1912. 
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CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker., June 1, 1912. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Detail in Drainage Work; Manufactured 
Y’s .657, 658 
Forage Crops for Pennsylvania. 659 
The Country High School Graduate.... 659 
Weight of Hay in Mow. 660 
Acme and Disk Compared. 660 
Canadian Notes and Questions.660 
When to Cut Timothy. 661 
College Students as Farm Workers... 661 
Holding Grain Supply. 661 
The Bashful State. 661 
Balling Cutworms .661 
Getting Rid of Weeds. 662 
Conditions in Central New York.662 
Prize Plant Setters. 662 
Trimming Sweet Potato Plants. 662 
Lentils in the North. 662 
Corn and Crows. 668 
Hope Farm Notes. 664 
A Western Back to the Lander. 664 
Weed Seeds in Alfalfa. 665 
Poison Ivy . 66o 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Grafting Fur Upon the Woolly-Back.. 657 
Poultry and Poison Sprays. 662 
The South and Oleomargarine. 667 
Weaning the Lambs. 670 
The Size of a Silo. 670 
The Beef Breeders of Cattle. 671 
Ration for Milch Cows. 671 
A Successful Turkey Man Talks. 671 
Milk . 672 
What About the Wheeler Milk Bill?.. 672 
Tale of a Hen Institute. 678 
Remedy for Damp Henhouse. 678 
Proportion of Roosters to Flock. 678 
Tapeworm in Fowls. 678 
Swedesboro, N. J., Broilers. 674 
Roup; Selecting Breeders. 674 
HORTICULTURE. 
Irrigation of Orchards. 658 
The “Why” and “How” of the Low- 
headed Apple Tree. Part III. 658- 
Sunscald and Fire Blight. 659 
Three Reasons for Poor Spraying.... 659 
Grafting in Winter. 660 
New Idea for Berry Tickets. 660 
The Russian Poplar. 660 
Aphides on Rose; Ants and Pseonies 661 
Spray Mixture on the Ground. 662 
Location for Strawberries. 662 
Vineyard Cultivation for This Month. 668 
Planting Trees with Dynamite. 668 
Fruit Prospects in North Carolina.... 668 
The Springs Hits Michigander. 668 
The Sale of Cut Flowers. 665 
Culture of the Banana. 665 
Cutworms and Flowers. 665 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 668 
Housecleaning in June. 668 
Summer Work in Tennessee. 668 
Grange Experience Wanted. 668 
Coffee Substitute . 668 
The Rural Patterns. 669 
Bedroom Fashions. Part I.. 669 
A Warning About Gas or Oil Heaters 669 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Bloodhounds for Watchdogs. 660 
Questions About Septic Tanks.662 
Editorials . 666 
Cooperation . 667 
Events of the Week. 667 
Publisher's Desk . 674 
Humorous . 676 
MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending May 25, 1912. 
BUTTER 
Creamery, fancy, lb. 
.27 
@ 
•27 bj 
Good to Choice. 
.25 
© 
.26 
Lower Grades . . 
.23 
© 
•24Hj 
State Dairy, best... 
.26 
@ 
.27 
Common to Good. 
.23 
(<4 
.25 
Factory. 
.22 
® 
.24 
Packing Stock. . 
.19 
® 
.21 
Elgin, 111., butter market firm at 27 cents. 
Boston, western creamery, 28 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 27J6 cents. 
EGGS 
White, good to choice.22 © .23 
Mixed Colors, best .2(1 @ .21 
Common to Good. 15 © 18 
W estern, best.21 @ .22 
Under grades.15 © .17 
Checks and dirties.10 @ .15 
CHEESE 
Full Cream, best.15 @ .15J4 
Common to Good.13 ® .14 
Skims.07 @ .11$$ 
BEAN8 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 4.50 @ 5.45 
Medium..... 4.25 @ 4.95 
Pea. 4.35 ® 5.00 
Yellow Eye. 4.40 @ 4.50 
Red Kidney.4.40 @ 5.90 
White Kidney. 5.30 ® 6.00 
lama, California. 6.16 @ 6.50 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice.48 ® .53 
Common to Good.35 @ .45 
Pacific Coast.41 © .44 
Old Stock.14 @ .22 
German Crop, new.SO @ .85 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples—Spy.bbl.2.50 ® 5.50 
Spitzenburg .2.50 ® 5.00 
Ben Davis.2.00 ® 3 50 
Baldwin. 2.50 ® 4.50 
Greening. 2.50 @ 6.00 
Winesap... 3.00 ® 5.(3) 
Western, box. 75 @ 3.00 
Strawberries, Virginia,qt.04 ® .07 
Carolina... 04 @ .06 
Maryland. 05 © .12 
Peaches, Fla., carrier.4.C0 @ 6 00 
Cherries, ^-bu. bkt. 1.25 @ 1.75 
Gooseberries, qt...10 @ .15 
Huckleberries, qt.20 ® .25 
Muskmelons, s’n, bu. 2.00 © 4.00 
Watermelons, 100. 30.00 @60.00 
DIUKD FRUITS 
Apples, evap., choice, 1911.09^6® .10 
Common to good.07 © .09 
Raspberries., .26 © .27 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes—N. Y. State, bbl.3.75 @ 4.00 
Maine, bbl. 4.00 @ 4.12 
Foreign, 168-lb. bag. 1.50 © 3.00 
Bermuda, bbl. 5.00 © 7.50 
Southern, new, bbl. 2.00 @ 7.00 
Sweet Potatoes, bushel.75 © 2.25 
Artichokes, Cal., bu. drum. 2.00 @ 4.00 
Asparagus, Southern, doz. 1.00 © 1.75 
Nearby. 1.00 @ 2.75 
Beets, new, 100 bunches. 1.00 @ 3.00 
Carrots, bbl... 30.0 @ 3.50 
New, 100 bunches. 1.00 @ 3.00 
U'HEJ RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Cucumbers, Fla., bu. 1.00 @ 2.75 
Cabbage—New, bbl., crate.50 @ 1.00 
Lettuce, hj-bbi. bkt. 35 @ .85 
Sweet corn. Southern, 100. 1.50 @3.00 
Lima beans. Southern, bkt. 1.00 @ 4.00 
Onions, Bermuda, bu. 1U0 © 1.30 
Texas, bu. 1.20 @ 1.60 
Parsley, bbl.5.00 © 8.00 
Peppers, Southern, carrier. 1.25 @ 2.25 
Peas. Southern, bu.75 @ 2.50 
Radishes, lb. bkt.25 @ 1.00 
Rhubarb. 100 bunches.50 @ 1.00 
String Beans, bu. 100 @ 2.50 
Spinach, bbl.. 1.00 @ 1.75 
Squash, new, bbl. 1 00 @ 2.00 
Turnips, white, bbl. 100 @ 3.00 
Egg Plants. Fla., bbl. 2.00 © 3.00 
Tomatoes, Fla. Carrier. 1.00 @ 2.50 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS 
Cucumbers, No. I, doz.50 @ .75 
No. 2. box. 2.00 @ 3.00 
Tomatoes, lb.10 @ .20 
Mushrooms, lb..15 @ .40 
LIVE POULTRY 
Broilers, lb. 25 @ .30 
Fowls.............. .16 @ .17 
Roosters.. 09 © .10 
Ducks...... ..II © .12 
Geese.... 08 @ .09 
Turkeys.11 @ .12 
Guineas, pair.30 @ .60 
ORESSEl) POULTRY 
Turkeys, best.21 @ .22 
Common to Good....14 @ .18 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb.35 @ .45 
Broilers, common to good.25 @ .28 
Roasters.16 ® .22 
Fowls.14 @ .15 
Ducks, lb.15 @ .22 
Geese.13 @ .16 
Squabs, doz. 60 @ 4.25 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay, Timothy No. 1, ton.29.00 @ 30.00 
No. 2.27.50 @ 28.50 
No. 3.25.00 @ 27.00 
Clover Mixed.24.00 ® 28 00 
Straw. Rye.19.00 @ 21.00 
Oat and Wheat.14.00 @ 15.00 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs.7.40 @8 60 
Bulls. 3.75 @ 6.10 
Cows. 2.00 @ 5.95 
.Calves, Prime Veal, 100 lbs.7.00 @10.00 
Culls.5.00 @ 6.50 
Sheep, 100 lbs.4.00 © 5.50 
Lambs. 7.00 @ 8.50 
Hogs.7.00 @ 8.15 
COUNTRY DUE8SED MEATS : 
Calves, prime, lb.12 @ .13 
Common to good...09 © .lOhS 
Lambs, hothouse, head.3.00 @ 6.50 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1, Northern Spring. 1.27 @ ... 
No. 2. Red.1.23 @ ... 
No. 2 Hard Winter. 1.23 @ ... 
Corn, as to quality, bush.75 @ .80 
Oats, as to weight, bush.60 © .64 
Rye, No. 2, Western.90 @ .95 
Barley, choice. 1.16 @ 1.20 
COTTON 
New Tork Middling Upland. 11.50 
Middling Gulf. 11.75 
New Orleans, Low Middling. 11.05 
Good Middling. 12.20 
WOOL 
NewYork Fleeces, Fine, unwashed. .19 @ .20 
Ohio half blood combing.25 @ .26 
Kentucky, three-eighths blood. 216 @ .27 
Michigan, half blood.25 @ .26 
In one recent week 22 vessels arriving at 
New York from Europe brought 25,000 
manual laborers. Many of these go to west¬ 
ern farms. Tunnel and railroad construc¬ 
tion, mining and iron furnace work take 
most of the others. 
Strawberries from Maryland and Vir¬ 
ginia have been in very large supply, whole¬ 
saling at five to 10 cents, some lots of soft 
fruit going at four cents. A great many 
of these berries are repacked by the dealers 
before selling. It was formerly the custom 
to put them into baskets a little smaller 
so that there would be no loss in number 
of alleged quarts and sometimes a gain 
of one or two in a crate. The present 
package laws forbid this, and compara¬ 
tively few short baskets are seen. Fairly 
good berries are retailing at 12 to 15 
cents. 
Carload lots of new potatoes from Flor¬ 
ida are being sent to the Northwest for 
shipment to Alaska, a distance of about 
5,000 miles. As they sold for upwards 
of .$5 per barrel in Florida, prices in Alaska 
will evidently be high. In New York old 
potatoes have been plentiful and market 
dull until the latter part of the week, when 
trade picked up a little. The week’s ar¬ 
rivals at New York from Europe were 
about 160.000 bushels, wholesaling from 
$1.50 to $2.75 per 168-pound sack, ac¬ 
cording to quality. 
EGG-LAYING CONTEST. 
The twenty-eighth week of the egg-laying 
contest at Storrs College shows a future 
drop in egg production of 89 eggs. In my 
own flock at home I have always found a 
falling off in the egg output in May. Al¬ 
ways the largest number of eggs have been 
laid in March and April of any months in 
the year. Aside from the lessened number 
of layers on account of some hens taking 
care of chicks, and the number shut up 
to cure broodiness, there is a period of 
comparative rest from egg production by a 
part of the flock. The 200 -egg hens are the 
ones that keep right on laying; they seem 
to have lost control of their egg-laying 
machinery, or got into a rut that they 
can’t get out of. It has been ascertained 
that these heavy laying hens do not as a 
rule transmit this heavy laying quality to 
their daughters, but to their sons. That is, 
pullets which have these sons of heavy lay¬ 
ing mothers as their sires, are very apt 
to be extra good layers. 
O. Wilson’s pen of Buff Orpingtons stand 
at the head this week, with a score of 
31 ; W. J. Tilley’s White Rocks, which led 
the procession for three weeks in succes¬ 
sion, take second place this wek with a 
score of 30 eggs, together with the Barred 
Rocks of S. M. Goucher, and the White 
Leghorns of Paul Van Deusen, each of 
these having laid 30 eggs during the week. 
This pen of Leghorns was one of the very 
last pens to start laying, but they are 
rolling up a good score now. They dkl 
not begin laying until three months after 
the contest began but since they began 
have laid nearly 70 per cent of the possible 
output. Four pens have lost two birds 
by death, so that their record now is that 
of four birds only. One of these is the 
pen of English White Leghorns owned by 
Thomas Barron; the leading pen on total 
score up to date. Their score is 581; their 
nearest competitors are the White Leghorns 
of F. G. Yost whose score is 568. Probably 
Yost’s birds will soon take the lead now, 
hut many Americans will be sorry to see 
the English birds beaten in that way, 
who would have thrown up their hats if 
American birds had beaten them in a 
square light. Beulah Farm White Wyan- 
dottes have laid 540, Marwood Poultry Farm 
White Leghorns 533, Bunker Ilill Farm S. 
C. R. I. Reds have laid 513; Howard 
Steele’s Reds 503, White Rose Farm White 
Leghorns 518, and O. Wilson’s Buff Or- 
E ingtons 513. These are the only pens that 
ave reached a total score of 500 or over, 
though E. S. Edgerton’s R. C. Reds are not 
far behind with a score of 498. 
The difference in the weekly consumption 
of food by birds of the same variety is 
quite remarkable. W. J. Tilley’s White 
Rocks consumed 13.5 pounds of food and 
laid 31 eggs, while Hans Lobcrt’s White 
Rocks consumed 4.4 pounds and laid 21 
eggs. O. Wilson’s Buff Orpington pullet 
No. 1 still holds the record for continuous 
laying, her score being 158 eggs, 25 more 
than any other bird in the contest. The 
White Leghorns show up well this week, 
four of the pens having birds that laid 
every day in the week. The total output 
for the 30 pens being 753 eggs, an average 
of over 25 eggs for each pen, or better 
than 70 per cent of the possible total. The 
White Rocks beat them, however, their 
-score for the four pens being 103, or 73.5 
per cent of the possible number. These 
two breeds outlaid all the other varieties. 
This contest at Storrs College is attracting 
more attention abroad; I mean in Europe 
and outside of this country, than any simi¬ 
lar contest ever held, and there is a strong 
desire that it be continued, to which the 
authorities have given consent. Entries 
may be made by writing to Prof. Kirk¬ 
patrick at Storrs College, Conn. 
GEO* A. COSGROVE. 
Feed of all kinds scarce; hay $20 in barn; 
oats 60 cents; wheat $1.13; corn $1.15 
per hundred; potatoes $1.75 per bushel; 
eggs 18 cents, hogs seven and eight cents. 
Horses, good, $200 to $275; cows from 
$50 to $100. No silage, manure or straw 
sold. Milk $1.30 per hundred f. o. b. To¬ 
ledo for May and June. Weather very wet 
for the past week and no farm work has 
been done. May 17. Some corn planted, 
but most of the plowing for corn yet to 
be done. About one-half of the sugar beet 
seed is planted. c. F. c. 
Genoa, O. 
No farm produce sold at auction, not 
enough vegetables raised here to supply 
market. Farmers depend mostly on small 
fruits and peaches for market crops. Iu 
shipping season, agents for commission mer¬ 
chants from New York, Philadelphia, Bos¬ 
ton, and all the large eastern cities come 
here and buy many berries at the depots, 
paying market prices, from four to 12 
cents per quart. Potatoes sell from 35 
cents to 90 cents per basket. Sweet pota¬ 
toes about the same. Apples, 40 to 80 cents 
per basket. Cows bring from $30 to $75 
each. Ilay from $12 to $20 per ton; no 
silage sold here. Stable manure sells for 
about $1.25 for one-horse load. Milk, 
eight cents per quart; eggs are selling now 
at 18 to 20 cents per dozen. What produce 
is sold to local merchants the farmers get 
about 80 per cent consumer’s dollar. 
Hammonton, N, J, M. 
“For the Land’s Sake, use Bowker’s 
Fertilizers; they enrich the earth and 
those who till it.”— Adv. 
A DIP THAT D°ES THE WORK 
WITHOUT INJURY 
TO THE ANIMAL OR FLEECE 
NO BURNING OF THE FIBRES; 
NO STAINING; NO POISONING; 
NO SICKENING. 
WHY USE DIPS THAT HAVE THESE DESTRUCTIVE 
AND DANGEROUS QUALITIES? WHY EXPERIMENT 
WITH UNKNOWN PREPARATIONS ? 
INEXPENSIVE, EASY TO USE 
PERMITTED BY THE U.5 DEPARTMENT OF 
AGRICULTURE FOR THE OFFICIAL DIPPING 
OF SHEEP FOR SCAB 
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS 
we have booklets giving full directions 
FOR USE ALSO MANY VALUABLE MINTS ON 
HANDLING SHEEP. WRITE FOR FREE COPIES. 
Parke, Davis &Co 
^ -. DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL IN0USTRY 
( DETROIT, MICH. 
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“square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
The’Quality” 
SILOS 
Why buy a tub when you can get a Silo 7 Why 
accept a substitute which only holds your corn 
when you can get a Harder Silo which preserves It 
and converts it into rich, succulent silage of great¬ 
est mllk-produeing valuo 7 Why not investigate the 
feeding value of Harder Silage ? Literature free. 
HARDER MANUFACTURING CO., 
Box 1 1 , Cobleskill, N. Y. 
NIAGARA LADDERS, 
BASKETS, 
Excelsior Cushions 
Growers’ Supplies 
A Card Brings Our Catalogue 
BACON & COMPANY, APPLETON, N.Y. 
DIRK’S RED MITE KILLER 
Kills all Mites. No more will appear during the season 
where used. Two dollars per gallon, express prepaid. 
Booklet free. Money refunded if you are not satisfied 
M. K. DI1LK, Box K, North Baltimore, Ohio. 
The Rochester Produce 
and Commission Company 
COMMISSION MERCHANTS 
Highest Prices Paid for Butter, Cheese, Eggs, Lard- 
Poultry, Calves, Beaus, Potatoes, Etc. 
244-246 Clinton Avenue, North, ROCHESTER, N.Y. 
Eggs, Poultry, Meats, Produce. 
Shipments solicited. JELLIFFE, WRIGHT 8 CD., Com¬ 
mission Merchants. 284 Washington St., New York. 
SKO. P. HAMMOND. EST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & CO., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers in all kinds of 
COUNTRY PRODUCE, Apples, Peaches, Pet¬ 
ries Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms 
andHot-house Products a Specialty. Consignments 
solicited. 34 & 30 Little 13th St.. New York- 
and other Small Fruits ship to 
WM. H. COHEN 8 CO., 229 Washington Street, New York 
WANTED—HERDSMAN 
Single, experienced. Certified Milk Farm. Pure 
bred Holsteins, Jerseys, 125 head. Give references, 
experience and wages wanted, with room and board, 
in first letter. RARITAN VALLEY FARMS, Somerville, N. J. 
Geo. A. Cosgrove’s Poultry Farm For Sale 
68 acres, 2h> miles from Station, h mile from 
Churches, School, etc. House of 8 rooms—Shop— 
40-ft. barn. High location, 23 kinds of grafted 
Apples, Pears, Plums, Cherries and small fruit. 
About 200 lions and 400 chicks and my poultry busi¬ 
ness go with it. Trout brook runs through it. 
Located in W. Willington, Conn., 14 miles north of 
Willimantie. Sold only account of age. Price, 
$2,900, $1,000 can remain on mortgage. 
l||i|C in DC Commuter’s Place Near Bound Brook For Sale 
ll I nC-HlinC Eleven-loom house,all improvements, 
main line trolley passes door—barn and chicken 
houses—details by mail. P.0. Box 223. Bound Brook, N. J. 
DELAWARE FARMS 
Money-making farms throughout the entire State, 
515 an acre up; live stock, implements and crops 
often included. We offer best bargains, and pay 
buyer’s railroad fare. Catalog free. FORD <fc 
REIS, Inc., Dept. 51, Wilmington, Delaware. 
Ideal Farm Home for Sale 
acres; $5,000 in improvements few years since; 3,000 
Rock Maple trees; saphouse; 350 Apple trees, 15 
Pear trees; big garden; $4,000; 30 acres intervale, 
$1,000; stock, farm tools and machinery, $1,200. 
MAPLEWOOD FARM, R. 4, Farmington, Me. 
FOR NEW YORK FARMS 
or for farm lands in the West and South call on or 
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FARMS '» M-i parts OF NEW YORK STATE 
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Do You Want Farms Near City 
of Forty Thousand Population ? 
Here is one of 138 acres, honso, large barn, fruit, 
$1,500 insurance, six miles from city. Price, $3,250, 
half cash. Hall’s Farm Agency, Owego, Tioga Co., New York 
WE SELL GOOD FARMS in Oceana, greatest fruit Co. 
*» in U.S.; also grain, potatoes, alfalfa, dairying. 
Write for hst, etc. HANSON & SON, Hart, Mich. 
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VIRGINIA FARM 
For sale. 202Q acres, 4 miles from town, 2from car. 
Good neighborhood; telephone. With or without 
stock. R.F.D. M. G. Hibbert, Charlottesville, Va. 
270 acres; good build¬ 
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Virginia Farms For Sale ciaivuie. C vi^ E R! T F. d. 
