ions. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
627 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New Yorker, August 1, 1008. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Fighting Quack Grass. 013 
The Rost Good Enough. 614 
Lime and Nitrogen Crops. 014 
A Curse in Clover Seed. 014 
Farm Labor from Washington. 614 
A Few Farm Losses. 014 
Bringing I'p Wornout Soil. 610 
Value of Wood Ashes. 610 
Wireworms in Corn. 617 
Hope Farm Notes. 619 
A 1,000-Acre Texas Farm. 021 
Crop Prospects . 621 
Alfalfa ir Ohio. 621 
A County Farm. 021 
Hay in Jefferson Co., N. Y. 621 
Fining Hen Manure. 626 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
State Fair Dairy Test. 616 
Ayrshircs for “Grading Up’’. 624 
Prize Winning Cattle. 624 
Registering Degenerates . 024 
Those Poor Dairy Cows. 625 
Cement Plastered Silo. 625 
A Hen Record. 626 
HORTICULTURE. 
A Farmer's Garden. 613 
Value of Tree. 615 
Wormy Chestnuts . 616 
Pollenizer for Kieffer. 616 
Transplanting Evergreens . 616 
Black Knot . 616 
Strawberry Notes . 016 
Ruralisms . 018 
Peaches in the Maryland Mountains.. 621 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.622 
The Rural Patterns. 622 
A Woman's Farm Dress. 623 
Molding the Disposition. 623 
Suggestions in Vegetables. 623 
Summer Salads . 623 
The Bookshelf . 623 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Cleaning Out a Spring. 6.14 
Improvement in Fence Wire. 615 
Keep Them at Home. 617 
Freight Trains on Country Roads.... 017 
Prohibition and Taxation. 617 
Editorials . 620 
Events of the Week. 621 
The New York Barrel Law. 621 
Publisher’s Desk . 626 
MARKETS 
Prices noted in New York during week 
ending July 24, 1908, wholesale unless 
otherwise specified. 
GRAINS. 
Wheat, No. 1. North’n Duluth — ©1.23 
No. 2. Red, in elevator. .. — ©1.00 
Corn . — © 83 
Oats, as to weight. 54 © 67 
Rye . — @ 80 
MILLFEED. 
Cornmeal, ton .32.00 ©33.00 
Wheat Bran .23.00 ©24.50 
Middlings .25.00 ©29.00 
Red Dog . — ©30.00 
Hominy Chop . — ©27.50 
Oil Meal . — @31.00 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Prices for large hales; small bales 50 
cents to $1 per ton less. Market dull and 
weak. 
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 $1.31 per 40- 
quart can. netting 214 cents to 26-cent 
zone shippers. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, fancy . 22 @ 23 
Lower grades . 19 © 21' 
State Dairy . 19 © 22 
Factory . 17 @ 19 
Packing stock . 16 @ 18 
CHEESE. 
State, full cream, fancy. 1114@ — 
Full cream, good to prime 10 @ 1014 
Full cream, common .... 814© 8% 
Skims, fair to good. 3 @ 514 
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. 
Apnles, evap.. fancy . 10 @ 10% 
Evap., choice . 8 © 9 
Evap., prime . 714© — 
Evap., prime, Canadian... 6%@ — 
Evap., common to fair... 514 @ 614 
Chopped, 1907. 100 lbs.. 1.50 @1.62% 
Cores and skins, 100 lbs.. 1.45 @ 50 
Raspberries, evap., 1907, lb.. 23 @ 24 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, N’n Spv, old bbl. ..1.00 @2.50 
Baldwin .1.00 @2.00 
Russet .1.00 @1.50 
Astrachan, d. h. bbl.1.25 @2.25 
Duchess, d. h. bbl.1.50 @2.50 
Sour Bough, d. h. bbl.1.50 @2.50 
Sweet Bough, d. h. bbl. . . .1.50 @2.25 
New apples. 14-bbl. basket 50 @1.25 
New apples, peach basket 30 @ 75 
Pears, S’n, Le Conte, bbl..2.00 @5.25 
Clapp’s Favorite.2.50 ©3.50 
Nearby, ordinary .1.75 ©2.50 
Peaches, Ga.. Elberta . 75 ©1.25 
Ga., defective . 10 @ 50 
Md. and Del., basket.... 50 @ 75 
Md. and Del., carrier.... 60 ©1.25 
Plums, Md. and Del., carrier. 40 @ 60 
Cherries, sour, 8-11). basket. .40 @60 
Currants, large, quart. 4 @ 7 
Ijarge, pound . 4 @ 6 
Small, pound . 4 © 5 
Blackberies, Jer., fancy, qt.. 5 © 9 
Raspberries, red. pint. 5 @ 7 
Black Cap, pint . 4 © 6 
Huckleberries, Del. & Md.. qt 6 @ 8 
Pa. & Jersey, Mountain, qt. 7 © 10 
Gooseberries, extra large Eng. 12 © 15 
Small to medium .. 6 @ 8 
Muskmelons. 8'n. st’d crate 75 
Calif., standard crate.... 2.50 
Arizona, standard crate.. 2.50 
Maryland, standard crate.. 1.00 
Baltimore, crate .1.00 
Virginia, crate . 50 
Watermelons, car .90.00 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, I/. I., in bulk. bbl..2.50 
Jersey, good to prime 
Jersey, poor to fair.. 
S'n, good to prime .. 
S'n. common . 
S'n, culls . 
Sweet potatoes, Jersey, 
old, basket .1.50 
Southern, new, bbl.3.00 
Southern, yams .3.00 
Beets, 100 bunches . — 
Carrots, new, 100 bunches. — 
Corn. Hackensack, 100... 
Other Jersey, 100 ... 
Cucumbers, Va., bbl. 
.Ter.. Mon. Co., box.... 
Hothouse, basket . 
Cucumber Pickles, bbl. . . 
. 2.25 
. 1.50 
. 2.25 
.1.75 
”5 
75 
50 
1.00 
60 
1 .00 
, 2.00 
Cabbage. 100.4.00 
60- 
.1.50 
50 
5 
3.00 
75 
. 1 
i •> 
75 
50 
Celery, dozen stalks 
Eggplants, Norfolk, 
.. qt. crate . 
Jersey, box . 
Garlic, New Orleans, lb 
Horseradish, 100 IDs. . 
Lettuce, nearby, barrel 
Lima beans, Md. & Del., bkt.1.00 
Jersey, basket .1.50 
Onions, Shelter Is., bbl....2.00 
Other I* I-., bbl.2.00 
Egyptian, bag .1.25 
Jer., small, white, bkt. . .1.12 
Jer., large white, bkt 
.Ter., yellow, basket . . . 
Southern, barrel . 
Bermuda, crate . 
Kentucky, bag . 
Orange Co., red, bag. 
Okra, Jersey, box. 
Peppers. Jersey, box.... 
Jersey, barrel .1.00 
Peas, State, large basket. .. 1.25 
Romaine. barrel . 50 
String beans, L. I. and 
nearby, bag.1.00 
State, bushel basket .1.00 
Spinach, nearby, bbl.1.00 
Turnips, Rutabaga, bbl. 75 
White, 100 bunches.1.00 
Tomatoes, Jer., Acme. box.. 1.00 
Jersey, usual kinds, box.. 60 
.1.50 
. 75 
. 35 
@1.50 
@2.75 
@2.75 
© 2.00 
@1.50 
© 1.25 
@175.00 
© 2.75 
© 2.50 
@2.00 
@ 2.50 
© 2.00 
@ 1.00 
@ 2.25 
© 4.50 
@4.00 
@ 1.00 
@ 1.00 
@ 1.25 
@ 1.00 
@2.25 
© 1.00 
@2.25 
©2.75 
@6.00 
@ 40 
@2.25 
@ 75 
@ 6 
@4.00 
© 1.25 
@ 2.50 
@2.50 
© 2.50 
©2.25 
@1.75 
© 1.25 
© 1.00 
© l.oo 
© 2.00 
@ 75 
© 80 
© 1.75 
© 1.00 
@ 60 
@ 2.00 
@1.50 
@ 1.00 
© 1.25 
@.1.75 
@1.50 
@ 1.00 
© 1 .50 
© 1.50 
@1.00 
Baltimore, box . . . 
@ 65 
LTVE POULTRY. 
Soring chickens, 11). . 
.. . 
@ 16 
Fowls . 
, - 
@ 13 
Roosters . 
. . 
@ 8 
Turkeys . 
. . . - 
@ 11 
Docks . 
. 11 
@ 12 
Geese . 
@ 8 
DRESSED 
POULTRY. 
Turkevs . 
.. 12 
@ 17 
Spring chickens, best. 
. 25 
@ 28 
Common to good.. 
. 18 
@ 22 
Fowls . 
. 12 
@ 14 
Spring Ducks . 
. 13 
@ 14 
Gooso . 
. 5 
@ 8 
Squabs, doz . 
@3.50 
LIVE 
STOCK. 
.3.25 
@3.90 
Cows . 
.1.60 
©4.40 
© 8.50 
@4.50 
.... 5.50 
@6.80 
Hogs . 
@7.00 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
Hungary is one of the greatest grain- 
producing sections in the world. This 
year it lias about 8,500,000 acres in wheat, 
2,750,000 rye, 2,600,000 barley, 2,500,000 
oats and 5,900,000 corn. The prospects for 
wheat and rye are more favorable than last 
year. 
Cramming op Chickens.—“I am think¬ 
ing of cramming some chickens. Let me 
know the advance for crammed over com¬ 
mon stock. Will it pay?’ o. h. 
West Virginia. 
Crammed chickens are practically un¬ 
known in this market, and there is no 
probability that the stock could be shipped 
here with profit. All chickens intended 
for market should be well fed, in fact, 
given all they will eat, and kept under na¬ 
tural conditions as nearly as possible. A 
modified system of cramming might be made 
profitable, but to shut them in close boxes 
and pump large quantities of rich food into 
their crops is an unnatural and revolting 
process which must result in a disordered 
system. Feed the chickens well and sepa¬ 
rate the cockerels from the flock as early 
as they can be picked out, but do not cram 
them. 
Wool trade, though still dull, shows some 
signs of improvement. Sales of western 
and southwestern aggregating 1.15,000 
pounds have been noted here during the 
past week. Prices in the London sales have 
run higher, and slight advances have been 
made in the better grades here. But 
with such slack buying interest the dealers 
consider it unwise to spring any material 
increase on buyers at present. I.ocal prices 
for the eastern crop remain 14 to 16 cents 
for flue unwashed, and 17 to IS for medium. 
Food on Shipboard. —The ocean liners 
make an excellent market for large quanti¬ 
ties of the best foods. One of the German 
lines, carrying about 660,000 passengers 
during the last year used 1,400,000 pounds 
of poultry, 7,000,000 pounds of flour, 20,- 
000.000 pounds of potatoes, 1,205,000 
pounds of butter, 24,956,000 pounds ice, 
14.000,000 pounds meat, 545,600 dozen 
eggs, 4,500,000 oranges and lemons, 90,000 
pounds raisins, 1,200.000 pounds sugar, six 
carloads of grapes, $100,000 worth of other 
•fresh fruits. In the shape of tobacco and 
drinkables, 2,327,000 cigars and packages 
of cigarettes, 300,000 bottles of wine and 
champagne. 511.492 gallons of beer and ! 
660 .<mm r gallons of mineral water were used. 
Fruits. —reaches have run a little high¬ 
er than Hie previous week, some Elbertas 
selling at $1.50 per six-basket crate, but 
large quantities of fair fruit went from 50 
cents to $1. Some peaches of medium grade 
are retailing at 25 cents per basket bolding 
a trifle over three quarts. New apples 
have brought from $1 to $2.50 per standard 
barrel, short barrels 20 to 30 per cent less. 
So far as the markets of this city go it 
is doubtful whether the “short” barrel lias 
deceived anybody but the man who packed 
the fruit in it. Those who buy apples here 
by the barrel or larger quantities are “a 
law unto themselves.” They size up the 
small barrel at a glance and offer a cut 
price, usually discounting it more than the 
actual shortage of fruit would warrant. 
Thus the man who packs the fruit is 
quite likely to get less for it than if packed 
in honest barrels, a sort of poetic justice. 
The short barrel law, though of little ac¬ 
count to the rank and file of buyers here, 
may save' the packer who hopes to beat 
some one from healing himself. I know one 
large firm of apple buyers who years ago j 
cleared the skimpy barrel out of the terrl- j 
tory in which they worked. The short bar- 1 
rel fad had just reached that locality, and j 
the local manufacturers in order to be I 
up to date bad made up a large quantity j 
of this stock. The buyers came around { 
early looking over the crop, and learning 
about the short barrels said they would 
not accept them, even at reduced prices; 
tliat if tlie growers insisted on using the [ 
scant barrel, some one else would lave to 
buy the apples. At that time competition 
in the field was comparatively light, and 
as the standing of this buying house was 
high, other reputable concerns would not 
care to enter the territory abandoned by 
them for such a cause. The result was that 
the apples were packed in full-sized barrels 
that year, and have been since. The barrel 
dealer felt grouty and lost on his stock, 
as it bad to be shipped elsewhere. These 
same buyers still handle apples, though not 
so largely as in previous years, as they do 
not care to compete with the plunging 
speculators who will promise anything and 
take anything. w. w. H. 
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MEDAL 
St. Louis 
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Weight, 
Only TOO lbs. 
A gents Wanted. 
Write for catalogue. 
THE HENCH & DR0MG0LD CO 
Mfrs., York, J’n. 
A I,SO WITH DISC 
Fnn C—2 Choice Jersey Bulls, 6 ami 9 
lUH 3HLC months old. Dams large milkers 
and high testers. From Imported Sire. Oldest one 
fit for service. A. H. Goodrich,Auburn,R.D.3.N.Y. 
\MJlNTCir&- Several locations for apple 
Willi I d* evaporators, Must be located 
where there are good prospects for an apple crop. 
Address The Wallington Fruit Co.,Wallington,N.Y. 
DLEASE send a trial shipment to the Oldest Com- 
* mission House in New York. Kst. 1838. Butter, 
Eggs, Ronltry. Fork, Calves, Hay, Grain, Beans, 
Apples, etc. K IL WOODWARD, 302 (jreenwloii St., N. Y. 
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. 
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 
JOHNSTONE & COUGHLAN, 
164 Duane Street s : New York. 
GEO. P. HAMMOND. EST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & GO., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers in all kinds of 
COUNTRY PRODUCE, Apples, Peaches. Ber 
ries Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms 
and Hot-house Products a Specialty. Consignments 
solicited. 34 & 36 Little I 3th St.. New York- 
WRITF *U D. S. Hanson, Hart, Mich., for list of 
IT III I L Fruit, Grain, Stock and Poultry Farms. 
WANTED-Farm of about 100 Acres, within IDO 
miles of New York City; slate location, price 
and terms. FARMER, Box 303, Florida, N. Y. 
Killing Sassafras.—T oll T. S. W. of 
Arkansas, that if he will dig his sassafras 
up on the three days before the moon is 
full in August, I think he will have no 
use for bisulphide of carbon or a hoe after 
once done. I bought a farm in Delaware 
that wa full of sassafras, so I cut and 
dug at them for years and still had the 
same supply, till a man told me this tale. 
The result was was a final cure. I have 
bought two tracts since that were covered 
with sassafras, and we gave them the treat¬ 
ment and have not been bothered with any 
since. s. h. a. 
Delaware. 
AVE YOUR BACK 
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Low wheels, broad tires. No 
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WANTED 
HAY OF ALL SHADES 
CAD CAI C — Salt-water location of 30 acres 
rUn vALaC near Easton. Md. R. F. 1>. and 
telephone. "W. H. B..” care of Rural New-Yorker. 
350 ACRE 
STOCK FARM in Culpeper <'o., Va. 
Good buildings; near station; 58 miles 
from Washington. 1>. C. Price $10,000. Virginia 
farms in all sections. State location desired. List 
on application. C. H. Harrison, Fredericksburg,Va. 
AIR ■ ft 85 PQ—Twenty room house, 
b I U Awntw barns and basement; 
wood and timber; two miles to station: 
markets. Must, be sold; $4,300; $2,000 cash. 
HALL’S FARM AGENCY, Owego, N 
three 
silo: 
good 
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20-ACRE FRUIT AND GRAPE FARM. 
Only 1 mile from station; corner property. Con¬ 
venient to school, good neighbors close by, high 
elevation; fruited to 500 young pear trees in thrifty 
condition, 200 mixed pears in bearing; 100 peach, 30 
plums, cherries and apples, ami 4000 grape vines. 
Farm lias produced from the 10 acres of grapes 
over 4000 gallons of wine in a season at the rate of 
60 cts. a gallon. Wine press, crusher, vats, berries, 
etc. all included. There will be a large yield ibis 
year. Buyer can step right in and make money. 
Price only $2,500. Small amount cash; balance on 
easy terms. E. A. STROUT CO., Vineland, N. J. 
WRITE FOR QUOTATIONS. 
One profit—from producer to consumer. 
F.D. HEWITT, 120 Liberty St„ New York 
BROOKSIDE BERKSHIRES 
My Herd is composed entirely 
Sons and Daughters of 
Masterpiece, 
Premier Longfellow 
and Lord Premier . 
Have a Choice Lot of Young Stock 
for Sale. Write for prices and description. 
J. P. O’HARA, Moravia, N. Y. 
900 Acre Farm For Sale. 
90 acres under cultivation, cuts 100 tons hay, big 
rich pasture; 800 apple trees; over 700 acres in wood 
and timber; only 2 miles to R. R. For picture of 
the splendid residence, convenient barns and 
details, with big list of horses, cows, sheep, tools 
and machinery included by aged owner for $7,500, 
see page 73, “Strout's Money-Making Farms of 
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Copy free. E. A. STROUT CO., 150 Nassau Street, 
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In "THE GREEN FIELDS OF VIRGINIA” 
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mild winters; cheap land and labor; and excellent 
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to nomeseokers and investors. You can buy a 
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With comfortable, new throe-room cottage, and 25 
acres for vegetables, fruit and poultry. 
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