1911. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
. J. 
1017 
Crops and Markets 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending November 3, 1911. 
BUTTEK 
Creamery, fancy, lb.32 ® .33 
Good to Choice.25 @ .30 
Cower Grades .22 @ .24 
Storage.24 @ .30 
State Dairy, best.30 ® -31 
Common to Good.22 @ .28 
Factory.lg ® .21 
Packing Stock.. 17 ® .21 
Elgin, 111., butter market firm at 31 cents. 
Boston, western creamery, 31 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 33 cents. 
CHEESE 
Full Cream, best.14 @ .15 
Common to Good.12 @ .13 
Skims.06 ® .12 
EGGS 
White, good to choice.40 @ .45 
Mixed Colors, best.33 @ 215 
Common to Good.24 ® .30 
Western, good.28 @ .35 
Under grades.15 ® .22 
Checks and dirties.12 ® Jo 
Storage, prime. .20 @ .21 
BEANS 
Marrow. 100 lbs. 4.25 ® 4.S5 
Medium. 4.00 ® 4.30 
Pea. 4.00 ® 4.30 
Yellow Eye.3.85 ® 3.00 
Bed Kidney..5.25 @ 5.75 
Lima, California.5.00 © 5.95 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice.54 @ .56 
Common to Good.50 ® .53 
Pacific Coast.42 ® .4(1 
German Crop, new. .90 ® .96 
DRIED FRUITS 
Apples, evap., choice, 1911. 
Common to good. 
Sun dried. 
Cherries.. 
Raspberries.. 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples. Wealthy,bbl. 
Alexander. 
Wolf River . 
Twenty Ounce. 
McIntosh... 
Gravenstein. 
Baldwin. 
Greening... 
King. 
Hubbardston. 
Western Spitz, box. 
Western Jonathan. 
Western Newtown. 
Pears. Seckel. bbl.. 
Clairgeau, bbl. 
Bartlett, bbl. 
Anjou, bbi..'. 
Bose, bbl. 
Sheldon.. 
Kieffer, bbl. 
Quinces, bbl.. 
Cranberries. Cape Cod, bbl.. 
Jersey, bbl. 
Grapes. Concord. 18-lb. case. 
Black, 1-lb. bkt... 
Delaware. 
Niagara. . 
Bulk, ton. 
Citron; bbl. 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, N. Y. State, bbl. 
Maine, bsg. 
Long Island, bbl. 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl. 
Beets, bbl. 
Carrots, bbl... 
Cabbage, Danish seed, ton. 
Domestic seed, ton. 
Cauliflowers, L. I., bbl. 
Cucumbers. Southern, bu. 
Celery, Jersey, bunch. 
Lettuce, 16-bbI bkt. 
Peppers. Jersey, bbl. 
Onions. State and Western, 1U0 lbs.. 
Orange Co., bag. 
White, bu. 
Conn. Yellow, 100-lb. bag.. 
String Beans, bu. 
Lima Beans, potato, bu. 
Flat kinds. 
Spinach, bbl. 
oqunsn. Marrow, bbl. 
Hubbard, bbl. 
Tnrnius. Rutabaga, bbl.. 
White, bbl. 
Egg Plants, Fla., box. 
Tomatoes, Jersey, box.... 
.09 © .10 
.07 ® .08 
.07*6® .08 
.19 © .21 
.27 @ .28 
. 2.00 @ 3.50 
. 2.50 © 4.00 
. 2.50 @ 4.00 
.1.76 ® 2.75 
. 2.50 ® 4.5(1 
. 2.00 @ 3 00 
. 1.25 @ 3.0(1 
. 1.50 © 3.50 
. 2.00 ® 3.50 
. 1.75 @ 2.75 
. 2.50 @ 3.00 
. X.75 ® 2.50 
. 2.50 @ 3.00 
. 3.50 fa) 5.00 
. 2.00 fa) 4.00 
. 2.50 fa) 5.50 
. 2.0(1 @ 3.50 
.2.50 fa) 5.50 
. 2.00 @ 5.00 
. .75 fa) 1.75 
.4.50 @ 6.00 
5.50 © 8 00 
. 6.25 © 7.50 
. .30 @ .50 
. .09 @ .12 
. .13 @ .15 
. .11 ® .13 
30.00 @70.00 
. .40 fa) .60 
2.25 @ 2.60 
2.35 © 2.40 
2.75 @ 3.00 
2.00 @ 2.50 
1.00 © 1.25 
.75 © 1.25 
15.00 @16.00 
9.00 fa 12.00 
.90 © 1.75 
3.00 @ 4.00 
.15 ® .40 
.60 @ 2.50 
.50 © 1.25 
1.70 © 2.00 
1.50 ® 2.50 
1.25 @ 2.00 
1.50 @ 1.85 
.50 @ 1.25 
1.50 ® 2.25 
.75 © 1.25 
.40 fa) .65 
.50 © .70 
.00 fa) .75 
.65 ® 1.00 
1.00 © 1.25 
1.75 @ 2.50 
.25 'cD 1.25 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS 
Cucumbers. No. 1, doz.-.75 © 1.00 
No. 2, box. 3.00 ® 3.50 
Tomatoes, lb.15 © .17 
Lettuce, doz.00 © .75 
Mushrooms, lb.20 @ .50 
NUTS 
Chestnuts, bu. 1.00 © 3.50 
Sbelljjarks, per 50 lbs. 1.00 ® 2.00 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, lb. 11 © .12*6 
Fowls.11 © .13 
Roosters.08 @ .08*6 
Ducks.14 @ .15 
Geese.12 © .13 
Turkeys.14 © .16 
Guineas, pair.40 @ .50 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys. Spring, best.20 © .21 
Old Common to Good.12 @ .18 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb.22 © 23 
Broilers, common to good.18 © .20 
Roasters.20 @ .22 
Fowls. 13 ® .16*6 
Spring Ducks, lb.15 @ .18 
Squabs, doz... 1.25 ® 4.00 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEATS 
Calves, prime, lb. .12 @ .13 
Common to good.08 @ .11 
Buttermilks.00 @ .07 
Roasting Pigs, lb.10 ® .12*6 
Pork. Light.09 ® .09*6 
Heavy.07 © .08 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay. new No. 1, ton.25.00 © 25.50 
No. 2.23.00 @ 24.00 
No. 3.20.00 © 22.00 
Clover Mixed.20.00 © 24 00 
Clover.20.00 © 24.00 
Straw, Rye.18.00 ® 20.00 
Oat aDd Wheat.10.00 ® 11.00 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs.5.75 @ 7.30 
Bulls.3.00 ® 4.85 
Cows. 1.75 ® 4.25 
Calves, Prime Veal, 100 lbs.0.00 @10.00 
Culls .4.50 ® 5.50 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 1.50 @ 3.50 
Lambs. 5.00 ® 0.00 
Hogs.5.00 ® 6.50 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1, Northern Spring. 1.13 © .. 
No. 2, Red. 0 93 ® .. 
No. 2 Hard Winter. 1.05 @ 
Corn, as to quality, bush.77 ® .81 
Oats, as to weight, bush.50 @ .55 
Rye, No. 2, Western.90 ® .98 
Barley, choice . 1.15 ® 1.20 
MILL FEED—Car Lots 
Spring Bran,ton. 25.40 ® 20.50 
Standard Middlings. 27.00 ® 29.75 
Red Dog. 31.00 ® 32.25 
Hominy Chop. 25.00 ® 26.20 
Linseed Meal... 40.5(1 @ 41.00 
Corn Meal. 30.00 © 32.00 
COTTON 
New York, Middling Upland. 9.40 
Middling Gulf. 9.05 
New Orleans, Low Middling. 8.85 
Good Middling... 9.60 
TOBACCO. 
Conn, broadleaftfiller...Q8 © .10 
Fine wrappers.60 ® 75 
N. Y.State Fillers.05 @ .06 
Fine and Selections.12 © .16 
Ohio Zimmer s Spanish. J9 ® .20 
Virginia Dark Lugs.07*6® .09 
Dark Leaf.10 ~® .20 
Bright Cutters.12 ® .30 
Penn, broad leaf fillers...10 @ .12 
CHICAGO 
Butter, creamery.. .25 ® .31 
Eggs, good to prime firsts.20 @ .24" 
Live Turkeys.10 ® .14 
Fowls.09 ® .10 
Chickens..10 @ .11 
Potatoes, bbl.. 1.80 @ 2.40 
Apples, bbl. 1.75 ® 4.00 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 2.25 @ 3.90 
Lambs, 100 lbs. 3.75 @ 6.10 
Hogs.5.75 @ 6.25 
BUFFADO 
Butter, creamery.30 ® .32 
Eggs, State. 30 @ .34 
Live Chickens.13 @ .15 
Fowls..12® .14 
Potatoes, bbl.1.85 @2 25 
Calves, live, 100 lbs.5AU @ 9.75 
Sheep. 100 lbs.1.50 @ 3.75 
Lambs, ll)U lbs.4.00 @ 5.85 
Hogs.5.75 ® 6.55 
During September wo imported goads 
to the value of $1,133,004,000, and our 
exports amounted to $1,455,492,000. 
The Grand Valley of Colorado will ship 
about 2.000 ears of apples this season; 
1,500 have already been disposed of. 
Western Montana has a large crop of 
potatoes, irt some cases the tubers running 
very large, and the yield upwards of 500 
bushels per acre. 
Wool trade in Boston, the greatest mar¬ 
ket in this country, has been very good 
during the past two weeks, sales amount¬ 
ing to nearly 10,000.000 pounds. Re¬ 
ceipts for the 10 months .just closed were 
263,1 St),207 pounds. 
The New York cauliflower market was 
considerably overstocked last week. Prices 
got so low that the wagon peddlers were 
able to get loads of it that they could sell 
at bargain prices. Cauliflower is seldom 
disposed of in this way. 
Owing to the dry hot Summer the hay 
crop of Great Britain is 25 per cent less 
than normal. A large share of the im¬ 
ported supply will come from Canada, as 
most European countries are barred from 
shipping hay to England because of cat¬ 
tle disease. 
There are many apple crops of 100 bar¬ 
rels or less from which 10 bushels or 
more of extra choice apples could be sorted. 
Inquiry is made as to whether these spec¬ 
imen fruits should be sold separately. As 
a rule it is better to lot them go with the 
No. 1. It is a mistake to mix choice 
apples with culls ; the buyer sees the culls 
and cuts the price. But choice apples 
mixed with good, raise ,the tone of the 
grade and usually the price. This refers 
to apples grown within two or three hun¬ 
dred miles of market. Where fruit must 
be shipped many thousand miles, freight 
charges bar out all but high grade. 
Nova Scotia Apples. — The apple crop 
of Nova Scotia this year exceeds in quan¬ 
tity and quality that of all previous years. 
It is now claimed that 1.500,000 barrels 
will he gathered. Up to the middle of 
October 300,000 barrels had been shipped 
to England, and many carloads to Winni¬ 
peg. The growers complain of the lack of 
labor and have difficulty in procuring help 
to gather the fruit. They also have diffi¬ 
culty in procuring barrels to make their 
shipments. All the industries of Nova 
Scotia complain because of the inability to 
procure labor to carry on their work. Men 
are badly needed to assist in the creation 
of new wharves and docks, and now that 
contracts are let for building the Halifax 
& Eastern Railway the demand will in¬ 
crease. The priospects for steady work 
during the entire Winter is excellent. From 
present indications, no man need go hun¬ 
gry in Nova Scotia the coming Winter 
for the want of employment. 
Crops in Western New York, 
We are just digging our potatoes (Oct. 
26). From eight acres we harvested 1,800 
bushels. Another piece of fotrr acres will 
produce 700 bushels. Judging from vines 
and the stand, we thought they would turn 
out the best. They may as we get farther 
into the field. It has bi-en a freak year. 
Oats the poorest in 10 years; barley the 
best crop ever harvested, both sown the 
same time, and on same field. I cannot 
understand it. Two months ago I said 
“This will be the poorest year we have 
ever experienced since we owned the farm.” 
Late rains made the potatoes simply hump, 
and to-day we are harvesting as good a 
crop as ever grew on the farm, and taking 
price into consideration, will get as much 
money as in any year. We think it re¬ 
markable that a farm that has been in 
cultivation for 90 years should to-day be 
producing more produce than in any year 
since the forest was cleared and the plow 
started. We are now convinced that a 
farm properly managed will never wear 
out. We are planning to ditch wherever 
it needs it. The one problem is help. I 
think we shall buy a ditching machine just 
as soon as we can get a ditch cut through 
a swamp whore a machine cannot he 
worked, and which must he dug bpforft 
much else can be done. We also want to 
put in 10 acres of Alfalfa. We are plan¬ 
ning for it. What bothers me is to get a 
crop that will leave land in good shape 
to seed in September. Peas seem to be 
the ideal Spring crop, but fhe canning 
factory is too far away, and peas for seed 
seem to be a failure. Early potatoes would 
ho good, hut 12 miles from market cuts 
them. What can we use? I want 
something that will leave ground free from 
weeds, and at same time give some re¬ 
turns for our labor. c. I. 
Monroe Co., N. Y. 
Prices for Cider Products. 
What is th£ general price paid in your 
locality for cider apples in the orchard? 
What does the cider maker generally charge 
for making cider? 
All cider apples are sold at mill here 
15 cents per bushel. Cider makers here 
charge one cent per gallon. w. A. F. 
Homewood, Pa. 
There are not enough cidor apples sold 
around here to establish a very uniform 
price, but probably about 10 cents per 
bushel is about the average. The cider 
makers charge 1 ’/► cent per gallon for 
making. A fine crop of apples again this 
season. w. w. F. 
Waterville, O. 
The charge for pressing is 1% cents per 
gallon. Not many apples are sold for 
cider; nearly all use them for their own 
use. Any that are sold for cider are either 
taken on shares or at such price as may 
be agreed on. say from 10 to 20 cents per 
bushel. w. h. stout. 
Schuylkill Co.. Pa. 
Cider apples in this section are bought 
by weight, from 20 cents a hundred pounds 
in a good season to 40 cents in an off sea¬ 
son. when ot as plentiful ; two cents per 
gallon is usually charged for making cider. 
The pomaee is sold at mill for 50 cents a 
ton to feed to cattle; is in good demand. 
Massachusetts. j. eamks. 
The price of eider apples this Fall has 
run from 25 to 40 cents per hundred 
pounds at the factory, and it costs about 
10 cents to gather and deliver them. The 
mills charge 40 cents per barrel (32 gal¬ 
lons) or 1*4 cents per gallon for making. 
The cull apples always go in two grades; 
the better ones are used for paring and 
are canned or evaporated, and are worth 
from 40 to 75 cents per hundred pounds. 
Many good packing apples have gone to 
the factories this year, as the price of 
packing stock has been low. l. j. post. 
Kent Co., Mich. 
CONTENTS 
The Rukal New-Yorker, November 11, 
1911. 
FARM TOPICS. 
The Chief Function of Lime. 1089 
The Farm Harness . 1091 
Two Crops of Oats. 1093 
Hope Farm Notes . 109G 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Farmers and Purebred Stock. 1103 
Big Cattle and Big Horses. 1102 
Indigestion . 1103 
Swelling . 1103 
Lampas; Hemiplegia .’* no.‘{ 
Weak Udder; Weight of Milk. 1103 
Weak Stifle . 1103 
“Hollow Horn” .tl(>3 
Thin Horse . ’ 1103 
Weak Back . 1103 
History of Leghorn Pullets. 1104 
Henhouse Queries . 1104 
®? U P ..! 1104 
Dishorning a Rooster. 1104 
Breeding Pullets or Baby Chicks.... 1104 
M. llk .. 1105 
More About Borden Milk Prices.... 1105 
September 15 on a Dairy Farm. 1105 
HORTICULTURE. 
now Old a Tree?.1089. 1000 
The Sutton or Sutton Beauty Apple.. 1000 
The Deer Nuisance in Massachusetts 1090 
A Practical Farm Greenhouse. 1091 
The Roadside Tree Problem.... 1091, 1095 
Trouble With English Walnuts. 1092 
Lucretia Dewberry in Massachusetts 1092 
Oats in Strawberries. ’092 
New Plums from Dakota. 1092 
Poor Drainage in Orchard. 1093 
Heating Greenhouse With Wood.... 1093 
Look for Tree Canker. 7 093 
Spineless Prickly Pear. I!!!!!! 1097 
Varieties of Apples for Pennsylvania 1097 
The Help Question. 1097 
The price of cider apples varies accord¬ 
ing to supply and demand, from 12 to 15 
cents per 100 pounds up to 35 or 40 
cents. This means delivered to mill or 
car. Local mills paid 20 cents per 100 for 
the early drops. Shippers were paying 25 
cents' per 100 pounds this week. Custom 
mills charge from 1*4 to 1% cents per 
gallon for making cider; some charge by 
the bushel from four to six cents per 
bushel. They mostly give three gallons 
of cider per bushel apples. Different mills 
vary these figures a little, hut the average 
will be found inside the limits of those 
figures. j. a. CRANE. 
Wayne Co., N. Y. 
Coming Farmers’ Meeting. 
Indiana Apple Show, Indianapolis, No¬ 
vember 6-11. 
Maine Corn and Fruit Show, Portland, 
November 6-11. 
Massachusetts Corn Show, Springfield, 
Mass., November 7-9. 
Farm Institute Workers* Convention, 
Columbus, O.. November 13-15. 
American Road Congress, Richmond, Va„ 
November 20-23. 
National Grange, Columbus, O., Novem¬ 
ber 15-24. 
Maine Seed Improvement Association, 
Waterville. November 21-23. 
National Apple Show, Spokane, Wash.. 
November 27-30. 
Federation of Agricultural Associations. 
Keyser. W. Ya.. November 27-Decemher 1. 
National Irrigation Congress—Chicago" 
Dec. 5-9. 
Inventors’ Exposition, Buffalo, N Y 
Dee. 5-9. 
N. Y. State Dairymen’s Ass’n, Olean, 
December 12-13. 
Maine Live Stock Breeders’ Association 
Orono, December 14-15. 
Illinois State Horticultural Society, De¬ 
cember 11-16. 
Eastern Fruit Growers’ Ass’n, Raleigh 
Hotel. Washington. I). C., Dec 12 
National Mid-Winter Sheep Show— 
Omaha. Neb.. Dec. 13-16. 
Conventions. Pennsylvania Live Stock and 
Horticultural Associations. Duquesne Gar¬ 
den, Pittsburgh. January 15-20 
Livingston County, N. Y„ Poultry Show 
January 1(>-19, 1912. 
N. J- State Board of Agriculture, Janu¬ 
ary 17-19. 
N. Y. State Grange, Auburn, N. Y. Feb¬ 
ruary 6-9. 
JELLIFFE, WRIGHT & COMPANY, 
Commission Merchants, 284 Washington St., New York. 
Poultry, Eggs, Meats, Produce. Shipments Solicited. 
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WOMAN AND TIIE HOME. 
From Day to Day.>.. noo 
Keeping Autumn Leaves . 1100 
Keeping Cider Sweet. 1100 
Plans for Dumb Waiter Wanted.... 1100 
How I Used a Windfall. 1100 
’file Rural Patterns . 1.101 
Potato Mayonnaise .’ 1101 
Care of the Child’s Eyes. 1.101 
Pop Corn Pleasures .j 1101 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Cleaning a Well . 1092 
Thinning Varnish . 1092 
Christmas Greens . 7093 
Ant Hill in a Grave. 1095 
Forestry Tax Exemption in Pcnnsyl- 
yimia . 1095 
Stirring the Water. 1095 
Using the Road Drag. 1095 
Killing Crows .[ 1095 
Lifting Stakes .’’’ 1095 
Paying for Sport .. | ‘ 1095 
Editorials . 1098 
Other People's Money. T099 
News From Albany, N. Y . 1099 
Events of the Week.1999 
Publisher’s Desk .. . . . . 1106 
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