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CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, October 5, 1007. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Whole Corn in the Silo. 730 
“Topping” Cornstalks in the South. <o0 
A Point or Two About Sow Thistle. iSl 
Hope Farm Notes. 73 < 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Tile Thousand Hen—Power Houses. 731 
Breeding and Feeding O. I. C. Swine. . .. 738 
High Registry Fees for Jerseys. 738 
Distillers' Grains for Horses. <38 
Umbilical Hernia. 7““ 
A Feeding Question. 73J 
Paper Milk Bottles. 733 
Fine Belgian Stallion. 739 
Killing Poison Ivy. 739 
Stocking of Colt’s Legs. 740 
Fall Feeding Dairy Cows. 740 
Grain with Pasture. 740 
Close Inbreeding . 741 
The Cattle Case in Court. 743 
Those Ailing Turkeys. 747 
Feeding Drought Dried Fodder. 747 
HORTICULTURE. 
New England Hill-top Orchards. Part 
l .....729, 730 
The Missing Link Apple. 732 
Railroad Worm on Apple Trees. 732 
Grapes for Illinois. 73.2 
Colorado Fruit Questions. 732 
Tankage and Blood for Berries. 732 
Burning the Scale. 732 
Mulched Peaches . 732 
Transplanting Blackberries . 732 
Blackberries in South Jersey. 735 
Cotton Seed Meal for Tobacco. 735 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 730 
Gold Mines in Orchards. 743 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 744 
The Cost’ of Clothes.744 
Four Good Puddings. <4o 
The Rural Patterns. <4o 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
I/earning to Handle Bees. 731 
Experiments with Divining Rods. (31 
New York State Fair. Part 1.733 
Publisher's Desk . 734 
Blasting Rocks by Fire. 73o 
Editorials . 742 
M A K E T g 
Prices current at i7. v during week end¬ 
ing September 27, 1907, wholesale unless 
otherwise noted. 
MILL FEED. 
n ran .25.50 @26.50 
Middlings .28.00@30.00 
Red Dog . —@31.00 
Oil Meal . —@31.50 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Ilav, No. 1. —@20.00 
N 0 2 18.00@T9.00 
No. 3 .16.00@ 17.00 
Clover, mixed .15.00@19.00 
Clover .............. ...•••14.00 @1(.00 
Straw, long rye.ll-00@ 13.00 
Short and Oat. 9.00@10.00 
MILK. 
In effect October 1 the N. Y. Exchange 
price was advanced to $1.91 per 40-quart can. 
netting four cents to 26-zone shippers who 
have no additional station charges. This is 
the highest October price for many years. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, best. 
Common to good. 
State Dairy, best. 
Common to good. 
Factory . 
Packing stock .1“ 
EGGS. 
Fancy White.. 
White, good to choice. 
Lower grades . 
Storage . 
APPLES. 
Alexander, bbl. 
Oldenburg . „ 
Wealthy .^.50@3.75 
Twenty-ounce .2.50@3.75 
Gravenstein .2.00 @3.25 
Maiden Blush .2.00@3.00 
N.vack Pippin. 
11 Finn in 2.00 (n) 2. 7r> 
King PP . ..2.00@3.25 
Baldwin .2.00 @3.00 
Greening ...1.75 @2 50 
Windfalls .1.00@2.00 
VARIOUS FRUITS. 
Peaches, 24-qt. carrier.1.25@3.00 
Basket . 50@ 1 .r>0 
Pears, Seckel, bbl.3.00@6.00 
Bartlett, bbl. 
Bartlett, bu. bkt.2.00@2.75 
Bartlett, ked. 
Bose, bbl.3.50@o.00 
Plums 8-lb. bkt. 15@ 35 
Grapes, 20-lb. case. 40@ 75 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 12 @ 14 
Common to good. «@ ij 
Olds . 3@ ° 
German crop, new. 28@ 36 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, bbl. HaIook 
Sweet potatoes, bbl.l-00@2.25 
Carrots, bbl.1-00@1-50 
Celery, doz. .. lorfloo* 
Cucumbers, bbl. 
Cabbage, 100 . 
Cauliflower, bbl.l-29^l?'52 
Egg Plants, bbl. 75@1.00 
Lettuce %-bbl. bkt. 50@1.50 
Lima Beans, bu. 40@1.00 
Onions, bbl.l-75@4.00 
Peppers, bbl. 75 @1.00 
Radishes, 100 bunches. 75@1.00 
String Beans bu. |0@ 7j> 
Green Peas bu. 50@1.50 
Spinach bbl. 20(d> J'X 
Squash bbl. 75@1.50 
Turnips, Ruta Baga, bbl.1.00@1.50 
White, 100 bunches. 
Tomatoes, bu. 15 @ oO 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers .4.25 @6.55 
Bulls .2.50@4.25 
Cows .1.25@4.00 
Calves .5.50@9.75 
Sheep .3.50 @5.25 
Lambs .6.00@8.00 
Hogs . —@7.00 
You will be convinced that you can carry your 
Savings account to the best possible advantage 
with the Industrial Savings and Loan Co. of New 
York City if you will answer their ad. on Page 743 
and get the information they offer to send.— Adv. 
Look For The ANNOUNCEMENT, 
in tlie October 12tli issue, of the 
AERMOTOR CO., 12th arid Rockwell Sts., Chicago, Ill. 
ELY’S 
BEST HAT KNIFE made. 
write us. THE J. ELY 
Dandy Hay Knife 
If your dealer doesn’t keep them, 
MFC. COMPANY, Girard, Pa. 
R 
EGISTERED O. I. C. lTGS-all ages. Shrop¬ 
shire Yearling Hams and Ram Lambs can please 
those hardest to please. Address 
CEDAR LAWN FARM, Ludlowvdle, New York. 
GOLDIE PUPPIES—Females $4.00, Shropshire 
^ Rams $12.00. Berkshire Pigs $5.00 to$8.00 each. All 
standard bred. W. A. BOTHERS, Peru Lack, Pa. 
fiOOP Price forGinseng root. Seeds and plants for sale low. POTA¬ 
TOES—best 85 kinds, Carman, Coin, Ac. C. W. Ford, Fialiers, N. Y. 
WM. H. COHEN & CO., 
Commission Merchants, 
229 and 231 Washington Street, New York. 
OUR SPECIALTIES: 
Game, | Live Poultry, i Calves 
Furs, 
Ginseng, 
Dressed Poultry, 
Hot House Lambs,! 
d: 
bfdl 
Nuts, 
Horseradish. 
Dl r » pr send a trial shipment to the Oldest Com- 
I LLnOL mission House in New York. Established 
1838 Butter. Cheese, Eggs, Poultry. Hay, Apples etc.. 
E. B. WOODWARD. 302 Greenwich St.. Hew York, 
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 0) COUGHLAN, 
164 Duane Street 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 lteade Street, - - New York City. 
WANTED 
HAY OF ALL GRADES. 
WRITE FOR QUOTATIONS. 
One profit—from producer to consumer. 
F. D. HEWITT, 120 Liberty St„ New York. 
R00 
^BOOK 
Illustrated ROOF ROOK, just off the press, tells how to 
lay durable, water-proof, weather-proof and fire-resisting 
roofs on residences,barns, cribs,poultry houses, outbuildings, 
stores, etc. How to cover old shingle roofs. No tools necessary 
but a knife and a hammer. Tells all about the famous 
NO-TAR ROOFING 
which is better and cheaper than shingles, slate or tin. 
Water-proof, fire - resisting: and acid-proof. 
Contains no tar but is inado from asphalt anu cannot dry out or run in the 
sun. Flint-coated, flexible and easy to lay. Best dealers sell NO-TAR 
ROOFING. Specia' nails and liquid cement FREE in every roll. 
FREE SAMT.ES TO TEST Sanip 1 eT*o f° NO -TAR^KOOF- 
ING.Tto will tell you TEN WAYS TO TEST IT and PROVE ita superiority 
to any other roofing. 
DEALERS—Write for our Roofing-Business Promotion Plan. Address 
THE HEPPES CO., 8111 Fill more St., Chicago 
Read His Letter 
Read of the economy 
and profit in this farm¬ 
er’s potato-digging,— 
how he gets every 
potato in the field,— 
how he avoids loss from 
scarred and crushed 
potatoes,—how he has 
made the work easy 
and fast. 
It Tells You 
how the 
Acme Hand Digger 
proved out under hard, practical, actual field 
use: 
Potato Implement Co., Traverse City. Mich. 
Gentlemen:—Two yearsago I bought one of 
your Acme Hand Potato Diggers and after 
giving ita short trial in the field, my sons, 
who were digging the potatoes, were so 
pleased with the Acme Digger that I now 
have five in use on my farm. 
The Acmels just thediggerweneeded. Un¬ 
like the machine diggers it digs clean, gets 
every potato in every hill, doesn’t scar the 
stock, and is not bothered by the vines. Tlio 
men work easily,yet quickly, and don’t get so 
tired as with ordinary fork or hook digging. 
I know from my own experience that the 
Acme Digger does better, easier and cheaper 
work than any other digger I haveseen, and 
the best recommendation I can give anyone 
is that I continue to use it on my own farm. 
I am. yours truly, 
F. LAUTNER, Leelanau County. 
Send 81.00 Today. Let the Acme 
trove itself to you. Let it prove that 
your dollar is better than $100 invested in other 
diggers,—that it will dig potatoes better and 
more economically,—that it is the digger you 
have been waiting for. Sent irefiaid by express. 
Money returned if you had rather have it than 
keep the digger. 
Pamphlet and Potato Book_ free on request. 
Send now. Address Box 525, 
Potato Implement Co., Traverse City, Mich. 
66 
FUMA 
exceedingly small.” 
their grind 11 
with 
kills Prairie Dogs, 
Woodchucks,Gophers, 
and Grain Insects. 
“The wheels of the 
gods grind slow but 
So the weevil, but you can stop 
Fuma Carbon Bisulphide^ 3“ 
EDWAR D R. TAYLOR, l’enn Van, N. Y. 
For BEST and CHEAPEST 
Wood Preservatives 
CAlMo7“NKbliwOOD.rKK’8EBvf«afco., 
60 Wall Stre et, New York. _ 
CDIlITand Shade Trees at WHOLESALE 
rKUIl PRICES for fall delivery. Catalog free. 
Woodbine Nurseries, W. A. Allen & Son, Geneva, O. 
9 CORDS IN IO HOURS 
TREES 
BY ONE MAN. It’s KINO OF THE WOODS. S.rres money and 
backache. Send for FREE illus. catalog showing latest Improre. 
merit. andtestlmonials from thousands. First order gets agency. 
Folding Sawing Mach. Co., 158 E.Harrison St.,Chicago, 111. 
Best Farm Powers 
Widest uses, most power, always 
dependable. No other power can 
possibly take the place of steam, 
Lelfel 
Engines 
are the highest type, 
standard for many 
years. Horizo ntal, 
U priglit, Portable, 
etc. Highest effici- 
e n c y guaranteed. 
Send for book and 
Investigate before buy- 
JAMES LEFFEL & CO.. 
Box 191, SprimrflHd, O. 
nA » VI WATER SYSTEM ff™"" 
It is easy and Inexpensive If you have a 
brook, spring or pond on your place. Let 
Power Specialty Company 
T7it trnn Gilt Wltll A. slmnlft. 
POWER SPECIALTY COMPANY, 
Fit you out with a simple, 
automatic, guaranteed Rife 
Hydraulic Ram or a Foster 
High Duty Ram. Waterraised 
to any height. .No trouble, no repairs. 
Free Catalogue gires raluablo sugges¬ 
tions. Address 
111 Broadway, Niw York City 
Genuine Peruvian Guano. 
The British steamer “ CELIA ” Is just finishing 
discharging for us her cargo of 
7800 Tons of GENUINE PERUVIAN GUANO. 
The S. S. “CUMBAL” is due in a few days with 
7000 Tons More. 
We have other large cargoes loaded and in transit. 
Remember we are SOLE AGENTS FOR THE 
UNITED STATES. 
Send for our booklet, mentioning THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
THE COE-MORTIMER CO., 
Manufacturers of E. FRANK COE FERTILIZERS and 
PERUVIAN BRANDS. 
24 Stone Street, New York City. 
AND 
HIDES 
10 to 50% more money for you to ship Raw Fur*, 
Horse and Cattle Hides to us than to sell at home. 
Write for Price List, market report, shipping tags. 
*book Hunters’ andTrappers’ Guide 
.Best thing on the subject ever written. 
S Illustrating nil Fur Animals. Leather 
^ bound, 450 pages. Price $2.00. To Hide 
and Fur Shippers, $1.25. Wrltetoday. 
ANDERSCR BROS., Dept. 112 Minneapolis, Minn. 
October 5, 
New and Liberal Homestead Regulations In 
WESTERN CANADA 
New Districts Now Opened 
for Settlement 
Soma of the choicest lands in the grain-growing 
belts of Saskatchewan and Alberta have recently been 
opened for settlement under the Revised Homestead 
Regulations of Canada. Thousands of Homesteads of 
160 acres each are now available. The new Regula¬ 
tions make it possible for entry to be mado by proxy, 
the opportunity that many in the United 8tates have 
been waiting for. Any member of a family may 
make entry for any other member of the family, who 
may be entitled to make entry for himself or herself. 
Entry may now be made before the Agent or. Sub- 
Agent of the District by proxy (on certain conditions), 
by the lather, mother, son. daughter, brother or 
sister of an intending homesteader. 
"Any •von-numbored section of Dominion Lends In 
Msnltobs or the Northwest Provlncee, excepting « end 
26 . not reserved, miy bo homesteaded by any person 
the sole herd of a family, or mole over 18 years ol 
age, to the extent ol one-quarter section, ol 180 sores, 
more or less.” 
The fee in each case will be $10. Churches, schools 
and markets convenient. Healthy climate, splendid 
crops and good laws. Grain-growing and cattle- 
raising principal industries. _ _ . 
For further particulars as to Rates, Routes, Best 
Time to Go and Where to Locate, apply to 
Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa.Oanada, or to 
THOMAS DUNCAN, Canadian Govt. Agent, Syracuse 
Bank Bldg., Syracuse, N. Y. 
and $10 Par Month 
I buys s $500 25 acre 
1 poultry, fruit and 
vegetable farm. New 3 room cottage like 
cut. Heat climate, water and markets 
In Sunny Virginia. Other lands $10 
acre up. Send for beautiful pamphlet, 
w ■ --- maps and rates. 
Fa H. LA BAUME, 
Land Agent, Norfolk Jk Yfeitern BaUway, Box F..L, Roanoke. Ts. 
Money=Making Farm 
100 ACRES, to settle estate quickly, will throw in 9 
head of cattle, 3 horses, 2 colts, 19 sheep, potato dig¬ 
ger, 2 cultivators, sprayer, 2 plows, threshing 
machine, fanning mill, mowing machine, horse rake 
and all farming tools too numerous to mention, ail 
included; comfortable house, barn 40x41, granary 
12x16, hen house and sheep barn, all clapboarded; 
situated k: mile from good fishing and has fine view 
of surrounding country; $2800 takes all. For details 
see No. B-6225, page 8, “Strout s List 19. Don t buy 
anywhere until you have seen this wonderful farm 
catalogue. 5000 farms for sale-ten states. E. A. 
STROUT CO., Dept. 42, 150 Nassau St., New York. 
$50 GASH 
WANTED—POSITION AS FARM MANAGER. 
Long experience in handling large estates. Have 
developed waste land into high production. Fully 
understand dairying, grass production, use of fertil¬ 
izers, steam and gasoline engines, everything needed 
in the business of farm manager. Address 
“B,” care Rural New-Yorker. 
KICI D UI*MTCn-Man and wife, no family; 
nCLr If HU I CU man to do general outdoor 
work, woman to do plain cooking and housework. 
Address N. A., Gaylordsville, Conn. 
W ELL EDUCATED YOUNG MAN, 31, desires 
position as assistant on stock farm. View of 
learning business. P. B. S., Box 52, Princeton, N. J. 
W ANTED—Strictly A1 married man for fruit farm; 
chance to advance to position of foreman. Also 10 
experienced apple pickers. Box 134, North Rose, N.Y. 
MAKE MONEY FISHING. 
On this 105 acre farm is a well-stocked trout pond; 
big city hotels pay fancy prices for trout; 8-room 
house; barn, large hen liopses; a neighbor saved 
$1200 last year from 600 hens; fruit, wood, keep cows; 
price only $1000; half cash. For details see No. D-25. 
page 19, “Strout’s List 19. E. A. STROUT CO., 
Department 42, 150 Nassau Street, New York. 
Near Dover, Delaware, 
400 Acres $4000. 
Half good young timber; balance plow land suitable 
for fruit; splendid location; 1*2 miles to R. R , large 
dwelling and barn; can divide into smaller farms: 
lady must sell and at $10 an acre it offers a wonderful 
chance for money-making. For details see No. o70i3, 
page 40, “Strout’s List 19.” The largest illustrated 
book ever issued giving reliable information of agri¬ 
cultural localities and farm bargains in ten states. 
Mailed free. 5000 farms for sale. E. A. STROUT 
CO., Department 42, Land Ti tle Bldg., Philadelphia. 
LAKEWOOD, 1S T . J. 8 MILES. 
75 ACRES IN 
HEALTHY PINE BERT. 
Level loamy fields, clay subsoil, fine pasture; raise 
hay, corn, potatoes, oats and truck. Monmouth 
County. Farmers are prosperous; 500 cords wood; 
apples, pears, grapes and berries; excellent new 2 
story house, good barn 30x120, outbuildings excellent 
for poultry; on account of other business price only 
$5000. J. E. DuBOIS, Free hold. New Jersey. _ 
FARMERS 
Rockland County, N. Y. borders the Hudson River 
and is close to the New York market; its soil is rich 
and well watered. A new trolley system is building 
throughout tlie county, Send for a list of paying 
farms that are steadily increasing in value. 
GOLDSMITH & P OLHEMUS, Nyack, New York. 
OQn ACRE FRUIT AND STOCK FARM; 4,000 
40U fruit trees, new house, wire fence, plenty of 
springs, $3,000; half cash. D. Hopkins, Imboden, Ark. 
rjRMC AT All PRIf.FS • is a good time to look 
FAKMb A1 A LL rKiur.5 , at them Write fo] . Hst 
s'; A~. B O O T H, Greenville, Michigan. 
MICHIGAN FARMS. 
Stock, grain, fruit farms, selling cheap. Good 
schools, ideal climate. Write for list No. 5, 
C. B. BENHAM. Has tings, Michigan. 
r 1 n 11 VAf A IITC11-20 acres or more; house about 
rAnlYI WAN I Cl) 8 rooms; 1 to 3 hours from 
New York. Price and particulars. J. r . HAY Nito, 
309a Monroe Stre et, Brooklyn, New York. _ 
ACEANA, only county in Mich, having a full fruit 
U crop; other crops fine. Write for farm list. 
J. D. S. HANSON, Hart, Michigan. 
ROOFS THAT NEVER WEAR OUT 
Sea Green and Purple Slate Roofs 
Reduce your insurance rate. Afford pure cistern water. Don’t reauirci frequent 
and coating like metal and composition roofing. Not affected by heat or cold. Sultab 
for all buildings, new or old. First cost —only a trifle more than short lived roofings. 
Let us settle your roofing question for all time. Don’t spend more 
roofing. <1! WRITE TO US AT ONCE for our free book ROOfiS. It wul save you nwncy. 
Give us the name of your local roofer. 
THE AMERICAN SEA GREEN SLATE COMPANY, 
Box 10, Granville, N. Y. 
20th Century Combination 
A wagon box, stock rack and hay lad¬ 
ders combined. Can haul loose hay 
or straw, all kinds of live stock ear 
corn, threshed wheat or oats, apples, 
potatoes, etc. Good for every use on the 
farm without removal of parts. All 
Changes Made Instantly. Catalcg Free. 
MODEL M’F’G. CO., 
Box 413, » Muncie. Ind* 
Great Saving of Cost in Operating 
MxhmKUifrfcmKwtm fclwWlWtd Gasolene Engines—*^^1% 
ift Manufactured solely by THE TEMPLE PUMP CO., 15th and Meagher Streets, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. 
15,18, 30 Horse Power. 
