1909 . 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1019 
CONTENTS 
Tub Rural New-Yorker, November 20, 
FARM TOPICS. 
The Iowa Farm Situation.1001, 
The Problem of the Cheap Lands. Part 
IX. 
A New Hampshire Corn Crop. 
Corn in South Carolina. 
Farmers and Trespassers. 
Fertilizer on German Millet. 
Hope Farm Notes. 
From Arid District of Pennsylvania. . 
Crop Prospects . 
Farmers’ Institutes in New York 
State .... 
Some Problems in Draining. Part II. 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Poultry in New England. 
The New York Milk Situation. 
Alfalfa for Wintering Horses. 
Ilow to Save the Chicks. 
When Are Eggs Fertilized?. 
Corn for Milcli Cows. 
Selling Oafs and Buying Feed. 
Buying Grain by Formula. 
Fair Judges that Educate. 
HORTICULTURE. 
Rhododendron Maximum in Western 
Now York . 
Roses for Western New York. 
The Canadian Fruit Tariff. 
Another Case of Substitution. 
Grafting Walnuts . 
Lime for Garden. 
Storing Winter Celery. 
How to Handle Peach Trees. 
Mulching Strawberries . 
Propagating Nursery Stock. 
Failure with Angoulome Pears. 
Judges as Educators. 
Late Cherry for Northern Ohio. 
Disease Among Gladioli.. 
Poison in the Wondorberry. 
Let’s All Get Rich. 
WOMAN AND TnE. HOME. 
From Day to Day. 
Keeping Cider or Grape Juice Sweet. 
Shaking Cream in .Tar for Butter.... 
The Rural Patterns. 
More About Women's Work. 
Recipe for Turnip Kraut Wanted.... 
Samp and Hominy. 
Cinnamon Custard . 
Apple Nut Cream. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
1909 
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VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, 
Maine, 165 lbs. f.25 
Jersey and Pa., bbl... 1.50 
Long Island. 3.00 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl.. 1.00 
Carrots, bbl.75 
Cabbage, ton. 9.00 
Cauliflowers, bbl.75 
Celery, doz.10 
Cucumbers. Fla. bu.... 1.25 
Lettuce, bkt.25 
Peas, 5^ bbl. bkt. 1.50 
Peppers, Jersey, bbl... .75 
Onions, state, bag. 1.00 
Orange Co., bag.75 
Radishes, 100 bunches, .50 
String Beans, bu.1.00 
Spinach, bbl.40 
Squash, Hubbard, bbl. .75 
Turnips, White, bbl.76 
Tomatoes, 
Nearby, fey. box.25 
Fla. Carrier. ... 1 25 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS 
Cucumbers, Fey. doz.. .50 ® 1.75 
No. 2, box.2.00 
Mushrooms, lb.25 
Tomatoes, lb.08 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, lb.... .15 ® 
Fowls...14 ® 
Roosters.lo @ 
Ducks.13 ® 
Geese.10 @ 
Turkeys.12 
® 1.75 
® i.75 
@ 2.87 
© 1.50 
® 1.00 
®13.00 
® 2.50 
@ .40 
@ 2.00 
© 1.25 
© 2.50 
@ 1.50 
® 1,50 
@ 1.37 
® .60 
@ 2.00 
@ .76 
® 1.00 
© 1.00 
® .75 
® 2.00 
® 2.50 
® .60 
® .20 
each ,03@ .05 
bch. 
.03 
® 
.15 
.11 
.16 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Chickens, roasting_ 
.23 
© 
.25 
.27© 
.28 
Good to Choice. 
.21 
© 
.22 
.23© 
.25 
Common Run. 
.15 
© 
.17 
.18@ 
.20 
Fancy broilers, pair. 
.40 
® 
.60 
Broilers,4 Id. to pr,, lb. 
.20 
® 
.25 
Fowls. 
.12 
UL 
.16 
.15© 
.20 
Ducks, Spring. 
.10 
© 
.16 
•18@ 
.20 
8 quabs, doz. 
1.50 
© 
4.25 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs.. 5.00 ® 7.CO 
Bulls.3.00 ® 4,10 
Cows.1.75 ® 4.20 
Calves, 
Prime Veal, 100 lb... 6.00 @ 9.50 
Culls.4.50 ® 5.00 
Sheep, 100 lbs.2.50 ® 4.75 
Lambs.7.00 ® 8.00 
Hogs.8.00 ® 8.25 
GRAIN 
Wheat. No. 1. North’n 
101 3 
Duluth, new. bu. 
1.16 
1 01 3 
No. 2. Red. 
1.26 
1013 
Corn, as to quality, bu. 
.65 
® 
.72 
1013 
Oats, as to weight, bu. 
.40 
® 
.48 
Rye.. . 
.70 
® 
80 
Barley, feeding. 
.61 
.63 
The Philosophy of Country Living... 1003 
Editorials . 1010 
Events of the Week. 1011 
A Government Bonus. 1011 
Non-Resident Executor. 1015 
Dower Right in Grandfather’s Bequest 1015 
Timber Adjoining Orchard. 1015 
Sale of Joint Property. 1015 
Abandonment of Stored Goods. 1015 
Warranty on Unsound Horse. 1015 
A Sewage Nuisance. 101.5 
Removal of Standing Timber. 1015 
Trespass by Trolley Company. 1015 
Publisher's Desk . 1018 
Products. Trices and Trade. 1019 
Humorous. 1020 
MARKETS 
BOSTON WHOLESALE MARKETS. 
Butter, Best Creamery.30® .31 
Fair to Good.27® .29 
Eggs, Fancy.45® .46 
Good to Choice. .35® .38 
Lower Grades.27® .30 
Apples, bbl. 2.50® 5.00 
CLEVELAND, OHIO. 
Butter. Prime Elgin.31® .33 
LowerGiades.25© 30 
Eggs.26® .'34 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
Apples.—R eceipts have been heavy this 
week and the market is weak, hut there 
are no price reductions on the better grades 
of fruit. Exports this week are light, 
owing to the scarcity of ocean freight 
space. 
Prices current at New York during week ending 
November 12, 1909, wholesale except where other¬ 
wise indicated. The retail prices given do not, as 
a rule, cover cither 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 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.. 
. .30 
® 
.31 
•8443) .86 
Good to Choice. 
. .28 
@ 
.29 
31© .33 
Lower Grades . 
. .25 
© 
.27 
27© .30 
State Dairy, best. 
. .29 
® 
.30 
.30® .33 
Common to Good... 
. .25 
© 
.28 
.27© .29 
Factory. 
. .22 
0, 
.25 
.24© .26 
Packing Stock. 
. .21 
@ 
.23 
MILK 
New York Exchange price 11.91 per 
4(l-quart. can, netting 4 cents to 
shippers in tho26-eent freight zone 
who have no additional station 
charges . 
qt. 
.08© 
.12 
CHEESE 
Full Cream, best . 
. .15 
© .16 
.18© 
.22 
Common to Good... 
. .12 
© .13 
.14© 
.16 
Skims . 
. .05 
@ .08 
• 1 U@ 
.12 
EGGS 
Fancy White, doz . 
. .45 
® .53 
.50® 
.58 
White, good to choice 
. .32 
© .40 
.35© 
.45 
Mixed Colors, best._ 
. .35 
@ .Hi* 
.40© 
.42 
Common to Good... 
. .25 
© .30 
•30@ 
.32 
BRANS 
Marrow, bu .. 
. 2.50 
® 2 85 
qt. 
.15 
Medium . 
® 2.30 
Pea . 
© 2.30 
qt. 
.12 
Red Kidney . 
. 2.00 
® 3.00 
Yellow Eye . 
3.00 
HOI’S 
Prime to Choice . 
. .37 
© .38 
Common to Good . 
. .25 
@ .28 
DRIED FRUITS 
Apples, evap. fancy.. 
. .in 
® 11 
.16 
Kvap., com. to good 
. .06 
© .09 
.09© 
.13 
Sun Dried. 
. .04 
@ .06 
Cherries. 
© .17 
lb. 
.22® 
.26 
Raspberries. 
. .20 
@ .21 
lb. 
.24® 
.26 
Huckleberries. 
. .12 
@ .12 J-jj 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples. Snow, bbl. 
2.50 
© 5.00 
Wealthy. 
Twenty-Ounce. 
2.50 
© 4.00 
2.50 
® 4.00 
York Imperial. 
® 4.00 
McIntosh. 
(d) 5.50 
Spitz. 
2.00 
© 4.00 
spy. 
2.00 
® 3.50 
King. 
® 4.50 
Baldwin. 
2.00 
(<4 3.25 
Greening. 
2.25 
® 4.00 
Jonathan. 
® 4.60 
Western, box. 
1.75 
® 3.50 
Pears. Bartlett, bbl... 
3.00 
© 4.50 
Anjou, bbl. 
3.00 
© 5. 1)0 
Bose. .... 
3.50 
@ 6 00 
Clairgeau. 
3.00 
© 5.00 
Sheldon. 
3.(10 
® 5.00 
Duchess. 
2.50 
© 3.50 
Seckel. bbl. 
4.00 
® 7.00 
Kleffer. 
1.75 
@ 2.75 
Cranberries, 
Cape Cod, bbl. 
4 00 
(§1 6.50 
Long Island. 
5.50 
fa) 6.00 
New Jersey. 
5.00 
© 5.50 
Grapes, Up-river, ease 
.45 
© .70 
Western N.Y..41b.bkt 
.08 
® .11 
Balk, ton.I 
’5.00 
®G5.C0 
Due sr ed Poultry.—R eceipts at New 
York show too large proportion of thin tur¬ 
keys and chickens to meet the ideas of 
Thanksgiving buyers. It is probable that 
some of the best stock in not yet in, hut 
it is not reasonable to expect as high a 
run of quality as in times of low-priced 
grain. Fattening poultry on 70-oent corn 
and $30 wheat feed is a doubtful proposi¬ 
tion. especially when the selling price of 
the birds is hut little above that of five 
years ago. when grain was 15 to 20 per 
cent cheaper. 
Ethics of Buying.—T he reputation of 
being a close buyer is one of the poorest 
business assets a man can have, as the 
following incident shows: A largo retail 
grocery and fruit store, located above 
Twenty-third street. Now York, gets part 
of its supplies from the produce commis¬ 
sion houses on lower Washington street. 
The buyer goes among the commission 
houses in early morning picking out what 
is needed, and in a short time the store 
wagon .comes along to gather up what has 
been bought. As the store does a large 
business in this line, the trade lias been 
much sought after, but of late the buyer 
has got so cranky that it is hard to get 
along with him. and he lias been practically 
turned down by a number of houses that 
formerly were anxious to do business with 
him. lie constantly complains about the 
prices asked and sends hack ns unsatis¬ 
factory fruit that he has closely examined 
when buying. The result is that the 10 or 12 
market men who handle his specialties 
deal with him on a heating-down basis, ask¬ 
ing enough more than they expect to get 
to let them cut prices sufficiently to satisfy 
his vanity and still have a margin broad 
enough to cover profit and damage by 
goods returned. Ho thinks he has devel¬ 
oped into a remarkably smart buyer, and 
perhaps Ills house thinks so. too. but the 
fact is that they are losing money through 
him every week. I frequently see the buyer 
for another house in this line going 
through the same produce stores. lie has 
a pleasant manner, a masterly knowledge 
of values, and every house along the line 
is anxious to sell him goods. He wastes 
no time trying to squeeze a lower price 
out of (lie sellers, for as a rule they give 
him their lowest price first. If the other 
buyer would give the time and effort now 
devoted to growling and general unpleas¬ 
antness to a study of his business, so that 
he would know tHo value of produce when 
he saw it, his job could he handled to 
much bettor advantage. People who have 
goods to sell hate a chronic kicker, hut 
have great respect for a man who lias a 
correct knowledge of the value of the 
goods he is buying and makes complaint 
only when necessary. w. w. 11 . * 
THANKSGIVING POULTRY 
Ship your Poultry, Game, Fancy 
Eggs, Chestnuts and Shellbarks to 
WM. H, COHEN & COMPANY, EsaSE 
229 Washington Street, New York. 
POULTRY FOR THANKSGIVING 
Apples. Pears 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 
RAW FURS 
WANTED 
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returns. Send us trial shipment. Will 
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Milton Schrefoer & Go. 
28-30 
EAST 
12TH 
ST. 
RAW FURS 
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NEW 
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WE TAN 
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THE PELOQUIN FUR TANNING CO., 
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Trappers and Dealers 
You Cannot be Correctly Posted 
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RAW FURS 
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WE BUY RAW FURS 
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L. BRIEFNER & SONS 
No- 20 East 16th St., New York 
RAW FURS WANTED 
Skunk, Mink, Raccoon, Opossum, Fox, Muskrat 
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CANADIAN BRANCH, TORONTO, CANADA. (9) 
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HALL’S FARM AGENOY, Owego. Tioga Co., N. Y 
