1913 . 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
807 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, June 28, 1913. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Crimson Clover and Its Companion in Mary¬ 
land .789. 790 
An Alfalfa Story. 791 
The Problem of Father and Son. 791 
Trees on Line Fences and Roadsides. 791 
City Man and Farm Job. 791 
Cover Crop Ref ore Wheat. 792 
Self-sown Clover . 792 
Spreader for Liquid Manure. 792 
Storing Mangels . 792 
Lime Top-dressing . 793 
Nitrate of Soda for Corn. 793 
Notes and Comments. 793 
Government Crop Report. 794 
Canndian Crops . 794 
Crops . 794 
Separating Rye and Vetch Seed. 795 
A Drainage Problem. 795 
High-priced Straw .. 795 
Hope Farm Notes. 79G 
Preparing for Alfalfa. 79G 
Use of Alsike Clover. 797 
Destroying Mullein . 797 
Farmers’ Day at Pennsylvania State College 799 
That Commission Man’s Bill. 799 
A Ten-cent Southern Dollar. 799 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings. 799 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Sawdust for Bedding. 792 
That “Ashland Dairy Plan”. 802 
Heavy Horses for Hard Work. 802 
Ammonia Formed in Stables. 802 
Starting Turkeys; Cow Fodder. 802 
Ailing Fox Terrier. 802 
Montana Horses . 802 
A City in the Milk Business. 804 
Goats for Milk and Meat. 804 
Abscess . 804 
Horse Rejects Grain. 804 
Sore Neck . 804 
Unsound Hocks . 804 
A California Dairy Section. 803 
Holstein Cattle on Shares. 803 
Hairless Knees . 803 
Catarrh in Belgian Hare. 803 
Lameness . 803 
Ringworm . 803 
Indigestion in Dogs. 803 
Pigment Tumors . 803 
Cows Chew Boards. 803 
Indigestion; Bots . 803 
Pneumonia . 804 
Hygroma . 804 
Grubs . 804 
Colt with Worms. 804 
The Egg-laying Contest. 805 
California Egg-laying Contest. 805 
Baldness in Fowls. 805 
White Rocks and White Orpingtons. 805 
Hens Losing Feathers. 
Hens with Inflamed Eyes. 
Weasels and Poultry... 
Ailing Heifer . 
Tuberculin Test ... 
Cow Leaks Milk. 
Indigestion in Calf. 
HORTICULTURE. 
Controlling Plum Rot. 
Trees with Crown-gall. 
Yellow Newtown in Washington. 
Spraying on Rough Lands. 
Why Do the Currants Drop?. 
Summer Injury by Rabbits. 
Diseased Spinach . 
Grease on Trees... 
HOPS. 
P-ime to choice. 17 
Common to good. 14 
Paciflc Coast. 15 
Old stock. 97 
German crop. 48 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes-Old. 1G8 lb. bag . 50 
Southern, new, bbl. 1 25 
Bermuda, new. bbl .2 00 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl. 2 09 
Asparagus, choice, green, doz . 1 75 
White, choice. 125 
Culls. 40 
Beets, new, bbl. 1 90 
Canots, bbl. 1 00 
Cucumbers. Southern, bu. 75 
Cabbage, new. bbl. crate. 1 00 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 50 
Onions—Southern, new, bu . 75 
Peppers, Florida carrier. 50 
Peas, bu.75 
Radishes, 100 bunches . 50 
String Beans, bu. 50 
Squash, new, bu. 50 
Egg Plants. Fla., box. 75 
Spinach, bbl. 59 
Tomatoes—Southern carrier. 15 
Turnips, white, bbl. 1 00 
Rutabaga . 75 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS. 
Cucumbers, doz. 25 
Mushrooms, lb. 20 
Tomatoes, lb. 05 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, fresh killed, best 
19 
16 
19 
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50 
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@ 1 50 
@ 75 
@ 2 00 
® 1 25 
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@ 2 25 
@ 75 
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@ 1 50 
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50 
10 
. 18 
Common to good. 16 
Chickens, choice broilers. 
Squab broilers, pair 
lb. 
33 
40 
Broilers, common to good . 25 
Roasters . 
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Fowls. 14 
Squabs, doz. so 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens, broilers lb. 25 
Fowls . lg 
Roosters. n 
Ducks. 14 
Geese. 09 
Turkeys... p> 
Guineas, pair. 65 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay. Timothy No. 1. ton.16 00 
No. 2 .15 00 
No. 6 . 11 00 
Clover mixed.io 00 
Straw. Rye .22 00 
Oat...7.7.7.7.11 00 
MILLFEKD. 
Wheat Bran, ton.20 50 
Middlings .*22 00 
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@21 00 
@25 00 
WOMAN AND 
Day to Day. 
THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 800 
Dill Pickles . 800 
Fig Pudding . 809 
The Rural Patterns. 800 
Earning a Penny by Saving One. 800 
Jelly Making . 801 
The Old Newspapers. SOI 
Ever-moist Doughnuts . 801 
Brown Bread . 801 
Plaiu Fried Apples. 801 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Various Notes . 790 
Canning Salmon and German Carp. 792 
A Driven Well. 792 
Steel Hoofing . 792 
Damages for Loss of Life. 795 
Sharks Attacking Bathers. 795 
Sink Drain . 790 
Editorials . 798 
Events of the Week... 799 
Axes to Grind. 799 
Publisher's Desk . 800 
Facts About Tuberculosis. 800 
Humorous . 80S 
Corn Meal. 
@28 00 
@2S 5U 
@ 8 50 
^ 7 50 
Linseed Meal. 
805 
805 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 
80;> 
Bulls. 
. . 5 75 
805 
Cows. 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs.. 
Culls ... . 
@11 00 
@7 00 
792 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 
793 
Lambs. 
797 
Hogs. 
797 
797 
797 
797 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 1, Northern Spring. 
No. 2, Red ... 
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@ 70 
797 
No. 2, Hard Winter. 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 
68 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 45 
Kye . 65 
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MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending: June 20, 1913. 
BUTTER. 
Creamary, best, lb. 28 @ 2SM 
Good to Choice . 26 @ 27 
Lower Grades. 271 <g> 25 
State Dairy, best. jjg <3 27 
Common to Good. 24 @ 25 
Factory... 22 <y» ->4 
Packing Stock. 20 @ 22 
Elgin. 111., butter market firm at 2.6 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 28.4, cents. 
CHEESE, 
Whole Milk, best. 14 @ 14 a. 
Common to Good . 10 @ 13 
. 03 @ 09 
EGGS. 
White, choice to fancy... 24 @ 24 J 4 
Good to prime. 18 @ ->-j 
Mixed colors, best. 22 @ "s 
Common to good.7 15 w w 
Western, best. 21 @ 22 
Checks and dirties. 06 @ 10 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evap„ choice, . 07 @ 08 
Common to good . 06 <a iwiu; 
Sun dried . r- ii'l /» uai5 
Raspberries. n @ ' is 
Huckleberries.: 11111; 1!!!!!;; 5;;;; n 1 15 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples—Ben Davis, bbl. 2 50 @475 
Newton Pippin.”” 5 W f££ 
Ch SuiM;ud7:.7.7.7.::; ::; !:'■ 5 ! I 
Cherries, qt. }m ^ 5 
Blackberries, Carolina! qt.'.*.“**7. S }! 
Huckleberries, Carolina, qt. 7.. 25 « •« 
Gooseberries ... f? f 2 * 
Raspberries, red, pint ”77 77.. it ik 
Per.,,lies. Southern, crate." .7.' .7.’ 1 50 <t a Si 
Musk melons, Southern, crate . 50 @ 3 m 
Watermelons, Fla., 100 .”7.7.7.35 00 @t£ w 
BEANS. 
aS 1MlbS . @6.15 
Pea . 4 06 @ 4 10 
Red kidney!”. f ■‘*9 @8 95 
White Kidnev . - @ 3 lJ6 
Yellow Eve y . & ™ @ 6 85 
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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. 34 
Mixed colors, new laid. 23 
Ordinary grades. 18 
Butter, fancy prints, lb. 33 
Tub, choice. 28 
Apples, table sorts, bbl.77 7 00 
Potatoes, bushei. 15 
Chickens, roasting, lb. 25 
Fowls. 15 
BOSTON WHOLESALE PRICES, 
Butter, nearby creamery. 29 
Western creamery . 2 » 
Eggs, nearby beunery. 26 
Gathered fresh. 21 
Apples, dessert varieties, bbl. 6 00 
Common kinds . 3 50 
Potatoes. 2 bu. bag. 1 00 
Dressed Poultry—Fowls. 20 
Roasters. 20 
Hay—No. 1 . ....21 00 
No. 2. lyoo 
„ No. 3.'.".....14 00 
Straw—Rye. 27 00 
Millfeed—Bran, ton.21 uO 
Middlings.23 5 u 
Mixed Feed.•>•> uo 
Gluten.25 00 _ 
Live Stock—Milch Cows.50 00 @ sO 00 
Beef Cows, 100 lbs . 4 25 @ 5 58 
Bulls. 100 lbs. 5 00 @ 7 00 
Culves, 100 lbs. 6 50 @850 
Hogs, 100 lbs. 80 U @8 75 
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BUSINESS NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
A national farm loan bill has been in¬ 
troduced in the House by Congressman 
Doolittle, of Kansas. It provides for 
loaning money on agricultural lands as 
security, not iu excess of 00 per cent of 
their value. Interest is to be three per 
cent and ioans to run 50 years. Other in¬ 
terest rates may be agreed upon, and. if 
five per cent is paid, the government will 
cancel the mortgage, without further pay¬ 
ment of principal, at the end of 50 years. 
During May imports of merchandise 
at New York amounted to $72,900,225; 
exports, $79,803,347. 
Net earnings of 454 railroads iu April 
were $60,122,205, an increase of $2,039,- 
809. Total gross earnings for the month 
were $245,170,143. 
Dividends and interest paid to inves¬ 
tors July 1 will amount to about $203,- 
500,000, a $10,000,000 increase over last 
■\V a J\, N T ow York City alone will pay 
$4.oQ0,000 interest on its borrowings. 
Payments by railroads will be $131,000,- 
000. and industrials $100,000,000. 
Ellis Island, New York, received 38.656 
immigrants during the first two weeks of 
J une. 
Parcel post revenue during the first 
three ^ months of operation amounted to 
$1,076,517. There were 150.000.000 
packages handled. Chicago led all cities 
in amount of business done. 
Great Britain’s industrial trade for 
1912 amounted to $782,500,000. an in¬ 
crease of $170,000,000 over four years 
previous. Iron and cotton manufactures 
show the greatest increase. 
The government has invited bids for 
supplying 400,000 yards of shirting and 
30.000 standard navy blankets, to weigh 
3% pounds each. Last year the flannel 
contract was let at $1 per yard. 
In 1912 nearly 2,000.000 cords of 
wood were cut for paper pulp in Canada; 
53 per cent was shipped to the United 
States. 
Weather in the Spring wheat region 
has been dry and windy. The cotton belt 
is cool and dry. Texas has had showers 
and cloudy weather. Rains have fallen 
in the Southeast, but the North Atlantic 
sections continue very dry, with scorch¬ 
ing sun. Conditions in the North Pacific 
States and Rocky Mountain regions are 
favorable. 
The strawberry crop of Tangipahoa 
parish. Southern Louisiana, brought $2,- 
125,000 this year. There were 1,937 cars 
shipped from that section. 
Live cattle sold at $9.20 per 100 in 
Chicago June 16. Receipts were 7,000 
head less than the average. 
It is now contrary to law to sell cold 
storage poultry in New York as fresh 
killed. The first fine for violation. $250, 
was paid June 18 by Louis Funcke. 
Stored poultry is frozen solid, but those 
who know how can thaw and fix it up 
so that from the appearance no one but 
an expert could tell it from fresh killed. 
All meats and meat products have now 
been placed under the provisions of the 
food and drugs act, giving the Agricul¬ 
tural Department entire control over all 
meats in interstate commerce. Anything 
unwholesome or misbranded can be con¬ 
fiscated. 
Kaffir corn is being planted largely in 
Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. The Kaf¬ 
fir corn is used as forage and the grain 
fed to live stock. The peanut industry in 
the Middle West is comparatively new, 
having been taken up because of crop 
shortage in Virginia and the Carolinas. 
Long Island has made a 50-gallon ship¬ 
ment of oysters to South Africa. They 
were put in one-gallon cans and will be 
kept frozen solid during their two months’ 
trip. 
The potato market has been in much 
worse condition than last week. At New 
York old stock wholesaled at 35 to 45 
cents per bushed, and new of medium 
grade but little higher. Markets in the 
Northwest are loaded with potatoes on 
which speculators have lost heavily. In 
Kansas City potatoes are selling from 
the car at 10 cents per bushel. 
Dealers in nuts report a growing de¬ 
mand and scarcity of supplies, causing 
much higher prices. Pecans that form¬ 
erly sold in car lots at point of produc¬ 
tion for two to four cents per pound, now 
bring 12 to 14 cents. Chestnut and hick¬ 
ory in many parts of the East have been 
killed by fungus or insect pests, the sup¬ 
plies now coming from the Middles West. 
The grape crop of Western New York 
is not expected to be more than 60 per 
cent of normal. The cold weather in 
May seriously affected the vitality of the 
vines, so that many buds will not mature. 
The Columbia County, N. Y., fair, at 
Chatham, has been one of the best in the 
State. This year a new plan will be 
tried, three local evening celebrations be¬ 
ing scheduled. The first event, Septem¬ 
ber 2, will be a parade, fireworks and 
band concert. September. 3, Lieutenant- 
Governor Martin H. Glynn will deliver 
an address and and there will be singing 
of patriotic songs by a local choral club. 
On the next evening there will be given 
a historical pageant depicting events in 
Columbia County history and participat¬ 
ed in and directed by purely local talent. 
This is being given under the auspices 
of the women of the village. 
Wheat, $1; rye. 60; oats, 36; corn, 
78 per hundred. For butter fat delivered 
at creamery one cent above Elgin. Eggs, 
18; cows from $60 to $100; veal calves, 
seven ; hogs, six to eight; fat cattle, six 
to eight and scarce. Wheat looks good, 
oats fair. Nights too cold for corn. 
Light frost J une 9. Most farmers plow¬ 
ing corn. _ There will be a good acreage 
of hay this season. Pasture good. We 
pay $1.50 for middlings and bran, $1.40 
distillers’ dried grains. j. g. f. 
Anna. O. 
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