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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
CONTENTS. 
Tub Rural New-Yorker, Sept. 14, 1907. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Three Years in Potatoes . 682 
Fertilizers With a “Bone Basis”.682 
Asparagus in Monmouth Co., N. J .682 
Importance of the Clover Crop. 682 
Lightning on Ilay Carrier.683 
Dirty Rye for Green Manure.. 684 
Grasses for Permanent Hillside.684 
Questions About Crimson Clover.684 
Why Does Cabbage Crack?. 685 
Potash for Rye; Sulky Plows. 68o 
Hope Farm Notes . 687 
Crop Notes . 680 
More Great Things in Delaware. 689 
Illinois Notes.689 
Crops on Cape Cod. 692 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Value of a Dead Horse.682 
Growth on Cow . 694 
Fumigation for Hen Lice. 694 
A Pasture for Hens. 694 
The Possibilities in Trap Nests. 694 
Keeping Milk in Warm Weather. 695 
Traveling Live Stock Shows.695 
HORTICULTURE. 
How to Select Seedling Grapes. 683 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 686 
Summer Meeting of the N. Y. State Fruit 
Growers’ Association . 689 
Berries for Massachusetts. 692 
Peaches and Strawberries for Colorado.. 692 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day o Day. 690 
Four Frozen Desserts . 690 
An Appreciation of Gooseberries.690 
Candied Citron Peel . 691 
I .ate Summer Preserves . 691 
The Rural Patterns . 691 
Four Ways With Macaroni . 691 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
The “Water Witch” and His Rod.681 
Denatured Alcohol as Fuel. 682 
Locust and Goldenrod . 682 
Remember Wadsworth . 684 
Questions About Property.685 
Editorials . 688 
Events of the Week . 689 
A Great Day at Geneva . 689 
How to Kill Wolves.692 
Markets . 692 
Publisher’s Desk . 693 
M_A_R__K_E__T_S 
Prices current at N. Y. during week end¬ 
ing September 6, 1907, wholesale unless 
otherwise specified. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2. red. 1.02 
No. 1, Northern Duluth. 1.16 
Corn . 70 
Oats . 68 
Rye . 88 
Barley . 87 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay, No. 1. 
.23.00 
@24.00 
No. 2 . 
.21.00 
@22.00 
No. 3 . 
@ 18.00 
Clover, mixed . 
.17.00 
@18.00 
Clover . 
@16.00 
Straw, long rye .. 
Oat . 
.13.00 
@14.00 
MILIC. 
@10.00 
N. Y. Exchange 
price $1.61 per 
40-quart 
can, netting 3% cents to 20-cent zone ship¬ 
pers who have no extra station charges. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, best . — @ 27 
Lower grades . 22 @ 26 
State Dairy . 19 @ 25 
Factory . 18 @ 21 
Packing stock . 16 @ 20 
30 
26 
22 
21 
fttppiva 
LIVE STOCK. 
.4.40 
@6.80 
.2.75 
@4.00 
.1.40 
i 4.35 
Calves 
.6.00 
@9.50 
@5.50 
@8.00 
1 Ill V- j[/ 9 
. ..6.50 
@7.00 
WOOL. 
Fine, unwashed . 24 
Delaine, unwashed . 26 
@ 25 
@ 28 
CHEESE. 
lull cream, best . —■ @ 13% 
Common to good. 11 (tv 13 
Skims . 5 @ 9 
EGGS. 
Fancy, white . 28 @. 
Common to good. 23 @ 
Western and southern. 18 @ 
Storage . 16 @ 
BEANS. 
Marrow, bushel .2.00 @2.20 
pea .1.60 @1.90 
Red kidney .2.20 @2.25 
White kidney . — @2.65 
Yellow Eye . — @1.70 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, Alexander, bbl.3.00 @5.00 
Oldenburg .3.00 @4.50 
Astrachau .2.25 @3.25 
Nyaek Pippin .2.25 @3.25 
Wealthy .2.50 @4.00 
Gravenstein .2.50 @3.50 
Maiden Blush .2.25 @3.25 
Pears, Clapp’s Favorite, bbl..6.00 @7.50 
Bartlett .6.00 @7.00 
Flemish Beauty .3.00 @4.00 
Kieffer .2.00 @4.00 
Plums, 8-lb. basket. 25 @ 40 
Grapes, small case .1.00 @2.00 
Huckleberries, quart. 6 @ 12 
Peaches, crate .1.50 @3.00 
Muskmelons, bushel . 50 @2.00 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, barrel .1.50 @2.50 
Sweet Potatoes, barrel.2.75 @3.25 
Carrots, barrel .1.00 @2.00 
Celery, dozen . 15 @ 50 
Cabbage, 100 .3.50 @6.00 
Pickles, 1,000 .3.00 @4.00 
Cucumbers, barrel .1.25 @2.25 
Cauliflowers, barrel .1.00 @4.00 
Corn, 100 .1.00 @2.00 
Egg plants, barrel . 75 @1.25 
Lettuce, V>-bbl. basket. 40 @1.00 
Lime beans, bushel .1-00 @1.50 
Onions, barrel .1.50 @2.50 
Tomatoes, bushel box. 40 @1.00 
Turnips, Rutabaga, bbl.1.00 @1.25 
. LIVE POULTRY. 
Spring chickens, lb. — @ 16 
Fowls . — @ 14 
Roosters . — @ 9. 
Turkeys . — @ 13 
Spring Ducks . 13 @ 14 
Geese . 10 @ 12 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys . 12 @ 16 
Best Broilers . 24 @ 28 
Common to good. 15 @ 22 
Fowls . 12 @ 14 % 
Ducks . 12 @ 16 
Geese . 17 @ 21 
Squabs, dozen .2.00 @4.00 
HOW TO KILL WOLVES. 
The coyotes have killed about ail my kids. 
I need goats to clear bush land ; cannot well 
do without them. How can I best kill these 
wolves or coyotes? Did the Government pub¬ 
lish a book on wolves? If so, where can I 
get it? S. c. 
Elmira, Oregon. 
The Department of Agriculture at 
Washington, D. C. } prints a pamphlet on 
wolves. This gives a study of the habits 
of wolves and suggests several ways of 
killing them. Very likely there are wolf 
hunters among our readers. We shall 
be glad to have their experience. 
Berries for Massachusetts. 
B. B., Concord, Mass .—I have half acre I 
want to plant this Fall to raspberries, black¬ 
berries, currants and gooseberries. Will you 
tell me the best varieties for home use and 
a nearby market? 
Ans— Cuthbert and Miller raspberries; 
Agawam and Eldorado blackberries; Mil¬ 
ler and Red Cross currants; and Colum¬ 
bus and Red Jacket gooseberries are 
about equally good, the first named is 
mv first choice, if there is any. 
S. L. MAYNARD. 
Crops on Cape Cod. 
M. W., Newton Centre, Mass .—Will you 
tell me whether anything besides cranberries 
can be grown on the sandy soil of Cape Cod ? 
Ans.— All farm crops that thrive in its 
latitude are grown on Cape Cod. Good 
yields of potatoes, corn and turnips are 
grown and asparagus is a very profitable 
crop in some sections. 1 he cranberries 
are not grown on the sandy soils but in 
the swamps and lower places. These are 
cleared and scraped out and a thin layer 
of sand put on the surface. 
Peaches and Strawberries for Colorado. 
p. ft Harris, Col .—We live too far north 
for most varieties of peaches, but have an 
old variety, Sea Eagle Improved, I think, 
which will stand about three out of Aye of 
our Winters. Can some one who has had this 
peach tell me how the varieties generally 
considered hardiest compare with it for stand¬ 
ing cold? Elbert as do not bear here unless 
covered up. 2. How does the Bederwood straw- 
berrv compare for size, yield, and quality with 
other popular berries having these qualities? 
T wish to try a few varieties new to this dis¬ 
trict that will appear promising from such 
a comparison. We have a heavy clay soil 
and irrigate. 
Ans.— 1. The Sea Eagle is a peach of 
the Hale type, quite earlv and like about 
all of that family, of medium size, round 
shape, pale greenish white, partly covered 
with red stripes and splashes, flesh juicy 
and partly adhering to the stone, flavor 
pleasant but not rich. It is probably 
about as hardy as any of the varieties. 
Elberta is related to the Chinese type 
and is not so hardy as some others. 2. 
Bederwood compares very favorably with 
many of the well-tried varieties, and is 
well worth planting. Aroma is another 
good one that should be planted. 1 he ir¬ 
rigated regions of eastern Colorado that 
I have visited seemed to me well adapted 
to strawberry growing. Indeed, I never 
saw a place where the Jucunda did so 
well, and that is one of the most difficult 
of all strawberries to grow with profit. 
It has been one of the leading varieties 
there. h. e. van deman. 
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CHORT-HORNS FOR SALE.—Cows, Heifers 
and Young Bulls. Herd headed by Ivory 244220. 
GEORGE E. SAVAGE Churclivllle, N. Y. 
F REE—Pedigree of the great Holstein sire 
Sir Korndyke Manor De Kol Jr. Extra fine 
females bred to above sire. Prices mod¬ 
erate. Have reduced price of male 
calves to insure quick sales. 
RIVENBDBGH BROS. 
Hillliurst Farm - - Oneida, fi. i» 
Highest prices guaranteed for White or Brown 
Leghorns or mixed eggs. Write us for information. 
A trial will convince you of our ability to obtain 
extreme prices. Address 
JOHNSTONE & COUGHLAN, 
164 Duane Street t s New York 
Highest prices paid for fine fresh Leghorn, Brown 
or mixed eggs. Let us have your shipments and we 
will remit promptly. Address 
JOHN SCHOLL & BRO., 
147 Reade Street, - - New York City. 
September I?, 
ni riPP send a trial shipment to the Oldest Com- 
iLLnOL mission House in New York. Established 
1838 Butter. Cheese. Eggs, Poultry, Hay, Apples, etc.. 
E B WOODWARD. 302 Greenwich St.. New York, 
APPLES 
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FREE LABOR OFFICE. 
Farm help supplied free of charge by the Labor 
Information Office tor Italians, 59 Lafayette 
St., New York City. Sand for circular and application Mankf. 
VPANTFI).—A practical farmer and wife to take charge ofanmall, 
H well-equipped farm in Bergen Cn., N. J. References required. 
Address, Boom 621. Commercial Trust Building, Jersey City, N. J. 
Uf AIITCn Position on up-to-date poultry farm 
VVAHICU by young man. Reference. 
Address, “A. M.,” care Rural New-Yorker. 
\V ANTED—Position as manager for dairy farm. 
” Experienced in care of dairy cows and handling 
dairy products. Address, “ WAV.,” care The R. N. Y. 
VU ANTED— Place as helper on dairy farm by strong 
” young man of good habits. Moderate wages. 
G. Weidermann, 265 Montauk Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND FARMS 
FOR SALE. 
If yoxt are looking for a farm for either pleasure or 
profit, let us send you our list of desirable places. 
ESTATES, DAIRY FARMS, STOCK FARMS, 
POULTRY FARMS, TRUCK FARMS. 
Prices Ranging from $2,500 to $250,000. 
STEPHENSON & RAINEY, 
1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, >1 usl ingtun. 1). ('., or Herndon,Va. 
Reference: American Nat. Hank of Washington, D. C. 
Peaches, Plums, Grapes and all fruits and 
vegetables. Write us what you have to offer. 
Top prices secured for choice products. 
Archdeacon & Co., 100 Murray St., New York. 
GEO. P. HAMMOND. 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 & 36 Little 12tU St., New York. 
rinil IA/A MTEII -Fifteen acres or more; house 
rAnm TVMn I CL) about8 rooms; one to three 
hours from New York City; price with particulars. 
J. F, HAYN ES. 309 A Monroe St.. Brooklyn, N, Y. 
MICHIGAN FARMS. 
Stock, grain, fruit farms, selling cheap, Good 
schools, ideal climate. Write for list No. 5. 
C. B. BENHAM. Hastings, Michigan. 
l»f lllTCn-FARMFORHOME, POULTRY 
fl All I CU AND FRUIT, 80 to 100 acres, run-| 
ning water preferred: near good town and school, and! 
near Boston and New York markets. JULIUS 
ROTH. 6038 LaSalle Street, Chicago, Ill. 
Beautiful Farm Home. 
Ten minutes from delightful Connecticut village; 330 
acres soil under high cultivation; big wood lot of 3,000 
cords; large hearing orchard; three large barns; 
convenient outbuildings; 16 large, airy rooms in mod¬ 
ern two-story house; all in first class repair; (see 
picture No. 88471, page 22. “ Strout’s List 19.) It’s a 
$10,000 estate, but advanced age of owner forces sale, 
and $5,500 takes it. E. A. STROUT CO., Dept. 42. 
150 Nassau St., NewYork. 
Startling Sacrifice. 
45 acres $600. 
Including Comfortable Buildings. 
Five room house; good repair; barn for 3 cows and 
horse; 2 henhouses; poultry pays; main road, a step 
from school; ten minutes drive to village; apples 
peaches, plums, pears; to settle estate immediately 
price only $600. It is your chance to get a $1,000 
Connecticut place at a bargain. For travelling in¬ 
structions see No. 55232, page 24, “Strout’s List No. 
19.’’ 5000 farms for sale. Copy of this big book free. 
E. A. STROUT CO.. Dept. 42, 150 Nassau St., New 
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COD CAI E— A fine f arm in cent ral New York 
rUn OALC State, adjoining a thriving, grow¬ 
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schools and churches; twelve factories, creamery, 
milk shipping station, canning and pickling factories. 
Farm contains 250 acres; lias 15 farm buildings; a 
large dairy: rich pastures; fine timber lot and best 
of water. Soil, deep and rich. Grows grain, hay, 
canning crops, pickling crops, silage, onions and 
celery. Located on prominent highway and close to 
stations of three railroads and to markets. Beauti¬ 
ful landscape. Will divide or sell in a body at a 
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