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THHJ RUKAL* NEW-YORKER 
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CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, May 4, 1912. 
FARM TOriCS. 
Monmouth County Farmers’ Exchange 
Fart II.573, 
Rotation of Corn and Grass. 
Questions About Vetch. 
Long Influence of Ashes and Lime.... 
A Trade in Silage. 
plowing or Disking Oats. 
What to Do with Alfalfa. 
Conditions in Western New Y’ork. 
Cow Peas Before Grass Seeding. 
Thousand-headed Kale and Marrow 
Cabbage . 
Planting With Puncher and Tongs.... 
Seeding a Maine Pasture. 
Spring in Idaho . 
Inoculation for Vetch. 
Johnson Grass . 
Oats and Peas; Millet. 
Preparing for Mixed Hay. 
Seeding to Grass. 
Homemade Lime Spreader. 
Hope Farm Notes . 
Culture of Ilorse-radish . 
Killing Cutworms . 
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LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY'. 
Nitrate of Soda and Stock. 580 
A Self-educated Farmer. 588 
Raising Baby Pigs . 588 
Oleo and Southern Congressmen. 589 
Figuring on a Creamery. 589 
“Helianti” Fodder . 590 
Scuttle in Stable . 590 
Alfalfa for the Silo. 590 
Selling or Feeding Wheat. 590 
Concrete Floor in Doghouse. 590 
Manure in Cement Pigpen. 590 
Cotton-seed Hulls . 590 
Green Fodder . 590 
Summer Silage . 590 
Sow Eating Pigs . 590 
A Oue-Cow Silo . 590 
The Egg-laying Contest . 591 
Hygrometer; Feeding Rations. 592 
Henhouse Construction . 592 
Lame Cockerel . 592 
Adjusting Incubator Losses. 592 
Good Poultry Rations. 592 
The Right Kind of a Jersey. 593 
Two More Great Holstein Cows. 593 
HORTICULTURE. 
MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New Y'ork, 
Week Ending April 27, 1912. 
BUTTER 
Creamery, fancy, lb.32 @ .33 
Good to Choice.28 @ .30 
Lower Grades .25 @ .27 
State Dairy, best. 31 @ .32 
Common to Good.21 @ .29 
Factory.22 © .25 
Packing Stock.21 @ .24 
Elgin, 111., butter market firm at 31 cents. 
Boston, western creamery, 32}£ cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 34 cents. 
EGG 8 
White, good to choice. .22 @ .23 
Mixed Colors, best.20 @ .21 
Common to Good.16 @ 19 
Western, best.21 @ .22 
Under grades. 15 © .18 
Checks and dirties. 14 ® . 1 $ 
CHEESE 
Full Cream, best. 15 @ .15 
Common to Good. 13 <$ .14 
Skims.08 © .12 
BEANS 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 4.30 @ 5.00 
Medium. 4.00 @ 4.50 
Pea. 4.00 @ 4.60 
1 ellow Eye.3.95 @ 4.00 
lied Kidney.4.00 @4.45 
White Kidney. 5.25 @ 5.85 
Lima, California. 6 . 6 o @ 6.70 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice.53 © .55 
Common to Good. 35 @ .45 
Pacific Coast. 41 @ .44 
German Crop, new. .80 © !85 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples—Spy, bbl.2.50 © 5.50 
Spltzenburg . 2.50 © 5.00 
Ben Davis. 2.00 @3 50 
Baldwin.2.50 © 4.50 
Greening. 2.50 @ 5.50 
Gano... .250 @3.50 
Winesap. 3.00 @ 5.00 
Western, box. 1.25 © 2.50 
Cranberries. Cape Cod, bbl. 7.00 @11 00 
Jersey, bbl.6.50 @ 8.00 
Strawberries, Fla., qt.05 @ .20 
Carolina.08 @ .15 
DRIED FRUITS 
Apples, evap., choice, 1911.09J^@ .10 
Common to good.07 © .09 
Chops. 02 @ .02M 
Raspberries.27 @ .29 
The Strawberry Root Louse. 57(5 
Calomel for Borers. 57G 
Cutting Back Frozen Peach Trees.... 576 
Lentils in the North. 577 
Parsley for Family Use. 577 
Fruit Injury in New Jersey. 578 
Keeping Apples Out Doors. 578 
What Is Thorough Spraying?. 580 
Price of New Variety. 580 
Do Not Forgot Northern Spy. 581 
Bisulphide of Carbon for Peach Borers 583 
Dwarfs, Fillers and Pryamids. 583 
Sparrows and Cherries. 583 
WOMAN AND TIIE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 
Organizing a Ladies’ Aid Society. 
Castor Oil for Chilblains. 
The Rural Patterns... 
Canning Asparagus . 
As the Hair Grows Thin. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Direct Power from the Sun. 
Canning Factories in Florida. 
Some Facts About Fish Culture. 
That Concrete Ice House. 
Notes on Postal Reform. Part II.... 
Editorials . 
That 35-cent Dollar. 
Republican Presidential Candidates... 
Events of the Week. 
Prices and Trade. 
Publisher's Desk . 
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PRICES AND TRADE. 
Cattle and other stock is very high, milk 
is six cents per quart. Butter 35 cents; 
eggs 20 cents; hay $25 a ton. No silage 
to sell. Manure 25 cents for two-horse 
load. Apples, good, 75 cents. J. h. w. 
Blaine, W. Va. 
Fat cattle bring seven cents per pound ; 
milch cows from $45 to $75 each; oxen, 
$175 to $225; hogs, six to seven cents a 
pound. Potatoes this Spring $1.40 to $1.75 
per bushel; milk peddled, six to seven 
cents per quart. Manure from $2.50 to $3 
per cord. c. E. M. 
Newport, N. Y. 
Last year was the dryest and worst crop 
year we had for a long time. Feed very 
scarce. Ilay is worth $27 per ton ; corn, 
$1 per bushel; wheat, $1.05; very little to 
sell. Beef, three to four cents; hogs, live 
to six cents; butter, 25 cents; eggs, 12 to 
15 cents; potatoes, $1.50 to $2.50 per 
bushel. a. s. G. 
Andersonville, Va. 
Cows are selling from $35 to $50; hay, 
mixed clover, $16 to $18; creek stock hay, 
$8 to $12; bran, 60 cents per 100; meal, 
$1.60 ; oats, 65 cents a bushel. Hogs, eight 
cents. Manure, $1 a load. Potatoes, $1.40. 
Fowls, 16 cents dressed. Eggs, 18 cents; 
have been 16 cents; milk, 75 cents per can 
of 21% quarts; butter, 35 cents; maple 
sugar, 14 cents. a. p. j. 
tlrandon, Vt. 
These are the figures an auctioneer gave 
me: Cows from $25 to $68; horses, $50 
to $240; brood sows, $20 to $35; hay, 
$12 to $20 per ton; corn, 35 to 75 cents 
a bushel; oats, 50 to 55 cents. A cannery 
has a quantity of pea vine silage they 
are selling at $3 per ton ; some is In silo, 
and some in stack, no difference in quality, 
I am told, and said by users to be excel¬ 
lent feed for milk. w. h. o. 
Clyde, N. Y. 
Following are the ruling prices for farm 
products: Horses, from $125 to $225; 
cows. $40 to $65; pigs, $3.50; sheep, $3; 
hay, $27 per ton; corn, 92 cents; bran 
and mill feed. $1.60 per 100. Eggs, 18% 
cents per dozen; butter, 27 cents per 
pound; chickens, 12% cents per pound. No 
market for milk. Potatoes, $1.50 to $3 per 
bushel; onions, four cents per pound; 
*PP}6®> $1.50 to $2.25 per barrel; wheat, 
$1.02 per bushel; oats, 65 cents ; rye, 90; 
barley, 90 ; buckwheat, 80. Prospects for 
wheat and grass fine, also fruit; trees in 
bloom. j ^ 
Cootes Store, Va. 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes—N. Y. State, bbl. 3.75 @ 4.00 
Maine, bbl. 3.87 @ 4.12 
Foreign, 168-lb. bag. 1.25 @ 2.50 
Bermuda, bbl. 6.00 @ 8.50 
Fla., new, bbl. 3.00 @ 7.00 
Sweet Potatoes, bushel.75 @ 2.00 
Artichokes, Cal., bit. drum. 3.00 @ 4.00 
Asparagus, Cal., doz. 2.00 ® 4.00 
Southern, doz. 1.50 @ 3.00 
Jersey . 1.00 @ 4.00 
Beets, new, 100 bunches. 2.00 @ 4.00 
Carrots, bbl.3.00 @ 3.50 
New. 100 bunches. 2.00 @ 3.50 
Cucumbers, Fla., bu. 1.25 @ 2.50 
Cabbage—New, bbl., crate.1.50 @ 3.00 
Cauliflowers, Cal., case.3.50 @ 4.00 
Kale, bbl.75 © 1.25 
Chicory, bbl. 1.00 @ 3.00 
Lettuce. Is-bbl. bkt. 100 @2.00 
Onions, State and Western, IU0 lbs... 1.50 @ 4.50 
Texas, bu. 2.25 @ 2.75 
Peppers, Southern, carrier. 1.25 @2.50 
Peas, Southern, bu. 1.00 @ 2.75 
Radishes, % lb. bkt.75 @ 1.25 
Rhubarb. 100 bunches. 1.50 @ 2.50 
String Beans, bu. 1.00 @ 2.00 
Spinach, bbl.90 @ 1.75 
Squash, Old, bbl. 1.25 @ 1.50 
Now, bu. 100 IS) 1.50 
Turnios. Rutabaga, bbl. 1.00 @ 2.00 
Egg Plants. Fla., box. 2.00 @ 3 25 
Tomatoes, Fla. Carrier., l.ou @ 3.00 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS 
Cucumbers, No. 1, doz.50 @ .75 
No. 2, box. 2.50 © 3.00 
Tomatoes, lb.10 @ .25 
Lettuce, doz.25 @ .75 
Mushrooms, lb.15 @ .45 
Radishes, 100 bunches. 1.00 @ 1.50 
Rhubarb, 100 bunches.2.00 © 4.00 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, lb.13 @ .14 
Fowls. 13 @ .14 
Roosters.09 @ .10 
Ducks.14 © .15 
Geese....08 @ .09 
Turkeys. 14 @ .15 
Guineas, pair. 50 © .60 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, best. 21 @ .22 
Common to Good.14 © .18 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb.35 @ .45 
Broilers, common to good.25 © .28 
Roasters.16 ® .21 
Fowls. 14 © .16 
Ducks, lb.15 @ .22 
Geese.. @ .16 
Squabs, doz. 1.50 @ 4.25 
HAY AND STRAW 
Bay. Timothy No. 1. ton.30.00 @ 31.00 
No. 2.28.00 © 29.00 
No. 3.25.00 @ 27.00 
Clover Mixed.24.00 @ 30 00 
Clover.22.00 @ 28.00 
Straw, Rye.I9.U0 @ 20.00 
Oat and Wheut.13.00 @ 15.00 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs. 6.50 @ 8 .10 
Bulls.4.00 IS) 7.00 
Cows. 2.00 @ 6.00 
Calves, Piimo Veal, 100 lbs. 7.00 © 9.00 
Culls.5.00 @ 6.00 
Sheep. 100 lbs.6.00 © 6.00 
Lambs. 8.00 @ 9.00 
Hogs.7.00 © 8.15 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEATS 
Calves, prime, lb. 11 © .12 
Common to good.09 © .10 % 
Buttermilks.07 @ .08 
Lambs, hothouse, heaa. 3.00 @ 6.50 
Pork. Light.09 @ .10 
Heavy.05 @ .07 
Lump Jaw. 
Will you tell me what is the matter 
with one of our hogs, and what treatment 
does it need? There are two lumps under 
its jaw close together as large as" a coffee- 
cup, something like lump jaw in cows. 
Do hogs have lump jaw? What causes it 
and will it contaminate the other hogs to 
feed and run with it? j. g. s. 
Pennsylvania. 
Lump jaw (actinomycosis) is caused by 
the ray fungus (actinomyces) and is seen 
in hogs as well as cattle. In swine it 
most affects the mammary glands (udder) 
of sows. Tuberculosis of the glands mav 
be present; but we are unable to say which 
disease is there. If the lump is soft open 
it for evacuation of pus; then swab out 
with tincture of iodine once daily. It 
would perhaps be best to have an examin¬ 
ation made by a veterinarian or slaughter 
tlie hog for meat under veterinary inspec¬ 
tion. A . s . a. 
Ergotism. 
Can you tell me what is the matter with 
my four-year-old heifer? She eats well, 
drinks; when I turn her in the yard she 
jumps, kicks up her heels and runs and 
plays in good condition. About two weeks 
ago I noticed a little place on hind leg 
that was bleeding and looked as if the skin 
was off. About 10 days later I noticed 
that it had gone up to her gambrel joint, 
and has gone about six inches. When she 
is out she licks it. It looks as if her 
legs had been filled with shot, they bleed 
and then look purple, just like a boil but 
her legs are not swollen. One person says 
he once saw one like it. and doctors said 
it was cowpox in hind leg. What can I 
do for it? They said it was not contag¬ 
ious. g. J. s. 
New York. 
As well as we can tell from your descrip¬ 
tion the condition is poisoning from ergot 
(ergotism) found in Timothy hay, rye, etc. 
Ergot (Claviccps purpurea) appears as 
black-purple spurs protruding from the 
hulls of the seed heads of grass or grain. 
The poison causes sloughing from lack of 
blood circulation in the extremities, and 
especially when cattle are wading in snow 
and slush. If the poison is withheld the 
trouble should subside, providing the 
sloughs are not clear down to bone or 
tendon. Faint with tincture of iodine each 
other day. a. s. a. 
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