THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
43 
1908. 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, September 19, 
1908. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Cheapest Corn Harvester.'..729, 730 
A Fine Crop of Farmers. 730 
Experiments with Fertilizers. 730 
Potatoes in a Young Orchard. 731 
Spreading Manure on Hillside. 731 
Corn in Northern New York. 732 
Value of Alsike Clover. 732 
Killing Cabbage Worms. 733 
Sulphur for Potato Scab. 734 
Hope Farm Notes. 735 
“Uplifting” the Farmers. 737 
Long Island Notes. 737 
Possibilities of North Carolina. 737 
Crop Prospects . 737 
Hoop and Cement Silo. 737 
Fence Questions . 741 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Cosgrove's Remarkable Hen Notes.... 
Arrangement of Cow Barn. 
“Prize-Winning Cattle” Once More.... 
Sheep in Maryland. 
Knuckling Horse . 
Obstructed Teat . 
Grease . 
Shoe Boil . 
Garget . 
Roosting House for Young Chicks. . . . 
Time of Moulting. 
Late-Hatched Pullets and Small Eggs.. 
Pasture vs. Hay. 
An Egg Consumers’ League. 
730 
740 
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740 
741 
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741 
741 
742 
742 
742 
743 
743 
HORTICULTURE. 
San .Tost* Scale in Ohio. 730 
live Stock and Mulched Orchards.... 732 
Does Spraying Pay. 732 
Grafting Crab on Wild Thorn. 732 
Sunken Gardens . 732 
The Garber Pear. 732 
Winter in Florida. 733 
What Helped the Melons?. 733 
Strawberry Runner Cutter. 733 
Ruralisms . 734 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 738 
The Rural Patterns. 738 
A Criticism of Farm Life. 739 
Corned Bpef . 739 
Crabapple Jelly . 739 
A Tested Jelly Recipe. 739 
Peach Mousse . 739 
Peach Russe . 739 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Paint Protection for Steel Wire. 730 
Quicksand in Driven Well. 731 
Pumps for Flooding Bog. 731 
Pumping With Windmill. 731 
Keep Them at Home. 732 
Editorials . 730 
Events of the Week. 737 
Publisher’s Desk .742 
Humorous .744 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending September 11, 1908. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2, Red Winter.. — <a>1.04 
No. 1, Northern, Duluth.. — <5)1.09 
Corn . — @ 89 
Oats, as to weight......... 55 <3 62 
Rye. — <3 84 
Barley . 67 @ 72 
FEEDS. 
Wheat Bran .24.00 
Middlings .26.50 
Red Dog . — 
<326.00 
(330.00 
@31.50 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay, No. 1, ton.15.50 
No. 2 14.00 
No. 3 12.00 
Clover Mixed .12.00 
Clover .11.00 
Straw, Long Rye.16.00 
Oat . 8.00 
< 316.00 
@15.00 
@13.00 
@13.00 
@ 1 2.00 
@17.00 
(3 9.00 
MILK. 
N. Y. Exchange price $1.51 per 40 quart 
can. netting three cents to 26-cent zone ship¬ 
pers. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, best . — @ 24 
Lower grades . 19 @ 23 
State Dairy . 18 @ 22 
Factory . 18 @ 19 
Packing stock . .16 @ 18 
CHEESE. 
Pull cream, best. 12 (3 12% 
Common to good. 9% <3 11 
Skims . 4 @ 9 
BOG S 
Fancy white . 29 @ 30 
White, good to choice. 24 @ 28 
Mixed colors, best. — <3 26 
Lower grades . 18 <3 22 
Storage . 18 @ 22 
BEANS. 
Marrow, bu.2.00 @2.40 
Medium .2.00 @2.40 
p e a.2.10 @2.60 
Red Kidney .1.50 @1.95 
White Kidney .2.35 @2.40 
Yellow Eye . — @3.00 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Business very dull. The following prices 
are those asked but do not represent sales. 
Apples, evap., fancy. 9%@ 10% 
Evap., common to good. . . 6 @ 9 
Sun-dried . 4 @ 4% 
Chops, 100 pounds .1.00 @1.65 
Cherries . 12% @ .14 
Raspberries . 19 @ 20 
Blackberries . — @ 7% 
Huckleberries . — @ 121/2 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples. Gravenstein, bbl....2.00 @2.50 
Alexander .2.50 @3.00 
Twenty Ounce .2.00 @2.50 
Maiden Blush .1.75 @2.5<T 
Strawberry .1.75 @2.25 
Fall Pippin . 2.00 @2.75 
Holland Pippin .2.00 @2.50 
Duchess .2.00 @2.50 
Wealthy .1.75 @2.25 
Greening . J ._1.50 @2.25 
Half-barrel baskets, com¬ 
mon to good... 50 @1.00 
Crab apples, bbl.3.00 @6.00 
Pears, Bartlett, bbl.2.00 @3.75 
Bartlett, bush.-basket .... 75 @1.12 
Seckel, bbl.2.00 @3.50 
Louise Bonne .1.75 
Anjou .1.50 
Clairgeau .150 
Peaches, W. Va., carrier.... 1.00 
W. Va., basket. 30 
Western Md., carrier.1.00 
Western Md., basket. 30 
Jersey, basket . 30 
Jersey, carrier .1.00 
Pino Island, carrier .1.00 
Pine Island, basket .... 40 
W’n N. Y., carrier.1.00 
W'n N. Y.. 4-till case_ 60 
W’n N. Y.. basket. 35 
TJp-river, carrier .1.00 
Up-river, basket . 30 
Connecticut, carrier .1.25 
Connecticut, basket . 60 
Hums, State, Damson, bkt. . 25 
State prunes, basket. 20 
State, carrier .1.00 
Up-river, basket . 12 
Grapes, Up-river, Del., case. 40 
Up-river, Niagara, case... 40 
Up-river, Concord, case. ... 40 
Cranberries, Cape Cod, bbl..6.00 
Cape Cod, standard crate. .2.25 
Huckleberries, Jersey, quart.. 5 
Nova Scotia . 11 
Muskmelons, Jersey, basket.. 40 
W’n N. Y., bushel basket. .1.00 
New Mex., standard crate. 2.50 
New Mex., pony crate.... 1.25 
Utah, standard crate ....2.50 
Rocky Ford, Col.1.25 
Watermelons, ,Ter., 100.8.00 
@2.25 
@2.00 
@2.00 
@1.50 
@ 75 
@1.50 
@ 75 
@ 1.00 
@1.50 
@2.00 
@1.25 
@1.37 
@ 90 
@ 75 
@1.50 
@ no 
@1.50 
@ 90 
@ 30 
@ 35 
@1.25 
@ 25 
@ 60 
@ 60 
@ 60 
@7.00 
@ — 
@ 11 
@ 14 
@ 75 
@1.25 
@3.00 
@1.50 
@3.00 
@1.75 
@15.00 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Maine, Cobbler 
.180 pounds .2.25 @2.50 
State, 180 lbs.2.25 @2.37 
T/mg Island, in bulk, bbl. 2.37 @2.62 
Jersey, round, bbl.2.20 @2.35 
Jersey, long, bbl.1.85 @2.00 
Sweet potatoes, Jersev, bkt. . 50 @ 90 
Eastern Shore, bbl.1.25 @1.50 
Brussels Sprouts, quart.... 8 @ 15 
Beets, bbl.1.00 @1.25 
Carrots, bbl.1.00 @1.2o 
Corn, Hackensack. 100.1.00 @1.75 
Other Jersey, 100 . 75 @1.25 
Cucumbers, Up-river, bbl_1.00 @1.50 
Boston, basket or box....1.00 @1.75 
Cucumber pickles, 1,000... .2.00 @3.75 
Cabbage, 100 .4.00 @6.00 
Cauliflowers, State, bbl.2.00 @5.00 
State, crate of one doz...l.00 @1.50 
Long Island, bbl.2.50 @4.00 
Celery, dozen stalks . 10 @ 35 
Eggplants, Jersey, bbl.1.00 @1.75 
Lettuce, nearby, bbl. 50 @1.00 
Nearby, bbl. 50 @1.00 
Lima Beans, bkt or bag.... 50 @1.75 
Onions, L. I.. bbl.1.50 @1.75 
Jersey, white, basket. 50 @1.00 
Jersey, yellow, basket.... 60 @ 75 
Mass., yellow, 100-lb. bag. 1.00 @1.12 
Ohio, yellow, 100-lb. bag..1.00 @1.12 
State & W’n, white, crate. 60 @1.25 
State & W'n, white, bkt. . . 75 @1.25 
State & W’n, yellow, bag. 1.50 @ — 
Orange Co., white, bag. ... 75 @1.50 
Orange Co., yellow, bag... 1.00 @1.50 
Orange Co., red, bag. 75 @1.25 
Peppers, bbl.1.00 @1.25 
Peas, State, basket.1.50 @2.50 
Pumpkins, bbl.1.00 @1.25 
Romaine, basket . 40 @ 75 
String beans, bush.-bkt. 25 @ 50 
Squash, Hubbard, bbl.1.00 @1.25 
Marrow . 75 @1.00 
Yellow . 50 @1.00 
White . 50 @1.00 
Turnips, Rutabaga, bbl.1.00 @1.50 
Tomatoes, Jersey, Acme, box 35 @ 75 
Jersey, Stone . 30 @ 60 
Jersey, Grant . 25 @ 50 
Up-river, bushel basket. . . 50 @ 75 
HOPS. 
N. Y. State, 1907. 4 @ 7 
1906 . 2 @ 5 
German crop, 1907. 26 @ 28 
LTVE POULTRY. 
Spring chickens . — @ 14% 
Fowls . — @ 12 
Roosters . — @ 8 
Turkeys . — @ 13 
Ducks . 10 @ 11 
Geese. 9 @ .10 
Pigeons, pair . — @ 20 
Guinea fowls. — @ 50 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, Spring, lb.. 20 @ 25 
Turkeys, old . 16 @ 19 
Spring chickens, best. 22 @ 23 
Common to good. 16 @20 
Fowls . 12 @ 14 
Spring ducks . 14 @ 15 
Geese. Spring . 15 @ 18 
Squabs, dozen .1.50 @3.00 
LIVE STOCK. 
NEW YORK. 
Steers .3.85 
Bulls .2.50 
Oxen and stags.4.00 
Cows.1.25 
Calves .5.00 
Country dressed calves, lb. . 8 
Sheep .2.50 
T>ambs .5.00 
Ilogs .7.00 
@6.60 
@3.20 
@5.00 
@4.00 
@9.50 
@ 13 
@4.50 
@6.75 
@7.25 
.5.75 
@6.35 
Calves . 
.6.00 
@9.00 
Sheep . 
.4.00 
@4.75 
Lambs . 
.4.25 
@6 
.25 
Hogs . 
@7.30 
ROOTS AND 
HERBS. 
Approximate prices 
paid at 
first 
hand 
for good quality. 
Sago leaves, lb. 
. 2 
@ 
3 
Spearmint . 
. 4 
@ 
5 
Tlivme . 
2 
@ 
3 
Blood Root, lb. 
. 4 
@ 
5 
Burdock . 
2 
@ 
3 
Sweet Flag . 
. 3 
@ 
4 
Ginseng, li>. 
.6.60 
@7.50 
Golden Seal . 
.1.80 
@2.00 
Cascara Sagrada . 
. 5 
@ 
7 
Wild cherry . 
. 3 
@ 
5 
Slipperv elm . 
. 5 
@ 
8 
Sassafras . 
. 6 
@ 
8 
Prickly ash . 
. 5 
@ 
7 
“I spent some of my salary to-day. 
I think even a married man has the 
right to do so.” “There’s a great deal 
to be said on that subject.” “Well, I 
guess my wife will be equal to saying it 
all.”—Louisville Courier-Journal. 
PASTURE vs. HAY. 
I think it is admitted that pasture 
grasses, particularly in the forepart of the 
season, make the best, balanced ration for 
milk production. Is it not a fact that the 
pastures through the country are composed 
largely of Timothy and June grass, which 
when grown and made into hay is consid¬ 
ered a one-sided ration? Does the growing 
and curing process eliminate the protein 
or how is it? reader. 
Most of the pastures throughout the 
country are composed of a mixture of 
grasses and clovers, and numerous 
other plants generally classed as weeds. 
June grass and White clover together, 
which form the backbone of many a 
pasture, make a well-balanced ration; 
for June grass has a nutritive ratio of 
about 1:7.5, and clover about 1:4.5. 
Many so-called “weeds,” for example, 
pigweed, are very rich in protein. 
Timothy has a nutritive ratio of about 
1:14, but there is always a tendency for 
Timothy to give place to other plants 
in a permanent pasture. The curing 
process certainly renders grasses less 
digestible and less palatable, and, ac¬ 
cording to analysis would tend to widen 
the nutritive ratio, for we find that 
green Timothy has a larger proportion 
of nitrogen than dry Timothy. 
c. s. M. 
An Egg Consumer’s League. 
Isn’t it time we have one? Will Mr. 
Cosgrove take the field and organize us? 
The physicians will tell us the country does 
not know how many raw eggs it might 
profitably use. The outdoor treatment of 
consumptives is using large numbers of eggs 
daily, but the country at large does not 
know lime to take them to the best advan¬ 
tage. Nurses and doctors are hampered 
every day by the refusal of patients to take 
eggs when prescribed. They turn aside from 
the idea of raw eggs in disgust. Let us 
teach the children to swallow them. Just 
break one in a cup. Add a pinch of salt, 
swallow it. Moral suasion and setting a 
good example will soon conquer the aver¬ 
sion. A five-cent reward will also help. 
The doctors say the egg contains essential 
oils, etc., which cannot be found in any 
other way. Let us give them to the chil¬ 
dren when they are well, and they will 
easily take them when ill. a. r. 
A Call to the Farmer. 
The Sanitary Way. 
The Sanitary way is the only way 
To be “Up To-Date” or to “Make-It-Pay.” 
The cows must be safe, the cows must happy be 
The cows must have comfort with security. 
This the Stanchion gives—Excelsior— 
The Wasson Stanchion, used more and more 
For This is the Sanitary way. 
The milk must be pure, the milk must be clean 
And this you secure with the milking machine. 
And the milker best—surely B—L—K 
Make the careful milking seem like play. 
So Milking Machine and Stanchion Humane, 
Are together in use. What need to explain 
That this IS the Sanitary Way ! 
THE EXCELSIOR SWING STANCHION 
Manufactured by 
THE WASSON STANCHION COMPANY 
CUBA, NEW YORK. 
200 ACRE FRUIT FARM 
FOR A SHORT TIME 
THE INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT OF THE 
SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY 
is authorized to offer 200 acres of good, rich 
land, on its line in Southwest Georgia, with 
18,000 tine young pcacti trees, three and four 
years old. Located in midst of peach belt, in 
section known as “Garden Spot of the South,” 
with new packing house on the property and 
spur track leading to same. Two miles from 
thriving city of 12,000 inhabitants-, which af¬ 
fords all advantages desired. Good residence 
and numerous tenant houses on property, 
also plenty tine water. Land slightly rolling, 
with natural drainage. Climate unsurpassed; 
winters delightful and summers free from ex¬ 
cessive heat. 
Price $7,000—terms, two-thirds cash, bal¬ 
ance on easy terms. Owner is President South 
Georgia Growers Association, and has many 
other interests which prohibit his giving this 
place necessary attention, hence his very 
reasonable offer. 
Full information on application to 
,J. W. WHITE, 
General Industrial Agent, 
SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY 
Department 18, Portsmouth, Va. 
157 Acre Cayuga County 
Farm for Sale. 
When you write advertisers menlion Thh 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee, page 8. 
GET THE BEST 
A Good Spray Pump earns 
big profits and lasts for years. 
THE ECLIPSE 
is a good pump. As 
> practical fruit grow¬ 
ers we were using common 
j sprayers in our own orchards 
: —found their defects and 
: invented the Eclipse. Its 
)j success forced us to manu¬ 
facturing on a lar^e scale. 
You take no chances. We 
have done all the experi¬ 
menting. Large fully illustrated Catalog 
and Treatise on spraying FREE. 
CHESTNUTS AND HICKORY NUTS 
A SPECIALTY. Please ship to 
E. B. WOODWARD, 302 Greenwich St., New York. 
PAR QAI F—Nine pure-b-ed registered I’ercher- 
rtin vHvt ons, consisting of Brood Mares, 
Weanlings, one and two-year-old Stud Colts. One 
standard bred Stud Colt < weanling), one yearling 
filly. One Berkshire Sow and litter of six. 
O. N. WILSON, Kittanning, Pa. 
NOTICE. 
TO FARMERS, FRUIT GROWERS, DAIRYMEN: 
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF 
COMMISSION MERCHANTS 
formed of reputable, reliable and honest 
commission merchants in twenty-nine of 
the leading cities, invites your shipments. 
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¬ 
ment. 
For full information, address : 
A. WARREN PATCH, Secretary, 
17 North Market Street, Boston. Mass. 
WM. H. COHEN & CO., 
239 Washington Street, New York, N. Y. 
Send us your Live Poultry, 
Calves, Chestnuts and Shellbarks. 
Highest Market Returns. 
P LEASE semi a trial shipment to the Oldest Com- 
* mission House in New York. list. 1838. Butter, 
Eggs, Poultry, Pork, Calves, Hay. Grain. Beans, 
Apples, etc. E. B. WOOUW.UU>, 802 Greenwich St., V. 
IWD1TC J. D. S. Hanson, Hart, Mich., for list of 
If 111 l L Fruit, Grain, Stock and Poultry Farms. 
QA LE“A fine farm of 260 acres 
* n V- k. suitable for grain raising 
or grazing. A good stock farm, located within two 
miles of railroad and six miles of County Scat. 
Address for price and terms 
HUNTINGTON BROWN, Mansfield, Ohio. 
FOR SALE 
—125 ACRES ; good buildings: 
well watered ; R. F. D. Tele¬ 
phone. 9 cows ; young stock ; 1 horse, 20 sheep, 25 
hens, hay, grain, fanning tools. Price $3,000. (>ne- 
half cash. HALL’S FaUM AGENCY, Owego,N. Y. 
I Q COWS, pair horses, colt, hogs, etc., thrown In 
I il with this 182-ucre farm ; also tools and 
machinery, large orchard, wood, convenient build¬ 
ings, $3,700 takes all. See page 3 of circular 
“ Oswego Co. Farms ” for details. Copy free. 
E. A. STROU1 CO., Mexico. N. Y. 
E XECUTORS’S SALK — THE OWEGO 
VALLEY STOCK AND DAIRY FARM, 
Owned by the late Homer J. Brown of Harford, 
N. Y. One of the finest farm properties in Cortland 
County—one-half mile from R.R. station; 53 acres; 
house 12-room, with improvements; barn 40x80;silo, 
windmill, hog house, three poultry houses, tool 
house, etc. Buildings modern: cost $9000. Will be 
sold at a bargain. Price and full description on 
application. J. Grove Brown, Ex’r, Groton,N.Y. 
INCOME $1,000 IN 1907. 
70 acres, first class, attractive residence, stable and 
5 hen houses Price only $1,800. as affairs must be 
closed without delay. For pictures and details see 
pages of circular “ Rhode Island Farms”. Copy 
free. Boat fare from New York only $1. E. A. 
8TROUT < O., 107 Westminster Street, Providence, 
R. I., or 150 Nassau Street, New York. 
ALL ABOUT TEXAS 
Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma. Homes for the 
homeless, prosperity for the industrious, profit 
for the investor. October 31st Issue will be a 
Special Home Buyers’ Number, giving descrip¬ 
tions of lands, crops, yields, climate, price of 
land, etc. $1 a year. Stamp for sample copy. 
FAUM AND RANCH, Dallas, Texas 
or Sale 
6ooo Money¬ 
making Farms 
in 14 States. Strout’s mam¬ 
moth illustrated catalog of bar- 
with State maps mailed free; we 
r.r. fare. E. A. STR0UT CO.. 
Dealers, 150 Nassau St., New York. 
A farm for a farmer. On account of the recent 
death of the owner, there is now offered for sale, 
one of the well known farms in Cayuga County, 
which has been in the Wise family over one hundred 
years. Well adapted for hay, grain or dairy. Run¬ 
ning water and three wells. Soil, Dunkirk ljam> 
Large commodious 10 to 12 room house, wit h tenant 
house near by. Ample barns and carriage house. 
Two poultry houses Buildings in good repair. A 
15-acre apple orchard. About 30 acres of timber. 
No waste land. Located on high ground between 
Owasco and Cayuga Lakes about 6 miles south of 
the city of Auburn. Reached by good roads. The 
New York. Auburn <Kc Lansing Railroad (steam 
and trolley'' passes U, of a mile of the farm. Will 
bo sold for less than value to a quick buyer. Price, 
terms and further description given upon applica¬ 
tion, by addressing The A. W. Lawton Real Estate 
Exchange, Auburn, N. Y., or H. G. Wise, 8 Lewis 
Street, Auburn, N. Y. 
WANTED 
(—Share Tenant for fine farm,Central 
Michigan, 200 acres, all cleared. 
Applicant should be able to com ¬ 
mand $-100 to $1,000 in cash or available farm stock 
to pay for interest in the personal on farm Can 
refer applicant to one man who has farmed with 
us 7 years and another 9 years. These men bought 
farms for themselves. Want to run farm in direc¬ 
tion of cows and small live stock. Possession 
November. Address by mail. 
MUTUAL SUPPLY CO., Jackson, Mich. 
ONLY 26 MILES TO PHILADELPHIA. 
75 acres, 60 In smooth productive fields; never- 
failing stream in pasture; apnle orchard bore 300 
bushels last season; 2-story stone house, portico, 
pretty yard and shade ; large barn ; to settle 
matters quickly only $-1,500— $2,500 will be left on 
easy terms. See details page 29, “List 21;" copy 
free. E. A. Strout Co., Land Title Bldg., Phila., Pa. 
