THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
November 16, 
848 
CONTENTS. 
Tiie Rural New-Yorker, November 16, 1907. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Handling Seed Corn.838 
"Yellow” Literature on Agriculture.839 
Farmers and a License. 840 
Hope Farm Notes. 843 
Crop Prosnects . 845 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Onions for Hens . 840 
What Ails (he Ducks. 840 
Weakness of Stifles. 850 
Feeding the Little Chicks. 850 
Feeding the liens. 851 
The American Merino . 851 
Acid Phosphate as a Lice Killer.851 
HORTICULTURE. 
Apple Culture in Western New York.837, 838 
The Rough Places Are Made Smooth.. 838 
Apples and Apple Soils. 838 
Was the Ant Hill Responsible?. 838 
Plums in the Henyard.839 
Water Pressure as a Spray Power.... 839 
A Disease of Pears. 840 
Protecting Trees from Mice. 840 
Notes from the Rural Grounds.842 
Notes from the Apple Belt. 845 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 846 
Apple Butter Without Cider. 847 
Virginia Mincemeat . 847 
The Rural Patterns. 847 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Poison Ivy . 838 
'The Shake-up in Business. 839 
Talks with a Lawyer. 841 
White Smoke from Gasoline Engines.... 841 
Cement in Place of Clapboards . 841 
Ammonia for Bee Stings. 842 
Editorials . 844 
Cider from Green Apples. 845 
Events of the Week. 845 
Publisher's Desk .849 
Keep Them in Mind. 850 
MARKETS 
REVIEW OF THE WEEK. 
Butter has dropped two cents since last 
report. Fancy fresh eggs very scarce, and 
live cents higher. Storage stock is being 
worked out rapidly, though at figures under 
20 cents. Trade in dried fruits dull. Dried 
berries scarce, but in very little demand. 
Apple market easy, except on fancy grades. 
Poultry market is still in very bad condi¬ 
tion. All supplies for the Thanksgiving 
trade should be on hand by Friday or Sat¬ 
urday of the week previous or Monday, 
November 25, at the latest. 
Prices current at N. Y. during week end¬ 
ing November 8, 1907, wholesale unless- 
otherwise noted. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2, Red, for export — 
(0)1.04 
(0) 69 
rmts. 
@ 51 
MILLFEED. 
Spring bran . 
Middlings. 
@27.00 
(<1 30.50 
Hominy chop . 
. - 
0 , 29.00 
Linseed meal . 
@32.50 
IIAY AND STRAW. 
Ilay, No. 1. 
.21.00 
@22.00 
No. 2 . 
.20.60 
@21.00 
No. 3. 
.18.00 
@19.00 
Clover mixed . 
. 1 6.00 
@ 20.00 
Clover . 
@ 18.00 
Straw, Long Rye. 
@15.00 
Short and Oat. 
.10.00 
(0 1 2.50 
MILK. 
N. Y. Exchange price $1.91 per 
40-quart 
can, netting four cents in 26-cent zone points. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, best . 
. . - 
@ 2o 
Common to good. 
. . 21 
@ 24 
Storage . 
. . 21 
@ 25 
State Dairy . 
. . 1!) 
m 24 
Factory . 
. . IS 
@ 21 
Packing stock . 
. . 17 
@ 20 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, best. 
— 
@ 15% 
Common to good. 
12 V* 
@ 14 
Skims . 
. . 7 
@ 10 
EGGS. 
Fancy white . 
. . 45 
@ 48 
White, good to choice. 
. . 38 
@ 42 
Mixed colors, best . 
@ 38 
Western . 
. . 21 
@ 28 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evap., fancy. 
. . - 
@ IO1/2 
Evap., com. to good.... 
.. 8%@ 10 
Chops, 100 lbs. 
@2.60 
Raspberries . 
.. 32 
@ 34 
APPLES. 
Alexander, bbl. 
@5.00 
Snow and Wealthy. 
. . 2.00 
@4.00 
Twenty Ounce. 
. .2.00 
@3.50 
Pound Sweet . 
. .2.00 
<g s.00 
Fall Pippin . 
. .2.00 
@3.50 
King . 
. . 2.00 
@ 4.00 
Ben Davis . 
. . 2.25 
@3.25 
Greening . 
. .2.00 
@3.50 
Baldwin . 
. .2.00 
(a 3.25 
Western, bu. box . 
. .1.00 
@3.00 
VARIOUS FRU 
ITS. 
Pears, Seekel, bbl. 
Bartlett . 
. .6.00 
@7.50 
@ 6.50 
(a 7.00 
Clairgeau . 
. .4.00 
@6.00 
Anjou . 
@5.00 
Kieffer . 
. .2.00 
@3.00 
Quinces, bbl. 
@4.50 
Grapes, 20-lb. case. 
@1.00 
Four-lb. basket. 
. . 10 
@ 15 
Cranberries . 
. .7.00 
@9.00 
VEGETABLE 
S. 
Potatoes, Long Island, bbl. 
. . 2.00 
@2.25 
Maine . 
@2.00 
State and W’n, 180 lbs.. 
. .1.75 
@2.00 
Sweet potatoes. Jersey, bbl 
. .1.00 
@2.00 
Brussels sprouts, quart.... 
6 
@ 12 
Carrots, bbl. 
. .1.00 
@1.25 
Celery, dozen . 
. . 20 
@ 35 
Chicory, State, basket.... 
@1.00 
Cabbage. Danish seed, ton. 
. 1 0.00 
@14.00 
Domestic, ton . 
. . 7.00 
@10.00 
Cauliflower, L.I., short cut, bbl.2.00 
@3.00 
L. I. long cut. bbl. 
. .1.25 
@2.00 
Endive, foreign, lb. 
. . 15 
@ 18 
Horseradish, bbl. 
. .5.00 
@7.50 
Lettuce, State, basket. 
@2.50 
Norfolk, basket . 
. . 50 
@1.25 
New Orleans, bbl. 
@5.00 
Mushrooms, lb. 
.. 25 
@ 75 
Onions, white, bbl. 
@3.75 
Yellow . 
@2.00 
Rod . 
. . 1.50 
@2.00 
@2.50 
Small white pickle, bkt.. 
. .2.00 
Pumpkins, bbl. 
@ — 
Parsnips, bbl.1.25 @1.50 
Peas, Southern, basket . 75 @2.00 
Romaine, New Orleans, bbl..2.00 @4.00 
String beaus, Va., Mr -bbl. bkt.1.00 @1.50 
Savannah, green, basket.... 75 @1.00 
Florida, basket .1.00 @2.25 
Spinach, Norfolk, bbl.1.00 @1.50 
Baltimore, bbl. 75 @1.00 
Squash, Marrow, bbl.1.00 @1.25 
Hubba rd .1.50 @ 1.75 
Turnips, Rutabaga, bbl. 75 @1.00 
White, bbl.1.00 @1.25 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens, lb. 12 @ 14 
Fowls . 12 @ 14 
Turkeys . — @ 15 
Ducks . 12 @ 13 
Geese . 11 @ 12% 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys . 14 @ 18 
Chickens, best . 20 @ 22 
Common to good. 12. @ 16 
Fowls . 10 @ 12 
Ducks . 12 @ 16 
Geese . 17 @ 21 
Squabs, dozen .2.00 @5.00 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers .3.95 @6.60 
Bulls .2.50 @3.90 
Cows .1.00 @4.30 
Calves .5.00 @9.50 
Sheep .3.50 @5.25 
Lambs .6.00 @7.50 
THE BEST LINIMENT 
OR PAIN KILLER FOR THE HUMAN BODY 
Gombault’s 
Caustic Balsam 
IT HAS NO EQUAL 
- A 
Cam —It is penetrat- 
■ UI ing,soothing and 
healing, and for all Old 
Ik A Sores, Bruises,or 
I IlO Wounds, Felons, 
Exterior Cancers, Boils 
UiHMeH Corns and 
nUmdfi Bun ions 
CAUSTIC BALSAM has 
R A fill no 6Q U &1 as 
DUUj a Liniment. 
We would say to all 
who buy it that it does 
not contain a particle 
of poisonous substance 
and therefore no harm 
can result from its ex¬ 
ternal use. Persistent, 
thorough use will cure 
many old or chronic 
ailments and it can be 
used on any case that 
requires an outward 
ap plication with 
perfect safety. 
Perfectly Safe 
and 
Reliable Remedy 
for 
Sore Throat 
Chest Cold 
Backache 
Neuralgia 
Sprains 
Strains 
Lumbago 
Diphtheria 
Sore Lungs 
Rheumatism 
and 
all Stiff Joints 
REMOVES THE SORENESS-STRENGTHENS MUSCLES 
Cornhill, Ter.—“One bottle Caustic Balsam did 
my rheumatism .more good than $ 120.00 paid in 
doctor'sbills." Y OTTO A. BEYER. 
Price S t .60 per bottle. Sold by druggists, or sent 
by ue express prepaid. Write for Booklot R. 
The LAWRENCE-WILLIAMS COMPANY. Cleveland. 0., 
BETTER COW FEED 
FOR LESS MONEY. 
Our Distillers’ Dried Grains furnish it. Sweet, 
clean, light colored grains, high in protein, which 
cows eat greedily. Bulky feed and great milk maker. 
Far better than bran and an excellent balancer of 
farm feeds. Write for particulars. 
DEWEY BROS. CO., Box 656, Blanchestor, Ohio. 
MUSICAL EDUCATIONS, 
music course ? Any other course desired ? Address 
C. EMERY, 41 Park Row, New York. 
VAN ALSTYNE’S R. I. REDS-A few cocks and 
” cockerels from laying strain to dispose of at $2 to 
$5. Edw. Van Alstyne & Son, Kinderhook, N. Y. 
1.L1E PUPS AND WHITE AND BROWN 
FERRETS. NELSON BROS., Grove City, Pa. 
COD CM I C-FOX, COON and RABBIT 
run vDHLE. HOUNDS. Send 2-cent stamp. 
PAXTON YARNELL, SHREVE, OHIO. 
FOR SALE 
-Three Pigs, nine weeks old; Seven 
Pigs, six weeks old. Thoroughbred 
English Berksliires, entitled to registration, Four 
and Five Dollars each. All first-class animals. 
Address, HARRY B. BOUTON, Ashville, N. Y. 
REG. POLAND CHINAS. 
Gilts and Service Boars and August Pigs. 
L. S. TYLER, Laceyville, Penn. 
VVANTED.—Married man understanding the feed- 
y ing of cattle, to feed under Foreman’s instruc¬ 
tions. Salary, $12.00 per week and house rent. 
THE NOE FARM, Madison, New Jersey. 
AfiPNTQ WAN TEfl to bundle our patented 
MULll I 0 If nil I LLl Horse Hitcher, the only 
device invented for hitching horses without posts or 
weights. Sells on sight to merchants and horse 
owners. Big money. Write at once for terms. Ex¬ 
clusive territory if you hurry. MAJESTIC MFG. 
CO., 510 New Hayden Bldg., Columbus, Ohio. 
Columbia County Bargain, 
184 Acres, $3,000. 
House 12 rooms, piazza, painted; excellent water; good 
barn; other outbuildings; maple shade; extensive 
view of mountains and river; mail delivered, near 
neighbors, schools, churches, etc.; five minutes to R. 
R. station; 300cords of wood; 20,000feet of timber; 200 
barrels of apples yearly; spring watered pasture for 
30 head; cuts 50 tons of hay; 100 acres in fields; raise 
oats, rye, potatoes and corn; price cut to $3,000, as 
immediate sale is necessary to close affairs before 
Dec. 1st. A. WILLIAMS, Chatham, N. Y. 
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FARM AND GARDEN TOOLS. 
Save moat time and labor. Do best work. Write for book. 
BATEMAN MFC. CO., Box 102, Crenloch, N. J. 
VERMONT FARM MACHINE COMPANY 
[Eighteen Distributing Warehouses 
BELLOWS FALLS, VT. 
UNITED STATES SEPARATOR 
Low Milk Can 
Enclosed 
Gears— 
Safe, 
Self- 
Oiling 
and Easy- 
Running. 
Simple 
Bowl, only 
2 parts 
Inside. 
Easy 
To 
Wash 
And handle 
Sixteen years’ use has conclusively proved the^— - .. 
durability of the U. S., and it makesbility of the U. 
dairying more profitable than S. is indorsed by 
other machines because it 
GETS ALL THE CREAM 
* HOLDS 
WORLD’S 
RECORD 
FOR CLEAN SKIMMING 
It costs you nothing to find 
out why the U. S. is the best, 
5nd it’s money in your pocket to know! 
Just write, “Send me new Catalog No. 159. 
leading Agricultural 
Colleges and Experiment 
Stations throughout the 
country. For example: — 
“April 29,1907.—Your sepa¬ 
rators continue to give us 
perfect satisfaction. Since 
our last report we have tried 
two more machines, and of 
all the nine machines tried 
up to the present, none have 
sltimmed closer than the 
U. S.” Can send you 20 
letters from them if you 
want. The U. S. is ac¬ 
knowledged THE 
standard cream 
separator. 
P| CA0E 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. 
WM. H. COHEN & CO., 
Commission Merchants, 
229 and 231 Washington Street, New York. 
OUR SPECIALTIES 
Poultry For Thanksgiving 
Apples, Pears, Vegetables of all kinds. Hot¬ 
house Products sold on commission. 
Correspondence solicited. 
Archdeacon & Co., 100 Murray St., New York. 
Game, 
1 Live Poultry, 
Calves 
Furs, 
1 Dressed Poultry, 
Nuts, 
Ginseng, 
1 Hot House Lambs,! 
I Horseradish. 
AND 
HIDES 
10 to 50% more money for you to ship Raw Furs, 
Horse and Cattle Hides to us than to sell at home. 
"Write for Price List, market report, shipping tags. 
'tejbxBooK Hunters’ andTrappers’ Guide 
nHHM^^Best thing on the subject ever written. 
V r UHjHfclllustratingnl) Fur Animals. Leather 
F V bound, 450 pages. Price $2. OO. To Hide 
t V and Fur Shippers, *1.25. Write today. 
ANDERSOH BROS., Dept. 112 Minneapolis, Minn. 
Gasoline 
Engines 
Fewest Farts. Uses 
Least Fuel. 
Catalogue FREE. 
C. H. CANFIELD, 
202 West Newell St., 
Syracuse, New York 
Gas and Gasoline Engines 
Stationary, 
and Portable 
for all purposes 
Catalogues on Request* 
W. D. DUNNING, 
331 W. Water St. 
Syracuse, N. Y. 
FOR SALE 
ONE 8 H.-P. STATIONARY 
GASOLINE ENGINE, 
made by the International Harvester Oo. Has all 
modern improvements. In use about six months, 
Guaranteed in perfect condition. Reason for selling, 
too small for our purpose. Frice, f. o. b., $275. 
The H. Weber & Sons Co., Oakland, Md. 
SELLS LIKESIXTY^hoC. 
SELLS FOR SIXTY^^ ^ 
GILSOP 
GASOLENE 
ENGINE 
"For Pumping, Crea 
^Separators, Churns, Wash M; 
^hmes, etc. FREE TEIA 
Ask for catalog all siz< 
ttlLsoN MFG. co. U4 P«k St. Fort Washington, Wi 
Ta eStoddard Idea l 
t 1-2 H. P. Gasolino Engine 
The IDEAL power for light farn* 
work. Fitted with 4 inch or 6 inch 
friction dutch pulley for running hand 
■separators. Further information and 
.prices given by request. 
OTHER SIZES FOR EVERY FARM NEED 
Creamery Package Mfg.Co.5 
FOREST STRUTS 
ftUXLANQ. VJ+ 
FARM ENGINES 
Power for 100 
duties. Make 
sure of long, 
great service by 
buying a Leffel 
Steam Engine— 
the old farm 
stand-by. Power 
plenty for all 
uses. No dis¬ 
appointments. 
Simple andsafe, 
low running ex¬ 
pense, last your 
lifetime. Many 
styles and sizes 
Write for book. 
James Leflel & Co., Box 210, 
FORTUNES FRUIT FARMING 
IN 
SOUTHERN DELAWARE. 
$400 an acre cleared on strawberries; peaehos, 
pears and apples pay big: early vegetables aro 
money-makers; only 110 miles to Philadelphia; cheap 
labor, $1,00 a day ; mild winters ; oysters and fish ; 
splendid schools; agreeable American neighbors; 172 
acres: borders on stream, good fishing; sandy loam 
soil, especially adapted for peaches and berries ; 65 
acres in fields, 107 acres in woods; will cut 30 cords 
to the acre; pine, oak and gum; some good saw tim¬ 
ber; 000 peach trees, 25 apple trees, 50 pear trees; 
grows wheat, corn, tomatoes, fruit and truck; 2- 
story house, 5 rooms, barn 20x24; nice location, land 
high and dry; to close estate only $2,000; half cash, 
balance to suit. For details see No. 44,132, page 39, 
‘‘Strout’s List 19,” the largest illustrated catalogue 
of real farm bargains, with reliable information of 
localities, ever issued; mailed free; 5,000 money-mak¬ 
ing farms for sale throughout 12 States; write to-day 
what State you wish to know about. 
E. A. STROUT, Dept 42, 150 Nassau St., New York. 
Homeseekers, 
Tennessee produce growers most 
fortunately situated. Tennessee 
Come to Tennessee ssisaftKSt 
¥W, ,W m W,,,IVWWW treme southern-grown 
produce is exhaused, and reaches northern markets several 
weeks earlier than northern-grown stuff, thus commanding 
very best prices both north and south. From $100 to $400 per 
acre cleared from Cantaloupe, Cabbage and Tomato crops in 
Tennessee in 1907; notwithstanding, this land is selling for 
from $5 to $20an acre. Excellent climate: pure water. For 
descriptive literature, address H. K. SMITH, Traffic Manager, 
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Hallway, Nashville, Tenn. 
MICHIGAN FARMS. 
Stock, grain, fruit farms, selling cheap, Good 
schools, ideal climate. Write for list No. 5, 
C. B. BENHAM. Hastings, Michigan. 
VIRGINIA 
A LAND OF PURE DELIGHT 
In this land of sunshine and short mild winters 
you can purchase a neat productive little farm of 25 
acres complete with new cozy 3 room cottage all for 
only $500; or you can invest any amount up to $25000 
or more to suit your purse and inclination. Good 
productive farms average from $10 to $20 per acre 
with improvements, and wo have hundreds of nice 
properties at from $1000 to $5000 with good im¬ 
provements in nice localities accessible to railroad 
and good towns. 
Write for our beautiful pamphlet, 'Virginia, an 
Ideal Home for All.” It is finoly illustrated and 
contains descriptions of many fine farms and planta¬ 
tions for sale. Bend a postal today to 
F. H. LaBAUME, 
Agrl. & Indl. Agt. 
Norfolk & Western Ry. 
Box EL„ Roanoke, Va. 
Don’t Wear a Truss 
Brooks* Appliance Is a new 
Scientific discovery with auto¬ 
matic air cuHhions that diaws 
the broken parts together and 
binds thorn as you would a 
broken limb. It absolutely 
holds firmly and comfortably 
and never slips, always light 
and cooland conforms to every 
movement of the body without 
chafing or hurting. I make it 
to your measure and send it to 
you on a strict guarantee of 
satisfaction or money refund¬ 
ed and I have put my price so 
low that anybody, rich or poor, 
can buy it. Remember, I make 
It to your order—send it to you 
-—you wear it—and if it doesn’t patisfy you, you send it back to 
me and I will refund your money. The banks or any responsi¬ 
ble citizen in Marshall will tell you that is the way I do busi¬ 
ness—always absolutely ou the square and I have Bold thou¬ 
sands of people this way for the past five years. Remember,! 
use no salves, no harness, no lies, no fakes. I just give you a 
straight business deal at a reas#iable price. 
C. E. Brooks, 5239 Brooks Bldg., Marshall, Mich. 
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