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TH ED RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
December 21 
CONTENTS 
Tiie Rural New-Yorker, December 21, 1907. 
FARM TOPICS. 
The Old-time Farm Boy. 917 
The Farmer's Telephone . 918 
The Dairy Farm Fertility Problem.... 918 
Tested Corn in Ohio. 819 
Hope Farm Notes . 923 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Problems for the New 101 k Dairymen. 925 
Construction of Square Silo. 928 
Tumor in Horse’s Throat.. 928 
A Montana Poultry Problem. 928 
Canadian Draft Horses ... . 930 
Sensible Alfalfa Talk . 930 
Keeping Sheep for Manure. 931 
Indigestion and Worms. 931 
HORTICULTURE. 
A Fly-by-night Apple Man. 918 
Apple Culture in Western New York... 919 
Nuts in Connecticut. 920 
Mildew on Crimson Rambler. 920 
White Grubs and Mealy Bugs. 921 
Forcing Seedling Grapes. 921 
Ruralisms . 922 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 926 
Mrs. Speaker Talks . 926 
Athletics for Housekeepers. 926 
Suggestions in Dessert. 927 
Protection Against Moths. 927 
The Rural Patterns. 927 
Chapped Hands . 927 
Corncob Syrup . 927 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
City Man in the Country.917, 918 
Seeing the West . 918 
Keep Them in Mind . 920 
Wife Retaining Maiden Name. 920 
Exemption of Pension Money.920 
Trespass Over Fence Line. 920 
Making a Legal Will. 920 
Husband's Property Right; Settlement 
of Estate . 920 
Use for Old Stone Walls. 921 
Foaming and Priming of Water in 
Boilers . 921 
Products, Trices and Trade. 921 
Editorials . 924 
Events of the Week. 92.1 
New Jersey State Grange. 925 
Gentlemanly Remarks from The Coun¬ 
try Gentleman . 925 
Power Stump Pullers . 929 
Publisher’s Desk . 929 
Watering Troughs in Win tor. 929 
Humorous . 932 
MARKETS 
REVIEW OF WEEK. 
Hay market very dull. No prospect of 
improvement before first of the year. Po¬ 
tato trade in better condition, with slightly 
improved prices. Turkeys scarce and 
higher. Apple business continues light. 
Prices current at N. Y. during week end¬ 
ing December 13. 1907, wholesale unless 
otherwise noted: 
GRAIN. 
Wheat. No. 2. Red, in elevator. —@1.00 
No. 1. Northern. Duluth.... —@1.15 
Corn . 64 @ 68 
Oats . 54 @ 59 
Rye . —@ 90 
MILLFEED. 
Spring bran.26.00@27.00 
Middlings .26.50@28.00 
Red Dog. —@30.50 
Hominy chop. —@27.00 
Linseed meal. —@32.00 
Hav, No. 1, ton.... .. 
i8.on@i9.on 
No. 2 . 
16.50® 1 
7.50 
No 3 . 
15.00® 16.00 
Clover, mixed . 
16.00® 18.00 
Clover . 
5.00 
Straw, long rye. 
12.00® 13.00 
Short and oat. 
8.00® 10.00 
MILK. 
N. Y. Exchange price $1.91 
per 40-quart 
can. netting four cents to 
26-con t 
zone 
sliippe .. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, best . 
. —@ 
29 
Common to good. 
. 23® 
28 
Storage . 
. 22® 
27 
State Dairy, best. 
. — -@ 
28 
Common to good. 
. 22® 
26 
Factory . 
. 15® 
20 
Backing stock . 
. 15 @ 
17 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, best. 
. — @ 
1 5 % 
Common to good. 
. 12® 
14 
Skims . 
3® 
S 
EGGS. 
Fancy white . 
. — @ 
45 
White, good to choice. 
. 35® 
40 
Mixed colors, best. 
. 32® 
3S 
Western . 
. 20® 
30 
Storage . 
. 13® 
18 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evap., fancy. 
1 1 @ 
12 
Evap., common to good...., 
9® 
10 
Lower grades . 
. 6 V. ® 
8 
Chops, 100 lbs. 
. —@ 2 
.00 
Raspberries, lb. 
. 30® 
32 
APPLES. 
McIntosh, bbl.. ,3.00@4.50 
King and Greening.2.50@4.00 
Spy and Spitz.2,25(0 3.50 
Baldwin .2.25@ 3.00 
Ben Davis ..2.00 @ 3.00 
VARIOUS FRUITS. 
Pears. KiefTer. bbl.2.00@3 00 
Lawrence .3.00@4.00 
Grapes, 4-lb. bkt. 12® 15 
Strawberries, Fla., qt. 50@ 75 
Cranberries, bbl.5.00@8.00 
BEANS. 
Marrow, bu...2.00@2.20 
Medium .2.00@2.25 
Pen .2.00 @2.25 
Red Kidney .. . .. 2.00@ 2.25 
White Kidney .2.70® 2.75 
Yellow Eye . —@2.25 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Bermudas, bbl.3.00@5.00 
Maine, 105-lb. sack.1.50@2.25 
State and Western. 180 lbs. 1 .75® 2.10 
Jersey, bbl.l.75@2.00 
Sweet potatoes, bbl.2.00@3.50 
Brussels sprouts, qt. 6@ 10 
Carrots, bbl. 75 @1.00 
Celery, doz. 15@ 50 
Cabbage. Danish seed. ton... ,5.00@8.00 
Domestic seed, ton.3.00® 5.00 
Chicory, bl)l.2.00@ 3.00 
Cucumbers, Fla., bu.-bkt.1.00(0 2.25 
Cauliflowers. L. I.. bbl.1.00@3.50 
Esearol, bbl.3.00® 5.00 
Kale, Norfolk, bbl. 25® 75 
Lettuce, Southern, bbl. 1 . 00(0 1.50 
Mushrooms, hothouse, lb. 15® 50 
Onions, white, bbl.2.50@4.0O 
Yellow .1.00 @2.00 
Red . 1 . 00 ® 1.50 
Peppers, Fla.,- 24-qut carrier.. 75@1.50 
Romaine, bbl.1.00® 3.00 
Radishes, bu.-bkt. 40® 1.00 
Spinach, bbl. 25® 1.00 
Squash, Hubbard, bbl.1.50®2.0o 
String beans, bu.2.00® 3.00 
Tomatoes, 24-qt. carrier.1.50® 3.00 
Turnips, Rutabags. bbl. 75® 1.00 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, fancy .. 21 @ 22 
Common to good. 16® 18 
Inferior . 12® 14 
Spring chickens, best. 18® 20 
l/ower grades . 12® 16 
Fowls .:.. 11® 13 
Ducks . 8@ 12 
Geese . 8@ 12 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers .3.60® 5.75 
Bulls .2.50® 3.75 
Cows .1.50@3.50 
Calves .5.00® 9.50 
..3.00 @4.50 
Lambs .5.25@0.50 
Hogs .5.00® 5.25 
CONSTRUCTION OF SQUARE SILO. 
How are the corners of the square silos 
boarded to break joints? That is. the square 
silo with corners cut off and plank hoops, 
as described in Ti:n R. N.-Y., and owned. I 
believe, by Edward Van Alstyne. Boarding 
is vertical, and I cannot see how one can 
board corners without leaving an air space. 
I am going to build of rough boards. Should 
I use paper between boarding? f. e. p. 
Ludlow, Mass. 
There are two ways to do this. The 
first is the best. After the planks arc in 
place spike a piece of 2 x 3-inch joist. 
2'/ 2 feet long, across the corners, and 
board to that. There will, of course, be 
a space behind it, but no more air will 
come in there than anywhere else. Use 
the rough boards of equal width and 
even thickness, cover with heavy tar 
paper, and board again, breaking joints. 
The other way, not so good, and more 
expensive, is to board the corners, as in 
lining a square box. \ hen take an 8x8 
stick and have it ripped so as to leave 
two three-cornered pieces; spike these 
in the corners. 
EDWARD VAN ALSTYNE. 
TUMOR IN HORSE’S THROAT. 
I have a horse that has grown a lump 
in the gullet (underneath the skin). It is 
hard, and appears to be growing. It is now 
about the size of one’s fist. What is it and 
can it be cured? G. e. u. 
Connecticut. 
It is impossible to give a confident 
opinion where no particulars are given 
as to the exact location of an enlarge¬ 
ment such as you mention, but we take it 
that you mean a tumor located just below 
the throat-latch, in which case it in¬ 
volves the thyroid glands (one each side 
of the windpipe, not gullet), and con¬ 
stitutes the condition known as “goitre.” 
On general principles we would advise 
clipping off the hair and rubbing the 
tumor thoroughlv each other day with a 
little iodine ointment. If we have mis¬ 
understood you as to the location and 
character of the enlargement please 
write again, giving a more exact de¬ 
scription. It might be added that in 
goitre internal use of iodide of potash in 
dram doses once or twice daily usually 
gives relief, but need not be resorted to 
unless the lump causes distress or im¬ 
pairs the breathing. 
A. S. ALEXANDER, V. S. 
A MONTANA POULTRY PROBLEM. 
We do not raise yellow corn here, and 
egg yolks are very much bleached in 
Winter, and after insects are gone, 
chickens run at me every time I enter 
the coop, expecting a different ration 
than it is possible for me to furnish. I 
have tried my best, still they seem disap¬ 
pointed. Our main feed is wheat. In 
morning I feed five or six pounds of 
ground cracklings; usually I scald this, 
add scraps from house, a little milk 
and mixed with bran ; only aim to feed 
enough so they will clean it up quickly. 
This season I raised some flax, and 
since I have had this thrashed I have 
put a quart in the scalded feed each 
morning, which soon forms a jelly. I 
am feeding 175 hens; keep the floors 
covered with fine Alfalfa, and feed the 
grain in this. We have hulless barley, 
but my hens will not eat it, and eat 
very little when cooked. I grind some 
bone and char more and run this 
through a shell mill. I aim to keep 
slaked lime (dry) before them all the 
time, but my pen of pullets invariably 
start off laying p.-etty strong, but so 
many light shelled eggs they often get 
to eating them, which is hard to 
check at times. I thought last 
year I had solved this by adding 
five or six pounds of ground 
cracklings in morning feed, but I see 
this failed. Does egg-eating come from 
feeding an unbalanced ration? How 
can I feed or what can T feed to fur¬ 
nish all the lime necessary for_ fair 
shells? The gravel they get is chiefly 
limestone. What can I feed with 
wheat to make a balanced ration ? Can 
I make it with cracklings and flax? Is 
it safe to feed flax? I was a little afraid 
on account of its laxative powers. I 
have oats, wheat, barley, flax and a lit¬ 
tle white corn. We butcher quite a lit¬ 
tle, and they get a large amount of 
meat scrap and tallow from offal. 
READER. 
R. N.-Y.—We would like a discussion 
of this by practical hen men. .We have 
found nothing better than yellow corn 
for coloring the yolk. Idleness and lack 
of meat have caused egg eating with us. 
He: “Poor old Hoppson was buried 
yesterday.” She: “ Why, is he really 
dead?” He: “The paper doesn’t actually 
say whether he is dead or not—it simply 
states that he was buried.”—Credit 
Lost. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
I t. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal." See guarantee, 'page 8. 
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JERSEY HERD 
11. V. PRENTICE, Prop., Worcester, Mass. 
HERD HEADED BY 
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GOLDEN FERN’S 
GREY FONTAINE 
a son of GOLDEN FERN’S LAD. 
Dam Fontaine of St. Saviour, with a butter 
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daughters of Golden Fern’s Lad and several 
daughters of Eminent 2d. Blue Bell’s Blue 
Fox.Caiest, Maple’sI’oet, Stockwell and other 
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pnD 0 A I C—Registered Jersey Calves; will ex- 
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purebred poultry if of high quality. 
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