1912. 
THE KUKA1 NEW-YORKER 
1151 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, November 9, 1912. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Rye Souring Soil... 
Asking Questions of the Soil. 
A Productive Illinois Acre. 
Cutting Potato Seed in Maine.... 
Hope Farm Notes. 
Agricultural Credits in Europe.... 
Crops. 
Farmers’ Institutes in New Jersey 
.1139 
1133, 1134 
.1134 
.1135 
.1140 
.1143 
.1143 
.1143 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Kinks in a Dairy Farm, Part 1.1146 
Milk.1147 
The Value of Buckwheat.1148 
Size of Box Stall.1148 
Stacked Leg.1148 
Dog With Kidney Trouble.1148 
Thin Horse.1148 
Indigestion in Horse.1148 
Garget in Ewes.1148 
Wind Puffs.1148 
Swelling .1148 
The Egg-laying Contest.1149 
Variations in Wyandottes.1149 
Ration for Pullets.1149 
Ferrets in Poultry House.1149 
Kindness for Animals.1149 
Ferrets and Dogs.1149 
HORTICULTURE. 
The Wealthy Apple........1134 
Introducing New Fruit.1135 
Notes and Comments.1136 
The Raspberry Cane-borer.1137 
The Grape Crop and Markets.1137 
Orchard on New Land.1138 
The Value of Cold Frames.1139 
Storing Caladium Roots.1139 
Aphides on Cabbage. 1139 
Free Protection.1139 
Fruit Varieties. 1139 
Storing Dahlias and Gladioli.1141 
Dishorning Cherry Trees. — ..1141 
Pear Trees Among Bush Fruits........ .1141 
Peaches on Northern Slope....1141 
Basswood Losing Leaves.1141 
Shade for Melons......1141 
Questions About Kalmia.1141 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.1144 
Pie for Every Season. 1144 
“If You Can’t Smile”. 1145 
Dried Beef; Dried and Corned Liver.1145 
The Rural Patterns.1145 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Cost of United States Citizenship.1134 
How the Game Laws Work. 1134 
Moths in Beehives.1136 
Advice to Health Seeker.1136 
“Hunters” and Their Work.1138 
Building an Icehouse...1138 
Editorials .1143 
Events of the Week.1143 
Publisher’s Desk.1150 
MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending Nov. 2, 1912. 
B0TTKB 
Creamery, fancy, lb.31 @ .32 
Good to Choice.28 @ .30 
Lower Grades.24 @ .27 
Storage.27 @ .31 
State Dairy, best.29 i» .30 
Common to Good.22 @ .20 
Factory.21 ® .25 
Packing Stock..20 @ .24 
Elgin, 111., butter market firm at 29 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 32J4 cents. 
ICGGS 
White.choice to fancy.50 @ .55 
Good to prime.43 @ .48 
Mixed Colors, best .40 @ .42 
Common to Good..30 ® 38 
Western, best.37 ® .39 
Under grades.25 @ .28 
Checks and dirties.14 @ .22 
Storage.18 @ .24 
CHEESE 
Full Cream, best.17 @ .18 
Common to Good.14 ® .10 
Skims.04 @ .12 
BEANS 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 5.00 @ 6 00 
Medium.5.00 @ 5.10 
Pea. 4.20 @ 5.10 
Yellow Eye. 4.05 @ 4.25 
Red Kidney.3.75 @4.75 
White Kidney.-.5.25 @ 0.50 
Lima, California.0.40 @ 0.50 
HOPS 
Prtmo to Choice.31 @ .33 
Common to Good.27 ® .30 
Pacific Coast.20 ® .23 
Old Stock.08 @ .13 
German Crop. 44 @ .40 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples—Ben Davis, bbl. 1.75 @ 2.50 
Hubbardston. 1.75 @ 2.25 
Pound sweet . 2.00 @ 2.50 
York Imperial. 2.00 @ 2.75 
Twenty-ounce.2.00 @ 3.00 
King. 2.00 @ 2.50 
McIntosh. 2.50 @ 3.75 
Greening. 1.75 @ 3.00 
Baldwin . 1.75 @ 2.25 
Western, choice varieties, box... 2.00 ® 2.50 
Common to good, box.75 @ 1.50 
Pears—Kleffer, bbl. 1.25 ® 2.25 
Seckel. 5.00 @10 00 
Bose, bbl. 4.00 @ 6.00 
Aujou.3.00 @ 3.50 
Clairgeau.3.50 @ 5.00 
Duchess. 2.50 @ 3.50 
Common. 1.00 @ 2.00 
Quinces, bbl. 1.50 @ 4.50 
Grapes. Niagara. 20-lb. bkt.35 @ .40 
Delaware, 4lb. bkt. TO @ .11 
Concord, 41b. bkt.09 @ .11 
Bulk, ton.33.00 @55.00 
Cranberries, Cape Cod, bbl. 5,00 @ 7.50 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes— Long Island, bbl. 2.00 ® 2.50 
Jersey, bbl. 1 50 @ 1,65 
Maine, 168 lb. bag. 1.65 @ 1.70 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl. 1.25 @ 2.00 
Beets, bbl.50 ® .75 
Brussels Sprouts .05 ® .08 
Carrots, bbl.75 @ 1.00 
Cauliflowers, bbl.25 @ 1.50 
Celery, doz. bunches.15 ® .35 
Cabbage, bbl. 50 ® .75 
Ton....-. 6.00 @11.00 
Lettuce, 14bbl. bkt.15 @ .50 
Mushrooms,lb.25 @ .60 
Lima beans, bu. 1.00 @ 1.50 
Onions, State & W’n., 1 100 lb. bag.40 @ 1.00 
Orange Co., 100 1b. bag.50 ® .75 
Peppers, bbl . 1.00 @ 1.50 
Peas. Southern,bu.3.00 @ 5.00 
Radishes, 100 bunches.75 @ 1.00 
String Beans, bu.50 @ 2.00 
Squash, bbl.60 @ 1.00 
Egg Plants. Fla., box.1.00 @ 2.75 
Tomatoes, Jersey, box.35 @100 
Turnips, white, bbl.75 @ 1.00 
Rutabaga.50 @ .90 
NUTS. 
Chestnuts, Northern, bu.6.00 fa) 8.00 
Southern. 5.50 ® 6.00 
Cultivated. 1.00 @ 5.00 
Hickory nuts. 1.75 @ 2.25 
Bull nuts. 1.00 @ 1.25 
Black walnuts. LUO 
Butternuts. 1.00 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, lb.13 @ .14 
Fowls.13 @ .14 
Roosters.09 ® .10 
Ducks. 13 @ .14 
Geese.12 @ .14 
Turkeys. 14 @ .16 
Guineas, pair.60 @ .75 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, best.23 @ .24 
Common to Good... .. .16 @ .20 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb.25 @ .27 
Squab, broilers, pair.66 @ .70 
Broilers, eomrnou to good.. .20 @ .22 
Roasters . 18 @ .19 
Fowls.15 @ .18 
Ducks, spring, lb .18 @ -18J4 
8quabs, doz.50 @ 4.50 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay, Timothy No. 1, ton.22.00 @ 23.00 
No. 2.19.00 @ 20.00 
No. 3.17.00 @ 18.00 
Clover Mixed.14.00 @ 20 00 
Clover.12.00 @18.00 
Straw, Rye..16.00 @ 17.00 
Oat and Wheat.11.00 @ 12.00 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs. 5.15 @ 8 90 
Bulls.4.50 @ 5.40 
Cows. 2.50 @ 5.25 
Calves, Prime Veal, 100 lbs.8.00 @11.00 
Culls. .. 5 00 @ 7.00 
Sheep, 100 lbs.2.50 @ 4.00 
Lambs...... 5.50 @ 7.25 
Hogs.7.75 @ 8.50 
BOSTON WHOLESALE PRICES. 
Butter, nearby creamery.30 @ .32>4 
Western Creamery.31 @ .3114 
Eggs, nearby hennery.45 © .48 
Gathered, fresh .36 @ .42 
Apples, dessert varieties, bbl. 3.00 @ 4 JO 
Common kinds . 1.50 @ 2.50 
Cranberries, bbl.5.00 @ 6.00 
Grapes. 41b bkt.07 ® .10 
Potatoes. 1681b. bag . 1.10 @ 1 20 
Dressed meats—Veal .10 @ .15 
Lambs...,...10 @ .1114 
Pork...1014® -1094 
Dressed Poultry—Fowls.15 @ .18 
Roasters .16 @ 2 5 
Hay—No. [ .23.00 @23.50 
No-2 . 20.00 @22.00 
No.3 .18.00 @19.00 
Straw-Rye..18.00 @19.00 
MARKET SKETCHES, NO. 6. 
In an hour by rail from Fall River we 
reached the border of New England's larg¬ 
est city. The newspaper have given Boston 
such a reputation for highbrowedness and 
sundry varieties of culture—mental, psy¬ 
chic, etc., that its Importance as a com¬ 
mercial city is not generally understood. 
It has 25 miles of water front, with dock¬ 
age for 20 transatlantic and coastwise 
lines, and accommodations for tramp 
steamers and much small craft. The city 
is built on an island and four peninsulas, 
the business section being accessible to the 
important wharves with comparatively 
short truck haul. Plans are being made 
’for expending about $3,000,000 iu im¬ 
provement of the harbor, and at least one 
more of the great European lines will soon 
make Boston a terminal point. Its popu¬ 
lation is 688,000. 
Receipts of farm products in au aver¬ 
age week run as follows : Potatoes, 170,000 
bushels; apples, 230,000 bushels; onions, 
40,000 bushels; butter, 1,400,000 pounds; 
eggs, 430,000 dozens; grain, 460,000 bush¬ 
els ; dressed meats, 250 cars; hay and 
straw, 270 cars. In addition to these 
staples it is the leading market for wool, 
leather and textiles. 
In 1742 Peter Faneuil, a French mer¬ 
chant, whose picture shows him to have 
been a man who might appreciate good 
food and plenty of it, gave the city a build¬ 
ing, 100 by 40 feet, to be used as a mar¬ 
ket place. This was burned in 1761, but 
rebuilt two years later, and a second story 
added for a town hall, where were held 
many patriotic meetings previous to the 
Revolution. In 1805 it was again rebuilt 
and enlarged, making the present Faneuil 
Hall, with market stalls on the lower floor, 
a public hall, 78 x 78 x 28, and a 
museum and armory on the top floor. The 
market stalls on the ground floor of 
Faneuil Hall are used chiefly by dealers in 
meats, poultry, butter and eggs. East of 
this building is the great market section 
of Boston at present. North and South 
Market street, with Quincy Market build¬ 
ing. 600 feet long, between, and an ad¬ 
joining space 100 by 600 feet for farmers’ 
wagons. 
Commission merchants occupy the base¬ 
ments and street sides of Quincy Market 
building, and the interior is a well ar¬ 
ranged _ retail market, where practically 
everything in the way of food may be 
had. Some commission men run both a 
wholesale and retail stall trade, thus get¬ 
ting practically all the profit possible, 
double-barrelled middlemen, so to speak. 
w. w. H. 
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SHERWOOD BROS. COMPANY 
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EGGS, Ek 
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Small consignments from 
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