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the RURA.Iv NEW-YORKER 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, August 2, 1913. 
FARM TOPICS. 
“The Great Farm Problem”. 889, 890 
Father and Son Partnership. 890 
Keeping Farm Records. 890 
Ants Injuring Corn . 891 
Following Potatoes With Potatoes. 891 
Blight and Bug-proof Potatoes..'. 893 
Crops . 894 
Farm Drama. Part II. 895 
Hope Farm Notes. 890 
The Crop Outlook. 899 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
In or Line-Breeding. 890 
A Meeting of Holstein Breeder's. 891 
Hog in a Hollow Log. 902 
Ayrshire Cattle Gaining. 902 
Improving the Flock. 902 
Spray Pump “Dipping”. 902 
Milk . 903 
The Profit in Dairying. 903 
Cow Milks Herself. 903 
Bulls at Work. 904 
Waste in Buttermilk .904 
Skimming a 20 Per Cent. Cream.904 
The Egg-Laying Contest.905 
Trouble With Turkeys.905 
Fertile and Infertile Eggs. 905 
Buying Young Poultry. 905 
Trouble With Indian Runner Ducks.905 
Ailing Ducks .90G 
HORTICULTURE. 
Tobacco Stems and the Ctirculio.891 
Yellow Newtown Apple in Washington.... 892 
Notes From the Grape Belt. 892 
New Jersey Horticultural Society Meets.... 892 
Moth-balls in the Garden. 895 
More About Climbing Roses.897 
Origin of Shirley Poppies. 897 
The Sulzer Apple Law. 899 
Virginia Horticultural Society Report.899 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
From Day to Day. 900 
Softening Hard Water. 900 
Five New Fudges. 900 
Cleansing Smoked Portieres; Trouble with 
Pickles . 900 
Smoking Fish . 900 
The Rural Patterns. 900 
The Bread Mixer and Bread. 900 
Buffalo Moths . 900 
Testing Woolen Goods. 900 
Canning Lima Beans. 900 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Rights of Lessees Under Foreclosure...... 890 
The Cost of Water Analysis. 891 
Protection of Migratory Birds. 893 
Events of the Week. S94 
Tuberculosis Talks by Wheel. 895 
Securing Box Track. 895 
Iron Roofing . S95 
Editorials .898, 899 
Tlie Boston Market. 905 
Publisher’s Desk ....'. 90(5 
Humorous . 908 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens, broilers lb. 
Fowls . 
Roosters. 
Ducks.. ”. 
Geese. . 
Turkeys. 
Guineas, pair. 
18 @ 19 
16 @ 17 
11 @ 12 
15 @ 15^ 
10 @ 11 
15 @ 16 
65 @ 70 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay. Timothy No. 1. ton. 
Standard. 
@19 00 
@17 50 
@16 00 
No. 2. 
No. 3. 
Clover mixed. 
@18 00 
O' 20 00 
@ 9 00 
(»21 00 
@26 00 
@2*9 00 
@27 00 
@29 50 
@ 8 SO 
@ 6 50 
@ 7 00 
@11 50 
@7 00 
Straw. Bye . 
Oat. 
MILLFISKD. 
Wheat Bran, ton. 
Middlings .. 
...20 50 
Bed Dog . 
Corn Meal. 
Linseed Meal. 
_26 mo 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 
Bulls. 
t 5 75 
Cows. 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs. 
Culls .. 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 
Lambs. 
@ 7 25 
@ 9 90 
Hogs. 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 1, Northern Spring. 1 01 @ 
No, 2, Red . <4 @ 
No. 2, Hard Winter. 96 @ 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 65 @ 70 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 43 @ 45 
Hye . 68 @ 70 
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. .18 @ 40 
Mixed colors, new laid. 30 @ 35 
Ordinary grades..*.. 18 @ 20 
Butter, fancy prints, lb. 35 @ 40 
Tub, choice. 23 @ 32 
Chickens, roasting, lb,. 25 @ 28 
Fowls. 18 @ 23 
BOSTON WHOLESALE PRICES, 
Butter, nearby creamery. 30 @ 31 
Western creamery . 27 @ 27J$ 
Eggs, nearby hennery. 31 @ 32 
Gathered fresh. 28 @ 30 
Dressed Poultry—Fowls. 19 @ 20 
Roasters. 20 @ 22 
Hay—No. 1.21 OU @22 00 
No. 2. 18 50 @19 50 
No. 3.14 00 @15 00 
Straw—Rye.22 00 @24 00 
Millfeed—Bran, ton.22 00 @23 00 
Middlings.23 50 @26 00 
Mixed Feed.24 00 @26 00 
Live Stock—Milch Cows.60 00 @ 75 00 
Beef Cows, 100 lbs . 4 25 @ 5 08 
Bulls, 100 lbs. 5 00 @ 6 50 
Calves. 100 lbs. 5 00 @ 8 50 
Hogs, 100 lbs. 8 50 @9 50 
BUSINESS NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending July 25, 1913. 
BUTTER. 
Creamary, best, lb. 
Good to Choice 
Lower Grades. 
State Dairy, best.. 
Packing Stock. 
Elgin, Ill., butter market firm at 26 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 27b£ cents. 
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Whole Milk, best. 
Common to Good . 
Skims. 
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—Hand-picked, bbl. 
Windfalls, bbl. 
Cherries, 81b. bkt. 
Currants, qt. 
Blackborries, qt.’ 
Huckleberries, qt. 
Gooseberries ... 
Raspberries, red, pint .. 
Black, pint. 
Peaches, Southern, crate. 
Det. and Mil., bkt. 
Muskmelons. Southern, crate . 
Watermelons, Southern, I0U. 
Marrow, 100 lbs.. 
Medium . 
Pea .. 
Red Kidney. 
White Kidney .. 
Yellow Eye.. 
Lima, California 
Prime to choice. 
Common to good 
Pacific Coast ... 
Old stock. 
German crop. 
HOPS. 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes—Long Island, bbl. 
Southern, new, bbl. 
Jersey, bbl. 
Sweet Potatoes, bushel. 
Beets, new, bbl. 
Cartots, new, bbl....’.....' 
Cucumbers, bu. 
Cabbage, 100.. 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket.... 
Unions—Long Island, bbl. 
Jersey, bu. 
I eppers. Florida carrier. 
Nearby, box. 
Peas, bu. . 
Radishes, 100 bunches . 
String Beans, bu. 
Squash, new, bu. .. 
Lgg 1 lants. Jersey.box. 
Spinach, bbl. . 
I oniatoos—Southern carrier. 
Jersey, box . 
turnips, white, bbl.X 
Rutabaga . 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, fresh killed, best . 
. Common to good. 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb'.'. 
Squab broilers, pair . 
Broilers, common to good. 
Roasters. 
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The watermelon yield of Georgia will 
be 2,500 carloads this year. 
The gold output in Rhodesia for June 
was 56,991 line ounces. The total yield 
for the first six mouths of this year was 
valued at $7,000,000. 
The Anchor Line of steamers to Glas¬ 
gow has had a most satisfactory year, de- 
clariug a dividend of 10 per cent on its 
stock, on a profit of $1,643,075. 
The fresh mackerel catch of the Bos¬ 
ton seining fleet to date is 2S.S60 barrels, 
compared with 14,880 last year. 
The Minesota Highway Commission is 
making plans calling for expenditure of 
$10,000,000 in a system of roads con¬ 
necting the chief county seats. 
Iowa is making a record in wheat pro¬ 
duction this year. Yields up to 45 bush¬ 
els per acre are reported and quality is 
excellent. 
Georgia leads all other States in the 
production of ocher, last year yielding 
10,107 tons, valued at $101,790. The 
other States chiefly concerned were 
Pennsylvania, 3,300 tons, and Vermont, 
531. 
The Northwestern apple crop is to 
be marketed through 150 selling agencies 
this year, extending from Montreal to 
Texas, and from Florida to Eastern Mon¬ 
tana. Through these agencies most of 
the apple crop of Washington, Oregon, 
Idaho and Montana will be marketed co¬ 
operatively under one central selling 
agency. 
The China Press, of Shanghai, gives 
the following report of goods on the docks 
sit Dalny June 11 of this year: Beans, 
13.808 tons; bean cake, 12,389 tons; In¬ 
dian corn, 621; hemp seed, 2.515; other 
cereals, 8,093 tons. At Ilangkow, mut¬ 
ton was seven to eight cents per pound; 
pork, 10 to 12; cod, six to eight; mack¬ 
erel. seven to nine; apples, pound, 10 to 
12 cents; strawberries, eight to 10 cents 
pound; cabbage, two to three cents each; 
onions, pound, two to three cents; fowls, 
12 to 14; eggs, dozen, eight to nine. 
“A PRODUCER AS MIDDLEMAN.” 
Concerning the commission business 
which II. P. II. proposes, I think his 
scheme to sell the products he will buy 
from the farmers to the retail grocers 
will be found to be impracticable. They 
can buy from the farmers just as ad¬ 
vantageously as he will be able to, and 
so he can hardly expect to secure their 
patronage. The only way he could make 
a success of the business would be to 
ship his stuff to a city commission house. 
Why not make a specialty of one thing, 
like fruit, for instance, and sell directly 
to the consumers? There is an opening 
iu almost every large town for a busi¬ 
ness that will bring producers and con¬ 
sumers closer together to their mutual 
advantage if conducted on the “live and 
let live basis,” as R. P. H. proposes. A 
successful experiment of this kind re¬ 
cently came to the knowledge of the 
writer. 
The owner of a large orchard had 
most of his apples packed and turned 
over to a local fruit growers’ associa¬ 
tion to sell for him. Sales were slow 
and returns unsatisfactory, and he de¬ 
cided to try to sell the part of the crop 
reserved, about two carloads, to the 
consumers iu his town, and established 
what he called an apple depot. He pur¬ 
chased several hundred market baskets 
varying in size from half-peck to a 
bushel. The apples were sorted and 
carefully packed, and sample packages at¬ 
tractively displayed in the show win¬ 
dows. Advertising space in the daily 
papers was also used. The attention of 
the public was soon secured, and the 
sales were far beyond the party’s ex¬ 
pectations. The price secured was en¬ 
tirely satisfactory, although less than the 
retail grocers were asKing for inferior 
fruit. The culls were sold at a low 
price for cooking purposes. In a little 
more than two months from the middle 
of January to the first of April he had 
sold his two carloads and several pur¬ 
chased from his neighbors. The experi¬ 
ment proved so satisfactory that he de¬ 
cided to keep the business going and 
handle other fruits in their season. He 
is looked upon by consumers as a very 
desirable middleman, and is popular with 
the farmers whose fruit he both buys 
outright and sells on commission. His 
commission charge is a little more than 
that usually charged by city produce 
dealers, as he repacks the fruit, making 
it enticing to the consumer and carrying 
his guarantee as to quality, in the shape 
of a small placard, in the package. The 
consignors are quite willing to pay the 
commission charged, as a better price is 
realized, and they believe they are get¬ 
ting a square deal. h. w. 
Greene Co., Mo. 
July 21. We are having a fearful 
drought up this way, but apples haug 
on very well. Hay very short and poor; 
also oats. f. g. 
Ghent, N. Y. 
July 16. We have had no rain, save 
a shower of half hour, to amount to 
anything since May 15, the wind blow¬ 
ing a gale all through June and this 
month has been most of the time from 
90 to 110 degrees in the shade. However, 
we do not have the humidity they do 
farther East. One hundred degrees here 
is not so bad as 8 S or 90 degrees there. 
Our crops are nothing; 50 acres of oats 
cut for hay; corn still hangs on, but 
will be short and nothing but fodder 
unless rain comes soon. For a distance 
of 30 miles wide the rain has gone around 
us. In adjoining county plenty of rain 
and crops good. f. c. j. 
Washington Co., Col. 
July 19. Wheat is worth $1; corn, 
70; oats, 40; rye, 70; buckwheat, 75; 
eggs, 18; butter, 20. Apples not more 
than one-fourth crop on an average; 
some few orchards are full, while a 
great majority have none. The peach 
crop is very light, not nearly as many 
as last year. The corn is looking fine 
and growing, notwithstanding we have 
very little rain for a month. Oats will 
be a fair crop and about ready to cut. 
Hay not a heavy crop, and worth from 
$8 to $10 per ton. Wheat was good and 
put away in fine condition. Cows worth 
$40 to $75. according to quality. Horses 
$125 to $250. w. s. 
Landisburg, Pa. 
I try to sell most of our products to 
private families direct, and thus get all 
of the consumer’s dollar. Later iu the 
season in Fall and Winter we some¬ 
times sell potatoes at wholesale to the 
stores at about 10 cents less than retail 
price per bushel. There is also a differ¬ 
ence in the retail prices or products in 
the different towns in the coal regions. 
For instance, Mahonoy City and Tama- 
qua are about 11 miles distant from 
each other, and Mahanoy City generally 
has higher prices than Tamaqua, some¬ 
times as much as five to eight cents per 
pound on butter and two to four cents 
per dozen more on eggs. However, since 
Tamaqua is only four miles and easier 
road from our farm we prefer to sell 
our goods there, considering time and 
wear and tear on wagon and team. The 
retail trade here iu the coal regions has 
its drawbacks too, as there are very many 
dead beats ; they pay well for awhile until 
they have gained the confidence of the 
farmer, something happens, either a 
strike, or an accident, or illness, which, 
of course, they cannot avoid, but the 
people iu our towns are living too high. 
There are the moving picture shows, ex¬ 
cursions. picnics, Chautauquas and 
hotels, etc., that take their money. Then 
when something unavoidable occurs they 
want the farmer to help them out. which 
he frequently does, and after the strike 
or other trouble is over and they owe 
their farmer a good-sized bill they leave 
him and buy from someone else, so that 
some farmers prefer tlie wholesale trade, 
rather selling for less to the dealer for 
cash, also saving the time needed for 
peddling from door to door. Good cows, 
from $50 to $70; veal calves, 7to eight 
cents per pound wholesale; poultry, re¬ 
tail, 16 cents at Tamaqua; 18 cents at 
Mahanoy City, alive; Spring chickens. 
20 cents pound. Butter, 32 to 35, retail 
in Tamaqua; eggs, 26 to 28; milk, retail, 
farmers, seven; milkmen, eight; milk, 
wholesale, five cents quart; new potatoes, 
35 cents a peek ; string beaus, 25 to 30 
cents a peck; green peas the same; cab¬ 
bage, retail, three to six cents per head ; 
beets, per bunch of four or five, according 
to size, five cents per bunch ; early baking 
apples, 40 cents a peck; rhubarb, per 
hunch, five cents; currants, red or black, 
10 cents per quart box. j. u. K. 
Bornesville, l'a. 
> When you write advertisers mentioc 
.The R. N.-Y. and you’ll get u quick reply 
and a “square deal.” See guarantee edi¬ 
torial page. 
■jm While you think o? it. Don’t wnit»- 
until your corn is actually ready to be 4% 
stored in the silo before making up your 
mind that you can’t go through another 
season profitably without a 
DEYO PORTABLE ENGINE 
It’s late, but our capacity is large and we 
can handle your order promptly. Write 
now for illustrations and prices. The best 
engines made for farm use. 1-V 3 to 16 H, P. 
DEYO-MACEY ENGINE CO. 
Washington St., BINGHAMTON, N. T. 
I. S. Woodhonse, 189-193 Water St., New York 
Richardson Mfg. Co.. Woreester. Mass. 
Kendall Ac Whitney, Portland, bln* 
We now make a full line of both Steel-Wheel 
and Wood-Wheel Farm Trucks, and shall be 
pleased to furnish you our free catalog of same. 
On account of the ease with which work can 
be done with these trucks, they are fast com¬ 
ing Into general use. Let us have your In¬ 
quiry for prices. 
HAVANA MKTAL WHEEL CO., Box 17 , HAVANA, l it. 
FOP Salfl - Cyclone Tile Ditching Machine 
. VI vuic slightly used, good condition. Bargain 
Quick sale. T. E. WYANT, Elat Kock. Ohio 
lilxnv a\ vuvwis, ouach v overs, huck ai 
Unll 1 HO Low Brices. W. W. STANLEY. Victor. B. T. 
Do You Need Farm Help? 
We have many able-bodied young men, both 
with and withont 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 employee. Our object is the encour¬ 
agement of farming among Jews. 
THE JEWISH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 
176 Second Ave., 1)1. V. City 
RESPONSIBLE POSITION WANTED-By man who can 
■* " make good.” Married, practical, up-to-date, 
eight years’ experience as farm manager. All-round, 
general experience. Some college training. Would 
like management of large estate or commercial 
plant. Am holding down good job now but seek a 
wider field. Address, K. M., care Rnral New-Yorker 
W ANTED—MANAGER for a small farm in Massachusetts. 
Good farmer with fruit-growing experience. Salary, $45 a 
month, with privilege of keeping cows, poultry, swine, and 
vegetable garden. Comfortable, attractive house, with modern 
Improvements. References required. Address WALTER 
A. DYER, 65 Greenwich Street, Hempstead, N. Y. 
Wanted—POSITION AS MANAGER of a large country 
11 dtlicu estate by a practical farmer, dairyman, 
fruit grower and stock raiser, mechanical turn, 
wishing only large proposition carrying good sal¬ 
ary. Small family. J. L. McCUE. McVeigh, Kentucky 
W ANTED —A representative in every town to sell 
IMPERIAL BAKING POWDER. Splendid business propor¬ 
tion. First application from eacn town sets General Agency. 
Not sold to stores, Send 50c. for sample pound, premium and 
full particulars. E. F. Doubler, Look Box No. 45, Pino Bu»h, il.T. 
S INGLE MAN WANTED—For general work on dairy farm. Com¬ 
mence about Sept. 1st. Must have good habits and ability. Givn 
reference and wages first letter. Chas. B. Dayton, S. Montroae, Pa. 
Home on Easy Terms 
in St. Lawrence County, New York, the Lead- 
J>ig Dairy County of the United Stales. 
Farms already stocked from $30toJ75peracre. 
comfortable buildings, good water, schools, 
ohurches, mail, telephone. New Illustrated 
Catalogue. 
THE RUSSELL REAL ESTATE CO. 
Box 6 Ogdansburg, New York 
52j^5jHFLvelHertne^ayIninarmrinTbe^«^ 
PBQBnf desirable locations. Get my list of best 
f CENTRAL^* Bargains. Square deal always 
mew YORK/ Fred C. McCarty, Auburn, N.Y. 
Farm Raroaint -1 ” 15 S,Me3: S3 mtle * 10 Philadelphia, 
1 dl 111 DdXgalllS this desirable money-making farm, 2 
miles to R.R. ; good 7-room stoue house ; barn, 30x40; close to 
splendid market; 34 acres ; photograph and traveling direction* 
Just out. Only $1,700, part cash. Dept. 8, C. D. ROSE 
FARM A GENCY t State £y \Varren Sts., Trenton , N. J. 
WANTFD- AN Ap l’LE ORCHARD FARM, 
ii mu i kw 0 f about 150 acres, one that has been 
properly planted and carefully cared for and in 
full bearing. Address, F. C., care The Rural New-Yorker 
NEW YORK STATE FARMS, 4JZ21 
ing in farms throughout New York State. Reference 
on request. Catalog sent to prospective purchasers. 
C. L. YAGER 736 Press Bldg.. Binghamton. N. Y 
Farm WantpH~Sinall, abandoned or rundown 
I ul III it ullloU place, within 150 miles of New York. 
31 nst have buildings and be a bargain. D. M., c. R. M.*f. 
I Rfl Farmc SALE—uear Phila. and Trenton markets ; 
IUU 10 I III 0 good railroad aud trolley facilities. New cata¬ 
logue. Established 25 years. Horace G. Reeder, Newtown, Penaa. 
J ERSEY FARMS*— 1350 acres in Jersey’s beat soil. Catalogue 
tree. ED. BURROUGHS, 147 E. Stale St., Trenton, K.J. 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & CO.. 
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ries Buu^i, Eggs, Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms 
ami Hot-house Products a Specialty. Consignments 
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