1913. 
THR RURAL NEW-YORKER 
627 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New Yorker, April 5, 1913. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Testing Seed Corn..489, 490 
Farmers’ Institutes in New York. 490 
Two Kentucky Acres.-. 491 
Going to a Farm—... 491 
Children’s Potato Crops..... 491 
Work of Soil Bacteria... 492 
Fertility in Blood and Hair. 492 
Starting Permanent Grass. 492 
Another Fertilizer Wonder. 500 
Spraying for Tomato Disease. 500 
Idaho Potatoes .... 500 
Thin Rye . 505 
Loans to Farmers. 509 
Crops .—.--- 497 
Hubbard Squashes.. 499 
Cost and Profit in Canning... 439 
A Discussion of Soils..501 
Salt in Liquid Manure_ 502 
County Improvement Associations-515 
Corn and Bean Silage- 519 
Fodder Corn-- 519 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Making Pasture for Hogs.. 512 
Treatment- for Worms... 512 
Holsteins on Western Reserve. 513 
Believes in Jerseys---- 513 
Guernsey Butter Records--- 513 
Value of Mangels----514 
Rations for Cows and Pigs-- 514 
Ration for Butter Fat. 514 
Another Cow Ration-- 514 
Thin Horses _ 514 
Space for Cows--- 514 
Indigestion --- 514 
Garget .-. 516 
Warts ... 516 
Vomiting Cow ... 516 
Pining Cow . 516 
Partial Paralysis ... 516 
Trouble With Pigs. 516 
Blind Quarters ... 516 
Unsound Knees .„.- 516 
Wound . - 516 
The Airedale Dog .... 518 
Live Stock Notes.. 519 
Planning for Silo.—. 520 
Who Owns the Cow?.. 520 
A Cheap Wooden Silo..520 
Milk ..—-- 521 
The Rochester Milk Supply... 521 
New Jersey Milk Prices___ 521 
The Egg-laying Contest. 522 
Treatment for Roup.-.- 522 
Hen Notes ... 523 
Value of Fowls... 523 
Eggs Without Vitality... 523 
Hens On Small Area.... 523 
Blood for Poultry.. 523 
Leghorns or Anconas. 523 
Pullets With an Egg Record__ 523 
Show Bird vs. Utility Bird.. 523 
Laying Records ....523 
A Pet Pheasant .. 524 
Blue Ribbon Birds Again... 524 
Lazy or Active Hens... 524 
Blue Ribboners as Layers.. 524 
Trouble with Chicks. 525 
Milk Prices by Test.. 525 
HORTICULTURE. 
The Papaya . 491 
Notes and Comments. 492 
Melon Plants in Paper Pots. 493 
Start in Fruit and Bees... 493 
The Drone Tree..". 494 
An Ohio Peach and Cherry Orchard.... 498 
Trouble With Peach Orchard. 500 
A Vine-clad Home. 501 
Late Apples for Pennsylvania.__ 502 
Elm Leaf Miner. 502 
Apple Orchard and Fillers..... 502 
Chautauqua System for Grape Train¬ 
ing . 503 
Yellow Swan Peach. 503 
Growing Trees in the Sand. 505 
Pansy Plant Profit. 507 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day...„. 510 
A Wise Woman’s Talk. 510 
Salmon a la Cream....510 
The Rural Patterns. 511 
Children for Childless Homes. 511 
Yellow Tomato Preserves... 511 
“Sweet Day of Thanks”... 511 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Squirrels’ and Birds’ Nests... 492 
American Cooperation . 498 
A Needed Game Law . , . 502 
Farm Engineering .. 504 
Lunar Lunacies .„... 505 
Editorials __ 4 _ 508 
Events of the Week..... 509 
“Save Our Souls”.... 509 
Buffalo Markets ___ 515 
A Consumption Cure.;_ 518 
The Friedmann Tuberculosis Cure_ 519 
Publisher’s Desk _ 526 
MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending Mar. 29, 1913. 
BUTT Ell 
Dreamery, fancy, lb.37 © .38 
Good to Choice.33 © .35 
Lower Grades . .28 © .30 
Storage.82 © .36 
State Dairy, best.35 1 © .37 
Common to Good. .27 @ .32 
Factory.23 <io .25 
Packi ug Slock.20 «o .24 
Elgin, 111., butter market arm at 34 cents. 
34 Philadelphia, western creamery, 38 cents. 
CHEKSH 
Full Cream, best.17 © .17^ 
Common to Good.14 © .16 
Skims.© .12 
HUGH 
White,choice to fancy.21 © .32 
Good to prime.19 © .20 
Mixed Colors, best .20 © .31 
Common to Good. 16 «o .19 
Western, best.20 © .21 
Under grades.14 © .17 
Checks and dirties.12 © .16 
DKIKI) FllDITS 
Apples, evap., choice, 1911.07 © .08 ' 
< ■ornmoti to good.06 © .06J4 
Sun dried.03 @ .03L, 
Chops, 100 lbs. 1.30 © 1.40 
ltaspburrles.17 © .18 
Cherries. 11 © .14 
Huckleberries.14 © .16 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples -Ben Davis, bbl. 
Hubbardston. 
Newtown Pippin. 
King. 
Spy . 
Spitienbunr. 
VVlneaap. 
Russet. 
Green! ug. 
Baldwin. 
© 2.25 
© 2.2a 
© 1.50 
© 2.75 
© 3.25 
© 3.25 
© 3.50 
© 1.50 
© 3.00 
© 2.50 
Western, choice varieties, box... 1.50 © 2.00 
Common to good, box.50 @1.25 
Cranberries, Cape Cod, bbl. 8,00 @10.00 
Long Island, bbl. 8.00 @10.00 
Jersey, bbl . 7.50 @10.00 
Strawberries, Florida, qt.05 @ .35 
BEANS 
Marrow, 100 lbs.4.75 fa) 5.30 
Medium.3.90 @ 3.95 
Pea. 3.70 « 3.95 
Red Kidney. .3.65 © 3.96 
White Kidney . 5,60 © 5.70 
Yellow Eye. 4.00 © 4.05 
Lima. California. 0.05 © 6.15 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice.23 @ .25 
Common to Good.17 @ .21 
Pacific Coast.16 @ .21 
Old Stock. .08 @ .10 
German Crop. 46 © .48 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes—Western,T68 lb. bag . 1.50 @ 1.75 
State, 180 lbs. 1.65 @ 1.90 
Maine, 168 lb. bag.1.60 © 1.75 
Southern, new, bbl.3,50 © 7.00 
Bermuda, new, bbl. 5.00 @ 8.00 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl. 1.50 © 3.00 
Asparagus, Southern, doz. 1.00 @ 3.75 
California, doz. 1.50 @ 5.00 
Beets, new, bbl. 1.50 @ 2.50 
Carrots, bbl. 75 © 1.00 
Cucumbers, Southern, bn.3.00 @ 3 50 
Cabbage, Danish seed, ton ..6.00 © 9.00 
New, Southern, bbl. crate. [.00 © 1.50 
Red. ton.13.00 ©16.00 
Kale, bbl.15 © .00 
Lettuce, t^bbl. bkt.1,00 © 3.66 
Onions, old, 100lb. bag.A.... .’20 @ 0.50 
Southern new, bu. IDO © 1.25 
Peppers, Fla. carrier. 1.00 @ 1.75 
Peas. Southern, bu. 1.00 © 5.00 
String Beans, bu. 2.00 © 4.00 
Squash, bbl.’.1 50 ® 2.00 
Egg Plants, Fla., box. I 25 © 2.25 
Spinach, bbl.60 © 1.00 
Tomatoes—Southern carrier .75 @ 2.00 
Turnips, white, bbl.40 @ .75 
Rutabaga. 50 © .90 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS 
Cucumbers, doz . 50 0 1.00 
Mushrooms, lb.20 © .40 
Tomatoes, lb. 10 © .15 
Radishes, 100 bunches. 1.25 © 2,25 
Lettuce, doz.20 © .50 
Rhubarb, doz. bunches. DO @ .60 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, lb. 18 © .19 
Fowls.18 © .19 
Roosters.11 © .13 
Ducks. .21 © .22 
Geese.11 a .12 
Turkeys.20 © .22 
Guineas, pair.65 @1 .70 
ORKSSKD POULTRY 
Turkeys, best.23 © .24 
Common to Good.18 @ .32 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb.35 © .40 
Broilers, common to good.2o © .23 
Roasters .20 ® .25 
B'owls.14 © .13 
Ducks,,. .15 © .20 
Geese.11 © .18 
Squabs, doz.50 @ 4.50 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay. Timothy No. I, ton.19 U(I a 20.00 
No. 2.16.50 @ 17.60 
No. 3.12.00 © 15.00 
Clover Mixed.13.00 © IS M0 
Straw, Rye..19.00 © 20.00 
MILLFKBD. 
Wheat bran, ton. 21.00 @21.50 
Middlings.73 00 @27.00 
Red Dog.28.00 ©29.00 
Coru Meal.76 (10 ©27.00 
Linseed meal.29.50 ©30.00 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs.8.40 © 9 20 
Bulls.5.50 © 7.25 
Cows. 3 00 © 6AO 
Calves, Prime Veal, 100 lbs. 8.00 @12.00 
Culls. 6 00 © 7 00 
Sheep, 100 Jbs.4.50 © 6.50 
Lambs. 8.00 ©9.00 
Hogs. 8 50 © 9.80 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEATS. 
Calves, good to prime.13 © .14 
Common. ,09 © .12 
Pork, light weights.11 © .12 
Mediums and heavy.09 © .10 
Hothouse Iambs, head.4.00 @ 7.08 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. !, Northern Spring.93 © ... 
No. 2. Red.1.12 a ... 
No. 2 Hard Winter. 1.00 © ... 
Corn, as to quality, bush.55 © .58 
Oats, as to weight, bush.37 @ .41 
Rye. «6 a .88 
RETAIL PRICES AT NEW YOKK. 
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.30 © .35 
Mixed colors, new laid.25 @ .28 
Ordinary grades .18 © .22 
Butter, fancy prints, lb.42 @ .44 
Tub, choice.35 © .38 
Apples, table sorts, bbl.4.00 © 5.50 
Potatoes, bushel.75 @ 1.00 
Chickens, roasting, lb.25 © .27 
Fowls.18 © .22 
BOSTON WHOLESALE PRICES. 
Butter, nearby creamery.37 © .38 
Western Creamery. .36 © .3? 
Eggs, nearby hennery.22 © .23 
Gathered, fresh .18 «* .20 
Apples, dessert varieties, bbL.2.50 © 3.50 
Common kinds . 1.50 © 2.00 
Cranberries, bbl.8.00 ©10.50 
Potatoes. 2 bu. bag . 1.00 @ 125 
Dressed meats—Veal .II © .14 
Pork.U © J1J6 
Dressed Poultry—Fowls.19 a .20 
Roasters .20 © .35 
Turkeys.22 © .25 
Hay—No. 1 .30.00 ©31.00 
No. 2 .17.50 @19.00 
No. 3.15.00 @15.50 
Straw-Rye. .19.00 ©20.00 
Millfeed—Bran, ton.21.00 ©22 00 
Middlings.22.00 @24.00 
Mixed feed.23 50 @35 50 
Gluten.21.00 @75.00 
Livestock—Milch Cows . 40.00 @ 66.00 
Beef Cows, 100 lbs . 3.50 © 4.50 
Bulls, 100 lbs.5.00 © 5-50 
Calves, 100 lbs. 5 00 © 8.0o 
Hogs, 100 lbs...8.50 © 9.25 
MORE ABOUT CO-OPERATIVE BUYING. 
On page 424, Mr. E. C. Hollis tells of 
his cooperative buying club. Will he tell us 
about prices? What does he save by this 
method? 
Ans.—W hile I am unable to give you 
exact figures as to the saving on each 
of the items we handle, as we keep no 
books, the general idea is based on a 
20% saving and that is a safe figure. 
When we started this plan it was not 
so much to save as to obtain a better 
article at the prevailing prices, but the 
20% saving came with it. At present 
we are paying 28 cents for eggs, and 
in our neighborhood one cannot buy 
eggs for 40 cents that will equal them. 
Honey, extracted, costs us 13 cents, but¬ 
ter 36. We hope next Fall to try out 
another plan, and we shall try it some¬ 
what on the lines of the Hill Produce 
Co., as described in “The Child” pro¬ 
vided we can enlist some producer in 
the plan. The great objections to these 
plans in the city are to get the man in 
the country to believe you are honest 
and will pay for what you get, and the 
next objection is to get the man in the 
country to grade his product, and when 
it is not graded the troubles of the dis¬ 
tributor begin. There have been other 
cooperative plans here that I have 
known of, that failed because of too 
many officers, by-laws, bonds for the 
collector and things of that nature. I 
would think the first asset to have the 
men in the company believe in each 
other, and things will go smoother. I 
have read “The Child” several times, 
and I am sure that a distribution plan 
could be worked out that way, that 
would give the farmer a 75-cent dollar 
instead of a 35-cent one. 
E. C. HOLLIS. 
[Commission Experience. 
Yon are frequently publishing letters in 
regard to treatment your subscribers re¬ 
ceive from commission merchants. I will 
give you my experience with two different 
firms. On October 9 I shipped to A, New 
York, two barrels of Hubbardstons and two 
barrels of Greenings. On October 24 they 
sent me a report saying that the four bar¬ 
rels were sold at $1.50 each, total $6, less 
commission 60 cents and cartage 24 cents, 
net proceeds $5.16. On October 9 I also 
sent to B., Brooklyn, two barrels of Green¬ 
ings and three barrels of Ilubbardstons. He 
sold the Greenings at $2.25 and the Hub- 
bardstons at $2.50, making a total of $12. 
He charged $1.20 commission and 50 cents 
cartage, net proceeds $10.60. Now I sold 
practically all my apples in the orchards at 
$1.50 per barrel, the buyer doing the pack¬ 
ing and furnishing the barrels. With these 
that I shipped to New York 1 had to buy 
barrels at 40 cents apiece and pay 32 cent 
per barrel for freight. Anyone can draw 
his own conclusions as to the way I feel 
about selling through commission mer¬ 
chants. Does anyone think that a letter 
from A. requesting me to let him handle 
my account and stating “Wo do business on 
the principle of giving every shipper a 
square deal” and “aim to do a little better” 
would produce the result they desired? 
G. g. H. 
R. N.-Y.—If every other shipper would 
turn down such letters after being bitten 
the commission business would he cleaner. 
Kukui Oil. 
The Hawaii Experiment Station sug¬ 
gests what may mean a new industry for 
the island in the production of knkui oil. 
This oil is taken from the nuts of a tree 
which is quite common on the Islands. 
“The oil has found use for a variety of 
purposes. The Hawaiians strung the nuts 
together on sticks and used them for 
lighting the houses. The natural candles 
thus produced give rise to the name candle- 
nut. In an examination by the Imperial 
Institute it was found that ’the oil Be¬ 
longs to the class of drying oils typified 
by linseed oil, and would be suitable for 
the manufacture of soft soap and in the 
preparation of oil-varnishes, paints, 
linoleum and other similar purposes.” It 
is also nsed somewhat in medicines and 
as a food. The older inhabitants 50 years 
ago produced considerable of this oil, but 
the industry has nearly died out. There is 
a good future in it, since this country im¬ 
ported in 1911 5,800.000 gallons of Chinese 
wood oil. The kukui oil could be used as 
a substitute for the Chinese. 
If V—. ilf.nl to K®* the most money ont of your 
11 iou n am dressed and live poul¬ 
try. CALVES. P1G8. BLITTER AND EGGS, 
SHIP TO US. One of GREATER NEW YORK’S 
LARGEST WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS. 
CONKON BROS. CO., 
131st St. and 12th Ave., New York City, N. Y. 
YOUNG MARRIED MAN 
tetligence an«l 
fair experience, wants steady position on farm. 
J. K. D., - care Rural New-Yorkkr 
WIND POWER 
for pumping is uncertain—hand power 
for sawing is drudgery—both are slow 
and expensive. A 
Rumely-OIds Engine 
will give you power at low cost. You 
save a lot of time and work, and power 
is ready when you want it. Then your 
Rumely-Oids is ready for a hundred 
jobs—an every-day money-maker. Easy 
to run—easy to handle—comes portable, 
stationary or rkid-mounted—1% to 65 
h.p. A small size attached to a 
Rumely Pump Jack 
pumps water for you at low cost, quickly, 
and when you want it. Then hitch it to a 
Rumely-Oids Saw Rig 
and lay in a handy supply of wood in 
spare moments. You can’t imagine 
how many ways you can. use this engine 
till you have one. 
~ j ^on t/n. j vumviy-v/iuj 
Engine, No, 344; on Rumely-Oids Saw Riga, 
No. 461; on Rumely Pump 
Jack*, No. 436— ask ike name 
of our ncanat dealer. 
RUMELY PRODUCTS CO. 
(Incorporated) 
Power-Farming Machinery 
La Porte, Ind. 
70 L 
\mmmm 
Ends Drudgery of High Lifting J 
Saves 25% of The Draft lyfOd 
30 Day Test will prove that you can haul WjLB 1 Vh# 
heavier loads over softest fidds with less 
effort if wagons are equipped with tow 
EMPIRE STEEL WHEELS 
Write today for catalog and particulars of free trial offer. 
| EMPIRE MFG. CO. Box 696, Quincy, I1L 
Cheap Running Water Supply for Farm and 
Home. Coats nothing to operate—gives all year fBk \ 
round -Tinning water supply to all parts of your -4 
home, barn, stables, troughs, etc. If you live 
near a spring or flowing stream install a 
NIAGARA HYDRAULIC RAM ft 
Morecomfort for your family — better for all 
your stock — saves labor. Doesn’t need J 1WV HRmI ml 
attention — can’t get out of order. Prices 1 
-eaJly low. Free booklet. 
NIAGARA RYDT? ATTLTC ENGINE CO 
«?, O. Box 1008. Cb.ster,ya- Ndf ■‘•-■■WK.M w 
WANTED —Farmer for 1S5 *cre farm. Jutland, N. J., on shsrM- 
I? Excellent ntateof cultivation. W..t.CleaTel»nd, Routeluir,X. i. 
WANTED—POSITION, to care for country home or farm 
" (married): had practical experience in raising 
chickens, fruitgrowing, carpenter work, plumber, 
painting and remodeling buildings. S. W . c. R. N.-Y 
WANTED 
Good Steady Single Man on Dairy Farm 
Must be good milker and capable of doing any kind 
of farm work. Wages, $25 per month. Write, 
giving age, experience and reference, 
DAJRYMAN, - care Rubal New-Yorker 
Do You Need Farm Help? 
We have many able-bodied young men, both 
with and without farm experience, who wish to 
work on farms. If you need a good, steady, sober 
man, write for an order blank. Ours is a phil¬ 
anthropic organization and we make no charge to 
employer or employes. Our object is the encour¬ 
agement of farming among Jews. 
THE JEWISH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 
17G Second Ave., IV. V. City 
F OR SALE —Located in the village of Broadalbin, N. 
Y. Nine-room house, good water, woodhouse, 
barn, henhouse, 4T£ acres of good, dry land. Ideal for 
truck, small fruit and poultry raising: one-eighth 
of mile east of depot. Address t. S. Beeson, Galway,N. I. 
i/yanted— Hothouse Lambs 
Calves, Fancy Eggs. Poultry. YV5t. H. COHEN 
<& CO., 229 Washington Street, New York 
Weatherproof is expense-proof 
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sun, wind, snow, heat and cold. 
This is the everlasting waterproofer of Nature. We use it to make 
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Ask your dealer for Genasco. Mineral or smooth surface. Look for the hemisphere 
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proofs seams without cement and prevents nail-leaks. 
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