1009. 
THE RXJURAIv NEW-YORKER 
731 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New Yorker, August 7, 1909. 
FARM TOPICS. 
The Problems of the Cheap Lands - . 
Part II.717, 
The One-Horse Jersey Farmer Talks. 
Part II. 
The War Upon Quack Grass. 
The Orchard-Grass Feed Crop. 
Plowing Under Cow Peas. 
Breaking Up Old Sod. 
lx)ss from Mixed Fertilizers. 
Spraying Cabbage . 
Arsenate of Lead for Potato Bugs. 
Sawdust for Fertilizers. 
Iowa Alfalfa . 
“Wormy Potatoes” . 
Hope Farm Notes. 
A Drain Tile Cement Roller. 
718 
718 
718 
719 
720 
720 
720 
720 
720 
720 
720 
720 
723 
729 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Eggs and Butter in Cold Storage. 725 
The Cow of the Future. 7”8 
Best Farm Horse—A Mule. 72S 
Cost of Eastern Beef. 729 
Horse Sold at Auction. 728 
HORTICULTURE. 
The Brown-tail Moth. 
Soil or Culture for Peaches on a Small 
Scale . 
Seedling Peach Trees. 
Filling Gaps in Strawberries. 
Success with Berries... 
The Apple Crop. 
Dry Weather Flowers. 
Weed-Killers . 
1 'teony Disease . 
Setting Evergreens in August. 
Lilies from Seed. 
A Dish of Wonderherrles. 
Fruit Growers’ Selling Exchange. 
The Apple Crop....725, 
71S 
719 
720 
720 
721 
721 
722 
722 
7 22 
722 
725 
725 
731 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 726 
The Bookshelf . 726 
The Rural Patterns. 726 
Rhubarb and Strawberries. 726 
Churning in an Ice Cream Freezer.... 720 
Perpetual Yeast . 726 
The Luscious Watermelon. 727 
Southern War-Time Experience. 727 
A Batch of Cake. 727 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
A Fishing Shed... 
Basket Willows . 
Editorials . 
Events of the Week. 
Publisher’s Desk . 
Products, Prices and Trade.,... 
720 
720 
724 
725 
730 
731 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week ending 
July 30, 1H09. wholesale except where other¬ 
wise indicated. The retail prices given do not, as 
a rule, cover either the highest or lowest sales, bnt 
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 
Wholesale 
Retail 
Creamery, fancy, lb. 
.. .26 
@ 
27R! 
■29@ .32 
Good to Choice... 
.. .24 
.25 
27© .29 
Lower Grades. 
.. .20 
© 
.23 
24© .25 
State Dairv, best. 
.. .24 
@ 
-.25 
.26® .28 
Common to Good.. 
.. .20 
© 
.22 
.23© .25 
@ 
.19 
.20© .22 
Packing Stock. 
.. .10 
© 
.18 
MILK. 
New York Exchange price $1.41 per 
40-quart can, netting 2% cents to 
shippers in the 26-cent freight zone 
who have no additional station 
charges.qt. 
CHEESE 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, 
Southern, new. hbl.. 1.00 
Jersey. Del. and Md. 1.73 
Long Is land. 2.00 
Cabbage, 100 .3.00 
Cauliflowers, L. I., bbl. .75 
Corn. Jersey. 100.75 
Cucumbers, bu.75 
Lettuce, bbl. 25 
Peas, M bbl. bkt. .50 
Peppers, Jersey, bbl... 1.25 
Rhubarb, 100 bunches, " “ 
Radishes, 100 bunches, 
String Beans, bu. 
Spinach, bbl. 
Turnips, 
White, bbl. 
Tomatoes, 
Del. and Mti., crate.. 
Jersey.. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, broilers, lb... .15 
Fowls . 15 
Roosters. ...'.* I! 
Ducks. ’ 12 
Cheese. ...I'.'.’.. .03 
1.00 
.50 
.50 
.50 
@ 2 00 
® 2.25 
@ 2.25 
@ 5.00 
@ 3.50 
@ 1.50 
@ 1.00 
© .00 
@ 1.00 
® 2.00 
ffl 1.50 
@ .75 
© 1.26 
@ 1.25 
.07® .12 
Full Cream, best. 
. .13 
@ .14 
.10© 
.18 
Common to Good... 
. .1(1 
© .12 
• 15@ 
.16 
Skims. 
@ .08 
•10@ 
.12 
EGG8 
Fancy White, doz. 
. .28 
@ .32 
.30® 
.30 
White, good to choice 
. .25 
© .28 
.27© 
.30 
Mixed Colors, best — 
. .26 
@ .27 
■28@ 
.•U) 
Common to Good... 
. .18 
© .20 
.20@ 
.22 
BEANS 
Marrow, bu. 
. 2.75 
@ 3.10 
qt. 
.15 
Medium. 
@ 2.70 
Pea. 
© 2.75 
qt. 
.12 
Red Kidney. 
. 2.110 
@ 2.50 
White Kidney. 
. 2.40 
@ 2.75 
qt. 
.15 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice. 
. .18 
© .19 
Common to Good. 
. .14 
@ .17 
DRIED FRUITS 
Apples, evap. fancy.. 
. .08 wa .09 
.14 
Evap., com. to good 
. .05 
@ .08 
•08@ 
.12 
Sun Dried. 
@ .05 
cherries. 
© .14 
lb. 
.20® 
.25 
Raspberries. 
.20 
lb. 
.22® 
.24 
Huckleberries. 
. .12 
@ .13 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples, new, bbl. 
. 1.00 
@ 3.50 
Pears, Le Conte, bbl.. 
. 2.00 
@ 6.00 
Raspberries. Red, pt., 
. .05 
@ .09 
black Caps, pt. 
. .05 
(<li .()(» 
< urrants. qt. 
. .04 
@ .08 
blackberries. 
, .06 
@ .08 
qt. 
.10® 
.15 
cherries, ib. 
. .05 
@ .10 
Huckleberries. 
. .08 
@ .12 
qt. 
.12® 
.18 
Gooseberries. 
. .07 
@ 12 
I’iums. N. C., crate... 
. 1.50 
@ 2.00 
Grapes, N. C., earner. 
. 1.50 
© 2.00 
l eaches, Ga , crate.... 
1.25 
@ 2.25 
Jersey and Md., bkt 
. .50 
© 1.25 
Watermelons, car. 
.126.000225.00 
Muskmelons, crate.... 
.50 
@ 2.00 
each 
h l>k 
bch. 
qt. 
pk. 
.03© J)f> 
.30® .50 
.03 
.10® .15 
.10® .20 
1.00 @1.26 
.25 
® .50 
@ 1.25 
® 
® 
© 
.17 
•15Rs 
.10 
.13 
.10 
DRK8SED POULTRY 
Chickens, frozen, best. 
.22 
<« 
.23 
.24© 
.26 
Good to Choice. 
.18 
© 
.20 
23© 
.24 
Common Run. 
.12 
@ 
.16 
• 16@ 
.18 
Fancy broilers, pair. 
.10 
(a 
.50 
Broilers,31 d. to pr., lb. 
.21 
@ 
.25 
Fowls. 
.12 
© 
.16 
.15© 
.18 
Ducks, Spring. 
.16 
© 
.17 
.18© 
.20 
Squabs, doz. 
1.00 
© 
3.50 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, lot) lbs.. 4.30 @ 6.76 
Bulls.3.U0 @3.30 
Cows. 1.50 @ 4.00 
Calves, 
Prime Veal, 100 lb... 6.00 @ 8.00 
Culls.4.50 @ 5.00 
Sbeep, 100 lbs. 3.50 @ 5.00 
Lambs.5.00 @ 8.00 
Hogs.8.00 @ 8.50 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1, North’n 
Duluth, bu. 1.38 
No. 2, Red. 1.22 
Corn, as to quality, bu. .75 @ .80 
Oats, as to weight, bu. .50 @ .55 
Rye.75 @ .82 
Barley. .75 @ .77 
HAY AND STRAW 
Quotations for large bales. 
Small bales sell 30 cents to $1.00 
per ton less. 
Hay, No. 1, ton.13.00 @20.00 
NO. 2.17.00 @18.00 
No. 3.15.00 @16.00 
Clover Mixed.14.00 @16.00 
Clover.12. IK) @14.00 
Wild Hay.1II.U0 @12.00 
Straw, Rye.16.00 @18.00 
Oat and Wheat.8.00 @ 9.00 
BOSTON WHOLESALE MARKETS. 
Butter, Rest Creamery. .26® .27!^ 
Fair to Good. .. .25@ .25!^ 
Eggs, Fancy.20@ .30 
Good to Choice.25@ .28 
Lower Grades.16® .20 
Peaches, Georgia. 1.50S 2.50 
Huckleberries.13© .15 
Currants.09@ .10 
Muskmelons, crate.50@ 2.00 
Lettuce, box.30® .50 
CLEVELAND, OHIO 
Butter, Prime Elgin.27® .28 
Lower G t ades. 23@ .26 
Eggs. 20® .25 
THE APPLE CROP. 
What the Dealers Say. 
From present indications Virginia will 
have a very small apple crop and practi¬ 
cally no peaches. 
Richmond, Va. Montgomery & co., inc. 
There are a few early apples in this 
vicinity, and we think about 20 per cent 
of a crop of Winter fruit in this State. 
In some localities there is no fruit at all. 
Indianapolis, Ind. geo. hitz & co. 
We have heard from almost all of the 
apple-shipping sections, and while .some 
sections claim less than last season, others 
claim far in excess of a year ago, so sum¬ 
ming it all up, we feel that the quantity 
in the United States. Canada and Nova 
Scotia will exceed a year ago, with a 
goott lair crop in Europe. 
A. B. DET WIDER & SON CO. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
The prospect for a crop of apples is 
only fair in this section. There was a 
heavy bloom, and they set well, but we 
had a long dry spell of weather, which 
caused a very heavy drop. For that rea¬ 
son our crop will probably not be over 
50 to 60 per cent of a full one. How¬ 
ever, we are looking for quite a few apples, 
and of very good quality. I do not think 
that, this season is one that the buyers 
ought (" get excitecl about, and pay too 
much money. The sellers ought to be rea¬ 
sonable in their asking price. I should 
think that $1.50 to $1.75 f. o. b. shipping 
station would be a price that ought to be 
satisfactory to both buyer and seller. 
Worcester, Mass. w. h. blodget. 
We have not investigated the apple 
crop very thoroughly as yet. The trees 
bloomed full this Spring, but about that 
time we had too much rain, and it dam¬ 
aged them. My impression is that we will 
have a fair crop of early apples, but a 
light crop of late apples. Other fruits are 
abundant, and a good crop of peaches, 
cherries, plums, grapes, pears and berries 
of ill 1 kinds, and the quality is the best 
we have ever bad. Cherries and berries 
are moving now, and other crops will be 
coming along in their season. 
THE VINKEMOLDER COMPANY. 
Grand Rapids, Mick. 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
Hay Notes.—I am going to need a hay 
press soon and would like to know some¬ 
thing about them. I see the large bales 
are quoted higher than the smaller bales. 
How many large bales make a carload? 
What do they weigh? w. a. d. 
New York. 
There tire several sizes of hay bales that 
may be considered standards, some better 
adapted to one form of transportation or 
trade than another. For shipment on river 
boats, where space is not so expensive as 
on cars, some very large loosely pressed 
hales are used, hut such halos are not 
adapted to loading in cars, as not nearly 
the minimum weight can he got in. In 
the very small bales from the so-called 
“perpetual” presses the hay is often more 
battered and broken than in the old style 
press, which accounts for the discounting 
in price, but faulty handling causes more 
of this damage than is really necessary. I | 
have seen small bales in which the hay 
came out in practically as goof condition 
as from the large halos. A convenient 
size, between the very large and small bales, 
is about four feet long, bound the small 
way around, with seven-foot six-inch wires. 
A hale of this size, weighing from 200 to 
250 pounds, according to the hay, can be 
loaded in cars or stored in warehouses to 
advantage. Two of these bales will go 
in end to end across an ordinary hay car, 
and it will hold from 100 to 120 bales, 
depending upon size. Personal conditions 
will have to decide just what press is l>est to 
buy. The small bale presses are conveni¬ 
ent to move around, and under some con¬ 
ditions less help may be required to man¬ 
age them, so that the amount hay thus 
pressed is discounted may be more than 
offset by economies in handling. In the 
up-and-down press results depend largely 
on the man in the box. lie can make a 
rough or smooth hale, or pound the life 
out of the hay by flying around in the box 
like a crazy man in an effort to make a 
heavy bale. As with other forms of farm 
work, good judgment and some experience 
are needed to press hay in prime shape. 
The ideal way is to have the hay broken 
as little as possible. Hay for export on 
shipboard is sometimes rebaled into about 
half the bulk, in order to save space. The 
dishonest practice of stuffing hay bales with 
dirt, stones and trash is not nearly so com- ! 
niton as formerly. It is doubtful whether 
the stutters ever made as much out of it 
as they thought they did. Experienced 
handlers of bales can detect many of these 
frauds by the look and feci of the bale, 
and such hay is likely to be discounted even 
more than it deserves. The writer cut open 
one suspicious bale and found 10 pounds 
of stones in the center. 
Hay grading for market is a matter not 
well understood by many producers, who 
feel that they are misused by the dealers, 
and doubtless they are at times. In order 
to avoid disputes between buyer and seller, 
hay dealers’ associations have made arbi¬ 
trary rules defining choice Timothy, No. 1, 
No. 2, etc., grades. When a dealer receives 
a lot of hay invoiced as No. 1, which he 
sees does not measure up to the standard, 
he is likely (if he thinks the shipper is 
going to dispute his word) to have it graded 
by an official inspector as a protection 
to himself. It will be seen that the shipper 
has very little to say about it, being at 
the mercy of the judgment and honesty of 
the inspector. There is room for difference 
of opinion regarding hay that runs close 
to two grades, between No. 1 and No. 2, 
for instance, my observation is that such 
hay is likely to be named No. 2. The point 
of importance to the farmer in this is to 
ship only to men of experience and un¬ 
doubted standing. Others may offer bigger 
prices hut are quite sure to get oven by 
some trick of grading, shortage of hales, 
slack weight or similar excuses. In most 
hay sections there are capable local buyers, 
and it often pays better to sell to an hon¬ 
est man of this sort than to ship it dirget, 
especially if the quantity is not very large. 
It costs money to put hay into the con¬ 
sumer’s stable, and I ho man who produces 
the hay pays most of this expense, whether 
he sells at home or ships to the city at a 
higher price, from which transportation and 
selling expenses must be taken. 
w. w. h. 
“Caldwell Special” 
60 Days 
Triajl FREE 
Prove it on your 
own premises that 
it saves time, 
saves labor and 
makes money. 
The “Caldwell Special” is as clean cut as a 
racehorse. Built right—works right. Sim¬ 
ply built—always gives full H. P. Costs little 
to run—big profit producer to pump water, 
run cream separator, shred or grind corn 
and a dozen other things. , 
Write any or all the 8 Banks of Waterloo as 
to our responsibility. Sixty day Trial Free. 
We prove it to you on your own premises at 
our expense that you cannot afford to do 
without a “Caldwell Special.” 
CALDWELL-HOLLOWELL MFG. CO. 
511 Commerce St., WATERLOO, IOWA. 
No Barn Is Complete Without a 
Porter Feed and Litter Garrier 
Greatest capacity, easiest 
to operate and strongest 
of litter carriers. Carrier 
wheels are roller bearing 
and are swivelled in suen 
a manner as to round a 
curve with perfect ease. 
Runs on our celebrated 
“ Columbian ” track, 
which can be bent to any 
curve, and will sustain 
any reasonable weight. 
The hopper is held 
automatically at any 
height and can be 
tripped at will of op¬ 
erator. Send for de¬ 
scriptive catalog of 
carriers, hay tools, etc. 
J. E. PORTER COMPANY, Ottawa, Ill. 
HARRIS 
STEEL CHAIN HANGING 
WOODLINED 
STANCHIONS 
and SANITARY PIPE STALLS 
make the most sanitary, strongest 
and neatest appearing barn equip¬ 
ment. Send for descriptive circu¬ 
lars and get our prices before you 
equip your barn. 
The Harris Mfg. Co. 
Box 552, Salem Ohio 
C ORN TIE—Cheap, quick, reliable. $1.50 per 
hundred. RELIABLE TIE CO., Chadwicks, N.Y. 
WE CAN HANDLE 
your Cherries, Currants, and all kinds of 
Fruits and Produce. 
Tell us what you will have. Write for booklet 
and market information. 
Myers, Weil & Co.,670 BroadwayAv.,Cleveland,O 
DLICASE send a trial shipment to the Oldest Com- 
* mission House in New York. Est. 1838. Butter, 
Eggs, Poultry, Pork, Calves, Hay, Grain. Beans, 
Apples, etc. E. It WOODWARD, SOC (ii-eeiiwieli St., K. Y, 
ONE MILLION IN USE 
THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO 
165 BROADWAY, 42 E. MADISON ST. 
NEW YORK CHICAGO. 
A I m and FERTILIZER 
GRAIN DRILL 
r % . The YORK FORCE FEED DRILL combines 
lightness with strengt h. Most complete drill made. No 
complex gearing to get out of order. Boxes are close to 
ground. Easily Pntiv 
regulates 
quantity 
of seed 
or fer¬ 
tilizer. 
AWARD¬ 
ED GOLD 
MEDAL 
St. Louis 
World’s 
Fair. 
W p|jh t. 
Only 700 lbs. 
Agents Wanted. 
Write for catalogue. 
THE HENCH & DRCMG0LD 
Mfrs., York, I*a. 
ALSO WITH DI8C 
Fultz Wheat... 
Best Milling Variety. Good Yielder. 
Sure Cropper. 
Our crop pure and carefully prepared for sowing. 
Also Poole, Mammoth Whito Rye, New Crop 
Timothy. Write for samples, circulars, prices. 
The 0. C. Shepard Co., 9 E St., Medina, Ohio. 
W ANTED—Partner in the poultry, berry and farm¬ 
ing business. Address FARMING, Rural iS.-Y. 
WANTED— By experienced fruit & truck farmer, with 
help, to work farm on shares near Philadelphia, Wash¬ 
ington, or Virginia preferred. L. HCGHES,S«aturd,Del. K.2 
m UlUV is composed of alert, reliable, 
IlflV I efficient young men. They are 
being well paid because they know their work. 
When they enlisted, they were like the average un¬ 
trained boy. If you think you need the military 
training, practical instruction, regular hours, 
exercise and the chances the Navy offers to show 
the stuff that s in you, investigate this subject. If 
you have worked at any trade, you can probably 
follow it in the Navy, becoming more expert by a 
course in a trade school: and promoted as you 
deserve it. Plenty of recreation and sports, and 
spare time; shore leave granted deserving men 
frequently. Many more apply than are enlisted, as 
the number of vacancies is limited; so if accepted, 
you will begin with a picked lot of young men. 
Applicants from 17 to 25 years old are enlisted for 
instruction in the Seaman Branch; electricity, 
clerical duty; Hospital Corps, etc. If you have a 
trade you may enlist if under 35. Act promptly; 
get booklets about daily work, cruises, pay, pro¬ 
motion, and privileges, bnt take time to consider 
fully before enlisting. Ask men in Navy how they 
like it. Apply NAVY RECRUITING STATION, 80 SOUTH 
STREET, NEW YORK CITY. 
I SKI,l, FIRMS IN' OCEANA, the Co. In U. S. Fruit, grain 
and stock. Write lor list. J. 1). S. HANSON, Hart, Mich. 
A Rich Monmouth County Farm. 
Broad level fields produce immense crops of corn, 
hay, potatoes, grain ; will cut 500 to 600 cords wood; 
total 8U4 acres; splendid 2-story 9-room house, 
good repair, new barn 22x40, several other out¬ 
buildings, pure Avater; only 2 miles from railroad, 
6 miles from Belruar and the ocean; for immediate 
sale only $5500, half cash: see photograph of resi¬ 
dence page 116, Strout’s Farm Buyeis’ Guide, just 
out, copy free. E. A. ST BOUT. Dept. 1039, 47 W. 
34th Street, cor. Broadway, New York. 
fljcnnn ^ or Best Suburban Fruit Farm in South 
q)JU(JU Forty acres. Grows largest, earliest, 
best flavored Elbertas In United States. Address 
OWNER, Fruit Bark Farm, Athens, Tex. 
PHD CAI C- 19,i acres. 30 acres wood and 
lUn OHLl timber. 10-room house, 2 barns, 
silo. 2 miles to station. Price $4000. 
HALL'S FARM AGENCY, Owego, N. Y. 
C A DM— 100 acres, near'Richmond. 
I Mil IB Ideal site for southern 
home. For sale or exehango for New York State 
fruit farm. Closing estate. 
F. E. LAWTON, 80 Dewitt St., Buffalo, N. Y. 
INCOME $2400 IN 1908 
Delaware County Money-Maker 
170 acres sacrificed for$.4400 and 20 cows, improved 
tools and machinery will be included at that low 
price, as owner is called away by other business; 
large orchard, good wood lot. near R. R. village 
and Borden’s, splendid 9 room house and barn, 
40x75, all in good repair. For traveling instructions 
see page 101, “Guide No. 27,” just out, copy free. 
E. A. Strout, Dept. 1099, University Bldg., Syracuse, N. Y 
Plnrirla I anrfc — Different counties. Oppor- 
I IUI IMC* UC5IIUO tunity for person going south 
for health, pleasure or business. For sale or ex¬ 
change for N. Y. State fruit farm. Closing estate. 
F E. LAWTON, 80 Dewitt St., Buffalo, N. Y. 
WHITE and BROWN Solicited. 
Prompt sales. Highest Prices. 
JOHN SCHOLL & BRO. 
147 Beade Street, New York. 
JELUFFE, WRIGHT & COMPANY, 
Commission Merchants, 284 Washington St., New York. 
Poultry, Eggs, Meats, Produce. Shipments Solicited. 
FREE DIRECTORY 
OF 400 RELIABLE PRODUCE MERCHANTS 
IN TWENTY-NINE MARKETS FURNISHED 
ON APPLICATION TO DEPARTMENT E. NATIONAL 
LEAGUE OF COMMISSION MERCHANTS, BUFFALO, N. Y. 
WANTED 
, Berries. Peaches and other fruits and vege¬ 
tables. Hothouse products, fancy eggs, etc. 
Write us what you have to offer. Top prices 
secured for choice products. 
Archdeacon & Co., 100 Murray St., New York 
TO LARGE FRUIT AND PRODUCE GROWERS 
Send for particulars about how to make your own 
sales. Avoid tricky Commission Merchants, etc. 
Join h Shippers Organization who use Bonded 
Brokers and Commission Merchants. Our Credit 
Book shows the financial responsibility and busi¬ 
ness methods of firms who can buy your pro¬ 
ducts. 125,000firms listed. 
This organization and its management is vouched 
for by the best authorities. You are behind the times 
if you don’t at least learn about it. Booklet free, 
PRODUCE REPORTER CO., - - 34 So. Clark St., Chicago. 
STOCK, CROPS and TOOLS Included. 
Income $1,800 Last Year. 
Growing crops estimated to be worth $1,500; two 
horses, eight cows, 200 chickens, four hogs, wagons, 
machinery, etc. thrown in to insure immediate 
sale; 112 acres-, neat 2-story stone house; maple 
shade; convenient to everything; good outbuild¬ 
ings; lots of fruit; advanced age forces sale: $4,300 
takes all. See page 119. ‘Strout’s Farm Buyers’ 
Guide,” just out. copy free. Railroad fare paid. 
E. A. STROUT CO., Dept. 1099, 47 W. 34th Street, 
corner Broadway, New York. 
