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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 33, 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, February 2.3, 1907. 
FARM TOPICS. 
New Life to Old Grass Lands. 145 
Denmark's Small Farmers. 14(5 
Fertilizer Tests in Pennsylvania. 146 
Farm Labor Problem Again. 147 
Transplanting Rim; Seeding Pasture.... 150 
Hope Farm Notes. 153 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Buying Milk by Fat Test. 146 
Water-Glass Eggs. 148 
Care of a Calving Cow. I ; j4 
Mapes, the Hen Man.154, 155 
The Stock Yard Industry of Chlcago.156, 157 
HORTICULTURE. 
Planting Walnuts and Almonds. 146 
The Truth About the Spencer Seedless 
Apple . 147 
The Culture of Lettuce. 147 
Winter Rhubarb: Orris Roots... 148 
Lard for Scale: Hardiness of Privet.... 148 
Mice and Trees. 148 
The San .lost 1 Scale..... 149 
Notes from the Rural Grounds.. 152 
Western New York Horticultural Society, 
Part II. 150 
Spraying Gardens and Small Orchards.. 151 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
. 160 
Thu Rural Patterns 
. 161 
. 161 
MISCEL 
■LANEOUS. 
Exterminating Osage 
Wind-break for Ohio 
Orange. 148 
. 148 
Events of the Week 
. 163 
i i.i/. ‘ •*' 1 w 
MAR 
K E T S 
Prices current at 
ending February 16, 
Now York during week 
1907. Wholesale unless 
— @ 
— @ 
— @ 
— @ 
— @ 
@ 
85% 
93% 
54 
47 
68 
70 
otherwise noted. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2, red. 
No. 1, Northern, Duluth.... 
Corn . 
Oats . 
Rye . 
Barley . 64 
FEED. 
Spring Bran.22.50 
Middlings .22.25 
Red Dog ... 
Linseed Meal 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay. prime . — @ 22.00 
No. 1 . — @21.00 
No. 2 .18.00 .. 
No. 3 .15.00 
Clover Mixed.,.15.00 
Clover .14.00 
Straw, Long rye '.12.00 
Short and oat. 10.00 
MILK. 
N. Y\ Exchange price $1.71 per 40-quart 
can, netting 3% cents to 26-cent zone ship¬ 
pers who have no extra station charges. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, extra . . . 32 
Lower grades . 24 
State Dairy .. 20 
Factory . 11 
EGGS. 
Fancy white . 30 
White, good to choice. 28 
Mixed colors, extra . — 
Lower grades . 22 
Western and Southern . 23 
Storage . 10 
BEANS. 
bushel . 2.20 
@23.00 
@ 23.75 
— @24.50 
— @29.00 
(a 19.09 
@16.00 
@19.00 
@17.00 
@ 13.00 
@ 11.00 
@ 
@ 
@ 
@ 
@ 
@ 
@ 
@ 
@ 
33 
30 
30 
21 
31 
29 
28 
26 
27 
24 
Marrow, 
Medium . 
Pea . 
Red Kidney 
White Kidney 
@2.25 
@ 1.50 
(a 1.60 
01 2.35 
@2.85 
DRIED FRUITS, 
evap., fancy. 8 % 
@ 
Apples, —_ .. 
Evap., choice . 8 %@ 
Evap., prime . 7%@ 
Evap., common . 7 @ 
Sun dried .,. 6 
Raspberries .'. 30 
Cherries . 18 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, Jonthan, bbl.3.00 @5.00 
Gano .2.75 @3.50 
.2.75 
@ 
@ 
9 
8 % 
8 
7% 
7 
31 
19 
King 
Spitz .... 
Spy . 
Baldwin .. 
Greening . 
Strawberries. 
2.00 
.2.00 
.2.00 
.1.50 
Fla., qt. 15 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Maine, 165 lb. bag.. 1.75 
State and W'n, 180 lbs....1.60 
Jersey, bbl.1.00 
Sweet potatoes, bbl. . . 
Asparagus, Charleston, 
Brussels Sprouts, qt. 5 
Carrots, old bbl.1.00 
Cabbage, Danish seed, ton. 
Celery, dozen . 
Kale, Norfolk, bbl. 
Lettuce, S'n, % bbl. bkt. 
Onions, white, bbl. 
Red 
. 2.00 
bunch. 50 
0.00 
15 
1.00 
1.25. 
4.00 
.00 
@4.00 
@4.50 
@3.50 
@ 3.00 
@3.00 
@ 50 
@1.85 
@1.77 
@ 1.60 
@3.50 
,@ 1.00 
@ 20 
@1.75 
@25.00 
@ 50 
@1.25 
@3.00 
@7.00 
@2.50 
Yellow .2.25 @2.35 
@5.00 
@ 2.00 
@3.50 
String beans, bkt.4.00 
Spinach, Norfolk, bbl.1.25 
Tomatoes, 24-qt. carrier.1.25 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS. 
Cucumbers, No. 1, doz.1.50 @ 2.00 
No. 2 . 75 @ 1.00 
Iyettuce, dozen. 50 @1.00 
Mushrooms, lb. 15 @ 65 
Tomatoes, lb. 15 @ 30 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Fowls, lb. — @ 
Turkeys . ...-. — @ 
Ducks . — @ 
Geese . 11 @ 
Pigeons, pair. — @ 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers .4.75 @6.30 
Bulls .3.40 @4.70 
Cows .2.25 @4.25 
14 
14 
15 
13 
or. 
. 6.00 
.4.00 
.6.25 
Calves 
Sheep 
Lambs 
Hogs . — 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys . 13 
Chickens, fancy roasting. — 
Fair to good. 12 
Fowls . 11 
Capons, extra fancy. — 
Common to good . 13 
Ducks . 12 
Geese ._ _8 
Squabs, doz. 3.50 
@ 10.00 
@4.25 
@ 7.75 
@7.50 
’@ 
@ 
@ 
@ 
@ 
@ 
@ 
17 
20 
18 
14 
24 
20 
15 
13 
6.00 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEATS. 
Calves . 8 @13 
Lambs, hothouse, hear.10.00 @12.00 
Pork ... 8 % @ 10 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Prices for ton lots. Smaller 
proportionately higher. 
Nitrate of soda(95% pure), ton — 
Muriate of potash (50%actual), 
2,016 lbs. — 
Sulphate of potash (48-50% 
actual), 2.016 lbs. — 
Dried blood (14% ammonia), 
ton . — 
Basic slag (17-19% phos. aoidL 
ton .17 
Kainit, ton . — 
Acid phosphate, ton. — 
Ground bone, (4% am., 20% 
phosphoric acid) . — 
Peruvian Guano, Chincha, ton. —• 
Ix>bos . — 
50 
quantities 
@56.00 
@41.85 
@48.15 
@51.00 
@19.00 
@14.00 
@14.00 
@28.00 
@43.00 
@32.00 
Good Opportunity.—O ne of the best pro¬ 
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may send full particulars to Tub R. N.-Y. 
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UFF ROCKS—Winners of 150 premiums in three 
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AMMOTH TOULOUSE Geese and W. Wyandotte 
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c, e, Brooks, 3558 Brooks Bldg., Marshall, 
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