1909. 
THE RUre..A.I> NEW-YORKER 
<>07 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker. July 10, 1909. 
FARM TOFICS. 
Alfalfa in a Graveyard. 654 
Alfalfa in Central New York. 655 
Baling Hay from the Field. 655 
The Value of Liquid Manure. 655 
High-Grade Fertilizers. 655 
Dodder in Clover. 656 
Cow Peas Before Wheat. 656 
Sowing Winter Vetch; Killing Cut¬ 
worms . 657 
Drying Hay in Kilns. 658 
Hope Farm Notes. 659 
Crop Prospects . 661 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Business Jerseys . 656 
The Remedy for Milk Prices. 661 
Cost of a Quart of Milk. 661 
Turning Hogs in Wheat. 664 
Millet Hay for Cows. 664 
Soy Beans in Southern Indiana. 664 
The Milk Situation. 664 
Atrophied Udder . 664 
The Elgin, Ill.. Dairy District, Part 
IV. 665 
Feeding Orphan Colt. 665 
Slobbering and Tongue Lolling. 665 
Mange . 665 
White Plymouth Rock. 666 
Young Chicks with Pip. 666 
Formaldehyde as a Disinfectant. 666 
The Lakenvelder Breed of Poultry.... 667 
Lice on Colt: Mare with Worms. 667 
Killing Hen Lice. 667 
HORTICULTURE. 
“Wonderberry and Wizard Bur- 
Cover Crop for Carolina Vineyard... 656 
A loganberry Crop. 657 
Rural isms . 658 
Root-Worm Beetle on Raspberries.... 658 
Canadian Apples in South Africa.... 661 
Kansas Fruit Prospects. C61 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 662 
Kohl Rabi . 662 
The Rural Patterns. 662 
Emergency Egg Dishes. 662 
Francatelii Pudding . 662 
Home Weaving in Tennessee. 668 
Uncle Rufus’s Cold Frame. 663 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
The Damage from Railroad Fires 
Old-Fashioned Iron Nails. 
Long Distance Pumping. 
Dogs and Seaweed. 
Trimming Trees on Line. 
Alteration of Une Fence. 
Dog Killed by Automobile. 
Editorials . 
Events of the Week. 
The People vs. the II. S. Senate. 
Publisher's Desk . 
Products. Prices and Trade. 
Humorous . 
654 
656 
657 
657 
657 
657 
657 
660 
661 
661 
666 
667 
668 
MARKETS 
Ib ices current at New York during week ending 
July 2, 1909, wholesale except where other¬ 
wise indicated. The retail prices given do not, as 
,i 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 
Creamery, fancy, lb... 
Good to Choice. 
Lower Grades . 
State Dairy, best. 
Common to Good.... 
Factory. 
Packing Stock. 
Wholesale Retail 
.253$® 26 .28® Oil 
.24 ® .25 27® .211 
.20 @ .23 24® .25 
.24 ® .25 .26® .28 
.20 ® .22 23® .25 
.16 @ .19 .20® .22 
.16 ® .18 
MILK. 
New York Exchange price $1.21 per 
40-quart can. netting 2>4 cents to 
shippers in the 26-cent freight zone 
who have no additional station 
charges. 
. 
. 
qt. 
.07® 
.12 
CHEESE 
Full Cream, best. 
. .13 
® .14 
.16® 
.18 
Common to Good... 
. .10 
@ .12 
.15® 
.16 
Skims. 
. .05 
@ .08 
.10® 
.12 
EGGS 
Fancy White, doz. 
. .25 
® .27 
.28® 
.30 
White, good to choice 
. .22 
@ .24 
.26® 
.26 
Mixed Colors, best — 
. .20 
@ .22 
.23® 
.25 
Common to Good... 
. .16 
@ .18 
• I7@ 
.19 
Western. 
. .18 
@ .19 
•19®. 
. 21 
BEANS 
Marrow, bu. 
. 2.75 
® 3.20 
qt. 
.16 
Medium. 
. 2.50 
® 2.70 
Uea. 
@ 2.75 
qt. 
.12 
Ked Kidney. 
. 1.75 
® 2.40 
White Kidney. 
. 2.40 
® 2.70 
qt. 
.15 
Yellow Eye. 
@ 3.75 
HOBS 
Prime to Choice. 
@ .16 
Common to Good. 
. .10 
@ .13 
Olds. . 
@ .06 
German Crop, 1908 ... 
. .24 
@ .26 
DRIED FRUITS 
Apples, evap. fancy.. 
. .08$6® .09 
.14 
Evap., com. to good 
. ,U5 
@ .08 
.08® 
.12 
Sun Dried. 
. .04 
@ .05 
cherries. 
. .13 
@ .15 
lb. 
.20® 
.25 
Raspberries. 
.20 
ib. 
.22® 
.24 
Huckleberries. 
. .12 
@ .13 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples, new, bu. 
. .75 
® 1.00 
Bears, Le Conte, bbl... 
6.00 
® 7.00 
Strawberries, 
Up River. 
.06 
® .13 
.10® 
.18 
Oswego. 
.08 
@ .12 
.10® 
.15 
Blackberries. 
.06 
® .07 
qt. 
.10® 
.15 
' berries, lb. 
.05 
® .10 
Huckleberries. 
, .10 
® .13 
qt. 
.12® 
.18 
Gooseberries. 
.07 
® .09 
Peaches, Ga., crate.... 
2.00 
® 2.25 
N. C. and S. C. 
1.25 
® 2.00 
Watermelons, 
Fla., 100. . 
20.00 
®45.00 
Muskmelons, crate.... 
mo 
® 2.00 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, 
Wholesale 
Beta 
Southern, new. 
. 1.00 
® 2 00 
weet Potatoes,bu bkt, 
. mu 
@ 2.00 
pk. 
.50® 
sparagus, fey. green 
doz. 
2.00 
® 2 50 
Fey. white. 
1.75 
® 2.00 
Com. to good. 
.50 
® 1.00 
abbage.new.bbl.crate 1.0(1 
® 2.00 
om, .Jersey. UK). 
mo 
® 1.75 
unuinbers. 8’n., bu... 
.25 
® 1.00 
Lettuce, bbl... 
.25 
® .50 
each 
.03® 
.05 
Onions. 
Bermuda, crate... 
.(Hi 
® .85 
Peas, t® bbl. bkt. 
.50 
fe 1.25 
% pk. .40® 
.(XI 
Peppers 8’n.. carrier.. .75 @ 1.25 
Rhubarb, 100 bunches, 1.00 @ 1.60 
Radishes. 100 bunches, .50 ® .75 
String Beans, bn.50 @ .75 
Spinach, bbl.75 ® LOO 
Turnips. 
White, bbl.1.00 @ 2.00 
Tomatoes, 
Flo-ida.20 qt. carrier. 1.00 ® 2.25 
Del. and Md. 1.25 ® 1.50 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, broilers, lb... .28 ® .29 
bch. 
qt. 
pk. 
Fowls.15 
Roosters. 
Ducks. 
Geese.07 
® 
.16 
.0914 
.12 
.09 
DRESSED POULTRY 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs.. 5.00 ® 7.10 
Bulls.3.35 ® 4.75 
Cows.2.00 ® 4.50 
Calves, 
Prime Veal, 100 lb... 6.00 ® 8.25 
Culls.....4.50 ® 5.50 
Sheep, 100 lbs.3.50 ® 5.00 
Lambs.7.00 ® 9.00 
Hogs.8.00 ® 8.25 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1. North’n 
Duluth, bn. 1.38 
No. 2, Red. 1.47 
Corn, as to quality, bn. .82 ® .84 
Oats, as to weight, bu. .55 ® .64 
Rye.90 ® .92 
Barley. .85 ® .88 
HAY AND STRAW 
Quotations for large bales. 
Small bales sell 50 cents to $1.00 
per ton lees. 
Hay, No. 1, ton.18.00 ®19.00 
No. 2.16.00 ® 17.00 
No. 3.14.50 i® 15.50 
Clover Mixed.14.UU ®16.U0 
Clover.12.00 ® 14.00 
Wild Hay.10.00 ®12.00 
Straw, Rye.25.00 ®30.U0 
Oat and Wheat.10.00 ®13.00 
.03 
.10® .15 
.10® .20 
Chickens, frozen, best. 
.23 
® 
.24 
.25® 
.27 
Good to Choice. 
.18 
@ 
.20 
23@ 
.25 
Common Run. 
.12 
@ 
.16 
.16® 
.18 
Fancy broilers, pair. 
.40 
® 
.60 
Broilers,31 d. to pr.. lb. 
.25 
® 
.28 
Fowls. 
.12 
<S> 
.16 
.15® 
.18 
Ducks, Spring. 
.17 
® 
.18 
20® 
.23 
Squabs, doz. 
1.00 
® 
3.50 
BOSTON WHOLESALE MARKETS. 
Butter, Best Creamery.26® .2654 
Fair to Good. .25®.2616 
Eggs, Fancy.22®.23J6 
Good to Choice.19® .20 
Lower Grades.16® .18 
Apples, Choice, bbl. 5.00® 6.00 
Common to Good. 3.00® 4.00 
Strawberries, quart.05® .11 
Muskmelons^crate. 1.25® 2.00 
Lettuce, box.25® .40 
CLEVELAND, OHIO 
Bntter, Prime Elgin.26® .27 
Lower Grades.23@ .25 
Eggs.20® .24 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
Lemons.— The past week of high tem¬ 
poral ure has made a profitable harvest 
for lemon dealers. The demand was enor¬ 
mous. prices of the better grades being 
doubled. Choice Sicily lemons sold up to 
$7.“»0 per box, and a few American grown 
at $7, hut the hulk of the latter much 
lower. The Sicily lemons contain more 
of the sharp acid desired in a hot weather 
drink. 
Fruits. —Strawberries continue low with 
the exception of some lots from up the 
river and the Oswego section. Blackber¬ 
ries and raspberries are plentiful and 
largely in bad order owing to the heat. 
Huckleberries of fair quality are whole¬ 
saling ai 12 to 15 cents. Peaches of ex¬ 
cellent quality are here and meeting a 
brisk trade. Cherries have been a doubt¬ 
ful proposition with a good many thrown 
away or going at less than cost. Water¬ 
melons are scarce, and out of reach of 
most people. Muskmelons are arriving 
freely from the South and California, 
trade being good. 
Egg arrivals are showing a good many 
of defective quality, some damaged by 
heat on the way and others held too long 
at point of production. Eggs will stand 
moderate Summer heat without injury, hut 
95 in the shade makes unusual care nec¬ 
essary. In some instances eggs are hauled 
several miles to railroad station with the 
blazing sun heating on the cases and then 
left standing on the platforms waiting for 
the train, when a little protection from 
the sun would have made a great differ¬ 
ence in the price received. Dealers sup¬ 
plying the hotter class of retail trade in 
New York have to be very careful about 
candling and inspection, as their customer* 
raise a frightful howl, and rightly, when 
they find defective eggs. Every such over¬ 
sight brings complaints, with a possible 
permanent loss of customers. w. w. n. 
LICE ON COLT; MARE WITH WORMS. 
t. I have a colt 18 months old which bites 
Itself a good deal. I think it has some 
lice; its hair is rather long. Would it be 
advisable to clip it ? 2. I have an old mare 
which is very wormy; has been for several 
years, but keeps in good condition. I 
have never done anything to rid her of 
them. f. a. p. 
Pennsylvania. 
1. Clip the colt and wash as required 
with a 1-50 solution of coal tar dip to 
which add flowers of sulphur freely. Keep 
him out of infested stables. 2. Grass 
should remove the worms. When not on 
grass mix in feed night and morning for 
fen days a tablespoonful of a mixture of 
equal parts salt, flowers of sulphur, dried 
sulphate of iron and ground gentian root; 
then skip ten days and repeat. Omit the 
iron if she is in foal. a. .s a. 
THE LAKENVELDER BREED OF POULTRY 
What are the characteristics of the 
Lakenvelder or belted breed of poultry? 
s. R. 
Lakenvelder fowls are small, like Leg¬ 
horns, or, I think, more like Hamburgs. 
They are naturally wild and even better 
fliers than Leghorns. This is the feature 
about them that I do not like. They have 
single combs and are very hardy. The 
combs of the hens are small. I believe 
there is no hardier fowl, and they are ex¬ 
cellent layers. Their eggs are white, but 
not of such uniform size and shape as are 
the eggs of Leghorns. Some Lakenvelder 
eggs are extremely long. They will not 
give a better carcass than Leghorns, and 
probably will not lay more eggs, (hough I 
consider them equally as good layers, and 
better Winter layers than Leghorns in cold 
situations. Hens of this breed are scarcely 
better “belted” than Light Brahmas. The 
ends of their tail feathers are black and 
their necks are “pretty black” but always 
more or less streaked with light, and they 
usually have a few black feathers scattered 
over the body. Well-marked roosters have 
practically black heads, necks and tails, 
though most of them have a little light 
around the ears and a few mottled feathers 
in their fails, also a few mottled feathers 
in their wings. Over their backs they have 
a golden tinge. Their tails arc very large 
and the cocks have an “important” bear¬ 
ing that makes them the prettiest of fowls. 
_ G. G. G. 
Killing Hen Lice. —On page 619 the 
question is asked how to rid fowls of body 
lice. Having just treated mine with suc¬ 
cess, will pass it along: Pour boiling 
water on about two pounds of tobacco or 
tobacco stems and let it steep for an hour 
or more. Then press the juice out and mix 
with three pails of water, and then dip 
each fowl in and rub it in until the fowl 
is thoroughly wet. I added a little coal 
oil after every few fowls, and I can find 
no lice at all. It did not seem to have 
any had effect, as they sunned themselves 
and soon got dry. The oil leaves them a 
little mussy looking for a short time. 
Hollywood, Md. f. W. h. 
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