1912. 
TPI-IPO RURA1, NEW-YORKKR 
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CONTENTS 
The Rubal New Yorker, Dec. 21, 1912. 
FARM TOPICS. 
The River Bottom Farm.1242 
The Soy Bean Crop.1263 
The Small Producer.1263 
News for the Farmers.1263 
The Perfect Potato.1264 
Shelter for Manure.1264 
Figuring Fertilizer Analysis.1264 
Hay and Feed Outlook.4.1266 
Crops .1266 
Notes on Prices and Selling.1267 
Hope Farm Notes.1268 
New York Farm Lands.1268 
Apple Pomace for Manure.1268 
Soy Bean Experience.1268 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Duck Culture.1261, 1262 
The Cow’s Quick Lunch Counter.1262 
Butter and Eggs by Post.1267 
Combination Rack for Sheep.1274 
Sheep for the Shore Trade.1274 
Managing Two Litters a Year.1274 
Pennsylvania State Cattlemen’s As¬ 
sociation .1275 
Calf Feeding.•. .1275 
Massachusetts Milk Situation.1275 
Pasteurized Milk.1275 
Western Reserve Holstein Meeting.... 1275 
Dog Notes.1276 
Book on Horse Diseases.1276 
Abscess on Cow's Jaw.1276 
Lameness .1276 
Sore on Horse. 1276 
Indigestion . 1276 
Guinea Pigs and Rats.1276 
The Egg-Laying Contest.1277 
Hatching on Shares.1277 
Breeding a Laying Strain.1277 
Hen Remedies.1277 
Care of Six Hens.1277 
What Pennsylvania Hens Did.1277 
HORTICULTURE 
Fruit Raising in Mexico.1262 
Culture of Mushrooms.1263 
Lime-Sulphur and Woolly Aphis.1264 
Notes and Comments.1264 
Stable Manure for Peaches.1265 
A Concrete Hotbed.1265 
Nuts Untrue to Type.1265 
Storing Ivieffer Pears.1265 
Lime-Sulphur Notes.1265 
Indiana Apple Show.1266 
Ohio Apple Notes.1266 
Growing Sunflowers.1269 
New Russian Fruits.1269 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 1272 
Breakfast Bacon.1272 
Keeping Pork Fresh.1272 
The Rural Patterns.1273 
Chocolate Caramels and Creams.1273 
Clarifying Cider; Home-Made Sausage; 
Eggs with Settled Yolk.1273 
MISCELLANEOUS 
The Buffalo Markets.'..1260 
Get Ready for Parcels Post.1267 
The Middleman .1267 
Selling on Commission.1267 
Editorials .1270 
Agricultural Credits in Europe No. 8. 1271 
Events of the Week.1271 
Publisher’s Desk. ...1278 
MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending Dec. 14, 1912. 
BUTTER 
Creamery, fancy, lb.36 ffl .37 
Good to Choice.33 @ .35 
Lower Grades .27 @ .30 
Storage.29 @ .31 
State Dairy, best.33 ffl .34 
, Common to Good.24 @ .30 
Factory.21 @ .24 
Packing 8tock.20 @ .24 
Elgin, 111., batter market Arm at 35 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 37 cents. 
EGGS 
White.choice to fancy.10 @ .45 
Good to prime.35 @ .38 
Mixed Colors, best .32 @ .35 
Common to Good.28 @ 30 ] 
Western, best.30 @ .36 
Under grades.25 @ .28 
Checks and dirties.14 ffl .22 
Storage.13 'A .20 
OHHSKSK 
Full Cream, best..17 @ .18 
Common to Good.14 to .16 
Skims.U4 <a> .12 
BEANS 
Marrow.5.50 ffl 6.80 
Medium.... . 4.35 ffl 4.45 
Pea. 4.10 & 4.45 : 
Red Kidney.4.20 ffl 4 80 
Lima, California. 6 25 ffl 6.35 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice ..30 @ .32 
Common to Good.24 @ .29 
Pacific Coast. .16 @ .23 
Old Stock.(>7 ffl .11 
German Crop. 44 @ .46 
F1UCS11 FRUITS 
Apples—Ben Davis, bbl. 1.50 @ 2.50 
Hubbardston. 1.50 far 2.25 
Twenty-ounce.2.U0 @ 3.00 
King. 2.00 ffl 3.00 
Spy . 2.00 (A 3.50 
Snitzenburg. 2 50 (A 4.00 
Winesap. 2 50 (A 4.00 1 
Bellflower. 175 ffl 2,25 j 
Greening. 1.75 ffl 3.50 
Baldwin. 1.50 (A 2.50 
Western, choice varieties, box... 1.50 (o 2.00 
Common to good, box. 1.00 @ 1.25 
Pears-Kieffer. bbl.2.50 ffl 3.50 
Grapes—Concord, 41b. bkt.09 ffl .10 
Catawaba, 41b. bkt.08 (A .10 
Cranberries, Cape Cod, bbl. 6,00 @ 9.00 
Long Island, bbl. 7.00 ffl 9.50 
Jersey, bbl. 6.75 @ 9.00 
Strawberries, Calif, pint.30 @ .40 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes— Long Island, bbl. 2.50 @ 3.00 
Penn., 180lbs. 2,00 (A 2.25 
State, 180 lbs. 1.75 (A 2.15 
Maine, 168 lb. bag. 2.00 @ 2.15 
Bermuda, new. bbl. 4.50 @ 6.00 
8weet Potatoes, bbl. 1.50 @ 3.0o 
Beets, bbl.75 @ 1.00 
Brussels Sprouts, qt.04 @ .08 
Carrots, bbl.75 (A .85 
Cauliflowers, bbl . 1.50 ® 6.00 
Celery, doz. bunches.16 ® .40 
Cabbage, Danish seed, ton. 5.00 ffl 9.00 
Domestic seed .... 3.00 (A 4 00 
Red, ton.15.00 @17.00 
Kale, bbl.40 <<5 .60 
Lettuce, tobbi. bkt. 40 ® 1.00 
Onions, State & W’n., 100 lb. bag.40 ffl .85 
Orange Co., 100 1b bag.40 ® .85 
Conn., red and yellow, bbl. 1.60 @2 00 
Conn. Valley, white, bbl.3,00 (A 5.00 
Peppers. Fla. carrier. 1.25 <Q 1.50 
Peas. Southern, bn. 1.50 ffl 4.50 
Radishes, 100 bunches'.75 <A 1.00 
Strmc Beans, bn. 1.00 IA 4.00 ’ 
Squash, bbl. 75 ffl 1.00 
Kgg Plants, Fla., box... 2 00 @ 3.50 
Spinach, bbl. 75 @ 1.00 
Tomatoes—Southern carrier . 1.26 (A 2.36 
Turnips, white, bbl.35 @ .75 
Rutabaga.50 @ 1.00 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS 
Cucumbers, No. 1, doz. 1.12 (A 1.25 
No. 2, box.2.00 (A 2.50 
Mushrooms, lb.20 ffl .50 
Tomatoes, lb.10 ffl .15 
Radishes, 100 bunches. 1.50 (A 2,50 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, lb. 12^'d .13 
Fowls.13 ® .14 
Roosters. 09 @ .10 
Ducks.14 ® .15 
Geese.13 ® .14 
Turkeys.16 ® .16 
Guineas, pair.60 ® .76 
ORESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, best.24 ® .25 
Common to Good.18 @ .22 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb.25 @ .27 
Squab, broilers, pair.65 @ .70 
Rrotlers, common to good. 20 @ .23 
Roasters .18 ® .23 
Fowls.14 @ 
Ducks, spring, lb .f... .15 @ .20 
Squabs, doz.50 @ 4.50 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay. Timothy No. 1, ton.22.00 ® 22.50 
No. 2.20.00 @ 21.00 
No. 0 .17.00 ® 19.00 
Clover Mixed.18.0U ® 21 00 
Straw, Rye.16.50 ® 18.00 
MTLLFEED. 
Wheat bran, ton.22.00 @23.00 
Middlings.24.00 @30.00 
Red Dog.30.00 @31.00 
Corn Meal.28.00 @30.00 
Linseed meal. 33.00 @35.00 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs. 7.25 ffl 8.25 
Bulls.4.25 @ 5.50 
Cows. 2.75 @ 5.00 
Calves, Prime Veal, 100 lbs.8.00 @12.50 
Culls. 5.00 (A 7.60 
Sheep, 100 lbs.2.50 to 4.75 
Lambs. 6.00 @ 9 op 
Hogs. 7 50 @ 8.00 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEATS. 
Calves, good to prime.14 ffl .16 
Common.09 ffl .10)$ 
Pork, lightweights. 11 ® .]]]4 
Mediums and heavy.10 ffl .10 \4 
Hothouse lambs, head.9.00 @11.00 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1. Northern Spring.96 ffl ... 
No. 2, Red.1.06 @ ... 
No. 2 Hard Winter.97 @ ... 
Corn, ns to quality, bush.55 ffl .65 
Oats, as to weight, bush.38 @ .40 
Rye.65 ffl .70 
COTTON. 
New York Middling Upland... 12.90 
Middling Gulf. 13.15 
New Orleans. Low Middling. 12.40 
Good Middling. 13.20 
BOSTON WHOLESALE PRICES. 
Butter, nearby creamery.S4J^@ .35 
Western Creamery.....33 @ -34}^ 
Eggs, nearby hennery.42 @ .44 
Gathered, fresh .35 @ .40 
Apples, dessert varieties, bbl. 2.60 ffl 3.25 
Common kinds . 1.60 to 2.00 
Cranberries, bbl. 7.00 ffl 9.00 
Grapes,41b bkt.10 @ .12 - 
Potatoes. 1081b. bag . 1.36 @ 1 45 
Dressed meats—Veal .ll @ .16 
Pork.10 @ .11 
Dressed Poultry—Fowls.15 ffl .19 
Roasters .18 @ .22 
Turkeys. ,25 ffl .30 
Hay—No. 1 .23.00 @23.50 
No. 2 .20.00 @22.00 
No. 3.18.00 @18.60 
Straw—Rye.18.00 @19.00 
Millfeed—Bran, ton.23.00 @25 00 
Middlings.23.00 @27.00 
Mixed feed.24.00 @27.50 
MARKET SKETCHES, No. 9. 
Leaving Boston from the North Station, 
the first large stopping place, 10 miles dis¬ 
tant, is Lynn. To most business men Lynn 
is a synonym for shoes, there being not far 
from there 300 manufacturers and dealers 
In shoes and shoe findings. Some con¬ 
cerns specialize in heels, uppers, cut soles, 
trimmings, counters, bows, patterns, etc., 
and others turn out the assembled and 
finished shoes, which cost the consumer 
from $3 to $6, and furnish more or less 
comfort. “Breaking in’’ shoos is no longer 
a serious job, and really not necessary if 
one uses a little judgment and subdues his 
pride to the extent of not trying to im¬ 
prison a No. 9 foot in a No. shoe. In 
the old method of marking, sizes were 
stamped in big figures on the sole, and a 
great many people balked when they saw 
the number, insisting that they did not 
need so huge a size. Now the manufactur¬ 
ers mark the shoes by a system unintelligi¬ 
ble to the customer, so that the No. 10 or 
11 man can get his proper size in ignorance 
that is truly blissful. 
Lynn has a generous amount of scenery 
for the traveler who is there for other 
than business reasons. There is a large 
and beautiful harbor, its eastern border 
being the extraordinarily shaped Nahant 
peninsula, extending three miles south 
and battered by furious waves in Winter. 
The boatman who cares to venture far out 
in the Bay may visit Great Pig and Little 
Pig Rocks, and Great Calf, Little Calf and 
Little Hog Island, as well as many others, 
larger in size, but less picturesque in name. 
The food supply problem at Lynn is 
handled more satisfactorily than in the 
average city, largely because of an efllcient 
“food department store” system. I had 
heard in New York of the J. B. Blood 
Markets, and found them fully up to de¬ 
scription. The company operates two 
stores on the department plan, where prac¬ 
tically everything in the way of good food 
can bo had. I have found many private 
markets in New England and other parts 
of the East, run somewhat like these, but 
none that compared with tffem in neatness 
and general efficiency, and hence the vol¬ 
ume of trade done. The arrangement of 
the food is such that it can be scon and 
bought quickly. The customer for a fish, 
steak or piece of cheese does not have to 
wait until a clerk gets a loaf of broad or a 
pound of rice for someone else. He goes 
to the fish, steak or cheese counter and is 
waited on as soon as he makes up his 
mind what is wanted. Close examination of 
the prices asked for meats and other perish¬ 
able foods showed that the wholesale buy¬ 
ing is carefully and skilfully done, and in 
some cases at least, no jobbers’ or need¬ 
less middelemen’s profits have inter¬ 
vened. 
These stores are of special Interest as 
showing how the ordinary private market 
system, of food distribution can be put 
out of the ordinary by careful buying and 
strict attention to neatness and systematic 
arrangements. No one cares to buy food of 
a clerk whose clothes or hands are dirty, 
or who acts as though partly asleep or not 
interested in his job. w. w. h. 
OFFICIAL PRICES OF BREAD IN FRANCE. 
Many French cities have been agitated 
of late over the increased price of bread. 
But little bread Is made at home in France, 
except among the rural population. A 
great deal of bread is eaten, more than 
with us, and past periods of scarcity make 
the people watch prices very closely. Many 
French municipalities regulate the price of 
bread by local ordinance, acting on a Na¬ 
tional law passed in 1791. In other places 
the bakers themselves establish prices, 
under close supervision from the authori¬ 
ties, who try to keep prices as low as 
practicable. In one recent instance south 
of Lyon, where the official price was in 
force, the bakers felt themselves put on 
too close a profit margin by the township 
and struck work with the intention of 
leaving the population breadless. It was 
only after the town council through the 
Mayor was on the point of signing contracts 
for the importation of the necessary thou¬ 
sands of loaves from a neighboring center 
that the striking bakers resumed work. 
The wheat bread eaten by the mass of the 
people is the second quality known as pain 
cl manage, or household bread. The joain 
de menage is usually sold in wreath-like 
loaves known as crowns, the favorite way 
of making up this bread, as it can he cut 
in more convenient quantity and the crowns 
are more readily carried. In the outlying 
country, where it is the custom to bake 
only twice a week, large, fiat loaves are 
generally made, weighing as much as live 
kilos (11.02 pounds) or more apiece. The 
first quality of bread, called bourgeois, used 
somewhat by well-to-do people, is sold for 
48 centimes per kilo (4.201 cents per 
pound), five centimes per kilo (0.437 cent 
per pound) more than the pain dd menage. 
In the city of Lyon only the price of the 
second quality wheat bread is fixed by 
order of the Mayor and published before 
the beginning of each month. The price of 
a kilo of this bread is equal to three-fourths 
of the price of a kilo of the flour of which 
it is made, increased by 12 centimes (2.31G 
cents) for the baker’s expenses and profit. 
In order to determine the price of the flour 
as a basis of the calculation of the price 
of bread within the city limits for the en¬ 
suing month, a mean is taken of the local 
market quotations during the first half of 
the last month and the second half of the 
month befor \ As there aro frequent fluc¬ 
tuations in the price of flour and as it is 
desirable to keep the price of bread as 
nearly stationary as possible, any slight 
increase „or decrease, not excelling three 
centimes per kilo (0.2G3 cent per pound), 
does not immediately affect the official price. 
Most French bakers, says Consul I-Iurst of 
Lyon, from whose report we obtain this 
information, are desirous that the old or¬ 
dinance permitting local authorities to fix 
the price of bread shall be abrogated. 
The quarantine on Christmas trees from 
New England because of possible infestation 
with Gypsy or Brown-tail moth, has at¬ 
tracted large shipments from the Adiron¬ 
dack section, about 40,000 trees being sent 
from there for the New York and suburban 
trade. Other greens largely used in holi¬ 
day decoration are laurel and holly wreaths, 
loose holly and roping made from running 
pine. Some mistletoe Is imported from 
Europe, meeting a ready sale when arriving 
in good condition, but it often becomes 
heated and blackened on the way. South¬ 
ern mistletoe is usually abundant and often 
sold for imported to those who do not know 
the difference. The trees and other Christ¬ 
mas greens are largely distributed by retail 
grocers, all of whom have a supply the 
week before Christmas. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
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“square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
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