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CONTENTS 
Tub Rural New-Yorker, February 8 , 1908. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Aparagus Facts . 07 
A Bag of Fertilizer. Part III. 99 
Buying a Fertilizer . 100 
Use of Basic Slag . 100 
Cover Crops for Winter. 101 
Testing Seed Corn. 103 
Hope Farm Notes . 105 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Poetry In (lie Cattle Case. 110 
Some Feeding Problems. 110 
Talk About Sheep. Ill 
Training the Colt . Ill 
The American I log . Ill 
A Fine Holstein Cow. 112 
Protection for Cattle Buyers. 112 
Mangels for Ewes in Tgimb. 112 
Why “Papers” Should Fit. 113 
HORTICULTURE. 
The Auchter Orchard Experiment.... 97 
The Best Plum for My Family Use. ... 98 
A New One “Culti-Mulch”. os 
Mulched Walnuts in Oregon. 100 
Western New York Horticultural So¬ 
ciety. Part 1. 102 
New York State Fruit Growers. Part II 103 
Ruralisms . 104 
A Spraying Question . 113 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 108 
'file Rural Patterns. 108 
Bags for Overshoes . 108 
Winter Comfort . 109 
Grinding Apple Butter .. ’ 109 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Co-operative Telephone Lines. 08 
Keep Them in Mind.ioo 
Prevention of Freezing in Engine Tank 101 
Editorials . 10 (j 
A Letter from Governor Hughes!.’.'!.’.’ 107 
Tongue Trucks for Binders.. 112 
Publisher s Desk . 114 
MARKETS 
Prices current at N. Y. during week end¬ 
ing January 31. 1908, wholesale unless 
otherwise noted. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2, Red. 
#1.04 
Dorn . 
# 66 
Oats ... 
lfj) 50 
# 94 
FEED. 
Spring Bran . 
24.30 
# 26.30 
Middlings . 
# 30.00 
Red Dog . 
— 
(©30.50 
Hominy chop. 
— 
(©26.00 
1 .inseed meal . 
— 
(©32.00 
HAY AND STR 
AW. 
II a v, No. 1. 
(©19.00 
No. 2 . 
17.00 
(©18.00 
No. 3 . 
14 00 
(n) j 5 50 
Clover Mixed. 
14!oO 
(©16.00 
Clover . 
(©14.50 
Straw. Long Rve. 
12.00 
@13.50 
Short and Oat . 
(© 10.00 
BUTTER. 
Dreamerv. best . 
. 32 
I© 33 
Under grades . 
. 23 
<© 30 
Slate Dairy . 
90 
(© 25 
Factory . 
(© 21 
Backing stock . 
. 17 
@ 19 
CIIRESE. 
Full cream . 
. 12 
(© 15% 
Skims . 
4 
<© 9 
EGGS. 
Best . 
. 27 
(© 30 
Under grades . 
18 
(ffi 25 
DRIED APPLES. 
Fancv . 
1 (1 U, # 11 
Common to good . 
8 i/a@ 9% 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, best, bhl. 
(©4.00 
Lower grades . 
(©2.75 
Cranberries, bhl. 
(© 8.00 
Strawberries, qt. 
. 20 
@ 50 
VEGETABLES. 
Tota toes, ISO His. 
. 2.00 
@2.25 
Celery, doz. 
(© 50 
Cabbage, ton . 
.5.00 
# 10.00 
Kale, bbl. 
. 50 
# 65 
Lettuce, %-bbl. basket.... 
. 1.00 
<© 3.00 
Onions, bbl. 
.1.50 
<©4.00 
Spinach, bbl. 
. 75 
#1.25 
Radishes, bbl. 
. 2.00 
#2.50 
String beans, bu. 
. 2.00 
#4.00 
Turnips, Rutabaga, bbl.... 
. 1.00 
#1.25 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS. 
Cueumbers, best, doz. 
. 1.00 
#1.25 
Lettuce, doz. 
. 25 
# 75 
Mushrooms, lb. 
35 
# 45 
Radishes, 100 bunches. 
. 2.00 
#2.50 
Tomatoes, lb. 
. 10 
@ 25 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys . 
12 
# 16 
Chickens, best broilers . . . 
20 
# 25 
Common to choice. 
. 14 
# IS 
Fowls . 
. 12 
# 13 
Capons . 
16 
# 22 
i >ucks . 
11 
# 12 
Geese . 
10 
# 12 
COUNTRY-DRESSED 
MEATS. 
Calves, 100 lbs. 
7.00 
# 12.00 
Hothouse lambs, bead. 
# 10.00 
LIVE STOCK 
Steers . 
.4.00 
#5.65 
Oxen . 
#4.00 
Bulls . 
#4.00 
Cows . 
1.50 
<8 3.75 
Calves . 
@9.25 
Sheep . 
#4.50 
Lambs . . 
6.50 
#7.65 
Hoe's 
@4.90 
SPROUTED OATS. 
Will you tell me how oats are treated to 
be called sprouted for poultry? l. j. 
Bridgeport, Conn. 
Sprouted oats are oats that have be¬ 
gun to grow; that is, have germinated 
or sprouted. They are a most excellent 
food for poultry of any age, little chicks 
or old hens. Take a good-sized box, 
say 18x36 inches, and six or eight inches 
deep; bore a hole in one end as big as 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
your thumb, and make a plug to fit the 
hole. Put in oats until they are about 
two inches deep all over the bottom of 
the box; then pour in enough warm 
water to cover them and let it stand for 
24 hours or longer, until the oats are 
all swollen out. By means of the plug 
draw off all the surplus water, then 
with a common watering pot sprinkle 
them twice a day with hot water until 
the green sprouts are from one to three 
inches high, according to whether you 
want them for chicks or hens.- It will 
take two to three weeks, depending on 
the temperature of the room where the 
sprouting is done. The oats will form 
a solid mass of regular sod. Pieces can 
he cut or pulled out, as much as you 
want to feed at one time, leaving the 
rest undisturbed until wanted, but do 
not let it get dry. I have practiced 
for some years burying oats in my little 
chick yards; that is covering the ground 
with oats, then spading them under. As 
soon as the little green sprouts show 
above ground I dig a hole among them 
so the chicks can see the white rootlets, 
and the chicks “do all the rest.” They 
will scratch and dig all day, eating the 
whole thing, roots and tops; and there 
is nothing will make them thrive better. 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
Butter From One Cow. —How can I 
best make butter from, the cream of one 
cow 
L. I). 
Connecticut. 
HELP THE COWS , 
I Even the best cows can’t! 
J make big profits for the dairy-i 
Jman who persists in using[ 
Ipans or crocks or a poor ( 
% skimming separator. Cream j 
fis cash, and if yours is just[ 
Jan “ average ” herd, then! 
Jhow much more necessary to[ 
Iskim out every drop! V/hy[ 
Jnot help the cows boost j 
Iyour profits by skimming J 
\ their milk with a reliable i 
UNITED STATESl 
'SEPARA TORi 
FERN’S JUBILEE No. 73852 
HEADS THE 
LAUREL FARM JERSEY HERD 
SIRE— Louisiana Purchase, out of the great 
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166108. DAM—Fern of Florence, No. 164625. 
Test, 25 lbs. 8 ozs., in 7 days; 93 lbs. 4 ozs. in 30 
clays; 330 lbs. butter in 120 days. 
Increase of Herd for Sale. 
J. GRANT MORSE, Hamilton, N. Y. 
HARDER PATENT 
SI LOS hound 
Most durable, most convenient, made 
from best materials, by inventorsand | 
oldest builders of contlnuous-open- 
ing silos. Most profitable because 
durable and convenient. Popular be¬ 
cause profitable. Write for booklet. 
Harder Jlfg. Co., Bll, COBLKSKtt.I.,N.Y. 
WIDE TIRES 
For Farm Wagons 
No one thins pays better 
in actual dollars and cents 
than wide tire wheels lor 
farm wagons. Increase 
carrying capacity of wagon 
moro than half with same 
horse power. Last a lifetime._ 
without repairs; hence save ■ ■ 
money as well as earn It. Wo 
furnish wide tire steel wheels anv -=0^—. 
_size to litany axlo ; a set will make 
T~s your old wagon as good as new. =1 
!= Write for free catalogue telling about 
wide tire wagons and how they pay. 
” EMPIRE MF6. CO.. Box 70 X. Quincy, III. I 5 * 
CrOR SALE — Two-Hundred-Aore FARM, 
■ 14 miles from Hartford. 4 miles from Rockville, 
Conn. The house is located a quarter of a mile from 
trolley station, with half-hour service betweenRock- 
ville and Hartford; a quarter of a mite from steam 
railroad station, through express service front New 
York to Boston. Good local markets; and lias 
twenty five acres of excellent tobacco land. Faim 
is adapted to dairy, gardening or poultry. Two 
houses; barn, with 40 cow stalls; running water in 
stables; cement floor; stalls for 6 horses. Also, if 
desired, 14 cows, 14 bead of young stock, farm 
horses, tools, 1500 bushels of corn in the ear, hay 
and fodder. Address, BOX 987, Hartford. Conn. 
Money = Making Farms 
fffir *x. »i Jp In fourteen States 
1 U1 “strout’s List 
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with reliable information of farming localities, 
ever issued, witli Bond good for R. R. fare, mailed 
FREE. Dept. 42. E. A. STKOUT CO., 150 
Nassau Street, New York. 
ONE MAN DOES 
WORK OF TWO 
With Iron Age Riding Culti¬ 
vators. You can doit easier and 
better, because they are built on 
lines that make this possible. 
Hoes are under perfect 
control. Can regulate 
depth anti keep noes 
desired distance 
from growing 
plants. More 
advantag 
es in our 
BATEMAN MFG.C0.,Box 102C,Grenloch, H.J. 
PI C A Q C send a trial shipment to the Oldest Com- 
L LLHOL mission House inNew York. Established 
1838. Butter, Cheese, Eggs, Poultry, Hay, Apples, ete 
E. B. WOODWARD, 302 Greenwich St.. New York, 
WRITF "f- Lb S. Hanson, Hart, Mich., for list of 
TT ni I L Fruit, Grain, Stock and Poultry Farms. 
Virginia Farms and Homes 
Productive noil, mild, healthy climate. Splendid markets. 
Write for catalog. K. It L'lI.LFKI.N & CO., Inc.. Richmond, Ya. 
$50 GASH 
and $10 Per Month 
buys a $500 25 acre 
poultry, fruit and 
vegetable farm. New 3 room cottage like 
cut. Best climate, water and markets 
in Sunny Virginia. Other lands $10 
aero up. Send for beautiful pamphlet, 
maps and rates. 
F. H. LA BAUME, A. & I. A*t., Norfolk 
& Western liy.. Boa E Ft, Roanoke, 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 
holds firmly and comfortably 
and never slips, always light 
and coolandconforms 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 you 
—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 yon 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,I 
use no salves, no harness, no lies, no fakes. I just give you a 
straight business deal at a reasonable price. 
C. E. Brooks, 52.19 Brooks Bldg., Marshall, Mich. 
AGENTS 
WANTED 
SPRING 
TOOTH 
HARROW 
ON 
WHEELS 
Lightest Brufl. Harrow made. Adapted to any soli. Saves a lialf- 
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THE HENCH & DROMCOLD CO., Wlfrs., York, Pa. 
SKIMS OUT 
ALL THE 
creamI 
American Saw Mills 
HOLDS 
WOR LD’S RECORD[ 
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IBellows Falls,Vermont 
LJ E3 C* C ^5 Going Blind, Bary Co., 
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for wholesale local market. Must be capable of 
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Saw More Lumber With Less Power 
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They are lighter running, better made, more dur¬ 
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Character is tvhat you are. It’s the stuff men are 
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the first part of its name. 
Over 53 years ag 
building a 
tares that t 
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For deep or shallow plowing, for smooth or ‘ 
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alcohol engine, su 
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THIS IS OUlt FIFTY-FIFTH YE Alt. 
