1908. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
D83 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, March 21, 1908. 
FARM TOPICS. 
The Manure Spreader Question... .259, 254 
Treating Seed for Disease... 254 
Experiment Station Bulletins.257 
Machine for Digging and Sacking 
Potatoes . 257 
Working Worn-out Land... 257 
({rowing Barley in Virginia.257 
Crimson Clover for Tobacco. 257 
Substitute for Hay. 258 
Potatoes After Potatoes. 258 
The Soil Under a House. 258 
Utilizing Old Field. 258 
This Year's Chemical Rotation. 258 
The Cabbage Maggot. 259 
Barley in Southern New York. 264 
Crops for Sour Soil. 264 
Material for Water Pipe. 264 
City Farmer’s Job.264 
Saving Early Tomato Seed. 265 
The Buffalo Fertilizer Company.265 
Hope Farm Notes. 267 
Do Not Mix Lime. 274 
Destroying Garlic . 276 
Kansas Alfalfa . r .276 
Nitrate and Sulphate of Potash.277 
Hay Chute for Stable. 280 
Sales from the Lewis Farm.281 
The Soil Under a Stable. 281 
Making a Hay Pasture.281 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
One Man’s Poultry Job. Part II. 255 
The Families of Jersey Cattle. Part I.. 272 
Toulouse Geese . 273 
Tales by Hen Men. 273 
Proportion of Butter Fat.273 
Dishorning a Bull. 273 
Ration for Jersey Cows. 273 
Sunflowers for Silage. 274 
Colony Henhouses . 274 
Cement Block Barn. 274 
The Terms'of "Balanced Rations”.... 274 
Politicians and the Cattle Case. 275 
Worms; EyC Disease. 275 
Broken Wind . 276 
Scours in Heifer. 276 
Lame Hog . 276 
Cribbing or Wind-Sucking. 276 
Knuckling Colt . 276 
Serum Treatment for Abortion. 276 
Portable Hog Houses. 277 
Cheese and Creamery Report.277 
Fertility of Eggs. 277 
The Hen on the Flag. 278 
The Hen's Roosting Place. 278 
Improving the Poultry. 278 
Sulphur for Rats. 279 
Needs Phosphate; Holstein and Jersey. 279 
Butter from One Cow. 279 
A Massachusetts Hen Story. 279 
Choosing a Dairy Bull..... 280 
Rheumatism . 280 
Itching Skin . 280 
Garget Milk . 280 
Tumor in Udder.*. 280 
Serous Cyst; Hoof Dressing. 280 
Thriftless Colt . 280 
Torpid Liver . 280 
Another Hen Record. 281 
HORTICULTURE. 
The Papers Misfit the Apples. 
Questions About Sprayer Hose. 
Kentucky Berry Growers. 
Peaches for New England... 
Pruning Large Trees. 
Grasses for Mulched Orchard... 
Grafting Chestnut . 
Air Chamber in Sprayer. 
Hillside Peach Orchard. 
Value of Pedigree Strawberry Plants 
Twig Blight in Apple Orchard. 
Scaly Peach Trees. 
Spraying Peach Trees. 
Brush for Mulching Trees. 
Plowing Close to Rows. 
All Kinds of Apple Culture. 
Planting on a Hillside. 
Alfalfa and Irrigation. 
Sheep in an Orchard. 
The Use of Vetch. 
Fertilizer for an Orchard. 
Apple Growing for Profit. Part II.. 
Value of Poudrette. 
Ruralisms . 
Fruit Notes .. 
California Notes . 
Use Small Trees. 
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WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 270 
More About Winter Cheer.270 
The Cost of Dress. 270 
Cleaning Silver . 270 
Some Winter Visitors. 270 
Helpers in the Home. Part II.271 
The Rural Patterns.271 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
The Kentucky Tobacco Region. 
Keep Them ar. Home. 
Electric Lighting by Storage Batteries. 
Half a Century of Concrete. 
The Bookshelf. 
Editorials . 
Events of the Week. 
Oil Cooled Gasoline Engine. 
Good Roofs Wanted. 
A Widow’s Will. 
Water Power for Electric Light. 
The Curse of Pheasants. 
Publisher’s Desk . 
Cement Buildings . 
254 
256 
259 
262 
262 
268 
269 
275 
275 
276 
277 
278 
282 
283 
MARKETS 
REVIEW OF THE WEEK. 
Eggs are lower and reports indicate large 
shipments on the way. Butter market is 
firm. Apple trade dull. A large amount 
of under grade fruit is offered, for which 
any price within reason is accepted. Po¬ 
tato receipts are large, and the prices 
(juoted rather extreme. 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending March 12, 1908, wholesale unless 
otherwise noted. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2, red, in elevator — @ 98 
No. 1, Northern, Duluth.. — @1.13 
Corn . 66 @ 73 
Oats . 60 @ 65 
MILLFEED. 
Wheat Bran .25.50 @27.50 
Middlings .28.00 @29.50 
Red Dog . — @30.50 
Hominy Chop . — @26.00 
Linseed Meal . — @32.50 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay, No . 1. 
18 . on 
@19.50 
No. 2 . 
@ 17.50 
No. 3 . 
@16.00 
Clover mixed . .. 
14.00 
@16.00 
Clover . 
(a 15.00 
Straw, Long .Rve . 
....... 
12.00 
@14.00 
Shorthand Oat . 
9.00 
@10.00 
MILK. 
N. Y. Exchange price 
.$1.71 
per 40- 
26-cent 
quart can, netting 
3L4 cents in 
zone. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, best . 
@ 29 
Good to prime . .. 
. 27 
@ 28 
Lower grades .. 
. . . . 
. 24 
@ 26 
State Dairy.. 
. 20 
@ 25 
Factory . 
. 19 
@ 22 
Packing Stock ... . 
. 17 
@ 20 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, best . 
@ 16 
Common to good 
. 13 
@ 15 
Skims . 
. 3 
@ 9 
Fancy 
White, 
Mixed 
EGGS. 
white ... —@ 
good to 
colors. 
Western and 
choice. 24 
best 
Southern . . 
BEANS. 
18 
@ 
@ 
@ 
26 
25 
23 
21 
Marrow, lm.2.00 @2.20 
Medium .2.00 @2.20 
Pea .2.05 @2.25 
Red Kidney .1.90 @2.00 
White Kidney .2.40 @2.45 
nors. 
Prime, 1907 . 13 @ 14 
Common to good .9 @ 12 
Olds . 4 @ 6 
German crop . 28 @ 39 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evap., best . 9 @ 9% 
Evap., common to good.. 5 @ 7 
Sun-dried . 4 @ 7 
Chops. 100 lbs.1.70. @1.75 
Raspberries . 30 @ 32 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, best .3.00 @4.00 
Common to good.1.75 @2.50 
Cranberries, bbl.6.00 @10.00 
Strawberries, qt. 20 @ 40 
Oranges. Calif., box.2.75 @3.25 
Florida .2.50 @6.00 
Grape Fruit .4.50 @7.00 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Bermuda, bbl.3.50 @5.50 
Florida. No. 1. bbl.4.00 @6.00 
Long Island, bbl.2.50 @2.75 
Maine, bbl.2.50 @2.60 
State & W'n. 180 lbs..,. 2.25 @2.50 
European. 180-lb. bag....2.40 @2.75 
Sweet Potatoes. Jersey, bkt.1.50 @2.25 
Artichokes, Calif., drum. . . .8.00 @9.00 
Asparagus. Calif., hunch.... 1.00 @2.50 
Charleston, bunch . 40 @1.75 
Brussels Sprouts, qt. 8 (a 16 
Beets, N. O., 100 behs.2.00 @4.00 
Bermuda, crate . 75 @1.25 
Charleston. 100 hunches. .4.00 @5.00 
Carrots, N. O., large, bbl..2.00 @3.00 
Bermuda, crate . 50 @1.25 
Celery, Calif., case.4.50 @5.00 
Chicory. N. O., bbl.."..00 @4.00 
Florida, basket .100 @1.50 
Cucumbers, Fla., basket ....2.00 @4.00 
Cabbage, Danish seed, ton. .8.00 @10.00 
Red. ion .12.00 @18.00 
White, bbl. 60 @ 75 
Florida, new, crate. — @1.25 
Cauliflowers, Calif., crate. ..2.50 @3.00 
Escarol, X. O.. bbl.3.00 @4.00 
Florida, basket .1.00 @1.75 
Eggplants, Fla., box.1.00 @2.00 
Kale, Norfolk, bbl. 50 @ 60 
Kohlrabi, X. O.. 100 bchsT.3.00 @4.00 
Lettuce, Fla., basket .1.25 @3.50 
North Carolina, basket.... 1.00 @3.00 
Leeks, N. O., 100 bchs.2.00 @2.50 
Onions, Conn., white, bbl..5.00 @6.00 
Conn., yellow, bbl.2.25 @2.50 
Conn., red, bbl.2.25 @2.50 
Orange bag .2.00 @ 2.25 
Cuban, crate .1.50 @2.00 
Okra, Fla., carrier .2.50 @5.00 
Oysterplant, 100 bunches... 3.00 @5.00 
Peppers, Fla., carrier .1.00 @1.50 
Parsnips, bill. 75 @1.12 
Peas. Fla., basket.2.00 @8.00 
Parsley, Bermuda, box.1.00 @1.25 
N. 6., bbl.2.50 @4.00 
Romaine, N. O., bbl.2.50 @3.00 
Fla., basket .LOO @1.50 
Bermuda, crate . 50 @1.00 
Radishes, N O.. bbl.2.00 @3.00 
String beans. Fla., basket. .2.00 @2.50 
Spinach, Norfolk, bbl.1.00 @2.00 
Turnips, Rutabaga, bbl.1.00 @1.50 
N. O.. white, bbl.2.00 @2.50 
Tomatoes, Fla., carrier ....1.00 @3.00 
Cuban, carrier .1.00 @2.00 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS. 
Cucumbers, best, doz.1.00 
@1 
.25 
No. 2. 
box.3.00 
@4.00 
1-ettuco, i 
@ 
65 
Mushrooms, lb. 25 
@ 
55 
Radishes. 
100 bunches ....2.00 
@4.00 
Tomatoes, 
lb. 15 
@ 
25 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Fowls .. 
.. . 
@ 
14 
Roosters 
. 9 
@ 
12 
Turkey^ 
. 8 
@ 
15 
Ducks . . 
. . 
@ 
15 
Geese. . . 
. 9 
@ 
10 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys 
. 12 
@ 
17 
Chickens, 
fancy broilers. ... 25 
@ 
28 
Com. to good and roasting. 15 
@ 
22 
Fowls . .. 
. 12 
@ 
13% 
Ducks 
. 8 
@ 
10 
Geese ... 
. 8 
@ 
10 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS. 
Calves ., 
. 9 
@ 
12 
Lambs, hothouse, head.4.00 @10.00 
Pork . 5 @ 7 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers.4.40 @5.85 
Bulls .3.50 @4.40 
Cows .3.25 @4.25 
Calves .5.50 @9.50 
Sheep .3.50 @4.50 
Lambs .6.00 @7.50 
Hogs . — @5.00 
WOOL. 
N. Y. unwashed Delaine.... 28 @ 29 
Ohio & Penn., X to XX_ 30 @ 34 
Western, line, med’m to ch'ce 18 @ 22 
DURABILITY OF CEMENT BUILDINGS. 
Considerable has been same in late 
numbers of The R. N.-Y. about cement 
work, and notably concrete building 
work, and an occasional inquiry as to 
the durability of cement walls for 
houses and other buildings. In this 
matter of durability I may cite to a 
building near me, built in the Summer 
of 1853, which is, so far as I know, as 
solid and intact as the day it was pro¬ 
nounced finished. This building was 
built for a business block with dwelling 
apartments on the second floor, and has 
been in constant use ever since. The 
walls were built by a mason who had 
little knowledge of cement work, and 
none of building a block, 36x80 feet 
over a cellar of like size. The walls 
were made 16 inches thick and rise 24 
feet above the basement. Coarse sand- 
gravel was used for the concrete, no 
rough stones were used to economize 
mortar. A flat roof was put on with 
cement finish. This block was used as 
a store and produce warehouse for over 
50 years, and has just been closed by 
the death of the owner, but the apart¬ 
ments have never been closed since first 
occupied. So far as external appear¬ 
ance goes there seems no reason why 
this block is not quite as able to with¬ 
stand the “tooth of time” for the next 
55 years, as for the 55 years past, since 
its erection, and in its way seems to 
answer the question of durability, and 
freedom from repair. john gould. 
Ohio. _ 
Use Small Trees.— You say in 
“Brevities,” page 176, “better use one- 
year Baldwins, if necessary.” I would 
say always use one-year trees of any 
sort. The one-year tree is a mere 
switch, with live buds throughout, and 
you can start the head where you want 
it, as you cannot on an older tree that 
has started a head where you do not 
want it. One-year trees cost less, also 
cost less freight, and are better in every 
way than older trees. At one of the 
Pennsylvania institutes a nurseryman 
read a paper on apples, and he had a 
four-year-old tree as a sample. In the 
discussion of the paper I said that I 
would not plant trees such as he showed 
if they were presented to me freight 
paid, for his tree had a stem four feet 
tall, and I would have had to_ accept 
that height for the head, since I could 
not cut it back where I wanted the 
head with any prospect of success. I 
long since quit using any but one-year 
trees of any kind. w. F. massey. 
STANDARD STEEL 
DRIVE POSTS 
are practically everlasting; they 
will not rot, burn or decay; re¬ 
quire no labor to set, just drive 
drive them in the ground. Cost 
one-half what wood does, about 
one cent a year for each post. 
Each post can be drilled so that 
any grade of wire fence may he 
fastened to it. It is practical, 
durable, cheap and makes the 
neatest fence imaginable; adapt¬ 
able to any soil or climate. Sat¬ 
isfaction guaranteed or money 
refunded. Factory near Pitts¬ 
burgh, Pa, Freight cost very 
small. Write for catalog, giving 
full information and testimon¬ 
ials from steady users, to 
J. H. DOWNS. 
299 Broadway, New York City. 
$1000.00 per acre yearly profit from Berries 
I straw - I- n n i r grapesi 
rasp- DLUUlLV and 
BLACK.nrnn rA cur. 
GOOSE-WLIiniLW RANTS 
All tho good and many choice, new varieties. 
Prices lowest possible for plants of best quality. Illus- I 
trated, descriptive catalog, gives prices and how to plant 
| and grow them, free to all. 
J. T. LOVETT, Little Silver, N. J. 
For over 30 years a amall fruit specialist. 
D| C ACC send a trial shipment to the Oldest Com- 
r LLH0 L mission House inNew York. Established 
1838. Butter, Cheese, Eggs, Poultry, Hay, Apples, etc 
E. B. WOODWARD, 302 Greenwich St.. New York, 
H ELP FOR FARMS furnished by THE IM¬ 
MIGRANT LABOR EXCHANGE, INC.. 2 
Carlisle Street, New York. 
PJP p A IVTpP TpQ Salesmen wanted to sell 
dairy machinery, complete 
butter factories and complete cheese factories. 
Liberal terms to purchasers. Steady employment 
for salesman. If we have no salesman in your 
territory, write for particulars. O. PRESSPRIGH 
& COMPANY, 200 Broadway, New York. 
P OULTKYMAN—A young, energetic man with experience, 
desires position as poultryman. Single, good habits, good 
references. Address E. R. S., Weppiltltucb, New Canaan,Conn. 
“For th» Land’s Sake use Bowker’s 
Fertilizers; they enrich the earth and 
those who till it. Est. 1873. For prices 
or agencies address Bowker, Boston or 
New York.” 
WANTED- Midd,e ’ l *s:e(i married man without 
children, to work on small fruit 
and poultry farm in Connecticut, and have charge 
during owner’s absence. Want wife to help with 
general housework. Integrity and reliability more 
desirable than expertness. House has ail modern 
city conveniences. A comfortable home with good 
wages to right couple. “G. D. W.,” care R. N.-Y, 
WE OFFER 
STONE FARM BERKSHIRE SWINE. 
4 Full Age Sows bred for Mnrcli (ar¬ 
rowing; 10 Spring Gilts bred for Marc h 
and April farrowing; 6 Spring and 
Summer Service Boars; 1 J-Yr. Old 
Son of Masterpiece 77000; 60 Summer and Fall Pigs. AH 
representing the improved American type. We have over 100 
head of all ages, and all prices, from good useful funnels’ hogs 
to fancy show animals. Address all letters to 
RICHARD H. STONE, Trtimansburg, N. Y. 
WAN I rll — ovginwavu Aiois eel n-e x iuslilll xieiLcrs, 
if mi i lu open or bred. Must be cheap; no fancy 
prices need answer. ORCHARD GROVE DAIRY, 
Box 243, Mannington, W. Va. 
I CAN furnish you with grade HOLSTEIN'S, 
* JERSEYS and AYRSH1RES, fresh and 
soon to freshen. Also fill orders on fall cows. Write 
soon for prices. F. S. Wilbur, Otego, N. Y. 
Registered Holstein Bull Calves, 
sired by Sir Hengerveld Burke De Kol, for sale at 
farmers' prices, $30 to $35. Large, thoroughbred 
Yorkshire Figs for sale cheap. 
OSWEGO RIVER STOCK FARMS, Phoenix, N.Y. 
75 head of registered stock 
to select from. Young stock 
1 a specialty. Write for prices. 
F. H. COOKINCHAM, Cherry Creek, N. Y. 
AM nil 0 CATTLE For Sale or 
HIIUUO Exchange fer Horses 
Address MYF.lt & SON, Bridgsvllle, Del. 
Oak Grove PoultryYards — BarredW.BnfF P.Rocks,S.C.W. 
Leghorns. Eggs from utility stock $1 pr 15,$1.75 pr 30, 
$5prl00; Exhibition matings $3 pr 15, $5 pr 30. Stock 
for sale. Mrs. R. P. Hines, Rockville, Md. R. No. 0. 
0t\ fnr Ql S. C. Brown Leghorns. 
£U III! Chester White Pigs, 
$5. H. A. Thatcher, Perulnek, Pa. 
“DARIIEI) and WHITE PLYMOUTH 
* 9 ROCKS. Fanciers stock at farmers’prices. 
Eggs, 15 for$l: 50 for $2.75; 100 for $5. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. Sam’l C. Jayne, R.D. Laceyville, Pa. 
Barred Plymouth Rocks, ES"WuT’IS’SJ 
100. Quality guaranteed. Curwin Maurer,Dublin,Pa. 
UAPLE VILLA POU’ TRY YARDS. Breeder of all varieties 
of Fancy Poultry and Water Fowls. Guarantee 
satisfaction. W. G. Mosher, Sylvania, Pa. 
S |) D I OCn^-The business breed. Best 
• Ui lli la ntUO layers. Large size. Grand 
red color. Get my egg circniarand list of winnings 
free. Eggs, best utility stock, $6.00 per 100. 
H. P. DEMING, Robertsville, Conn. 
Giant Strain Bronze Turkey Eggs, 
$3 per 10. W.Wyandotte and R.I.Red eggs,$l per 15. 
Stock bred for utility. H.J.VanDyke.Gettysburg, 1’a 
FfifiS 7Rp Prize Winning S. C. Brown I.eg- 
I I LOOO I vJbi horns. Great layers. Free range? 
* * Large birds. Colony Poultry Farm,Shermansville,Pa. 
Pure Bred S.G. Black Minorcas 
Fourteen Eggs, $3. Persistent Layers. Non-Sitters. 
Two Minorca eggs weigli as much as 3 eggs of 
any other breed. Buff Holland turkey eggs, 8 
for $2. Imperial Pekin Duck Eggs, 10 for $1. 
H. A. BRATTIN, Brazil, Ind. 
PflD DCMT- p ° r suin,ner or by year, large fur- 
rUn null I nished house in Carroll Co., Md. 
Acetylene gas,modern improvements, purest water, 
lift, furnace, ’phone, good stabling, garden, ice 
house, filled. Farm 208 acres; would be let with 
house or without house, if desired. GORDON 
GUMMING, 1707 DeSales St., Washington, D. C. 
10,000 FARMERS WANTED, 
of Opportunity. Land produces three to four crops 
a year. Winter vegetables bring green-house prices. 
Celery growers are making from Five Hundred to 
One Thousand Dollars an acre. Let us send you 
our bulletin of Farms, Orange Groves and Trucking 
Lands. The Gould Realty Co., DeLand, Fla. 
F OR SALE-Two-Hundred-Acre 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 between Rock¬ 
ville and Hartford; a quarter of a mile from steam 
railroad station, through express service from New 
York to Boston. Good local markets, and has 
twenty-five acres of excellent tobacco land. Farm 
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 head of young stock, farm 
horses, tools, 1500 bushels of corn in the ear, hay 
and fodder. Address, BOX 987, Hartford, Conn. 
WRITF J- D. S. Hanson, Hart, Mich., for list of 
IT ni I L Fruit, Grain, Stock and Poultry Farms. 
IpOR SALE— Fine farm and gentleman’s country 
1 home, Culpeper Co., Va. 228 acres, level, highly 
improved land, splendid outbuildings, handsome 
9-room modern residence, 2k! miles good town. 
Price $60 per acre.' Photos on request. Write for 
catalog Virginia farms and country homes. 
VENABLE & FORD. Lynchburg, Va. 
NORTHERN VIRGINIA FARMS. 
Best section of State; Mild climate; Finest soil; 
Nearest markets ; Convenient to Washington; 
Delightful communities; Beautiful Homes; Splen¬ 
did Farms. CLAUDE STEPHENSON, 
Virginia Properties, Herndon, Va. 
FRUIT AND POULTRY 
5-ACRE FARMS—$100. 
$5.00 DOWN $5.00 MONTHLY 
Only 17 miles from famous Atlantic City markets. Three 
railroads. Best facilities to New York and Philadelphia. Near 
large manufacturing towns. Excelleut land for market garden¬ 
ing, berries, fruits, poultry and pigeons. Mild, healthful climate 
means early marketing for fancy prices. Pure water. Title 
Insured. Others are making big profits right in this locality 
raising poultry and fruit. Why can’t you ? Free booklet. Write 
Daniel Fraxier Company, 020 Ituiley B’ld’g., Philadelphia, Pa. 
Don’t Wear a Truss 
0 
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 cool and conforms to every 
movement of the body without 
chafing or hurting. I make it 
to your measure and semi it to 
you on a strict guarantee of 
satisfaction or money refund¬ 
ed and 1 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 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,! 
use no salves, no harness, no lies, no fakes. I just give you a 
straight business deal at a reasonable price. 
C. E. Brooks, csxoBrooks Bldg., Marshall, Mich. 
