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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 5, 
CONTENTS. 
Tub Rural New-Yorker, January 5, 1907. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Hope Farm Notes. 7 
Crop Notes . 9 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Mapes, the Hen Man.1, 2 
Beef Raising In New England. 2 
The Dog or the Sheep... 3 
A Pound of Buttej. Part IV. 5 
Butter Colors and the Pure Food Law.... 9 
New York Dairymen’s Association. Part II. 9 
Purebred Live Stock Associations and 
Their Methods . 14 
Success with a Siio. 15 
Aberdeen Angus and Beef-Bred Cattle... 15 
Good Prices for Good Milk. 15 
HORTICULTURE. 
Dipping Trees in Lime and Sulphur. 2 
Pulling Useless Trees and Stumps. 3 
Apple Growing In Nova Scotia. 3 
Liability to Peach Yellows. 3 
Pure Kerosene for Spraying. 4 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 0 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 10 
Gravy-Making; Cotton-seed Oil. 10 
Cakes Without Eggs. 10 
Chrysanthemums and Common Folks. 11 
The Rural Patterns. 11 
Apple Sauce Cake. 11 
Dutch Cake . 11 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Experience with a Syphon. 2 
Digging a Well. 2 
Protecting Water Pipes.2, 14 
An Icehouse That Fills Itself. 3 
Powder-Post Beetles. 4 
Death of Alfred F, Conard. 4 
Editorials . 8 
Products, Prices and Trade. 12 
Publisher’s Desk . 13 
M A R K E T S 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending December 29, 1906, wholesale unless 
otherwise specilied. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 1, Northern Mani¬ 
toba . — @ 80 % 
No. 2, red, for export. — # 80% 
Corn . — # 52 
Oats . — @ 42 
Rye . — # 04 % 
Barley . — @ 00 
FEED. 
Middlings .23.00 #24.00 
Red Dog. — #20.00 
Linseed meal . — @30.50 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Ilav, prime . 
>Jo. 1 . 
No. 2. 
No 3 
.21.00 
.21.50 
.19.50 
#23.00 
#22.00 
# 20.00 
Oi 19.50 
. .. .’ .15.00 
# 20.00 
(a 18.00 
Straw, long rvc. 
.12.00 
# 13.00 
Short and bat. 
Ctrl 1.00 
MILK. 
New York Exchange price $1.81 per 40- 
quart can, netting 3% cents to 20-cent zone 
shippers who have no extra station charges. 
Apples, evap., 
Evaporated. 
Evaporated, 
Evaporated, 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, best . 
Lower grades. 23 @ 
Storage . 
State Dairy . 
Factory . 18 
Renovated . 18 
Packing stock . 18 
CHEESE. 
Full Cream, fancy. 
Lower grades . t2%# 
Inferior . 
Skims . 
EGGS. 
White, fancy . 38 
White, good to choice. 30 
Mixed colors, best. 
Western and Southern. 24 
Lower grades. 18 
Storage . 18 
DRIED FRUITS. 
fancy. 
choice. 
prime. 
common . 
Cherries . 18 
Raspberries . 30 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples. King, barrel.2.00 
Spitzenburg .1.75 
Spy . 
Baldwin ......1.50 
Ben Davis .1.50 
Greening, com., storage... .1.50 
Greening, corn., storage.1.50 
Bulk stock, per bbl. measure. 75 
Pears, Bose .2.50 
Clairgeau .2.00 
Anjou .2.00 
Lawrence .2.00 
Vicar .1.50 
Kieffer . 75 
Grapes, Concord, 4-lb. basket. . 
Catawba, 4-lb. basket. 
Strawberries, Florida, quart.. 
California, pint. 10 
Cranberries, Cape Cod, late 
barrel .7.00 
Cape Cod, early black.... 
Cape Cod. poor to fair.4.00 
Jersey, extra dark, hid.6.50 
Jersey, medium colored, fine. — 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Bermuda, No. 1, bbl. 5.00 
Bermuda, No. 2.3 
Maine, bag .1 
Long Island, barrel.1.50 
State and Western, 180 lbs. 1.25 
Jersey, barrel or bag.1.25 
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# 33 
# 31 
22 
# 30 
21 
# 28 
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# 22 
18 
# 24 % 
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@ 21 
@ 14% 
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Vi # 13% 
11 
# 12 
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@ 9 
38 
@ 40 
36 
# 37 
34 
# 36 
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# 29 
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# 23 
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@ 24% 
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# 9% 
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IS 
# 19 
30 
@ 31 
.00 
#3.25 
#3.25 
#2.50 
#2.50 
#2.50 
#2.50 
#2.25 
75 
# 1.50 
#4.50 
.00 
#3.00 
.00 
#2.75 
.00 
#2.50 
#2.50 
75 
#2.00 
8 
# 10 
10 
# 12 
20 
# 40 
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@ 20 
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.50 
#7.50 
.00 
#5.00 
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— 
@6.00 
.00 
@5.50 
.00 
#3.50 
#1.60 
#1.75 
.25 
#1.62 
.25 
@1.45 
Sweet Potatoes, South'n, yellow. 
barrel .1.00 
Jersey, basket . 00 
Jersey, barrel .150 
Artichokes, French, dozen .... 1.50 
Asparagus , French, bunch... .1.00 
P.russels Sprouts, quart. 0 
Beets, old, barrel.1.00 
New Orleans. 100 bchs.2.00 
Carrots, old, barrel.1.25 
New Orleans, 100 bchs.2.00 
Cabbage, Danish seed, white, 
ton .1 2.00 
Domestic, ton .8.00 
Ceierv, State and Western, doz 15 
California, case .4.50 
Chicory, New Orleans, bbl....2.50 
French, dozen . 75 
Cauliflowers, L. I., short cut. 
barrel .3.00 
French, dozen.2.00 
Endive, Belgian, lb. 10 
Escarol, New Orleans, bbl...2.50 
French, dozen . — 
Kohlrabi. New Orleans, 100 
bunches .3.00 
Lima Beans, Bermuda, 15-lb. 
box . — 
lettuce, Fla., per basket.1.00 
New Orleans, barrel.1.00 
Onions, white, bbl.2.00 
Red .1.50 
Yellow .1.75 
Peppers, Fla., carrier.1.50 
Pumpkins, barrel . 50 
Parsnips, barrel .1.25 
Parsley, per 100 bunches.1.00 
Peas, Florida, basket.1.00 
Radishes, New Orleans, 100 
bunches.1.00 
Romalne, New Orleans, bbl... .2.00 
Florida, basket .1.00 
French, dozen .1.00 
Bermuda, box .1.25 
String Beans, Fla., basket.... 1.00 
Squash, Marrow, barrel. 75 
Hubbard, barrel . 75 
Fla., new, white, basket.... 1.00 
Spinach, New Orleans, per 1)1)1.2.00 
Turnips, Rutabaga, Canada, bbl 80 
Nearby, barrel . 65 
White, nearby, barrel.1.00 
Tomatoes, Fla., carrier.1.50 
West I., carrier.1.50 
California, flat, box. 50 
Watercress, ,100 bunches.2.00 
#1.50 
(n 1,00 
# 8.00 
(a 2.00 
#2.00 
(a 12 
Oi 1.25 
# — 
# 1.75 
@3.00 
# 15.00 
(a 10.00 
(,r 60 
<n 5.00 
oi s.50 
@ 1.00 
#9.00 
# — 
# 15 
#3.50 
# 1.00 
# 1.00 
#4.00 
# 8.00 
@3.00 
(a 5.00 
u, 2.00 
# 2.50 
#3.50 
@1.00 
(a 1.50 
@ 1.50 
#4.00 
@ 2.00 
#3.00 
#2.50 
#1.50 
#1.75 
(n 5.00 
#1.25 
<g 1.25 
@2.00 
(a 8.00 
@ 90 
# 80 
(a 1.25 
#3.50 
#2.50 
# 1.25 
@ 8.00 
BEANS. 
Marrow, choice, bu.2.30 
Medium . 1.55 
Pea .1 -45 
Red kidney .2.30 
Yellow Eye. — 
Black Turtle Soup.2.15 
HOPS. 
N. Y. State, prime to choice.. 20 
Common to good. 18 
Pacific Coast . 14 
Olds . 8 
German . 30 
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# 1 
.47 
#2 
.35 
#2 
.10 
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11 
# 
42 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens. — 
Fowls . — 
Roosters . — 
Ducks . — 
Geese. 11 
Turkeys . — 
Pigeons, pair . — 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, fancy . — 
Fair to good. 17 
Common . 11 
Chickens, best . 24 
Medium . 18 
Common . 11 
Fowls . 11 
Geese . 12 
Ducks . 13 
Squabs, dozen .2.50 
# 
11 
# 
12 
# 
8 
# 
13% 
# 
12% 
# 
15 
25 
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20 
# 
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COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS. 
Calves . 7 # 12% 
Hothouse lambs, head.9.00 @12.00 
Pork . 8%@ 10 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Prices for ton lots: smaller quantities 
proportionately higher. 
Nitrate of soda, ton.56.00 
Muriate of potash. 2,01(i lbs.41.85 
Sulphate of potash, 2,010 lbs.48.15 
Dried Blood .50.00 
Kainit .11.00 
Acid phosphate .11.00 
Basic Slag. 2.010 IDs.17.55 
Peruvian Guano, Cliincha.40.50 
Lobos . 30.00 
Ground bone, 3 per cent am.; 54% per 
cent bone phosphate.20.50 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers.4.05 @5.80 
Bulls .3.45 #4.50 
Cows .1.50 #4.00 
Calves .5,00 #9.00 
Sheep .3.00 #5.00 
Lambs .5.50 #8.00 
Hogs ..-..0.80 @0.90 
PRODUCTS, PRICES, AND TRADE. 
During November 94,021 immigrants arrived 
in this country, about four-fifths landing at 
the port of New York; 1.004 of those seeking 
admission were sent back. The largest num¬ 
ber, 21,079 came from Russia: Italy, 18,439; 
Hungary, 15.539; and Austria, 10.988. Greece, 
England and Germany each sent something 
over 3,000. 
Greenhouse people will doubtless be 
pleased to learn that manufacturers of iron 
and steel tubing have made another advance 
in prices, this being the third during De¬ 
cember, totaling an increase of $8 per ton 
for the month. The only reason given is 
that the manufacturers “need the money.” 
South African Fruit. —Plans are being 
made for much larger offerings of these out- 
of-season fruits in New York. It is expected 
that the equivalent of three or four 
cars per week will be received here 
during the season, which will put South 
Temperate Zone peaches, pears and plums 
within reach of others than wealthy 
people. The freight rate from South Africa 
to New York via Southampton, including cold 
storage, will be but a trifle more than Is now 
charged on shipments from California to New 
York. The plums and pears stand this long 
journey very well, but It is doubtful whether 
much can be done with peaches. All that 
we have tested thus far have been too poor 
to warrant paying even a moderate price, 
except as curiosities. 
Dressed Poultry. —The week has been so 
cold that many of the delayed shipments 
have arrived in good condition in time for 
the better part of the New Year’s trade. 
Fancy turkeys have wholesaled as high as 22 
cents, hut most of the offerings went at 20 
or below. The Christmas trade as a whole 
was unfavorable to the shippers largely on 
account of the soft weather, hut the outlook 
for New Y’ear’s business, Just beginning at 
this writing, Is better. In one poultry house 
was a box of dressed geese for which the 
dealer was offered 14 cents. The shipper had 
written him that he was getting 20 for geese 
at home and expected somcintng better from 
New York. During November and at Thanks¬ 
giving time some fancy geese did sell here 
ns high as 20 cents, but 16 has been the 
top price for a month and few sales have 
run above 14. If this shipper’s home market 
was paying 20 cents it was a mistake to 
send the geese here, because they were not 
fancy, and had to go at. 14. I noticed the 
transaction and the circumstances leading 
to it, and, knowing how geese were going in 
other stores, concluded that the dealer did 
all that could be expected, even though the 
sale proved unsatisfactory. These facts are 
given to emphasize the necessity of keeping 
the home market supplied, at least so long 
as It will pay more than city prices. When 
geese are quoted in New York for several 
weeks at 14 to 16 as the top, it is quite safe 
to conclude that, that is all buyers will stand, 
which is, in effect:, the market measure of 
the value of any product, regardless of what 
its food value is or what it is selling for 
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