1911. 
'THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
03© 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, May 27, 1911. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Heavy Clay Soil and Grass. 622 
Handling Yard Manure Easily. 622 
Changing Alfalfa for Corn. 622 
Handling the Straw Pile. 622 
The Student Labor Problem. 623 
Bean Diseases . 625 
Growing Cabbage Plants Under Cheese¬ 
cloth . 626 
Lime-Sulphur on Potatoes. 626 
Vetch in Northern Michigan. 627 
Hope Farm Notes . 628 
Crop Notes . 631 
Farmers’ Share of Sport Money. 631 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
A Town Herd of Blacks. 622 
Jersey Cattle Club. 631 
Stands Up for the Hackney Horse.... 634 
An Experience with Hogs. 634 
Pasturing or Soiling Cattle. 635 
A Young Shepherd’s Story. 635 
Fat and Lazy Hens. 636 
Eggs from the Glass lien. 636 
Fumigating Poultry Houses. 636 
Mice in Henhouse. 636 
Milk . 637 
The Story of a Milk Inspector. 637 
A Milk Contract. 637 
HORTICULTURE. 
New Berry Culture.621, 622 
Dust Method of Spraying. 623 
A One-Man Air Pressure Sprayer. . . . 624 
Cover Crops in Orchard . 624 
Nitrate of Soda on Lawn. 624 
Bees and Poison Sprays. 625 
Cherry Growing in Wisconsin. 626 
Missouri Fruit Crop Report....*. 626 
Lime and Sulphur . 626 
Live Stock and Spraying. 626 
Lime Sulphur Solution on Grapes.... 629 
Poison Spray for Rose-bugs. 629 
The Best Shade Tree.:. 629 
Commercial Carnations . 629 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 632 
A Plea for the Pepper. 632 
With the Earlier Fruits. 632 
Fixing Old Floors. 633 
The Rural Patterns . 633 
Hulled Corn . 633 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Taking Twist from Rope.... 624 
Preparing Horseradish . 624 
Well of Poor Water. 624 
Size of Golf Links. 624 
Raising Fish in Pennsylvania. 624 
A Cement Gun . 625 
Collecting Fish in Nova Scotia. 625 
Experience With Poison Ivy. 625 
Whitewashing With a Pump. 626 
Cinders and Rust . 626 
Carp Culture in Germany. 627 
An Argument for Parcels Post. 627 
Editorials . 630 
Other People’s Money. 631 
Events of the Week. 631 
Products, Prices and Trade. 635 
Publisher’s Desk . 638 
MARKETS 
Wholesale at New York, 
Week Ending May 19, 1911. 
BDTTKU 
Arrivals this week are liberal, with ample 
supplies of the better grades of fresh cream¬ 
ery. Factory and process very dull. 
Creamery, fancy, lb.21 t a .22 
Good to Choice.19 @ .20 
Lower Grades .15 © .18 
Storage.15 © .20 
State Dairy, best.20 @ .21 
Common to Good.14 @ .18 
Factory.14 © .16 
Packing 8tock.12 © .15 
Klgin 111. butter market firm at 21 cents. 
Boston, western creamery, 22 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 22 cents. 
CHEESE 
Demand is light both for local and ex¬ 
port trade. Some of the accumulated stock 
is being paraffined and put into boxes for 
holding. 
Full Cream, best. Fall made.12 @ .14 
Common to Good. .. .10 @ .11 
New Made. 09 © .11 
Skims.03 ® .09 
EGGS 
Supplies are not so large as last week, 
but the market is overstocked with medium 
and lower grades. Western and Southern 
receipts are irregular in quality, shrunken, 
undersized and spotted. 
White, good to choice.18 @ .20 
Mixed Colors, best.17 © .18 
Common to Good.15 ® .17 
Western, best.17 @ .18 
Under grades.12 @ .15 
BEANS 
Market firm and higher on practically all 
grades. 
Slarrow, 100 lbs. 3.10 © 3.80 
Medium.. 3.00 © 3.50 
Pea. 3.00 @ 3.65 
Yellow Eye. 3.00 © 3.60 
Bed Kidney. 6.10 ffi 6.75 
WhiteKidney. 5.00 @ 5.10 
Lima, California. 6.70 © 6.85 
HOPS 
Very little trading, as growers are hold¬ 
ing for higher prices. 
Prime to Choice.30 @ .31 
Common to Good..'..28 @ .29 
Paciilc Coast.23 © .24 
German Crop, 1910.50 @ .54 
CIDER VINEGAR 
N. Y. prices for single barrel lots. 
Extra Choice Old, gal.22 © .24 
Standard Grade.13 © .15 
DRIED FRUITS 
Market has a strong tone, but stock is 
so scarce that prices given are largely nom¬ 
inal. 
Apples, evap. 
prime. 
.12 
© 
13 
Kvap., com. 
to good. 
@ 
.11 
Sun Dried.. 
© 
.1179* 
Chops. 
© 
.08 
Cores and Skins.. 
© 
-07V6 
Raspberries.. 
.28 
@ 
.31 
Cherries. 
fa) 
.17 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples are gettiug scarce, except poor 
grades, which are hard to sell. A few 
peaches of Jewel and Bidwell varieties from 
Florida and Georgia are here, selling up¬ 
wards of .$2 per carrier. Strawberries in 
large supply from the Carolinas and Vir¬ 
ginia. 
Apples, Russet, bbl. 3.00 © 5.00 
Baldwin. 4.00 © 6.00 
Ben Davis. 3.50 ffl 5.50 
8py. 4.00 © 7.00 
Western— _ 
Newtown, box. 1.75 © 2.75 
Rome, box. 2.00 @ 2 75 
Black Ben, box. 2 00 @ 2.50 
Gano. box . 1.75 © 2.25 
Strawberries, Virginia, qt.11 © -15 
Carolina. 09 ® .18 
Eastern Shore.07 @ .18 
Peaches. Fla., carrier. 1.50 © 4.00 
Muskmelons, Fla,, crate. 2.00 ® 4.50 
Watermelons, Fla., each.25 © .35 
VEGETABLES 
Old potatoes lower; new in active de¬ 
mand and firm. Asparagus plenty and 
lower. Cabbage selling well. Peas and 
radishes lower. 
Potatoes—N. Y. State, 180 lbs. 1.50 © 1.67 
Maine. 1.50 © 1.75 
Southern, new. No. 1. bbl. 4.50 © 5.50 
Southern, new. No. 2, bbl. 3.00 @ 4.50 
Sweet, Jersey, bkt.. 1.00 .© 2.00 
Asparagus, Jersey, green, f'cy. 1.00 © 1.76 
Jersey, white, fey. 1.00 @ 1.50 
Long Island, white, prime.75 @ 1.25 
Penn., green, choice. 1.25 © 1.75 
Culls. 40 @ .75 
Beets, new, 100 bunches. 3.00 ffi 4.00 
Carrots, bbl. 2.00 © 2.25 
Southern, new. 100 bunches. 2.00 © 4.00 
Cabbage—New, Southern, bbl. 2.00 © 2.75 
Sweet Corn, Southern. 100. 3.00 © 4.00 
Cucumbers. Fla. bu. 1.50 © 2.00 
Kohlrabi, Southern. 100 bunches. 1.50 ©2.00 
Lettuce, jij-bbl. bkt.50 @ 1.00 
Peppers, Southern, bu.1.00 © 1.25 
Horseradish. 100 lbs. 4.00 ® 7.00 
Okra. Fla. Carrier . 2.00 © 3.00 
Onions, Texas, new, crate.1.50 © 2.50 
Bermuda, crate. 1.75 © 1.80 
Peas. Southern, bu.75 © 2.75 
Badishes.lOO bunches.50 @ 1.00 
Khubarb, 100 bunches.1.00 © 2.00 
Salsify, 100 bunches. 3.00 © 4.00 
String Beans, bu.75 ® 2.50 
Spinach, bbl.75 © 1.25 
squash, bbl. 2.25 © 2.75 
New, bu.50 © 1.00 
Turnins. ltutabaga, bbl. 2.00 © 2.25 
White, bbl. 1.00 @1.50 
Leeks, 100 bunches. 2.00 © 2.50 
Kgg Plants, Fla., box. 1.00 ® 1.50 
Parsley bbl. 1.00 © 4.00 
Tomatoes, Fla. crate. 1.60 © 3.00 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS 
Mushrooms very poor. Tomatoes scarce. 
Cucumbers lower. 
Cucumbers, best, doz.65 © .75 
Common to good.40 © .50 
Mushrooms, lb.10 ® .40 
Tomatoes, lb.10 © 20 
LIVE POULTRY 
Market firm on fowls and broilers. Other 
kinds weak. 
Chickens, Broilers, lb 
Fowls. 
Roosters. 
Ducks. 
Geese... 
Turkeys 
.30 @ 
.14 © 
.08 © 
.12 © 
.09 © 
.12 © 
.35 
.15 
.08^ 
.13 
.10 
.13 
DRESSED POULTRY— Fresh Kii.i,ei> 
Fowls plenty and slightly lower. Good 
demand for fancy broilers, hut small very 
dull. 
Turkeys, best.15 © 16 
Common to Good.13 @ .14 
Chickens, fancy broilers, lb. 35 © .45 
Broilers, common to good.25 © .30 
Fowls. 14 @ .15 
Squabs, doz. 1.75 @ 4.25 
DRESSED POULTRY—Frozen 
Turkeys, best.22 ® .23 
Chickens, milk-fed broilers.22 © .25 
Corn-fed broilers.18 ® .22 
Milk-fed roasters.17 © .18 J*j 
Corn-fed roasters.15 @ .16^4 
Fowls. 12 ® .14 
Ducks, best.14 © .15 
Common to good.12 © .13 
Geese.07 @ .11 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEATS 
Calves, good to prime.09 @ .10 
Common.06 © .08 
Lambs, hothouse, head. 2.00 @ 6.00 
HAY AND STRAW 
Better grades of Timothy are firm. Other 
grades in surplus. 
Hay. No. 1, ton.27.00 © 28.00 
No. 2.22.00 © 24.00 
No. 3.18.00 @ 19.00 
Clover Mixed.15.00 © 21 00 
Clover.12.00 © 19.00 
8traw, Rye.11.00 © 12.00 
Oat and Wheat.8.00 © 9.00 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs.5.55 @ 6.40 
Bulls.4.00 @ 5.50 
Cows. 2.00 @ 4.75 
Calves, Prime Veal, 100 lbs.5.00 © 7.50 
Culls .4.00 © 4.50 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 2.50 © 3.50 
Lambs. 5.00 © 6.00 
Hogs. 6.00 @7.00 
G RAIN 
Wheat, No. 1, Northern Spring. 1.08 @ ... 
No. 2, Red.99 @ ... 
No. 1 Macaroni. .99 @ ... 
Corn, as to quality, bush.53 © .59 
Oats, as to weight, bush.36 © .39 
MILL FEED 
8pring Bran,ton. 20.00 © 26.35 
Standard Middlings. 27.00 © 28.00 
Red Dog. 28.00 © 29.00 
Hominy Chop. 22.50 © 23.00 
Linseed Meal. 33.00 @ 34.00 
Corn Meal. 23.00 © 24.00 
COTTON 
New York, Middling Upland. 16.10 
Middling Gulf. 16.35 
New Orleans, Low Middling. 15.20 
Good Middling. 16.12 
WOOL 
NewYork Fleeces, Delaine, unwashed.. .22 © .23 
Ohio half blood combing.25 © .26 
Kentucky, three-eighths blood.24 @ .25 
Michigan, half blood.24 @ .26 
TOBACCO. 
Conn. broadieaf-Uller.08 © .10 3 
Fine wrappers.60 © .75 
N. Y.State Fillers.05 © JJ6 
Fine and Selections.12 © .16 
Ohio. Zimmer's Spanish.19 @ .20 
Virginia Dark Lugs.07 @ .09 
Dark Leaf.10 © .20 
Bright Cutters.12 © .30 
Penn, broad leaf fillers.15 @ .17 
FARM WAMTFn~ Not !ess than 15 acres, with 
I nil III If rlli I LU house, high location, good 
view, brook or spring, within 40 miles New York 
City, Long Island not wanted. Payment $600 
cash, balance $100 monthly on mortgage Ad¬ 
dress, "Responsible,” RURAL NEW-YORKER, N. Y. CITY. 
DO YOU NEED FARM HELP? 
The Jewish Agricultural and Industrial Aid 
Society has on its lists men wishing to obtain em¬ 
ployment upon farms. Most of them are without 
experience, but they are able-bodied and willing 
to work. They speak little or no English, although 
many of them speak German. If you can make 
use of such help, please communicate with us, 
stating what you will pay, whether the work is 
permanent, and whether you prefer a single or a 
married man. We are a philanthropic organiza¬ 
tion, whose object it is to assist and encourage 
Jews to become farmers. We charge no commis¬ 
sion to employer or employee. Address 
THE J. A. & I. A. S., 174 Second Avenue, NEW YORK CITY 
Fisherton Farm Jerseys 
This farm has Ameri¬ 
can and Island stock 
with every animal 
bought for business at 
the pail. We win sell 
or exchange bull calves 
out of first rate cows 
for registered heifer 
calves or cows with 
satisfactory milk pail 
records. We also offer 
for sale three bulls 
ready for service of 
splendid performance 
and promise. 
1- Meadowsweet Melia 
Rioter #81624. Dropped 
June 21,’08. Price 
$200.00. Sired by 
Meridale Melia Rioter. 
Dam, Maud’s Primrose 
of St. Lambert. 
2- Fisherton Count 
Pogis #93996. Sired by 
Champion Hood Farm 
Pogis 9th. Dam, Mary 
of Vernon, Register 
of Merit. Dropped 
August 3rd, 1909. 
Price $250.00. 
3- Fisherton Pogis 
#93997. Sired by 
Champion Hood Farm 
Pogis 9th. Dam, Tormet 
Third of Hood Farm. 
Dropped January 23rd, 
1910. Price $100.00. 
FISHERTON FARM 
R. F. D. No. 3, Pontiac, Michigan 
Boston Produce Co. 
Commission Merchants, 
Fruits and Produce. Consignments Solicited 
93-95 South Market St., - Boston. 
SHIP YOUR CONSIGNMENTS 
-TO- 
GEO. OLIVER & COMPANY 
Established 1850 
COMMISSION MERCHANTS 
WEST WASHINGTON MARKET. NEW YORK, N. Y. 
PROMPT RETURNS 
STRAWBERRIES. 
Calves, Poultry, Fancy Eggs, Hothouse Products, 
Fruits, Vegetables. Top prices secured for choice 
goods. Correspondence solicited. 
Archdeacon&Co., 100 Murray St., N.Y. 
:;ANIMAL 3 
•.--FRIEND 
„ Keeps flics and all 
insects and pests off 
animals — in barn or pas¬ 
ture—longer than any imi¬ 
tation. Used and endorsed 
since 1885 by leading dairy¬ 
men and farmers. 
$1 worth saves $20.00 
- — - — - in milk and flesh on each 
cow in a single season. Cures sores, stops itching 
iff?. Prevents infection. Nothing better for galls. 
Kills lico and mites in poultry houses. 
SFND y° ur .dealer can’t supply you, for 
OLilMJ ^1, enough Shoo - Fly to protect 200 
cows, and our 8 • tube gravity sprayer without 
extra charge. Idotutp hark if not satisfactory . Write 
for Booklet, free. Special terms to agents. 
Shoo-Fly Mfg. Co., Dept. P, 1301 N. 10th St., Philada. 
DAISY FLY KILLER 
placed anywhere, at* 
tracts & kills nil flies. 
Neat, clean, ornament* 
tnLcou vonient, cheap. 
LASTS ALL SEASON 
Mfttle of metal, cannot 
spill or tip over, will 
not Boll or Injure any¬ 
thing. Guaranteed 
effective. Of all 
denlera or cent pre¬ 
paid for 20 cents. 
HAROLD SOMERS 
150 Da K:ill> Ave. 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 
0.1. C.—Pigs With Three Grand Parents 
Bred by the L. B. Silver Co. 
C. B. SMITH & SON, Jackson Summit, Pa. 
LARGE YORKSHIRE HOGS. 
I have for sale a limited number of four months 
old registered i>igs from imported sire. Better 
try a pair of this genuine bacon hog. Address : 
W„ ALLAN GARDNER, 
SNYDER, ... Erie County, N. Y. 
Barred Plymouth Rock- w E e ff b '; e T 'gSt 
raised birds. Great laying strain, $1.00 per 15; 
$4.50 per 100. ERAS. T. DOWNING, West Chester. Pa. 
—30 for $1. $3. per 100. Single-comb 
Brown Leghorns. Good stock guar¬ 
anteed. H. A. THACHEK, Perulack, Pa. 
BIRDS OF QUALITY, Bred to lay: S. C. W. Leghorn 
Hatching Eggs, $6 per 100; Chicks, $12 per 100. 
S. C. R. I Red Eggs, 
THE WINONA FARMS 
! per 100: Chicks, $15 per 100. 
. Drawer 272 . LANS0ALE, PA. 
BABY CHICKS, 10c. ***; fisaST 
C. White Leghorns in any quantity. Sat'o arrival 
g uaranteed, Circulars free. CHAS. R. STONE, Baby 
hicken Farm, Staatsburo-on-Hudson, N. Y. 
/YRPINGTON EGGS at half price. Will sell from 
^ best pens; Black. White and Buff; $1.00 for 13. 
K. M. MORRISON, Lyme, N. H. 
New York State FarirS^r’g&r'S! 
nearly all parts of tho State. Send for free catalogue. 
NORTHERN REALTY CO., Syracuse, N. Y. 
F ARM FOR SALE— Ideal place for city party wanting 
Summer Homo for family. Write for particu¬ 
lars. No postals. BOX 63, Oak - Hill, N. Y. 
IRH FprmC FOR SALE CHEAP, in fertile 
IUU I Q11IIO Delaware Valley. New catalogue 
and map free. Horace G. Reeder, Newtown, Pa. 
FflR ^A| P-Farm of seventy acres; five-room 
i on ohll house; basement barn, 32x40; good 
water supply; fine orchard of 100 choice grafted 
apple trees; two and one half miles from main-line 
railroad station. Price, $1,330 cash. HALL’S FARM 
AGENCY, Owego. Tioga County, New York. 
DLEASE send a trial shipment to the Oldest Coin- 
1 mission House in New York. Est. 1838. Butter, 
Eggs, Poultry, Pork, Calves, Hay, Grain. Beans, 
Apples, etc. K. If. WOODWARD, 302 Greenwich St., N.Y, 
Eggs, Poultry, Meats, Produce. 
Shipments solicited. JELLIFFE, WRIGHT & 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 
GKO. P. HAMMONI). 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 <fe 36 Little 12th St.. New York- 
1874--“AT IT THIRTY-SEVEN YEARS”-1911 
LINDEN GROVE 
JERSEYS. 
COOPERSBURG 
PENNA. 
Annual Decoration Day Sale of Imported Jersey Cattle 
Tuesday, May 30, 1911, Coopersburg, Penna. 
[Coopersburg is on the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, 43 miles north of Philadelphia, 98 miles west 
of New York City, 11 miles south of Bethlehem, Pa., and 8 miles south of Allentown, Pa.] 
175 Head of Jersey Cattle, the Cream of the Island of Jersey, their 
Native Home—Prize Winners and their Offspring 
NOTE:—In the past thirty years we have sold more than a million dollars worth of Jersey Cattle 
at auction, and in all that time have never been sued nor had occasion to sue a buyer. A clientele of 
happy purchasers, who come back year after year for more, is our felicitating record. Our motto : 
"A Pleased Buyer is Our Best Advertisement .” 
Our offering this year includes both males and females, of all ages— 
SHOW STOCK, BREEDING STOCK, DAIRY STOCK 
Send {or Catalog , Ready May 12, which "tells the whole story." 
T. S. COOPER & SONS, 
L. F. HERRICK, Manager, “Linden Grove,” Coopersburg, Penna. 
Mention The Rural New-Yorker 
