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1912. 
THE RURAL, 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, February 3, 1912. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Ground Limestone on the Farm... 113, 114 
The Search for Land and Homes. 114 
Farm Renting; Railroad Fires. 115 
Killing Witch Grass. 115 
Drainage or Forestry. 115 
Good Results from Subsoiling. 117 
Frames as a Factor in Truck Growing 117 
The Home Mixing of Fertilizer. 11!) 
Farm Forestry. 120 
Lime and Acid Soil. 121 
Potatoes Grown Under Mulch. 122 
Harrow Experience Wanted. 124 
Use of Hardwood Ashes. 124 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings. 124 
Canning Crops . 125 
Keeping Turnips . 120 
Treatment of Sod. 120 
Salt on Meadow. 120 
Crop Before Potatoes.-. 120 
Hope Farm Notes. 130 
New York Agricultural Society. Part II 140 
Improving the Barnyard. 149 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Horses in Canada. 136 
Stone Silo for Maine. 136 
Colt with Wind-puff. 130 
Weak Stifle . 136 
Strangles . 130 
Silo for Cold Country. 137 
Hard Butter . 137 
A Veteran Short-born Man. 137 
Suppression of Milk. 137 
Lameness in Horse. 137 
A Maryland Butchers’ Monopoly. 138 
Mange. 138 
Warts on Colt . 138 
Cow with Indigestion. 138 
Horse Jockeys in Boston. 140 
Ringworm . 140 
Thriftless Bull . 140 
Periodic Ophthalmia . 140 
Elevated Poultry Houses. 141 
More About Open-Front Houses. 142 
Utility Poultry Stock. 142 
Chicks and Earthworms. 142 
Eleventh Week of the Egg-laying Con¬ 
test . 143 
Value of Sprouted Oats for Chickens.. 143 
Breeding and Selcting Birds. 143 
Poultry Yard Device. 143 
Keeping Stock rure. 143 
Colic Medicine . 145 
Fistula of Milk Duct. 145 
Dog with Harsh Coat. 145 
Scratches and Indigestion. 145 
Rickets . 145 
Cudding Food .•'. 145 • 
Halter Pulling . 145 
Indigestion in Cow.*.. 145 
Trap-nest Trip Block. 147 
“Hollow Horn’’ Again. 147 
The Open-front Henhouse. 147 
Milk . 148 
Boston Milk . ; . 148 
Prices for Western Butter. . .’. 148 
Silo Experience . 148 
HORTICULTURE. 
Kerosene Emulsion and Fire. 114 
Wants a Good-Sized Tree. 114 
Developing a Local Trade . 114 
Fighting Frost in Orchard. 115 
Renting Orchards . 115 
Apples for Michigan. 116 
New Y’ork State Fruit Growers. Part II 118 
Deer and Fruit Crop. 121 
Notes and Comments. 122 
The Old Orchard Game. 122 
Stayman a Good Maryland Apple. 123 
An Aster Seed Farm. 123 
Pecans in Georgia. 124 
Dynamiting for Planting Fruit Trees. 126 
Whiting, the Tree Agent. 126 
Citrus Fruit Growing; Florida Soil.... 127 
Trimming Spruce Hedge.» . . 126 
Short Talks About Nursery Trees.... 129 
An Air Pressure Hand Sprayer. 129 
Growing Foxglove for Market. 131 
Lime and Apple Orchards. 131 
Virginia Fruit Growing. 133 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
DRIED FRUITS 
Apples, evap.,choice. Util.10 @ .10 M 
Common to good..07 @ .0!) 
Sun dried.07 @ .Oshi 
Chops. 02 14® .02;?! 
Raspberries.27 <§> .28 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples—Spy, bbl.2.00 
Spitzenburg .2.00 
Ben Davis. 2.00 
Baldwin. 2.25 
Greening. 2.50 
© 4.00 
@ 4.00 
@ 3 00 
@ 3.75 
_ @ 4.00 
King.. 2.25 @4.00 
Uubbardston ... 
York Imperial. 
Western, box. 
Cranberries ('ape Cod, bbl. 
Jersey, bbl. 
Strawberries, Fla., qt. 
VEG ETA 154, ES 
Potatoes—N. Y. State, bbl. 
Maine, bag. 
fjong Island, bbl. 
Foreign. 108-lb. bag. 
Bermuda, bbl.4 
Sweet Potatoes, bushel. 
Brussels Sprouts, qt. 
Beets, new, 100 bunches. 3 
Carrots, bbl. 1 
New. 100 bunches. 3, 
Cabbage, Danish seed, ton. 25, 
Red, ton.20 
Cauliflowers, Fla., basket. 
Kale, bbl . 
Chicory, bbl. . 
Endive, Ereneh, lb. 
Lettuce.Ig-bbl bkt. 2 
Onions, State and Western. 100 lbs... 2 
Orange Co., bag.2 
White, bn. 2 
Peppers, Southern, carrier. 1. 
Peas. Southern, bn.3 
Salsify, 100 bunches. 4 
String Beaus, bu. 1 
Spinach, bbl. 
Squrrsn. Marrow, bbl. 1 
Hubbard, bbl. 1 
TurniDS. Rutabaga, bbl. 
White, bbl.. . 1 
Egg Plants. Fla., box. 1 
Tomatoes, Fla. Carrier-. .. . 1 
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HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS 
Cucumbers. No. 1, do/..75 @1.00 
No. 2. box. . 3.00 @ 4.(91 
Tomatoes, lb.08 @ .25 
Lettuce, doz.76 @ LOO 
Mushrooms, lb.20 @ .50 
Radishes, 100 bunches. 2.00 @ 3.50 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, best.19 ® .21 
SCommori to Good.14 © .18 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb.28 @ 30 
Broilers, common to good.18 @ .25 
Roasters.16 @ .22 
Capons, 7 to 8 lbs.24 @ .25 
Smaller sizes..17 @ .21 
Fowls.. 15 © .ItihJ 
Spring Ducks, lb .16 © .22 
Geese.12 © .16 
Squabs, doz. 1.50 @ 5.25 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEATS 
Calves, prime, lb.12 ® .13 
Common to good.II @ .uj^ 
Buttermilks.07 © .09 
Lambs, hothouse, head.4.00 © 7.00 
Pork. Light.0B6@ .08 
Heavy.oti^@ .07 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay. Timothy No. 1, ton.20.00 @ 27.00 
No. 2.26.00 @ 25.50 
No. 3. 22.00 @ 23.00 
Clover Mixed.19.00 @ 24 00 
Clover.20.00 @ 24.00 
Straw, Rye.18.00 @ 19.00 
Oat and Wheat..11.00 @ 12.00 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers. 100 lbs . 5 00 @ 7.55 
Oxen..j.oo ® 6.25 
Cows. 2.00 @ 5.50 
Calves, Prime Veal, ItU lbs. .. 7,50 @10.60 
Culls. 6.00 @ 7 50 
Sheep, 100 lbs.3.00 © 4.25 
Lambs. 5 00 @0.85 
Hogs.o.25 © 0.75 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1. Northern Spring. 1.21 @ ... 
No. 2, Red. 1.01 @ ... 
No. 2 Hard Winter. 1.12 @ ... 
Corn, as to quality, bush.08 @ .73 
Oats, as to weight. bush.50 © .56 
Rye, No. 2, Western.95 @ t )7 
Barley, choice .. 1.20. @ 1.86 
From Day to Day. 184 
Connecticut Election Cake. 184 
Sugaring Pop Corn . 184 
The Rural Patterns . 185 
Another Dumb Waiter. 185 
U/ANTED—A hustling Gardener to take charge of a 
” 30-aere farm on shares; big chance for reliable, 
sober, honest man. P. O. Box 155, Bay Shore, N.Y. 
Social Life on the Farm. 185 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
UTRITE to Mathias Hahn, of Greenwood, Del., 
” for wonderful farm bargains, 70 farms for salo. 
Treatment for Tuberculosis. 116 
A Green Vegetable Dye. 116 
Believes It Is the Landlord. 116 
The Single Land Tax. 119 
All Sorts . 128 
Taking Care of Fish.... . 121 
The North Carolina “Thermal Belt”.. 122 
Editorials. 182 
Events of the Week. 188 
Desirable pa ■ 
® “Farms For Sale 
in Central New York at prices from $20 to 
$100 per acre, with good buildings. For full 
particulars write 
ITHACA REALTY CO. 
107 North Tioga Street, Ithaca, N. Y. 
Seat of Cornell University and New York 
State Agricultural College. 
Senator Gardner on the Grange. 188 
NeSvs from Albany, N. Y r . 188 
A Concrete Smoke-house. 141 
Plan for a Concrete Wall. 144 
Another Side of the Land Tax. 144 
Galvanized Iron Cistern. 145 
Waterproof Oil Cement... . . 149 
Publisher’s Desk. 150 
VIRGINIA LANDS 
Large and select list of choice stock, grain, fruit, 
dairy and truck farms. Water front properties; 
large tracts for colonization purposes. Timber 
tracts in all sizes, $10.00 per acre and up. Send for 
free illustrated catalogue. J. A. CONNELLY & 
CO., Dept. F, 7th and Franklin Sts., Richmond, Va. 
MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending January 27, 1912. 
BUTTER 
Creamery, fancy, lb.37 © .38 
Good to Choice.Hi © .36 
Lower Grades.28 © .32 
Storage.30 © ,37 
Hothouse Lambs 
Calves, Poultry , Fancy Eggs, Hothouse 
Products, Fruits, Vegetables. 
Top Prices Secured for Choice Goods. 
ARCHDEACON & CO., 100 Murray St., NewYark 
State Dairy, best.36 @ .37 
Common to Good.24 © .33 
Factory.20 @ .25 
Packing Stock. 20 © 24 
Elgin. 111., butter market firm at 37 cents. 
Boston, western creamery. 38 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 38 cents. 
CHEESE 
Full Cream, best.16 © .17 
Boston Produce Co. 
Commission Merchants, 
Fruits and Produce. Consignments Solicited 
93-95 South Market St., - Boston. 
Skims.08 © .13 ! 
EGGS 
White, good to choice. 37 © .i0 
Mixed Colors, best . 35 @ 37 
QLIiASE send a trial shipment to the Oldest Com- 
1" mission House in New York. Est. 1838. Butter, 
Eggs, Poultry, Pork, Calves, Hay, Grain, Beans, 
Apples, etc. E. B. WOODWARD, 302 Greenwich St., N. Y 
Common to Good.28 @ 32 
Western, best.36 @ 38 
Under grades.20 @ .28 
Checks and dirties.20 @ .27 
Storage, prime.27 @ .30 
JELLIFFE, WRIGHT & COMPANY, 
Commtssion Merchants, 284 Washington St„ New York 
Poultry, Eggs, Meats, Produce. Shipments Solicited 
BEANS 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 4.20 @ 4.95 
Medium. 4.00 @ 4 an 
GEOjP. HAMMOND. EST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & CO., 
£ e ?,- .. 4 00 @ 4-10 
X el , 1 T?L Eye . 4.20 ® 4 25 
ww-- Kl ^ ey . 4.80 ffi 5.20 
Lima, California.6.40 ffl 0.00 
116 ?tj . u ter ’ ^ggs, ^ heese. Poultry. Mushrooms 
and Hothouse Products a Specialty. Consignments 
solicited. o4 A 30 Little 13th 8t« New York' 
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