1908. 
'THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
867 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, November 7, 1908 
FARM TOPICS. 
Need of Practical Farm Books.850 
A Long Island Farmers' Club. 850 
An Experience With Alfalfa. 851 
Value of Apple Pomace. 851 
Building Material in Compost. 852 
Rules for Measuring Hay. 854 
Keeping Sweet Potatoes. 855 
A Mixture of Chemicals. 855 
Hope Farm Notes. 857 
Sympathy and Encouragement for Farm¬ 
ers . 859 
Prospects for Potatoes. 859 
New Jersey Farmers’ Institutes. 859 
Hopeful for the Farm Commission.... 859 
.Mississippi Improving . 859 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Sheep for New England. 854 
Sheep for the Children. 862 
The Use of Milk. 862 
Polled Jerseys . 862 
Turnips for Stock. 862 
The Ilolstein-Fries!an Story. Part I.. 863 
Horse Breeding in Massachusetts. 864 
A Prairie Schooner Barn. 864 
Hogs in an Apple Orchard. 865 
Stone or Wood for Barn. 865 
The Outlook for Hogs. 865 
HORTICULTURE. 
How to Make Root-Grafts.849, 850 
Boiling Lime and Sulphur Wash.851 
The Crosby Peach. 852 
\lgal Growth on Lily Ponds. 855 
Ituralisms . 856 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 860 
I-ast Uses of Light Wools. 860 
The Rural Patterns. 86.1 
Unleavened Graham Gems. 861 
Making Overcoats . 861 
Breaded Chicken . 861 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Questions About Bees. 850 
Building a Small Icehouse. 850 
Pumping Questions . 852 
Winter Feeding for Bees. 852 
Products, Prices and Trade. 852 
The Connecticut Deer Law. 854 
Tile Wells . 854 
Editorials .858 
Events of the Week. 859 
International Road Congress. 859 
Publisher’s Desk . 866 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending October 30, 1908. There are sales 
during the week both above and below the 
prices given. Our aim is o quqote figures 
that fairly represent the current of trade. 
Questions and suggestions are invited. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2, Rod. 
_ 
@1.09 
Corn . 
78 
@ SO 
Oats, as to weight. 
. 52 
@ 55 
@ 81 
Barley . 
. 60 
@ 65 
FEED. 
Wheat bran, ton. 
24.00 
@27.00 
Middlings . 
28.00 
@30.00 
Red Dog . 
— 
@31.00 
Linseed meal . 
— 
@33.00 
ITAY AND STRAW. 
Ilay. No. 1. 
16.00 
@ — 
No. 2 . 
14.00 
(a 15.00 
No. 3 . 
12.50 
@13.50 
Clover Mixed . 
11.00 
@15.00 
Clover . 
11.00 
@12:00 
Straw, Long Uve . 
16.00 
@17.00 
Short Rye . 
9.00 
@11.00 
Oat and Wheat . 
@ 9.00 
MILK. 
New York Exchange price SI.81 
per 40- 
nuart can, netting 3-1i cents 
to 26-cent zone 
shippers. 
BETTER. 
Creamerv, best . 
. 27 
@ 28 
Common to good. 
. 23 
@ 26 
State Dairy . 
oo 
@ 26 
Factory . 
. 17 
@ 19 
CHEESE. 
Full Cream . 
. 12 
@ 13 
Skims . 
3 
@ 9 
EGOS. 
Fancy white . 
. 42 
@ 45 
White, good to ehoioop. 
. 35 
@ 40 
Mixed colors, host. 
. 33 
@ —- 
Lower grades . 
. 23 
@ 27 
Dirties . 
. 14 
@ 20 
Storage . 
. 19 
@ 22 
HOPS. 
State, 1908, choice. 
. 13 
@ 14 
Common to good. 
11 
@ 12 
1907 crop . 
@ 7 
German crop, 1908. 
@ 30 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apnles, evap., prime, lb.. 
7 y. 
@ 8 
Evap., as to quality. 
6 
@ 7 
Sun-dried, quarters, new. . . 
4 
@ 4 y> 
Sun-dried, sliced . 
4 
@ 5 
Cherries . 
1 2 V- 
@ 13 
Raspberries, evap . 
. 20 
@ — 
Blackberries, pound . 
7. 
@ 7% 
Huckleberries, pound . 
. 12M,@ 13 
BEANS. 
Marrow, bushel . 
@2.40 
Pea .... 
. 1.95 
@ 2 °5 
Alodium . 
. 1.85 
@2.00 
Red Kidney . 
@ 2.50 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, McIntosh, barrel... 
@5.00 
Gravenstein . 
@3.50 
Alexander . 
. 2.50 
@3.50 
Snow . 
. 2 55 
@3 75 
Twenty Ounce . 
@4.00 
Maiden Blush . 
@3.25 
Pound Sweet .. 
@2.50 
Fall Pippin . 
^2725 
@3.00 
Holland Pippin . 
.2.25 
@3.00 
Wealthy . 
@3.50 
Ben Davis . 
@2.50 
King . 
.2.50 
@3.75 
Spitzenburg . 
.2.50 
@3.25 
Spy . 
.2.50 
@3.25 
Baldwin . 
@2.75 
Greening . 
.1.75 
@3.00 
Grab apnles. barrel. 
@6.00 
Pears, Seckel, barrel. 
@5.00 
Anion . 
. 9.00 
@3.00 
Glalrgeau . 
. 9 00 
@3.00 
Sheldon . 
. . ° 50 
@3.50 
TviefTer . 
. POO 
@2.50 
Quinces, barrel .. 
@4.50 
Grapes, Up-river, case. 
, . 50 
@1.00 
Up-river, 4-lb. basket. . . 
8 
@ 12 
W’n N. Y., 4-lb. basket. . 
. 10 
@ 16 
W’n N. Y., 8-lb. basket. 
. 18 
@ 20 
Bulk, ton . 
40.00 
@50.00 
Cranberries, Cae Cod, bbl. 
@8.50 
Jersey, barrel . 
@8.00 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Maine, 180 lbs. 
.2.00 
@2.25 
State, in bulk. 180 lbs. . 
. 2.00 
@2.12 
Long Island, in bulk, bbl 
. 2.75 
@3.00 
Jersey, barrel . 
@2.00 
Sweet potatoes. Jersey. No. 
1. basket . 
@1.00 
Jersey, No. 2, basket. . . . 
. 50 
@ 60 
Eastern Shore, barrel.... 
@2.00 
Brussels Sprouts, quart... 
. . 4 
@ 12 
Beets, barrel . 
. 75 
@1.00 
Carrots, barrel . 
. 50 
@ 90 
Cucumbers, Boston, box.... 
. 2.50 
@8.00 
Florida, basket . 
. 2.50 
@3.00 
Cabbage, ton . 
20.00 
@25.00 
Cauliflowers, L. I., long cut 
barrel . 
. 50 
@ 75 
L. I., short cut . 
. 75 
@1.50 
Celery, dozen stalks. 
@ 40 
Eggplants, Jersey, barrel... 
.1.00 
@3.00 
Florida .barrel . 
. 3.00 
@4.50 
Lettuce, State, basket. 
. 25 
@1.00 
Virginia, basket . 
. 10 
@ 75 
Lima beans, basket. 
. 50 
@1.50 
Mushrooms, pound . 
. 25 
@ 50 
Onions, L. I.. & .Ter., bbl... 
.1.25 
@ 1.62 
Conn. & E’n. white, barrel 
. 1.50 
@3.00 
Conn. & E’n, yellow. 
.1.25 
@1.75 
Conn. & E’n. red. 
.1.25 
@1.75 
to 
50 
25 
8 
Orange Co., yellow, bag... 1.25 
Orange Co., red, bag.... 1.00 
Peppers. Bull Nose, large bbl 50 
Peas, Virginia, basket. 50 
Parsnips, barrel .50 
Pumpkins, barrel . 50 
String beans, Va., basket... 10 
Spinach, barrel. 75 
Squash, Hubbard, barrel.... 50 
Marrow . 40 
Turnips, Rutabaga, barrel... 
White, barrel . 
Tomatoes, Jersey, box. 
Hothouse, pound . 
NUTS. 
Chestnuts, 60 pounds.2.00 
Hickorynuts, 50 pounds. —• 
Black Walnuts, bushel. 75 
Butternuts, barrel .1.50 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys . 12 
Spring chickens, best. — 
Common to good. 15 
Fowls . 12 
Ducks . 14 
Geese . 13 
Squabs, dozen .2.00 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers .3.50 
Bulls .2.50 
Cows .1.20 
Calves .5.00 
Sheep .2.50 
Lambs .5.00 
Hogs .5.50 
@1.50 
@1.37 
@1.00 
@2.00 
@ 75 
@ 75 
@ 75 
@ 1.00 
@ 75 
@ 60 
@ 1.00 
@1.00 
@1.25 
@ 12 
@4.50 
(a 3.00 
@1.00 
@ 2.00 
@ 16 
@ 22 
@ 18 
@ 14 
@ 17 
@ 16 
@4.00 
@6.50 
@3.85 
@3.25 
@9.25 
@4.00 
@6.25 
@6.00 
SKUNK FARMING AGAIN. 
Nearly every week we receive letters 
from people who want to know if 
skunk farming will pay. We seem to 
have gained the reputation of being 
experts in the business. Nearly twenty 
years ago The R. N.-Y. printed an ac¬ 
count of a skunk farm in Ne wYork 
State. At the time the report was 
made everything about the business 
seemed lively and fragrant as a skunk 
farm could be expected to be. The 
animals were alive and frisky inside a 
fence, and it was easy to figure out 
the possibilities of a great profit. We 
printed the story, and have known lit¬ 
tle rest on the skunk question since. 
The enterprise proved a failure, as 
skunk farms alwavs do, but where one 
takes the lesson of the failure a dozen 
see only the great possibilities of the 
happy times before the skunks die. We 
have now received the following news¬ 
paper clipping from Ontario: 
Rochester. Mich.. October 9.—Frank 
Butts, cigarmaker and fur buyer, saw mil¬ 
lions in raising skunks for the fur market. 
He interested a number of Rochester sports¬ 
men in the project, with the result that a 
partnership was formed and an acre of 
ground obtained, two miles from the vil¬ 
lage. A dozen or so hunters spent several 
months capturing the furry animals for the 
farm. At one time the farm was stocked 
with 100 lively skunks—not a smell remains 
now. The animals were attacked with some 
infectious disease and died off rapidly dur¬ 
ing the Suipmer months, shattering the air 
castles of the promoters of the enterprise, 
who had it all planned out what they were 
going to do with their money from the sale 
of the skunk furs. 
That is the way it always goes. 
Some disease breaks out among the 
skunks, and the owner is usually 
classed with his pets for the rest of his 
life. Let no man think he can make 
a permanent success of skunk farming. 
Shun the business. We are sorry to 
see the Agricultural Department issuing 
bulletins on the “cultivation” of Silver 
foxes and other wild animals. It is 
not a kindness or a help to encourage 
people to try such work. Of course 
Frank Butts “saw millions.” They al¬ 
ways do in these great schemes for 
coining money out of nothing, or find¬ 
ing value where all the millions who 
have lived before us failed to find it,.4 ■ 
Large English YORKSHIRES 
boars,brood sows, 
and pigs of both sexes. All bred from the famous 
Oliilmark herd. Otto W. Post, Owasco Lake, N. Y. 
M ammoth Bronzo and W. Holland Turkeys. Wyandotte, 
Leghorn and Red Chickens. Choice Block. Low prices— 
Circular Free. FAIRVIKW FARM, Shrewsbury, Fa. 
W P. Kock Cockerels, hitrh grade stock, early 
i hatched, fine vigorous birds: also a few R. 0. 
Brown "Leghorn Cockerels. A. s. BRIAN, Mt. Kiseo, N*. Y. 
S COTCH COLLIES —imported Champion Stock. Fine pops 
from $3.00 each to $5.00. A1 m> Berkshire ho^s cheap, Im¬ 
ported Stock. IB A KKLI.KB, Prospect, Ohio. 
FOR SAI F—* now ^Improved Economy” 400 lb. capacity 
I V/lv JALL cream separator. In perfect condition, fully 
warranted, $25.00. 1)R. DEAN, Candor, New York. 
Qrnnrlnr Dio no OHn Simplest ami most satisfactory 
DIUUUCI riallo / UIf ■ brooder yet. Box 200 , Alfred,Me. 
DISEASE send a trial shipment to the Oldest Com* 
* mission House in New York. Kst. 1838. Rutter. 
Eggs. Poultry. Pork, Calves. Hay, Grain. Beans, 
Apples etc. K. B. WOODWARD, 302 Greenwich St., N. Y. 
POULTRY FOR THANKSGIVING 
Apples, Pears, Vegetables, Hothouse 
Products, Fancy Eggs. Write us what 
you have to offer. 
Archdeacon & Co., 100 Murray St., New York. 
Send us your Chestnuts, Hickory 
Nuts, Ginseng, Fancy Eggs, 
Calves and Poultry. 
WM. H. COHEN & CO., 
229 Washington Street, New York, N. Y. 
GKO. P. HAMMONP. KST. 1875. FRANK \V. GODWIN 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & GO., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers in all kinds of 
COUNTRY PRODUCE, Apples, Readies, Her 
ries Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms 
and Hot-house Products a Specialty. Consignments 
solicited. 34 & 36 Little I 2th St.. New York- 
Doll Free 
I will Bend a 
Bample set of 
paper dolls 
by mall pre- 
F iaid to every 
ittle girl who 
lives on & farm, who will send me her name and address. 
This offer ia made to advertiee my dolls. Your only expense 
is a postal card. Remember they are free. 
They are beauties and printed in many colors. 
Send quick. Address GRANT H. SLOCUM 
982 Majestic Building, Detroit, Mich. 
TRAPPERS 
Make More Money 
Copy of monthly maga¬ 
zine, HUNT ER-TRAD- 
jf.£y ER-TRAPPER, 128 or 
1 more pages, about steel 
Traps, Snares, Deadfalls, Trapping Secrets, Raw Furs. 
Dogs, Ginseng, Big Game Hunting etc. 10c, Catalogue de¬ 
scribing magazliie am! books on Trapping, Prospecting, 
Bee Hunting, Ginseng, Growing, etc.. Free. 
A. R. HARDING PUB. CO., Box 509, Columbus, Ohio. 
WRITE 
Fruit, Grain, Stock and Poultry Farms. 
1 
LOW 
Fares 
Plan to go on one 
The trip will not cost 
low-fare tickets over 
Frisco-C. & E. I. Lines 
one way and return 
tracost. Yon will see 
west than you could 
can better decide 
Ask the ticket agent 
over the Rock Island- 
Lines, either through 
Kansas City, St. 
Birmingham, accord 
If you will tell me 
go, I will tell you the 
send you a map- 
I will also send you 
books about the 
inform you of oppor 
you there, and will 
possibilities. Write 
JOHN SEBASTIAN, 
1914 LaSalle Sta., 
1914 Frisco Bldg..' 1 
Cheap 1 
Lands, 
November 171 Dec. 1 and 15 
* 
WHY DO YOU REMAIN 
in a section where the climatic conditions 
are so against you, where it is necessary 
to battle with the rigors of a long winter? 
WOULDN’T YOU LIKE 
to be permitted to carry on work out-of- 
doors throughout the entire year ? A 
location in our southern territory offers 
many opportunities and advantages, and 
makes life a pleasure the year ’round. 
The lands can be obtained at reasonable 
prices, they are equally as productive as 
yours, prices as good, if not better, for 
your crops, and no long winters of ice 
and snow to contend with. 
THE SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY 
through its Industrial Department, is 
anxious to assist you in bettering your 
present condition. Literature will be 
sent free upon request. Ask for copy of 
“ FRUIT AND VEGETABLE GROWING ” 
in the Land of Manatee, written by a 
western man, containing descriptive data, 
profits derived from various crops, etc. 
SPECIAL RATES 
NOVEMBER 24th. 
The lowest rate ever offered for the ben¬ 
efit of prospectors and hom$ seekers will 
be in effect from certain points on 
November 24th. Let us help you take 
advantage of this opportunity to make a 
trip of investigation at very little cost. 
Write for full particulars. 
J. W. WII ITU, 
General Industrial Agent, 
SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY, 
Dept. 18, Portsmouth, Va. 
of these days — 
much. These special 
the Rock Island- 
will allow you to go 
another, without ex- 
more of the South- 
in any other way, and 
where to locate, 
to sell you a ticket 
Frisco-C. & E. I. 
Chicago, St. Louis, 
Joseph, Memphis or 
ing to your location. 
where you want to 
cost of a ticket and 
schedule. 
some interostin e 
Southwest. Theywill 
trinities waiting for 
open your eyes to new 
for free copies today. 
Pass. Traffic Mgr. 
Chicago 
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WANTED 
Man (married) who has taken course at Agricul¬ 
tural < Allege and had some experience, for dairy 
farm (400 acres), good location, near village, new 
large dairy barn and improvements. Must under¬ 
stand pigs and poultry. Liberal arrangements on 
shares to right man. Good reference required. 
Address, with full particulars, Epornb H. Porter, 
181 West 71 rd Street, New York City, N. Y. 
F INK RIVER BOTTOM FARM- One hundred 
acres, all flat; ten room house; three barns. To 
settle estate promptly, price. $4^00. Terms. 11,500, 
cash. HALL’S FARM AGENCY, Owego, N. Y. 
Q ■ I g—Farm of 20 acres, with large 
p (J|f OflLC two-story house and good barn, 
near Great South Bay. Very desirable. At East 
Moriches, L. 1. Address F. P. HOWELL, Box 077, 
Riverhead, L. I., N. Y. 
FOR RENT ON SHARES. 
205 acre dairy farm, near Washington, I). C. Fur¬ 
nish half and get half. Would start competent 
dairyman by selling him half of everything on 5 
years’ time without interest. Address DAIRY 
FARM, Rural New Yorker, stating qualifications. 
MONMOUTH COUNTY FRUIT FARM. 
2,000 bbls. pears, 2,800 bushels potatoes, 45 tons 
hay sold in 1907; 1.300 young peach trees, 460 apples’ 
keep 30 head cattle; grand stables; for picture of 
the beautiful grounds and splendid residence with 
bath see page 08, “List 21,’ copy free. This pro¬ 
ductive 112-acre farm is oDly M mile from Freehold; 
price only * 10,000 with *0.(00 down and easy terms. 
E. A. STROUT CO., 150 Nassau 8t., New York City. 
117 ACRE MONEY MAKER 
in Montgomery <’o., 10 minutes walk to R. R : 
station and village; spring watered pasture for 15 
cows; abundance of all kinds of fruit; last year 
1,000 bu. of corn and 13,000 sheaves of grain were 
harvested; 2story 9 room house; barn 40x70, ample 
outbuildings; also tenant house, all in good repair; 
only M mile to the Perkiomen Creek; owner lias 
other business, and price for immediate sale is cut 
to $3,800—part cash anti easy terms; see details, 
page 38, "List 21, copy tree. E. A. STROLT 
CO., Land Title Bldg., Pliila., Pa. 
Another Cayuga County 
Farm for Sale • 
The Wise farm, recently advertised, has been 
sold to a gentleman from Jefferson county. We 
have since unexpectedly had placed In our hands 
for sale, a farm of 140 acres, bequeathed to the 
Auburn City Hospital. It Is an ideal farm, in the 
1 town of Bennett, about one mile trom the city 
limits of Auburn. It was owned and improved by 
the late Dr C. B. Nichols, who, though a business 
man of our city, aimed to have the best iu the way 
of a faiui, that experience, money and sound judg¬ 
ment could develop, and it is now conceded to bo 
one of the most complete daily farms in this 
vicinity. We are having printed a beautifully 
Illustrated and descilptive circular of the property, 
which we will be pleased to send to any inquirers. 
THE A. W. LAWTON REAR ESTATE 
EXCHANGE, Auburn, N. Y. 
N. B_Address either ourselves or J. C. Anderson 
(of the Wm. H. Seward & Co., Bankers), Treas. of 
the Auburn City Hospital, Auburn, N. Y. 
Wood 
Saw 
SAW WOOD 
with one of these this winter! 
NONE BETTER MADE 
Hard Wood Frames, Strongly Bolted together; Steel Man¬ 
drels, Pulleys and Balance Wheels turned and balanced. 
No. 1 with Saw, $19 No. 2 with Saw, $23 
We pay freight east of Mississippi River. Ask for big handsome cat- 
r of Sa .. ~ “ ~ ‘ 
alog of Saw Mills, Shingle and Lath Mills, Drag Saws, Edgers, Planers, Etc. 
£L 
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No W t American Saw Mill Machinery Co., 129 Hops St., Hackettstown, N.J. poios«wno.2 
Farms and Homes in Virginia 
Southside Virginia Thermometer —- — 
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, e .c., at 
$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 Xi 29 copy. 
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