96 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, February 2, 1907. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Experience of a One-Legged Farmer. ..77, 78 
Sugar Beets In Central New York. 
Fighting the Canada Thistle. <•' 
About Alfalfa Seeding. »t 
Dampness In Barn... 
Shall the Farmer Have Protection?. 87 
Hope Farm Notes. 
live stock and dairy. 
A Profitable Hen Business. ......... . .. 78 
Tobacco Dust Treatment for Woolly Aphis 81 
Teeswater Cattle . 
Steaming Corn Fodder. 
Another Egg Record. "y 
Diseased Hens. 
Records of the Burr Henhouses. 
What Killed the Goslings?. ”7 
Cosgrove's Egg Record. 
Hydrophobia and Milk. 
lllgher Prices for Milk. 
Worms In Sheep. "" 
A Valuable Calf. 
The Goat as “Family Cow’. 
Two Oregon Cows. 
Treatment for Hog Cholera. 
HORTICULTURE. 
Pennsylvania Apple Grower Talks. 79 
peach Yellows In the South. 8U 
Strawberry Blight and Remedy. 89 
Pruning Grapes. Part I. 
.Making a Lily Pond. 8;> 
Pulling Trees. 2- 
Blue Gladioli. 8o 
Piece-Root Grafting. *••• 89 
Improving Wild Blackberries. .. 87 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 88 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 
Appleless Apple lie Wanted. 
Some Good Supper Dishes. •'8 
The Rural Patterns. • •; 
Dow Much for Clothes. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
That Soil Under the Stack. 83 
Destroying Blackberries. 8d 
Irish Gobbler Potato. 8.j 
A Public W'aterlng Trough. so 
Products, Prices and Trade. «o 
Some Labor Notes..•. ”o 
The Gypsy and Brown-tail Moths. 89 
Cement Floor for Cellar. 87 
The Senator from New Jersey. 
Editorials . •;£ 
Events of the Week.,. .. ; 
Concrete Wall for Hot Air. -jo 
Business Bits. 
Publisher’s Desk.’ ‘ 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
a? 
Sweet potatoes, Jersey, hkt .... 75 
Jersey, barrel.2.00 
Artichokes, California, dozen.. 1-2.4 
French, dozen .1- J 0 
Brussels Sprouts, quart. 4 
Beets, old, barrel.1-00 
New Orleans, new. 100 bchs.2.00 
Carrots, old, barrel.1.25 
New Orleans, 100 belts.... .2.00 
Cabbage, Danish seed, white, 
ton .14.00 
Red, ton .20.00 
Celery, State & West’n, dozen. l > 
California, case.4.09 
Chicory, New Orleans, bbl.LOO 
French, dozen .L2-* 
Bermuda, box.1-09 
Cauliflowers, California, case...1.09 
California, haif-case.L75 
French, dozen . ~ 
Endive, Belgian, lb. 12 
Eggplants, Fla., box.0.00 
Cuban, box.5.00 
Escarol, New Orleans, bbl.2.00 
@3.50 
@1.75 
(a 1.75 
© 12 
Co 1.50 
04.00 
02.00 
@ 3.00 
017.00 
035.00 
O 50 
04.75 
@2.50 
01.50 
01.25 
03.50 
(a 2.25 
03.00 
@ 15 
@12.00 
07.00 
03.00 
French, dozen .1.2o (gl-uO 
Kale, Norfolk, bbl. *— 
Kohlrabi, N. Orleans, 100 belts. 2.00 
Lettuce, Florida, basket.1.00 
North Carolina, barrel.2.00 
New Orleans, barrel.1.00 
Onions, white, barrel.3.00 
Red . I’Ua 
Yellow .l-»9 
Okra, Florida, carrier.2 00 
Peas, Florida, basket.2.00 
Radishes, Vn. & N. C., bkt...1.00 
Romaine, New Orleans, bbl...3.00 
Florida, basket .1 -00 
French, dozen .1 -50 
String beans, Fin., basket. . ..4.00 
Squash, marrow, barrel.1.25 
Hubbard barrel.1-50 
Spinach, Norfolk, barrel. 7o 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Turkeys . — 
Fowls . — 
Roosters . — 
Ducks . ~ 
@ 75 
© 1.00 
©4.50 
(a 3.00 
<57 3.00 
Co 6.00 
(Cl 2.25 
@2.50 
©9.00 
Co 7.99 
<g 2.00 
@ 6.00 
©3.00 
© 1.75 
@8.50 
@1.75 
Co 1.75 
@ 1.25 
@ 
© 
@ 
@ 
© 
12 
13 
10 
14 
12 
markets 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending January 29, 1997, wholesale unless 
otherwise specified. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2, red. 83% 
No. 1, Northern, Duluth.. 80 
Corn.^ ■'* 
... 44 
... 97 
. . . 50 
(ft 22.50 
(a 23.50 
© 24.59 
•(a 29.50 
fu 22.90 
(U 21.59 
©29.99 
21.90 
19.99 
17 
no 
Oats. 
Rye . 
Barley . 
FEED. 
Spring Bran.. — 
Middlings .2—00 
Red Dog. 
Linseed meal. 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay, prime. 
No. 1 . 
No. 2 . 
No. 3. 
Clover, mixed.] 
Clover . } 
Straw, long rye.1- 
Short and out. 
MILK. 
N. Y. Exchange price $1.81 
can. netting 3% cents per qua 
zone shippers who have 
hotter. 
Creamery, finest. 
Extras. 
Firsts . 
Seconds . 
Thirds. 
Storage . 
State Dairy. 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, best. 
Good to prime. 
Inferior . 71 
Skims . 
EGGS 
White, fancy. 
White, good to choice. 29 
Mixed colors, extra... 
Mixed firsts. 
I-ower grades. 
Western and Southern. -3 
Storage . 
DRIED FRUITS. 
.59 
Co 1 
8.00 
1.09 
co 1 
0.00 
Co 1 
7 99 
1,00 
Co 1 
3.00 
1 00 
co 1 
1.00 
per 
49- 
quart 
irt to 2( 
(-cent 
extra 
sl 
at ion 
@ 
32 
© 
31 % 
28 
fift 
30 
25 
@ 
27 
21 
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14% 
1 2 l/. Co 
14 
11 
fill 
12 
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29 
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30 
29 
(d> 
30 
27 
Of 
28 
23 
Ot) 
26 
© 
27 
19 
@ 
24 
Apple, evap., fancy. ® @ 
Choice . 8%@ 
Prime . I 
Poor to common. < 
Cherries . 7 8 
Blackberries . 
% <" 
© 
© 
@ 
91/4 
8% 
8 
7% 
19 
14 
Apples, 
Gano 
King 
Spitz 
Spy 
Baldwin 
FRESH 
Jonathan 
FRUITS. 
.3.09 
.2.59 
.2.99 
.1.75 
. 1.59 
. 1.59 
<0 4.25 
©3.25 
© 2.50 
© 3.25 
<0 2.59 
(o 2.50 
Co 2.75 
©3.99 
co 60 
Co 7.59 
Ben Davis. I-.jO 
Greening.7.o0 
Strawberries, Fla., quart. 2> 
Cranlterrles, barrel.1.99 
BEANS. 
Marrow, bushel. 2..10 
Medium. 
)*ca . 1-45 
Red kidney. ro¬ 
lled kidney. 
Yellow eye. J J '* 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS. 
Asparagus, bunch. 
Cucumbers, No. 1, dozen.. 
No. 2 . 
Lettuce, dozpn . 
Mushrooms, lb. 
Radishes, 100 bunches.... 
Tomatoes, lb. 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Bermuda, No. 1, bbl 
Bermuda, No. 2. 
Maine, bag . 
Txmg Island, barrel....... 
State & Western, 180 lbs... 1.37 
Jersey, barrel or hag,..... 1.2a 
1.25 
. 75 
. 25 
. 25 
. 3.50 
, 15 
..5.00 
. 3.50 
. 1.55 
,. 1.65 
@ 50 
©1.75 
@ 1.00 
Co 1.25 
© 75 
©4.50 
@ 35 
@5.50 
@4.00 
@1.60 
(o 1.85 
©1.62 
@1.45 
Guinea fowl, pair. 
. —- 
@ 55 
@ 25 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
@ 18% 
. 24 
@ 25 
Under grades . 
Fowls . 
13 
. 12 
. 15 
©> 18 
@ 14 
@ 24 
. 12 
©1 14 
Geese ... 
Squabs, dozen . 
COUNTRY-DRESSED 
Calves . 
Lambs, hothouse, head. 
1 »ork . 
8 @ 12 
.2.00 @5.00 
MEATS. 
. 9 % Co 13 
.9.00 ©11.90 
. 8 % © 10 
LIVE STOCK. 
.4.00 
@6.00 
@4.40 
@4.45 
.1.75 
@4.25 
@10 00 
Sli^cp «*•••••#•••••*••••*• 
Ijambs . 
Hogs . 
.4.99 
.6.99 
Co 5.25 
@8.90 
@7.40 
-V7v . 100 Lbs 
CORN % 
PR DTEGRA Nj 
. . GUARANTEED 
~ . 3 37. PftOTEIN xKLl47>T AT7;t; 
• THE DEWEY BROSXOI^ 
1. BLAMCHESTER,OHIO;-, ^ 
READ THIS GREAT OFFER 
We make this offer to all honorable, re¬ 
sponsible dairymen: Order 500 lbs. Corn 
Protegran and feed it to three cows accord¬ 
ing to our directions for thirty days. 
Weigh the feed used and milk produced 
before and after using Corn Protegran. 
Compare the results and report to us. 
If you aro not satisfied that it is worth 
the price—if it is not an economical feed- 
set a price on it yourself and pay ns for it 
according to the results it actually brings. 
H«*e pnp©r w«***k ht>f«r« last for prlc«*n ami Miipon, 
giving Thirty day*’ lime on trial order. Write today. 
THE DEWEY BROS. CO., 
■ox 050. lHun.li.sUr, Ohio 
Why Spend 
Good Money 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Prices for ton lots. Smaller 
proport ionately higher. 
Nitrate of soda (95% pure), ton — 
Muriate of potash (50% actual), 
2,016 lbs. — 
Sulphate of potash (48-50% act¬ 
ual), 2.010 lbs. — 
Dried blood (14% ammonia). 
Ion .• • — 
Basic slag (17-19% phos. acid), 
ton .17.50 
Kainit, ton. — 
Acid phosphate, ton.• •• — 
Ground bone (4% am., 20% 
phosphoric acid). — 
Peruvian Guano, Chincha, ton. — 
Lobes . — 
quantities 
@56.00 
©41.85 
@48.15 
©51.00 
@19.00 
Co 1 4.99 
@14.09 
@28.00 
@43.00 
Co 32.90 
STRAWBERRY PLJNTS 
—Trial order 
wi.maavH __ 200 plants of 
Sbest Standard Sorts. Sent by mai! prepaid forlLOO. 
Catalog free. SLAYMAKKK &SON.Dovet, Del. 
to shingle, tar, paper or tin your roof 
every season and still more good money 
later to repair, paint and recoat It? Why 
not put on a roof that lasts foreve r and 
settle your roofing ones! ion for all t line? 
First cost,—only a trifle more than short 
lived roofing. 
Sea Green and Purple 
Roofing Slate 
are nature’s own product. Quarried 
from solid rock 200 feet below earth’s 
surface—split Into convenient form for 
laying. Tt. absolutely will not wear, rn-.t, 
decay, but lasts forever. Sea Green and 
Purple Slate Roofs are spark proof - 
reduce your Insurance rate, afford per¬ 
fectly clean cistern water. Don’t need 
paint ing. rerouting, repairs. Not affect ed 
by heat or cold. Suitable for ab build- 
ings new or old. 
Farmers, write to us for our free book, 
"ROOFS.” It. will save yon money. 
Give us the name of your local roofer. 
The AMERICAN SEA GREEN SLATE CO. 
Box 10, Granville,N . Y. 
CUTAWAY TOOLS FOR LARGE HAY CROPS. 
Three of Clark’s Intense Cultivators produced 
this year on 14bz acres, 102 tons of well dried Alfalfa, 
Timothy and Redtop Hay. If you want to_knowhow 
Cliirk’s Reversible Hush and Itog Plow. CutH 
a track & ft. wide, l ft. deep. Will plow 
a new cut forent. II1* double 
action Cutaway Harrow keep* 
land true, woven 1,500 toua of 
earth, outs UO acres per day. 
CUTAWAY HARROW COMPANY, 
Higganum, Conn. 
INCREASE THE CROP 
IN ORCHARD AND FIELD 
by using this compressed air hand 
Sprayer. It seconds' pumping gives 
power for 10 minutes’ spraying. Force 
enough for tall trees, 4-gal. tank con¬ 
veniently carried over shoulder. This 
JJ 
Auto-Spray 
Is used by the U. S. Government 
and State Experiment Stations. 
Save half your mixture and avoid clog¬ 
ging and ■•random" spraying with the 
Auto-Pop Noxxle. One finger regu¬ 
lates sprav from a stream to a fine mist. 
We make 40 styles and sizes ofspray- 
ers. Ask lor catalog containing val¬ 
uable spraying calendar. Free. 
C. C. BROWN CO., 28 Joy St., Rochester, N. V. 
'miw 
PATCNTEO, 
Th«*y Last Forever 
STANDARD STEEL FENCE POSTS 
ARE TO UK DRIVEN 
One-third Cheaper Than Wood Posts. 
POSTS MADE KOKAI.I. Pl'IlPOSKB. 
Farm, field, lawn, clothes, 
bitching, street-sign and grape 
posts. 
Plain, barbed and woven 
wire of every description can 
be used with these posts. 
250,000 sold lust year. 
500,IKK) for sale this year. 30 
miles of 58 inch, heavy woven 
wire fenee erected on Standard 
Steel Posts on one estate. 
Write for circular, price list 
and reference to J. H. downs, 
280 Broadway, Haw York City, 
Eclipse Corn Planter 
and Fertilizer Distributer. 
Improved row marker. Wide range for hill 
spacing, 0 to 45 inches. Handles any kind 
fertilizer, in any condition, 50 to 450 lbs. per 
acre. We muke a special gear whleh sowh 600 lbs. 
per acre. Plants all Heeds accurately. Light draft, 
easily handled, quick and positive adjustments. 
We also make the Eclipse Two Horae Two Row 
Plantor. Good terms to agents where not intro¬ 
duced. Write us. 
BELCHER A TAYLOR A. T. CO., 
Box 7 6 Chlcopo© Falls, Mas©. 
The Frost Wire 
Fence never gets 
loose or baggy. Y ou 
can buy the 
„ ^FROST WIRE FENCE 
ms made of heavy, hard steel wire, 
wr clamped with the Frost Steel hock, 
for what a litrht woven wire fenee costa. 
^ ^Booklet free. We pay freight. 
THE FROST WIRE FENCE CO ClflOM 0*H. 
II. u, DKi.HK * Co., US Hroadw.y, hsw fork. 
February 3, 
GOOD POULTRY FOODS 
are necessary for big poultry profits. 
„ .... -1 Cut CfoA 
M1YJ UOt/Cnom j iui ’•'•h , A"' — * , . 
Harvey’s Cut Alfalfa and Cut (’lover Hay, 
Poultry and Chick fowls of all kinds lire 
profit-makers. Send for Free samples 
- ° -1*— “"-piie 
L 1GH 
n ..... r . T .~g~ 
ry and catalog of full lineof poultry supplies. 
HARVEY SEED CO. 
721 Klllcott St., _Huffalo, X. V . 
T BRAHMAS, prize stock. A few good birds. 
C. GORDON. It. V. D. 1, Sprakers. N. Y. 
B uff ROCKS-winners of 150 premiums in throe 
years. Solid in color, low combs, bay eyes. Utility. 
Stock and Eggs. Mnqulre of KngiewOod, Bristol,N.H. 
CHD CAI C- a 5 choice Barred and Buff Rock 
lUn CALL. Cockerels: also White Wyandotte 
Cockerel, .,,.1 
150 BARRED PLYMOUTH 
ROCKS, pullets, hens and 
--- cockerels. Pens of (four) 
pullots and a cockerel at *7 and $10. These birds have 
not been forced for egg production and will lay right 
through the Spring and Summer. Will consider a 
close offer for all 50 S. C. White Leghorn cockerels 
at $2 eacln kntehfrise pofi.tky yabd& Kidg.noU, on... 
For Sale 
BRONZE TURKEYS. 
Winners of the most First Prizes at America’s 
greatest poultry show at New York City. Young 
tomsIO.OO. GKO. W• SALISBURY, Pbelps, N. Y. 
"n Kgo Producer—keeps 
| henB laying steadily nil winter. 
Prices 14c to 25c per lb. at dealers. 
Hunt’ll Kao Record and valuable 
I booklet free. Write today. 
WILLIAH RUBT & 80KB, 
[Dept, P, Mew Brunswick, K. L 
HOUSES, HOLSTBINS, COLUKS FOR SAUK-Good 
l> family horse, dark bay, neurly lOh. 8y., 1140 lbs., 
sound, stylish, kind, gentle and city broken, price $175. 
HolsteinsFriesian bull calves sired by Tidy Abbekerk 
Prince whose dam Tidy Abbekerk has an A. It. O. 
record of 27.28 lbs. butler In 7 days. His sire Is Sir 
Cornelius Posch a show bull of Cauada.Cn Ives maikcd 
right w 1th strii Igblbacks and broad hips *25. Am over 
stocked. A few choice cows bred to the above bull. 
Scotch Collie puppies Sired by Cayuga Hector. Im¬ 
ported dams registered and first class drivers. Males 
at $5 to close out. W. M. Hallock, Spencer, N. Y. 
F OIL SALE-New Cream Separator, Now Upright 
Hay Pr ess; cheap. F. BOOTH, Stanley, N. Y. 
ANTED—Two cars choice Alfalfa or Clover 
Hay. State price delivered here. 
K. R. DUNN. Southington. Conn. 
w 
ALL AT ONCE’ 
Plant and fertilize as you go. Corn, peas, 
beans, beets, etc., planted and fertilizer de¬ 
posited, in hills or drills, all at one passage, 
with the 
WANTED 
HAY AND STRAW 
WRITE FOR QUOTATIONS. 
F. D, HEWITT, 120 Liberty St., N. Y. 
WANTED 
Dressed Lambs, Calves, Poultry, Hot¬ 
house Products, Fruits, Vegetables. Top 
prices for choice products. Write us 
what you have to sell. 
ARCHDEACON & CO., 100 Murray St., N. Y. 
GKO. P. HAMMOND. EST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & CO., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers in all kinds of 
COUNTRY 1'KODUCE, Apples, Peaches, Berries. 
Butter Kggs, Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms and Hot¬ 
house Products a Specialty. Consignments solicited. 
34 & 36 Little 1 3th St., New York. 
Dl CACC atrial shipment to the Oldest Coru- 
|LlMoL mission House in New York. Established 
1838. Butter, < lieese, Kggs, Poultry, Hay, Apples etc. 
K. B. WOODWARD, 302 Greenwich St., New iork. 
Mink, Skunk, Musk-rat and Other Furs 
caught in N. J., Penna, New York, Eastern States 
and Canada are the best. 'Those are the kind I want. 
Ship yours to me and receive the best prices for furs 
from the best sections. I charge no commission and 
tlji y express ('barges. References; National Bans of 
Montgomery. Oil A KI.K8 A. KAIINK. Mont- 
gomery,New York, l^ock Box .No. ZJH, 
CAllMS AND HOMES In the “Garden of Eden” near 
U Buffalo N. Y. Free descriptions with cuts of 
bundH,,.- M . v. 
VIRGINIA FARMS AND HOMES 
I-RLE CATALOGUE of Splendid Bargains. 
R. B. CHAFFIN & CO., Inc., RICHMOND, VA. 
(-■OBI COD QAI E Cheapest one ever offered 
■ Alim lUn OHUt for the money: contains 200 
acres, half in cultivation and half in timber. Good 
house, good fruit; splendid location. Price $2,500. 
Mauyotner great bargains: write for catalog. Address 
Samuel P. Woodcock, Salisbury, Wicomico Co., Aid. 
JlOUoOi Hinm Diuuj npiunum im iiuvn. * i j. v. v-i-vv. 
Many other groat bargains: write for catalog. Address 
• ~ Wo< ’ ■••'•■ 
Don MONEY-MAKING FA 11M8 for sale 
jUvv throughout New England, Now York, 
New Jersey and the South; write for “Strout’s List 
No. 17,” describing hundreds of bargains, ail sizes (fml 
prices, ’with pictures of buildings. E. A. STROUT. 
Farm Dept. 42.150 Nassau Street, New York City. 
Buy Land Now 
In Sunny 
Tennessee 
_ culThcII you farms and plantations today in deep, rich 
soil ••Ctiona of Tonuoiso© at $5 to $20 an aero for caah, 
or, on easy terms, Y<>u can rais© cotton, wheat, potatoes, 
hay. vegetables, or fine stock 1 ant enough in that fine, 
healthful climate to quickly pay for your land, which i» 
advancing in value rapidly with the prosperity of the South. 
Write me today for facts and free booklet!. H. F. SMITH, 
Traffic Mgr. N. C. «£ St. Louis Ky.,Nashvillo,Teun. Dept i. 
»$5to$20 an Acre&gomgup 
HEALTHY NATIVE-GROWN FRUIT TREES. 
ORNAMENTAL TREES, VINES. SHRUBS, ETC. 
ur« piTcr for Soring of I!)07 the finest and most complete list of Nursery Stock we have ever grown. 
Ilwavs be relied noon for It is all selected and grown on our own grounds under constant 
Our stock_can always Do t ce P every specimen true to name and free from disease. Give us a chance 
to n'gur^o^yourUrt of^watRs‘before"ordering eWewhere. Wedo LANDSCAPE GARDENING In all 
its Branches Write now for our Free Illustrated Catalogue. Addtess Cornwall New York 
T. J. DWYER O COMPANY,. Box 1* LornweU, Me w lor n> 
TILE DRAINED LAND IS MORE PRODUCTIVE W238S& 
---creases the value. Acres of swampy land reclaimed and made fertile. 
, Iirul.i Tile meets every requirement. We also make Sewer 
pine Red and Fire Brick, < 'huuney Tops, Encauatic Side Walk I He, etc. Write 
for what you waul and priock. U« utlbUil, TOJrd At*,, Aibtuj, 
BOUND Tl 
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