1912 . 
THE RURAt NEW-YORKE: 
006 
CONTENTS 
The Robal New-Yorker, May 25, 1912. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Lime and Potato Scab.637, 638 
The Wocdcr Seeder . 638 
The Use of Fish as Manure. 040 
Killing Poison Oak. 640 
Seeding to Grass. 041 
Crops and Prices. <‘>42 
Tannery Refuse as a Fertilizer. Part II. 043 
Arsenate of Lead and Ilay. 643 
Hope Farm Notes. 044 
Frightening Crows . 044 
Four-horse Evener . 647 
Importing Weed Seeds. 647 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Grafting Fur Upon the Woolly-Back... 637 
Maine Live Stock. 644 
Value of a Summer Silo. 650 
Sheep and Goats. 630 
Jersey Cattle Club Tests. 650 
A One-Cow Silo. 651 
Prolific Swine. 651 
The Good Sheep. 651 
A Pig Record. 651 
Milk . «b2 
Condemning Kansas Cream. 6 d2 
The Cow or the Man. 652 
The Cost Of Producing Mltk. 652 
Silage for Idaho. 652 
Cheese Country Notes. 652 
The Champion Poultry Picker. 653 
The Egg-Laying Contest. 653 
Prices for Eggs. 653 
Plums in Poultry Yard. 6o5 
A Gray-IIaired Egg. 65o 
Egg-catlng Dogs . 6oo 
HORTICULTURE. 
Commercial Spraying . 638 
The “How” and “Why” of the Low- 
Headed Apple Tree. Part II. 639 
\phis on Rose: Ants on Paeouies. 640 
Treatment of Privet Cuttings. 640 
Cabbage Maggot; Rose-bug on Grapes. 640 
Fruit Prospects . 640 
Muskmelon Blight . 641 
Winter Injury of Fruit Trees. 641 
Poisons of Wood and Field. 64o 
French Mushrooms . 645 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 648 
Deerskin Shedding Hair. 648 
One Occupation for a Shut-in. 648 
Old-fashioned Cake . 648 
fTntmoal Cookies . 648 
The Rural Patterns . 649 
Bread from Winter Wheat. 649 
Hop Yeast .. • 649 
MI SC ELLANEOUS. 
A Bridge of Iron and Concrete. 638 
Country Merchants and Parcels Post 
Opposition . 638 
Lumber Measure . 643 
Editorials . 646 
Events of the Week. 647 
Large Public Questions. 647 
Publisher’s Desk . 654 
MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending May 18, 1912. 
BUTTER 
Creamery, fancy. Ib...30 © .31 
Good to Choice... -28 ft .2b 
Lower Grades . ...- .25 ft .27 
State Hairy, best. 28 ft 39 
Common to Good............. - —. -24 ft .27 
Factory...22 ft .25 
Packing Brock...21 ft .22 
Elgin, 111., batter market ttrm at 31 cents. 
Boston, western creamery. 31 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 31 eenta. 
EGGS 
White, good to choice.22 ft .24 
Mixed Colors, best .20 ft .11 
Common to Good.1*5 ft 13 
Western, best.:. 21 ft .22 
Under grades.15 ft .17 
Checks and dirties....10 ft .16 
CHEESE 
Full Cream, best. 15 ft .16 
Common to Good. 13 ft .14 
Rldms.68 ft 11 
BEANS 
Marrow. 100 lbs. 4.50 ft 5 35 
Medium. 4.25 ft 4.IK* 
Pea..... 4.25 ft 5.60 
Vellow Kye.3-65 ft 400 
lied Kfdney.....4 30 ft 5.60 
White Kidney.5.30 ft 5.90 
Lima, California.6.4a ft 6-50 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice . 45 ft .50 
Common toGood... .35 ft .40 
Pacific Coast...41 ft .44 
German Crop, new. 80 ft .85 
FllESH FRUITS 
Apples—Hoy,bbl.. 2 50 ft 5.50 
Spitzenbnrg .. .. 2.50 ft 5.00 
Ben Davis-.... 2.00 ft 3 50 
Baldwin. 2.50 @ 4.50 
Greening... 2.50 ® 6.00 
Winesap.. ....... ..... 3.00 ft 5.60 
Western, box... 1.25 ft 3.00 
Strawberries, Virginia, qt.05 ft .12 
Carolina. 65 ® .10 
Maryland.07 ft -13 
Muskmelons, s’n, bu...,. . 2.00 ft 2.75 
Watermelons, each... 1.00 @ 1.25 
nitlEI) FRUITS 
Apples, evap , eboiee, 1911.09J4® .10 
Common to good.07 oe .0*1 
Chops. 02 © .0214 
Raspberries. 226 ft .27 
VEGETABLKS 
Potatoes—N. Y. State, bbl. 3.25 ft 3.5ft 
Maine, bbl. 3.50 © 3.75 
Foreign. 168-lb. bag. 1.50 ft 2.50 
Bermuda, bbl. 4.50 ft 6.50 
Fla .uew.bbl... 2.00 @ 6.50 
Sweet Pitatoes, bushel.75 ft 2.00 
Artichokes, Cal., bu. drum. 2.00 © 4.00 
Asparagus. Southern, do*. 1.06 ft 2.00 
Nearby. 1.00 © 3.00 
Beets, new, 100 bunches.1.8# © 3.00 
Carrots, bbl. 3.00 © 3.50 
New. 1U0 bunches.. 1.00 ft 3.00 
Cucumbers, Fla., bu . 1.00 ft 1.75 
Cabbage— New, bbl., crate. 100 @ 2.00 
Leeks, 100 bunches. 2.00 © 4.00 
lettuce.hs-bbl. bkt.... 25 ft .90* 
Onions, Bermuda, bn... 1.00 ft 1.25 
Texas, bu......'... 1.20 ft 1.60 
Parsley, bbl.. 1.50 ft 5.00 
Peppers, Southern, carrier. 1.25 ft 2.50 
Peas. Southern, bu. .75 ft 2.75 
Radishes. J^-lb. bkt...25 © .75 
Rhubarb, 100 bunches..50 © 1.00 
String Beans, bu. 1.00 © 2.50 
Spinach, bbl.1.00 © 1.50 
Squash, new, bn. 50 © 1.50 
Turnips. Rutabaga, bbl....2.00 ft 3.00 
White, bbl.50 ft 1.25 
Kgg Plants, Fla., bbl. 2.00 ft 3.00 
Tomatoes. Fla. Carrier. 1.00 © 2.75 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS 
Cucumbers. No. 1, doz.75 
No. 2. box....... . 2.00 
Tomatoes, lb.10 
Mushrooms, lb . 15 
© 1.00 
ft 3.00 
© .20 
ft 256 
LIVE POULTRY 
Broilers, lb.40 ft 
Fowls. 15 © 
Roosters. 09 ft .10 
Ducks. II ft .12 
Geese. .08 © 
Turkeys. .11 © 
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Gnlneas, pair.50 ft .60 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, best.21 © .22 
Common to Good.14 ft .18 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb. .35 © .45 
Broilers, common to good. .25 ® .28 
Roasters... .16 © .21 
Fowls.14 ft .15 
Ducks, lb.15 ft .22 
Geese. 13 ft .16 
Squabs, doz.75 @ 4.25 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay. Timothy No. 1, ton.31.00 © 32.00 
No. 2.28.60 ft 30.60 
No. 3....,...25.00 © 27.00 
Clover Mixed.25.60 © 29 60 
Straw, Kye.19.00© 21.00 
Oat and Wheat.14.00 © 15.00 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers. 100 lbs. 
... 6.90 
ft 9 90 
Bulls. 
IS) 6.75 
Cows. 
... 2.00 
ft 5.80 
Calves, Prime Veal, loo lbs. 
.. 7.00 
ft 9.25 
Culls... 
fai> 0 50 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 
<& 6.50 
Lambs. 
... 7.00 
© 8.60 
Hogs. 
... 7.00 
ft 8.20 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEATS 
Calves, prime, lb.11 
ft 
.72 
Common to good. 
.. .09 
ft 
.1644 
Lambs, hothouse, head. 
... 3.00 
ft G.5U 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1. Northern Spring .... 
... 7.26 
© ... 
No. 2. lied.. 
... 1.23 
© ... 
No. 2 Hard Winter. 
... 1.23 
ft ... 
Corn, ns to quality, bush. 
© .80 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 
... .60 
ft 
.64 
Rye, No. 2, Western. 
,.. .90 
© 
.95 
Barley, choice.. 
... 1.25 
(or 130 
COTTON 
New York Middling Upland.... 
Middling Gulf. 
New Orleans, Low Middling ... 
Good Middling ... 
11.75 
12.00 
11.15 
12.40 
Obstructed Teat. 
I have a heifer, has been fresh one 
month. In one front quarter of her udder, 
she gives only a cup of milk. The udder 
is not sore or caked. There is a cord and 
lump at the upper end of the teat; the cord 
reaches up in the thick part of the udder. 
She is fed on middlings and hay. The milk 
has been tested from that affected quarter; 
it Is good. She gave milk the first week 
she was fresh from the affected quarter as 
much as the other quarters. What can 
I do for her?' c. w. M. 
Pennsylvania. 
In such cases it is best to dry off milk 
flow, as interference in the way of an 
operation would be about certain to lead 
to infection and a severe case of garget 
which might spread to the other quarters 
of the udder. Dissolve two ounces of gum 
camphor in a cupful of melted lard and 
rub in some of the mixture twice a day. 
Leave a little of the milk In the udder at 
each milking. a. a. a. 
The Ohio Department of Agriculture re¬ 
ports the following crop outlook for that 
State: Wheat condition compared with 
average, 44 per cent; rye, 75; Winter bar¬ 
ley, 67. Oat seeding compared witli last 
year, 128 per cent; Spring barley, 97. 
The wheat situation is much worse than 
the percentage shows, large quantities of 
the original seeding have been abandoned. 
The crop will be a practical failure. 
No. 190—Runabout 
Sells at retail for $65. Easy 
riding, stylish and very dur¬ 
able. We defy competition 
with k. 
$48.50 
No. 290—Buckboard 
Retailers ask $70 for its equal. 
Our own pattern, strongly 
made, easiest rider known, 
and a general favorite. 
We make the best New York State 
Standard quality Wagons and 
sell them direct from 
factory to users at 
Wholesale Prices 
You save all dealer's and jobber's 
profits—from $20 to $40—and 
obtain our binding guarantee tor 
one year fiom date of purchase. 
No Money in Advance 
Any wagon will be shipped to you 
for free examination and approval. 
No deposit or references required. 
Safe Delivery Guaranteed 
You take no risk whatever. Every 
wagon will reach you in perfect 
condition, or it can be returned to 
us at our expense. 
Send for Catalogue 
Showing 200 styles of wagons 
No. 118—Top Buggy 
Fully as good as retails for 
$75. Will give years of ser¬ 
vice, nicely finished, and a 
bargain. 
$53.50 
No. 350—Handy Wagon 
Removable seats, very strong, 
and one of our best selling 
styles. Can’t be duplicated 
anywhere for less than $70 
and 50 styles of Harness. Every approved pattern is shown at a wide range of prices. 
ROCHESTER VEHICLE CO., 360 Main St., Rochester, N. Y. 
Hay from $12 to $14 a ton; potatoes, 
$1.2(1 a bushel; milk, six to seven cents a 
quart. Cows, from $40 to $60 each ; oxen 
and steers about seven cents a pound live 
weight. Manure about $1.50 to $2 a cord. 
Corn, $1 a bushel: oats, 80 cents; hogs, 
6<4 cents a pound live weight; horses from 
$100 to $300. j. e. c. 
Athens, Me. 
Milch cows bring from S40 to $90. No 
silage sold in this vicinity. Manure, $3 
per cord in the pit. No. 1 horse hay, $25 
to $20 in barn and $27 to $28 delivered. 
Milk, 25 to 28 cents per 8%-quart can at 
door, according to distance from city. Eggs, 
25 cents wholesale, 30 cents at retail. Cord 
wood, $0 per cord In city of Lowell. 
Chelmsford, Mass. w. h. s. 
There have been very few auction sales 
lately. Cows sell for $40 to $80.; hay, $20 
at barn ; potatoes. $1.50 per bushel; eggs, 
22 cents; butter, 32 cents: milk. 31 cents 
at car, (8% quarts). Above prices are 
wholesale. I know of no farm manure 
being sold here. Live stock has taken a 
rise very lately, but there arc very few 
for sale. w. b. s. 
E. Barrington. N. II. 
The nearest estimate I can make to 
prices in my vicinity are as follows: Beef, 
oxen, 6 Vi cents live weight; good cows, 
$55 to $65 ; hay. $20 per ton at barn. Po¬ 
tatoes. $1.75 a bushel. Stable manure, $4 
a cord. Cornmeal, $1.70 a bag, all at re¬ 
tail. Milk. 27 cents per can wholesale, de¬ 
livered on board car, can containing 8% 
quarts. m. h. 
Epping, N. H. 
Fresh hay, $32 per ton ; salt hay, $8 per 
ton. Stable manure, $2 per ton: chicken 
manure, 30 cents per barrel. Corn on cob, 
$1.02 a bushel. Butter, 30 to 85 cents; 
mltk, four cents per quart. White pota¬ 
toes, $1.50 per bushel ; sweets, $1.40. Milch 
cows, $40 to $60 ; hogs, live weight, five to 
six cents per pound; dressed, 10 and 11 
cents. h. k. l. 
Dorothy, N. J. 
Milch cows I the kind we used to get 
from $35 to $40 for) tiring from $75 to 
$80. There are a few pairs of working 
cattle around here. They are asking around 
$200 per pair for them. Probably the high 
price of beef will soon raise this price. I 
am selling hay at the barn for $22 per tou. 
About all the manure sold around bore is 
shipped from New York, and at the present 
time sells for about $2.50 per ton i. o. b. 
Canton. Milk, f. o. b. station. 4cents; 
butter fat, 40 cents per pound. Potatoes 
sell for $1.50 per bushel. Six weeks old 
pigs bring $8 per pair. r. h. v. 
Canton, Conn. 
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rftnn ri. Direct to beat trail, in Greater New 
rhl]\ tllii York. 11 Ik beet market value Mil 
account sales day of arrival. Refer to 
Rural New-Yorker, Dim’s or Bradstreet'a. 
Zenith Butter S Euu Co., 355-59 Greenwich St., N.Y. 
JELLIFFE, WRIGHT & COMPANY, 
Commission Merchants, 284 Washington St., New York 
Poultry, Eggs, Meats, Produce. Shipments Solicited 
Geo. A. Cosgrove’s Poultry Farm For Sale 
6.8 acres, 2'e miles from Station, mile from 
Churches, School, etc. High location, 23 kinds of 
grafted Apples, Fears, Plums, Cherries and small 
fruit. About 200 hens and 400 chicks and my poultry 
business go with it. Trout brook runs through it. 
Located in W. Willington, Conn., 14 miles north of 
Willimantic. Sold only account of age. Priee, 
$2,900, $1,090 can remain on mortgage. 
DELAWARE FARMS 
Money-making farms thmoghrmt the entire State, 
S15 an acre up; live stork, implements and crops 
often included. We offer best bargains, ard pay 
buyer’s railroad fare. Catalog free. FOLD & 
REIS, Inc., Dept. 51, Wilmington, Delaware. 
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY 
Farm of 108 acres, eleven room, fine house With 
blinds, porches and concrete cellar; three largo 
barns, ice, tool and lion houses, fruit, two horses, 
four cotvs, two heifers, wagons, plows, cultivators, 
binders, roller, mower, grain drill, track, fork and 
Price, $4,500, half cash, balance live per cent. 
S FARM AGENCY, Oweyo. Tiooa County, New York. 
FlFI AWACF Beautifully illustrated booklet 
LflLLA VY AI\E< about the State of Red Apples, 
luscious Peaches. Strawberries, diversified farm¬ 
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FOR NEW VORK FARMS 
or for farm lands in the West and South call on or 
write to S. F. McBUP.NEY & CO.. 309 Bastable Block, 
Syracuse, New York, or 703 Fisher Building, Chicago, III. 
FARMS '»«h of new YORK STATE 
at low figures and easy terms if desired. Wo 
specialize in farm business. Send for list. 
C. L YAGER & CO. BINGHAMTON, N. Y. 
JOHN C. QUICK CO. 
COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 34 JAY STREET, NEW YORK 
Fancy Poultry Farm Eggs Our Specialty 
QUICK Returns Our Motto. Established 1855 
GKO. P. HAMMONI). EST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & CO., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers in all kiudsof 
COUNTRY PRODUCE, Apples, Peaches, Ber 
ries Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms 
and Hot-house Products a Specialty. Consignments 
solicited. 34 & 36 Little 1 ttth at.. New York- 
STRAWBERRIES 
Calves, Poultry, Fancy Eggs, Hothouse 
Products, Fruits, Vegetables. 
Top Prices Secured for Clioiee Goods. 
ARCHDEACON & CO., 100 Murray St.,NewYerk 
The Rochester Produce 
and Commission Company 
COMMISSION MERCHANTS 
Highest Prices Paid for Butter, Cheese, Eggs.Lard- 
Ponltry, Calves, Beans, Potatoes, Etc. 
244-246 Clinton Avenue, North, ROCHESTER, N.Y. 
UfAUTCn—First-class gardener at om-e; must 
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WANTED—ABOUT 40-ACRE FARM 
reasonable price. G. E. N., 494 6th five., Brooklyn, N.Y. 
E astern shore of Virginia truck farms. Famous 
for Irish and SweetPotatoes. Land advancing 20 <ft 
annually. W. G. EMMETT. Belle Haven, Va, 
A DAPCAI M— 270 acres: good bulld- 
■* r\ I III Jngs : elegant soli ; $5,600. 
THE BILLINGS FARM AGENCY, Apalachin, N.Y. 
NIIIP.APRF Commuter ’ s Place Near Bound Broek For Sale 
If I IlL'nVJ TIL Eleven-room house,all improvements, 
main line trrvHey passes door—ham and chicken 
houses—details by mail. P.0. Box 223, Bound Brook, N. J. 
M ONEY-MAKING FARM&~SpIentUU assortment, size 
and price. Some must be sold at big sacrifice. 
Some with stoek. crops and tools included, for 
qniek sale. Descriptive catalogue free. 
BURRIS, Robinson Building, Elmiha, N. Y. 
E ASTERN SHORE of Maryland and Virginia. Poultry, 
Fruit, Truck, Grain and Grass Farms for sale. 
Catalog free. M. L. VEASEY, Pocomoke City, Md. 
Virginia Farms For Sale C i a ?;«te, C yS” E » l T f. d. 
BOOKS WORTH BUYING 
American Fruit Culturist, Thomas.... $2.50 
Bush Fruits, Card... 1.50 
Principles of Fruit Growing, Bailey.. 1.50 
Successful Fruit Culture, Maynard.. .. 1.00 
Dwarf Fruit Trees, Waugh.50 
Plums and i’luni Culture, Waugh..,. 1.50 
Pruning Book, Bailey...... 1.50 
Nursery Book, Bailey. 1.50 
Spraying off Plants, Lo-deman. 1.25 
Plant Breeding, Bailey... 1.25 
Evolution of Our Native Fruits, Bailey 2.00 
Survival of The Unlike, Bailey........ 2.00 
Horticulturists’ Rule Book, Bailey.... 2.00 
The Soil, King. 1.50 
Soils, Hilgard . 4.00 
Fertility of the Land, Roberts. 1.50 
Irrigation and Drainage, King....... 1.50 
Fertilizers, Voorhees . 1.23 
Agriculture and Chemistry. Storer, 3 
vols.. 5.00 
Forage Crops, Voorhees. 1.50 
Principles of Agriculture, Bailey.1.25 
Garden Making, Bailey. 1.50 
Vegetable Gardening, Bailey.1.50 
Forcing Book, Bailey. 1.25 
How Crops Grow, Johnson. 1.50 
IIo-w Crops Feed, Johnson..... 1.50 
Cereals in America, Hunt. 1.75 
Fc "’ge and Fiber Crops in America, 
Hunt . 1.75 
Book of Alfalfa, Coburn...2.00 
Farm Grasses in United States, Spill¬ 
man . 1-00 
Clovers and How to Grow Them, Shaw 1.00 
The Potato, Fraser .75 
Tomato Culture, Tracy.50 
Celery Culture, Beattie.50 
Chrysanthemum Culture, Herrington.. .50 
Plant Culture, Oliver. 1.50 
The Rose, Kingsley. 2.00 
Landscape Gardening, Waugh.50 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
409 PEARL ST., NEW YORK CITY 
