1908. 
THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
769 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, September 26, 
1908. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Cutting Corn by Machinery. 745 
Facts About Corn Harvesters. 745 
The Passing of Seed Growing in the 
United States . 745 
Prices of Grain East and West.746 
Making Over an Asparagus Bed.746 
Rotation of Potatoes and Clover.747 
Excess of Lime. 749 
Hope Farm Notes. 751 
Ruinous Drought . 753 
Asparagus in Massachusetts. 753 
Stacking Hay in Dakota. 756 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
“Certified Cows” . 746 
Killing the Peach Borer. 748 
Suburban Home Strawberries. 748 
Peaches for Massachusetts. 748 
The Persian Sheep. 756 
Dangerous Dog . 756 
Cosgrove’s Hen Answers. 757 1 
Polled Jersey Cattle. 757 
HORTICULTURE. 
About Mushroom Growing. 
Ruralisms . 
Canadian Fruit Crop. 
Fruit in Kansas. 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 
Washing Cream Cashmere. 
Okra ; Martynia. 
The Rural Patterns. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Traps for Automobiles. 
The Connecticut Deer Law. 
Keep Them at Home. 
Power for Pumping Water... 
Editorials . 
Events of the Week. 
Heating Capacity of Boiler... 
Publisher’s Desk . 
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MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week 
ending September 18, 1908. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 2, Red. — @1.07 
No. Northern, Duluth.... — @1.11 
Oats, as to weight. 
.. 55 
@ 59 
FEEDS. 
Wheat Bran . 
.24.00 
@26.00 
Middlings . 
.26.50 
@30.00 
Red Dog . 
@31.50 
IIAY AND STRAW, 
Hay, No. 1, ton. 
@16.00 
No. 2 . 
14.00 
@15.00 
No. 3 . 
.12.00 
@13.00 
Clover Mixed . 
.12.00 
@13.00 
Clover . 
@12.00 
Straw, Long Rye. 
Oat . 
. 16.00 
@17.00 
. 8.00 
@ 9.00 
MILK. 
N. Y. Exchange price $1.6.1 per 40-quart 
can, netting 3% 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. 
Full cream, best. 
Common to good. 
. 12 
@ 
12% 
9%@ 
11 
Skims . 
4 
@ 
9 
EGGS. 
Fancy white . 31' @ 32 
White, good to choice. 25 @ 30 
Mixed colors, best. — @ 28 
Lower grades . 19 @ 23 
Storage. 19 @ 22 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples, Gravenstein, d.h. bbl.2.00 
Alexander .2.50 
Twenty Ounce .2.00 
Maiden Blush .1.75 
Strawberry .1.75 
Fall Pippin .2.00 
Duchess .2.00 
Wealthy .1.50 
King .1.75 
Greening .1.50 
Ordinary kinds, good to 
prime .1.25 
Crab apples, bbl.2.00 
Pears, Bartlett, bbl.2.00 
Bartlett, %bbl. basket_1.00 
Seckel, bbl.1.50 
Louise Bonne, bbl.1.50 
Anjou .1.50 
Clairgeau .1.50 
Bose .2.00 
Sheldon ..1.50 
TjC Conte .1.50 
Kieffer .1.00 
Peaches, W. Va., carrier... .1.00 
W. Va., basket. 40 
Western Md., carrier.1.00 
Western Md., basket. 35 
Jersey, basket . 30 
Jersey, carrier .1.00 
Pine Island, carrier .1.00 
Pine Island, basket . 40 
W’n N. V., carrier.1.00 
W’n N. Y., basket. 35 
Up-river, carrier .1.00 
Up-river, basket . 30 
Plums, State, Damson, bkt.. 25 
State prunes, basket. 20 
State, other kinds, basket 15 
Grapes, Up-river, Dela., case 50 
Up-river, Niagara, case ... 50 
Up-river, Concord, case. ... 40 
Up-river, white, 20-lb. bkt. 40 
Up-river, white, 4-lb bkt.. 8 
Up-river, black, 20-lb. bkt. 35 
Up-river, black, 4-Ib. bkt. . 7 
Cranberri* Cape Cod, bbl. .6.00 
Huckleberries, State, Pa. & 
Jersey, quari . 5 
r iva Scotia, qt. 13 
M i N. Y., 
hid-basket .1.00 
N‘‘"' ’ \ , tftndard crate. .2.00 
New iw., pony crat< ... — 
l ' dard crate. . . .3.00 
Utah, crate . — 
Colored" b -))fiard crate..1.00 
Colorado, pe v erate. pq 
Water, ^ .75.00 
Jersey, 100 ... . 
@2.50 
@3.25 
@2.75 
@2.25 
@2.25 
@2.75 
@2.50 
@2.75 
@2.50 
@2.25 
@ 1.75 
@5.00 
@4.50 
@2.00 
@3.00 
@ 2.00 
r,i 2.25 
@2.25 
@2.75 
@2.50 
@1.75 
@2.00 
@1.50 
@ 85 
@1.37 
@ 75 
@ 1.00 
@1.50 
@ 1.75 
@1.00 
@,1.50 
@1.00 
@1.50 
@ 1.00 
@ 30 
@ 35 
@ 30 
@ 75 
@ 75 
@ 60 
@ 50 
@ 11 
@ 45 
@ 8 
@6.50 
@ 10 
@ 15 
@1.25 
@2.50 
@1.25 
@3.50 
@.l .50 
@2.50 
@1.00 
@250.00 
@15.00 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes, Me., Cobbler, 180 
pounds .2.00 
State, in bulk, 180 lbs. .2.00 
Long Island, bulk, bbl....2.25 
Jersey, round, bbl.2.00 
Jersey, long .1.75 
Sweet potatoes, Jer., bkt.... 50 
Eastern Shore, bbl.1.25 
Brussels Sprouts, quart.... 10 
Beets, bbl.1.00 
Carrots, bbl.1.00 
Corn, Hackensack, 100.1.25 
Other Jersey, 100. 75 
Cucumbers, I,. I., bbl.2.00 
Cucumber pickles, bbl.1.50 
Cabbage, ton .16.00 
Cauliflowers, State, bbl.2.00 
State, crate of one dozen. 1.00 
Long Island, bbl.2.00 
Celery, dozen stalks. 10 
Eggplants, Jersey, bbl.1.12 
Lettuce, State, basket. 20 
Nearby, bbl. 50 
Lima Beans, bkt or bag.... 1.00 
Onions, L. I., bbl.1.25 
Conn. & E’n, white, bbl...2.00 
Conn. & E’n, yellow.1.25 
Conn. & E'n, red .1.25 
Jersey, white, basket. 50 
Jersey, yellow, basket.... 60 
Mass., yellow, basket.... 60 
Ohio, yellow, 100-lb. bag. 1.00 
Ohio, yellow, 100-lb. bag.. 1.00 
State & W’n, white, crate. 60 
State & W’n, white, basket 75 
State & W’n, yellow, bag..1.25 
Orange Co., white, bag. . 75 
Orange Co., yellow, bag. .1.00 
Orange Co., red, bag. 75 
Peppers, barrel . 60 
I’eas, State, large, basket. .1.50 
Parsnips, barrel .1.25 
Pumpkins, barrel . 75 
Romaine, basket . 20 
String Beans, bus.-bkt. 40 
Squash, Hubbard, barrel. . . 75 
M'arrow . 75 
Turnips, Rutabaga, barrel.. 1.00 
White, barrel .1.25 
Tomatoes, Jersey, box. 25 
Up-river, bushel-basket ... 50 
Watercress, 100 bunches. .. .1.00 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Spring chickens . 
Fowls . 
Roosters . 
Turkeys . 
Ducks . 11 
Geese . .10 
Pigeons, pair 
Guinea fowls 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, Spring, lb. 20 
Turkeys, old . 16 
Spring chickens, best. 22 
Common to good. 16 
Fowls . 12 
Spring ducks . 14 
Geese, Spring . 15 
Squabs, dozen .1.50 
LIVE STOCK. 
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 
Lambs .5.00 
Hogs .7.00 
@2.25 
@2.25 
@2.50 
@2.25 
@2.00 
@ 1.10 
@1.50 
@ 18 
@1.25 
@1.25 
@2.00 
@1.25 
@3.00 
@3.00 
@20.00 
@4.00 
@1.50 
@3.50 
@ 40 
@1.50 
@ 75 
@ 1.00 
@1.50 
@1.50 
@3.00 
@1.75 
@1.50 
@1.50 
@ 75 
@ 75 
@ 1.10 
@ 1.10 
@1.25 
@1.25 
@1.50 
@1.50 
@1.50 
@1.37 
@1.25 
@2.50 
@1.50 
@ 1.00 
@ 50 
@ 75 
@1.25 
@1.00 
@1.50 
@1.75 
@ 75 
@ 75 
@1.50 
@ 14 
@ 13% 
@ 8 
@ 13%' 
@ 12 
@ 11 
@ 20 
@ 50 
@ 25 
@ 19 
@ — 
@ 20 
@ 14 
@ 15 
@ 18 
@3.00 
@6.60 
@3.20 
@5.00 
@4.00 
@9.50 
@ 13 
@4.50 
@6.25 
@7.25 
Wicks: “He was knocked down by 
a motor car, you know. Got £300 dam¬ 
ages from the fellow.” Dicks: “The 
idea! I wonder what he’ll do with the 
money?” Wicks: “Oh, he’s spent it. 
Bought the fellow’s car with it.”—Illus¬ 
trated Bits. 
Mrs. J.’s patience was much tried by 
a servant who had the habit of stand¬ 
ing about with her mouth open. One 
day, as the maid waited at the table, 
her mouth was open as usual, and her 
mistress said: “Mary, your mouth is 
open.” “Yassum,” replied Mary. “I 
opened it!”—Life. 
S O WHITE LEGHORN COCKERELS. 
i Ui Some very promising birds for sale at 
reasonable prices if ordered immediately. 
WHITE & RICE, Yorktown, New York. 
CHESTNUTS AND HICKORY NUTS 
A SPECIALTY. Please ship to 
E. B. WOODWARD, 302 Greenwich St., New York. 
WANTED 
Apples, Pears, Grapes 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. 
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 12tii St., New York- 
DLEASE send a trial shipmentto the Oldest Com. 
1 mission House in New York. Est. 1838. Butter, 
Eggs, Poultry, Pork, Calves, Hay, Grain, Beans, 
Apples, etc. E. B. WOODWARD, 802 Greenwich St., N. X. 
ALL ABOUT TEXAS 
Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma. Homes for the 
homeless, prosperity for the industrious, profit 
for the investor. October 31st issue will he a 
Special Home Buyers’ Number, giving descrip¬ 
tions of lands, crops, yields, climate, price of 
land, etc. $1 a year. Stamp for sample copy. 
FARM AND RANCH, Dallas, Texas 
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When the color fades or the roof has 
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,100 WILLIAM STREET, NEW YORK 
, CHICAGO, ST. LOUIS. KiNStS CITY. 
BOSTON. PHILADELPHIA. 
MEW ORLEANS., 
Gaboon Seed Sower 
Sows all kinds of grain and grass seed. The most correct, simple and durable broad¬ 
cast sower made. Lasts a lifetime—made of steel, iron and brass. Guaranteed to do 
more and better work than any other hand seed sower. You save time and seed and get 
bigger crops with the Caltoon. Pays for itself many times over every year. Ask your 
dealer for the Cahoon. Send to-day for the Seed Sowers’ Manual. It tells how to save 
seed and have bigger crops. It’s free. 
GOODELL CO., 14 Main St., Antrim, New Hampshire 
Steel Wheels 
will make your old farm wagon n _ 
as good as new. Save money be- KAAl/ 
cause they never need repairs. AH/VH. 
Write for big free book telling n 
all about them and how they pay. w FpD 
EmpireMfgr.Co,Box 70 AU, Quincy,III. A A VV 
WRITF T1. S. Hanson, Hart, Midi., for list of 
fi in I l. Fruit, Grain, Stock and Poultry Farms. 
FOR SALE 
J—166 ACRES; 12 room house, 
barn 40x60; four miles from 
town. A good farm and must be sold. Price, 12,600. 
Terms, $1,000 cash. 
HALL’S FARM AGENCY, Owego, N. Y. 
C A I BT — A fine farm of 260 acres 
suitable for grain raising 
or grazing. A good stock farm, located within two 
miles of railroad and six miles of County Seat. 
Address for price and terms 
HUNTINGTON BROWN, Mansfield, Ohio. 
Fruit Farm Near Kingston, N. Y. 
2hj hours to N. Y. City; % mile to H. R.; 400 apple 
trees, 1,600 peaches, 40 plum, 60 pears, 4,000 cur¬ 
rants, 3.000 bearing grapes, cuts 125 tons hay. Ex¬ 
cellent buildings; to settle immediately, sacrificed 
for $5,600 For full details, see page 3, “Supple¬ 
ment A,"just out, copy FREE. 
E A. STROUT CO., 150 Nassau Street, New York. 
MONMOUTH COUNTY, N. J„ 60 Acres, $4,500. 
One-quarter mile to It. R. Station, on State Road, 
good two-story, nine-room house, ample outbuild¬ 
ings. A moneymaker for truck, sweet potatoes 
and poultry. Advanced age of owner makes early 
sale necessary. For details see page 68, “ List 21,” 
just out; copy free. 
E. A. STROUT CO., 150 Nassau Street, New York. 
PXECUTORS’S SALE — 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 K.R. station; 53 acres; 
house 12-room, with improvements; barn 40x86;silo, 
windmill, hog house, three poultry houses, tool 
house, etc. Buildings modern; cost $9000. Will be 
sold at a bargain. Price anil full description on 
application. J. Grove Brown, Ex’r, Grotou.N.Y. 
Farm for Sale. 
14 ACRES; 25 miles from New York City; 1J4 
mile from two railway stations, two acres woods, 
10 room house, barns, large chicken house, mush¬ 
room cellar. Apples, pears, peaches, grapes, plums. 
Horses, cows, registered pigs, wagons, buggies, 
plows and farming Implements of every nature. 
Reason for selling, leaving country. $8,500. $2,000 
cash. Eight acres adjoining, with tenement house, 
may be had if desired. 
K. M. TURNER, Room 810, 1269 Broadway, 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 fine young peach 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 fine 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. 
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60 c; ladies’ union suits, $1.00; children’s union 
suits, 60c, single garments, 25c. 
Illustrated, booklet and sample of 
Vellastic fabric free upon request. 
UTICA KNITTING COMPANY, Utica, N.Y. 
Money Counts 
and farmers In Tidewater Virginia and Carolina 
are counting money made from large crops this 
season. You can do likewise. Ideal climate; 
three crops a year; best corn, hay, potato and 
truck lands, near flne markets, at low prices and 
on easy terms. Why not share this prosperity V 
F. L. MERRITT, Land & Indust'l Agent, Norfolk and Southern 
Railway, 36 Citizens Bank Building, Norfolk, Va. J 
EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY 
For Sale or Lease 
200 acre farm; 65 acres cleared in the heart of the 
famous Potato llelt, Hastings, Fla. Good house 
and barns fully stocked with feed for stock, and all 
necessary machinery, tools, etc. 
Artesian Wells. Climate best in Florida. 
E. C. HARRIS, Hastings, Fla. 
157 Acre Cayuga County 
Farm for Sale. 
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, with 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 5 miles south of 
the city of Auburn. Reached by good roads. The 
New York. Auburn & Lansing Railroad (steam 
and trolley! passes M of a mile Of the farm. Will 
be sold for less than value to a quick buyer. 1’rice, 
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. 
