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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
CONTENTS 
Tub Rural Nk\v-Y<>iskkr. .Tunc C, 1908. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Saving a Hay Farm. 485 
Making llay of Legume Plants. 480 
Feeding Value of llay...'. 480 
Farm Notes by Woodward. 487 
Value of the Weeder....,. 487 
Plowing in Potatoes,..,....,,. 488 
Repairing the Mower. 488 
Seeding to Grass; Rye for Fodder.... 488 
Alfalfa and Bokhara Clover for Seed. 480 
Curing Clover llay. 489 
Reseeding Crimson Clover. 480 
Hope Farm Notes. 491 
Crop Prospects . 4'. :: 
The Long Island “Potato Trust’’.... 49,'! 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
High and Low Meat Prices. 480 
Soiling Crops for Dairy Farmers.... 487 
Little Chick Notes.„. 480 
Dairy Prizes at Ihe N. Y. State Fair.. 493 
The Richest Milk. 490 
A Fine Holstein. 490 
High price for Broilers. 490 
Weak Ankles In Horse. 497 
Heaves.497 
Shedding Coat . 497 
Nailprick In Horse’s Hoof. 4!)7 
Sweeney. 497 
Pyaemia in Horse . 497 
Garget.497 
Abnormal Udder. 497 
Fat Meat for Gapes. 497 
HORTICULTURE. 
Lawson Pear ... 488 
Stringfellow’s Planting . 488 
Ruralisms . 490 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 494 
The Woman ou a Farm. 494 
A Just-Right Lemon Pie..'. 495 
The Rural Patterns. 495 
Dyeing a Faded Carpet. 495 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Keep Them at Home. 488 
Kind Words for the Prune. 488 
Editorials . 492 
Events of the Week.\. 493 
T'’e Pheasant Nuisance. 497 
Publisher's Desk . 498 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending May 2!), 1908. Wholesale unless 
otherwise noted. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2. Red. — @1.01 
No. 1, Northern, Duluth.. — @1.13 
Corn. 70 @ 73 
Oats. 56 @62 
Rye. — @90 
FEED. 
Wheat Bran .26.00 
Middlings.28.00 
Red Dog . — 
@ 28.00 
© 29.50 
@31.00 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Prices for large bales; small 
cents to $1 per ton less. 
Hay, No. 1.17.00 
No. 2 .15.00 
No. 3 .14.00 
Clover mixed .13.Of) 
Straw, Long Rye .12.00 
Short and Oat . 9.00 
hales 50 
©18.00 
@10.50 
fa 15.00 
(a 15.00 
(a 1 3.00 
©11.00 
MILK. 
New York Exchange price $1.41 per 40- 
qunrt can, netting 2% cents to 20-cent zone 
shippers. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, best, lb. 22 V, © 23 
Firsts. 21 ”@ 22 
Seconds. 19 © 20% 
Thirds. 16 © 18 
State Dairy. Jialf-tubs, finest — @ 22 
Tubs, good to choice. 20 @ 21 
Tubs, common to fair.... 10 @ ]* 
Packing stock . 15 @ IS 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, small, old, white, 
fancy. — @ 14% 
Full cream, small, old, colored, 
fancy. — @ 1414 
Full cream, large, old, colored, 
fancy. — © 1414 
Full cream, old. fair to prime n 14 @ 13 
Full cream, old, common. . . , 8 "© 9% 
Full cream, new. 9%@ 10 % 
EGGS. 
Selected, white, fancy. — © 19 
White, good to choice. 18 © 18% 
Brown and mixed, extras.... 18 *4 © •— 
Western, storage packed.,.. 17 "@ 17% 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evap., fancy cases, lb. 10 © 10% 
Evap., choice, cases . 8%© 9% 
Evap., prime, cases . 7 "@ 7% 
Evap., prime, Canadian ... — @ 7 
Evap., as to quality. 1900. 5%© 7 
Evap.. common to fair.... 5%@ 6% 
Sun-dried, coarse-cut. lb... 6 "© 7 ” 
Propped, ’97. prime. 100 lbs.1.50 (a 1.75 
Cores and skins, 100 lbs..1.60 ©1.05 
Rasnborries. evan.. 1907.... 23 © 24 
Apricots, California, 1907... 20 @ 28 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apnles, Northern Spy.2.00 
Baldwin.2.00 
Russet, Roxbury .2.00 
Russet, Golden .2.00 
Common.1.00 
PefloVs, Florida, c arrier.... 1.75 
Plums. Oa., carrier.2.00 
StrH"-b»]-rios, Norfolk, quart 3 
Eastern Shore . 4 
Delaware and Maryland... 4 
Blackberries, N. C., quart... 3 
Huckleberries, N. C. 15 
Muskmelons, Florida, crate..1.50 
Watermelons, Florida . 30 
Marrow. 
Medium. 
Pea. 
Reef Kidney . 
White Kidney, 
BEANS. 
.2 20 
.2.10 
. 2.20 
.1.75 
choice.2.35 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes. Bermuda, bbl.3.00 
South’n, white. No. 1, bhl. 2.25 
Sout^’n, red. No. 1.2.00 
South’n, seconds ..1.50 
South’n. culls .1.25 
Maine, hid. or hag.2.25 
State & W’n, 180 lbs_2.37 
f 3.25 
(a 2.75 
(<i 2.50 
fa 2.25 
©1.75 
© 2.“0 
© 2.50 
© 6 
© 8 
© 9 
© 12 
© 20 
© 2.50 
@ 60 
©2.40 
©2.35 
©2.50 
©1.90 
©2.40 
©4.-00 
©3.25 
©2.75 
fa 1.75 
(a 1.50 
©2.l'0 
@2.62 
Sweet potatoes. Jersey, bkt,, 1.75 
Artichokes, Calif., drum....2.50 
Asparagus, green, Colossal. 
dozen.1.75 
Green, extra ..1.25 
Green, prime .1.00 
Green, culls . 50 
White. Colossal .1.50 
White, extra .1.25 
White, prime. 75 
White, culls. 50 
Beets, Southern, loo belts..1.00 
Uarrots, S'n, 100 belts.1.00 
Old, bbl. 50 
Corn, Florida, ease.1.25 
New Orleans, 100.2.50 
Cucumbers, Fla., basket.... 25 
Florida, crate . 25 
Sav. & Ch'n. basket. 75 
Va., cold frame, basket. , 1.25 
Hothouse, No. 1, box.2.50 
Hothouse. No. 2 .1.25 
Cabbage, S. O.. crate. 30 
N. C. & Va.. bid. 25 
Eastern Shore. Md. & Va. 
bbl. 30 
Cauliflowers. Norfolk, basket — 
Eggplants, Florida, box.1.25 
Kale, bbl. 30 
Horseradish, 100 lbs.3.00 
Lettuce, bbl. 75 
Lima beans, Florida, crate. 2.50 
Bermuda, box .1.00 
Mint. 100 bunches . 50 
Mushrooms, hothouse, lb.... 10 
Onions, Bermuda, craft'.... 1.20 
Cuban, orate .. 1.00 
Texas, white, crate. 50 
Texas, yellow, crate. 50 
Egyptian, bag .2.40 
T-eoks, 100 bunches. 75 
Okra, Florida, carrier.1.50 
Oystorplant. 100 bunches... 1.00 
Peppers, Florida, carrier... 1.00 
Parsley. S’. O.. bbl.2.50 
Peas. Norfolk. Telephone, bkt 50 
Norfolk, small . 35 
Baltimore. 7.5 
Eastern Shore . 50 
Maryland. Telephone .... 1.75 
Md.. other varieties .1.00 
Radishes, 100 bunches . 25 
Rhubarb. 100 bunches .1.00 
String beans. Southern, bkt. 10 
Norfolk, basket .3.25 
Spinach, Nearby, bbl. 50 
Squash, white, bbl. 50 
Yellow, crooked nock, bbl. 75 
Harrow. bbl.1.00 
Turnips, Rutabaga, bbl.1.25 
White, barrel-crate . 50 
Tomatoes, Florida, carrier. .1.00 
Watercress, 100 bunches ..1.00 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Spring chickens, lb. — 
Fowls. — 
Turkeys. — 
Ducks. . . . 11 
Geese. " 
Guinea fowl, pair. — 
Pigeons, pair . — 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys. 12 
Chickens, Phila., 3 to 4 lbs., 
pair, lb. 35 
Penn., 3 to 4 lbs., pair, lb. 30 
Western, dry-nicked . 30 
Western, scalded . 25 
Fowls. 12 
Ducklings. I,. T., spring, lb.. •— 
Ducks, old W’n, poor to fair 8 
Geese, old W’n. poor to fair. 5 
Squabs, dozen .1-25 
LIVE STOCK. _ 
Steers .*5.90 
Oxen .4..>0 
Rulls .3.50 
Cows .2.00 
Calves . 4.00 
Sheen .4-99 
Lambs .9.00 
Hogs . 5.25 
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CROWS AND GEESE. 
Talking about crows and com, we are 
greatly pestered with crows, also the Red¬ 
wing blackbird. A friend advised rue to 
try threading corn with horse hair or 
horse tail, tying the ends together and scat¬ 
tering it around the field. Once a crow 
gets in trouble he is sure to stay away 
from the place. My field of newly-planted 
corn was picked out faster than I could 
plant it. By this method the bird swallows 
the corn and the hair chokes him and will 
make tumbling scenes in the air; all the 
other birds leave for the season. So far 
as Mrs. Bellows, of New York, (page 137) is 
concerned about geese, we have raised flock 
after flock. We turn them out on grass 
after a day or so old, never giving them 
corn, crumbs or anything but grass and 
water from the time they are hatched until 
grass is gone. When the pin feather stage 
arrives and there is ■ rain, they will hold 
their mouths open—like silly goslings they 
are—and drown themselves. During heavy 
rains we have to look after them. Other¬ 
wise they are the least trouble of anything 
we raise. They grow very fast. We had 
a slat box they use to run in and out. One 
morning we were watching them ; at night 
they had grown so they could not get 
through the slats again. If we once start 
feeding corn and other things, they will 
not take to grass. 1. p. j. 
Relden, Virginia. 
THE SUNNY BROOK POULTRY FARM. 
MUSCOVY DUCKS. Etffls for hatching S2.00 per eleven. 
The quickest growth meat fowl in existence. 7L> 
lbs. in 10 weeks after batch: more meat on one 
Muscovy than on 3 Pekins. Address 
H. J. MILLER, Prop., 
P. O. Box 3 14, Terryville, Conn. 
STAR FARM HOLSTEINS 
Largest and Best Herd in the World. 
Greatest value for least money. 
Write at once for free information. 
Horace I . Bronson. Prop., Cortland, N. Y. 
To Whom It May Concern : 
Mr. H. E . Kinne, Jr., of Hartwiek Seminary, 
N. Y.. is no longer in my employment. I have no 
interest in any business which he assumes to 
represent. 
HORACE L. BRONSON, PROP. STAR 
FARMS, Cortland, N. Y. 
The Name ss Tubular” on a 
Cream Separator Stands 
for the Same as * s Sterlin^” 
on Silver—THE BEST MADE. 
What the Tubular does in the dairy puts it 
foremost—twice as clean separating as other sep¬ 
arators at Fairmont, Minn.; twice as clean at Ken¬ 
dall, Wis.; six to ten times as clean at Scotsburn, 
N. S.; fifteen times as clean at Gananoque, Ont. 
But these competitions were far away from 
your home. Well, try it out in your own dairy, and see whether 
the Tubular is sterling, whether it will do better for you, with 
your own cows, than any other process or separator. No cost 
to you. Just write us you want to know what the Tubular can 
do for you. Ask first for Catalogue No. 153. It’s a good in¬ 
troduction. 
THE SHARPLES SEPARATOR COMPANY, 
West Chester, Penna. 
Toronto, Can. San Francisco, Calif. Chicago, Ill. 
One Advantage 
of using - 
RUBEROID 
Trade Mark Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. 
ROOFING 
on a gabled roof is that there 
is no need to use tin or 
copper for the valleys and 
the tinsmith’s charges are 
avoided. Ruberoid can be 
fitted to all irregularities. 
It’s so easy to lay that any 
handy man can do the work. 
Ruberoid is the only pre¬ 
pared roofing with 
A RECORD OF 16 YEARS 
of unqualified success. Roofs 
laid with it when it was first 
introduced, are still in good 
condition. 
No matter what kind of a 
building is in question, Ru¬ 
beroid will be found better 
suited to your wants than any 
other roofing. Wears longer 
and costs less than metal or 
shingles. Contains no tar, 
rubber or paper; will not rot, 
melt, crack or rust. Sparks or 
burning brands will not ignite 
it. 
Beware of imitations ; the gen¬ 
uine has the name “RUBEROID” 
stamped every four feet on the 
under side. 
Write for free samples and boohtet 
THE STANDARD PAINT COMPANY, 
100 William Street, New York, 
Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City. Boston, 
Philadelphia, New Orleans. 
WANTED 
HAY OF ALL GRADES 
WRITE FOR QUOTATIONS. 
One profit—from producer to consumer. 
F. D. HEWITT, 120 Liberty St., New York 
R HIIP R fl 11P — 1 have discovered a positive cure for 
nUUl ItUUii Roup. It never fails. Cure* the worst 
cases. Hundreds of testimonials. Send 25 cents for formula. 
Any druggist furnishes Ingredients. Cure guaranteed or 
money refunded. A. E. PARK, Plainfield, New Jersey. 
THOROUGHBRED TAMWORTH PIGS 
Barrows and gilts six weeks old $10 each; ont of 
Ruby bred to Rube. These are perfect specimens 
of this famous breed; pretty as gold fish and will 
weigh 300 lbs. dressed at Thanksgiving. It costs no 
moi e to raise thoroughbreds and pays twice as well. 
Will be crated and forwarded on receipt of price. 
Clias. Bulkley Hubbell, Albert J. Cummings, 
Proprietor. Manager. 
BROOKSIDE FARM, - • Williamstown, Mass. 
GASOLINE 
ENGINES, 
HALF PRICE 
We have a 
special half 
price on a four 
horse power 
gasoline en¬ 
gine. Get next. 
All sizes. 
C. H. A. DISINCER & BRO.,| 
Wrlghtsvlll*. Pa. 
WANTED 
Strawberries and all other fruits and veget¬ 
ables. Hothouse products, fancy eggs, etc. 
Write us what you have to offer. Top prices 
secured for choice products. 
Archdeacon & Co., 100 Murray St., New York. 
GKO. P. HAMMOND. KST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & CO., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers in all kinds of 
COLINTBY PRODUCE, Apples, Peaches, Ber 
ries Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms 
and Hot-house Products a Specialty. Consignments 
solicited. 34 & 36 Little 13th St., New York- 
Pl CAQF send a trial shipment to the Oldest ('otn- 
iLLnOL mission I louse inNew York. Established 
1838. Butter. Cheese. Eggs. Poultry, Hay, Apples, etc 
E. B. WOODWARD. 302 Greenwich St.. New York, 
WRITF J- D. S. Hanson, Hart, Mich., for list of 
II 111 I L fruit, Grain, Stock and Poultry Farms. 
A WIDOW’S SACRIFICE 
IN 
MONMOUTH COUNTY, N. J. 
To settle affairs immediately, this garden farm of 
113 acres with fine orchard and splendid buildings 
is thrown ou the market for the low price of $6,000. 
For details see page lfil "Strout's Money-Making 
Farms of America No. 20,” copy mailed on request. 
E. A. STROUT CO.. 150 Nassau St., New York. 
AH PER ACRE AND UP 
VIRGINIA FARMS 
Along the Chesapeake and Ohio Ry. Full Im¬ 
provements, rich soil, long Summers, mild Winters, 
abundant water, and excellent markets. Hand¬ 
some booklet free and excursion rates. Address 
6. B. WALL, Beal Estate Agt, C. & «. By., 
Dept. “G,” Richmond, Va. 
Cuts IOO Tons Hay. 
Yon can live like a king on this 237 acre farm and 
hank $1,000 yearly; splendid supply of water: pas¬ 
ture for 25 cows; abundance of fruit; 2 kz story house 
with 10 rooms and piazza: barn 30x80; convenii utly 
arranged and fine condition; only *2 mile to stores, 
church and school; mail delivered; owner has 
accepted a political position and will sacrifice for 
only $4,000; $2,300 may he left on easy terms. Write 
for picture of buildings. E. A. STROUT CO., 
Mexico, New York. 
Southern FarmsPay 
Southern farm lands are big yielders. Rich 
black loam backed by a perfect climate. Repeated 
crops—three and four a year—make lartje acreage 
uimecessary. No irrigating or fertilizing. Ex¬ 
cellent market facilities. Best prices for products. 
Weeks ahead of other markets. Lands on easy 
terms. Write for particulars to 
F. L. MERRITT, Land & Indust'l Agent, Norfolk and Southern 
Railway, 36 Citizens Bank Building, Norfolk, Va. 
Death th« Stomach 
Worms Guaranteed 
We will send yon 100 lbs. or DR. 
HOLLAND’S MEDICATED STOCK 
BALT on 60 days’ trial frelcb! 
prepaid. .If you derive no benefit, 
it costs you nothing; If you do, it 
costs you *0.00. Give ns your or¬ 
der at once. 
The HOLLAND STOCK REMEDY 
COMPANY, Wellington, Ohio 
LIVE POULTRY WANTED. 
Highest market price and immediate returns. 
Hens, Chickens, Ducks and Geese. Send for ship¬ 
ping instructions. No commission. 
THE PARK & POLLARD CO., 
Live Poultry Dept., 123 Friend St , Boston, Mass. 
SHETLAND PONIES 
Beautiful SHETLANDS, imported and registered 
Mares, Stallions and Colts. Send for list. 
Spring Grove Pony Farm, Ortville, Ohio. 
PROOFREADING Pr Smp7,,t 1 ftomeY: , i:" il ' 
Address J. A. Gibbons, 1336 Cherry St., Phila 
