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'THIS RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 11, 
CONTENTS 
The Uurai, New-Yorker, January 11, 1008. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Ra-.v Muck and Lime. 
A Migration to the South. 
An Alfalfa Talk. 
Hope Farm Notes . 
LIVE stock: AND DAIRY. 
Taming the Wild Horses. 
Home Testing for Tuberculosis.17, 
The State Breeders’ Meeting. 
Milk Papers for Cows. 
The Price of Butter Fat. 
Bitter Milk . 
A Ration for Cows. 
Keeping Registered Bulls . 
Aberdeen Angus Bull . 
Convalescing Lameness Case . 
Some Ilen-Feeding Problems. 
Rack for Hog Feeding. 
Cannibalistic Sows . 
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10 
20 
25 
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18 
22 
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26 
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27 
28 
28 
20 
20 
20 
20 
HORTICULTURE. 
Apple Culture in Western New York. 
Part IX.'18 
The “Early Elberta" Peach. 10 
Ruralisms . 24 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 32 
Charity Sweetheart’s Letters. 32 
A Clothes Line Reel. 33 
The Rural Patterns . 33 
Window Plant Ways and Means. 33 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
A Windmill Champion Talks. 18 
Water for Small Power. 20 
Editorials . 30 
Truth for The Country Gentleman. 31 
Events of the Week. 31 
Products, Prices and Trade. 34 
Publisher's Desk . 35 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending January 3, 1908, wholesale unless 
otherwise noted. 
BUTTER. 
Creamerv, best . 
29 
@ .so 
Common to good . 
23 
@ 27 
Storage . 
. 22 
@ 27 
State Dairy, best . 
. 27 
@ 28 
Lower grades . 
20 
@ 25 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, best . 
— 
@ 15% 
Common to good . 
10 
@ 12 
Part skims . 
5 
@ 8 
EGGS. 
Fancy white . 
32 
@ 34 
White, good to choice . 
27 
@ 30 
Mixed colors, best . 
27 
@ 28 
Under grades . 
20 
(ffi 25 
Storage . 
12 
@ 19 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, King, bbl. 
3.00 
@4.00 
Greening . 
@4.50 
Baldwin . 
2.25 
@3.75 
Spitz 
2 25 
@ 3 50 
Spy ... 
9 9R 
@ 3.50 
Pears, Kicffer, bbl. 
2.00 
@3.00 
Cranberries, bbl. 
@7.00 
Strawberries, Fla., qt. 
40 
@ 75 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, Bermuda, bbl.... 
@5.00 
Maine, 168-lb. sack . 
1 75 
@2.10 
State and W’n, 180 lbs. 
1.75 
@2.00 
Cabbage, Danish seed, ton. 
9.00 
@12.00 
Domestic, ton . 
@7.00 
Onions, sni’l w’te, pickle, bbl 
.2.50 
@3.50 
Connecticut, bbl. 
@4.50 
State & W’n, white, bag. 
2 00 
@3.00 
Squash, Hubbard, bbl. 
@2.00 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, J’s’y, Md. & Del, fey 19 
@ 20 
Fair to good . 
16 
@ 18 
State and Pa., fancy. 
18 
@ 19 
Good to prime . 
15 
@ 17 
Spring Chickens, broilers. 
Phila., 3 & 4 IDs. to pair, lb. 
99 
@ 23 
Penn. 3 & 4 lbs. to pair, lb. . 
17 
@ 18 
Poorer grades . 
12 
@ 14 
Spring Chickens, roasting. 
Philadelphia, fancy . 
— 
@ 18 
Medium grades . 
12 
@ 14 
Pennsylvania, fancy . 
13 
@ 14 
Poorer grades . 
10 
@ 12 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers, 100 lbs. 
4 30 
@4.35 
Calves, choice veals . 
8.00 
@9.75 
Western and light stock.. 
3.25 
@5.00 
@5.00 
6.25 
@7.25 
Hogs . 
4.50 
@5.15 
EXGELL 
' R n ° d N ROOFING 
steel | SIDING 
Direct To You from our own factory 
at lowest factory prices. We are man¬ 
ufacturers and handle no 2nd hand 
nor short length stuff. Every part of 
our roofing and siding is made in our 
factory from genuine Charcoal Iron, 
Double Refined Puddled Iron or Steel. 
Put on the kind of root that wears. 
Ours is guaranteed. I fit isn’t the best 
you can buy anywhere, don’t pay for 
ft. £aeytolay. No experience needed. Tell 
ub about your building and let ub quote you 
factory prices. Write for Metal Goods Catalog 
It Is free. 
THE UNITED FACTORIES CO. 
Department No. R-31, Cleveland, Ohio. 
STAR FEED 
--GRINDERS 
Stop waste, miller’s tolls, and 
undigested grain. Grinds ear 
corn and all small grains. Built 
for service. Simple and geared 
sweeps. Belt Powers from 2 to 
10H.P. Prices right. Strong 
guarantee. Write for booklet. 
THE STAR MFG CO. 
78Dep0t St., New Lexington, O. 
A CENTS $103.50 per month 
selling these wonderfuISeissors., 
V. C. Giebner, Columbus, O. sold 22 
pairs in 3 hours, made $13; you can 
do it, we show how. Free outfit. 
K. THOMAS MFG. CO. 
CUTS TO THE END 
474 F St., Dayton, O. 
BERKSHIRE SWINE 
Three BOARS, April farrow,by Baron Duke85th 
91215, out of'Clarion Maid 100536 (a Longfellow sow). 
Price $20,$30 and $50each. Also, three GILTSof the 
same farrow—will be bred to Premier D. B. 100338. 
Orders booked for Spring Pigs of Premier 
and Longfellow strains. CLARION FARM, 
R.F.D. 26, Box 63 Y. Greenwich, Conn. 
50 Mammoth Bronze 
Turkeys; 75 Chester 
White .Poland China 
and Berkshire Pigs, 
all ages. 100 bus. Improved Golden Dent Gourd 
Seed Corn, and 2 litters Scotch Collies. Send 
2-cent stamp for prices. 
EDWARD WALTER. West Chester, Pa. 
S. C. BUFF LEGHORN COCKERELS"Si 
and at farmer’s prices. I. S. GILES, Seaford, Del. 
RRnN7E TIIRI/CVQ-Hens and Toms. Blood first- 
DnUNCC iumvcio class: prices right. Only 
limited supply loft. Orson Winans, Oak Hill, N. Y. 
Ventilate the Sleeping Apartment 
Ventilator; protect your health; get fresh air and 
avoid drafts and breezes. Plans and specifications 
only 50c. F. B. TOWNSEND, R.I). 7, Auburn, N.Y. 
TWfl YOUNG MEN, German, reliable workers, 
I I! U want positions on farm: year’s contract. 
PAUL DOELLING, 205 Clinton Place,Newark,N.J. 
Poultry Man Wanted 
on commercial place in suburb of New York City. 
One with several years practical experience with 
chickens and ducks and a clean record. Prefer a 
married man under 40 with some experience in 
farm ana market garden work; one able to super¬ 
intend and take general charge of outside work on 
a small place. State full particulars, past employ¬ 
ment. age, wages, number in family, etc., for reply, 
address Box 18, Mt. Vernon, N Y. 
HI r ACT send a trial shipment to the Oldest Com- 
I LlHOL mission House inNew York. Established 
1838. Butter, Cheese, Eggs, Poultry, Hay, Apples, etc 
E. B. WOODWARD. 302 Greenwich St.. New York, 
6,000 
MONEY-MAKING FARMS 
FOR SALE. 
14 States; R. R. fare paid; “ Strout’s List 19,” the 
largest illustrated catalogue of farm bargains, with 
reliable information of farming localities, ever is¬ 
sued, sent for 10 cents, for postage and mailing; 
brief circulars mailed FREE if you will mention 
State in which you are interested. 
E. A. STROUT CO., 150 Nassau Street, New York. 
For Sale 
HICKORY HILL FARM, consisting of 61 
acres. Situate 
in town of Hamilton, Madison Co. Five miles 
from Colgate University. Price, Sl.800. Not 
the value of the buildings. 
J. Grant Morse, Hamilton, N. Y. 
Burpee’s 
“Seeds that Grow” 
are the Best Seeds that can be Grown. 
We do the. testing — You run no risk! 
If you garden, you should study 
“The Leading American 
Seed Catalog” 
A postal card will bring you a copy by return mall. 
W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., 
Seed Growers, Philadelphia, Pa. 
DIBBLE'S 
SEED POTATOES 
BETTER THAN EVER FOR 1908 
Weather conditions were ideal in our North 
Western potato growing country last season, re¬ 
sulting in splendid crops of most excellent quality. 
We have full stocks on hand of all the new and 
standard kinds, 30 in all. Northern grown and free 
from blight and rot. Also Seed Oats. Corn, Clover 
and Grass Seed thoroughly recleaned, heavy and 
of high germination. Prices right as we sell direct 
from our seed farms to yours. Handsome illus¬ 
trated catalog FREE. 
EDWARD F. DIBBLE, Seedgrower 
Box A, Honeoye Falls, N. Y. 
From Snow to 
Southern Sunshine 
to fertile lands in a matchless climate, 
where work may be carried on throughout 
the entire year, where pleasure and profit 
are derived from a location blessed by Na¬ 
ture with ideal conditions so necessary to 
the success of the farmer and grower. 
Are You Battling Against the Elements 
of a Frozen North? 
The stock of farmers in our territory are 
still grazing on the hillsides. 
The fruit and vegetable growers in the 
famous Manatee section are now gathering 
and shipping their products to Northern 
markets, receiving the highest prices for 
same due to the season. 
WHY NOT MAKE A NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION 
to give up the struggle for existence in 
your snow-bound location and come where 
climatic conditions make life a pleasure the 
year ’round, where lands are equally as pro¬ 
ductive, prices as good if not better for your 
crops, and no long winters of ice and snow 
to contend with. 
Let us show you how easily it can be 
done. Don't sacrifice your life any longer— 
others are now comfortably located with tis 
and reaping the rewards of their move, who 
last year were shut in by the sleet and snow 
of the rigorous North. 
Our illustrated literature will help you and give 
yon an idea of the excellent opportunities and con¬ 
ditions existing in the Six Southern States tra¬ 
versed by our line of road. This will be sent free 
upon request,together with the "SeaboardMaga- 
zine,” which is prepared especially for the benefit 
of parties contemplating a change of location. 
A postal is all that is necessary. 
J. W. WHITE, 
General Industrial Agent, 
SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY, 
Portsmouth, Virginia. 
“Dept. 18 ” 
ill 
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lit 11 i I M 
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT 
TO COW OWNERS 
It is with more than ordinary enthusiasm that we beg 
to call the attention of cow owners and dairy farmers to 
the new 1908 line of the improved De Laval Cream 
Separators, consisting of ten machines, ranging in capa¬ 
city from 135 lbs. to 1350 lbs. of milk per hour. 
Although for a number of years De Laval machines 
have seemed as nearly perfect as separators could be, 
thousands of dollars have been and are being spent 
annually in the effort to improve them. The past two 
years of experiments and tests have been unusually pro¬ 
ductive of new ideas and big improvements in separator 
construction. Even the highest hopes of the De Laval 
experimental force and mechanical experts themselves 
have been exceeded. 
The principal De Laval improvements are greater 
simplicity of construction, ease of cleaning and replace¬ 
ment of parts, less cost of repairs when necessary, easier 
hand operation, more complete separation under hard 
conditions, greater capacity and a material reduction of 
prices in proportion to capacity. 
The line includes several new styles and capacities 
of machines never offered heretofore. No matter how 
small or how large the dairy the new De Laval line has 
a machine exactly suited for it. 
If you intend buying a separator do not fail to examine 
the new De Laval styles before you make your selection, 
as otherwise you must surely regret it later on. A hand¬ 
some new 1908 De Laval catalog can be had for the asking. 
THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR CO. 
■19 E. Madison Stbekt, 
CHICAGO 
1213 k 1215 Filbert Street 
PHILADELPHIA 
k Sacramento Sts. 
SAN FRANCISCO. 
General Offices: 
74 Cortland Street, 
NEW YORK. 
173-177 William Street 
MONTREAL 
1% k 16 Princess Street 
WINNIPEG 
107 First Street 
PORTLAND, OREC. 
HOLSTEIN - FRIESIANS 
PUBLIC BiLLE 
Syracuse, A/. V., January 15-16, 1908. 
CONTRIBUTORS: 
Davis Bros., Clifford, N. Y. 
Quentin Me Adam, Utica, N. Y. 
S. J. Tilden, New Lebanon. N. Y. 
E. I. White, Syracuse, N. Y. 
A. L. Brockway. Syracuse, N. Y. 
Stevens Bros.-Hastings Co.. Liverpool, N. Y. 
Fred. Dixon, Auburn. N. Y. 
H. L. Bronson, Cortland, N. Y. 
R. E. Coe & Son, Kirkville, N. Y. 
J. R. Hathaway, Homer, N. Y. 
S. R. Clark, Onondaga Valley, N. Y. 
H. C. Hemingway & Co., Syracuse, N. Y. 
This Sale is open to all breeders of Black and White Cattle, Its success must rest with 
you. There has been consigned 
One Hundred and Forty Head of Pure-Breds 
all perfect animals. No better lot has been placed in a public sale. Catalogs ready 
January 1st. 
S. D. W. CLEVELAND, Sales IVIgr., Syracuse, N. Y. 
Col. B. Y. KELLEY, Auctioneer, Syracuse, N. Y. 
f-»*} SIMM Iwjp 
Spilne Ml 
Autumn taiji 
Farms and Homes in Virginia 
Southside Virginia Thermometer 
Wlsler Ateiiga 
Free from frost 183 days. Growing season 225 days. 
Plowing season 315 days. 
Why Not Move to Virginia 
where you can buy good level land with buildings, timber, fruit, water, etc., at 
Nun till* $8 Per Acre and up? Best climate, health, markets, transportation facilities. 
churches, schools, active business life. 
Our Illustrated Real Estate Herald with map tells all about it. Write today for free copy. 
PYLE & COMPANY (Inc.), PETERSBURG. VIRGINIA 
WRITE J- D- S. Hanson, Hart, Mich., for list of 
II nil L p r uit, Grain, Stock and Poultry Farms. 
$5 DOWN $5 MONTHLY 
IG money is being made by truckers, fruit 
growers and poultry men in South J ersey. 
Climate and soil particularly adapted to 
fruits, berrieSijBarly truck, vegetables, poultry 
and squabs. Produce marketed much earlier 
than in other localities, thus bringing highest 
prices. The best markets, Atlantic City, only 
17 miles away; Philadelphia and New York are 
handily reached. Three main line railroads 
Good roads. Pure air and water. Two large 
manufacturing towns nearby. Prosperous com¬ 
munity. Title insured. Write to-day for free 
booklet. DAN i EL FRAZIER CO. 
Virginia Farms and Homes 
Productive soil, mild, healthy climate. Splendid markets. 
Write for catalog. R»Js f €IIAFFIN & C'O., Inc.. Richmond, Ya. 
Don’t Wear a Truss 
Brooks’ Appliance is a new 
scientific discovery with auto¬ 
matic air cushions that diaws 
the broken parts together and 
binds them as you would a 
broken limb. It absolutely 
bolds firmly and comfortably 
and never slips, always light 
and coolaud conforms to every 
movement of the body without 
chafing or hurting. I make it 
to your measure and send it to 
you on a strict guarantee of 
satisfaction or money refund¬ 
ed and I have put my price so 
low that anybody, rich or poor, 
can buy it. Remember, I make 
It to your order—send it to yon 
—you wear it—and if it doesn’t satisfy you, you send it back to 
me and I will refund your money. The banks or any responsi¬ 
ble citizen in Marshall will tell you that is the way I do busi¬ 
ness—always absolutely on the square and I have sold thou¬ 
sands of people this way for the past five years. Remember, 1 
use no salves, no harness, no lies, no fakes. I just give you a 
straight business deal at a reasonable price. 
C. E. Brooks, 5239 Brooks Bldg., Marshall, Mich. 
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