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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 7, 
CONTENTS. 
The Rural New-Yorker, December 7, 1907. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Corn That Won a Farm. 886 
From City to Country.886 
Spent Tan Bark Ashes. 888 
Hope Farm Notes . 891 
A. Migration to the South. 893 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Sheep Business in the East. 
Selling Sheep in New York. 
Deep Setting for Winter Cream. 
Testing Milk . 
A “Resolution” and a History. 
Topics for the State Dairymen. 
Itching Skin . 
Balanced Ration for Cows. 
Ration for Milch Cows. 
Lame Ducks . 
Malt Sprouts and Silage. 
Muslin Ventilators . 
885 
885 
888 
888 
893 
893 
898 
898 
898 
898 
898 
899 
HORTICULTURE. 
Propagating from Nursery Stock... .885, 886 
Quality in Radisli Seed. 886 
New “Remedies” for the Scale. 886 
Apple Culture in Western New York.. 887 
The Spade as an Up-to-date Planter.... 887 
Preparing Grape Cuttings.889 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 890 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 894 
The Rural Patterns. 894 
A Good Salad Dressing. 894 
Canning Meat . 895 
Another Way to Cook a Husband.895 
Clingstone Peaches .895 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Keep Them in Mind. 888 
The Value of Windmill Power. 888 
A Parcels Post Argument. 889 
Editorials . 892 
Events of the Week.*. • • 893 
Publisher’s Desk . 897 
MARK £T T S 
REVIEW OF THE WEEK. 
The Thanksgiving poultry market was a 
surprise, supplies being in exxcess of ail ex¬ 
pectations, and the demand less than ordi¬ 
nary. Consequently prices dropped so that 
fair to good turkeys were retailed at 20 
cents and under. Conditions with chick¬ 
ens and fowls were about the same. The 
apple market has improved a little, but there 
is still a surplus of undergrades. 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending November 29, 1907, wholesale unless 
other wise noted. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2. Red, for export — @1.05 
No. 1, Northern, Duluth.... — (if 1.18 
Corn. — @ 67 
Oats. — @ 53 
Rye . — @ 86 
MILLFEED. 
Bran .24.00 @26.00 
Middlings .25.00 @29.00 
Red Dog. — @30.00 
Linseed meal .. — @32.00 
IIAY AND STRAW. 
@20.00 
@18.00 
@16.50 
@17.00 
@16.00 
@14.00 
@11.00 
MILK. 
N. Y. Exchange price $1.91 per 40-qnart 
can, netting four cents to 26-eent zone ship¬ 
pers. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, best . 
Common to good . 
Storage 1. 22 
State Dairy, best 
Factory . 17 
Packing stock . 16 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, best . 
Common to good . 
EGGS. 
Fancy white ..... 4!! 
White, good to choice. 38 
Mixed colors, best 
Lower grades . 30 
Storage . 19 
BEANS. 
Marrow, bu.2.00 
Medium .2.10 
Pea .2.15 
Red Kidney .2.20 
White Kidney .2.70 
Yellow Eye . 
HOPS. 
Fancy, 1907 . 16 
Common to good 
Olds . 
German 
.19.00 
No. 2. 
No 3 . 
.17.00 
Straw, Long Rye ... 
Short and oat .... 
.12.00 
_... .10.00 
crop, 
1907 . 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apnles, evap., fancy . 
Evap., common to good'. 
Chops, 100 lbs. 
Cores and skins.2.00 
Raspberries . 300@ 
APPLES. 
McIntosh and Alexander. 
Spitz, Spy and Greening.2.00 
King . 
Baldwin .2.00 
Ben Davis .2.00 
VARIOUS FRUITS. 
Pears, Secket and Bartlett 
Bose .5.00 
Clairgeau .4.00 
Anjou ..3.00 
Kieffer . 
Quinces, bbl.. 
Grapes, 20-lb. case. 
4-lb. bkt. 
Bulk, ton .30.00 
Cranberries, bbl. 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Bermuda, bbl... 
Southern. late crop, bbl. 
Long Island, bbl. 
Maine, bbl. 
State & YV’n, ISO lbs... 
Sweet potatoes, bbl. 
Brussels Sprouts, quart... 
Carrots, bbl. 
Celery, dozen . 25 
Chicory. State, basket. 50 
New Orleans, bbl. 
Cucumbers, Eastern, No. 1 doz. 
Florida, basket .1-00 
27 
@ 28 
23 
@ 26 
22 
@ 26 
21 
@ 25 
17 
@ 21 
16 
@ 19 
. 
@ 15% 
12 
@ 14 
45 
@ 50 
38 
@ 43 
@ 40 
30 
@ 34 
16 
@ 19 
2.00 
@2.20 
2.10 
@2.30 
@2.40 
2.20 
@2.40 
2.70 
@2.75 
— 
@2.25 
16 
@ 17 
13 
@ 15 
5 
@ 9 
28 
1 
@ 36 
>. 
@ 12 
9 
@ 11 
2.25 
@2.50 
2.00 
@2.10 
. 300@ 32 
.2.50 
@4.50 
2.00 
@4.00 
@4.00 
2.00 
@3.25 
2.00 
:s. 
@3.00 
4.50 
@6.50 
@7.00 
,4.00 
@6.00 
@5.00 
,2.00 
@3.00 
,3.00 
@4.00 
. 50 
@ 75 
10 
(a 15 
to.oo 
@40.00 
1 
@6.00 
4.00 
@6.00 
2.00 
@3.00 
@2.00 
@1.75 
@2.00 
@4.00 
6 
@ 10 
. 75 
@1.00 
25 
@ 40 
50 
@ 75 
1.00 
@2.00 
. 75 
@1.25 
1.00 
@1.75 
Cabbage, Danish seed, ton..4.00 @7.00 
Domestic, ton .3.00 @4.00 
Cauliflowers, L.I., s’t cut, bbl. 2.25 @3.00 
L. I. long cut, bbl.1.25 @2.00 
Escarol, New Orleans, bbl.. 1.50 @2.50 
Eggplants. Florida, box.1.00 @1.75 
Kale, 'Norfolk, bill. 50 @ 75 
Lettuce, State, basket. 50 @1.00 
North Carolina, basket. 50 @1.25 
Florida, basket . 50 @2.00 
New Orleans, bbl.2.00 @3.50 
Mushrooms, lb. 25 @ 75 
Onions, white, bbl.2.50 @4.50 
Yellow .....1.75 @2.25 
Red .1.50 @2.00 
Oysterplants, 100 bunches... .3.00 @5.00 
Peppers, nearby, bbl.1.50 @2.50 
Florida, carrier .1.00 @1.50 
Parsnips, bbl.1.00 @1.25 
Peas, Southern, basket.2.00 @5.00 
Parsley, Bermuda, box.1.75 @2.00 
Romaine, New Orleans, bbl...3.00 @5.00 
Radishes. Norfolk, basket.... 35 @1.00 
Hothouse, 100 bunches. .. .1.50 @3.00 
String beans. Charleston, bkt. 50 @1.25 
Florida, wax, basket.1.50 @2.50 
Spinach, Norfolk, bbl.1.00 @1.25 
Baltimore, bbl. 90 @1.00 
Squash, Marrow, bbl.1.25 @1.50 
Hubbard, bbl.1.50 @2.00 
Turnips, Rutabaga, bbl. 75 @1.00 
Tomatoes, hothouse, lb. 10 @ 15 
Florida, carrier .1.00 @1.50 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens, best . 
Common to good . 
Fowls .:. 
Turkeys . 
, 10 
, 10 
. 12 
, 12 
@ 
@ 
(a 
@ 
@ 
11% 
11 
12 
15 
13 
Geese . 
10 
@ 
11 
DRESSED POULTRY’. 
Turkeys, best . 
. 18 
@ 
20 
Common to good . 
, 14 
@ 
16 
Ix>w grades .. 
. 11 
@ 
13 
Spring chickens, fancy. 
, 22 
@ 
23 
Good to prime . 
. 18 
@ 
20 
Iyower grades . 
12 
@ 
14 
Fowls . 
. 10 
@ 
12 
. 12 
@ 
14 
Geese . 
12 
@ 
18 
Squabs, doz. 
, 2.00 
@4.75 
COUNTRY DRESSED 
MEATS. 
Calves . 
, 10 
@ 
12 
Roasting pigs, lb. 
. 10 
@ 
12 V 2 
Pork . 
7 
@ 
sy 3 
LIVE STOCK. 
Calves . 
7.00 
@9.75 
Sheep . 
.3.00 
@5.00 
@6.50 
Hogs . 
@5.25 
FEEDING LITTLE CHICKS. 
M. B. H. calls for a formula for making 
a balanced ration for little chicks. I cannot 
do that, but I can give my experience. I 
leave the chicks in the nest with the mother 
hen until they are 24 or 36 hours old. I then 
put them in coop with ben and feed fine 
cracked corn from the first start, and nothing 
else until they are four or five weeks old. 
After that age it is safe to feed coarser 
feed. Years ago I mixed up corn meal with 
water or milk if I had it, and fed the young 
chicks, and I lost a great many of them. 
I have fed the cracked corn for a number of 
years, and I have not lost enough chickens to 
mention. Mr. Cosgrove gives his way of 
feeding little chicks. I should say it is all 
right, but it is too much work for me, as 
long as I have something that I have good 
success with and less work. D. H. 
Auburn, N. Y. 
I have read Mr. Cosgrove’s answer to M. B. 
H., page 850. He says: “Green food of some 
kind and as soon as possible earthworms.” 
I should think it a risky thing to do unless 
the earthworms were cooked, or dug from land 
that was far from where little chicks had 
ever scratched. We are tokl that gapes are 
caused by a small worm that fastens itself 
to the inside of the chick's windpipe, and 
that these gapeworms are propagated in earth¬ 
worms. We have had best success in raising 
young chicks by feeding wholly dry feed. We 
use at first a prepared chick feed, giving 
small feeds and often, at first. Keep the 
chicks pretty near the hover the first few 
days, if you use a brooder; then give them 
some little to scratch in ; cut clover. Alfalfa 
or barn sweepings. Throw the whole grain 
into this a little at a time. Take small boxes 
from two to three inches deep. Fill them to 
a third or half full of following mixture: 
one part coarse bran, one part middlings, 
one part cornmeal, a little salt, a handful of 
charcoal, a handful of coarse sand and when 
they are two or three weeks old add a little 
beef scraps. The little chicks will jump into 
these little boxes and scratch, so be sure to 
have them deep enough so they will not 
scratch the grain out. Feed hoppers are a 
nuisance, and we find this method the handi¬ 
est, the cleanest, and the most saving of the 
fed. Whole grains in the litter ground 
grains in the boxes, and the chicks will keep 
busy, and a busy chick is usually a thrifty, 
one. Just as soon as the chick has learned to 
find its way at all times to the brooder then 
you can give them more range. No matter 
how you feed, or what you feed the chicks, 
the principal thing is exercise when out in 
the open, and warmth under hover. In the 
Spring, before putting amv chicks into that old 
brooder give it a good fumigating with 
burning sulphur, and for every new brood I 
should think it would pay to do the same. 
Massachusetts. . M. t. wallis. 
HOLLAND and FRISIAN 
MILK COWS 
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