467 
1909. 
THE! RURAL NEW-YORKER 
CONTENTS 
The Bubal New-Yorker, April 24 1909. 
FARM TOITCS. 
Flowing an Alfalfa Sod . 446 
The Truth About Florida . 440 
A Farm Subway . 450 
Japan Clover .. 450 
Value of ToBacco Waste . 450 
Four Years’ Chemical Rotalion .450 
The Oat Crop . 449 
Cow Teas and Soy Beans ........... 449 
Egyptian Plowing . 449 
Cement Pipes for Irrigation . 451 
What to 1'so With Meat and Bones... 452 
Hope Farm Notes . 455 
Inbreeding With White Ix-ghorns .... 401 
What Ails Dairy Farming. 401 
Silo Questions . 402 
Management of Pastures . 40.1 
Harrowing and Rolling Wheat . 404 
Disk and Cutaway Tools. 404 
Hen Manure; Water Glass . 405 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Ducks as a Side Issue on a Farm 445, 440 
An Alabama Boy’s Geese . 440 
Body Lice on Fowls . 400 
Renting Out Dorset Sheep . 460 
Hogs and Apple Trees . 400 
A "Dairy Freak” ... 460 
A Southern Range Cow . 402 
Licensing Cheese and Butter Makers ..405 
Little Nature Stories . 463 
HORTICULTURE. 
Ailing Boston Ferns . 44S 
When to Transplant lines . 44 S 
Evergreens for Sandy Soil .445 
Bartlett Pear Blossoms . 445 
The Culture of Mushrooms . 445 
Spring Care of Strawberries . 449 
Remedy for Rose Mildew. 450 
Cover Crops for Young Orchard .451 
Leguminous Crop for Orchard . 452 
Currants from Cuttings . 452 
Nuts for Connecticut . 452 
Growing Good Muskmelons . 455 
Ituralisms . 454 
WOMAN AND THE DOME. 
From Day to Day . 45.5 
Keeping Sweet Potatoes . 455 
Systematic Housecleaning . 455 
The Rural Patterns . 459 
Canning Vegetables . 459 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
A Chapter on Bee Keeping . 447 
Trapping Prairie Chickens . 447 
Cornell Special Train at Ogdensburg . 445 
Dutch Libor Laws . 445 
Corporation for Selling Produce. 451 
The Garden Yard . 452 
Editorials . 450 
Events of the Week . 457 
The Direct Nominations Bill . 457 
Rebate for Wide-Tired Wagons . 457 
Tenant’s Crop in Ohio. 457 
Products, Prices and Trade . 401 
The Fence Wire Situation . 405 
Publisher's Desk . 400 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEATS 
Calves, best, lb.10 ® .12 ,18@ 25 
Common to Good.0T @ .Oil .15® .17 
Lambs,hothouse,head. 3.00 @ 6.00 
Pork.05 @ .00^ .12® .15 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 1 oo lbs.. 5.60 
® 6.1*0 
Bulls. 
Cows. 
®' 4.50 
Dressed Beef sides, 
100 lbs. 
® 10.00 
Calves, 
Prime Veal. ICO lb 
... 5.00 
fa) 7.7.') 
Culls.... 
.... 2.50 
® 4.50 
Slieeo. 100 lbs. 
.. 4.00 
® 6.IH) 
Lambs. 
@ 8.50 
Hogs. 
® 7.25 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1, North’n 
Duluth, bu. 
1.35 
No. 2, Red. 
1.30 
No. 1, Macaroni... 
1.24 
Corn, as to quality, bu. .73 
® .77 
Oats, as to weight, bu. .53 
® .60 
Hye. 
® .89 
FEED 
Wheat. Bran, ton_ 
...27.00 
®29.50 
M iddlings. 
@31.50 
lied Dog. 
31.50 
Linseed Meal. 
. .33.00 
la 34.00 
HAY 
AND STRAW 
Quotat ! ons for large bales. 
Small bales sell 50 
cents to $1 .00 
per tori less. 
Hay, No. 1, ton. 
..16.50 
@17.50 
No. 2. 
... 15.00 
® 16.00 
No.;;. 
(a 14.50 
lb. .18® .25 
clover Mixed.13.00 
Clover. .11.00 
Wild Hay.6.00 
Straw, Rye.19.00 
Oat and Wheat. 8.00 
ROSTOV WHOLESALE 
Butter, Best Creamery. 
Fair to Good. 
Eggs. Fancy 
@ 15.00 
013.00 
® 8.(Ml 
®21.00 
®10.00 
MARKETS. 
.28® 
.26® 
.23® 
Good to Choice.19® 
Lower Grades.16® 
Apples, Choice, bbl. 4.50® 
Common to Good. 
Oranges, box . 
Strawberries, quart.... . 
Potatoes, I 0 .i lb. bait. 
Sweet Potatoes, 14 bbl... 
Onions, bush.. 
Lettuce, box. . 
Cabbage, bbl . . 
Squash, bbl. 50 ® 
.29 
.27 
.25 
.20 
.18 
.00 
3.00® 4.00 
. 2.00® 3.50 
. .20® .30 
. 1.75® 2.00 
. 1.50® 1.75 
. 1.00® 1.50 
. .50® .75 
2.00® 3.25 
60 
MARKETS 
Frees current at New York during week ending 
April 16. 1909, wholesale except where other¬ 
wise indicated. The retail prices given do not, as 
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,. JefTerson 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 
trults and vegetables, less than tubs of butter, 
cases of eggs. etc. The tr.ade of commission mer¬ 
chants is strictly wholesale. The retail prices 
given are tlio.se secured by grocers and small deal¬ 
ers who receive no direct shipments. 
BUTTER 
Wholesale 
Retail 
Creamery, fancy, lb... 
.28 
® 
.2814 
.32® 
.33 
Good to Choice. 
. .25 
® 
.27 
26<K: 
.29 
lx)wer Grades . 
.20 
@ 
.23 
24® 
.27 
Storage. 
.22 
® 
.25 
State Dairy, best. 
1 J>4 
@ 
.26 
.26® 
.28 
Common to Good.... 
.20 
® 
.23 
.24® 
.26 
Factory. 
. .16 
® 
.19 
.20® 
.22 
Packing Stock. 
.16 
@ 
.18 
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MILK. 
New York Exchange price $1.51 per 
40-quart can. netting 3 cents to 
shippers in the26-cont freight zone 
who have no additional station 
charges.qt. 
EGGS 
.07® .12 
Fancy White, doz.. 
09 
® .23 
.26® .29 
White, good to choice. 
.20 
® .21 
.22® .24 
Mixed Colors, best ... 
. .19 
@ .20 
.21® .23 
Common to Good.... 
. .16 
® .18 
.17® .20 
Western. 
@ .19 
.20® .21 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples, 
Spitz. 
4.60 
® 6.00 
Baldwin, bbl. 
4.(HI 
fa) 5.50 
pk. 
.50® .75 
Greening. 
3.50 
@ 5.00. 
Spy. . 
. 4.(HI 
® 6.50 
Ben Davis. 
2.25 
® 4.50 
Russet. 
® 4.0(1 
Western, bu. box.... 
2.00 
fdi 5.50 
doz. 
.50® 1.00 
Strawberries. 
Southern, qt. 
.10 
@ .30 
.30® .50 
Oranges, 
Florida. 
3.00 
® 5.00 
doz. 
.50 fa) .75 
California, fey. box. 
3.50 
@ 3.75 
doz. 
.50 fa) .75 
California, choice... 
3.0U 
® 3.25 
doz. 
.40® .50 
Grape Fruit. 
Florida, fcv. box... . 
, 3.00 
@ 4.00 
each 
15.® .20 
Florida, choice. 
2.00 
@ 2.5(1 
each 
.08® .10 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes. 
Wholesale 
Retail 
Bermuda, bbl. 
4.90 
(a 5.00 
qt. 
.15 
Fiorina, new. 
® 5 00 
Slate. 168 lbs . 
2.25 
@ 2.75 
bu. 
1.25 
Maine. 165 lbs. 
2.40 
@ 2.85 
bu. 
1.25 
Foreign, 165 lbs. 
2.00 
® 2.25 
bu. 
1.00 
Sweet Potatoes,bu bkt. 
1.00 
@ 2.00 
pk. 
.50® .75 
Asparagus, fey. green 
doz. 
4.00 
® 4 75 
Com. to good. 
1.50 
f(t 5.00 
Beets, bbl. 
.75 
@ LOO 
')4 Pi- 
.10 
( arrots, bbl. 
.75 
® 1.25 
pk. 
.25 
* abbage.new,bbl.crate 1.50 
® 3.00 
Celery, doz... 
.15 
® .50 
bch. 
10@ .20 
Lettuce, Southern.bkt. 
l.ou 
@ 2.25 
each 
.05® .10 
Onions, 
Conn. White bbl.... 
3.(K) 
@ 5 .50 
qt. 
.20 
Conn. Yellow. 
1.75 
® 2.25 
qt. 
.10 
Conn. Red. 
1.50 
® 2.0(1 
Orange Co., bag. 
1.25 
® 2 00 
P 
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Hebron,Jewel,Hose, Wonder.8r» kinds. C. W.Ford,Fishers.N. Y, 
DAVIS S. C. R. I. REDS 
-00egg strains. < ireatest Winter Layers known. 
Large Brown Eggs, $5.00 per 100 ; Special 
Matings, $1.50 per 13; $10 per lot). Circular. 
DAVIS POULTRY FARM, Berlin, Mass. 
Eggs for Hatching-$2.00 for 15 White and 
Barred Rocks, R. <J. White and Brown Leghorns, 
8. C. White and Black Leghorns, American Domi¬ 
niques and Ariconas. Also all varieties of orna¬ 
mental birds for sale. THE OTSELIC FARMS, 
Whitney’s Point, New York. 
Poultry— Pigeons, Pheasants, Guinea Fowl. Pea 
Fowl. Swan. Also eggs for hatching Write for 
prices. THE UNITED CO., 26 Vesey St., New York. 
Incubators—Brooders. A complete lino of 
Poultry and Dog supplies. Write for catalogue. 
THE UNITED CO., 26 Vesey St., New York. 
MAMMOTH PEKIN DUCKS;,,',,'ST 5 SH 
Reds and S. C. White Leghorns, 15. $1 : I oo, S85. 
GEO. W. Deri ODER, Ba.li.ston Spa, N. Y. 
4 ST. LAMBERT BULL CALVES FOR 
SALE. Two to ten months old. Solid color. 
Breeding the best. 
J. ALDUS HERR, Route 4, Lancaster, Pa. 
JELUFFE, WRIGHT & COMPANY, 
Commission Merchants, 284 Washington St., New York. 
Poultry, Eggs, Meats, Produce. Shipments Solicited. 
or 400 Leading Produce 
Merchants in 29 Markets. 
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF COMMISSION 
MERCHANTS OF U. S., Buffalo, New York. 
FREE DIRECTORY 
® 5.00 
@ 1.75 
® 2.00 
@ 2.00 
Southern. M bbl. bkt. 2.00 
Parsnips, bbl. 1.25 
Parsley, 100 bunches.. 1.50 
Peppers S’n.. carrier.. 1.00 
Uomalne, 
Southern, bkt. 1.00 
Radishes, bkt. 25 
String Beans, 
Southern. \4 bbl. bkt. LOO @ 2.00 
Spinach, bbl. 1.50 ® 2.25 
Squash, Hubbard, bbl. 1.00 ® 1.50 
r urnips, 
Rutabaga, bbl .75 
White, bbl.50 
Tom atoes, 
Florida,20 qt.earner. LUO ® 1.50 
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Eggs. Poultry. Pork, Calves, Hay, Grain. Beans, 
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DO YOU NEED FARM HELP? 
THE JEWISH AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL AID SOCIETY 
lias on its lists men wishing to obtain employment upon 
farms. Most of them are without experience but they 
are able-bodied and willing to work. They speak little or 
no English, although many of them speak German, if 
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FOR QAT F -THIRTY ACRES; seven- 
A '-'•A-'- ILiL/ room house; basement 
barn; fair condition; three and one-half miles 
from Owego. Price $800, one- half cash. 
HALL’S FARM AGENCY, Owego, New York. 
WESTERN CANADA 
More Big Crops in 1908 
60,000 settlers from the United 
States in 1008. New Districts opened 
for settlement. 320 acres of land 
to EACH SETTLER — 160 free 
homentead and 160 acres 
at only $8 per acre* 
*'A vast, rich country and a con¬ 
tented, prosperous people.” Ex¬ 
tract from correspondence of a 
Kansas Editor, whoso visit to 
Western Canada in August, 1908, 
whs an inspiration. 
Many have paid tho entiro cost 
of their farms and had a balance of from $10 
to $20 per aero as a result of one crop. 
Spring and Winter Wheat, Oats, 
Barley, Flax and Peas are the prin¬ 
cipal crops, while the wild grasses bring 
to perfection tho best cattle that have ever 
been sold on tho Chicago market. 
Splendid Climate, Schools and 
Churches in all localities. Railways 
touch most of the settled districts, 
ami prices for produce are always 
good. Lands may also be purchased from 
Railway and Land Companies. 
For pamphlets, maps and information re¬ 
garding low Railway Rates, apply to Sup’t 
of Immigration, Ottawa, Cun., or to tho 
authorized Canadian Government Agent. 
J. C. Duncan, Canadian Govern¬ 
ment Agent, Room 30, Syracuse liunk 
Building, Syracuse, N. Y. 
174 Second A ve., 
New York City. 
47 ACRES; TWO HOUSES; LIVE STOCK; $2000. 
Only Ht; miles from New York; 10 acres cuts 14 tons 
hay :produces paying crop-.spring watered pasture; 
nearly 2000 R.R. ties can lie cut; tine apple orchard; 
also small fruits; two good houses; small barn; 
excellent water supply; owner will include six 
horses, four cows, two wagons, etc.; for quick sale 
at $2000, part cash: page 47, Strout's April Bulletin, 
copy free. E. A STROUT CO , Dept. 1099, 47 West 
34th St., corner Broadway, New York. 
FARMS. 
Why not 1 ocate i n Manatee 
County,(West Coast)? Ten 
acres net as much as a hun¬ 
dred in Northern States. 
Delightful climate, abundan 
rainfall, convenient markets. 
VEGETABLES NET 
$1000 ACRE. 
Outdoor work the year 
round, several crops a season. 
Lands reasonable. Write 
for full information. 
J. W. WHITE, 
General Inol. Agent, 
SEABOARD AIR LINE, 
Dept. is. 
PORTSMOUTH. VA 
RICHM0H? 
JACKSONVILLE \ 
Q ' 
GULF 
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MEXICO 
For Sale 
265 Acres; Machinery. Tools: $1,600 
The owner of this big farm is unable to run it; 
cuts 40 tons hay: 500 cords wood; 20.000 ft. standing 
timber; trout brook; 8- room house, barn 32x80, good 
outbuildings; big set valuable farming machinery 
and tools included, $1600 takes all. See page 35, 
Strout s April Bulletin, copy free. 
F.A.STRUCT Co., Dept, 1009, Cntver.-iiy block, Syrncusr, Ji.Y, 
Cheap Tennessee Farms 
— Making Men Rich! — 
Fortunes are being made on fertile Tennes¬ 
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Green Corn.etc., also Horses. Cattle,Sheep.Swine. 
Poultry and Eggs. Write me at once for Free 
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ONK OF MONMOUTH COUNTY’S BEST. 
Right in heart of the potato belt; 58 acres fertile 
soil grows record breaking crops; well adapted to 
fruit; 2-story eight room house: big barn; line 
water: only one-half mile from railroad station; to 
close immediately sacrificed for $6500; easy terms 
see page 45, Strout's April Bulletin, copy free. 
E. A. STROUT CO., Dept. 1099, 47 West 34tb Street 
corner Broadway. New York. 
50 ACRE FARM WITH STOCK AND TOOLS 
for immediate possession in 2 miles of city limits. 
Owner of this productive farm fins business in a 
distant state and to close out quick offers to put in 
all stock and tools for little more than va tie of 
bare farm. 6 cows, 3 yearlings, 1 pair of horses 
worth $400,160 blooded hens, wagon, harnesses, etc., 
in fact all tools go with it. Fine orchard. Tele¬ 
phone in house Price for immediate sale. $3200, 
$1500 cash, balance on time. Other deals, come and 
see this at once. Mintz. Gayi.orii & Campbell, 
Real Estate, O'Neil Building, Binghamton, N. Y. 
4 Cows and Horse Included. 
Also 70 hens, 6 pigs. 3 wagons, threshing ma' htne, 
cultivator, plow, harnesses, etc.; 58 acre'. n 
wood, 55 in fertile fields; 2 siory. ft.room l-oustf; 
large barn, wagon house, lien house: all in good 
repair and insured for $3,900; owner has other 
business, and for quick sale cuts prios to 33 , 400 ; 
$1,700 may be left on easy terms. See details page 
50, Strout’s April Bulletin copv free. T>ept. 1099 
E. A. S I ROUT CO., Land Title Bldg., Ptaila. 
ILLUSTRATED FARM CATALOG POSTPAID 
■ Chapin Farm Agency, 294 Washington St., Boston,Mass. 
PROFIT-PAYING FRUIT FARM. 
Only two miles from the Hudson and 100 miles 
from New York City; 260 barrels apples and other 
fruit yearly: 45 acres tin.-soil: new 8-room house 
partly constructed, good outbuildings; everything 
tine condition: beautiful shade trees, magnificent 
view of the Catskills: owner wants smaller place 
will sacrifice lor only $380(1. part cash: sec page 32. 
Street's April Bulletin, copy free. E. A S' ltOUT 
CO., Deot. 1099, 47 West 34th St., corner Broadway, 
New York. ’ 
