THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
676 
1908. 
CONTENTS 
Tub Ritual Nhw-Yojskeb. August 22. 1908. 
PAItM TOPICS. 
Invest in I ho Farm. 
Alfalfa in Ohio . 
Old-Fashioned Liming in Pennsylvania 
Agricultural Department Notes. 
Clover May and Spontaneous Combus¬ 
tion . 
Co-operation Among Farmers . 
Hope Farm Notes . 
'l’lie Long Island Potato Exchange. . . . 
Crop Prospects . 
New York Farmers' Institutes. 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Sheep and a Farm Rotation. 
Draft Horses and the state Fair. 
Buying Purebred Cattle. Part I. 
Breeding Show Animals. 
Dice on Hogg. 
clipping the Mane Injurious. 
Doping Horses With Arsenic. 
Spinal Meningitis . 
Improving the Dairy Herd. 
Silos and Silo Filling. 
Poultry on the Farm. 
HORTICULTURE. 
Moving Those Eight-Year-Old Trees. . 
Fall Crops for Gardeners. 
A Neglected Orchard. 
New Strawberries in Indiana. 
A Substitute for Bordeaux Wanted... 
Raising Catalpn from Seed. 
Late-Keeping Apples . 
Garber Pear . 
Kuralfsms . 
Orchards in Southwest Missouri. 
Farly Apple Shipments. 
Canadian Apples . 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 
The Rural Patterns. 
Tomato Salad With Creamed Horse¬ 
radish Dressing . 
Rosemont Salad . 
Raspberry Roll . 
The Sequel to the Story. 
Using the Left-overs. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
A State Fights the Mosquito. Part 
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How to Prevent Swarming.. 
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Keep Them at Home. 
Editorials . 
. 664 
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Cleaning a Spring. 
Publisher's Desk . 
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Markets . 
Products, Prices and Trade. 
Humorous . 
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MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending August 14, 1908: 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2. Red. 
No. 1. Nort hem, 
< 'orn . 
Oats, as to weight. 
Duluth. — 
’. ’.'. . 59 
fit 1.00 
fa 1.24 
fit 85 
fit 70 
MILLFEED. 
fir 33.00 
\\ heat Bran . 
(a 24.50 
Middlings . 
til 29.00 
Bed Dog . 
. . 
fa 30.00 
1 foininy Chop . .. . 
. . 
fir 27.50 
Oil Meal . — 
HAY AND STRAW. 
@31.50 
I lay, No. 1. 
(a 1 7.50 
No. 2 . 
(a 16.00 
No. 3 . 
. 12.00 
fa 13.00 
Clover mixed . 
. 12.00 
fil'J 4.00 
Straw, Long Bye.. 
Short and Oat... 
.13.00 
@15.00 
. 7.00 
@ 11.00 
MILK. 
New York Exchange price $1.51 
quart can. netting three cents to 
zone shippers. 
BUTTER. 
per 40- 
26-cent 
Creamery, best . 
»>»> 
fit 
23 
Common to good . 
. 18 
fit 
21 
State Dairy . 
. 18 
(<l ] 
21 
Factory . 
17 
fit 
19 
Packing stock . 
16 
@ 
IS 
CHEESE. 
Full cream, best . . . ... 
— 
fit 
12 
Common to good. 
9 
fit 
12 
Skims . 
3 
@ 
7 
EGGS. 
White, fancy .'. 
26 
fit 
27 
White, good to choice. 
»>»> 
fit 
25 
Brown and mixed, fancy. 
. 23 
fit 
24 
Mixed, prime to choice. 
21 
fit 
112 
Fair to good. 
. 18 
fit 
20 
Western . 
15 
fit 
21 
Marrow 
Medium 
1 *ea . 
Red Kidney 
BEANS. 
.2.10 
. 2.00 
. 2.10 
. 1.50 
White Kidney .2.30 
Yellow Eye .2.90 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples—Gravenstein, bid. ..2.50 
Alexander ' .2.75 
Nyack Pippin .2.00 
Astraehan .2.00 
Duchess .2.50 
Wealthy .2.00 
Sour Bough .2.00 
Sweet Bough . 2.00 
New Apples, U-bbl. basket 75 
Did Apples, bbl.1.00 
Crab Apples, bbl.2.00 
Pears. South’ll. Le Conte, bbl 75 
Southern. Kieffer . 75 
Clapp’s Favorite .2.75 
Bartlett .2.50 
Flemish Beauty .1.75 
Ordinary . 1 75 
Peaches. W. Va. & W.n Md. 
carrier . 1.00 
W. Va. A- W'n. Md., basket 40 
Md. & Del., basket. 40 
Md. & Del., carrier.1.00 
Jersey, basket . 40 
Blums, Slate. 8 -lb. basket.. 20 
Grapes. Del. & Md., bl’k, case 
1 p-river. Champion, case. 
Blackberries, Jrsy, fancy, qt. 
Jersey, average, 
Up-river 1 . 
1 o 
75 
10 
6 
7 
(a 2.40 
fit 2.40 
(a 2.70 
fa 1.90 
td 2.40 
fit — 
(d 3.50 
fit 3.75 
(a 3.00 
<g 2.75 
<a 3.75 
(a 3.00 
fa 2.75 
(a 2.50 
@, 1.75 
fit 2.00 
@2.50 
fa 3.00 
@1.75 
(a 3.75 
@3.25 
@2.50 
@2.25 
(a 2.00 
fit 85 
(d 65 
(a 1.50 
fa 90 
(a 30 
@ 1.12 
fit 90 
Huckleberries. Del. & 5Pd., ql 6 fii 9 
Pa. & Jersey. Mountain.. 7 fit 31 
Muskmelons, Del. & Md., 
crate . 25 @1.00 
Baltimore, crate . 50 @1.25 
Virginia. 60-quart crate.. 50 @ 80 
Jersey, bbl. 75 @1.25 
Watermelons, car .75.00 @225.00 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, T>ong Island, bbl..2.65 
Jersey, round .2.50 
Jersey, long .2.30 
Southern, bbl.1.50 
Sweet Potatoes, Jersey, old, 
basket . 1.00 
Jersey, new, basket.1.37 
Eastern Shore, bbl.2.75 
North Carolina, bbl.2.50 
Yams, S’n. white.2.25 
Yams. S-’n. rod.2.00 
Beets, barrel .1.00 
Carrots, new. bbl.1.00 
Corn. Hackensack. 100. 75 
Other Jersey. 100. 50 
Cucumbers, Up-river, bbl... 1.00 
@2.85 
fa 2.65 
@ 2.40 
fa 2.50 
@1.50 
fa 1.62 
(a 3.25 
fa 3.00 
fa 2.75 
@2.50 
@1.25 
fa 1.25 
(a\ 1.25 
fit 1.00 
(a 1.50 
Up-river, basket 
. . 40 
fit 60 
State, bill. 
fit 1.75 
Long Island, bbl 
...... 
..1.25 
@1.75 
Jersey, bbl. 
. . 1.00 
fit 1.50 
Cucumber Pickles. 
1 )I >1 . . . 
. . 1.25 
@ 2.00 
Cabbage. 100 . 
. .4.00 
fit 6.00 
Cauliflowers. State, 
bbl. . 
(a 9.00 
Long Island, bbl. 
. . 2.00 
@3.50 
Jersey, bbl. 50 
Celery, dozen stalks. 5 
Eggplants, Jersey, bbl. 75 
Jersey, !4-l>hl. basket.... 35 
Lettuce, nearby, bid. 50 
Limn Beans. Md. & Del., bskt 75 
Jersey, basket . 1.00 
Onions. Shelter Island, bid. 1.75 
Other Tx>ng Island, bid... 1.50 
Jersey, white, fancy, bskt. 1.50 
Jersey, white, average, bskt 75 
Jersey, yellow, basket... 75 
Southern, basket . 40 
Southern, bbl.1.00 
State, white, basket.1.50 
Orange Co., white, hag. ..1.50 
Orange Co., yellow.1. 
Orange Co., red.1 
Okra. Jersey, box. 
Peppers. Jersey, hid. 
Peas. State, basket. 
Ttomaine. basket . 
String Beans, bush-lmsket.. 
Squash. Marrow, bbl. 
Yellow . 
White 
Turnips. 
Tomatoes. 
Jersey. 
Jersey. 
Rutabaga, bbl. . . . 1 
Jersey. Acme, box 
Stone . 
Grant . 
g.> 
,00 
50 
60 
50 
50 
50 
75 
40 
40 
00 
50 
40 
20 
Spring 
Fowls 
Roosters 
Turkeys 
Ducks 
Geese . 
LIVE POULTRY, 
chickens, lb. - 
10 
9 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Best broilers, lb. 23 
Common to good. 16 
Fowls . 12 
Spring ducks . 13 
Old ducks . 8 
Geese . 5 @ 
Squabs, dozen . 2.00 @3.00 
LIVE STOCK. . 
.4.00 
.3.90 
.1.25 
.5.00 
Sheep .3.00 
I jambs .4.50 
Hogs . — 
Steers 
Oxen 
Cows 
Calves 
(a 6.40 
@4.15 
fa 3.70 
fit 8.50 
fa 1.50 
fd 6.75 
fa 7.00 
@ 
@ 
@ 
11 
9 
10 
very light, ’’’he heaviest crops are in the 
West in sections where, owing to high 
color, tlie* use of the box package, careful 
grading and co-operative marketing, prices 
are nearly always high. The muskmolon 
market is in bad condition,, large quan¬ 
tities selling at 25 cents per bushel. There 
is no more popular fruit in this market 
than the muskmolon, when it lives up to 
its possibilities in quality, hut unfortun¬ 
ately a large proportion run from common 
to poor. Some Montreal muskmelons 
are seen. These come in large baskets 
and retail at $2 apiece. They are large, 
some being 10 inches in diameter, and the 
flesh is tender and high flavored. 
w. w. ir. 
FRUIT GROWERS 
ATTENTION! 
NOT 
fit 2.00 
fit 30 
fit 1.00 
fir 60 
fit ) .25 
fit 1.25 
fa 1.75 
fa 2.25 
fit 2.00 
fit — 
@1.25 
fa 1 .00 
fit 90 
(a 1.50 
fit 1.75 
fa 2.00 
fa 1.75 
fir 1.50 
@1.00 
fit 90 
fit 1.00 
fit 75 
fit 85 
fit 1.00 
fit 60 
fit 75 
fa 1.50 
ta 1.00 
tfi> 1.00 
fit 50 
@ 16 
fit 131/. 
@ 9 
@ .12 
fit 11 
fit 10 
@ 24 
fit 22 
fit 13 V, 
fit 14 
fit 10 
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Do not place your order for your 1909 
Spraying Outfits, until you have seen 
the new improved line now being placed 
; on the market by the “Friend” Mfg. 
' Co., Gasport, N. Y. Think of it! A 
parade of 1908 “ Friend ” Power Spray¬ 
ers over one mile long now working. 
If you expect to join the 1909 procession 
speak early.— Ad<v. 
Aberdeen Cattle and 0. I. G. Hogs 
AIU>KI{ NOW.—I am booking orders for O. I. C. 
Pigs, either sex. to l>e sldpjied when six weeks 
°! 1 ij'' "'alker. N. Y., $5 each; eight weeks 
old, $7 each. Cash must accompany all orders. 
My breeders are in tine condition; they have a 
large range and plenty of running water. All 
breeding stock is registered. 
ELM BANK STOCK AND FRUIT FARM, 
1>. H. Hamit, Prop.. Walker. N. Y. 
VRANT151)-An agricultural college graduate, two 
TT years with U. S. Department of Agriculture, 
wants permanent position to manage and develop a 
farm along the line of most profit. Has had large 
experience in practical farming, and can furnish 
best references. V. W. ]>.. Kckai. Nkw Voukf. '. 
POULTRY 1'AKM FOR SALE-Corner prop¬ 
erty, about three-quarters mile from post-office, 
on electric car line. 40 rods on principal residential 
street; estate of 4 acres land. iV» story house, !• 
rooms, furnace, toilet, city water, large barn and 120 
feet of new henhouses, accommodating about 350 
hens. Chance to raise600 to 1,000 chicks. Apple trees, 
asparagus lied. A 11 ideal home in abeautifill town. 
, .. • twi'-o each day. S. K. telephone. Must be 
sold, $4,000. Mrs. W. W. OAKKS, Skowbegan, Me. 
FAR <vAI Acres; 16 room house, slate 
I Ull OrtLL roof, basement barn, 40x 100: car¬ 
nage honse. 400 fruit trees; milk sold at door; tour 
mdes to Bingham ton. Price, $8,000. Terms, 
one-half cash. 
HALL’S FARM AGENCY. - Owego, N. Y. 
132 Acres for $2,200 
Bordering stream, with excellent pasture for 17 
cows: 50 acres in level fields; estimated to bo 3,000 
cords of hardwood and 100,000 feet of hemlock tim¬ 
ber; seven room house: bam for ten cows; stable. 
20 x 24; mail delivered; one-half mile to school; near 
neighbors: the wood and timber will more than 
pay for the place. The owner is called away and 
will sacrifice for only $2,200; $1,100 may be left on 
easy terms. K. A. STROUT Co . Mexico. N. Y. 
PRODUCT'S. PRICES AND TRADE. 
Bir, Load ok Silk.— The Japanese ■ have 
shown themselves to he mighty in way. hut 
they hold a still higher place in those arts 
of pence which make wliat we call indus¬ 
trial life. One item of their industrial out¬ 
put arrived at Seattle. Wash., on the 
steamer Minnesota August 9, consisting of 
1.800 hales of Japanese silk worth about 
$ 1 , 000 , 000 . 
Eggs. —Tin* lietter grades are selling a 
little higher than last year at this date, 
hut there Is a very wide range of values 
in the business done In Ibis city, some low 
grades having sold down to seven cents 
per dozen. The continued hot weather of 
the past six weeks has been had for egg 
trade. Few storekeepers or egg collectors 
in (lie country districts have facilities for 
lidding eggs safely four days during hot 
humid weather, and the result is that many 
of them get well started toward staleness 
before leaving their native town. Retail 
prices on eggs hare now are 30 to 45 
cents, the latter for fancy white. Some 
egg farmers who sell direct to tiie con¬ 
sumer make an established rate of double 
New York quotations at tlie time shipped. 
This pays the producer very well for the 
extra care and packages, hut the amount 
of trade of tIlls kind that can he picked 
up is limited. 
Fkhts.. —Peaches from western Mary¬ 
land and West Virginia have brought the 
highest prices noted during the past week. 
$2.50 to $3 per 20-quart crate. Basket 
stock from Delaware and Jersey has 
brought from 35 cents to $1.50 per 16- 
quart basket, the last-named figure being 
extreme. Baskets are cheaper than crates, 
but flic waste from baskets is so much 
greater that there is some doubt as to the 
advisability of using them except for.local 
delivery. Clapp's Favorite and Bartlett 
pears have sold up to $3.50 per barrel, and 
Le Conte S3, but the majority of sales 
have been at 50 per cent less. Champion 
grapes from the Hudson River section are 
on hand. But little can be said in favor 
of the quality of this variety. Conditions 
in Fall apples are somewhat improved, 
though the proportion of inferior fruit is 
still large. At their recent convention the 
apple shippers figured that the crop ot' 
Winter apples for this country and Canada 
will average about 110 per cent of a nor¬ 
mal yield. These reports will usually bear 
discounting, and this one is no exception. 
At present it looks as though the price for 
good Winter apples in tin* orchard would 
run from $2 down. In Now England they 
ought to he higher, as the crop there is 
TO FARMERS, FRUIT GROWERS, DAIRYMEN: 
THE NAT30NAL LEAGUE OF 
COMMISSION MERCHANTS 
formed of reputable, reliable and honest 
commission merchants in twenty-nine of 
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Any inquiry addressed to the secretary 
will bring you the names of the League 
members in those twenty-nine cities. 
Make your shipments to members of 
the League and be assured of highest 
market prices, fair and honorable treat¬ 
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For full information, address : 
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DLKASE send a trial shipment to the Oldest ('oni- 
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Highest prices guaranteed for White or Brown 
Leghorns or mixed eggs. Also high grade butter. 
Write usfor information. A trial will convince you 
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JOHNSTONE O COUCHLAN, 
164 Du&ne Street : : New York. 
^HRflP^HIRPQ :!0 Yearling limns, 30 Ram 
OiinUrOmnLO Lambs. Also Ewes and Ewe 
Lambs; 2 extra rams for show. Address 
FRED VAN VLB 1ST. Lodi. New York. 
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 Poultry 
Plant. Come and see it. Also 
Registered Jersey Cattle For Sate 
J. GRANT MOUSE, Hamilton, N. V. 
THE UNDERSIGNED ownsVfannof 250acres 
1 at Berlin, Conn,, which is in charge of a Super¬ 
intendent. I wisli to hire as helper a married man. 
who is used to farm work. Will furnish a ... 
tenement, located within one-eighth mile of a 
school-house, within one-half mile of a Congrega¬ 
tional Church,iand within one-eighth mile of the 
trolley cars connecting with New Britain. Ido not 
care how many children he has. provided he is 
steady and honest and reliable and does not drink 
whiskey. Here is a good opportunity fora sternly, 
sober, industrious, reliable man to get a permanent 
job. Nobody need apply unless no understands 
farm work and wants a permanent place. 
CHAS. M. JARVIS, New Britain. Conn. 
U/piTC J. D. S. Hanson. Hart, Mich., for list of 
TT III I L Fruit, Grain, Stock and Poultry Farms. 
950 AP.RF ?T« <K FARM in Culpeper Co., Va. 
uuu nuiiL Good buildings; near station; 58 miles 
from Washington D. <’. Price $10,000. Virginia- 
farms in all sections. State location desired List 
on application. C. H. Harrison, Fredericksburg,Yu. 
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