1911 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, January 21, 1911. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Corn Growing in Illinois. 58 
\ Gasoline Hired Man. 59 
Lime vs. Barnyard Manure. 59 
Killing Out Horseradish. 01 
Fertilizing Value of Flat Turnips.... 01 
Sumach. 01 
Alfalfa a Good Teacher. 02 
That Corn Contest . 04 
The “Clark” Plan of Grass Culture. 05 
Agreement With Farm Superintendent. 65 
Farm Factories for Nitrogen. 06 
Bringing Up Wet Clay Soil. 66 
Lime for Cabbage. 66 
Plant Food Values of Feed. 67 
Corn Growing in Vermont. 66 
Alfalfa After Rye. 67 
Concrete Corncrib Floor. 68 
Business in Farms. 68 , 
Hope Farm Notes . 70 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Combination Henhouse . 61 
Sprouted Oats . 61 
Rhode Island Red Poultry. 78 
Seeding Rape for .Sheep. 78 
Farm Horses for the “North Country” 78 
Sex of Guineas . 78 
Milk. 79 
Milking Machines . 79 
Fistula of Milk Duct...[ 79 
Waterproof Stable Floor. 79 
How to Box “Baby Chicks”. 80 
The Check and the Bogus Cow. 81 
What Corn for the Silo?. 81 
Feeding for Butter Making. 82 
Beet Pulp for Succulence. 82 
Ration Without Roughage. 82 
Calves With Catarrh. 82 
Diseases of Cats. 82 
Garget . 82 
A Pereheron Mare as An Investment.. 83 
Pig With Fits. 83 
The Ilenyard . 84 
Arrangement of Henhouses. 84 
Buckwheat for Poultry. 84 
Lumps on Hens’ Toes. 84 
Doubling Up . 84 
“Utility”. 84 
HORTICULTURE. 
Conquest of Brown Rot.57. 58 
Where Government Tries to Regulate 
Fruit Production . 58 
The Douglas Pear . 59 
“The Cull in the Package”.60, 62 
Lime-Sulphur and Oyster-Shell Scale.. 60 
Peach Trees for Fillers. 60 
Potash for Fruit. 61 
Beans in Y’oung Orchard. 62 
New York State Fruit Growers’ Asso¬ 
ciation. 64 
Fertilizing an Apple Orchard. 68 
The Passion Fruit . 71 
The Giant Himalaya Berry. 71 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 74 
To Take Raw Eggs. 74 
My Way of Making Bread. 75 
The Secret of Hospitality. 75 
Eggplant, Baked. Tomato Sauce. 75 
Wrinkles and Recipes. 76 
Apple Sauce Cake . 76 
Squash Fritters . 76 
Broiled Deviled Tomatoes. 76 
Mother’s Vacation . 77 
The Rural Patterns . 77 
Gems and Muffins . 77 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
The Consumer's Dollar. —You asked 
me some time since what Share of the con¬ 
sumer's dollar I get for farm produce, as 
the question seems to be as yet unsettled. 
Nearly everything from our section goes 
to the Wyoming Valley, hauled by the pro¬ 
ducer and sold largely to the consumer, 
or to the merchant who supplies the con¬ 
sumer We are highly favored in this re¬ 
spect. We sometimes sell to hucksters 
who go up the valley ; they now pay at our 
door 34 cents a dozen for eggs. 36 cents 
a pound for fresh butter. I enclose check 
for renewal and for one 10 -weeks subscrip¬ 
tion. This 10 cents is my punishment 
for not renewing my paper on time. The 
best farmers’ paper published. o. D. T. 
Luzerne Co., Pa. 
It. N.-Y.—That sort of punishment is a 
reward. 
juaranteedTrees 
it Wholesale Prices 
Buy Direct from Us and Save Money! 
All stock of High Quality and Genesee 
Valley Grown, where Scale is unknown. 
12 APPLE TREES, $1.00 
1 Y. Transparent, 1 Red Astrachan, 2 Duchess, 
2 Baldwin, 2 N. Spy, 2 Tallman Sweet, 2 Wealthy. 
Time to Name or Money Back. 
Write now for Free Catalogue of Complete Line. 
Reilly Bros. Nurseries. 1025 Reilly Rd.. Oansvillc. N. Y. 
PURE HONEY 
—Amber extracted, $1.60 per 
gallon. Comb, 10 lbs., $2. 
H. K. LYON.Cranford, N.J. 
Bryan's Colic Remedy for Cattle. 
will relieve the most obstinate case of colic within 
one hour. Price $1.25 per bottle, by mail, in the 
United States or Canada. 
BRYAN DRUG CO., Chatham, N. J. 
For Sale or Exchange-?®^ 
old JACK, nose and breast mouse color, 15hj hands 
high; weighs about 950 lbs. Will sell or exchange 
for registered Holstein cattle or registered Shet¬ 
land pony mares, or Pereheron stallion. 
S. H. ROBISON, 814 Walnut St., Philadelphia. 
OHELDON FARM registered Durocs. Pigs of both sex. 
d Bred Sows. Service Boars. Best of breeding. 
C. K. BAKNKS, Oxford, N. Y. 
D UROC-JERSEY PIGS AND SERVICE BOARS of the best 
breeding. Pedigree with each one. Price 
reasonable. HENRY PATRICK, Rustburg, Va. 
Rorlichiro Pifrc at Bargain Prices. A. M- 
PCI C rl^O DAVIS, Trooper, P a. 
LAKEHILL FARM 
W. H. THACHKR. 
Single and Rose Comb W. Leghorns, W. P. Rocks 
and Imp. Pekin Ducks. Cockerels and Ducks of 
both sexes for sale in any quantity from $2 up. 
Chicks. $15 per 1UU. Ducklings, $25 per 100. Write 
for special prices in large lots. Orders booked for 
early delivery of hatching eggs and day old chicks 
and ducklings. Safe delivery guaranteed. Satis¬ 
faction. CAUL W. LLOYD, Mgr,, HILLSIDE, 
Westchester County, N. Y. 
Lt. Brahmas, White P, Rocks, B. P. Rocks. 
Fine Birds. J. A. ROBERTS, Malvern, Pa. 
The Country Storekeeper’s Side of Par¬ 
cels Post . 59 
Finish for Oak Floor. 61 
Arch for Boiling Sap. 61 
Metal Roofs and Lightning. 67 
Express Rates . 67 
Editorials. 72 
Other People’s Money. 73 
Events of the Week. 73 
Anti-Parcels Post Petition. 73 
Products, Prices and Trade. 81 
Markets. 85 
Publisher’s Desk . 86 
We are having blizzard weather. Have 
had some rains of late. Water not so 
scarce in wells and reservoirs. Very little 
snow, no sleighing now. Wheat. 90 cents ; 
oats, 45 cents; corn, 75 cents; potatoes, 
60 cents. Butter, 34 cents; eggs, 34 cents, 
both scarce. Hay, .816 per ton. Crops 
look fair. d, d. s. 
Snyder Co., Pa. 
T HOROUGHBRED Mammoth Bronze Turkeys— heavy bone 
and fine plumage. Mrs. Floyd Kirby, Draper, Va 
PH TRY ~ 35 Best Breeds. Bred for Laying. 
* UULI II I Large circular illustrated in colors 
Free. JOHN E. HEA'l’WOLE, Harrisonburg, Va. 
R. C. B. MINORCAS, Cockerels, $1.25each. Indian Run¬ 
ner Ducks, $6 trio. Geo. Bowdish, Esperance, N.Y. 
W ANTEO-DAY-OLD CHICKS by the hundred. 
Spring delivery. 434 63d St., Brooklyn. N. Y. 
Ofin Buff and Barred P. Rock and CAD Q AI C 
OUU White and Partridge Wyandottes ■ UH wALE 
Inspection solicited. Price reasonable. Satisfac¬ 
tion guaranteed. Dr. S. C. Moyer, Lansdale, Pa. 
THOROUGH-BRED POULTRY —Best twenty varieties. 
,, Eggs, 15 , $1:40. $2. Catalogue. 
H. K. MOHR, Quakertown, Pa., Route 3. 
pn»* S/ilp—^*'ite Leghorns (Young’s 
* Y 1 , . 1 . Strain). Cockerels, trios and eggs 
for hatching. L. MOORE, Routel, Ellenville, N.Y. 
The potato crop was not very good. Some 
of the very early planted turned out well. 
Those planted a little later rotted badly on 
account of cold, wet weather soon after 
planting. It was too dry in August and 
September for late potatoes to do much 
good. Dealers here paid 50 to 60 cents 
per bushel and retailed them out at $1 at 
digging time. Hay was a heavy crop ; part 
of It was damaged in harvesting and not 
salable. Corn good, 40 cents at elevator, 
farmers not selling much. n. l. r. 
Ccdarville, O. 
Potatoes were a big crop in Erie Countv, 
but have been rotting badly, caused by 
heavy rains following attacks of blight. 
Some farmers have to throw away nearly 
one-half of their crop, therefore many have 
been rushed to market after digging’ keep¬ 
ing the price down to 50 and 55 cents per 
bushel; sales not very brisk, and buyers 
cautious not to get too much poor stock on 
hand. Fresh eggs are 45 cents per dozen, 
butter 36 cents per pound, dressed hogs 
10 to 11 cents. Beef by the quarter seven 
or eight cents per pound; corn a good crop, 
many fields running 100 bushels per acre. 
Erie Co., N. Y. G. s. 
From Mexico. —I have been a reader of 
The R. N.-Y. ever since I can remember. 
Just at the present time I am particularly 
interested in the reports as to the “con¬ 
sumer’s dollar” and the parcels post. One 
of the principal reasons I had for coming 
to Mexico to make a home was that here 
we get a larger share of the consumer’s 
dollar for our produce. Under the wise 
administration of good old President Diaz 
the common people get a better show 
against monopoly than in the United 
States. We seldom get more than 20 per 
cent reduction from the ultimate selling 
price of our products, and many instances 
not more than half of that. It revives 
old memories of cold fingers to read of 
your snow and cold up in that northern 
country, while we are gathering corn in 
one field and setting tomato plants in an¬ 
other. and have fresh garden stuff every 
day in the year. n. s, a. 
Tampico, Mexico. 
Baby Chicks 10c Eacbif'sTbiSYS? 
horn. Can furnish in any number I am booking 
orders for early deliveries. Circular free. CHAS. R. 
STONE, Baby Chicken Farm, Staatsburg-oa-Hudson, H. Y. 
Y17 A NTFn — ^ WO single men to drive team; 
" 1 A i-jU jjo milking; must be of good 
habits and understand using farm machinery; 
steady employment. TRANQUILITY FARMS, 
Arthur Danks, Mgr., Allamuchy. N. J. 
Eggs, Poultry, Meats, Produce. 
Shipments solicited. JELLIFFE, WRIGHT & CO., Com¬ 
mission Merchants, 284 Washington St., New York. 
Boston Produce Co. 
Commission Merchants, 
Fruits and Produce. * Consignments Solicited 
93-95 South Market St., 
Boston. 
GEO. P. HAMMOND. EST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & CO., 
andHot-honse Products a Specialty. Consignments 
solicited. 34 & 36 Little 13th St„ New York* 
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$ 11 4.00 SET ARMY POLE HARNESS $01.85 
1 A ^S6ArmyUadTemHin«*$17.95£ A = 
Amy Saddles $3.00 op 
Amy Shelter Tents 1.00 up 
Array Unif’ms.newl.25 up, 
7-Shot Rifle Carbine 3.50 
0!dSide-ArmPistols.50 up 
Side-Arm Sword .35 up 
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Largest stock t.'oTcrnmcnt Auction Bargains in tho world. IS 
acres required for Its storage. StVt.puge catalogue, over 4,000 
illustrations of army and nary anetion goods. Regular Military 
Encyclopedia. Mailed for 15 cents (stamps). 4 
CANNON-*. FLAGS, PISTOLS, RIFLES, 8FEARS, DRUBS. Its. 
FRANCIS BANNERMAN. 501 Broadway. N. Yl 
87 
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Plants Require the Same 
Foods but in Different 
Proportions 
Most plants require more 
Potash than manures or com¬ 
plete fertilizers contain. Clover, 
Corn, Tobacco, Fruit and Po¬ 
tatoes, for instance, take up 
large amounts of Potash. 
We have prepared valuable books on this 
all-important subject of fertilizers ; what they 
are and how to mix them, filler free. 
Potash Pays, whether used to supplement ma¬ 
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home-mixed fertilizer. Your dealer can get it for 
you, or you can write to us for prices on any quantity 
from one bag (200 pounds) up. 
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A BEAUTIFUL FARM FOR SALE iu the finest fruit 
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