1912. 
THE) RURAI* NEW-YORKER 
1105 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, November 23, 1912 
FARM TOPICS. 
Draining That Bad Spot.1174 
Chances for Winter Work.1175 
Corn, Soy Beans and Turnips.1175 
Lime and Potatoes.1175 
Lime and Ashes Mixed.1179 
Base Hits.1179 
Crops .11S0 
From Southern New York.1180 
Sub-Irrigation for Onions.1181 
Experiments with Alfalfa.1181 
Short Courses in Agriculture.1181 
Coming Farmers’ Meeting's.1181 
The Old Middleman Story.1181 
Hope Farm Notes.1182 
Saving Potato Balls.1183 
The Flat Pea.1188 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Non-Guaranteed Milk.11S4 
The Arab Horse.11S8 
Choking Animals; Cattle Poke.1188 
Breeding Wild Rabbits.1188 
Goats and Dogs.1188 
Winter Feeding of Dairy Cattle.1189 
The Connecticut Valley Breeders’ Asso¬ 
ciation .1189 
Feeding a Mare.1189 
Dog with Chorea.1189 
A Hen and Home Story.1190 
Muzzle for Orchard Pasturing.1190 
The Kinks in a Dairy Farm, Part III.. 1191 
Abnormal Teeth.1191 
Lameness .1191 
Sick Cow.1191 
New Jersey Milk News.1192 
The Price of Milk.1192 
The Erie County Milk Association, 
Part 1.1192 
The Egg-Laying Contest.1193 
Guineas and Geese. .1193 
Indian Runner Ducks.1193 
Sprouting Oats.1193 
Ailing Cockerel.1193 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Grapes for Wine-Making.1176 
Artichokes for Seed.1176 
Winter Spraying.1176 
Winter Protection of Fruit Trees.1176 
Sprouting Peach Pits.1177 
What About Root-Cutting Black¬ 
berries? .1179 
Fruit Judges at the State Fair.1180 
Onions, Lettuce and Canteloupes.1181 
Missouri Fruits.1183 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 1186 
Steam-Cooked Apple Butter.1186 
Home-Made Soap with Naphtha.1186 
Christmas Doughnuts. 1 186 
Christmas Cakes.1187 
The Rural Patterns.1187 
Pennsylvania Serapple.1187 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Various Notes.1174 
Growing Basket Willow.1177 
Bee Notes.1180 
Editorials .1184 
Agricultural Credits in Europe.1184 
Events of the Week.1184 
Publisher’s Desk.1194 
MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending Nov. 16, 1912. 
BOTTKH 
Creamery, fancy, lb.33 a .34* 
Good to Choice.28 ® .32 
Lower Grades .26 @ 30 
Storage.27 @ .32 
State Dairy, best.31 @ 32 
Common to Good.24 ® .29 
Factory.21 @ .25 
Packing Stock. 20 @ .24 
Klein, 111., butter market Arm at 32 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 34* cents. 
EGGS 
White.choice to fancy.55 @ .60 
Good to prime. .45 ® .63 
Mixed Colors, best .40 @ .42 
Common to Good.30 fts 38 
Western, best.38 @ .42 
Under grades.25 (at .28 
Checks and dirties.15 r,t .23 
Storage.18 ® .24 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples—Ben Davis, bbl. 1.50 ® 2.50 
Hubbardston.•..1.50 to 2.25 
Pound sweet .. 1.75 ® 2.25 
York Imperial. 2.00 ® 3.00 
Twenty-ounce. 2.00 @ 3.00 
King. 2.00 ® 3.00 
Spy .1.75 ® 3.00 
Spitzenburg. 2.00 ® 3.00 
Winesap. 2 00 ® 3.50 
Bellflower. I 75 ® 2.25 
McIntosh. 2.50 ® 3.75 
Greening. 1.75 ® 3.50 
Baldwin . 1.50 2.00 
Western, choice varieties, box... 1.75 ® 2.25 
Common to good, box. 1.00 ® 1.50 
Pears- Kieffer, bbl. 1.50 ® 2.50 
Bose, bbl. 4.00 ® 5.50 
Anjou .3.00 to 3.50 
Clairgeau. 3.50 ® 4.50 
Quinces, bbl. 1.50 @ 4.0O 
Grapes 2U-lb. bkt.35 ® .45 
Concord, 41b. bkt.08 i® .10 
Catawaba, 41b. bkt.08 ® .10 
Bulk, ton.35.00 075.00 
Cranberries, Cape Cod, bbl. 6 00 @ 8 50 
Long Island, bbl. 01)0 to 7.00 
Strawberries, Calif, pint.30 ® .40 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes— Long Island, bbl. 2.25 ® 2.75 
Pe r n., 180 lbs. 2,00 ® 2.37 
State, 180 lbs. 1.75 ® 2.00 
Maine, 168 lb. bag. 2.00 @ 2.10 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl. 1.25 ® 2.25 
Beets, bbl.75 @ 1.00 
Brussels Sprouts, qt.03 ® .07 
Carrots, bbl.75 @1.00 
Cauliflowers, bbl .50 @ 2.50 
Celery, doz. bunches.15 @ .35 
Cabbage, Danish seed, ton.eioo to 8.00 
Domestic seed.3.00 ® 5 00 
Red, ton.16.00 ®18.00 
Kale, bbl.30 ® .40 
Lettuce. *bbi. bkt.50 @1.00 
Lima beans, bu. 1.00 ® 2.50 
Onions, State & W’n., 100 lb. bag.40 ® I 00 
Orange Co , 100 lb. bag.50 @ .85 
Peppers, bbl . 1.00 ® 1.75 
Peas. Southern,bu.50 to 2.25 
Radishes, 100 bunches.75 ® 1.0U 
String Beans, bu.75 ® 3.00 
Squash, bbl.60 to 1.00 
Egg Plants. Fla., box. 2 00 <3 3.50 
Tomatoes. Jersey, box.50 ® ] 25 
Southern carrier. 1.75 ® 2.00 
Turnips, white, bbl.75 ® 1.00 
Rutabaga.50 @ .90 
NUTS. 
Chestnuts. Northern, bu.5.00 ® 7 00 
Southern. 4.00 ® 5.00 
Cultivated. 1.00 ® 4.50 
Hickory nuts.. . 1.25 ® 1.75 
Bull nuts. .75 @1.00 
Black walnuts.75 @ 1.00 
Butternuts.. 1.00 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS 
Cucumbers. No. 1, doz.75 ® .90 
No. 2, box. 2.50 ® 3.25 
Mushrooms, lb.16 ® .40 
Tomatoes, lb..10 ® .25 
ORKSSKl) POULTRY 
Turkeys, best. 
Common to Good. 
Chickens, choice broilers. Lb. 
Squab, broilers, pair. 
Broilers, common to good. 
Roasters . 
Fowls. 
Ducks, spring, lb . 
Squabs, doz. 
HAY AND STRAW 
Bay. Timothy No. 1, ton.22.00 @ 25.00 
No. 2.20.00 ® 21.00 
No. 3.17.00 ® 19.00 
Clover Mixed.14.00 to 20 00 
Clover.12.00 @18.00 
Straw, Rye.16.00 to 17.00 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs. 
Bulls. 
Cows. 
Calves, Prime Veal, 100 lbs.. 
Culls. 
Sheep. I UP ibs. 
Lambs. 
Hogs. 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1. Northern Spring .. 
.,)7 *to 
... 
No. 2. Red. 
to 
... 
No. 2 Hard Winter. 
.. . .99*® 
. . . 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 
.70 
to 
.73 
Oats, as to weight, bush.. 
.38 
@ 
.41 
BOSTON WHOLESALE 
PRICES. 
Butter, nearby creamery. 
.33*@ 
.34 
Western Creamery. 
... .32 
@ 
.33 
Eggs, nearby hennery. 
® 
.51 
Gathered, fresh . 
.36 
cs) 
.42 
Apples, dessert varieties, bbl. 
.... 3.00 
to 
4.50 
Common kinds . 
® 
2.50 
Cranberries, bbl. 
® 
7.50 
Grapes, 41b bkt. 
@ 
.11 
Potatoes. 1681b. bag . 
Co* 
1 75 
Dressed meats—Veal . 
.10 
® 
.15 
Lambs. 
.12 
.Pork. 
@ 
.10* 
Dressed 1 ’oultry—Fowls. 
to 
.19 
lioasters . 
.16 
.22 
Hay—No. i . . 
®24.00 
No. 2 . . 
@22.00 
No. 3. 
@19.00 
Straw—Rye. 
@19.50 
MARKET SKETCHES, No. 8. 
One breakfast had been eaten shortly 
before daylight, but tramping about the 
streets on a chilly morning in late Fall 
is hungry business, so before leaving 
Quincy Market I stopped at a lunch room. 
The place was full of two things, good food 
and people who were surrounding it with 
evident satisfaction. 1 had a glass of 
sweet cider, a piece of honey and some 
crullers. The lunch man cut the common 
sized combs of honey into four pieces, 
charging 10 cents each. This gave him a 
good profit and appeared to be a popular 
dish with his patrons. Several glasses of 
sweet eider were kept standing on a 
board near the lunch room entrance. The 
passers-by stopped, drank, laid down their 
nickels and went on. while the lunch man 
rushed out to replenish the glasses, and 
then back to his inside customers. In fact, 
he and his assistants were the busiest men 
I saw in the market. 
In five minutes walk from the market 
place the great T wharf was reached, ex¬ 
tending more than one-eighth mile into the 
harbor, and both sides lined with fishing 
boats. Here is a wholesale exhibit of fish 
that to a landsman is truly astonishing. 
During an ordinary day in late Fall, 15 or 
20 vessels unload their fish cargoes here, 
amounting to about 230.000 pounds of had¬ 
dock, 150,000 of cod, 30.000 of pollock and 
90,000 pounds of hake, all what are known 
as “ground fish,” because taken from the 
sea bottom. The fish were hauled out of 
the vessel's hold in large baskets, dumped 
into boxes standing on scales, and after the 
weight was tallied, two men with pitchforks 
threw them into wagon boxes. The driver 
mowed them away on the load when neces¬ 
sary, but as a rule they slid around making 
a fairly level and decidedly heavy load, as 
might be seen when the horses were 
started up. This method was for loads 
that were to be removed in hulk from the 
wharf. A large amount of packing for 
shipment in ban els and boxes is done on 
the wharf by dealers who have plants in 
the covered portion running lengthwise 
the center of wharf. The fish for these 
places were thrown into nand carts. 
When passing along the north side of 
wharf I saw a sloop taking several hun¬ 
dred pounds of herrings thrown on a raised 
deck in the center. Coming back the same 
way after going to the other side, I heard 
a sound like a large number of chopping 
bowls reducing crude material into mince¬ 
meat or hash, and found that the crew 
of the sloop that had taken the herrings 
aboard was cutting them crosswise into 
small pieces. Fifteen men stood around 
this platform, which was edged with much 
worn plank. With long knives the men 
chopped the herrings crosswise into eight 
or 10 pieces, throwing away the head and 
tail. The other pieces were scraped off 
into a basket and the chopping went on. 
An extra large fish would have one side 
sliced off, making a third more pieces. 
“What are they doing?” I asked a by¬ 
stander. 
“Cutting bait for cod and haddock.” he 
replied, “and first class bait it makes, too.’* 
w. w. H. 
THE BOSTON MARKETS. 
The apple supply in Boston market is 
too large, and slow sales and low prices 
are the result. Many small growers have 
at this time shipped in their salable sur¬ 
plus in order to clean up. and as much of 
the stock received is soft and perishable, 
we can expect no improvement untjl this 
is sold. Good hard stock finds a fair sale, 
and many are being shipped across the 
water. Fancy table apples, such as Graven- 
stein, McIntosh, Wealthy, etc., bring from 
$2.50 to $5 per barrel. Fancy Baldwins 
bring .$2.50 and sometimes $3 "per barrel; 
others $1.50 to $2; box fruit. 50 cents to 
$1.50. IVars are high, Bartlett. $3 and 
$4 perjbus.; Seckels, $6; Bose. 84; Anjou, 
$3. Quince in slow demand at $2 per box. 
Cranberries are selling bettor, large fancy 
bringing as high as $8 per barrel, other 
grades, $6.50 to $7.50; crates, $2.25 to 
$2.50. Grapes, jsmall basket. Niagara, 
Salem and Concord, .12 to 14 cents. 
6.80 @9 20 
4.00 to 5.00 
2 50 ® 5.75 
8.00 @ 11.00 
6 00 to 7 00 
2.50 ® 4.25 
6 00 to 7.40 
8 00 @ 8.25 
.23 
to 
.24 
.16 
@ 
.22 
.25 
to 
.27 
.65 
® 
.70 
.20 
@ 
.22 
.18 
® 
.19 
.14 
@ 
• 16* 
.12 
@ 
.16 
.50 
@ 
4.60 
Potatoes in good supply with surplus 
well cleaned up, and price jumped from 
around $1 per two-bushel bag to $1.30 for 
good Maine stock, which is considered the 
best that comes into this market. As the 
general crop in Maine is supposed to be 
25 per cent, below last season’s, this price 
or better will probably hold. Onions also 
in heavy supply, and like the apples, many 
growers are shipping their poor stock in 
order not to lose it, and the returns are 
small, some of these selling at 75 cents per 
100-pound hag. The best hard stock goes 
better at $1 and $1.10; nearby onions 
bring in 75 and 85 cents per box. 
Cabbage in very heavy supply, both from 
nearby growers and also from New York 
State; the best prices obtained are 75 
and 85 cents per barrel, but much is sold 
as low as 50 cents per barrel; Savoys, 75 
cents; reds in boxes, 75 cents. Cauli¬ 
flower does a little bettor at 50 cents a 
bushel box, and $1 per long box. Celery 
slow at 65 and 75 cents for White Plume 
and Golden, but Pascal brings $1 and Bos¬ 
ton Market $1.50 per dozen bunches. Hot¬ 
house cucumbers, $6 per box for firsts and 
$3 to $5 for seconds. Hothouse tomatoes, 
15 cents per barrel; outdoor stocks cleaned 
up at $1.50 to $2.50 for anything decent. 
Hothouse lettuce, 25 to 50 cents per box 
of 18 heads; parsley, 50 cents per box. 
Squash, slow in demand and poor in qual¬ 
ity, 75 cents to $1.25 per barrel is the gen¬ 
eral price on all kinds. Pumpkins, 50 
cents per box. Turnips, plenty; rutabagas, 
$1 per barrel; White Egg and Purple 
tops, 50 to 75 cents per box. Beets, 60 
cents per box; carrots, 50 to 75 cents; 
parsnips, $1; radish, 75; spinach, 50. 
Eggs, short and high, best fresh bring 
55 cents in small lots, others 50 and 52, 
while Western firsts bring 38 to 45 per 
dozen ; storage in demand at 28. Cheese 
short at 17 to 19 cents per pound for 
cream, and 20 for sage. Butter advancing 
slightly under small receipts. Fancy New 
England stock goes at 35 cents by the 
hundredweight; good Western 31 to 34, 
with the stock of poorer grades about all 
used up. 
Live poultry in fair demand ; hens bring 
14 cents per pound ; chickens, 15 and roost¬ 
ers 10; ducks, 10 to 15. Dressed poultry 
18 and 19 cents per pound for best fowl; 
others, 14 to 17. Chickens. 24 cents per 
pound for best, others 15 to 20. Native 
ducks, about 20 cents per pound. Best beef 
holds high, 15 cents per pound is asked 
for best sides, with hind quarters bringing 
18 cents in some cases, fores about 12. 
Poorer grades bring from six to 10 cents 
in cuts. Live cattle at Brighton bring $7 
and $8 per hundred and poorer grades $3 
to $6. Live hogs are worth about eight 
cents per pound ; dressed hogs, nine to 10 
cents. Live sheep. 2% to 3% cents per 
pound, with lambs going at about six cents. 
Veal calves bring seven to eight cents per 
pound. Best dressed veal, 15 cents; other 
grades, seven to 11 cents per pound. 
Dressed lamb, 12 cents for best, eight to 
10 cents per pound for others. 
Best hay, $24 per ton ; other grades 
range from $12 to $22. Cornmeal, $1.37 
per bag; oats, 38 to 40 cents per bushel; 
bran, $23 to $24 ; mixed feed. $25 to $28; 
cottonseed-meal, $30; gluten feed, $27 per 
ton ; linseed, $35 per ton. a. e. p. 
I FARM 
I CUSHMAN 
ICHAMPION EVAPORATOR 
ine experience oi mousnwis proves 
THE CHAMPION 
the l>esfc for quality of 
syrup, convenience 
ami durability. It will 
Have you labor, time 
and fuel. Material and 
Katin faction guaran¬ 
teed. Write for catalog 
stating number of trees 
you tap. 
CHAMPION EVAPORA¬ 
TOR COMPANY 
Hudson - - Ohio 
Write 
catalog 
giving num¬ 
ber of trees 
you tap. 
Healthy 
Hens 
W-i 
are always profit payers. 
iPoultry 
” Regulator 
Insures perfect digestion, vigorous 
health and more eggs. 
25c, 50c, $1; 25-lb. Pail, $2.50 
*Wour money back if it fails.” 
Get Pratts Profit-sharing Booklet. 
At dealers everywhere, or 
PRATT FOOD CO. 
Philadelphia, Chicago. 
fV 
160-pago 
Poultry Book 
4c by mail. 
100 S, C. White Leghorn Pullets-^^S: 
bred. 90c. each. F. WinER, West Edmeston, N. Y. 
WI?I ¥ ^MULLING 
Yy L/L/L/ machines 
Over 70 sizes and style", for drilling either deep or 
shallow wells in any kind of soil or rock. Mounted on 
wheels or on sills. With engines or horse powers, strong 
simple and durable. Any mechanic can operate them 
easily. Send for catalog. 
WILLIAMS BROS.. Ithaca. N. Y. 
QAVE 25 TO 50 PER CENT. ON HARNESS. Buy direct 
u from factory No traveling men. Get our illus¬ 
trated catalogue. Cast iron contract given on all 
work. Read what our Grange say of ns. 
I’.KOWN, WHITTEN & CO., 1’ine Rush, N. V. 
Young Man Desires Situation®" f ™!* 1 !' ir, ’ ) 1 I : 
share, with chance for advancement. Four years’ 
experience. Good references, C. L. A., care R. N.-Y. 
DAIRYMAN WANTEDi&'S n t“”;';,; 
take charge of routo. Must be sober and indus¬ 
trious. GEO. F. HUGHES, Merrick, L. I. 
Manager or Superintendenn&D^Tms! 
married, sober and a hustler: can handle any sort of 
proposition, large or small, successfully. Would con¬ 
sider share proposition. Can furnish A1 references: 
expect same. Address Box S. T. H., c. Rural New-Yorker 
V/\7" —C a lv e s , Fancy 
„Y Eggs, Nuts ami 
Poultry for Thanksgiving. WM. H. COHENS CO., Com¬ 
mission Merchants, 229 Washington St., New York 
EGGS, Pc. 
V ' Mich it 
Small consignments from 
producers in Ohio and 
Michigan bring attractive prices. 
Refer to Rural New-Yorker, PmiV or liradsttton's. 
Zenith Butter » Eoo Co., 355-59 Greenwich St., N.Y. 
Power to Run 
Your Spraying Machines 
A powerful little 4 /i. p. engine, ir 
is very light and runs steadily. Will 
hold hinh pressure for , 
sprang 
Original 
Binder 
in<~ 
Get this 
Engine lor All Work 
Churn, run the separator, grind, 
pump, etc. Weighs under 200 lbs. 
Take it wherever you vant to use it, 
fits in any place. 4 cycle, automatic 
throttle governor,easy speed changes, 
Consumes fuel according to work; 
no waste. Speeds to 5 h. p. when nec¬ 
essary. Write for free book and see 
how it will make and save you money. 
We also build 6-8 and 20 h. p. heavy 
duty engines. Tell us your needs when you 
write for the book. Address 
CUSHMAN MOTOR WORKS 
2091 N St., Lincoln, Neb. 
- - WANTED - - 
Single or married man to work an up-to-date dairy 
farm, beginning April 1st, 1913, on halves. Farm 
carries GO head of stock, one mile from factory, 80 
miles from New York, in Dutchess County. Man 
must have sufficient capital to furnish * stock. 
Address, B. B., c. Rural New-Yorker, New York 
BEST MAPLE SYRUP EVAPORATOR 
■^■OT a single feature of our Maple Evaporator 
can be dispensed with. Simplest and most 
economical way of 
making M a 
Syrup, 
highest 
wnich bring; 
most money, 
in 22 sizes for large 
and small groves. 
Write for catalog 
and state number of trees you tap. 
GRIMM MANUFACTURING CO. 
619 Champlain Ave., N. W., Cleveland, O. 
“CATCH ’EM ALL” 
is the most wonderful fur-bearing animal bait on 
the market. Mink. Skunk. Raccoon. Fox, Opossum, 
Muskrats, in fact all fur-bearers are lured from a 
great distance by the fascinating odor of this 
bait. Brice $1.00. On receipt of your First Order 
Only, will send two boxes for the price of one. 
S. B. KOlilNETT, - - Bland, Va. 
Eggs, Poultry, Meats, Produce. 
Shipments solicited. JELUFFE, WRIGHT & CO., Com¬ 
mission Merchants. 284 Washington St.. New York. 
GEO. P. HAMMOND. BST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & CO., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers in all kinds of 
COIJN 1 RY PROD! t’li, Apples, Beaches, Ber 
ries Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms 
and Hot house Products a Specialty. Consignments 
solicited. 34 & 30 Little 12th St.. New Yortc- 
Poultry for Thanksgiving 
Apples, Peats and all Fruits and Vegetables, 
Fancy Eggs, Hothouse Products 
Top Prices Seeure.l for Choice Roods —Correspondence Solicited 
ARCHDEACON & CO., 100 Murray St., New York 
Farms 
—10 to 350 acres. Catalogue free. 
E. Burrouflhs, 147 Easl Slate, Trenton,N. J. 
NEWYORK STATE FARMS. 
ime in farms throughout New York State. Iieference 
on reque«t. Catalog aeiit to prospective purchasers. 
(\ L, YAGER & CO., 7!l(> Press Md^., liing-liamton. Y. 
Oairv Farm for p— Having an output of i>e- 
uanyrailll IUI oaie tween 800 and 900 quarts of 
milk and 45 quarts of cream a day at 10c. for milk ami 
60c. for cream. Town of 10,000 inhabitants. For full 
particulars address D. F. F., 13 Dean St., Englewood, N. J. 
TO MINNESOTA SK 0 R el 
nfall. Gooil markets. Land cheap, hut 
rapidly. Literature and information 
ite H. J. MAXFIELD, 8tateImmigration 
>ner, 202 State Capitol, St. Paul, Minn. 
COME 
Plenty rai 
Commiss 
STOCK-T00LS-CR0PS LOCATION 
6(1 acres of the finest kind of soil. 1 mile from High- 
school. Church, Stores. Railroad town and all con¬ 
veniences. Good Buildings, abundance of Fruit 
and a Good Piece of Timber. Circumstances neces¬ 
sitate an immediate sale. If interested in a good 
farm at the right figure, investigate at once. 
BILLINGS FARM AGENCY, Apalachin, N. Y. 
130 ACRF^~ 12 rootn bouse, nicely located ; 
« large basement barn: 27cow stalls; 
large silo; horse-barn basement: granary: hen¬ 
house. Running water to house and barn. Sch'id 
and church on corner of farm. Plenty fruit. Pair 
good mules, good brood mare, 3 good cows, 17 sheep, 
brood sow, lot of bay and straw, wagon, Vniggv, 
surrey, mower, rake, hay loader, sulkey plow, har¬ 
rows, sulkey cultivator, other tools. All goes$5.0i'0. 
HALL’S FARM AGENCY, Owego, Tioga Co., New York 
dred acre farm. Near New York 
and good markets for farm produce. Excellent 
house, barns and farm buildings. Particulars 
JAMES W . LENT. 
Lent Agency, . Bernardsville, N. J. 
WANTED 
TWO CHESTER WHITE S OWS 
bred to farrow in April. J. 0. ROBINSON. New Dorp, N. Y. 
