1912. 
THE RURAL. NEW-YORKES 
1299 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New Yorker, Dec. 28, 1912. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Misleading Figures on Labor Cost... 1282 
A Novice on a Southern Farm. 1282 
Gasoline Plowing . 1283 
Spreading Manure in Winter. 1284 
Government Crop Report. 1284 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings . 1284 
Dynamite for Digging Ditches. 1284 
Hope Farm Notes . 1288 
Chemicals With Hen Manure. 1289 
Sawdust on Heavy Clay. 1289 
Mass. Farm Notes of 1912. 1291 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Value of Improved Stock .1281, 1282 
Covered Barnyard or Straw Sheds... 1294 
Dogs and Sheep . 1294 
Obstructed Teats .., . 1294 
Chronic Catarrh . 1294 
Premature Birth . 1294 
Tail Rubbing . 1294 
Weak Horse . 1294 
Periodic Ophthalmia . 1294 
Indigestion . 1294 
The Outlook for Milk. 1295 
Cow Questions . 1296 
Feeding for Milk . 1296 
Pigs in Manure Pit . 1296 
Dairy Ration . 1296 
Turnip, Kale and Mangel Wurzels for 
Cows . 1296 
The Egg-laying Contest . 1296 
Colds in Poultry . 1297 
White Crested Duck . 1297 
Trees in Chicken Runs . 1297 
Goose Eggs in Incubators. 1297 
Sale of Squab Broilers. 1297 
The Raising and Care of Poultry.... 1297 
Mustard for Hens . 1297 
Buckwheat for Hens . 1297 
My Experience With Chickens. 1298 
HORTICULTURE. 
Propagating Grapevines . 1282 
North Carolina Apple Growing. 12S3 
The Mexican Nut Crop. 1285 
Western New York Horticultural So¬ 
ciety . 1286 
Florists’ Stock . 1289 
New Plant Immigrants . 1289 
Reeves Favorite Peach . 1289 
“Mortgage Lifter” Rhubarb. 1289 
Melon Insects and Disease. 1289 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 1292 
Uses for Wall Paper . 1292 
The Rural Patterns .... • 1292 
Cuttings and Cedar Oil; Candied 
Pineapple . 1292 
Uses for Lard Cracklings . 1292 
Home-dried Beef.1293 
Homemade Naphtha Soap . 1293 
Catering for Hired Men . 1293 
St. James Pudding . 1293 
Baltimore Fish Chowder .. 1293 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
“Taking a Child” . 1284 
A Sportsman on Hunting . 1285 
A Lumberman’s Device . 1285 
Hunters’ Casualties . 1285 
More of the Game Laws . 12S5 
Running Separator With Kerosene 
Engine .. 1287 
Icehouse for the South . 1-287 
Defective Icehouse . 1287 
Pumping from Lower Level. 1287 
Painting With Force Pump. 1287 
Outdoor Storage Cellars. 1287 
The Stingless Bee a Fake . 1287 
Farm Gate Wanted . 1287 
Leather Dressings . 1287 
Quicksand Overflow . 1287 
Agricultural Credits in Europe, No. 9 1291 
Perishable Articles by Parcels Post.. 1291 
MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending Dec. 21, 1912. 
BUTTER 
Creamery, fancy, lb.36 @ .37 
Good to Choice. -33 @ -35 
Lower Grades .27 @ -30 
Storage.26 @ .33 
State Dairy, best.33 @ 34 
Common to Good.24 ® -30 
Factory.20 @ .24 
Packing Stock.20 @ -23 
Elgin, 111., butter market firm at 31 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 37 cents. 
EGGS 
White,choice to fancy. 40 
Good to prime.35 
Mixed Colors, best.33 
Common to Good.28 
Western, best. 
Under grades.25 
Checks and dirties... 
Storage . 
CHEESE 
Full Cream, best. 
Common to Good.. 
Skims. -04 
BEANS 
Marrow. 5.00 
Medium... 4.30 
Pea. 
Bed Kidney.4.00 
Lima, California.6.25 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice.30 
Common to Good.24 
Pacific Coast... 15 
Old Stock.07 
German Crop. 44 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples—Ben Davis, bbl.. 1 
Hubbardston. 1 
Twenty-ounce.2 
King. 
Spy . 
Spitzenburg. 
Winesap. 2 
Bellflower. 
Greening. 
Baldwin . 
Western, choice varieties, box... 1 
Common to good, box. 
Pears—Kieffer, bbl.2 
Cranberries, Cape Cod, bbl. 5 
Long Island, bbl. 0 
Jersey, bbl.6 
Strawberries, Calif, pint. 
Florida, qt..*.. 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes—Long Island, bbl.2 
Penn., ISOlbs.2 
State, 180 lbs. 
Maine, 168 lb. bag. 
Bermuda, new, bbl. 4 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl.1 
Beets, bbl. 
Brussels Sprouts, qt. 
Carrots, bbl. 
Cucumbers. Fla., bu. 2 
Cauliflowers, bbl. 
Celery, doz. bunches. 
Cabbage, Danish seed, ton. 5 
Domestic seed.... .... 
Red, ton.15 
Kale, bbl. 
... .40 
© 
.45 
® 
.38 
@> 
.36 
... 28 
31 
® 
.36 
.28 
... .14 
© 
.18 
© 
.20 
... .17 
® 
.18 
... .14 
® 
.16 
.. .04 
@ 
.12 
© 
6.65 
© 
4.35 
@ 
4.35 
© 
4 55 
© 
6.30 
@ 
.32 
.24 
@ 
.29 
@ 
.23 
© 
.11 
@ 
.46 
@ 
2.50 
... 1.50 
® 
2.25 
... 2.00 
© 
3.00 
.. . 2.00 
© 
3.00 
© 
3.50 
... 2.50 
© 
4.00 
4.00 
© 
2.25 
'3) 
3.50 
© 
2.50 
:... 1.50 
© 
2.00 
1.25 
© 
3.00 
® 
9.00 
... 6.50 
© 
9.00 
.... 6.50 
@ 
9.00 
@ 
.40 
© 
.80 
... 2.50 
® 
3.00 
© 
2.25 
© 
2 15 
@ 
2.00 
@ 
6.00 
© 
3.0o 
@ 
1.00 
.... .03 
® 
.08 
, . .75 
© 
1.00 
... 2.50 
© 
3.50 
@ 
6.00 
® 
.40 
© 
8.00 
.... 3.00 
© 
4 00 
@17.00 
© 
.50 
Lettuce, l^bbl. bkt.50 @ 1.00 
Onions, State & W’n., 100 lb. bag.60 © l.UU 
Orange Co., 100 lb bag.30 ® .60 
Conn., red and yellow, bbl.12)0 @ 2 00 
Conn. Valley, white, bbl.2,50 © 3.50 
Peppers, Fla. carrier.. 1.00 © 1.50 
Peas. Southern, bu. 1.50 @ 4.50 
Radishes, 100 bunches.75 @ 1.00 
String Beans, bu. 1.00 © 2.50 
Squash, bbl.75 © 1.25 
Egg Plants, Fla., box. 2 00 @ 3.00 
Spinach, bbl.50 @ 1.00 
Tomatoes—Southern carrier .1.25 @ 2.25 
Turnips, white, bbl.35 ® .75 
Rutabaga.50 ® 1.00 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS 
Cucumbers, No. 1, doz. 
1.00 
@ 
1.75 
No. 2. box. 
2.o0 
© 3.00 
Mushrooms, lb. 
.15 
© 
.40 
Tomatoes, lb. 
.06 
© 
.12 
Radishes, 100 bunches. 
1.00 
© 
2,00 
Lettuce, doz. 
.15 
@ 
.25 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, lb. 
.11 
© 
•11^ 
® 
,13>4 
Roosters... ••• • •••.*••••••••••••••••• 
.08 
® 
•08 J4 
.14 
<3> 
.15 
© 
.14 
.16 
© 
.18 
Guineas, pair. 
.65 
© 
.75 
OKESSKD POULTRY 
Turkeys, best. 
.25 
© 
.26 
Common to Good. 
.18 
® 
.22 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb. 
.24 
© 
.26 
Squab, broilers, pair. 
.65 
® 
.70 
Broilers, common to good. 
.20 
@ 
.23 
Roasters . 
.18 
.23 
Fowls. 
.14 
® 
.15 
Ducks, spring, lb . 
.15 
® 
.20 
Geose. 
.14 
© 
.18 
Squabs, doz. 
.50 
® 4.50 
BOSTON WHOLESALE 
PRICES 
Butter, nearby creamery. 
Western Creamery. 
.34 
.35 
@ 
■■m 
Eggs, nearby hennery. 
® 
.40 
Gathered, fresh . 
® 
.38 
Apples, dessert varieties, bbl. 
© 
3.50 
Common kinds . 
® 
2.00 
Cranberries, bbl. 
.... 7.00 
© 
9.50 
Potatoes. 2 bu. bag . 
® 
1 45 
Dressed meats—Veal . 
.11 
® 
.16 
Pork. 
.10 
Dressed Poultry—Fowls. 
© 
.19 
Roasters . 
® 
.22 
Turkeys.. 
© 
.30 
Hay—No. 1 . 
@23.50 
No. 2 . 
@22.00 
No. 3. 
@18.50 
Straw—Rye. 
@19.00 
Millfeed—Bran, ton. 
....24.00 
@25 00 
Middlings. 
©28.00 
Mixed feed. 
@27.50 
Gluten. 
@28.50 
JELLIFFE, WRIGHT & COMPANY, 
Commission Merchants, 
Poultry, Eggs, Meats, 
284 Washington St., New York 
Produce. Shipments Solicited 
Second-Hand, With Fillers 
$8.00 a hundred, until January 1st. Also all supplies 
P. McKANNA’S SONS, - Honesdale, Pa 
Highest prices guaranteed for White or Brown 
Leghorns or mixed eggs. Also high grade butter. 
Write us for information. A trial will convince you 
of our ability to obtain extreme prices. Address 
JOHNSTONE 6 COUGHLAN, 
172 Duane Street, : : New York 
Wanted—Women 
from 20-35 years of age, 
with at least one year 
High School work, for our Training School for 
Nurses. Term, 2t£ years, with pay. For circulars 
apply to SUPERINTENDENT GENEVA CITY 
HOSPITAL, Geneva, N. Y. 
FARM SUPERINTENDENT WANTED 
married, for gentleman’s estate in Anne Arundel County, 
Maryland, Two hundred acres under cultivation; com¬ 
mercial crops, asparagus, strawberries, hay, peaches, 
potatoes, apples, etc. Extensive practical experience 
required. Thorough knowledge of stock, implements and 
usual machinery also required. Must be intelligent, abso¬ 
lutely temperate and honest, also have businessand execu¬ 
tive tact with disposition and ability to properly handle 
help. Master’s house under separate control. Reply by 
letter giving references, size of family and wages wanted, 
M. H. SMITH, 105 CHAMBERS ST , NEW YORK, N. Y. 
WANT Few Acres Brush or Cleared Land. 
77 Mil I Frank Slavik, 423 Eust 78th St., N. V. City 
ERSEY FARMS 1 to 3'i0 acres, in Jersey’s best soil. Farm cata¬ 
logue free. Edmund Iturroughs, 147 E. State St., Trenton, N.J 
/ /V tJ I E !, l>out the farm of 
1 11 w V ! ” ^ 66 acres for $1,700. 
BILLINGS FARM AGENCY, Apalachin, N. Y. 
I HAVE Two Very Fine Farms in Central New York 
* State For Sale. Let me send you description. 
W. E. TELLER, Wieting Bldg., Syracuse, N. Y. 
*‘ ' * . . . . ■ . . . .. m 
FOR SALE —Plots, 1 to 10 acres, fertile land, for 
small farms, city limits, Kingston N.Y. 
Inquire C. R. KNAPP, 132 Dana Avo„ Albany, N.Y. 
COME TO MINNESOTA crop! 
Plenty rainfall. Good markets. Laud cheap, but 
advancing rapidly. Literature and information 
FREE. Write H. .J. MAXFIELD, State Immigration 
Commissioner, 202 State Capitol, St. Paul, Minn. 
$ 9,500 
CASH and balance in easy payments 
STEAM LAUNDRY NEAR NEW YORK CITY; 
motor driven, modern equipment, going organiza¬ 
tion, ideal location in midst population of half mil- 
hon* Hare opportunity for independent business. 
Address, Owner,” care Rural New-Yorker. 
MUST BE SOLD AT ONCE^ 
fane condition; two large barns, concrete floors; 
concrete walks to dwelling-house; fruit. Will in¬ 
clude pair good horses, three fine colts, thirteen 
good cows, four heifers, mower, rake, sulky-plow, 
harrow, roller, grain drill, binder, two wagons, h«r- 
nesses, hay, grain, straw. All goes $7,500, part cash. 
HALLS FARM AGENCY. OWEGO, TIOGA CO.. NEW YORK 
WHY GO ELSEWHERE? 
VIRGINIA FARMS yield the biggest re¬ 
turns on the investment. Mild climate, 
fertile lands, many different crops, high 
markets, 30 million consumers in one day’s 
shipment, modern rural conditions, pro¬ 
gressive communities. Stock farms, com¬ 
mercial orchards, land for wheat, oats, 
hay, corn. Alfalfa, small fruits and truck. 
Record corn crops. Fine yields of Alfalfa, 
four cuttings a year. Improved farms $15 
to $50 per acre. Yearly net profits often 
exceed cost of land. Write to-day for Real 
Estate Herald No. 20, with full account. 
PYLE & CO., Ino., Petersburg, Va. 
Which Pays Best 
and how much,Mr.Dairyman? 
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CHEAPS. 
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“Best feed I have ever 
used. Will recommend it 
to every dairyman." 
^ Frank L. Baker 
Wellsboro, Pa. 
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Isn’t Larro-feed just what you need ? 
Isn’t that extra profit just what you 
are working for? The value of the 
roughage you feed is the same and your 
work and trouble are the same no matter if 
your cows produce little or much; your real profit comes from 
* the extra milk you get, the last quart or two from each cow. 
Don’t deprive yourself of that real profit by using cheap, but low 
producing feeds. 
A Ready Ration 
for Dairy Cow» 
Larro-feed is a high grade, ready-mixed, ready-to- 
feed ration, to be used just as it comes in the sack; no 
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and properly balanced—made from the choicest, purest and most nu¬ 
tritious ingredients, skillfully and scientifically blend¬ 
ed. Absolutely free from damaged grains, oat hulls, 
oat clippings, corn cobs, screenings, sweepings, 
weed seeds or any other adulterants. That’s why 
Larro-feed is so good, and why it will produce those extra 
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Don’t neglect this opportunity, don’t let pre¬ 
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out the fact3 for yourself. 
Let us prove at our risk that it will pay you to feed 
this wonderful new “quality feed” instead of your pres¬ 
entation, no matter how good that may seem to be. 
Here’stheProof 
We Offer You 
Get as many sacks of Larro- 
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Feed one sack (100 lbs.) at our risk, 
watch results. If Larro-feed doesn't 
satisfy and please you (we tie no 
strings on our offer), take back the 
unused sacks and and get all your 
money in full. Every dealer hand¬ 
ling Larro-feed is authorized to make 
sales on this broad guarantee. The burden 
of proof is on us; if Larro-feed wins we both 
gain, if it does not, you are not out one 
penny—try it NOW. 
The Larrowe Milling Co. 
311 Gillespie Bldg., Detroit, Mich. 
Larrowe’s Kiln Dried 13 the K enaine unadulterated old-fashioned flour with the real old-fashioned 
T, . , * __ buckwheat flavor, produced at Cohocton, Steuben Co., N.Y. Your grocer wil 
DUCKWheat r lour begiad to know where he can get it. The Larrowe Milling Co., Detroit, Mich. 
Best terms known to the nursery world. Steady pay; 
cash weekly, exclusive territory , commission on mail 
orders. Big money made every day selling our exclusive 
specialty and all our other hardy fruit trees, vines, etc. 
Satisfaction and profit from every tree. AH the year 
around profitable and pleasant work. We pay freight 
deliver, collect. You can be our 
county manager if you write today. 
Let us fully explain our New Idea. 
MISSOURI NURSERY CO., 
FREE TREES FOR 
TRAVELING EXPENSES 
LOUISIANA, MO, 
FARMER WANTED 
March 1st, married, good dairyman, understand high 
grade stock, strictly sober, good reference required. 
E. K. BRADY, Howard & Huntingdon Sts., Philadelphia 
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. 
WANTED 
-Reliable and temperate married fore¬ 
man for my farm in Ashland, Mass. 
Will occupy a separate cottage (with modern improve¬ 
ments) and board one or two men. f ood references and 
salary desirsd. Horner Loring, Post Office Box 2764. lfoston,Mass. 
r SELL GOOD FARMS m Oceana, greatest fruit Co. 
in U. S.; also grain, potatoes, alfalfa, dairying 
Write for list, etc. HANSON & SON, Hart, Mich 
★ 
NEWYORK STATE FARMS i ble firm deal¬ 
ing in farms throughout New York State. Referen* o 
on request. Catalog sent to prospective purchasers. 
C. L. YAGER &CO., 736 Press Bldg., Binghamton,K. Y. 
IF YOUR POULTRY PLANT OR YOUR 
■ FARM is not run on a paying basis, and you are 
discouraged with results, I would like to take 
charge of your plant and put it on a paying basis. 
Address, C. C., care BUBAL New-Yokkeb. 
Good Farm Wanted 
East of Buffalo, in part pay¬ 
ment for ten-acre orango 
and lemon ranch in Glendora, California. Most de¬ 
lightful climate and scenery in State ; absolute 
frostless. Very easy terms on balance of purchase 
price. Address, N. F. Kelly,10 May St., New Rochelle, N. Y. 
