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THE KUFiAL, NEW-YORKER 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, October 25, 1913. 
FARM TOPICS 
An Ohio Manure Shed,..... 1150 
Acid Phosphate and Stable Manure.1151 
Too Much Nitrogen.....1152 
Fall Rye for Green Fodder.1152 
Seeding a Permanent Pasture.1152 
Preparing for Alfalfa.1152 
Acid Phosphate and Stable Manure.1153 
Home-Mixed Fertilizer.1153 
Farm Irrigation in Kansas...1153 
Vetch and Other Crops.1153 
Crops . 1154 
Horses or Tractor.1155 
Corn Ear-Worm. 1155 
Corn-husking Machines .1155 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings.1156 
Hope Farm Notes. 1158 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Holstein-Friesian Cow.1149, 1150 
The Leghorn vs. the Red.1150 
An Ohio Feeding Cart.1150 
Your Money’s Worth in a Bull.1164 
Dairying in Colorado. 1165 
A Good New York Herd.1165 
Boston Milk Market. 1166 
A Plain Silo Tale. 1166 
Silo for Small Herd.1166 
Silage for Winter Ration. 1166 
Dishorning Calves; Mare with Heaves.1167 
Failing Cow. 1167 
Shoe Boil . 1167 
Gadfly Grubs . 1167 
A Remedy for Infectious Abortion in Cattle. 1168 
Breeding Purebred Stock.1168 
Sow Eats Chickens.1168 
The Hen Contest. 1169 
Sick Turkeys .1169 
Roup .1169 
Care of Geese.1169 
Care of Peafowls.. ...1169 
Hens with Eye Trouble...1169 
HORTICULTURE. 
A Parasite for San Jose Scale.1151- 
Winter Protection of Hydrangeus and Roses. 1152 
Prospects in Quince Culture.1152 
Fall Garden Notes. 1154 
A Year’s Bush-Fruit Record.1155 
Fall Radishes . 1155 
Potash for the Orchard.1155 
Propagating Red Raspberries.1155 
Lima Beans Do Not Set.1157 
Greenhouse Construction... 1157 
Squash Borer .]ll59 
Medicinal Use of Dogbane.1159 
Harvesting Lavender . 1159 
Violet Stem-Rot . 1159 
White Blackberries .. 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 1162 
Starch Beads . 1162 
Crystals in Jelly. 1162 
The Rural Patterns.1163 
Oiled Pickles; Tomato Sweet Pickles.1163 
Peanut Roast.1163 
Concerning Bacon Fat.1163 
Cookies .1163 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Garbage Burners . 1150 
Windmill Power for Electricity.!ll51 
Wet Battery for Gasoline Engine.1153 
Marketing Small Lots. 1155 
Skunk Farming .. 
Work of Powder Post Beetle.””.1155 
Events of the Week.1156 
New Method of Curing Fish. .1157 
Editorials .1160, 1161 
Boston Market Review..1167 
Publisher’s Desk .[.".1170 
MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Endinsr Oct. 17, 1913. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, extra, lb. 30 @ 31 
Good to Choice . 27 @ 29 
Lower Grades. 23 @ 26 
Storage . 25 @ 30 
State Dairy, best. 29 ® 30 
Common to Good. 24 @ 28 
Factory. 21 @ 24 
Packing Stock. 21 ® 24 
Elgin, Ill., butter market firm at 29^ cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 30 cents. 
CHEESE, 
Whole Milk, best. 15 @ ]6»^ 
Common to Good . 12 ® 14 
Skims. 05 ® 11 
EGGS. 
White, choice to fancy, large . 45 ® 48 
Goodtoprime. 38 ® 42 
Mixed colors, best. 38 @ 40 
Common to good. 30 ® 35 
Storage, best. 26 ® 27 
Medium and low grades . 18 ® 22 
Western, best. 36 <§> 45 
Checks and dirties. 15 @ 20 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evap„ choice, . 03 ® 09 
Common to good . 06 ® 07 
Sun dried . 05 @ 05« 
Chops, 100 lbs. 2 00 @ 2 50 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples—Wealthy, bbL. 250 ®450 
Alexander . 2 50 ® 4 50 
Jonathan. 2 50 ® 4 50 
McIntosh . 3 00 @ 4 50 
Snow .. 2 25 @ 4 00 
Twenty Ounce . 2 25 @325 
•. 2 25 @3 50 
Hubbardstou. 2 00 @ 3 00 
Maiden Blush . 2 25 @ 3 00 
Greening . 2 00 @350 
WolX River. 2 50 @ 4 50 
Baldwm . 2 00 @3 25 
hall Pippin. 2 00 @3 00 
Uravenstein. 2 50 @3 75 
Windfalls, bbl. 100 @175 
1 ears-Bartlett, bbl. 3 00 @ 4 50 
Bose, bbl. 2 75 @3 75 
Clairgeau, bbl. 2 50 @3 50 
Anjou, bbl. 2 00 @ 3 00 
kieiler, bbl. 1 00 @ 3 00 
geckel, bbl. 3 00 @5 00 
Sheldon. 2 25 @ 3 60 
h lemish Beauty, bbl. 1 50 @ 2 50 
Plums, 81b, bkt. 10 @ 25 
Quinces, bbl. 3 00 @ 5 00 
Grapes—Concord, IS lb. case, . 60 @ 75 
Niagara, case . 75 ® 1 00 
Delaware, case. 75 @ 1 35 
1 ! bkt . 10 @ 11 
Cranberries, bbl . 5 00 @6 25 
.. BEANS. 
«» U*-. 6 20 @6.25 
. 4 06 @ 4 10 
Lima, California..... 6 06 @6 15 
HONEY. 
Clover, comb, lb. 15 @ 17 
Buckwheat, lb. ..... . .12 @ T 3 
Extracted, gallon...60 @ S6 
NUTS. 
Chestnut#, cultivated, bu. 2 00 @ 4 00 
8 heUbarks, n bu.’of 60 lbs"””"”.""” 2 50 @300 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 41 @ 44 
Common to good. 37 @ 40 
Pacific Coast . 28 @ 32 
Old stock. 15 @ 18 
German crop. 65 @ 70 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes—Long Island, bbl. 2 25 @ 2 50 
Jersey, bbl. 1 85 @ 2 00 
Maine. 1 75 @ 2 P0 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl. 75 @ 1 25 
Beets, bbl.1 00 @ 1 75 
Brussel sprouts, qt. 08 @ 15 
Carrots, bbl. 1 25 @ 1 75 
Cucumbers, bu. 100 @ 150 
Cabbage, ton.20 00 @25 00 
Sweet Corn, 100 . 50 @ 1 00 
Cauliflower, bbl. 2 00 @3 00 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 25 @ 0 75 
Lima Beans, bu. 75 @ 1 50 
Okra, bn. 1 50 @ 2 00 
Onions—State and W’n, 100 lb. bag.... 150 @2 00 
Orange Co.. 100 lb bag . 1 50 @ 2 00 
Peppers. Jersey, bbl. 25 @ 1 25 
Peas. Virginia, bu. 1 00 ® 2 75 
Radishes, 100 bunches . 50 @ 1 00 
String Beans, bu. 60 @ 1 50 
Squash, marrow, bbl. 60 @ 76 
Hubbard, bbl. 1 00 @ 1 25 
Egg Plants, Jersey, bbl,. 75 @ 1 25 
Tomatoes, Jersey, box. 25 @ 75 
Turnips, white, bbl. 125 @ 1 75 
Rutabaga . 75 @ 1 12 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens, broilers lb. 14 @ 15 
Fowls . 14 @ 15 
Roosters. 11 @ 11}£ 
Ducks. 15 @ 19 
Geese. 12 @ 13 
Turkeys. 14 @ 17 
Guineas, pair. 65 @ 70 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, fresh killed, best . 20 @ 22 
Common to good. 16 @ 18 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb. 25 @ 26 
Broilers, common to good . 21 @ 23 
Roasters, fancy. 27 @ 28 
Fowls. 17 @ 19j$ 
Squabs, doz... 1 00 @4 25 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay. Timothy No. L ton ..21 00 @21 50 
Standard.19 50 @20 50 
No. 2.19 00 @20 00 
No. 3 .15 00 @18 00 
Clover mixed.16 00 @18 00 
Straw, Rye .19 00 @20 00 
Oat.ID 00 @1100 
MILLFEKD. 
Wheat Bran, ton.23 00 @24 50 
Middlings .27 00 @28 00 
Red Dog.30 00 @31 00 
Corn Meal.31 00 @32 00 
Linseed Meal.32 00 @32 50 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 740 @865 
Bulls. 4 50 @6 30 
Cows. 3 00 @ 5 75 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs. 9 00 @12 00 
Culls .. 4 00 @700 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 3 00 @ 4 75 
Lambs. 6 75 @ 7 36 
Hogs. 8 00 @ 9 00 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 1, Northern Spring. 92^@ 
No. 2, Red . 96 @ .. 
No. 2, Hard Winter. 93y@ 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 75 @ 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 45 @ 
Rye . 70 ® 
77 
46 
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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. 48 @ 55 
Mixed colors, new laid. 40 @ 45 
Ordinary grades. 25 @ 30 
Butter, fancy prints, lb. 38 @ 40 
Tub, choice. 30 @ 35 
Chickens, roasting, lb,. 30 @ 32 
Fowls. 22 @ 25 
BOSTON WHOLESALE PRICES, 
Butter, nearby creamery. 33 @ 34 
Western creamery. 30 @ 31 
Eggs, nearby hennery. 48 @ 50 
Gathered fresh. 35 @ 42 
Dressed Poultry—Fowls.. 20 @ 21 
Roasters. 25 @ 27 
Apples—Baldwin, bbl. 2 50 @3 50 
Greening . 3 00 @ 3 50 
King 1.3 (JO @350 
Wealthy. 3 00 @ 4 00 
McIntosh. 5 ID @ 6 00 
Hay—No. 1.22 00 @23 0U 
No. 2. 1910 @20 00 
No. 3.16 00 @17 00 
Stock Hay..14 00 @15 80 
Straw—Rye .IS 00 @20 00 
Millfeed—Bran, ton.25 50 @26 75 
Middlings.28 00 @30 00 
Mixed Feed.27 00 @29 50 
Gluten .30 00 @31 50 
Live Stock—Milch Cows.50 00 @125 00 
Beef Cows, 100 lbs . 3 50 
Steers . 7 25 
Calves, 100 lbs. . 5 00 
Hogs, 100 lbs. 8 50 
& 450 
@9 00 
@ 9 75 
@ 9 00 
BUSINESS NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
Vermont tapped 5,076,375 maple trees 
this year, making 6,682,063 pounds of 
sugar aud 455,403 gallons of syrup. 
Available trees not tapped were 4,808,947. 
The Wells Fargo financial statement for 
the fiscal year ending June 30 last, after 
six months competition with parcel post, 
showed a decrease in earnings of $396,- 
248. 
Montana’s agricultural products will 
amount to more than $70,000,000 this 
year, at least $6,000,000 in excess of last 
year. 
In an effort to build up the live stock 
industry along its lines the Southern 
Railway periodically issues a bulletin 
telling of stock for sale or exchange aud 
of stock desired to be purchased. The 
bulletin is compiled from information 
furnished by stock owners, and copies are 
mailed to over 15,000 farmers aud deal¬ 
ers. Through this bulletin a large num¬ 
ber of sales have been made, and many 
farmers have been enabled to get stock of 
just the type they desired. 
W. N. Yost, trustee from Southern 
Idaho of the Potato Distributers’ Associa- 
ton, says: 
“The growers of Idaho had practically 
decided that 60 cents was all the buyers 
would pay and were just ready to sell 
when the distributers stepped in. After 
three weeks of aggressive organization by 
the distributers the buyers offered 75 cents, 
then 80 cents, then 90, and now they are 
offering as high as $1.00. Here is a dif¬ 
ference of 40 cents on 5,000 cars, amount¬ 
ing to $700,000, which will all gravitate 
to the grower. Last year the State 
shipped nearly 7,000 cars. Hundreds of 
cars rotted in the fields. Commission 
firms and brokers have literally feasted on 
the growers for years.” 
The snow and cold weather of October 
14 did great damage to Cape Cod cran¬ 
berries, some growers estimating that 
50,000 barrels of the inspected fruit has 
been ruined. 
. There are 48 wood pulp mills operat¬ 
ing in Canada at present. In 1912 they 
used 864,000 cords of wood, making 682,- 
000 tons of pulp. The United States 
bought 219,000 tons at an average value 
of $17.00 per ton. 
FEEDING PROBLEMS. 
A Milk Ration. 
What should be fed with silage (from 
well matured corn) to produce a good 
flow of milk with least cost of feed? I 
have mixed hay (Timothy and clover), 
dry corn fodder and corn and cob meal. 
I can purchase from my dealer about all 
kinds of feed including some so-callei' 
balanced dairy feeds. e. w. k. 
Mainland, I J a. 
M ith silage, mixed hay, corn stover, 
and corn and cob meal you have a good 
foundation for an economical dairy ra¬ 
tion and do not need to purchase one 
already balanced. Your home-grown 
feeds are all deficient in protein, or the 
chief milk-making ingredient of food, and 
you will, therefore, have to supplement 
them with purchased protein. The form 
in which you can best afford to purchase 
this protein depends upon the market 
prices of the feeds containing it, and 
will vary from time to time. In my own 
market, buckwheat middlings, cotton¬ 
seed meal, and gluten feed have recently 
been the most economical of the protein 
carriers available, and any one of them 
mixed with equal parts by weight of 
either wheat bran, wheat middlings, or 
mixed wheat feed and corn and cob meal, 
one third of each, would make a well bal¬ 
anced grain ration to feed with your 
roughage. With your corn and cob meal 
as a foundation you should add one part 
of some one of the wheat products and 
one part of some high protein feed to 
make a well balanced mixture. Aside from 
the three high protein feeds first men¬ 
tioned, the following are usually avail¬ 
able: Oil meal, Brewer’s and Distiller’s 
dried grains, and Malt sprouts. You 
should note the guaranteed protein con¬ 
tent of each and purchase the one that 
will give you the most protein for your 
money; with me it has recently been 
either cotton-seed meal or buckwheat 
middlings, the latter being a local pro¬ 
duct and consequently comparatively 
cheap. M . B . D . 
Ration for Bull. 
Would you balance several good feed 
rations for a registered Holstein bull? 
This bull is about one and one-half years 
old and heads a herd of ten cows. The 
roughage I have on hand consists of oat 
and pea hay, black grass hay, corn fod¬ 
der, sugar beets and mangel beets. As 
this is such a young animal, weighing 
about 600 pounds, and will be used for 
service shortly I wish to have a ration 
which will keep him in good growing and 
breeding condition. The following are 
some of the feeds which I am feeding: 
dried brewers grains, $25 per ton, hominy 
feed, $30, corn and oat feed, $32, bran 
$31 and oil meal, $3S. k. g. 
Barnegat, N. J. 
The main things necessary to keep a 
bull in good breeding condition are ample 
nourishment and exercise. A ration for 
a cow giving 'a moderate flow of milk 
would do very well for a young growing 
bull like this, though a somewhat wider 
ration might be a little better. Give him 
what roughage he will eat with good 
relish, preferably the oat and pea hay, 
though this, is not of vital importance, 
also give six to eight quarts of beets 
twice daily. For a grain ration mix 100 
pounds dried brewers’ grains, 100 pounds 
corn and oat feed, and 25 pounds oil 
meal Feed three or four quarts of this 
mixture daily. Another good ration 
would be 100 pounds bran, 100 pounds 
hominy feed and 25 pounds oil meal. Be 
sure to give the animal exercise every 
day, but do not allow him to run with 
the herd when cows are in heat. 
c. L. M. 
Skim-milk for Colts. 
I have a Spring colt which will be 
weaned in October. Would you discuss 
the advisability of feeding such a colt 
separator skim-milk from the time of 
weaning through the first Winter? 
Connecticut. h. l. m. 
It is quite usual to feed sweet skim- 
milk to a. weaned colt, and especially to 
one that is to make a stallion or show 
horse. A colt will soon learn to drink 
skim-milk if water is withheld and the 
milk is placed in a pail in the manger 
where the colt is kept tied up for a time. 
Feed small quantities at first aud watch 
the bowels carefully. Care must be taken 
to avoid causing scours, and the next 
point of importance is to avoid causing 
“pot belly,” which comes on when a colt 
is overfed skim-milk for a prolonged pe¬ 
riod. It is imperative to feed a full ra¬ 
tion of crushed oats and wheat bran 
along with best of hay (mixed clover 01 
Alfalfa) in addition to skim-milk, and a 
very good way of feet ling the milk is to 
use it for the wetting of crushed oats 
and bran. Indeed, that has been found 
the better plan on one great horse-rais¬ 
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