1909. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
779 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, August 28, 1909. 
FARM TOriCS. 
Clip or Pasture the Clover.765, 766 
Getting the Muck from that Swamp.. 766 
The Use of a Roller. 766 
Clover Field from an Old Pasture.... 767 
Handling Hay in the West. 767 
Lime on Old Meadow. 768 
Potato Reotles Once More. 768 
Discriminating Rabbits . 768 
Leaf Mold Fertilizer. 768 
Poultry Manure . 768 
Speltz; Crop Between Rye and Oats.. 768 
Notes on Sod Plowing. 769 
“Hybridized'’ Potato Seed. 770 
A Weed in Alfalfa. 770 
Hope Farm Notes. 771 
Prop Prospects . 773 
Farm and Garden. 773 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Square or Round Silo. 776 
The Largest Breed of Sheep. 776 
WeedB in Silo. 776 
Hounding Out a Thin Mare. 776 
The August Chick. 777 
Ration for Family Cow. 777 
Stale Bread for Poultry. 777 
HORTICULTURE. 
New Seedling Peach from Texas. 767 
A New Strawberry Variety. 768 
Strawberries on Sod. 768 
Dwarf Apples . 768 
Profitable Raspberries . 768 
Bananas in Landscape Gardening. 769 
Strawberries In Mexico. 770 
New York Fruit Growers Meet. 773 
Californians on the Wonderberry. 773 
W’OMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Dny to Day. 774 
Sweet Peppers . 774 
Southern Sweet Potato Recipes. 774 
The Rural Patterns . 773 
All in the Point of View. 775 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Brown-Tail Moth Coming—Beware.... 766 
A Plague of Chipmunks. 768 
Editorials . 772 
Publisher’s Desk . 778 
MARKETS 
I’rlcos current at New York during weekending 
August 20, 1009, wholesale except where other¬ 
wise Indicated. The retail prices given do not, as 
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 np-towu 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, 
uses of eggs. etc. The trade of commission mer- 
ehants 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... 
.27 
@ 
284 
.29® .34 
Good to Choice. 
, .24 
to 
.26 
27 to .29 
Ijower Grades . 
.20 
® 
.23 
24® .25 
State Dairy, best. 
.24 
® 
.26 
.26® .28 
Common toGjod.... 
.20 
to 
.22 
.23® .25 
Factory.. 
.16 
to 
.19 
.80® .22 
Packing 8iock. 
.16 
® 
.18 
MILK. 
New York Exchange price $1.61 per 
10-quart can, netting 34 cents to 
shippers in the 20-cont freight r.one 
who have no additional station 
charges. qt. 
CHEESE 
Apples. Duchess, bbl.. 
Nyai' 
FRESH FRUITS 
2.50 @ 3.60 
4yaek Pippin. 2.00 @ 3.00- 
Sweet Bough.1.75 @ 2.50 
lied Astrachan. 2.00 M 3.00 
Uravenstein.2.00 @ 3.25 
Common.1.(10 fit 1.75 
Average, basket.50 @ 1.00 
Pears, Le Conte, bbl.. 1.00 @ 3.00 
Kleffer. 1 oo to 2.00 
Bartlett.3.00 ® 5.00 
Bartlett, basket. 1.00 @ 2.00 
Clapp’s Favorite,bbl. 4 00 @ 5.00 
Raspberries. Red, pt.. .07 @ .10 
Black Caps, pt.05 
Blackberries.05 
Huckleberries.05 
Plums. 8 lb bkt.10 
Grapes, N. C., carrier.. 1.26 
.60 
.07 
.13 
.10 
.30 
Del. k Hd.. 
Peaches. Ga , crate.. 
W. Va., crate.. 
W. Va., bkt. 
Del. and Md., bkt.. 
Jersey, bkt. 
Watermelons, car.... 
Muskmelons, crate... 
@ 
to 
@ 
@ 
fa) 
® 1.75 
@ 1.25 
fa) 2 00 
fa) 2.50 
(a) 1.00 
@ 1.25 
® j .25 
• 100.00@225.00 
.40 ® 2.00 
1.00 
1.25 
, .75 
.60 
.50 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, 
Southern, bbl. 1.50 
Jersey, Del. and Md. 2.00 
Long Island. 2.00 
Cabbage, 100. 2.00 
Cauliflowers, bbl. 2.50 
Corn, Jersey. 100.50 
Cuxunibers. bn.30 
Lettuce, bbl. 25 
Peas, 14 bbl. bkt.. .50 
Peppers, Jersey, bbl... .50 
Radishes, 100 bunches, .50 
String Beans, bu.25 
Spinach, bbl. 50 
Turnips, 
White, bbl. 1.00 
Tomatoes, 
Del. and Md., box... .25 
Jersey.25 
ffl 2.00 
@ 2.00 
@ 2.50 
@ 8.00 
® 6.00 
@ 1.75 
@ .60 
.60 
.75 
1.00 
.75 
.50 
.07 @ .12 
Fall Cream, best. 
® 
.14 
.16® 
.18 
Common to Good... 
. .10 
® 
.12 
• 16to 
.16 
Skims. 
® 
.08 
.10® 
.12 
EGGS 
Fancy White, doz. 
. 30 
@ 
.32 
.32® 
.38 
White, good to choice 
. .25 
® 
.29 
.27 to 
.31 
Mixed Colors, best- 
,. .29 
® 
.30 
•30to 
.33 
Common to Good... 
. .18 
® 
.20 
.20® 
.22 
BEANS 
Marrow, bu. 
. 2.75 
<a) 
3.00 
qt. 
.15 
Medium.. 
,. 2.50 
@ 
2.70 
Pea. 
. 2.50 
@ 
2.65 
qt. 
.12 
Red Kidney. 
2.00 
@ 
2.50 
White Kidney. 
. 2.40 
@ 
2.75 
qt. 
.15 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice. 
. .17 
@ 
.18 
Common to Good. 
. .14 
® 
.16 
DRIED FRUITS 
Apples, evap. fancy.. 
. .09 
@ 
<04 
.15 
Kvap., com. to good 
. .05 
® 
.08 
.08® 
.12 
Sun Dried. 
. .04 
® 
.05 
Cherries. 
to 
.14 
lb. 
.20® 
.25 
Raspberries. 
. .21 
@ 
.22 
lb. 
.24® 
.26 
Huckleberries. 
@ 
.13 
@ 
® 
@ 
@ 
® 
each .03® ,0a 
bch. 
.03 
@ 1.25 
@ 1.25 
@ .50 
@ .65 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, lb. 
Fowls. 
Roosters.‘. 
Ducks. 
.15 
.15 
@ 
@ 
.18 
.16 
.10 
Geese. 
® 
.11 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Chickens, frozen, best. 
.18 
® 
.20 
,22@ 
.24 
Good to Choice. 
.15 
to 
.17 
18® 
.20 
Common Run. 
.12 
<§> 
.14 
.16® 
.17 
Fancy broilers, pair. 
.40 
@ 
.50 
Broilers,31 d. to pr.. lb. 
.20 
@ 
.22 
Fowls. 
.12 
.17 
• 15@ 
.18 
Din ks. Spring. 
.16 
® 
.18 
.18® 
.21 
Squabs, doz. 
1.00 
to : 
4.50 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs.. 4.60 @ 6.50 
Bulls.3.00 @ 4.00 
Cows. 1 AO 4 * 3.50 
Calves, 
Prime Veal, 100 lb... 6.00 @ 10 . 0(1 
Culls.4.50 @ 5.00 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 2.75 @ 4.75 
I jambs.5.00 to 7.50 
Hogs.8.00 @ 8.40 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. I, North’n 
Duluth, bu. 
1.38 
No. 2. Red. 
1.12 
Corn, as to quality, bu. 
.70 @ 
.80 
Oats, as to weight, bu. 
.7)0 @ 
.5.4 
liye. 
Barley, feeding. 
.55 ® 
.60 
HAY AND STRAW 
Quotations for large bales. 
Small bales sell 50 cents to $1.00 
per ton less. 
Hay, No. I, ton.19.00 r„ 20.00 
No. 2.17.00 @18.00 
No. 3.15.00 @16.00 
Clover Mixed.14.(10 @16.00 
Clover.12.00 @14.00 
Wild Hay.10.00 @12.00 
Straw. Rye.16.1KJ @17.U0 
Oat and Wheat. 7.00 @ 9.00 
BOSTON WHOLESALE MARKETS. 
Butter, Best Creamery.27@ 
Fair to Good.25@ 
Eggs. Fancy.29® 
Good to Choice.25@ 
Lower Grades.16® 
Peaches, crate. 2.00® 
Apples, bbl. 3.00® 
Huckleberries.10® 
Muskmelons, crate. 1.25® 
-2S4 
.26 
.80 
.28 
.20 
4.00 
4.00 
.15 
2 i>0 
CLEVELAND, OHIO 
Butter, Prime Elgin.26® .28 
Lower Grades.23® .25 
Kggs.20® .25 
Destroying Cabbage Li^e. 
Z. B. D., Canandaigua, A'. Y.— Can you 
give me a prescription to put on cabbage 
to kill lice? 
Ans.-—T he cabbage aphis is almost 
continually protected by a grayish floury 
substance, which renders it rather dif¬ 
ficult to combat, and this difficulty is 
increased by the covering of the cab¬ 
bage leaves, which prevents liquids 
from adhering to them. As the insect 
propagates rapidly, treatment should 
commence as soon as it appears. Pyre- 
thrum powder, hot water, kerosene 
emulsion and tobacco water are all ad¬ 
vised. For the latter, soak tobacco 
stems in just enough water to cover 
them, and when the strength is ex¬ 
tracted, dilute until the liquid is the 
color of strong tea. For the kerosene 
emulsion, dissolve one quart of soft 
soap or one-fourth pound of hard soap 
in two quarts of boiling water. Re¬ 
move from the fire, and while still boil¬ 
ing hot add one pint of kerosene, and 
churn or agitate together until a smooth 
emulsion is secured. A force pump or 
small syringe can be used for agitating, 
though special appliances are made for 
the purpose. Dilute by adding an equal 
quantity of water. 
Direct Nomination. —As a member 
of Republican General County Committee 
for a number of years, I am more than 
pleased to see you take an honorable and 
honest stand for direct nominations for the 
whole people. The joker in Hinmau-Green 
bill should be shown up and exposed by 
every publication throughout the State. 
Any scheme to nominate candidates through 
any political committee Is, in my opinion, 
a fraud and should be shown up in its 
true light. Give us direct nominations by 
petition, a square deal to the whole people. 
New York. a. s. 
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. 
m CAl C-Rare Ben, thoroughbred Stallion, 
17 hands, 10 years old; Sired Tzar 
Murphey; Don Zephyr. Broke donble and single. 
A good distance driver and a sure foal getter. 
R. V. WICKS, New Paltz, Ulster Co., N. Y. 
pOSEMOIINT RED POLL CALVES and 
■■ yearling bulls for sale. The best of the breed. 
Descendants of Mayflower 2nd, Eulalie and Pert, 
and of Endymion, Eyke. Dandy and Corporal. 
Address, ALEX. SMITH, Snpt., Esopns, N. Y. 
Yearling White Leghornsifd^v^!^^ 
hatched Spring 1908. Farm raised straight bred utility 
stock. WILSON FARM POULTRY CO., Morristown, N. J. 
Stock, Tools and Crops Included 
2 horses, 2 cows, wagons, machinery, small tools, 
1*2 acres potatoes, 7 acres oats, 15 acres buckwheat, 
all go: 75 acres good land; near neighbors, schools, 
churches, easy drive to city of 16,000; cuts 30 tons 
hay; lots of fruit; barn and ample ontbuildings; 
owner having other business will sacrifice every¬ 
thing for$2000; see photograph of splendid 10-room 
2-story honse, page 107, Strout’s Farm Buyers’ 
Guide No. 27, just out, copy free. E. A Strout Co., 
Dept. 1009, 47 West 34th St., cor. Broadway, N. Y. 
FOR SALE~ 40 . acres : 10-room house, 2 barns, 
. plenty of fruit. Buildings in 
fine condition. To a quick buyer $1200. $500 cash. 
HALL’S FARM AGENCY, Owego, N. Y. 
Q A ! f? An Otsego Co. potato farm, 
1 ■ a J45 acres. Two houses, 
barns, etc. Insurance on buildings, $1000. Will tie 
sold at a bargain with or without equipment and 
crops, comprising 21 acres potatoes, 38 acres grain 
and modern tools for handling same. Address the 
owner, CHAS. D. KLOCK. West Burlington, N. Y. 
VIRGINIA FARMS 
Poultry, fruit, dairy, grain, stock, truck farms, 
and colonial estates. Low prices. Delightful cli¬ 
mate. Abundant pure water. Large eastern 
markets. Timber lands a specialty. Write for 
free, illustrated catalogue. 
WILES LAND CO., Inc., Richmond, Va. 
|C|1 ra DlflC For Sale In the fertile Dela- 
IwU iWnmO ware Valley; from 5 to 200 
acres; $25 per aero up. New catalo ,ue and map. 
HORACE G. REEDER, Newtown, Pa. 
INE FARM, conveniently and desirably located; 
fertile soil, valuable timber, best water and cli¬ 
mate in U.S. and no better fruit land anywhere. A 
bearing orchard of Albemarle Pippins paying large 
profits. OWNER, R. F. D., Charlottesville, Va. 
FflR Q A I C 104 ACRHS—10-room house,2 barns 
lurs OHLL 36x 46—26xt0. Water piped to house 
and barn. 14 acres wood and timber. Apples, 
pears and grapes. Church, school and creamery 
one mile. Price $1,400, half cash. 
HALL'S FARM AGENCY, Owego, N.Y. 
Y OUNG MAN, experienced, age 21, wants steady 
work on a good farm at once. State terms. Ad¬ 
dress WM. F. GUENTHER, Box 13, Abse- on, N. J. 
P 0ULTRYMAN thoroughly understanding the duck 
business, desiring to make change, would like 
opportunity to run plant, on shares. Wish to take 
entire charge and will guarantee results if proper 
facilities are afforded. A1 references from present 
place. Address “A,” care of Rural Xkw-Yorukr. 
BUSINESS FARMER WANTED. 
Man who can handle two or three farms aggregat¬ 
ing 400 to 600 acres; best dairy section in northern 
New York; maple sugar bush; few registered Hol- 
steins; some fruit: rural delivery; telephones; 
railroad station 24 miles; city, 30,000, 74 miles; 
new honse; good barns: spring water. 
Satisfactory arrangements will be made with a 
man who can handle help and show results. No 
fancy farming; all strictly business. 
Please give details as to age, experience, nation¬ 
ality, family, tools and live stock available and 
arrangement wanted. 
Address “ BUSINESS,” care Rural New-Yorker. 
EGGS, POULTRY, MEATS,PRODUCE 
Shipments Solicited. JELLIFFE. WRIGHT A CO.. 
Commission Merchants, 2*4 Washington St. New York 
pi.lCASK send a trial shipment to the Oldest C0111- 
* mission Mouse in New York. Est. 1838. Butter, 
Eggs. Poultry. Pork. Calves. llav, Grain. Beans, 
Apples, etc. E. 11. WOOIMTARII, Slri Umnnloh St.. X. I, 
Highest prices guaranteed for White or Brown 
Leghorns or mixed eggs. Also high grade butter. 
Writeus for Information. Atrial will convince you 
of our ability to obtain extreme prices. Address 
JOHNSTONE 6 COUGHLAN, 
164 Duane Street : : New York 
m Uiyy is composed of alert, reliable, 
IlHV 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 
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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 Bcliool; and promoted as yon 
deserve it. Plenty of recreation and sports, and 
spare time; shore leave granted deserving men 
frequently. 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. promotion, and privileges, but take time to 
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how they like it. Apply NAVY RECRUITING STATION, 
POST OFFICE BUILDING, BUFFALO. POST OFFICE BUILDING, 
ROCHESTER, OR BASTA&LE BLOCK, SYRACUSE. 
TO LARGE FRUIT AND PRODUCE GROWERS. 
Send for particulars about, how to make your own 
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Join a Skippers Organization who use Bonded 
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This organization and its management is vouched 
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PRODUCE REPORTER CO., - - 34 So. Clark St., Chicago 
GKO. P. HAMMOND. EST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & GO., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers in all kinds of 
COUNTRY PRODUCE, Apples. Beaches, Ber 
ries Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms 
and Hot-house Produces a Specially. Consignments 
solicited. 34 & 30 Little i 3 th St.. New York- 
Don’t Sell that Hard 
Milking Cow 
Send $1 for Dr. David Roberts’ 
Hard Milking Outfit, and the 
Practical Dairyman for one Year. 
Or 
Send $1 for John Michel’s book on 
Dairy Farming, and the Practical 
Dairyman for one year. 
The Practical Dairyman makes a 
Specialty of Breeding and Feeding, 
and of descriptions of Herds and 
Dairies of successful men. 
PRACTICAL DAIRYMAN 
Rutherford. N. J. 
fiS! STEEL SHOES! 
The Shoe Success of the Gentury! 
Worn With Wonderful Satisfaction 
I ~ 
by Workers Everywhere! 
Wear“STEELS!” Don’t Torture Your Feet inHard, 
Warped,Twisted, Leaky Leather-Soled Shoes or 
Injure Your Health Wearing Rubber Boots 
FREE 
Rend for Book, “The 
Sole of Steel.” or order 
a pair of shoes on the 
blank below. 
Pat. Dec. 4, 
1906. 
Others 
Pending. 
No Corns 
NO BUNIONS ! 
NO CALLOUSES! 
NO BLISTERS ! 
NO ACHING OR 
TIRED FEET! 
NO STIFFNESS! 
NoColds! 
NO RHEUMATISM! 
NO PNEUtMGNiA! 
NO C0LC, WET OR 
DAMP FEET ! 
NO DOCTOR'S BILLS 
OR MEDICINES! 
No 
Repairs! 
NO HALFSOLING ! 
NO PATCHING ! 
NO NEW HEELS ! 
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Throe years ago Steel Shoes wero unknown. Today they are worn by 
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I Pair of Steel Shoes Will Outwear 3 to 6 
Pairs of All-Leather Shoes 
There is more good wear in one pair of Steel Shoes than in three to six 
pairs of leather-soled shoes or boots. And one pair of “Steels” will out¬ 
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bills of from $5 lo $10 a year. 
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Waterproof and Wearproof 
Here is the way Steel Shoes are made: The soles and an inch above the 
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partly worn off. Fifty extra rivets cost only 30 cents, ami will keep 
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Sizes, 5 to 12—6 inches, 9 inches, 12 inches and 16 inches High 
Steel Shoes, 6 inches high. $2.50 a pair, are better than best all-leather $3.50 shoos. 
Steel shoes, <> inches high, extra fine grade of leather, $3.00 a pair, excel any $4 50 
all-leather slices. 
Steel Shoes, 9 inches high, $3.50 a pair, are better than best all-leather $5.00 shoes. 
Steel Shoes, J inches high, extra grade of leather, $4,00 a pair, are better than the 
best all-leather $5.50 shoes. 
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Steel Slioes, 16 inches high, $6.00 a pair, are better than the best all-leather shoes 
regardless of cost. 
We ship Steel Shoes anywhere, guarantee¬ 
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as represented when you see them. 
For general field 
work, we strongly re¬ 
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Steel Shoes at $3.00 per 
pair, or the 9-inch at $4.00 
a pair. For all classes of 
use requiring high cut 
slioes, our 12 or 16 inch 
high Steel Shoes are abso¬ 
lutely indispensable. 
State size shoe you 
wear. 
Fill out and mail the 
Coupon, together with 
remittance. I)o it TO¬ 
DAY. 
Steel Shoe Co., 0 ?!.'* Racine, Wis. 
Canadian Branch TORONTO CAN, 
Order Blank 
Steel Shoe Co. f 
Gentlemen: 
I enclose 
for Steel Shoes 
Dept. 73, Racine, Wis. 
for $ 
in bavment for 
nair Steel Shoes. 
Size 
Name 
Town 
State 
County 
R. F. D. 
Dealer’s Name 
