1912. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
3«7 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, March 1G, 1912. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Selling Silage from the Silo.350 
How I Cure Alfalfa Hay.351 
Growing Sweet Potatoes. Part 1.351 
Asparagus for Family Supply.352 
Potatoes in Drills and Ilills.352 
How to Use Manure for Corn.353 
First Crop on Muck.353 
Manure or Fertilizer on Asparagus.353 
Potato Chemicals with Manure.353 
The Analysis of a Fertilizer.353 
A Home-Mixed Fertilizer.353 
Fertilizer for Clay Soil.353 
N.Y. State Drainage Association.354 
Squash and Onion Questions.356 
Frosted Seed Potatoes..356 
Starting Sweet Potato Plants.357 
Delaware Sweet Potatoes.357 
Dime with Corn.357 
Keep Track of the Farm Tractor.357 
Seeding to Oats and Peas.35S 
Imports of Potatoes.358 
Soy Beans in New York.353 
Bordeaux Mixture for Potatoes.360 
Figuring a Fertilizer.362 
“Farmers of Forty Centuries.” Part III.362 
Burned Fertilizer .362 
Too Much Nitrogen.,.362 
Disking Soil for Oats.363 
Government Farm Bureau in New 
Jersey .363 
Tip and Butt Kernels.363 
Clover With Canada Peas.363 
Bacteria and Clover Crops.363 
Legal Weight of Peas.363 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
A Young Cattle Buyer.350 
Holstein Association in Maine.367 
Home Bntter Making.372 
Hogs Pastured on Rape.372 
Swine Raising as a Business. Tart IV..373 
Creamery Sharks in North Carolina.... 373 
Silo for Two Cows.373 
Milk .374 
Milk Conditions in Massachusetts.374 
Horse Interferes .376 
Blindness : Springhalt.376 
Hard Milker .376 
Garget .376 
Malformed Cow .376 
Horse With Corns.376 
Lameness in Horse.376 
Snuffles in Pig.376 
Ringworm .376 
Ruptured Colt .376 
Operating for Roaring.376 
Horse With Heaves.376 
Lameness in Horse.376 
Lump .Taw .376 
Mapes the "Hen Man Held Up.377 
“Silvf'r” nens—The Contest.378 
Troubles of Heavy Layers.378 
An Attack of Roup.378 
Planning a Henhouse.,. . . .378 
No Weak Roosters.378 
A Glandered norso Case.379 
Ration for Milk.380 
Ration for Fattening Cows.380 
Methods of Feeding.380 
Mixture of Grain Feed.380 
Ration for Horse.380 
Pasture Grass.380 
Milk Rath n.380 
Watering a Cow.380 
Cotton Seed and Linseed Meal.380 
Log Silo .380 
A Trade In “Fancy Eggs”..,.381 
Drafts in the Poultry House.381 
Buff Plymouth Rocks.381 
An Improved Elevated House.381 
Feeding Silage to Sheep.382 
Shearing and Dipping Sheep.382 
Churning Difficulty .382 
Device for Sprouting Oats.383 
Pullets Do Not Lay.383 
Value of Sprouted Oats.383 
A Satisfactory Arrangement of Nests. . .383 
Shade in Chicken Run.383 
A Maryland Flock.383 
Stone and Concrete Houses.383 
More Untrue Theories About Mules. .. .384 
Tricks of the Horse Jockey.384 
Fistula of Milk Duct.384 
Lameness in Cow.384 
Pnff .384 
Unnerving .11384 
Sweating in Stables.384 
Cow With Abscess.384 
Silage Good for All Stock.385 
Gas Tar in Henhouse.385 
The Brood Mare.385 
HORTICULTURE. 
Spraying With Dust.349, 350 
Does It Pay to Mix Varieties in Plant¬ 
ing an Orchard? Part III.350 
Fruit Trees in Poultry Yards.350 
More About Orchard Fertilizers.353 
“Crown-budded” Apple Trees. 354 
Hog Pasture in Orchard.354 
Pears for Northern New Jersey.354 
Michigan Peach Bud Report....354 
The Fight Against the Codling Moth...355 
Growing Late Celery.356 
Peaches in Central' New York.356 
Commercial Varieties of Apples.356 
The Mother Apple.356 
Treatment for Apple Trees.360 
Dipping Nursery Tl’ees.360 
Deformed Apples .360 
Backyard Garden in 1911. Part IV.361 
Hollow Celeriac . 361 
Onions in Kansas .361 
Sulphate of Potash in Orchard.362 
Carbon Bisulphide for Strawberry 
Grubs. Part II.365 
Care of a Privet Hedge.’365 
What About .Tadoo Fertilizer.365 
The Question of Guaranteed Trees.369 
The Ontario Apple Again.369 
The Cold Storage Situation.369 
Apple Orchard on Woodland.375 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.370 
Fried Apples . 370 
A Plague of Moths.’ . '370 
“Starter” or Yeast..!.370 
The Rural Patterns. 371 
Coffee Cake .371 
Pea Coal for Domestic Use. 371 
Brown Bread Without Yeast.371 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Parcels Post and the Retailer. 351 
An Agrarian Party—Is It Desirable?.. .352 
Lime and Cement Mortar.360 
Evidence of Cold Weather. 363 
Sugar Makers’ Association Wanted.!!!363 
Concrete Icehouse . 363 
Give Them “Careful Consideration”... .367 
I arcelh Post in Denmark. 367 
A Pneumatic Water System. 375 
Curing” a Damp House. 375 
MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending March ( 9, 1912. 
BUTTER 
Creamery, fancy, lb. 
3 
.32 
Good to Choice. 
.28 
& 
.30 
Lower Grades . 
@ 
.26 
Storage. 
@ 
.30 
State Dairy, best. 
r<i 
.30 
Common to Good. 
& 
.27 
Factory. 
.22 
C4 
.25 
Packing Stock. 
.21 
<a 
.23 
Elgin, Ill., butter market firm at 28 cents. 
Boston, western creamery. 32 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 30 cents. 
EGGS 
White, good to choice.24 <3 .25 
Mixed Colors, best.22 (A .24 
Common to Good. 20 (3 21 
Western, best.22 @ .23 
Under grades.18 (3 .20 
Checks and dirties.18 rffi .18 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay. Timothy No. 1, ton...; .26.00 @ 27.00 
No. 2.23.00 @ 25.50 
No. 3.21.00 ® 22.50 
Clover Mixed.20.00 0 j> 24 00 
Clover.20.00 <g> 24.00 
Straw, Rye.18.00 @ 18.50 
Oat and Wheat.11.00 « 12.00 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs . 5.80 (3 7 40 
Oxen.3.00 @ 6.25 
Cows.2.00 @ 5.25 
Calves, Prime Veal, 100 lbs.6.50 @10.00 
Culls.4.50 m 5.50 
Sheep. 100 lbs.4.00 fe 5.25 
Lambs. 6 00 7.50 
Hogs.6.25 @ 7.50 
Hay at $25.00 PerTon 
With hay selling at $25.00 per ton. corn and other 
grains selling at a very high price, you want to 
secure the 
BEST FERTILIZER to INCREASE Your Crops 
Joynt’s Pure Canada Unleached Hardwood Ashes 
are the Best Manure for worn-out Lands. THEY 
ENRICH THE EARTH. Write for information 
and prices delivered at your station. Address 
JOHN JOYNT, LUCKNOW, Ont., Canada 
We are STILL MAKING and SELLING 
Rubberhide Boots 
They are better than ever. The Increased demand 
proves it. Only best Oak Leather used in the soles. 
Resolable by any cobbler. Ask yonr dealer or write 
ns for booklet and prices. 
RUBBERHIDE COMPANY 
Dept, E,_ Essex Building, Boston, Mass, 
Keeps Water Pure Jh* 
Moe’s, Top-Fill, Poultry 
Drinking Fountain 
Will not slop over—dead air space 
keeps water cool in summer, warm in 
winter. Fill from top—no valves to 
get out of order. Holds one gallon 
If not at dealers, sent on receipt 
of $1.25. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Otis & Moe, 540 S. Dearborn St., Chicago 
You can dig 
foot Weds quickly 
r ' through any 
Soil with our 
Outfit at 
| OjDe/iwml 
_ Write Us Today 
,^?V V ^ AKD EARTH auger CO. 
1004 Nexvport Ave„ Chicago, P, S. A. 
JELLIFFE, WRIGHT & COMPANY, 
Commission Merchants, 284 Washington St., New York 
Poultry, Eg£S, Meats, Produce. Shipments Solicited 
FOR SA1 F~ Farm of 315 acres; Steuben Co., 
,V, . „ N Y -i miles from railroad 
station, on main line of Erie. New bouse of ten 
rooms, with running water, gambrel roof; barn 
with basement; 175 acres tillable, balance wood 
pa8t S^ e ,in ada P teci to hay, grain and stock 
raising. *14.00 an acre if sold by April 1st. 
ARCHIE LLOYD, Cameron Mills, N.Y. 
COME SOUTH TO 
AMERICA S MARKET GARDENS. 
6 richest Sou. States traversed by S. A. L. By. 
"FROM THE PEANUT FIELDS OF VIRGINIA 
TI J E °“ fl *! GE MMES OF FLORIDA 
and Vegetables for Big Profits. 
Healthful climate—fertile soil—plenty of water— 
puces low-easy terms. Schools and churches— 
ymek transportation to big markets. Near towns 
r. M .3. natee County on the West Coast of 
Morula raise 2 to 3 crops a year—net $500 
to $ 1,000 per acre. Write NOW for illus¬ 
trated booklet. 
A. PRIDE. Gen. Ind. Apt. 
Seaboard Air Line Ry. 
rt. Suite G06 Norfolk, Va 
U 
FOR SALE 
Farm of 170 acres, 400,000 feet of soft wood timber, 
large quantity of hard, within lb> miles of saw-mill, 
8 miles from Montpelier, 10 from Bar re. Best mar¬ 
kets in State of Vermont, near lake region of Calais 
and Woodbury. House of 10 rooms bosides bath, 
pantry and large closets. Barn 42 x 60 with base¬ 
ment, covered drive-way and shed 18 x 50, horse 
barn 25 x 30, carriage shed 25 x 48, all painted and 
in first-class repair. Insured for $4,000—50 apple trees, 
strawberries, raspberries, currants and asparagus; 
arbor vitas hedge, trout brook; on gathering routo 
to best creamery in State; star route mail: N. E 
telephone. Address, 
A. C. BLISS, ADAMANT, VERMONT 
Choice Virginia Cams 
i.EffiA(ES£f fJSHJSt." 
in "i°" th) y ch S011 ’ £’i ld winters, close Eastern markets 
“Country Uuln Mmh’mSm 
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All you have to do is to mark just 
where your horse has a swelling, sore or 
any one of the big number of possible 
causes of lameness, and send it to us. 
We will then give the coupon to our 
practicing Veterinary Specialist for his 
expert diagnosis. We then inform you 
of the cause of your horse’s lameness and 
the remedy that will absolutely cure 
him. We do all this for nothing. 
Be positive, know what you are doing and 
know that you are treating the right spot in the right 
way. Don’t disfigure your horse and reduce his market 
value. Write to us. IV > und you a $1000 Warranty 
Bond to guarantor you against loss— for 
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SPAVIN REMEDY 
Muxt Cure or Your Money Back 
You cannot afford to neglect this opportunity. We 
guarantee to cure your horse of Bone or Bog 
Spavin. Ringbone. Thoroughpin. Curb, Capped Hock, 
Shoe Boil. Sprung Knee, Lacerated and Ruptured Ten¬ 
dons, Sweeny and all other forms of lameness. 
Mack’s $1000 Spavin Remedy goes right to 
the source of the trouble and quickly restores natural, 
healthy conditions in the bones, muscles and tendons of 
your horse. It cures lameness in just a few days and 
the animal may be worked as usual. Contains nothing 
to injure or scar the horse. 
Hackensack. N. J., Dec. J. 1911. 
McKallor Drug Co., Binghamton. N. Y. 
Gentlemen:—I take pleasure in advising you that 1 
purchased a bottle of Mack’s $1000 Spavin Rem¬ 
edy, and used it on one of the largest curbs I have ever 
seen, and which I thought incurable, but after using 
about one third of the bottle of your wonderful remedy 
he has become sound, and as smooth as the day he was 
foaled. It certainly is the greatest remedy on the market. 
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McKALLOR DRUG 
COMPANY 
Binghamton, N. Y. 
A Safe, Sane Hoist 
- that LOCKS ITSELF 
Fran ||to Here’s a bully work 
Jo 11CB UoC saving device and a 
nan for trying it out. This device 
30 Da 
great pi __ _ 
does everything froin'stretching wire fences 
to lifting the wagon while you're shifting 
tho gears. As a hog-hoist it’s a winner. 
Strings ’em np—holds ’em up alone. Saves 
timo, money, muscle 40 different ways. 
Can’t be beat—can’t let go. It’s a 
JUMBO 
Safety Hoist and Wire Stretcher 
Earns Cost—Costs Little. It lifts loads like ordi- 
Tiarv block and tackle. But the minute you let up on 
S ull rope the automatic locking: device o£ tho 
umbo grips onto the pull rope and it’s fast. Tho 
heavier the load the tighter that grip. It*8 the grip 
that can’t slip! It treats all ropes alike, 
whether they’re old, new, wet or frazzled. 
Adjusts itself to size of rope. Made of 
best steel, critically tested and inspected 
before shipment. Shipped for 30 days’ 
FREE use anywhere; guaranteed every¬ 
where* Nine different sizes; capacity 
400 lbs. to 6 tons. Mail your name 
and your dealer’s for the catalog 
and that BIG FREE OF¬ 
FER—right now! - (3) 
HALL MFG. CO. 
>53 Haiti St., Monticello, la. 
GKO. P. HAMMOND. EST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & CO., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers in all kinds of 
COUNTRY PRODUCE, Apples, Peaches, Ber 
ries Butter, Eggs. Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms 
and Hot-house Products a Specialty. Consignments 
solicited. 34 As 36 Little 13th St.. New York- 
Our large con¬ 
sumptive outlet 
enables ns to pay HIGHEST PRICES for 
WHITE and BROWN EGGS. Also DUCK 
EGGS. Try us and you’ll know why our ship¬ 
pers continue with us. Empties furnished. 
George M. Rittenhouse & Co., 154 Reade St., New York 
Hothouse Lambs 
Calves, Poultry, Fancy Eggs, Hothouse 
Products, Fruits, Vegetables. 
Top Prices Secured for Choice Goods. 
ARCHDEACON & CO100 Murray StNew Yark 
Boston Produce Co. 
Commission Merchants, 
Fruits and Produce. Consignments Solicited 
93-95 South Market St., 
Boston. 
JOHN C. QUICK CO. 
COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 34 JAY STREET, NEW YORK 
Dressed Poultry and Eggs Our Specialty 
QUICK Returns Our Motto. Established 1855 
Meeker 
Disc Smoothing Harrow 
Onion Seed Drills and Hand Wheel Hoes 
Send for Catalogue and Prices 
THE C. 0. JELLIFF MFG. CORP. 
SOUTHPORT, CONNECTICUT 
Drainage Engineering. 
Consulting Agriculturist. 
Partial or complete drain systems laid out. 
grades established, precise leveling, mapping, 
estimates or work supervised. Drainage, if 
properly executed, is a permanent improve¬ 
ment, returning large annual profits. Sys¬ 
tems so laid out that full 100% efficelncy will 
be realized instead of 60 to 75%. It pays to 
commence right. 27 years’ experience with 
the real thing. Have over 10 miles of round 
tile drains in my 58-acre Monroe County 
farm. During favorable years 18 acres of 
wheat, clover-alfalfa and Sir Walter Ra¬ 
leigh potatoes have averaged per acre as fol¬ 
lows: Wheat 45 bus., clover-alfalfa, first 
cutting, over 4 tons cured hay, and potatoes 
417 bus. Drainage results exceeded expecta¬ 
tion. Advice on soils and crops. Write for 
bulletin B • T. B. Martin, 102 Standart 
St., Syracuse, N. Y. 
H IGH-GRADE Photo-Finishing for Amateur Photographers— 
Better results, lower rates. Developing, print¬ 
ing, enlarging. Send for price list and specimens of 
our work. HAIRE BROS., 362 Main St., Fitchburg, Mass. 
W ANTED— To sell cheap, three brand new five-ton 
Wagon Scales, 8 by 14. Standard manufacture. 
Write Daley Scale Agency, Binghamton. N. Y. Dept. No. 6. 
OUPERINTENDENT.—Open for engagement April 1st. 
0 Thoroughly versed In all up-to-date methods of 
agriculture.—Box 206, Bernardsville, N. J. 
Y OUNG MAN, American, with thorough knowledge 
of the fruit business, desires position as working 
manager of orchard or small fruit farm; good ref¬ 
erences. E. P. ADAMS, R.D. No4, Ypsilanti, Mich. 
W ANTED—Position as Manager of farm or estate, by married, 
young American. Experienced in handling men, animals ©I 
all kind:?, and modern machinery. Al references furnished. 
Address J. H. H., Box 116, Sayvllle, L. I.,N. Y. 
POSITION WANTED on up-to-date general farm, raising 
some stock, good worker; American; short-course 
graduate, 2 years’ experence, prefer New Jersey. 
A. W. Gelpcke, 65 8th Avenue, Brooklyn. N. Y. 
TRUCKING FOREMAN WANTED 
Working foreman for small commercial plant near 
PeekskiTl. Take entire charge and make pay. 
Poultry knowledge advantage. Address, with ref 
erences, etc., Weston, Shepard & Davison, Agri¬ 
cultural Exports, 97 Water Street, New York, N. Y. 
DAIRY OR POULTRY FARM 
In New Hampshire, 3 hours from Boston, about 
110 acres. D. R. MARSHALL, 25 West Broadway, N. Y. 
W 
RITE to Mathias Hahn, of Greenwood, Del., for 
Catalog of Farm Bargains. 70 farms for sale. 
EAQUC Circular free. Dept. 151, Lelands’ 
rHIimO Farm Agency, 31 Milk St., Boston 
QMA FARM or acrea se. suitable poultry 
uiiinLL I mtlil raising; commuting distance 
Manhattan; moderate; state particulars. 
Address, S. F. E. care Rural New-Yorker 
MONEY-MAKING FARMS 
For information write to C. L. YAGER & CO., 
720 Kilmer Building, Binghamton, N. Y. 
G ARDEN, FRUIT and POULTRY FARMS between Phila. & 
New York. Mild climate: excellent nearby 
markets; good home surroundings. Send for list 
of farms. A. W. DRESSER, Buhungton, N. J. 
A BEAUTIFUL FARM fcfSjyt! 
ing and trucking section in the world; fertile soil, 
and fine climate; also a beantifnl water front farm 
witli timber. For full particulars address Samuel 
P. Woodcock. Salisbury, Wicomico County, Md. 
Other Business Forces this Sacrifice for Immediate Safe 
F ARM of 20U acres, twelve-room bouse, line con¬ 
dition, six-room tenant house, good condition, 
two large barns, granary, hog-house; 2*u miles 
from railroad town; 21 young cows, 3 heifers, 
7 hogs, four wagons, harnesses, mower, grain drill, 
harrows and small tools. Price, $7,500. Terms, 
$3,000 cash, balance live percent, 
HALL’S FARM AGENCY, Owego, Tioga County, New Tort 
Eastern Shore of Maryland *£ 4 
from Pocomoke, town of 3,000 people; 74 acres 
arable, 26 timber. Ideal land for potatoes, berries, 
grain and grass. Best apple orchard in county. 
Buildings now, 8 -room dwelling, slate roof, 3 large 
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. YEASEY, Box 11, Pocomoke City, Md. 
New York State Farms 
We will sell you better farm and orchard proper¬ 
ties (improved), and at lower prices, in New York 
than can be had elsewhere. More money is made 
in diversified farming, dairying, poultry raising 
and fruit growing in New York than in other 
States. Wo know, because we are farmers. Cali 
on ns, or send for our specimen list of New York 
farms. B. F. Me BURNEY & CO.. Room 30!), 
Bastable Block, Syracuse, N. Y., or 703 Fisher 
Building, Chicago, III. 
