1912. 
THE; RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1016 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, Sept. 28, 1912. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Potatoes or Cabbage with Dairying... 994 
Alfalfa in New Hampshire. 997 
Vetch and Rye; Alfalfa Without Ma¬ 
nure . 997 
Prolonging Growth of Timothy Hay... 997 
Bay State Notes.... 997 
Crops . 998 
Ontario Crops.•. 998 
Horse Nettle and Dodder. 999 
Handling the Squash Crop. 999 
Habit of Essex Rape. 999 
A Crop Doctor.1900 
Alfalfa in Maine.1000 
That Champion Pea Crop.1000 
Hope Farm Notes.1002 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings.1005 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
A Problem of Pure Blood.1008 
The Silo Not a Kumshop.1008 
Where Are the Sheep?.1008 
Massachusetts Milk.1009 
Cattle at the N. Y. State Fair.1009 
Fleshy Udder.1009 
The Story of the Horse. Part III.... 1010 
Cost of Pasturing Sheep.1010 
Feeding Pumpkins to Cattle.1010 
Poisoned by Wild Cherry Pits.1010 
Flour for Hog Feed; Hog Lice.1010 
Hog Cholera.1010 
The South Australian Egg-laying Com¬ 
petition. Part II.1012 
Flat Pea as Forage.1012 
How We Sprout Oats.1012 
Swollen Leg.1012 
Diabetes .1012 
Girls and Poultry.1015 
The Egg-laying Contest.1015 
Ailing Fowls; Blackhead in Turkeys.. 1015 
HORTICULTURE. 
How to Pick Fruit.995, 994 
Mulching for a Proxy Fruit Grower... 994 
Rough and Ready Apple Culture. 994 
A List of Dwarf Fruits. 995 
Fall-set Trees. 996 
Pseonies from Seed. 996 
Some Random Notes. 996 
Ailing Bay Trees. 996 
Caterpillars on Huckleberries. 996 
Chestnut Blight in Pennsylvania. 996 
Piling Apple Barrels. 997 
Fighting the Apple Borer. 997 
Kansas Fruit Crops. 998 
Average Yield of Grapes. 999 
Building Low-headed Trees. 999 
The Winter Nelis Pear. 999 
Grafting Strawberry and Raspberry... 1005 
Pruning Currants: Wintering Hy¬ 
drangea ..‘.1005 
Protecting Roses.1005 
Pecans and Walnuts in Arkansas.1005 
Trees on Filled Ground.1005 
Fruit at the N. Y. State Fair. Part 1.1005 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.1006 
A Farmer's School in Ohio.1006 
The Rural Patterns.1007 
In the Time of Quinces.1007 
Good Neighbors in Tennessee.1007 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Do Spiders Bite Hard?. 994 
Hail Insurance. 995 
A New York Cyclone. 996 
Chemicals as Flv-killers. 997 
Homemade Hand-cart. 999 
A Grasshopper Plague. 999 
Ginseng Trade in China.1000 
A Butterfly Farm.1000 
Large Public Questions.1005 
Events of the Week.1005 
Publisher’s Desk.1014 
MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending Sept. 21, 1912. 
B17TTKH 
Creamery, fancy, lb.30 @ .31 
Good to Choice.37 © .29 
Lower Grades.24 @ .26 
State Dairy. b"Rt.28 fa .29 
Common to G :od.22 © .25 
Factory.20 & .25 
Packing Stock.IS (a .21 
Elgin. 111., butter market firm at 28 cents. 
Dos’on. western creamery. 2916 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 30^ cents. 
EGGS 
White, good to choice.3a © .38 
Mixed Colors, best . 31 © ,;y> 
Common to Good.22 © 26 
Western, be»t.28 © .32 
Under grades.20 © .25 
Checks and dirties.12 « .16 
Storage.20 ® ,24 
CHEESE 
Full Cream, best. 15 © ,J 6 
Common to Good.11 © .14 
Skims.04 © .12 
BEANS 
Marrow. 100 lbs. 4.50 @ 5.70 
Medium. 4.30 © 5.(;0 
Pea. 4.40 @ 5.25 
Yellow Eye. 4.10 Si 4.15 
Red Kidney. 3 60 © 4.15 
White Kidney.5.60 @ 6.60 
Lima, California.6.20 (S (5 35 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice.28 (A .30 
Common to Good.26 © .28 
Pacific <'oast. .23 © .27 
Old Stock.08 @ .15 
German Crop.42 @ .44 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples—Wealthy, bbl.2.00 © 2.75 
Alexander . 2.60 © 3.50 
Gravensteln. 2.50 (a 3.25 
Blush. 2.00 @ 2.60 
Fall Pippin. 2.00 © 3.00 
Duchess. 1.75 (Si 2.25 
Greening. 2.00 ® 3.75 
Holland.2.00 @ 3.00 
Wolf River. 2.25 (S 3.00 
Common and drops.50 © 1.50 
Crabapples, bbl .. 1.00 @ 4.00 
Peaches, up-river, bkt.25 ® .75 
Michigan, bu. 1.00 ® 1.50 
Jersey, bkt.25 © .75 
Western N. Y , bkt.25 rs .75 
Pears—Kleffer. bbl. 1.00 ® 2.00 
Bartlett, bbl. 2.00 ® 7.00 
Seckel . 4.50 ® 7 00 
Bose, bbl. 3,00 @ 4.50 
Anjou .2.00 ® 3.25 
Clairgeau.2.75 © 3.75 
LeConte. 1.25 @ 2.00 
Common.75 @ 1.25 
Plums. 8 -lb bkt.10 © .20 
Grapes. Niagara, case.30 @ .60 
Delaware .35 © .65 
Concord.35 @ .55 
Huckleberries, qt.08 © .20 
Raspberries, r«d. pt.04 © .07 
Muskmelons. Far West, crate. 1.00 ©2.50 
Watermelons. Carload. 60.00 ©100.00 
Cranberries, Cape Cod, bbl. 1,50 @ 5.50 
DRIED FRUITS 
Apples, evap., choice, 1011 ,.09 ® .09*4 
Common to good.07 © .08 
Sun dried. 0416© .OoUJ 
Chops. 100 lbs. 1 35 « 1.50 
Raspberries.... ]8 © .21 
Cherries.u © .13 
Blackberries. 11 © .1214 
Huckleberries. 13 ® ,i,> 
VEGETABLES] 
Potatoes—Long Island, bbl.. 2.00 © 2 25 
Jersey, bbl. 125 fa 1.35 
Maine, 168 lb. bag. l.jO © 1.60 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl. 1.50 fa 2.10 
Beets, bbl.75 © l.oo 
Carrots, bbl.75 (a 1 .00 
Cauliflowers, bbl . 60 © 1.75 
Celery, do/., bunches. 10 © .35 
Cucumbers, nearby, bu .50 © .75 
Long Island, bbl. 1.00 © 2.(0 
Cabbage, bbl.50 ®> .76 
Ton. 8.00 fe 10.00 
Lettuce.fs-hbl. bkt. lo © .75 
Sweet corn, Jersey, 100 .50 @ 1.00 
Lima beans, bu.50 ® 1.00 
Onions, Jersey, bu.50 © .75 
Long Island, bbl. 2.00 ® 2 60 
Orange Co., 100 lb bag.60 © 1.00 
Peppers, bbl . 50 ® 1.25 
Peas. Western N. Y., bu.50 © 1.25 
Radishes, 100 bunches.75 ® 1.00 
String Beans, bu.10 ® .60 
Squash, bbl.50 @ 1.00 
Egg Plants, Jersey, bkt.40 © .60 
Tomatoes, Jersey, box.15 © 50 
Turnips, white, bbl. l.CU @ 1.50 
Rutabaga.75 © 1.00 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, lb.19 ® .20 
Fowls.17 © .18 
Roosters. 11 © .12 
Ducks. 16 © .17 
Geese.n © .12 
Turkeys.14 ® .16 
Guineas, pair.60 © 1.00 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, best.23 ® .23 
Common to Good.14 © .28 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb.24 @ .25 
Squab, broilers, pair.45 @ .50 
Broilers, common to good. 20 © .22 
Roaste rs .....23 ® .24 
Fowls.15 @ .17 " 
Ducks, spring, lb .18 @ .18^6 
Squabs, doz.50 @ 4.00 j 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay. Timothy No. 1, ton.23.00 (S 24.00 
No. 2.21.00 © 22.00 
No. 3.18.00 @ 20.00 
Clover Mixed.18 .00 @ 22 00 
Clover.17.00 @18.00 
Straw, Rye.16.00® 17.00 
Oat and Wheat.9.00 © 11.00 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs. 6.80 © 9.40 
Bulls.s.60 @5.60 
Cows. 2.25 © 6.25 
Calves, Prime Veal, 100 lbs.8.50 ©12.00 
Culls. 6.00 @ 7.00 
8 heep, 100 Jbs.2.50 © 4.00 
Lambs. 5 25 @ 7.50 
Hogs.7.50 @8.90 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1. Northern Spring.9914® ... 
No. 2, Red. 1.03 @ ... 
No. 2 Hard Winter. 1.01 © ... 
Corn, as to quality, bush.75 ®> .82 
Oats, as to weight, bush.38 @ .42 
COTTON 
New York Middling Upland. 11.85 
Middling Gulf. 12.10 
New Orleans, Low Middling. 10.75 
Good Middling. 11.65 
WOOL 
NewYork Fleeces, Fine, unwashed. .22 @ .23 
Obio half blood combing .29 @ .30 
Kentucky, three-eighths blood.32 @ .33 
Michigan, half blood.27 © .28 
MARKET SKETCHES, No. 4. 
For 30 miles northeast of Baltimore we 
went within a short distance of the bay, 
crossing numerous inlets, a long trestle at 
Gunpowder River, and an extremely long 
bridge over the mouth of the Susquehanna 
near Havre de Grace. This country 
looked prosperous. Near Perryman was the 
largest cornfield I have seen in the East, 
uniform in size and well eared. Aberdeen, 
a nearby town, is headquarters for the 
canned tomato industry of northeastern 
Maryland. This section has many large 
poultry plants, climate being favorable and 
good markets quite near. 
The next large stopping place was 
Wilmington, Del. long noted as a pros¬ 
perous manufacturing town. With a popu¬ 
lation of S7,400, a considerable proportion 
of whom work up husky appetites by labor 
in shops and factories, it is quite naturally 
a good market for foodstuffs. There I 
found the best example of selling direct 
from farm to consumer that has yet been 
noted. Wednesday and Saturday are the 
chief market days, and at such times the 
main street for 10 blocks is practically 
given up to this trade. Farmers’ wagons 
are backed up to the curb, and the fruits, 
vegetables, dairy products, eggs, home- 
baked bread and pie, and other wares, are 
neatly arranged on small stands, attended 
by the farmers, their wives and children. 
I saw' many wagons in charge of the 
mother and a son or daughter of 15 or 
thereabouts, the father being busy at home 
with the farm work. The buyers were 
largely women, and all had baskets, not 
the flimsy kind, but made of willow or 
oak and intended for long service. In 
many places the walk was a solid mass of 
buyers, moving slowly along and trans¬ 
ferring the eatables to their baskets. It 
made me think, if the illustration is ex¬ 
cusable, of a legion of army w'orms attack¬ 
ing a cornfield though in this ease the 
devastation was quite satisfactory all 
around. I watched closely and tried to 
get a fair idea of the amount of money 
that wms changing hands. So near as I 
could figure it. one busy hour brought 
about $1,000 to the sellers. Of course they 
were not all farmers, some peddlers being 
on hand. It was said that at times the 
Market Master had to make the peddlers 
move in order to give the farmers’ wagons 
needed room. I noticed no friction, how¬ 
ever, the crowd appearing in good humor. 
Wilmington takes pride in its street mar¬ 
ket. Some of the townspeople told me 
that they thought the farmers had a pretty 
thorough understanding among themselves 
as to prices, but that on the whole they 
were reasonable, and it was better to get 
the goods fresh in this way than through 
the hands of a lot of middlemen, even 
though the price was but little higher in 
the latter way. There is little danger of 
farmers misusing such a market privilege, 
even though they were so disposed. Public 
sentiment would quickly squelch any at¬ 
tempt at getting together in a way that 
would be oppressive or unfair to the buyer. 
Here are a few of the retail prices at 
which things were sold from the farmers’ 
wagons in mid-August: Sweet corn, IS 
cents dozen; egg plants, five to 10 cents 
each; peppers and cucumbers, one cent 
each ; sweet potatoes, 25 cents half peek; 
huckleberries, 10 cents quart; muskmelons, 
five to eight cents; eggs, recommended to 
be strictly fresh, and proven so by the 
test of a whole dozen, 30 cents. 
After a square meal of sea trout and 
ample potatoes, bread, etc,, which cost 25 
cents, I moved on toward the north with 
some regret. In a day and a half spent 
on the move in this border of the South¬ 
land I had found pleasant people aud 
good food at a moderate price, and had 
heard only one man swear, though mingling 
freely with freight handlers, truckmen and 
others that in New York are muc ' given 
to this disgusting habit. w. w. h. 
Stiff Cow. 
Would you advise me how to treat a 
cow which is suffering from some ailment 
iu her feet? In motion she goes very much 
as a horse that is foundered or shortened, 
is cautious where she steps, seems to use 
her toes more than her heels. While stand¬ 
ing in barn she shifts from one foot to 
the other all the time, seemingly to find 
relief; seems to be in pain, but has no 
swelling, no fever. This cow has been 
farrow for one year or so, is due to freshen 
January 1. Her feed is pasturage and is 
quite wet this season. What treatment 
can you suggest? f. h. w. 
New York. 
We fear that treatment will do little if 
any good. If the stiffness is due to founder 
it will prove chronic and incurable aud 
rheumatism of chronic nature is about as 
unpromising. The first step should he to 
have the cow tested with tuberculin, as 
tuberculosis often causes symptoms such as 
you describe. If she proves free from 
tuberculosis then we would confine her to a 
roomy, light, airy box stall, bed well with 
clean straw, and there feed her green feed, 
roots and a grain and hay ration. Half an 
ounce of salicylate of soda may be given 
twice a day in water and increased to 
three doses a day if found necessary. This 
may do some good if rheumatism is present. 
a. s. A. 
Balking Horse. 
Will you give advice as to how to cure 
a horse from balking? I own a very valu¬ 
able horse which occasionally, when he is 
being driven in the team, balks, and no 
persuasion or chastisement from his skill¬ 
ful driver seems able to cure him. There 
must be some plau better than another, 
and perhaps others would be interested as 
well as myself know what it is. k. k. 
New Jersey. 
There is no specific for balkiness. Y'ou 
will have to try all plans iu turn. A good 
plan is to unhitch horse, put on a halter, 
pull head around as far as you can toward 
side of body, then tie halter strap to tail 
after it has been pulled to meet the head. 
Now make the horse walk or trot around 
in a circle until exhausted. Casting a 
horse where he balks and leaving him 
“hog-tied” for a time sometimes cures. You 
can learn of other methods from neighbors 
and books. a. s. a. 
Buying Grain in Large Lots. 
I have never but once bought ahead, and 
•I found it did not pay for the trouble of 
taking care of it. I think it pays best to 
buy with the market aud sell with it, may 
it be high or low. I have 100 head of cat¬ 
tle to feed and buy grains for, and I as¬ 
sure you it costs twice as much now as it 
did five years ago, aud the farmer is not 
getting the difference, the farmer doing 
the work and the middleman making the 
money. geokge w. ott. 
Pennsylvania. 
I have been in the habit of buying my 
dairy feed by the carload iu the Fall, more 
particularly so as to have it on hand when 
I wanted it through the Winter when the 
traveling was bad, and sometimes making 
a little difference in price to my advan¬ 
tage, provided it was bought eiirlv and 
bought judiiciously, and then occasionally 
would have to buy later iu the Winter 
when what was carried over would possibly 
not make any money. I find there has 
been no very large saving in ordering in 
the Fall for Winter use, but more particu¬ 
larly the convenience of having it on hand. 
New Jersey. a. a. coutelyou. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
m x 4-pound extra choice tea, postpaid, for |A. 
Yon r choice of Ceylon .Japan or Oolong 111 b 
MCKINNEY & CO., Mail Order House 1 U 
184 State Street ... Binghamton, N.Y. 
WANTED 
SINGLE man on dairy farm 
Must be good milker and able to do gen¬ 
eral farm work. Wages $25 per month 
and board. Permanent place for the right 
man. DAIRYMAN, care R. N.-Y. 
"to BET BETTER LIGHT 
From KEROSENE(CoaS Oil) 
Tests by Prof. Rogers, Lewis Institute, Chicago, on 
leading oil-burning lamps Bhow the Aladdin Mantle Lamp 
lsthemosteconoinicaland gives over twice r -- 
aa much light as the Rayo and other lamps I 
tested, it is odorless, safe, oloan, noiseless. 
Guaranteed. Better light than gas or elec- 
trlo. To Introduce the Aladdin 
wo’ll send a sample lamp onaa»—>• 1 0 Days 
AGENTS WANTED TRIAL 
Experience unnecessary. Every gig lor 
home needs this lamp. One agent Porticulart 
sold over 1000 on monoy back *- —■ 
guarantee, not one returned. Another sold 
•800 worth In 15 days. Evenings made proll-1 
table. Ask for agents prices au<l trial offer, [_ 
MANTLE LAMP COMPANY. 376 ALddu Bailci.og. CHICAGO. ILL 
Eggs, Poultry, Meats, Produce. 
Shipments solicited. JELUFFE, WRIGHT S CO.. Com¬ 
mission Merchants. 284 Washington St.. New York, 
\/\7 -w-fc —Calves, Poultry. 
Cli-LA tC/U. Fancy Egas. Chest¬ 
nuts aid Shellbarks, WM. H. COHEN & CO.. Com¬ 
mission Merchants, 229 Washington St.,Now York 
EGGS, ^c. 
7 value a 
Direct to best trade In Greater 
New York. IligheHt market 
value and account sales day olarrival. 
liefer to Rural New-Yorker, Dun’s or Bradstteet 
Zenith Butter & Eqo Co., 355-59 Greenwich St., N.Y. 
Highest prices guaranteed for White or Brown 
Leghorns or mixed eggs. Also high grade butter. 
Write us for information. A trial will convince you 
of our ability to obtain extreme prices. Address 
JOHNSTONE & COUGHLAN, 
172 Duane Street, s s New York 
GKO. P. HAMMOND. E8T. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & CO., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers in all kinds oi 
COUNTRY I’KODUCE, Apples, Beaches. Ber 
ries Butter, Eggs. Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms 
and Hot house Products a Specialty. Consignments 
solicited. 34 Ac 30 Little l«tii .St.. Nexv York- 
A Mn I CENTRA I, NEW YORK FARM 
n I1U, I FOR SALK—153 acres. For particulars 
ask A. L. SPAULDING. Baldwinsville, Onondaga Co., N. Y. 
FOR SALK IN PIEDMONT, VIRGINIA 
Blut grass Stock and Dairy Farms, Colonial Homes, 
Alfalfa and Orchard Lands. Write for circular. Wash¬ 
ington, 1). C.. forty-five miles. 
F. SCOTT CARTER & CO., • Warrenton, Virginia 
NEWYORK STATE FARMS, .ievsi: 
ItK in forms throughout New York Slate, ftefcreme 
on requeat. Catalog went to prospective purchasery. 
L* YAGKIt & OO., 7516 l’reiw lildg., Bin^luuutou, IS’, Y. 
★ 
FOR NEW YORK FARMS 
or for farm lands in the West and South call on or 
write to 8. F. McBURNEY & CO., 309 Bastable Block, 
Syracuse, New York, or 703 Fisher Building, Chicago, III. 
Nice Old Summer Home for Sale-iSM;?^ 
(no stones); 10-room brick house (7 fireplaces); be¬ 
tween Concord and Manchester. N. H.; half mile 
to dopot. postoflice, etc.; electrics and State road 
pass door: price, $8,000. F. 0 CLEMENT, Suncook, N H. 
COME TO MINNESOTA l B u o n el 
Plenty rainfall. Good markets. I.and cheap, hut 
advancing rapidly. Literature and information 
FREE. Write Jtl. J. MAXFIELD, State Immigra¬ 
tion Commissioner, 202 Stale Capitol, St. Patti, Minn, 
For Qalp~180-acre farm, finest laying farm in 
. * Ja,c county. 12-room house, two barns, 36x50, 
35x52: basement. 15 cow stalls, wagon house 24x35. 
Silo; *4 mile school and church; included are three 
cows, two horses, two pigs,, brood sow; mower, 
rake, harrow, reaper, plows, cultivators, potato 
biller, sugar bush, 400 trees, sap pans, buckets, 
spiles. $1,000 worth of sawing timber. Only $1,400; 
part cash. Hall’s Farm Agency, 1300 Lake St., Elmira, N. Y. 
V0UNG MARRIED MAN SEEKS POSITION as poultryman. Un- 
1 derstandsrearing pheasants. F. Hopkins, Groton, Ct. 
UIANTKI)—POSITION as Working Superin- 
" tendent of an estate by Englishman of several 
years experience. Four years present position. High¬ 
est references. Single. DAVID G. KITE, Matawan, N. J. 
fk Jl/Tfll-Farm superintendent to manage 
B about a thousand acres in East¬ 
ern Pennsylvania. Graduate from Agricultural 
College preferred and one who has had practical 
experience. State salary desired and give refer¬ 
ence. Address W. H. K., care Rural Nkw-Yorkkr 
SINGLE MAN WANTED ^ 10 mi,k »«»> iwip 
mHn nHnlcu care for Jerseys and 
Poultry. If you can milk and will learn—poultry 
experience not necessary. Enclose recommenda¬ 
tion. State wages with hoard. 
SHKLDONCROFT, - Silver Lake, Pa. 
WA. NTBD 
A thoroughly competent man and wife to take care 
of a first-class dairy of ten or fifteen Jersey cows, 
near Bridgeport, Conn. To care also for Chickens 
and Pigs. Apply by letter on/;/with references and ex¬ 
pectation forsalary to Room BOG, 31 Nassau St., N. Y City 
WANTED-OH DAIRY FARM 
Married man; must be good milker; clean, 
efficient; no intoxicants tolerated. Wages, 
sixty dollars month. Four-room house. 
Give age, experience, ability, first letter. 
R. F. SHANNON, Sewickley, Pa. 
A FIRST-GLASS SUPERINTENDENT - ™ 
engagement about Oct. 1 , amply qualified, by years 
of management of modern farm properties, to 
handle any sized proposition successfully. Or, if 
preferable, would hire large dairy farm, including 
itsentireequipment. References. AddressT. A. J., 
care Rvkal Nxw-Yokkkb. 
For Sale at North Greenwich, N. Y. 
A farm of 77 acres, 20 acres of orchard. Also small 
fruits: eleven-room house; ample barns in tine re¬ 
pair; well watered; ice supply. School, store aud 
church near by. A very attractive country home. 
Sold only on account of death of owner. Inquire 
ott premises or address 
MRS. CORTLAND A. SKINNER. - North Greenwich, N. Y. 
CRUMB'S VESSSaSS 
STANCHION 
Henry H. Albertson, Burl¬ 
ington, N. J., writes; “My 
new .stanchions add greatly 
to the comfort of my cows.” 
WHY TORTURE 
yours with rig ! d stanchions? 
Send for specifications 
of inexpensive yet sani¬ 
tary cow stable to 
l YALLACE B. CRUMB, Box M3, Forcstvllle, Conn. 
