1912. 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New Yorker, November 30, 
1912. 
FARM TOPICS. 
A Potato Crop .1198 
An Ohio Farmers’ Cooperative Store.. 1199 
Burning Chinch Bugs.1200 
Handling Leather Chips.....1200 
The Leaf-roll Disease of Potatoes.1201 
Crops . 1202 
Vermont Corn Show.1202 
National Grange .1202 
The Storage of Crops.1203 
Hope Farm Notes. ..120-1 
Substitute for Potatoes.1205 
New Jersey’s Winnings at the Land 
Show .1207 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings.1207 
Farm and Garden .1207 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Orchard's Dairy Partners.1197 
Dog and Lamb Together.1198 
Wood Blocks for Pavement and Floors .1199 
Making Butter on the Farm.1210 
Catarrh or Glanders.1210 
Unhealthy Dog .1210 
Stocked Legs .1210 
A Cross-Breed Calf.1211 
Up-To-Date Dairy Barn.1211 
Milk Rations .,..1211 
Milk .1212 
New Milk Law.1212 
The Erie County Milk Association.... 1212 
New York Poultry Show.1213 
The Second Egg-laying Contest.1213 
Turkeys in Confined Run.1213 
Hens Water Themselves.1213 
HORTICULTURE. 
Grafting the Grapevine . 
Making Grafting Wax. 
Nova Scotia Fruit Companies.. 
Apples for Pacific Coast. 
Apples for the Hudson Valley.. 
Lime and Ashes for Trees .... 
Dynamite in Tree Planting... 
National Apple Show. 
Winter Care of Hardy Rose.... 
Horticultural Briefs . 
Modern Methods of Orcharding 
1198 
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1201 
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1201 
1202 
1205 
1205 
1207 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.1208 
Homecured Dried Beef.1208 
Apple Butter .1208 
Oldstyle Buckwheat Cakes.1208 
The Rural Patterns.1209 
Brunswick Stew .1209 
The Christmas Dinner .1209 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Finding Money in Wastes.1197, 1198 
Hard Life for Connecticut Hunters. ... 119S 
Insanity and Farm Life.1200 
The Post Office and Abusive Letters. .1201 
The High-school Question.1203 
Editorials .1200 
Agricultural Credits in Europe, No. 5.1207 
State Committee on Cooperation.1207 
The Dealer’s Share .1207 
Buffalo Markets .1213 
Publisher’s Desk .1214 
MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending Nov. 23, 1912. 
BUTTER 
Creamery, fancy, lb.34 ® .35 
Good to Choice.30 ® .33 
Lower Grades . .20 @ .38 
Storage.28 @ .33 
State 1 fairy, best.32 ® .33 
Common to Good.24 ® .30 
Factory.21 @ .25 
Packing Stock.20 & .24 
Elgin, 111., butter market firm at 33)4 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 35 cents. 
EGGS 
White.choice ro fancy.50 ® .55 
Good to prime.43 @ .48 
Mixed Colors, best .40 ® .42 
Common to Good.30 ® 35 
Western, best. .38 ® .42 
Under grades.25 ® .28 
Checks and dirties.15 @ .23 
Storage.18 © .23 
CHEESE 
Full Cream, best.17 @ .18 
Common to Good.14 ® .16 
Skims.U4 ® .12 
Marrow. 
BEANS 
Madium.... . 
Pea. 
Red Kidney. 
Lima. California... 
Prime to Choice .. 
HOPS 
Common to Good.., 
Pacific Coast. 
Old Stock. 
German Crop. 
© 6.90 
© 4.70 
® 4.70 
© 5 .90 
® 6.45 
® .33 
® .30 
® .24 
© .11 
@ .46 
FitESH FRUITS 
Apples—Ben Davis, bbl. 1.50 
Hnbbardston. 1.50 
Pound sweet . 1.75 
York Imperial.V.00 
Twenty-ounce. 2 00 
King. 2.00 
Spy . 1.75 
Spitzenburg. ■> oo 
Winesap. 2 00 
' Bellflower... i 75 
McIntosh. 2.50 
! Greening. 1.75 
Baldwin. 1.50 
Western, choice varieties, box... 1.50 
Common to good, box. 1.00 
Pears-Kiefler, bbl. 1.50 
Bose, bbl. 3 50 
Anjou . 3.00 
Clairgeau. 3 .O 0 
Quinces, bbl. 1.50 
Grapes. 20-lb. bkt. 35 
Concord, 41b. bkt. 08 
Catawaba, 41b. bkt. 08 
Bulk, ton.30.00 
Cranberries, Cape Cod, bbl. 6.00 
Long Island, bbl. 7 . 1 X 1 
Jersey, bbl. < 5.511 
Strawberries, Calif, pint. 30 
VEGETABLES 
® 2.50 
© 2.25 
@ 2.25 
@ 3.00 
© 3.00 
© 3.00 
© 3.00 
© 3.00 
© 3.50 
© 2,25 
© 3.75 
© 4.00 
@ 2.00 
© 2.00 
@ 1.25 
© 3.00 
© 5.50 
© 3.50 
® 4.50 
@ 4.50 
® .45 
© .10 
© .10 
©75J10 
® 8.50 
© 8.50 
@ 7.00 
® .40 
Potatoes—Long Island, bbl. 2.50 
Per n., ISO lbs... 2 25 
State, 180 lbs. L 75 
Maine, 168 lb. bag. 2.00 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl. 1.50 
Beets, bbl. 75 
Brussels Sprouts, qt.04 
Carrots, bbl. [75 
Cauliflowers, bbl .[ ’75 
Celery, doz. bunches. 16 
Cabbage, Danish seed, ton. oioo 
Domestic seed. 3.00 
lieit. ton. 10.00 
Kale, bbl. 10 
Lettuce, fabbi. bkt. 23 
Lima beans, bu. 4.00 
Onions, State & W’n., 100 lb. bag. 50 
Orange Co., 100 lb. bag. 50 
Peppers, Fla. carrier. 1.75 
® 3.00 
© 2.50 
© 2.00 
® 2.15 
® 2.75 
@ 1.00 
@ .08 
© 1.00 
@ 3.50 
@ .35 
© 8.00 
© 5 00 
©18.00 
© .50 
® 0.50 
© 5.00 
© 1.00 
® .75 
© 2.25 
THE K.UK.A.L* NEW-YORKER 
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Peas. Southern, bu. 1.00 © 4.50 
Radishes. 10O bunches.75 © 1.00 
String Keans, bu'. 1.00 © 3.00 
Squash, bbl.60 © 1.00 
Egg Plants. Fla., box. 2 00 ® 3.50 
Tomatoes. Jersey, box.50 @125 
Southern carrier. 1.75 © 2.00 
Turnips, white, bbl.75 @ 1.00 
Kutabaga.50 @ .90 
NUTS. 
Chestnuts. Northern, bu. 4.00 ® 5.00 
Hickory nuts. 1.25 fa) 1.75 
Bull nuts. 75 ® 1.00 
Black walnuts .50 ® .75 
Butter nuts.50 © .75 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS 
Cucumbers, No. 1, doz.75 © 1-00 
No. 2, box. 2.50 © 3.50 
Mushrooms, lb.15 ® -50 
Tomatoes, lb.12 ® .25 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, lb..12 © .13 
Fowls. 13 @ .01 
Boosters. 09 ® .34 
Ducks.13 @ .41 
Geese.13 © .00 
Turkeys. 17 © .18 
Guineas, pair.60 ® .75 
01U5SSE1) POULTRY 
Turkeys, best.24 © .25 
Common to Good.16 ® -22 
Chicaens. choice broilers, lb.25 ® .27 
Squab, broilers, pair.65 ® .70 
Broilers, common to good.20 ® .22 
Roasters .20 ® .24 
Fowls.14 ® .1616 
Ducks, spring,* lb .15 ® .20 
Squabs, «oz.50 ® 4.50 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay, Timothy No. I. ton...22.01) @ 25 00 
No. 2.20.00 @ 21.00 
No. 3.17.00 © 19.00 
Clover Mixed.14.00 © 20 00 
Clover.12.00 @18.00 
Straw, Rye.16.00 © 17.00 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 1UU lbs. 6.80 @ 9 20 
Bulls.4.00 © 5.00 
Cows .. . 2.50 @ 5.75 
Calves, Prime Veal, 100 lbs.8.00 @11.00 
Culls. 5 00 ® 7.00 
Sheep, 100 lbs.2.50 ® 4.35 
Lambs.. 6.00 ® 7.40 
Hogs..... 8 00 @ 8.25 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1, Northern Spring.J5 « ... 
No. 2, Ked.1.05 © ... 
No. 2 Hard Winter.96 @ ... 
Corn, as to quality, bush.70 @ .73 
Oats, as to weight, bush.38 ® .40 
COTTON. 
New York Middling Upland. . .. . 12.55 
Middling Gulf. 12.80 
New Orleans, Low Middling . 11-90 
Good Middling. 12.60 
BOSTON WHOLESALE PRICES. 
Butter, nearby c eamery.34 @ .35 
Western Creamery.32 @ .33 
Eggs, nearby hennery.51 @ .53 
Gathered, fresh .40 @ .45 
Apples, dessert varieties, bbl. 3.00 ® 4.50 
Common kinds . 1.50 ® 2.50 
Cranberries, bbl. 6.00 ® 7.50 
Grapes,41b bkt.09 @ .10 
Potatoes. 1681b. bag . 1.25 @ 1 50 
Dressed meats—Veal .10 @ .15 
Lambs.10 @ .13 
Pork.10 @ .1014 
Dressed Poultry—Fowls.15 © .19 
Roasters . 16 @ .22 
Turkeys. ,25 ® .30 
Hay—No. I .23.00 ©24.00 
No. 2 .2U.00 @22.00 
No. 3.18.00 @18.50 
Straw—Rye.... 18.00 @19.50 
MARKET SKETCHES, No. 9. 
Among Boston consumers of foods are 
various forms of more or less successful 
cooperative buying. The Charles River So¬ 
ciety is interesting as showing how neigh¬ 
bors in an old residence section are getting 
food direct from the producer ’at prices 
considerably under city retail charges. Some 
budding cooperation never gets beyond the 
talking stage. Numerous meetings are held 
and what ought to be done is discussed at 
great length, but that is all it amounts to. 
A little practical work in buying and sell¬ 
ing is of more value in demonstrating the 
possibilities of a plan than oceans of 
essays and lectures. 
This Charles River Society quickly got 
at the heart of the matter and a year ago 
buying and distribution were begun. Stock 
shares were made $10 each, and something 
over 30 families are now interested. Poul¬ 
try products, potatoes and apples were the 
first things handled; meats, butter and 
stovewood were added later. When pos¬ 
sible the supplies are got direct from the 
country, contracts being made with farmers 
for stated periods. Beef is bought from the 
city wholesalers in large pieces and cut at 
the society’s store, which at present is a 
small building, open from nine to 12 and 
two to five. Usually orders given one fore¬ 
noon arc delivered the next, and payment 
is made when the goods are delivered. 
Families are asked to make their daily 
order complete at one time to simplify 
details. 
The first year’s business is said to have 
shown a fair profit, though better results 
may be expected with increased experience 
in buying and handling the details of dis¬ 
tribution. In fixing prices the best plan 
seems to be to sell enough under ordinary 
retail figures to make it an object to buy¬ 
ers, and yet make profit enough over cost 
to pay operating expenses and a dividend 
to stockholders, 10 per cent being the aim. 
It may be found advisable, however, to 
cut the dividend and make the prices lower. 
This is a matter that experience alone can 
decide. 
This society is not held up as a model 
for all. Under other conditions the plan 
used might not be feasible. The import¬ 
ant things are actually to get to work, 
simplify details, do what can be handled 
properly and, of course, see that everything 
is done honestly. w. w. h. 
OBITUARY.—George A. Sweet, the well- 
known nurseryman, died at his home in 
Dansvillo, N. Y., November 13, in his 69th 
year. Mr. Sweet was born in the same 
township where he died, and had spent 
practically all of his life there, building up 
a large and honorable business. lie was 
twice president of the National Nursery¬ 
men’s Association, and prominent locally, 
being president of the Citizens’ Bank, 
supervisor, village president, and vestryman 
in St. Peter’s Church. lie is survived by 
a widow, one son and daughte r. 
The New England corn show was opened 
in Boston November 20 with 1,100 exhibits. 
Every New England State is represented 
with the most uniformly perfect specimens 
thus far shown. A more detailed report 
with names of winners of the cups and 
$3,000 cash prizes will be given next week. 
Horses, young, sound, 1,500 pounds, $235 
to $250; small or older, $100 to $150. 
Milch cows, good grades, fresh, $75 to 
$100; registered. $100 up. Corn in field 
50 cents per bushel. Eggs at store bring 
35 cents a dozen. Potatoes, 70 cents a 
bushel. Fodder, 3% cents a bundle; hay 
$15 to $20 per ton; straw, $10 per ton. 
Cheyney, Pa. c. w. a. 
Potatoes, 90 cents a bushel; eggs, 36 
cents a dozen ; live chickens, 14 cents a 
pound; good cows, $50 to $60; steers, 
seven cents a pound, live; veal calves, 
eight to 8^4 cents a pound; hogs, nine 
cents a pound, live. Butter, 30 cents a 
pound. Hay, $20 to $22 a ton at barn; 
apples, scarce; beans, $3 a bushel. 
Chester, Conn. f. w. s. 
Butter, 34 cents a pound ; eggs, 36 cents 
per dozen; potatoes, 60 cents per bushel. 
Good cows are bringing $60 to $65 per 
head. Turnips, 25 cents per bushel ; onions, 
50 cents per basket. Good farm horses, 
$200 to $225. New corn, 70 cents per 100. 
Chickens, 10 and 12 cents per pound; 
White Leghorn pullets, $1 apiece. Pork, 
6% and 6% cents, alive; dressed, 11 cents. 
Prime veal calves, 9 V4 cents. g. h. c. 
Califon, N. J. 
Elmira, N. Y., has a population of 
37,000, and yet has no public market 
place. The farmers bring in their products 
and retail about the city. At present po¬ 
tatoes sell at 50 cents per bushel; apples, 
50 to 65 cents per bushel for Kings and 
Northern Spys; grapes, nine cents for 
four-pound basket; hay, $14 to $18 per 
ton. Considerable tobacco is grown in 
this county. The farmers are now getting 
it in order. i. w. w. 
Potatoes, 50 cents a bushel; apples, 50 
cents a bushel. Butter, 30 cents ; eggs, 34 
cents per dozen. Poultry, fowls, 14 cents; 
chickens, 15 cents per pound. Pork, 100 
pounds and under 200, 10 Vs cents per 
pound; less than 100, 11 cents. Rye, 75 
cents; wheat, $1; oats. 40; buckwheat, 75. 
Corn in the ear, $1.35 per 100 pounds. 
New corn not yet on the market. Cows, 
$65 to $75. Horses average about $150. 
Only a few for sale. e. l. o. 
Beatyestown, N. J, 
1A/E SELL GOOD FARMS in Oceana, greatest fruit Co. 
" in U. S.; also grain, potatoes, alfalfa, dairying. 
Write for list. etc. HANSON & SON, Hart, Mich 
s r .f. R -» 20-Acre Fruit Farm-i“i”, [ ri‘i,i 
her. This is a moneymaker. Want to sell on w 
c ount of my age. HARVEY HILL, Palestine, Darke Co., 0. 
Farms 
—10 to 350 acres. Catalogne free. 
E. Burroughs, 147 East Stats, Trenton, N. J. 
Eggs? Poultry, Meats, Produce. 
Shipments solicited. JELLIFFE, WRIGHT & CO., Com. 
mission Merchants. 284 Washington St..New York- 
NEWYORK STATE FARMS. 
ii»S in farms throughout New York State. Reference 
on request. Catalog sent to prospective purchasers. 
L. YAGER * CO„ 736 Press Bid?., Bingham ton, .N. Y. 
OUR CENTRAL NEW YORK FARMS 
Grow fine crops with large profits. And they are 
low-priced now. Come and see them, or send for 
bargain list. B. F. McBUJKNEY & CO.. 309 
Bastablo Block, Syracuse, New York. 
Wanted —^ an or woman, married or single, for 
• •(1UI6U bookkeeper, cost-records, paymaster, 
buyer of supplies, and all similar work, on large 
practical New Jersey farm. Write qualifications, 
wages, etc. Address T. McC., care Rural New-Yorker 
UfANTED—POSITION AS MANAGER-Scientific and prac. 
** tical knowledge of all branches. 14 years exp- 
Specialties : Dairying, Alfalfa, etc. Would like to 
correspond with anyone wishing man of ability. 
Scotch-Am. Married. Can furnish best of references 
from present position. Address, MANAGER, c. R. N.-Y. 
Single or married man to work an up-to-date dairy 
farm, beginning April 1st, 1913, on halves. Farm 
carries 60 head of stock, one mile from factory, 80 
miles from New York, in Dutchess County. Alan 
must have sufficient capital to furnish Vj stock. 
Address, B. B., e Rural New-Yorkkr, New York 
Wanted—April 1st Married Working Farmer 
Having grown sons preferred, to take charge of 200- 
acre farm near Morristown, Pa. Wages, $45.00 per 
month. Good honse, bath, &c., and garden. Farmer 
to board help. $15 per month. Dnly good, ex¬ 
perienced man, with good references, considered. 
C. W. BltAY, - K. 1). Bridgeport, Pa. 
Second-Hand, With Fillers 
$8.00 a hundred, until January 1st. Also all supplies 
P. McKANNA’S SONS, . Honesdale. Pa 
Poultry tor Holidays 
Apples, Peats and all Fruits and Vegetables, 
Fancy Eggs, Hothouse Products 
Top Prices Secured for Choice Goods—Correspondence Solicited 
ARCHDEACON & CO., 100 Murray St., New Yerk 
STOCK -TOOLS- CR0PS-L0CATI0N 
60 acres of the finest kind of soil, 1 mile from High- 
school, Chnrcb, 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. 
QQ A 10-room, nice honse, large basement 
c® barn, milk-house, ice-house, gran¬ 
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condition, plenty fruit, 3*2 miles from fine town, H 
mile from church, school. Include, if sold at once, 
pair 5-year-old horses, 7 cows, 100 hens, 15 tons hay, 
8 acres oats, 2 acres potatoes, 3 acres corn,3 acres 
buckwheat, 4 acres millet, grain drill, reaper, 
mower, rake, three wagons, two cultivators, har¬ 
row, potato coverer, grindstone, corn shelter, 
sleigh, buggy, three sets harness, sulkey plow. All 
goes for $4,500. $2,000 cash, balance 5 per ct. interest. 
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FACTS ABOUT 
THE 
SOUTHEAST 
Farm Lands Average Less Than $17 Per Acre. 
Undeveloped tracts sell from $6 up. Beef, pork, dairying, 
poultry, sheep and horses make big profits. Large returns 
from alfalfa, corn, truck, cotton, apples, fruits and nuts. 
Growers command good local and Northern Markets. 
The Southern Railway hSIr” 
territory offers the finest conditions for farms and homes. 
Plenty of rain, mild winters, enjoyable summers. Promising 
industrial openings everywhere. The Southern Railway has 
nothing to sell; we want Y O U in the Southeast. The 
“Southern Field,” state booklets and all facts free. 
M. V. RICHARDS, Land & Industrial Agent, Room 87 Washington, D. C. 
