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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 17, 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, August 17, 1907. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Smut Disease in Wheat. 618 
Chicken Manure for Grass. 618 
The Outward Pressure in a Silo. 619 
Alfalfa as a Weed. (519 
Picking Up Corn. 620 
Trade Union Men as Farmers. 621 
Hope Farm Notes. 623 
Notes of the Wheat Harvest.625 
The Asparagus Beetle... 625 
Alfalfa In Ohio. 625 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Cow and the Man. 625 
Chronic Bloating .630 
Horses in Northern New Jersey. 630 
Chronic Mammitis . 630 
The Parasites of Sheep . 631 
Preventing Cattle Bloat.631 
HORTICULTURE. 
Mulch in Strawberries. 620 
The Clyde Strawberry. 620 
Experience in Testing 30 Varieties of 
Strawberries . 621 
Notes from the Rural Grounds.622 
Rose Bug Remedy. 625 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 626 
Toothache . 626 
The Rural Patterns . 626 
Expedients on a New Ranch. 626 
Dinner in the Woods. 627 
Some Good Meat Dishes. 627 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
A Talk About Patents.617, 618 
Use of a Divining Rod. (518 
Trouble with a Storage Cellar. 619 
A Young Apple Eater.620 
A Talk About Poison Ivy. 620 
How to Work a King Drag.620 
Crude Oil for Road Sprinkling. (522 
Cement Curb for Well. 622 
Editorials . 624 
Events of the Week. 625 
A Champlain Valley Association.625 
The Pecos Valley. 625 
Building Concrete Walls. 628 
Publisher’s Desk . 629 
Remember Wadsworth . 629 
Humorous . 632 
MARK E T S 
Current prices at New York during week 
ending August 9, 1907, wholesale unless other¬ 
wise noted. 
BEANS. 
.Marrow, hu.1.80 @2.05 
Pea .1-50 @1.75 
White Kidney . — @2.60 
Red Kidney . — @2.30 
Yellow Eye . — @1.70 
BUTTER. 
Best creamery . — @ 25% 
Lower grades . 18 @ 22 
State Dairy . 17 @ 24 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, best .._ 
Common to good . 
— @ 12 
9 @ 11% 
EGGS. 
Fancy white . 26 @ 28 
Common to good . 20 @ 24 
Western and Southern . 15 @ 19 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, bbl.1.50 
Pears, Southern, bbl.2.50 
Peaches, carrier .2.00 
16-qt. basket . 60 
Currants, qt. 8 
Plums, 8-lb. basket . 25 
Raspberries, red, pint. 6 
Blackberries, qt. 6 
lluekleberries, qt. 6 
Watermelons, carload .200.00 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, bbl.1-75 
Celery, doz. 20 
Cabbage, 100 .5.00 
Cora, Jersey, 100.1.25 
Onions, bbl'. .2.75 
Peppers, bbl.2.00 
Tomatoes, Jersey, bu. 50 
Turnips, bbl.1.00 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Spring chickens, lb. 
Fowls . 
Roosters . 
Turkeys . 
Ducklings . 
Ducks . 11 
Geese . 8 
Pigeons, pair 
@3.00 
@7.00 
@3.25 
@ 1.00 
@ 10 
@ 40 
& 10 
@ 10 
(a 13 
@300.00 
@2.50 
@ 50 
@7.00 
@1.75 
@3.25 
@3.00 
@1.25 
@1.25 
@ 16 
@ 14 
@ 9 
@ 11 
@ 14 
@ 20 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys . 10 @ 11 
Chickens, best broilers . -— @ 25 
Com. to good . 17 @ 22 
Ducks, spring . — @ 17 
LIVE STOCK. 
Calves, 100 lbs. .5.00 @9.00 
Sheep . .4.00 @5.25 
Lambs ..7.25 @8.25 
Hogs . 6.50 @7.00 
WOOL. 
N. Y. unwashed Delaine. 28 @ 29 
Poll, Evil. —Jn reply to A. M. on poll 
evil, some years ago I had a horse that 
had this disease from striking his head 
against a low beam. I had two veterinarians 
treat it, one, after treating a while said it 
was incurable, another got it healed over, 
but after a while it broke out in another place. 
Reading of a remedy, once a day with a 
strong syringe I injected a weak solution of 
carbolic acid and water, keeping the sore 
open until it healed from the bottom. Use 
a twitch on the horse’s nose to keep his 
head still. I kept the horse several years 
after, and never was troubled with it again. 
New Jersey. a. Johnson. 
Building Concrete Wall. 
C. E. 8., Lakeview, Oregon —Will you in¬ 
form me as to the proper proportions for 
making a concrete wall? I have abundance 
of rock, f»ur inches square, also plenty of 
coarse gravel. State which is better mixed 
with cement. The wall I want to build is 
in front of my house and lawn. IIow deep 
under level of ground is it necessary to go 
for foundation? 
Ans.— If you are to use only crushed 
stone or gravel without sand, I should say 
perhaps the gravel would be the best, be¬ 
cause unless it had been sifted there would 
be some fine material in it. If it is sifted, 
or washed gravel, entirely free from sand, 
then it seems to me it would make little 
difference. Probably the crushed stone 
would make the stronger wall; in either 
case you would need some sand mixed 
with the cement and coarser material. In 
the first place, be sure of your foundation. 
There are two things affecting walls of 
this kind, water and frost. They are more 
difficult to maintain than a wall under 
a building, so the drainage will need to be 
perfect. Make the drainage with flat stone 
laid in the form of the drain; that is, 
a row on each side in the bottom of the 
ditch and covering, then filling up the 
ditch with loose stone, or laying a glazed 
tile through the bottom of the ditch and 
covering with loose stone. Unless the soil 
is very full of water this will be sufficient. 
If, however, there is danger, I should fill 
in about six inches at a time of loose stone 
and then run in a thin mixture of Port¬ 
land cement, one part; sand, eight parts. 
If there is danger of this thin material 
running down between the stone into the 
drain, in case you use stone for the drain, 
cover over the drain with bran sacks or a 
little straw. Repeat this filling in until 
you get near to the top of the ground. 
The depth necessarv to dig will be deter¬ 
mined by the soil you are working in, and 
no one can tell except he sees the situa¬ 
tion. It may be two feet and it may be 
four feet. I have found within a dis¬ 
tance of 100 feet the necessity for going 
these different depths. Now, above 
ground I should make the mixture one 
part cement to three parts sand, mixed 
thoroughly together dry, then wet to a 
plastic condition and the gravel and 
crushed stone, five parts, thrown into this 
mixture of sand and cement The con¬ 
sistency must he such that it will become 
solid by tamping; that is, not so soft that 
the tamping would do no good. This 
tamping wiU reduce the air spaces, which 
is the great weakness in concrete work. 
Put up your forms the desired height. 
You can make a very neat appearance at 
the top of this wall by building a cap like 
the diagram shown, all of cement. A 
two-inch projection does very well made 
by using two-inch plank and nailing the 
outside form of the cap to this plank. 
After the top of the cement is set so that 
it can be floated, use some finely-sifted 
sand one part, cement one part, mixture, 
and troweled with a steel trowel into the 
surface of the concrete. A finish almost 
like marble can be made in this way. Of 
course, it takes time and a great deal of 
troweling, but if you want a nice job you 
will get it in this way. M. j. d. 
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COUNTRY PRODUCE, Apples, Peaches, Berries. 
Butter. Eggs, Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms and Hot¬ 
house Products a Specialty. Consignments solicited. 
34 & 36 Little 1 2tli St.. New York. 
Virginia Farm— 400 acres. Good stock farm, build- 
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farmer. Write at once to T. II. HARRIS, Fredericksburg, Ya. 
EAR CAI F~ 168 ACKE DAIRY FARM: 
lUn OHLiC 50 head Jersey Cattle, teams and 
tools, or will sell separately, or will take partner. I 
do not live on farm and cannot give it proper attention. 
C. M. MCLAUGHLIN, Magrew, Champaign Co., O. 
MONEY-MAKING FARM 
Bordering and Overlooking 
An Arm of the Ocean 
Seven cows, pair horses, wheelbarrow, spring tooth 
harrow, plow, two-horse mowing machine, horse rake, 
cultivators, horse cart, dump cart, sleigh, riding 
wagon (for which he has just paid $75), two-seated 
wagon, a valuable assortment of tools, and 30 hens 
will be included with this 40-acre farm; sell milk at 
door; wood for home use; good orchard of 50 trees; 
also plum, cherry; grapevines, etc.; 9-room house, 
painted, with water in sink; barn 30x42, shingled 
walls; henhouse, work house and new stable built 
last season; fine fishing and boating. Owner must 
make quick change and $2,000 takes all. Farm alone' 
is worth $2,500 if a cent. For traveling instructions 
to see it, see No, 12,034, page 7, “ Ktrout’s List, No. 
19” just out; copy free. E. A. STROUT CO., Dept. 
42, 150 Nassau Street, New York. 
Near Providence, R. I. 
Seventy barrels of apples raised on this 100 acre 
farm every year, and an abundance of berries; there 
are 15 acres naturally adapted to raising vegetables; 
brook-watered pasture for three or four cows; 200 
cords hardwood and 10,000 feet timber, 2U-story 
house, lOrooms, (see picture No. 11, page 19, ‘‘Strout’s 
List No. 19,” mailed free); barns, 25x40 and 20x28; very 
pleasant view from the house. The land slopes 
gently towards the south, and offers a fine oppor¬ 
tunity to keep poultry; mail delivered; 15 minutes 
from village, railroad station and trolleys; $1,000 
takes it. E. A. STROUT CO., Dept. 42, 150 Nassau 
Street, New York. 
Near Bridgeport, Conn. 
An ideal poultry farm, six acres within easy access 
to the city of Bridgeport; on the main road; mail 
delivered; among the best of neighbors; school, one- 
quarter mile; good soil; wood for home use; brook- 
watered pastures; nice lot of apples, pears, peaches, 
plums, grapes, cherries, etc. Cozy7-rooni house, with 
piazza, shaded by beautiful maples, (get Strout’s List 
No. 19 and see picture 88419, page 23. 100 other Con¬ 
necticut Farms described); nice large trout brook on 
farm; barn, 22x28. On account ot old age of the> 
owner this farm lias been thrown upon the market at. 
the ridiculously low price of $1,500. To see this 
property is to buy it. E. A. STROUT, Dept. 42, 150 
Nassau Street, New York. 
26 Miles Out 
40 Acres $3,000 
Near Bound Brook, N. J. 
Two-story house, eight rooms with cellar, piazza, 
painted, good w'ater supply; good sized barn, wagon 
house, and other outbuildings, good variety of fruit 
trees: brook-watered pasture; to make quick salo, 
owner will include 1 horse, lcow. 2 hogs, 400 bushels 
corn, all hay, cultivator, spring wagon, harness, 
hoes, shovels, forks, etc.; $2,000 cash, balance at 5$, 
price only $3,000. For traveling instructions, see No. 
25094, page 31 of “ Strout’s List No. 19,” just out; 
hundreds of other New Jersey farms. Copy free. E. 
A. STROUT CO., Dept. 42,150 Nassau St., New York. 
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Highest prices guaranteed for White or Brown 
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NEW YORK. 
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JOHN SCHOLL & BRO„ 
147 Iteade Street, « - New York City. 
THE LEVIN PRUNER 
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|jkf j>|J TC |>—Trustworthy married man to take 
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Pa. Address, giving references and wages asked, 
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FREE LABOR OFFICE. 
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THE RURAL NEW=YORKER, 409 Pearl St., NEW YORK. 
