1911. 
THE RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
811 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, August 5, 1911. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Rockweed as a Fertilizer. 798 
Hairy Vetch as Horse Hay. 798 
An Old-fashioned Corncrib. 798 
The Use of Raw Swamp Muck. 798 
“The Land of Heart’s Delight”. 799 
The Student Labor Problem. 799 
Alfalfa in Connecticut. 799 
Crop Prospects . 800 
Late Seeding Alfalfa or Vetch. 801 
Stuffing Soil With Humus. 801 
Sweet Potato Rooting; Seared Corn. 801 
Notes and Comments. 801 
Hope Farm Notes. 802 
Diary of Farm Work. 80S 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
A “Demonstration” Farmer’s Milk Station. 
Part 1.797, 798 
Propagating the Family Cow. 808 
Milk .. 808 
Boston Milk Situation. 808 
A Good Record. 808 
Kainit on Poultry Droppings. 809 
Medicines for Diarrhoea. 809 
Saving Time with Hens. 809 
A Maine Dairy Day. 809 
HORTICULTURE. 
Avoiding Spraying Troubles.801 
Missouri Garden Notes. 803 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 806 
Canning Vegetables by Steam. 806 
Chocolate Caramel Cake. 806 
Paper Bag Cookery. 807 
The Rural Patterns. 807 
Raspberry Cream . 807 
Getting Rid of Ants. 807 
Raspberry and Currant Souffle.807 
Currant Farina . 807 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
“Guinea Pigs as Lawn Mowers”.801 
The Consumers’ Dollar. 801 
Editorials . 804 
Other People’s Money. 80S 
Publisher’s Desk . 810 
MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending July 28, 1911. 
BUTTKK 
Among the receipts this week were 1,800 
packages of Canadian butter to be repacked 
for export to the tropics. Prices have ad¬ 
vanced one-half to one cent on all grades. 
Creamery, fancy, lb.26 & .27 
Good to Choice.22 @ .25 
Lower Grades .18 @ .21 
State Dairy, best.24 ® .25 
Common to Good.15 @ .23 
Factory.14 @ .19 
Packing Stock.15 © ,18J^ 
Elgin 111. butter market firm at 25 cents. 
Boston, western creamery, 26 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 27 cents. 
CHEESE 
The market is slightly improved, receipts 
showing less heat-damaged cheese. Some 
export business is noted in stocks that can 
he bought under 11 cents. 
Full Cream, best, new.11 © .12 
Common to Good.09 © ",lo 
Skims.05 © .10 
Old, common to good. 11 ® -133-6 
EGG8 
Receipts are running better than last 
week, though a large proportion of those 
considered prime have to be candled care¬ 
fully to get out strays. 
White, good to choice.26 @ .29 
Mixed Colors, best.24 @ .26 
Common to Good.15 @ .18 
Western, best.19 @ ,22 
Under grades.12 © .17 
Checks and dirties.05 ® .10 
BEANS 
Tea beans are scarce and five cents 
higher. Marrow, Medium and Red Kidney 
selling very slowly. 
Marrow, 100 lbs.. 
Medium. 
Pea. 
Yellow Eye. 
Ked Kidney. 
WhiteKidney.... 
Lima, California 
3.25 @ 3 90 
3.15 ® 3.80 
3.35 @ 4.00 
3.50 ® 3.60 
5.90 ® 6.30 
5.10 ® 5.25 
6.70 & 6.75 
HOPS 
Market very strong, with offers for new 
crop up to 26 cents. White mold is re¬ 
ported serious in the New York hop section. 
Prime to Choice.31 @ .32 
Common to Good.29 @ .30 
Pacific Coast.29 @ .32 
C1DEK VINEGAli 
New York jobbing prices for single bar¬ 
rel lots. Very little vinegar good enough 
for top quotations is offered. 
Extra Choice Old, gal.22 ® .24 
Standard Grade.13 @ .15 
DRIED FRUITS 
Business in spot apples is so light that 
quotations are nominal. Stock for future 
delivery quotable at 10%, with probability 
of advance if wind damage in Western New 
York proves as great as is feared. 
Apples, evap. prime.14 ® 16 
Evap., com. to good.06 @ .13 
Cores and Skins.07 ® .0716 
Raspberries.29 © .33 
Cherries.16 ® .18 
FRESH FRUITS 
Some improvement in quality of now 
apples is noted. Pears much more plentiful 
but selling well. Peach market weak and 
lower. Arrivals of muskmelons very heavy, 
prices low except for Arizona. 
Apples, Astracban, bbl.2.50 @ 3.00 
8weet Bough, bbl.2.50 @ 3.25 
Duchess. 3.00 © 4.00 
Nyack.2.00 @ 2.75 
Windfalls, bbl. 1.25 © 1.75 
Various, hf-bbl.-bkt.75 @ 1.50 
Pears, Southern, Le Conte, bbl.3.00 @ 7.00 
Kieffer. 3.50 ® 4.00 
Bell.4.00 @ 5.50 
Clapp’s. 7.00 @ 8.00 
Lawson.6.00 ® 7.50 
Peaches. Ga., carrier. 1.25 ® 3.25 
Jersey, crate.1.75 ® 2.25 
Cherries, lb.06 ® .08 
Muskmelons, Southern, crate. .50 @ 1.25 
Maryland, crate.76 ® 1.50 
Arizona, crate. 1.75 ® 2.50 
California, crate. 1.50 @ 2.50 
Watermelons, Southern, 100.10.00 ®25.00 
Huckleberries, quart.06 ® .12 
Blackberries, qt.07 ® .15 
Raspberries, red, pint.05 @ .08 
Currants, qt.10 ® .13 
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VEGETABLES 
Demand for potatoes active, though prices 
slightly lower than last week. Corn in free 
supply though selling well. Cucumbers 
plenty and very low, some selling under 50 
cents per barrel. 
Potatoes, Jersey, bbl. 3.00 
Southern, No. 1. bbl.3.00 
Southern. No. 2, bbl.. 
Long Island, bbl. 3.50 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl.5.00 
Beets, new, 100 bunches. 1.00 
Carrots, new, 100 bunches. 1.00 
Cabbage, Long Island, bbl.75 
Sweet Corn, Jersey. 100. 
Cucumbers, bu. 
Celery, Jersey, bunch.10 
Cauliflower, L.I., bbl. 1.50 
State, bbl. 3.00 
Lettuce, la-hbl. bkt. 
Peppers, Southern, bu. 1.00 
Jersey, bu.50 
Horseradish. 100 lbs. 3.00 
Okra. Jersey, bu.50 
Onions, Long Island, bbl.2.00 
Orange Co., bag. 1.50 
Jersey, bu. 1.25 
Peas. State, bu. 
Radishes.lOO bunches. 
String Beans, bu. 
Lima Beans, bu. 1.50 
Spinach, bbl.50 
Squash. Marrow, bbl. 
i Crook Neck, bbl.50 
Turnips, Rutabaga, bbl. 
White, bbl. 
Egg Plants, Southern, bbl.1.75 
Jersey, bu.. 
Tomatoes, DeL and Md. crate. 
Jersey, box. 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, Broilers, lb.16 
Fowls.15 
Roosters. .08 
Ducks.12 
Geese. 
Turkeys.12 
DRESSED poultry— Fresh Killed 
Turkeys, best.14 ® 
Common to Good.12 @ 
Chickens, fancy broilers, lb. 22 ® 
Broilers, common to good.18 ® 
Fowls. 13 @ 
Spring Ducks, lb ..13 @ 
Squabs, doz. 1.00 
DRESSED POULTRY-FROZEN 
Turkeys, best..22 
ChickeDS, milk-fed roasters.16 
Corn-fed roasters.14 
Fowls. . II 
HAY AND STRAW 
Roceipts of lower grades heavy, 
market very weak. 
Hay, No. 1, ton.27.00 ® 28.00 
No. 2 .23.00 @ 26.00 
No. 3.17.00 ® 19.00 
Clover Mixed.16.00 ® 22 00 
Clover.15.00 ® 18.00 
Straw, Rye.10.00 @ 11.00 
Oat and Wheat.8.00 ® 9.00 
LI YE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs.5.75 
Bulls.3.50 
Cows. 2.00 
Calves, Prime Veal, 100 lbs. 6.50 
Culls .4.00 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 2.50 
Lambs. 4.60 
Hogs.6.60 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1, Northern Spring. 1.09 
No. 2, Red.91 
No. 1 Macaroni.99 
Corn, as to quality, bush.60 
Oats, as to weight, bush.45 
Rye, No. 2, Western.80 
MILL FEED—Car Lots 
Spring Bran, ton. 25.50 ® 26.50 
Standard Middlings. 27. ®60 29.60 
Red Dog. 28.00 @ 30.50 
Hominy Chop. 24.50 ® 25.70 
Linseed Meal. 35.00 ® 35.50 
Corn Meal. 27.00 ® 28.00 
COTTON 
New York, Middling Upland. 13.60 
Middling Gulf. 13.75 
New Orleans, Low Middling. 12.75 
Good Middling. 13.60 
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N. Y.State Fillers.. 
Virginia Dark Lugs.07h£@ 
Penn, broad leaf fillers. 
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Potatoes, new, bbl.4.00 
Blackberries, quart_ /. .06 
Sheep, 100 lbs .2.50 _ 
Lambs, 100 lbs.3.00; © 7.25 
Hogs.6.00 © 7.10 
BUFFALO 
Butter, creamery.26 @ .27 
Eggs, State.18 © .22 
Live Chickens.16 © .18 
Fowls.12 © .16 
Potatoes, new. bbl.4.50 © 4.75 
Calves, live, 100 lbs.5.50 @ 8 75 
Sheep, 100 lbs.1.50 © 4.25 
Lambs, 100 lbs.4.00 @ 6.50 
Hogs.7.00 © 7.50 
Wheat, No. 2, Red. ® .89 
Corn.64 © .67 
Oats.40 © .42 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
The Canadian Geological Survey esti¬ 
mates that in the Big Horn Basin in Al¬ 
berta, a section of about 187 square miles 
has 6,600,000,000 tons of coal available for 
working. 
In the year ending June 30, 1911, the 
value of our imports of non-dutiable goods 
amounted to $778,000,000, being $23,000,000 
in excess of the previous year. About 
three-fourths of these duty-free imports 
were: Bananas, Egyptian cotton, tea, raw 
silk, hides, copper ore, bar tin, cocoa, coffee, 
rubber, furs, fertilizers, art works and un¬ 
cut precious stones. 
The Corn Outlook. —There is no other 
crop in which so many people are inter¬ 
ested at present. During the extremely hot 
weather the news was disquieting, but show¬ 
ers have come, and it now seems that the 
damage will be light compared with first 
indications. In years of normal yield, 
thousands of people give but little thought 
to the corn crop, but when it is pinched by 
drought or other disasters, practically every¬ 
one feels the pinch, from the farmer to the 
dry goods clerk who has to pay more for 
his meat, flour, etc., for wheat and other 
grains go up and down in sympathy with 
corn. Early in the season the outlook was 
so favorable that speculators in Chicago 
bought corn for September delivery for less 
than 50 cents. In early July it sold at 
67, but that was in the midst of the hot 
wave which seemed unable to quit. Near¬ 
ly 2.000.000 acres more were planted to 
corn this year than last, and on the basis 
of last year’s yield we should have 50,000,- 
000 bushels more than that crop, which was 
the largest ever pown. 
“National Soil Fertility League.”.— 
That is the name of a society recently in¬ 
corporated in Illinois. Among the backers 
of this movement are said to he President 
Taft, members of the Cabinet, Win. J. 
Bryan, and numerous railroad men and 
manufacturers who sell goods to farmers. 
The alleged object of this league is to bene¬ 
fit the farmer, to “show him how to reclaim 
waste land and double and treble his crops.” 
The anxiety of the Nation’s political and 
industrial great men to teach the farmer 
how to farm is truly touching. There 
are ignorant farmers, hut the great 
majority know how to improve their 
lands. Where to get the money to do 
it with is what troubles them. How many 
merchants would think it wise to increase, 
or even continue, their business on as small 
a profit basis as 250,000 farmers are this 
year handling their crops? Improved lands 
and larger crops are highly desirable, pro¬ 
vided the consumer be fed and clad there¬ 
with at a reasonable price and the farmer 
gets a reasonable commercial profit on his 
work and labor. But larger crops that re¬ 
sult only in swelling the already inordinate 
Wealth of the so-called kings of industry are 
a curse to the Nation, as they add strength 
to the forces that corrupt government and 
“devour widow’s housesand foster, in the 
oppressed, that special type of discontent 
that sees a remedy only in the mob and the 
bomb and the red riot of revolution. 
A fair parcels post, a fair adjustment of 
railroad rates ; a fair revision of the tariff : 
In these are great possibilities of crop and 
land improvement. From them many farm¬ 
ers can get that $100 with which a wet spot 
can be drained or a poor field made fertile. 
One hundred dollars seems like a trivial 
sum to a "captain of industry,” yet the 
“captains” of many farms have to get along 
with poor equipment for lack of opportun¬ 
ity to get even this slight sum above the 
bare cost of living. Such farmers need $100 
much more than long-winded advice. 
w. w. H. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
BROOKFIELD YORKSHIRES. 
T offer 8 to 10 weeks old improved Yorkshires, 
either sex, $10 each, registered and crated f. o. b. 
Buffalo, Brood sows, gilts or service boars at rea¬ 
sonable prices. W. Allan Gardner, Snyder, Erie Co., N.V. 
Farmers and Poultrymen. 
You must not blame us if occasionally our en¬ 
thusiasm bubbles over when speaking of our cus¬ 
tom hatching department as carried on by our 
experts in our mammoth hot water incubator. 
Results are showing people all over the country 
that we know our business by saving them time, 
worry and money, and giving them stronger chicks 
than the old hen or kerosene oil fame incubators 
ever did. You send us the eggs—we’ll do the rest— 
do it right and send you the chicks. Write for in¬ 
formation and prices, anyway. 
MAPLE GLEN POULTRY FARM, Millerton, N. Y. 
VUI UTE||—Reliable energetic man. No small 
■ I CU children. To take milk farm on 
shares first of October. Must have best of ref¬ 
erences. JOHN 0. JACKSON, Sharon, Conn. 
W A N TP 11 ^ ONCE —Working foreman forgentle- 
II Mil I LU man’s farm of 40 acres, near N.Y.: wife 
to board help; must be thoroughly experienced and 
have A1 references. "H. A.,” care R. N.-Y. 
D LEASE semi a trial shipment to the Oldest Com- 
\ mission House in New York. Est. 1838. Butter. 
Eggs, Poultry. Fork. Calves. Hay. Grain. Beans, 
Appies. etc. K. Ii. WOODWARD, SOU Greenwich St., N.Y, 
JELLIFFE, WRIGHT & COMPANY, 
Commission Merchants, 284 Washington St., New York, 
Poultry, Eggs, Meats, Produce. Snipments Solicited. 
SHIP YOUR CALVES AND POULTRY 
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COMMISSION MERCHANTS 
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and all Fruits and Vegetables, Fancy 
Eggs; Hothouse Products. Top prices 
secured for choice products. 
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THE BEST PHOSPHATE FOR ALFALFA, CLOVER AND GENERAL MID-SUMMER AND FALL USE 
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Alfalfa. The slag meal furnishes not only phosphoric acid, but lime, which will help to bring the soil into condition for 
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—In Massachusetts Crop Report for July, 1910, 
Prof. Alva Agee, of the Pennsylvania Agricultural College, says:— 
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fertilizer 1 know.” _ 
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