1909. 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, November 27, 1909 
FARM TOriCS. 
A New York State Game Farm..-1023 
Curing Tobacco ... 102(5 
Keeping Manure in Dry Weather.... 102(5 
Some Problems in Draining. Part III. 1027 
Hope Farm Notes. 1028 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Poultry and Fruit Crops. 1023 
“Education" for Milk Consumers.... 1031 
A Call to Milk Producers. 1031 
Cheese Notes from Watertown, N. Y. 1031 
Grain Hopper for Chicks. 1034 
A Beginner and His Sheep. 1034 
He Saved His Neck. 1035 
Poultry Prizes at Fairs. 1035 
A Dairy Ration. 1035 
Ration for Milch Cows. 1035 
Alfalfa and Silage for Cows. 1035 
Wintering Horses in Virginia. 1030 
Grade Durhams . 103(5 
Cribbing and Wind-Sucking. 103(5 
Use of Trusses for Hernia. 1037 
A Brooder Like a Greenhouse. 1037 
Table Scraps for Poultry. 1037 
Horse Meat. 1037 
HORTICULTURE. 
Apple Seedlings as Grafting Stock.... 1021 
A Self-Grafted Oak.1021, 1022 
Another Nursery Story. 1022 
The Study of a Mulched Orchard. 
Part V. . 1022 
Roses for Western New York. Part 
II. 1022 
Maple Loaves and Apples.. 1024 
Asparagus and Rhubarb in Tennessee. 1024 
Precocious Yellow Transparent. 1024 
Dynamite for Fruit Lands. 1025 
Lime and Sulphur. 1025 
What About This Orchard?. 1025 
Fixing a Lawn ; Grapes. 102(5 
Scraping Bark of Trees.1026 
Apple Pomace Around Trees. 102(5 
Slow-Growing Peach Trees. 1026 
A Small Greenhouse . 1027 
Questions in Floriculture. 1027 
“Fifteen Cents or Nothing". 1031 
“Citrange,” the New Fruit. 1029 
Cedar Trees and Apple Rust. 1029 
Apple Rust . 1029 
Mixed Varieties in Apple Orchards.. 1029 
Forcing Gladiolus . 1029 
Blackberry Questions . 1029 
Sutton Apples in Michigan. 1029 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 1032 
A Tested Vinegar Recipe. 1032 
The Rural Patterns. 1033 
Pasteurized Cider and Grape .Tuice; 
Preserving Fruit and Vegetables... 1033 
Sausage . 1033 
Pickle for Pork or Beef. 1033 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Direct Nominations in Kansas. 1021 
More About Locomotive' Sparks. 1023 
Softening a Cowhide. 1026 
Editorials . 1030 
Events of the Week. 1031 
National Grange Meeting. 1031 
Publisher’s Desk . 1038 
Humorous . 1040 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York dnring week ending 
November 19, 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 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... 
, .31 
© 
.3156 
.34® 
.3(5 
Good to Choice. 
. .28 
© 
.29 
31© 
.33 
Lower Grades . 
.25 
® 
.27 
27® 
.30 
State Dairy, best. 
.29 
® 
.30 
•30/a) 
.33 
Common to Good.... 
.25 
® 
.28 
■27@ 
.29 
Factory. 
.22 
® 
.25 
.24© 
.26 
Packing Stock. 
.21 
.23 
MILK 
New York Exchange price $1 91 per 
40-quart can, netting 4 cents to 
shippers in thft20-cent freight zone 
who have no additional station 
charges. 
qt. 
.08© 
.12 
CHEESE 
Full Cream, best. 
@ .17 
.20@ 
.22 
Common to Good... 
. .12 
© .15 
.16© 
.18 
Skims. 
@ .08 
.10© 
.12 
EGGS 
Fancv White, doz. 
(a) .53 
.50/2) 
.58 
White, good to choice 
. .32 
@ .40 
.35© 
.45 
Mixed Colors, best — 
. .35 
@ .38 
.40© 
.42 
Common to Good... 
. .25 
@ .3(1 
.30© 
.3* 
BEANS 
Marrow, bu. 
. 2.59 
® 2 85 
qt. 
.15 
Medium. 
© 2.30 
Pea. 
. 2.10 
® 2.25 
qt. 
.12 
Red Kidney. 
. 2.00 
© 3 (H) 
White Kidney. 
© 3 00 
Yellow Eye. 
3.00 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice. 
. .35 
© .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 
@ .06 
Cherries. 
@ .17 
lb. 
.22© 
.26 
Raspberries. 
. .20 
@ .21 
lb. 
.24© 
.26 
Huckleberries. 
. -12 
© .I2J6 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples. Snow, bbl. 
2.50 
© 
5.00 
Wealthy. 
2.50 
@ 
4 00 
Twenty-Ounce. 
2.5(1 
© 
4.00 
York Imperial. 
3.00 
4.00 
McIntosh. 
3.00 
« 
5.00 
Spitz. 
2.00 
@ 
4.00 
Spy. 
2.00 
® 
3.50 
King. 
2.50 
<s> 
4.50 
Baldwin. 
2.00 
© 
3.25 
Greening. 
2.25 
® 
4.25 
Jonathan. 
® 
4.00 
Western, box. 
1.75 
(d 
3.50 
Pears, Anjou, bbl. 
.3.00 
® 
5.00 
Duchess. 
2.50 
© 
3.60 
Kiefler. 
1.75 
© 
3.00 
Cranberries, 
Cape Cod, bbl. 
4 00 
© 
6.50 
New Jersey. 
4.50 
© 
5.00 
Grapes, Up-river, case 
.50 
.90 
Western N.Y.,41b.bkt. 
.08 
® 
.11 
Bulk, ton.25.00 
©60.00 
Potatoes, 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
VEGETA BLEB 
Jersey and Pa., bbl... 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl.. 
Brussels Sprouts, qt... 
Carrots, bbl. 
Celery, doz. 
Cucumbers. Fla. 
bu.. 
Peppers, 
Fla. Carrier. 
Onions, state, bag.... 
Small Pickle, bu... 
Radishes.bbl. 
Spinach, bbl. 
Squash, Hubbard, bbl. 
Turnips, White, bbl.... 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS 
1.50 
® 
1.75 
1.50 
® 
1.75 
2.00 
@ 
2.75 
1.00 
© 
1.75 
.06 
® 
.08 
.75 
@ 
UK) 
8.00 
@13.00 
.75 
@ 
2.00 
.10 
® 
.40 
1.25 
@ 
2.00 
.25 
@ 
1.50 
each 
1.50 
@ 
2.00 
1 75 
@ 
2.25 
1.00 
@ 
1.50 
.75 
@ 
1.37 
.75 
@ 
1.25 
2.00 
© 
5UX) 
bch. 
1.00 
@ 
2.00 
.40 
© 
1.00 
.75 
© 
1.25 
.75 
@ 
UK) 
.03® .05 
.03 
Cucumbers, No. 1 doz. 
.50 
(a) .65 
No. 2, box. 
1.50 
© 2.00 
Mushrooms, lb. 
.25 
© .50 
Tomatoes, lb. 
.08 
© .18 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, lb. 
.16 
© 
Fowls. 
© 
Roosters. 
,10 
© 
Ducks. 
.13 
© .15 
Geese. 
.10 
@ .13 
Turkeys. 
.15 
© .18 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, Fey. 
.22 
© .24 
.25© .29 
Common to Good.... 
.18 
© .20 
.21® 
.24 
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,41o. to pr., lb 
. .20 
© .25 
Fowls. 
.12 
© .16 
.15® 
.21 
Ducks, Spring.. 
.12 
@ .18 
•18@ 
.22 
Squabs, doz. 
1AU 
@ 4.25 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs.. 
4.25 
@ 6.70 
Bulls. 
3.1)0 
® 4 .50 
Cows. 
Calves, 
1.76 
© 4.40 
Prime Veal, 100 lb... 
4.50 
© 6.60 
Culls. 
© 4.00 
8heep, UK) lbs. 
2.50 
fa) 4.25 
Lambs. 
© 7.50 
Hogs.8.00 © 8.25 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1. North’n 
Duluth, new, bu. 
1 17 
No. 2, Red. 
1.26 
Corn, as to quality, bu. 
.65. 
© 
.73 
Oats, as to weight, bu. 
.40 
© 
.48 
Rye. 
.75 
© 
82 
Barley, feeding. 
.61 
© 
.64 
BOSTON WHOLESALE MARKETS. 
Eggs, Fancy. 
Good to Choice. 
Lower Grades. 
Apples, bbl. 
CLEVELAND, OHIO 
Eggs. 
.31© 
.32 
.29® 
.30 
.45© 
.46 
.40® 
.42 
.27© 
.30 
.50® 
4.00 
.31® 
.33 
.25© 
.30 
.25® 
.32 
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in Central Pennsylvania. 4000 Apple trees from 
five to nine years old. 1000 Plum trees seven years 
old. 2000 Peach trees five years old. 800 Plum trees 
five years old. All good varieties of fruit. Good 
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The biggest American and foreign 
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RAW FURS WANTED 
Skunk, Mink, Raccoon, Opossum, Fox, Muskrat 
and other furs are bringing high prices in New 
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N’O. I 
2 
3 
4 
53.50 
$2.50 
$1.75 
$0.50 
3.00 
2.00 
1.50 
.50 
3.00 
2.00 
1.50 
.60 
2.60 
1.75 
1.00 
.35 
2.25 
1.50 
.75 
.35 
3.00 
2.00 
1.00 
.35 
Send for list for 
1039 
SHIP YOUR RAW FURS 
by Express to H. A. 6CHOENEN, Raw Fur Dealer, Kept. I), 
131-123 Michigan Street, Chicago, III. We are paying the 
following prices for Skunk : 
Minn., N. &S. Dak. - ..... 
Wis., la. & Neb.. 
N. O., Illd., Ills. & Mo. - - - - 
Cent. O., lnd., Ills. & Kans. - - 
S. 0., lnd.. Ills. & Mo.. 
Mich., N. Y., N. J„ Pa. & Eastern 
M. Rats and Mink bring high prices, 
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Apples. Pears and other fruits and vege- 
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I 
II 
III 
IV 
$3.50 
$2.30 
$1.10 
.50 
3.00 
2.00 
1.00 
.40 
Winter. 
Fall. 
Small. 
Kitts. 
.4 8 
.36 
.25 
.IO 
.4 5 
.35 
.25 
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