1913. 
THE RUR.-A.lv REW -YORKER 
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CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, Nov. 22, 1913. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Building a Manure Pit.1246 
Interesting Experiment in Rotation.1246 
Alfalfa and Crab Grass.1248 
Fall Plowing in Dairy Country.1248 
Indian Buckwheat.1248 
Crops .1250 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings.1250 
Septic Tank for Farm Manure.1252 
Cover Crops in South Jersey.1253 
Using "Cultures” in Alfalfa.1253 
Hope Farm Notes...1254 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Guernsey Cow.1245, 1246 
Purebreds or Grades.1261 
The Cow Buyer.1261 
Feeding a Small Dairy Herd...1261 
Ear Canker.1262 
Kicking in Stable.1262 
Eye Disease.1262 
Overheated Horse...1262 
A Mythical Disease.1262 
Live Stock Prices...1262 
New York Dairy Boards.1263 
Dairy Season in Northern New York.1263 
The Dairymen’s League.1263 
Calf Eats Rubbish.1263 
Rations for Horses and Cows.1264 
Dairy Ration .1264 
Grain with Alfalfa.1264 
Bean Pods for Feeding Sheep.1264 
Making Beef by Law.1264 
Vefmont Pasture Grasses.1264 
Training a Young Pony.1264 
Breeding Army Remounts.1264 
Silo Notes .1264 
The Egg-Laying Contest.1265 
New York Poultry Show.1265 
A Note on Electric Incubators...1265 
Poultry Variations from Standard.1265 
The Barron Poultry Mash.1265 
Damp Henhouse.1265 
Disposing of Poultry Offal.i.1265 
HORTICULTURE. 
Value of an Apple Tree.1246 
The Sutton Apple.1247 
Preparing Peanuts." , 1249 
Kieffer Fruiting on Terminal Branches.1249 
Why Do Grapes Drop?.1249 
An Indoor Hotbed.!l249 
Liming a Garden.. j 1249 
Fall-planted Peach Trees.1252 
Manchurian Walnut; Cannas from Seed.... 1252 
Fertilizer in Crowbar Holes.1253 
Chrysanthemum Notes.1255 
Pecans in Virginia..1255 
Bag-worm on Arbor-vitae. 1255 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day..1258 
Thanksgiving Dinner Decorations.1258 
Glimpses of Social Life in Colorado.1258 
The Rural Patterns.1259 
The Home Partnership..'.1259 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Mistake in Deed. 
Events of the Week. 
Draining a Cellar. 
Decreasing Bees. 
Water Right from Spring. 
Want to Know. 
Editorials . 
Publisher’s Desk. .... 
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MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending Nov. 14, 1913. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, extra, lb. 34 
Good to Choice . SO 
Lower Grades. 24 
Storage. 25 
State Dairy, best. 25 
Common to Good. 24 
Factory. jg 
Packing Stock. 19 
Elgin, 111., butter market Arm iif. 81 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 35 cents. 
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CHEESE. 
Whole Milk, best. 
Common to Good . 
Skims... 
EGGS. 
White, choice to fancy, large ..... 
Good to prime. 
Mixed colors, best.. 
Common to good. 
Storage, best. 
Medium and low grades . 
Western, best.;. 
Checks and dirties. 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evap., choice, . 
Common to good . 
Sun dried . 
Chops, 100 lbs. 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples—Spitzenburg, bbl. 
Jonathan . 
Spy. 
Snow . 
Twenty Ounce . 
King. 
Hubbardston. 
Greening . 
Wolf River. 
Baldwin. 
Western, box. 
Pears—Bartlett, bbl. 
Bose, bbl. 
Cluirgeau, bbl. 
Anjou, bbl. 
KieiTer, bbl. 
Seckei, bbl. 
Sheldon. 
Quinces, bbl. 
Grapes—Concord. 10 bkt. crate. 
Niagara, 41b. bkt . 
Black, 41b. bkt.. 
Bulk, ton . 
Cranberries, Capo Cod, bbl. 
Long Island, bbl. 
Jersey, bbl. 
Jersey, crate . 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 
Medium .. 
Pea . 
Red Kidney. 
Lima, California. 
HONEY. 
Clover, comb, lb. 
Buckwheat, lb. 
Ex.rnetod. gullon. 
NUTS. 
Chestnuts, bu. 
Shollbarks, bu. of 50 lbs. 
Butternuts, bu. 
Black walnuts, bu. 
„ HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 
Common to good. 
Pacitic Coast . 
Old stock... 
German crop. 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes—Long Island, bbl. 
Jersey, bbl. 
Maine, 180 lbs. 
State, bulk, iso lbs. 
European, los lb. bag. 
Bermuda, bbl, . 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl. 
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Beets, bbl. 1 25 @ 1 50 
Brussel sprouts, qt. (7 @ 14 
Cariots, bbl. 1 25 @ 1 50 
Cucumbers, bu. 2 00 @ 3 00 
Cabbage. Danish seed, ton.18 00 @21 00 
Domestic .14 00 @15 00 
Red .20 00 @23 00 
Celery, doz. 10 @ 55 
Cauliflower, bbl... 100 @2 25 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 60 @ 2 50 
Lima Beans, bn. 50 @ 3 00 
Okra, bu. 1 50 ® 2 00 
Onions—White. 100 lb. bag. 2 00 @300 
Red. 100 lb bag . 1 50 @ 1 75 
Peppers. Jersey, bbl. 50 @ 1 50 
Peas. Virginia, bu. 2 00 @4 00 
Radishes, 100 bunches . 50 @100 
Spinach, bbl. 50 @ 1 00 
String Beans, bu. 2 00 @6 00 
Squash. Marrow, bbl . 75 @1 00 
Hubbard, bbl. 1 00 @ 1 25 
New, bu. 75 @ 1 75 
EggPlants. Southern, bu, . 2 00 @2 50 
Tomatoes, Jersey, box. 50 @ 1 50 
Southern. 6 bkt. crate . 3 00 @3 50 
Turnips, white, bbl. 50 @ 75 
Rutabaga . 50 & 1 00 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS. 
Cncumbers. No. 1, doz. 75 @ 1 25 
No. 2, box. 3 00 @ 4 00 
Lettuce, doz. 75 @125 
Mushrooms, lb. 10 @ 25 
Radishes, 100 bunches. J 00 @ 3 00 
Tomatoes, lb. 20 @ 25 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens, broilers lb. 12 @ 
Fowls. 12 @ 13 ^ 
Roosters. io @ loha 
Ducks. 16 @ 21 
Geese... 13 @ 14 
Turkeys. 16 @ 18 
Guineas, pair,. 65 ® 70 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, fresh killed, best. 22 @ 23 
Common to good. 16 @ 21 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb. 24 @ 25 
Broilers, common to good . 21 @ 23 
Boasters, fancy. 22 @ 24 
Fowls. 17 @ is 
Squabs, doz. 1 00 @4 75 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay. Timothy No. L ton . 20 00 @21 00 
Standard.19 00 @19 50 
No. 2. 17 50 @18 50 
No. 3 .15 00 @16 00 
Clover mixed.13 00 @18 00 
Straw. Rye .15 00 @16 00 
Oat.iioo @12 00 
MILLFEED. 
Wheat Bran, ton.34 00 @25 00 
Middlings .27 00 @28 00 
Red Dog.29 t«0 @30 00 
Corn Meal.3i ‘to @32 00 
Linseed Meal.3150 @32 00 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 6 00 @8 80 
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 @ 8 00 
Hogs. 8 00 @ 8 75 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 1. Northern Spring. 95 ® .. 
No. 2, Red . 9S ® 
No. 2. Hard Winter. 97 @ 
Corn, as to quality, bush... 75 @ 80 
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. 65 ® 75 
Mixed colors, new laid. 55 @ 60 
Ordinary grades. So @ 45 
Butter, fancy prints, lb. 38 © 42 
Tub, choice. 30 @ 35 
Chickens, roasting, lb,. 30 ® 32 
Fowls. 22 @ 25 
BOSTON WHOLESALE PRICES, 
Butter, nearby creamery. 34 © 35 
Western creamery . 31 @ 33 
Eggs, nearby hennery. 58 ® 60 
Gathered fresh. 45 @ 50 
Dressed Poultry—Fowls. 19 @ 2U 
Roasters. 23 @ 25 
Potatoes. 2 bu. bag. 1 40 @ 1 50 
Apples—Baldwin, bbl. 3 00 @ 4 00 
Greening .2 00 @ 3 50 
Hubbardston. 2 50 @3 00 
Spy . 3 00 @ 4 50 
McIntosh. 6 00 @ 7 00 
H ay—No. 1.22 00 @22 50 
No. 2.20 00 @21 00 
No. 3.16 50 @17 00 
Stock Hay.14 00 @15 00 
Straw—Rye .19 00 @20 00 
Millfeed—Bran, ton.24 50 @25 50 
Middlings.26 00 @28 00 
Mixed Feed.27 00 ©28 00 
Gluten .28 00 @2S 90 
Live Stock—Milch Cows.50 00 @100 00 
Beef Cows, 100 lbs . 3 50 @ 5 00 
Steers . 7 25 @ 9 00 
Calves. 100 lbs. 5 00 @ 9 00 
Hogs, 100 lbs.8 50 @ 9 00 
BUSINESS NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
The domestic output of marketable cop¬ 
per during October was 139,070,481 
pounds. 
The annual output of artificial ice in 
this country is about 13,000,000 tons. 
A shipment of 20S,000 pounds of but¬ 
ter from the south seas—Australia and 
New Zealand—has been landed at San 
Francisco. 
The salmon hatchery at Grand Falls. 
N. B.. Canada, has gelded 7,500,000 
eggs this season, the product of about 
1,300 salmon. 
New Jersey railroad property is this 
year assessed at $331,477,000. The tax 
paid will amount to $6,577,874.09, an in¬ 
crease over the previous year of $59,- 
521.78. 
Maine potato growers have lost heavi¬ 
ly because of excessive rains during Oc¬ 
tober, preventing digging the crop, fol¬ 
lowed by freezing weather. The dam¬ 
age is estimated at upwards of $500,000. 
Capital in cotton manufacture, ac¬ 
cording to the last census, amounts to 
$822,237,529. The yearly product at the 
time the figures were made was $628,391.- 
813. and the value of materials used, 
$371,009,470. Massachusetts is the lead¬ 
ing State in cotton manufacture. 
About 35.000 tons of coal was shipped 
from mines in Spitsbergen, within the 
Arctic Circle this year. It is estimated 
that a deposit of 60,000,000 tons is avail¬ 
able for mining there. Mining can be 
carried on the whole year, but the ship¬ 
ping season is only three months. Three 
hundred men are working there now. 
CROPS 
Wheat 92 ; oats 45 ; potatoes 65 ; beans, 
white, $2; beans, red, $2.75; cabbage, per 
ton, $13; butter 32; pork 11; eggs 35. 
Batavia, N. Y. g. d. 
Hay $13 to $14 ; wheat 85 ; peas $1.20 ; 
oats 45: potatoes 50; apples $1 per 
bushel, Winter sorts ; onions $1. c. H. 
Dafoe, Mich. 
Butter 35 to 40; milk eight cents per 
quart; eggs 38 to 40; potatoes 80 to 85; 
apples $1 to $1.25 per bushel; onions 
$1; cabbage $1.50 per barrel; dressed 
hogs 10 cents per pound ; dressed chick¬ 
ens, young, 22 per pound; old ones 20; 
Timothy hay $17 per ton. These are 
retail prices delivered at door. m. I. 
Flintstone, Md. 
Hay $15 per ton; white potatoes 90 
cents to $1 per bushel; sweet potatoes 
40 cents for a % basket; onions 50 cents 
per % basket; cabbage three cents per 
pound; apples 40 to 50 cents per basket; 
butter 25 cents to 35; eggs 32; lard 15 
cents per pound; wheat 95; corn, new, 
65 ; oats 60; rye 90. w. h. s. 
Cordova, Md. 
Potatoes 50 to 60 cents a bushel; 
beans $1.70; apples $1 to $1.10 per 100 
pounds; wheat 85; oats 35; corn (new) 
35 cents a bushel crate; cattle, medium. 
$5.50 and $6 per 100 pounds; best lambs 
about $6 per 100; hogs $7.30 per 100. 
There seems to be a little scare on live 
stock and prices may go lower. October 
milk at factory $1.40 per 100 pounds: 
butter fat 30 cents per pound. Grocers 
are paying 27 cents for eggs and 27 cents 
per pound for dairy butter. ii. 
Crystal, Mich. 
Conditions in this part of Nebraska 
are about as follows; A very large acre¬ 
age of wheat has been planted sinew 
September 20, the date of the first (and 
last) rain, some of it very late, as late 
as October 25. It is all ripe, and look¬ 
ing well. The weather is warm and fav¬ 
orable. Alfalfa has made good growth, 
and would make fine pasture if it were 
not for the danger of bloat in cattle. 
Some cattle still doing well on Blue grass 
pasture. Practically no corn, and that 
grain is being shipped in and sold at 75 
to 78 cents. New corn is promised at 
70. Some cattle will be fed regardless of 
high prices of corn. One firm will feed 
300 head on sorghum silage and cotton¬ 
seed meal, at $30 per ton. They grew 
the sorghum for syrup. 300 acres of it, 
but owing to drought there was no syrup 
i n it. Wheat_brings 71 cents; corn 75 
to 78; oats 45; hay $11 per ton; pota¬ 
toes 80; apples at retail 40 to 60 cents 
a peck; cabbage $1.65 per 100 pounds; 
imported from Wisconsin; butter 30; 
eggs 30. Cattle are high in price, horses 
moderately high, fat hogs $7 to $7.50 per 
hundred. Some swine disease which 
makes hog-raising hazardous, h. m. r. 
Fairbury, Neb. 
FUR NOTES. 
The following prices and instructions 
for preparing furs are sent by a large 
New York concern to their patrons: 
Skunks (cas H No. 1, $2.50 (ft $2.65; 
No. 2, $1.70 1.80; No. 3, .90 (ft 
$1.00; No. 4, .50. 
Muskrat (cased) Winter, .35 (ft .38; 
Fall. .28 (ft .30; small, .20: kits. .05. 
Mink (cased) No. 1, $5 (ft $7; No. 2, 
$1.75 (ft $4; No. 3, .60 (ft .75; No. 4, 
Itaccoon (cased) No. 1. $2 (ft $3; No. 
2, .50 (ft $1.50; No. 3, .25 (ft .40. 
Rod Fox (cased) No. 1. $5 (ft! $7.50; 
No. 2, $2 (ft $4.50; No. 3. .75 (ft $1.25. 
Otter (cased) No. 1. $15 (ft! $25; No. 
2, $7 (ft $10; No. 3, $4 (ft $5. 
Beaver (open) No. 1. $5 (ft $7; No. 
2, $2.50 (® $3; No. 3, $1 (ft) $1.50. 
Gray Fox (eased) No. 1 $1.50 (ft $2: 
No. 2. .75 @ $1. 
Opossum (cased) No. 1, .50 (ft) .75; 
No. 2. .20 (ft .25. 
Black Bear (open) No. 1. $20 (ft $25; 
No. 2, $12 (ft $15; No. 3, $3 (ft $4. 
Salesmen—Sincere Pluggers Make Good 
Big, new, automatic combination, 12 tools in one. Sells 
to contractors, farmers, teamsters, fence buildei-s, 
threshers, mines, etc, *24 pounds but lilts or pulls 3 
tons. Stretches wive, pnlls posts, hoists, etc. Write for 
the facts on this fast money maker. HARR AH MAN- 
UFACTbRING CO., Braiver O, Bloomfield, Indiana 
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 
be 5 Cents a word, payable in advance. The 
name and address must he counted as part of 
the advertisement. Copy must reach us not 
later than Friday to appear in the following 
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. 
POT.'LTRYMAN wants position. Understands all 
incubators; eaponising specialty. W. W. care 
of R. N.-Y., 333 West 30th St., New York. 
WANTED—By Niagara County fruit farmer an 
intelligent, ambitious, experienced married man 
to work by year. Good house to lira in; must 
be able to get along with other men. No booze; 
honest and reliable. State salary expected. This 
position open now, and will be permanent if 
make good. M. L. LIDDELL, Burt, N. Y. 
R. F. D. 28. 
"WANTED—Position as working manager on 
farm or gentleman’s place (preferably Long 
Island)^ by married man, American, aged 47; 
wife willing to board owner or help. Five years 
in present position. Be free December 15. P. O. 
BOX 197, Port Jefferson Station, L. I. 
"WIDOWER, age -40, strictly sober, honest, hard¬ 
working man with two small boys, 5 and 8, 
wants farm or dairy work; wages or on shares, 
where children can be cared for or boarded . 
Address, C., care of R. N.-Y., 333 West 30tii 
St., New York. 
FARM MANAGER "WANTED—Agricultural < v,! 
lege graduate, married, about 30; business 
and executive capacity. Diversified commercial 
farm near New York. Address GEO. F WES¬ 
TON, 30 East 23rd St., New York. 
HERDSMAN WANTED for 50-cow (Holstein) 
dairy near New York; modern barn; 
milking machines: must understand scientific 
feeding and breeding registered stock. Address 
GEO. F, WESTON, 36 East 23rd St., New York. 
WANTED—To hire with privilege of buying 
medium sized farm; one with stock and tools 
preferred. EXPERIENCED FARMER, care of 
It. N.-Y., 333 West 30th St., New York. 
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE—lee Plant, Cream¬ 
ery and Ice Cream Factory combined, fully 
equipped, at Elmer, Salem County. New Jersev, 
only 27 miles from Philadelphia. Pa. Here is a 
good paying business, but I want to go into the 
stock-raising business, therefore will consider an 
exchange for a stock and grain farm, all readv 
stocked, or a mill property with farm attached 
to it. Write for full details to C. H OLI- 
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