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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
716 
CONTENTS 
FA KM TOPICS. 
The <im-Hfirsp Jersey Farmer Talks 
701, 702 
rover (Tops for W-estera Xevr York... 704 
I'lalfeing Oats and J’«eaB. 704 
The Problems of the Cheap Lands.... 703 
A Homemade Muck Carrie* 1 . 703 
Baled Hay from the Swath. 703 
Burning Lime on the Farm. 703 
Nitrate of Soda and Wood Ashes.... 705 
More About the Three-Horse Evener. . 706 
A Hood <'bailee for Alfalfa. 700 
Hope Farm Notes . 707 
Criticism of a Station Bulletin.707 
Manure Spreaders in Colorado. 713 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Consumer's Share. 702 
Butter and Eggs in Storage. 704 
Milch Goat Breeders Meet. 709 
Prizes for Crude Cattle. 712 
The Price of Butter Fat. 712 
lameness in Mare .. 712 
S alien Joints . 712 
The Elgin. Ill.. Dairy District. Fart 
VI. 713 
Poultry for Profit. 713 
Fencing in Sheep. 713 
Scouring Foal . 713 
Stiff Coll .714 
Horse With Indigestion . 714 
Mauge. 714 
i a me Cows . 714 
Chicken Cholera . 715 
HORTICULTURE. 
Transplanted Apple Trees . 704 
Kuralisms. 706 
Ripening Kieffcr Fears . 706 
Girdling Fruit Trees . 700 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day... 710 
Quickly-Made Pee Cream . 710 
Pickling Pointers. 710 
The Rural Patterns . 710 
Crumb Coffee Cake... 711 
Work With the Hands. 711 
Everyday Items.711 
Muffins and Gem*... 711 
MI8CE3KUA NEOFS. 
Another “Get Rich” Scheme. 
Development of Water Power. 
Von closure of Mortgage. 
Married Woman's Property Rights. 
Division Fence Off the Line. 
Windmill Pumping Device __ 
Death of Holder of Xotes........ 
Crops on Mortgaged l^nd. 
Disputed Right of Way.. 
I/gal Fence.. 
Husband's Authority Over Wife... 
Editorials. 
A letter from John Lewis Childs. 
A Dose of Nightshade.... 
Events of the Week. 
Publisher's Desk. 
Humorous.t. 
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MARKETS 
Prices current at New Vork during weekending 
J.ily 23. IM0'J. wholesale except wUere other¬ 
wise Indicated. The retail prices given do not. as 
rule, cover either the highest or lowest sales, but 
- iw what the hulk of consumers of moderate 
means pay far small quantities of produce bought 
In Fulton. Washington.. Jefferson Markets, ete., 
: nd 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, 
rises of eggs. etc. The trade of commission mer¬ 
chants is 6trictly wholesale. The retail prices 
given are those secured by grocers and small deal¬ 
ers who receive no direct shipments. 
BUTTKIt 
Wholesale 
Creamery, fancy, lb... 25 © 27 
Good to Choice.24 ® 2i> 
l/ower Grades.20 ® .23 
State Dairy, best.24 © .25 
Common to Good.20 @ .22 
Factory.16 ® .1!) 
Packing Stock..16 @ .18 
Retail 
.29© .32 
270 .29 
21® .25 
.26© .28 
.23® .25 
.20® .22 
HULK 
New York Exchange price $1.41 per 
til quart can. netting 2J| cents to 
shippers in the26-oent freight zone 
who have no additional station 
charge®. 
qt. 
.07® 
.12 
CHEESE 
Pull Cream, best... 
.13 
@ .14 
.16© 
.18 
Common to Good 
.10 
@ .12 
.15® 
.16 
Skims. 
® .08 
.10® 
.12 
EGGS 
I -iricv White, doz.., 
.28 
© .32 
.30© 
.36 
White, good to choice. .20 
® .28 
.27® 
.30 
Mixed Colors, best 
.26 
@ .27 
.28® 
.50 
Common to Good, 
.18 
@ .20 
.20® 
.22 
BEANS 
M:i rrow, bu......... 
... 2.75 
© 3.10 
qt. 
.15 
Medium.. 
(a) 2.70 
Pea. 
@ 2.75 
qt. 
.12 
Red Kidney.. 
... 2.00 
© 2.50 
White Kidney. 
.... 2.10 
® 2.75 
qt. 
.15 
Yellow Eye. 
@ 3.7.5 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice.15 ® .16 
Common to Good.10 ® .13 
Olds.04 @ .06 
German Crop, 1908 .24 ® .26 
DRIED FRUITS 
Apples, evap. fancy... .08hi© .09 .14 
■ tJUIXJ. ID (iGVU. .W »vO .VW'J 
Sun Dried. 04 ® .05 
Cherries.13 @ .14 lb. .20® .25 
Raspberries. .20 lb. .22© .24 
Huckleberries.12 ® .13 
Spinach, bbl. 
Til mips. 
@ .75 pk. 
.10® 
.20 
White, bbl. 
Tomatoes, 
1.00 
@ 1.50 
Del. and Md., crate.. 
.40 
® .60 
Jersey. 
1.00 
© 2.00 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, broilers, lb... 
.15 
© .19 
Fowls._. 
.16 
© .17 
Roosters. 
.10 
Ducks. 
.11 
.12 
Geese. 
.07 
@ .09 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Chickens, frozen, best, 
.22 
@ .23 
.24® 
.26 
Good to Choice. 
.18 
® .20 
23® 
.24 
Common Bum . 
.12 
@ .16 
.16® 
.18 
Fancy broilers, pair. 
.40 
® .50 
Broilers,31 d. to pr., lb. 
, .25 
© .30 
Fowls. 
® .16 
.15® 
.18 
Ducks, Spring. 
.16 
@ .17 
.18®) 
.20 
Squabs, doz. 
LOO 
@ 3..50 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs.. 4.50 © 6.70 
Bulls. 3.00 © 4.50 
Cows. 2.00 ® 4.25 
Calves, 
Prime Veal, 100 lb... 6.00 © 9.00 
Culls.4.50 ra 5.00 
Sheep, 100 lbs.3.50 © 4.60 
Lambs.5.00 © 7.75 
Hogs.. .8.00 © 8.50 
G RAIN 
Wheat, No. 1, North’n 
Duluth, bu. 1.41 
No. 2, Red. 1.42 
Corn, as to quality, bu. .75 © .79 
Oats, as to weight, bu. .55 © .62 
Rye.90 © .91 
Barley. .68 <a> .72 
HAY AND STRAW 
Quotations for large bales. 
Small bales sell 59 cents to 81.00 
per ton leas. 
Hay. No. 1. ton.18.00 ©19-00 
No. 2...16.00 ©IT.5U 
No. 3.1450 ©15.50 
Clover Mixed.J4.00 © 16.00 
Clover.12.00 ©14.00 
Wild Hay..10.00 ©12.00 
Straw. Rye.19.00 ©20.00 
Oat and Wheat.8.00 © 9.00 
BOSTON WHOLESALE MARKETS. 
Butter, Best Creamery.26® ,27J>£ 
Fair to Good.25© 2514 
Eggs, Fancy.29® .30 
Good to Choice. 315© .28 
Lower Grades.16® .20 
Peaches. Georgia.... 1.50© 3.00 
Huckleberries. 13® .18 
Currants..09® .10 
Muskmelons, crate .. 1.25© 3.00 
Lettuce, box.30® .50 
CLEVELAND. OHIO 
Butter, Prime Elgin. .27® 28 
Lower G rades. .23® 25 
Eggs. .20® 25 
CHICKEN CHOLERA. 
Several flocks of hens in our locality 
have cholera. As we have quite a nice iittle 
flock of S. S. Hamburgs, we are anxious 
to keep if out rather than to try curing 
them after it gets in. I think there must 
be many who would value advice on the 
subject. c. s. d. 
Massachusetts. 
All birds that appear “droopy” or 
whose droppings are watery and yel¬ 
lowish, should be under suspicion. 
Owing to the contagious nature of 
chicken cholera, extraordinary precau¬ 
tions are needed to prevent its spread 
through a community when it once 
gains a foothold. The germs may be 
conveyed by water, feed, utensils, the 
excrement of sick birds, or anything 
that they come in contact with. Dead 
birds should be burned or buried deeply 
at once; droppings burned or sprayed 
with a 10 per cent solution of carbolic 
acid; the yards scraped; and all yards 
and buildings disinfected with a five per 
cent solution of carbolic acid in water 
or lime wash. The germs are often 
carried on the shoes of attendants; 
lienee rubbers should be worn when in 
the pen with sick birds and removed 
when going out. All new birds brought 
into a healthy flock should be isolated 
and watched for at least a week, and 
every part of the poultry runs disin¬ 
fected thoroughly. If the odor of car¬ 
bolic acid is distasteful, corrosive sub¬ 
limate, 1 to 1,000, or any other stan¬ 
dard preparation may be used. The 
important features of prevention are 
to disinfect thoroughly and at once, 
and to look closely every day for any 
birds that have ruffled feathers or ap- 
FKESH FRUITS 
Apples, new. bbl.50 
Pears. T,e Conte,bbl... 3.50 
Raspberries. Red, pi.. .05 
Black Caps, pt.05 
Currants qt.04 
Blackberries.06 
Cherries, lb. 05 
Huckleberries. 418 
Gooseberries. .07 
Plume. N. C , crate_1.25 
Grapes, N. C.. earner.. 2.00 
Reaches, Ga., crate.... 1.25 
Watermelons. 
Fla., 100 . 12 .(X) 
Muskmelons, crate_ 1 .<0 
@ 3.50 
© 5.00 
© .09 
© .06 
© .07 Lj 
© 
.08 
qt. 
.10© 
.16 
© 
10 
@ 
.12 
qt. 
.12® 
.18 
<a> 
12 
© 1-50 
« 3.50 
® 2.25 
©30 00 
@ 2.00 
VEG ETA BLHS 
Potatoes. 
Southern, new.LOO 
Jersey, Del. and Md. 1.75 
Long Island. 2.00 
cabbage, 100 . 4.00 
Cauliflowers. L. I., bbl. .75 
Corn, Jersey. 100. 1.00 
Cucumbers, bu. 75 
Lettuce, bbl. 25 
Pens. M bhi. bkt..’ .50 
Penners S’n.. carrier.. .75 
Rhubarb. 100 bunches. 1.00 
Radishes, 100 bunches, .50 
String Beans, bu.50 
200 
© 
2.2.5 
® 
2.25 
© 
6.00 
© 
3.50 
© 
1.50 
© 
LOO 
® 
.('41 
each 
.03® 
.0.5 
i" 
1.60 
W Pk 
.30© 
60 
fa) 
1.26 
<a> 
1.50 
© 
.75 
bch. 
.03 
© 
1.25 
qt. 
.10® 
.15 
pear droopy, or voiding unnatural 
droppings. Isolate such birds at once. 
This seems like a lot of work, but 
safety lies in these extra precautions. 
Medication of sick birds is seldom suc¬ 
cessful. Copperas about one dram to 
a quart of drinking water, is considered 
of some value as a preventive 
“What will you do when your con¬ 
stituents ask you to explain your votes 
on some of these tariff schedules?” “I’ll 
explain,” answered Senator Sorghum, 
“with such minute and comprehensive 
technical detail that they will be glad 
to have me drop the subject and tell 
them a few amusing anecdotes.”—Wash¬ 
ington Star. 
Purpura Haemorrhagica. 
A horse which had been worked all 
Spring in a four-horse plow was turned into 
a poor meadow to rest. Swelling began in 
all four legs, head from nose to eyes, 
and throat. The horse eats and drinks as 
well as ever, whinnies and walks about. 
The swelling seems to be rising to body 
on the fifth day. What is the trouble? 
Bethel, Conn. w. s. H- 
Look in his nose and at eyelids and if 
you see red spots there he has purpura 
haemorrhagica, which usually follows some 
debilitating disease like influenza, but may 
attack any run-down horse. If there are 
no red spots he may have influenza or some 
dropsical condition. In either event the 
best tiling to do will he to call in a gradu¬ 
ate veterinarian and have him treat the 
case. We might guess at the disease and 
prescribe medicine; but if we missed in 
the guess the medicine might do more 
harm than good, and in this case we can¬ 
not be sure of the diagnosis without a per¬ 
sonal examination. a. s. a. 
Difficult Breathing; Eye Disease. 
1. I liave a brood mare which takes spells 
of breathing so hard that she can be 
heard a long distance. These spells come 
on at short intervals. Her trouble ap¬ 
pears to toe all in her throat, and her wind¬ 
pipe is flat from her to relist to behind jaws. 
She had three short spells of this same 
1 rouble about a year ago, but they left 
her, and she appeared well until about 
two weeks ago when the trouble returned, 
sometimes lasting thirty minutes while in 
pasture field or standing still In the stable, 
then leaving for two or three hours. It 
appears as though her windpipe has been 
crushed. Could this occur from reaching 
over a manger of ordinary height? 
Within the last day or so she coughs at 
the time she lias these hard breathing 
spells .and runs at the nose. This has 
not been brought on either by overheating 
or overwork or long driving or water. 
2. My horses have ail been troubled with 
sore eyes of late and hers are getting 
sore too. What would you advise me to 
do for the mare's throat and sore eyes? 
I have heard of other horses in the vi¬ 
cinity having this same trouble with their 
eyes. a. s. 
Pennsylvania. 
1. It Is possible for an animal to have 
stricture of the trachea, and this may be 
present here; but the symptoms appear to 
indicate the presence of a polypus (tumor) 
in one nostril and an operation might 
remove that. If there is no such growth 
present it may he necessary for a veterin¬ 
arian to insert a permanent tracheotomy 
tube In the trachea by which means the 
mare may be made to breathe freely and 
do work as if nothing were tlie matter. 
2. The eye disease probably is periodic 
ophthalmia, which is incurable and results 
in blindness of one or both eyes after suc¬ 
cessive attacks. It may he relieved and 
blindness retarded for some lime toy darken¬ 
ing stable, giving a drain of iodide of pot¬ 
ash in drinking water twice daily at time 
of attack (unless mare happens to he in 
foal), and at same time keeping the eyes 
covered with a soft cloth to be kept wet 
with a solution of half a dram each of 
sulphate of zinc, and fluid extract of bella¬ 
donna leaves, ten drops of carbolic acid 
and cold water one quart. Continue use 
of iodide of potash for some time after 
eyes clear up. - a. s. a. 
Callous Tumors. 
My horse has callous lumps on hind 
pastern joints that came from the single¬ 
tree striking him. ne was worked on a 
grade before I got him. That is where he 
got battered up. The horse is only eight 
years old and a good worker. I would 
like to know whether there is any way 
of taking the lumps off by blistering? 
Pennsylvania. s. b. 
Nothing short of an operation could 
remove the lumps, and we would advise 
leaving them alone, as interference may 
induce lameness and more unsightly 
scars. Such callouses should have been 
prevented by putting protective boots 
upon the joints at the time grading was 
done. a. s. a. 
Barn Itch. 
What is the matter with my cow? She 
seems to have some kind of a skin disease 
on her head and neck. At first I thought 
it was lice, hut I fail to And any. She 
rubs her neck until it is sore, and the 
hair is coming off her neck and around her 
eyes. She eats and milks all right. 
New Jersey. w. j. 
Put the cow into a clean, freshly white¬ 
washed stable and see that chicken lice 
cannot get on to cow. Wash affected parts 
with a hot 1-30 solution of coal tar dip 
to which flowers of sulphur have been 
freely added, and afterward apply to the 
affected parts as required a little of a 
mixture of one part ichthyol and two parts 
flowers of sulphur in five parts of lard. 
a. s. A. 
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How Crops Grow, Johnson.. 1 50 
IIovv Crops Feed, Johnson. 1 50 
Principles of Agriculture, Bailey... 1 25 
Farm Grasses of the United States, 
Spillman ... 1 00 
Clovers and How to Grow Them, 
Shaw... 1 00 
Book of Alfalfa, Coburn. 2 OO 
Cereals in America, Hunt .. 1 75 
Forage and Fiber Crops in America, 
Hunt . 1 75 
Principle of Agriculture, Bailey.... 1 50 
Farm Management. Card . 2 20 
Irrigation and Drainage, King. 1 50 
Fertility of the Land, Roberts. 1 50 
Fertilizers, Voorhees. 1 25 
Cotton, Burkett. 2 20 
Timber and Some of Its Diseases, 
Ward. 1 75 
Animal Breeding. Shaw . 1 50 
The Study of Breeds, Shaw. 1 50 
Types and Breeds of Farm Animals, 
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Principles of Breeding, Davenport.. 2 50 
Farm Animals, Wilcox. 2 20 
Feeding of Animals, Jordan. 1 25 
Ft'eds and Feeding, Henry. 2 OO 
Feeding Farm Animals, Slmw . 2 OO 
Forage Crops. Voorhees. 1 50 
Farmers’ Veterinary Adviser, Law. . 3 00 
Diseases of Animals, Mayo. 1 50 
Milk and Its Products, Wing. 1 50 
Testing Milk. Van Slyke . 75 
The Horse, Roberts . 1 25 
Sheep Farming in America, Wing. . 1 OO 
Swine in America, Coburn. 2 00 
A B C of Bee Culture, Hoot. 1 50 
Farm Poultry, Watson . 1 25 
Greenhouse Construction. Taft .... 1 50 
Greenhouse Management. Taft. 1 50 
Garden Making, Bailey. 1 50 
Vegetable Gardening. Green. 1 00 
Vegetable Garden, Bennett. 1 50 
Asparagus, Ilexnmer . 50 
Bean Culture. Sevey.*. 50 
Celery Culture. Beattie . 50 
The Potato, Fraser . 75 
Tomato Culture. Tracy. 50 
New Rhubarb Culture, Morse. 50 
Ginseng, Kains . 50 
Mushrooms, How To Grow Them, 
Falconer . 1 00 
Insects and Insecticides, Weed. 1 50 
Economic Entomology, Smith. 2 50 
Injurious Insects, Treat. 1 50 
Fungi and Fungicides, Weed. 1 00 
American Fruit Culturist, Thomas.. 2 50 
Bush Fruits, Card. 1 50 
Citrus Fruits. Hume . 2 50 
Cranberry Culture, White . 1 0O 
Dwarf Fruit Trees, Waugh. 50 
Evolution of Our Native Fruits. 
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Fruit Growing. Bailey. 1 50 
How to Know Wild Fruits, Peterson 1 50 
Nursery Book. Bailey. 1 50 
Plums and Plum Culture, Waugh... 1 00 
Pruning Book. Bailey. 1 50 
Successful Fruit Culture. Maynard.. 1 OO 
Snraying of Plants, T.odenmn. 1 25 
Vinegar and Acetates. Brnnnt. 5 00 
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