1909. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
919 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, October 16, 1909. 
FARM TOPICS. 
The Farm Under Yours. 902 
Strange Attack of Potato Scab. 902 
Texas Totato Prices. 905 
The Massachusetts Asparagus Growers’ 
Association. Part II. 907 
Wireworms in Potatoes. 907 
Hope Farm Notes. 909 
Crop Prospects . 911 
The Vineland Farmers’ Exchange.... 911 
Japan and Soy Beans. 911 
Notes on Plowing Matches. 910 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Mapes and Incubator Chicks.901, 902 
Fattening a Horse. 914 
Cow Peas for Pigs. 914 
Tobacco for Sheep Dips. 914 
A Problem in Dairy Feeding. 914 
“The Poor Man’s Cow”. 914 
A Dairy Display at the South. 915 
Milk Dairying in Massachusetts. 915 
Gadfly Grubs . 915 
Feeding Problems .916 
Ration for White Leghorns. 917 
How to Feed Cornstalks. 917 
Cement Floor for Cow Barn. 917 
Gluten Meal for Sheep. 917 
Scratching Shed for Poultry. 919 
HORTICULTURE. 
More Growth Than Fruit. 902 
Grafting Grapevines . 903 
Propagating Rambler Roses. 903 
Best Stock for Cherries. 903 
Trees Untrue to Name. 903 
Apple Growing on the Delaware and 
Maryland Peninsula . 903 
How to Store Celery. 904 
Moles and Young Trees. 904 
Coal Ashes and Trees. 904 
Exhibition Apples . 904 
Carnations as a Greenhouse Crop.... 90ti 
Working a Peach Orchard. 908 
Pecan Budding and Grafting. 90S 
Peach Borers . 908 
Co-Operation Among Fruit Growers.. 11 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 912 
Putting Up Tomatoes in Brine. 912 
The Rural Patterns. 912 
Rural Advantages . 913 
My Neighbor and T. 913 
Turnips and Onions. 913 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Bathroom for Farmhouses. 902 
'I’he Deer Above the Man. 90.3 
Mole Crickets . 905 
Editorials . 910 
Events of the Week. 911 
Premiums for Men. 911 
Use of Stream for Irrigation. 917 
Publisher’s Desk . 918 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during weekending 
October 8, 1909. wholesale except where other¬ 
wise indicated. The retail prices given do not. as 
a 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 indelinite 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... 
.30 
@ 
.31^ 
.38/3) .36 
Good to Choice. 
.26 
@ 
.29 
30M .32 
Lower Grades . 
.23 
(■" 
.25 
26® .29 
State Dairy, best. 
.26 
@ 
.29 
.28® .31 
Common to Good.... 
.22 
@ 
.24 
.24 @ .27 
Factory. 
.21 
@ 
.23 
.23® .26 
Backing Stock. 
.19 
@ 
.22 
MILK 
New York Exchange price $1 81 per 
40-quart can, netting cents to 
shippers in the26-cent freight zone 
who have no additional station 
charges. 
qt. 
.07@ 
.12 
CHEESE 
Fnll Cream, best. 
. .14 
® .151$ 
.16® 
.20 
Common to Good... 
. .12 
@ .13 
.14® 
.16 
Skims. 
® .08 
.10® 
.12 
EGGS 
Fancy White, doz. 
. .35 
@ .37 
.38/3) 
.44 
White, good to choice 
. .29 
® .33 
.32® 
.36 
Mixed Colors, best — 
,. .30 
@ .32 
.34® 
.36, 
Common to Good... 
. .18 
@ .25 
• 
.20® 
.28 
BEANS 
Marrow, bu. 
. 2.50 
@ 2 60 
qt. 
.16 
M odium. 
.. 2.10 
@ 2.30 
Pea. 
. 2.10 
@ 2.30 
qt. 
.12 
Red Kidney. 
. 2.00 
@ 2.50 
White Kidney. 
. 2.40 
@ 2.75 
qt. 
.15 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice. 
. .33 
® .37 
Common to Good. 
. .25 
@ .28 
DRIED FRUITS 
Apples, evap. fancy.. 
. .10 
@ 11 
.16 
Evap., com. to good 
. .06 
@ .09 
•09@ 
.13 
Sun Dried.... 
. .04 
@ .00 
Cherries. 
. .16 
® .17 
lb. 
.22® 
.26 
Raspberries. 
. .21 
@ .22 
lb. 
.24® 
.26 
Huckleberries. 
. .12 
@ AV4 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples. Duchess, bbl.. 
2.60 
@ 
4.00 
Wealthy. 
2.25 
<& 
3.60 
Twenty-Ounce. 
2.60 
@ 
3.50 
Nvttek Pippin. 
2.00 
@ 
4.00 
Fall Pippin. 
2.50 
© 
4.00 
McIntosh. 
M 
5.00 
Maiden Blush. 
2.00 
® 
3.25 
Gravenstein. 
2.00 
(" 
1.00 
Spitz. 
2.00 
@ 
3.50 
Spy. 
2.00 
(it 
5.00 
King. 
2.50 
(a) 
4.00 
Baldwin. 
2.00 
@ 
3.00 
Greening. 
2.00 
@ 
3.50 
Jonathan. 
@ 
6.00 
Common. 
LOO 
(d 
1.50 
Crabapples, bbl. 
3.00 
@ 
6.00 
Pears, Bartlett, bbl... 
4.00 
6.00 
Anjou, bbl. 
<- 
4.00 
Bose. 
3.60 
@ 
4 50 
Clairgeau. 
3.00 
@ 
3.50 
Seckel, bbl. 
4.00 
@ 
7.00 
Kieffer. 
2.00 
@ 
2.50 
Plums. 8 lb. bkt. 
.10 
@ 
.30 
Grapes, Up-river, case 
Western N.Y..41b.bkt 
.45 
@ 
.70 
.07 
@ 
.11 
Peaches. Up-river, crt. 
1.00 
(d) 
1 75 
Pine Island, crate.... 
1.50 
® 
2.00 
State bkt. 
35 
@ 
.80 
Jersey, bkt. 
@ 
.90 
Watermelons, ear.66.00 
@125.00 
Muskmelons, crate.... 
.40 
fa) 
2.00 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, 
Maine, 165 lbs. 
@ 
2.00 
Jersey and Pa., bbl... 
1.50 
® 
2.00 
Lung Island. 
2.00 
@ 
2.50 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl.. 
1.75 
@ 
2.25 
Cabbage, 100. 
1.50 
@ 
3.50 
Cauliflowers, bbl. 
1.25 
@ 
2.50 
Corn, Jersey. 100. 
255 
@ 
1.00 
Cucumbers, bbl. 
1.00 
@ 
2.50 
Lettuce, bkt. 
.25 
@ 
.75 
each 
Peas. M bbl. bkt. 
.76 
@ 
2.00 
Peppers. Jersey, bbl... 
.50 
@ 
1.00 
Lima Beans, bag. 
.60 
@ 
1.25 
Onions, L I. & Jersey 
bbl. 
@ 
2.00 
Orange Co., bag. 
1.00 
® 
1.50 
Radishes, 100 bunches, 
-50 
@ 
.75 
bch. 
String Beans, bu. 
.40 
@ 
.50 
Spinach, bbl. 
.25 
® 
.75 
Squasn. Hubbard, bbl. 
.75 
@ 
1.00 
Turnips. White, bbl_ 
.75 
@ 
1.00 
Tomatoes, 
Nearby, fey. box.. 
. .30 
@ 
.60 
Common box. 
•15 
@ 
.25 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, lb. 
® 
.16 
Fowls . 
.15 
@ 
.16 
Roosters. 
.It 
Ducks. 
.15 
Turkeys. 
(a) 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Chickens, roasting_ 
.25 
.26 
.27® 
.29 
Good to Choice. 
.21 
@ 
.22 
.23® 
.25 
Common Run. 
.15 
@ 
.17 
.18® 
.20 
Fancy broilers, pair. 
.40 
@ 
.60 
Broilers,41 d. to pr., lb. 
.20 
@ 
.25 
Fowls. 
.12 
@ 
.17 
.15® 
.20 
Ducks, Spring. 
.18 
@ 
.19 
.20® 
.23 
Squabs, doz. 
1.00 
® 
3.50 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs.. 4.76 @ 6.85 
Bulls.3.00 @ 4.40 
Cows. 1.76 Cat 4.00 
Calves. 
Prime Veal, 100 lb... 0.00 @10,50 
Culls.4.50 ® 6.50 
Sheep, 100 lbs.8.00 ® 4.50 
Lambs.6.00 ® 7.50 
Hogs.8.00 ® 8.50 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1, North’n 
Duluth, new, bu. 1.10 
No. 2, Red. 1.12 
Corn, as to quality, bu. .70 ® .75 
Oats, as to weight, bu. .40 ® .48 
Rye.70 @ <5 
Barley, feeding.58 ® .60 
HAY AND STRAW 
Quotations for large bales. 
Small bales sell 50 ceuts to $1.00 
per ton less. 
Hay. No. 1, ton.18.00 ®19.00 
No. 2.16.00 @17.00 
No. 3.14.00 @15.00 
Clover Mixed.14.00 @18.00 
Clover.12.00 @14.00 
Wild Hay.9.00 @10.00 
8traw, Rye.10.00 @17.00 
Oat and Wheat. 7.00 @ 8.00 
BOSTON WHOLESALE MARKETS. 
Butter, Best Creamery.29@ .31 
Fair to Good.26@ .23 
Eggs, Fancy.29@ .31 
Good to Choice.25® .28 
Lower Grades.18® .22 
Peaches, crate. 1.25® 1.60 
Apples, bbl. 2.50® 4.50 
Muskmelons, crate. 1.00® 2.00 
CLEVELAND, OHIO 
Butter, Prime Elgin. .32® .33 
Lower Grades.26® 29 
Eggs.25® .29 
SCRATCHING SHED FOR POULTRY. 
I have a chicken coop the size of which 
is 8x5, seven feet high in front, five feet 
high in hack. 1 wish to add a scratching 
shed to it, making it large enough for 15 
S. C. Black Minorcas, Just how should 
I do it, not making it any larger than is 
necessary, as it is for a city lot? 
Yonkers, N. Y. a. m. 
We will assume that your house runs 
east and west. It is eight feet long east 
and west and five feet wide north and 
south, with a single pitch roof. To make 
it large enough for 15 hens you should 
build an addition four feet by eight feet 
on the back, letting the roof slope down 
to about four feet from the floor. This 
is high enough so that you can place the 
roosts in this part of the house with the 
nests underneath, and you will then have 
the remainder of the house for the hens 
to scratch in. Do not let the windows 
come lower than 2% or three feet from 
the floor. I would also provide 10 or 15 
square feet of muslin in the south side 
for ventilation. Always keep windows and 
muslin open except during storms and ex¬ 
treme cold weather. Be sure to have the 
remainder of the house perfectly tight. 
c. s. G. 
MAPES THE HEN MAN SAYS: 
“WHY FIGHT HEN-LICE ALL SUMMER? 
WHY NOT HO THE JOB ALL AT ONCE?” 
MAPES’ HEN-LICE WAX 
will insure entire freedom from the pests. It 
is a solid at ordinary air temperatures. It is 
first molted and then applied hot to the perches 
with a paint brush. It fills every crack and 
crevice where the licecan hide and breed during 
the day, and stays there, unless the house hap¬ 
pens to burn down. It is fatal to both nits and 
lice. Prevention is better than cure. Best 
applied when the house is new and clean, or in 
cold weather when lice are dormant. It will 
then arrest all the first comers. One applica¬ 
tion a year all that is necessary. 
O lie pound package. Aufliclcnt for nn ordinary I 
roost lor fifty hens, post pulil by muil for 50 ets. 
Write for price on larger quantities. 
O. W. MAPES, Middletown, N. Y., 
Inventor and Manufacturer. 
Satisfaction guaranteed or money back. 
At Vineland, N. J.—Splendid 
Modern Poultry Farm. 
One of the best sites in Southern Jersey; 20 acres, 
slightly elevated, on principal avenue; 5 minutes 
to station; several poultry houses, one 144 feet 
long; modern fittings: numerous compartments; 
wire enclosed yards. Large number bearing peach, 
pear, apple and cherry trees; sweet potatoes here 
pay over $300 an acre: owner lives at a distance; 
must sell quickly. Price only $1,700, easy terms. 
See page 150, "Strout’s E’arm Buyers’Guide No. 28.” 
just out, copy free. E. A. STROUT CO.. Dept. 1099, 
47 W. 34th St., corner Broadway, New York. 
VICTOR FEED MILLS 
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RAW FURS 
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Save Yourself 
Farmers and dairymen who first 
buy a common, “bucket bowl” 
cream separator are sure to wish 
they had bought “The World’s 
Best” instead, and finally discard 
their common machine for a Tubular. 
But most farmers are quicker to see 
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The dish-pans show one difference. 
One pan contains the single piece 
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GUERNSEY BULL CALVES. 
Ono month to one year old. Quality, breeding and 
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NAVY RECRUITING OFFICE, 80 South Street, New York, N. Y. 
Overlooking Cornell Univer¬ 
sity-Income $1200 in 1908. 
Seventy-three acres; cuts 40 tons hay; wood, fruit, 
pasture; excellent 2-story, 9-room house; barn 
30x60; good horse, tools and wagons included. To 
close Immediately. $2,250 takes all, part cash. Full 
details and traveling instructions see page 144, 
• Strout’s Farm Buyers’ Guide No 28,” just out, 
copy free. Dept. 1099. E. A. ST ROUT CO., Uni¬ 
versity Building, Syracuse, N. Y. 
FOR SALE-I offer some very 
OH HUr Oil IIILO (i ne imported and homo bred 
Yearling Rams. Also Ram and Ewe Lambs bred 
from imported stock. W. F. BLACK, Halls Corners, N. Y. 
W D Rock Cockerels, early hatched from tested 
• 1 ■ heavy layers, $3 to $5 each. Trap nests 
used exclusively. A. S. BRIAN. Mt. Kisco, K. Y. 
S.C.WHITE LEGHORNS 
A number of choice April hatched cockerels for sale. 
Write for prices to WHITE & RICE, Yorktown, N. Y. 
P R SALE by owner—Fine 60 acre farm, larjjo cement hnuge, 
Kood barn*, «fce., well watered. For rieflcriptlon and price, 
address M. C. Dunn., U.F.D. Box 107, Route 1, Middletown,Colin. 
Wheat Farm For Sale 
224 acres, 12-room house, 2 tenement houses: 
$3,000 worth of timber: river bottom land: raised 
40 bu. wheat to acre this year; five barns; fruit; 
widow must sell. $8,000. Part cash. 
HALL’S FARM AGENCY, Owego, N. Y. 
Monmouth County Bargain 
Rich 254-Acre Farm 
Only 45 miles from New York, 473 bushels pota¬ 
toes grown hero to the acre, cuts 100 tons hay, 
large brook watered pasture, 50 acres in oak and 
chestnut timber, splendid orchard of apple, peach 
and pear trees; big crops wheat, corn, potatoes; 
2*g story 12-room bouse, piazza. 4 barns, other out¬ 
buildings; quick sale forced; $11,000, takes it part 
cash; page 154, ‘'Strout’s Farm Buyers' Guide 28,” 
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