1913. 
THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
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CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, Nov. 15, 1913. 
FARM TOPICS. 
The New Potato Disease...1222 
Clover Seed in the Soil.1223 
Gathering the Corn Crop.1224 
Crops . 1224 
Ohio News.1224 
Crops .1225 
New Jersey Farmers’ Institutes.1227 
Notes and Comments.1227 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings.1228 
Hope Farm Notes......1230 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Use of Fireless Brooders.1229 
Standard Weight of Poultry.1229 
Molting Pullets.1229 
Farm Horses for New York.1236 
Truth About Pure Breeds.1236 
Six Premium Grade Holsteins.1236 
The Hight Cost of Milk.1236 
Use of Hog Cholera Serum.1237 
Stock Farming in Iowa.1237 
Automobile and Milk.1237 
Live Stock and Dairy Prices.1237 
Oxen on the Mowing Machine.1238 
Sell Your Hogs Direct...1238 
Live Stock Notes.1238 
A Fine Ayrshire Cow.1239 
Michigan Dairy Act.1239 
The Cost of a Quart of Milk.1239 
Handling Balky Horses.1240 
Crooked Colt .1240 
Swellings .1240 
Positions of the Ears.1240 
Death of Cow.1240 
The Egg-laying Contest.1241 
A Hen and Fruit Partnership.1241 
A Barron Poultry Mash.1241 
Poultry Shipments .1241 
Removing Rooster’s Spurs.1241 
HORTICULTURE. 
Origin of the Elberta Peach.1222, 1223 
Winter Homes of Common Insect Pests.1223 
Transplanting Asparagus and Raspberries... 1224 
Baby Rambler Bose.1227 
The Other Side of Scale Parasites. 1228 
Propagation Privet and Small Fruit.1231 
Rot in Tomatoes. 1231 
Culture of Lavender. . 1231 
Rank-growing Orchard.1231 
WOMAN AND'' THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.1234 
Winter Squash .!!!!!. 1234 
The Rural Patterns.1111! 1235 
Three Homemade Confections. .1235 
The Screened Porch. 1235 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Concrete Bridges ... 
A Labor-saving Wash-house.!.. 
Condemnation of Property for School Pur- 
1222 
1222 
poses ... 
Duties of Owner of Life Estate.!.".’ 
Rochester, N. Y., Markets. 
Events of the Week. 
Quicksand in Well.!!!!!!!! 
Getting Acquainted with Poison Ivy 
Editorials .. 
Publisher’s Desk. 
.1225 
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.1226 
.1227 
.1227 
1232, 1233 
.1242 
. MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending Nov. 7, 1913. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, extra, lb. 30 © 33 
Good to Choice . 29 @ 31 
Lower Grades. 24 <a 28 
Storage . 25 @ 31 
.State Dairy, best. 3 0 @ 31 
Common to Good. 24 @ 29 
I actory ■ 19 ^ 03 
Packing Stock. 19 © 22 
Elgin, III., butter market Arm at S0-y cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 33 cents. 
CHEESE, 
Whole Milk, best. 15 © jg 
Common to Good . 12 @ 14 
Sklms . 04 ® 11 
EGGS. 
White, choice to fancy, large . 54 © «* 
Goodtoprime...! 45 @ 52 
Mixed colors, best. 42 @ 45 
Common to good.!.' 35 © 49 
Storage, best. 27 ® 29 
Medium and low grades . 18 @ “>4 
Western, best. 42 © 45 
Checks and dirties. is <a vi 
DRIED FRUITS."" 
Apples, evap., choice, . OS @ 0916 
Common to good . 06 © 07 
Sun dried . 05 © 
Chops, 100 lbs. 2 U0 @2 2 d 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples—Spitzenburg, bbl. 2 50 ® 3 50 
Jonathan. 2 50 @ 5 00 
gPy. 2 00 @ 4 00 
Snow . 2 25 @400 
Twenty Ounce . 2 25 @350 
Hubbardston. 2 00 @325 
Windfalls, bbl. 100 @ 150 
l ears—Bartlett, bbi. 3 00 © 550 
Bose, bbl. .. 3 00 @ 6 50 
Clairgeau, bbl. 2 50 @ 4 On 
Anjou, bbl. . 3 00 @ 3 50 
i 1 "’ K ?, 1 . 1 00 ® 3 00 
Quinces, bbl. 3 00 @ 5 00 
Grapes—Concord. 20 lb. bkt. 65 @ 75 
Niagara, 41b. bkt . 18 @ «*> 
Black, 41b. bkt.. IS © 29 
Bu lk, ton ..60 00 @75 00 
Cranberries, Cape Cod, bbl. 5 75 @ g 50 
Long Island, bbl.»} 00 @ 6 75 
Jersey, bbl. 7 00 @ g 25 
Jersey, crate . I 75 @ 3 00 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 5 00 @ 5.40 
2?®? lun * . 3 90 @3 95 
Hsd Kidney... 4 75 (Si ^ mi 
Lima, California.!.!. 6 05 @6 10 
HONEY. 
Clover cpmb, lb. 13 @ A7 x 
Buckwheat, lb...,.. 10 © 
Extracted, gallon..60 @ .So 
NUTS. 
Chestnuts, bu... 2 00 © 4 no 
■ ’hellbarks, bu. of 50 lbs. 2 DO @ 2 75 
Butternuts, bu. 50 @ 60 
Black walnuts, bu. 60 @ 90 
o , HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 43 © 47 
Common to good. 37 @ 42 
Old stock...,,.,... lii jo 
German crop.!!!”.*! 65 @ 70 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes-Long Island, bbl.. 2 25 @2 60 
Jersey, bbl... . 175 (a! •> do 
Maine, 180 lbs. 2 00 @2 25 
State, bulk, ISO lbs. 2 00 @ 2 10 
d»A U .T pean ’ 168 lb ’ bag . 1 50 @ 1 75 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl. 75 © 1 *>5 
Beets, bbl. to?, ^ { 7 ? 
Brussel sprouts, qt. (=6 @ 12 
Carrots, bbl. .............. 125 © 1 511 
Cucumbers, bu. '..'.'.'.‘.V. 100 @ 2 00 
Cabbage. Danish seed, ton.18 00 @20 00 
Domestic .14 00 @15 00 
Red .20 1)0 @23 00 
Cauliflower, bbl. 100 @2 25 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 60 ® 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. 125 @150 
Peas. Virginia, bu. 1 00 @ 3 00 
Radishes, 100 bunches . 50 @ 1 00 
String Beans, bu. 1 00 @ 2 50 
Squash, marrow, bbl . 75 @1 00 
Hubbard, bbl. 1 00 @ 1 2o 
Egg Plants. Jersey, bbl,. 75 ® 1 UU 
Tomatoes. Jersey, box. 50 @2 00 
Turnips, white,bbl. 50 @ 75 
Rutabaga . 50 @ 1 00 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens, broilers lb. 12 @ 13 
Fowls . 12 @ 13 
Roosters .. 10 @ 11 
Ducks. 16 @ 21 
Geese. 13 © 14 
Turkeys. 16 @ 18 
Guineas, pair. 65 @ 70 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, fresh killed, best. 23 @ 25 
Common to good. 16 © 22 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb. 24 @ 25 
Broilers, common to good . 21 @ 23 
Roasters, fancy. 25 @ 26 
Fowls. 17 @ 19 
Squabs, doz. 1 00 @ 4 75 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay. Timothy No. 1. ton . 20 00 @21 00 
Standard.IS 50 @19 50 
No. 2.17 50 @18 50 
No. 3 .14 00 @16 00 
Clover mixed.13 00 @18 00 
Straw. Rye .16 50 @18 00 
Cat.noo @12 00 
MILLFEED. 
Wheat Bran, ton.24 00 @25 00 
Middlings .27 00 @2S 00 
Red Dog.29 00 @30 OU 
Corn Meal.3i 90 @32 00 
Linseed Meal.31 50 @32 00 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 600 @880 
Bulls. 4 50 @6 50 
Cows. 3 00 @ 6 00 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs.. 9 00 @12 50 
Culls .. 4 00 @7 00 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 3 00 ® 4 50 
Lambs. 7 00 @ 7 75 
Hogs. SOO @830 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 1. Northern Spring. 93 @ 
No. 2, Red . 98 @ .. 
No. 2. Hard Winter. 96 @ 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 75 @ 79 
Oats, as to weight, bush. .. 45 @ 46 
Rye . 68 @ 69 
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. 60 @ 65 
Mixed colors, new laid. 50 @ 55 
Ordinary grades. 35 ® 40 
Butter, fancy prints, lb. 38 @ 42 
Tub, choice. 30 @ 35 
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 . 
Hubbardston. 
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, 10O lbs ... 
Steers. 
Calves. 100 lbs. 
Hogs, 100 lbs. 
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grapes at 10 cents a pound. Peaches are 
about gone, a few small baskets retailing 
at 30 cents. They have been a great 
crop. There is still some sweet corn to 
be had at 25 cents a dozen retail. Spite 
of the short crop of field corn the sweet- 
corn supply has been good, at prices 
above most seasons. Cabbage is still high, 
retailing mostly at more than five cents 
a head. Some good Savoy cabbage is in 
market. It sells for a trifle more than 
the commoner sorts and is worth it, spite 
of the rather soft heads. Brussels sprouts 
are coming in. though the rule is not to 
harvest them till cold weather. Tomatoes 
and cucumbers are still offered in small 
lots at varying prices. Raisers of them 
have suffered from both drouth and frost. 
Seldom do we see such fine cauliflower 
as is shown at present. The heads are 
not large, but the color is perfect. It 
retails at 10 cents a head. Celery con¬ 
tinues to be plenty at ordinary prices, 10 
cents for a bunch of four or five plants. 
There is a good showing of carrots, 
onions, salsify and parsnips at five to 
eight cents a small measure. The crop 
of VY inter squash is as large as the musk 
melon crop was. but the quality is poor. 
The price is rather high, small sizes re¬ 
tailing at 10 to 15 cents, or about three 
cents a pound. Rutabagas have given 
way largely to flat turnips. Of late the 
rutabaga has been of poor quality and 
the flat turnip can hardly be said to pos¬ 
sess quality, as it is about as nearlv fla¬ 
vored water merely as auy known solid. 
There are still remnants of the immense 
cro P ib the baskets of prunes still 
offering at 10 to lo cents for various- 
sized baskets. It appears that the prune 
does not rot if kept in a reasonably dry 
state. The showing of endive indicates 
a growing use of it. It sells at two heads 
tor five cents, lettuce, three heads for 10 
When you write advertisers mention 
The R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply 
and a “square deal.” See guarantee 
editorial page. 
Maple Syrup Makers 
The Famous Evaporator 
used by principal syrup makers everywhere. Savin? of tim 
and fuel alone will pay for the outfit. Write for catalogue &n< 
state number of trees you tap. 
URlilM MHi. CO., 619-621 Champlain Are., Cleveland, Ohii 
Jcrsev Rf*fta~ - k ar£re * growthy pigs, 10 weeks 
"f/ old, $6 each. Older stock at cor¬ 
responding low prices. E. L. ALBERTSON, Hope, N. J. 
ROOFING 
-95 CENTS ROLL—108 Feet. 
Nails. Cement. RUBBER ROOFING 
CO., 5 Corllandt Street, New York 
Poultry for Thanksgiving 
FANCY EGGS, HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS, APPLES, AND ALL 
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 
Top Prices for Choice Goods 
ARCHDEACON & CO., 100 Murray St., New York 
Subscribers’ Exchange 
Complying with several suggestions received 
recently, we open a department here to enable 
RURAL NEW-YORKER readers to supply each 
other’s wants. If you want to buy or sell or 
exchange, make it known here. The Rate will 
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week. No display type used, and only Farm 
Products, Help and Positions Wanted admitted. 
For subscribers only. Dealers, jobbers and gen¬ 
eral manufacturers’ announcements not admitted 
here. 
FOR SALE—A fine pair of six-year-old horses; 
sound, kind and prompt workers or roadsters; 
color, bay: weight about 3,000 lbs. Price. $650. 
Can get nothing better. OWNER, care R. N.-Y., 
333 West 30th St., New York. 
WANTED—About 8 dozen strictly fresh eggs 
weekly; give price delivered. FAMILY, care 
R. N.-Y., 333 West 30th St., New York. 
WANTED—Fresh lettuce weekly by Parcel Post; 
state weight and price per head. M. C. MAY, 
200 West 71st St., New York. 
WANTED—Baldwin, King or Jonathan apples by 
the barrel or box; state price for all sound 
assorted fruit. G. BLACK, 903 West End Are.. 
New York. 
FARM WANTED—With good soil and location. 
F. S. MORTON, Freehold, New Jersey. 
WANTED—Experienced man for manager large 
orchards. Address “J.,” 95 Ann St., Hart¬ 
ford. Conn. 
WANTED—By reliable young American farmer, 
FARM ABOUT 100 ACRES, with commercial 
orchard, suitable small dairy, with stock ai 1 
equipment, to rent for year with option of buy¬ 
ing. Reference; security. Address. BOX 48. 
Wortendyke, New Jersey. 
WANTED TO BUY—A Well-improved and Fer¬ 
tile Farm near a town of not less than 12 000 
population. D. SCHAUB, Gen. Del., Ithaca. 
New York. 
YOUNG MAN (27). single, be ginner, desires 
work on farm within 100 miles of New York 
City, with opportunity to specialize (poultrv, 
fruit, etc.). J. C. A., 24 Cambridge Place, 
Brooklyn, New York. 
WANTED WORKING FARMER—Must be good 
milker, understand care of cattle and experi¬ 
enced in handling machinery. Extra help to 
board in summer. Farm at Poughkeepsie. New 
York. Cottage, garden, etc. References re¬ 
quired. JOHN G. PHEIL, 52 Broadway, New 
York City. 
WILL EXCHANGE—Barrel of Sweet Potatoes 
(yams or yellows) for Barrel of Apples. Ap¬ 
ply to H. C. WISE, Chesapeake. Virginia. 
EXPERIENCED DAIRYMAN — Single, wants 
position on private estate or in a small plant. 
Address, W. H. ASHLEY, West Chazy, N. Y. 
WANTED—Position managing farm. Practical. 
scientific; all branches: married. C. F., care 
R. N.-Y.. 333 West 30th St., New York. 
A YOUNG MAN, brought up ou a live-stock or 
dairy farm, with some study of live-stock 
husbandry, good address and some business tact, 
is wanted for a promising position. Address 
PERMANENT POSITION, "care THE R. N.-Y. 
333 West 30th St., New York. 
WANTED—Middle-aged man and wife, no chil¬ 
dren, to work ou Connecticut farm; woman, 
good plain cook, to care for farmhouse and own¬ 
er's family two days a week: man must under¬ 
stand farming. House room, fuel and fan i 
products furnished. State wages expected 
OWNER, care of R. N.-Y., 333 West 30th St.. 
New York. 
HERDSMAN WANTED—married: no children; 
herd registered Jerseys. Experienced in hand¬ 
ling for Advance Registry. State experience and 
references. Salary. §50: house and usual priv¬ 
ileges, with advancement to able, sober worker 
Write C. W. COGSWELL, 107 East 26th St. 
New York. • 
BUSINESS NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
The American Type Founders’ Com¬ 
pany, for the year ending August 1, made 
net profits of $352,499, or $18,968 more 
than the previous year. 
In 1912 railroads paid Texas $2,604,- 
881 in taxes; telephone companies, $94,- 
74S; electric light and gas companies, 
$74,365; street and interurban railways, 
$71,740; and water companies, $23,058. 
__ The United States assay office in New 
York made sales of gold bars amounting 
to $3,515,511 in October. For the 10 
months of 1913, the business was $2S,- 
7S5.686. 
The N. Y. State Attorney General has 
decided that the provision for licensing 
commission men applies to grain mer¬ 
chants. except in cases where the grain 
is sold for consumption and not resale. 
The French budget for 1914 will make 
necessary a loan of $260,000,000 to meet 
deficiencies. Military expenses including 
operations in Morocco, will be about 
$105,000,000. 
Arrangements are under way for build- 
iug a $10,000,000 cotton mill in Okla¬ 
homa. 
The lumber cut in Sawyer County, 
Wis., is likely to total 120.000,000 feet 
this year. 
BUFFALO MARKETS. 
The dearest article of food on the Buf¬ 
falo markets just now appears to be ap¬ 
ples. With the farmers getting $3 and 
better a barrel for good grades the city 
retailer is asking $1.50 per bushel for 
best Kings and at least $1 for Baldwins. 
The showing of apples is pretty good, al¬ 
though they are called scarce. The qual¬ 
ity of apples is much better than it was 
last year. Potatoes retail at $1 but are 
only about 60 cents to the farmer. On 
account of the market not being regular¬ 
ly established in time for shipping from 
the field direct a good many farmers are 
storing their potatoes, most of them ex¬ 
pecting big Spring prices. As a rule late 
potatoes here yielded better than the es¬ 
timate, unless they had been hit by frost. 
Grapes are still plenty at 75 cents a 
large handle basket, but thev have to 
compete with very attractive ' California 
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