1909. 
THE RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, January 2, 1909. 
FARM TOFICS 
Alfalfa in Connecticut.1, 2 
A Short Course in Agriculture. 2 
Big Corn for Silage... 2 
Living Farm Problems. 3 
A Good Crop of Potatoes. 3 
Value of Lime. 3 
Floats as an Absorbent. 4 
Sowing Oats and Peas. 4 
Fertilizers for Old Meadows. 4 
Depth of Plowing. 5 
A Colorado Dugout. 5 
Angoumois Grain Moth. 6 
Making Stone Drains. 0 
Clover and Turnips in Corn Again.... (J 
Faiming in Maryland. 7 
Hope Farm Notes. 9 
In Chester Co., Pa. 11 
The Farmer’s Share. 11 
Country Life Commission at Ithaca.... 11 
New Jersey Grange. 11 
Estimating Weight of Ilay. 15 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Increasing a Butter Business. 2 
Horses for the Army. 14 
Likes the Tunis Sheep. 14 
The Tuberculosis Test. 14 
More Balanced Rations. 15 
Some Feeding Problems. 15 
Feeding Value of Buckwheat Straw.. 15 
A New Milking Machine. 10 
Greater Care in Registering Stock. 16 
A $100 Cat . 10 
Stock on Cement Floors. 17 
Facts About Silage. 17 
Making Small Italian Cheese. 17 
Hints on Hog Cleaning. 17 
HORTICULTURAL. 
“Extra Fancy” Apple Packing. 3 
Ashes on Strawberries... 4 
Killing Trees . 4 
Ruralisms .. 8 
Grapes in the Chautauqua Belt. 11 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
Onions, 
Conn. White, bbl.... 
Conn. Yellow. 
Conn. Red. 
Orange Co., bag. 
Peas, 
Southern, 14 bbl. bkt 
Parsnips, bbl. 
Parsley, 100 bunches.. 
Romaine, 
Southern, bbl. 2.00 
Radishes, 54 bbl. bkt.. 1.00 
String Beans, 
Southern, *4 bbl. bkt. 2.00 
Spinach, bbl. 1.50 
@1 4 50 
@ 1.75 
& 1.75 
@ 1.75 
@ 5.00 
@ 1.00 
@ 2.00 
@ 3.50 
@ 2.00 
@ 4.00 
@ 2.00 
.75 @1.00 
3.50 
1.50 
1.50 
1.00 
2.00 
.75 
1.50 
qt. 
qt. 
H Pk- 
54 Pk. 
bch. 
head 
bch. 
qt. 
pk. 
Squash, Hubbard, bbl 
Turnips, 
Rutabaga, bbl.75 @ 1.00 each 
White, bbl.50 @1.00 J4 pk. 
Tomatoes. 
Calif., 8-qt crate. 1.00 qt. 
Florida,20 qt. carrier. 1.00 @3.00 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS. 
Cucumbers, 
.15 
.10 
.60 
.15 
.05 
.10 
.05 
.20 
.30 
.05 
.15 
.25 
Fancy, doz. 
1.50 
@ 
1.75 
each 
.15 
No. 1, doz. 
1.00 
@ 
1.25 
each 
.10 
No. 2. box. 
2.00 
@ 
4.00 
each 
.06 
Lettuce, Boston, strap. 
1.00 
1.75 
each 
.10 
Mushrooms, lb. 
.2(1 
.50 
1.00@1.76 
Mint, dozen bunches. 
.40 
Radishes, 100 bunches. 
2.50 
(cb 
3.U0 
bch. 
.05 
Tomatoes, lb. 
.08 
@ 
.15 
lb. 
.25® .30 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, best, lb.22 @ .23 lb. 
Fair to Good.17 @ .20 
Chickens, best.23 @ .25 
Good to Choice.18 @ .20 
Common Run.12 @ .16 
Fowls.11 @ .13 
Ducks.11 @ .14 
Geese.10 @ .14 
Squabs, doz. 1.00 @ 3.50 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEATS 
Calves, best, lb.12 @ .13 
Common to Good.Oil @ .11 
Roasting Pigs.011 @ .11 
Pork.05 @ .07 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs.. 5.00 @ 6.70 
Oxen. 4.50 @ 5.25 
Bulls.2.70 @ 4.00 
Cows. 1.25 @ 4.00 
Dressed Beef Sides, 
100 lbs.9.00 @10.00 lb. 
From Day to Day. 
Old-time Pumpkin Pie. 
Calves, 
Prime Veal, 100 lb... 
6.00 
@ 
9.75 
Corn Pone . 
Culls. 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 
2.50 
3.00 
<cC 
4.;>0 
4.00 
7.75 
6.15 
Pumpkin Bread . 
(a) 
fd) 
'n 
Apple Sauce Cake. 
5 75 
Suggestions in YY'afiles.. 
The Rural Patterns.. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Siphoning Water from a Well. 
A New Idea in Cement Posts.. 
Duluth, bu. 
No. 2, Red. 
No. 1, Macaroni. 
Corn, as to quality, bu. 
.64 
© 
1.17 
1.05 
1.04 
.68 
Edilorials . 
Oats, as to weight, bu. 
.53 
'a 
.60 
Events of the Week. 
Rye. 
.80 
© 
.82 
Short Orange Boxes. 
Barley. 
.62 
@ 
.66 
Publisher’s Desk ...... 
FEED 
•24@ .25 
.20@ .22 
.25® .27 
23@ .25 
• 16@ .18 
•15@ .18 
.15® .18 
.15® .18 
.18@ 25 
• 15@ .17 
• I5@ .20 
■ 12@ .15 
.18® .25 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week ending 
December 26, HH)S, wholesale except where other¬ 
wise Indicated. The retail prices given do not, as 
a rule, cover either the highest or lowest sales, but 
show what the bulk of consumers of moderate 
means pay for small quantities of produce bought 
in Fulton, Washington,. Jefferson Markets, etc. 
and up-town grocery stores. "Retail” is rather 
an indefinite word, but in this column it means 
less than barrel or other original package lots of 
fruits and vegetables, less than tubs of butter 
cases of eggs. etc. The trade of commission mer¬ 
chants is strictly wholesale. The retail prices 
given are those secured by grocers and small deal¬ 
ers who receive no direct shipments. 
BUTTER 
Wholesale 
Retail 
Creamery, fancy, lb... 
. .33 
@ 
.3314 
.39 
Good to Choice. 
. .28 
@ 
.32 
33® 
.37 
Lower Grades . 
. .22 
@ 
.25 
28® 
.30 
Storage. 
@ 
.28 
State Dairy, best. 
.29 
.33 
Common to Good... 
. .20 
@ 
.26 
•25@ 
.30 
Factory. 
. .17 
@ 
.20 
.22® 
.25 
Packing Stock. 
. .17 
@ 
.19 
MILK. 
New York Exchange price $1.91 per 
40-quart can, netting 4 cents to 
shipper in the 20-cent freight zone 
who have no additional station 
charges. 
.07® 
.12 
EGGS 
Fancy White, doz.. 
.40 
.45 
White, good to choice 
. .36 
a 
.38 
.40® 
.42 
Mixed Colors, best ... 
. .34 
@ 
.36 
.38® 
.40 
Common to Good... 
. .25 
@ 
.30 
.32® 
.34 
Western. 
. .18 
@ 
.30 
.25® 
Storage. 
. .22 
.26 
.30 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice. 
. .12 
(" 
.13 
Common to Good. 
. .10 
(& 
.11 
Olds. 
@ 
.06 
German Crop, 1903 ... 
. .28 
@ 
.30 
HONEY 
Clover, comb. 
. .12 
@ 
.15 
.18® 
.20 
Buckwheat. 
. .11 
.12 
.16® 
.18 
Extracted, lb. 
. .07 
@ 
.09 
.12® 
.16 
DRIED FRUITS 
Apples, evap. fancy... .(ISJ4 
Evap., com. to good. .04 @ .07 
Sun Dried.04 @ .05 
Cherries.12 @ .14 
Raspberries. .20 
Huckleberries.12 @ .13 
Blackberries.07 @ .0754 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples, 
Baldwin, bbl.3.75 @ 4.0(1 
Greening. 2.50 @ 4.50 
Spy.3.(HI @ 4.50 
King. 3.50 @ 5.00 
Ben Davis. 2.25 @ 3.25 
Western, bu. box_ 1.25 @ 3.25 
Pears, Kieffer, bbl... . 1.25 @ 3.50 
Cranberries, 
Cape Cod, bbl.12.00 @13.50 
Jersey, bbl.10.00 @13.00 
Jersey, std. crate_2.25 @ 2.75 
Strawberries, 
Florida, qt.30 @ .50 
Oranges, 
Florida. 2.00 ffl 3.50 
California, fey. box. 3.50 tit 4.011 
California, choice... 8.00 @ 3.25 
Grape Fruit. 
Florida, fey. box.3.00 @ 3.60 
Florida, choice. 2.00 @ 2.75 
VEGETABLES 
lb. 
lb. 
l>k. 
doz. 
pk. 
.12 
■08@ .10 
.15® .20 
.22® .24 
.50 
.50® .75 
.30® .50 
qt. .15® .20 
Wheat, Bran, ton.23.00 @25.00 
Middlings.26.00 @211.00 
Red Dog. 30.00 
Linseed Meal.32.00 @33.00 
HAY AND STRAW 
Quotations for large bales. 
Small bales sell 50 cents to $1.00 
per ton less. 
Hay, No. 1, ton.17.00 @18.00 
No. 2.15.00 @16.00 
No. 3.12.1X1 @14.00 
Clover Mixed.14.00 @16.00 
Clover.11.00 @12.00 
Wild.0.00 @ 8.00 
Straw, Rye.18 .(Hj @19.00 
Oat and Wheat.8.00 @10.00 
NEW YORK POULTRY SHOW. 
Madison Square Garden will be occupied 
from Tuesday morning, December 29. to 
Saturday night, January 2. with the thou¬ 
sands of birds, pet stock and standard 
breeds of poultry in the 20 th annual ex¬ 
hibition of the New York Poultry, Pigeon 
and Pet Stock Association. The entries 
with Secretary II. V. Crawford give greater 
number and variety titan has before been 
shown, and the value of the exhibition to 
the poultry breeder and the public will he 
demonstrated by quality in every depart¬ 
ment. The Atlantic Cat Club will have its 
seventh annual championship show on Wed¬ 
nesday, Thursday and Friday in the con¬ 
cert hall. The show is open from nine 
o’clock in the morning until half-past ten 
at night. 
■tfnt hon 
FENCE 
The man who 
is intending to 
buy fence should 
inform; himself 
of the merits of 
Anthony Fence. 
He does not want 
to buy just a 
“fence” but he 
will want to buy 
the best fence he can get—a long-lived 
fence—that is the Anthony Fence— 
Best Fence on Earth 
Let us show you a small hand sample. 
Shows you the most compact, smoothest 
and strongest knot used by any fence 
manufacturer. Made from tough wire in a 
strictly mechanical manner. No kink In¬ 
side be knot in '.he line wire. iShows you 
the heavy top wire. Knot always made 
. frijgn same size wire as line wires. Equal 
length of line wires 
guaranteed. Write for 
sample today. It will 
be mailed immediate¬ 
ly, with booklet, post¬ 
age prepaid by us 
The Anthony Fence Co., 
10 Michigan St., 
Ticumseh, Michigan, U.S.A. 
See 
That 
Knot 
doz. 
doz. 
doz. 
each 
each 
Potatoes, 
Bermuda, bbl.. 
Slate. 180 lbs. 
Long Island, 180 lbs. 
Jersey, 180 lbs. 
Maine, 165 lbs. 
Foreign, 165 lbs. 
Sweet Potatoes,bu.bkt 
Brussels Sprouts, qt... 
Beets, bbl. 
Carrots, bbl. 
Cucumbers, 
Florida, bu. bkt. 
Cabbage, ton. 
New, bbl. crate. 
Cauliflowers, 
L. I., bbl. 
Celery, doz. 
Lettuce, Southern.bbl. 
Wholesale 
4.00 @ 6.00 
@ 2.35 
@ 2.87 
@ 2.10 
@ 2.40 
@ 2.00 
& 1.50 
@ .12 
® 1.00 
@ 1.25 
2.25 
2.75 
2.00 
2.35 
1.75 
.75 
.06 
.75 
.75 
, 2.00 @ 3.50 
30.00 @35.00 
1.50 @ 1.75 
LOO @ 6.00 
.15 @ .40 
2.00 @ 4.00 
qt. 
bu. 
bu. 
bu. 
bu. 
bu. 
pk. 
14 Pk. 
pk. 
each 
bead 
head 
bch. 
each 
A0@ .75 
.30® ,40 
.50® .75 
.30® .35 
.20® .30 
.10® .15 
Retail ; 
.10 I 
1.00 
1.25 
.90 
1.00 
1.00 
.30® .50 
.15® .2J 
.10 
.25 
.05 
.10® .13 
.15® .20 
.10® .20 
.05® .10 
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Low wheels, broad tires. No 
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lEleefric Whea*Co. Bi 88 Quincy,III. 
CUT ICE 
MADE 
IN 
THREE 
SIZES. 
With the Dorsch Double Row 
Ice Plow We guarauteo it will 
cut more than 20 men sawing by 
hand. Cakes are cutunflorm 
ol uny size and thickness. One 
man and a horse will cut more ice . 
a day than the ordinary farmer and 
man can use. Toucan cut for others and 
make the price of our plow in two days use. 
Ask for rnfalogue and introductory prices. 
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Write us a postal or letter to¬ 
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THE 
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THAT 
PUMPS 
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A sufficient number of strong, well sup¬ 
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Economy Silos are strongly built and easily 
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Fully guaranteed. Write today for free 
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Box 38-J Frederick. Md. 
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Defender 
Sprayer 
Ail brass, easiest work¬ 
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valves, double strainer. 
Catalogue of Pumps and 
Treatise on Spraying free. 
■Aobnts Wantkd. 
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Box 78. Catskill, N.Y 
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Also HAY TOOLS, Burn Door 
HangerB, Hay Hack Clamps. 
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F. H. Myers & Bro., 2i Orange St., Ashland, O. 
RAW FURS ^ 
WANTED. 
Free price list and best posting possible for 
. the asking. 
LOWELL LAMB & C0„ 
^52 East 10th Street, New York, N. Y.^ 
RAW FURS WANTED 
Send for reliable prices. Ready about Dec. 1st, 
LEMUEL BLACK, Lock Box 338. Hightstown, N. J. 
DEBASE send a trial shipment tn the Oldest Cottt- 
* mission House in New York. Est. 1838. Butter, 
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GKO. P. HAMMOND. EST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & CO., 
Coimnission Merchants and Dealers in all kinds of 
COUNTRY PRODUCE, Apples, Peaches, Ber 
ries Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms 
and Hot house Products a Specialty. Consignments 
solicited. 34 & 36 Little 13th St.. New York- 
WANTED 
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WRITE FOR QUOTATIONS. 
One profit—from producer to consumer. 
F. D. HEWITT, 120 Liberty St., New York 
( Have Had Years of Successful Experience 
as superintendent and. foreman of stock and 
dairy farms; can make the farm pay. Am now 
open for engagement. Reference the Publisher of 
The Rural New-Yorker. Address 
“ FARMER,” care The Rural New-Yorker. 
W A ]\r T 3U D 
Lady Piano Player from every town in the United 
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Address Victor Home Supply Co., Potsdam, N. Y. 
FOR C A1 C-KOO Choice Barred and Huff P. Rocks. 
lUn OHLC also White and Partridge Wyandottes. 
Price Reasonable. S. C. MOYER, Lansdale, Pa. 
C hoice Rose Comb Black Minorca Cockerels, 81.25 
each. GEO. BOWDISH, Esperance, N. Y. 
B ronze Turkeys. C.hcsier YV.Shoals, Shrop¬ 
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stock. Sprague Farm, R. D. 71, Falconer, N. Y. 
B RONZE TURKEY breeding stock of merit. 
unrelated, 
one ; is.su red. 
Muted 
Vigorous. Rearing two poults instead of 
BERT McCONNELI., LigonJer, Ind. 
FOR SALE 
- Four pairs very 
_fine YV H I T E 
HOI,LAND TURKEYS. Miss Mary Spink, 
Rodman, Jefferson Co., N. Y. 
FARM FOR RCUT-Nenr Salisbury, Md. For full 
I nilm IUII lll.li I particulars, a, dress SAMi: EL 
I\WOODCOOK, Salisbury, Wicomico Co., Maryland 
FRUIT IT IVE fT 
in the famous Ozark region for sale or trade. Write 
for booklet to Ewait Realty Co., Springdale, Ark. 
I SELL FARMS IN OCEANA, die Oest Co. In IT. s. Fruit, Krai a 
and stock. Write for list. J. D. S. HANSON, Hart, Mich. 
F OR GOOD FARMS in central Now York, all 
sizes, at reasonable prices, address NORTHERN 
REALTY COMPANY, Syracuse, New York. 
H andsome colonial noiviE-12 rooms 
overlooking Bay, seven miles wide, COO acres, 
good land, two tenant houses, stock and machinery, 
$12,000. 50 other Maryland Farms. Address 
O. M. PURNELL, Snow Hill, Md. 
#3400 Profit First Year, 
on farm costing $1,500. Write to-day for free book 
that tells how it was done; also describes a won¬ 
derful variety of Delaware peach, berry, pear and 
poultry farms that because of deaths, to settle 
estates, etc. are for sale at great s&orlflce; mild, 
heathful climate, good neighbors; immense profits 
in fruit. E. A. STROUP CO., Land Title Bldg., 
Philadelphia. 
Tryon’s Labor Savers “Strout’s Farm Buyers’Guide” 
The Truck That Stands Alone. 
The Bag holder; holds The 
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No Springs to tweak or adjust. 
No Hooks to tear the bag. 
One man,by laying a plank from floor 
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ONLY $3.00 
Freight paid to any point this side of 
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Hag Holder alone fits any truck, only $1.00, 
Saves 
Time 
Holds 3 Pecks 
One man can (111 a Bag in one minute. 
Easy on his back and arms. 
Only $1.00 Sent Prepaid. 
Truck with Holder and Scoop sent 
together, $8,75. 
THE TRYON SPECIALTY COMPANY, 
Le Itoy, Genesee Go., New York. 
Is the title of a big circular just out. Illustrated, 
and describing an amazing assortment of low 
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and crops included; thrown on the market at start¬ 
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E. A. 8TROUT CO., 294 Washington St'eet. Boston; 
150 Nassau Street, New York; Land Title Building. 
Philadelphia; Scottsville, Va. 
A CAYUGA CO., /V. Y., FARM FOR SALE 
Adjoining the village of Weedsport. Long 
known as the home of the “Oakland Herd” 
Of Holstein-Friesian Cattle. 
Three sets of buildings. Land very product¬ 
ive. Within 154 milesof three railroad stations. 
For illustrated descriptive ciicular, address 
T. A. Mitchell, Weedsport, N. Y., or 
The A. IV. LAWTON Real Estate Exchange, 
Auburn, N. V. 
Farms and Homes in Virginia 
Southside Virginia Thermometer —— 
Summat Itnragi 
Sm sal 
Actana ittfljl 
Wiolgt 11111(1 
Free from frost 183 days. Growing season 225 days. 
Plowing season 315 days. 
Why Not Move to Virginia 
where you can buy good level land with buildings, timber, fruit, water, etc., at 
Kim Bill# $3 Per Acre and up? Best climate, health, markets, transportation facilities. 
churches, schools, active business life. 
Our Illustrated Real Estate Herald with map tells all about it. Write today for free copy. 
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