THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
11^3 
1913. 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, October 11, 1913. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Handling a Muck Swamp.1102 
A Consideration of Plowing.1102 
Profit-Sharing on the Farm.1103 
The 35-Cent Dollar.,...1103 
Indiana Farm Notes.1104 
Crops .HOC 
Cabbage Running to Stalks.1107 
Crops .1107 
From Central New York.1107 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings.1108 
Hope Farm Notes,.1110 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
A Cow Clearing-House...1101, 1102 
Training an Ox Team.111C 
What Breed for a Milkman?.1116 
Disinfection After Tuberculosis.1116 
Milk .1117 
Co-operative Calf Raising.1117 
Why Eggs Rot.1118 
Ration for Making Milk.1118 
Death of Cow.1118 
Lameness .1118 
Catarrah .1118 
Indigestion in Hog.1118 
Ventilation for Henhouse.1120 
English and American Leghorns.1120 
Hawks and Poultry.1120 
A Real Poultry Dog. 1120 
Destroying Poultry Foes.1120 
The Egg-laying Contest.1121 
HORTICULTURE. 
Drone Peach Trees—The Cause.1102 
Selling a Peach Crop.1103 
Cherry-picking Implements.1103 
Fall Planting of Peach Trees.1104 
Fruit Notes from Missouri.1111 
Morning Star, Longfield and Arkansas Black 
Apples .1111 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.1114 
The Rural Patterns.1114 
In My Neighbors’ Gardens; Geraniums.1115 
Tested Recipes.1115 
Mutton Recipes.1115 
Canned Fruit Syrup.1115 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Extracting Flower Oils.1105 
Payment by Check.1105 
“Fingermarks of Fakes’’.1107 
Events of the Week.1108 
Editorials .1112, 1113 
The Tariff Bill.1113 
Publishers’ Desk.1122 
MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York 
Week Ending; Oct. 3,1913. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, extra, lb. 
Peas. Virginia, bu. 1 50 
Radishes, 100 bunches . 75 
String Bean. sbu. 
Squash, marrow, bbl .. 
Egg Plants, Jersey.box. 
Tomatoes. Jersey, box.. 
Turnips, white, bbl. 
50 
65 
50 
20 
1 00 
@2 50 
@ 1 00 
@ 1 00 
@ 1 00 
@ 65 
@ 00 
@ 1 50 
@ 100 
Rutabaga . 75 
LIVE POULTRY. 
.Chickens, broilers lb. 18 @ 
Fowls . 16 @ 
Boosters. li @ 
Ducks. 14 @ 
Geese. 12 @ 
Turkeys. 14 @ 
Guineas, pair.’._ 65 @ 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, fresh killed, best . 19 @ 
Common to good. 16 © 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb. 25 @ 
Broilers, common to good .. 21 @ 
Roasters, fancy. 27 @ 
Fowls. 17 @ 
Squabs, doz. 1 00 @ 4 25 
HAY AND STRAW. 
19 
18 
12 
15 
13 
17 
70 
20 
18 
26 
23 
28 
20 
Hay. Timothy No. 1. ton . 20 00 
Standard. 19 50 
No. 2.1800 
No. 3. 14 00 
Clover mixed.1.16 00 
Straw. Rye .15 00 
Oat. 10 00 
MILLFEED. 
Wheat Bran, ton ..24 00 
Middlings .27 00 
Red Dog.30 00 
Corn Meal.31 90 
Linseed Meal.32 00 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 7 00 
Bulls. 5 50 
Cows. 3 00 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs. 9 00 
Culls. 4 00 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 3 00 
Lambs. 7 00 
Hogs. 8 00 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 1, Northern Spring. 93L»@ 
No. 2. Red . 96 @ 
No. 2, Hard Winter. 96H@ 
as to quality, bush. . 79 @ 
as to weight, bush. 45 @ 
71 @ 
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. 48 
Mixed colors, new laid. 40 
Ordinary grades. 25 
Butter, fancy prints, lb. 40 
Tub, choice. . 30 
Chickens, roasting, lb. 28 
Fowls. 22 
Peaches. 16 qt. bkt. 50 
Plums. 81b. bkt . 25 
BOSTON WHOLESALE PRICES, 
Butter, nearby creamery. 33 @ 
Western creamery . 30 
Eggs, nearby hennery. 48 
Corn, 
Oats, 
Rye 
@21 00 
@20 00 
@19 00 
@17 00 
@18 00 
@18 50 
@11 00 
@25 00 
@29 00 
@31 00 
@32 00 
@33 00 
@ 8 60 
@ 5 75 
@ 5 50 
@13 00 
@ 7 00 
@ 4 50 
@ 7 65 
@ 9 50 
80 
47 
72 
@ 
@ 
@ 
@ 
@ 
@ 
@ 
® 
@ 
@ 
52 
45 
30 
42 
35 
30 
25 
65 
35 
34 
31 
49 
State Dairy, best. 
Common to G 
Factory. 
Whole Milk. best. 
CHEESE, 
EGGS. 
White, choice to fancy, large 
Good to prime. 
Mixed colors, best. 
Common to good. 
Storage, best. 
Medium and low grades .. 
Western, best. 
Gathered fresh_;. 
@ 42 
30 
@ 
31 
Dressed Poultry—Fowls. 
. 20 
@ 21 
27 
@ 
29 
Roasters. 
@ 27 
23 
@ 
26 
Hay—No. 1. 
@22 51) 
29 
@ 
30 
No. 2. 
@20 50 
24 
@ 
28 
No. 3. 
@17 00 
22 
@ 
24 
Stock Hay. 
@15 00 
21 
@ 
24 
Straw—Rye . 
@19 50 
cents. 
Millfeed—Bran, ton. 
.25 50 
@26 75 
1% cents. 
Middlings. 
@30 00 
Mixed'Feed.. 
@29 00 
15 
16 
Gluten . 
.31 00 
@32 00 
12 
<§> 
14 
Live Stock -Milch Cows. 
@100 00 
05 
a 
Beef Cows, 100 lbs . 
@ 5 25 
Steers . 
@ 9 00 
Calves. ll'O lbs. 
@10 00 
40 
® 
44 
Hogs, 10U lbs. 
@9 00 
34 
@ 
36 
28 
26 
18 
32 
Checks aud dirties. 12 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evap„ choice, . 08 
@ 
@ 
@ 
30 
27 
22 
35 
19 
@ 
@ 
@ 
09 
07 
05 
Common to good . 06 
Sufi dried . 04 
Chops, 100 lbs. 2 00 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples—Wealthy, bbl. 2 50 
Alexander . 2 50 
Jonathan. 3 00 
McIntosh . 3 00 
Snow . 2 25 
Twenty Ounce . 2 25 
King. 2 25 
Hubbardston. 2 00 
Maiden Blush .2 25 
Greening . 2 00 
Wolf River. 2 50 
Baldwin. 2 00 
Fall Pippin.2 00 
Gravenstein. 2 50 
Windfalls, bbl. 1 00 
Pears —Bartlett, bbl.3 00 
Bose, bbl.2 00 
Clairgeau. bbl. 2 00 
Anjou, bbl. 175 
KielTer, bbl. 1 25 
Shekel, bbl. 3 00 
Sheldon. 2 25 
Flemish Beauty, bbl. 1 50 
Peaches, Western N. Y., bkt. 40 
Up-River, bkt. 30 
Plums, 81b, bkt. 10 
Quinces, bbl.3 DO 
Grapes—Concord. 18 lb. case, . 55 
Niagara, case . 70 
Delaware, case. 75 
Black, 41b. bkt. 10 
Bulk, ton.40 00 
Cranberries, bbl . 5 00 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 6 30 
Medium. 3 75 
Dea . 3 60 
Red Kidney. 3 80 
Lima, California. 6 05 
HONEY. 
Clover, comb, lb.15 
Buckwheat, lb. 12 
Extracted, gallon..60 
NUTS. 
Chestnuts, cultivated, bu. 4 00 
Wild, bu,. 5 40 
„ . HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 40 
Common to good. 37 
Pacific Coast . 30 
Old stock. 15 
German crop.!!!!!!!!!!!! 65 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes—Long; Island, bbl. 2 25 @2 75 
Jersey, bbl. 2 00 m 2 25 
Maine. 2 15* @ 2 30 
. 1 00 @1 50 
. 1 50 @ 1 75 
12 @ H 
. 1 25 @ 1 50 
. 1 UU @ 1 25 
. 2 00 @ 4 00 
.25 00 @30 00 
75 @ 1 50 
. 2 00 @ 3 50 
50 @ 0 75 
, 75 @ 1 00 
50 @ 1 00 
1 75 @ 2 26 
1 75 @ 2 00 
70 @15 
@ 2 50 
@ 4 50 
@ 4 50 
@ 4 50 
@ 4 00 
@ 4 00 
@ 3 75- 
@3 50 
@ 3 00 
@ 3 00 
@ 3 00 
@ 4 r.0 
@ 3 00 
@ 3 00 
@ 4 00 
@ 1 75 
@ 4 50 
@ 3 50 
@ 3 On 
@ 2 76 
@ 2 50 
@ 5 00 
@ 3 £0 
@2 50 
@ SO 
@ 65 
& 25 
@ 5 00 
@ 70 
@ 85 
@ 85 
W 12 
@ 50 no 
@6 00 
@ 6.50 
@3 80 
@ 4 10 
@ 4 75 
@ 6 15 
@ .17 
@ .13 
@ .85 
@ 5 50 
@ 7 00 
@ 
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BUSINESS NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
The California Lima beau crop is said 
to be the smallest in three years. 
Colorado will have $30,000,000 worth 
of sugar beets this year. 
Cape _Cod cranberries have been in¬ 
jured 25 to 30 per cent by-the early 
frost. 
During August 138,244 aliens were ad¬ 
mitted to this country; 2,708 were re¬ 
fused admission. 
Winnipeg received 1.730 cars of wheat 
September 30, the largest single day's 
business on record. 
Salt mackerel shipped to this country 
from Ireland since last Fall amounted to 
34,892 barrels. 
The total lumber cut of Canada during 
1912 was 4,389,723,000 feet, 10.7 per 
cent less than in 1911. 
The Farmers’ Union estimates the 
Texas cotton crop at 3.000.000 bales, 
which is nearly 2,000.000 bales less than 
last year. 
There are now 7,513 national banks in 
this country, with capital of $1,066,992,- 
175. and circulation secured bv bonds of 
$ 138,46 1 ,068. 
Farmers near Milton, Oregon, are sell¬ 
ing their wheat to local millers at 70 to 
75 cents. One farmer with 160 acres of 
wheat got 56 bushels per acre. 
. About $45,000,000 will be required to 
finance the cotton crop of Kgypt this 
year. Nearly half the gold to cover this 
has already been seut from England. 
Because of the great demand 
radium the price lias advanced 
$115,000 per gram, of which there 
about 450 in si pound Troy weight. 
Ulster County, New York, is said to 
have a record apple crop this year, the 
orchards lying in sheltered locations, so 
that they escaped the cold weather last 
Spring. 
The Maine sweet corn pack will not be 
more than 40 per cent of last year's out¬ 
put, owing to frost, which ruined the 
crop on low ground and cut severely into 
some high ground sections. 
for 
to 
are 
Sweet I’otatoes, bbl. 
Beets. i>bl. 
Bruss -1 sprouts, qt. 
Carrots, bbl. 
Cueun. bers, bu. . 
Pi kies, bbl.! 
Cabbage, tou. 
Sweet Corn, 10U'!! 
Cauliflower, bbl.. 
Lettur >. half-bbl. basket’””!!!!!.* 
Lima Beaus, bu. 
Okra, bu.!!!!."’ 
Ouion —State anil W'u.’iuu lb. bag! 
Orange Go.. 100 lb bag . 
Peppers, Jersey, bbl. 
September 20. Butter, 30 cents; eggs, 
32; live poultry. 17. Apples, $2 per bar¬ 
rel ; peaches, 50 cents a basket; grapes, 
eight-pound basket, 12 cents; pears. 75 
cents per bushel; tomatoes, 50 cents; 
green corn $1 per hundred. Some very 
light rains recently, but drought worst 
known here iu over 40 years. Many wells 
are dry. also the streams; no feed for 
stock; farmers feeding hay. e. c. b. 
Athens, N. Y. 
We give you the current prices of 
products farmers in this locality are 
realizing at this time: Wheat, 75; oats, 
35; corn, 75; flax, $1.35; rye, 60; bar¬ 
ley, 60; potatoes, 50; butter, 40; eggs, 
25. o. ii. w. 
Bismarck, N. D. 
Wheat, per 100. $1.50; oats, per 100, 
$1.25; apples, $1 to $1.50 per box; 
peaches, 50 to 60 cents per box; pota¬ 
toes, 100 pounds, Ohio, 90; Downing, $1. 
Cows, $75 to $125; butter. 30 to 35 ; no 
feeding cattle. Horses, $150 to $350; 
hogs, live, $9 to $9.50. Hens, 11-12; 
Springs, 15-16. m. s. 
Delta, Col. 
Our section is in the Indian country, 
and as until a few years ago this was 
strictly a cow country with a “Tom Ful¬ 
ler _ path now and thou to raise the 
Indian a few ears of corn, we have hardly 
had time to get organized here aud get 
strictly down to business. I am selling 
eggs now at 20 cents per dozen, butter 
at 30 cents per pound, no dairies here. 
Only a couple of silos in the countv; 
will be several next year. Our principal 
money crops are cotton, cattle and hay 
(native grass). Cotton is now selling at 
1214 to I 314 cents per pound; corn 75 
cents per bushel; hay. $9 to $11 per ton. 
Cattle all shipped to Kansas City market, 
and the price is good now; $9.30 was the 
toP Price of beef steers last Saturday at I 
Kansas City. Apples $1 per bushel; 
peaches sold here last year (Elbertas) 
for hog feed, five cents per bushel; for 1 
table use, picked by hand, 25 to 40 cents 
at the orchard. Where the peaches sold 
for five cents per bushel you had to shake 
them from the trees and handle to wagon 
with scoop; you could pay 25 cents per 
bushel and pick the best by hand from 
the same trees. No peaches to speak of 
this year. s. H. w. 
Bokoshe, Okla. 
W F TAN MAKF Tou attractive prices 
, on Malt Sprouts, Cat¬ 
tle Salt, Granulated Charcoal. OYSTER 
SHELL LIME, Sunflower and Hemp Seed, Beef 
Scrap, etc. CHARLES H. REEVE & CO., 
INC., 209 Washington Street, New York. 
WANTED-HERDSMAN 
Single, under 30, able and "willing to earn Thirty-five 
dollars a month and board. A good job for faithful 
worker, poorone for loafer, whiskey drinker orwind 
jammer. Steady all-year job. Don’t repeat ad. nor 
answer for curiosity. GLE NFREW FARM, Sewickley, Pa. 
WANTED-MARRIED MAN CAPABLE OP 
Feeding&Caringfor Purebred Holstein Cattle 
Must come well recommended a* to habits and abil- 
lty to work. Good wages and steady employment. 
If in position to furnish an extra milker or two, so 
much the better. ALLAMUCHY FARMS, Allamuchy, N. J. 
Wanted at Onrp - Two or three industrious men 
TTdiuea ai once of good habits t0 drive team 
for general farm work. WHITE HOUSE 
EAR MS, I’aoli, Chester County, Penn. 
WantedN? 0SIT,0N fls POULTRYMAN-Understand 
, , Mammoth incubators and care of chirks 
ami layers m large number. Siugle, sober and hon- 
est; references; age 24. C. H. B., care Rural New-Yorker 
WANTFD~ Sext Spring-married farmer with 
; ‘ own help, to work large equipped New 
Jersey farm on shares. State experience and 
reference in first le tter. R. F., care Rural New-Yorker 
'^^'ORKING FARM MANAGER—Life experience. Will Make 
Good. Thoroughly understands all branches. 
Married; references. C. D. Ellis. K. E. 1). 50, New Canaan, Ct. 
WANTED-MARRIED MAN for Certified 
Dairy. Good milker. Dr. F. TAYLOR, Pulaski, Pa. 
Highest prices guaranteed for White or Brown 
Leghorns or mixed eggs. Also high grade butter. 
\\ rite us for information. A trial will convince you 
of our ability to obtain extreme prices. Address 
JOHNSTONE & COUGHLAN 
172 Duane Street ... New York 
FIKTE QUALIT 7sF r 
Near-by, Brown or White Eggs 
! are bringing extravagant prices. Ship us. 
Prompt Returns. Commission, 5$. 
GEO. M. KITTEN HOUSE it CO. 
154 lleade St., New York. License No. 50- 
~W ANTED 
Poultry. Fancy Eggs, Chestnuts & Shellbarks 
WM. H. COHEN & CO., - 229 Washington St., New York 
QKO. P. HAMMOND. EST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & GO., 
and Hot house Products a Specialty. Consignments 
solicited. 34 & 30 Little 13th St.. New York 
There’s Money in 
VERMONT FARMS 
Send for free book “Vermont Farms.” 
Tells how Vermont leads in per-acie pro¬ 
duction of many staple crops. Vermont 
first in Dairying. Book also lists hundreds 
of ferti le farms offered for sale at low cost. 
Every homeseeker should have this book. 
Get your copy by writing 
GUY W. BAILEY, Sec’y of State, 
Dept. L, Essex Junction, Vt. 
Persons desiring advice regarding the 
purchase of farms or wishing to obtain 
employment on farms, write E.S. BRIGHAM, 
Com. of Agriculture Dept. L, Bureau of 
Agricultural Labor, St. Albans, Vermont. 
Apple Pie Ridge Orchard 
-FOR SALE- 
60 acres, all planted, 3-year old ; varieties: 
Star, Lowell, Duchess, Gravenstein, 
Maiden Blush, Paradise, Stayman’s, Gano, 
N. W. Greening, Winesap, Black Twig. 
Abundant spring water supply. School and 
four churches near farm. Excellent roads. 
THREE MILES TO RAILROAD 
Rural delivery, telephones, all necessary 
buildings. Famous Soapstone soil; bear¬ 
ing orchards producing big revenues all 
around. Good reason for selling. Address 
the owner. 
L. P. Miller, Gerardstown, W. Va. 
107 ACRES 
papered and grained. Piazza. Blinded. Basement 
barn 60x30; supplied with spring water; 2 wagon 
houses; corn-crins; large poultry house, supplied 
running spring water; plenty of fruit; 2 miles to 
village and R. R, station; good view of Delaware 
river and surrounding country. This is one of the 
best poultry and stock farms in New Jersey. Land 
is smooth and level. Price. $50 per acre The build¬ 
ings are worth $6,000.00. Write for particulars and 
terms. W. J. WILLIAMS, R. 0. No. 1, Raven Rock, N. J. 
Buy Southern Land—buy all you cai^N 
-prices now extremely low—natural in¬ 
crease will return your money in a few 
years—well farmed, annual profits will 
run even more. Dairying, livestock, pout- 
T ’ and truck—these are a few of 
the big money-making lines. Alone the 
Southern Ry., M. &O. and G. S. & F. Ry. 
em n p?2!SP. enin2S ’ Wnte now £or ‘ ‘Southl 
,, magazine and land lists. 
M. V. Richards. Land and Ind. Agt.,’ , 
Room 8- So.Ry. Washington, D.C.^^ 
Dewitt & beilin 
REAL ESTATE AGENTS 
OFFICE: - - PARK HOUSE, VINELAND. N. J. 
Suburban Homes, Fruit and Poultry Farms a Spe¬ 
cialty, 21 acres—5 acres iu woods. House of 5 
Rooms. Back Shed, 2 acres in Strawberries, 1 acri 
in Blackberries. 125 Peach trees. Price, $1,700. only 
»700 cash. Great Bargain. Correspondence solicited. 
N F W YOR K Beats Western States i:i 
1 total value of crop* pet- 
acre. Why ? 60,000.000 people within day’s ride 
Soil rich and improving. Best FARMS offered in hi - 
free money-saving catalog of FARM BROKERS’’ 
ASSOCIATION, Secretary No. 1, Oneida, N. Y. 
Level, fertile, paying farms in the most 
desirable locations. Get my list of best 
Bargains. Square deal always 
Fred C. McCarty, Atiburn, N. Y. 
UEYV JERSEY EARMS—Profitable New Jersey 
" L arms between Philadelphia and New York Un¬ 
surpassed Marketing facilities. Desirable Home sur- 
roiiiidings. List Free. A. W. Dresser, Burlington, N. J. 
FARMT? W , EN , TY ACRES-improved; near 
Vineland, N. J : on trolley ear line. Par- 
ticulars from M. M. P RESCOTT, Millville, New Jersey 
IRfl *■ ARMS FOR SALE—Near Phila. and Trenton markets; 
, V ?°°, c * and trolley facilities. New catalogue. Es¬ 
tablished 2o years. HORACE G. REEDER, Newtown, Pa. 
For Sale—Farm— V e dmmj5ize. near Schenec¬ 
tady, N. Y. Owner, care R. N. Y 
New York State Farms 
M 
0NEY MAKING FARMS NEAR PHILADELPHIA—Catalogs 
tree; write requirements. W. M. Stev.us, Perkn.le, p„ 
-95 CENTS ROLL—108 Feet 
Nails, Cement. RUBBER ROOFINl 
CO., 5 Cortland! Street, New Yorl 
ROOFING 
Winter 
Is Com¬ 
ing and 
FURS 
will soon be prime. Make up your 
mind at onee to sell in the best mar¬ 
ket. Send for price list and forecast to 
M. F. Pfaelzer & Co., 
119 AY. 29th st. (Desk 22), 
New York City. 
Biggest Stumps Pulled 
For 4c Each-In 5 Minutes! 
E. C. Cut breath. Johnston, S. C.. does it. Thousands of 
others doing it. Why not youf Pull an acre of 
stumps a day. Double the laud value—grow big 
I crops ou virgin soil! Get a 
IU 
—the only alt steel, triple power stump puller 
made. More power thau a locomotive. 60% 
lighter, 400>;5 stronger thau east iron puller. 80 
days’ free trial. 3 year guarantee to replace, free, 
■ .castings that break fromany cause. Double 
safety ratchets. Free boos shows photos 
aud letters from owners. Special price 
will interest you. Write now Address 
Hercules Mfg. Co., ldO-Z2d St. 
■' . • • pi_Centerville, Iowa 
