1912. 
THE RURA.1> NEW-YORKEH 
BOY 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, July 20, 1912. 
FARM TOPICS. 
The Buffalo Market Situation. 794 
The Use of Ground Phosphate Rock. . . 795 
Forest Trees for Posts. 796 
Ohio Farm Notes. 796 
Value of Wood Ashes. 797 
Setting Sweet Potato Plants in So. 
Alabama . 797 
Hope Farm Notes . 798 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Story of a Dairy Business. 804 
Bump Jaw . 804 
Poultry-House Construction. Part I... 805 
Salt for Cannibal Chicks. 805 
That Hen Contest. 805 
The Egg-laying Contest . 805 
Rye Straw for Pullets. 805 
Stone Concrete Henhouse. 805 
HORTICULTURE. 
The Story of a Tree.793, 794 
Making Concentrated Lime-Sulphur... 795 
Home-raised Parsnip Seed. 796 
Melon Louse . 796 
Stone Fruits from Seed. 796 
Preparing for Strawberries. 797 
Transplanting Roses: Seedling Fruits. 797 
Tip-rust of Gladioli. 797 
Small Fruits in Missouri. 799 
WOMAN AND THE nOME. • 
From Day to Day. 
Packing Butter for Winter Use. 
Destroying Ants .. 
The Rural Patterns . 
Peach Desserts . 
Canning Notes . 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Laying a Concrete Floor. 
An Old Nursery Friend. 
Editorials . 
The Progressive Voter. 
Compared With Germany. 
Events of the Week. 
Notes on a European Trip.... 
Publisher’s Desk . 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings.... 
New England Milk. 
Humorous . 
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N. Y. Exchange price $1.51 per 40-quart 
can, netting three cents to shippers in 26- 
cent zone. 
MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending July 13, 1912. 
BUTTER 
Creamery, fancy, lb.27 @ .27H 
Good to Choice.' .25 © .26 
Lower Grades .23 @ .24!^ 
State Dairy, best.26 @ .26W 
Common to Good.22 © .25 
Factory. 19 @ .23 
Packing Stock..18 © .21 
Elgin, 111., butter market firm at 25 cents. 
Boston, western creamery, 27b£ cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 27}<$ cents. 
EGGS 
White, good to choice. .26 © .27 
Mixed Colors, best .. .22 © .25 
Common to Good. 15 ® is 
Western, best.22 © .23 
Under grades.15 @ .IT 
Checks and dirties.08 td) .15 
CHEESE 
Full Cream, best. 14 @ ,15 
Common to Good. 11 .13 
Skims.04 © .12 
BEANS 
Marrow. 100 lbs. 4.50 @5 40 
Medium.. 4.30 ® 4.95 
Pea. 4 30 @ 5.00 
Yellow Eye. 4.30 @ 4.40 
Red Kidney.4.00 @ 4.95 
White Kidney. 5.35 © 6.00 
Lima, California. 6.15 @ 6.20 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice. 33 @ .35 
Common to Good.28 © .32 
Pacific Coast. 31 @ .35 
Old Stock. . 10 ig> .18 
German Crop.56 @ .60 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples—Southern, new, bbl. 1.00 @ 3.50 
Md. and Del , bu. 10 @ .85 
Strawberries, Western N .Y.04 © .12 
Peache 3 . Southern, carrier. 75 @ 1.75 
Plums. Southern, crate.75 ® 1.50 
Md. and Del. qt.04 © .06 
Cherries. 8 -lb. bkt.30 @ .85 
Gooseberries, qt. 06 ® .14 
Huckleberries, qt.08 @ .13 
Blackberries, qr.07 @ .13 
Raspberries, red, pt.05 @ .08 
Blackcap, pt.04 © .06 
Currants, qt.05 @ .08 
Muskmclons, s’n, bn. 1.00 @ 1.50 
California crate. 2.00 fit> 3.00 
Watermelons, carload.200.00 @ 350.00 
DlilED FRUITS 
Apples, evap., choice, i'Jll.09 @ . 10 U 
Common to good.07 © .08' 
Chops, 100 lbs. 2.00 @ 2.51)' 
Raspberries.26 © .27 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes—Long Island, new, bbl_2.25 © 2.50 
Southern, new, bbl. 1.50 @3.37 
Sweet Pitatoes, bushel.75 @ 2.00 
Beets, bbl. 1.50 © 2.00 
Carrots, bbl. 3.00 @ 3.75 
New. 100 bunches.75 @ 1.50 
Cucumbers, Southern, bu. AO @ 1.00 
Nearby.75 @1.00 
Cabbage—New, bbl., crate. LOO @ 1.25 
lettuce, to-bbl. bkt. 25 @ .60 
Sweet corn, Southern, 100.75 @ 2.On 
Jersey.2.00 @ 2.50 
Lima beans, Southern, bkt. 2.00 @ 4 00 
Jer4ey.3.00 @ 4.00 
Onions, Jersey, bu.60 @ .90 
Texas, bu.25 @ .75 
Peppers, Southern, carrier. 1.00 @ 2.00 
Jersey, box . 1.25 @ 1A0 
Peas. Jersey, bu. 1.00 @ 2.75 
Western N. Y. 1.00 @ 1.75 
Radishes. 100 bunches. 1.00 @ 1.75 
•String Beans, bu.50 @ LOO 
Spinach, bbl.75 @ 2.00 
Squash, new, bbl.50 @ 3.00 
Egg Plants. Southern, bbl. 1.00 @ 3 25 
Tomatoes, Maryland and Del.75 @ 1.25 
Jersey, box. 1.00 @ 2.50 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS • 1 
Cucumbers, No. 1, doz. 15 @ .40 
Tomatoes, lb.05 @ .12 
LIVE POULTRY 
Broilers, lb.23 @ .25 
Fowls.14 @ .16 
Roosters.09 © .10 
Ducks...12 @ .14 
Geese.09 (d .10 
Turkeys.12 @ .13 
Guineas, pair.30 © .60 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, best. -23 @ .23 
Common to Good.14 © .20 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb.28 @ A0 
Broilers, common to good.25 © .27 
Roasters.19 © .24 
Fowls.14 © .16 
Ducks, spring, lb .18 © .19 
Squabs, dox.50 @ 3.75 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay, Timothy No. 1, ton.27.00 @ 2S.00 
No. 2 .22.00 @ 25.00 
No. 3.18.00 @ 21.00 
Clover Mixed.16.00 <d 22 00 
8traw, Rye.12.00 @ 16.00 
Oat and Wheat.7.00 @ 8.00 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs.6.00 @ 9.00 
Bulls. 4.50 @5.25 
Cows. 2.50 © 5.00 
Calves, Prime Veal, 100 lbs.7.00 @10.50 
Culls. 5.00 @ 6.50 
8heep. 100 lbs.3.00 @ 5.00 
Lambs.5.50 @ 9.00 
Hogs.7.00 @ 8.25 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1. Northern Spring. 1.18 @ ... 
No. 2, Red. 1.15 @ ... 
No. 2 Hard Winter. 1.13 @ ... 
Corn, as to quality, bush.75 @ .82 
Oats, as to weight, bush.55 © .58 
Barley, choice. 1.15 ‘ (a) 1.25 
COTTON 
New York Middling Upland. 12.40 
Middling Gulf. 12.65 
New Orleans, Low Middling. 12.25 
Good Middling. 13.35 
COMING FARMERS’ MEETINGS. 
Field meeting of the New Jersey State 
Horticultural Society, Woodcliffi Lake, N. ,L, 
July 17. 
Ohio State Fair, Columbus, August 26-31. 
Hartford, Conn., Fair, September 2. 
Lewiston, Maine, Fair, September 2-5. 
Red Bank, N. J„ September 2-5. 
Indiana State Fair, Indianapolis, Septem¬ 
ber 2-6. 
West Virginia Fair, Wheeling, September 
2 - 6 . 
Connecticut Fair, Hartford, September 
2-7. 
New York State Fair, Syracuse, Septem¬ 
ber 8-14. 
West Michigan Fair, Grand Rapids, Sep¬ 
tember 9-13. 
Wisconsin Fair, Milwaukee, September 
10-14. 
Detroit. Mich.. Fair, September 16-21. 
White River Junction, Vt., Fair, Septem¬ 
ber 17-20. 
Illinois Fair, Springfield, October 4-12. 
Hagerstown, Md., Fair, October 15-18. 
International Dry Farming Congress, 
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Congress of 
Farm Women, week beginning October 21. 
National Dairy Show, Chicago, October 
24-November 2. 
Massachusetts Fruit Show, under aus¬ 
pices of State Board of Agriculture and 
Massachusetts Fruit Growers’ Association, 
Horticultural Hall, Boston, Mass., Novem¬ 
ber 7-10. 
Indiana Apple Show. Lafayette, Novem¬ 
ber 13-19; secretary, C. G. Woodbury, La¬ 
fayette, ind. 
international Live Stock, Chicago, No¬ 
vember 30-December 7. 
Native peaches will be very scarce, as in 
many cases trees as well as buds were 
badly frozen and winter-killed. Apples are’ 
scattering and not plentiful, but look very 
well for the season. Hay is fair, except 
on old or extra dry fields where the crop 
is next to nothing. Corn is a large acre¬ 
age, but between crows and dry weather 
will only be half a crop in many cases, es¬ 
pecially late planted. Potatoes look well 
in most cases, but will be short yield if 
present weather conditions last any longer. 
General garden crops are in bad condition, 
or near a failure, as no rain has fallen 
since May; the large supply of water in 
the Spring has helped very much in keep¬ 
ing things looking as good as they are, but 
on dry laud this is now gone, and in most 
cases the crop with it. Early peas in most 
cases did extra well, late ones look bad. 
Strawberries did very well except in a few 
extra dry sections. Our crop lasted a 
mouth, and were very good berries in size 
and quality. a. e. v . 
Hopkiuton, Mass. 
At this season of the year there is not 
much farm produce to be sold except dairy 
products. Butter fat at the creamery pa\;s 
33% cents per pound. Eggs at present 
are 24 cents a dozen. Some of the farm¬ 
ers send milk to Boston; I think they get 
about four cents a quart. Cows are from 
$50 to $100. Dressed pork sells at nine 
cents a pound ; veal eight cents live weight. 
Strawberries 15 cents a box. u. c. i\ 
Brooklyn, Conn. 
Auction sales are not plenty in this place, 
as every farmer ships milk to Pittsburg 
and receives 55 cents for five-gallon can. 
It costs 10 cents on every can for freight, 
shipper having 45 cents for milk. Horses 
bring $200 and $300 each for draft ani¬ 
mals, and drivers $150 and $200; cows, 
$55 to $75. Berries, $2 a bushel; oats, 68 
cents: wheat $1.10; potatoes, new. $1.25 
and $1.75. Silage has not been sold in 
this neighborhood for some time; it has 
brought $5 a ton. Hay is very thin on 
the meadows, and wheat will not make 
more than 10 bushels to the acre, as the 
Winter hurt it badly. The corn crop looks 
bad, only about 12 inches high; that is the 
best; some only coming through the 
ground. Oats look well at this time ; prom¬ 
ise a good crop. s. b. s. 
Celia. Pa. 
The staples in my county are hay, oats, 
rye, buckwheat, corn, dairy and 'poultry 
products. Ilay. $20 to $25 per ton ; rye 
straw, $16 to $17; oat straw, $10 to $12. 
Oats, 60 to 75 cents a bushel; corn, 80 
to 85; buckwheat. 80 cents to $1 ; rye, 
80 cents. Cows, $45 to $55; beef cows, 
$35 to $40; butter, 25 to 26 cents per 
pound. Eggs, 20 cents a dozen. Live 
fowls, 12 to 13 cents per pound; broilers, 
18 to 22 cents. Potatoes, old. $1.50 per 
bushel, new, $3. Strawberries, 12 to 15 
cents per quart. Wool, 25 cents per pound. 
Lambs, $3 per head. p. s. b. 
Berne, N. Y. 
NEW ENGLAND MILK. 
Prospects do not look very bright for the 
milk producers of New England for Boston 
market. Dry pastures in many cases fail to 
supply the feed necessary to produce a fair 
quality of milk. The small price paid does 
not encourage the purchase of much grain 
at present high prices, and those who have 
not a supply of green feed to cut have a 
hard row to hoe to keep the cattle up to a 
paying production, which must bo done or 
quit the business. Added to those troubles 
the city inspector is on the verge of the 
unreasonable, if not already over the lino, 
asking things and conditions which cannot 
possibly be produced at present milk prices, 
except at actual loss. Many are already 
seeing the situation in this light and sell¬ 
ing their stock, and will quit the business 
for good and ail. I believe this season as 
far as it has gone has produced the short¬ 
est milk supply for Boston for many years ; 
many dealers in the usual flush time of 
May and June were looking outside their 
usual source of supply to get enough milk 
to supply their customers. One small 
dealer refused to pay the price asked by 
the dairies who supplied him, and looked to 
other sources to get his supply, hut in less 
than a week he was willing to pay the 
price demanded and get his usual supply 
back. The large contractors, while putting 
up their usual claim that they were receiv¬ 
ing plenty, were willing to take on any new 
dairy they could get right in May and .Tune, 
which is something I never knew them td 
do,before, their usual custom being to re¬ 
strict the supply from their regular dairies 
in these months. Their prices paid in July 
will bo about 35 and 36 cents per eight- 
quart can at the car or two and three cents 
less at the farm in most cases within the 
50-mile circle. The contractors have been 
asked to advance this price a trifle by the 
armors Association, but in most cases 
nave refused. We believe they will be will¬ 
ing to change their mind in a short time, 
especially if present conditions continue. 
The large milk interests, contractors, in¬ 
spectors and health boards, all seem to 
favor tlic large dairy over the small pro¬ 
ducer, in fact seem to be doing all they 
can to drive the latter out of business, 
which is not as it should be; if anything 
the small dairy should lie assisted and 
favored, as we believe they are and will 
be in the future a very important factor 
in supplying dairy products. 
Now I believe the small dairy is and can 
he made an important factor in the pro¬ 
duction of good milk. One thing, the man 
who keeps from two to live cows keeps 
these partly for his own use to supply hjs 
family wants in the dairy line, conse¬ 
quently he keeps cows which give good 
milk and will make good butter, so his milk 
is apt to be a better grade than the man 
who keeps more cows anti keeps them pur¬ 
posely to sell milk to Boston market. The 
latter man is apt to try to make quantity 
instead of quality, as quantity means profit 
in his case. 
Another point, we have a man who kept 
20 cows and say sends 20 cans a cay co 
Boston. We have also four men wno each 
keep live cows and each sends five cans a. 
day to Boston. Some infectious disease 
breaks out in the 20-cow man's family ; he 
is obliged to keep all his milk off the mar¬ 
ket for a time, while if the same thing 
happened in one of the live-cow man’s fam¬ 
ily the other three five-can dairies would 
still be shipped and thus create a much 
smaller shortage than would be the case in 
holding back the supply of the 20-can 
dairy. The four five-can dairies, if the 
plants were near together as in many cases 
in New England you will find several 
bunched together like a little village, can 
in many ways work together in this busi¬ 
ness to their mutual advantage, by selling 
to the same party, having a party ice 
house and perhaps a party dairy house at 
a central point equipped to make butter, 
separate cream or keep the milk from day 
to day in proper shape to ship to the con¬ 
tractor in the city, if one of these parties 
wanted to go away for a day or so some 
of the others could look after his little 
place in his absence. They could in these 
ways be independent and social and get 
along without hired help which in itself 
would be a great thing. They could also 
combine in buying grain, tools and any¬ 
thing needed and save both on capital and 
general outlay. One good horse would 
probably be enough for each if they planned 
the work right and doubled up for each 
other, whereas if each were going in alone 
and independent they would likely all need 
a pair of horses. I believe if these small 
dairies scattered through New England are 
not given a fair show and the discrim¬ 
ination in their direction stopped that the 
Boston milk market will suffer tin 1 conse¬ 
quence in the near future, as if the pro¬ 
duction is thus forced into the hands of 
large dairies the result in the end will be 
that these will to a large extent control 
the market after a time and the contractors 
and consumers will be obliged to pay the 
penalty for the present agitation and crazy 
campaign of health cranks in very high 
milk prices, or go without milk, as the 
surplus whenever it exists is caused by an 
extra production from a majority of the 
small dairies every time. The large ones 
as the rule, makes an even supply all the 
year or make their largest production at 
the season when milk is most wanted by 
the wholesale market. a. e. p. 
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America’’ was organized April 4. 1912. The 
Club is governed by a board of 12 directors, 
and consists of the most prominent breed¬ 
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The English Standard has been adopted 
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laying a green or tinted egg is disqualified. 
In the near future a club catalogue will be 
published containing a list of the members, 
the club’s standard, and many other good 
things of interest to all breeders of this 
variety, which will be furnished free to all 
members. We are having classes provided 
at all leading shows and the many specials 
to be offered at these shows will bring out 
large classes. Membership fees, including 
first year’s dues, is $1. All breeders of 
English (white egg) Runners are requested 
to join, and help boost the only real Run¬ 
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Glenview. Ill. w. j. patton. 
Secretary-Treasurer. 
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