1912. 
THE RURAL NEW-VORKER 
©03 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorkek, August 24, 1912. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Wooden IIoop Silos. 88G 
Alfalfa Without Weeds. 887 
The Many Uses of Rye.. • • • 887 
A Record Pea Crop.888 
Destroying Thistles . 888 
The Largest Yield of Corn. 889 
A Soil-binding Grass. 889 
Dairy of a Back-to-the-lander. 889 
Wireworins and Grubs. 889 
Traction Engine on Small Farms.... 889 
Maltese Potatoes . 88!) 
Old Leaves for Fertilizer. 890 
Wood Ashes for Potatoes and Orchard 890 
Trouble With Soil. 890 
The Weather and Crops.890, 895 
Hop Growing in New York. 891 
Hope Farm Notes. 892 
Marketing Time on South Jersey Truck 
Farm. Part 1. 895 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
A Dog Nursing Pigs. 88G 
Figure Out the Feeds. 88G 
Ohio Holstein Breeders Meet. 889 
Buying High-Priced Cows. 898 
Fish for Hogs. 898 
Lice on Hogs. 898 
Profit in Feeding. 898 
Boston Milk . 899 
Control of Moisture in Farm-made But¬ 
ter . 899 
Butter and Butter Making. 900 
Succulent Feeds. Part 1. 900 
Arguments for the Silo. 900 
The Egg-laying Contest. 901 
Connecticut Poultry Association. 901 
HORTICULTURE. 
The California Valley Oak.885, 886 
Orchard Injury from Gas Wells. 888 
Foreign Mulberries . 888 
Cutworms and Kainit. 888 
Horticultural Notes . 888 
Moth Balls for Squash Bugs. 888 
Chickweed in Lawn . 889 
Salt in Fruit Growing. 890 
The Apple Crop. 890 
Trouble With Lettuce. S91. 
Birds Destroying Grapes. 89.8 
Culture of Mushrooms. 898 
Asparagus in a Garden. 898 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
Radishes, 100 bunches. 1.00 @ 1.25 
Striae Keans, bu.26 @ .50 
Squash, bbl.50 @ 1.00 
Egg Hants,Southern, bbl.80 @ 1.00 
Jersey, bkt.60 @ .65 
Tomatoes, Maryland and Del., crate, .30 @ .50 
Jersey, box.20 @ .50 
LIVE POULTRY 
Broilers, lb. . 20 © .21 
Fowls.13 @ .14 
Roosters.10 ® .10^ 
Ducks.13 @ .14 
Geese.10 @ .11 
Turkeys.13 ® .14 
Guineas, pair. 50 @ .60 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, best.22 ® .23 
Common to Good.14 @ .20 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb.25 ® .26 
Broilers, common to good.22 © .24 
Roasters.22 @ .24 
Fowls.14 © .17 
Ducks, Spring, lb .... .18 © .I8J4 
Squabs, doz.50 @ 4.00 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay, Timothy No. 1, ton.25.00 ® 27.00 
No. 2.22.00 © 24.00 
No. 3.18.00 ® 20.00 
Clover Mixed.16.00 ® 22 00 
8traw, Rye......18.00 ® 20.00 
Oat and Wheat.7.00 ® 8.00 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs. 6.00 @ 9.30 
Bulls.3.25 @ 5.00 
Cows. 2.25 @ 5.60 
Calves, Prime Veal, I0U lbs.6.50 @10.50 
Culls. 450 ® 5.50 
Sheep, 100 lbs.2.50 © 4.00 
Lambs. 5 75 ® 6.75 
Hogs.7.50 © 8.75 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1, Northern Spring. 1.03 ® ... 
No. 2, Red. 1.07 ® ... 
No. 2 Hard Winter. 1.02 @ ... 
Corn, as to quality, bush.75 ® .85 
Oats, as to weight, bush.58 © .60 
COTTON 
New York Middling Upland. 12.00 
Middling Gulf. 12.25 
New Orleans, Low Middling. 11.20 
Good Middling. 12.30 
WOOL 
NewYork Fleeces, Fine, unwashed. .21 ® .22 
Ohio half blood combing.29 ® .30 
Kentucky, three eighths blood;.29 ® .30 
Michigan, half blood.27 © .28 
A CANADIAN PUBLIC MARKET. 
From Day to Day. S9G 
Bread Advice Wanted; Poison Ivy.... 896 
Sweet Pickles . 89G 
“Pickles and Spice and Everything 
Nice” .896, 897 
Nonpareil Mayonnaise Salad Dressing. 897 
The Rural Patterns. 897 
Canning Tomatoes and Corn. 897 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Snails in Cellar. 889 
Editorials . 894 
For Governor of New York. 895 
Events of the Week. 895 
Cement Compressed Air Tank. 900 
Publisher's Desk . 902 
Trouble With Cold Storage. 902 
Pneumatic Pump . 902 
MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending August 17, 1912. 
BUTTER 
Creamery, fancy, lb.26 ® .261$ 
Good to Choice .24 @ .25 
Lower Grades . ..22 © .23 
State Dairy, best.24 ® .25 
Common to Good.21 @ .23 
Factory.19 ® .22 
Packing Stock.18 © .20 
Elgin, 111., butter market Arm at 25 cents. 
Boston, western creamery, 2616 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 2616 cents. 
EGGS 
White, good to choice.29 @ .32 
Mixed Colors, best .25 © .26 
Common to Good.15 © 18 
Western, best.23 © .26 
Under grades.15 @ .17 
Checks and dirties.10 ® .16 
CHEESE 
Full Cream, best,.15 @ .16 
Common to Good.11 © .14 
Skims. .04 © .12 
BEANS 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 4.50 ® 5.60 
Medium. 4.30 ® 5.00 
Pea. 4.30 @ 5.00 
Yellow Eye. 4.10 ® 4.20 
Red Kidney. . .3.90 ® 4.70 
White Kidney. 5.50 © 6.50 
Lima. California.6.10 @ 6.20 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice.24 © .26 
Common to Good.2t @ .23 
Pacific Coast. .21 © .26 
Old Stock.09 ® .11 
German Crop.47 © .52 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples—Prime, bbl. 2.50 ® 3.00 
Lower grades. 1.50 @ 1.75 
Windfalls, bbl.75 @ 1.25 
Peaches, Southern, carrier.25 ® 1 25 
Maryland and Del.50 ® 1,25 
Jersey, bkt.25 ® .75 
Pears—Clapp’s, bbl.4.50 @ 5.00 
Ki'-ffer . 2.25 @ 3.00 
Bartlett, bbl. 3.50 ® 4.50 
Le Conte. 3.00 @ 3.75 
Common. ] .00 © 2.00 
Plums, crate.50 ® 1.00 
8-lb. bkt.15 @ .25 
Grapes. Niagara, case. 1.00 ® 1.25 
Delaware . 1.25 @ 1.40 
Champion.50 ® .60 
Gooseberries, qt .05 @ .09 
Huckleberries, qt. .06 @ .17 
Blackberries, qr.08 ® .17 
Raspberries, red, pt.07 © .10 
Currants, qt.03 @ .09 
Muskmelons. s’n, bu.25 © .50 
Del. and Md.. crate.50 ® 1.25 
Jersey, crate. .50 © 1.50 
Watermelons, carload. ...100.00 @225.00 
DRIED FRUITS 
Apples, evap . choice, 1911.09 @ .10 
Common to good.07 @ .08 
Sun dried.05 ® .06 
Chops. 100 lbs. 1.85 @ 2.00 
Raspberries.22 © .25 
Cherries.11 ® .161$ 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes—Long Island, bbl. 2.25 © 2.40 
Southern, bbl. 1.00 @ 2.00 
Jersey, bbl. 1 50 @ 2,40 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl... .. 2.00 @ 3.00 
Beets, bbl. 1.25 ® 1.50 
Carrots, bbl. 1.25 @ 1.50 
Celery, doz. bunches. .15 © .60 
Cucumbers, nearby, bu .30 © .75 
Cabbage, bbl.50 @ .75 
Lettuce.*$-bbl. bkt.10 ® .30 
Sweet corn, Jersey, 100 .50 ® 1.75 
Lima beans. Jersey bu.75 @ 2.00 
Onions, Jersey, bu.60 @ 1.00 
Long Island, bbl. 1.75 @ 2.00 
Orange Co., 100 lb. bag. 1.00 @ 1.25 
Peppers. Jersey, bbl . 1.00 @1.50 
Peas, Western N. Y., bu.75 @ 2.25 
In the town of Ingersoll, with a popula¬ 
tion of 5,000, we have a market every 
Saturday. We have a block utilized for 
public purposes. At the front there is a 
large building; the upper part is used for 
a hall, half of the lower story is used for 
a Are hall, and the rest for the sale of 
eggs, butter, poultry, fruit, etc., with coun¬ 
ters to display the goods. This is heated 
in Winter by a furnace. Hay, wood, young 
pigs, vegetables, etc., are sold from wagons 
outside. There is a small building on one 
corner divided into stalls for country 
butchers for which no rent is charged, but 
the right to use certain stalls is let by 
public auction, all other space being free. 
Retailers are not allowed to buy on the mar¬ 
ket until after 10 o’clock. As a rule there 
is not much, difference in the retailer’s price 
and the price the farmer receives on the 
market. They try to keep as near together 
as they can. If the supply is limited and 
good demand, farmers sell about retail 
price or higher; in case-of glut, they cut 
the price, but not to any great extent to 
the consumer, as it hurts sales the follow- 
ing week, but prefer to sell to a retailer. 
I here is no friction between the farmer 
and retailer. When we sell to the retailer 
we get from <5 to 80 per cent of the price 
paid by the consumer. Our markets are 
very successful; nearly every town and city 
have them, and they vie with one another 
to furnish the best accommodation. A few 
years ago the council of the city of Wood- 
stock. 10 miles distant, passed a law that 
all fowls sold on the market were to be 
dry picked. The farmers’ wives organized 
to fight it. and boycotted the market by 
going to other places. It affected business 
to such an extent that storekeepers and 
everyone doing business with the farmers, 
even to doctors, were apologizing for the 
condition of affairs, and asked the council 
to rescind the by-law, which they did at a 
special meeting. w w n 
Ingersoll, Out. 
i-AKM PRODUCE 
Good native early 
IN BUNION MARKET 
are goii 
to $1.2; 
and sin 
box, wi 
_. . - apples are not plcm 
yet, and sell at good prices; some kin< 
are dropping badly, especially Gravenste 
and Williams. This will help the price c 
best grades by keeping supply below d 
maud. Good firm Williams, Astracha 
Duchess and Gravenstein bring Si 25 i 
$1.50, with poor and soft stock at 50 ai: 
i.) cents per bo.r. Most kinds of vegetahh 
are selling well by reason of not too abu 
dant supply. Tomatoes a few days at 
sold as high as $5 per box, and 
now at about $3. Green corn, $1 
supply short at present. String 
beans around $2 and better per 
good demand at present. Cucumbers recc 
oring sunc from recent slump, $] to $1 
per box ; quality not the best. Lettuce 
slow demand at 25 cents per bundle f 
good quality. Beets slow at 20 cents r 
dozen hunches and 50 cents per box Cs 
bage slow^ and plenty, GO to 75 cents p 
barrel. Native blackberries running po< 
sell at eight and 10 cents per box who 
sale Blueberries good, fairly plenty, s 
at 10 to 15 cents per box wholesale. Soul 
ern watermelons, $15 to $25 per 100. 5 
tivo onions sell low on account of lar 
offering of outside stock and slow denial 
at this season, 65 and 75 cents per be 
Potatoes not in large supply. $ 1.50 to 
per bag, $2.75 and $3 per barrel for .T( 
seys; native $1 and better, especially 
local market. Butter dropping slightly u 
der heavy receipts; average wholesale pri 
is 25 cents by tub. Eggs firm and mark 
good at 28 and 30 cents for fresh. 25 to 
for other grades. Local markets payii 
33 and 35 cents, with supply short. Cheo 
easier at 16 to 18 cents per pound who! 
sale. 
Good meats scarce and high, poorer 
grades not so firm. Best beef. 14 to 15 
cents per pound; veal, 13 and 15 cents per 
pound; lamb, 10 and 12 cents per pound; 
dressed hogs, 10 and 11 cents, supply short. 
Poultry in goi'd demand; 1G cents per 
pound is paid for live hens and 21 cents 
for broilers. For large broilers as high as 
27 cents is paid. Dressed poultry of va¬ 
rious grades, 17 to 20 cents wholesale. Hay, 
best grades, $28 per ton ; others, $20 to $25. 
Wholesale grain slightly lower. Corn meal, 
$1.56 per bag: oats, $1.25 per bag, whole¬ 
sale; bran, $24 per ton; mixed feed, $28; 
cottonseed meal. $32 per ton. a. e. p. 
llopkinton, Mass. 
THE BUFFALO MARKET. 
It is not a very easy task to size up the 
city markets from the farmer’s standpoint, 
for they fluctuate so, not only from one 
season to another, hut from day to day 
even. I have an authentic story of an Erie 
County farmer who bought cheap land—of 
which there is still quite a little not very 
far from Buffalo—and practically paid for 
it with his first crop >f green peas. He 
managed to he first in the market with his 
peas, and actually sold his first big wagon 
load for $600! The next load was not 
ready till his neighbors were in the market, 
so he had to sell it for half his first price, 
though even at this rate he did well. It 
will never be safe to act upon such re¬ 
ports though. They may be facts, as this 
one is. but they can never be duplicated 
offhand. Quite possibly the same farmer 
got caught next year in one of our dry 
Spring seasons, of which we have had two 
lately, and was obliged to stand by and see 
his first sowing of peas dry up and come 
to nothing, for this is farming. 
The early August market is a great 
change from anything that has gone before 
during this season, for it is now full of 
peaches, with berries driven down much 
cheaper than they usually are by the 
reaches. This market sees four general divi¬ 
sions of so-called berries that follow closely 
on strawberries, none of which are really 
berries, according to the botanist. They 
are at present the blackberries, which are 
always rather scarce, and the three sorts 
of raspberries, blackcaps, their red cousins 
and of late a creamy sort that is in ap¬ 
pearance a cross between the two. This 
last is new to us, and is even softer and 
less easy to market than the red ones, the 
real blackcaps being the only one of the 
three that are really hard enough to ship 
readily. All of these have retailed as low 
as eight cents a quart and they have seldom 
been more than 12 cents. They are often 
15 cents or more for the most part. A not¬ 
able decline is in the price of cabbage. 
Through the Winter and Spring it retailed 
for four to five cents a pound, and was 
hard to get at all sometimes, owing to the 
failure of last Fall’s crop, but it is now 
suddenly down to five cents for a good-sized 
head, just as it used to be. I find that a 
good many people are just becoming aware 
that cabbage is one of the crops that can 
be raised pretty nearly without rain. I 
know what I am saying when I claim that 
if it is kept hoed, so that there is a good 
dots blanket maintained, cabbage will mind 
lack of rain very little, whether it is young 
or well along in growth. The tomato crop 
is very uneven, though prices are only mod¬ 
erate. The frost of .Tune 7 was a very ca¬ 
pricious affair. In some sections it cut 
down all the tomatoes and perhaps skipped 
other tender crops nearby. On the other 
hand some tomatoes only turned a bit gray 
and recovered, while the grapes suffered. 
There is complaint here and there of toma¬ 
toes rotting when half grown, though that 
may be due to locality or variety. 
JOHN W. CHAMBERLAIN. 
COMING FARMERS’ MEETINGS. 
Hardin County, Ohio, Fair, Kenton, O., 
August 20-24. 
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- 
mer 2-6. 
West Virginia Fair, Wheeling, September 
2-6. 
Connecticut Fair, Hartfort, Sept. 2-7. 
Vegetable Growers’ Association of Amer¬ 
ica, annual meeting, Rochester, N. Y., Sep¬ 
tember 4, 5 and 6. 
New York State Fair, Syracuse, Septem¬ 
ber 8-14. 
Dog River Valley Fair, Northfield, Vt., 
Sept. 9-11. 
West Michigan Fair, Grand Rapids, Sep¬ 
tember 9-18. 1 
Wisconsin Fair, Milwaukee, September 
10-14. 
Detroit, Mich., Fair, September 16-21. 
bor V l'7 t, : , o KiVCr Junctiou > vt -> Fair, Septein- 
Illinois Fair, Springfield. October 4-12. 
Hagerstown, Md., Fair, October 15-18. 
International Dry Farming Congress, 
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Congress of 
Farm Women, 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- 
hor 1..-19; secretary, C. G. Woodbury, La¬ 
fayette, Ind. 
International Live Stock, Chicago, No¬ 
vember SO-December 7. 
1 here are not many auction sales hei 
except in the Spring. Cows are selling f ( 
from $2o to $50; veals, 7% to eight cents 
naj, about $18. Horse manure general! 
$1 per load. Silage is not sold in th 
place. Milk is selling for 25 cents per 1(1 
more than contract price for August, whir 
is $1.30 per 100. making tin" price fc 
August $1.55. Potatoes are retailing fc 
$l.o0 per bushel. Farmers are getting fro; 
$1 to $1.10 per bushel. Early potatoes ai 
a poor crop in this vicinity. l k j. 
Afton. N. Y. 
Horses at auction sales sell at from $15 
to $175 for common farm animals; heav 
horses bring from $200 to $225 ; cows, froi 
$36 to $70; hay. $20 per ton; straw. Si 
per ton. No silage sold here. Milk bring 
five cents to six cents per quart. La.vin 
hens from 30 to 70 cents apiece; Sprin 
chickens, 25 cents 
local market; eggs, 
Alden, Mich. 
per pound dressed . 
25 cents per dozen. 
c. F. w. 
“For the Land’s Sake, use Bowker’s 
Fertilizers; they enrich the earth and 
those who till it.” — Adv. 
I 
Without Drudgery 
With Sunlight Double Glass Sashyou never 
have to use any mats or boards for covering 
The two layers of glass take their place 
(See picture above) 
Between the two layers of glass is a s s-inch 
layer of dry, still air. This transparent blankeb 
affords better protection to plants than mats or 
boards; never shuts out the light; saves expense 
and labor and gives the best possible results. 
Glass held by springs; no putty used; can't 
work loose, easily repaired. 
Great profit and pleasure from hot-bed and 
cold-frame gardening 
Under Sunlight Sash you can havo plants for the field far 
earlier and better than you ran under singlc-Klassaash. You 
can have fresh vegetables and flowers for your own use when 
they are luxuries. Lettuce and violets for instance all winter. 
GET THESE TWO BOOKS 
One is our valuable free catalog. Tha 
other Is by Prof. Massey, an authority on 
hot-bed and cold-frame gardening. In it 
he tells In an interesting and Instructive 
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beds, what ami when to plant. 
Tear out this ad. Send it with 4c. In 
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924 E. Broadway, Louisville, Ky. 
Pot-Grown 
Strawberry Plants 
as shown in the cut are much 
the best. The roots are all 
there —and good roots, too. 
If set out in August and Sep¬ 
tember will produce a crop 
of berries next June. I have the 
finest stock of plants in the New 
England States. Send for Cata¬ 
logue and Price List 
C. S. PRATT, Reading, Maes. 
Erickson Leg 
Does not chafe, overheat 
or draw end of stump, 
..., w _ Send for Catalog 
S6hl on Easy Terms c * 
Too largest limb factory in the world. 
K. H. Erickson Artificial Limb Co. 
19 Washington Ave., N., Minneapolis, Minn. 
YORKSHIRE PIGS —8 weeks; $7.50 pair. Act quick wliilo 
1 they last. EVERGREEN, Suffern, N. Y. 
Brush Rnnahnnt~ 485 p od , el , to P' wind shield; just 
OIUoll nulldUUUI overhauled; perfect order. $150 
Call and drive it home. Dampnian, 253 Broadway. N. Yi 
WANTFR OCTOBER I, 1912— Experienced man and 
n " ' wife to manage farm; man as working 
foreman; lady to do housework. State salary and 
reference. Address, Maplevale Farm, Litchfield, Conn. 
(IQ AfiRR (IF ANn a . nd two hundred thousand 
IUU Bunco Ur LAND t ee t G f standing lumber. 
Watered fine. 7-room house in good condition. Ono 
barn, -0x8;.; L 12x36 and 10x28. Granary, hog houso. 
84 acres tillable, fruit plenty. 4 miles to Railroad 
F.J/ TV Telephone. $3,850. 
HALL S FARM AGENCY, 1300 Lake Street, Elmira, N. Y 
Milk Producers f , or ^ ew V . ork Cit y market 
.. . . desiring information how to 
toim hranches of the Dairymen's League, write to 
tlie becretary, Alber t Manning Otisville. N. Y. 
JELLIFFE, WRIGHT & COMPANY, 
Commission Merchants, 284 Washington St., New York 
Poultry, Eggs, Meats , Produce. Shipments Solicited 
FfO Dh'oct to best trade in Greater 
- LIU» New York. Highest market 
" value and account sales day otarrival. 
liefer to Rural New-Yorker, Dun’s or Hradstieet’a. 
Zenith Butter & Epo Co., 355-59 Greenwich St.. N.Y. 
EGGS. 
APPLES-PEACHES 
Live Poultry, Fancy Eggs, Hothouse 
Products, Fruits, Vegetables. 
Top Prices Secured for Choice Goods. 
ARCHDEACON & CO., 100 Murray St., New York 
Highest prices guaranteed for White or Brown 
Leghorns or mixed eggs. Also high grade butter. 
VVrite us tor information. A trial will convince you 
of our ability to obtain extreme prices. Address 
JOHNSTONE & COUGHLAN. 
164 Duane Street, : : New York 
BOOKS WORTH BUYING 
Bush Fruits, Card. j 50 
Principles of Fruit Growing, Bailey.. 1.50 
Successful Fruit Culture, Maynard_ 1.00 
Plums and Plum Culture, Waugh.... 1.50 
Nursery Book, Bailey. 1.50 
Spraying of Plants, Lodcnian. 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, Hligard . 4 00 
Fertility of the Land. Roberts. 1.50 
Irrigation aud Drainage, King. 1.50 
Fertilizers, Voorhees . 1.25 
Agriculture aud Chemistry, Storer, 3 
vols .5.00 
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 
How Crops Feed, Johnson. 1.50 
Cereals in America, Hunt. 1.75 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
409 Pearl Street New York 
