April 20 
354 
CONTENTS. 
Tub Rural New-Yorker, April 20, 1007. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Growing Peas for Canning Factory.337 
Sweet Clover, Melllotus Alim. 338 
A Pong Island Potato Crop. 330 
Fodder from an Old Orchard. 340 
Value of Paunch Manure. 340 
Itrlef Asparagus Notes. 340 
Fertilizer Hi Iowa. 341 
More About Oat Smut. 344 
Destroying Bermuda Grass. ;>4- 
Cutaway or Disk Harrow. 343 
Crop Prospects .351 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
What Alls the Sheep?. 338 
A Backyard Chicken Farm. 330 
Jersey Pedigrees . 340 
A Sticking Cow . 340 
Ailing Shotes . 340 
Plymouth Rocks and White Eggs.*47 
How They Handle Hen Manure. 347 
Mapes, the Hen Man. 348 
Chicken Notes . 348 
‘‘An Eccentric Character”. 340 
Drying Off a Good Cow. 340 
Bringing Water to Barn. 340 
HORTICULTURE. 
Growing and Pruning Raspberries. 
Part II.337, 338 
A Good Seedling Apple. 338 
Culture of Endive. 310 
Best Apples for Northern Michigan-340 
A Beginner’s Queries...... 341 
Sal Soda Bordeaux . 341 
Rain Following Spraying . 341 
Moore's Diamond Grape . 342 
Strawberries for Six Months. 343 
Stock for McIntosh Bed. 343 
Notes from the Rural Grounds.344 
St. Lawrence Apple. 344 
What About This Vineyard?.>•-»! 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
Fr< u Day to D7iy. 
running Raspberries . 
Pickling Questions; Drying Prunes. 
A Box of Petunias. 
The Rural Patterns. 
352 
352 
353 
853 
353 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Clarifying Vinegar . 340 
Government Whitewash . 341 
Coal Tar on Shingles . 342 
Keeping Water Out of Cellar. 342 
Editorials . 330 
Events of the Week. 3"] 
The Rnbblt Nuisance.3.0 
Rotting Stumps .354 
Publisher’s Desk . 
N. Y. during week end- 
wholesale unless Other- 
Prices current at 
lng April 12, 1907, 
wise noted. 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 2, red. 
No. 1, Northern. Duluth 
Corn . 
Oats . 48 
Rye . 
Parley . 
FEED 
Spring Bran . 
Middlings .23.50 
Red Dog . 
Linseed meal ... 
HAY AND STRAW 
___ 
@ 
84% 
— 
Or 
90% 
_ 
(a 
58 
. .. 48 
On 
51 
(ft 
68 
Or 
82 
. . 21.50 
@ 
22.50 
Of! 
25.50 
— (a 20.00 
0/29.00 
Hay, prime . 
No. 1 . 
No. 2 . 
.20.00 
No. 3 . 
.16.0(1 
Clover Mixed . 
.16.00 
Clover . 
.14.00 
Straw. Long Rve. 
.12.00 
Short and Out. 
.10.00 
(ft 23.00 
@22.00 
(ft 21.00 
tan 7.oo 
(f/) 20,00 
(ft 17.00 
(ft 1 3.00 
@11.00 
MILK. 
N. Y. Exchange price $1.01 per 40-quart 
can, netting 3% cents to 20 cent zone ship¬ 
pers who have no extra station charges. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, best . 
Lower grades . 
Stnte Dairy . 
Factory . 
Renovated . 17 
Packing stock . 10 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, best. — 
Common to good . 13 
Skims . 3. 
EGGS. 
Fancy white . — @ 
White, good to choice. 18%@ 
Mixed colors, best. 18 Vi (a) 
Lower grudes . 15 @ 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evap.. fancy. — @ 
Evap., choice . — (ft 
Evnp., com. to good. 5%@ 
Sun dried. 5 (ft 
Cherries . 18 % @ 
Raspberries . 30 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, best .3.75 @4.00 
Ixiwor grndes .1.75 @2.50 
@ 20 
@8.00 
Strawberries . 12 
Cranberries, 
.4.00 
bbl 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, Bermuda, bbl. 
Cuban . 
Florida, new .4.00 
Old slock, 180 lb.1.50 
Sweet potatoes, bbl.2.00 
Asparagus, doz. 
Cucumbers. Southern, bu 
i.00 
. 2.00 
Cabbage, old, ton.4.00 
New, bbl.1 -00 
Kale, bbl._ 30 
lettuce, Vi -bbl. bkt.1.50 
Onions, bbl.100 
Peppers. 24-qt. carrier.1.50 
String beans, bu.2.00 
Spinach, bbl. 
HOTHOUSE 
Cucumbers, doz. 
Lettuce, doz. 
Mushrooms, lb. 
Radishes, 100 
Tomatoes, lb. 
LIVE POUI/I'RY. 
Fowls, lb. 
Roosters ... 
Turkeys . — 
Ducks . ~“ 
Geese . x 
Pigeons, pair 
. 1.50 
2.00 
1.00 
PRODUCTS. 
. no 
. 00 
40 
bunches.2.00 
. 15 
@8.50 
@7.00 
Or 0.50 
(n l .75 
o, 3.75 
@9.50 
<n 3.50 
@8.50 
@ 1.75 
or 65 
<0 3 50 
Oi 3.00 
@3.00 
@4.50 
@1.25 
@ 1.00 
(n 1.25 
<0 65 
@4.00 
@ 25 
(ft 17 
@ 12 
@ 13 
(n< 10 
Oil 10 
@ 30 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys . 
.. 12 
. . 10 
(<v 
C(V 
14 
14 
8 
(II) 
10 
8 
Or 
12 
Squabs, doz. 
. . 2.00 
(a. 
5.00 
COUNTRY-DRESSED 
MEATS. 
T1IE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
CHEAP LANDS—SAFE INVESTMENTS 
NEW BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES 
in abundance in the region now being opened in 
South Dakota along the new lines by building the 
CHICAGO & NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY 
Special inducements to settlers and homesteaders 
to visit this newly opened region. Reduced rate 
tickets from Chicago and the East on sale on certain 
dates at little more than one fare for the round trip. 
Stop-over privileges permit investigation at various 
points in the homestead territory. 
Every day during April there is a low rate from Chicago 
of $33 to nearly all points in California, ^A/ashington and 
Oregon, via the Chicago, Union Pacific & North-Western 
Line, and a round trip rate of $62.50 from 
Chicago to San Francisco and Los Angeles and 
return every day April 25 to May 18, with cor¬ 
respondingly low rates from all other points. 
W. B. KNISKERN, 
Pass’r Traffic Mgr., C. & N.-W. Ry., Chicago. 
@6.50 
@1.50 
1.70 
@4.20 
@8.50 
@5.75 
@9.10 
@7.25 
Ot 34% 
26 
@ 27 
@ 38 
Veal calves, lb. 9 @ 11 
Lambs, hothouse, head.5.00 @8.50 
Pork . 8%@ 9% 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers . 
Bulls .3.50 
Cows .1.70 
Calves .5.00 
Sheep .5.50 
Ivambs .8.50 
Hogs .7.15 
WOOL. 
Ohio and Pa. XX. 
Fine unwashed . 26 
Delaine unwashed . o7 
SEEDS. 
Retail prices at New York. At this season 
clovers, especially, are subject to sudden price 
changes. 
Clover, medium, red, 00 lbs. 12.50 
Clover, scarlet, 00 lbs. <1.00 
Clover, white, 00 lbs. 15.00 
Timothy, 45 lbs. 3.50 
Red Top, 32 lbs. 5.50 
Orchard Grass. 14 lbs. 3.00 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Prices for ton lots. Smaller 
proportionally higher. 
Nitrate of soda (95% pure), ton — 
Muriate of potash (50% actual), 
2,016 lbs. — 
Sulphate of potash (48-50% 
actual), 2,010 lbs. — 
Dried blood ((14% ammonia), 
ton .• • • — 
Basic slag (17-19% plios. add). 
ton .17.50 
Knlnlt. ton . — 
Acid phosphate, ton . — 
Ground hone. (4% am., 20% 
phosphoric acid) . — 
Peruvian Guano, Chincha, ton. — 
Lobos . — 
quantities 
@58.00 
@41.85 
@48.15 
@51.00 
@19.00 
@14.00 
@14.00 
@28.00 
@43.00 
Or 32.00 
FARM FORMULAS. 
Potato Soak. —Soak the seed before cutting 
In a solution of one pint of formalin to 40 
gallons water. Dust with dry sulphur after 
cutting. 
Oat Smut Put the sacked oats 20 min¬ 
utes in formalin solution, one pint to 50 
gallons water. 
BorukauX Mixture.- Full Strength: Four 
hounds copper sulplmfo. five* of unslokod lime, 
40 gallons water. Half strength or less for 
tender foliage. To make Bordeaux an in¬ 
secticide add four ounces Paris-green to each 
40 gallons. 
Guaftino Wax. —Hard; Melt slowly four 
pounds resin, one of beeswax and one pint 
pure linseed oil. Pull Uke molasses candy. 
Liquid wax : Melt one pound resin and one 
ounce beef tallow. Remove from the (ire 
and add eight ounces alcohol. Keep In 
corked bottle. 
A Good IIkn Record. —My nephew, A. .T. 
Stewart, has 50 Rhode Island Red pullets 
hatched June 1 last. Summer that have laid 
In the first 83 days of this year over 50 
eggs each on the average. They laid In Jan¬ 
uary 754; In February, 1,022; in first 25 
days of March, 850, and are averaging more 
eggs every day as the season advances, 
j. s. woodward. 
Rotting Stumps.- Some time ago I ran 
across a recipe for getting rid of stumps. I 
have unfortunately lost I!, find as I now have 
some pasture-grown elm stumps, those old- 
time and dynamite defiers, to get rid of I 
wish to ask for this recipe. I recall It 
partly. It consisted of boring an auger-hole 
In the slump, filling with saltpeter, leaving 
stand for a time, then filling with some 
combustible liquid and later selling on lire. 
This operation, 11 was said, would cause the 
stump to burn quickly away. Has anyone 
tried Ihls recipe, and will it do what Is 
claimed? K - 
It n.-Y. —Such advice often goes through 
(lie papers. We doubt the value of any such 
practice. Can any readers give facts? 
“There now,” said Borem, after a long 
talk, “there’s a little good advice for you 
for nothing.” “Yes,” replied the long- 
suffering friend, “that’s about what it’s 
good for.”—Catholic Standard and Times. 
A political orator declared that “•tin* 
British lion, whether climbing the pine 
forests of Canada or scouring the Pacific 
main, would not draw in his horns or 
retire into his shell,” which recalls the 
remark of an Australian legislator who, 
speaking of the competition between land 
and sea carriage, exclaimed: “Mr. Speak¬ 
er, the railways are cutting the ground 
from under the steamers’ feet.”—Home 
Herald. 
A youth was ushered into the pres¬ 
ence of the great doctor at the medical 
college. “What do you mean?” the doc¬ 
tor demanded to know of the attendant, 
“by bringing this boy in here without 
stripping him. Strip him to the waist.” 
The attendant took the hoy out. stripped 
him to the waist and brought him hack 
again. “Now,” said the doctor, brusquely, 
“what is the trouble?” “I came, sir,” re¬ 
plied the youth tremblingly, “to collect 
that bill you owe us.”—Credit Lost. 
NW41I 
Sell Your Old Rubber and Metals 
For the Highest l’rices. 
Wft lmy old ruliber, aorap WUil, -copper. lira"", load, nto., Ill 
r.o lh. lot h nr over, aim pay tlio fit-lent. Write for prlcellal. 
UNITED RUBBER A METAL CO., 482 W. Broadway, N. Y. 
nni I 1C DIIDQ Females and brood bitches. NFL- 
UULLIl rUro bon BROS., Grove city. Pa. 
1,000 CIIOICK KKKKiTN for tlie 
BprlnK bade. Perfect worker". I liny rlear out 
rata, limit rabbit". -18 p. Illua’d book,tie. Clr. price 
ll"l free. l AllNSWOKI'll, Middletown, Ohio. 
1 imackett'S cape cure.” It's a powder; the chicks 
n inhale it. Kills the worm us well us the germ, 
guaranteed. Large 20 oz. puck., post]mid, 5»0«S (money 
order). Address,T. C. Haskett, Hillsboro, Md., Box A. 
UTILITY! 
Laying ability tlrst.staridard require 
ments second. LARGEST POULTRY 
PLANT IN AMERICA. 8.0. White 
Leghorns, White Wyandottes, Marred 
Plymouth Rocks. Free Booklet. 
WOODLANDS FARM, Iona, NowJorsoy. 
—Barred Plymouth Rocks, bred for 10 years 
•-trom selected Prize Winning Stock; tested 
*■ layers; 240 eggs per hen. Eggs ti5(t per 111; $4 porlOO. 
JAS. SINSAI4AUGH, Pine Bush, Orange <’<»., N.V. 
CGGS 
C P p O Buff and White Wyandotte Eggs for 
sale—75e. per lf>: *4 per 10(1. 
CHAB. I. MILLER, R. F. D. No. 1, Hudson, N. Y. 
F OIt SALK—S.C.W.I jegliorns, heavy laying si rains, 
Eggs $1 per!5. FRED. BURRETT, Clifton, N. Y. 
DIICC ORPINGTONS— Eggs, $l„por 13. 
DU I I V. It. WOOSTER, Bysandor, N. Y. 
B abb eh and white rooks, robe comb 
Rhode Island Beds, Single Comb White Leg¬ 
horns, IS Eggs, $1.00; ill) for $1 75; 100 for $5.00, from 
vigorous farm raised stock. 
FRED. B. KEENEY, Laceyvlllo, Penn. 
W 1 !.' 
1’1’E WYANDOTTES EXCLUSIVELY IS years 
experience us a breeder of this popular variety. 
Eggs from fancy matings, $1.50 per 18. Incubator 
Eggs, $0 per 100. Circular on application. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. MATT M. FA KRELL, Boilus Point, N.Y. 
MAKE YOUR OWN GATE FOR 
$2.50 We furnish patented 
attachments with which 
you can make a slide or 
swing gate that does 
not bind, sag, or have 
to be carried. < iperates 
as easily as a door. No 
strain on post, and no 
need of extra walk gate. 
Endorsed by hundreds 
v of farmers and rail¬ 
roads. Wo also sell a full lino of complete gates in 
galvanized steel, or wood, plain or ornamental. Sold 
on 15 days’trial. Special prices uml freight paid on 
largo lots. Write for catalog and full information. 
WESTON GATE COMPANY, Box 10, North Dover, Ohio. 
EMPIRE 
The Fence 
of To-day. 
IT’S THE BIG 
.WIRE FENCE 
that's the lasting fence. Little wires have had 
tlieir day. Book around you at some of the little 
wire fences and see why: Rusted out, twisted, 
rootud and pushed apart, broken down. 
EMPIRE No. 9 
HARD STEEL WIRE 
fence is taking their place. Knots, stays, hori¬ 
zontals, all same size. Woven so that every wire 
stays whore it’s put. No slips, no holes, tralvan- 
izea so there’s no chance for rust. 
THE FENCE THAT LASTS, THE FENCE FOR YOU. 
We sell only direct, and do not sell through 
agents or dealers. Write for prices and particulars. 
BOND STEEL POST COMPANY 
Adrian, Mich. 
Farms That Grow 
“No. I HARD” WHEAT 
Pounds to the Bushel) 
are situated In the Cana¬ 
dian West, where Home¬ 
steads of 160 acres can be 
obtained FREE by every 
settler willing and able to 
comply with the Home¬ 
stead Regulations. 
During the present year a 
large portion of 
New Wheat-Crow¬ 
ing Territory 
has been made accessible to mar¬ 
kets by the railway construction 
that has been pushed forward so 
vigorously by the three great Rail¬ 
way Companies. Grain-growing, 
mixed farming nnd dairying arc 
the grent specialties. 
For literature and Information nddreaa 
Superintendent of Immigration. 
Ottawa, Canada 
or TIIOS. IMJNCAN. 
Canadian Government Agent, 
Syracuse Dunk Bldg.. 
Syracuse, New York 
Mention Mil, Paper. 
Summer Hotel 
ON FISIIF.R’S 
ISLAND.NEW 
YORK.In Long 
Island Sound, opposite*. New London. Conn., to 
let, or sell; furnished complete; established 
trade; accommodate 1 <K); popular resort; ex¬ 
cellent opportunity. Eor particulars, address 
■). J. DILLON, 409 Pearl St., H.Y. City 
VALUABLE FARM PROPERTY FOR SALE. 
The farm formerly used as a Town Farm located 
near l’ratts Junction In Town of Sterling. Mass.,con¬ 
sisting of 154 acres of land divided Into wood, mowing 
and pasture: two large orchards with all kinds of 
fruits. House of 2<> rooms In good repair. Just the 
place for summer boarders. Located on hlghground, 
5 minutes walk to Electrics running between Fitch¬ 
burg and Worcester hourly, 15 minutes walk to l’ratts 
.1 unct ion 8t atlon where good train service Is f'n rnlsliod 
to all points. Fine building lots on line oJ Electric. 
Barn 20X50 feet, shed and tool house In good repair. 
House and barn supplied with excellent never fall¬ 
ing water. Farm will keep 25 head of cattle and Is 
a very desirable place for anyone looking for a good 
farm "and pleasant home. Farm Isespeclally adapted 
to early vegetable growing. Per order Selectmen of 
Sterling, Mass. Ciias. F. Adams, Clerk, Post Ollicc 
Address, Pratts Junction, Mass. 
NEAR VINELAND, N. J. 
This 38-acre Farm is in a fine location: 30 miles 
from Philadelphia, round trip $1.18, time 57 minutes; 
on good road, surrounded by the best of neighbors; 
school within Hi mile: mail delivered free; 2 acres 
set with large, thrifty strawberry plants; apples for 
home use; splendid house 2 stories, henhouse for 300 
fowl; barn 24x80; good supply of well water; all 
farming implements and fruit-raising tools are in¬ 
cluded; only *3,250; for picture Of house see No. 
72 , 095 , page ii. of Strout's new book, "Vineland, N..I. 
Farms,” just out. K. A. STROUT 00., Dept. 42, 
Land Title Bldg., Philadelphia. 
KEEP 800 HENS 
In the8 poultry houses on ibis 15-acre Rhode Island 
farm (a neighbor put *1.200 in bank as profits from 
(lock of 000 during 19011); apples, poaches; 8-room 
house, barn; near Providence; electrics; for picture 
of house s ue page 4, farm D-0, of Strout's hook 
“Rhode Island Farms,” just out, mailed free. K. A. 
8TROUT ('<)., Dept. 42,88 Broad St., Boston, Mass. 
100 ACRES, $1,000. 
Dark loam soil, fenced, wood, fruit, 10-room house; 
big maples on lawn; stable; to settle estate; only 
$1,001): see picture of house, No. 55,080, page 23, of 
Strout’s List 18, mailed free. E. A. STltOUT 00., 
I)opt. 42, 150 Nassau st„, New York Pity. 
ONLY 31 MILES TO NEW YORK 
Fifteen minutes drive to depot; 05 acres between 
Summit and Bornardsville, N.J. Ridge land, grand 
shade, beautiful views of peaceful farming valleys, 
excellent, stables, 0-room house, running water; pair 
horses, 3 cows, wagons and farming tools included 
for only $5,000. Half cash, to settle estate quickly. 
For picture of house see farm 70087, page 5 of Strout's 
Country Homes, a now hook of hi^'h class country 
property In New England, New York, New Jersey 
and the South; nothing in it less than 85,000. Copy 
mailed upon request. E. A. STKOUT CO., I)>n>t. 42, 
150 Nassau St., Now York. 
tuauTCfl Man as Coachman and useful man; 
TiHIllLl) married, no children: one who under¬ 
stands gardening, and willing to help on small farm 
in winter. Nice cottage, fire-wood and usual supplies 
furnished. Only those having best of references 
need apply; good place for the right man. 
L. M. S-, 200 Fifth Ave,, N, Y, City. 
UYING AN AUTOMOBILE? That’s 
the question we want to .settle for 
you. Booklet freo to those interested. 
