1908. 
THE RTJRAE> NEW-YORKER 
695 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, July 18, 1908. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Buckwheat in the North. 582 
The Use of a Weeder. 582 
Substitutes for Hired Men. 582 
Farm Rotation in New England.583 
Crimson Clover Questions. 584 
Controlling Potato Blight. 584 
Wood Ashes with Manure. 585 
Wood Ashes on Oats. 585 
Tile Drainage . 585 
Killing Sassafras . 585 
Quack Grass Troubles. 586 
Date Sowing of Cow Peas. 586 
A Few More Fertilizer Facts. 589 
Crop Prospects . 589 
Who Owns the Manure?. 589 
State Money for County Fairs. 589 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
‘•Big Wing" and Leg Weakness. 585 
Bovine Tuberculosis in New York.... 589 
An Eight-Sided Silo. 592 
Prize Winning Cattle. 592 
Value of a Good Bull. 592 
Salted Chicks . 592 
Wind-sucking Pigs . 593 
Urticaria in Colt. 593 
Spavin. 593 
Cow with Warts. 593 
Horse with Abscess . 593 
The Ayrshire Cow. Part 1. 593 
Feeding Motherless Pigs. 594 
Head-Tossing Colt . 594 
Big Wings . 594 
HORTICULTURE. 
Quick Work in Spray Mixing. 5S2 
Michigan Orchards . 583 
The Old Strawberry Beds. 584 
The Garber Pear. 585 
Ruralisms.586 
Prospects for the Fruit Crop. 589 
Self-Boiled Lime and Sulphur. 589 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 590 
More About Oil Stoves.590 
The Rural Patterns. 590 
One of the Little Things.590 
Bayberry Candles . 59.1 
Suggestions in ;F1sh. 591 
The Bookshelf . 591 
Rhubarb Meringue Pie. 591 
Cherry Roll Pudding. 591 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
A Strange Electrical Display.581, 582 
Brief Talk on Bees. 583 
A Flatiron Loses Heat. 583 
Keep Them at Home. 584 
Trespassing Lambs . 585 
Fencing a Right of Way.585 
A City Man in the Country. 585 
Editorials.588 
Events of the Week. 589 
Publisher’s Desk . 594 
Bees in the House. 594 
Products, Prices and Trade.595 
Humorous.596 
MARKETS 
Prices noted in New York during week 
ending July 10, 1908, wholesale unless 
otherwise specified. 
GRAINS. 
Wheat, No. 1, North’n Dul’h — @1.19 
No. 2, Red, in elevator... — @ 98 
Corn. — @ 81 
Oats, as to weight. 54 @ 67 
Rye. — @ 78 
MILLFEED. 
Cornmeal. ton ......32.00 
Wheat Bran .23.00 
Middlings.'... 24.00 
Red Dog . — 
Hominy Chop . — 
Oil Meal . — 
@33.00 
@24.50 
@28.00 
@29.00 
@27.50 
@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 . 
.15.00 
@16.00 
No. 2 . 
@14.00 
No. 3 .. 
@12.00 
Clover Mixed ... 
.10.00 
@14.00 
Straw, long rye . . 
. 12.00 
@14.00 
Short and Oat .. 
. 9.00 
@ 10.00 
MILK. 
New York Exchange price $1.31 per 40- 
quart can. netting 2*4 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 
EGGS. 
Fancy white . — @ 25 
White, good to choice . 21 @ 23 
Mixed colors, best . — @ 22 
Western . 17 @ 19 
DRIED APPLES. 
Market very quiet. Prices given are the 
figures at which stock is held, but do not 
represent sales. 
Evaporated, fancy . 9 @ 10 
Evap., common to good. 6%@ 7% 
Chops, 100 lbs.1.50 @1.60 
Cores and skins .1.40 @.1.50- 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, Northern Spy, bbl...l.00 @2.50 
Baldwin.1.00 @2.00 
Russet, Roxbury .1.00 @1.50 
Russet, Golden .1.00 @1.50 
Southern, new, bbl.1.00 @2.00 
Southern, new. basket. 50 @1.00 
Pears, S’n. LeConte, bbl... 1.50 @4.25 
Peaches, Ga., Early Belle 
carrier.T.00 @1.25 
Ga., Belle of Ga.1.00 @1.25 
Ga., Elberta .1.00 @1.25 
Ga., defective, all kinds ..60 @ 90 
Cherries, sour, quart. 5 @ 6 
Sour, 8-lb. basket. 25 @50 
Currants, large, quart. 6%@ 8 
Large, pound . 6 @ 6V2 
Small, pound . 5%@ 6 
Blackberries, Del. & Md., qt. 3 @ 5 
Jersey, quart... 4 @ 8 
Raspberries, red* pint. 3 @ 5 
Black Cap, pint . 3 @ 5 
Huckleberries, N. C. quart. 5 @ 7 
Del. and Md. 5 @ 7 
Pa. and Jersey. 6 @10 
Gooseberries, extra large, qt. 10 @ 14 
Small to medium . 6 @ 7 
Muskmelons, Southern, stand- 
ard cra te . 50 @ 75 
..Canf., standard crate _1.00 @2.00 
Watermeions, car .125.00 @250.00 
Honda and Ga., 100...15.00 @35.00 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, S’n Rose, No. 
1, bbl.3.00 @3.50 
S’n, Chili, white, No. 1...2.75 @3.25 
Southern, red. No. 1.2.50 (a) 3.00 
Southern, common to good. 2.2u @2.75 
Southern, culls . 75 @1.25 
Sweet potatoes, Jersey, bkt.1.00 @2.00 
Asparagus, Colossal, doz....2.50 @ — 
Corn, Jersey, 100. 75 @1.00 
Cucumbers, Va., bbl. 75 @1.25 
Jersey, Mon. Co., box.... 75 @1.00 
South Jersey, box. 40 @ 65 
Hothouse, basket .1.25 @2.50 
Cucumber pickles, bbl.2.00 @3.00 
Cabbage, barrel . 50 @ 85 
Cauliflowers, bbl.T.00 @2.25 
Kale, barrel . 25 @ 50 
Lettuce, barrel . 25 @1.00 
String beans. Jersey, bkt. .. 30 @ 50 
Spinach, nearby, bbl. 50 @ 75 
Tomatoes. Norfolk, carrier. . 25 @ 50 
Del. & Md., carrier. 25 @ 75 
Jersey, box . 75 @1.25 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers.4.30 @7.50 
Oxen and stags .3.85 @5.00 
Bulls.3.00 @4.65 
Cows.1.50 @4.35 
Calves.4.25 @6.25 
Sheep.3.00 @4.50 
Lambs.4.75 @7.15 
Hogs.5.50 @6.50 
WOOL. 
Market unchanged as to price, but trade 
appears to be picking up a little in ■western 
markets. Local prices in the East: 
Fine unwashed . 14 @ 15 
Medium.._. 17 @ 18 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
The waterways about New York harbor 
transport more than 200.000.000 passengers 
per year. This is largely ferry traffic. 
Among the receipts at New Y’ork for 30 
days past were 343,432 tubs butter. 19,- 
638,930 dozen eggs, 618,626 barrels of po¬ 
tatoes, and 36,164 tons of hay. 
Fruits. —There are still a few old apples 
left, mostly ordinary lots, for which there 
is slight demand. Southern new apples 
bring from $1 to $2 per barrel. Peaches 
have sold rather better than last week, 
but the proportion of defective fruit that 
had to be sold under .$1 per crate has been 
greater. The berries and cherries on hand 
at this writing show considerable damage 
from the hot weather. Southern muskmel¬ 
ons are cutting very poor, many selling 
under 50 cents per bushel crate. California 
melons have brought as much as $2 per 
crate. 
Misbranded Flour. —The National pure 
food law establishes standards for various 
grades of flour. The first prosecution under 
this act concerned a western New York 
milling house which put on the market 
an alleged gluten flour. On analysis this 
was found to contain 12.8 per cent rnoist- 
ture and 1.53 per cent nitrogen, a short¬ 
age of 4.7 per cent nitrogen, and an ex¬ 
cess of 2.8 per cent moisture, over the 
legal standard for gluten flour. The de¬ 
fendant plead guilty and sentence was sus¬ 
pended. Flour is so important an article 
of food that the buyer is entitled to ample 
protection, and this is particularly the 
case with special flours, like gluten, which 
are often prescribed by physicians for ail¬ 
ing persons. 
"We’ll Settle With the Shippers. ’— 
That is what the express companies say 
when a produce commission man here at¬ 
tempts to get redress for goods delivered in 
damaged condition. The reason for this 
attitude is that they know that the com¬ 
mission man has better facilities for col¬ 
lecting a claim than the average shipper. 
In the meantime the express company 
through its local agent gives the shipper 
to understand that the commission man 
was largely to blame for the damaged con¬ 
dition of the goods. A favorite excuse is 
that they tried to make delivery of the 
goods earlier but found the place closed. 
The writer has traced out cases of this 
sort. They also say that goods were de¬ 
livered at 4 or 5 o’clock a. m., when 8 was 
the actual time. In one recent instance, 
an express wagon with goods for a com¬ 
mission man passed his store without 
making the delivery, although the goods 
were not covered with other packages, and 
went several blocks away to make some 
other delivery. One of the employees of 
the commission man. having caught sight 
of the labels as the wagon passed, and 
knowing the goods were perishable, fol¬ 
lowed it and made inquiry regarding their 
stuff. 
“I’ll deliver it when I get good and 
ready, and not before,” replied the capable 
and courteous expressman, and he did make 
the delivery in the course of an hour. This 
was a case of pure meanness on the part 
of the driver, and I have heard a num¬ 
ber of similar complaints. It is a com¬ 
mon saying in the produce trade here that 
more than three-fourths of the damaged 
express stock from the N6w Jersey roads 
gets its injury on the way from Jersey City 
to its New York destination. In Winter 
it is frosted while on the platforms after 
removal from the cars or in the wagon, 
and in Summer it is jounced to jelly and 
cooked while being dragged around the 
hot streets. I know one case where an 
express delivery man walked with muddy 
boots over a “hothouse" lamb, leaving beau¬ 
tiful mud patches on the clean wool and 
crushing some of the tender bones. This 
happened in front of the consignee’s store, 
and that person “called down” the offender 
in language both picturesque and tropi¬ 
cal. The expressman really seemed a 
trifle ashamed of it. The lamb was shipped 
by a man who takes special care in finish¬ 
ing out the wool and keeping the carcass 
neat. He disliked wrapping the lambs in 
burlap in the usual manner, and put them 
in a light wood frame, but the frame 
was made into a slatted crate after this 
incident. w. w. h. 
LARGE BERKSHIRES. 
America’s and England’s Leading Strains, 
all line bred and prize winners of both countries 
for sale. 3 service boars one year old by Baron 
Duke out of a Lord Premier sow, 1 two year old 
son of Premier Longfellow, 1 son of Lord Premier 
2nd. a lot of sows bred for October litters to the 
above boars and also bred to a son of Grand 
Champion Sensation, lot of Spring pigs. 
Our service boars include a son of Lord Premiers 
Rival, a son of Baron Kitchener, and Grand 
Champion Sensation; a few sows will be booked 
for service to either of them. 
Clarion Farm, R. C. 3, Greenwich, Conn. 
Hand-Made 
Buckboard 
$49.00 
Spindle Seat, Shuler Springs, Very- 
Easy Riding, Natural Wood Finish, 
Good Whipcord Trimmings. 
30 Miles Daily—An Ideal Wagon. 
“The Buckboard purchased of you last .June 
has given me excellent service, being light, 
strong, neat, and attractive. As I am a rural 
letter carrier, I give a wagon 30 miles daily, six 
days a week. Any one conversant with the con¬ 
ditions existing in that service knows that it 
takes a good wagon to stand up under the hard 
service exacted. I believe your buckboard comes 
as near being the ideal wagon as any I have ever 
seen or heard of. Good judges pronounce it the 
best buckboard that has ever come in this region 
by at least $25.00. F. E. Drumm, Niverville, N?Y.” 
Send postal for our FREE CARRIAGE CAT¬ 
ALOGUE of over 100 different styles with 
WHOLESALE PRICE LIST. 
Rochester Vehicle Co., 
362 Main Street, Rochester, N. Y. 
Silos 
A good 
descrip¬ 
tion of our 
SILOS 
is given 
in our 
circulars. 
Write for one. 
VANDYKE 
& CO., 
North Tonawanda, 
NEW YORK. 
HAKVESTEIt cuts and throws in 
piles on harvester or windrows. Man 
and horse cuts and shocks equal 
with a corn binder. Sold in every 
State. Price, $15. Testimonials and 
catalog free, showing harvester at work. 
NEW PROCESS MFG. CO., Salina, Kansas 
For 16 Years the Best 
STILL BETTER 
#1908 
The market to-day is 
flooded with 
* _ 1 separators o f| 
- N ') every style and 
description, 
and all 
Aliwn <a\. make 
claims! 
iBut the World's Record for clean skimming In 
150 consecutive tests is held by only onel 
fSeparator, and that one is the reliable 
U g% CREAM 
1 5. SEPARATOR 
lin competition with all other Standard 
makes. Is not this convincing proof of J 
'which is best ? Dairymen, “get wise.”! 
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ftio More Hay Jumping^ 
Spencer’s Hercules Large Hale Press 
bales rapidly, easily, requiring no jumping 
and no waiting by men on mow for it takes 
feed while tying and pressing, something an 
upright press won’t do. Guaranteed capacity 
4 tons per hour or no sale. Greater speed 
means less board, farmers furnishing tabling 
and board should talk 
this press. 
J. A. SPENCER, /fe~ Oatolog 
Dwight, III ’ froe 
P| CACC send a trial shipment to the Oldest Com* 
• LLnOL mission House inNew York. Established 
1838. Butter, Cheese.IEggs, Poultry, Hay, Apples, etc 
E. B. WOODWARD. 302 Greenwich St.. New York, 
WANTED 
Peaches, Plums, Berries and all other fruits 
and vegetables. Fancy Eggs; Hothouse Pro¬ 
ducts. Top prices secured for choice pro¬ 
ducts. Write us what you have to offer. 
Archdeacon & Co., 100 Murray St., New York. 
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. 
F ine Berkshire Pigs farrowed .March 23d. Highelere 
Strain $7. Hawthorne Farm, Williamsville, N.Y. 
W AWTCn~ Mareh ' April or May hatched. Black 
11 Mil I LU Minorca Pullets, S. or Rose G. 
H. O. PACKARD, P. O. Box 33, Hammouton, N. J. 
V ERY CHOICE 100 ACRE LONG ISLAND 
FARM; adjoins depot, no hauling. Produces 
$4,500 annnally. Good buildings. Purchaser can 
sell enough building lots to pay for entire farm. 
Just the place to start road house. Send postal 
card for particulars. STEWART COMPANY 
REAL ESTATE, 39 East 42d St.. New York City. 
I OWN ANI) LIVE ON 20 ACRE FARM 
1 near Philadelphia. Want married man who can 
grow vegetables for my family and for market if 
desired, and who understands berries and small 
fruit. Six room bouse, milk, garden, etc., and fair 
wages. Give full particulars of self and family in 
first letter; also give references. JAMES R. 
GWILLIAM, 1339 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. 
GKO. P. HAMMOND. EST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & GO., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers in ail kinds of 
COUNTRY PRODUCE, Apples, Peaches, Ber 
ries Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms 
and Hot-house Products a Specialty. Consignments 
solicited. 34 & 36 Little 12th St„ New York- 
Higliest prices guaranteed for White or Brown 
Leghorns or mixed eggs. Also high grade butter. 
Write nsfor information. A trial will convince yon 
of our ability to obtain extreme prices. Address 
JOHNSTONE 6 COUGHLAN, 
164 Duane Street : : New York. 
lA/DITp J. D. S. Hanson, Hart, Mich., for list of 
IT 111 I L Fruit, Grain, Stock and Poultry Farms. 
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0 cn APRF STOCK EAli>I ill Culpeper Co., Va. 
vlOU nUIIL Good buildings: near station; 58 miles 
from Washington. D. C. Price $10,000. Virginia 
farms in ail sections. State location desired. List 
on application. C. H. Harrison, Fredericksburg, Va. 
SPANGLER AND reRTILIZER "drIllI 
is superior to other drills. It is light in weight and draft; has 
high wheels, broad tires, low steel frame; sows grain or fertilizer 
evenly, either up or down hill. Being low in frame, it is easy 
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6ide gear to break. Fanners can make no mistake when they 
buy a Spangler Drill, because each drill is guaranteed to give 
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SPANGLER MFG. CO., 513 Queen Street, York, Pa. 
NEW YORK STATE FAIR 
SYRACUSE, SEPTEMBER 14-19, 1908. 
AGRICULTURAL and INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION 
G-ranci Circuit Tlaces 
Increased Premiums Offered in DAIRY CATTLE CLASSES 
$400.00 In Prizes for Butter Fat Tests. 
Open to Registered Cows of All Breeds. 
DAIRY PRODUCTS Classes are so arranged 
that every person who can do good dairy work of 
some kind has a fair chance to win a valuable prize. 
Gold and Silver Medals and a large increase 
in cash premiums are offered in the Dairy Depart¬ 
ment this year. 
New Classes in the SHEEP and SWINE DE¬ 
PARTMENTS, also special prizes. 
Improved classification and Silver Cups in the 
POULTRY DEPARTMENT. 
Revision of the DOMESTIC CLASSES brings 
that department to date. 
Classification in the FARM PRODUCE, 
FRUIT and FLOWER DEPARTMENTS the 
most complete in years. 
The IMPLEMENT and MACHINE exhibit 
will be the largest in years. 
The New LIBERAL ARTS BUILDING will 
be completed in time to house some of the finest 
exhibits of machinery ever shown. 
ENTRIES CLOSE 
Hovisoci Entry Fee. 
—Tu tlie Cattle, Sheep, Swine and Poultry Departments on August 15th. 
—In the Dairy, Domestic, Farm Produce, Flowers and Fruiton September 5t h. 
—Implements and Machines and Butter Fat Test, September 14tii. 
Send Foi* Prize List. 
S. C. SHAVER, Secretary, Rosenbloom Building, Syracuse, New York. 
