1«13. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
3 a7 
CONTENTS 
..The Rural New-Yorker, March 1, 1913. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Cross-breeding Kaffir Corn.282, 283 
Early Eggplants on a South Jersey Farm, 
285, 286 
The Gasoline Scratching Hen. 290 
What Form of Lime?... 304 
The Gasoline Cultivator. 305 
Hope Farm Notes. 306 
Crossing Beets with Cabbage. 307 
Vegetables by Weight. 309 
Fruit and Vegetable Trade Marks. 309 
A Mowing Machine that “Kicks”. 316 
Crops . 319 
Why Do We Cultivate Corn?. 320 
Farmers’ Week at Cornell. 320 
Sunflower Culture for Seed. 323 
A New Corn Drier. 324 
Another “Perfect” Potato. 325 
Improving Land... 325 
Corn in Henyard. 325 
Helping Out the Hay Crop. 328 
Reviving an Old Sod. 332 
Seaweed for Potato Mulch. 332 
Curing Cow Pea Hay. 333 
Egyptian Wheat . 335 
Chemicals as Fly-Killers. 336 
Commercial Bacteria and Manuring. 336 
Club-root in Cabbage. 336 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
An Experience with Horse Gyps. 312 
From Dairying to Beef. 313 
The Red Polls Win. 313 
Beans for Live Stock. 314 
Cotton-seed Meal for Hogs. 314 
Brewers’ Grains for Hogs. 314 
Strong-tasting Milk ... 314 
Silo for Six Cows... 314 
Balanced Dairy Ration. 314 
Grain for Holsteins. 314 
The Cow to the Acre Problem. 315 
Soy Beans in Silage Corn. 315 
Corn and Kaffir Silage. 315 
Milk. 318 
New York Milk Situation. 3IS 
An Opening for Cream. 318 
The Egg-laying Contest. 321 
“Utility" and “Fancy”... 322 
Roupy Fowls . 322 
Ventilating Henhouse . 323 
Diseases of Turkeys. 323 
Homemade Beehive . 323 
Angora Goats . 323 
Soft-shelled Eggs . 323 
Cross-bred Cows; Sunflowers. 324 
Feed for Milch Cows. 329 
Ration for Thin Cow. 329 
“Exhibition Reds” as Layers. 329 
Improving a Dairy Ration. 329 
Mid-winter Molt . 329 
Brown Leghorn Questions. 329 
“YVar Bridle” for Stallion. 333 
HORTICULTURE. 
Renting Orchards .283, 284 
Uncle John Spencer’s Cherry Orchard... 284 
Home Improvement .. 284 
A Springtime Mushroom. 2S4 
Cherry-plum Hybrid . 284 
Bridge-grafting . 286 
The Farmers’ Flower Garden. Part 1. 287 
Controlling Apple Lice. 2S8 
Frozen Trees . 288 
Fall-bearing Strawberries . 288 
Fine Tokay Grapes in Pennsylvania. 291 
Hand or Power Sprayers. 291 
A Small Sash-covered Greenhouse and 
How Managed . 293, 301 
Collar Blight of Apple Trees. 294 
Twin Apples . 295 
The Home Garden. Part 1. 295 
Soils for Apple Varieties. 296 
Latest on Spray Materials. 298 
Brief Spraying Notes. 301 
Propagating Seedless Asparagus. 302 
Spraying Bearing Apple Trees. 303 
Fruits for Long Island. 304 
Grafting Wax . 304 
Fertilizer for Strawberries. 304 
Apples on Rough Land. 305 
Planting with Dynamite. 305 
A Vine-clad Arch. 307 
Drainage in Apple Conservation. 316 
Hen Manure for Gooseberries, etc. 328 
Disposing of Cull Apples. 330 
That Half Acre. 332 
Vegetalfles as Food. Part 1. 334 
Gardening in a City Lot. 355 
“Human Form” in Ginseng. 336 
Whitewash that Sticks. 336 
Green Lice on Vegetables. 336 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 310 
Uncle Sam’s Flower Seeds. 310 
The Rural Patterns. 311 
Colorado Bird Notes. 311 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
The Family Beehive.282, 283 
Editorials . 308 
Wail From a Commission Man. 309 
Publisher’s Desk . 326 
Kerosene or Gasoline. 332 
MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending Feb. 21, 1913. 
BUTT Kit 
Creamery, fancy, lb.35 to .36 
Good to Cboioe.82 (« .34 
Loner Grades .27 Go .29 
Storage.28 @ .34 
State Dairy, beat.32 © 31 
Common to Good.22 ® .29 
. .18 (<0 .23 
Hacking Stock. 17 .21 
Elgin, 111., butter market firm at 35 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 36J$ cents. 
OH K ICS U 
•full Ci earn, best. 
.17 
.14 
to 18 
«» .16 
Common to Uood . 
Skims. 
KGG 8 
White,choice to fancy. 
Good to prime. 
.25 
.21 
to .26 
to .34 
to .22 
to .20 
Mixed Colors, best .. 
Common to Good.., 
W©stem, bust.... 
Under grados. 
.15 
.12 
Checks unci dirties.. 
Storage . 
to 38 
DRIED FRUITS 
Apples, evap . choice, 1911 . 
.07 
.06 
to .OS 
Common to good.. 
Suu dried.... 
Chops, till) lbs. 
Raspberries. . 
Cherries. . 
1.50 
.17 
to 1.60 
to .19 
Huckleberries... 
Ji 
FUK8H FRUITS 
Apples—Ren Davis, bbl. 
Hubbardston . 
1.76 
to 2.60 
Newtown Pippin . 
2.50 
2.00 
King. 
to 3.75 
Spy . 2.50 to 3.75 
Spitzenburg. 2 50 to 3.75 
Winesap. 2 50 to 4.00 
Bellflower. I 75 to 2,75 
Greening. 2.00 to 3.25 
Baldwin . 2 00 to 3.00 
Western, choice varieties, box... 1.50 to 2.00 
Common to good, box.50 <3 1.25 
Cranberries. Cape Cod, bbl. 8.00 to 10.00 
Long Island, bbl. 8.0U w 9.60 
Jersey, bbl. 7.00 to 9.60 
Strawberries, Florida, qt.20 to .50 
BKAN8 
Marrow. 100 lbs.4.90 ® 5.25 
Medium. ... 4.00 to 4.10 
Pea. 3 95 to 4.10 
Bed Kidney.4.C0 to 4.50 
White Kidney . 5,70 to 5.75 
Yellow Kye. 4.00 @ 4.20 
Lima. California. 6.16 to 6.20 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice .26-to 28 
Common to Good.20 to -25 
Paciflc Coast.17 to .23 
Old Stock.08 to .12 
German Crop. 46 to -48 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes—Long Island, bbl. 2.25® 2.75 
Southern, new. bbl. 2,00 to 4.00 
State, 180 lbs. 1.75 to 2.00 
Maine, 168 lb. bag. 1.85 to 2.00 
Bermuda, new, bbl. 4.00 to 5.50 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl. 1.50 to 2.75 
Beets, new, bbl. l.ot) to 2.00 
Brussels Sprouts, qt.08 to 0.18 
Carrots, bbl.75 to 1.50 
Cauliflowers, Southern, crate. 1.00 to 1.50 
Cabbage, Danish seed, ton. 7.00 to 9.00 
Domestic seed. 3.00 to 4 00 
New, Southern, bbl. crate.90 to 1.00 
Red, ton.14.00 tolG.OU 
Kale, bbl.40 to .50 
Lettuce.'sbbl bkt. 1.00 to 3.00 
Onions, State & W’n., 100 lb. bag.50 to 1 .no 
Orange Co.. 100 lb bag.25 to 75 
Conn., red and yellow. 1001b. bag. .50 to 75 
Conn, Valley, white, bbl. 4,00 a 6.50 
Peppers, Fla. carrier.. .0.75 to 1.50 
Peas. Southern, bu.3.00 to 5.60 
String Beans, bu. 1.U0 to 3.50 
Squash, bbl. 1 50 to 2.00. 
Kgg Plants. Fla-, box. I 25 to 2.00 
Spinach, bbL.75 to 1.12 
Tomatoes—Southern carrier . 1.00 to 2.25 
Turnips, white, bbl.50 to .75 
Rutabaga.50 to .90 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS 
Cucumbers. No. 1, do*. 1.25 to 1.75 
No. 2, box. 3.00 to 5.00 
Mushrooms, lb.20 to -50 
Tomatoes, lb.10 to .30 
Radishes, 100 bunches.1.00 to 2,00 
Lettuce, do*.10 to .30 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, lb.14 « .15 
Fowls.. .16 to .15 
Boosters.11 to 12 
Ducks. 18 to .20 
Geese.13 a .14 
Turkeys.19 to .20 
Guineas, pair.65 gi .75 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, best.23 to .24 
Common to Good.18 to .21 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb.28 to .32 
Squab, broilers, pair.80 to .90 
Broilers, common to good.20 to .25 
Roasters .18 @ .22 
Fowls.14 to .17 
Capons—fancy.26 @ .28 
Ducks,.16 to .20 
Geese.u © .18 
8quabs. dor.50 @ 6.00 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay. Timothy No. 1, ton.19 00 to 20 00 
No. 2.17.00 to 18.50 
No. 3.14.00 to 15.00 
Clover Mixed.13.00 to 18 00 
Straw, Rye.19.00 to 20.00 
MILLFEED. 
Wheat bran, ton.23.00 a 24.00 
Middlings.24 00 @27.00 
Red Dog.29.7a r«29.C0 
Corn Meal.25.00 ©26.00 
Lins-eed meal.31.50 ©32.00 
Hominy chop.23.00 ©24.00 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs.6.25 to 8 85 
Bulls.5.00 to 7 00 
Cows. 3.1)0 to 6.00 
Calves, Prime Veal, lOOlbs.8.50 tol2.50 
Calls. 6 00 © 8.00 
Sheep, 100 lbs.4.00 to 5.50 
Lambs. 8 00 to 9.00 
Hogs... 7 50 to 7.75 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEATS. 
Calves, good to prime.15 ® .16 
Common.09 ® .14 
Pork, light weights.11 to .12 
Mediums and heavy.09 to .10 
Hothouse lambs, head.6.00 to 9.00 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1, Northern Spring.1.01 « ... 
No. 2, Bed.1.10 to ... 
No. 2 Hard Winter. 1.03 to ... 
Corn, as to quality, bush.55 to .58 
Oats, as to weight, bush.37 to .41 
Rye.65 ® 6S 
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