THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
5 70 
1908. 
CONTENTS 
Tub Rural New-Yorker, July 11, 1908. 
FARM TOriCS. 
Do Not Buy Cheap Nitrogen.500 
Yetcli as Green Manure for Tobacco.. 507 
A Cement Silo . 508 
Fly-Breeding Manure . 508 
Alfalfa Notes .508 
Crows and Corn . 508 
Keeping Cut Potato Seed. 509 
When to Cut Alfalfa.509 
Crimson Clover and Cow-horn Turnips. 509 
Destroying Weeds .569 
Sawdust in Manure. 509 
Killing Quack Grass. 570 
Hope Farm Notes . 571 
Tile and Catalpa . 571 
Fertilizer Facts for Ohio Farmers.... 578 
Crop Prospects .578 
Nevada Notes . 573 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Holstein Cow Under Test.505 
What Do the Tests prove.505, 506 
A Chinese Egg . 566 
Chickens With Growing Crops. 507 
Use of Babcock Tost. 576 
“Big Wing” and Oversalting. 570 
Dairy Notes .570 
Hoop and Cement Silos. 570 
Molasses for Pigs. 576 
That “Shy Mare” . 570 
Silage for Chickens . 576 
How to Handle Wool. 577 
Hens Refuse to La.v. 578 
Feed for Incubator Chicks. 578 
Equipment of a Dairy Farm. 577 
Young Stock . 577 
Dairy Feeding Notes . 579 
HORTICULTURE. 
Habits of Curculio and Rose Bugs.. 560 
What About the San Jos 6 Scale?.... 567 
How Stovepiping is Done. 507 
The Apple Packing Fraud. 567 
Kuralisms . 570 
Lime Water for Snails . 570 
Weight of Gasoline Sprayer. 570 
Gas Power for Spraying. 570 
Kansas Fruit Prospects. 573 
The Coming Apple Crop and Prices.. 573 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 574 
Porto Rico Salad . 574 
'die Rural Patterns . 574 
My Poppy Dream . 574 
( anning String Beans. 575 
Unexpected Company . 575 
Fry Pans and Poetry. 575 
A Loaf of Fruit Cake.575 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Keep Them at Home. 568 
Preserving Fence Posts. 568 
Killing Woodchucks . 568 
Fire Extinguishers . 568 
Trespassing Sheep . 569 
Filing a Chattel Mortgage. 569 
Title by “Adverse Possession”. 569 
Property After Divorce. 569 
Meaning of a Deed. 569 
A Poor norse Trade. 569 
Fence Against Cows. 569 
A Stock Food Question. 569 
Editorials.572 
Events of the Week. 573 
The Ideal Home . 573 
Publisher’s Desk . 578 
Markets.579 
Products, Prices and Trade. 579 
Ilumnrous.580 
MARKETS 
Prices noted in New York during week 
ending July 3. 1908, wholesale unless 
otherwise specified. 
GRAINS. 
Wheat, No. 1, North’n. Dul’h — @1.15 
No. 2, Red, in elevator... — @90 
Corn . 76 @ 79 
Oats, as to weight. 54 @ 67 
Rye . — @ 83 
MII.LFEED. 
Cnrnmeal, ton .32.00 @33.00 
Wheat Bran .23.00 @24.50 
Middlings .24.00 @28.00 
Red Dog . — @29.00 
Hominy Chop . — @27.50 
Oil Meal . — @31.00 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Prices for large 
bales; 
small 
bales 50 
cents to $1 per ton 
weak. 
less. 
Market 
dull and 
Hay, No. 1 . 
. 15.50 
@ 10.00 
@15.00 
No. 2 . 
.14.00 
No. 3 . 
@ 13.50 
Clover Mixed . .. 
@15.50 
Straw, long'rye . . 
...... 
.15.00 
@16.00 
Short and Oat. . . 
. 10.00 
@ 12.00 
MILK. 
In effect July 1. 
New 
York 
Exchange 
price advanced to $1.31 per 40-quart can, 
netting 2 % cents to 26-cent 
zone 
shippers. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, fancy . 
22 
@ 
22 % 
Lower grades . 
19 
@ 
21 
State Dairy . 
19 
@ 
21 
Factory .... 
17 
@ 
19 
Packing Stock . 
16 
@ 
18 
NEW CHEESE. 
Full cream, best . 12 
@ 
12 % 
Common to good . 
10 
@ 
ny 2 
Skims . 
4 
@ 
9 
EGGS. 
Fancy white . 
— 
@ 
23 
White, good to choice . 
20 
@ 
22 
Mixed colors, best . 
— 
@ 
22 
Western. . . . 
17 
@ 
19 
DRIED AI’PLES. 
Market very quiet. Prices given are the 
figures at which stock is held, but do not 
represent sales. 
Evaporated, fancy . 8 @ 10 
Evap., common to good.... 6 %@ 7% 
Sun-dried. 5%@ 0% 
Chops, 100 lbs. 
1.50 
‘ @1.60 
Cores and skins. 
1.40 
@1.50 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, Northern Spv, 
bbl. . 
1.00 
@2.50 
Baldwin. 
1.00 
@ 2.00 
Russet Roxlntrv ... 
1.00 
@ 1.50 
Southern, new . . . . 
1.00 
@2.50 
Pears, S’n. Le Conte. 
bbl. . 
3.00 
@5.00 
Peaches, Ga., Early 
Belle 
carrier. 
1.00 
@1.25 
Ga.. Early Elberta . 
1.00 
@1.50 
Ga.. Carman . 
1.00 
@1.50 
Ga., Waddell . 
1.00 
@1.50 
Plums, Southern, Carrier,.. 
1.00 
@1.50 
Cherries, 
Black. 
lb. 
0 
@ 
10 
Red. . 
4 
@ 
8 
White. 
3 
@ 
5 
Sour. . 
4 
@ 
6 
Currants. 
large. 
quart. 
7 
@ 
8 
Strawberi 
•ios. Up 
-river, qt... 
8 
@ 
12 
Western N. Y.. 
ot. 
10 
@ 
15 
Blackberries, N. 
C-, qt. 
4 
@ 
7 
Del. & 
Md.. qt 
5 
@ 
8 
Jersey, qt. 5 @ 10 
Raspberries, red. pint. 4 @ 7 
Black Cap. pint . 4 @ 0 
Huckleberries. N. C., quart. 7 @ 10 
Del. &, Md., quart. 7 @ 11 
Pa. & Jersey, quart. 9 @ 12 
Gooseberries, large, quart... S (fit 10 
Muskmelons, Ga., standard 
crate. 75 @1.25 
California, per standard 
crate. 1.00 (ci)2.00 
Watermelons, car .150.00 @300.00 
Fla. and Ga., 100.15.00 @30.00 
BEANS. 
Marrow.2.15 @2.40 
Medium.2.10 (a) 2-.40 
X>oa.2.15 (a) 2.70 
Marrow, imported .2.20 @2.25 
Pea. imported, com. to good. 2.10 @2.20 
Medium, imp., com. to good. 1.90 @2.10 
Red Kidney, com. to good.. 1.60 @1.85 
White Kidney, choice.2.35 @2.40 
Yellow Eye, choice.2.75 @ — 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Southern Rose, No. 
1, bbl.2.75 @3.50 
South’n, white. No. 1....2.75 @3.50 
South’n, red. No. 1.2.50 @3.50 
South’n, seconds .1.50 @2.00 
South’n. culls .1.00 @1.25 
Sweet potatoes. Jersey, bkt.1.00 @2.00 
Asparagus, green, doz. 75 @3.00 
White. 50 @2.25 
Beets. 100 bunches .1.00 @1.75 
Carrots, 100 hunches.1.00 @1.50 
Corn, Jersey, 100. 50 @1.50 
North Carolina, crate.... 75 78)1.25 
Cabbage, bbl. 25 @1.00 
Cucumbers, Va., bbl. 75 @1.50 
Eggplants, Southern .1.00 @1.50 
Kale, bbl. 25 @ 50 
Lettuce, barrel . 25 @ 50 
Tama beans, Fla., crate. 75 @2.00 
Mushrooms, cultivated, lb.. 12 @ 75 
Onions, Bermuda, crate.... 75 @1.00 
Kentucky, bag . — @1.25 
Egyptian, bag .1.75 @2.00 
.Ter. & S’n, white, crate.. 50 @1.00 
Jer. & S’n, yellow, bkt. . 75 @1.00 
Southern, potato basket.. 65 @ 75 
Leeks. 100 bunches . 50 @1.00 
Okra. Southern, carrier.... 1.00 @3.00 
Peppers, Southern, carrier.. 1.00 @1.50 
Jersey, box .1.00 @1.25 
Peas, basket . 75 @2.00 
Radishes, 100 bunches. 50 @ 75 
Rhubarb, 100 bunches.1.00 @2.00 
Romaine, barrel . 25 @ 60 
String beans, basket . 25 @ 75 
Spinach, nearby, barrel.... 50 @ 75 
Squash, white, barrel. 75 @1.75 
Turnips. Rutabaga, barrel.. 75 @1.25 
White, 100 bunches. 1.00 @1.50 
Tomatoes, Fla., fancy. 75 @1.50 
Norfolk carrier . 75 @1.25 
Del. & Md.1.00 @1.50 
Jersey, box ..1.50 @1.75 
Mississippi, crate . 35 @ 50 
Hothouse, lb. 10 @ — 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Spring chickens, lb. — 
Roosters. — 
Fowls. — 
Turkeys. — 
Ducks. 11 
Geese. 7 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys. 12 
Chickens, best broilers, lb.. 28 
Common to good. 17 
Fowls. 11 
Spring ducks . 14 
Old ducks . 8 
Geese. 8 
Squabs, doz.1.75 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers.5.15 
Oxen and stags .4.25 
Bulls.2.50 
Gn'vs. 2.00 
Calves.4.50 
S’’eep.3.00 
I a mbs.4.50 
Fogs.5.50 
@ 20 
@ 7 
@ 12 
@ 13 
@ 12 
@ 8 
@ 17 
@ 30 
@ 25 
@ 13 
@ 15 
@ 10 
@ 10 
@3.00 
@7.00 
@4.50 
@4.50 
@4.50 
@7.00 
@4.75 
@6.50 
@6.50 
WOOL. 
Market unchanged as to price, hut trade 
annears to be picking up a little. Local 
prices in the East: 
Fine unwashed . 14 @ 15 
Medium. 17 @ 18 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
Butter has declined one to two cents. 
The pried this year is running two to three 
cents below last year’s range. Good butter 
is retailing here at 25 to 28 cents, with 
some fancy marks up to 30 cents. 
Antics of a Plunger.—A produce deal¬ 
er in this city has within the last year 
been badly nipped in apple, orange and 
cabbage deals and brought to the verge of 
bankruptcy. Tills is one of the class of 
men recently referred to as unsafe to deal 
with, ne is considered honest and is a 
hard worker, but a man who gets mixed 
up in so many big bad bargains within a 
year is so seriously lacking in judgment 
that he ought to keep out of speculation 
and certainly is a misfit as a handler of 
other people’s goods. 
Packages for Small Fruits. —“Is any¬ 
thing larger than the 32-quart crate suit¬ 
able for shipment of berries and other 
small fruits to New York?” r. d. 
New Jersey. 
The 48 and 60-quart crates are not safe 
packages for railroad or steamer ship¬ 
ments. They are too heavy and awkward I 
for rapid handling by one man and the 
result is that they get slammed around in 
a way that is disastrous to fruit. In one 
instance noted a large crate of strawberries 
was removed from a truck with an exhi¬ 
bition of destructive dexterity that would 
have made a prize railroad baggage smasher 
envious. The end of the crate was knocked 
out and some 40 odd quarts of berries 
dropped 50 per cent in salable quality in 
three seconds. The 32-quart crates are : 
easily handled by one man and are less 
damaged. Raspberries are ordinarily ' 
shipped in pint cups or baskets packed in 
the bushel crates, and as a rule are in good 
condition when received. 
Fruits of all kinds are selling low; that 
is, the wholesale price is low, but retail 
buyers say that they have to pay as much 
as ever, especially for berries. This is 
not surprising as the waste from first bands 
to retailers is great in warm weather. Ker¬ 
ries that arrive in good condition and 
are disposed of promptly do not have to be 
repacked, but a great proportion of the 
receipts must be sorted over. It is noth¬ 
ing unusual for one-fourth to one-half of a 
crate of strawberries to be thrown away in 
this sorting process. Some retailers with 
a transient trade stuff the rubbish into the 
center of basket, but that is not so largely 
done as formerly. New York has been 
built up on the plan of jamming as many 
people as possible into a small corner, 
with the most meager provisions for mak¬ 
ing their food products accessible. There 
are thousands of people in New York 
whose only available source of food supply 
is the small grocery to which all stuff must 
be hauled by the slow process of horse and 
wagon. It is no wonder that fruits jolted 
over the pavements in this way for per¬ 
haps several miles get damaged. I-e Conte 
pears from the South have sold up to $5 
per barrel. They strike this market when 
no other pears are to be had and take 
very well, being handsome and of fair 
quality. _ w. w. H. 
Irot Me Tell Ton Ifow to Obtain tho float 
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Want 
12 Thorough-bred Dorset Horned Ewes. 
3 Thorough-bred Dorset Horned Rams. 
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CURnDQUIBEQ—30 Yearling Rams, JO liam 
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DAIRY FEEDING NOTES. 
F IKELESS STOVE COOK BOOK—Full directions for ninkim; 
stove; price 50c. 8. P. Red field, 1319 Alaple A ve.,Kva»*tnii,Nl. 
With the approach of July we find it. 
difficult to keep up the milk flow. Condi¬ 
tions are much against doing so. Green 
clover Is still good feed, and even hay of 
the ordinary grasses cut in June makes 
a feed that cows like very well. We are 
trying to have the cows pick up as much of 
their own living as possible, and so we 
hesitate to feed too much in the barn, 
aside from the small feed of grain that 
they get. Where there is ample range of 
cheap pasturage it is something of a ques¬ 
tion how much soiling it is profitable to do, 
especially where extra work must be done 
with hired labor. It is well to remember, 
however, that when cows once shrink 
down in their milk they cannot be got 
back again, and later returns will be short¬ 
ened as well as the present. We look to 
the clover, oats and peas, and sowed corn 
considerably as of old. Every year we see 
more need of Alfalfa on our dairy farms. 
We have had but little experience in 
feeding Alfalfa, but it seems to be well 
suited to soiling cows as well as furnishing 
hay for feeding at other seasons. If we 
can learn to grow it profitably, it will 
assist very much in solving our problems 
of feeding at all seasons of the year, and 
there will be some let-up in the labor 
problem. It is to be regretted that more 
of our farmers do not try to grow Alfalfa 
in the area outside the real Alfalfa region, 
for there is reason to believe that it can 
ultimately be grown with stu cess. Wc can 
learn how only by experiment. The major¬ 
ity of farmers are waiting for some one 
else to do the experimenting, after which 
they hope to learn from others’ trouble¬ 
some tests. If more tried the method 
would soon be found. h. h. l. 
Bad Eggs. —The American Creamery 
prints the following: 
“We call the attention of egg collectors 
to the method of a Missouri shipper who 
is using posters setting forth the State law 
which prohibits the sale of bad eggs, and 
calling attention to the liability of heavy 
penalties for infraction, as a means of 
getting better eggs. This is a good move. 
Most of the States have enacted pure 
food laws which can be turned to account 
in this way. But we think there is a still 
better and more effective way which could 
be put into practice if egg buyers in any 
given territory would agree to work to¬ 
gether—and that is simply to refuse to 
buy eggs except on quality, paying for 
each grade what it is worth. This means 
paying nothing for rots and spots, and if 
that were the rule there would soon be 
very few of the worthless eggs and a 
much larger proportion of first quality. 
FOR SALE 
Hickory Hill Farm, 
61M acres, situated in town of Hamilton. Two 
miles from railroad. Farm all in grass and 
would make splendid Fruit and Poultry 
Plant, Come and see it. Also 
Registered Jersey Cattle For Sale 
J. GRANT MORSE, Hamilton, N. Y. 
ni C ACC semi a trial shipment to the Oldest < oni- 
ILlMOL mission House inNew York. Established 
1838. Butter. Cheese,IE jjks, Poultry, Hay, Apples, etc, 
E. B. WOODWARD. 302 Greenwich St.. New York, 
9Cfl APRC STOCK FARM in Culpeper Co., Ya. 
uwU Hunt. Qood buildings; near station; 58 miles 
from Washington. D. C. Price $10,000. Virginia 
farms in all sections. State location desired. List 
on application. C. H. Harrison, Fredericksburg, Va. 
Highest prices guaranteed for White or Brown 
Leghorns or mixed eggs. Also high grade butter. 
Write us for information. A trial will convince you 
of our ability to obtain extreme prices. Address 
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164 Duane Street ; ; New York. 
BOOKS WORTH BUYING 
A B C of Bee Culture, Root.1.50 
American Fruit Culturist, Thomas.. 2.50 
Animal Breeding, Shaw. 1.50 
Asparagus, Hexamer .50 
Bean Culture, Sevey.50 
Book of Alfalfa, Coburn. 2.00 
Bush Fruits, Card. 1.50 
Celery Culture, aeBttie.5o 
Cereals in America, Hunt. 1.75 
Chrysanthemums, Herrington.50 
Clovers, Shaw . 1.00 
Diseases of Animals, Mayo. 1.50 
Dwarf Fruit Trees, Waugh.50 
Economic Entomology, Smith. 2.50 
Farm Grasses, Spillman . 1.00 
Farm Poultry, Watson . 1.25 
Farmers Veterinary Adviser, Law.... 
Feeding Farm Animals, Shaw. 2.00 
Feeding of Animals, Jordan. 1.25 
Feeds and Feeding, Henry. 2.0o 
Fertility of The I^and, Roberts. 1.25 
Fertilizers, Voorhees . 1.25 
Forage and Fiber Crops, Hunt. 1.75 
Forage Crops, Voorhees. 1.50 
Forcing Book, Bailey. I.ou 
Greenhouse Construction, Taft. 1.50 
Greenhouse Management, Taft. 1.50 
Horticulturists’ Rule Book, Bailey.75 
How Crops Feed, Johnson. 1.50 
How Crops Grow, Johnson. 1.50 
How to Know Wild Fruits. Peterson.. 1.50 
Injurious Insects, Chittenden. 1.50 
Irrigation and Drainage, King. 1.50 
Milk and Its Products, wing. 1.5.0 
Milk Testing, Van Slyke.75 
Mushrooms, Falconer . 1.00 
Nursery Book, Bailey . 1.50 
Plant Breeding, Bailey. 1.50 
Plant Culture, Oliver. 1.00 
Plum Culture, Waugh. 1.00 
Practical Dairy Bacteriology, Conn.. 1.25 
Principles of Agriculture, Bailey. 1.50 
Pruning Book, Bailey. 1.50 
Sheep Farming, Wing. 1.00 
Shepherd's Manual, Stewart. 1.00 
The Soil, Kng. 1.25 
Soils, Burkett . 1.25 
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