1913. 
THE RURAI> NEW-YORKER 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, July 5, 1913. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Conservative Father and Progressive Son... 810 
\ Manure Pit with House Waste.810 
Stacking Wheat and Oats.811 
Prospects in Southern New York.811 
Value of Ground Rock. 812 
Lime iu Different Forms.s. 812 
Wireworms and Ants. 812 
Troubles of Hairy Vetch. 812 
Crops .814, 815 
Weather Damaged New Jersey Crops.815 
Hope Farm Notes. 810 
Experiments in Tobacco Breeding. 817 
Australian Potato Notes. 817 
World’s Crops . 819 
Books on Farming. 825 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Cleaning Up After Glanders. 810 
Many Chicks in One Brooder. 811 
The Chester White Hog. 822 
Good and Poor Laying Leghorns. 822 
Shipping Eggs by Parcel Post. 822 
The Underground Silo. 823 
The Milk Exchange and Prices.824 
Buying an Untested Cow.824 
Selling Bottled Milk. 824 
Pennsylvania Dairy Notes. 824 
Cheese from Goat’s Milk. 824 
Indigestion in Mare.‘824 
Lameness . 824 
The Egg-laying Contest. 825 
Duck and Chicken Questions. 825 
Dry Mash Hopper.825 
Crowing Hen . 825 
Easy Hen-keeping . 825 
HORTICULTURE. 
Ground Limestone and Weeds.809, 810 
Lye for Peach Borers. 812 
Dishorning Peach Trees.812 
Protecting Trees Against Rabbits. 812 
History of the Tent Caterpillar.813 
Floral Notes .817 
Canadian Fruit Report.819 
Kansas Fruit Prospects.819 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 820 
More About Canned Chicken. 820 
“Pin Money” Pickles. 820 
Sale for Hair Combings. 820 
The Rural Patterns.820 
A Wise Woman’s Talk.820 
A Gold and Silver Dessert. 820 
More About Canning Fish.820 
A Dishwashing Help.820 
Just Between Ourselves. 821 
Of Feathers or Hair.821 
Some Tested Friends.821 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Starting the Commission Business. 812 
Eating the Crayfish.812 
Cedar or Cypress Shingles. 813 
Cement Tile and Frost. 813 
Trouble with Engine. 813 
Trouble with Ram.813 
Reflectors for Burning Out Stumps.813 
Editorials .SIS 
New York’s Co-operative Agent.819 
Events of the Week. 819 
The Spirit of Co-operation.819 
Boston Markets . 823 
Formic Acid .820 
Publisher’s Desk . 826 
Humorous . 828 
MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending June 27, 1913. 
BUTTER. 
Creamsry, best, lb. 27 @ 
Good to Choice . 25Lj@ 
Lower Grades... 23 @ 
State Dairy, best. 26 @ 
Common to Good. 24 @ 
Factory. 22 @ 
Packing Stock. 20 @ 
Elgin, Ill., butter market firm at 273^ ceuts. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 28 cents. 
27M 
•■m 
25 
27 
25 
25 
22 
CHEESE, 
Whole Milk, best. 
Common to Good . 
Skims. 
14 
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1494 
10 
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13 
03 
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09 
EGGS. 
White, choice to fancy. 
Good to prime. 
Mixed colors, best. 
Common to good. 
Western, best. 
Checks and dirties. 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evap„ choice, . 
Common to good .. 
Sun dried. 
Chops, 100 lbs. 
Raspberries. 
Cherries. 
Huckleberries. 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples—Ben Davis, bbl. 
^ Newton Pippin. 
J, Spy . 
Russet. 
Baldwin . 
strawberries, up-river, qt. 
Maryland. 
Jersey. 
Staten Island. 
Cherries, qt. 
Currants, qt.. 
Blackberries, Carolina, qt. 
Huckleberries, Carolina, qt. 
Gooseberries . 
Raspberries, red, pint . 
Reaches, Southern, crate. 
Muskmelons, Southern, crate . 
Watermelons, Fla., 100. 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 
Medium. 
Pea ."" **.*'*.”*.".*.* 
Red Kidney. 
White Kidney. 
Yellow Eye. 
Lima, California. 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice... 
Common to good. 
Pacific Coast... 
Old stock. 
German crop....1!!”*"’’****’ 
25 
18 
24 
15 
21 
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1 50 
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400 
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1 75 
1 25 
25 00 
5 40 
4 05 
3 50 
3 50 
5 70 
4 40 
6 30 
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VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes-Old, 168 lb. bag . 25 
Southern, new. bbl. 125 
sweet Potatoes, bbl.2 U0 
Asparagus, choice, greeu, doz . 1 26 
w bite, choine. i m 
Culls. 40 
Beets, new, bbl.. 1 BO 
Cariots, bbl. 100 
Cucumbers, Southern',’ b li 50 
Cabbage, bbl. crate. 100 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket.50 
Unions—Southern, new, bu . 75 
Peppers, Florida carrier . 1 00 
Reas, bu. 
Radishes, 100 bunches ... 50 
Btrun; Beans, bu. on 
Squash, new, bu. . Ml 
E «g Plants, Fla. box,..'....! 75 
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© 16 
@ 13 
@ 07 
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@ 2 00 
@50 00 
@ 6.30 
@ 4 10 
@ 3 95 
@3 90 
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@6 40 
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@ 75 
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@ 76 
@ 2 00 
@2 00 
@ 125 
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® 75 
@ 3 00 
@2 00 
@ 1 25 
@ 76 
@ 100 
@ 1 50 
@ 1 50 
Spinach, bbl. 50 @ 1 00 
Tomatoes—Southern carrier. ?5 @ 2 00 
Turnips, white, bbl. 1 00 @2 00 
Rutabaga . 75 @ 125 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS. 
Cucumbers, doz. 25 @ 60 
Tomatoes, lb. 05 @ 10 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, fresh killed, best . 18 @ 19 
Common to good. 16 © 17 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb. 28 @ 30 
Squab broilers, pair . 40 @ 60 
Broilers, common to good . 25 @ 27 
Roasters. 20 © 22 
Fowls. 14 @ 18 
Squabs, doz. 50 @ 4 00 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens, broilers lb. 25 @ 27 
Fowls . 16 @ 17 
Roosters. 11 @ 12 
Ducks. 15 @ 18 
Geese. 10 @ 11 
Turkeys. 14 @ 15 
Guineas, pair. 65 @ 70 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay. Timothy No. 1. ton.18 00 @19 00 
No. 2.15 00 @16 00 
No. 3.1100 @13 00 
Clover mixed.10 00 @16 50 
Straw, Rye .22 00 @23 00 
Oat.1100 @12 00 
MILLFEED. 
Wheat Bran, ton..20 50 @21 00 
Middlings .22 00 @25 00 
Red Dog.28 00 @29 00 
Corn Meal.27 00 @28 00 
Linseed Meal.28 00 @28 50 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 8 00 @8 50 
Bulls. 5 75 @ 7 50 
Cows. 3 00 @ 6 S5 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs. 8 00 @1100 
Culls. 4 00 @7 00 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 4 00 @ 5 00 
Lambs. 8 00 @8 75 
Hogs. 8 50 @ 9 00 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 1, Northern Spring. 101 © . 
No. 2, Red . 1 09 @ 
No. 2, Hard Winter.1 02 @ 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 68 @ 70 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 45 @ 48 
Rye . 65 @ 68 
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. 35 @ 36 
Mixed colors, new laid. 28 @ 33 
Ordinary grades. 18 © 20 
Butter, fancy prints, lb. 33 @ 35 
Tub, choice. 28 @ 30 
Potatoes, bushel . 15 @ 1 00 
Chickens, roasting, lb,. 25 @ 26 
Fowls.. IS @ 23 
BOSTON WHOLESALE PRICES, 
Butter, nearby creamery 
W estern creamery .. 
Eggs, nearby hennery... 
Gathered fresh. 
Potatoes. 2 bu. bag. 
Dressed Poultry—Fowls. 
Roasters. 
Hay—No. 1. 
No. 2. 
No. 3. 
Straw—Rye. 
Millfeed—Bran, ton. 
Middlings.... 
Mixed Feed.. 
Gluten.. 
Live Stock—Milch Cows . 
Beef Cows, 100 lbs 
Bulls. 100 lbs. 
Calves, 100 lbs. ... 
Hogs, 100 lbs. 
. 30 @ 31 
. 29 @ 30 
. 30 @ 31 
. 22 @ 24 
. 1 15 @ 1 30 
. 20 @ 21 
. 20 @ 22 
.21 00 @22 00 
.19 00 @20 00 
.14 00 @15 00 
.27 00 @28 00 
22 00 @23 00 
,23 50 @26 00 
.24 00 @27 00 
.25 00 @26 00 
,50 00 @110 00 
, 4 25 @ 5 56 
5 00 ® 7 00 
.6 50 @ S50 
. 8 50 @ 9 00 
BUSINESS NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
The corporation tax clue the Federal 
Gorverniuent June 30 will be about $35,- 
000.000. 
Railroad net earnings for 10 months 
show an increase of 9.9 per cent, over 
the same period last year. 
Railroad and industrial bonds and 
notes maturing iu July will amount to 
$60,134,520. The largest items fire: 
Interborougli Metropolitan, $17,039,520; 
Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton, $11,557,- 
000; Nashville, Chattanooga and St. 
Louis. $6.300,000; Mass. Electric. $3.- 
700,000. Capital issued to railroads and 
industrials in June was $147,101,000. 
The first shipment of gold ($1,000,000) 
from Nome, Alaska, this year was re¬ 
ceived at Seattle June 23. 
The value of lead, copper, zinc, brass 
and tin gathered by junk men in 1912 
was about $77,395,843. 
On June 14 there was a net surplus 
of idle freight cars of 63,927, an increase 
of 13,019 over two weeks previous. This 
does not mean that all shippers had all 
the cars desired, but that this was the 
condition as the cars were located. 
Damage estimated at $140,000 was 
done to standing wheat in Frederick 
County, Md., by the storm of June 21. 
Weather has been favorable for har¬ 
vesting wheat in Kansas and neighbor¬ 
ing Winter wheat States, and showers 
have been sufficient for the needs of 
growing corn. In the Dakotas weather 
is hot and dry. There has been abund¬ 
ant rain over much of Texas and Okla¬ 
homa. The intense heat and drought iu 
the Atlantic Coast States have been 
broken, though more rain is needed in 
New' York and Pennsylvania. 
The market on new potatoes has 
slightly improved, though prices are still 
low. Old stock is hard to sell at any 
price, some having gone at 15 cents per 
bushel. 
Egg receipts at New York have been 
large, four days recent arrivals totaling 
90,000 cases, or 31,400.000 eggs. Many 
of these show' hot weather defects and 
have to be sold low'. First quality nearby 
eggs, both white and brown, are scarce, 
and one to two cents higher. 
Long wool amounting to 200,000 
pounds was recently sold at San Angelo, 
Texas, for 18 to 20 cents. It w’ent to 
eastern buyers. 
British exports of textile goods for 
May amounted to about $40,000,000. 
Among the items were: 17.776.700 
pounds of cotton yarns; 606.254,300 
yards of piece goods; 1,808,900 pounds 
sewing thread. The country taking the 
greatest quantity of yarn was Germany, 
and of cotton piece goods, Bengal, which 
in May received 113,742,900 yards. 
The total value of meat products ex¬ 
ported from the United States in the 
year r-nmng .June 30 was $150,000,000. 
Annual meat exports from other leading 
countries are: Argentina. $67,000,000; 
Australia, $31,000,000; New Zealand. 
$21,000,000; Canada. $14,000,000; Uru¬ 
guay, $11,000,000. Of live cattle the 
United States now has 56,000.000; India. 
113.000,000; Russia. 51.000.000; Ar¬ 
gentina, 29,000,000; Brazil, 25,000.000 ; 
Germany, 21,000,000. 
Food for travellers on the North Ger¬ 
man Lloyd line cost $4,920,000 last year. 
The coal bill was $7,376,735 for 1,758.740 
tons of coal. Butcher meats cost $1,685,- 
000; fish, $239,660; game, $412,360. 
Other large items were: Potatoes, 17,- 
875,873 pounds ; flour, 6,313.152 pounds; 
bread, 2,353,083 pounds; eggs, 591.500 
dozens; onions, 707,625 pounds; butter, 
1,056,057 pounds; salt, 983,802 pounds. 
CLEVELAND MARKETS. 
Wholesale. Butter, creamery, extra, 
30 and 31: prints, 31 44 and 32, firsts, 
28(4 and 29, seconds, 26*4 and 27. fancy 
dairy, 25 and 27, packing stock, 18 and 
21, retail creamery butter, 33 and 35, 
dairy, 30 and 33. 
Eggs—Wholesale, fresh gathered, 21 
and 22. Retail, 27. 
Cheese—Wholesale, American whole 
milk fancy twins and flats. 1644 and 17; 
choice, 1544 and 16. Retail, 22 and 34. 
Poultry—Alive, wholesale, fowls, 17; 
broilers, two to 244 pounds, 30 and 32, 
one to 144 pounds, 27 and 28; Spring 
ducks, 20 and 22. 
Fruit—Wholesale, apples, new, S1.25 
to $1.50 per box; strawberries, home 
grown. $2 to $3 per bushel; retail, 10 
and 12 per quart. Cherries, home grown, 
$3 and $4 per bushel; retail 15 per quart. 
Blackberries, $4.50 bushel. Gooseberries, 
$3 24-quart case. Potatoes, wholesale, 
$2.40 and $2.60 per barrel; retail, 50 
cents bushel. 
Grain—Wheat, car lots on track. No. 
2^ red, $1.0644 ; corn car lots, on track. 
No. 3 yellow, 63% ; yellow ear, 97 per 
100. Oats, car lots, No. 3 white. 43%. 
Hay, car lots. No. 1 Timothy, $13.50 and 
$14; No. 2. $11; packing. S10; bulk 
Timothy, $16 and $17; oat straw, $7 
and $8. 
June 11. Grass is making little head¬ 
way ; some hay farmers east of town 
expect a short crop. Corn was planted 
about two weeks later than last year, and 
although slow to come up looks fairly 
well. Cold weather is great for cut 
worms and this sandy land is full of 
them. As to prices, yesterday I got a 
load of hay for $12, delivered, and a 12 
mile haul. Last year I paid $25 for baled 
on May 6, and July 1 paid $15 for old 
loose hay. To-day’s buying prices per 
bushel at the mill: Wheat, red, $1.01; 
white, 99; rye, 50; oats. 43; corn. 61. 
The May freeze killed practically all 
tree fruits on lower land and all earlier 
blossoming ones on higher land. The 
heavy bloom on some of the later blos¬ 
soming kinds may furnish enough live 
blossoms to make a crop. Early peaches 
and strawberries, Snow apples, etc., are 
practically gone. Duchess apples have a 
scattering, some of which may be dam¬ 
aged and cause a heavy June drop. 
Jonathan, Wagener, Greening and Bald¬ 
win have good stands. Pears, practically 
none. Plums, a fair crop. We have 
more sweet than sour cherries this year. 
I think the general farmers around here 
are beginning to care for their orchards. 
Ten years ago I knew of only two spray 
rigs, both owned by large growers. To¬ 
day I know of several smaller and hand 
rigs owned by general farmers. And 
they believe in using them. too. We 
are spraying to the best of our knowledge 
and giving as good general care as we 
can on our orchards. G. w. s. 
Ottawa Co-, Mich. 
Wheat looks better than last year. 
Oats about the same, but present dry 
spell is affecting them; also Timothy and 
clover. e. B. 
Allegan Co., Mich. 
June 23. The oat crop here is rather 
poor, owing to the hot and dry weather. 
Wheat crop is somewhat better than that 
of 1912 with about the same acreage. 
Corn is looking well. although most 
planting was late on account of the cold 
and wet Spring. Acreage below that of 
1912. Hay crop is very light, owing to 
drought. Old hay is advancing in price 
very rapidly. e. w. s. 
Kalamazoo Co., Mich. 
June 5. Onion acreage 10 per cent, 
less than last year; stand thin, maggots 
working freely; weather dry and cold. 
We will not have more than 50 per cent, 
of last year’s crop. H. F. B. 
Hopkins, Mich. 
June 11. Everything in the fruit line 
looking fine. About half crop of peaches 
and plums; also early and sweet cherries. 
Strawberries will be a full crop. Apples 
will be a bumper crop. Have had frost 
the last three or four nights and it hurt 
Early potatoes and corn in some locali¬ 
ties. C. H. R. 
Muskegon Co., Mich. 
When you write advertisers mention 
The R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply 
and a “square deal.” See guarantee edi¬ 
torial page. 
Do You Need Farm Help? 
We have many able-bodied young men, both 
with and without farm exiierience, who wish to 
work oil farms. If you need a good, steady, sober 
man, write for an order blank. Ours is a phil¬ 
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employer or employee. Our object is the encour¬ 
agement of farming among Jews. 
THE JEWISH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 
176 Second Ave., /V. Y. City 
GEO. P. HAMMOND. EST. 1875. FRANK W. OODWIU 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & GO., 
Commission Merchants ami Dealers in all kinds of 
COUNTRY PRODUCE, Apples. Peaches. Ber 
ries Butter, Eggs. Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms 
and Hot house Products a Specialty. Consignments 
solicited. 34 & 30 Little liith St.. New York. 
Herdsman Wanted 
for small herd, fine registered Jersey: good posi¬ 
tion for experienced, hard-working man; wages for 
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H. E. BKOFHY, 3671 Broadway, New York 
IX Yr.ii Wont to eet the most money out of your 
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131st St. and 12th Ave., New York City, N. Y. 
GOOD SINGLE MAN WANTED 
July first for general farm work at $35.00 per month 
and board. Steady job to the right man. 
M. N. ADAMS. - - - Lima. N. Y. 
Small Fruits 
WANTED 
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ENERGETIC AND PROGRESSIVE FARMER WANTS POSITION, 
" charge of farm or estate. English, 32, married, 
experienced. Address, R. D. G., Box 180, Chatham, N. J. 
Young Man (23) Wants Board 
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Unadilla Silos 
are the best 
I 
Give superior silage. Possess best con¬ 
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Unadilla Silo Co.. Box C- Unadilla, N. Y. 
Buy direct 
factory—save 
$30 to 
We have our own timber lands and saw mills and cover 
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A better silo for less money. Look at our prices : 
8x20 Silo, $64.72. 10x24, $92,23. 12x26, 
$118.25. 14x28, $144.65. 16x32, $185.02. 
Any size wanted. We use best silo material. Round 
Iron hoops, malleable iron lugs, long take-up threads. 
Staves tongued and grooved. Silos air-tight and easy to 
keep in order. Continuous door front, galvanized iron 
roof. Let us send catalog and figure with you. 
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who doesu'town an engine, or wants a bet- S^- 
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ready to buy an engine. Write now, please, 
while you think of it. 
DEYO PORTABLE ENGINE 
uses lessgasoline.furnishesmore power and 
does more work than an v other farm engine 
WE PROVE IT 
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22 lYa.slilugton Su, BIX6H.LMT0N, X. Y. 
Largest Manufacturers of Gasoline Engines iu the East. 
Local distributing representatives, 
J. S. Woodhouae, 1SSM95 Water St., New York 
Kleliardsou Mfg. Co., Worcester, Mass. 
Kendall & Whituey, Portland, Maine 
THE LEVIN PRUNER 
The best pruner. Cut %'iueh dry 
branch. Quick, clean, easy cut. We 
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new yearly subscriptions at $1 each, or 
for club of 10 ten weeks trials at 1 ) 
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Tile Rural New-Yorker, New York, 
