647 
1909. 
CONTENTS 
The Rdkal New-Yorker, May 22, 1909. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Bordeaux Mixture for Potatoes.. .529, 530 
Results of Fertilizer Exposures. 530 
Sweet Clover as Pasturage. 530 
That “One-Horse Jersey Farm". 531 
Value of Pond Muck. 532 
About Alfalfa. 532 
Potatoes in Young orchard. 533 
The Nitrogen in Crimson Clover. 533 
Fertilizer for Tomatoes. 533 
Salt in the Haymow. 534 
A Chemical and Clover Rotation. 534 
Something About Soy Beans. 535 
Hope Farm Notes . 537 
Crop Prospects . 539 
Shun the Artichoke Crop. 543 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Purebred and Grade Cattle. 531 
Crippled Chicks . 534 
Live Stock Notes. 542 
Trouble With Chicks. 542 
Hens Eat Feathers. 542 
Color of Eggs.542 
Sheep on Shares. 543 
Quick Churning . 543 
Feed for a Dairy Farm. 544 
A Jersey Milk Machine. 544 
Crimson Clover and Cattle. 544 
Feeding Percheron Colts. 544 
Trouble With Little Chicks. 545 
The Farmer's Horse. 545 
HORTICULTURE. 
Fighting Frost in Orchards. 531 
Ken Davis Apple and Kieffer Pear.... 532 
The Moon and Tree Planting. 532 
Sunscald on Fruit Trees. 533 
Seeding Grass in a Peach Orchard.... 535 
Uuralisms . 536 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 540 
The Rural Patterns. 540 
The Magic Dyepot.540 
Sugar Gingerbread .541 
Koumyss . 541 
A City Woman's Garden. 541 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Value of Cement Water Pipes. 530 
Editorials . 538 
The Direct Nominations Bill. 539 
English Farmers and Wheat. 539 
Events of the Week. 539 
The King Road Drag. 543 
Publisher’s Desk . 546 
Humorous . 548 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during weekending 
May 14. 1909, 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- 
nts is strictly wholesale. The retail prices 
given are those secured by grocers and small deal¬ 
ers who receive no direct shipments. 
THE RURAL NEW- YORK EC FI 
Spinach, bbl.75 ffl 1.00 
Squush, Hubbard, bbl. 1.00 ffl 1.50 
Turnips, 
Rutabaga, bbl.75 ffl 1.00 
White, bbl.50 @ 1.00 
Tomatoes, 
Florida,20 qt. carrier. 1.00 @2.50 
pk. 
each 
14 pk. 
•20 HORSE BREEDING IN NEW JERSEY. 
.05 
.15 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS. 
Fancy, doz. 
.75 
ffl 1.00 
each 
.10 
No. 1, doz. 
.40 
@ .60 
each 
.05® 
.06 
No. 2. box. 
2.00 
ffl 3.00 
each 
.05© 
.06 
M usbrooms. lb. 
.30 
ffl .50 
.7601.00 
Mint, dozen bunches.. 
.35 
Radishes, 190 bunches. 
1.00 
@ 1.50 
boh. 
.05 
Tomatoes, lb. 
.10 
@ .20 
lb. 
.25® 
.30 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, broilers, lb... 
.25 
@ .35 
.30® 
.40 
Fowls. 
.17 
ffl .17^ 
Roosters. 
.11 
Ducks. 
.12 
.16 
Geese. 
.07 
@ .08 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Tnrkevs, best, lb. . 
.23 
@ .25 lb. 
.24® 
.27 
Fair to Good. 
.17 
@ .20 
•20ffl 
.22 
Chickens, best. 
.23 
@ .24 
.25® 
.27 
Good to Choice. 
.18 
fa) .20 
23® 
.25 
Common Run. 
.12 
@ .16 
.16® 
.18 
Fancy broilers, pair. 
.60 
fa) .75 
Broilers, 31d. to pr., lb 
. .30 
@ .35 
Fowls. 
.12 
@ .15 
.15® 
.18 
Ducks, Spring. 
.22 
@ .24 
.26® 
.28 
Geese. 
.10 
ffl .12 
.15® 
.18 
Squabs, doz. 
1.00 
@ 4.50 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEATS 
Calves, best, lb... 
.08 
ffl .10 
.15® 
20 
Common t.) Good_ 
.ot; 
ffl o; 
.12® 
.15 
Lambs, hothouse, bead. 
1.50 
@ 6.00 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, IOO lbs.. 
6.00 
® 6.30 
Oxen. 
@ 4.00 
Bulls. 
4.50 
@ 5.U0 
Cows. 
2.00 
ffl 4.50 
Calves, 
Prime Veal, 100 lb... 
5.00 
@ 8.00 
Culls. 
2.50 
ffl 4.50 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 
5.10 
ffl 5.75 
Lambs. 
7.00 
® 8.00 
.50 ffl T.fiO 
1.32 
1.42 
1.24 
.82 
.04 
.90 
.75 
BUTTER 
Wholesale 
Retail 
Creamery, fanev, lb.. 
. .27 
ffl 
.27 M 
.am 
.33 
Good to Choice. 
. .24 
® 
.26 
27® 
.29 
Lower Grades . 
. .20 
® 
.23 
24® 
.25 
Storage...-. 
. .22 
® 
.25 
State Dairy, best. 
. .24 
© 
.26 
.26© 
.28 
Com in on to G jod.... 
, .20 
.23 
.24® 
.26 
Factory. 
. .16 
@ 
.19 
.20® 
.22 
Packing Stock. 
. .16 
.18 
Hogs.. . 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1, North'n 
Duluth, bu. 
No. 2, Red. 
No. 1, Macaroni. 
Corn, as to quality, bu. .75 d 
Oats, as to weight, bu. .56 d 
Rye.. .85 d 
Barley.72 d 
HAY AND STRAW 
Quotations for large bales. 
Small bales sell 00 cents to $1.00 
per ton less. 
Hay, No. 1, ton.17.00 
No. 2.15.50 
No. 3.13.00 
Clover Mixed.13.110 
Clover.11.00 
Wild Hay.0.00 
Straw, Rye.20.00 
Oat and Wheat.9.00 
BOSTON WHOLESALE MARKETS. 
Butter, Best Creamery.28® 
Fair to Good.20® 
Eggs, Fancy.23® 
Good to Choice.19® 
Lower Grades.16® 
Apples, Choice, bbl. 5.00® 
Common to Good. 3.00® 
Oranges, box. 1.50® 
Strawberries, quart.10® 
Potatoes, 165 lb. bag.2.00® 
Sweet Potatoes, ^ bbl. 1.50® 
Onions, bush. 1.00® 
Lettuce, box.75® 
Cabbage, bbl . 2.00® : 
Squash, bbl.50® 
®17.50 
® 16.00 
® 14.(10 
® 15.00 
® 13.00 
® 8.00 
@294)0 
@ 12.00 
MILK. 
New York Exchange price $1.41 per 
40-quart can. netting 294 cents to 
shippers in the 26-cent freight zone 
who have no additional station 
charges. 
qt. 
.07® 
.12 
CHEESE 
Full Cream, best. 
. .13 
@ -13H 
.16® 
.17 
Common to Good... 
. .09 
ffl .12 
.14© 
.16 
Skims.,. 
@ .09 
.10® 
.12 
EGGS 
- 
. .23 
ffl .24 
@ .22 
.27® 
.24© 
.30 
.25 
White, good to choice 
. .21 
Mixed Colors, best — 
. .20 
@ .21 
.22© 
.24 
Common to Good... 
. .16 
ffl .18 
.17® 
.19 
Western. 
. .18 
@ .19 
•19®. 21 
BEANS 
Marrow, bu. 
. 2.50 
ffl 2.85 
qt. 
.15 
Medium. 
ffl 2.70 
Pea. 
@ 2.75 
qt. 
.12 
Red Kidney. .... 
1.75 
© 2.40 
White Kidney. 
. 2.40 
@ 2.70 
qt. 
.15 
Yellow Eye. 
. 3.25 
@ 3.40 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice. 
. .13 
@ .14 
Common to Good. 
. .10 
ffl .12 
Olds. . 
ffl .06 
German Crop, 1908 ... 
. -23 
ffl .27 
DRIED FRUITS 
Apples, evap. fancy.. 
•08hj 
.12 
Evap., com. to good 
. .05 
ffl .07 
.08® 
.10 
Sun Dried. 
. .04 
© .05 
<'berries. 
. .12 
@ .14 
lb. 
.20® 
.25 
Raspberriec . 
.20 
lb. 
.22® 
.24 
Huckleberries. 
. .12 
© .13 
Blackberries. 
. .06 
ffl .07 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples, 
Baldwin, bbl. 
, 4.00 
ffl 5.50 
pk. 
.50® 
.75 
Greening. . 
. 4.00 
© 6.00 
Spv. 
fa) 6.25 
Ben Davis. 
. 2.25 
ffl 4.50 
Russet. 
. 2 50 
@ 4.00 
ffl 3.50 
Western, bu. box... 
. 2.00 
doz. 
.50® 1.00 
Strawberries. 
Southern, qt.. 
. .10 
© .20 
.20 ffl 
.35 
Potatoes. 
Bermuda, bbl. 
Southern, new. 
State. 180 lbs . 
Maine, 105 lbs. 
Foreign, 105 lbs. 
Sweet Potatoes.bu bkt. 
Asparagus, fey. green 
doz. 
Com. to good. 
Carrots, bbl. 
Cabbage, new, bbl.crate 
Celery, doz. 
Corn, Fla.. 100.. 
Cucumbers. Fia., bu... 
Chicory, bbl. 
Escarol. bbl. 
Kale, bbl. 
Lettuce, Southern.bkt. 
Onions, 
Bermuda, crate. 
Texas, crate. 
Peas, 
Southern. bbl. bkt. 
Parsnips, bbl. 
Parsley, HH) bunches.. 
Peppers S'ii.. carrier.. 
Rotnaine, 
Southern, nkt. 
Radishes, bkt. 
String Beans. 
Southern, % bbl. bkt. 
VEGKTABLES 
Wholesale 
ltetail 
Cal 
5.00 
qt. 
. Id 
2.00 
@ 
5 00 
2.75 
© 
3.00 
bu. 
1.25 
2.40 
ffl 
2.85 
bu. 
1.25 
1.75 
ffl 
2.00 
bu. 
LOO 
1.00 
ffl 
2.00 
pk. 
.50® 
.id 
2.50 
@ 
3 00 
.75 
ffl 
2.00 
.75 
ffl 
1.25 
pk. 
.26 
.50 
ffl 
100 
.15 
ffl 
.50 
bcb. 
.10® 
.20 
1.00 
ffl 
3.00 
1.50 
(a) 
2.00 
2.50 
© 
3.00 
2.50 
® 
3.00 
fa) 
.50 
.50 
® 
1.75 
each 
.05® 
.10 
1.00 
® 
1.25 
1.00 
1.50 
.75 
3.00 
M Pk- 
.50® 
.75 
1.25 
© 
1.50 
46 pk. 
.25 
1.50 
@ 
2 .Of) 
bch. 
.05 
LUO 
®) 
1.75 
1.00 
® 
1.25 
head 
.10 
.20 
@ 
.60 
bch. 
.05 
1.00 
@ 
2.00 
qt. 
.20 
ELIMINATING POULTRY MITES. 
The mite question is undoubtedly the 
most perplexing question the average 
poultry keeper has to deal with during 
the Summer months. Now, to begin 
with, I remove all of the Winter 
“roosts” and put them away for anoth¬ 
er Winter. Then I get two more sets 
of roosts; we will call them sets No. 1 
and No. 2. These I make out of cedar 
poles, about four inches through at the 
large end, with the rough bark left on. 
The crevices in the back afford a good 
lodging place for the mites, and they 
are not so slow in availing themselves 
of the opportunity. I put set No. 1 in 
place, and have them there about two 
weeks when I remove them and give 
them a good scalding with soapsuds 
and kerosene. I use the suds that are 
left on wash days for this purpose. Af¬ 
ter scalding I carry them a safe dis¬ 
tance from the poultry house and leave 
them exposed to the elements for two 
weeks, while set No. 2 takes their 
place, and at the end of two weeks 
I take out set No. 2 and go 
through the scalding process again, 
and set No. 1 is put back again. This 
time they can stay in for three or four 
weeks, when they are again exchanged 
and scalded. Of course it is necessary 
to keep the poultry house clean at the 
same time, cleaning off the dropping 
boards once a week will do. After 
changing the roost three times I do not 
find it necessary to change them more 
than once a month the rest of the Sum¬ 
mer. Since I have adopted this plan, 
I have had no trouble with mites, and 
the cost is so little as not to he notice¬ 
able. I also spray my poultry houses 
with some good disinfectant once dur¬ 
ing the Summer. I use a compressed 
air sprayer for this, which makes it a 
very short job. I have never, in my 
nine years’ experience with poultry had 
a case of roup or cholera; in fact, 
a sick hen in St. Lawrence poultry 
yards is a rare thfng indeed. 
A. N. COWELL. 
St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. 
The live stock commission established 
during the last session of the New Jersey 
Legislature reported the following, which 
would apply to other eastern States also: 
New Jersey farmers, instead of produc¬ 
ing a farm or draft horse, were inclined 
to make useless attempts to produce a horse 
with a record, and as a result of the 
mating with inferior sires available they 
produced a large percentage of mongrels 
and misfits, individuals possessed of a high 
nervous disposition, lacking in size, sense, 
substance, hone, muscular activity, and, in 
fact, the majority of those qualities essen¬ 
tial or necessary in securing an ideal far¬ 
mer’s work horse. As a result of these 
futile breedjng operations it was found that 
the colts did not develop until they were 
four or five years old ; that they were too 
light for average farm work, too unsightly 
for the market, too nervous for the avail¬ 
able farm help to manage, and as a con¬ 
sequence of these inferior qualities were 
necessarily produced at a great loss to 
the farmer. It was furthermore found 
that a large percentage of the available 
stallions offered for public service in the 
State were of mongrel or unknown breed¬ 
ing : that in many cases they were un¬ 
sound. ji p 
Grand Isle, Vt. 
I 
Will fill 
your 
Silo with 
any Pow¬ 
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Will cut 
or shred 
green or dry fodder and 
cut hay or straw. Our cat¬ 
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others fail. Carried in 
stock at principal trans¬ 
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“How and Why to Fill a 
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Bo* 33 
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The blocks from which this 
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racks; handy, cheap, well made and durable. 
Write for catalogue and prices. Address 
THE ABRAM WALRATH CO., Weedsport, New York. 
Successful BUZZARDS; 
I Cuta any feed dry or fcrecn and elevates any height* 
, No vrsate power. Can’t strain. Has the ouly knive* 
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Jos. Dick Mfg. Co. 
1426W.Tuscarawas St. 
Canton, Ohio 
HEELS ,' FREIGHT PAID $8.7S 
4 Buggy Wheels, Steel Tire*. With Rubber Tires, $15.20. I 
fg. wheels H to < in. tread. Buggy Tops $5.60, Shafis $2.00 Tap 
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Public Sale of Shorthorn and 
Aberdeen Angus Cattle 
AT FAIR GROUNDS, RAINSBORO. OHIO, HIGH¬ 
LAND COUNTY, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1909. 
33 Head—25 Females, 8 Hulls. Cows and 
Heifers bred. Hulls ready for service. 
AH in good breeding condition. 
For catalogue address 
R. R. WEST & SON. HILLSBORO, OHIO. 
LARGE ENGLISH YORKSHIRES.y 
istered Bull. A. A. BRADL EY, Frewsmu-g, N. Y. 
'THOROUGHBRED JERSEY COWS For 
* Sale a young Black Bull-fine shape; also fawn 
color heifer from the best of blood. 
Miss Nicholson, 110 Walnut St., Philadelphia Pa 
TAMW0RTH BOAR 
I—Dam first prize at 
— — —-- — — — — * * ■■ ^ w—.■ J New 1 oik and 
Ohio State Fairs. THE OLD HOMESTEAD. R. 1, 
Box 24, Ashtabula, Ohio. 
S UFFOLK HUNCH HOItSES-Blue-ribbon 
stallion, 2 mares, 2 fillies. All registered. Will 
sell separately. Used daily for farm worR. 
_ RECTOR K. FOX, Mt. Kisco, N. Y. 
PflR CAI C R- L R- Pullets. Prices right. MRS. 
I Ull OnLL A. W. OUVIS, Gouverneur, N. Y. 
T he Farmer’s Fowl—ROSE COMB REDS. 
Rest winter layers on earth. Eggs $1 per 15; $5 
per 100. THOS. WILDER. Richland. R. No. 1, N. Y 
EGGS 
WHITE and BROWN Solicited. 
Prompt sales. Highest Prices. 
JOHN SCHOLL & BliO. 
147 Reade Street, New York. 
|Ol LTRYMAN—Caretaker stock and place. Active 
elderly American,successful,reliable.strictly temperate, 
eferences past, present. ACKER, S3, Tappan, N. Y. 
P 
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WANTFn~ a P° sition as manager or foreman 
ifnlllLU of a farm or gentleman’s place. 
10 years experience. Address. 
"FARMER,” care of The Rural New-Yorker. 
\\7' \ Experienced, capable far- 
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one who understands machinery and care of stock. 
Must have good references. Good wages to right 
party. Address HUDSON, care Rural New-Yorker. 
DO YOU NEED FARM HELP? 
THE JEWISH AGRICULTURAL AHD INDUSTRIAL AID SOCIETY 
has 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 
you can make use of such help, please comma ideate with 
us, stating what you will pay. whether the work is per¬ 
manent, and whether yon prefer a single or married man. 
We are a philanthropic organization, whose object it is 
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Address: THE J. A. «fc I. A. S., 
174 Second Ave., New York City 
Stock and Tools Free 
Tho owner of this snug little 12-acre farm must 
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horse, two pigs, 30 hens, new farm wagon. 2-seated. 
wagon, buggy, sleigh, harness, some small tools; 
100 fruit trees; cosy 5;room house, barn, hen house; 
near schools and neighbors; $1500 takes all; easy 
terms; see page 40, “Strout’s April Bulletin.'' copy 
free. E A. StroutOo., Dept. 1099, 47 W. 34th St.,N.Y. 
JELLIFFE, WRIGHT & COMPANY, 
Commission Merchants, 284 Washington St., New York. 
Poultry, Eggs, Meats, Produce. Shipments Solicited. 
GEO. P. HAMMOND. EST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN 
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Commission Merchants and Dealers in all kinds of 
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WM. G. WECHTENHISER, Harrington, Del. 
200 FARMS FOR SALE 
Valley from 5 to 200 acres; $25 per acre up. New 
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7000 Money-Making Farms For Sale 
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