1912. 
THED RURAL NEW-YORKiiR 
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CONTENTS 
The Rural New Yorker, December 7, 1912. 
FARM TOPICS. 
This Horse Eats Gasoline.1217, 1218 
Culture of Horseradish.1218 
The Jefferson County Farm Bureau... 1219 
New Jersey Farm Notes.1220 
Drainage of Swamp.1221 
The Storage of Crops. Part II.1221 
Complications of the Lime Question.. 1221 
The Maine Potato Situation.1224 
Some Onion Queries .1225 
Hope Farm Notes .1220 
Sulphur as Fertilizer.1220 
Agricultural Credits in Europe.1229 
Credit for Farmers .1229 
National Grange .1229 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Horses for the Philippines.1232 
The Kinks in a Dairy Farm. Part IV. 1232 
Milk ..*.<.1233 
A Massachusetts Milk Bill.1233 
Autumn Conditions in the Milk Coun¬ 
try .,.1233 
Milk Producers Organize.1233 
A Maine Butter Maker Talks.1234 
Rupture .1234 
Ox with Sore...1234 
Thin Horses .1234 
Tendinous Thoroughpin .1234 
Cribbing .1234 
Swelling .1234 
Suppression of Milk.1234 
Dysentery .1234 
Grain Fed with Silage.1235 
Oats for Cows.1235 
Ration for Dairy Cows.1235 
A Silo or Feed Grinder.1235 
Cost of Raising Chicks.1230 
Indian Runner Ducks.1236 
Sick Cockerel .1236 
Bovine Tuberculosis Conference.1236 
HORTICULTURE. 
Grafting in the Fall.1218 
Fruit Trees with Small Fruit.1225 
Pruning and Training the Dewberry... 1225 
Working for Old Apple Trees.1225 
Pecans for Illinois.1225 
Non-Bearing Apple Tree.1225 
The Breeding of Apples.1227 
Questions About Nuts.1227 
The Akin Apple.1227 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.1230 
More About Dried Beef.1230 
Christmas Time in a Florida Lumber 
Camp . 1231 
The Rural Patterns.1231 
Curing Breakfast Bacon.1231 
Brown-tail Moth Itch.1231 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
The Luther Burbank Society.1218 
A Fool Game Law.1220 
Principles of Icehouse Building.1222 
Purifying a Cistern.1223 
Concrete Ice-Box.1223 
Area of Furnace Pipes.1223 
The Work of Jersey '‘Sports”.1223 
The Washington Public Markets.1224' 
More About Poison Ivy.12251 
Editorials .1228 
Publisher’s Desk .1238 
MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending Nov. 30, 1912. 
BUTTER 
Creamery, fancy, lb.35 @ 36 
Goon to Choice.32 © .34 
Lower Grades .26 @ .28 
..^/Storage.29 © .33 
State Dairy, best.32 @ .33 
Common to Good.24 @ .30 
•factory.21 @ .25 
Pack i ns Stock. 20 © .24 
Elgin, 111., butter market firm at 34 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 36 cents. 
EGGS 
White.choice to fancy.50 @ .55 
Good to prime.43 @ .48 
Mixed Colors, best .40 @ .42 
Common to Good.30 @ 35 
Western, best.34 @ .42 
Under grades.25 © .28 
Checks and dirties.15 @ .23 
Storage.17 © .23 
CHEESE 
Full Cream, bost.— .17 @ .18 
Common to Good.14 © .16 
Skims.U4 @ .12 
BEANS 
Marrow.5.50 @ 5.90 
Medium.... . 4.25 ffl 4.50 
Pea. 4.10 @ 4.55 
Red Kidney.4.50 @ 5.50 
Lima, California. 6.25 @ 6.35 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice.31 © .33 
Common to Good.26 @ .30 
Pacific Coast.15 © .24 
Old Stock.07 @ .11 
German Crop. 44 © .46 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples—Ben Davis, bbl. 1.50 @ 2.50 
Hubbardston. 1.50 @ 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 ® 2.50 
Spitzenburg. 2 01) ® 3.00 
Winesap. 2 00 ® 3.50 
Bellflower. 175 ® 2,25 
McIntosh. 2.50 ® 3.75 
Greening. 1.75 ® 4.00 
Baldwin. 1.50 ® 2.25 
Western, choice varieties, box... 1.50 @ 2.00 
Common to good, box. 1.00 © 1.25 
Pears—Kieffer, bbl.1.50 ® 3.00 
Grapes—Concord, 41b. bkt.09 ® .10 
Catawaba, 41b. bkt.08 ® .10 
Bulk, ton.30.00 ®40.00 
Cranberries. Cape Cod, bbl.6,00 © .3.50 
Long Island, bbl. 7.00 ® 8.50 
Jersey, bbl. 6.00 @ 7.00 
Strawberries, Calif, pint.30 @ .40 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes—Long Island, bbl. 2.25 ® 2.75 
Penn., 180 lbs.2,12 ® 2.37 
State, 180 lbs. 1.75 ® 2.00 
Maine, 168 lb. bag.2.00 © 2.10 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl.2.00 ® 3.00 
Beets, bbl.75 © 1.00 
Brussels Sprouts, qt.06 @ .10 
Carrots, bbl.75 @1.00 
Cauliflowers, bbl . 1.00 @ 4.50 
Celery, doz. bunches.15 © .40 
Cabbage, Danish seed, ton. 6.00 @ 7.00 
Domestic seed.3.00 @ 5 00 
Red,ton .15.00 @17.00 
Kale, bbl.50 @ .75 
Lettuce, 14 bbl. bkt. 25 @0.50 
Lima beans, bu.4.00 @ 7.00 
Onions, State & W’n., TOO lb. bag.50 @ 1.50 
Orange Co.. 100 lb bag.50 @ .75 
Peppers, Fla. carrier. 1.50 @ 2.00 
@ 5.('0 
@ 1.00 
@ 3.25 
@ 1.00 
@ 3.50 
@ 4.00 
@ .75 
@ .85 
@ 1.00 
@ 2.50 
@ .50 
@ .20 
.14 @ .15 
.60 @ .75 
.13 @ .23 
.12 © .16 
Peas, Southern, bn. 1.50 
Radi m hes, 100 bunches.75 
String Beans, bu. 1,50 
Squash, bbl.75 
Egg Plants, Fla., box. 2 00 
Veinatoes—Southern carrier .2.00 
Turnips, white, bbl.35 
Rutabaga.50 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS 
Cucumbers. No. 1, doz..75 
No. 2, box.2.00 
Mushrooms, lb.20 
Tomatoes, lb.10 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, lb.12 @ 
Fowls...12 @ 
Roosters.09 © 
Ducks.14 @ 
Geese..13 @ 
Turkeys. 
Guineas, pair. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, best. 
Common to Good. 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb. 2b rd 
Squab, broilers, pair.65 @ .70 
Broilers, common to good.20 @ .22 
Roasters .17 ® .19 
Fowls.14 @ .16; 
Ducks, spring, lb .15 @ .20 
Squabs, uoz. .50 @ 4.50 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay. Timothy No. 1, ton.22.00 @ 24.00 
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 
MILLFEED. 
Wheat bran, ton. 22.00 
Middlings.24.00 
Red Dog.30.00 
Corn Meal.29.U0 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers. 100 lbs. 6.25 
Bulls.4.00 
Cows. 2.50 
Calves, Prime Veal, 100 lbs.....7.75 
Culls.5.00 
Sheep, 100 lbs.2.50 
Lambs. 6.00 
Hogs.8.00 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1. Northern Spring.96 
No. 2, Red.1.05 @ 
No. 2 Hard Winter.96 @ 
Corn, as to quality, bush.65 
Oats, as to weight, bush.38 
COTTON. 
New York Middling Upland. . . .. 
Middling Gulf. ...... 
New Orleans. Low Middling . 
Good Middling.. 13.00 
BOSTON WHOLESALE PRICES. 
Butter, nearby creamery. 
Western Creamery.34 
Eggs, nearby hennery ... .51 
Gathered, fresh . 
Apples, dessert varieties, bbl..., 
Common kinds . 
Cranberries, bbl. 
Grapes. 41 b bkt.09 
Potatoes. 1681b. bag . 1.25 
Dressed meats— Veal .10 
Lambs. 
Pork.09 
Dressed Poultry—Fowls. 
Roasters .16 
Turkeys. 
Hay—No. 1 .215.00 
No. 2 . 2U.0U 
No. 3 .18.00 
Straw—Rye.18.00 
Millfeed —Bran, ton.22.75 
Middlings.23.00 
Mixed feed.24 00 
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@28.00 
@32.00 
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Hay brings from $12 to $15. Potatoes, 
50 cents; butter, 30 cents; beef, from $7 
to $8 a hundred ; apples, 40 cents a bushel; 
eggs, 40 cents a dozen; cabbage, two to 
five cents per head; live poultry, 10 to 12 
cents per pound. Milk, $1.80 per 100 
pounds. Onions, 60 cents to $1 per bushel. 
Bernhard’s Bay, N. Y. t. d. 
Cows, $50 to $90; milk retails at five 
cents a quart; butter, 30 cents a pound ; 
eggs, 30 cents a dozen; chickens, 10 to 12 
cents a pound; potatoes, 50 cents per 
bushel; apples, 75 cents per bushel; wheat, 
97 ; corn, 50 ; oats, 40; best Timothy liay, 
$15 a ton; clover hay, $12 a ton; straw, 
$6 to $7 a ton. J. H. C. 
Chambersburg, Pa. 
The following are prices received by 
farmers in October: Butter, 30 cents; Sep¬ 
tember milk from cheese factory, $1.61 per 
100 pounds ; hay, $12 to $15 per ton ; beef i 
cattle, seven cents, dressed, for cows, 10 
cents for steers; 5% cents, live weight, i 
for Iambs; calves, eight cents, live. Stand¬ 
ard varieties No. 1 apples, $2; other va¬ 
rieties, $1.25 to $1.50. Potatoes, 50 cents 
per bushel. r. l. h. 
Bridport, Vt. 
PH1II TRYMFI|- Seud 2c stamp for Illustrated 
■ WUL ‘ 1 11 1 Catalog describing 35 varieties. 
EAST DONEGAL POULTRY YARDS MARIETTA, PA. 
Ca 
n V a S"^ Wa ?°- Covers^ Stack Covers, 
Porch Curtains, Duck, by yard or 
bale; spocial price. STANLEY MFG. CO., Victor, N. Y. 
CAVE 25 TO 50 PER CENT. ON HARNESS. Buy direct 
° from factory, No traveling men. Get our illus¬ 
trated catalogue. Cast iron contract given on all 
work. Read what our Grange say of us, 
liKOWN, WHITTEN & CO., Pine Bush, N.Y. 
SPECIAL OFFERS in Magazines, Periodicals 
w and Newspapers. Send for our new catalogue 
and save money. Harse & Poole, Aflts., Shaneateles. Ni Y. 
W ASTED—Farm manager’s position. Single. Agricultural 
College training and practical experience along all lines of 
general farming. Best of references. E. K., c. Rural New-Yorker 
WANTED— Position as farm manager. Life experience 
" in fruit culture and general farming. 27 years of 
age; married; one child. Can furnish best of referen¬ 
ces. Eastern States preferred. P. G., care R. N.-Y. 
MIDDLE AGED, SINGLE MAN, DESIRES POSITION on a 
m general farm. Understands all work, farm and 
mechanics’ tools, stock, etc. Milk about 6 cows, 
etc. Good’man with live stock. L. W., care R N -Y 
UfANTED—POSITION AS MANAGER-Scientific and prac. 
11 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. 
Ip YOU WANT a P up-to-date, reliable, expe- 
■ ■ ■ ww iihii ■ rj 0n( > e( i Manager or Super¬ 
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erences, address C., care- Rural New-Yorker. 
UIANTED—FIRST-CLASS FARMER ON SHARES for large 
■* New York State dairy and stock farm. Well 
equipped. Owner, N. Y. City business man. Good 
opportunity for one able to run a place, not afraid to 
work. First-class references, and security required. 
Address, EMIL J0EBCHEN, 200 West 144th St, N. Y. City 
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A Wonderful 
New Milk-Producer 
at 
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“Larro-Feed”. They say it is the feed they have been waiting 
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Larro-Feed Is a QUALITY feed—a ration produced from only the highest grade 
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302 Gillespie Bldg. 
Detroit, Mich. 
Ratios/ > 
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We can make quick 
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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. McBURNEY & CO., 309 
Bastahle Block, Syracuse, New York. 
COK SALE—80 ACRE FARM—Good buildings, 
■ orchard, timber, home markets, telephone. One 
mile, town, creamery. Frank Faulkner, Mi. Bethel, Penna. 
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NEWYORK STATE FARMS. ASSS 
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on request. Catalog sent to prospective purchasers. 
C. I© YAGER Sc CO., 736 Cress Bldg., Binghamton, N. Y. 
Monarch $tee& 
{.Stump 
’PULLER 
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ZIMMERMAN STEEL CO.. Dept RHP LONE TREE. Ifl. 
Don’t be Homeless^ZlTtltf* 
house, barn, cow stalls, fine water, no swamp 
or mountain; fruit. Three miles to railroad town, 
one mile to school. Good roads. $750 buys it; $400 
cash. HALL'S FARM AGENCY, Oweoo, Tiooa Co., New York 
S t o c k—T ools—C rop s—Location 
We offer one of the best river farms of 84 acres 
along the Susquehanna Valley, beautifully located, 
just outside village limits. A bargain. 
BILLINGS FARM AGENCY - Apalachin, N. Y. 
Fancy Florida ORANGES~$$ s K 
box from me. Picked fresh from the tree. $1.50. 
Cash with order. R. J. HEAD, Plant City, Fla. 
JELLIFFE, WRIGHT & COMPANY, 
Commission Merchants, 284 Washington St., New York 
Poultry, Eggs, Meats, Produce. Shipments Solicited 
GEO. P. HAMMOND. EST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & GO., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers in ail kinds oi 
COUNTRY PRODUCE, Apples, Peaches, Ber 
ries Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms 
and Hot-house Products a Specialty. Consignments 
solicited. 34 & 36 Little lath St.. New York- 
COOK YOUR FEED and SAVE 
Half the Cost—with the ■ 
PROFIT FARM BOILER 
Second-Hand, With Fillers 
$8.00 a hundred, until January 1st. Also all supplies 
P. McKANNA’S SONS, - Honesdale, Pa 
Poultry for Holidays 
Apples, Pears and all Fruits and Vegetables, 
Fancy Eggs, Hothouse Products 
Top Prices Sernreif for Choke Goods—Correspondence Solicited 
ARCHDEACON & CO., 100 Murray St., New York 
With Dumping; Caldron. Empties 
its kettleinone minute. The simplest; 
and best arrangement for cooking 
food forstock. Also make Dairy find 
Laundry Stoves. Water and 
Steam Jacket Kettles, Hog 
Scalders, Caldrons.etc. £l?”Sead 
for particulars and ask for circular- J 
D. B. Sperry & Co., Batavia, III* 
You Can Earn a Good Living 
Raising Poultry y 
5 % 
Cut down living expenses—raise poultry for 
your own use and for sale to neighbors. Thou¬ 
sands make money this way with 
S uccessful incubators 
UCCESSFUL BROODERS 
Li fe Producers—Li fe Preservers 
Why don’t you do the same? Learn how easy It Ifl to Btart. Booklet “How 
Raise *18 out of 50 Chicks”—10c. Cataloguo FREE. Writo today. Addrar 3 
Drj iiioines Incnbator Co.* 90 Second St.*' Dcs Jloiucs, la. 
l $ 6- « n p l 
At $ 1 R an acre and up raise 60 bushels 
,, ; * of corn and 3 tons '' 
., 1 —’or corn and 3 tons alfalfa per acre 
Abundant rainfall (4 inches per month.) rich soil 
mild winters, good churches, schools and neil h 
? ors ’ close Eastern Markets. 20 adjoining , '" 1 
rarms in sight of Richmond, only $850 each, 
Ve ry fertile. Wdte to-day for booklet 
Country Life In Virginia" (134 
pages) and low excursion rates. 
Address. 
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Hoorn t 037 Richmond, Va. 
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For Stock, Poultry and Hog 1 raising, Dairying, Fruit grow¬ 
ing, Truck Crops, Alfalfa yields and General Farming, the 
SOUTHEASTERN STATES present soil, climatic and market condi¬ 
tions unsurpassed by any other region. 
Farm land values are most tempting. Undeveloped tracts sell from 
$6 an acre up; improved properties range from $20 to $50 per acre. 
THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY 
Mobile & Ohio Railroad or Georgia Southern & Florida Railway 
will help you find a desirable farm location where two and three crops 
grow annually. Alfalfa produces 4 to 6 tons, Corn yields 60 to 100 bu.. 
Truck crops make $100 to $40J, Apple Orchards $ 100 to $500 per acre, 
and Beef and Pork are produced at 3 to 4 cts. per lb. 
Let us know in what state and branch of farming you are interested. 
Information given and free publ.cations furnished on application 
M. V. RICHARDS, Land & Industrial Agent, Room 87 Washington, D. C. 
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