1912. 
the RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
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CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, Sept. 21, 1912. 
FARM TOPICS. 
The Necessity of Tile Drainage.970 
Lice on the Alfalfa...... 971 
Potatoes in a Peach Orchard. 971 
Vetch in Missouri . 971 
Transplanting Onions . 972 
Measuring Hay; Testing Soil. 972 
Traction Engines on Small Farms.... 972 
Clover With Wheat . 972 
Improving Wet Meadow . 973 
Hairy Vetch in Michigan . 973 
Boarding Farm Help; Cattle Questions 974 
Crops . 976 
Government Crop Report . 976 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings . 976 
Alfalfa Questions . 977 
Fighting the White Grub . 977 
Bean Harvesters . 977 
Hope Farm Notes . 978 
Flint and Dent Corn in Agriculture.. 979 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Poultry and Hay .970 
Farming Wild Game Birds . 971 
Refined Tankage . 972 
The Story of the Horse. Part II.984 
Silo Filling . 984 
Paralyzed Pig . 984 
Fermentation of Silage. 985 
Sick Hares . 985 
The South Australian Egg-laying 
Competition . 986 
Shrink in Milk. 986 
Pigs Eating Chickens. 986 
Grinding Grain for Cows . 986 
Pining Cow . 991 
Oat Straw for Bedding . 991 
The “Exchange Price” . 988 
Massachusetts Milk . 988 
Silage Without Ears . 988 
Keeping Butter with Saltpeter . 988 
Prices for Cows . 988 
The Egg-laying Contest .989 
Picking Out Non-layers . 989 
Thickened Water-glass . 989 
Fruit Trees for Chicken Run. 989 
Oil Meal; Bumble-foot. 989 
Ration for Cow . 989 
HORTICULTURE. 
Peaches, up-river, bkt. 25 @ .75 
Michigan, bu. 1.25 © 2.25 
Jersey, bkt. 25 @ .75 
Western N. Y , bkt.'... .25 © .75 
Pears-Clapp’s, bbl.4.50 © 5.50 
Kioffer . 1.25 ® 2.00 
Bartlett, bbl.2.00 © 5.00 
Seckel. 4.50 ©6 50 
Bose, bbl. 3,00 © 4.50 
Anjou .2.00 © 3.25 
Clairgeau.2.50 @ 4.00 
Le Conte. 1.50 @ 2.25 
Common. 75 @ 1.25 
Plums. 81b. bkt.15 @ .25 
Grapes. Niagara, case.30 ® .00 
Delaware .25 @ .00 
Champion. 30 © .40 
Concord. 35 @ .55 
Huckleberries, qt.06 @ .23 
Raspberries, red, pt.04 @ .00 
Muskmelons. Far West, crate.00 © 2.25 
Jersey, crate...50 @ 1.00 
Watermelons, carload.100.00 ©250.00 
Cranberries, Cape Cod, bbl.4,50 @ 0.25 
rmiKii fruits 
Apples, evap., choice, 1011 . 0 !) © .09 94 
Common to good.07 @ .08 
Sun dried.0444@ .0514 
Chops, 100 lbs. 1.35 © 1.50 
Raspberries. 18 (<» .21 
Cherries. 11 @ .13 
Blackberries. 11 @ .1244 
Huckleberries.13 © js' 
VEGETA BEKS! 
Potatoes—Long Island, bbl.2.00 @ 2.25 
Jersey, bbl. 1 25 © 1,75 
Maine, 108 lb. bag. 1.50 @ 1.65 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl.75 @ 1.25 
Beets, bbl.75 ® 1.00 
Carrots, bbl.75 © 1.00 
Cauliflowers, bbl.5(1 © 1.50 
Celery, doz. bunches.10 @ .35 
Cucumbers, nearby, bu .50 @ 1.00 
Pickles, bbl. 1.00 @ 3.00 
Cabbie, bbl.50 © .75 
Ton. 8.00 @10.00 
Lettuce. 44-bbl. bkt. 50 Ca> 1.25 
Sweet corn, Jersey, 100.50 @1.50 
Lima beans, bu.50 © 1.00 
Onions, Jersey, bn.75 @1.00 
Long Island, bbl.2.00 © 2.50 
Orange Co., 100 lb. bag. 1.00 @ 1.50 
Peppers. Jersey, bbl .50 @ .75 
Peas. Western N. Y., bu.25 © .75 
Radishes, 100 bunches.75 © 1.00 
String Beans, bu.25 ® .50 
Squash, bbl.50 © 1.00 
Egg Plants. Jersey, bkt.40 @ .00 
Tomatoes, Jersey, box.20 @ .05 
The Carman Peach.969, 970 
Care of Raspberry Sprouts. 972 
Lettuce Under Canvas . 972 
Federal Plant Quarantine . 972 
McIntosh as a Filler . 972 
Concrete Hotbeds . 972 
Gas and Trees . 972 
Grafting Stocks for Cherries. 973 
Fall or Winter Apples; Windfalls for 
Pigs and -Cows . 973 
Transplanting Bush Fruits . 977 
Raspberries and Blackberries in Or¬ 
chards . 977 
Chick weed in Lawn . 979 
Clingstone Peaches . 979 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day . 982 
Drying Corn . 982 
Chop-Suey . 982 
Beach Plums .982 
The Rural Patterns . 983 
Black Chocolate Cake . 983 
Green Tomatoes . 983 
Convenience in the Farm House . 983 
Fried Cakes . 983 
Drop Jumbles . 983 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Minnesota Fly Trap . 970 
Stands by Ills Friends . 970 
Plaster for Wall . 972 
Good Italian Bees . 972 
Complaint About Rural Carrier . 973 
Cement for Roofs . 973 
The Cooperative Movement . 974 
Revision of Express Rates . 974 
Worcester, Mass., Fair . 976 
Boston Markets . 976 
The Buffalo Market Review . 976 
Editorials . 980 
Retrial of the Lewis Case . 981 
The New York State Fair . 981 
Philadelphia Market Investigation .. . 981 
Senator Bourne and Postal Graft.... 981 
Northwestern Canada Wants Reci¬ 
procity . 981 
A State Produce Exchange . 981 
Events of the Week . 981 
Publisher’s Desk . 990 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, lb.19 © .20 
Fowls.17 @ .18 
Boosters.1 l@ .12 
Ducks.14 @ .15 
Geese.11 ffl .12 
Turkeys.,.14 ® .15 
Guineas, pair.50 @ .60 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, best.22 ® .23 
Common to Good. % .14 @ .20 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb.21 © .25 
Squab, broilers, pair.45 @ .50 
Broilers, common to good.. .20 @ .22 
Roasters.22 @ .24 
Fowls. 
Ducks, spring, lb . 
Squabs, doz. 
@ .17 
@ .1844 
@ 4.00 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay, Timothy No. 1, ton. 
No. 2. 
.23.00 
. 21.00 
© 24.00 
@ 22.00 
Clover Mixed. 
Clover. 
Straw, Rye. 
Oat and Wheat. 
. 18.00 © 22 00 
.17.00 @18.00 
.16.00© 17.00 
. 9.00 © 11.00 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs. 
Bulls. 
. 7.00 
@ 9 50 
© 5.50 
Calves, Prime Veal, 100 lbs. 
Gulls. 
. s.f >0 
. 4 50 
@ 5.80 
@13.00 
© 7.00 
(«! 4.50 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 
Hogs. 
. 7.50 
@ 9.00 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. I. Northern Spring.99*4® ... 
No. 2, Bed. 1.04 © ... 
No. 2 Hard Winter. 1.00 @ ... 
Corn, as to quality, bush.75 © .83 
Oats, as to weight, bush.38 @ ,42 
COTTON 
New York Middling Upland. 11.75 
Middling Gulf. 12.00 
New Orleans, Low Middling. 10.25 
Good Middling. ]1.55 
WOOL 
NewYork Fleeces, Fine, unwashed.22 @ .23 
Ohio half blood combing .29 @ .30 
Kentucky, three eighths blood.32 @ .33 
Michigan, half blood.27 @ .28 
MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending Sept. 14, 1912. 
BUTTER 
Creamery, fancy, lb .28 © .2944 
Good to Choice.26 @ .27 
Lower Grades .22 @ .25 
State Dairy, best.27 ® .28 
Common to Good.22 © .25 
Factory.19 @ .22 
Packing Stock..18 @ .21 
Elgin, 111., butter market firm at 2744 cents. 
Boston, western creamery. 29 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 29 cents. 
EGGS 
White, good to choice.33 @ .35 
Mixed Colors, best.28 @ .29 
Common to Good.22 @ 20 
Western, best.27 @ .29 
Under grades.18 @ .22 
Checks and dirties.13 © .16 
CHEESE 
Full Cream, best.15 @ .16 
Common to Good.11 @ .14 
Skims.04 @ .12 
BEANS 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 4.50 © 5.70 
Medium. 4.30 © 5.00 
Pea. 4.40 @ 5.25 
Yellow Eye. 4.10 © 4.15 
Red Kidney..3.50 © 4.20 
White Kidney. 5.50 @ 6.70 
Lima, California.6.15 ffl 6.25 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice.29 @ .30 
Common to Good.26 @ .28 
Pacific Coast.22 @ .25 
Old Stock.08 ® 15 
German Crop.44 @ .46 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples—Wealthy, bbl.2,00 @ 3.00 
Alexander . 2.50 @ 3.50 
Gravenstein.2.,50 © 3.00 
Blush. 2.00 @ 2.50 
Fall Pippin.2.00 @ 3.00 
Duchess. 2.00 ® 3.00 
Wolf River. 2.50 © 3.50 
Common and drops.. 1.00 @ 1.50 
Crabapples, bbl...,,.2.00 @ 5.00 
MARKET SKETCHES, No. 3. 
A trolley labeled “Washington Limited" 
looked attractive. It proved to be real 
“rapid transit,” making the upwards of 40 
miles from Baltimore in an hour. We 
passed through considerable rough country 
and scrub timber, with here and there it 
farm, or, in the clearings, Isolated fields 
of corn and sweet potatoes. Soon the sign. 
“District Line,” is seen, and we are on the 
border of that unique 69% square miles, 
the District of Columbia, which elects no 
Governor or Legislature, but is ruled as its 
Uncle Samuel sees lit. 
The first sight of Washington is likely 
to be both impressive and disappointing. 
There is the Capitol dome and Washing¬ 
ton Monument, splendid in outline whether 
seen from a distance or nearby, but in 
some prominent parts of the city is ail 
unkempt, uncurried (so to speak) appear¬ 
ance that seems peculiar. One who desires 
may pick fine specimens of Arctium Lappa 
(our plebeian burdock) on the lawn(?) 
within a few feet of the large and beau¬ 
tiful Union railroad station, and if he 
cares to continue his botanical studv of 
the weed kingdom, ample scope will he 
found along Delaware avenue, on the way 
to the Capitol, right under the nose of 
the seat of Government. On a former visit 
1 strayed out into this weed field, sat on a 
rock and ate apples in nearly as complete 
seclusion as on the border of Lake 
Memphremagog, or Chimney Rock in the 
wildest portion of Punsit. This time what 
looked like the same weeds were there, 
only taller and more numerous. Here is 
opportunity for some of our muscular Con¬ 
gressmen to sharpen their scythes and put 
in a few “breakfast spells” on those weeds, 
cutting as wide a swath there as they 
please. 
Washington has a fixed population of 
about 300,000, considerably increased dur¬ 
ing the sessions of Congress by visitors 
and transient employees. Foodstuffs are 
brought by boat both up and down the 
Potomac River. Railroad and trolley 
freight distribution is not adequate, mak¬ 
ing a large amount of expensive trucking 
necessary before produce can be got to 
the retailer. I got on a car marked “Cen¬ 
ter Market" and was soon at one of the 
largest and best kept-retail markets I have 
seen. Here is where Chief Justice Mar¬ 
shall bought his supplies, and from here, 
as the story goes, he delivered a turkey 
which a young dandy had bought but was 
ashamed to carry home. The dandy thought 
him an accommodating old gentleman and 
was astonished when lie learned from the 
dealer that the Nation’s most eminent 
jurist had offered to deliver the turkey 
because it was right ou his way home. 
There may be no truth in the story, but 
it is a fact that Washington people'go to 
market freely, and thus cut out some of 
the heavy items of delivery. Perhaps New 
York City would do the same if neat and 
well-stocked places like Center Market in 
Washington were available, and the street 
cars made a reasonable effort to help by 
'understandable signs land directions by- 
conductors. These matters will be dis¬ 
cussed fully later in notes on just what 
markets New York has and might have. 
A canvass of the prices asked showed that 
living is expensive in Washington. Here 
are a few retail prices: Butter, choice, 33 
to 35 cents; eggs, 30 to 34 cents; potatoes, 
peek, 30 to 40 cents; eggplants, each, five 
to 10 cents; tomatoes, peck. 25 to 30 
cents: cabbage, each, five to eight cents; 
apples, peck, 25 to 35 cents; sweet 'corn, 
dozen, 18 to 20 cents. 
In the Center Market section there are 
a number of produce commission houses, 
doing business on about the same lines as 
in other cities, and beyond these a public 
market place for farmers’ wagons. I saw 
but little farm trade going on. but under¬ 
stand that there is a fair volume of it at 
times. The space devoted to it Is evi¬ 
dently large enough to accommodate the 
farmers who care to drive in. As in Balti¬ 
more, fruit and vegetable peddlers do a 
large business, but most of their goods 
seen were of the cheaper grades, and the 
same applied to the majority of green¬ 
grocery stores seen. Those who want the 
best goods, handled in the neatest way. 
must go to Center Market. 
From the produce section I went to the 
Capitol grounds, where there are many 
beautiful- trees, especially English Elm and 
Oriental Plane. Congress being in session. 
I stayed in both Houses for a few min¬ 
utes. The Senate was having a hot de¬ 
bate over the proposition to permit postal 
employees to join any labor organization 
desired. This was defeated, the objection 
being that it would give opportunity to tie 
up the mails in sympathetic strikes when¬ 
ever th<> labor leaders saw fit to call out 
the postal employees. In the House Mr. 
Underwood was closing the debate on the 
wool schedule before the House bill was 
passed over the President’s veto, although 
afterward defeated in the Senate. Mr. 
Underwood showed that the bill which was 
vetoed gave the farmer even more protec¬ 
tion than the President’s Tariff Board 
recommended. “You do not care anything,” 
he said, “about the sheep raiser on the 
plains of Montana or Wyoming, or about 
the small manufacturer, but you are de¬ 
termined, when it comes to the top in¬ 
dustry, to make enormous rates that will 
make enormous prices and guarantee 
enormous profits to watered capitalization 
throughout the United States.” 
lie showed that in the Payne substitute 
hill, which the President favored, some of 
the cheaper clothing wools were increased 
75 per cent. “On the higher grades of 
women's dress goods your rates are as low 
as 31 per cent, but ou the cheaper grades 
your rates go up to 112 per cent. You 
are legislating in the interest of the rich 
and laying the burden of your taxes on the 
helpless poor.” 
The newspapers gave some account of 
this debate, hut I did not find one that 
quoted Mr. Underwood correctly, and most 
of them never referred to the points he 
made regarding the higher tax proposed on 
the woolens worn by the poor and middle 
classes. Evidently if one cares to know 
just what is said in Congress regarding 
interests that are highly protected he must 
he there and listen or get the Congressional 
Record. w. w. H, 
Pining Cow. 
I have a cow in bad condition; she was 
fresh last March, one year ago, and in the 
Summer she began to run down. She got 
poor in the Winter, was hidebound and 
she seems blind by spells. Her feet seem 
sore, her hoofs grow long, like a sheep's 
hoof. Six' was not fresh this Spring. She 
is past three years old. What can I do 
for her? h. y. 
Ohio. 
In all probability she is affected with 
tuberculosis in an advanced stage, and her 
milk is unfit for use. Have her tested 
with tuberculin as soon as you can have 
it done, and meanwhile keep her away 1 
from other cattle. A. s. a. 
Sick Hares. 
I have some Belgian hares, and recently 
one of the does seemed to he gradually 
losing the use of her hind parts and finally 
became entirely paralyzed. 1 performed aii 
autopsy, and found the bladder and kid¬ 
neys considerably enlarged. Some of my 
neighbors have been losing quite a number 
of their hares this Summer in the same 
way. We are all feeding green Alfalfa. 
Will you tell me what is the matter 
with our hares and what to do for them 
in order to prevent the loss? f. w. a. 
Colorado. 
Belgian hares when kept in confinement 
are delicate and prone to die of tubercu¬ 
losis or other diseases. Give them large 
yards and pens and they will do bettor. 
They require a variety of feed and too 
much Alfalfa is apt to irritate the kidneys. 
A. s. a. 
Oats, new, 30 cents; wheat, new, $1 ; 
rye, new, 70 cents; tomatoes, per bushel, 
$1.50; blackberries, per bushel,’ $3; dew¬ 
berries, per bushel, $4; red raspberries, 
per bushel, $5; hogs, per pound, eight 
cents. w. n. s. 
New Carlisle, O. 
Nft I C anJlr, * an tTnleached TTardwoofl Ashes—best fertilizer 
llUl I in use. George Stevens, Peterboro, Ontario, Canada 
GINSENG SEED FOR SALE^r.S , ,;?\, , !8 
soil iu lots of 10,000 and upward for $1.50 per 1000. 
J. A. THOMAS, ... Moravia, N. Y, 
ft/tnth Imperial Peliln Drakes, 
Iff *1 UItilU 111 i)„ cka , F , A Grinnell, Mt. Riga, N. y! 
WANTED—ON DAIRY FARM 
Mamed man; must be good milker,- clean, 
efficient; no intoxicants tolerated. Wages, 
sixty dollars month. Four-room house. 
Givo age, experience, ability, first letter. 
R. F. SHANNON, Sewickley, P a. 
A FIRST-GLASS SUPERINTENDENT”^? 
engagement about Oct. 1, amply qualified, by years 
pt management of modern farm properties, to 
handle any sized proposition successfully. Or, if 
preferable, would hire large dairy farm, including 
its entire equipment. References. Address T. A.d. 
care Rubai. Nxw-Yobker. 
SINGLE MAN MffiT* «&££& 
Poultry. If you can milk and will learn—poultry 
experience not necessary. Enclose recommenda¬ 
tion. State wages with board. 
SHELDONCKOF 1 ', - Silver Lake, Pa. 
immediately Msrried Mdii for Farm Work 
Must be good teamster also understand farm machinery. 
Prefer one who knows how to stock hay and grain. Good 
wages and permanent position to the right man. Givo 
references. AUSABLE VALLEY FABH, Keescvllle, New York 
THIS IS YOUR CHANCE 
To get a dependable man for farm work near New York. 
Six months’ practical experience. Wants to quit ollieo 
work. Willing; active. Will work for board and $25 a 
month in right place. F. B„ 90 William St., New York. 
E xperienced BOX PACKER OF APPLES 
Wanted. Season engagement. 
VV, S. TEATOR, Upper lied Hook, N. Y 
IA/ A NTFn~' Secondherdsmau for registered herd 
ww nil i i-.u of (| n i,.y cattle and Berkshire Swine 
at Delaware College. Reference roquired. Po.si 
tion permanent. Address Prof. Haywaril, Newark, Del' 
WANTFIV~ A mau of six years to board, 
' study and plav with the goatherd of 
same age at THE HEALTH AND GOAT CULT0RE FARM East 
Aurora, N. Y. FI.OltA C. McKI ANI) 
MONEY MAKER -05 aores - Somerset Co., N. J. 
. „ 700 bearing peach and apple 
trees. Good buildings. $4,000. F. B., care R. N.-Y. 
lJOK SALE Olt EXCHANGE—10 acres apple and pear orchard, 1 
a years- old. Situated in beaulifulltoguo Biver Valley, Oregon 
Climate unsurpassed. Price, $6,000. P. h. 0., caro B. N.-Y. 
FOR SALE - ,?" 0 of ? 10 finest and best located 
TOO- aero farm in Columbia county. 
Address, BARGAIN, care Rural New-Yorker. 
Here Goes a Sacrifice Sale 
DON’T WAIT IF YOU WANT IT 
200 acres, 8-room, 2-story bouse, oil finished, hard 
wood, woven wire fenced; watered the best; three 
gams, 36x50, 30x40, 30x36; granary, 16x52. Concrete 
floors throughout. Twonty-fivo cow stalls, five 
horse stalls. Milk house, engine house, k> milo 
from railroad town, macadam road. Include 3 
registered Holstein cows and one hull; six grade 
cows, three heifers, twenty-four sheep; gasoline 
engine; buzz saw; silage cutter; hinder hay loader- 
sulky plow and cultivator; grain drill; roller: 
manure spreader; teed mill; mower; rake; wagons. 
Barns full of hay. 15 acres oats; four acres pota- 
L'. ,e nni, 7 acr0s ,big corn. Everything only $0,650; 
r.-i-.°. 0 P» c SSil;. b i l i unne ' I 100 ;i y° ;ir and interest. 
HALL S FARM AGENCY, 1300 Lake Street, Elmira, NewYork 
HOMES FOR EVERYBODY! mTnNESOTA 
Ideal climate and social conditions. Leads in Dairying, 
Grain, Hay, Vegetables, Live Stock, Poultry. Landslow, 
Send for Literature. H. J. MAXF1ELD, State lmmigra- 
li°n Commissioner, 202 S tale Capitol, St. Paul, Minn. 
L ?! 1 SALK IN PIFItMONT, VIRGINIA 
. ,7 Vi ^ las ? ,®L°ek and Dairy harms. Colonial Homes, 
Alfalfa and Orchard Lands. Write for circular. Wadi- 
mgton, D. C., forty-five miles. 
E. SCOT T CARTER & CO., • . Warrentan, Virginia 
FOR NEW YORK FARMS 
or for farm lands in tho West and South call on or 
write to B. F. McBURNEY & CO., 309 Bnstalile Block. 
Syracuse, New York, or 703 Fisher Building, Chicago, III. 
NEWYORK STATE FARMS. ,(.=3: 
ins in farm8 throughout New York State. Refervmo 
on request. Catalog sent to prospective purchasers* 
('. Ii. YAGER & CO*j 786 Press IfitJjr., Iliophuniton, N. Y. 
★ 
C E R111 j It SOUTHERN FARM LAND for rent 
" or lease in large or small acreage. Healthful 
locality. Write L, L. WHEEL ER, care R. N-Y. 
\rt/E. SELL G000 FARMS m Oceana, greatest fruit Co. 
" 4" V- S-; also grain, potatoes, alfalfa, dairying. 
Write to r list, etc. HANSON & SON, Hart, Mich. 
JELLIFFE, WRIGHT & COMPANY, 
Commission Merchants, 284 Washington St., New York 
Poultry, Eggs, Meats, Produce. Shipments Solicited 
EGGS, 
9 C4n Direct to beet trade in Gientor 
Llbi Now York. Highest market 
value and account sale* day olnrrlval. 
Befer to Itnral New-Yorker. Dmi'a or Brndstreet’s 
Zenith Blitter & Egg Co., 355-59 Greenwich St , N.y! 
Highest prices guaranteed for White or Brown 
Leghorns or mixed eggs. Also high grade butter. 
Write us tor information. A trial will convince you 
of our ability to obtain extreino prices. Addross 
JOHNSTONE 6 COUGHLAN, 
172 Duane Street, : s N e w York 
APPLES AND PEARS 
Live Poultry, Fancy Eons, Hothouse 
Products, Fruits, Vegetables. 
Top Prices Secured for Choice Goods. 
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