1912. 
347 
THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, March 9, 1912. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Seeding Oats Without Plowing. 310 
A North Carolina Girl Farmer. 310 
Experiences With Harrows. 311 
Subsoil Plowing. 312 
The Cost of a Crop and the Consumer's 
Dollar . 314 
Bonding Minnesota Commission Men... 314 
Consumers at Arm’s Length. 314 
Spreading Manure in Winter. 317 
Lime and Potato Scab. 317 
A Grass Grower Talks. 317 
Potatoes Grown Under Mulch. 317 
Direct to Customers. 318 
The Pernicious Cutworm. 319 
A Chemical Humbug. 322 
The Best Harrow . 322 
Oats Without Plowing. 322 
Keep Track of Farm Tractor. 322 
A Farmer’s Garden. 324 
New Hampshire Deer. 324 
Spring Work on the Truck Farm. Part 
II. 325 
Kepping Qualities of Phosphate. 325 
Hope Farm Notes. 326 
Hay Crop on Low Ground. 339 
The “Wonder’’ Forage Plant. 339 
Spring or Hairy Vetch. 339 
Notes on Prices. 339 
Speltz and Vetch for Michigan:. 341 
Composition of Farm Crops. 342 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Columbian Breed of Cattle. . . .309, 310 
Swine Raising as a Business. Part III. 332 
The Impossible in Jersey Cows. 333 
Separator Milk for Cows. 333 
An Inspector-Ridden State. Part II... 334 
The Milk Producer's Share. 334 
The Use of Hen Manure. 335 
Ration for Brood Sow. 335 
Feeding Colt . 335 
Lice; Cowpox . 335 
Alfalfa for Horses. 335 
Weak Horse . 335 
A Restricted Ration . 336 
Balanced Ration for Cows. 336 
Another Cow Ration. 336 
Cost of Tile Silo. 336 
Skinner Irrigation System. 337 
Fertilizer Questions . 337 
Bread from Winter Wheat. 337 
Breeding and Other Beliefs., 338 
Apoplexy . 338 
Warts . 338 
Silage for Horses. 339 
More About the Underground Silo.... 340 
Ill-Smelling Butter . 340 
Guinea Fowl . 340 
A “Blend” in Stock Food. 340 
Elevated Poultry House. 341 
Largo Flocks of Chicks.'.. 341 
The Egg-laying Contest. 342 
Dry Stalks in the Silo. 342 
Mercurial Ointment for Vermin. 342 
Tuberculosis . 342 
Mange in Cat. 342 
Silage and Alfalfa for Lambs. 343 
Sorghum for Stock Fodder. 343 
“Hollow Horn” Ls Catarrh. 343 
Frozen Mangels for Stock. 343 
Training a Dog. 344 
Food Value of Corncobs. 344 
Puff . 344 
Specks in Eggs. 345 
Hen Note . 345 
Figuring a nen Ration. 345 
A Boy’s liens . 345 
What the Droppings Indicate. 345 
Cabbage for Hens. 345 
Frozen Combs. 345 
Peas for Poultry Feed. 345 
Drafts in Open-Front House. 345 
HORTICULTURE. 
Does it Pay to Mix Varieties in Plant¬ 
ing an Orchard? Part II. 
The “Misfit” Tfte Question. 
An Ohio Orchard in River Bottom.... 
Government Fruit Identification. 
Propagating the Dwarf Pear. 
Varieties of Cherries. 
Rose Back . 
Support for Peony. 
A New York Cherry Orchard. 
Distance Apart for Apples; Dynamite. . 
Cold Frame Melon Culture. Part III.. 
Very Concentrated Lime-Sulphur. 
Homemade Mushroom Spawn. 
Big “Little Things” in Spraying. 
Dynamite in Tree Planting. 
Beautifying Country Church and School 
Grounds. Part II. 
Moving an Orchard. 
Are Wind-breaks Needed Here?. 
The Ontario Apple. 
Top-working Young Apple Trees. 
Maine Fruit Growers. 
Mulch or Cultivation for Orchards.... 
Improving Old Lawn. 
Peaches in Delaware. 
Fall Plowing of Orchards. 
Frost Damage to Apples. 
Neglected Peach Trees. 
Backyard Garden in 1911. Part II. ... 
Pecans in Virginia. 
Grape Grafting. 
Propagating Hydrangeas . 
Questions About Fruit. 
Pomme de Feu Apple. 
Grafting Wax... 
What Varieties of Apples?. 
Forcing Winter Rhubarb. 
The Peach Consumer’s Dollar. 
Carbon Bisulphide for Strawberry Grubs 
WOMAN AND THE HOME 
From Day to Day. 
Pea Coal for Kitchen Use 
The Rural Patterns. 
“Charity Sweetheart” ... 
Chilblains . 
Bread from Winter Wheat. 
330 
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331 
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331 
331 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Traction Engines for Repairing Dirt 
Roads . 313 
A Friend of the Starling. 316 
Rendering Beeswax . 318 
German Parcels Post.. 326 
Editorials . 328 
Events of the Week. 329 
Notes on Public Questions. 329 
The Recent Stojm . 329 
Keeping Maple Syrup . 337 
Another Smoke-house .. 339 
Concrete Icehouse . 341 
What is “‘Careful Consideration?”.... 343 
Publisher’s Desk. 346 
MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending March 2, 1912. 
HOTTER 
Creamery, fancy, lb. 
. .29 
'it 
.30 
Good to Choice. 
(ft 
.28 
Lower Grades . 
.23 
® 
.2.1 
Storage. 
.25 
® 
.29 
State Dairy, best.. 
fii 
.29 
Com ni bn toGjod. 
.23 
@ 
.27 
Faetorv. 
® 
.25 
Packing Stock. 
.20 
© 
.22 
Elgin, 111., butter market Aim at 28 cents. 
Boston, western creamery. 31 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 30 cents. 
CHKBSK 
Full Cream, best.17 @ .19 
Common to Good.15 @ .16 
Skims.08 W .13 
EGGS 
White, good to choice.28 @ .30 
Mixed Colors, best .27 @ .28 
Common to Good.24 @ 26 
Under grades. 
.20 
(<t 
.24 
Checks and dirties. 
.18 
(d 
.22 
BEANS 
Marrow. 100 lbs. 
(d 
4.90 
M sd iu ni. 
4.00 
fii) 
4.40 
Pea. 
4.00 
(d 
4.50 
Yellow Eye. 
1.10 
r d 
4 15 
Red KIdncv. 
4.50 
(d 
4.80 
White Kidnev. 
@ 5.86 
Lima, California. 
6.60 
4? 
6.70 
hops 
Prime to Choice. 
.17 
@ 
.50 
Common to Good. 
.40 
@ 
.46 
Pacific Coast. 
.42 
@ 
.45 
German Crop, new. 
,S6 
@ 
.91 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples—Sov. bbl. 
@ 
4.00 
Spitzenburg . . 
1.50 
@ 
4.00 
Ben Davis. 
(d 
3 00 
Baldwin. ..T. 
1.50 
® 3.50 
Greening. 
2.00 
fit) 
4.00 
King. 
ra 
4.00 
Uubbardstou. 
1.50 
@ 
3.00 
York Imperial. 
1.50 
@ 3.00 
Western, box. 
@ 3.00 
Cranberries- Cape Cod, bbl. 
6.0 0 
9 00 
Jersey, bbl. 
® 
9.25 
Strawberries. Fla..qt. 
.25 
@ 
.65 
DRIED FRUITS 
Apples, evap . choice. 1911. 
.10 
@ 
.10 M 
Common to good. 
.07 
<$ 
.09 
Sun dried. 
.07 
@ 
.09 
Chops. 
0 2Wd> 
.03 
Raspberries. 
.28 
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VEGETA BLKS 
Potatoes—N. Y. State, bbl. 3.25 
Maine, baa. 3.40 
Foreign. 168-lb. bag. 1.50 
Bermuda, bbl. .. . 5.00 
Sweet Potatoes, bushel. 75 
Artichokes, Cal., bu. drum. 7.00 
Asparagus. Cal., doz. 5.00 
Brussels Sprouts, qt.lo 
Beets, new. 100 bunches. 3.00 
Carrots, bbl. l .50 
New. UK) bunches. 2.00 
Cabbage—Danish seed, ton.45.00 
Red, ton.20.00 
New, bbl. crate. 3.25 
Caulillowers, Cal., case.2.00 
Kale, bbl . i.00 
Chicory, bbl. 3.00 
Lettuce. Us-bbC bkt. 1 00 
Leeks, 100 bunches. 4.00 
Onions. State and Western, 1U0 lbs... 3.00 
White, bu. 2.00 
Peppers, Southern, carrier. 1.50 
Peas. Southern, bu.3.00 
Salsify, 100 bunches. 4.00 
String Beans, bu. 1.50 
Spinach, bbl. 1,00 
Squash, Marrow, bbl. 1.50 
Hubbard, bbl. j 25 
TnrnlDS, Rutabaga, bbl. 1.25 
White, bbl. 1.00 
Egg Plants. Fla., box. 2 00 
Tomatoes, Fla. Carrier.50 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS 
Cucumbers, No. 1, doz. 1.25 
No. 2. box. 3.00 
Tomatoes, lb. 15 
Lettuce, doz. '75 
Mushrooms, lb. 15 
Radishes, 100 bunches. 1.50 
Rhubarb, doz.60 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, lb. 12 
Fowls. 15 
Roosters.09 
Ducks.in 
Geese. .11 
Turkeys. 17 
Guineas, pair.-..... .40 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, best. .19 
Common to Good. 14 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb.28 
Broilers, common to good.18 
Roasters.n; 
Capons, 7 to 8 lbs.23 
Smaller sizes. 17 
Fowls. 15 
Spring Ducks, lb...." .15 
Geese. 14 
Squabs, doz. 1,50 
f-i 3.10 
fir 3.75 
@ 2.75 
@ 7 00 
® 1.85 
& 9.00 
@15.00 
fit) .18 
fit' 4.00 
fit) 2.1)0 
@ 2.50 
@50.00 
fit 30.00 
fit) 3.50 
fit) 2.75 
@ 1.25 
@ 4.00 
@ 3.50 
@ 5.00 
fiT 4.00 
@ 2.25 
@ 4.00 
@ 9.00 
fit) 6.00 
< a > 5.00 
fit) 3.50 
fit) 2.00 
fit) 1.75 
® 1.50 
(a) 1.50 
@ 3.00 
fit) 2.75 
@ 1.87 
@ 4.25 
fit) .55 
fir 1 .go 
@ .50 
@ 3.00 
@ .90 
Cd .13 
fir .16 
@ .10 
@ .17 
fir .12 
@ .18 
@ .50 
fir .2! 
® .18 
fir .32 
® .22 
@ .22 
fir .25 
fir 
21 
.16 
@ .22 
@ .17 
@ 5.25 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEATS 
Calves, prime, lb. 13 @ .14 
Common to good.10 @ .12 
Buttermilks.07 @ !08 
Lambs, hothouse, head. 4.00 @ 8.00 
Pork. Light. USbi® -09 
Heavy.06>sfiT .07 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay. Timothy No. 1, ton.20.00 @ 27.00 
No. 2.23.00 @ 25.00 
No. 3.20.00 fit' 22.00 
Clover Mixed.20.00 fir 24 00 
Clover.20.00 fir 24.00 
8 traw, Rye.18.00 fir 18.60 
Oat and Wheat.11.00 fir 12.00 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs. 6 25 ® 7 60 
Oxen...3.75 ® 6.00 
Cows. 2 00 @ 5.60 
Calves, Prime Veal, 100 lbs.8.00 @11.00 
Calls. 6.00 fir 7.50 
Sheep, 100 lbs.3.00 @ 4.00 
Lambs. 6 75 fit) 7.50 
Hogs. 6 25 @6.75 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1, Northern Spring. 1.2! fif ... 
No. 2, Red. 1 02 t® ... 
No. 2 Hard Winter. 1.12 ® ... 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 68 @ ,76 
Oats, as to weight, bush.00 @ .62 
Rye, No. 3, Western.05 <@ 297 
Barley, choice. 1.20 @ 1.32 
MILL FEED—Car Lots 
Spring Bran,ton. 28 75 @ 29.50 
Standard Middlings. 30.00 fir 32.50 
Red Dog. 32.00 ® 33.00 
Hominy Chop. 30 .OU fir 31.00 
Linseed Meal.. 40.00 @ 40.60 
Corn Meal. 33.00 ® 34.00 
COTTON 
New York Middling Upland. 10.40 
Middling Gulf. 10.65 
New Orleans. Low Middling. 9.70 
Good Middling. 10.45 
There was more Timothy cut for seed in 
this section than usual. The price the deal¬ 
ers paid was from 85 to $6 per bushel; re¬ 
tail price, $8 to 88.50 per bushel. Clover 
seed was very scarce in this section; I 
think there is not enough to go around. I 
had some for which I received $13 per 
bushel from the dealer, also sold some to 
neighbors for same price. Dealers are ask¬ 
ing $15.50 per bushel. J. c. H. 
Ijancaster, O. 
Good sound horses from $150 to $200; 
plugs. $25 to $100; good milch cows, $40 
to $75 ; medium cows, $20 to $40; steers, 
$5 per 100; veal calves, $7.50 per 100 ; 
hogs, $6 per 100. Hens, 12% cents a 
pound ; eggs, 34 cents a dozen ; milk, retail, 
eight cents a quart; milk at creamery, 29 
cents per pound butter fat, milk returned; 
butter, from 20 to 35 cents a pound. Hay, 
clover, $18; Timothy, $20 per ton; wheat, 
93 cents a bushel; corn. 70 cents a 
bushel; oats. 50 cents. No silage or manure 
sold. Shredded fodder, baled, $8 per ton; 
straw, $6 per ton. C. E. 1 . 
Hanover, Ind. 
Horses $150 to $200; cows, $40 to $60. 
Hogs have been briuging around seven cents 
at public sales. Disease having left the 
country bare of hogs, many have been 
shipped in from other parts and sold for 
home butchering. Hay, $20 per ton; corn, 
57 to 58 cents; oats, 40 cents; oat straw, 
$8 to $10 per ton; wheat straw. $5 to $6. 
No silos here until last Fall six were put 
up In this neighborhood. No dairying done 
to speak of. Farmers who milk a few cows 
mostly sell the cream to the creamery, price 
received being the Elgin price for butter, 
which is at present 33 cents per pound of 
butter fat. An effort is being made at 
present to organize a farmers’ elevator com¬ 
pany with good prospect of success, which 
will mean three to live cents more per 
bushel for our grain. E. D. s. 
Franklin, Ill. 
The ice harvest is over in our part of the 
country, the best quality of many years. 
January and so far in February the coldest 
for over 20 years; the weather stick meas¬ 
ured from zero to 40 below. Many reports 
of potatoes being frosted in cellars; grain 
of all kinds, also hay, straw and fodder 
scarce and very high. Stock is thin ; any¬ 
thing fit to kill is being sold. The first of 
May will find cattle of all kinds scarce 
here. Sleighing never better. Farmers are 
getting their logs to mill and what hay and 
straw they have to sell, to market. The 
principal jobs on hand around here is cut 
wood and haul coal, sit down by the stove 
and thaw out. Frost is down five feet. 
Cooperstown, Pa. b. d. r. 
An Appreciation of Farmers’ Institutes. 
We farmers as a rule are not very demon¬ 
strative unless something comes up in which 
a principle of honor or fairness is involved. 
So the good and able men whom the State 
Department of Agriculture sends to us as 
conductors and institute instructors are 
apt to think that we are lacking in ap¬ 
preciation. For this reason, together with 
the thought of encouraging others, espec¬ 
ially younger men and women, to attend 
these helpful, instructive meetings, it has 
occurred to me that perhaps it would be 
allowable and proper to put in writing just 
how one plain, common, everyday farmer 
looks at the adult schools of instruction. 
First of all, we are intensely interested. 
Time was, in the early stages, when there 
was not much real interest manifested, but 
a new feeling, friendly In the extreme, has 
long since displaced the old, lethargic, list¬ 
less attitude. “The natural antipathy,” as 
a Boston school-mam would put it, has 
worn away, and the farmers’ institutes are 
looked upon as rendering a real service to 
everyone in attendance. If there is any one 
thing more important than another, in a 
material way, that these institutes have 
taught us, it is that the old, extensive, ex¬ 
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comparable to the modern plan of intensive, 
intelligent plowing, planting and cultiva¬ 
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