1912. 
CONTENTS 
The Rural Xew-Yorkei:, February 17, 1912 
FARM TOPICS. 
A Concrete Barn. 187 
Best Forms of Nitrogen. 188 
Farmers’ Price for Seed. 188 
Potatoes on Clover Sod. 189 
Green Asparagus . ] 189 
Cow Teas and Soy Beans in Wisconsin! 189 
Lime Not a Complete Fertilizer. 190 
Working Corn Stubble. 190 
Potatoes and Lime. ' idq 
Dr. Johnson on Muck. !!!!!! IDO 
T'FILC RUKAU NKW-YOKKER 
MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending February 10, 1912. 
193 
193 
197 
197 
A “Back to the Land" Experience. 
Florida Facts and Fancies. 
Lime on Corn.’ ’ ’ 
Alfalfa as Human Food.! 
Producers’ and Consumers’ Markets, 
Part II. 197 
Tomatoes and Cannery Refuse. 198 
Onion Growing on a Large Scale. Part I. 199 
What About Subsoiling V. 200 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings.! ! 200 
A Kansas Farmer's E'ish Ponds.! . 200 
The Use of Commercial Bacteria. *>01 
“Chemicals and Clover" with Modifica¬ 
tions . 201 
Hope Farm Notes. 202 
South Florida Notes.! ! ! ! ! 205 
Prices in Central Illinois.. . . 211 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Swine Raising as a Business. 208 
Killing Lice on Cattle. 208 
The Sow’s First Litter. ’ 209 
Ailing Pigs . 20 9 
A Pig in a Pen. 209 
Details of a Poultry Partnership. 210 
A Maryland Open-Front House. 210 
Group of lloudans. 210 
Honest Poultry Report. !..!!! 211 
A Hen Story . " 211 
Draughts in Open-Front Houses.!!.!! 211 
A Hired Man and the Cows. 212 
Cow with Catarrh. 212 
Stocked Legs . ...'. 212 
Community Cow Breeding. ..!!!!!!!!! 213 
Soiling System for New York. 213 
Good Ohio Hens. 213 
Sprouting Oats.! ! . . 215 
Stone, Pig and Poultry House..!!!!!! 215 
Talk About Geese. 215 
White Diarrhoea. .... 215 
Delay in Laying.' " 215 
A Good Ration. !!!!!!! 215 
Dinner Time .’ ’ ’ 221 
Private Meat Trust. ...!!!!. ' 021 
Another Balanced Ration. ” aj 4 
Explaining a Ration.‘ ->i 4 
Ration with Alfalfa Hay. 214 
Balancing a Ration.214 
A Dairy Ration. . . . .. 214 
Economical Cow Ration. 214 
Practical Feeding of Cotton-seed Meal. 214 
A Discussion of Cows. 216 
Bloating .! ! !! ! 216 
Pigs and Rape Pasture. !!!!!’ 216 
Milk . 217 
Photographing Live Stock. !!!! 217 
Oloo and the Pennsylvania State Grange 217 
Calves and Cobs. 217 
Changing a Ration. !!!! 217 
Too Narrow Ration.!| 217 
Homemade Brooder .! ! ! !! 218 
Feeding Silage to Horses. 218 
Egg-laying Contest . ’ ’ 219 
A New Thing; Custom Hatching.! 219 
The Wandering Hen. 219 
Mangels for ~ " 
Roup .. 
Fowls with Chicken Pox 
BUTTER 
Creamery, fancy, lb. 32 ffl 
Goon to Choice. 30 @ 
Lower Grades . 28 
Storage. [30 
State Dairy, best. 31 
('om in on to Good... ’. . 2 .) 
Factory. 2 3 
Paeking Stock. . 20 „ 
Elgin, 111., butter market firm at 32 cents. 
Boston, western creamery. 35 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 32 cents. 
CHEESE 
Full Cream, best.]6 
Common to Good. .14 
Skims. 03 
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EGGS 
White, good to choice. 37 
Mixed Colors, best . 34 
Common to Good.28 
Western, best. 34 
Under grades. 24 
Checks and dirties.20 
8 torage. prime. .27 
BEANS 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 4.90 
Medium. 4 .()(| 
Pea... 415 
Yellow Eye. 445 
Bed Kidney. 4.70 
White Kidney. 5.90 
Lima, California. 6.40 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice. 52 
Common to Good. 45 
Pacific Coast.. 
German Crop, new. .86 
DRIED FRUITS 
Apples, evap., choice, 1011. 
.40 
.35 
.32 
.38 
.32 
.27 
.30 
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® 4.40 
® 4.60 
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@ .47 
@ .91 
Common to good. 
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Sun dried.07 
Chops 
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Raspberries.27 © 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples—Spy.bbl.1,75 
Spitzenburg .. .. 1.75 
Ben Davis. 1.60 
Baldwin. 1.60 
Greening. 2.00 
King. 1.76 
Hubbardston.1.50 
York Imperial. 1.75 
Western, box. 1.00 
Cranberries. Cape Cod, bbl. 6.50 
• 10 % 
.09 
.08 
• 02 % 
.28 
Jersey, bbl. 
Strawberries, Fla., qt. 
7.50 
.35 
@ 4.00 
@ 4.00 
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© 3.50 
@ 3.50 
ffl 3.75 
@ 3.00 
@ 3.00 
@ 3.00 
@ 9.50 
® 9.60 
@ .90 
VEGETABLES 
, State, bbl. 
3.00 
3.00 
3.50 
2.00 
Potatoes—N. Y 
Maine, bag 
Long Island, bbl.... 
Foreign. 168-lb. bag 
Bermuda, bbl. 5.00 
Sweet Potatoes, bushel. 75 
Artichokes, Cal., bu. drum. 8.00 
Asparagus, Cal., doz.10.00 
Brussels Sprouts, qt.10 
Beets, new, 100 bunches. 2.00 
Carrots, bbl. 1.50 
New. 100 bunches. 2.00 
Cabbage—Danish seed, ton. 30.00 
Domestic seed, ton.lo.UO 
Rod, ton.20.00 
New, bbl. crate. 2.50 
Cauliflowers, Fla., basket.75 
Kale, bbl . 1.50 
Chicory, bbl. 1.00 
Endive, Erencta, lb.11 
Poultry . f.i" Lettuce, %-bbl. bkt. loo 
L ■'. -1“ Onions. State and Western, 100 lbs... 2.50 
219 
219 
185, 
186 
187 
188 
188 
HORTICULTURE. 
The Story of a Tree. 
Controlling the Woolly Aphis. 
Sensible Spraying Notes. 
Mare on Orchard . 
Dynamiting and Tree Planting. 188 
Pollenizer for Anjou Pear. 189 
A Second-hand Greenhouse. 190 
Reheading Old Trees. 190 
What varieties of Apples. 492 
Big “Little Things” in Spraying. 194 
Fall Plowing of Orchard. 194 
Too Much Wood on Peaches. 194 
An Apple Orchard in New England.... 196 
Top-grafting and Trimming Young Trees 199 
Thoughts on Apple Trees. 201 
Winter Celery; Pollenizing Strawberries 203 
Fruits for the Mountain. 203 
Care of Cherry Trees. 203 
New Plant Immigrants... . 203 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 206 
“Gypsy” Yeast . 206 
Egg Lemonade . 206 
The Rural Patterns. 206 
Preparing Fruit Syrups. 207 
In the Ijand of our Tradition. 207 
MI SCE LLANEOUS. 
Parcels Post in Germany. Part II... 186 
To Find the Horse Power of an Engine 186 
Made Tired by Deer. 186 
Pure Food Guarantees. 189 
The Signs of the Moon. 190 
Good Bread; Cement Floors. 192 
Sugar Beet Culture and Slavery. 196 
Problem of Forcing Water. 198 
Hauling Logs . 200 
Establishing Schools in Pennsylvania. . 201 
Events of the Week. 205 
Yours for Parcels Post. 205 
Plain Statement About Quotations. . . . 211 
Notes on Public Questions. 220 
Another Smoke-house . 220 
Publisher’s Desk . 222 
Weak Foal. 
I have a mare colt eight months old that 
stands on her quarters with toes pointing 
upwards; have cut the hoof away on the 
bottom leaving heels as high as possible, 
and shortening toes about one-half inch, 
hut she still rests her whole weight on 
quarters, fetlocks almost touching the floor. 
She is worse in front than behind; the 
pastern joints seem very weak, but there 
is no enlargements yet. I have been feed¬ 
ing her one quart heavy oats three times 
daily with plenty of bright Timothy hay. 
She runs out in yard every day that the 
weather will permit. What would you ad¬ 
vise me to do? Is the case incurable? s. 
Hand rub the tendons of legs three times 
a day and put on ankle boots, which must 
he made by the harnessmakor after he has 
examined the foal. It may tie necessary to 
lit on boots having projecting heels and 
have an iron brace from shoe running back 
of fetlock. Such cases require the skill of 
an expert brace maker, but we cannot say 
whether it will be possible to mend matters 
even with such expert help. a. s. a. 
Orange Co., bag. 2.50 
White, bu. 2.00 
Peppers, Southern, carrier. 1.50 
Peas. Southern, bu.2.00 
Salsify, 100 bunches. 4.00 
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@ 4.00 
@ 2.65 
@6 50 
@ 1.85 
@10.00 
©15.00 
@ .16 
@ 3.00 
@ 2.00 
@ 3.00 
@33.00 
@20 00 
@28.00 
@ 2.75 
@ 1.75 
@ 2.00 
© 2.50 
@ .14 
@ 5.00 
@ 3.00 
© 3.00 
© 3.00 
@ 3.25 
© 6.00 
@ 5.00 
@ 3.50 
@ 4.00 
@ 1.50 
1.00. @ 1.25 
6 @ 1.25 
@ 1.50 
@ 2.50 
@ 4.00 
.50 
1.50 
1.00 
1.00 
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1.25 
4.00 
.40 
1.00 
.50 
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.16 
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.22 
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String Beans, bu 
Spinach, bbl. 
Squash, Marrow, bbl. 
Hubbard, bbl. 
TurniDS, Rutabaga, bbl. 
White, bbl. 
Egg Plants. Fla., box. 
Tomatoes, Fla. Carrier. 1.25 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS 
Cucumbers. No. 1, doz. 1.00 
No. 2. box. 3.00 
Tomatoes, lb.10 
Lettuce, doz.75 
Mushrooms, lb.20 
Radishes, 100 bunches. 1.00 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, lb.12 
Fowls.18 
Roosters.08 
Ducks. 15 
Geese. . 12 
Turkeys. 15 
Guineas, pair.40 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, best. . 19 
“Common to Good.14 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb.28 
Rrollers, common to good.18 
Roasters.16 
Capons, 7 to 8 lbs.23 
Smaller sizes.17 
Fowls. 15 
Spring Ducks, lb.15 
Geese. 12 
Squabs, doz. 1.60 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEATS 
Calves, prime, lb.11 
Common to good.10 
Buttermilks.07 
Lambs, hothouse, head.3.00 _ 
Pork. Light..07%@ .08 
Heavy.06%® .07 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay. Timothy No. 1, ton.26.00 @ 27.00 
No. 2.24.50 © 25.00 
No. 3.21.00 @ 24.00 
Clover Mixed.20.00 ® 24 00 
Clover.20.00 ® 24.00 
Straw, Rye.18.00 @ 19.00 
Oat and Wheat.11.00 ffl 12.00 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs. 5.00 
Oxen.3.75 
Cows. 2.00 
Calves, Prime Veal, 100 lbs.7.50 
Culls.6.00 
Sheep, 100 lbs.3.00 
Lambs. 6.00 
Hogs.6.25 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1, Northern Spring. 1.22 
No. 2, Red. 1.03 
No. 2 Hard Winter. 1.14 
Corn, as to quality, bush.68 
Oats, as to weight, bush...55 
Rye, No. 2, Western.95 
Barley, choice. 1.20 
MILL FEED—CAR LOTS 
Spring Bran,t on. 29.00 ® 30.50 
Standard Middlings. 30.00 @ 32.00 
Red Dog. 32.00 @ 33.00 
Hominv Chop. 29.00 ® 30.30 
Linseed Meal. 40.00 ® 40.50 
Corn Meal. 30.00 ® 33.00 
COTTON 
New York Middling Upland. 10.30 
Middling Gulf. 10.55 
New Orleans. Low Middling. 9.45 
Good Middling. 10.25 
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BOSTON MARKETS. 
Apple market in Boston is slow and quiet 
except on a little extra fancy fruit, which 
bring fair prices. Kings and Baldwins of 
best quality bring around #4 per barrel; 
other grades not so good bring .$2.50 to $5 ; 
Spys, $3 and better; Sweets, Greening and 
Russet go from $1.50 to $2.50 per barrel. 
Apples held by farmers are rotting badly, 
and when sold in local markets return more 
than when shipped to Boston in most cases. 
Cranberries slow but firm at about $10 per 
barrel and $6.50 per box. Florida straw¬ 
berries, 40 to 60 cents per box. Potatoes 
in medium supply and higher prices; native 
bring $2.50 per bag of two bushels; foreign 
Stock, $6 per barrel; sweets, $1.65 per 
basket. Onions still higher with good stock 
scarce; native, $3.50 per bag of 100 
pounds; foreign. $3.50 and $3.75 per crate. 
Cabbage is short and goes at $2 and better 
per barrel for Drumhead; $1.25 for Savoy, 
and red $1.50 per box. Native celery about 
done and goes at $3.50 per dozen bunches. 
Cucumbers in short supply bring up to $12 
per _box of 100. Lettuce is as high as 
$1.25 per box of 18 heads. Squash are 
easy and low for this season. Turban and 
Hubbard bringing from $15 to $30 per ton, 
or 75 cents to $1.50 per barrel. Roots are 
high and sell well if good stock. Turnips, 
yellow and white, per barrel hag, $1.50 to 
$2; White egg and flat, about $1 per box. 
Beets and carrots also bring about $1 per 
box. Parsnips, $1.50 per box; radishes, 
$1.75 per box and better; hothouse to:.ia- 
toes are vey high at 35 to 50 cents per 
pound. 
Live poultry is in demapd at present, 
hens bringing 16 cents per pound; chickens 
and roosters, 14 and 10 cents per pund. 
Western dressed turkeys, 22 cents per pound 
for best; fancy large dressed chickens, 18 
and 20 cents per pound ; broilers of about 
two pound weight, up to 28 cents per 
pound. Other grades of dressed poultry 
bring from 14 to 18 cents per pound. 
Dressed hogs average about eight cents per 
pound; live, six to 0y 2 cents. Veal, dressed. 
15 cents down per pound; live, 10 cents 
down, according to weight and quality. 
Lamb, 11 cents dressed for fancy. Beef is 
easier; steer beef brings 11 to 12 cents 
dressed, others eight and 10 cents per 
pound. Live beef at Brighton brings about 
six cents per pound on the hoof. Bologna 
stock about 2 Vis cents per pound. 
Baking beans are high ; pea, Medium and 
yellow eye bring from $2.60 to $2.70 per 
bushel; Kidney, $3 per bushel. 
Butter is short and high ; best creamery 
brings 89 to 40 cents per pound; good 
37 cents; nothing lower than 35 cents is 
safe to buy. I’heese is strong at 18 cents 
fr good common and 19 for sage per pound ; 
nothing under 15 cents per pound. Eggs 
are still short and likely to stay so, as 
hatching season will keep down the increase 
in production for some time to come. Extra 
fancy bring 44 cents per dozen; fresh, 40 
and 42 cents, with storage held stiff at 37 
to 38 cents. 
Best hay, $27.50; common and good 
grades, $25 and $26; for poor grades about 
$18 is obtained per ton. Boston prices on 
grain were about as follows, wholesale, 
February 3: Meal and corn. $1.43 and 
$1.52 per hag of 100 pounds; bran, $30 to 
$31 per ton; mixed feed, $32 per ton; 
cotton-seed meal, $30 to $31.50 per ton; 
linseed meal, $39 and $41 ; gluten meal. $34 
per ton. a. B. r. H. 
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