1912. 
THE RURAE NEW-YORKER 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, August 31, 1912. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Wheat Seeding in Hudson Valley. 900 
The Dig Steam Horse.907 
Why Does Alfalfa Turn Yellow?. 907 
Harvesting Buckwheat . 908 
New Hampshire Farmers’ Meet. 908 
Green Winter Cabbage... 909 
Potatoes Run to Tops. 909' 
Hill or Level Culture for Onions. 909 
Marketing Time on a South Jersey 
Truck Farm. Part II. 909 
Crops ... 910 
Hop Growing in New York. Part II... 911 
Weeds in Manure Pit. 911 
Cover Crops .911 
Hope Farm Notes. 912 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
A Plain Tale from the Hills.905, 900 
Sheep in New England. 918 
A Valuable Dairy Bulletin. 919 
Succulent Feeds. Part II. 919 
The Egg-laying Contest. 920 
Sprays for Henhouse. 920 
Trouble with Ducklings. 920 
Unrelated Cockerel . 920 
Indian Runner Duck Club. 920 
The Weight of Eggs. 920 
Outlook for Grain and Feed. 920 
HORTICULTURE. 
Dishorning Old Peach Trees. 907 
Barren Cherry; Grape Rot. 908 
Destroying Wild Blackberries. 908 
Summer Lettuce . 908 
Grasshoppers and Carnations. 908 
Trouble with Eggplants. 909 
From the Central West. 913 
Propagating Peaches . 913 
Poisoning Cutworms . 913 
New York State Fruit Growers Meet at 
Albion. 915 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 916 
The Care of Goldfish.. . 916 
Preserving Beach Plums. 916 
The Rural Patterns. 917 
Preparing Vanilla Flavoring. 917 
Pie Making . 917 
Vines and Things. 917 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Coating for Concrete. 911 
Good Roads Make Good Friends. 911 
Editorials . 914 
Constitutional Amendments in Ohio... 915 
Publisher's Desk . 922 
MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending August 24, 1912. 
BUTTER 
Creamery, fancy, lb.26 a .26ii 
Good to Choice.24 & .25 
Lower Grades . .22 (<o .23 
State Dairy, best.24 ra 25 
Common to Good.21 Ob .23 
Factory.19 Ob .22 
Packiiu.’Stock. 18 (is 20 
Elgin, 111., batter market firm at 25 cents. 
Boston, western creamery. 2fif.j cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery. 26J4 cents. 
EGGS 
White, good to choice.29 
CHE BSE 
.20 
22 
.24 
.15 
.13 
.15 
Mixed Colors, best 
Common to Good... 
Western, best. 
Under grades... 
Checks and dirties. 
Fall Cream, best.... 
Comnlon to Good.H 
Skims. 114 
BEANS 
Marrow, lUOlbS. 4.55 
Medium.... .. 4.30 
Pea.. 4.40 
Yellow Eye. 4.10 
Red Kidney.3 66 
White Kidney. 5.50 
Lima. California.6.15 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice. 
Common to Good. 
Paciflc Coast. 
Old Stock. 
German Crop. 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples—Prime, bbl. 2. 
Lower grades. 1. 
Windfalls, bbl.75 
Peaches. Southern, carrier.75 
Maryland and Del. 1.00 
Jersey, bkt.35 
Oklahoma, bu. bkt .1.25 
Pears—Clapp’s, bbl.4.50 
KielTer . 1.50 
Bartlett, bbl.4.00 
Le Conte. 1.50 
Common.75 
Plums, crate.50 
8-lb bkt.15 
Grapes. Niagara, case.50 
Delaware . 1.00 
Champion.40 
Huckleberries, qt.(15 
Blackberries, qr...10 
Raspberries, red, pt.07 
Currants, qt.04 
Muskmolons, s’n, bn.25 
Del. and Sid., crate.50 
Jersey,crate. .50 
Watermelons, carload.100.00 
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.20 
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.23 
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1.25 
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1.25 
.60 
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.16 
.10 
.08 
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1.25 
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Apples, evap., choice, 1911. 
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Chops. HIO lbs. 
. 1.85 'a) 
2.25 
Hasp berries. 
(a* 
.22 
Cherries. 
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.13 
VEGETA BLKS 
Potatoes—Long Island, bbi. 
1.75 
@ 
2.25 
Southern.bbl. 
, 1.00 
(ill 
2.00 
Jersev, bbl. 
1 25 
ra 
2,00 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl. 
. 1.75 
2.25 
Beets, bbl. 
1.25 
@ 
1.50 
Carrots, bbl. 
. LOO 
ra 
1.25 
Celery, doz. bunches. 
, .10 
.40 
Cucumbers, nearby, bu . 
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.75 
Cabbage, bbl. 
.50 
(a) 
.75 
(3)1;', (III 
Lettuce. L,-bbl. bkt. 
30 
s 
.50 
■Sweet corn, Jersev, 100. 
.50 
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1.75 
Lima beans, Jersey bu. 
.40 
ra 
1.00 
Onions. Jersey, bu. 
.60 
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1.(10 
Long Island, bbl. 
1.75 
ra 
2.25 
Orange Co , 100 lb bag. 
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1.50 
Peppers. Jersey, bbl . 
.75 
(8) 
1.25 
Peas. Western N. Y.. bu. 
.50 
Q 
1.25 
Radishes. 100 bunches. 
.75 
(a' 
1.00 
String Means, bu. 
ra 
.75 
Squash, bbl. 
1.00 
Egg Plants. Southern, bbl. 
.75 
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.90 
Jersev. bkt. 
.41) 
Ob 
.60 
Tomatoes. Marvlaud and Del., crate, 
.30 
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.50 
Jersey, box. 
.20 
@ 
.75 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, lb. . 
.17 
@ 
.18 
Fowls. 
.13 
ra 
.14 
Roosters. 
.10 
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Ducks.. ... 
Geese. 
Turkeys. 
Guineas, pair. . 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, best. 
Common to Good. 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb... 
Broilers, common to good .. 
Roasters. 
(fowls. 
Ducks. Spring, lb . 
Squabs, doz. 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay. Timothy No. I. ton.25 00 (9 26.00 
No. 2.22.00 (& 24.00 
No. 3. 18 (W r a 20.00 
Clover Mixed.16.00 ra 22 00 
.20.00 *25.00 
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3.25 
2.25 
7.50 
4 50 
2.50 
5.76 
7.50 
New Hay 
Straw, llye. 
Oat and Wheat. 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs. 
Bulls. 
Calves, Prime Veal, 100 lbs. 
Culls. 
8heep, 100 lbs. 
Lambs. 
Hogs. 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1, Northern Spring. 1.04 
No. 2, Red. 1.06 
No. 2 Hard Winter. 1.03 
Corn, as to quality, bush.75 
Oats, as to weight, bush.38 
COTTON 
New York Middling Upland. 
Middling Gulf. 
New Orleans, Low Middling. 
Good Middling. 
WOOL 
NewYork Fleeces, Fine, unwashed. 21 
Ohio half blood combing.29 
Kentucky, three eighths blood.29 
Michigan, half blood.27 
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9.00 
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Cm 4.00 
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® .45 
11.80 
12.05 
11.10 
12.80 
© .22 
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MARKET SKETCHES, No. 1. 
This is the first of a series of notes on 
business in farm products at New York 
and other large and small towns. Farmers 
away from home on pleasure or business 
arc advised to look over the market places 
whenever there is opportunity, and per¬ 
haps a hint as to the best plan for getting 
Information of this sort may he useful. 
When a boy a school teacher told me that 
in order to learn I must use my eyes and 
brains, and ask questions only when ab¬ 
solutely necessary. This is true in the 
study of a market. The poorest plan is 
to have some one show you through and 
explain it as he sees it. • Look and think 
for yourself, with an open mind, and a 
nearer accurate impression will he had of 
tlie current of trade as it is moving in that 
locality. A farmer investigating thus will 
get ideas that may fit into his own selling 
problems, though general conditions are 
different. 
_ Two hundred miles southwest of New 
York is a State of great and varied re¬ 
sources. and highly favored as to climate. 
Maryland lias an odd shape, a big piece 
nearly sliced off on the east by Chesa¬ 
peake Bay, which reaches farthest inland 
of any bay on our seacoast, and a tri¬ 
angle of 1,400 square miles almost sepa¬ 
rated from the State by West Virginia’s 
close approach to Pennsylvania. The larg¬ 
est city on the bay and its numerous inlets 
Is Baltimore. Its 560.000 population makes 
a fair-sized famfly to feed and clothe, and 
the extensive dockage and railroad connec¬ 
tions north, south and west give distribut¬ 
ing facilities hard to excel. It is the 
nearest seaboard point for a large grain 
producing section, an average day’s re¬ 
ceipts in mid August being 45,000 bushels 
of grain and 3.500 barrels of flour. The 
railroads have trackage and elevators on 
the water front, so that the export end of 
the grain business may be handled with the 
least expense. 
Chesapeake Bay is rightly famous for its 
fish, both in abundance and quality. Those 
having access to its markets find the meat 
problem much less serious than where tin 1 
“beef trust” has its entire say. While 
speaking of meat it is well to - note that 
Maryland is marketing excellent native beef 
and mutton, which naturally is preferred to 
the cold storage product of the past year or 
decade. 
In 1904 fire destroyed 1.400 buildings in 
Baltimore, and when reconstructing the city, 
provision was made for a market place, 
with ample space for farmers’ wagons in 
fair or stormy weather. Among other 
buildings a brick fish market was erected 
convenient to the dock, and with the best 
packing and handling accommodations for 
local and inland trade. August 13 the 
higher grades of fish, such as mackerel, were 
wholesaling from 10 to 12 cents per pound: 
flounders, cat. butterfish and eels, four to 
eight cents; clams. 60 cents per 100; and 
hard crabs, $1 per barrel. 
Next week’s article will concern the fruit 
and vegetable markets and the retail facili¬ 
ties. w. w. H. 
COMING FARMERS’ MEETINGS. 
Ohio State Fair, Columbus, August 26-31. 
Hartford, Conn., Fair, September 2. 
Lewiston, Maine. Fair, September 2-5. 
Red Bank, N. .T.. September 2-5. 
Indiana State Fair, Indianapolis, Septem¬ 
ber 2-6. 
o JVest Virginia Fair, Wheeling, September 
Connecticut Fair, Hartford, September 
New \ ork 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, 
Annual meeting of the American Associa¬ 
tion of Farmers’ Institute Workers, Atlanta, 
Ga., November 11-13. 
Annual meeting of the Association of 
American Agricultural Colleges and Experi¬ 
ment Stations, Atlanta, Ga., November 11- 
1 i*. 
Indiana Apple Show, Lafayette, Novem¬ 
ber 13-19; secretary, C. G. Woodbury, La¬ 
fayette, Ind. 
International Live Stock, Chicago, No¬ 
vember 30-December 7. 
Prices. 
The prices for farm produce are as fol¬ 
lows: Milk, three cents; butter. 28; eggs, 
30: chickens. 16; fresh cows, .840 to ,850; 
lambs, six cents: hogs, six cents. 
Arkville, N. Y. z. s. h. 
This is a very poor farming district, as 
there is not enough of any one tiling pro¬ 
duced here for the home markets. Al¬ 
most all products are quite high. No cattle 
for sale: dairy butter. 30 cents; creamery. 
35 ; eggs, 30. Hay, about $18 from field. 
No fruit here this year. Garden products 
bring a good price. Good place here for 
gardening and poultry raising, hut not for 
general farming. p, B 
Emporium, Pa. 
We have no auction sales of farm pro¬ 
duce in this locality.' Cows are selling 
around $40 to $50. Horses bring from 
$100 to $300. Loose hay sells for $20 at 
barn ; no silage sold, only one silo in town. 
Manure can be had at livery stables at $1 
per load. Farmers get five cents per quart 
for milk which retails to hotels and Bum¬ 
mer cottages for six to 10 cents per quart. 
Cream retails for 50 cents a quart. Strictly 
fresh eggs, 40 cents per dozen. j. a. s. 
Cascade, N. Y. 
Corn, 80 cents in crib; wheat, .81 at 
mill; oats. 50 cents in bin ; hoy, Timothy, 
from $14 to $18 per ton in mow; clover 
$10 to $15 in mow ; potatoes. 90 tents per 
bushel; green corn, 18 cents per dozen: 
onions, 65 cents a bushel. No fruit raised 
here. Horses, from $30 to $200; tows 
from $40 to $60; butter. 30 teats; eggs. 
25 cents a dozen. h. s. 
Ross, Ohio. 
Our market is 55 miles from Cincinnati, 
tlie largest city in the State. Vienna is a 
town of about 2,000 inhabitants. It lias a 
flour mill, grain elevator and a creamery. 
We. farmers are getting for wheat 85 to 90 
cents; Timothy hay per ton. $15; Timothy 
seed, per bushel, $2 ; butter fat at creamery 
per pound 25 cents; country butter scarce 
and brings 17 to 22 cents per pound; butch¬ 
er cattle 4to nine cents per pound; new 
potatoes per bushel, S5 cents. m. d. 
New Vienna, O. 
Corn $1 per bushel; old wheat $1.10 
55 cents; now hay, $10 to $12 out of 
(low ; potatoes. $1 ; eggs, 20 cents 
dozen ; butter, 25 cents per pound ; apples. 
50 cents per bushel; milk. 14 cents per 
gallon ; cream, 55 cents per gallon ; cattle, 
4 Vi cents per pound; chickens, 12 cents 
per pound. G . w. k. 
Bedford, Pa. 
Horses bring lu our neighborhood from 
$150 to $300: young cattle from $15 to 
$2,>; cows, $50: hay, about .822 per ton; 
potatoes, new. $1.30 per bushel; oats. 58 
cents per bushel. At the cheese factory 
milk averages about $7 per month for one 
co «’- A. D. 
Trenarv. Mich. 
B. 
; oats 
mea- 
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