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CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, Nov. 29, 1913. 
FARM TOPICS. 
A Str. :ly of Intensive Farming.1269. .1270 
Live iiotes from the Northwest.1270 
The Carpenter's Chance.1270 
An Experienced Hand.1270 
Rye for the Silo.1273 
The Use of Raw Phosphate Rock.1273 
Tread Power for Silage Cutter.1275 
Fall Seeding of Old Pasture.1275 
Hope Farm Notes... 1278 
Crops . 1281 
Destroying Quack Grass...1279 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
A Lesson from a Duck Deal.1277 
Depluming Mite; Italian Bees.1277 
Value of Purebred Cattle. 1284 
The Purebred Bull.1284 
That Manure Pit Question.1284 
Preventing Butter from Sticking.1284 
Spent Tanbark for Bedding.1285 
Pit Silos. 1285 
What Breed for Milk.1283 
Purebreeds in Vermont. 1285 
Self-sucking Cow.1285 
Pigs on a Bottle.1285 
Producing Clean Milk..1286 
Dairy Company Fined.1286 
Manure Pit in Dairy Barn.1286 
Some Remarkable Indiana Cows.1286 
Building Up the Flock.1287 
A Summer Silo.1287 
Curing Mange on a Cat.1287 
Lung-worms in Calves.1287 
Brooding Chicks in Large Flocks.1288 
Shepherd Dog for Poultry.....1288 
Lameness .1288 
Knuckling . 1288 
Fits .1288 
Canker of Mouth in Dog.1288 
The Egg Contest.1289 
Limberneck .1289 
Wyandottes and White Eggs.1289 
Utility Standards for Poultry.1289 
Line-breeding Fowls.1289 
Sour Milk for White Diarrhoea.1289 
Ailing Hens.1289 
Hen with Cold. 1289 
Chickens and Hawks.1290 
The Now York Live Poultry Trade.1290 
Poultry Questions .1290 
HORTICULTURE. 
Angers Quince.1257 
Experience with Filberts.1257 
New England Apples.1271 
Melon Vines Dying. 1273 
A Big Spitzenburg Apple.1273 
Christmas Greens .1279 
Apples for Southwestern Michigan.1279 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl. 
Beets, bbl. 
Brussel sprouts, qt. 
Carrots, bbl. . 
Cucumbers, bu. 
Cabbage. Danish seed, ton. 
Domestic .. 
Red . 
Celery, doz. 
Cauliflower, bbl. 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 
Onions—White, 100 lb. bag. 
Red. 100 lb bag .. 
Peppers. Southern, bu.. 
Peas. Southern, bu.. 
Radishes. 100 bunches . 
Spinach, bbl. 
String Beans, bu. 
Squash. Marrow, bbl . 
Hubbard, bbl. 
New, bu. 
Egg Plants. Southern, bu. 
Tomatoes. Southern, 6 bkt. crate 
Turnips, white, bbl... 
Rutabaga . 
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. 1 25 @ 1 50 
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HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS. 
Cucumbers. No. 1, doz. 
No. 2. box. 
Lettuce, doz. 
Mushrooms, lb. 
Radishes. 100 bunches. 
Tomatoes, lb. 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens, broilers lb. 
Fowls . 
Roosters. 
Ducks. 
Geese. 
Turkeys. 
Guineas, pair. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, fresh killed, best. 
Chickens, choice broilers. 
Broilers, common to g 
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HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay. Timothy No. 1. 
No. 2. 
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WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.1282 
Crapo Paper Basketry.1282 
The Rural Patterns.1283 
The Child’s View-point.1283 
Dried Citron .1283 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Barriers .1271 
Shooting in the Dark. 1273 
Editorials.1280, 1281 
Publisher’s Desk.1290 
MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending Nov. 21, 1913. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, extra, lb. 34 @ 35 
Good to Choice . 29 @ 32 
Lower Grades. 24 @ 27 
Storage . 25 @ 32 
State Dairy, best. 30 @ 32 
Common to Good. 24 @ 29 
Factory. 19 @ 23 
Packing Stock. 19 @ 22 
Elgin. 111., butter market firm at 32 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 32 cents. 
CHEESE, 
Whole Milk, best. 16^@ 16J$ 
Common to Good . 14 @ 15 
Skims. 04 <3 11 
EGGS. 
White, choice to fancy, large . 60 ® 62 
Good to prime. 55 @ 60 
Mixed colors, best. 46 @ 48 
Common to good. 35 @ 45 
Storage, best. 29 @ 30 
Medium and low grades .J 20 @ 25 
Western, best. 50 @ 52 1 
Checks aud dirties. 20 @ 25 j 
DRIED FRUITS. 
Apples, evap„ choice, . 10 @ 114$ 
Common to good . 07 @ 09*4 
8un dried . 05 @ 06 
Chops, 100 lbs. 2 (JO @ 2 50 2 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples—Spitzenburg, bbl. 2 50 @ 4 003 
Jonathan .. 2 50 @ 5 00 
Spy. 2 50 @ 5 00 2 
Snow. 2 25 @ 4 50 ‘ 
King. 3 0U @ 5 00 ^ 
Hubbardston. 2 00 @ 3 75 * , 
Greening . 2 00 @ 4 50 / 
Wolf River. 2 50 @ 4 50 ' I 
Baldwin. 2 00 @ 4 50 ] • 
Western, box. 1 50 @2 75 
Pears—Louise Bonne, bbl. 2 50 @ 3 60 ’ 
Bose, bbl. 4 00 @ 7 00 * , 
Clairgeau, bbl. 2 50 @ 4 00 
Anjou, bbl. 2 00 @3 50 
Kieffer, bbl. 1 50 @3 00 
Seckel, bbl. 3 00 @ 5 00 ’ 
Sheldon. 3 50 @ 5 50 I 
Grapes—Concord. 10 bkt. crate. 1 40 @1 60 
Niagara, 41b. bkt . 16 @ 20 
Black, 41b. bkt. 14 @ 16 
Cranberries, Cape Cod, bbl. 7 00 @ 9 50 
Long Island, bbi. 7 00 @ 8 50 
Jersey, bbl. 6 00 @ 7 50 
Jersey, crate . 1 75 @ 2 00 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 
Medium . 
Pea . 
Red Kidney. 
Lima, California. 
5 00 @ 5 30 
3 70 @ 3 75 
3 40 @ 3 70 
3 75 @ 5 25 
5 95 @ 6 05 
HONEY. 
Clover, comb, lb.13 @ 16 
Buckwheat, lb.12 @ .13 
Extracted, gallon. 75 @100 
NUTS. 
Chestnuts, bu. 1 00 @ 3 00 
Shell barks, bu. of 50 lbs. 2 00 @ 2 75 
Butternuts, bu. 50 @ 75 
Black walnuts, bu. 75 @ 1 00 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 46 <9 48 
Common to good. 40 @ 44 
Pacific Coast . 26 @ 30 
Old stock. 15 @ 18 
German crop. 68 @ 72 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes—Long Island, bbl. 2 25 ® 2 75 
Jersey, bb). 1 75 @ 2 00 
Maine, 180 lbs. 2 00 @2 25 
State, bulk, 180 lbs. 2 00 @ 2 25 
European, 168 lb. bag. 1 10 @ 1 80 
Bermuda, bbl, . 3 00 @ 6 00 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 6 00 @ S 75 
Bulls. . 450 @6 50 
Cows. 3 00 @5 5 0 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs. 9 00 @1150 
„ Culls. 4 (10 @ 7 00 
Sheep. 100 ibs. 4 00 @4 50 
Lambs . 6 75 @ 7 15 
Hogs. 8 00 @ S 75 
MILCH COWS IN VARIOUS CITIES 
New York.40 00 @ 60 00 
Buffalo. 40 00 <3.100 00 
Pittsburg .50 00 @ 90 00 
Boston. oo @100 00 
GRAIN. 
Wheat. No. 1, Northern Spring. 96 @ 
No. 2, Red . 97 @ 
No. 2. Hard Winter. 9S @ 
Corn, as to quality, bush. . SO @ 83 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 45 @ 47 
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. 35 @ 45 
Butter, fancy prints, lb... 40 @ 44 
Tub. choice. 32 @ 36 
Chickens, roasting, lb,. 30 @ 32 
fowls. 22 @ 25 
Turkeys. 26 @ 30 
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Western creamery .. 
Eggs, nearby hennery... 
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Dressed Poultry—Fowls. 
Roasters. 
Potatoes, 2 bu. bag. 
Apples—Baldwin, bbl. .. 
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Middlings. 
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BUSINESS NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
In Alabama there,are S70 wells produc¬ 
ing natural gas. the yield in 1912 being 
73,799,319,000 cubic feet. 
Fruit growers of the Northwest have 
thus far received more than $1,000,000 
returns from their crops. 
In northern Texas cotton picking is 
going on rapidly, many plantations hav¬ 
ing night gangs picking by moonlight. 
Exports from the port of New York 
per week, ending November 15. amounted 
to $17.537.272; total since January 1. 
$748,215,801. 
The* Wisconsin Supreme Court has de¬ 
cided that dealing* in futures' on a board 
of trade is gambling, and that debts so 
contracted cannot be lawfully collected. 
Kansas is killing all charters of rail¬ 
roads in the State not in actual opera¬ 
tion. About 1,100 charters have been 
granted, a large number only on paper, 
and never built. 
Railroad and industrial bonds and 
notes due to mature in the next three 
years amount to nearly $1,000,000,000. 
The heaviest single item is the Pennsyl¬ 
vania Railroad issue of $86,827,000, ma¬ 
turing in 1915. 
The New York State Attorney-General 
has decided that containers not of stand¬ 
ard sizes for fruit and vegetables may be 
made and sold within New York State, 
provided they are properly marked as to 
their true size or contents. Section 16a 
of the Business Law covering this matter 
is somewhat obscure. 
The total national debts of the world 
now amount to $42,000,000,000. a 20 per 
cent increase in the past 10 years. France 
has the largest debt, $6,284,000,000; Rus¬ 
sia, $4,553,000,000; Great Britain. $3,- 
486,000,000; Italy, $2,707,000,000; Spain, 
$1,815,000,000; Japan, $1,242,000,000; 
and the United States, $1,028,000,000. 
VARIATIONS IN POULTRY PRACTICE. 
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here. 
Dr. Dean says it is generally agreed 
that laying hens do better in semi-con¬ 
finement. In an experiment at Cornell, 
70 hens were kept in a small yard and 
70 in a large field, and both fed the same 
ration. Those on range laid 1,015 more 
eggs than the others and on less feed. 
Mr. Cosgrove says that he would not do 
without the Norwich feeder, which, as I 
understand, is open practically all the 
time. The Cornell Station says that, ex¬ 
cept to young stock on free range, whole 
grain should not be fed in hoppers. At 
Storrs, the mash hoppers are open all the 
time. I believe. At Ithaca, they say that, 
to produce the greatest appetite, the most 
eggs, and the strongest hens, the fowls 
should not be given absolute freedom at all 
times to the feed hopper. I do not write 
to quibble. These are personal problems to 
which I should like to know the right 
solution. The confusion of tongues among 
poultry_ authorities is most perplexing to 
the beginner who has little experience of 
his own and has not the capital to make 
experiments for himself. 
Connecticut. melvin brandow. 
I think, as I said, that it has been the 
general opinion among poultrymen that 
hens given a large run, but not entire 
freedom, would lay more eggs than if 
upon unlimited range. This has been my 
belief though I have conducted no ex¬ 
periments to prove it. I am aware that 
at Cornell they advocate freedom for 
hens, not even confining them to their 
houses during the deep snows of Win¬ 
ter. One or two experiments prove lit¬ 
tle, however; it would be very difficult 
if not impossible to get two” flocks of 
hens of any size that would lay prac¬ 
tically the same number of eggs under 
the same conditions. Fair conclusions, 
therefore, can be drawn only after re¬ 
peated tests, or from the results of gen¬ 
eral experience. By semi-confinement. I 
meant confinement to a very large run 
or small field where the hens would be 
obliged to return to their house to lay 
and get the greater part of their food. 
This differs from unlimited range of a 
farm or from confinement in a small ba.e 
run. 
My own practice has been to keep dry 
mash hoppers open all the time and feed 
grain morning and night. Here again, 
I have conducted no experiments to as¬ 
certain whether the whole grain might 
not as well be hopper fed, but my im¬ 
pression has been that if allowed access to 
whole grain, the hens would not eat a 
sufficient proportion of the less palatable 
mash. The Cornell practice is to open 
dry mash hoppers afternoons only, but 
my own hens are always hungry for their 
whole grain and my feed bills show that 
they also eat a tremendous quantity of 
the dry mash. Until I see some reason 
for changing, I shall continue this prac¬ 
tice. These, like many other problems, 
are not fully solved and perhaps never 
can be for all poultrymen under all con¬ 
ditions. The amateur must yet work out 
his own salvation, and can be guided only 
in a general way by the experience of 
others. m. b. d. 
The Modern Gas Tractor. By Victor 
H. Page, M.E. A complete treatise 
describing all types and sizes of gaso¬ 
line. kerosene and oil tractors. Spe¬ 
cially adapted to farmers, students, 
mechanics and implement dealers; 
480 pages ; three folding plates ; 204 
illustrations. Published by the Nor¬ 
man W. Henly Publishing Co., New 
York. 
This book is written by an authority on 
self-propelled vehicles and interior com¬ 
bustion motors. Everything is explainetl 
in plain language, so that technical educa¬ 
tion is not necessary to understand it. 
There are special chapters on driving the 
tractor on field and road, what to expect 
from tractors in various kinds of work, 
cost of operation, how to handle engine 
troubles and instructions for repairs. It 
describes all ignition systems, all types 
of gasoline and kerosene vaporizers and 
carburetors, latest forms of power plants 
and installation, clutches, speed changing 
and reversing gears and all frame parts 
and their functions. Tells how to tell 
brake horsepower from draw bar or horse 
equivalent power, how to make adjust¬ 
ments to power plants, change speed gear¬ 
ing and other parts. Describes tools for 
tractor repair and gives plans for tractor 
sheds so they can be used in winter for 
stationary power or workshops where all 
repairs may be made. Outlines control 
systems of leading types and shows simple 
hitches for working various implements in 
combination. Describes fully tractors for 
small farms and orchards as well as types 
of the largest capacity. For sale by The 
Rural New-Yorker. Price, $2.00. 
Poultry for Christmas 
FMCT EGGS. HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS. APPLES. AND ALL 
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 
Top Pricss tor Choick Goods 
ARCHDEACON & CO., 100 Murray St. , New Yerk 
EXCHANGE — Large 
.MIDWOOD FARM. 
pony for Angora goats. 
Frederick, Maryland. 
EXPERIENCED FARMER, to live in cottage. 
FRANK COLBURN, Hollis, New Hampshire. 
nun aim general purpose tarm 
for sale. For particulars address JNO. R. 
SNAVELY, Scottville, Mich. 
FARM FOIi SALE—Splendid soil, excellent loca- 
tion. good buildings; some fruit; 50 acres. 
J. S. LONG, Milford, Del. 
WANTED—Small farm, good buildings and lo- 
cation—New Jersey or Connecticut; describe 
fully. BOX 66, Millington, N. J. 
WANTED—Peanuts from grower; Oysters in 
•shell. Also Apples for sale. FRED "W. FER- 
RALL, Sunset Fruit Farm, Columbiana, Ohio. 
FRESH DRESSED CHICKEN, 28c.; Fowls, 25c. 
delivered at your door by parcel post; safe 
delivery guaranteed. WARD ROGERS, Patter¬ 
son, New York. 
WANTED—-To hire with privilege of buying 
medium sized farm; one with stock and tools 
preferred. EXPERIENCED FARMER, care of 
R. N.-Y., 333 West 30th St., New York. 
TWO OF US WANT FARMS—An apple farm, 
reasonably convenient to city; and large graz¬ 
ing farm; cheap but good. FLANAGAN, 82. 
Hull St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
WANTED—Couple on farm; man to care for 
pigs, raise chickens, understand incubators and 
brooders; wife for general housework; sober 
energetic. References. BOX 15, Stevensvilie, 
Sullivan Co., N. Y. 
POLLTRYMAN "WANTED—At once; give refer- 
ences, salary expected, and all particulars in 
first letter. Address all communications to 
L. R. F., care of R. N.-Y., 333 West 30th St. 
New York. 
EXPERIENCED HERDSMAN AND DAIRYMAN 
open for engagement; American, age 40; 
single; lifetime experience with cattle and can 
furnish the best of references. Address HERDS¬ 
MAN, 19 Willet St., Schenectady, N. Y. 
WANTED—A few lady workers of the R. N.-Y. 
family to take orders for Hollv Wreaths and 
other Christmas specialties, if you want to make 
some Christmas money easy. Write for particu¬ 
lars. WM. LORD, East New Market, Md. 
FARM WANTED—To rent or will go partner¬ 
ship, by an expert fruit grower and poultry- 
man, with 15 years’ farm experience. Unmar¬ 
ried: American. Swiss descent; age 41 Ad¬ 
dress. X., care of R. N.-Y., 333 West. 30th St., 
New York. 
iLu i 1 -Yu t* Ft—Married, experienced man 
for general work on Dairy Farm about 95 
miles from New York. Wife must be good cook 
and housekeeper, and board from eight to ten 
men. A. K. M., care of R. N.-Y.L333 West 
30th St., New York. 
GROWER TO CONSUMER—Sweet Potatoes, fine 
quality, $1.00 a bbl. to close out. You'll not 
get such a snap again. Barrels lined to protect 
from cold. Would exchange for apples, pota 
toes, onions or beans. Also exchange Shell 
Oysters for apples, barrel for barrel, or seli 
them right. WM. LOUD, East New Market, Md. 
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE—Ice Plant, Cream¬ 
ery aud Ice Cream Factory combined, fully 
equipped, at Elmer. Salem Countv, New Jersey 
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 a i 
exchange for a stock and grain farm, all read 
stocked, or a mill property with farm attached 
to it. Write for full details to C. H. OL1 
PHANT, Elmer. N. J. 
FARM SUPERINTENDENT WANTED—Married 
for completely equipped country estate on 
South River, near Annapolis, Marvland. 200 
acres or more under active cultivation; com¬ 
mercial crops, peaches potatoes, hav, apples 
asparagus, strawberries, etc. Extensive practi 
cal experience in the care of stock and use of 
Implements and usual machinery necessary In¬ 
telligent, industrious man with ability to keep 
accounts and properly handle help and crops for 
best results desired. Very best references as to 
sobriety and honesty required. Master's house 
and garden Is under separate management. Ap¬ 
ply by letter only, giving references, size of 
family and salary wanted. M. H. SMITH 105 
Chambers St., New York, N. Y. 
KUUrlRu 
Nails, Cement. RUBBER R00FINI 
CO.. 5 Carllandt Street, New Tor 
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water and other work about his farm, Mr McCloskev did not 
even consider any engine but the EXCELSIOR. Knowing how 
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202 FULTON STREET. NEW YORK CITY 
