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CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, March 30, 1912. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Decline in Mint Culture. 422 
Growing Sweet Potatoes. 423 
That Dishonest Hired Man. 42(1 
Why Sow Timothy With Alfalfa?. 428 
Preparing for Pasture. 428 
Beautifying a Corncrib. 428 
Discussion of Disk Harrows. 428 
What's the “Best” Silo?. 428 
An Experiment With lluimis. 431 
Burning Oyster Shell; Soy Bean Hay. 431 
Hay from Oats and Peas. 433 
A Discussion of Grasses. 433 
Treatment for Alfalfa. 433 
Hope Farm Notes. 434 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
That Connecticut Poultry Contest.... 422 
A Stock-Sale Saturday. 440 
Discussion of an Underground Silo.... 440 
Creamery Promoters Gone from Maine 441 
Bottled Milk in Massachusetts. 441 
Milk in the Borden’s Territory. 441 
Soiling Crops for Maryland Farms.... 442 
Feeding Silage to Colts. 442 
A Milk Ration. 442 
Sorghum for Stock Food. 442 
Deadly Gas in Silo. 442 
The Wicked Hen Flea. 444 
Open vs. Closed Front Henhouses.... 444 
The Open Front Henhouse. 444 
Heating a Cement Tank. 44G 
Stocked Leg . 446 
Death of Sow. 446 
Serous Abscess .. 446 
Scours in Horse. 446 
Indigestion in Horse. 446 
Goitre in Dog. 446 
Rickets . 446 
Ailing Horse . 446 
Sidebonc . 446 
Custom Hatching; Potter System. 447 
Hens in a Barn Cellar. 447 
Trouble With Hens. 447 
Fish for Poultry. 447 
Glass or Muslin in Henhouse. 447 
Paint for Incubator. 448 
Weak Chicks . 448 
Building Paper Around Cellar Wall. .. . 448 
Questions About Breeds. 448 
Ailing Chickens . 448 
Sick Hens; Building Questions. 448 
Keeping Hen Manure. 448 
The Egg-laying Contest. 449 
HORTICULTURE. 
A Real Farmer’s Garden. Part I..421, 422 
Some Michigan Orchards. 422 
The Maiden Blush Apple. 423 
Preventing Snow Damage. 424 
Currant Canes Dying. 424 
Grafting a Grapevine. 424 
Making Over a Baldwin Orchard. 424 
Peach Buds . 424 
Advice About a Pear Orchard. 420 
American Apples in England. 426 
Grafting Wax . 426 
Top-Working Seedlings . 426 
Standard Apple Varieties. 426 
Backyard Garden in 1911. Part V... 427 
Fighting the Black Lice. 439 
Staking Up Tomato Plants. 433 
A Bamboo Question...,. 433 
Gladiolus Queries . 433 
Transplanting Wild Trees. 435 
The Cutworm Nuisance. 435 
Pruning Currants, Gooseberries and 
Roses . 435 
New Plant Immigrants. 435 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 438 
A Canning Question. 438 
“Charity Sweetheart” . 438 
Prepared Mustard . 438 
The Rural Patterns. 439 
Taking Scorch Out of Lard. 439 
Lessening the Fly Nuisance. 439 
Pea Coal .*. 439 
Split Pea Soup. 439 ' 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Traction Engines for Road Work.... 423 ! 
The House Chimney. 425 
The Days of Small Economies. 425 
“Plums” for the New York Legislature 425 
The Parcels Post and i’ostal Express 
Company . 430 
Large Public Questions. 432 
The Tale of an Express Package. 433 
Editorials . 436 
Other People’s Money. 437 
Events of the Week. 437 
A Day in An Ohio Sugar Camp. 437 ; 
Boston Market . 445 
Publisher’s Desk . 450 
That Dishonest Hired Man. —I have 
not read the experience of a “Sucker” in 
South Texas in The It. N.-Y. The “Sucker” 
got it in the shoulder and M. M., page 300, 
got it in the neck, hut then some think any¬ 
thing is good enough for the farm. If M. 
M. had a business plant in Chicago or some I 
other distant city, would he go to an em¬ 
ployment agency and employ a manager 
and send him there to take charge of it 
with only the recommendation of two 
strangers? I hardly think so. Then why 
should he do so with a farm and perishable 
stock? A manager of a store might swipe 
some money and some goods, but not any 
great amount, or some one would spot him. 
Anything will do for a farmer, and gener¬ 
ally the one with the poorest goods to de¬ 
liver is the best talker. I have every sym¬ 
pathy with M. M. for the abuse of his stock, 
but for the money loss it is a proper lesson. 
New York. g. a. g. 
I have been reading a great deal about 
the difference in the price of goods from 
farmer to consumer, and it seems to me it 
is the farmer’s fault in a great many cases 
that he is not receiving the last profit on 
nis goods. He does not want the trouble 
of selling his goods in a small way. They 
do not want to peddle; they never stop to 
think how much money there is in it. They 
think it is too much work, so when we 
came on the farm we took advantage of it, 
and in the Winter time when the other 
farmers are taking an extra sleep we are 
off to town with their pork, and I really 
believe we make more than they do and do 
not have near the work. Theirs is most a 
year and ours is a day or two, but you 
can’t make them see it that way. w 
Pennsylvania. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
PRICES AND TRADE. 
The United States now has 892.098 pen¬ 
sioners, who received in 1911, $159,842,- 
287.41. The total amount paid in pensions 
since 1867 was $4,238,958,432.79. 
Canada’s cash balance for the year end¬ 
ing March 31 shows a surplus of $39,000,- 
000 over operating expenses. Most of this 
will be used in Government railway and 
other improvements. 
Oxen, good, $175; cows, $50; hay. $28 
a ton; milk, retail, eight cents a quart; 
wholesale, five cents a quart; butter, 40 
cents. g. H. b. 
Clinton, Conn. 
During the past year we sold to other 
countries apples valued at $9.000.000; 
oranges, $3,000.000; prunes, $4,500.000; 
peaches, $500,000; pears, $750,000 ; raisins, 
$1,333,000; peanuts, $250,000. In the 
same period we imported bananas, $14,- 
750,000; oranges, $2.250,000; lemons, $3,- 
000.000; grapes, $2,330,000; nuts, about 
$ 8 , 000 , 000 . 
Horses are sold for from $200 to $350; 
cows, $40 to $50; pigs, to 9 >4 cents by 
the car case; hay, $20 to $23 per ton ; corn, 
$1.50 per 100 pounds; oats, 65 cents per 
bushel; potatoes, $1.50 per bushel; milk, 
wholesale, four cents per quart; retail, 
seven cents per quart; fresh eggs, retail, 
27 cents a dozen ; getting plenty now. 
Blackinton, Mass. d. c. 
Cabbage in New York is scarce and very 
high, some shipments of old bringing $45 
per ton wholesale. Growers in the South 
who have new cabbage fit to ship are now 
making up for some of the losses of pre¬ 
vious years when the market was so sur¬ 
passed that good cabbage was refused as not 
worth the freight, and dumped on the Jersey 
meadows by the railroad companies, a total 
loss. 
A public sale is a very poor place to 
judge prices, as some people will pay more 
for stuff than it is really worth to get it 
on time. I have seen clover hay sell in 
mow for $17.50, corn from 68 to 70 cents. 
So much depends upon the quality of the 
article that it makes quite a large range 
in prices. Cattle, milch cows, from $25 to 
$60 ; horses, good ones, $150 to $200. Very 
little demand for sheep. Corn at elevator, 
60 cents; at sales, 68 cents; oats at eleva¬ 
tor, 50; at sales, 60; hay, market, Rich¬ 
mond, $16 to $20; straw, $8; clover seed, 
$13. Farm land from $60 to $100 per acre. 
Williamsburg, Ind. g. f. 
Your Horses are Entitled 
to a Haircut Before the 
Spring Work Begins 
Farmers and horse owners of England and France 
have done It for years and it is done now by pro¬ 
gressive owners everywhere in this country 
No way to do it so easy, so quick or so well has 
ever been devised as with a 
Stewart Ball Bearing Clipping 
Mas»liinA The price of this splendid $7.50 
maenme machine i3 only .# — 
at your dealers direct. It is used in every civil¬ 
ized country, has all file hard cut steel gears, en¬ 
closed, protected and running in oil. 
Get one from your dealer or send $2 and we 
will ship C. O. D. for the balance. Send now ' 
Chicago Flexible Shaft Company 
143 La Salle Avenue; Chicago 
Write for our new catalogue showing the worlds 
largest and most modern line of horse clipping and 
sheep shearing machines. 
Mandy Lee 
Hie Incubator 
of Certainty 
Operated by rule. The 
novice gets the same ex¬ 
cellent results as the ex¬ 
perienced operator. The only incuba¬ 
tor with the open-front poultry house 
plan of ventilation. Only one applying 
the vital principle of low moisture _ 
with high temperature and high moisture when 
heat runs low. All regulated automatically. 
Send for latest book, describing the new features— 
plain, practical, helpful. 
Write us for mating list and prices on S. C. White 
Leghorn stock and eggs from the Mandy Lee farm. 
CEO.H.LEE CO., 1221 Harney St.,Omaha,Nob. 
GO 
ilSOUTt 
r ..irm land at $10 an acre up 
r along the lines of the Southern Railway and 
watch it double in value in five years. Plenty of 
rain at all times. No expensive irrigation necessary 
—no drouths or blizzards. Winters very mild, sum¬ 
mers enjoyable. 
Rapidly growing cities demand 
more farm produce. 
Be«f, pork, poultry, sheep and dairying 
p«y handsomely. Truck crops, i.1- 
falfa. corn, cotton, nuts, fruits 
and apples especially, 
are making Southern 
Free farmers 
Subscription^^. rich- 
le Southern Field. 
particulars 
given you by 
M.V. Richards, 
L. 1. Agt., So. Ry. 
Room 87 
Washington, D.C. 
pc 
th 
You actually put dollars in your 
ocket when you put your nogs 
th of Dr. Hess Dip 
rough a bath 
and Disinfectant. 
Its action is swift and sure — it 
prevents scurvy skin — kills lice 
and fleas which so often hide and 
play havoc behind the hog’s ears, 
between the folds of the skin, 
and around the abdomen. 
$ Dr. Hess Dip * 
and Disinfectant 
prevents mange, scab, hog cholera and all 
parasitic skin troubles. It is a powerful 
disinfectant germicide and deodorizer, 
equally effective on sheep, horses, cattle, 
dogs and poultry. 
Prepared by Dr. Hess ( M. D., D. V. S.) 
and sold under a money back guarantee if 
not satisfactory. One gallon of Dip makes 
70 gallons solution. If your dealer can’t 
supply you, order from us direct 
Write for Free Dip Booklet. 
Dr.Hess & Clark, Ashland,Ohio. 
A Safe, Sane Hoist 
*that LOCKS ITSELF 
30 Dav*:’ FrPA IIca Her© 8 a bully work 
<*U Wdyb Tree use mivinsr device unci a 
great plan for trying: It out. This device 
does everything from stretching wiro fences 
to lifting the wagon while you’re shifting 
the gears. As a hog-hoist it’s a winner. 
Strings oin up—holds 'em tip alone. Saves 
time, 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¬ 
nary block and tncklo. But the minute vou let up on 
pull rope the automatic locking device of the 
Jumbo grips onto tho pull rope and it’s fast. The 
heavier the load the tignter that grip. It’s the grip 
that can t slip! It treats all ropes aliko, 
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* 
T'RKE use any where; guaranteed every¬ 
where* Nine different sizes; capacity 
400 lbs. to 5 tons. Mail your name 
and your dealer’s for the catalog 
and that BIO FREE OF 
FEU-right now'l (3 j 
HALL MFG. CO. , 
553 Main Si., Monticello, la. uA. 
BAGS 
Wo buy old bags— 
Sound, 3—4—5 Conla 
Torn, 2—3—4 Cents 
We pay tho freight 
IROQUOIS BAG CO., Buffalo, /V. V. 
AN OUTLET FOR BUTTER AND EGGS DIRECT 
To best trade jn Greater New York 
Offeringf idlest value and quick relurna 
We Need Eggs. You Need Money 
LET’S SWAP! 
Refer to Aetna National Bank and 
ship promptly. 
ZENITH BUTTER & EGG CO. 
359 Greenwich Street, New York City. 
JELLiFFE, WRIGHT & COMPANY, 
Commission Merchants, 284 Washington St., New York 
Poultry, Eggs, Meats, Produce. Shipments Solicited 
JOHN C. QUICK CO. 
COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 34 JAY STREET, NEW YORK 
Fancy Poultry Farm Eggs Our Specialty 
QUICK Returns Our Motto. Established 1855 
GEO. P. HAMMOND. EST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & CO., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers in all kinds of 
COUNTRY PKODIJCJE, Apples, Beaches, Ber 
ries Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms 
and Hot-house Products a Specialty. Consignments 
solicited. 34 Si 36 Little 1 3th St.. New York' 
■ A Our large con- 
M ~ * —- ~ w ~ —- sumptive outlet 
enables us to pay i I FGH E S T Pit I C E 8 for 
WHITE and BROWN EGGS. Also DUCK 
EGGS. Try us and you’ll know why our ship¬ 
pers continue witli us. Empties furnished. 
George M. Rittcnhouse & Co., 154 Reade St., New York 
Boston Produce Jit, 
Commission Merchants, 
Fruits and Produce. Consignments Solicited 
93-95 South Market St., ■ Boston. 
Hothouse Lambs 
Calves, Poultry, Fancy Eggs, Hothouse 
Products, Fruits, Vegetables. 
Top Prices Secured for Choice Goods. 
ARCHDEACON & CO., 100 Murray St., New York 
AUCTION SALE 
200 Head of 
Grade Holstein COWS 
FRESH, SPRINGERS and NEARBY 
APRIL 13, 1912 SHARP 
HEMINGWAY STOCK FARM 
Auburn, X. Y. 
Take Seymour Street City Car Line. 
H. C. HEMINGWAY & CO. 
B. V. Kelley, Auctioneer. 
FOR SALE ! 
FINE PAIR BLACK HORSES 
NEW YORK STATE BRED 
Full brother and sister, 5 and 6-year old, 16 
hands, weight about 1200 each. Good, stylish 
ronders, and suitable for any kind of work. 
Will sell cheap, considering their value. 
Address: D. T. C., Rural New-Yorker. 
C C. WHITE LEGHORNS-Hardy, heavy- 
laying strain. Hatchingeggs at farmers’ prices. 
Write today. Maple Grove Farm, Smithville, N.Y. 
Prize- Winning S. C. REDS 
INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS, WHITE ORPING¬ 
TON BARRED ROCKS. Great Layers. 
EGGS and CHICKS. 
DAVID M. HAMMOND 
Woodsiile Poultry Yards, Route 5, Cortland, N. Y. 
WANTED NOW— Working foreman; also farm hand; 
bO-avre farm; wldsexperleiira; twilh Koodmllkem; strictly soUr 
unmarried -.reference,. Add res. Mr. Frank, No. Water Gap, Fa. 
OUPERINTENDENT.— Open for engagement April 1st. 
0 Thoroughly versed in all up-to-date methods of 
agriculture.—Box 206, Beruardsville, N. J. 
WANTFfl FARM HANDS in an institution for 
VI nil ILL! feeble-minded boys. Salary $30 a 
month and maintenance to start with. Apply to 
the SUPERINTENDENT OF LETCHWORTH 
VILLAGE, Tin ELLS, N.Y. 
WANTFfl WOMEN attendants in an institution 
ft nil 1 LU for feeble-minded boys; salary $20 a 
month ami maintenance to start with. A Iso women 
cooks; salary $30 a month and maintenance to 
start with. Appiy to the SUPERINTENDENT OF 
LETCHWORTH VILLAGE, Thiklls, N. Y. 
Farm Hands and Laborers Supplied Free 
We have many men anxious to learn farm work. 
C. K. Blatchly, United Charities Bldg., 105 E. 22d St. N.Y. City 
FARIUK Circular freo. Dept. 151, Lelands’ 
1 HIIIIIO Farm Agency, 31 Milk St., Boston 
FfiR ^A1 F ^ ew York State Dairy Farms. Large 
rUil OHLL list ready to mail to prospective 
buyers. OGDEN’S AGENCY, WALTON, N. y. 
DAIRY OR POULTRY FARM 
to lot in Now Hampshire, 3 hours from Boston, about 
110 acres. B. R. MARSHALL, 25 West Broadway, N. Y. 
MONEY-MAKING FARMS if., * 1 fWBi 
For information write to C. L. YAGER & CO., 
720 Kilmer Building, Binghamton, N. Y. 
MONEY-MAKING FARMS— Splendid assortment, size 
III and price. Some must be sold at big sacrifice. 
Some with stock, crops and tools included, for 
quick sale. Descriptive catalogue free. 
BURRIS, Robinson Building, Elmira, N.Y. 
Hudson Valley Farms 
RURAL LIFE CO., K1NDERH00K, N.Y. 
A BEAUTIFUL FARM 
ing and trucking section in tho world; fertile soil, 
and lino climate; also a beautiful water front farm 
witli timber. For full particulars address Samuel 
P. Woodcock, Salisbury, Wicomico County, Md. 
Farm nf 31? Arroc 75 acres tltuber : su « ar 
1 <trm Ui rtLICb maplo grove of 250 
trees; ten-room house; basement barn, 40 by 60; 
two other barns and other outbuildings; running 
water at house; buildings insured for $3,000; twenty- 
three young cows, one bull and two choice brood 
sows. All for $0,000. Terms—$3,000 cash, balanco 
mortgage at five per cent. HALL’S FARM 
AGENCY, Owego, Tioga County, New York. 
Eastern Shore of Maryland 4tales 
from Pooomoke, town of 3,000 people: 74 acres 
arable, 26 timber. Ideal land for potatoes, berries, 
grain and grass. Best apple orchard in county. 
Buildings new, 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. VEASEY, Box II, 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 ho had elsewhere. More money is made 
in diversified farming, dairying, poultry raising 
anil fruit growing in New York than in other 
States. Wo know, bocause wo are farmers. Call 
on us, or send for our specimen list of New York 
farms. B. F. MoBURNEY & CO., Room 30!), 
Bastablo Block, Syracuse, N. Y., or 703 Fislier 
Building, Chicago, III. 
Choice Virginia Farms 
1 t°" CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RY . 1 
$15.00 AN ACRE AND UP. Abundant rainfall (4 in. 
per month) rich soil, mild winters, close Eastern markets. 
lO acre farms $275. Write today for booklet. 
“Country U*e in Virginia" <134 pages) and low ex¬ 
cursion rales. Address K. T. CRAWLEY, Industrial 
Agent. C. & O. Ry., Room 8, Richmond, Virginia 
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