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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 4, 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, May 4, 1007. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Peppermint, a Crop for Swamp Lands, 
Making Bordeaux for Potatoes. 374 
Plain Directions for Farmers. 374 
Colors in Sweet Corn. 378 
Fertilizer for Neglected Fields. 378 
Hope Farm Notes. 381 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Ration for Fattening Calves. 
Wood and Concrete Silos. 
Proba bl y Tuberculosis. 
ICainit for Preserving lien Manure. 
Feeding Young Animals. 
Poll Evil. 
Color of Galloway Cattle. 
Hoof Dressing of Petroleum. 
Cure for Sucking Cow. 
Scours in Calves. 
Hens in Close Quarters. 
Building an Elm Hoop Silo. 
From Milk Making to Farming.... 
HORTICULTURE. 
382 
382 
382 
383 
383 
383 
384 
384 
384 
384 
384 
385 
385 
Peach Growing in New England. 374 
Pecan Growing for Northern Men. 375 
Carbolic Acid on Trees. 375 
Planting the Brown's Seedling Grape... 375 
Dipping Nursery Stock. 375 
Wire Netting and Bores. .;76 
Strawberry Culture. Part IV. 377 
A Gardener’s Note. 378 
Planting Perennials. 378 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 380 
The Canada “Fruit Marks” Act. 387 
Experience with Dipping Trees. 387 
Fruit Prospects. 387 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 388 
Mrs. Spraker Talks. 388 
The Rural Patterns. 389 
The Bookshelf. 389 
Corn Relish. 389 
Sealing Wax on Fruit Jars. 389 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Keep Hold of Your Own Property. 374 
Forcing Water Through a Well. 370 
A Cider and Vinegar Factory. 370 
A Sticky Whitewash. 370 
Cement on Roofing. 377 
Removal of Manure. 379 
Security for Rent. 379 
A Fencing Question. 379 
Removal of Temporary Building. 379 
Farm Leases. 379 
Liability for Road Drain. 379 
Sheep Worried by Dogs. 379 
Error in Fence Line. 379 
Property Without Right of Way. 379 
Editorials . 380 
Events of the Week. 387 
The Canadian Northwest. 387 
Products, Prices and Trade. 390 
Publisher’s Desk. 391 
Humorous . 392 
MARKETS 
Prices current at N. Y. during week end¬ 
ing April 20, 1907, wholesale unless other¬ 
wise noted. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2, red, for export. 85% 
No. 3, Northern Duluth. 95% 
Corn . 58 
Oats . 47 
Rye . 71 
PEED. 
Spring bran.22.00 @23.00 
Middlings .22.50 @23.50 
Red Dog. — @24.50 
Linseed meal. — @29.00 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay, prime, ton.23.00 @24.00 
No. 1 . — @22.00 
No. 2 .20.00 @21.00 
No. 3 .16.00 @18.00 
Clover, mixed.16.00 @20.00 
Clover .14.00 @17.00 
Straw, long Rye.11.00 @12.00 
Short and Oat. 9.00 @10.00 
MILK. 
N. Y. Exchange price .$1.61 per 40-quart 
can, netting 3% cents to 26-cent zone ship¬ 
pers who have no extra station charges. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, best . 
— 
(&. 
35 
Lower grades . 
. 26 
(d) 
32 
State Dairy . 
. 24 
33 
Factory . 
. 20 
@ 
24 
Packing Stock . 
. 19 
@ 
22 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, best. 
. - 
@ 
15 
Common to good. 
. 12 
@ 
14 
Skims . 
. 3 
@ 
8 
EGGS. 
White, fancy . 
. - 
@ 
20 
White, good to choice. 
. 19 
@ 
19% 
Mixed colors, best. 
. 18% 
@ 
19 
Lower grades . 
• 15% 
@ 
17 
Apples, evap., 
Evaporated, 
8 
8% 
7 
(<i 
7% 
5%@ 
6% 
5 
6 
30 
31 
18 
@ 
18% 
BEANS. 
Marrow, bushel.1.50 @1.95 
Pea . — @1.45 
Red kidney . — @2.15 
White kidney . — @2.75 
Yellow Eye . — @1.75 
DRIED FRUITS. 
fancy. 8 
. , choice ... 
Evap., common to good 
Sun dried . 
Raspberries . 30 
Cherries . 18 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, best. 
Common to good.. 
Strawberries, quart . 10 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Bermuda, barrel.,.. 
Florida, new .4.00 
Maine, 165-lb bag 
State and Jersey.1 
Asparagus, dozen .2.50 
Cabbage, old, ton.10.00 
New, barrel .1.75 
Kale, barrel .1.00 
Lettuce, %-bbl. basket.2.00 @ 
Peas, green, bushel.2.00 @ 
String beans, bushel.2.00 
4.00 
@6.50 
2.00 
@3.50 
10 
@ 25 
5.00 
@7.00 
4.00 
@5.50 
2.00 
(ft o 25 
@2.00 
.2.50 
@15.0 
Spinach, 
Tomatoes, 
barrel.2.00 
... 1.00 
24-qt., carrier 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Fowls, lb. -— 
Roosters ,,,,,■•«»■,»»»*»,,. 9 
Turkeys . — 
Ducks . —• 
Geese . 8 
Pigeons, pair. — 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys . 12 
Chickens, roasting. 15 
Fowls . 13 
Ducks, Spring. 23 
Squabs, dozen.2.50 
@ 20.00 
@2.50 
@1.25 
@4.50 
@4.00 
@4.50 
@2.50 
@3.00 
@ 13% 
@ 11 
@ 11 
@ 121/2 
@ 10 
@ 30 
@ 14 
@ 20 
@ 14% 
@ 25 
@5.00 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers .5.10 @6.35 
Bulls .3.75 @4.75 
Cows .2.30 @4.35 
Calves .4.50 @ 7.50 
Sheep .4.50 @ 5.00 
Lambs .6.50 @8.50 
Hogs . — @7.25 
FARM CHEMICALS. 
Prices for ton lots, smaller quantities pro¬ 
portionately higher. 
Nitrate of soda, ton. 58.00 
Muriate of potash. 41.50 
Sulphate of potash... 46.50 
Basic slag . 18.00 
Ground bone, 4 per cent, ammonia, 20 
per cent, phosphoric acid. 30.50 
Tankage, 7 per cent, ammonia, 30 per 
cent, bone phosphate. 31.50 
Peruvian Guano, Chincha. 44.50 
Peruvian Guano, Ivoljos. 35.50 
Acid phosphate . 14.00 
WOOL. 
Unwashed, Delaine . 
Ohio X \ 
29 @ 30 
— @ 34 
PRODUCTS , PRICES AND TRADE. 
Stkawbekriks. —The arrivals have been 
light for, several days, resulting in a higher 
average price. The crop in the Carolinas 
has suffered considerably from the last frost. 
Asparagus in fair quantity is here from 
the South and Facific coast. Prices are very 
high, some of the California green reach¬ 
ing $15 per dozen bunches. Most of the 
grass sells within the range of $4 to $9 per 
dozen, and is but a poor apology for the 
freshly cut stalks. Hotels are the largest 
users of this high priced asparagus. Taking 
the size of -portions they serve, the price 
charged, and the wholesale price of the grass 
into account, the hotel men make a good 
profit on the asparagus. 
Potatoes. —After dragging along for 
months at a low figure, the price suddenly 
jumped to $2 and $2.25. This made an 
advance of 50 to 75 cents per 165-pound 
sack. Part of this sudden rise is due to the 
demand for seed, as a great many are plant¬ 
ing at this date, and part to the scare 
caused by the southern freeze. So far as 
potatoes go, however, the frost damage ap¬ 
pears to have been much less than was at 
first reported. South of Charleston there 
were some patches far enough advanced to 
be about ruined, but in North Carolina, Vir¬ 
ginia and the eastern shore, practically none 
of the potatoes were up. There is no pros¬ 
pect of a potato famine as the result of 
this freeze, and in my opinion farmers who 
have sold their holdings on this advance 
have done wisely, as another slump in prices 
may be on the way. 
Queer Arbitration. —A shipment of water 
glass eggs was sent to a New York commis¬ 
sion man. He did not examine them closely, 
but understood that they were fresh eggs 
and sold them as such. The buyer at once 
complained and returned one-tenth of the 
eggs. To settle the matter both parties 
agreed to leave the case to the arbitration 
of a certain trade association. After “due 
deliberation” this arbitration committee de¬ 
cided that, the buyer need not pay for the 
eggs or return them. In the meantime the 
commission man had settled with the shipper 
on a fair basis for preserved eggs. As he 
gets no money, the eggs are not returned 
and he has agreed to abide by the arbitra¬ 
tion. he feels as though he nad fallen among 
thieves. Possibly the committee decided the 
matter by tossing up a penny. They cer¬ 
tainly did not weave any great amount of 
common sense into their decision. 
ArrLES. —The season for large operations 
is about over, and from this time on good 
apples will be in the list of luxuries. Very 
few choice Spies have been seen during the 
season. Retail houses that make a specialty 
of this variety have been unable to supply 
their trade. There are buyers who think 
there is nothing equal to the Spy, and they 
do not take kindly to the western apples 
that are substituted for Spy in years of scarc¬ 
ity. ’The top wholesale price is now $5, 
eveept for a few extra choice Greenings, 
which have brought $6.50. Common stock 
runs from $2.00 to $4.50. This is the season 
when the usefulness of the Ben Davis is 
most apparent in eastern markets. It can be 
handled at retail at a low price and with 
little loss, so that thousands who would 
otherwise lie deprived of apples are able to 
get sound fruit at a price within their means. 
We do not sympathize with the Indiana 
philosopher, Abe Martin, who hoped that the 
cold spell had killed all the Ben Davis apples. 
Dressed Poultry. —The question of mar¬ 
keting poultry drawn or undrawn has been 
attracting unusual attention the past Winter, 
and intemperate statements have been made 
on both sides; as poultry is ordinarily 
handled the drawin fowls would be an abom¬ 
ination, as there would be just so much more 
surface to catch the filth and germs. But on 
the other hand the honest opinion of most 
consumers would be in favor of having the 
entrails removed provided the bird were 
handled in a cleanly way. Boards of health 
might well start right at this point and 
make the poultry dealers clean up their 
places and keep the poultry away from 
street contamination. On the Washington 
street side of Washington market, in this 
city, every business day in the year, poultry 
is exposed for sale directly on the street. 
The sidewalk is roofed but there is no pro¬ 
tection on the entire side, and the wind 
blows clouds of dust from this dirty street 
into the poultry, much of which is hung up 
wet—a regular dirt and microbe trap. Some 
of the wholesale places in this city are un¬ 
reasonably dirty in their methods of handl¬ 
ing iced or frozen poultry. The barrels are 
dumped on floors and the birds mopped 
around in pools of liquid filth. I have 
looked carefully about the Boston and Phil¬ 
adelphia markets but never saw anything 
there approaching these conditions. Good 
roasting chickens now retail at 18 to 20 
cents per pound, and prime capons, 25. 
. w. w. H. 
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