale. One 
of the best farms in Allegany 
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On main road 3 4 miles from village and depot. For 
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GEO. ROGERS, Black Creek, N. Y. 
MR. TRAPPER 
remember 1 prime skin is worth Vt dozen unprime ones. 
Don’t ship me unprime skins and expect good prices, 
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Est. 1899. Stony Ford, Orange Co., N. Y. 
To Reliable Shippers of Furs and Ginseng 
I will mail upon application a well gotten up and 
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Same will be ready about Dec. 1st. Address all com¬ 
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FARM of 243 Acres, 175 under cultivation, bal¬ 
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