1908. 
T I I IS RURAL NEW-YORKER 
375 
CONTENTS 
Tub Rural New-Yorker. April 18. 1908. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Is Rye Injurious to Following Crops? 
A Yankee in Seneca Co.. N. Y... 
Tarred Corn in the Planter...., 
Test for Natrate of Soda and Muriate 
of Potash .. 
A Talk About. Plowing. 
Nitrate of Soda for Potatoes. 
Notes from Prof. Massey. 
Seed for Permanent Pasture. 
Culture of Spearmint.. 
Killing Out Weeds. 
Capacity of Drain Tile. 
Close Setting for Asparagus. 
Questions About Pickle Growing. . , 
Soaking Seed Potatoes and Grain. 
Several Forms of Nitrogen. 
Coal Ashes on’ Grains. 
Hope Farm Notes. 
A Fertilizer Analysis. 
Manure Spreader in Winter. 
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LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Crowding the Small Dairy Farm.... 353 
Horse’s Neck in Spring and Summer. , 355 
Ringing a Hull ; Capons. 368 
Hoarding Horses in Virginia. 368 
Grain Ration for Cows. 368 
Pasturing Sprayed Orchard. 368 
Sheep Pulling Their Wool. 369 
The Champion Butter Cow. 369 
Horse with Worms. 370 
Hairless Spots on Horse. 370 
A Case of Garget. 370 
Weak Stifle . 370 
Scours in Ileifers. 370 
Advantages of a Silo. 371 
The Trotting Horse. 371 
Process for Making Butter. 372 
Ration for Milk Production. 372 
Another Egg Record. 372 
Unthrifty Colt . 372 
HORTICULTURE. 
The Trouble in the Apple Market. 
Pruning Dwarf and Standard Trees 
Growing Fancy Strawberries. 
Peaches for California. 
How Stringfellow Plants Trees. . . 
Distributing Fertilizer in Orchards 
Rurallsms . 
Fire Blight on Pears. 
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WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 
Spring on the Farm. 
Tuberous-Rooted Begonias . 
The Rural Patterns . 
366 
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367 
Power from 
Boiler Tube 
Editorials. . 
Events of the 
an 
for 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Muslin Screens for Ventilators... .353, 354 
Keep Them at Home. 356 
Keeping Horseradish . 356 
Installing Electric Light.. 357 
Fly-by-Night Commission Men. 358 
Destroying Red Ants. 358 
Artesian Well. 359 
Drains. 362 
. 364 
Week. 365 
Sulphur for Rats. 370 
The Curse of Pheasants. 372 
Products. Prices and Trade. 373 
The Larger Forms of Gambling.373 
Publisher’s Desk . 374 
Humorous . 376 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending April 10, 1908, wholesale unless 
Otherwise noted. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2, Red. — @99 
No. 1, Northern, Duluth.. — @1.07 
Corn . 69 @ 76 
Oats . 58 @ 62 
Rye . — @ 83 
FEED. 
Spring Bran .26.50 @27.75 
Middlings .28.00 @29.50 
Red Dog . — @31.00 
Horn in v Chop . — @26.00 
Linseed Meal . — @32.50 
MILK. 
N. Y. Exchange price $1.61 per 40-quart 
can, netting 314 cents in 26-cent zone. 
BUTTER. 
Fancy Creamery . 31 @ — 
Common to good . 27 @ 29 
lx) war grades . 22 @ 25 
State Dairy . 20 @ 27 
Factory . 19 @ 21 
Packing Stock . 16 @ 18 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, best. — @ 16 
Good to choice . 14 @ 15% 
Common . 9 @ 10 
Skims . 4 @ 9 
IIAY AND STRAW. 
Hay No. 1 .18.00 @ 19.00 
No. 2 16.00 @17.00 
No. 3 14.00 @15.00 
Clover mixed .14.00 @16.00 
Clover .13.00 @14.00 
Straw, Long Rye.13.00 @14.00 
Short and Oat.9.00 @10.00 
GRASS SEEDS. 
Retail prices at New York : 
Red Top, lb. — @ 17 
Perennial Rye Grass. — @ 15 
Timothy .. — @, 15 
Kentucky Blue Grass. — @ 25 
Alfalfa . — @ 25 • 
Red Clover . — @ 25 
EGGS. 
Receipts very heavy. 
Fancy white . 18 @ 18% 
White, good to choice. 17 @ 17% 
Mixed colors, best. 16 @17 
Western and Southern. 14 @16 
Duck eggs . 20 @ 25 
Goose eggs . 55 @ 65 
DRIED APPLES. 
Trade light. Prices quoted are those 
asked. 
Evap., fancy .'. 10 @ 11 
Evap., prime to choice. 7 @ 9 
Sun-dried . 5 @ 7 
Chops, 100 lbs.1.75 @1.85 
FRESH FRUITS. 
There is still a large surplus of ordinary 
apples going at. $1.50 to $ 2 . 
Apples, best, bbl.4.00 @4.50 
Common to good.1.50 @3.00 
Cranberries, bbl. 10.00 @ 12.00 
Strawberries, qt. 15 @ 20 
Pineapples, Fla., 24s. 4.00 @4.50 
30s to 36s .3.00 @3.75 
Oranges, Calif, box.2.00 @ 3.50 
Florida .1.50 @3.75 
Grape Fruit .4.25 @7.00 
Boston Prices. 
Apples, best, bbl.3.00 @4.50 
Ix>wer grades .1.00 @1.75 
Oranges .2.60 @3.35 
Strawberries, qt. 12 @ 20 
* '• HOPS. 
Best, Eastern, 1907. 11 @ 12 
Pacific Coast . 6 @ 8 
Olds . 3 @ 5 
German . 28 @ 32 
BEANS. 
Marrow, bu.2.00 @2.15 
Medium .1.90 @2.10 
Pea .2.00 @2.35 
Red Kidney .1.85 @1.90 
White Kidney .2.30 @2.35 
Yellow Eye . — @2.10 
Lima .3.30 @3.50 
HOTHOUSE STUFF. 
Mushrooms, lb. 30 @ 65 
Lettuce, doz. 25 @ 75 
Radishes, 100 bunches.1.50 @2.00 
Tomatoes, lb. 15 @ 25 
Cucumbers, No. 1, doz. 75 @1.00 
No. 2, box.2.50 @4.00 
Cauliflowers, bbl.8.00 @10.00 
VEGETABLES. 
Asparagus, Norfolk, doz....2.00 @3.00 
North Carolina.1.25 @2.50 
Cal., green .2.00 @4.50 
Charleston .1.25 @4.00 
Beets, Bermuda, crate. 50 @1.00 
Charleston. 100 bunches. . 1.50 @3.00 
Carrots, S. Car,. 100 bchs..l.00 @1.50 
Old, barrel . 50 Co' 75 
Bermuda, crate. 50 @1.00 
Celery, Florida, case.1.00 @2.00 
Cabbages, old .red, ton.,10.00 @15.00 
Old, Danish seed, ton....6.00 @10.00 
Florida, new, crate.1.00 @1.50 
Chicory. Fla. & S. C., basket 75 @1.25 
Cucumbers, Fla., basket.... 2.00 @4.00 
Eggplants, Fla., box.2.00 @4.00 
Escarol, Fla. and S. C., bskt 75 @1.25 
Horseradish, Western, bbl. 3.00 @4.00 
Kale, bbl. 40 @ 65 
Kohlrabi, N. ()., 100 bchs, ..3.00 @4.00 
Lettuce, Fla., basket. 75 @2.25 
Onions, Bermuda, crate.... — @2.25’ 
Old, white, crate. 75 @1.50 
Old, yellow, bag.2.00 @3.00 
Old, red, bag.1.50 @2.50 
Oysterplants, 100 bunches.. 1.00 @5.00 
Okra, Fla., carrier.1.00 @4.00 
Peppers, Florida, carrier.... 1.50 @2.50 
Peas, basket . 75 @2.00 
Parsnips, bbl. —■ @ 75 
Parsley, N. O., bbl.2.00 @2.50 
Bermuda, box . 50 @1.00 
Potatoes, Fla., new, bbl....3.00 @5.00 
Bermuda .4.00 @8.00 
Maine, 165-lb. bag.2.50 @2.60 
I/ong Island, bbl.2.50 @2.75' 
State and Western, bbl..2.20 @2.40 
Seed stock, bag.3.25 @3.75 
Romaine, Charleston, bskt..1.00 @1.75 
Bermuda, box . 50 01 1.00 
Radishes, basket . 50 @ 75 
Spinach, bbl. 75 @1.25 
String beans, basket.1.00 @5.00 
Tomatoes, Fla., carrier. ... 1.00 @2.25 
Turnips,, Can., Rutabaga, bbl.1.00 @1.12 
Watercress, 100 bunches... .1.50 @2.00 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Fowls, lb. — @ 15 
Roosters . 9 @ 12 
Turkeys . 8 @ 15 
Ducks . — @ 15 
Geese . 7 @ 8 
Pigeons, pair . — @ 25 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys . 12 @ 17 
Chickens, best broilers, lb. . 35 @ 40 
Com to good and roasting. 18 @ 25 
Fowls . 12 (<i 14% 
Ducks . 8 @ 10 
Geese . 5 @ 8 
Squabs, best, doz.3.25 @3.50 
Common to good.1.25 @2.25 
COUNTRY-I)RESSED MEATS. 
Calves . 7 @ 10% 
Hothouse lambs, head.4.00 @6.50 
Hogs .6.00 @9,00 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers .5.00 @7.10 
Bulls .3.50 @5.00 
Cows .2.00 @5.00 
Calves .4.50 @8.00 
Sheep .3.50 @6.00 
Lambs .6.50 @8.25 
WOOL. 
Unwashed Delaine . 27 @ 30 
Coarse unwashed . 19 @ 21 
Fine medium . 17 @ 19 
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DETROIT ENGINE WORKsTilellevue Av., DetroiflVIich. 
FOR SALE. 
300 acres fine Kanawha River bottom land, 3Ki 
miles from the City of Charleston, capital of West 
Virginia, 25,000 people and in easy reach of 100,000 
people working and operating mines in Kanawha 
valley. This land is to bo sub-divided into lots of 
five to ten acres for market gardening. Plenty of 
natural fertilizer within easy reach. River and 
railroad transportation through and on both sides. 
Vegetable market best in tho country. $1,200,000 in 
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FOR 
C A| C— A choice 
WALTER 
lot of SIR 
RALEIGH 
Seed Potatoes, free from blight; the best of tho late 
varieties and a heavy yiehler, at $1 per bu. f. o. b. 
Quakertown, Pa. M. I,. ROSENBEKGElt. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
$40 1000. WOODB 
final 
ARM. llartstown, Pa. 
S.C. BROWN LEGHORNS MsSSS: 
ed Hens. Have been breeding Brown Leghorns for 
fourteen years. Eggs, $1 porl5, or$5per 100. ,f. A. 
BUSH, R. No. 10, Coekport, Niagara Co. Now York. 
poos FOB HATCIIINn, »1, IB; $1 .7r., 30; $3.26, 60: $5, 100 , 
\V. I’. Rocks, S. C. Buff Orpingtons, S. C. \V. Leghorns. 
R. C. R. I. Reds. From vigorous farm ruiKcil Htock. Hutlsfac- 
ti«m guaranteed. FKKD R. KKKNKY, Lacey vilie, I’a. K. D. 37. 
-Nelson’s famous 250 egg strains of Barred 
Rocks and Brown Leghorns, $1 per 15. Also 
Collie Pups. NELSON BROS., Grove City, I’a. 
w® WANT EGGS — We desire to purchase 
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E xcelsior poitltryfa rm -s.c.r.i. Reds, 
S.C.W. Leghorns; Eggs for hatching $1 per 15, $6 
per 100. CII. JIKGENSK.N & SONS, Box IS, Wortemlyko, N. J. 
R HODE ISLAND WHITKS-Excellent layers; 
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RHODE ISLAND REDS 
Greatest layers on earth. Hardy, 
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WALTER SHERMAN, 
25 Boulevard, Newport, R.I. 
I have also Bull. Golden, White 
and Silver Wyandottes; White, 
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Brown, White and Bull Leghorns; „ 
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WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS EGGS 
ROCK HO LI.AN 1> FARM,,Stone Ridge,N. Y. 
LOCUST GROVE STOCK FARM has some fancy 
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Service from Prize winning ancestors; write for 
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The Poor Man’s Paradise 
I Have Made 9,820 Farmers RICH! 
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