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July 13, 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
CONTENTS. 
Tub Rural New-Yorker July 13, 1907. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Starting Alfalfa in Rhode Island.... 038 
Study of an Alfalfa Field. -»3^ 
Home Mixing of Chemicals.Ooo 
Canada Thistle; How to Kill. 539 
How (.'lose to Set Asparagus.>40 
Buckwheat and Turnips for Green Manure 540 
Sowing Alfalfa Seed on Stubble.540 
Splitting Cabbage .540 
Reports on Vetch ..542 
Hope Farm Notes . 543 
■Canadian Inspection Laws.>4o 
■Crop Notes.545 
New England Grass .545 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Mapes, the Hen Man .539 
Hull Running at, I,arge.o42 
Pig with Catarrhal Trouble.550 
Summer Itch in Horse. 550 
Air Treatment for Milk Fever.>o0 
■Quality of Devon Cattle.550 
Cement Floor for Silo. 551 
Effect of Milking Machines.551 
HORTICULTURE. 
San JosC Scale on Fruit.538 
Difficulty with Garden Vegetables.540 
Pears Dropping Bloom. 540 
Crown Rot in Peaches.541 
Notes from the Rural Grounds.. 542 
■Growing Mulch Crops for Strawberries.. 542 
Killing Striped Beetles.542 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day.546 
Tomato Paste . *>46 
The Rural Patterns . 546 
Candied Fruits . 546 
The Country Housewife’s Reign of Terror .>47 
Tomatoes Extraordinary . 547 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
A Country Coal Mine. 537 
Treating Sandy Roads .537, 538 
Farm Without a Right of Way.541 
A Coil for Hot Water .541 
Editorials .544 
Events of the Week.54:> 
Railway Waiting Rooms. 545 
Right of Way Across Farm.>45 
Publisher's Desk . 549 
Humorous .552 
MARKETS 
Prices current at N. Y. during week end¬ 
ing July 5, 1907, wholesale unless otherwise 
noted. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2, red, export... 
No. 1, Northern, Duluth. 
Corn . 
Oats . 
Rye. 
51 
MILLFEED. 
City bran .22.00 
Middlings .23.00 
Red Dog . — 
I,inseed meal . — 
AND STRAW. 
.23.00 
HAY 
Hay No. 1 . 
No. 2 . — 
No. 3 —— 
Clover mixed .20.00 
Clover .17.00 
Wild .12.00 
Straw, Long Rye.12.00 
Short and Oat .8.00 
@1.03 
@1.14 
@ 63 
@ 53 
@ 84 
<(7>23.00 
@25.00 
@26.00 
@29.50 
@24.00 
@ 22.00 
@ 20.00 
@ 22.00 
@19.00 
(a 13.00 
@ 1 3.00 
@10.00 
N. 
can, 
pors 
MILK. 
Y. Exchange price $1.31 per 40-quart 
netting ‘2i/ cents to 2G-cent zone ship- 
who have no extra station charges. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, best . — 
IiOwer' grades . 20 
State Dairy, best. — 
Lower grades . 18 
Factory . 17 
Renovated, .. 16 
Packing stock . 16 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, best . — 
Common to good . U 
Inferior . 8 
Part skims . 0 
@ 
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(a 
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@ 
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@ 
25 
24 
23 y 2 
22 
19 
21 
19 
12V> 
12$ 
10 
8 
EGGS. 
Fancy white .. .. 20 
Good to choice, white 
Mixed colors, best... 
Lower grades . 
Western and Southern 
@ 
18Vo @ 
21 
19 
Grape Fruit, box.5.00 
Limes, bbl.6.00 
Pineapples, Fla., 30s to 24s. .3.50 
42s to 36s.2.00 
Havana, 36s to 24s .2.50 
@9.00 
@6.50 
@4.50 
@3.00 
@ 3.75 
1. .2. 
.. .2 
. . .1 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
or 
.go 
75 
75 
75 
00 
50 
75 
25 
50 
00 
25 
75 
25 
75 
.00 
75 
75 
75 
50 
25 
50 
25 
00 
50 
50 
75 
NUTS. 
Peanuts, finest Va. hd. pckd 7% @ 
Lower grades . 5% @ J> 'A 
Hickory nuts, bu.2.o0 @3.o0 
Black Walnuts, bu. — @1.00 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, B'rm’da, new No. bbl.3. 
Bermuda, new, No. 2.2. 
Southern, new, No. 1 
S'n, Irish Cobbler. No. 
S'n, other white, No. 1 
Southern, seconds . 
Southern, culls . 
Maine, white, bag. 
Maine, red, bag. 
State & W’n, 180 lbs......1. 
Sweet potatoes, Jersey, bkt. .1 
Asparagus, green, Colossal, doz.2 
Green, extra.2 
Green, prime .1 
Green, culls .1 
White, Colossal .2 
White, extra . 1 
White, prime .*• 
White, culls . 
Beets, 100 bunches .2 
Cucumbers. Florida, basket... 
Savannah, basket . 
Charleston, basket . n 
North Carolina, bbl.2. 
North Car., U-bbl. bkt-1. 
Norfolk, bbl.3. 
Norfolk, y 2 -bbl. basket- }■ 
Norfolk, third-basket .1. 
Boston, hoi house, No. 1, doz 
Boston, hothouse, culls, box. 2. 
Cabbage, Va. & Md., bbl. 
Baltimore, crate . 
L. 1. and Jersey, bbl.1 
Corn, N. C., case.1 
Cauliflowers, L. I., bbl. 
Eggplants, Florida, box.1 
Kale, nearby, bbl. 
Lettuce, nearby, bbl. 
Nearby, basket . 
State, basket. 
Mushrooms, lb.. • • 
Onions, Jer., white, basket.. 
Jersey, yellow, basket. 
Md., white, crate. 
Md. & Va., red. bbl.. 
Md. & Va., potato, basket. 
New Orleans, bag . 
New Orleans, crate. 
Texas, white, crate. 
Texas, yellow, crate. 
Texas, poor, crate. 
Bermuda, crate . } 
Egyptian, bag .•> 
Okra, carrier . l 
Peppers. Florida, carrier.,....! 
Peas, Eastern Shore, basket.. 
Maryland, basket. 
Jersey, basket . 
L. I. & Jersey, bag.. 
Western N. Y„ basket..-1 
Radishes, nearby, 100 belts. .. 
Rhubarb, 100 bunches .1 
Romaine, bbl. 
String beans, basket . 
Squash, marrow, bbl.1 
White, bbl.. • • • 
Yellow, crook-neck, bbl.. 
Spinach, nearby, bbl. 
Turnips, Rutabaga, bbl.... 
White, 100 bunches. 
Tomatoes, Fla., fev, carrier 
Fla., choice, carrier. 
Fla., common, carrier.... 
Georgia, carrier . 
Mississippi, flat case .... 
Hothouse, lb. 
.00 
50 
.00 
40 
40 
15 
25 
50 
25 
.00 
50 
.00 
75 
25 
50 
00 
or. 
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.75 
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,50 
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10 
@4.00 
@ — 
@2.50 
@2.50 
@2.37 
(a 1.50 
@ 1.00 
@1.25 
@1.00 
(a 1.25 
@ 2.50 
@3.25 
@2.50 
@2.00 
@ 1.25 
@2.50 
@2.00 
@1.50 
@ 1.00 
@3.00 
@1.25 
fa 1.50 
@1.50 
@4.00 
@1.75 
fa 4.00 
@1.75 
@1.50 
@ 60 
@3.00 
@1.25 
@1.75 
@1.50 
@3.00 
@1.25 
@1.75 
@ 60 
@ 75 
@ 40 
@ 50 
@1.25 
@ — 
@ — 
@ — 
@ — 
@2.00 
@1.75 
@2.00 
@8.25 
@2.35 
@1.50 
@2.25 
@3.50 
@2.50 
@1.75 
@ 75 
@ 
@ 
@ 
@ 
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@1 
@ 
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@1.75 
@1.50 
@1.75 
@ 75 
@1.50 
(a 8.00 
(a 2.75 
@2.25 
@ 1.50 
@3.00 
@1.25 
@ 18 
75 
75 
65 
75 
50 
75 
75 
HOPS. 
to choice . };> 
@ 
@ 
Trime w . 1 . 
Common to good . am 
Olds . 4 %I 
German .. 
16 
15 
5 
37 
Spring chickens, 
Fowls. 
Roosters . 
Turkeys . 
Ducks . 
Geese, . 
Pigeons, pair .. 
LIVE 
lb 
POULTRY. 
@ 23 
@ 
@ 
11 
8 
14 
9 
@ 11 
@ 
13 
@ 10 
@ 30 
DRESSED 
Turkeys . 
Fancy broilers, lb. 
Common to good 
Fowls . 
Ducks, Spring .... 
Squabs, doz. 
POULTRY. 
. 12 
09 
.’ 11 
. 16 
.2.50 
@ 
@ 
(a 
@ 
@ 
14 
35 
30 
13 
17 
BEANS. 
bu. 
Marrow, 
Medium . 
Pea . 
Red Kidney . 
White Kidney . 
Yellow Eye.. 
California Ldraas .... 
Dried peas, imported, 
bu. 
FRUITS. 
14 
@ 17 
LI A 
14 
@ 16 
Veal calves, best . 
Common to good 
Tailenders and r 
1.90 
@2.15 
Sheep . 
1.65 
@ 1 . 671/2 
1.72 
2.80 
1 /, @ 1.75 
' (a 2.45 
@2.85 
Ilogs . 
1.80 
@1.85 
Ohio and Pa.. X t 
— 
@3.60 
@2.65 
N. Y. unwashed . 
m STOCK. 
5. oo 
i'iirowouts. .3.25 
.3.50 
.6.00 
WOOL, 
o NX... 
31 
@5.00 
@8.00 
@7.50 
@4.00 
@5.00 
@7.75 
@7.00 
@ 34 
@ 28 
in the window or by the door. Most custom¬ 
ers will take the basket without wrapping 
and no handle has to be put on to carry it by. 
It is a time saver so far as retail handling 
goes. There are a number <Tf till crates used, 
made after the peach crate style. _ The 
early southern grapes usually come in this 
way and large quantities from the Hudson 
River section. The size of the small baskets 
in the carrier runs from two to four pounds. 
I have seen some that actually had less than 
two pounds, the whole six-basket carrier con¬ 
taining but little more than the eight-pound 
Climax basket. This is too small, as the 
buyer of a crate gets more kindling wood 
than grapes. If the inquirer wishes to sub¬ 
stitute carriers for handle baskets, he prob¬ 
ably can do no better than to use the package 
containing six baskets holding about 3 Vv 
pounds each. This is a good size for retail¬ 
ing, and if the grapes are fancy it may pay 
to use some form of ornamental or lace paper 
as lining. Catawbas for the Thanksgiving 
and Christmas trade are often packed in car¬ 
riers of this size. Great quantities of Con¬ 
cord grapes are sold in eight-pound Climax 
baskets, and some Niagaras are thus packed, 
but it is not suitable for fancy grapes, as the 
retail price must be too high. Buyers who 
willingly pay 25 cents for a four-pound basket 
balk at 50 cents for one double the size, and 
eight pounds are more than a small family 
with no adequate storage can use to advan¬ 
tage. __ w. w. H. 
REMEMBER WADSWORTH. 
The following members of the New 
York Senate voted against Governor 
Hughes in his efforts to remove the Su¬ 
perintendent of Insurance. They repre¬ 
sent agricultural counties, where farmers 
are in a majority. Every one of them 
merits defeat, and should be plowed un¬ 
der by the votes of farmers. Send them 
to the political graveyard at the first op¬ 
portunity : 
Apples, 
Evap., 
< 'hops 
Cherries, lb. 
Raspberries, 
DRIED 
evap., fancy. — 
common to good .... 6 
and waste, 100 lbs..2.00 
lb. 
FRESH 
bbl. 
18 
26 
FRUITS. 
.6.00 
. 50 
carrier. 2.00 
Apples, old, 
New, bu. 
reaches, Belle of Ga , 
Elberta .l-<o 
Waddell .2.00 
Carman .l.i.O 
Pears, Le Conte, bbl.8.00 
Plums. N. C. Wild Goose, qt.. ^7 
Cherries, sweet, red, 8-lb. bkt. 7-> 
White . 50 
Sour . 49 
Currants, lb.10 
Strawberries, Hilton and Irving¬ 
ton . 8 
Up-River . 5 
Pennsylvania . 0 
Staten Island . 8 
Delaware and Md. 4 
Raspberries, red fruit . 6 
Black, pint . 7 
Blackberries, qt. J 
Huckleberries, qt... 14 
Gooseberries, qt. 7 
Mnskmelons, S’n, bu. crate..1.50 
California ..-2.75 
Watermelons, 100 .4 8.00 
Carload . 200.00 
Lemons, box .4.50 
Oranges, box .2,o0 
@ 8% 
@ 71/ 
@2.75 
@ 18% 
@ 28 
@7.00 
@1.00 
@ 3.25 
@3.00 
@2.75 
@2.50 
@9.00 
@ — 
@ 1.00 
@ 75 
@ 65 
12 
16 
12 
8 
12 
9 
12 
8 
14 
18 
12 
@2.00 
@4.50 
@40.00 
@350.00 
@5.50 
@5.00 
@ 
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Grape Packages.—“M y grape trade re¬ 
quires small packages. I have been using 
four-pound Climax baskets, but they are hard 
to pack full without the lid mashing some 
of the berries, and if shipped out by ex¬ 
press companies six or eight must be tied 
compactly together with strong twine or they 
would be thrown around like balls. I would 
like to know what kind of carriers or crates 
are used on your market for grapes and 
whether or not this is a satisfactory pack¬ 
age to retailers.” T - 
Kentucky. 
The four-pound Climax basket mentioned 
by F. T. is not extensively used for shipment 
to this market. It is open to the objection 
mentioned, that is, if they are not tied to¬ 
gether in packages the express men and hand¬ 
lers have an opportunity to toss them instead 
of carrying. When thrown only 10 feet the 
iar in starting and stopping is sufficient to 
make the bottom of the package leaky. But 
the proportion of handlers who butcher the 
grapes thus is small. I seldom see such misuse 
and so far as my observation goes, the fruit 
is likely to be jarred worse when the baskets 
are tied together in heavy bundles, as the 
man handling them sets them down with a 
“chuck” that goes all through them. There 
is no more popular package with the retail¬ 
ers. A pile of them set at an angle with a 
few covers removed makes an attractive show 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and 
“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. 
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East Schodack, N. Y. 
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Cooper’s Tablets 
A Sure Remedy for 
intestinal 
Worms 
in Horses, 
Sheep, 
Cattle, 
Hogs. 
DOSE—One tablet for lamb or shoat; two for 
sheep or hogs; three for horses and cattle. 
Box of 150 Tablets, $1.50 Postpaid. 
Wm. Cooper & Nephews, 177 Illinois St., Chicago 
10 
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Postpaid 
20 Cents 
Summer Hotel 
Immense size, prolific 
breeders; grand stick¬ 
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WARREN MORTON, Russellville, Ky. 
DUTCH BELTED BULL CALF. 
Dropped Mar. 30, 1907, by Byblis, No. 1023. Sired 
by Bloomfield, No. 474. Price $75. Address 
G. G. GIBBS, Vail. New Jersey. 
PI r A or send a trial shipment to the Oldest Com-' 
iLLMoL mission House in New York. Established 
1838. Butter, Cheese. Eggs, Poultry. Hay, Apples etc., 
E. B. WOODWARD, 302 Greenwich St., New York. 
FREE LABOR OFFICE. 
Farm help supplied free of charge by the Labor 
Information Office for Italians, 59 Lafayette 
St., New York City. Send for circular and application blanks. 
UlAIITCn A farmer (married) of experience, 
TV All I CU 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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thinking man, willing to work. Address, 
"OWNER,,’ care The Rural New-Yorker. 
MICHIGAN FARMS; improved; productive soil; 
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Write for list20. Benham & Wilson, Hastings, Mich. 
ON FISHER’S 
ISLAND,NEW 
YORK,in Long 
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let or sell; furnished complete; established 
trade; accommodate 100; popular resort; ex- 
cellent opportunity. For particulars, address 
J. J. DILLON, 409 Pearl St., N.Y. City 
MONEY MAKING WINE FARM. 
Ten acres—4 in grapes and 1 in berries; land espe¬ 
cially adapted for raising grapes; situated in the 
grape district—near winepresses, ('elebrated; good 
0 room house; barn and chicken house. 1 o settle 
estate quickly price reduced to $1,250. Half Cash. 
E. A. STR0UT COMPANY, Vineland, N. J. 
INCOME $2,000 YEARLY. 
Thirty-six acres—in highest state of cultivation; 
close to school and church; 2 miles from station; 
various kinds of fruit; fine 0room house; large barn: 
80 foot brooder-house (cost $500); large chicken- 
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ness-room; ouo of the best paying farms around; 
must he seen to be appreciated. Worth easily $a,000; 
for quick sale only $4,100. Part cash. 
E. A. STROUT COMPANY, 
Vineland, N. J. 
70 ACRE DAIRY FARM 
WITH 
STOCK AND TOOLS INCLUDED. 
Flourishing towns in all directions only 3 to 4 miles 
distant; trolleys, macadam roads, and finest markets 
in Connecticut. Farm up in the pink of condition; 35 
acres are tillable, and balance in pasture and wood; 
plenty of apples, peaches and plums. Good 2-story 
house, well painted and blinded, and having a 
verauda; beautiful shaded lawn. See picture No. 
55187, page 23, "Strout’s List 18” mailed free. Bain 
in good condition; 2 hen houses, round silo, etc. In- 
cluded.are 11 fine cows, pair good horses, about 100 
liens, mower, horse rake, 3 or 4 plows, cultivator, 
harrow, wagons, harnesses and all small tools. 
Price for the whole, only $3,800. E. A. STROCT CO., 
150 Nassau Street, New York. 
GETS ALL 
THE CREAM 
We were only making about 12 pounds of butter a week. 
The first week the U. S. Separator was in our house, we made 
20 pounds, a gain of 14 pounds over the old way. This 
increase would well repay any farmer to buy a U. S. Separator. 
January 6, 1907. Auburn, I1L WALTER S. WOOLSEY. 
The picture above shows how clean the U. S. skims — 
Holds the World’s Record — and with its simple bowl 
(only 2 parts inside), easy-running, self-oiling gearing, 
low milk tank, strong frame and proved durability 
— the U. S. is far and away the best separator. 
That’s what users say after trying other kinds. 
Send for handsome free catalog telling ALL about its con- 
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|VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO. 
BELLOWS FALLS, VERMONT 
EIGHTEEN DISTRIBUTING WAREHOUSES 
470 
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