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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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CONTENTS 
Tiib Rural New Yorker, April 8, 1911. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Co-operative Marketing .457, 458 
Work of a Steam Traction Engine.... 459 
Some Corn-testing Experience. 462 
Likes the Manure Spreader. 402 
Planting Onion Sets. 462 
Corn Planting in New England. .. 462 
Land in Maryland. 462 
Questions About Tile Drainage. 463 
A “Living” on a Farm. 463 
The Potato Market and Quality. 464 
Corn in Checks or Hills. 464 
Rape for Summer Silage. 465 
“Trap Crops” for the Flea Beetle. 465 
Short Rotation with Vetch. 465 
Silo on Rented . Farm. 466 
Tenant System in Texas. 466 
Value of Tomato Waste. 467 
A Campaign Against “Startling Devel¬ 
opments” . 467 
Ilanover Farmers’ Club. 468 
Powder Refuse . 469 
An Alfalfa Sermon . 469 
Hope Farm Notes. 470 
Alfalfa in Corn. 471 
The Potato Outlook. 473 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
An Unprofitable Cow. 45S 
Spray Mixture on Hog Pasture. 464 
Is Any Horse Worth .$2,400?. 466 
Orchard Hens in Mexico. 468 
Line-breeding in Poultry. 478 
Tuberculin Test . 478 
Pampering Farm Animals. 478 
Oats and Rye in Milk Ration. 479 
A Maine Milk Ration. 479 
Cow Ration; Horse Out of Condition.. 479 
A Balanced Milk Ration. 479 
A Well-Balanced Ration. 479 
That Hen Contest. 480 
Some Hen Figures Analyzed. 480 
A Hen Man Come to Judgment. 480 
Cosgrove on Hen Feeding. 481 
Disinfecting After Roup or Cholera.... 481 
Cement Foundation for Henhouse. 4S1 
Indian Runner Ducks. 482 
Treatment of Iloudans. 482 
Incubators and Insurance. 4S2 
Milk . 483 
Sanitary Milk Pails. 483 
Wild Onions and Milk. 483 
An “Oleo” Senator. 483 
A Gloomy Milk View. 483 
An Interested Partv. 483 
Blind Teat . 483 
Suggestions for a Iloghouse. 484 
IIolstein-Friesians . 484 
What Kind of Silage Corn?. 484 
HORTICULTURE. 
A Cider Trap for Codling Moth. 458 
The Cull in the Package. 458 
Do Apple Orchards Pay?. 458 
Making Baldwin Trees Bear Yearly.. .. 458 
Bamboo at Culebra. 458 
Grafting Persimmons. 460 
Knotty Fruit on Pears. 460 
Training Up Vines. 461 
Vegetables and the Boy. 462 
Trouble With Raspberries. 463 
Lime-Sulphur and Lead Arsenate. 464 
Ben Davis‘Points a Moral. 464 
Birds Eat Chestnut Bloom. 464 
Homemade Lime and Sulphur. 465 
Applying Fertilizer to Orchard. 465 
Questions About Spraying. 466 
Handling Chance Apple Seedlings. 467 
Ground Bone or Acid Phosphate. 467 
A Light-Fruit Ladder. 469 
Investing in an Orchard. 469 
Flower Garden Enemies. 471 
Apples for Maryland. 471 
Spraying in a Small Way. 471 
Fruit Notes . 473 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 474 
Some Codfish Recipes. 474 
Creole Hamburg Steak. 474 
Crullers and Doughnuts. 474 
Ba.vberry Candles . 475 
The Rural Patterns .475 
.More About Poison Ivy. 475 
The Bookshelf. 475 
Some Bird Literature. 476 
My Garden Mistakes. 476 
A Batch of Pancakes. 476 
Charity Sweetheart’s Letter. 477 
A Word for the Rag Carpet. 477 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
The Gamble of Unclaimed Packages... . 460 
Bracing End and Corner Posts. 461 
Cinders and Fence Wire. 464 
Trouble with Cement Cistern. 465 
Products. Prices and Trade. 468 
Editorials . 472 
Events of the Week. 473 
Publisher’s Desk. 486 
MARKETS. 
( Continued from page 485.) 
COTTON 
New York, Middling Upland. 14.55 
Middling Gulf. 14.80 
New Orleans, Low Middling. 14.UO 
Good Middling. 15.00 
WOOL 
Great interest is being taken in the Lon¬ 
don wool auctions now being held. Bidding 
has been very active and prices strong on 
good wools, scoured merino having sold up 
to t>0 cents for use on the Continent. Some 
greasy wool brought 29 cents. Business in 
the United States is at a standstill, owing 
to the uncertainty as to what the new 
i ongress will do with schedule K. 
NewYork Fleeces, Delaine, unwashed.. 
Ohio half blood combing. 
Kentucky, three-eighths blood. 
Michigan, half blood. 
24 ® 
.27 ® 
.27 ® 
•2tSJ6@ 
.26 
.28 
27.)4 
.27 
TOBACCO. 
Conn. broadieaf-UUer. 
Fine wrppers. 
N. Y. State Fillers. 
Fine and Selections. 
Ohio, Zimmer s Spanish. 
Virginia Dark Lugs. 
Dark Leaf.. 
Bright Cutters. 
.08 ® .10 
.50 @ .00 
.05 @ .06 
.12 @ .16 
.19 @ .20 
.07 <§> .093* 
.10 ® .20 
.12 ® .30 
Ieacher: “Does your ma brush your 
hair like that?” Tommy; “No’m.” 
Teacher: “Who does, then?” Tommy: 
I fell down on de way to school an’ 
de street sweeper ran over me.”—Chi¬ 
cago Daily News. 
Heaves. 
I have a horse that is quite aged and is 
run down in flesh ; also has a light attack 
of heaves, but is a good worker. I have 
clipped him and had his teeth put in order. 
Is the following recipe good to build him 
up, with the liberal use of grain? Sulphur, 
six ounces; gentian root, sassafras, bark of 
the root; elecampane root, ginger root, salt¬ 
peter and rosin, each two ounces; digitalis 
leaves, buehu leaves, blood root, skunk cab¬ 
bage root, cream of tartar, epsom salts, 
black antimony, fenugreek seed, carbonate 
of iron, each one ounce. F. w. s. 
Pennsylvania. 
The combination mentioned is absurd in 
the extreme. No horse should be turned 
into a drug receptacle. A big dose of fine 
shot spreads wide, and so is good for 
snipe shooting, but a shotgun prescription 
containing about everything one could think 
of does not necessarily hit the spot when a 
horse is sick. Give the horse a half ounce 
dose of Fowler’s solution of arsenic night 
and morning, and we think he will be great¬ 
ly benefited ; but heaves is incurable. 
A. S. A. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
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Economy, quality and all 
standard features that make 
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28 Opera PI., Cincinnati, 0. 
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I If ordered together we send,_ 
‘both for $10. Freight/Cr 
1 paid east of Rockies. Hot 
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double glass doors. Free catalog 
describes them. Send for it today. 
Wsconsin Incubator Co. f 
Box 118, r Racine, Wis. 
Big News For Incubator Buyers 
Famous Belle City Incubator wins 
t, Tycos’ ’ cup contest over machines 
costing 2 to S times more—making 
it the Double World’s Champion. 
Order Now—from t his ad— to get in 
champion class quick. See below . 
V. Rohan, Pres. Belle City Incubator Co. 
•55 Buys Best 
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Double cases all over; best copper 
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Best HO-chiek hot-water brooder, 
$4.85. Both ordered together, 
$11.50. Freight prepaid (£. of 
Rockies). 
No machines 
at any price 
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llelle City Incubator Company, Box 48 
Racine, Wiicuao 
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WHEN AND WHERE YOU WANT IT 
Water pumped day and night automatically 
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of helpful suggestions. 
POWER SPECIALTY COMPANY 
111 Broadway, NewYork 
S 
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CLARK’S DOUBLE ACTION CULTI¬ 
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CUTAWAY HARROW CO. 
839 Main St., Higganum, Conn. 
WantPfh Worki ’ 1 K Foreman on Stock Farm, eapa* 
If uiiigu ijio of taking care of purebred Holstein- 
Friesian cattle, preparing them for tests, etc. 51 ust 
be experienced and practical farmer, able to handle 
help and get results, and to keep stock and farm in 
first-class condition, Only men who have experience 
and reference and who are willing to work will 
please reply to B. S. F., care of Rural New-Yorker, 
409 Pearl Street, New York City. 
iyf AN OF GOOD HABITS wants work on poultry 
LTJ farm, to learn business; any offer acceptable. 
THOMPSON, 211 Lexington Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Hothouse Lambs. 
Calves, Poultry, Fancy Eggs, Hothouse Products, 
Fruits, Vegetables. Top prices secured for choice 
goods. Correspondence solicited. 
Archdeacon & Co., 100 Murray St., N.Y. 
B UFF ORPINGTON DUCKS, twice won the Australian 
laying contests. Three years unbeaten show record. 
List furnished. Dunrobin Farm, Chatham. New Jersey! 
INOCULATED ALFALFA SOIL 
75 cents per hundred, $10.00 per ton. F. O. B. Ash- 
ville, Pa. Send for FREE booklet “ How to Grow 
Alfalfa.” Dr. H. S05IERVILLE, Chest Springs, 
Cambria County, Pa. 
As they some¬ 
times are. 
AS “ SAVE-THE-IIOKSi: ” 
can make them. 
MAKES HIM GLAD AND PROUD 
And his words nre right from his heart, for a valuable horse was In the balance and he had spent four 
years treating with other things. 
Reading, Pa.— I want the pleasure of writing you a few lines. I must say that you have the best remedy on tho market to-dav 
and for puco it is not a penny too much considormgtho merit it has. I do not know how to express my glad feelings for you aniL 
the liniment, as it saved me about $400 on my horse, which I had treated with a dozen different remedies and by two of tho best 
veterinarians, who pronounced tho horse incurable. All ask what I did, as he is going sound, and the first time in four years. I 
wish you could see him. Everywhere I go on Penn Street or any place tho people stand and look at him—I am so proud of him 
I don t know what to do. The people can say all they want about other remedies, but I’ll have Savc-The-Horse.” I can hardly 
believe the euro you made and tho way you treated mo in my case. You must excuse me for writing a letter of appreciation like this 
but I can hardly do otherwise with the horse I got now. I remain sincerely yours . G. SCHLEIFENHEINER, Jr., No. 919 No 9th St. 
A. S. VALENTINE & SON, Cigar Makers, 
645 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 0, 1911. 
Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. Y.: 
My pacing horse “ Prince contracted a bone spavin about 
a year ago. I tried ali tho different remedies generally used, 
without results. Had about given up tho horse for lost. I was 
urged to try “ Save-The-IIorse,” and after much deliberation I 
concluded to buy it. After using it the liorso is sound. 
Very truly yours, GEO. n. VALENTINE. 
211 Sand Beach Ave., Bad Axe, Mich. 
If you ever want a recommend uso me. I have a valuable 
maro ; she had a bad bog spavin. I applied “Savc-Tho-IIorso” 
twice, latched her to runabout, and have driven her every day 
and no one could ever toll she had any such trouble. Everyone 
here said I would never bo able to uso her again, she was so 
lame, but now as frisky as a colt My neighbor is using “ Save- 
The-IIorse ” at my recommend and it is doing the business. 
W - - - - Respectfully, W. H. COOPER, O. D. S. 
ITH the fleeting of time and the urgency of speedy success it means r.ll in all to every owner of an unsound 
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M y[llll Wind puff.’wen k. sprained, injured and rupt __ __ 
~ ^ loss of hair. Horse worked as usual.® At sill druggists, or express paid in D, 8. and Canada. 
TROY CHEMICAL CO„ 24 Commercial Ave., N. Y, 
and Bog^pavin, Ringbone (except low). Curb, Thoronghpin, Splint, Capped Hock, Shoe Boil, 
tured tendons and all lameness, without blemish or 
or 
,r 
REG. HOLSTEIN MALE GALVES 
. . . $20 to $25 . . . 
Cheaper than you can purchase elsewhere, quality 
considered. Write for detailed descriptions. Also 
a few young cows and heifer calves. Address 
F. H. RIVENBURGH, HILLHURST FARM, MUNNSVILLE, N. Y. 
LJomestead Herd ! 
H 1 DUUOOJERSEY RED SWWK, BRED 
■ ■ GILTS, SERVICE BOARS AND SPUING 
PIGS. R. W . Mc.VLUiN, Faniiettsbiirg, Pa. 
Boston Produce Go. 
Commission Merchants, 
Fruits and Produce. Consignments Solicited 
93-95 South Market St,, - Boston. 
Dl.EASE send a trial shipment to the Oldest Coin- 
r mission House in New York. Est. 1838. Butter, 
Eggs, Poultry. Cork. Calves. Hay, Grain. Beans, 
Apples, etc. li. li. WOODWARD, ail:! 0 rerun ieh St., N.Y. 
Eggs, Poultry, Meats, Produce. 
Shipments solicited. JELLIFFE, WRIGHT S CO., Com 
mission Merchants, 284 Washington St., New York. 
JOHN C. QUICK CO 
COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 34 JAY STREET, NEW YORK 
POULTRY FARM EGGSoUR SPECIALTY. 
QUICK Returns Our Motto. Established 1855 
INDIAN RUNNER ducksand drakes,from 260egg strain. 
1 Light Brahmas. C. GORDON, Sprakers, N.Y. 
rpn Q -INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS, Barred 
LUUU Plymouth Rocks, Mammoth Bronze 
_ . Turkeys and Pearl Guineas. Write for 
Free Price List. C. ADELL KAYNER, West Falls, N. Y. 
A/JAMMOTH PEKTNS and Indian Runners from 
■ LTJt imp. stock. Strong, vigorous ducklings, 15c. 
Eggs, $5 hundred. W. Irish, R.D., Po’keepsie.N.Y. 
INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS —Black Langshau Eggs for 
1 sale. J. GORDON DRAKE, Port Huron, Mich 
\AfHITE EGG STRAIN INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS-Thor- 
wi oughbred, vigorous birds. Wonderful layers I 
of large white eggs; mated with imported drakes, 1 
well marked, fawn and white: $2.00 for 15: Buff 
Orpingtons, $1.50 for 15. Liberal discount for incu¬ 
bator eggs. Cheery Hill Farms, Pittstown. N. J. 
C P RUFF ORPINGTON EGGS S1.50 and S3.00-8etting 
Oi Ui u run of pens $10.00 per 100. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. EZRA C. LEHMAN, Sharon Springs, N. Y. 
SINGLE COMB WHITE 0RPINCT0NS 
Kellerstrass strain. Eggs for hatching. $3.00 per 
16; from prize winning stock. tW. A. KAISER, 
2703 Jamaica Ave., Richmond Hill, L. I. 
CINE QUALITY ORPINGTONS, black and white. Owens’ 
1 and Cook’s strains. $2 and Soper sitting. $10 
per 100. Rev. J. I). GRAHAM, Lyonsville. Mass. 
WHITE WYANDOTTESlfave f b^ 1 n n bre r d a by 
me for 12 years. Large, fine fllrds, splendid layers. 
Have been winning for 5 years. Eggs, high fertility, 
100,$5.00. Sitting,$1.00. WILLIAM 0. BURR, Fairfield, Conn. 
“THREE COLUMBIAN WYANDOTTES 
0 1 a Cb Combine more of beauty and utility than 
/A r\ O any breed today. Right there with the 
eggs every time. Stock and Hatching Eggs. Free illus¬ 
trated Mating List of winners. Address 
RALPH WOODWARD, Box 28. Grafton, Mass. 
COL. G. W. CRAWFORD’S 
SECOND GREAT AUCTION SALE 
WILL BE HELD AT THE 
CARPENTER SALES STABLES, ELMIRA, NEW YORK, 
TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1911. 
Head of Stallions and Mares from Of] 
Belgium, France and Germany. ZU 
20 
Also 20 Head of Grade Farm Horses, Marcs and 
Geldings, suitable for Farm Work and Brewery 
Teams, will be sold at the above mentioned place 
and date. Everything sold by the same reliable 
methods as at previous sale of March 24th. Some 
in attendance at previous sale seemed to think it 
impossible that such good horses could be sold 
on auction and hesitancy possessed them. Much 
disappointment was in store for such buyers 
when they saw these horses being paid for and 
taken away. 
On the coming sale pooplc will know that Col. 
Crawford will do just as he advertises and v\ ill sell 
horses just as represented. 
Every one wanting thoroughly reliable horses 
must attend this sale and do not hesitate to bid 
on the stock. 
Col. G. W. CRAWFORD, SHARON VALLEY STOCK FARM 
Newark, Ohio. 
Rhode Island Reds Yield Big’ Profits 
Mapy a farmer has made a big dent in his 
mortgage by the help of Rhode Island Reds. 
Walter Sherman’s Book Tells You 
All About These Wonderful Fowls 
How easy they are to take care of. ITov, fine 
they are for table use. What prolific layers they 
are. Even tolls you how to take care of them 
when sick. Every poultry man should have a 
copy. The pictures in this hook are true to life, 
each from a photograph taken on his place. Two 
of them by tho new French color process. 
Show the birds in their natural colors. So 
real that you almost expect them to move. 
How to get this book FREE 
Send 20 cents (50 cents would be a low price). 
With each book is given a rebate coupon 
worth 20 cents on your first order for 2 settings 
of eggs. Send for the book today. 
Walter Sherman, 25 Boulevard,Newport, R.I. 
Anctin’c S. C. R. I. REDS— Bred to lay and they 
/-Yu&iiii js ( p, j ay Eggs $1.50 per 15, $6.On per 100. 
AUSTIN POULTRY FARM, Centre Harbor, N. H. 
Hunn Lake Poultry Farm ?“ W "S 
R, C. R. I, R. OHicks, §14 per 100; White 5Vyan- 
dotte Chicks, §12 per 100. Eggs, §5 per 100. 
S INGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORN-Cypher’s strain utility 
stock. Good layers. $1.00 per setting of 15, $5 oo 
per 100. JOHN H. LINXEMAN, Station ' M,” 
Cincinnati, Ohio, R. F. D. No. 10, Box 31. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Orchard Poultry Farm, 
A. P. & C. A. Rogers, 
Bergen, New York. 
Utility Vitality 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORN BABY CHICKS 
Blanchard strain hatching eggs; prices reasonable 
JAMES GOODMAN, New Ringgold, Pa. 
S. C. W. LE£H0RNS~ E S 
layers,$1.50 per 15; $6 per 100. Satisfaction guarateed. 
J. M. WAY, Hockessin, Del. R. D- No. 2. 
S (* WHITE LEGHORNS, Barred Plymouth Hocks, 
• U • BB Mammoth White Pekin Ducks, Stock 
hatching eggs, chicks, ducklings. Circular. Est. 1904 
Abovo Poultry Farm, Chatham, Morris Co. N. J. 
Barred Plymouth Rock^K r e T & 
raised birds. 
$4.50 per 100. 
Great laying strain, $1,25 per 15; 
CHAS. T. DOWNING, West Chester, Pa. 
BUFF WYANDOTTES 
— Show and Utility 
Eggs, $1.00 and $2.00 
per 15; $5.00 per 100. H. L. C00LIDGE, Hudson, Mass. 
WANTED Five hundred to one thousand WHITE WYANDOTTE 
r . April and May hatched —-— 
pullets to be delivered during June. Address 
CHAS. M. JARVIS, Berlin, Conn. 
EGGS- 10 for $1.00;^$3.00 per 100. S. C 
, . - . .. ... irowa 
Leghorns. Good stock guaranteed. 
H. A. THATCHER : : : Perulack, Pa. 
P URE BRED WHITE HOLLAND TURKEY 
EGGS. Mbs. E. J. RIDER, Rodman, N. Y. 
WM 
AND BRONZE TURKEY EGGS—Chicken Egos. Hand- 
- ■ some Catalog 2 ct. 
pure wild gobbler from flic nioim- 
.. Pa. 
stamp, showin 
tain. VALLEY VIEW POULTRY FARM, Belleville 
