1912. 
M'HfcC Kl U 1-iJS. L, NKVV-VUKiviiK 
A FEW MORE 
REGISTERED CHESTER WHITE 
and LARGE YORKSHIRE BOARS 
READY FOR SERVICE 
Weight about 250 lbs. each. Everyone a perfect 
individual. 
Price of Chester Whites.S25.00 each 
Price of Large Yorkshires— 30.00 each 
Order at once as these boars are selling very rapidly 
HEART’S DELIGHT FAR Nl 
C. E. HAMILTON, Mgr. CHAZY, NEW YORK 
CHESHIRES 
The New York Farmer’s Hog 
Hardy, active, prolific, medium bacon type. Some 
very tine young sows ready to breed. 
Orders booked for pigs for spring delivery. 
Address DEPT. OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, 
Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 
0.1. C. ’s of Superior Quality N |ne High-Class Fall Boars 
■ . . — - - Booking orders for 
Spring Pigs. Fred Nickel, Monroe, Mich., K. No. 1. 
HELD0N FARM registered Durocs. Pigs of both sex 
Bred Sows. Service Boars. Best of breeding 
C. K. BAKNES, Oxford, N. Y. 
For Sale—Duroc Swine loWS Ch< bred r °faH 
Pigs, Fancy Poultry, Chickens, Turkeys, Geese and 
Ducks. J. H. LEWIS, R. F. D. 2, Cadiz, Ohio. 
CHESHIRES 
The pig which gives a high 
percentage of dressed pork 
to live weight. M0RNING- 
SIDE FARM, SyIvania, Pa. 
DCRIf 6 UIDCC Choice breeding stock for sale. 
■'^****^*****^^ Write me your wants. Will give 
you a square deal. M. H. Taylor, West Alexander, Pa. 
F OX HOUND DOG P U P S. $5.00 each. 
HARVEY HILLMAN, Greenwich, N. Y. 
DERI.IN STOCK FARM—Holitein-Frieiian* 
and Indian Runner Ducks. Eggs—11 for $1.25. 
H. A. Robinson & Sons_South New Berlin, N.Y. 
HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES ^ 
ter Boy. (>2729, for sale cheap. OSWEGO RIVER 
STOCK FARMS, Phoenix, New York. 
S. C. IV- LEGHORNS 
Hatching Eggs from selected yearling breeders. 
Choice breeding stock at reasonable prices. 250 
acres devoted to Leghorns of exceptional quality 
and vigor. Send for circular. MT. PLEASANT 
FARM, Box Y, Havre de Grace, Md. 
C USTOM HATCHING—S3.00 a compartment in our HALL 
MAMMOTH INCUBATORS. Each compartment holds 150 
eggs. S. C. W. Leghorn Hatching Egos tor sale—SI.50 per 
setting; S6.00 per hundred. S. C. W. Leghorn DAY-OLD 
CHICKS—S15.00 per hundred; S130 per thousand. See our 
Swine ad. MAPLE GLEN POULTRY FARM, MILLERTON, N.Y. 
LAYERS AND PAYERS 
Are the SPRING WATKR STRAIN 
Single Comb White Leghorns 
Day-old Chicks. Eggs for Hatching. Book your 
order NOW for a positive shipping date. We guar¬ 
antee safe delivery of Chicks and fertility of Eggs. 
Mammoth Incubators—capacity 20,000 eggs at one 
setting. Send for new Illustrated Booklet. It is free. 
SPRING WATER POULTRY FARM, STOCKTON. New Jersey 
S. C. W. L. 
Baby Chicks 
Bred from hens that 
laid over 175 eggs in 
pullet year. Perfectly hatched, strong, vigorous, 
iivable chicks—the kind you want—money makers. 
Will make great foundation stock. Write for free 
circular and prices today. 
PEERLESS FARMS, R. F. D. 10, Northport, Long Island, N.Y. 
flvninnfnne S. C. Black and White!Stand- 
Wl ard Bred—Winners of 75 rib¬ 
bons in three years. Eggs—$1.50 and $2.50 per 15. 
Stock for sale. R. M. MORRISON, Lyme, N. H. 
GRUBERS FINE CATALOGUE 
Book and calendar for 1912 contains 200 
pages. 72 varieties pure bred, 62 colored 
plates. Many other illustrations, descrip¬ 
tions. Incubatorsandbrooders. Low prices 
on all stock and eggs. How to raise and 
make hens lay. Get my plans. Allsayit's 
great—this book—only 15c. Price list free. 
B. H. GREIDER, Box 58, Rheems, Pa. 
MacKellar’s Charcoal 
For Poultry is best. Coarse or flue granulated, also 
powdered. Buy direct from largest manufacturers ol 
Charcoal Products. Ask for prices and samples. Est. 1841 
R. MacKELLAR’S SONS CO., Peekskill,N.Y. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING 
lific laying strain of S. C. W. LEGHORNS—$ 8.00 
por 100. Limited number of eggs from extra choice 
matings of W. P. Rocks, W. Wyandottes and W. 
Orpingtons—$ 2.00 per 15. Ninety per cent fertility 
and safe delivery of all orders guaranteed. A trial 
order will convince yon. EVERGREEN POUL¬ 
TRY FARM, Chappaqua, Westchester Co., N. Y. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORN chicks, 
10c; S. C. B. Orpington chicks, 15e. 
If over 4 are dead to each 100 
on reaching our station, 1 will 
make good the 
loss. Catalog 
on feeding and 
diseases free. 
C. M. LAUVER. 
B. 73, 
Richfield, Pa. 
B ARRED ROCKS & INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS— Farm raised 
and very vigorous. Eggs -$1 & $1.50 per setting. 
Folder free. Geo. F. Williamson, Flanders, N. 3. 
Mammoth Bronze Turkeys 
From 40 and 45 lb. toms; pairs, not akin. 
EGGS IN SEASON. 
MISS JOSEPHINE CARPEN TER.GOUVERNEUR, N. Y. 
/"GOLDEN WYANDOTTES—Blue Ribbon 
v, ners. Eggs—$3 per 15. Brush & Son, Milton, Vt. 
T>LUE RIBBON FEEDS—not loaded with cracked 
com; no salvage grain. Scratch or laying mash, 
$2.00 per hundredweight. Little chick feed, $2.20 
per hundredweight. Other feeds low; order at 
once. L. M. HALLENBECK, Legalized Expert 
Jndge. Gkrkxdalk, N. Y. _ 
Farm Hands and Laborers Supplied Free 
We have many men anxious to learn farm work. 
C. K. Blatchly, United Charities Btdg., 105 E. 22d St. N.Y. City 
PRICES AND TRADE. 
The International Institute of Agricul¬ 
ture states that the area of Winter wheat 
harvested in British India is 29,444.000 
acres; in countries having 40 per cent 
(94,000,000 acres) of the total Winter 
wheat area last year, the area this year 
is 102.2 per cent of last year. Winter 
cereal crops are in good condition. In 
British India a preliminary statement of 
the production of rice is 58,403,104,000 
pounds; and of cleaned cotton, 1,253,952,000 
pounds. 
Cows. $40 to $65; hay, first class, $20 
delivered; oat straw, $ 10 ; hogs, five cents 
per pound, alive; veal, seven cents, alive. 
Bordens’ prices for milk from April 1 to 
October 1 are as follows: April, $1.40; 
May, $1.15; June, $1; July, $1.20; August, 
$1.35 : September, $1.50. f. n. d. 
Poultney, Vt. 
Live fowls, 15 to 16 cents a pound whole¬ 
sale ; all kinds of eggs, 30 cents; wholesale, 
25; milk, eight and nine cents; wholesale, 
four and 4% cents a quart. Green horses, 
1400 to 1500 pounds, four or five years, 
$550 to $600 a pair; good cows, 25 to 30 
quarts a day, $75 to $100. c. r. b. 
Ansonia, Conn. 
At a sale yesterday cows sold from $33 
to as high as $65; at a sale last week 
from $37' to $50. Hay from $14 per ton 
to (or some that was very poor quality). 
$20 in the barn; perhaps about $16 or 
$18 would be the average. At one sale 
good potatoes sold for $1.17 per bushel; 
apples, $1.11 per bushel. Milk for March. 
$1.65: April, $1.50 per 100; butter. 30 to 
34 cents; eggs, 20 cents. e. h. a. 
Castle Creek, N. Y. 
Cows were bringing at auction last week 
$50, $55 and $60 ; hay, stack, $20 to $24 ; 
No. 1 , $27. There is no silage sold here; 
about all tho manure sold is shipped in 
from New York City. That is from 80 
cents to $1.25 a ton with freight, which is 
$1 a ton. I think at this time It is about 
$1.25; after May 1 it is 80 cents. Milk is 
bringing from 4% to five cents at the door; 
eight and nine cents delivered. Potatoes, 
$1.50 a bushel; apples, $1 a bushel. 
Beacon Falls, Conn. j. p. a. 
.. pri f es of live stock are the highest 
that they have been for years. Cows, fresh, 
to $60; two-year-old heifers, $15 to 
two-year-old steers In pairs, about 
$12o; beef cows. $7 per 100, dressed; 
oxen, $9 per 100 , dressed; hay (loose), 
$ 1 - to $16 per ton; milk, six cents per 
’ °£Ss, 20 cents per dozen; potatoes. 
$1.2,> per bushel, wholesale. Apples. $2 50 
a barrel, wholesale, extra No. 1 . Apples, 
corn, potatoes and hay are the principal 
crops here, a large per cent of tho commer¬ 
cial crop is sweet corn for the canning fac¬ 
tories. CRD 
Bridgeton, Me. 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, April 6 , 1912. 
FARM TOPICS. 
German Agricultnral Credit System 
Part I. 453 
An Enormous Waste. 454 
The Direct Sale of Silage. 454 
Curing Alfalfa Hay. 454 
Starting Melons in Sod. 455 
Killing Out Wire Grass. 450 
A Long Island Irrigating System. 456 
Slag, Phosphate or Lime. 457 
Lime and Potash for Swamp Land.... 457 
Chemicals With Manure for Potatoes.. 457 
The \alue of Liquid Manure. 457 
Foreign Potato Seed. 401 
Value of Oyster-shell Lime. 465 
Hope Farm Notes. 4 G 6 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Swine-Raising as a Business. Part V. 472 
Maine Sheep Breeders. 473 
Guernsey Cattle at Home. 473 
Trouble With the Pigs. 474 
“Horse” or Mare. 474 
Thumps . 474 
Old Scar . 474 
Acorn Poisoning . 474 
Lameness .. ’ ’ 474 
Horses With Cracked Lips. 474 
The Dairymen’s League. 475 
Those Creamery Promoters in Maine.. 475 
Silo for Three Cows. 478 
A Summer Silo. 478 
Size of Cow Stalls. 478 
“Helping” Farmers in Horse Breeding. 478 
Eggs in Water Glass. 479 
Tobacco Stems in Poultry House. 479 
Coal Ashes in the Henhouse. 479 
Hen Notes . 479 
Possibilties in Egg Buying..!! 480 
A Hen Story Analyzed . 480 
An Improved Elevated House. 480 
Egg Laying Contest. 481 
Perpetual Layers . 481 
Dry Mash for Poultry. 481 
The Champion Picker. 481 
“Gold Bricks” in Tree Medicines. 454 
Cornstalks for Garden Soil. 456 
Trimming and Pruning Young Pines.. 456 
Spraying While Bloom is On. 458 
Questions About Lime-Sulphur. 458 
Spraying Crops and Hens. 458 
Poison Sprays in Chicken Yards.... 458 
A Freakish Freak Apple. 460 
Careful Not to Head Too Low. 460 
A Real Farmer’s Garden. Part II.. 461 
Grafting Dwarf Apple. 403 
Grafting Persian on Black Walnut.... 403 
Strawberries for New York. 403 
The Propagation of Nut Trees. 405 
Missouri Fruit Notes. 467 
Poisoning Cutworms . 467 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.\ .. 470 
“Charity Sweetheart” . 470 
Keeping Preserves and Jellies. 470 
Cooking Tongues and Sounds. 470 
Keeping Cider Sweet. 470 
Warfare Against Moths. 470 
Egg Soup . 470 
The Rural Patterns. 471 
A Backward-Spring Reflection. 471 
Tomato Bisque . 471 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
The Express Investigation. 459 
Editorials . 408 
Other People’s Money. 409 
News from Albany. 469 
Farm and Garden News. 469 
The Parcels Post and Postal Express 
Situation . 470 
Bee-Keepers’ Notes . 475 
Publisher’s Desk 482 
FARH/K Circular free. Dept. 151, Lelamls’ 
1 mimo Farm Agenc y, 31 Milk St., Boston 
For SalA- Fift y- aore ^ arrn ’' fin® 8 -room house. 
1 00 IC barns, fruit, etc. $3,600. Excellent 
summer home. BOX 150, East Hampton, Conn. 
FflR 0 A I C New York State Dairy Farms. Largo 
I Un OH L L list ready to mail to prospective 
buyers. OGDEN 'S AGENCY, WALTON, N. Y. 
F OR SALE —Farm 162 acres. Good sugar bush with 
sugar-making plant; 36 swarms of bees. Will 
sell cheap. GILBERT BRO WN. Stratford, N. Y. 
E ASTERN SHORE of Maryland and Virginia. Ponltry, 
Fruit, Truck, Grain and Grass Farms for sale. 
Catalog free. M. L. VEASEY, Pocomoke City, Md. 
DAIRY OR POULTRY FARM 
to let in New Hampshire. 3 hours from Boston, about 
110 acres. 0. R. MARSHALL, 25 West Broadway, N. Y. 
MONEY-MAKING FARMS &A E V!A!I 
For information write to C. L. YAGER & CO., 
720 Kilmer Building, Binghamton, N. Y. 
M ONEY-MAKING FARMS— Splendid assortment, size 
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. V. 
A BEAUTIFUL FARM 
finest fruit-grow¬ 
ing and trucking section in the world; fertile soil, 
and fine climate; also a beautiful water front farm 
with timber. For full particulars address Samuel 
P. Woodcock, Salisbury, Wicomico County, Md. 
f\ELAWARE FARMS FOR SALE in the 
land of fruit and short, mild winters. Health¬ 
ful climate, wonderfully productive soil, level 
fields, no stone, best markets and cheap land. 
Write for Catalogue. Largest list of farms in 
State. Wm. G. Wechtenhiser, Harrington, Del 
C An Kt.ro. Un For Delaware Farms. Soil 
jin /icre up easily workedi highly 
productive. Delaware peaches, apples and pears 
bring highest prices. America’s best markets 
at our doors. Farms all sizes. Free catalog. 
FORD & REIS, Inc., Dept. 51, Wilmington, Del. 
Ill-Health Forces this Money- 
Making Farm on the Market. 
Xj'ARM OF 183 ACRES—Two 2 -story housos in 
A fine condition; three barns with basement; two 
new hen houses; $ 1,000 worth of sawing timlier. 
Buildings insured for $2,850. Apples, pears, plums 
and cherries. One mile from railroad town. Price 
$4,500; part cash. HALL'S FARM AGENCY, 
Owego, Tioga County, New York. 
New York State Farms 
We 
ties ( 
than 
T » w xvnwvr, qctau.w vv U Litruiurs. 
on us, or send for"our specimen list of New York 
farms. B. F. McBURNEY & CO.. Room 309, 
Bastable Block, Syracuse, N. Y., or 703 Fisher 
Building, Chicago, III. 
Choice Virginia Farms 
\ Along 
The 
CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RY. 
$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 pastes) and low ex- 
cursion rates. Address K. T. CRAWLEY, Industrial 
Agent, C. &Q. Ry.. Room S, Richmond, Virginia 
a Farm 
and 
be compelled to pay to your landlord most of 
your hard-earned profits! Own your own 
farm. Secure a Free Homestead in 
Manitoba, Saskatchewan or Al¬ 
berta, or purchase land in one 
of these districts and bank a 
profit from! 10.00 to $ 12.00 
un acre every year. 
Land purchased three years 
ago at 810.00 an acre has recently 
changed hands at 825.00 an acre. 
The crops grown on these lands 
warrant the advance. You can 
Become Rich 
by cattle raising, dairying, mixed farm¬ 
ing and grain growing in the Provinces 
of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and 
Alberta in Western Canada. 
Free homestead and pre-emption 
areas, as well as land held by railway 
and land companies, will provide 
homes for millions. 
Adaptable soil.bealthful climate, 
splendid schools and churches and 
good railways. 
For settlers’ rates, descriptive litera¬ 
ture "Last Beat West,” how to reach the 
country and other particulars, write to 
Bup’t of Immigration. Ottawa, Canada, 
or to the Canadian Gov’t Agent. 
J. S. CRAWFORD 
301 E. GENESEE STREET 
Syracuse, N. Y. 
SAUT0S 
LOW-PRICED 
HIGH-GRAD 
Used cars rebuilt and guaranteed by manu- 
facturersameasnewcars. Best for rural roads. 
A high-grade high-powered car for very little 
money. Postal brings full information. 
Stoddard Motor Cb., 229 W, 57th St., New Yo rk 
95 
AND UP¬ 
WARD 
AMERICAN 
SEPARATOR 
THIS OFFER IS NO CATCH. 
It is a solid proposition to send, 
on trial, fully guaranteed, a new, 
well made, easy running separa¬ 
tor for $15.95. Skims hot or cold 
milk; making heavy or light 
cream. Designed especially for 
small dairies, hotels and private 
families. Different from this pic¬ 
ture, which illustrates our large 
capacity machines. The bowl is 
a sanitary marvel, easily cleaned. 
Gears thoroughly protected. 
Western orders filled from 
Western points. Whether your 
uairy is large or small, write 
us and obtain our handsome 
free catalog. Address; 
AMERICAN SEPARATOR CO. 
Box 1075 
BAINBRIOGE. 
N.Y. 
W A NTP n~ Working *' oreman , single, on Certl- 
II I LU fled Milk Farm in farm department. 
Must understand how to take care of horses and 
farmwork. In first letter state references, age, 
and wages wanted, with room and board. 
RARITAN VALLEY FARMS. Somerville. N. J. 
WANTFF1 FARM HANDS in an institution for 
II nil I LU feeble-minded boys. Salary $30 a 
month and maintenance to start with. Apply to 
the SUPERINTENDENT OF LETCHWOKTH 
VILLAGE, Thiells, N. Y. 
W A NTF n ^OMEN attendants in an institution 
llrtll I LU for feeble-minded boys; salary $20 a 
month and maintenance to start with. A Iso women 
cooks; salary $30 a month ami maintenance to 
start with. Apply to the SUPERINTENDENT OF 
LETOHWORTH VILLAGE. Thiells, N. Y. 
DO YOU NEED FARM HELP ? 
The Jewish Agricultural and Industrial Aid So¬ 
ciety has on its lists men wishing to obtain em¬ 
ployment on farms. Many of them are without 
experience. They are able-bodied and willing to 
work. If you can make use of such help, please 
communicate with us, stating what wages you will 
pay, whether the work is permanent, and whether 
you prefer a single or a married man, with or with¬ 
out experience. Ours is a philanthropic organiza¬ 
tion whose object Is to assist and encourage Jewish 
immigrants to become fanners. We charge no 
commission to employer or employee. Address 
FARM LABOR BUREAU, 17B Second Avenue, New York City. 
Eggs, Poultry, Meats, Produce. 
Shipments solicited. JELLIFFE, WRIGHT & CO.. Com 
mission Merchants, 284 Washingt on St.. New York. 
JOHN C. QUICK CO. 
COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 34 JAY STREET, NEW YORK 
Fancy Poultry Farm Eggs Our Specialty 
QUICK Returns Our Motto. _ Established 1855 
4 ^ 4 Our largo con- 
sumptive outlet 
enables us 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, Rittenhou.se & Co., 154 Reatle St,, New York 
Boston Produce Go. 
Commission Merchants, 
Fruits and Produce. Consignments Solicited 
93-95 South Market St., 
Boston. 
AN OUTLET FOR BUTTER AND EGGS DIRECT 
To best trade jn Greater New Yoris 
Offering fullest value and quick return j 
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. 
Investigate and you will reach the 
same conclusion as the New York 
Legislators who bought 15 Una- 
dllias for state institutions. The 
silo that gives highest quality of 
silage—that is tho important thing 
for you to know. Also has superior 
construction, is easiest in handling 
silage, and ahead in all points. 
Send for catalogue and 30 day 
order discount. Agents wanted. 
UNADILLA SILO CO., Box C, Unadllta, N.Y. 
The Silo in Modern Farming— In these days of in¬ 
tensive farming, ensilage as feed can no longer be ignored. 
Its use is an economy. But the silo itself must not be a 
source of continual expense. 
THE IMPERISHABLE SILO 
is guaranteed. It is storm-proof, decay-proof, no painting, no waste 
of time and money in upkeep, no hoops, no injurious moisture. Is 
simple in construction. The first cost is the last. The Imperishable 
is made of Patented Vitrified Clay Blocks which are non-absorbent and 
last forever. They resist swelling, shrinking and rotting—a continual 
expense with other silos. Write at once for catalog. 
NATIONAL FIRE PROOFING COMPANY 
Agricultural Department L 
University Block, Syracuse, N. Y. 
