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CONTENTS 
THE Bubal New-Yorker, February 24, 1912. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Talks About Harrowiug. 227 
Killing Stumps . 228 
Time on Damp Land. 228 
Talks About Harrows. 229 
Fotash on Pacific Coast. 280 
No Use for Wild Deer. 230 
Onion Growing on a Large Scale. 231 
Hope Farm Notes. 233 
Effect of Land Plaster. 234 
The Little Asiatic Bean. 237 
Kudzu in Missouri. 237 
Lime in Washington. 237 
Cow Peas and Soy Beans in Corn.... 237 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Hog Guessing Contest in New Jersey.. 
Pictures Of Live Stock . 
Culling Out the Flock. 
Snuffles . 
Soiling Crops and Silage. 
Feeding Formaldehyde Into Eggs. 
Western Creamery Promoters in Maine 
Again . 
Fowls With Chicken Pox. 
Honor to "The Business Hen’’. 
A New Poultry System. 
Concrete Henhouse . 
Vertigo in liens. 
Stoppage of Laying. 
Feeding Horses and Cattle Compared. 
Pasturing Hogs on Rape. 
Milk . 
"Milk and War.” Parti. 
A Butter Problem. 
The Underground Silo. 
Famous Horse Case. 
Some Backyard Hens. 
Cockerel’s Ear Lobes Discolored. 
Poisoning Foxes . 
Pullets Do Not Lay. 
A Farmer and Horse Jockey. 
The Battle Over Oleo. 
Those Chautauqua County Cows—Janu¬ 
ary . 
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HORTICULTURE. 
Cold Frame System of Melon Growing 
225, 226 * 
Renting Orchards on Contract. 226 
Trimming and Caring for Grapes. 227 
Walnut Questions . 228 
Grafting Persian Walnut. 228 
Marl on Orchard. 229 
New Ideas About Deer. 229 
Weaver Sweet Apple ; May Duke Cherry 229 
Fruit Trees in Chicken Run. 230 
Lazy Hotbed. 230 
Spraying Paid . 230 
Dynamiting and Tree Planting. 231 
Peach Buds . 232 
Sorting Nursery Trees. 233 
The Keuka Lake Fruit Region. 233 
Commercial Varieties of Apples. 234 
Fertilizing an Orchard. 234 
Fall Plowing of Orchards. 235 
Use of Dry Sulphur. 235 
Ailing Pear Tree. 235 
Backyard Garden Game in 1911. Part I. 236 
Small Batches of Lime-Sulphur. 237 
Compressed Air Spraying. 239 
Peach ITospects in New Jersey. 239 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 242 
Remedies for Chapped Hands. 242 
Brown Bread . 242 
Chili Con Came. 242 
Peanut Butter . 242 
Election Cake . 243 
The Rural Patterns . 243 
Canning Beef . 243 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Editorials . 240 
Events of the Week. 241 
Made in New England. 241 
Honey and Pollen. 229 
Undesired Mail Matter. 234 
Game Preservation. 234 
N. J. Agriculturists and Parcels Post. . 234 
Homemade Refrigerators . 237 
Publisher’s Desk. 254 J 
MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending February 16, 1912. 
BUTTER 
Creamery, fancy, lb.28 a .20 
Good to Choice.26 @ .27 
Lower Grades.23 @ .2a 
Storage.25 @ .27 
State Dairy, best.27 '<£ .28 
Common to Good.23 @ .26 
Factory.23 @ .25 
Paeking Stock.20 @ 23 
Elgin, 111., butter market firm at 32 cents. 
Boston, western creamery. 30 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 29 cents. 
CHEESE 
Full Cream, best.17 @ .17*4 
Common to Good.15 @ .16 
Bkims.08 @ .13 
EGGS 
White, good to choice.37 @ .10 
Mixed Colors, best.36 @ .37 
Common to Good.28 @ 32 
Western, best.31 @ .38 
Under grades.26 @ .32 
Checks and dirties.22 @ .27 
Storage, prime.30 @ .33 
BEANS 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 4.85 @ 5 00 
Medium.4.00 ® 4.35 
Pea. 4.15 @ 4.55 
yellow Eye. 4.15 a 4 20 
Red Kidney. .4.60 @ 5.05 
White Kidney. 5.85 @ 6.90 
Lima, California. . C.40 @ 6.50 
hops 
Prime to Choice.51 @ .54 
Common to Good.45 @ .50 
Pacific Coast. 43 @ .45 
German Crop, new. 86 @ .91 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples—Spy, bbl. 1.50 @ 4.00 
Spitzenburg . 1.50 @ 4.00 
Ben Davis. 1.50 @ 3 00 
Baldwin. 1.50 @3.50 
Greening. 1.50 ® 3.50 
King. 1.50 IS) 3.75 
Hnbbardston.1.50 @ 3.00 
York Imperial. 1.50 @ 3.00 
Western, box. 1.00 @ 3.00 
Cranberries. Cape Cod, bbl. 6.50 @ 9 00 
Jersey, bbl. 7.50 <8) 9.00 
Strawberries, Fla.,qt. 10 @ 1.00 
DRIED FRUITS 
Apples, evap . choice, 1911.10 @ .10J4 
Common to good. U7 @ .09 
Sun dried.07 @ .08 
Chops. 02 .03 
Raspberries.27 @ .28 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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VEGETABLES 
Potatoes—N. Y. State, bbl.3.00 @ 3.50 
Maine, bag. 3.25 a 3 50 
Long Island, bbl. 3.60 ® 4.00 
Foreign, 168-lb. bag.2.00 @ 2.50 
Bermuda, bbl.5.00 @6 50 
Sweet Potatoes, bushel.75 @ 1.85 
Artichokes, Cal., bu. drum. 8.00 @10.00 
Asparagus, Cal., doz.10.00 @15.00 
Brussels Sprouts, qt.10 @ .16 
Beets, new, 100 bunches. 2.00 @ 3.00 
Carrots, bbl. 1.50 @ 2.00 
New. 100 bunches. 2.00 @ 3.00 
Cabbage—Danish seed, ton. 30.00 @35.00 
Domestic seed, ton.15.00 @20 00 
Red, ton.20.00 @30.00 
New, bbl. crate. 2.75 @ 3.00 
Cauliflowers, Cal., case. 1.25 @ 2.25 
Kale, bbl . 1.50 @ 1.75 
Chicory, bbl.. 1.00 @ 2.25 
Lettuce. H-hhl bkt. 1 00 & 5.00 
Leeks, 100 bunches. S.OO @ 5.00 
Onions, State and Western, 1U0 lbs... 2.60 @ 3.25 
Orange Co., bag. 3.00 @ 3.50 
White, bu. 2.00 @3.00 
Peppers, Southern, carrier. 1.50 @ 3.25 
Peas. Southern, bu.2.00 @ 6 .HO 
Salsify, 100 bunches. 4 ,l>0 @ 5.00 
Btrme Beans, bn. 1.0C @ 4-00 
Spinach, bbl. 1.00 @ 5.00 
Squash, Marrow, bbl. 1.00 @ 1.50 
Hnbbard, bbl. 1 00 @ 1.25 
Turnins, Rutabaga, bbl. 1.00 @ 1.25 
White, bbl. ... 1.00 @ 1.50 
Egg Plants, Fla., box.. 1 .00 @2.50 
Tomatoes, Fla. Carrier.1.25 @ 3.50 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS 
Cucumbers, No. 1, doz..,. 1.00 @ 1.25 
No. 2. box. . 3.00 @4.00 
Tomatoes, lb.10 @ .40 
Lettuce, doz.75 @ 1.00 
Mushrooms, lb.25 @ .66 
Radishes, 100 bunches. 1.60 @ 3.60 
Rhubarb, doz.CO @ .90 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, lb.12 @ .12^ 
Fowls.14 @ .15 
Roosters. 08 @ .09}^ 
Ducks. 17 @ .18 
Geese.13 @ .15 
Turkeys.15 @ .16 
Guineas, pair.40 @ .50 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, best.19 @ .21 
Common to Good.It @ .18 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb.28 @ .32 
Broilers, common to good.18 @ .22 
Roasters.16 © .22 
Capons, 7 to 8 lbs.23 @ .25 
Smaller sizes. 17 @ .21 
Fowls.15 @ .16 
Spring Ducks, lb.15 @ .22 
Geese.14 @ .17 
Squabs, doz. 1 50 @5.25 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEATS 
Calves, prime, lb.12 @ .13 
Common to good.10 @ .11 
Buttermilks.07 @ .08 
Lambs, hothouse, head. 4.00 @ 9.00 
Pork. Light...08^® .09 
Heavy.06Js'd> .07 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hav. Timothy No. 1, ton.26.00 @ 27.00 
No. 2.23.00 @ 25.00 
No. 3.20.00 @ 22.00 
Clover Mixed.20.00 @ 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 oo @ 7.00 
Oxen.3.75 @ 6.50 
Cows. 2 00 @ 5.50 
Calves, Prime Veal, 100 lbs.7.50 @10.75 
Culls. 6.00 @ 7.00 
Sheep, loo lbs. ..... 3.00 @ 4.25 
Lambs.. 6 00 ® 7.20 
Hogs.6.25 @6.75 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1. Northern Spring. 1.21 @ ... 
No. 2, Red.102 @ ... 
No. 2 Hard Winter. 1.12 @ ... 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 68 @ .73 
Oats, as to weight, bush.60 @ .62 
Rye, No. 2, Western.95 @ .97 
Barley, choice. 1.20 @ 1.35 
MILL FEED—Car Lots 
Spring Bran.ton. 29 00 @ 30.50 
Standard Middlings. 30.00 @ 32.00 
Red Dog. 32.00 @ 33.00 
Hominy Chop. 29.00 @ 30.30 
Linseed Meal. 40.00 @ 40.50 
Corn Meal. 30.00 @ 32.00 
COTTON 
New York Middling Upland. 10.50 
Middling Gulf. 10.76 
New Orleans. Low Middling. 9.75 
Good Middling. 10.50 
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HOTHOUSE LAMBS; FANCY EGGS 
Ship to WM. H COHEN St, CO., Commission 
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Egg's, Poultry, Meats, Produce. 
Shipments solicited. JELLIFFE, WRIGHT & CO., Com 
mission Merchants. 284 Washington St.. New York 
Boston Produce Co. 
Commission Merchants, 
Fruits and Produce. Consignments Solicited 
93-95 South Market St., • Boston. 
“THE PRICE CUTTER” 
That’s what they call ME and they have a 
right to do so. 
BUT WHY? 
Simply because I offer YOU any Stallion I 
have for sale for 
$ 1,000 
on the following terms, to-wit: cash or ap¬ 
proved notes, one-third of it October 1st, 1913, 
1914 and 1915. Come and see me if you want 
Percheron or Belgian Stallions and Mares at 
unheard of prices. Always a good selection. 
Lots of ton Horses. Write today to 
A. W. GREEN, R. D. 1, Middlefield, O. 
Railroad Station, East Or well, Ohio on Penna. 
Railroad, 30 miles north of Youngstown. 
''THERE IS SAFETY AND COMFORT 
driving with the “Standard Adjustable Hand- 
Loop,” made to fit any rein. Postpaid. $1.00. 
M. E. GRIFFITH, 878 Monroe Av., Rochester, N.Y. 
WANTED— Woman between 18 & 40 for general house¬ 
work and plain cooking: small family; no lanndiw. 
Good wages. Mrs. F. H. Gates, Chittenaugo, N.Y. 
WANTFn~ MAN T0 WORK IN DAIRY, to 
I, Hll I LU milk and help in cow barn. $25.00 
per month, with room and board. Address 
J. F. CLAWSON, New City, N. Y. 
W A NTFn- A Position °n farm not more than 
¥» v 1 EiLf 75 miles from New York City, by 
young man, college graduate, with farm experi¬ 
ence; $22-25. N. K., 824 E. 165th St., New York City. 
WANTF n- A Youn k Man of good habits, single, 
li Hll I LU and a first-class milker, to care for a 
small herd of Jersey cattle, and to do other work 
as requested. Address MANAGER, care It. N.-Y. 
F armer wanted —An experienced farmer gardener 
for a farm near New York City. Must be ener¬ 
getic, understand the care of roads, and be a good 
grader; also have thorough knowledge of farm 
crops, machinery, and understand the care and feed¬ 
ing of cattle. In reply state age. nationality, family, 
wages required & references. M.M.M., careR. N.-Y. 
S ITUATION WANTED on up-to-dato farm, by sober, in- 
telligentandexperienced yotingman. R. Dorrer, 
Short Course Building, New Brunswick, N. J. 
WANTFD~ A farmer to take care of country 
IT rVll X LiU pi ace j n the mountains. Must un¬ 
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handy man, good worker, sober and willing; well 
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party who is interested in his work. Address 
OWNER, in care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTF 11 R manned man, 28 years of age. 
If Mil I LU position to take charge of gentleman’s 
farm in Connecticut. Wages to start. $60 a month 
and house. Address J. W. DRURY, Yantic, Conn. 
FflR 9AI C~FARM of 43 acres, one of the best 
rUri OHLL in Eastern Pennsylvania, includ¬ 
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T O CLOSE PARTNERSHIP, must sacrifice 247 
acres, eight-room house, three basement barns, 
30x70, 30x40 and 30x80; fifty cow stalls, silo, 27 
cows, five young cattle, mowers, plows, wagons, 
cultivators, heavy harnesses, milk cans. One mile 
from railroad town. All for $7,500. HALL’S 
FARM AGF.NCY, Owego, Tioga County, New York. 
T ROOPER, PA.— Fifty-fonr acre Farm, 7-room a ton* 
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minutes to Norristown, b*-hour to Philadelphia. 
Both Pennsylvania and Reading Railroads; many 
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Price $6,000. HENRY BURTON, 1603 South 22d 
Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
A BEAUTIFUL FARM 
ing and trucking sectiom in the world; fertile soil, 
and fine climate; also a beautiful water front farm 
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P. Woodcock, Salisbury, Wicomico County, Md. 
Eastern Shore of Maryland 
from Pocomoke, town of 3,000 people; 74 acres 
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f rain and grass. Best apple orchard in county. 
luildings new, 8 -room dwelling, slate roof, 3 largo 
porches, beautiful shaded lawn. Price $6,000; $2,000 
cash, remainder on mortgage. Other farms $25 to 
$75 per acre. For description in detail, address 
M. L. VEASEY, Box 11. Pocomoke City, Md. 
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ORCHARDS AND ORCHARD LAND 
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We offer propositions of genuine merit valued at 
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