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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
June 20, 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, June 29, 1907. 
FARM TOPIC'S. 
Iron Roof for a Barn.505, 506 
Corn and Sunflowers in Vermont.506 
Farming for City Workmen. 506 
Plowing Under Manure. 506 
Hairy Vetch (Vicia Villosa) for Green 
Manuring. Part II. 507 
Liquid Manure and Grass. 508 
Lima Beans on Trellis. 508 
Tarring Sweet Corn. 508 
Hope Farm Notes . 511 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Poisonous Gas in a Henhouse. 508 
'The Evidence of the Horn. 513 
Variations in Poultry . 517 
Gas for Incubators.517 
The Work of a Holstein Cow. 518 
Ailing Chicks . 518 
Twin Heifers Breeding . 518 
Sheep for Rough Pasture. 519 
Rations for Milch Cows.519 
Bitter Milk . 519 
HORTICULTURE. 
Raspberry Picking . 
Friend of Lime-Sulphur . 
The Quinces; and One Apple.... 
The Culture of Ginseng. 
Corsican Strawberry . 
Distance Apart for Asparagus. . . . 
That Terrible Striped Bug. 
Paragon Apple. 
Notes from the Rural Grounds... 
Fruit Questions from Colorado... 
Spray Tank on a Cultivator.... 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 
The Girl on the Farm. 
Homemade Candy . 
More Rhubarb Recipes. 
Pickles and Relishes. 
The Rural Patterns. 
A Shell Basket. 
Southern Dried Corn . 
Syrian Stew. 
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MISCELLANEOUS. 
How to Kill Woodchucks.508 
Building Fish Pond . 508 
The Heat from Fireplaces. 509 
Cement Water Tank .509 
Painting with a Pump.509 
Best Portable Fence.509 
Ram, Windmill or Engine.509 
Oil and Iron on Shingles. 510 
Editorials . 512 
Events of the Week.513 
Publisher’s Desk .517 
Rust in a not Water Boiler. 519 
Humorous .520 
MARKETS 
Prices current at N. Y. during week ending 
June 21, 1907, wholesale unless otherwise 
noted. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat No. 2, red. in elevator. 
No. 1, Northern, Duluth.. 
' Corn . 
Oats . 
Rye . 
@ 97% 
@ 1.07 
@ 62 
@ 51 
@ 88 
MILLFEED. 
Spring bran .;. — 
Middlings .23.00 
Red Dog . — 
Hominy chop . — 
@22.50 
@24.00 
@26.10 
@24.00 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Prices for large bales. Small 
cents to $1 per ton less. 
Hay, No. 1.24.00 
No. 2.22.00 
No. 3 .20.00 
Clover, mixed .19.00 
Clover .17.00 
Straw, long rye. — 
Short and oat.9.00 
bales 50 
@25.00 
@23.00 
@ 21.00 
@21.00 
@19.00 
@13.00 
@ 11.00 
MILK. 
N. Y. Exchange price $1.31 per 40-quart 
can, netting 2% cents to 26-cent zone ship¬ 
pers who have no extra station charges. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, best . 
— 
@ 
24 
Lower grades . 
18 
@ 
23 
Factory . 
17 
@ 
19 
Packing stock . 
15 
@ 
18 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, best. 
— 
@ 
11% 
Common to good. 
10 
(Ol 
11 
Skims . 
5 
@ 
8 
EGGS. 
White, fancy . 
— 
@ 
20 
White, good to choice. 
18 
@ 
19 
Mixed colors, best. 
18 
@ 
18% 
Western and Southern. 
14 
@ 
17 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evap., best. 
— 
@ 
8% 
Evap., common to good. .. 
6 
8 
Cherries . 
18 
18% 
Raspberries . 
26 
@ 
28 • 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Fair to good . 
Peaches, carrier . 
.2.00 
. 5 
Blackberries, N. C., qt. 
Huckleberries, N. C., qt. 
. 6 
. 16 
. 10 
Muskmelons, Fla., late. 
California . 
Watermelons, 100 . 
.4.00 
_30.00 
@7.00 
@5.00 
@2.75 
@ 11 
@ 12 
@ 20 
@ 15 
@1.50 
@7.00 
@60.00 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Ber., new. No. 1 bbl.4.00 
Bermuda, new. No. 2.3.00 
Texas, red, 100-lb. bag.... 1.00 
Southern Rose, No. 1, bbl..2.25 
S’n, Irish Cob’l’r, No. 1, bbl.2.00 
S’n, other white. No. 1....1.75 
Southern, red. No. 1.1.75 
Southern, seconds .1.25 
Southern, culls . 75 
State & W’n, in bulk, 180 lbs — 
Sweet potatoes, Jersey, bkt..l.50 
Asparagus, green, Col’s’l, doz..2.50 
Green, extra .2.00 
Green, prime...1.50 
Green, culls .1.00 
White, Colossal .2.25 
White, extra .1.75 
White, prime .1.25 
White, culls. — 
Beets. 100 bunches .3.00 
Carrots, old, bbl. or bag.3.00 
New, 100 bunches.2.00 
@ — 
@3.50 
@1.25 
@2.75 
@2.62 
@2.25 
@ 2.00 
@1.50 
@ 1.00 
@ 2.00 
@2.50 
@3.00 
@2.25 
@ 2.00 
@1.25 
@2.50 
@2.00 
@1.50 
@ 1.00 
@6.00 
@3.50 
@4.00 
Cucumbers, Florida, basket... 75 
Savannah, basket .1.00 
Charleston, basket .1.25 
Norfolk, basket .2.25 
Boston, hothouse, No. 1, doz. 40 
Boston, hothouse, culls, box. 1.50 
Cabbage, Va. & Md„ bbl.1.00 
Corn, Southern, 100.1.50 
Eggplants, Florida, box.1.25 
Kale, nearby, bbl. 40 
Lettuce, nearby, bbl.1.00 
Mint, dozen bunches . 15 
Mushrooms, lb. 10 
Onions, Leeks, 100 bunches.. 2.00 
Shallots and green, 100 bchs.1.00 
New Orleans, bag.1.00 
Texas, white, crate.3.00 
Texas, yellow.2.25 
Bermuda, crate.2.20 
Egyptian, bag ..2.75 
Okra, carrier .1.00 
Peppers, Florida, carrier.1.25 
Peas, Baltimore, basket.1.25 
Eastern Shore .1.00 
Maryland.1.25 
Jersey .1.50 
Radishes, nearby, 100 bcbs. ... 50 
Rhubarb, 100 bunches.1.00 
Romaine, bbl.1.50 
String beans, Florida, bkt. ... 40 
Georgia & S. C. 40 
North Carolina . 75 
Norfolk, wax .1.00 
Norfolk, green .1.50 
Squash, Marrow, bbl. crate... .1.00 
White, bbl.1.50 
Yellow crook-neck, bbl.1.50 
Spinach, nearby, bbl..... 50 
Turnips, Rutabaga, bbl.1.50 
White, 100 bunches .2.00 
Tomatoes. Fla., fancy, carrier. 1.75 
Fla., choice .1.25 
Fla., common. 75 
Mississippi, flat case. 70 
Texas, flat case . 75 
Hothouse, lb. 10 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Spring chicken, lb. 
Fowls . — 
Roosters . — 
Ducks . 12 
Geese . 8 
Pigeons, pair. — 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys . 12 
Broilers, fey., lb. 33 
Lower grades . 20 
Fowls . 12 
Ducks, spring . 16 
Squabs, doz.2.00 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers .5.50 
Oxen .4.30 
Bulls .3.50 
Cows .2.25 
Milch cows with calves.25.00 
Calves .4.50 
Sheep . 4.00 
Lambs .6.50 
Hogs .6.60 
WOOL. 
Fine unwashed . 22 
Washed Delaine. — 
@1.25 
@ 2.00 
@2.25 
@ — 
@ 60 
@ 2.00 
@1.25 
@2.50 
@ 2.00 
@ 60 
@1.50 
@ 25 
@ 60 
@5.00 
@3.00 
@1.50 
@3.25 
@2.35 
@2.25 
@3.00 
@3.00 
@2.25 
@ — 
@1.50 
@2.25 
@2.50 
@ 75 
@ 2.00 
@2.50 
@ 60 
@ 60 
@1.25 
@3.00 
@ 2.00 
@1.50 
@ 2.00 
@2.25 
@ 75 
@ 2.00 
@4.00 
@1.00 
@ 
75 
@ 
80 
@ 
15 
@ 
18 
@ 
13% 
@ 
8% 
@ 
13 
@ 
10 
@ 
35 
@ 
14 
@ 
35 
@ 
25 
@ 
13 
@ 
17 
@5.00 
@6.45 
@4.75 
@4.50 
@4.90 
■ @60.00 
@7.25 
@5.25 
@7.25 
@6.75 
@ 24 
@ 37 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
Expressage on Cut Flowers. —The U. S. 
Express Co. has made a 40-per cent,reduc¬ 
tion on its rate on cut flowers from New 
Jersey and Pensylvania points to New York. 
This was not an act of pure generosity, but 
the result of an order from the Inter- 
State Commerce Commission, which after in¬ 
vestigation decided that the rate was exorbi¬ 
tant. 
Eggs. —One effect of the warm wave Is 
seen in the increased quantity of under 
grades offered. Many of these eggs are 
damaged before they leave the farm because 
of not being gathered promptly. Eggs ought 
to be collected every day, and in hot weather 
twice a day is not too often, especially where 
several hens lay in the same nest, so that 
those deposited early are incubated for half 
a day. 
Manchuria, that northeastern corner of 
China, where the land part of the Russo- 
Japanese war was fought, is a great grain 
country. Although only partially developed 
it produces annually more than 80,000,000 
bushels of the standard grains, about one- 
fourth being wheat. In the town of Harbin 
alone, at the close of the war, there were 12 
mills turning out an average total of 6,000 
barrels of flour daily. 
Strawberries are arriving in large quan¬ 
tities from Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and 
Jersey. The local crops are beginning to 
ripen, but are about two weeks late. For 
some time the writer has seen the robins 
examining his strawberry patch in early morn¬ 
ing, hopping along the rows and critically 
inspecting the large green berries in the hope 
of finding one with a spot soft enough to 
sample. Wholesale prices for the week have 
been low, many berries bringing only six to 
eight cents; but retail they have run from 
12 cents up. At present 15 cents, or two 
for 25 cents, will buy good table berries. 
Potatoes. —The market is very weak both 
on old and now stock. Old potatoes have 
wholesaled at $2 per barrel, and new seconds 
from the South down to $1.25. Southern 
prime Rose have brought $2.75, and Cobblers 
within a shilling of this. Yet small quan¬ 
tity retail buyers have to pay enormous 
prices, In many cases 75 cents a peck, or at 
the rate of $9 per barrel. Although the) 
waste on potatoes is not heavy, they are 
bulky things to store and handle, and re¬ 
tailers insist on having a good profit from 
them. They figure that most people will have 
potatoes anyway and they might as well make 
enough out of them to cover the losses on 
some other goods not considered necessities. 
Woodchuck Hides. —“Please send me a 
recipe for tanning woodchuck hides, to make 
a robe. I want to tan them with the hair 
on. I am a farmer’s boy and expect to 
shoot the groundhogs. I cannot buy expensive 
stuff to tan with.” R. c. f. 
Pennsylvania. 
I have made mittens from woodchuck 
skins, but never tried making a robe. It 
will be necessary to get more hides than the 
robe requires, in order that proper selection 
may be made and only the best used. First 
remove all flesh and fat from the skin before 
it gets dried on. Sprinkle the flesh side 
thickly with a mixture of one part powdered 
alum to two of common salt. Roll up tightly 
and let remain a week or 10 days. Then 
scrape off the powder, put on a fresh dose 
and leave for another week. After this the 
skins may be waslied or not as desired. 
Washing will remove the superfluous oil and 
unpleasant “chucky” odor. Use soap and 
warm water, not hot enough to cook the 
skin. Work thoroughly with the hands, and 
rinse in two waters. Tack to a board or 
the side of a building unUl dry. To soften, 
scrape with a knife or piece of coarse sand¬ 
paper until the glazed surface is broken, 
when the skin should be reasonably pliable. 
As with other trades the more experience 
one has the better job he will do, so if the 
first hide is not a success do not be dis¬ 
couraged. . Of course, it should be under¬ 
stood that the amateur’s work will not nearly 
approach that of the professional tanner. It 
is a trade in which great skill is needed to 
get best results. 
Coffee Valorization. —This plan, out¬ 
lined several months ago in The R. N.-Y., 
appears to have worked out thus far as satis¬ 
factorily as could be expected. There were 
many predictions that it would be a failure, 
as certain elements in the coffee trade de¬ 
sired it to be. In brief it is a plan adopted 
by the Brazilian government to help the 
coffee planters of that country. Three of 
the larger coffee-growing States of Brazil 
have agreed to buy and hold a certain por¬ 
tion of the surplus in years of very heavy 
production; to devise ways and means for 
gathering statistics covering accurate crop 
forecasts, and as far as may be feasible to 
regulate production by law, so that a dis¬ 
astrous surplus may be avoided. As may be 
readily seen, this is a heavy contract, requir¬ 
ing not only skilful management, but the 
use of large amounts of money to remove 
the coffee from the market. Part of this 
money has been secured from foreign govern¬ 
ments, using actual coffee as collateral, and 
the Brazilian government is now asked for 
a loan of $15,000,000 for this purpose. In 
all probability it will be granted, as the 
government agreed to stand by the coffee 
producing states in the undertaking. It will 
readily be understood that coffee speculators 
of the class that is trying to squeeze every 
cent possible out of it regardless of the inter¬ 
ests of the industry do not favor the balance 
wheel that this government valorization puts 
on the trade. The case has no parallel In 
this country; that is, there is no productive 
industry here at present that could safely 
be paternalized in this way. If the Brazil¬ 
ian authorities finally succeed in putting 
the coffee business on the basis at which 
they have aimed, without weakening the 
independence and self-reliance of the plant¬ 
ers, or getting into serious financial tangles 
they will have made industrial history well 
worth studying. w. w. h. 
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