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THE) RUR-A.!* NEW-YORKER 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, September 6, 1913. 
FARM TOPICS. 
What Ailed the Vetch. 994 
The Farm Labor Problem.994 
Handling Manure in Texas.990 
Permanent Meadows for New York.995 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings.998 
Crops .995 
Hope Farm Notes.1000 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Winter Broilers and Truck. 994 
Purebred Stock Partnership.1000 
Old-time Feeding Ideas.1000 
Milk Conditions in Southern New York.1007 
Making Milk Prices.1007 
Pasturing Berkshire Swine. Part II.1008 
Eczema .1008 
Feeding Young Dog.1008 
The Egg-laying Contest.1009 
Mash for Young Chicks.1009 
HORTICULTURE 
The Jakway Fruit Package Bill in Michigan 990 
Self-boiled Lime-Snlphur Mixture. 997 
A Fruit Distributing System. Part 1. 997 
Popular Plants and Their Care. Part II....1001 
Treatment of Persian Walnuts.1001 
WOMAN AND THE HOME 
From Day to Day.1004 
Fall Dangers to the Babies.1004 
Sugar Finger Chocolates .1004 
Silencing a Banging Door.'.1004 
The Rural Patterns.1005 
In My Neighbors’ Gardens—Sweet Peas.1005 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Right to Defend Property. 994 
Events of the Week. 998 
Editorials .1002, 100.1 
Publisher's Desk .1010 
MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending August 29, 1913. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, extra, lb. 29 @ 29t6 
Good to Choice . 27 @ 28 
Lower Grades. 23 @ 26 
State Dairy, best,. 27 @ 28 
Common to Good. 23 @ 25 
Factory. 20 @ 24 
Packing Stock. 19 ® 22 
Elgin, Ill., butter market Hrm at 27to cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 2‘j]4 cents. 
CHEESE, 
Whole Milk, best. 15 @ 15% 
Common to Good . 10 @ 13 ~ 
Skims. 05 @ 10 
EGGS. 
White, choice to fancy. 32 ® 35 
Good to prime. 25 ® 50 
Mixed colors, best. 32 @ 33 
Common to good. 23 @ 28 
Storage, best. 24 @ 25 
Western, best. 27 ® 29 
Checks and dirties. 10 ® 18 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples—Wealthy, bbl. 2 25 © 300 
Wolf River. 2 50 @3 50 
Duchess. 2 25- © 3 25 
Fall Pippin. 2 0(1 (g 3 
Williams . 2 50 @3 50 
Gravenstein. 2 25 @ 3 00 
Yellow Transparent. 2 50 @3 50 
Windfalls, bbl. 1 00 @ 1 50 
Pears—Bartlett, bbl. 2 00 @ 4 00 
Clapp’s. bbL. 2 00 @ 4 00 
Seckel, bbl. 3 00 @ 100 
Flemish Beauty, bbl. 150 @ 2 25 
Blackberries, qt. 08 @ 13 
Huckleberries, qt. 06 @ is 
Raspberries, red, pint . 07 @ 11 
Black, pint. 06 @ 08 
Peaches, Western N. Y., bkt. 30 @ 85 
Del. and Md., bkt. 10 @ 90 
Del. and Md., crate. 1 00 © 2 00 
Jersey, bkt. 35 @ 90 
Up-River, bkt. 30 @ 90 
Pine Island, bkt. 35 @ 90 
West Va., carrier. 1 50 @2 50 
Connecticut, carrier. 150 @2 00 
Plums, 81b, bkt. 12 @ 15 
Grapes—Champion, 18 lb. case,. 40 @ 50 
Niagara, case . 50 @ 65 
Delaware, case. 65 @100 
Muskmelons, Del. and Md., crate .... 50 @100 
Del. and Md,, bkt.. 35 @ 75 
New Mexico, crate . 1 00 @ 1 50 
Colorado, crate. 50 @ 1 00 
Cal., Casaba, do/.. 1 25 @ 2 50 
Watermelons, Southern, carload.... 60 00 @ 175 00 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 5 50 @ 6.50 
Medium. 3 90 @3 96 
Pea . 3 40 @ 3 80 
Red Ividney. 3 20 @ 3 65 
Lima, California. 6 25 @6 35 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 19 @ 20 
Common to good. 14 @ 18 
Pacific Coast . 19 @ 22 
Old stock. 10 @ 14 
German crop. 60 @ 52 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes—Long Island, bbl. 
Jersey, bbl. 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl. 
Beets, bbl. 
Carrots, bbl. 
Cucumbers, bu. 
Pickles, bbl. 
Cabbage, 100. 
Sweet Corn. 100. 
Cauliflower, bbl. 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 
Lima Beaus, flat, bu. 
Potato, bu. 
Okra, bu. 
Onions—Long Island, bbl. 
Jersey, bu.. 
Orange Co.. 100 lb bag . 
Peppers, Jersey, bbl. 
Peas, bu.. 
Radishes, 100 hunches . 
String Beans, bu. 
Squasti. new. bu. 
Egg Plants, Jersey.box,. 
Tomatoes, Jersey, box. 
Turnips, white,'bbl. 
Rutabaga . 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, fresh killed, best . 
Common to good. 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb. 
Broilers, common to good . 
Roasters. 
Fowls.. 
Squabs, doz. . .'.* 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens, broilers lb. 
Fowls. 
Roosters. 
Ducks..'**’’'*’*. . 
Geese. .Y.Y.7.7.. 
Turkeys. .7.77.7.7 7. 
Guineas, pair... ,777.7.7.7.7 
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HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay. new Timothy No. 1. ton. 21 00 @22 00 
Standard.20 00 @20 50 
No. 2.15 00 @17 00 
No. 3 .13 00 @16 01) 
Clover mixed.17 00 @20 00 
Straw, new Rye .15 00 @17 00 
Oat. 8 00 @ 9 00 
MILLFKED. 
Wheat Bran, ton.25 00 @26 00 
Middlings .28 00 @30 00 
Red Dog.30 00 @31 (JO 
Com Meal.28 00 @29 00 
Linseed Meal.30 00 @31 00 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 6 25 @ 8 80 
Bulls. 4 50 @ 6 15 
Cows. 3 01) @ 6 00 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs. 9 00 @13 00 
Culls. ...4 00 @ 7 00 
Sheep. 100 ibs. 3 00 @ 4 50 
Lambs. 6 00 @8 75 
Hogs. 9 00 @ 9 80 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 1, Northern Spring. 98 @ 
No. 2, Red . 95 @ .. 
No. 2, Hard Winter. 97 @ 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 84 @ 86 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 45 @ 49 
Rye . 70 @ 72 
BOSTON WHOLESALE PRICES, 
Rutter, nearby creamery. 30 @ 31 
W estern creamery . 28 @ 29 
Eggs, nearby hennery. 38 @ 39 
Gathered fresh. 30 @ 32 
Dressed Poultry—Fowls. 14 © 20 
Roasters. 25 @ 2S 
Hay—No. 1.22 00 @22 50 
No. 2.20 50 @2100 
No. 3.15 00 @16 00 
Stock Hay.12 50 @1100 
Straw—Rye .18 00 @19 00 
Millfeed—Bran, ton.25 00 @27 00 
Middlings.27 OU @29 00 
Mixed Feed.27 00 @28 00 
Live Stock-Milch Cows.75 00 @100 00 
Beef Cows, 100 lbs . 5 50 @ 6 49 
Calves. 100 lbs. 5 00 @ 9 00 
Hogs, 100 lbs. 8 50 @9 00 
BUSINESS NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
Lake business at Milwaukee, Wis., is 
the largest on record. The total tonnage 
for the year will run close to 9,000,000 
tons. 
Fifty tons of meat and eggs, stored 
for seven years in Philadelphia, and 20 
tons of game, two years stored, were re¬ 
cently condemned by the food authorities 
as unfit for use. Under the Pennsyl¬ 
vania cold storage act in effect August 
14, there is a penalty of $500 or impris¬ 
onment or both, for storing beef more 
than four months; pork, sheep and 
lamb, six months; veal, three months; 
butter and fish, nine months; fowls 
(drawn), five months; undrawn, 10 
months. 
Last year the New York, New Haven 
and Hartford Railroad bought 2,376,000 
wood ties, costing $1,200,000. Part of 
them were southern pine, creosoted, hut 
2,100,000 were native timber hauled from 
points along its lines in New England, 
$1,075,000 being paid for them. 
The Census Bureau gives the follow¬ 
ing assessed valuations in some of the 
largest cities: New York. $8,322,958,- 
952; Chicago, $848,994,536; Philadel¬ 
phia, $1,45S,S51,SS0; Boston, $1,409,479,- 
723; Jersey City, $241,561,118. Real 
property: New York. $7,044,192,674; 
Chicago. $603,022,875; Philadelphia, $1,- 
457.108,534; Boston. $1,118,992,100; 
Jersey City, $184,481,409. Personal 
property : New York, $312,644,825; Chi¬ 
cago, $208,607,727; Philadelphia, $1,- 
743,346; Boston, $278,471,478; Jersey 
City, $16,347,760. 
The lumber output of this country for 
1912 was as follows: Lumber, per thou¬ 
sand feet board measure, 39,15S,414; 
lath, thousands. 2^719.163; shingles, 
thousands, 12,037,685. Washington led 
all States with 4.099,775 thousand feet. 
Hardwoods, including oak, maple, beech 
and birch, amounted to 8,631,998 thou¬ 
sand feet; soft wood, pine, fir, etc., 30,- 
526,416 thousand feet. 
The census report shows that farm 
acreage in the period 1900-1910 declined 
in the following States: Massachusetts, 
nine per cent; New Jersey. 10; New 
York, three; Pennsylvania, four; West 
Virginia, seven, Maryland, two; Indiana, 
three; Iowa, 1.9; Illinois, one per cent. 
The following increased: Nebraska, 29 per 
cent; Minnesota, five; Kansas, four; 
Missouri, two. 
The Secretary of the Treasury has al¬ 
lotted $46,500,000 for the use of banks 
in the South and West in financing the 
crops. The money is to be returned to 
the Treasury not later than April. In 
each depository city the Governmnet has 
a special representative who, in connec¬ 
tion with a clearing house committee of 
five, will pass on commercial paper rec¬ 
ommended as security for these deposits, 
the unanimous consent of the whole com¬ 
mittee being necessary. Missouri gets 
the largest allottment, $5,000,000; Illi¬ 
nois, $4,000,000: California, $3,000,000; 
Maryland, $2,800,000; Louisiana, $2,- 
600,000; Texas, $2,500,000; Ohio, $2,- 
100,000; Minnesota, $2,000,000. 
Acreage of wheat about the same as 
1912, but yield not above 25 per cent; 
selling at SO. Oats, acreage 100 per cent, 
yield SO per cent, price 40; corn, acreage 
100 per cent, prospect good, price 70; 
apples, crop about 25 per cent; $1 bushel. 
Hay acreage about as usual, but badly 
infested with weeds, otherwise fair, 
yield 80 per cent, new $10; baled, old, 
$15. Batter, 18 to 20; eggs, 16; cattle, 
five; calves, none; hogs, 7*4; wool, 18. 
Weather conditions not favorable for best 
development of corn crop. A. D. h. 
Centre Belpre, O. 
August 19. The following are about 
the prices to-day : Corn, 72; oats, 41; 
stock steers, six to seven cents; cows, 
four to five; heifers, five to six; hogs, 
eight to 8% ; chickens. 16; eggs, 17; but¬ 
ter. 30; potatoes. $1.50; apples, 75 to $1. 
Cheneyville, Ill. j. w. F. c. 
August 22. No apples or pears in this 
section; all killed by Spring frost. Oats 
good; corn not half crop. Early and 
late potatoes not over hulf crop; hay a 
good crop. j. s. 
Kersey, Pa. 
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407 North St, Kokomo, toA 
fiANVAS WAGON COVERS, STACK COVERS, ETC., at 
v wholesale prices. State size required. Duck by 
the yard or bale. Stanley Mfg. Co., Victor, N. Y. 
WnEN you write advertisers mention Thu 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
SIX HORSE POWER j 
GASOLINE ENGINES 
$115.00, four horse power $80.00, two horse 
power $37.00, Pump Jacks, Saw Tables, Cir¬ 
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PALMER BROS, COSCOB, CONN, j 
level, fertile, paying farms in the most 
desirable loealions. Get my list of best 
Bargains. Square deal always 
Fred C. HcCarty, Auburn, N. Y. 
FARM 170 ACRES FOR SALE 
well fenced and ifnproved in every way. One of 
best and best improved places in county Lowndes. 
3 miles from town, on good gravel road. 2 bored 
wells, 3 tenant houses, 25 acres in timber. Write 
for price and further particulars. 
\V. O. POLLOCK, - Columbus, Miss. 
Send Your Boys to Minnesota ni?S7 * wTu 
them. Plenty of work on farms ami in factories. State School 
Lands, Free Homestead Lands, Improved Farms. Maps and liter¬ 
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sioner of Immigration, Koom 202, State Capitol, St. Paul, Minn. 
1/ ■ fa / jr-f /■ Airm N. J— 20-acre larm for aaie.k cleared; 
w ll'SLl.rllwt# 4-room cottage, old but in fair con; 
dltion, 15 minutes walk to R.R. station; shade and fruit trees. 
Full price $1,000—only $250, or more, down. Address, Dept.3 
C T1 DfKF FARM AGENCY, State and Warren 
■ nUwt Streets, Trenton, New Jersey 
CflD CAI C-20 acres of Orchardside Farm. Good 
IUI1 vnkb soil. Near Boston, and Everything. 
450 Fine Young Apple Trees, Bearing 1,000 Bushels 
this Season. $5,000, Box 61, Billerica, Mass. 
piIEE KENT—Truck farm, with hot house, livo 
1 stock, tools, growing crops, for care of young 
trees. Write for particulars, stating age. family, na¬ 
tionality, experience. Walter Soutbwick, Nahant, Mass. 
W ANTFTV- MODERATE SIZED FARM 
™ within 150 miles New York City, Must 
be in good working order. W., Hewlett, New York 
B EST FARM IN N. J, at $54 an acre with 
bumper crops, live stock, implements. 279 Acres. 
Farm bargains. E. E. SLOCUM, 141 Broadwpy, New York 
ICA Cormo F0,t SALE—near Phila. and Trenton markets 
lOU 101 III0 jtood railroad and trolley facilities. >’e\v cata¬ 
logue. Established 2a years. Horace 6. Keeder. >’ettloun, Penua. 
W E SELL GOOD FARMS in Oceana, greatest fruit Co. 
in U. S.; also grain, potatoes, Alfalfa, dairying. 
Write for list, etc. HANSON & SON, Hart, Mich. 
NewYork State Farms 
FREE LIST. 
Ogden’s Agency, Walton. N. Y. 
Highest prices guaranteed for White or Brown 
Leghorns or mixed eggs. Also high grade butter. 
Write us for information. A trial will convince you 
of our ability to obtain extreme prices. Addiess 
JOHNSTONE Cs COUGHLAN, 
164 Duane Street - - - New York 
WANTED 
BERRIES, FANCY EGGS, HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS, APPLES. 
PEACHES AND ALL FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 
Top Prices for Choice Goods 
ARCHDEACON &C0., 100 Murray St., New Yerk 
A 175-ACKE POULTRY FARM FOR SALE. 
Address, B. G. VAN ALSTINE, Canajoharie, New York 
W ANTED—A MARRIED MAN ON DAIRY 
FARM—Must be strictly sober, an early riser 
and a good milker. Good wages, including House, 
milk, vegetables and other perquisites. Apply to 
F. E. OSBORNE, - - Derby, Conn. 
WANTED—MARRIED MAN. temperate, strictly honest, 
*» skilled in dairying; also handy with machinery, 
and can learn motor trucking. $60 a month; privi¬ 
leges reasonable. DENBIGH FARMS, Greenwich, Conn. 
POSITION WANTED —To care for gentleman's country 
■ home or farm. Married. Had practical experience in farm¬ 
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painting and remodeling buildings. R. TV., care R. H.-Y. 
Odd AP.RF Q-Il-room house, 3 barns, 
^ ri tO all fair condition. Excel¬ 
lent farm, well watered, lays gently rolling. 
Plenty fruit. 4 miles to R.R. town, near school. 
Must go. Price.$2,200, half cash. HALL’S FARM 
AGENCY, Onego, Tioga County. New York 
utue Poultry and Truck Farms 
with nice homes, near Richmond. Send for our 
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CASSELMAN S CO., 1018 East Main St., Richmond, Va. 
CARM HANDS WANTED—to work in institution for the 
• feeble minded, working with boys or driving 
teams. Salary. $32 a month to begin with. Address, 
C. S. LITTLE. Supt., Letcbworth Village, Rockland Co , N. Y. 
Manager Large Egg Farm Sharing 
basis, a commercial "egg f»rm for party with sufti 
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