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THE RURAI> NEW-YORKER 
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CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, July 25, 1908. 
FARM TOPICS. 
How Rime is Prepared. 597 
Rye as Green Manure. 598 
Shocking and Stacking Wheat. 598 
Co-operation Among Farmers. 598 
Alfalfa is Southwest Ohio.599 
Treatment for Bean Rust. 600 
Crops Poisoning Soil. 601 
Killing Weeds. 601 
Crimson Clover and Turnips in Vermont 601 
Hope Farm Notes. . . .. 603 
Still More Fertilizer Facts. 605 
Crop Trospects . 605 
live stock and dairy. 
Prospects for Sheep.599 
Ducks and Green Scum. 600 
The Ayrshire Cow. Part II. 608 
Making the Tuberculin Test. 608 
The Cheviot Sheep. 608 
Killing Lice on Hogs. 608 
Sweeney; Milk Fever. 609 
Horse with Grease . 609 
Mare with Cough. 609 
Milking a Heifer. 609 
Cow with Cough. 609 
Fistula of Hip. 609 
Alfalfa as a Silage Crop. 609 
Cows with Heavy Milk Yields. 609 
A Cow’s Earnings . 609 
Clover Hay for Horses. 609 
The Most Economic Hen.610 
Inbreeding of Squabs. 610 
HORTICULTURE. 
Starting the Old Strawberry Beds.... 599 
A Montana Sod Orchard. 599 
Transplanting Eight-year Apple Trees. 600 
Small Fruits for Central Illinois. 600 
Raspberry Troubles . 600 
Self-Boiled Lime and Sulphur. 600 
The Garber Pear . 600 
Gravenstein Fails to Bear. 601 
Ruralisms . 602 
The Apple Crop. 605 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 606 
The Rural Patterns. 606 
Schnitz and Klase.607 
Shortcakes and Puddings. 607 
Oil Stoves and Other Things. 607 
Oil and Gasoline Stoves. 607 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Primary Nominations in Iowa.598 
Keep Them at Home. 601 
Pumping for Irrigation.601 
Rubber Insulators for Lightning Rods. 601 
A Long Island Elm. 601 
Windmill for Electric Power. 602 
Editorials . 604 
Events of the Week. 605 
Publisher’s Desk . 610 
Humorous . 612 
MARKETS 
Prices noted in New York during week 
ending July 17, 1908, wholesale unless 
otherwise specified. 
GRAINS. 
Wheat, No. 1, North’n Duluth — @1.20 
No. 2, Red, in elevator... — @1.00 
Corn . 
82 
Oats, as to weight. . 
. 54 
@ 67 
Rye . — 
MILLFEED. 
@ 74 
Cornmeal. ton . .. . 
@33.00 
Wheat Bran . 
.23.00 
@24.50 
Middlings .. 
.25.00 
@29.00 
Red Dog . 
. . 
@20.50 
Hominv Chop . 
. . 
@27.50 
Oil Meal . — 
HAY AND STRAW. 
@31.00 
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 . 
.13.00 
@14.00 
No. 3 . 
.11.00 
@12.00 
Clover Mixed ... 
.10.00 
@14.00 
Straw, long rye ... 
.11.00 
@13.00 
Short and oat . 
. 8.00 
@10.00 
MILK. 
New York Exchange price $1.3.1 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 
CHEESE. 
State, full cream, fancy. 11 % @ — 
Full cream, good to prime 10 @ 10% 
Full cream, common .... 8 %@ 8% 
Skims, fair to good. 3 @ 5% 
EGGS. 
White, fancy . 25 @ 26 
White, good to choice. 22 @ 24 
Brown and mixed, fancy. . 23 @ 24 
Mixed, prime to choice.21 @22 
Fair to good. .18 @ 20 
Western . 15 @ 21 
BEANS. 
Marrow .2.10 @2.40 
Medium .2.10 @2.40 
Pea .2.20 @2.70 
Red Kidney.1.50 @1.90 
Yellow Eye .2.90 @ — 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evap., fancy. 10 @ 10% 
Evap., choice . 8 @ 9 
Evap., prime. 7%@ — 
Evap., prime, Canadian... 6%@ —• 
Evap., common to fair.. 5%@ 6% 
Chopped, 1907, 160 lbs.... 1.50 @ 62% 
Cores and skins, 100 lbs..1.45 @ 50 
Raspberries, evap., 1907, lb.. 23 @ 24 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, N’n Spy, bbl.1.00 @2.50 
Baldwin .1.00 @2.00 
Russet, Roxbury .1.00 @1.50 
Russet, Golden .1.00 @1.50 
Astrachan .2.00 @2.75 
Sour Bough .2.00 @2.50 
Sweet Bough .2.00 @2.25 
New apples, %-bbl. basket.. 50 @1.00 
Pears, S’n, Le Conte, bbl..2.00 @4.50 
Nearby, ordinary, bbl.... 2.00 @3.00 
Peaches, Ga., Belie of Ga., 
carrier . 75 @1.12 
Ga., Elberta . 75 @1.12 
Ga., defective, all kinds... 50 . @ 65 
Md. and Del., basket.... 30 @ 50 
Md. and Del., carrier. 40 @ 60 
Cherries, Sour, quart. 5 @ 6 
Sour. 8-lb. basket. 35 @ 60 
Currants, large, quart .... 5 @ 7 
Large, lb. 5 @ 6 
Small, lb. 5 @ — 
Blackberries, Del & Md., qt. 4 @ 6 
.Ter., fancy, quart. 7 @ 8 
.Ter., average, quart .... 4 @ 6 
Raspberries, Red, fancy, 
large pint . 7 @ 8 
Red, usual quality, pint. 5 @ 6 
Black Cap, pint . 4 @ 5 
Huckleberries, Del & Md., qt 4 @ 7 
Pa. & Jer., Mountain, qt. . 6 @ 11 
Other Jersey, quart. 4 @ 7 
Gooseberries, extra large Eng¬ 
lish, quart . 12 @ 15 
Large, quart . 9 @ TO 
Small to medium, qt. 6 @ 8 
Muskmelons, S’n. st’d’rd crate 40 @1.00 
Calif., standard crate.... 1.00 @2.00 
Arizona, standard crate. . .1.75 @2.00 
Md.. standard crate . 75 @1.00 
Virginia, crate . 50 @1.00 
Watermelons, car .100.00 @200.00 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, L. T., in bulk, bbl. 2.75 
Jersey, bbl.2.50 
S’n. extra prime, bbl.... — 
S’n, good to prime .2.50 
S’n, common .2.00 
S’n, culls . 75 
Sweet potatoes, .Ter., basket. 1.50 
Beets, 100 bunches . — 
Carrots, new, 100 bunches. . — 
Corn. Hackensack, 100.T.00 
Other Jersey, 100. 50 
Cucumbers. Va.. bbl.1.25 
Baltimore, bushel basket.. 90 
Jersey, Mon. Co., box.... 75 
South Jersey, box. 60 
Hothouse, basket .2.00 
Cucumber pickles, bbl.2.50 
Cabbage. 100 .4.00 
Eggplants, Norfolk, 60-quart 
crate .2.00 
Jersey, box . 75 
Garlic, New Orleans, lb. .. 5 
Lettuce, nearby, barrel. 75 
Lima beans, Md. and Del., 
basket .3.00 
Jersey, basket .4.00 
Onions, Sheter Island, yel¬ 
low, barrel .2.00 
Other L. I., bbl.2.00 
Egyptian, bag .1.25 
.Ter., small, white, bkt. .1.12 
.Ter., large, white, bkt.. 75 
Jer. & S’n, yellow, bkt... 85 
Bermuda, crate . 75 
Okra, Jersey, 100. — 
Peppers, Jersey, box . 50 . 
Peas, State, large, basket. 1.25 
Romaine, barrel . 50 
String beans, State, bu.-bkt. 1.00 
Spinach, nearby, -barrel... .1.00 
Squash, Jersey, white, box.. 30 
Jersey, yellow, box. 20 
Southern, barrel . 40 
Turnips, Rutabaga, bbl. 75 
White, 100 bunches _1.00 
Tomatoes, Norfolk, carrier. . 30 
Del. & Md.. carrier. 30 
.Ter., Mon. Co., Acme, box. 1.50 
•Ter., Mon. Co., usual kinds.1.00 
So. Jersey, Acme .1.25 
So. Jer., usual kinds.... 60 
Baltimore, box . 90 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Spring chickens, lb. — 
Fowls . — 
Roosters . — 
Turkeys . — 
Ducks . 11 
Geese . 7 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys . .13 
Chickens, best . 26 
Common to good . 16 
Fowls . 11 
Spring Ducks . 13 
Squabs, dozen .1.00 
LIVE STOCK. 
Steers .6.00 
Oxen and stags.3.85 
Bulls .2.75 
Cows .1.50 
Calves .5.00 
Sheep .3.00 
Lambs .5.00 
Hogs .5.50 
@3.75 
@3.00 
@3.25 
@3.00 
@2.25 
@ 1.00 
@2.25 
@ 1.00 
@ 1.00 
@1.50 
@1.50 
@1.50 
@1.75 
@1.00 
@1.25 
@ 1.00 
@2.25 
@3.50 
@6.00 
@2.50 
@ 1.00 
@ 6 
@1.50 
@4.00 
@5.00 
@2.50 
@2.50 
@1.75 
@1.25 
@ 1.00 
@ 1.12 
@ — 
@ 15 
@ 75 
@1.50 
@1.00 
@1.25 
@1.50 
@ 40 
@ 30 
@ 75 
@1.00 
@1.50 
@ 50 
@ 60 
@ 2.00 
@ 1.50 
@1.75 
@1.00 
@1.00 
@ 18 
@ 13 
@ 8 
@ 11 
@ 12 
@ 8 
@ 17 
@ 30 
@ 24 
@ 14 
@ 14 
@3.00 
@7.25 
@5.00 
@3.65 
@ 4.35 
@8.00 
@4.50 
@7.25 
@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 
MVdium . 17 @ 18 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
Sweet Corn.—T he earliest loads from 
Hackensack brought $1.50 to $1.75 per TOO. 
The bulk of the nearby crop is late be¬ 
cause of dry weather. 
Potatoes from Ixing Island and Jersey 
have sold up to $3.75 per barrel, but $3 
is nearer an average for good stock. The 
drought has made many small tubers, and 
grub work is evident. 
Capt. A. G. Thomsen, of the Scandinav- 
ian-American Line, has just arrived at 
New York on his 299th trip across the At¬ 
lantic. On his return King Oscar II will 
present him a gold medal in commemora¬ 
tion of this notable record. 
Fruits. —Some first quality new apples 
have sold above $2 per barrel, shaken fruit 
and windfalls bring $1 or less. The texture 
of most Summer apples is so soft that 
they soon spoil if bruised, and it is Bard 
to barrel them tight enough to avoid going 
slack. Baskets appear to be the better 
package. Peaches have again been very 
low, some going at 40 cents per 20-quart 
carrier. Currants and all berries are down, 
not because there is a surplus, but on ac¬ 
count of damage by hot weather. The 
muskmelon market is entirely upset, south¬ 
ern stock scarcely paying freight, and only 
a few western selling above $2 per bushel 
crate. 
Selling Eggs.—I have been wondering 
if there were not some dealers or others 
in the city who would order eggs from 
the country and pay for them in advance? 
We order goods from the city and send re¬ 
mittance with order. Why not pay the man 
in the country for his produce in advance? 
I would like to find some one in New York 
F ine Berkshire Pigs farrowed March 23d. Highclere 
Strain $7. Hawthorne Farm, Wilii&msville, N.V. 
FflR 9 A| C-AT A SACRIFICE— Three rows, 
I Ull OnLL mixed Alderney breed; two for $50 
eacii. One heifer, just milking, $75. K. OROWLKY, 
185th St., Fort Washington Ave., New York City. 
city to whom I could ship one or two 
cases of eggs per week and get my pay in 
advance. I could give them good eggs and 
at a price that should be satisfactory. We 
often get above quotations for nice eggs 
through commission merchants, but I would 
be satisfied to receive the highest quoted 
price for them. Are there not small groc¬ 
ers who would do that? • p. s. 
Pennsylvania. 
We know no one who would do this, be¬ 
cause it is possible to get all the eggs 
wanted on time or a cash-on-delivery basis. 
Your experience with commission men has 
been favorable, and it is the writer’s opin¬ 
ion that, taking one year with another, 
this is the best way to sell eggs.. The 
man who offers a fixed price a month in 
advance must safeguard himself against a 
decline, and is likely to make the price on 
this basis. A commission man who is 
honest and knows his business will get at 
least the market price at the time the 
eggs are sold. If the shipper wishes to 
guard against a serious decline he can put 
a limit on his eggs, with the alternative of 
storing for a short time in case of a sudden 
glut. 
Freight Rates.— The N. Y. Central an¬ 
nounces an increase in freight rates to take 
place within a month. Among the articles 
advanced are packing house goods, sugar, 
coffee, condensed milk, flour and other 
grain products. An official says that this 
increase, while of great advantage to the 
railroad, will be scattered about so widely 
among the consumers who “pay the 
freight,” that it will be scarcely noticeable. 
Consumers will be highly gratified at hav¬ 
ing their pockets picked in such a skilful 
and genteel manner. Wlmt is the mean¬ 
ing of all this “hemming and hawing” by 
railroad officials—interviews, statements, 
speeches and “inspired” newspaper and 
magazine articles? Why not come out 
plainly and say : “We need the money and 
are going to take this way of getting it.” 
The reason is that they well know that, 
because of the unusual privileges secured by 
their charters they are in duty bound to 
give the public more consideration than a 
cross-roads grocer who may arbitrarily fix 
his prices as high as he feels that the cus¬ 
tomer will pay. We do not believe in in¬ 
discriminate pounding of the railroads 
merely because they are 14 grasping corpora¬ 
tions,” but submit that before passing the 
hat or expecting the public to “carry” them, 
they should see ‘ that their business is 
carried on with efficiency and econ¬ 
omy approaching in degree that found nec¬ 
essary in farm operations and mercantile 
life. It is true that a few railroads meas¬ 
ure up to this, but many more do not. 
The waste from shiftless methods alone 
is enormous. Through lack of inspection 
and necessary repairs track and equipment 
get into condition to invite serious and ex¬ 
pensive accidents. Material is left beside 
the track or kicking around in storage 
yards, and thousands of dollars worth of 
such stuff is stolen by junk men. In one 
case noted 10 brand new locomotives were 
left on a siding for two months and at 
the end of the time were shockingly rusty 
from the weather. If no shed room were 
available a little oil and elbow grease would 
BROOKSIDE GUERNSEYS 
We ai-fj making special offers on some nicely bred 
Bull Calves, also one two-year-old Bull of A R 
breeding. Address 
Brookside Stock Farm, Hopkinton, N. Y. 
FOR SALE 
Hickory Hill Farm, 
61% acres, situated in town of Hamilton Two 
miles from railroad. Farm all in grass and 
would make splendid Fruit and Foul 
Plant, Come and see it. Also 
1 try 
Registered Jersey Cattle For Sale 
»T. GRANT MORSE, Hamilton, N. Y. 
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Eggs. Poultry. Pork, Calves. Hay. Grain. Beans, 
Apples, etc. E. B. U00PWARK, 802 Greenwich St., V. 
Highest prices guaranteed for White or Brown 
Leghorns or mixed eggs. Also high grade butter. 
Write us for information. A trial will convince you 
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JOHNSTONE C) COUGHLAN, 
164 Du&ne Street : : New y or k. 
uoai x uuaueipnia. want married man who can 
grow vegetables for my family and for market if 
desired, and who understands berries and small 
fruit. Six room house, milk, garden, etc., ami fair 
wages. Give full particulars of self and family in 
first ; ®l so give references. JAMES R. 
GWILLIAM, 1339 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. 
WANTFfl— Mal ? and wite ’ Protestant, oil gentle- 
Iinil I LU man’s place in Connecticut. Modern 
cottage'given, with sitting and diningrooms; two 
kitchens, hot and cold water, w. c. in house, three 
sleeping rooms. Episcopal and Congregational 
Churches within eighth mile. Man must he good 
dairy man, four to six cows only; must keep lawns 
and walks in good order; he generally useful and 
cheerful worker. Wife to have charge of chickens 
and chicken houses. Board help, if required. 
Wages for couple, $40 per month. To faithful and 
reliable couple, a permanent and good home is as¬ 
sured. Address, with references, COUPLE, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
WRITF J - !?• S. Hanson, Hart, Mich., for list of 
if ill i i Fruit, Grain, Stock and Poultry Farms. 
YVANTED—Farm of about 100 acres, within 100 
TT miles of New York City; state location, price 
and terms. FARMER, Box 3G3, Florida, N. Y. 
VALLEY RANCH FOR SALE in State of Washington.— 
Quarter section of fine bottom land. House and 
barns; 40 acres wire fence. State road 3 4 mile east; 
C. M. & S. P. R.R., % west. About two and a half 
million feet of merchantable timber. Price, $3,500. 
C. «I. ANDREWS, Clearwater, Washington 
QKfl ARRF STOCK FARM ill Culpeper Co., Va. 
GUU nuilL Good 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. 
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frame house, barn and chicken house; located on 
fine road, 1U miles from station; convenient to 
school, churches and desirable neighbors; 9 acres 
cleared; 1 in wood; fruited to peaches, pears, ap¬ 
ples, cherries and plums: ^2 acre of grapes; U 4 
acres of blackberries, which netted owner over 
$200; also large strawberry bed. Included are all 
crops, watermelons, cantaloupes, potatoes, sweet 
potatoes, corn, several varieties of beans, cabbages, 
tomatoes, cucumbers, peas, lettnee, etc.; horse, 2 
harnesses, wagons, buggy, 2 pigs, 50 paying liens, 
200 to 300 young chickens, guinea hens, ducks and 
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BOOKS WORTH BUYING 
have prevented the damage. Extravagant 
salaries are paid to incompetent men who 
have a pull, or those able to hypnotize law 
makers with their purse or personality. 
Farmers and merchants who do business in 
such a shipshod manner soon “peter out.” 
W. W. H. 
HOME-GROWN DAIRY RATIONS. 
C. E. T.. Chelsea, Mass .—I am about to 
start farming in southern New Hampshire. 
Would it be possible and profitable for me 
to raise my whole ration for a dairy herd, 
the main product butter? I shall soil the 
cattle as well as have a silo. It seems to 
me that the less feed I have to buy the 
more profit there will be for me. Am I 
right? 
Ans. —The articles by John McLen¬ 
nan, page 377, outline the most practical 
plan for doing this that we have seen. 
He uses rye, millet, oats and peas, 
Soy beans, clover, corn and Alfalfa. 
We do not consider it possible to raise 
all the food required unless you can 
make a success of Alfalfa. While it 
might be possible to follow such a plan 
the conditions of labor and farm might 
be such that it would be more profitable 
to raise corn for silage, clover for hay 
and buy bran or cotton-seed meal. 
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.50 
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 
Earm Grasses, Spillman . 1.00 
Farm Poultry, Watson . 1.25 
Farmers Veterinary Adviser, Law.... 3.00 
Feeding Farm Animals, Shaw. 2.00 
Feeding of Animals, Jordan. 1.25 
Feeds and Feeding, Henry. 2.00 
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. 1.00 
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. 1.50 
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 
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