1913. 
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CONTENTS 
Thk Rural New-Yorker, April 12, 1913. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Lime and Legumes. 
Seed Potatoes and Formalin. 
Dissolving Nitrate of Soda. 
Need of Potash and Phosphoric Acid.. 
Corn Smut: Ashes for Borers. 
Manure and Potato Scab. 
A Farm Salesman’s Rounds:. 
Producer Close to Consumer. 
Why the Cabbage Failed. 
Making a Garden Soil. 
All Sorts . 
The Value of Crude Tankage. 
Prof. Agee on Potato Growing. 
Ohio Notes . 
Clam Shells for Lime. 
Coal Ashes in lien Manure. 
Summer Cover Crop. 
Crops for Plowing Under. 
Sundry Items . 
Hope Farm Notes . 
Seeding Grass with Buckwheat. 
Corn from the “Ear Tip". 
Among the Potato Growers. 
Keeping Mangels in Pits. 
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LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Canadian Black Fox Farming... .529, 530 
Hatching and Raising Young Chicks.. 530 
A Ten-year Hen Record. 531 
Give the Animals Room. 541 
Improving the Herd . 548 
The Guernsey Butter Record. 548 
A Small Soiling System. 548 
Education and Organization. 550 
A Study of Breeding. 550 
Horse With Itching Skin. 552 
Indigestion . 552 
Injured Calf . 552 
Worms . 552 
Ga rget . 552 
Ridgling Calf . 
Ewe With Croup . 
Tobacco for Stomach Worms. 
Cure for a Balky Horse. 
A Lantern-heated Brooder. 
What a Woman Did With Turkeys.... 
Soiling and Silage. 
Line-breeding Again . 
The Egg-laying Contest . 
Selecting Layers . 
Non-fertile Eggs . 
Keeping Hatching Eggs. 
Weakened Hens . 
liens Harvest Buckwheat . 
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HORTICULTURE. 
Homemade Power Sprayer.. 
Some Spraying Notes . 
Treatment of an Old Vineyard. 
Improvement by Bud Variation. 
Trouble With Old Orchard. 
Flowers for the Cemetery. 
Improving Flemish Beauty Pears. 
Everbearing Strawberries . 
Tile Peach Tree-Borer . 
Loosened Bark on Fruit Trees. 
Rones Around Fruit Trees. 
Preparing for Strawberries. 
American Pillar Rose. 
Japan Walnut in Pennsylvania. 
Seeds of Drug Plants... 
Diseased Clematis . 
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WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 546 
A Dinner Wagon . 546 
Scotch Scones .•. 546 
Vinegar from Hard Cider. 546 
The Rural Patterns . 547 
Vacuum Cleaners . 547 
Soap Troubles. 547 
Homemade Rugs . 547 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
A Concrete Roof That Failed. 531 
Dwelling Houses of Concrete Blocks.. 531 
Alaska Game Laws . 534 
Intestinal Troubles . 537 
Tuberculin for Humans. 537 
Making of Pepsin. 537 
Magnetic Iron and “Water Witching”. 537 
Retail Credits . 537 
Postal Card Dun; Wife’s Property.... 538 
Consumption Cures . 538 
More About Hydraulic Ram. 538 
The Starling in England. 538 
I lie Bee-keeping Habit . 540 
Metal Shingles . 541 
Editorials . ' 544 
Events of the Week. !...!!."!! 545 
Parcel Post . 545 
Fricks of Commission Men. 545 
I’he English Sparrow as a Nuisance... 554 
Notes on Parcel Post. 554 
MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending April 4, 
1913. 
n BUTTKH 
Creamery. fancy, lb... 
0 .35 
@ .33 
@ .30 
© 34 
& .31 
Good to Choice.... 
bower Grades. 
stiitB Dairy, bust. 
Common to Good.'. ' 
.. .33 
Factory. 
Packing Slock.. 
frA 04 
!i!^i"\H 1 -’J )utter market firm at 35 cents, 
i niiadolphia, western creamery, 35 cents. 
„ CHEESE 
Full Cream, best.. re /a i7Lf 
Common to Good. 
Skims. . 
.. .14 
(0 .16' 
White,choice to fanny 
... Good to prime. 
,. .18 
<3 .21 
@ .19 
@ .19 
a .17 
M.Aud ( olors. best 
Common to Good_ 
" esterif, best. 
„. ‘{odor grades. 
17 
Chocks and dirties. 
@ .16 
® .08 
a .06)j 
dried fruits 
A pples, evap.,choice, 1911.... 
Common to good.. 
, .06 
Sun dried. . 
Chops, 100 lbs.... . 
Raspberries... . 
1 herrles... . 
Huckleberries.. 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples-Ren Davis, bbl. 
Newtown Pippin. 
King. . 
a 2.50 
© 4.60 
/» a an 
Spy . . 
Spitzonbure . 
Winesap... . 
Russet. . 
Greening. . 
Baldwin .. 
Western, choice varieties, box., 
common to good, box . 
1.50 
r& 2.00 
® 1.26 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Cranberries. Cape Cod, bbl. 8.00 @10.00 
Long Island, bbl. 8.UU 'a 10.00 
Jersey, bbl . 7.60 @ 8.50 
Strawberries, Florida, qt.05 © .25 
BEANS 
Marrow, 100 lbs.4.75 @ 5.35 
Medium.3.86 © 3 90 
Pea. 3 60 W 3 90 
Red Kidney..3.50 © 3 90 
White Kidney .5,00 © 5.70 
Yellow Eye. 4.00 @ 4.05 
Lima, California. 6.05 © 6.10 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice.21 @ .23 
Common to Good.16 & .20 
Paciflo Coast.16 @ .20 
Old Stock.08 © .10 
German Crop. 48 @ .50 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes—Western,'168 lb. bag .1.70 @ 1.85 
State, 180 lbs. 1.75 @ 2.00 
Maine, 168 lb. bag. 1.70 @ 1.90 
Southern, new, bbl.2,50 © 5.50 
Bermuda, new, bbl. 5.00 @ 7.50 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl. 1.60 © 3.00 
Asparagus. Southern, doz. 1.25 @ 4.00 
California, doz. 2,00 @ 6.00 
Beets, new, bbl. 2.00 @ 3.00 
Carrots, bbl.75 © 1 .00 
Cucumbers, Southern, bu. 1.60 © 3 50 
Cabbage, Danish seed, ton.6.00 © 8.00 
New, Southern, bbl. crate. i.OO @ 1.25 
Red, ton.10.00 ©12.00 
Kale, bbl.50 © .85 
Lettuce. h>bbl, bkt.75 © 3.00 
Onions, old, 106 lb. bag.20 @ 0.75 
Southern new, bu. 1.00 @ 1.25 
Peppers. Fla. carrier.. 1.00 © 1.75 
Peas. Southern, bu. 1.00 © 4.00 
String lleuDS, bu. 1.00 © 4.00 
Squash, bbl.'.1 50 © 2.00 
Egg Plants. Fla., box. 125 & 2.25 
Spinach, bbl.60 @ 1.00 
Tomatoes—Southern carrier .1.00 © 2.75 
Turnips, white, bbl.40 @ .75 
Rutabaga.60 @ .90 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS 
Cucumbers, doz .50 © 1.25 
Mushrooms, lb.20 © 50 
Tomatoes, lb.10 © .20 
Radishes, 100 bunches.3.00 © 2,50 
Lettuce, doz.20 @ .50 
Rhubarb, doz. bunches. .30 @ .60 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, lb.18 © .19 
Fowls.32 © .23 
Roosters.12 @ .14 
Ducks.21 ® .22 
Geese.11 © .13 
Turkeys.30 © .22 
Guiueas, pair.65 @ .70 
ORESSE1) POULTRY 
Turkeys, best.23 © .24 
Common to Good.18 @ .22 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb.35 © .40 
Broilers, common to good.20 @ .23 
Roasters .20 e> .22 
Fowls.14 @ .18 
Ducks. 15 @ .20 
Geese.11 © .18 
Squabs, doz. 60 @ 4.50 
HAY AND STRAW 
Hay. Timothy No. 1, ton...'.19.00 © 20.00 
No. 2.16.00 © 17.00 
No.::.li.oo © 16.00 
Clover Mixed.11.no 0 17 U0 
Straw, Rye.19.00 0 20.00 
MILLFEED. 
Wheat bran, ton. 20.00 ®21.00 
Middlings.22 00 @25.00 
Red Dog.28.00 @29.00 
Corn Meal.25 00 @26.00 
Linseed meal.29.50 ©30.00 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs.7.50 © 8 00 
Bulls.5.50 @8.00 
Cows. 3 00 @ 6.50 
Calves, Prime Veal, 100 lbs.8.00 ©12.00 
Culls. 6 00 © 7 00 
Sheep, 100 lbs.4.50 © 6.00 
Lambs. 8.00 @ 9.00 
Hogs.9.00 @10.00 
_ COUNTRY DRESSED MEATS. 
Calves, good to prime.15 « .16 
Common.09 ra .13 
Pork, light weights.11 @ .12 
Mediums and heavy.09 © .10 
Hothouse lambs, head.6.00 @ 8.59 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1, Northern Spring.1.00 © ... 
No. 2. Red.1.13 <S ... 
No. 2 Hard Winter. 1.02 © ... 
Corn, as to quality, bush.55 @ .51 
Oats, as to weight, bush.37 © .41 
Rye. 66 © .47 
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.28 © .30 
Mixed colors, new laid.22 @ .25 
Ordinary grades . 18 @ .20 
Butter, fancy prints, lb.12 @ .44 
Tub. choice.35 @ .38 
Apples, table sorts, bbl.4.00 @ 6.00 
Potatoes, bushel.75 @ 1.00 
Chickens, roasting, lb.25 @ .26 
Fowls.18 @ .32 
BOSTON WHOLESALE PRICKS. 
Butter, nearby creamery.35 © .36 
Western Creamery.34 <3 .35 
Eggs, nearby hennery.22 @ .23 
Gathered, fresh .IS <g> .19 
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 & 1 25 
Dressed meats—Veal .11 @ .15 
Pork.11 @ .12 
Dressed Poultry—Fowls.19 © .20 
Roasters .20 @ .25 
Turkeys.20 W .23 
Hay—No. I .20.00 @21.00 
No. 2 .17.50 @19.00 
No. 3 .15.00 @15.50 
Straw-Rye.19.00 @20.00 
Millfeed—Bran, ton.20.00 @21 00 
Middlings.22.00 -n24 00 
Mixed feed.22 00 @23 00 
Gluten.21.00 ©25.00 
Live Stock—Milch Cows . 30 00 @ 60.00 
Beef Cows. 100 lbs . 3.50 © 4.60 
Bulls, 100lbs.4.00 & 500 
Calves, 100 lbs. 5 00 @ 8.0o 
Hogs, 100 lbs.S.50 © 9.2a 
Jimmy Coe returned from his first 
Sunday School breathless with excite¬ 
ment. “Why, Jimmy,” asked his puzzled 
mother, “where did you get two pen¬ 
nies?” “Oh,” replied Jimmy pridefully, 
“they passed around a whole basket of 
pennies and I took one.”—Delineator. 
“What is it wound up on that cart?” 
asked the old lady visiting the fire house. 
“Firemen’s hose,” was the answer. “Ex¬ 
cuse me,” she said indignantly, “you 
can’t tell me that any fireman or anyone 
else ever had legs to fit those things.”— 
Chicago Journal. 
The teacher was intent on the lesson, 
and continued impressively: “And vast 
swarms of flies descended on the land 
and came into the houses of the Egyp¬ 
tians and covered their clothing and 
their tables and all their food, but [em¬ 
phatically] there were no flies on the 
children of Israel.” A small boy from 
the rear of the room interrupted. 
“Please, ma'am, there ain’t now, either,” 
—London Opinion. 
The teacher was hearing the youthful 
class in mathematics. “Now,” she said, 
“in order to subtract, things have to be 
in the same denomination. For instance. 
New York State Farms 
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MY HOME FARM FOR SALE. Other business demand- 
m ing my attention I have decided to sell. Large 
young orchard, largo modern house and barns, all 
nearly new. Farm contains 11(1 acres, especially 
adapted to fruit and poultry. Three miles from 
Williams College. George Walker, Williamstown, Mass. 
UIANIED— Small Fruit farm, 10-50 acres, good build- 
** ing, in a village. A. M. LEWIS, Knox, N. Y- 
If Ynn Want to f-'et, Hie most money out of your 
ii iou warn dressed and live poul¬ 
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LARGEST WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS. 
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we couldn’t take three years from four 
peaches, nor eight horses from ten cats. 
Do you understand?” There was assent 
from the majority of pupils. One littfe 
boy in the rear raised a timid hand. 
“Well, Bobby, what is it?” asked 
teacher. “Please, teacher,” said Bobby, 
“couldn’t you take thre quarts of milk 
from two cows?”—Credit Lost. 
The teacher was hearing her class of 
small boys in mathematics. “Edgar, 
she said, “if your father can do a piece 
of work in seven days, and your Uncle 
William can do it in nine days, how 
long would it take both of them to do 
it?” “They would never get it done,” 
answered the boy, earnestly. “They 
would sit down and tell fish stories.”— 
Credit Lost, 
“I noticed, dear,” said Mr. Markham 
to his wife, “you didn’t say ‘thank you’ 
to the man who gave you his seat in 
the street car this evening.” “No,” re¬ 
plied Mrs. Markham; “you see, I once 
stopped to say thank you, and by the 
time I had done so I found that an¬ 
other woman, had the seat.”—Credit 
Lost. - 
“Stockings?” said the salesman. 
“Yes, ma’am. What number do you 
wear?” “What number?” snapped the 
stern-visaged lady. “Why, two, of 
course. Do you take me for a centi¬ 
pede?”—Ladies’ Home Journal. 
“Bottles and rags ! Bottles and rags!’’ 
called the ragman. “Why do you al¬ 
ways put these words together?” asked 
a passer-by. “Because, madam.” said 
the ragman', courteously touching his 
hat, “wherever you find bottles you find 
rags.”—Woman’s Journal. 
Hothouse Lambs 
Calves, Poultry, Fancy Eggs, Hothouse 
Products, Fruits, Vegetables 
Top Prices Secured for Choice Goods 
ARCHDEACON & CO., 100 Murray St., New York 
SKO. P. HAMMOND. F.ST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & GO., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers in all kinds of 
COUNTRY PRODUCE, Apples, Beaches, Ber 
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BOOKS WORTH BUYING 
Agriculture and Chemistry, Storer. . .$5.00 
Fertility of the Land Roberts. 1.50 
Fertilizers, Voorhees . 1.25 
Fertilizers and Crops, Van Slyke. . .. 2.50 
Manures, Semper .40 
Soils. Hilgard . 4.00 
The Soil, King. 1.50 
Farmers of 40 Centuries, King. 2.50 
Forage and Fiber Crops, Hunt. 1.75 
How Crops Grow, Johnson. 1.50 
How Crops Feed, Johnson. 1.50 
Meadows and Fastures, Wing. 1.50 
Physics of Agriculture, King. 1.75 
Weeds of Farm and Garden, Pammel. 1.50 
Drainage for Profit and Health. Waring 1.00 
Irrigation and Drainage, King.".1.50 
Irrigation Farming. Wilcox. 2.00 
Irrigation Institutions, Mead. 1.35 
First Principles of Agriculture, Voor¬ 
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Principles of Agriculture, Bailey. 1.25 
Alfalfa in America, Wing. 2.00 
Book of Alfalfa. Coburn. 2.00 
Asparagus, Hcxamer .50 
Bean Culture, Sevey.50 
Book of Wheat. Dondlingor. 2.00 
Book of Corn, Myrick. 1.50 
Study of Corn, Shoesmith.50 
Cereals in America, Hunt. 1.75 
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