March 2, 
198 
T1IE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, March 2, 1907. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Cow Peas to Fertilize Potatoes. 171 
Improving Illinois Soil. 173 
Corn Pickers . 178 
Why Does Cabbage Crack?. 178 
Seeding a Meadow in Spring..... 178 
Osage Orange for Fence Posts. 181 
Dope Farm Notes . 185 
Culture of Brussels Sprouts. 188 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Fat Test for Cheese. 180 
Some Good Cows. 180 
Abortion in Cows . 180 
A Farmer and Purebred Stock. 187 
Milking Machines . 187 
A lien Watering Pail . 191 
Ration for Milch Cows and Brood Sows 101 
Saving the Chicks . 101 
The Value of Hen Manure. 199 
Unthrifty lings . 190 
Maine Farmers and Dogs . 190 
Buff Orpington Poultry. 190 
HORTICULTURE. 
A Pennsylvania Chestnut Orchard. .1(55, 10(5 
Spring Cure of Strawberries. 107 
Shall We Mix Varieties of Apples?... 108 
Grapevines Fall to Bear. 170 
Transplanting Shrubs . 170 
Evergreens for Christmas 'frees. 170 
Second Brood of Coddling Moth. 170 
Niagara Peaches . 170 
Is This the Berry Record?. 171 
Grafting King on it. I. Greening. 171 
Walnut Hybrids . 171 
Working the Garden Hard. 172 
The Spencer Seedless Apple. 172 
Strawberries for Four Months. 172 
Handling Moore’s Early* Grape. 178 
Shavings as Strawberry Mulch. 178 
Blight; on Cucumbers . 178 
Boiling the Lime and Sulphur Wash..,. 174 
Fruit Growing in the Pacific Northwest 174 
Japanese Mode of Grafting. 170 
Hydrangea Fails to Bloom. 170 
Mildew on Roses' . 17(5 
Discussion of Power Sprayers. 177 
Stock for Pear Trees. 177 
Early Maturing Apples. 179 
A Good Bushel Crate . 179 
Packing Plants for Shipment. 179 
Bagging Tomatoes . 181 
Poles or Wires for Lima Beans. 181 
Moving a Maple Tree. 181 
Horticultural Short: Cuts. 182 
Arsenate of Lead and Bordeaux Mixture 188 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 184 
Mice and Trees . 190 
WOMAN AND DOME. 
From Day to Day. 194 
Some Good Puddings. 194 
Mrs. Spraker Talks . 195 
The Girl on (lie Farm. 195 
Garden Notes . 19(5 
Ways and Means . 19(5 
The Rural Patterns . 197 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Florists and Express Companies. 187 
Why I Take The It. N.-Y. 109 
The Pictures . 172 
Publisher’s Desk . 175 
Editorials . 192 
Reservoir for Lily Pond. 189 
A Slump Puller . 189 
Starting a Gasoline Engine. 189 
Humorous . 280 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending February 2.8, 1907, wholesale unless 
otherwise noted. 
(5 RAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2, red, in elevator 
No. 1, Northern, Duluth, i 
11 - 
@ 81 '/, 
Or 91 % 
Or 55 
Oats, mixed . 
. — 
@ 47 
FEED. 
Spring Itrnn . 
@24.0.0 
(fr 25 90 
Red Dog . 
Hominy chop . 
(9)25.59 
@22.00 
@30.00 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay, prime . — 
No. 1 . •—■ 
@22.00 
Or 21.90 
or 1 9 99 
Nr> 3 . 
@ 16.00 
Clover mixed . 
i i.oo 
@18.90 
or 17.99 
Strflw, Tjf>rig rye. 
12.00 
@13.00 
Short and oat . 
or 11 .oo 
Fancy 
While, 
M ixed 
Lower 
FRUITS. 
Raspberries . 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, Jonathan, bbl.8 
King 
Spitz 
Spy 
Ben Davis 
Greening 
Strawberries, 
bit. 
Fla., qt. 
BEANS. 
Ma r row. 
Medium 
l»ea . 
Red Kidney 
Yellow Eye 
— 
Or 34 
24 
Or 32 
20 
fill 89 
24 
@ 32 
17 
@ 22 
19 
or 24 
17 
@ 20 
_ 
Or 14%' 
12 Vi 
or 13% 
11 
or 12 
3 
@ 9 
31 
Or 32 
28 
Oft 30 
28 
Oh 29 
24 
@ 2(5 
8 % or 9 
8 Vt @ 8% 
7 % @ 8 
7 
or 7 % 
0 
@ 7 
18 
or ni 
30 
@ 31 
@5.00 
@3.59 
@4.00 
.99 
or 4.50 
.99 
@8.59 
1.99 
Or 3.59 
@2.75 
Oil 3.25 
15 
@1.00 
@2.20 
_ 
or i.50 
— 
@1.50 
— 
@2.90 
— 
@1.90 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS. 
Asparagus, bunch . — • 
Cucumbers, doz. 75 
Mushrooms, lb. 30 
Radishes, 100 hunches.2.00 
Tomatoes, lb. 15 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes. Maine, 105 II). bag. 1.75 
Long Island, bbl.1.90 
State and Jersey, 180 lbs... 1.00 
Sweet potatoes, bbl.2.00 
Asparagus, bunch . 50 
Brussels Snrouts, (it. 5 
Or 50 
<5)2.25 
@ 00 
@2.50 
@ 30 
@1.90 
@2.00 
@1.75 
@3.50 
@ 2.00 
@ 20 
Cabbage, ton, white. 
K(‘(l 
. .20.00 
@25.00 
@40.00 
Chicory, bbl. 
.. .3.00 
@5.99 
Kale, Norfolk, hid. 
... 1.99 
@1.37 
Lettuce, basket . 
. . .1.00 
@3.99 
Onions, white, bbl. 
. . .4.00 
@7.50 
@3.99 
Yellow . 
@3.50 
Radishes, 100 bunches ... 
. . .1.99 
@2.09 
Spinach, bbl... 
. . .1.00 
@2.00 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Fowls. 11>. — 
@ 13 
Roosters . 
Turkeys . 
— 
Oil 15 
I)ur»ks . 
__ 
Oil 15 
Of. 13 
(rO(»KP . 
. . . 11 
Pigeons, pair . 
@ 25 
DRESSED POl 
Turkeys . 
JLTRY. 
... 12 
@ 17 
Chickens, best. . 
... 29 
@ 21 
Lower grades . 
... 12 
Of 18 
Fowls . 
... 11 
Oil 11 
Geese . 
8 
@ 13 
Ducks ... 
8 
@ 15 
@5.50 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEATS. 
Calves . 7 @ 12 
Lambs, Hothouse, head.10.00 @11.00 
Pork . 9%@ 10 Vj 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers .5:00 (ft) 5.00 
Bulls .8.50 @4.50 
Cows .2.00 @4.25 
Calves .5.00 @10.00 
Sheep .2.50 @4.25 
Lambs .7.25 @7.75 
Hogs . — @7.50 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Prices for ton lots. Smaller 
proportionately higher. 
Nitrate of soda(95% pure), ton — 
Muriate of potash (50%actmil), 
2,010 lbs. ... — 
Sulphate of potash (48-50% 
actual), 2,01(5 lbs. — 
ammonia), 
Dried blood (14% 
ton .. 
Basic slag (17-19% phos. acid), 
ton .17.50 
Kalnlt, ton . — 
Acid phosphate, ton. — 
Ground bone, (4% am., 20% 
phosphoric acid) . — 
Peruvian Guano, Chincha, ton. — 
l>obos . — 
@ 19.00 
@14.00 
@14.00 
@28.00 
@48.09 
@32.00 
MILK. 
N. Y. Exchange price $1.71 per 40-quart 
can, netting 8% cents to 20-eent zone ship¬ 
pers who have no extra station charges. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, best ... 
Lower grades .. 
Storage . 
Imitation creamery 
Factory ... \ 
Renovated . 
Packing stock . 
CHEESE. 
Full Cream, fancy ........ 
Common to good . 
Inferior .. 
Skims . 
EGGS. 
while .. 
good to choice. 
colors, best. 
grades . 
DRIED 
Apples, evap., fancy. 
Evap.. choice . 
lOvap., prime . 
Evap.. poor to fair. 
Sun dried . 
examined orchards in which it was used ex 
tenslvely and are prepared to say that it is 
absolutely worthless, and worse tliau worth¬ 
less. It. is to be applied by boring a hole in 
the trunk of the tree and inserting the pow¬ 
der in the hole and then pounding in h plug. 
The sample which we applied In this way 
last February and March in our experimental 
work still remains entirely undissoived in the 
hole in which it was placed, and no beneficial 
results are noticed on the trees, while they 
are dying by the increasing generations of 
scale Insects which continued to multiply 
upon them during tHo Summer. Orchards in 
which it was used by other persons are dy¬ 
ing from the effects of the living scale, in 
addition to the injury Inflicted to. the trees 
by boring the botes in them. We have no 
hesitation in expressing in a most emphatic 
way the unqualified condemnation of this 
material as a remedy for scale Insects or any 
other pest or disease of trees, when applied 
in such a manner.” 
quantities 
@5(5.00 
@41.85 
@48.15 
@51.00 
EASY MONEY. 
Patented or Copyrighted Peaches. —On 
page 909 O. B. S. In giving ids experience 
with one of ihc Albaugh Nursery Co.’s 
“Model” orchards, gave expression to my own 
sad experience with one of the same. In 
buying these trees I dealt In person with 
tlicir manager, lie promised to come or send 
a man to Instruct; us how to prune and cul¬ 
tivate. That man lias mot made his appear¬ 
ance. lie promised us a market for the 
fruit. When written to for the market he 
answered that lie would give the address of 
fruit dealers anywhere we wanted to ship. 
We paid this company six times as much for 
these worse than worthless trees than well 
known varieties would have cost. We also 
bought from (lie same company a lot of ex¬ 
tremely high-priced “Murdy” plums. Other 
plums planted alongside of them have borne 
profusely, but -not. a “Murdy” plum have we 
seen. 1 think It would be economy to pull 
them out now while the peach trees are 
being pulled. Further, we arc satisfed that 
these peach trees stocked our place witli San 
.Tos<5 scale, hut thanks to the lime-sulphur 
wasli the scale is now as scarce as hens’ 
teeth. This wash—80 pounds liiqc, 30 
pounds sulphur and 10 pounds salt to make 
100 gallons, boiled 40 minutes, thoroughly 
applied early each Spring for three years, 
complete bankrupts Mr. Scale. If wo had 
paid this company $1,000 not to send the 
trees we would have been better off. 
Virginia. w - A - w - 
A Fake Scale Killer. —Dr. H. A. Sur 
face of Uennsylvania Is authority for the fol¬ 
lowing : 
“One of the most stupendous frauds which 
has been perpetrated on the people of Penn 
sylvania is in the production of a preparation 
at Waynesboro, Franklin county, Pa. which 
was formerly called “Kill-Scale,” and is now 
being put on the market under the name of 
‘Ska-kil."This firm would not send us any for 
test or examination when we requested it. 
and even when we offered to buy it of them 
they would not supply it, but we obtained 
some of it through a third party and bad it 
analyzed at the State Experiment Station. 
The results of (Ids analysis was that this pro 
duetton is nothing more Ilian powdered sul 
phur, with a little resin and a little gunpow 
der added. It; costs the manufacturers less 
than five cents per pound, and they sell it 
in considerable quantities for $1 per pound. 
Wo have tested it with great care, and have 
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strain—use 
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Emulsion. 
It builds up and 
holds up the 
strength of man 
and woman, girl 
and boy. It is the 
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MONEY SAVED 
BY USING THE BEST 
Swing Cattle Tie 
made. Thousands In use. Made to (it any stable. 
Durable, convenient and cheap. Price and circular 
on application. Witte us to-day. Manufactured by 
ROY BROTHERS East Barnet, Vt. 
UERMONTFAKM FOR SALE, 85 ACRES. 
’ good buildings, orchard, wood, smooth fields; 
mile 10 station Price. #ti,5iOO. 
II. A. JOSLIN, East Hardwick, Vt. 
pm I IE D11 DC Females and brood bitches. NEL- 
UULLIl ruro HON BROS., Grove City, Pa. 
mi i ip nnn^ - ® ams 
LrUVJfj by Imported Tliorndale Hope. 
Pups Sirod by Imported Emerald Galopin, Im¬ 
ported Champion Emerald Eclipse and Im¬ 
ported Glencroft Guard, 3 Of the most typical 
Collies over Imported, 'these pups are worth $10.00 
to $15.00 each or *20.00 per pair. Orders booked. 
J. H. LEWIS & BON, Cameron, W. Va. 
1,000 CHOICE FERRETS for the 
Bprliig trade. Perfeot workers. They clear out 
ruts, hunt rabbits. is p. lUus’dbook,6c. Clr. price 
lint, free. FARNSWORTH, Middletown, Ohio- 
KEEP pnQTFn on fake schemes and wild-cat in- 
i»LLr lUOILU vestments, by reading Jf'iruincuil 
World. Sample copy free. W.R. Knox,Intorcourso.Pa. 
WYCKOFF’S S. C. W. LEGHORNS 
selected with trap nests. lfiggs $1 per 15; $5 per 100. 
L. A.HARRIS, Milan, Pa. 
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS. 1- "™ 
and ex¬ 
cellent layers; $ 1.00 per 1 f> eggs, $ 1 . 00 per 100 . 
PETER C. LITTLE, Home, Pa., R. D. No. 7. 
FOR SALE-A FEW 
WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS. 
MARY H. SPINK, Rodman, New York. 
R OSE ( OMR BROWN LEGHORNS Exclusively; 11 
years America’s heaviest egg producers. Special 
finest cockerels, hens, rock bottom prices. Hatching 
eggs, 15, $1; 100,$4. Wm, Schiuer, Jamesport, N. Y. 
vnillir PUIPIfC Hatchud, shipped anfely; Wh. Leg 
I UUIVI1 UnlUIVO biiniK, Barred Rocks, fir. per lull. 
Poultry supplies; circulars. K. COOl.KY, Frenchtown, N. J. 
Wanted ORTH A Phl^sT on a gentleman's 
Experienced " i/xiVLrio 1 place,single man 
preferred. Address with experience CHARLES K. 
MATHER, 220 Walnut Street, Philadelphia,Penn. 
UlAklTtn March 20, married man, by t tie year, 
TVfin I CU as Foreman on a small fruit farm. 
Must bo thoroughly posted on fruit culture. Good 
chance for right man. 
F. E. JOHNSON, M. D., Mansfield Depot, Ct. 
UUANTHI) Sober, industrious and competent 
” middle-aged man, German orSwede preferred, 
married and without children, to take charge of farm 
in Westchester Co., occupied by owner during Sum¬ 
mer only, wife to assist In housekeeping. Man must 
understand gardening, care of horses, cows, poultry, 
etc., wlfo plain cooking, making butter, etc. 
C. B. F., Rural Now-Yorker. 
100 
200 
COD Q A I C EGGS for hatching from thorough- 
rUn OnLLi bred White Wyundottes and M. 
Pekin Ducks. Prices right. Descriptive circular 
free. E. Fit ANKLIN KEAN, Stanley, N. Y. 
8 . C. Brown Leghorn Cockerels at half price; 
lino ones. NELSON BROS. Grove City, Pa. 
BUFF r RPINGTONS E «^e ker 
TABLE ROCK POULTRY FARM, Table Bock, Pa. 
S UNNYSIDK POULTRY FARM. Box B,Shermans- 
vllle.Pa. Breeders of Prize Winning 8 . C. B. 
Leghorns, Bd. I\ Bocks. Groat winter layers. Why 
not get the best? Eggs, $1.35 per 13. 
MAFES, T1IE EGG MAN. 
Consignments of Eggs wanted from country store¬ 
keepers and producers. WINFIELD H. MAPES.son 
of Mapes, the Hen Man, Commission Merchant, 671 
Hudson street, New York City. 
BRONZE turkeys from 47 lb. toms and 25 
lb. hens, wtnnors the world over; stamp. 
GEO. WOLF, Seneca Falls. N. Y. 
Cnp CAI C—Mammoth Bronze Turkeys, 
I UIY On Ii a ,ge beautifully marked birds bred 
in lino for 80 years. Toms $7.00 to $ 10 . 00 , hens $5.00 to 
$7.00, trios $16.00 to $17.00; 2 pair Rouen Ducks $3.00 
per pair. Partridge Wyandottes, Partridge P. Rocks, 
(■olden l$arre«l I’. Rocks, Rose Comb Black 
Bautams. Stock and F.ggs for sale. Address 
J. H. LEWIS & SON, Cameron, W. Va. 
MARYLAND FARMS FOR SALE. 
Mild climate. Productive soli. New catalogue free. 
Address COBEY & CHARLES, Federalsburg, Md. 
VUANTED TO BUY, DOG POWER-Btate condition 
” and price must be cheap. Address 
8 . B. METCALF, 104 East Bridgo St.,Oswego, N, Y. 
F AKMS AND HOMES in tbe“Garden of Kdcn”near 
Buffalo, N. Y. Free descriptions with cuts of 
buildings. Established 1(5 years. Address 
D. A. PALMERTON, Eden, N. Y. 
CENTRAL NEW .JERSEY FARMS. 
On direct line between two great markets, Philadel¬ 
phia and New York, In thickly populated section; 
rank highest In the State. Send for lists. A. WAR- 
BEN DRESSER, Burlington, Burlington Co., N. J. 
Fruit Farm for Sale. 
A beautiful country homo, situated on the Egg 
Harbor River, near Atlantic City, N. J. Access by 
flue auto roads, electric railroad or by water. Twenty 
acres fine truck ground. Eleven hundred young 
fruit trees, mostly in bearing. Modern nine-room 
house; good out-buildings. Address J. T. B., care 
Ritual Nkw-Yokkkb, 
Beautiful Stock 
ANI) WATER FRONT FARM 
for Sale, on tho Eastern Shore 
of Maryland. For full particulars, address SAMUEL 
P. WOODCOCK, Salisbury, Wicomico County, Md. 
M ICH K;AN Fruit, stock,poultry and grain farms 
selling cheap; productive soil, nice climate. 
Write for lists. Benham & Wilson, Hastings, Mich. 
Y OU CAN FIND THE FARM YOU WANT 
at tho price you want to pay through “Strout’s 
List-NO. 17,” a largo catalogue describing hundreds 
of bargains, with pictures of bulldlngsand travelling 
instructions to reach each property. Stock and tools 
are included with many of the farms to settle estates 
quickly. Write to-day for FREE copy. 
E. A. ST ROUT, Dept. 42,160 Nassau St., N. Y. City. 
rnD CAIC FARM of one hundred and thirty-six 
lUn oALC acres, in a good fertile condition; 
new buildings; 225.000 feet hardwood timber and two 
coal veins. For description, photographs and price, 
address tho owner, H. S. 1CNA Bit, Du Bols.Pa. 
ni r * Or send a trial shipment to the Oldest, Com- 
rLLAOL mission House in Now York. Established 
1K3K. Butter, Cheese, Eggs. Poultry, Hay, Apples, etc. 
K. B. WOODWARD, 302 Greenwich .St., New York. 
GEO. P. HAMMOND. KST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & CO., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers in all kinds of 
COUNTRY PRODUCE, Apples, Peaches, Berries. 
Rutter, Eggs, Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms and Hot¬ 
house Products a Specialty. Consignments solicited. 
34 <& 30 Little 1 2til St., Nmv York. 
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, 
WANTED 
HAY AND STRAW 
WRITE FOR QUOTATIONS. 
F. D. HEWITT, 120 Liberty St., N, Y. 
Don’t Wear a Truss 
Krookn’ Appliance In a new 
Hcimitltto discovery with auto¬ 
matic Mir ciihIiIdiih that diawx 
the broken parts together and 
binds them ah you would a 
broken limb. It absolutely holds 
firmly and comfortably aud never 
slips, al\vn \m light ami cool and 
conforms to every movement of 
tho body without chafing or 
hurting. 1 make ft to your 
measure and send it to you oil a 
strict guarantee of sit! Islucf Idii 
or money refunded and I have 
put my price an low that any¬ 
body, rich or poor, can buy ft. 
Itemcmhor 1 inuko it to your 
order—send It to you—you wear 
ft—and If it doesn’t satisfy you, yon send It bark to mo and 1 will 
refund your money. The banks or any responsible citizen In 
Marshall will toll you that Is (hs way I do business—always abso¬ 
lutely on the square and I am selling thousands of people this way 
lor the pant live years. Remember 1 use no Halves, no harness, no 
lies, no fakes. I Just give you a straight business deal at a 
reasonable price. 
C. E. Brooks, 4208 Brooks Bldg., Marshall, Mich. 
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