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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 23, 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, November 23, 1907. 
FARM TOPICS. 
The City Man in the Country.853, 854 
Patch of Prizetaker Onions. 855 
('utters for Alfalfa. 855 
A Guarantee for Seeds. 857 
Hope Farm Notes .859 
Season of 1907 in Monmouth Co., N. J.. 801 
A Celery Report. 801 
The National Grange. 801 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Eye Diseases of Sheep. 800 
A Cement Henhouse. 800 
The Use of Paper Milk Bottles. 806 
“The Family Cow" .807 
HORTICULTURE. 
Apple Culture in Western New York 
Part II. 854 
Stories of the Tree Agent.854 
Kerosene and Scale . 855 
Gooseberries in Maryland . 850 
Old Bordeaux Mixture .856 
A One-horse Power Sprayer. 850 
Rhubarb and Mushrooms in the South.. 850 
Persian Walnuts in Missouri.. 850 
Non-bearing Burlmnk Plums. 857 
Notes from the Rural Grounds.858 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day.’.. 862 
Apple Slump . 862 
Mayonnaise Dressing . 802 
Rusty Pork, and 1’acking Pork and Beef 803 
Sugar-cured Pork .803 
The Rural Patterns . 863 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
The Pictures . 855 
Poison Ivy.■. 855 
Concrete Around Posts.855 
Keep Them in Mind. 857 
Editorials . 800 
Events of the Week. 861 
“Wall Street" and the Country. 801 
For You to Think About. 801 
Products, Prices and Trade. 864 
Publisher's Desk . 805 
Humorous . 868 
MARKETS 
Prices current at N. Y. during week ending 
November 15, 1907, wholesale unless other¬ 
wise noted. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2, Red. 
. - 
@1.05 
Corn. 
. - 
@ 68 
Oats. 
. - 
@ 52 
Rye . 
. - 
@ 90 
Barley. 
@1.10 
MILLFKKD. 
Spring bran . 
24 00 
@25.00 
Middlings . 
26.00 
@30.00 
Red Dog . 
— 
@30 50 
Oil Meal . 
— 
@32.00 
IIAY AND STRAW. 
Hay, No. 1, ton. 
21.00 
@22.00 
No. 2 . 
19.00 
@20.00 
No. 3 . 
17.00 
@ 18.00 
Clover Mixed . 
16 00 
@20.00 
Clover . 
14.00 
@ 1 7.00 
Straw, Long Rye . 
Short and Oat. 
@ 16.00 
10.00 
@12.00 
MILK. 
N. Y. Exchange price $1.91 per 
40-quart 
can, netting four cents in 2(j-cent zone points. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, best . 
. - 
@ 28% 
Common to good. 
. 24 
@ 27 
Storage . 
. 23 
@ 27 
State Dairy . 
99 
@ 27 
Factory . 
. 18 
@ 21 
Packing stock . 
. 17 
@ 21 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, best. 
. - 
@ 15 % 
Common to good. 
. 12 
@ 14 
Skims . 
. 5 
@ 10 
EGGS. 
Fancy white. 
. 48 
@ 50 
White, good to choice . 
Mixed colors, best. 
Common to good. 
. 38 
@ 43 
. 38 
@ 40 
. 29 
@ 33 
Storage . 
. 17 
@ 19 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evap., Fancy. 
. - 
@ 10% 
Common to good. 
8% @ 93/ 
Chops. 100 lbs. 
. - 
@2.50 
Raspberries . 
. 34 
@ 35 
APPLES. 
Alexander, bbl. 
@5.00 
Snow and Twenty Ounce. 
.2.00 
@4.00 
Pound Sweet, Gravenstein and 
Blush . 
.2.00 
@3.50 
McIntosh Red . 
@5.00 
Fall IMopin. 
.2.00 
@4.00 
Spitzenburg . 
. 2.00 
@4.50 
Spy . 
.2.00 
@4.50 
King . 
.2.00 
@4.50 
Ben Davis and Baldwin . 
2.00 
(a 3.50 
Greening . 
.2.00 
@4.00 
BEANS. 
Marrow . 
.2.10 
@2.30 
Medium . 
.2.10 
@2.25 
Pea . 
.2.00 
@ 2.20 
Red Kidney . 
.2.45 
@2.50 
White Kidney . 
.2.70 
@2.75 
Yellow Eye . 
— 
@2.25 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice . 
. 15 
@ 17 
Common to good . 
. 12 
@ 14 
Olds . 
6 
@ 10 
HONEY. 
Clover, comb . 
14 
@ 18 
Buckwheat . 
12 
@ 14 
California, extracted, lb. ... 
7% 
@ 9 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, Long Island, bbl. 
.2.00 
@2.25 
Maine, bbl . 
@1.90 
State & W’n, 1.80 lbs . 
.1.75 
@2.00 
Sweet potatoes, Jersey, bbl. . . 
@2.75 
Brussels sprouts, quart . 
6 
@ 10 
Carrots, bbl . 
.1.00 
@1.25 
Celery, dozen . 
25 
@ 40 
Chicory, State, basket . 
. 50 
@ 75 
New Orleans, bbl . 
. 2.00 
@ — 
Cabbage, Danish seed, ton .. . 
@10.00 
Domestic, ton . 
7.00 
@9.00 
Cauliflowers, L.I.. sh’t cut, lib 
.2.00 
@3.00 
L, i. long cut, bbl . 
@2.00 
Horseradish, bbl . 
@6.00 
Lettuce, State, basket . 
50 
@1.25 
North Carolina, basket. ... 
50 
@1.25 
Norfolk, basket . 
@1.25 
Florida, basket . 
2.00 
@2.50 
New Orleans, bbl . 
.2.00 
@3.50 
Mushrooms, lb . 
20 
@ 65 
Onions, white, bbl . 
2.50 
@3 50 
Yellow, bbl. . 
@2 00 
Red. bbl . 
@1.75 
Peppers, bbl . 
@2.50 
Florida, carrier . 
75 
@1.00 
Pumpkins, bbl . 
75 
@ — 
Parsnips, bbl.1.25 @1.50 
Peas, Southern, basket. 75 @1.50 
Romaine, New Orleans, bbl....1.50 @2.00 
Florida, basket .1.50 @2.00 
String beans, Va., %-bbl, bkt.. 75 @1.50 
N. C„ basket.1.00 @2.00 
Charleston, basket .1.50 @2.50 
Florida, basket .1.50 @2.50 
Spinach, Norfolk, bbl.1.00 @1.50 
Baltimore, bbl. 90 @ LOO 
Squash, Marrow, bbl.1.00 @1.25 
Hubbard, bbl.1.50 @1.75 
Turnips, Rutabaga, bbl. 75 @1.00 
White, bbl.1.00 @1.25 
Tomatoes, Jersey, box. 10 @ 50 
Hothouse, lb. 10 @ 25 
Florida, carrier . 75 @1.00 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens, lb. 11 @ 12 
Fowls . 11 @ 12 
Turkeys . 12 @ 16 
Ducks . 12 @ 13 
Geese . 11 %@ 12% 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, best. 18 @ 20 
Common to good . 12 @ 16 
Spring chickens, best. 22 @ 23 
Common to good. 13 @ 17 
Fowls . 10 @ 13 
Ducks . 13 @ 17 
Geese . 17 @ 21 
Squabs, dozen .2.50 @5.50 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers .4.50 @6.50 
Bulls .2.50 @4.50 
Cows .1.50 @3.75 
Calves .5.50 @9.50 
Sheep .3.50 @5.00 
Lambs .6.50 @7.50 
Hogs .5.00 @6.00 
laborers who return to the old country for 
the Winter. On the savings of a Summer 
they are able to live with but little work in 
a climate more to their liking This year 
the number going back exceeds all records. 
The third-class passengers on four of the 
large lines to Europe during November will 
amount to more than 21,000, the third-class 
accommodations of these vessels being crowd¬ 
ed. One reason for this unusual eastward 
movement is the impression that dull times 
for unskilled labor are at hand, as large num¬ 
bers of men in railroad and other construc¬ 
tion, tunnel work, etc., have been laid off. 
It seems a strange state of affairs that while 
farmers are suffering for lack of help this 
army of working men is going back because 
their jobs have given out and there is slim 
outlook for work in their line another year. 
But it must be remembered that most of those 
men cannot do farm work and do not care to 
learn. They work best in gangs, and many 
are so filthy in their habits that they would 
not be tolerated around a farm where cleanli¬ 
ness was on the programme. w. w. H. 
RAW FURS 
WANTED 
Free price list and best posting 
PRODUCTS , PRICES AND TRADE. 
Big Orange Cargo. —A steamer from Porto 
Rico recently brought to this port 22,000 
boxes of oranges. They were of fair quality, 
some selling up to $3.25 per box. The best 
oranges here at present are California late 
Valencias, a few going as high as $8.50 per 
box, retailing at 10 cents apiece. 
Fancy Leather. —“Is there any place in 
New York where I can buy a sheep skin 
properly tanned and colored for pyrography 
work? It must be pliable and of tan color. 
New Jersey. r. 
M. B. Willcox, of 21 Spruce St., New York, 
makes a specialty of fancy leathers for burnt 
leather work and other purposes, and will 
handle mail orders. The name is mentioned 
here merely as a matter of convenience to 
those who' may require something of this 
sort and not know where to look for it. This 
leather comes in many colors. The price 
at present is about 15 cents per square foot, 
and nothing less than a whole skm is sold. 
Pasteur Institute. —“Please send me the 
address of the Pasteur Institute in New 
York City as I would like to place same be¬ 
fore the "readers of our local paper. I would 
suggest that you also publish this address in 
The It. N.-Y. l. a. 
Connecticut. 
The address desired is The Pasteur Insti- 
tute, 363 W. 23d St., New York. 
Dressed Poultry. —The market is in a 
little better condition than for several weeks, 
though the improvement is confined to old 
turkeys and the better grades of chickens. 
There is still a surplus of medium and low 
grades. The financial flurry has upset the 
plans of speculators who work on borrowed 
capital. Ordinarily the banks and ware¬ 
houses will advance money for a fair part of 
the value of stuff stored, but for the past 
few weeks they have shut down on this, so 
that poultry which would have gone into 
the freezers has been thrown on the market 
for urgent sale. Frozen turkeys a year, or at 
least several months, old are arriving from 
interior warehouses, and are understood to 
have been sold to dealers at 20 cents and 
up. Stock of this kind is easily handled and 
will be thawed and fixed up for Thanksgiving 
trade. The retail outlook for this holiday is 
that turkeys will be high. The small towns 
in the vicinity of New York are already talk¬ 
ing 27 to 30 cents. 
Shipping Apples West. —Do you think it 
would pay to send a carload of apples West 
this season? - ’ d. 
Greenville, N. Y. 
New York, Maine and other New England 
apples are regularly quoted in the markets 
of Chicago, Kansas City. etc., this year, but 
the range of prices in those markets at 
present is but 1 it tie above New York figures, 
not more than 50 cents lo $1 per barrel as a 
rule. A good many eastern apples will be 
sold in the Central West this year on account 
of the short crop there, but the prices are 
likely to be a disappointment to those who 
ship ordinary grades of fruit. The fancy 
prices will go to the apples from the Far West 
which are higher colored and show no waste. 
Anyone wishing to try shipment to Chicago. 
St. Imuis, or other points of the Central West, 
should get in touch with some conservative 
dealer and follow his instructions. The names 
of dealers having a good standing in the 
trade will lie given by mail to any applicant. 
Heavy Eastern Emigration. —Every Fall 
there are many Italian and other European 
possible for the asking. 
LOWELL LAMB&CO. 
52 East 10th St., New York, N. Y. 
V___ 
I WANT MUSK RAT AND MINK 
from Eastern States and Canada. Write for price list. 
Charles A. Kaune, Montgomery, Orange Co., N. Y. 
MUSICAL EDUCATION - , 
music course ? Any other course desired 1 Address 
C. EMERY, 41 l’ark Row, New York. 
TWELVE WEEKS' POULTRY COURSE AT 
RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND MECHANIC ARTS- 
Begins January 2, 1908 and ends March 26, 1908. 
Open to both men and women. Thorough instruc¬ 
tion in all branches of poultry raising. Accommoda¬ 
tions limited. Early application necessary. Apply to 
HOWARD EDWARDS, President, Kingston, R. I. 
A Rare Opportunity to Secure -Carefully Bred 
REGISTERED JERSEYS. 
Having decided to relinquish the Dairy business, I 
offer my entire Jersey herd at private sale, consist¬ 
ing of 20 cows, headed by Brown Bessie’s Eureka 
62607, 6 yearling heifers with calf, and several younger 
tilings. They are Business and Beauty combined, 
and are worthy of your inspection. No exorbitant 
prices asked. A splendid chance to secure a founda¬ 
tion iierd, or choice family cow. One dam. Fancy of 
Eureka 130891, and six daughters, ranging from one 
to six years old, are especially fine. Will sell singly 
or in lots to suit. Come see them and make your 
own selections. 
EDWARD WALTER, Eureka Slock Farm, West Chester, Pa, 
LOCUST HOME 
BERKSHIRES. 
Yearling Sows and Spi-ing Gilts, bred to Charmer 
Masterpiece 103371 for early Winter and Spring far¬ 
row; one aged herd Boar, choice Spring Boars, Sum¬ 
mer and Fall Pigs for sale. For prices, etc., write 
S. O. FIUEKTCII, 
-A.twator, KTcw Yoris., 
Ill jy |k| |— about 20 grade Southdown 
VT Mil I ELL J Ewes; 1 Registered South- 
down Ram; all to be 1 or 2 years old. Address 
BOX 63, Norfolk, Conn. 
DON’T READ THIS 
unless you want an extra tine Mammoth Pekin or 
White Muscovy Drake, pair or trio. My birds are 
State Fair Winners; second to none. I have a limited 
number of these selected birds that I will sell at$2,00 
per single bird, $3.50 per pair or $5 per trio. Absolute 
satisfaction guaranteed or your money buck in full. 
IIA L. LETTS, Moravia. New York. 
HAY WANTED IN NEW YORK. 
Will buy outright or handle on commission; have 
large outlet at top market prices. Write for ship¬ 
ping instructions; liberal advances made drafts, 
bills lading attached. W. A. BUNTING & CO., 190 
Morgan St., Jersey City, N. J., Western Office, Kalamazoo, Mich. 
BOYS and GIRLS 
WM. H. COHEN & CO., 
Commission Merchants, 
229 and 231 Washington Street, New York. 
Ship us for Thanksgiving 
FANCY POULTRY, HOTHOUSE 
LAMBS AND CALVES. 
Also FURS, CINSENC and SHELLBARKS. 
GEO. P. HAMMOND. EST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & CO., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers in all kinds of 
COIJNTItY PKOIHICE, Apples, Peaches, Berries. 
Butter. Eggs, Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms and Hot¬ 
house Products a Specialty. Consignments solicited. 
34 <fc 36 Little 12th St.. New York. 
Poultry For Thanksgiving 
Apples, Pears, Vegetables of all kinds. Hot¬ 
house Products sold on commission. 
Correspondence solicited. 
Archdeacon & Co., 100 Murray St., New York. 
D| C A0C send a trial shipment to the Oldest Com- 
I LLHOL mission House in New York. Established 
1838. Butter. Cheese, Eggs. Poultry. Hay, Apples, etc. 
E. B. WOODWARI). 302 Greenwich St.. New York. 
WANTED! 
TRAVELING REPRESENTATIVE WITH 
HORSE AND BUGGY 
to drive through the country and represent an old- 
established concern, dealing with farmers. Com¬ 
mission and salary basis, no investment required. 
Steady work during the winter. Address 
NEFF LAINC, 20 Rockway Street, Lakewood, Ohio. 
CELT. TOBACCO ANI) CIGARS for house 
established 1879. Salary and commission. Good 
pay; promotion. Experience unnecessary. Address 
C. A. Raine Tobacco Co.. Box A27, Danville, Va. 
W A M T P n- A sma '* f arnl hi Northern New Jersey, 
YYHIl I LU not over 20 miles out. Must be reason¬ 
able. “ FARMER,” care Rural New-Yorker, N.Y. 
COD CAI C— Farm, stock and tools. Will sell 
I UV1 OHLC all at sacrifice if sold this month. 
HENRY I)E LA VERGNE, Soutliwick. Mass. 
COD CAI C~ Farm 911- - a, ‘ ros near city and 
lUll dflLC good markets. Address 
L. C. HOOK, R. F. D. 7, Richmond, Ind. 
O N account of death of Wife will sell a good paying 
fruit and poultry farm of 125 acres. Houses for 
800 hens; crops and stock for sale with farm. 
0. E. COMPTON, R. F. I>. 4, Georgetown, Delaware’ 
MICHIGAN FARMS. 
Stock, grain, fruit farms, selling cheap, Good 
schools, ideal climate. Write for list No. 5, 
C. IJ. DENHAM. Hastings, Michigan. 
Farm opportunities in good localities in the South. 
Splendid returns from all classes farming in regions 
where there are cheap lands, pleasant and healthy 
climate, pure water, good neighbors, growing com¬ 
munities, good markets, If interested, state kind 
location desired. Information furnished and assist¬ 
ance and advice about proper ami profitable loca¬ 
tions, without charge. M. V. RICHARDS, Land 
and Industrial Agent, Southern Railway, Washing¬ 
ton, D. C. 
5000 
buyer’s R. 
Money-Making Farms For Sale—5 to 
500 acres, $5 to $50 an acre; 14 States; 
buyer’s R. R. fare raid up to 1000 miles Please write 
what state you wish to know about; illustrated ‘‘List 
No. 19,” describing improved productive farms, with 
reliable information of products, markets, climate, 
etc., mailed free by E. A. STROUT CO., Dept. 42, 
150 Nassau Street, New York. 
VIRGINIA FARM 
|—COMPLETE OUTFIT, 
Account other business will 
sell my 40 acre place 14 miles from Richmond. Good 
fruit and truck land, good market. Four room house, 
well, springs, stable, fencing, henhouse, colony- 
houses, incubators, farm tools, team, harness, wagon, 
carriage, cow, calf, fat hog, 300 Leghorn and Plymouth 
Rock liens, feed, can goods, furniture, Edison Phono¬ 
graph, piano. $2,200 cash, 
* CHAS. A. BUSCH, Elko, Va. 
A Startling Sacrifice 
Near Norfolk, Virginia 
Receipts $0,000 Last Season. 
$6,000 wortli of Strawberries and cabbages were 
sold; 90 acres tillage; black loam soil; 30 acres wood 
estimated to be 200,000 feet of pine, oak and gum 
timber; 2-story house, with front porch; barn 40x 50; 
oak and maple shade, mail delivered; lk> miles from 
steam and trolley cars: few steps to school and 
neighbors. To settle affairs immediately, price only 
$3,500; $1,000 down and easy terms. For travelling 
instructions see farm No. 27512, page 7 “Strout's List 
A,” the largest illustrated catalogue of farm bargains 
with reliable information of farming localities ever 
issued. Mailed free. Improved money-making farms 
for sale throughout 12 states. Please write to-day 
what state you wish to know about. R. R. fares paid 
up to 1000 miles. Dept. 42, E. A. STROUT CO., Land 
Title Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa. 
We offer $*100.00 in prizes for tlie best 
corn crops raised by boys, and best re¬ 
sults from poultry keeping: by girls. 
Write for free circular—tells you all 
about It. THE OHIO FARMER, Cleveland, O. 
SEND US 
BANKERS’ CHECKS, CLEARING HOUSE CHECKS, BANK DRAFTS 
YOUR OWN CHECKS Certified to by your banker 
WE TAKE THEM THE SAME AS CASH WITHOUT DISCOUNT OR EXCHANGE 
While we prefer to have you send us money by postoffice money order or express money order, 
the same as usual, nevertheless, for your own convenience we will for the present accept from — 
you checks, drafts and certificates above referred to exactly the same as money orders or cash 
m enup crnTiniJQ farmers and others are having difficulty 
vUInl. uLU IIUIIO j n getting cash; by this we mean cur¬ 
rency, gold, silver, greenbacks or bank notes, and therefore tem¬ 
porarily are compelled to exchange their produce and their labor for 
checks, either their bankers’ checks or certificates, clearing house checks 
or certificates or bank drafts, 
THIS NOTICE IS TO INFORM YOU will be received by us in 
exchange for any of our goods exactly the same as a postoffice 
money order. If you have a banker’s check or a bank draft, or if you 
have a checking account of your own, and will make a check to the 
amount you wisli to purchase and go to your bank and have the check 
certified, you can send your check or the bank’s check or the bank draft, 
endorsed payable to our order, to us, ordering any kind of goods in our 
catalogue and we will accept these checks exactly the same as cash. 
FAD cyaupi r if in exchange for your produce, your labor or 
run CAHmrLXj otherwise, you have been paid a sum of money in 
a check or bank draft, go to your banker and ask for a banker’s check or 
a bank draft drawn in our favor for the amount you want to send us, or 
if you hold a banker’s check, clearing house check or a bank draft and 
you wish to send the entire amount to us for merchandise, simply write 
on the back of the check, “ Pay to the order of Sears, Roebuck & Co.," 
sign your name and send it to us with yourorder for goods, and it will be 
accepted by us exactly the same as if you had sent us a postoffice money 
order, express money order or even exactly the same as gold. 
IF YOU HAVE ANY BALANCE IN THE BANK checkT clearing 
house check or bank draft, or if you have any cattle or grain or other 
produce which you can exchange for checks or drafts, such checks or 
drafts will be accepted by us exactly the same as cash in exchange for 
any goods in our catalogue. 
SEND US THE CHECK OR DRAFT YOU HAVE ” ““t,“ 
check, first having it certified to by your banker, or if you want to 
send for a lesser amount of goods, take the draft or check you have, go 
to the bank and have the bank divide it, making one check or draft to 
our order for the amount you wish to send to us. .... 
IF YOU HAVE MONEY IN THE BANK or draft you can send it 
to ns in exchange for any merchandise in our catalogue at our 
lowest prices, and by us it will be treated exactly the same as if it 
were gold. 
Chicago. 
