THE) RURAfc N V W-Y( . !<KER 
376 
1913 . 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, March 8, 1913. 
FARM TOPICS. 
A Seed Potato Industry . 337 
Future of the Small Farmer . 333 
Value of Scales on the Farm . 33S 
Treating Potatoes for Scab .. 34(1 
Different Methods of Potato Culture .. 340 
Jersey Sweet Potato Question . 342 
World’s Record Potato ..... 344 
Use of Ditching Machine . 344 
Salt for Weeds ... 340 
Spring Grass Seeding . 348 
Onions as a Fertilizer . 349 
The Canner's Side .... 350 
Subduing Weeds . 350 
Dodder in Clover . 351 
Potato Growing In Virginia . 352 
Hope Farm Notes . 354 
Land Piaster and Hen Manure . 354 
Raising a Big Pumpkin . 355 
Diary of a "Back-to-the-Lander” . 363 
An Auctioneer's Hints . 368 
Handling Apple Pomace . 367 
Crops . 368 
Sweet Clover for New Jersey . 370 
Who Owns My Farm? . 372 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The "Unit” Hen Business, Part 1. 339 
portable Hoghouse . 360 
Value of Registered Stock . 360 
Tuberculosis In Hogs . 360 
Tho Red Polled Cattle . 361 
Oats for Fodder . 382 
Cows on Smalt Farm . 362 
Herd Rations . 362 
Feed for Ayrshire Cow . 362 
Ringbones . 364 
Lame Cow . 364 
Thirsty Horse; Cattle Lice; Thumps.. 364 
Cribbing and Wind-sucking . 364 
Shying . 364 
Sweeny . 364 
Milk . 366 
"Certified Milk” .. 366 
Garget . 366 
Milk Goes Thick .f. 366 
About Little Chicks . 370 
The Egg-Laying Contest . 370 
The Clydesdale Horse . 371 
The "Coming” Laying Hen . 372 
Plan for Henhouse . 372 
Ailing Breeding Stock . 372 
Plumping Dressed Fowls . 373 
City Refuse for Hens . 373 
Thin-shelled Eggs . 373 
Powdera for Hen Lice . 373 
HORTICULTURE. 
Baldwin Fruit Spot . 339 
Treating Potatoes for Scab . 340 
Chemicals for Apple Orchards . 340 
Vegetables as Food, Part II. 341 
Disking the Peach Orchard . 341 
Brown-Tail Moth, Borers and Apple Scab.... 342 
Barren Plum and Cherry Trees . 342 
Barren Apricot . 342 
Hort. cultural Notes . 346 
The Latest on Spray Materials, Part IL .... 347 
Growing Prize Apples . 348 
The Home Garden, Part II. 349 
Various Questions . 350 
Various Questions . 350 
Pruning the Grape . 351 
The Question of "Fillers” . 352 
Orchards and Deer . 371 
A Farmer’s Flower Garden, Part II. 353 
Time for Orchard Pruning . 353 
Calceolaria; Abutllon; Primrose; Fuchsia .. 355 
Plum Tomatoes . 355 
■WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day . 353 
Colorado Garden Notes . 353 
Spraying Shellac on Wall . 358 
Improvement in Jelly Making . 359 
lelly Does Not Keep . 359 
Fruit Salads .. 359 
The Rural Patterns . 359 
Graham Fig Biscuits . 359 
Bran and Wheat Chop . 359 
President’s Pudding . 359 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Get Busy With Albany . 338 
Whooping Cough . 349 
Editortats . 356 
Send This Letter to Albany, N. Y. 357 
Events of the Week . 357 
An Oleo Advertising Trick . 363 
Farmers and Retailers . 363 
Direct Dealing With Farmers . 363 
The Boston Markets ..... 365 
Buffalo Markets . 365 
The Retail Price of Onions . 365 
"The Waste of Retailing” . 365 
Farm Engineering . 369 
Cures for Consumption . 371 
Automobiles for Farm Power . 371 
Tanning a Deer Hide . 371 
MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending Mar. I, 1913. 
WETTER 
Creamery, fancy, lb.35 @ .35 
Good to Choice.32 <0 .34 
Lower Grades .27 1® .29 
Storage . 28 @ .34 
State, Dairy, best... 32 @ .31 
Common to Good.22 @ .29 
Factory.18 @ .23 
Pacltiug Stock..... 1? @ .21 
Elgin, ill., butter market firm at 34^ cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 06 cents. 
CHEESE 
Full Cream, best.17 (0 .18 
Common to Good. .14 <» .16 
Skims.UJ t® .12 
EGGS 
White,choice to fancy.27 @ .29 
Good to prime.21 @ .34 
Mixed Colors, best .23 (0 .24 
Common to Good.16 @ .20 
Western, best. 24 @ .27 
Under grades.15 @ .18 
Chocks and dirties.10 »- .18 
Storage. 08 @ .18 
DillF.D FRUITS 
Apples, evap , choice, 1911.07 @ .08 
Common to good.06 .0634 
Sun dried.03 ® .OSS, 
Chops, 100 lbs. 1.40 a 1.50 
Raspberries.IT <a .19 
Cherries.U & .14 
Huckleberries.14 @ .10 
FRESH FRUITS 
Applesr—Ben Davis, bbl. 1.75 a 2.25 
Hnbbardstou .. .. 1.75 @ 3.25 
Newtown Pippin .. 2.50 @ 4.00 
Spy . 2.50 @ 3.50 
Spitzenbnrg. 2 SO @ 3.60 
Winesap. 2 50 @ 4.0U 
kSellttower.. 1.75 @ 3,15 
Greening.2.0® @ 3,00 
Baldwin. 2 00 @ 3.00 
Western, choice varieties, box... 1.50 @ 2.0(1 
Common to good, box.60 @1.25 
Cranberries, Cape Cod, bbl. 8,00 (alt).UO 
Long Island, bbl. 8.00 @ 9.50 
Jersey, bbl...7.00 a 9.50 
Strawberries. Florida, qt. ....15 @ .28 
BEANS 
Marrow, IU0 lbs.... 4.90 @ 5.25 
Medium.4.00 @ 4.10 
Pea. 3.95 «a 4.10 
Red Kidney.. 4.00 @ 4 46 
White Kidney . 5,70 @ 5.76 
Yellow Eye. 4.00 @ 4.2Q 
Lima, California. 6.10 @ 6.20 
I4QPS 
Prime to Choice .................28 a .28 
Common to Good...,,.....,..,..,.20 @ 25 
Pacific Coast... .17 a .23 
Old Stock ..... ........................ .08 @ .12 
German Crop ...... ......__ ......... 46 @ .48 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes—Long Island, bbl.2.25 @ 2.75 
Southern, new, bbl.2,00 @ 4.00 
State, 180 lbs. 1.75 @ 2.00 
Maine, 168 lb. bag. 1.85 & 2.00 
Bermuda, new, bbl. 4.00 @ 5.50 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl. 1.50 @ 2.75 
Beets, new, bbl. 1.00 @ 2.00 
Brussels Sprouts, qt.05 @ 0.15 
Carrots, bbl.75 @ 1.50 
Caultliowers, Southern, crate. 1.00 @ 1.50 
Cabbage, Danish seed, ton. 7.00 @ 9.00 
Domestic seed .... . 3.00 @ 4 00 
New, Southern, bbl. crate.50 @ .75 
Red, ton.]3.oo @16.00 
Kale, bbl.40 @ .60 
Lettuce. 4bbl. bkt. 1.00 @2.60 
Onions, State & W’n., 100 lb. bag.50 @ 1.00 
Orange Co.. 100 lb. bag.25 « 76 
Conn., red and yellow, 1001b. bug. .50 @ .75 
Conn. Valley, white, bbl. 4.00 @ 8.00 
Peppers. Fla. carrier.0.75 @ 1.50 
Peas. Southern, bu. 3.0U @ 5.50 
String Beans, bu.. .. tUft @ 3.50 
Squash, bbl.'.1 50 3@ 2.00 
Egg Plants. Fla., box. I 25 @ 2.00 
Spinach, bbl. 1,00 @ 1.50 
Tomatoes—Sonthern carrier . 1.00 @ 2.00 
Turnips, white, bbl.50 @ .75 
Rutabaga.50 @ .90 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS 
Oucumbers. No. 1, doz. 1.25 @ 1.75 
No. 2, box.3.U0 @5.00 
Mushrooms, lb.20 @ .50 
Toms toes, lb.10 @ .20 
Radishes, 100 bunches.2.00 @ 3,50 
Lettuce, doz.15 @ .30 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, lb.14 @ .15 
Fowls. 14 @ .15 
Roosters. 09 @ .10 
Ducks. 18 <® .20 
Geese.12 @ .14 
Turkeys..19 @ [21 
Guineas, pair.65 @ .75 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, best. .23 @ .24 
Common to Good.18 @ .22 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb.28 @ .32 
Squab, broilers, pair.80 @ .90 
Broilers, common to good.2u @ .25 
Roasters ..18 •© .24 
Fowls.14 @ .17 
Capons—fancy.26 <0 .28 
Ducks. ...... .15 @> .20 
Geese.U @ .18 
Squabs, doz. 50 @ 6.00 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay. Timothy No. 1, ton.Iff (in @ 20 00 
No. 2.17.U0 (® 18.00 
No. 3.14 00 @ 15.00 
Clover Mixed.13.lit) @ 18 00 
Straw, Rye.19.00 @ 20.OO 
MILLFEED. 
Wheat bran, ton. 22.00 @23.00 
Middlings.24.00 @27.00 
Red Dog....29.00 @30.50 
Corn Meal.25 U0 @26.00 
Linseed meal.30.50 @31.50 
Hominy chop.23.00 @24.00 
Apples, 
it 
. . .50 m 
.75 
Butter, 
pound. 
. . .I2r<7! 
.L4 
Cheese 
44 
. . .05(61 
.06 
Chickens, 
it 
.00 
Turkeys, 
>» 
.07 
Geese, 
n 
. . .18<® 
.20 
Pork, 
100 lbs. 
5.00 
Beef, 
44 
. . 3.50 @ 
- 1.00 
Mutton, 
44 
. . 2.00(5! 
3.00 
Hay, 
ton. 
. . 7.00 @ 
9.00 
Rutter, 
country, 35 ; eggs, 
country fresh. 
29; apples, choice,. 35 cents a peck; po¬ 
tatoes, ehoiee, SO; turnips, 80; parsnips, 
; corn, 70 ; cabbage, four cents a pound ; 
oats, 40 ; wheat, 95 ; milk, 20 cents a gal¬ 
lon ; hay, $ 10 ; millet hay, $ 10 ; straw, 
wheat, $ 6 ; Horses, choice, $200; cows, 
choice, $80; sheep, choice. $4; pigs, choice, 
$10 a pair; calves, veal, 10 cents a pound; 
coal, per bushel delivered, pEne cents; 
locust posts, choice, each, 2.5 cents; 
chickens, 18 cents a pound; turkeys, 25. 
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LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs. 5.80 @8 25 
Bulls.5.00 @6 90 
Cows.. 3,u0 @ 6.30 
Calves, 1’iime Veal, 100 lbs..,.8.50 @12.50 
Culls. 6 00 @ 8 00 
Sheep. 100 lbs.4.00 @ 5.50 
Lambs. 8 00 @ 9 (JO 
Hogs. 7 50 @ 8.00 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEATS. 
Calves, good to prime.)5 @ .16 
Common.09 @ .14 
Pork, light weights.n @ .;j 
Mediums and heavy. .09 @ .10 
Hothouse lambs, bead. 6.00 @ 9.00 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1. Northern Spring. 1.01 @ ... 
No. 2, Red.1.10 @ ... 
No. 2 Hard Winter. 1.03 @ ... 
Corn, as to quality, bush.55 @ .68 
Oats, as to weight, bush.37 @ .41 
Rye.65 @ .68 
WOOL 
New York Fleeces. Fine, unwashed. 22 <5i 28 
Ohio half blood combing .>8 @ ,2» 
Kentucky, three eighths blood.31 @ 32 
Michigan, half blood.27 @ .38 
RETAIL PRICES AT NEW YORK. 
These are not the highest or lowest current 
prices, but are fairly representative of what the 
majority of New York consumers pay: 
Eggs fancy white, doz.40 @ .45 
Mixed colors, new laid. ,3Q @ .35 
Gathered and storage .18 @ .25 
Butter, fancy prints, lb.1U @ .45 
Tub, choice.35 @ .38 
Apples, table sorts, bbl.4.00 @ 5.50 
Potatoes, bushel. LOO @1.06 
Chickens, roasting, lb... 25 @ .38 
Fowls...18 @ .32 
BOSTON WHOLESALE PRICES. 
Butter, nearby creamery...36 @ .36 
Western Creamery.34 @ .35 
Eggs, nearby hennery.25 @ .26 
Gathered, fresh .20 @ .32 
Apples, dessert varieties, bbL. 2.50 @ 3.50 
Common kinds. 1.50 @ 3.06 
Cranberries, bbl. 7.00 @ 9.00 
Potatoes. 2 bu. bag . 1.26 @ 1 36 
Dressed meats—Veal .II @ .16 
Pork.11 @ .11)^ 
Dressed Poultry—Fowls.17 @ .20 
Roasters .19 @ .30 
Turkeys.22 @ .26 
Hay—No. 1 . 21.00 @31.50 
No. 2 .18.50 @19.08 
No. 3 .15.00 @15.50 
Straw— Rye. .20.00 @20.50 
Millfeed—Bran, ton.23.0(1 @24 50 
Middlings...24.00 »IT.OO- 
Mixed feed.24 50 @17.50 
Gluten.39.00 @28.90 
OLD TIME MARKETS. 
The following New York State price* 
are found in the market quotations of th« 
first number of The Rural NEW-YouKna, 
dated January 3y 1850 1 . 
Wheat, bushel.$1.03 ©$1.04 
Corn, “ . .45 ki .50' 
Gats “ .31® .33 
Rye “ 53® .53 
Potatoes, “ .31 @ .ST 
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