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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
September 28, 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, September 28, 1907. 
FARM TOPICS. 
lien Manure and Wood Ashes. 713 
Sweet Clover and Alfalfa. 716 
A Three-IIorse Kvener. 717 
Value of Distillers' drains. 717 
Hope Farm Notes. 719 
Crop Notes . 721 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. • 
A Good Farm and Carriage Horse.... 713 
Short Talk About Horses. 714 
Feeding a Driving Horse. 714 
Horses Bolting Grain . 714 
Curing a Balky Horse. 714 
Polyuria in Colt. 720 
Elephantiasis in Horse . 726 
Cow with Chronic Cough. 72(1 
Some Pasture Notes .. 720 
Three Tons of Milk per Cow. 727 
Questions About Chicks. 727 
Tongue Lolling . 727 
HORTICULTURE. 
When to Make Cuttings. 714 
I^ate Strawberries . 715 
Premo Dewberry . 717 
Transplanting Wild Blackls>rrles . 717 
Notes from the Rural Grounds.718 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 722 
October Days . 722 
The Rural Patterns . 723 
Preserving Corn in Brine. 723 
Making Sausage Meat. 723 
Canning Lima Beans . 723 
School Lunches . 723 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Denatured Alcohol in the Northwest.... 714 
Stone Drains for Sewage. 715 
The Tax on Improvements.715 
Cost of Raising Children. 715 
Remember Wadsworth . 710 
Building Small Greenhouses. 710 
Poison Ivy . 710 
Editorials . 720 
Events of the Week. 721 
County Fairs and Traveling Shows. 721 
Publisher’s Desk . 725 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending September 20, 1907, wholesale un¬ 
less otherwise specified. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2, red, for export 
— 
@1.05 
No. 1, Northern, Duluth... 
. - 
@1.18 
Corn . 
, - 
@ 75 
Oats . 
. 
@ 56 
Rye . 
- 
@ 90 
Bariev . 
- 
@ 94 
MILLFEED. 
Spring bran . 
— 
@27.00 
@29.50 
@31.00 
Red Dog . 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Market much weaker. 
Hay, No. 1 ... 
No 2 . 
19.00 
@20.00 
1 8.00 
@19.00 
No. 3 . 
16.00 
@ 1 7.00 
Clover mixed . 
15.00 
@ 18.00 
Plovor . 
14.00 
@17.00 
Straw, Rye . 
9.00 
@13.00 
MILK. 
As anticipated, the N. Y. Exchange price 
was advanced one-fourtli cent (in effect Sep¬ 
tember 10) to $1.71 per 40-quart can, net¬ 
ting 3% cents to 20-cent zone shippers who 
have no extra station charges. 
BUTTER, t 
Creamery, best . 
. - 
@ 
28% 
Common to good .. 
. 24 
@ 
27 
State Dairy . . . 
. 
. 20 
@ 
26 
Factory . 
. 19 
@ 
22 
Packing stock . 
. 
. 17 
@ 
21 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, best 
. - 
@ 
14 
Common to good. 
. 11 
@ 
13% 
Skims. 
. 3 
@ 
8 
EGGS. 
Fancy white . . . 
. 28 
30 
Good to choice 
. 25 
27 
Ixtwer grades . 
. is 
@ 
22 
Storage. 
. 16 
@ 
21 
APPLES. 
Alexander, bbl. 
. . 
. 3.00 
@5.00 
Oldenburg . 
@4.50 
Wealthy .2.'60 (3)4.00 
Twenty Ounce .2.S0 (3)4.00 
Gravenstein .2.(^0 <3)3.50 
Malden Blush .2.00 <3)3.25 
Nvack Pippin .2.00 @3.00 
Fall Pippin .2.00 <3)3.00 
Orange Pippin .1.75 @2.50 
Greening . 1.75 @2.50 
VARIOUS FRUITS. 
Peaches, 24-qt. carrier.1.75 
Basket . 50 
Pears, Seckel, bbl.3.00 
Bartlett, bbl.5.00 
Bartlett, bu. keg.1.50 
Clairgeau, bbl.2.50 
Sheldon, bbl.2.50 
Clapp’s Favorite, bbl.5.00 
Flemish Beautv. bbl.1.50 
Plums, 8-lb. basket. 15 
Grapes, 20-lb. case. 40 
Muskmelons, bu. 25 
@3.00 
@1.50 
@ 0.00 
@7.50 
<a •_’.<)<' 
@4.00 
@3.50 
@0.50 
@3.50 
@ 30 
@ 75 
@ 1.00 
BEANS. 
Marrow, bu.1.95 
Medium .1.75 
Pea . 1.75 
Red Kidney .2.20 
White Kidney 
Yellow Eye . 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice . 14 
Common to good . 12 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, bbl. 
Sweet potatoes, bbl 
Carrots, bbl. 
Celery, doz. 
Cucumbers, bbl. ... 
Pickles, 1,000 _ 
Cabbage, 100 . 
Corn, 100. 
Cauliflower, bbl. ... 
Eggplants, bbl. ... 
Lettuce, bkt. 
.1.50 
.2.00 
.1.50 
. 20 
.1.50 
.1.50 
.3.50 
.1.00 
.1.50 
. 40 
. 30 
@2.35 
@2.00 
@2.00 
@2.25 
@2.70 
@1.80 
@ 15 
@ 13 
@2.25 
@2.50 
@2.00 
@ 40 
@2.00 
§ 3.50 
0.00 
@1.75 
@3.00 
@ 1.00 
@ 00 
Lima beans, bu. 30 
Onions, bbl.1.50 
Peppers, bbl. 75 
Radishes. 100 bunches . 75 
Squash, bbl. 75 
Turnips, bbl.1.00 
Tomatoes, bu. 15 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Spring chickens, lb. — 
Fowls . — 
Roosters . — 
Turkeys . — 
Spring ducks . — 
Geese . 11 
DRESSED 
Turkeys . 
Broilers, fancy . 
Com. to good. 
Fowls . 
Ducks . 
Geese . 
Squabs, doz. 
POULTRY. 
. 12 
. 21 
. 15 
. 13 
. 13 
. 17 
.2.00 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers .5.00 
Cows .1.35 
Calves .5.50 
Sheep .3 50 
Lambs .0-00 
Hogs . — 
@ 60 
@2.50 
@ 1.00 
@ 1.00 
@1.50 
@2.00 
@ 50 
@ 14 
@ 14 
@ 9 
@ 13 
@ 14 
@ 13 
(<i 16 
@ 23 
@ 18 
@ 14 
(a 17 
@ 21 
@4.50 
@0.45 
@3.75 
@9.50 
@5.50 
<3 7.75 
@7.00 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
What is a Broiler? —“To what number 
of pounds Is the broiler size of young chick¬ 
ens limited?” f. H. 
Two pounds is about the limit. As a rule 
the best broilers weigh not far from a pound 
and a half. Birds that weigh 2% to three 
pounds are too large for this purpose, though 
if specially nice a few might be worked in 
at fancy broiler prices. Squab broilers are 
chickens weighing less than a pound. 
Industrial Stocks —A large amount of 
farm-earned money has been put into cop¬ 
per and steel stocks, and just now there is 
anxiety in some homes on account of the 
severe and persistent drop these stocks have 
taken. There may be some satisfaction in 
remembering that both were at one time 
lower than they are now and afterward 
went above par. Whore they can be made 
to go in the immediate or more distant fu¬ 
ture only those know who have to a large 
extent the power of life and death of these 1 
stocks in their hands, and even they are not 
so sure of their power as formerly when 
a multitude of investors permitted others 
to think for them and pranced about as 
directed by the crack of the ringmaster’s 
whip. Iron and copper are considered the 
bread and butter pi industrial life. The 
demand for copper especially is increasing 
because of its use In electrical world and 
many forms of manufactured iron are ex¬ 
posed to a wear and tear that makes fre¬ 
quent renewal nfeessary. So why should 
there be a slump in the market for these 
metals? An investigation of the price which 
the metals themselves are bringing shows 
that they are well up, copper selling now 
above 15 cents per pound, a price that would 
formerly have been considered high. The 
trouble (if it may be called so), is not so 
much with the market for the metals them¬ 
selves, as with the water logged stocks, soaked 
to saturation, which the promoters of the 
“office end” of these Industries have ladled 
out for the Investing public. Most infant 
companies, and even Infant trusts, are, in 
the minds, or at least in the talk of their 
originators, genuine wonders. Now ( and 
then a company proves a prodigy in earning 
power, and puts permanently a load of wat¬ 
ered stocks on a high shelf, but in more 
cases the watering drags them down to a 
permanent below-par basis. Whether the 
latter will prove the case with iron' and 
copper stocks the future will show. It is 
a principle of hydraulics that water seeks 
its level and force of some sort is re¬ 
quired to prevent its reaching that level. 
It was thought that consumers could bo 
made to pay 25 cents per pound for cop¬ 
per, but they balked, and there is nothing 
in present conditions of supply to furnish 
cause for any such price. Great efforts 
have been made to scatter industrial stocks 
of this class widely, those behind the move¬ 
ment recognizing the influence of a large 
number of holders in making public senti¬ 
ment which would lean toward legislation and 
forms of government paternalism deemed 
necessary to give these Industries the desired 
preferred position. But the writer believes 
that the man with a few hundreds or thou¬ 
sands to Invest will increase his stock of 
peace of mind by letting such stocks alone. 
_ W. W. H. 
“Sorry, sir,” telephoned the butcher, 
“but we are just out of sirloin. Why 
don’t your wife order you a round?” 
“W-what’s that?” exploded Marker at the 
other end of the line. “I say, why don’t 
your wife order you around?” “Why 
don’t my wife order me around? Great 
Caesar, man, that is all she does—order 
me around from morning until night. 
If you were nearer I’d-” But the 
startled butcher hung up the receiver and 
fled.—Chicago Daily News. 
“Have you ever contributed anything 
to the Atlantic?” asked the young wom¬ 
an from Boston. “I should say I had,” 
replied the Chicago litterateur. “On my 
first trip over I contributed everything I 
ate for nearly a week.” — Chicago Record 
Herald. 
“My dear,” said Mrs. Strongmind, “I 
want you to accompany me to the town 
hall to-morrow evening.” “What for?” 
queried the meek and lowly other half of 
the combine. “I am to lecture on the 
‘Dark Side of Married Life,’” explained 
Mrs. S., “and I want you to sit on th.e 
platform and pose as one of the illustra¬ 
tions.” — Chicago News. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal." See guarantee, page 8. 
AIITTPTIA and CARRIERS for 
Mil 1 1 LUV ENSILAGE and DRY 
lllll 5 k 'll 11 FODDER. Also latest 
| 1 1 1 ST Improvements in Blowers. 
Harder Mfg. Co., Box 11, Cobleskill, N. Y. 
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. 
YJUANT able-bodied farmer with family, or newly 
'' married couple; conscientious, willing workers; 
permanent position. Blauvelt, Box 1499, N. Y. City. 
UlANTED—Strictly A1 married man for fruit farm; 
If chance to advance to position of foreman. Also 10 
experienced apple pickers. Box 124, North Rose, N.Y. 
YX/ELL EDUCATED YOUNG MAN, 21, desires 
'' position as assistant on stock farm. View of 
learning business. P. B. S., Box 52, Princeton, N. J. 
A medium for safe and judicious investments—so 
you will decide if you investigate the merits of the 
Industrial Savings and Loan Co,, a business estab¬ 
lished 14 years under New Vork Banking Laws. 
See ad. on Page 722.— Adv. 
MAN and WIFE to work on my farm and take 
charge of same. Place located at Huntington, L. 
I. Applv to Charles D. Smith, 23 Borden Ave., L. I. 
City. Only those with best of reference need apply. 
UfAUTCn-A good man AND WIPE to 
VVflll 1 CU take charge of a Gentleman’s farm 
on Long island, New York. Address G. DANA, 
260 De Kalb Ave., Brooklyn, New York. 
DUR1TAN CHESTER WHITES-none better. 
a Summer pigs sent registered and express paid at 
$10 each. W5 W. FISHER, Watervliet, .Mich. 
PUCCTCD lWUITCQ _Fa11 pigs $ co °- 0ne 
UnkvICn VW Hi 1 E.V brood sow $25.00. 
Address H. A. THATCHER, Perulack, 1’a. 
r armc AT A11 PRICES ! now is a S ood tinle to ]oolc 
r AKIYlo AI ALL rttlLLA , of tlloTT1 Write for list. 
S. A. BOOT H, Greenville, Michigan. 
m™ any responsible farmer 
can buy my WARRANTED SCALES to he paid for on 
his own terms when he sees what he gets and knows 
that there is no mis-representation. Send for the his¬ 
tory of my fight against the SCALE TRUST and 
FREE BOOK on Farm Scales. "JONES He Pays 
The Freight,” 4 Starr Ave., Binghamton, N. Y. 
OQfl ACRE FRUIT AND STOCK FARM; 4,000 
ZOU fruit trees, new house, wire fence, plenty of 
springs, $3,000; half cash. D Hopkins, Imboden, Ark. 
MICHIGAN FARMS. 
Stock, grain, fruit farms, selling cheap. Good 
schools, ideal climate. Write for list No. 5. 
C. B. BENHAM. Hastings, Michigan. 
lA/^HK DRILLING & 
WVtjrBl PROSPECTING MACHINES. 
Fastest drillers known. Great money earners 1 
LOOMIS MACHINE CO„ TIFFIN; OHIO. 
VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND FARMS 
FOR SALE. 
If you 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 Prnnsjlvnnla Avenue, Washington, I). 1'., or Herndon,Vm. 
Reference; American Nat. Bank of Washington, D. C. 
TAT p| ¥ DRILLING 
W Ju h \j MACHINES 
Over 70 sizes and styles, for drilling either deep or 
Shallow wells in anv kinder toil or rock. Mounted on 
wlieelsoron sills. Withenginesorliorse powers. Strong, 
simple and durable. Any mechanic can operate them 
easily. Send for catalog. 
WILLIAMS BROS.. Ithaca. N. Y. 
Dutchess County Bargain 
104 Acres $4500 
$9000 Won’t Replace Buildings 
Which are in splendid repair: shade, grand views; 
fruit, splendid water; keep 30 cows, near Borden 
factory; few steps to village; near lake, in a refined 
neighborhood; Catholic, Methodist and Baptist 
Churches; for details, picture of house and traveling 
instructions see No. K-4 page 28, “Strout’s List No. 
19.” The largest hook of reliable information about 
farming localities and genuine farm bargains ever 
issued. Copy on request. E. A. STROUT CO., 
Dept. 42, 15U Nassau Street, New York. 
APPLES PEARS 
Poaches, 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. 
GKO. P. HAMMOND. KST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & CO., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers in all kinds of 
('OlINTKY 1'liODl OH, Apples, Peaches, Berries. 
Butter. Eggs, Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms and Hot¬ 
house Products a Specialty. Consignments solicited. 
34 & 36 Little 1 2tli St.. New York. 
A Fortune Waiting 
IN VERMONT— 180 acres with 3000 cords hard 
wood (maple) with ready market at $4.75 a cord at a 
bobbin factory only 3*2 miles by easy road, no hills; 
cuts 30 tons hay, pasture 20 cows; fine apple orchard, 
sugar orchard of 1500 trees; house of 9 rooms, painted 
and blinded, 2 piazzas; barn 36x44, basement and silo, 
storage shed, carriage house, hen house, all in good 
repair; running spring water in house and barn; near 
neighbors, on main road; the owner has other busi¬ 
ness, and in order to make a quick sale has cut the 
price to $1,700; it is your chance to win dollars easily. 
For details see page 16, farm No. 29148, “Strout s 
List No. 19." Get a copy to-day. E. A. STROUT CO., 
Dept. 42’ 150 Nassau Street, New York. 
47 Acres $4000 
High, Healthy Location 
Near Bound Brook, N. J. 
Two story house 8 rooms, two piazzas, painted and 
blinded; barn 40x60; hen house and other outbuildings; 
maple and oak shade; excellent view; a money maker; 
if taken immediately 15 acres corn, acre potatoes, hay 
and oats iu barn and 50 barrels apples will be included, 
as estate must be settled; see No. 25092, page 30 
“Strout’s List No. 19” for traveling instructions. 
E. A. STROUT CO., Dept. 42, 150 Nassau St.,N. Y. 
PI FA^F send atrial shipment to the Oldest Com- 
ILlHOL mission House iu Now Vork. Established 
]K38. Butter. Cheese. Eggs, Poultry. 1 lay. Apples, etc.. 
E. B. WOODWARD. HUH Greenwich St.. New Vork, 
500 bbls. of Apples 
for sale on trees or picked. Baldwins, Greenings, 
Spys and Ben Davis. Address 
L. F. UNDERHILL, 
H. R. Telephone, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
EGGS. 
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 : : New York 
Strawberries Pay $400 
Per Acre 
10 Acres In Strawberries. 
On this 112 acre Delaware farm, 500 cords of wood; 
some timber; pasture for 15 head; 600 peach trees in 
good bearing state; 60 young apple and 200 full bear¬ 
ing trees; cuts good quantity hay; wheat, corn and 
garden truck grown in large quantities; 2-story house, 
piazza, painted, witli good water supply; barn 30x40; 
tie-up for ten head; 3 carriage houses, hen houses, 
work shop and other outbuilding; in good repair; 
maple shade, beautiful view of surrounding country ; 
price only $7,000; easy terms, as owner must make 
quick change. For picture of buildings see No. 44140, 
page 39 ‘Strout’s List No. 19.” The biggest book of 
farm bargains ever issued. All states. Free on 
request. E. A. STROUT CO., Land Title Building, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
EGGS. 
Highest prices paid for fine fresh Leghorn, Brown 
or mixed eggs. Let us have your shipments and we 
will remit promptly. Address 
JOHN SCHOLL & 11UO., 
147 lie ad e Street, - - New York City. 
IIIANTED—Supply <>i select White and Brown Eggs, 
IT direct from poultry farms, for family and hotel 
trade. The very highest prices given right along. 
Also, Dressed (dry-picked) young Chickens and other 
Poultry, and Creamery Print Butter. Prompt returns. 
JAMES WILCOX, 782 Sixth Ave., New York City. 
?7Iar/i/i 
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Eliminating the take-down feature in this gun enables us to 
offer a 12 gauge repeating shotgun of guaranteed 772ar/Ln 
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The fflarfl/1 Model 1 7 is as strong and sound as the most 
expensive gun made. The breech-block and all moving parts 
are of the best fflarfi/l steel drop-forgings. 
The barrel is of the best gun-barrel steel, guaranteed to pat¬ 
tern better than 325 pellets in a 30 in. circle at 40 yards, using 
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