"the; rural new-yorkk re 
083 
1909. 
CONTENTS 
The Rlbal New- Yorker, July 17, 1909. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Massachusette Asparagus Grower's 
Note ..'. 070 
New Sides to the Alfalfa Question.... 071 
Fertilizer for Grass Seeding. 072 
The Tariff on Grain. 072 
Shavings in Manure. 072 
Wood Ashes for Clover. 072 
Exterminating Plantain . 072 
.Mustard in Oats. G72 
Adulterated Alfalfa Seed. 072 
Kasic Slag and Kainlt. 072 
Smut Disease of Grain. 072 
Treatment of Silo Lumber. 673 
Seeding “Catch Crops" in Corn. 073 
Hope Farm Notes. 675 
Crop Prospects . 677 
New York Institutes. 677 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Milk Standard and Adulteration. 670 
,\ "Resolution" that Resolves. 070 
Making Milk for the Bordens. 071 
Flies in a Stable. 072 
Judging Those Grade Dairy Cows. . . . 077 
Adulterated Milk . 077 
The Elgin, Ill., Dairy District. Part X. 6H0 
Mange . 680 
Sudden Lameness . 080 
Branding Tuberculous Cattle. 081 
Thrush . 681 
Depraved Appetite . 081 
Slobbering and Tongue Lolling. 681 
Bone Tumors . 681 
Urticaria . 681 
Obstructed Teat . 681 
An Abnormal Egg. 682 
Experience with Cattle Grub. 682 
HORTICULTURE. 
Planting Orchards on Contract. 670 
Planting Bananas in Mexico. 670 
Killing Cutworms . 672 
Plant Lice on Plums..”. 673 
Glass Gardening in the South. 673 
Rural isms . 674 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 678 
The Bookshelf . 678 
The Rural Patterns. 678 
Another Farmer's Wife Speaks. 678 
Cold-Processed Fruits .678, 679 
Mrs. Spraker Talks. 679 
Suggestions in Corn. 679 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Light and Power from Farm Brook. 669. 670 
"Fortunes" in Europe. 670 
The Spider and the Fly. 670 
The Culture of Orris. 671 
Covering a Cistern. 673 
Editorials . 676 
Events of the Week. 677 
Publisher's Desk . 682 
Humorous . 684 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week ending 
July 9, 11 * 09 . 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 pny 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 or 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, )b.. 
. 25«@ 
.26 
.28® 
.31 
Good to Choice. 
. .24 
.26 
27® 
.29 
Gower Grades . 
. .20 
@ 
.23 
24® 
.25 
Scue Dairy, best. 
. .24 
@ 
.25 
.26® 
.28 
Common to G jod... 
. .20 
.22 
.23® 
.25 
Factory. 
@ 
.19 
.20^ 
09 
Packing Stock. 
. .16 
@ 
.18 
M ILK 
New York Exchange price $1.41 per 
411-quart can. netting 23$ cents to 
shippers In the 20-cent freight zone 
who have no additional station 
charges. 
. qt. 
.07® 
.12 
CHEESE 
Full Cream, best... 
... .13 
(<v 
.14 
.18 
Common to Good. 
... .10 
C<1 
.12 
.15® 
.16 
Skims. 
@ 
.08 
.10® 
.12 
KGGS 
Fancy White, doz... 
... .28 
® 
.31 
.30® 
.36 
White, good to choice. .25 
(a 
.28 
.27® 
.30 
Mixed Colors, best . 
... .26 
(</ 
.27 
.28® 
.30 
Common to Good. 
... .18 
@ 
.20 
.20® 
.22 
BEANS 
Marrow, bu. 
... 2.75 
@ 
3.20 
qt. 
.15 
Medium. 
@ 
2.70 
Pea. 
... 2.60 
f" 
2.7> 
qt. 
.12 
Bed Kidney. 
1.76 
® 
2.40 
White Kldnev. 
... 2.10 
q< 
2.70 
qt. 
.15 
Yellow Bye. 
<& 
3.75 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice.15 @ .16 
Common to Good.HI @ .13 
Olds.(It .06 
German Crop, 190S.24 @ .26 
DRIED FRUITS 
Apples, evap. fancy... 
. .081$® .09 
.14 
Kvap., com. to good. 
. .05 
@ .08 
.08® 
.12 
Sun Dried. 
. .04 
@ .05 
cherries. 
@ .15 
lb. 
.20® 
.25 
Raspberries. 
.20 
lb. 
.22® 
.24 
Huckleberries. 
. .12 
@ .18 
FltF.Sn FltUITS 
Apples, new. bu. 
. .75 
® 1.00 
ears, Le Conte, bbl... 
6.00 
(a 7.00 
Strawberries. 
Up River. 
.04 
@ .14 
.10® 
.18 
Oswego. 
.12 
( In .18 
.15® 
.2(1 
Blackberries. 
.06 
® .08 
qt. 
.10® 
.15 
berries, lb. 
.05 
® .10 
Huckleberries. 
. .10 
® .13 
qt 
.12® 
.18 
Gooseberries. 
.07 
® 10 
Reaches, Ga., crate.... 
2.00 
® 2,25 
Watermelons, 
Fla.. 100. 
12.00 
<0 .15 00 
Muskmelons, crate_ 
1.(0 
® 3.00 
V EG 
1 ETA BLES 
I’otatoes. 
Wholesale 
Reta 
Southern, new. 
1.00 
@ 
2.50 
Asparagus, fey. preen 
doz. 
@ 
2 60 
Fey. white_ 
1.75 
@ 
2.00 
Com. to good. 
.50 
@ 
1.00 
abbage. 100. 
3.0(1 
@ 
4.00 
auliflowers. L. I., bbl. 
.75 
@ 
3.00 
Porn. Jersey. 100. 
1.00 
@ 
1.26 
Cucumbers, bu. 
.25 
ffl 
1.00 
Lettuce, bbl. 
Peas, % bbl. bkt. 
.25 
(d\ 
.60 
each 
03® 
.05 
.50 
@ 
1.26 
H Pk 
40® 
.60 
Peppers B n., carrier.. 
<8) 
1.26 
lihubarb, 100 bunches. 
Radishes, 100 bunches, 
l.oo 
@ 
1.50 
.50 
@ 
.75 
beh. 
.03 
String Beans, bn.60 @ 1.25 qt. .10® .16 
Spinach, bbl.75 @1.00 pk. .10® .20 
Turnips, 
White, bbl.1.00 @ 2.00 
Tomatoes. 
FIo-ida,20 qt. carrier. 1.00 @2.00 
Del. and Ma. 1.25 @ 1.50 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, broilers, lb... 
.20 
@ 
.23 
Fowls. 
.15 
@ 
.16 
Roosters. 
.09)4 
Ducks. 
.11 
Geese. 
.07 
@ 
.09 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Chickens, frozen, best. 
.23 
@ 
.24 
.25® 
.27 
Good to Choice. 
• IS 
® 
.20 
23@ 
.25 
common Run. 
.12 
@ 
.16 
.16® 
.18 
Fancy broilers, pair. 
.40 
@ 
.50 
Broilers,31b. to pr., lb. 
.25 
@ 
.30 
Fowls. 
.12 
<3 
.16 
.15® 
.18 
Ducks, Spring. 
.17 
® 
.18 
.20® 
.23 
Squabs, doz. 
UK) 
@ 3.50 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 10(1 lbs.. 
5.50 
6.75 
Bulls. 
@ 
5.00 
Cows. 
® 
5.00 
Calves. 
Crime Veal, lid lb... 
6.00 
® 
9.25 
Culls.... . 
4.50 
5.50 
Sheep, loo lbs. 
3.50 
@ 
5.00 
\) no 
Hogs. 
8.00 
® 
845 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1, North’n 
Duluth, bu. 
1.38 
No. 2. Red. 
1.45 
Corn, as to quality, bu. 
.70 
® 
.80 
Oats, as to weight, bu. 
.55 
® 
.64 
Rye. 
.90 
@ 
.91 
Barley. 
.68 
<€b 
.70 
HAY AND STRAW 
Quotations for large bales. 
Small bales sell 50 cents to ¥1.00 
per ton less. 
Hay. No. 1, ton.18.00 @19.00 
No. 2.16.00 @17.00 
No. 3.14.50 @15.50 
Clover Mixed.14.00 @16.00 
Clover..12.00 @14.00 
Wild Hay.10.IK) @12.00 
Straw. Rye.25.00 @30.00 
Oat and Wheat.10.00 @13.00 
BOSTON WHOLESALE MARKETS. 
Butter. Best Creamery.26® .2614 
Fair to Good.25@.25J4 
Eggs, Fancy.22@.23>$ 
Good to Choice.19@ .20 
Lower Grades.16@ 18 
Apples, Choice, bbl. 5.00@ 7.U0 
Common to Good. 3.U0@ 4.00 
Strawberries, quart.10® .15 
Muskmelons, crate. 1.25® 3.00 
Lettuce, box.25@ .40 
CLEVELAND, OHIO 
Butter, Prime Elgin.26® .27 
Lower Grades.23® 26 
Eggs.20® >24 
PRODUCTS. PRICES AND TRADE. 
Quite a Load. —A Pennsylvania Railroad 
engine recently hauled 105 cars loaded 
with 5,544 tons of coal 127 miles in about 
seven hours. The entire train, including 
engine, weighed 15,288,000 pounds, and 
was 3,600 feet long. This is thought to 
l>e the heaviest train ovei' hauled by one 
engine. 
Potatoes. —Old stock is practically out 
of the market. Receipts from the South 
are heavy and present prices low, choice 
Cobbler and Rose having sold under $2 
per barrel, witli under grades down to 75 
cents. The outlook for the North Jersey 
crop is not good, owing to the present se¬ 
vere drought, which strikes the plants just 
as the tubers are trying to set. 
Shortages. —Probably there is more hard 
feeling worked up over this matter than 
any other one item of the produce trade. 
When a man sends a lot of goods to mar¬ 
ket lie expects them to get there—barring 
railroad accident—and naturally feels ex¬ 
asperated when they do not. Of course, it 
is expected that there will be some shrink¬ 
age in weight in transit of fruits, vege- 
lallies or meats, but not in count of pack¬ 
ages. Theft, careless handling and error 
in count at shipping or receiving points 
account for most shortages. 
Railroad companies have forces of de¬ 
tectives constantly looking after freight 
thieves, considerable plunder being recov¬ 
ered and an occasional thief being caught. 
Part of this is the work of tramps who 
break into freight cars, take what they 
can use and leave the remnants scattered 
about ; hut there are also evidences of well 
organized gangs, some to do the stealing, 
and others as watchers and track coverers. 
Goods sent by express are supposed to lie 
under the eye of some responsible person 
until delivery is made. There is less 
breaking open of fruit packages and simi¬ 
lar forms of stealing hy expressmen than 
formerly, because express companies, on 
account of parcels post sentiment and other 
agitation against their abuses are settling 
some claims that they formerly bluffed off. 
Goods so carelessly handled as to be 
practically destroyed are sometimes thrown 
away hy the culprits, who hope to escape 
detection. Some men are so conslitution- 
all.v careless that they can scarcely touch 
anything more perishable than an anvil or 
an oak joist without damaging it, hut the 
bhggage smasher is no longer a joke, and 
transportation companies are anxious to 
have as few men of this type as possible. 
Another form of carelessness is slow de¬ 
livery of express packages. Stuff that 
should have been at the sale point at 6 
a. m. does not get around until 10 a. m.. 
when trade in that line is over for the day. 
This may he on account of had manage 
ment at the distributing point or because 
the driver, from personal spite, oversight 
or some other reason, carts the stuff 
around, instead of delivering it. Mention 
has previously been made of express goods 
being taken past their destination twice, 
the driver stating that he would deliver 
then when he got ready, merely because 
he had a personal grouch aganst somebody 
in the store. Such childish actions on the 
part of grown men sound incredible, yet 
the writer has personally known such 
cases. 
Error in count at point of shipment or 
receipt is a common fault where there are 
a large number of small packages. It re¬ 
quires experience to tally off accurately a 
carload of goods, especially when there are 
frequent interruptions, and where goods 
are received only on "shipper's load and 
count,” special care should be used at the 
shipping end. a double check being put on 
the work where possible. This gives the 
shipper better ground for the assurance 
that he is right. Where delivery of the 
same class of goods is being made to sev¬ 
eral receivers, one may get an excess and 
another run short, in cases where each 
package is not elearly marked. Some re¬ 
ceivers are so dishonest as to keep the 
extras and say nothing, though they know 
very well who they belong to. Another 
trick is the shifting of tags on the way, 
so that A gets B's barrel or other package 
and B gets A’s. This shifting may he done 
on the station platform at shipping point, 
while the expressman was busy, by the 
agent of some snide commission house, or 
hy a dishonest express agent there or on 
the train. Several clear cases of such 
substitutions have been noted, one recently 
in which the culprits were caught. 
One way to lesson these shortage 
troubles is to mail an accurate invoice for 
each lot of goods and keep a copy. By 
writing the letter with a hard pencil, using 
carbon paper underneath, a copy can be 
made at (lie same time, and these filed con¬ 
secutively will lie a complete record of 
shipments. Then instruct tlie commission 
man to notify you at once of any shortage 
so that claims can ho made without delay, 
instead of letting it go until the end of the 
season aud then having a general clear¬ 
ing up. Old claims are hard to get settled. 
To save time during a rush, letters of ad¬ 
vice can be prepared in advance aud the 
date and amount filled in In half a minute. 
W. w. II. 
LEGAL MATTERS. 
Damage from Telephone Line. 
What can I do with an abandoned tele¬ 
phone line, where the wires are all down 
and lying in the grain field all over? Some 
poles have broken some young apple trees. 
I have given them notice to pay the dam¬ 
age, but the company takes no. notice at all. 
New Jersey. c. t. 
You are at liberty to carry poles away 
and to proceed to sue tiie company for all 
the damage they did to you. l'ou should 
have your witnesses, and if the injury is 
serious get photographs. The company will 
settle with you on better terms if you have 
full proof of the injury. Their right to 
put up wires will not protect them in their 
trespass and injury. 
Obligations for Parent’s Board. 
A man and his wife go and live in the 
house of an unmarried son. The father 
receives pay for the cost of the sou’s board, 
t lie mother does the work for nothing, be¬ 
cause she wants to help her son. The 
father makes his plans to he away from 
home because lie thinks it best and wants 
to travel from place to place, hut says 
when he goes if the mother works for the 
son. the son must board her and stand 
the expenses of the home. What rights 
has tiie wife under New York laws? 
A READER. 
In the absence of a contract there is no 
obligation on the part of either lo pay 
the other. Each is presumed to give his 
or her labor or entertainment rreo to tiie 
members of his family. Children who work 
for parents after majority work as chil¬ 
dren, not as servants. Neither member of 
tiie family can collect from another for 
work or hoard except upon a contract. A 
claim against an estate for tiie board of 
deceased must he disallowed. Strangers deal 
with each other on a business basis, but 
relatives are supposed (o he animated hy 
mutual affection. 
Rights of Society for Prevention of Cruelty 
to Animals. 
Wiiat right has a man to kill a horse 
in the street of the city or at the farm? 
My daughter went to the city with my 
team, and a man hailed her and told her 
to tell me that if he saw that horse in 
the city again, he would shoot him. My 
horse is a little thin, hut he is not lame 
nor has any sores or galls. I am a poor 
man and cannot buy another. I am feed¬ 
ing 10 ouarts of grain per day and also 
stock food and good hay. a. f. d. 
Massnchu sells. 
'Hie law gives the society the right to 
prevent and punish any cruelty to animals, 
hut in this case they must show that it 
is cruel to use a thin horse otherwise sound. 
Yon should explain the facts to any offi¬ 
cer of the society, who will instruct the 
agent to act more cautiously. It will he 
helpful to get written statement from a 
veterinary. You may explain to the agent 
that you will hold him liable personally, 
for lie lias no right to shoot a horse be¬ 
cause it is thin. It should be worked and 
driven carefully. 
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Somersworth, N. H., and 95 Haverhill St., 
BOSTON.-MASS. 
United States 
Rubber Company 
42 Broadway, New York, July 1, 1909 
The Board of Directors of the United States 
Rubber Company has this day declared from its 
net profits a quarterly dividend of Two IVr Cent, 
on tiie First Preferred Stock (including all out¬ 
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dividend of One aud One-half Por Cent, on tiie 
Second Preferred Stock of this Company, to Stock¬ 
holders of record at 3 P.M.on Thursday, July 15th, 
1909, payable, without closing of the Transfer 
Books. July 31st, 1909. 
JOHN J. WATSON, Jr.. Treasurer. 
Baby Chicks lOc.IOacli. S. C. White Leghorns 
“ from free range. Selected, healthy stock. Write 
for discount on 100 lots. Can furnish in any number. 
Distance no objection. Cir, free. Address ('lias. R. 
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WHITE and BROWN Solicited. 
Prompt sales. Uighest Prices. 
JOHN SCHOLL & BltO. 
147 lteade Street, New York. 
JELUFFE, WRIGHT & COMPANY, 
Commission Merchants, 284 Washington St., New York. 
Poultry, Eggs, Meats, Produce. Shipments Solicited. 
WE CAN HANDLE 
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Tell us what you will have. Write- for booklet 
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Commission Merchants and Dealers in ail kinds of 
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NT BIN GUAM, Glen Cove, L. I. 
DO YOU NEED FARM HELP? 
THE JEWISH AGRICULTURAL AND 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 communicate with 
us. Stating what you will pay. whether the work is per¬ 
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We are a philanthropic organization, whose object it is 
to assist and encourage Jews to become farmers. We 
charge no commission to employer or employee. 
Address: TIIE Jl. A. A I. A. S., 
174 (second Ave., New York City 
F OIt SALE—20(1 *ere dairy farm, near city. Great producer, Hue 
water supply. Mrs. C. It. Knapp, 40-16 Girard Ave., Phila., fa. 
an me rernie 
2UU rARMS POR SALE 
Valley from 5 to 200iaeres; $25 per acre up. New 
catalog and map. Horace G. Reeder, Newtown, Pa. 
FHR CAj C —140 Acres. 12-room house, 2 
lUH OHL. Chains. granary and chicken-house. 
Plenty of fruit, mile to macadam road. Price 
$2000. Q cash. Hall’s Farm Agency, Owogo, N. Y. 
