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December 22, 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
CONTENTS. 
The Udkal New-Yorkek, December 22, 1900. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Sour Soil Under a Stack. !)44 
Hope Farm Notes.947 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
A Veteran Cow. 942 
Mapes, the Hen Man. 943 
That Jersey Cattle Case. 949 
Various Poultry Questions. 953 
Raising a One-Year-Old Colt. 954 
Feeding Calves Without Milk. 954 
High Grade Milk. 955 
Summer Feeding of Silage. 955 
HORTICULTURE. 
Handling Peaches in the West.941, 942 
'Hie Flavor of McIntosh Apple. 943 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 946 
Bulk Shipment of Apples. 949 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 950 
Notes from Homeland. 950 
The Bookshelf. 950 
Charity Sweetheart’s Letters. 951 
The Rural Patterns. 951 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
An Experience in Piping Water. 942 
Products, Prices and Trade. 944 
Elevator for Filling Icehouse. 945 
Automobile Engines for Farm Labor.... 945 
Editorials . 948 
Events of the Week. 949 
Business Bits . 949 
Publisher’s Desk .953 
Humorous . 956 
M A R K E T 3 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending December 15, 1900, wholesale unless 
otherwise specified. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2, red. 
No. 1, Northern Duluth. 
Corn . 
@ 82% 
@ 91 % 
@ 51 
@ 42 
@ 64 % 
@ 46 
Oats . 
Rye . 
Barley .. 
FEED. 
Market firm. 
City Bran . 
Middlings . 
Red Dog . 
Linseed meal . 
. 22.50 
@22.00 
@25.00 
(</ 25.75 
@30.75 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay, prime, Timothy. 
No. 1 . 
@22.00 
@21.00 
@20.00 
@19.00 
(<i 1 7.00 
(n 16.00 
@12.00 
@ 1 2.00 
@10.00 
No. 2 . 
No. 3. 
Clover, mixed. 
Clover . 
Wild . 
Straw, long rye. 
Short and oat. 
. 8.00 
MILK. 
N. Y. Exchange price $1.81 per 40-quart 
can, netting 3% cents per quart to 2(i-cent 
zone shippers who have no extra station 
charges. 
BUTTER. 
HOTHOUSE STUFF. 
Lettuce, dozen . 25 @ 50 
Cucumbers, dozen . 75 @1.50 
Tomatoes, lb. 10 @ 25 
Radishes, 100 bunches.1.50 @2.50 
Mushrooms, lb.1,50 @2.50 
Mushrooms, lb. 40 @ 85 
Beet leaves, bushel. — @ 75 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Bermuda, No. 1, bbl.5.00 @0.00 
Bermuda, No. 2.3.00 @4.00 
Maine, bag .1.50 @1.55 
Long Island, bbl.1.50 @1.75 
State & W n, ISO bbls.1.37 @1.50 
Jersey, bbl.1.25 @1.45 
Sweet Potatoes—S'n ye!., bbl. 1.00 @1.50 
Jersey, basket. 75 @1.00 
Artichokes. French, dozen.1.40 @1.75 
Brussels Sprouts, quart. 3 @ 10 
Beets, Old. bbl.1.00 @1.25 
New Orleans. 100 bchs.2.00 @3.00 
Carrots. Old, bbl.1.00 @1.50 
New Orleans. 100 bchs.2.00 @3.00 
Cabbage, Danish seed, white, 
ton .12.00 @15.00 
Domestic, ton .8.00 @10 00 
Cucumbers, Florida, basket. .. 1.50 @2.25 
Celery. State & W'n dozen.... 15 @ 50 
California, case.4.50 @5.00 
Chicory, New Orleans, bbl....3.00 @4.00 
French, dozen. 75 @1.00 
Cauliflowers, L. I., long cut, 
barrel .1.00 @2.50 
French, dozen.2.00 @ — 
Endive. Belgian, lb. 10 @ 15 
Eggplants. Florida, box.2.00 @4.00 
Escarol, New Orleans, bbl....2.00 @3.00 
French, dozen. — @1.00 
Kale, Norfolk, bbl. 60 @ 90 
Kohlrabi, New Orleans, 100 
bchs.4.00 @5.00 
Lettuce, Florida, basket.1.00 @1.75 
North Carolina, basket. 50 @1.00 
Norfolk, basket. 25 @ 75 
New Orleans, bbl.1.00 @2.00 
Onions, white, bbl.2.00 @5.00 
Red .1.50 @2.00 
Yellow .1.75 @2.75 
Peppers. Florida, carrier.3.00 @5.00 
Pumpkins, bbl.50 @1.00 
Parsnips, bbl.1.25 @ 1.50 
Parsley, New Orleans. 100 
bchs.1.50 @2.50 
Peas. Florida, basket.1.50 @3 50 
Radishes, New Orleans. 100 
bchs.1.00 @2.00 
Romaine. New Orleans, bbl... 2.50 @4.00 
Florida, basket.1.25 @1.75 
French, dozen.1.00 @1.50 
String Beans, Fla., basket_1.25 @2.00 
Squash. Marrow, bbl. 50 @1.00 
Hubbard . 50 @1.00 
Fla., new, white, basket. ... 1.00 @2.00 
Spinach. Norfolk, bbl.1.00 @1.75 
New Orleans, bbl.2.00 @3.00 
Turnips. Rutabaga. Can., bbl. . SO @90 
Near-by, bbl. 65 @ 80 
White, near-by. bbl. 75 @1.25 
Tomatoes. Florida, carrier. ... 1.50 @3.50 
West I.. carrier.1.50 @2.50 
California, flat box.1.00 @2.00 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens .10 
Fowls .n 
Roosters . 7 
Turkeys ..14 
Ducks.13 
Geese .12% 
Pigeons, pair..'.25 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, fancv. 21 @ 22 
Fair to good.. 18 @ 20 
Inferior . 11 @ 16 
Chickens, best. 24 @ 25 
Common to good. 13 @21 
Fowls . 11 @ 14 
Ducks . 11 @ 15 
Geese . 12 @ 15 
Squabs, doz.2.50 @5.00 
Top grades scarce and very 
Creamery, extra .'. 
Seconds and firsts. 
Lower grades . 
Storage . 
State Dairy .. 
Factory . 
Renovated . . 
firm. 
— @ 
26 @ 
22 @ 
25 @ 
22 @ 
18 @ 
18 @ 
33 
31% 
25 
30% 
28 
22 
24 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, fancy. 
Good to choice’. 
Inferior . 
Skims . 
EGGS 
White, fancy . 
White, good to choice. . . 
Mixed colors, best. 
Western and Southern. . 
Storage . 
BEANS. 
Marrow, bushel . 
Medium . 
Pea . 
Red kidney . 
Yellow Eye. 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 
Common to good. 
Olds . 
German . 
— 
@ 
14i/, 
1 2% @ 
13 % 
11 
@ 
12 
@ 
9 
41 
@ 
43 
38 
@ 
40 
36 
@ 
38 
28 
@ 
33 
18 
@ 
25 
2.40 
@2 
.45 
— 
@1 
.60 
— 
@1 
.50 
@2 
.50 
— 
@2 
.10 
21 
@ 
23 
19 
@ 
21 
8 
@ 
11 
36 
@ 
42 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evap., best. — @ 9 
Evaporated, choice . 8%@ 8% 
Evaporated, prime . 7%@ 8 
Evaporated, poor to common 6 % @ 7% 
Sun dried . 6 % @ 6% 
Chops, 100 Ihs.2.60 @2.75 
Cores and skins.1.70 @1.75 
Cherries . 18 @ 19 
Blackberries . 13 @ 14 
FRESH FRUITS. 
pies. King, barrel.2.00 @3.oo 
Spltzenburg .1.50 @3.00 
Spy .1.50 @2.50 
Baldwin .1 50 @2.on 
Ben Davis.1.50' @2.00 
Greening .. ..2.50 @3.00 
Bulk stock, barrel measure.. 75 @1.50 
Newtown Pippin, W'n, box. 2.00 @3.00 
Spltzenburg, Western, box.. 1.50 @2.50 
Jonathan, Western, box.... 1.25 @1.75 
Baldwin, Western, box.1.25 @1.50 
Ben Davis, West’n, box....1.00 @1.50 
rears, Bose, barrel.2.50 @4.50 
Clairgeau .2.00 @3.00 
Anjou .2.00 @2.75 
Lawrence .2.00 @2.50 
Vicar .1.50 @2.50 
Kleffer . 75 @1.75 
Strawberries, Florida, quart.. 40 @ 75 
California, pint . 10 @ 40 
Cranbeirles, Cape Cod, late. 
barrel .7.50 @9.50 
Cape Cod, early black.5.50 @8.00 
Cape Cod, poor to fair.4.00 @5.00 
jersey, barrel .6.00 @6.50 
LTVE STOCK. 
Sieers . 
@5.80 
Oxen .. 
@4.50 
Bulls . 
@4.30 
Oows . 
.1.00 
@4.00 
Mileb cows with calves. , 
@55.00 
Calves . 
.5.00 
@9.00 
Slieep . 
@5.50 
Lambs . 
. 6.75 
@8.25 
@6.70 
Hags . 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Prices for ton lots; 
smaller 
quantifies 
proportionnlelv higher. 
Nitrate of soda, ton. 
Muriate of potasli. 2.016 
lbs 
_41.85 
Sulphate of potash. 2 016 
lbs 
_48.15 
Dried Blood . 
_50.00 
Kalnlf . 
Aeid phosphate. 
_11.00 
Basle Slag. 2.016 lbs.... 
_17.55 
Peruvian Guano, Cbincba 
_40.50 
Lobos . 
Ground bone. 3 Tier eent 
am. 
: 54% 
per 
cent bone phosphate. 
Patent Roofing. —On page 857 appears a 
request for roofL.g experience. The patent 
roofing I have on my farmhouse- has been 
on for more than 15 years. It has been 
painted twice since with a kind of paint fur¬ 
nished by the makers of the roofing. There 
are no signs of a leak or failure in any part 
as yet. j. e. h. 
Oneida Co., N. Y. 
Movable Poultry ITofses.— The Mark 
Lane Express (England) lias this sensible 
note: “The usefulness of poultry for de¬ 
stroying ground insects is generally admitted, 
and the other day we had an ocular demon¬ 
stration of the fact. Two or three teams 
were plowing in a field in which some weeks 
ago moveable poultryhouses were placed on 
the stubble. Behind each plow was a flock 
of liens greedily pecking away on the newly- 
turned furrows. The ploughshares were turn¬ 
ing up wireworm and various other grubs, 
and as fast as they appeared in view there 
was a scramble amongst the fowls for the 
dainty morsel. It would, of course, be im¬ 
possible to say how many wireworms and 
otb@ insect pests the poultry disposed of, 
but the number must have lieen considerable, 
and we question whether farmers make 
enough of their fowls as a means of destroy¬ 
ing ground pests. In scores of cases the 
poultry never leave the precincts of the 
farmyard for fear—some tell us—that foxes 
should have them, but with moveable houses 
and reasonable care they can be protected, 
and while tlie fowls are all the better for 
being moved about, they may be usefully em¬ 
ployed in the cause of cultivation.” 
Bagging Grapes.— Henry Jorolaman, who 
wrote the article on bagging grapes on page 
742, wants to add this: "I repeat: that the 
bags are put on in time, as soon as bloom 
drops, and the little grapes show about the 
size of No. 6 shot, or before they are half 
grown, as after that time they are apt to 
mildew and get stung by the various grape 
beetles. I also find it is useless to spray 
when grapes are bagged.” 
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