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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
July 6 , 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, July 6, 1907. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Farmers, “Sportsmen” and Deer.523 
Some Experience With Alfalfa. 524 
Flea Beetles on Potatoes.524 
Preparation for a Potato Crop.524 
Soap Material as Fertilizer.524 
Hope Farm Notes .527 
Crop Notes . 529 
Soil Under Ila.v Cocks. 529 
Cow Peas in New Jersey. 529 
Do Beans Exhaust the Ground?.529 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Fine IIolstein-Friesian Cattle.534 
Broken Wind . 534 
The Scotch Terrier Dog.535 
Rations for Milch Cows. 535 
Two Silo Questions.535 
HORTICULTURE. 
Experience with Home Orchards.521 
An Organization, of Fruit Growers.522 
Quality in Pear Trees. 524 
Preparing White Arsenic and Arsenate of 
Lead .523 
Dry Bordeaux Mixture .528 
Notes from the Rural Grounds.526 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day.530 
Some Good Puddings.->30 
The Rural Patterns. o30 
City Guests at Country Tables.530, 531 
The Canning Season. 531 
Baking for Two. 581 
The Bookshelf .531 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Did Rust Mend the Pipe?.521, 522 
Experience With a Road. 
Lead Pipe and Lead Poisoning...522 
A Drill Magnet .522 
Are Concrete Houses Dry?. o23 
Borers in Vinegar Barrels. 524 
Wasted Heat from a Chimney.525 
Editorials .528 
Events of the Week.5-9 
Markets . £§“ 
Products, Prices and Trade. 532 
Publisher’s Desk . 533 
markets 
Trices current at N. Y. during week ending 
June 28, 1907, wholesale unless otherwise 
noted. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2, red. in elevator — @ 97% 
No. 1, Northern, Duluth... — @ 108% 
Corn . — ® £2 
Rye . — @ 38 
MILLPEED. _ 
Spring Bran .22.00 @23.oO 
Middlings .22.00 @26.00 
Red Dog . — @26.50 
Hominy chop . lUo'r > 
Oil meal . — @29.50 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Ilav No 1. ••••«*• •■•••••• — @ 24.00 
No 2 22.00 @23.00 
No 3 — @20.00 
Clover mixed .19.00 @22.00 
Plover ..H .00 (?z) 18.00 
Straw. Long rye .13.00 @14.00 
Short and Oat.8.00 @ 10.00 
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. 
@ 
25 
. 19 
@ 
24 
State Dairy, best 
Tx)wer grades 
. 18 
. 17 
@ 
fa 
@ 
23 
22 
19% 
. 16 
@ 
18 
Full cream, best 
Com. to good.. 
CHEESE. 
@ 
12 
. 10% @ 
11% 
. 2.00 
50 
10 
3 
6 
10 
8 
20 
19 
18% 
17 
8% 
8 
7 
18% 
28 
@7.00 
@3.50 
@1.00 
@ 15 
@ 8 
@ 8 
@ 18 
@ 12 
@2.00 
@2.00 
@40.00 
@400.00 
Skims . ° 
EGGS. 
Fancy white ...... . 7T @ 
White, good to choice. 18 @ 
Mixed colors, best. 18 @ 
Western and Southern. 14 @ 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples evap. best..... . “@ 
Evap., prime to choice. 7Y2@ 
Evap., common . ® @ 
Cherries .Bn ^ 
Raspberries . @ 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, old, bbl.4.00 
Australian, bu. box. 
Cherries. 8-Ib. bkt.• • • 
Strawberries, fey Jersey, qt.. 
Common run . 
Blackberries. N. C.. qt. 
Huckleberries, N. C., qt. 
Gooseberries, N. C , qt. 
Muskmelons, bu. crate.100 
Pony crate . . 
Watermelons, 100 .-18.00 
Carload .loO.OO 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Bermuda, new, No 
No. 1, bbl.3.00 @4.00 
Bermuda, new. No. 2.2.00 @ — 
Texas, red. No. 1, 100-lb. bag — @1-00 
Texas, culls, bag. 40 @ 60 
Southern Rose, No. 1, bbl..2.00 @2.50 
S’n, Irish Cobbler No. 1-2.00 @2.50 
S’n other white No. 1.1.75 @2 25 
Southern, red, No. 1.1.50 @2.00 
Southern, seconds .1.00 @1.2.> 
Southern, culls . 60 fi! 90 
Maine, white, bag. 75 @1.-5 
Maine, red, bag. 75 @100 
State & W’n. in b’lk, 180 lbs.1.00 @1.25 
Sweet potatoes, Jersey, bkt.. .1.50 @2.50 
Asparagus, green, Colossal, doz.2.25 @2.75 
Green, extra .1.75 @2.00 
Green, prime .1.25 @1.50 
Green, culls . 75 @1.00 
White, Colossal.2.00 @2.25 
White, extra .1.50 @1.75 
White, prime .1.00 @1.25 
Beets, 100 bunches .3.00 @5.00 
Carrots, old, bbl. or bag.2.00 @2.50 
New, 100 bunches .2.00 @2.50 
Cucumbers, Florida, basket ..1.00 @1.50 
Savannah, basket .1-00 @1.75 
Charleston, basket .1.00 @2.00 
North Carolina, bkt.1.50 @1.75 
Norfolk, basket .1.75 @2.00 
Boston, hothouse, No. 1, doz 50 @ 65 
Boston, hothouse, culls, box.2.50 @3.50 
Cabbages, Va. <fe Md., bbl. 75 @1.25 
Corn, Southern, 100.3.00 @3.50 
Eggplants, Florida, box.1.00 @1.75 
Kale, nearby, bbl. 50 @ 60 
Lettuce, nearby, bbl. 60 @1.00 
Mushrooms, lb. .. 25 @1.00 
Onions, leeks, 100 bchs.2.00 
New Orleans, crate.1.25 
Texas, white, crate.3.00 
Okra, carrier .1.00 
Peppers, Florida, carrier ..,.1.00 
Peas, Baltimore, basket.1.00 
Eastern Shore, basket. 50 
Maryland, basket . 75 
Jersey, basket . 75 
Radishes, nearby, 100 bchs. .. 50 
Rhubarb, 100 bunches.1.00 
Romaino, bbl. 50 
String beans. Georgia, basket.. 50 
South Carolina, basket .... 50 
North Carolina, basket .... 50 
Squash, Marrow, bbl.1.00 
White, bbl.l.oo 
Yellow, crook neck, bbl.... 1.00 
Spinach, nearby, bbl. 50 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Spring chickens, lb. — 
Fowls . — 
Roosters . — 
Turkeys . ■— 
Ducks . 11 
Geese . 8 
Pigeons, pair . — 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
@4.00 
@1.50 
fa 8.25 
@2.50 
@1.75 
@1.50 
@1.00 
@1.75 
@2.00 
@ 75 
@ 2.00 
@1.00 
@ 75 
@ 75 
fa 1.00 
fa 1.75 
fa 1.75 
fa 1.75 
@ 75 
@ 20 
@ 14 
@ 9 
@ 11 
@ 13 
fa 10 
@ 35 
Turkeys . 
Broilers, best, lb. 
Common to good . 
Fowls .. 
, 12 
30 
20 
11 
, 16 
2.00 
@ 14 
@ 35 
@ 27 
@ 13% 
@ 18 
@4.50 
@6.50 
@4.50 
@4.00 
@3.60 
@8.00 
@5.00 
@ s no 
Ducks, Spring 
Squabs, doz. .. 
Steers . 
LIVE STOCK. 
Oxen . 
Bulls . 
Cows . 
1.40 
Calves . 
Sheep . 
Lambs . 
7.00 
Hogs . 
@6.70 
@ 35 
@ 20 
Ohio and Pa., 
Fine unwashed 
WOOL. 
X to XX. 
34 
19 
Fruits. —The stock of old apples is getting 
small. Another shipment of 1,000 bushels 
from Tasmania has arrived and is meeting a 
fair sale at $2.50 per bushel up. Georgia 
peaches of the Belle, Carman anjl Waddell 
varieties are on hand. The quality is show¬ 
ing up well for early shipments. ‘Strawber¬ 
ries are now at their best. The finest marks 
of the Hilton, N. J., crop have sold up to 
40 cents, but large quantities of table and 
canning berries have retailed at 10 cents. 
The weather during part of this week was too 
warm for Maryland and Delaware receipts 
which arrived soft. Delaware has had a very 
prosperous strawberry season. Growers near 
New York on land not suffering from drought 
are picking a heavy crop of exceptionally line 
fruit. Plants on the thinner lands will not 
mature more than half their set of bloom. 
The first of the local cherry crop is here, 
selling at 10 cents per pound. Blackberries 
and huckleberries are plentiful and low. 
Express Companies’ Profits. —These com¬ 
mon carriers, as they are now classed in 
inter-state commerce, find themselves embar¬ 
rassed by an excess of wealth. Ordinarily 
this condition is not considered troublesome, 
and few seek relief from it so long as they 
are able to continue salting down the cash 
without being made to explain how they got 
it. But there is a growing feeling that’ cor¬ 
porations having a monopoly of any business 
directly affecting public welfare should give 
some definite assurance that they are not rob¬ 
bing the public. One of these express com¬ 
panies has in nine years, besides paying an 
annual dividend of eight per cent on the stock, 
accumulated a surplus of $24,000,000. a sum 
sufficient to pay an additional dividend of 20 
per cent on all its stock. There are two 
classes of people specially interested in this 
surplus, the stockholders of the company and 
outsiders who use express service. ' The 
stockholders want their individual slices of 
this big “wad,’ and the public would like to 
know whether it is possible for a common 
carrier to accumulate honestly this amount 
of profit from the volume of business done. 
In accordance with the Hepburn law the ex¬ 
press companies must file annual statements 
showing their profits and the essential de¬ 
tails of their business. The company referred 
to in this note has decided to turn this sur¬ 
plus into an issue of four per cent 40-year 
bonds, the shareholders to be given $200 
worth of these bonds for every $100 share 
of express stock they hold. It is supposed 
that this will be fairly satisfactory to the 
stockholders, and it will put out of public 
sight this pile of profits. There are lines 
of trade in which the profits may be enor¬ 
mous and yet outsiders clearly have no cause 
to complain or pry into the matter. In other 
cases it is equally clear that the common 
good requires a frank and open statement of 
all business details. Between these two ex¬ 
tremes there are types of business where 
honest men differ as to where the line of 
secrecy or publicity should be drawn. But 
in tbe case of the express companies there 
would seem to be no ground for question, 
as their extraordinary profits are the re- 
splt of special privileges not enjoyed by 
their patrons. Congress has coddled them 
and they have had free license to kill all 
competition in a service which has become 
an essential to the producers of this country. 
It. is one thing to have a sufficiency of this 
world’s goods and quite another thing to be 
a hog. __ w. w. h. 
There are many good and safe investments 
Perhaps the Industrial Savings and Loan Co. of 
New York City may meet your requirements better 
than others. Write them for terms and particulars 
Their ad. is on Page SU.— Adv. 
Peach 
Baskets 
2, 4, 6, 8, 10,12, Hand 
16-quart sizes. 
Peach Covers. 
Wooden, Burlap and 
Cotton. 
Berry, Peach and 
Grape Crates, etc. 
Write for PRICES and CATALOGUE. 
COLES & COMPANY 
109 & 111 Warren Street, New York. 
ESTABLISHED 1884. 
The three essentials of the best 
farm wagons are: 
—Tne toughest wood stock thor¬ 
oughly air seasoned. 
—Proper construction and Ironing 
to give the greatest possible strength. 
—Light running qualities for the 
longest possible time. 
* * * 
This describes the wagons of the 
International Harvester Company 
line. 
More than that, these qualities are 
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the maximum of durability along the 
most pleasing lines. 
The Weber 
The Columbus 
The Bettendorf 
are old established makes with well 
known reputations for superiority. 
The Weber, a strictly high-grade 
farm wagon, has been one ot Amer¬ 
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than half a century. It is constructed 
of the very best material obtainable 
and is adapted to all conditions ot 
climate and service. 
The Columbus is known in all mar¬ 
kets as a wagon well designed for 
general farm purposes, and con¬ 
structed to meet the requirements 
of a good farm wagon. 
The Bettendorf has an all steel front 
and rear gear which cannot warp, 
bend, rot, or shrink under any con¬ 
dition of climate or service, and is 
capable of sustaining unusual loads. 
It makes little difference which of 
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You should know more about these 
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America, 
(INCORPORATED) 
Chicago, U. S. A. 
WANTED 
HAY AND STRAW 
WRITE FOR QUOTATIONS. 
F.D, HEWITT, 120 Liberty St., N.Y. 
Witkn you write advertisers mention The 
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“a square deal.” See guarantee, page 8. 
For Sale.—DUROC JERSEY REDS. 
Sows bred for September and October farrow. Nice 
Spring Pigs. Choice Collie Dogs. 
<J. H. LEWIS & SON, Cameron, W. Va. 
JERSEY REDS 
200 PIGS FOR SALE. 
The right kind at 
right prices. 
It, 1i. HARRISON, Chesterfield, New Jersey. 
FREE LABOR OFFICE. 
Farm help supplied free of charge by the Labor 
Information Office lor Kalians, . r >9 Lafayette 
St., New York city. Send for circular and application blank.. 
WANTED 
A farmer (married) of experience, 
executive ability, and some financial 
responsibility to work a valuable 225 acre farm on 
shares. Owner to furnish farm, stock, tools, build¬ 
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P| C A 0C send a trial shipment to the Oldest Com- 
ILLHOL mission House in New York. Established 
18118. Butter, Cheese. Eggs. Poultry, Hay. Apples, etc., 
E. B. WOODWARD. 202 Greenwich St., New York. 
GEO. P. HAMMONI). EST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & GO., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers in all kinds of 
COUNTRY PRODUCE, Apples, Peaches, Berries. 
Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms and Hot¬ 
house Products a Specialty. Consignments solicited. 
34 & 3(> Little 1 2tli St.. New York, 
WANTED 
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Write us what you have to offer. Top prices 
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Archdeacon & Co.. 100 Murray St., New York. 
MICHIGAN FARMS} improve 
1” soiling cheap. Splendid climate—good schools. 
Write for list20. Benham & Wilson, Hastings, Mich. 
Summer Hotel 
ON FISHER’S 
ISLAND,NEW 
YORK,in Long 
Island Sound, opposite New London, Conn., to 
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J. J. DILLON, 409 Pearl St., N.Y. City 
BORDERING BEAUTIFUL LAKE 
Widow must sell 100 Acres for $1000 
Excellent 8 room bouse, good stable (see picture 
No. 13208, page 9, Strout’s List No. 18). Cold spring 
water, delightful shade; keep 8 cows, big lot of wood 
and timber: 75 fruit treos; grand views, growing 
crops included. Easily worth $2,000. It’s yours for 
$1,000. Part cash. E. A. STROUT CO.. Dept. 42, 150 
Nassau Street, New York. 
FANCY 
FRUIT 
AT 
FARM 
VINELAND, N. J. 
$1,300 worth of peaches alone was sold from this 18- 
acre farm in 1905: the trees are in good condition, 
and this season the crop should be a record breaker; 
besides the peaches, there are 165 pear trees and a large 
number of apple and plum trees; also a nice lot 
of dewberries. The land is all in cultivation and more 
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trolley. House of 7 rooms; barn 21x40; 3 chicken 
houses; carriage house. All aro in good repair; water 
supplied from wells. The income from the fruit will 
in a few years more than pay for it. Only $3,200, 
part cash. For picture of the neat buildings see No. 
72,056, page 8, “Strout's Vineland Farms,” copy free. 
E. A. STROUT, Land Title Bldg., Phila.: P. O. Bldg., 
Vineland, N. J., 150 Nassau St., New York, and 88 
Broad St., Boston. 
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