190S. 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New Yorker, December 19, 1908 
FARM TOPICS. 
The Use of “Floats” in Manure. 970 
Two Sides to “Guaranteed Goods”.... 971 
Potato Culture . 971 
“Cobless Corn” . 973 
Crimson Clover in Southern Ohio.973 
More Big Pumpkins. 974 
Hope Farm Notes. 975 
Florida Possibilities . 977 
The Farmer’s Share. 977 
The Institute Train. 977 
That Arch Frame Barn. 981 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Sheep on the Farm. 969 
“Correcting” the Milk Bottle.970 
The Dairyman’s League.977 
A Misfit Cattle Grave. 980 
Income from a Dairy. 981 
Notes by .T. J. H. Gregory. 981 
Pea Hay for Horses.... 98.1' 
HORTICULTURE. 
“Holding Back” Fruit Buds. 971 
Tree Borers and a JPulcli. 972 
Paragon Chestnuts in Western New 
York . 972 
Grafting on Tolman. 972 
Does Scale Prefer Some Varieties?... 972 
Ruralisms . 974 
Ontario Co., N. Y., Fruit Growers.... 977 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. f . 978 
With the Christmas Needle. 978 
Household Shortcuts . 979 
Flour Sacks and Sugar Bags. 979 
Original Use of Washing Fluids. 979 
The Rural Patterns.979 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
A number’s Outfit. 970 
Drain the Water Pipes. 972 
Products, Prices and Trade. 972 
Force Pump at Long Range. 973 
Editorials . 976 
Nell Beverly, Farmer. 977 
Events of the Week. 977 
Killing Mosquitoes in December. 980 
Heating Questions . 980 
Publisher’s Desk . 982 
Humorous . 984 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week ending 
December 12, 1908, 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 np-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 arc those secured by grocers and small deal¬ 
ers who receive no direct shipments. 
BUTTER 
Wholesale 
Retail 
Creamery, fanev, lb. 
•32)6 
.38 
Good to Choice.... 
... .27 
® 
.31 
33® .36 
Lower Grades .... 
@ 
.25 
28® .30 
Storage. 
... .22 
@ 
.28 
State Dairy, best- 
.29 
.33 
Common to Good.. 
.. .20 
@ 
.26 
.25© .30 
Factory. 
... .17 
@ 
.20 
.22® .25 
Packing Stock. . 
@ 
.19 
CHEESE 
Full Cream, best_ 
... .14 
@ 
.15 
.20© .22 
Common to Good.. 
.. .11 
® 
.13 
.16© .18 
Skims. 
... .05 
© 
.09 
.10® .13 
MILK. 
New York Exchange price $1.91 per 
40-quart can, netting 4 cents to 
shipper in the 26-cent freight zone 
who have no additional station 
charges. 
qt. 
•07@ 
.12 
EGGS 
Fancy White, doz. 
.50 
.55 
White, good to choice 
. .40 
© .48 
.48® 
.50 
Mixed Colors, best.... 
. .40 
@ .42 
.44© 
.46 
Common to Good... 
. .25 
@ .35 
.38@ 
.40 
Western. 
@ .30 
•25@ 
.35 
Storage. 
@ .26 
.30 
BEANS 
Marrow, bu. 
2.45 
qt. 
.12 
Medium. 
2-30 
Pea. 
® 2.30 
qt. 
.10 
Red Kidney. 
2.40 
White Kidney. 
2.60 
qt. 
.15 
Y’ellow Eye. 
. 2.90 
@ 3.00 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice. 
. .13 
® .14 
Common to Good. 
. .10 
@ .12 
Olds. 
. .04 
@ .06 
German Crop, 1908 ... 
. .28 
@ .30 
HONEY 
Clover, comb. 
. .12 
@ .15 
.18© 
.20 
Buckwheat. 
. .11 
® .12 
.16© 
.18 
Extracted, lb. 
. 4)7 
@ .09 
.12© 
.15 
DRIED FRUITS 
Apples, evap. fancy.. 
.08)6 
.12 
Evap., com. to good, 
. .04 
@ .07 
.08© 
.10 
Sun Dried. 
. .04 
@ .05 
Cherries. 
. .12 
® .14 
lb. 
.15@ 
.20 
Raspberries. 
.20 
lb. 
.22® 
.24 
Huckleberries. 
. .12 
® .13 
Blackberries. 
. .07 
@ .07)6 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples, 
Baldwin, bbl. 
3.00 
@ 3.75 
pk. 
.50 
Greening.. 
. 2.50 
@ 4.50 
Spy. . 
(a) 4.50 
King. 
@ 5.00 
Ben Davis. 
. 2.25 
@ 3.25 
Western, bu. box. . 
. 1.25 
@ 3.50 
doz. 
.50® 
.75 
Pears, Kieffer, bbl... 
. 1.25 
@ 3.50 
pk. 
.30® 
.50 
Grapes, 4-lb. bkt. 
. .14 
@ .16 
.25® 
.30 
Cranberries, 
Cape Cod, bbl. 
12.00 
@15.00 
qt. 
.15® 
.20 
Jersey, bbl. 
. HUH) 
@13.00 
Jersey, std. crate_ 
. 2.25 
(d) 2.75 
Oranges, 
Florida. 
2.00 
@ 3.C0 
doz. 
.80® 
.40 
California, fey. box. 
3.50 
@ 3.75 
doz. 
.40® 
.50 
' California, choice... 
3.00 
@ 3.25 
doz. 
.30® 
.35 
Grape Fruit. 
Florida, fey. box.... 
. 4.00 
@ 4.50 
each 
.20® 
.30 
Florida, choice. 
. 2.75 
Cai 3.25 
each 
.10® 
.15 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, 
Wholesale 
Retail 
State. 180 lbs. 
, 2.25 
@ 2.35 
bu. 
1.00 
Long Island, 180 lbs. 
2.75 
@ 2.87 
bu. 
1.25 
Jersey, 180 lbs. 
2.00 
@ 2.10 
bu. 
.90 
Maine, 165 lbs.. 
, 2.35 
@ 2.40 
bu. 
1.00 
Foreign, 165 lbs. 
. 1.75 
@ 2.00 
bu. 
1.00 
Sweet Potatoes,bu bkt 
. .50 
@ 1.25 
pk. 
.30© 
.50 
Brussels Sprouts, qt... 
. .05 
@ .10 
.15 
Beets, bbl. 
. .75 
® 1.00 
)6 I>k. 
.10 
Carrots, bbl. 
. .75 
@ 1.25 
pk. 
.25 
Cucumbers, 
Florida, bu. bkt. 
. 2.00 
@ 3.50 
each 
.03 
Cabbage, ton. 
.26.00 
©32.00 
head 
.07© 
.10 
Cauliflowers, 
L. I Prime.... bbl.. 
. 3.00 
@ 6.00 
head 
.15© 
.20 
L. I. iCommon, bbl.... 
, 1.50 
@ 2.00 
Celery, doz. 
, .15 
© .40 
bch. 
.10© 
.20 
THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
Lettuce, Southern,bbl. 
Onions, 
Conn. White, bbl.... 
Conn. Yellow. 
Conn. Red. 
Orange Co., bag. 
Southern, 16 bbl. bkt. 
Parsnips, bbl. 
Pumpkins, bbl. 
Parsley, 100 bunches.. 
Romaine, 
Southern, bbl. 
Radishes, 16 bbl. bkt.. 
String Beans, 
Southern, )6 bbl. bkt. 
Spinach, bbl. 
Squash, Hubbard, bbl. 
Turnips, 
Rutabaga, bbl. 
White, bbl. 
Tomatoes, 
Calif., 8-qt crate. 
3.50 @ 4.00 each ,03@ .05 
3.50 
1.50 
1.50 
1.00 
@ 5.00 
@ 1.75 
© 1.75 
@ 1.50 
2.00 @ 3.00 
.75 @ 1.00 
.50 @ 1.00 
2.00 
1.50 © 2.00 
.40 © 1.00 
1.50 @ 3.00 
.00 © 1.U0 
.75 @ 1.00 
.75 % 1.00 
.50 © 1.00 
qt. 
qt. 
)6 Pk. 
*6pk- 
bch. 
head 
bch. 
qt. 
pk. 
each 
16 Pk- 
Cucumbers, 
1.00 © 1.35 qt. 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS. 
.15 
.10 
.60 
.15 
.05 
.05 
.03 
.15 
.30 
.05 
.15 
.25 
Fancy, doz. 
1.10 
@ 
1.25 
each 
.15 
No. 1, doz. 
No. 2. box. 
.90 
@ 
1.00 
each 
.10 
1.50 
© 
3 00 
each 
.06 
Lettuce, Boston, strap. 
1.25 
@ 
1.75 
each 
.10 
M ushrooms, lb. 
.20 
@ 
.50 
1.00@1.75 
Mint, dozen bunctus.. 
.40 
Radishes, 100 bunches. 
Tomatoes, lb. 
2.50 
@ 
3.60 
bch. 
.05 
.15 
@ 
.20 
lb. 
.25® .40 
Chickens, lb 
Fowls .... 
Roosters. 
Turkeys. 
Ducks. 
Geese. 
LIVE POULTRY 
. .14)6 
. .15 
. .09 
.10 ® .13 
. 11 © .12 
. 10 @ .11 
DRESSED POULTRY 
.14® .15 
.13® .15 
.12® .14 
Turkeys, best, lb. . . 
... .22 
© 
.23 lb. 
.23© 
.24 
Fair to Good. 
... .17 
© 
.20 
.20© 
.22 
Chickens, best. 
.23 
.24© 
.25 
Good to Choice. 
.. .18 
© 
.20 
•20@ 
.21 
Common Run. 
.. .12 
@ 
.16 
• 16@ 
.18 
Fowls. 
© 
.13 
.15© 
.18 
Ducks. 
.. .10 
© 
.12 
.15© 
.18 
Geese. 
.. .10 
@ 
.14 
.15© 
.18 
Squabs, doz. 
.. 1.00 
© 
3.50 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEATS 
Calves, best, lb. 
.11 
@ .12 
Common to Good.... 
.08 
© .10 
Roasting Pigs. 
.09 
© .11 
Pork. 
.05 
© .06 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs.. 
5.00 
(a) 0.70 
Oxen. 
<8) 5.25 
Bulls. 
2.70 
@ 4.00 
Cows. 
1.25 
@ 4.00 
Dressed Beef bides, 
100 lbs. 
7.50 
@11.00 
Calves, 
Prime Veal, 100 ib... 
6.00 
@10.00 
Culls.... . 
2.50 
@ 4.50 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 
@ 4.50 
Lambs. 
6.50 
© 7.76 
Hogs. 
5.75 
@ 6.15 
GHAIN 
Wheat, No. 1, Hard 
Duluth, bu. 
1.17 
No. 2, Red. 
1.09 
No. 1, Macaroni. 
1.03 
Corn, as to quality, bu. 
.64 
@ .70 
Oats, as to weight, bu. 
.53 
@ .60 
Rye. 
.80 
@ .82 
Barley. 
.62 
@ .66 
.18® 25 
•15@ .17 
• 15@ .20 
■ 12@ .15 
lb. 
.18® .25 
9.10 
9.35 
.20 
9 > 
FEED 
Wheat, Bran, ton.23.00 ®25.00 
Middlings.2(5.00 ®29.00 
Red Dog. 30.00 
Linseed Meal.32.00 ®33.00 
HAY AND STRAW 
Quotations for large bales. 
Small bales sell 50 cents to $1.00 
per ton less. 
Hay, No. I, ton.16.00 @18.00 
No. 2.14.00 @15.00 
No. 3.12.00 @13.00 
Clover Mixed.13.00 @14.00 
Clover.11.00 @12.00 
Wild .6.00 @ 8.00 
Straw, live.17.00 @18.00 
Oat and Wheat.8.00 @10.00 
RAW TEXTILES 
Cotton, 
Middling, Uplands, 
100 lbs. 
Middling, Gulf, 
100 lbs. 
Wool, 
Fine Unwashed, lb.. .18 @ 
Medium.20 @ 
Sisal Hemp, lb. .0516 
Jute, lb. .03)4 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee, page 8. 
R P R I REDS—$2 per pair, Cockerel and Pullet. 
■ U.n.li GEO. BOWDISH, Esperance, N. Y. 
Two Hundred Good Healthy Farm Kaised 
PULLETS WANTED. 
Barred Rocks or Rhode Island Reds preferred, 
Must be fully matured. Will buy in lots of 25 up. 
Write with full particulars and price to 
WM. H. HEAKSF1ELD. Woodmere, N. Y. 
COR GOOD FARMS in central New York, all 
I sizes, at reasonable prices, address 
NORTHERN REALTY COMPANY,Syracuse,N.Y. 
“Strout’s Farm Buyers’ Guide” 
Is the title of a big circular just out, Illustrated, 
and describing an amazing assortment of low 
price, proUt-paying properties, with stock, tools 
and crops included; thrown on the market at start¬ 
ling sacrifices, to insure immediate settlement of 
estates. Copy mailed free from our nearest office. 
E. A. 8TROUT CO.. 294 Washington Street, Boston- 
150 Nassau Street, New York; Land Title Building’ 
Philadelphia; Scottsville, Vn. 
WANTFn _P0SITI0N AS FOREMAN on gen- 
tleman’s farm. Capable, experienced 
and good reference. Address 
“FOREMAN,” care The Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTFri -Ia Jauuary aud on April 1st, married 
IInil I LU men on farms in New Jersey. One 
good with horses to use team, the other a good 
milker and used to handling dairy cattle. Family 
must be willing to board 2 or 3 men. Answer giv¬ 
ing age, number in family and qualifications for 
position. “S. W.,” care Rural New-Yorkku. 
WANTED— A man with horse and carriage to 
"" sell a useful line to farmers. We give town 
or county rights to good agents; just the line that 
sells this time of the year, when your horses are 
not working. SAMPLES FURNISHED FREE 
OF COST. Would like reference; name your 
bank; no experience needed. Write for terms and 
information. THE TRYON SPECIALTY CO.. 
Le Roy, N. Y._. 
DLEASE send a trial shipment to the Oldest Com- 
r mission House in New York. Est. 1838. Butter, 
Eggs. Poultry. Pork, Calves, Hay, Grain, Beans, 
Apples, etc. E. B. WOODWARD, 302 Greenwich St., N. Y. 
GEO. P. HAMMOND. EST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & CO., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers in all kinds of 
COUNTRY PRODUCE, Apples, Peaches, Ber 
ries Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms 
and Hot-house Products a Specialty. Consignments 
solicited. 34 & 36 Little l”tli ist„ New York- 
RAW FURS WANTED 
Send for reliable prices. Ready about Dec. 1st. 
LEMUEL BLACK, Lock Box 338. Hightstown, N. J. 
RAW FURS WANTED 
We pay express charges 
and guarantee satisfac¬ 
tory and prompt returns. 
Send us trial shipment. 
Will hold shipments 
separate if requested. 
MILTON SCHRE1BER & CO., 
HAW ^ FURS 
28-30 East \\vfSzjy NEW VORK 
12th Street, v **** \Jf CITY. 
C00KFARMS--JACKS 
Saddle Horses, Trotting 
und Pacing Stallions. 
Wc are the largest Breeders and 
Importers of Jacks in America. 
Write us your wants. 
J. F. COOK & CO., 
Lexington, Kentucky. 
Branch Bam, - Wichita, Kansas. 
FOR QAI C—Reg. Percheron Stallion—three 
rUn uHLC years old; weight 1400; one mure 6 
yrs. old; one stud, six months, and one grade mare 
3 yrs. old; sure breeders. W. TAYLOR, Beloit, O. 
L IGHT BRAHMAS, large, finely marked and 
pure bred. Trios $8 and $10. Barred P. Rocks, 
finely barred stock, pure H. D. Riley’s Strain, trios 
$6. J. A. ROBERTS, Malvern, Penn. 
No Barn is Complete Without a 
Porter Feed and Litter Carrier 
Greatest capacity 
easiest to operate 
and strongest of lit¬ 
ter carriers. Carrier 
wheels are roller- 
b e a r i d g and are 
swivelled in such a 
manner as to round 
a curve with perfect 
ease. Runs on our 
celebrated “Colum¬ 
bian” track, which 
can be bent to any 
curve, and will sus¬ 
tain any reasonable 
weight. The hopper 
is held automatical¬ 
ly at any height and can be tripped at will of 
operator. Send for Descriptive catalogue of car¬ 
riers, hay tools, etc. 
J. E. PORTER COMPANY. OTTAWA. ILL. 
Ideal Cow Stabling 
Hinged 
mangers weight¬ 
ed like a window,” _ 
raise over cows' heads for 
cleaning trough and watering."' 
Adjustable Chain Swing Stan 
chions, Automatic Cleaning 
Mangers and Steel Pipe 
^ Partitions ^ 
The neatest, cleanest, strongest, most con¬ 
venient, most comfortable and most sanitary 
of all cow stablings. Cement trough for in¬ 
door watering forms manger bottoms. Stan¬ 
chions adjust for long and siiort cows, so all are 
lined on the gutter. Send for booklet for all 
particulars. 
Kent Mfq. Co.. 130 Kent St.. Fort Atkinson. Wis. 
©83 
WESTERN CANADA 
320 Acres Instead of 160 Acres 
As further inducement to set¬ 
tlement of the Wheat-Growing 
lands of Western Canada, the 
Canadian Government has in¬ 
creased the area that may be 
taken by a homesteader to 320 
acres— 160 free and 160 to 
be purchased at only $8.00 
per acre. These lands are in 
the grain-raising area, where 
mixed farming is also carried 
on with unqualified success. 
A railway will shortly be built 
to Hudson Bay, bringing the world’s 
markets a thousand miles nearer these 
wheat fields, where schools and 
churches are convenient, climate 
excellent, railways close to all set¬ 
tlements and local markets good. 
“It would tako time to assimilate the reve- 
lations that a visit to the great empire lying 
to the North of us unfolded at every turn.” 
Correspondence of an Illinois Editor, who 
visited Western Canada in August, 1808. 
Lands may also be purchased from Railway 
and Laud Companies at low prices and on 
easy terms. For pamphlets, maps and infor¬ 
mation as to low Railway Rates, apply to Sup’t 
of Immigration, Ottawa, Can., or to the 
authorized Canadian Government Agont. 
J. O. Duncan, Canadian Govern¬ 
ment Agent, Room 30, Syracuso Bank 
Building, Syracuse, N. Y. 
Ar 
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Good Madison County Farm Of 
61 ACRES 
Two Miles From Depot, Etc., $1,800. 
Also Thirtv-Five Tons Of Ffay Will Be 
Placed On Cars at $13.00 Per Ton. 
JERSEY CATTLE $50 and Upwards. 
J. GRANT MORSE, Hamilton, N.Y. 
A Rare Chance 
To Obtain A Fine Productive Connecticut Fruit Farm. 
A large bearing peach orchard on place. Young 
orchards coming on. Should pay a profit from the 
start. Situated midway the Pomfret-Woodstock 
summer residence district near Putnam, Conn. 
Just the place for a worker to make money growing 
peaches or apples or for creating a beautiful country 
home, the chance is well worth inquiring about. 
BARNES BROS., - Y'alesville, Conn. 
DAIRY FARM FOR SALE “Sty 0 ™ 
About 180 acres, of which 130 acres are under cul¬ 
tivation or meadows. Reached by two railroads 
and only 50 miles from New York. Station and 
town one mile. Milk sold wholesale year round at 
good price. Excellent market for garden truck at 
summer resorts near by. Good potato land. 
Large house and two tenant houses; large barns, 
ere.; running water in principal buildings. Owner 
has too much other business to attend to dairy. 
Address F. H. W., care Rural New-Yorker. 
Potatoes, Corn,Hay,Apples and Vegetables 
Thrown in together with 4 cows, farming tools 
and fine improved potato planter, sprayer and dig¬ 
ger. This productive 77-acre farm is in Monmouth 
Co., N. J. where 5676 bushels of potatoes were 
grown on 12 acres. Only 2k: miles to depot, but 42 
miles to N. Y. City, Excellent barns and outbuild¬ 
ings. To close immediately price for all only $7000. 
For picture of the splendid 12-room residence see 
page 10, “Strout’s Farm Buyers’ Guide.” just out, 
copy free. E. A. Strout, 150 Nassau St., New York. 
I 1(1 A®*®®—80 tillable—three miles from Eng- 
I I U lishtown, N. J. 500 apple and pear trees, J 
acres rasp and black berries, 4 acres asparagus. 
Asparagus will net $500every year. Good buildings; 
fine shade; healthy locality; good water. Price, 
$5,300. Address Wiil. DIECKS, Jr., Chatham, N.J. 
PH D Q A I p—Farm 212 acres, twelve-room house, 
lUn OnLL two barns, 32x40 and 24x60, 32 cow 
stalls, silo, fruit, on proposed trolley line, 1)4 
miles from market and station. Farm has kept 6(1 
cows, twenty-two cows will be included. Price, 
$9000, $5000 cash. Hall’s Farm Agency, Owego, N. Y. 
pnD CAI p—D esirable Suburban Property, 
lUn OHLL near a hustling manufacturing city; 
19 acres of land; bordering Fulton city line; excel¬ 
lent soil, good orchard, modern buildings. Address 
F. A. WHITE, Boonville, New York. 
QOn APRCQ~ BEST OF LAND, near Buffalo: 
OaU M U n L 0 well fenced; nice buildings; 5# 
Holstein cows, crops and tools at sacrifice. Write 
for cut of house and particulars. Other bargains. 
D. A. PALMER TON, Eden, N. Y. 
C ombination Fruit, Dairy, Poultry Farm,Country Seats, 
River Views, Hudson, Wallkill valleys. Just values;24 
cities accessible; communicate desires. Edgar Elinendorf, 
Real Estate Specialist, Highland, Ulster Co., New York. 
I 
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Cow comfort and cow sanitation result in more” 
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farmer or dairyman to seek these conditions. 
Louden Sanitary Steel Stalls and Stanch- 
ionsdoublethe lightandair in a barn and insure 
perfect ventilation, perfect sanitation—a result 
impossible with any wooden equipment. Yet 
.LOUDEN STALLS AND STANCHIONS 
are actually cheaper. Louden stalls of heavy 
tubular steel, witli malleable fittings, have no 
flat surfaces for dust to accumulate—easy to keep 
clean and almost indestructible. 
Louden stanchions give cows more comfort 
than other makes, yet keep them perfectly lined 
up. Throat chains prevent cows from lying 
down when milking. Simple and very durable. 
Latch easily opened or closed with gloved hand, 
but can’t be opened by animal. Send today 
for free catalogue of sanitary, money-saving 
barn equipment. 
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Farms and Homes in Virginia 
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