1913. 
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CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, November 8 , 1913. 
FARM TOPICS. 
That 30-Cent Dollar.1198 
Importance of Crop Rotation.1199 
A Practical Drainage Talk.1199 
Indian Buckwheat. 1201 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings.1202 
Killing Grain Insects.1204 
A Barn Plan. 1204 
Competition in Canadian Farm Products.... 1204 
Crops .1205 
Hope Farm Notes. 1206 
World Crops .1209 
Ohio Notes. ........1215 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
A Talk About Dairy Cows.1197, 1198 
Guinea Pigs.1203 
The Turkey Question.1203 
Poisoning Hawks Through Chickens.1203 
Ferrets as Rat Catchers.1203 
Starting a Business Dairy Herd.1212 
Stock Farming in Iowa. Part 1.1212 
Live Stock Notes.1212 
Kingbone . 1212 
Cow Out of Condition. ,...1212 
Milking Machine and Sour Milk.1213 
Trouble with Churning.1213 
Irish Co-operative Creameries.1213 
Goat’s Milk .1213 
Dairy Type Cows.1213 
Live Stock Prices.1213 
A Small Cheese Business.1214 
Terrier with Sore Eyes.1214 
Urinary Difficulty.1214 
Hog Lice .1214 
Fall Care of Sheep.1216 
Horse Attacking Cow.1216 
The Egg-laying Contest.1217 
Ration for Laying Hens.1217 
Boiled Water for Hens.1217 
Sprouted Oats; Brooding Large Flocks.1217 
HORTICULTURE. 
Hoart of the Apple Country. Part II.1198 
Storing Celery for Winter Use.1198 
Exhibition and Boxing Apples.1200 
Persian and North China Peaches.1200 
Culture of English Filberts.1200 
Strawberries and Fish worms.1201 
Pennsylvania Apple Notes.1205 
Yuccas and Azalea Mollis.1207 
Bark Splits on Apple Trees.1207 
Transplanting Large Apple Trees.1207 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.1210 
Use of Fruit Syrup.1210 
Canning Fish in Washington.1210 
More About Starch Beads.1210 
The Rural Patterns. 1211 
Canned Sweet Potatoes; Preserved Green 
Tomatoes; Caramel Cake.1211 
Popcorn Recipes .1211 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Making a Will. 
Catarrh . 
Packing a Water Pipe. 
Events of the Week. 
Editorials . 
Leaking Tank. 
Boston Market Review. 
Publisher’s Desk. 
.1201 
.1201 
.1201 
.1202 
1208, 1209 
.1204 
.1215 
.1218 
MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending Oct. 31, 1913. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, extra, lb. 32 @ 
Good to Choice . 29 @ 
Lower Grades. 24 @ 
Storage . 25 @ 
State Dairy, best. 30 @ 
Common to Good. 24 @ 
Faotory. 21 @ 
Paoking Stock. 21 @ 
Elgin, 111., butter market firm at 30».f cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 32 cents. 
CHEESE, 
Whole Milk, best. 
Common to Good . 
Skims. 
EGGS. 
White, choice to fancy, large 
Good to prime.. 
Mixed colors, best. 
Common to good. 
8 torage. best. 
Medium and low grades . 
Western, best. 
Checks and dirties. 
15 @ 
12 @ 
05 © 
50 @ 
40 @ 
40 @ 
30 @ 
26 @ 
18 @ 
42 @ 
18 @ 
33 
31 
28 
31 
31 
29 
24 
23 
16 
14 
11 
54 
45 
42 
35 
27 
22 
45 
21 
T Hi E RURAL 
Cabbage. Danish seed, ton.20 00 @22 00 
Domestic ..15 00 @18 00 
Red . 20 no @25 no 
Cauliflower, bbl. 100 @2 25 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 50 @2 50 
Lima Beans, bu. 50 @ 2 00 
Okra, bu. 1 50 @ 2 00 
Onions—White, 100 lb. bag. 2 00 @3 00 
Red. 100 lb bag . 1 50 @ 2 00 
Peppers. Jersey, bbl. 40 @ 1 25 
Peas, Virginia, bu. 1 00 @2 00 
Radishes. 100 bunches . 50 @ 1 00 
String Beans, bn... 25 @2 00 
Squash, marrow, bbl . 75 @1 25 
Hubbard, bbl. 1 00 @ 1 50 
Egg Plants. Jersey, bbl,. 75 @ 1 25 
Tomatoes. Jersey, box. 50 @2 00 
Turnips, white, bbl. |~T5 @125 
Rutabaga . 50 @ 1 12 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens, broilers lb. 15 @ 16 
Fowls. 14 @ ig 
Roosters. fi @ 
Dncks. 18 @ 21 
Geese. 13 @ 14 
Turkeys. 16 @ 18 
Guineas, pair. 05 @ 70 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, fresh killed, best . 23 @ 25 
Common to good. 16 @ 20 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb. 25 @ 26 
Broilers, common to good . 21 @ 23 
Roasters, fancy. 27 @ 28 
. II @ 18 
Squabs, doz. 1 00 ® 4 25 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay. Timothy No. 1. ton . 20 00 @21 00 
Standard.18 50 @19 50 
No. 2.nan @18 50 
No. 3. 1300 @16 0(1 
Clover mixed. 13 0U @19 00 
Straw. Rye .16 50 @18 00 
Oat..:.uoo @12 00 
MJLLFKED. 
Wheat Bran, ton.24 00 @26 00 
Middlings .27 00 @2S 00 1 
Red Dog.29 00 @30 00 
Corn Meal.3i 90 @32 00 
Linseed Meal. 31 50 @32 00 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 5 00 @885 
Butls. 4 50 @ 6 25 
Cows.300 @565 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs. 9 00 @12 50 
Culls . 4 00 @ 7 00 
Sbeep. 100 1 bs. 3 00 @ 4 50 
Lambs. 6 75 @7 75 
Hogs. guy @8 50 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 1, Northern Spring. 96 @ 
No. 2, Red . 98 @ 
No. 2. Hard Winter. 96 @ .. 
Corn, as to quality, bnsh. . 75 @ SO 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 45 @ 46 
Rye . 70 @ 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. 55 @ 60 
Mixed colors, new laid. 45 @ 50 
Ordinary grades. 25 @ 30 
Butter, fancy prints, lb. 38 @ 42 
Tub, choice. 30 @ 36 
Chickens, roasting, lb.. 30 @ 32 
Fowls. 22 @ 25 
BOSTON WHOLESALE PRICES, 
Butter, nearby creamery 
Western creamery .. 
Eggs, nearby hennery_ 
Gathered fresh. 
Dressed Poultry—Fowls. 
Roasters. 
Potatoes. 2 bu. bag. 
Apples—Baldwin, bbl. .. 
Greening . 
Ilubbardston. 
Wealthy. 
McIntosh. 
Hay—No. 1. 
No. 2. 
No. 3. 
Stock Hay.. 
Straw—Rye . 
Millfeed—Bran, ton. 
Middlings. 
Mixed Feed. 
Gluten . 
Live Stock—Milch Cows . 
Beef Cows, 100 lbs ... 
Steers . 
Calves. 190 lbs. 
Hogs, 100 lbs. 
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BUSINESS NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evap„ choice, . 08 
Common to good . 06 
Sun dried . 05 
Chops, 100 lbs. 2 00 
@ 09>4 
@ 07 
@ 0634 
@2 25 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples—Wealthy, bbl. 
Jonathan. 
McIntosh . 
Snow. . 
Twenty Ounce ... 
King. 
11 nbbardston. 
Greening . 
Wolf River. 
Baldwin. 
Windfalls, bbl. 
Pears-Bartlett, bbl. 
Bose, bbl. 
Olairgeau, bbl.. 
Anjou, bbl. 
Kieffer, bbl. 
Seckel, bbl. 
Sheldon. 
Quinces, bbl. 
Grapes—Concord, 18 lb. case, . 
Niagara, case . , 
Delaware, case. 
Black, 41b. bkt. 
Bulk, ton. 
Cranberries, bbl . 
.. 2 50 @ 4 50 j 
.. 2 50 @ 5 00 
.. 3 00 @ 550 3 
.. 2 25 @ 4 00 , 
.. 2 25 @ 3 50 
.. 2 50 @3 50 
.. 2 00 @ 3 25 
.. 2 00 @ 4 00- 
.. 2 50 @ 4 50 
.. 2 00 @ 3 50 
.. 1 00 @ 1 50 
.. 3 00 @ 3 50 
.. 3 00 @ 5 00 
.. 2 50 @ 4 00 
. 2 00 @ 3 50 
. 1 00 @ 3 00 
.. 3 00 @5 50 
. - 3 50 @ 4 £0 
.. 3 00 @ 5 00 
. 90 @ 1 00 
. 1 00 @ 1 25 
.. 100 @ 125" 
16 @ 17 
60 00 @ 70 00 
,. 5 00 © 0 50 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs.. 
Medium. 
Pea .7. '.’.'.".".".’.'.I'.'.'. 
Red Kidney.77.".!....!... 
Lima, California. 
n . HONEY. 
Clover, comb, lb. 
Buckwheat, lb. 
Extracted, gallon...77.7.7.7.’.... 
NUTS. 
Chestnuts, cultivated, bu. 
Wild, bu. 
Shellbarks, bu. of 50 lbs. 
p . HOPS. 
Pnme to choice. 
Common to good.!.!! 
Pacific (.(oast . 
Old stock. 
Gorman crop. 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes—Long Island, bbl. 
Jersey, bbl. 
Maine. 
State, bulk, ISO lbs. !7.77.77777. 
European, 168 lb. bag. 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl. 
Beets, bbl. ..... . 
Brussel sprouts', at. 77.7 7.7.7.. 
Carrots, bbl. ..... 
Cucumbers, bu.7.7.77.....77. 
5 30 @ 5.60 
3 95 @ 4 00 
3 50 @ 4 00 
4 75 @ 5 75 
6 05 @ 6 10 
•13 @ .17J6 
.12 @ .13 
■60 @ .85 
2 00 @ 3 50 
3 50 @ 4 00 
2 00 @2 50 
43 @ 46 
37 @ 4‘J 
28 @ 30 
15 @ 18 
65 @ 70 
2 50 @ 2 75 
2 00 @2 10 
1 76 @ 2 I'O 
2 10 @ 2 25 
1 50 @ 1 75 
1 00 @1 50 
1 00 @ 1 75 
96 @ 15 
1 25 @ 1 75 
1 00 @ 2 00 
The Toronto city authorities have 
passed the following, which will be voted 
on by the people of the city January 1: 
“Are you in favor of the city engaging in 
the dead meat trade to supply retails s, 
and of raising $200,000 by an issue *’ de¬ 
bentures in order to carry on this busi¬ 
ness ?” 
Portland, Oregon, sent nearly 1,000,000 
bushels of grain to California during Oc¬ 
tober. 
At the International Soil Products Ex¬ 
position. held at Tulsa, Okla., Paul Cor- 
laek, of Saskatchewan, won the first 
prize, a $1,200 thrashing machine for the 
best bushel of hard wheat. Six other 
prizes out of IS went to Canadian farm¬ 
ers. 
Three cargoes, about 000,000 bushels, 
of corn from Argentina w : U soon be 
shipped to Galveston, Texas. It can be 
delivered there to sell about 10 cents per 
bushel less than our home grown corn 
this year. 
Japan has bought 150,000 bales of 
Texas cotton thus far this year, more than 
ever before. Japanese firms have buying 
headquarters in several cities of the 
State, and their agents have been active 
in the producing sections. 
The Texas Farmers’ Union is making 
a strong effort to get the cotton ginning 
of tiie State on a cooperative basis. There 
are now 4.(UK) gins in Texas, making a 
profit of about $10,000,000, which could 
be saved to the farmers by practical co¬ 
operation. 
A cargo of choice butter, now on its 
way from New Zealand, will be landed 
on the Pacific coast at 30*4 cents, duty 
paid. The retailers in the various coast 
cities will pay about 34 cents. Under 
the present favorable tariff conditions 
Australia and New Zealand will make 
a strong bid for our Western trade, and 
if necessary will probably cut down the 
initial price below the 2S cent figure they 
now receive. 
.^\ v'-V OR KTE re 
Ta iNm-Wa v 
AIR COOLED ENGINE 
You want the most simple, durable and economical engine made 
THEN BUY 
THE “NEW-WAY” AIR COOLED ENGINE 
IT “GOES AND GOES RIGHT” 
HAS TWO; IF NEEDED, ANOTHER WOULD BE 
A “ NEW-WAY ” 
Carthage, N. Y. 
„ -May 10.1913. 
Gentlemen : 
I bought from the Wilna Machine Co-, of 
Carthage, one of your 3'e H . P. “NKW-WAY” AIR¬ 
COOLED Engines, about 3 years ago. I have used it 
for threshing, grinding feed, and sawing wood. In 
the 3 years that I have used it. 1 have not paid out 
one cent for repairs, except for dry cells. About a 
year ago I bought the second 3 X 3 H. P. of the same 
Company to put into dairy and house-work with it. 
We separate milk, churn and run the washing ma¬ 
chine anil wring the clothes. I make all the adjust¬ 
ments necessary to keep the engine in perfect running 
order, and have not called on the Company for any 
assistance. If I was in need of another gasoline 
engine, I should certainly buy tiie third “NEW- 
WAY.” 
Respectfully yonrs 
Geo. M. Shafty 
WRITE FOR CATALOG 95 
__ .. TBE N^ffWW McmCcMfMt 
140 Shendian St., Ljutsikg, Michigan. as. a. 140 Sheridian St., 
OWN THE 5-H. P. 
MOGUL AT $125.00 
30 DAYS’ TRIAL 
TIIE MOGUL AT $125.00 fa the winner for an all around 
Farm Eiijrine. It will run any machinery that can lie run 
with b-hot aepower, such as sawing wood, grinding feed, 
threshing, etc., and will alao run the cream separator churn 
and other small machinery Just aa well as a smaller engine. 
It s a compact, husky, durable engiue that will please you. 
Every day you use it yon will like it better and better. We 
want one *»f these engines in every locality right uow, and 
to the first buyer in each locality we ntake a sjiecial pro¬ 
position. Tell us the size of your farm and get this special 
offer. We have all sizes—engines 1 to LOO-horsepower. 
Sold on 30 days * trial 
R. WATERLOO GASOLINE ENGINE WORKS 
200 FULTON STREET, NEW YORK CITY 
WANTED-A MAN! 
We deal with merchants and farmers. 
We want an office man to help sell, to 
help advertise, to help in correspon¬ 
dence and to grow up to a responsible 
position. If he was brought up on a 
farm, with some scientific and news- 1 
paper training, so much the better. 
No bonanza in salary to begin with, but 
an active, interesting and basic occupa¬ 
tion with good people and a great future j 
dependingonthe man. Address with the 
fullest of particulars, stating age and 
references which will be regarded ascon- 
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• Miawuri v. uzr. lo/o. FRANK W. GODWIN 
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Solicited. 34 & 30 l>ittle 12th 8t„ York* 
W N* T JEJS JTD 
Poultry. Fancy Eggs, Chestnuts &SSiellbarks 
WM. H. COHEN & CO.. - 229 Wasbrngian St.. New Yerk 
Poultry for Thanksgiving 
FANCY EGGS. HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS, APPLES. AND ALL 
FRUITS ANO VEGETABLES. 
Top Pricks for Choice Goods 
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FOR 
A CHRISTMAS PRESENT 
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each and we will send you 
50 ENGRAVED NAME CARDS 
AND COPPER PLATE 
one line, name only, in neat script type— 
good quality card. 
We cannot guarantee delivery of 
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These articles are not given with a 
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of cash, for extending the subscription 
list of the R. N.-Y. 
WANTED AT ONCE '' orkl " g Superintendent 
■ niblf HI VI1VC f or (’ oun try place and 
farm, located Northern New Jersey 40 miles from 
New York. Must be experienced in General Farm¬ 
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preferred, whose wife will assume charge of small dairy. 
In answering stnre ajre, nationality, experience, wnsjes 
wanted, etc. References must be of thebest. X. Y. Z. e R.N-Y. 
Herdsman WanfA/I~ 0 ” e fatmliar with Jersey 
nerasman wanted cattle Good mUker and 
feeder. Small but choice herd. Eleven now entered 
for advanced registry. Married man preferred. Can 
occupy new, neat cottage. Position open December 
1st. Address, giving references and wages expected, 
WM. M. HARRIS. Deep Spring Farms. Wallpack Center, N. J 
Wanted—Position as Manager or Foreman 
on large commercial stock or dairy farm where own¬ 
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marketing and necessary adjuncts. Will take posi¬ 
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* WdH/eU Experienced farm hand, un¬ 
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to milk, but, not a rapid milker. Best reference 
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WANTED— After Nov. 1, A HERDSMAN, married, expe- 
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milk cows, with helper, house, garden and mils. 
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-95 CENTS ROLL—108 Feet. 
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