1913. 
THE RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
1316 
CONTENTS 
VEGETABLES. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, December 6, 1913. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Grass and Alfalfa in Virginia.1293, 1294 
The Uso of Swamp Muck.i.1294 
The Need of Cash Capital.1295 
Hired Men with Children.1295 
A Connecticut Man in California.1295 
Self-seeding Clover.1296 
“Cyanamid” .1297 
Concrete Troughs.1297 
Natural Power on the Farm. Part 1.1297 
Coming Farmors’ Meetings.1300 
Buying from Producers.1300 
Floats to Destroy Flies.1301 
Cover Crops in Kansas.1301 
Hope Farm Notes.1302 
Substitutes for Oats.1302 
Limestone and Weeds.1303 
A Farmer’s Power Outfit.1311 
A Small Ohio Silo.1311 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Belgian Hares and Bees.1297 
Finding the Greater Cows.1309 
Purebred Swine.1309 
Fencing in Goats.1309 
Cotton Seed for Butter Production.1310 
Feeding Steers .1310 
Dairy Grain Ration.1310 
Ration for Brood Sows.1310 
Tumor .1310 
Dog with Canker.1310 
Weight of Farm Horses.1311 
Injury to Cow’s Tongue.1311 
An Efficient and Economical Poultry House.. 1312 
Poultry Notes.1312 
The Third Egg-Laying Contest.1313 
The California Egg-Laying Contest.1313 
The Infertile Egg Problem.1313 
Breeding for Color.1313 
Henhouse Questions.1313 
Live Stock and Dairy Prices.1314 
HORTICULTURE. 
Treatment for an Old Orchard.1294 
A Monument to Peter M. Gideon.1294 
A Sheet-Iron Brush Burner.1294 
Dividing Rhubarb Roots.1296 
The Evaporated Raspberry Business.1296 
Grapefruit and Apples.1296 
Mature Grain in a Peach Orchard.1297 
Origin of the Elberta Peach.1301 
Shot-hole Borer.1301 
Starting Seedling Walnut.1303 
Transplanting Seedling Pecans.1303 
Selling Christmas Trees.1303 
Grafting Quinces.1303 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.1206 
The Rural Patterns.1206 
Keeping Cider Sweet.1206 
Lard Cracklings Once More.1206 
Dried Beef.1206 
Home Candy Making.1207 
A Wise Woman Says.1207 
Pickled Carrots.1207 
Corned Beef. 1207 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Distilling Wintergreen. 
The Insurance Problem. 
Events of the Week. 
Valve Igniters of Acetylene Plant.”. 
Leaky Cistern. 
Tar for Tin Roof..... 
Another Poison-Ivy Cure... 
Rust Prevention . \ 
Protecting Water Pipe. . 
Buying Bees. 
Bayberry Wax. 
Editorials . 
.1297 
.1298 
.1300 
.1301 
.1301 
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.1301 
.1301 
.1301 
.1301 
.1303 
1304, 1305 
MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending Nov. 28, 1913. 
BUTTER. 
Good to Choice 
State Dairy, best. 
34 
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35 
29 
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32 
24 
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27 
24 
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32 
30 
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32 
24 
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29 
19 
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23 
18 
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22 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 31 cent*. 
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 FRUIT’S. 
Apples, evap„ choice, . 
Common to good . 
Sun dried . 
Chops, 100 lbs... 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples—Spitzenburg, bbl. 
Jonathan . 
Spy. 
King. 
Hubbardstou. 
Greening . 
Baldwin. 
Western, box. 
Pears—Louise Bonne, bbl. 
Bose, bbl.;. 
Clairgeau, bbl. 
Anjou, bbl. 
Kieller, bbl. 
Seckel, bbl. 
Sheldon. 
Grapes—Concord. 10 bkt. crate. 
Niagara, 41b. bkt . 
Black, 41b. bkt. 
Cranberries, Capo Cod, bbl. 
Long Island, bbl. 
Jersey, bbl. 
Jersey, crate . 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 
Medium . 
Pea . 
Red Kidney. 
Uima, California. 
HONEY. 
Clover, comb, lb. 
Buckwheat, lb. 
Extracted, gallon. 
NUTS. 
Chestnuts, bu. 
Shell barks, bu. of 50’lbs.”...” 
Butternuts, bu. 
Black walnuts, bu. 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 
Common to good. 
Pacific Coast . 
Did stock. 
German crop’ * ’ " ’ ‘'' ’ ‘ ‘ \ 
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Potatoes—Long Island, bbl. 
Jersey, bbl. 
Maine, 180 lbs. 
State, balk, ISO lbs. 
European, 168 lb. bag. 
Bermuda, bbl, . 
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 . 
. 2 25 ft 2 75 
.. 1 75 @2 00 
.. 2 00 @ 2 25 
.. 2 00 @2 25 
.. 1 10 ft 1 75 
.. 2 00 ft 6 00 
.. 65 ft 1 (0 
.. 1 25 ft 1 50 
.. (6 ft 13 
.. 75 ft 90 
.. 2 00 ft 3 00 
.. 18 00 @22 00 
..12 00 @15 00 
..20 00 @25 00 
.. 15 ft 65 
.. 1 50 ft 4 00 
.. 60 ft 2 26 
.. 2 00 ft 2 50 
.. 1 50 ft 1 75 
. 60 ft 1 25 
.. 3 00 @10 00 
.. 50 ft 1 00 
.. 75 @ 1 25 
.. 3 00 ft 6 00 
75 ft 1 0 l 
.. 1 00 ft 1 25 
.. 50 ft 1 00 
.. 2 00 ft 5 00 
.. 2 00 ft 3 50 
.. 60 ft 1 00 
.. 75 ft 1 10 
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.. . ... . . 
75 ft 1 25 
3 00 ft 4 00 
1 00 ft 1 75 
10 ft 25 
1 50 ft 2 00 
20 ft 25 
15 ft 16 
15 ft 16 
10 ft 11 
16 ft 17 
13 ft 14 
20 ft 22 
65 ft 70 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, fresh killed, best . 
Common to good. 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb. 
Broilers, common to good . 
Roasters, fancy. 
Fowls. 
Ducks. 
Geese ..... 
Squabs, doz. . . 
28 ft 30 
13 © 25 
26 ft 28 
21 ft 24 
23 ft 25 
14 ft 18 
12 ft 20 
10 ft 19 
1 00 ft 4 75 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay. Timothy No. 1. ton . 20 50 @21 50 
Standard. 19 00 @20 00 
No-2.IS 00 @19 00 
No. 3. 1500 @17 00 
Clover mixed.13 u0 @18 00 
Straw, Rye .15 00 ft IS 00 
Oat. 1100 ftl 2 00 
MILLFKKD. 
Wheat Bran, ton . 
Middlings . 
Red Dog . 
Corn Meal. 
Linseed Meal.. 
.24 00 @25 00 
,27 U0 @28 50 
29 00 &30 00 
30 00 @31 00 
,3100 @3150 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 
Bulls.. 
Cows.' ’ 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs. 
Culls. 
Sheep, 100 lbs.” 
Lam bs . 
Hogs. . . . . . . . . .. 
7 00 @ S 70 
4 50 ft 6 75 
3 00 @550 
9 00 @12 50 
4 00 ft 7 00 
4 00 @ 4 50 
7 25 ft 8 00 
8 00 ft 3 40 
MILCH COWS IN VARIOUS CITIES 
New York 
Buffalo .. 
Pittsburg 
Boston.... 
.40 00 ft 60 00 
.40 00 ft 100 00 
60 00 ft 85 00 
50 00 @125 OU 
GRAIN. 
W beat, No. 1 , Northern Spring. 97 ft 
No. 2, Red . y8 ft 
No. 2, Hard Winter. 99 ft 
Corn, as to quality, bush. go ft 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 45 @ 
Rye . 70 @ 
RETAIL PRICES AT NEW YORK. 
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47 
71 
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 ft 75 
Mixed colors, new laid. 55 @ 60 
Ordinary grades. 35 @ 42 
Butter, fancy prints, lb. 40 ft 42 
Tub. choice...... . 32 ft 36 
Chickens, roasting, lb,. 30 ft 32 
. 22 ft 25 
lurkoys. 26 ft 30 
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32 
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20 
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BOSTON WHOLESALE PRICKS, 
Butter, nearby creamery. 34 
Western creamery . 31 
Eggs, nearby hennery. 60 
Gathered fresh. so 
Dressed Poultry—Fowls. 19 
Roasters. 22 
Potatoes, 2 bu. bag. 1 40 
Apples—Baldwin, bbl. 3 00 
Greening . 2 00 
Hubbardstou. 2 50 
Spy . 300 
Hay—No. 1.22 00 
No. 2.20 CiO 
No. 3. 16 50 
Stock Hay. 14 go 
Straw—Rye .....18 50 
Millfeed—Bran, ton.24 50 
Middlings.26 00 
Mixed Feed. 27 00 
Gluten . 3000 __ 
Live Stock—Mik-b Cows. 50 00 @125 00 
Beef Cows, 100 lbs . 3 50 @5 00 
Steers .. 7 25 ft 8 75- 
Calves. ICO lbs. 5 00 ft 9 00 
Hogs, 100 lbs. g 50 ft yoo 
ft 1 50 
ft 4 50 
ft 3 50 
ft 3 00 
ft 4 00 
@21 00 
ft 17 00 
ft!6 00 
ft 19 50 
@25 50 
@29 00 
@28 00 
ft 30 50 
^ Miss Outertown : “Isn’t there a Mrs. 
Skinner here who keeps boarders?” Ili 
Hubbel: “She takes boarders, ma’am; 
but she don’t keep ’em.—Puck. 
CIRCULAR SAWS 
Saw Tables, Wood Sawing Outfits 
on wheels, 6 horse-power gasoline 
engine, $115.00. Ice Hoists. 
Catalogue Free. 
PALMER BROS., Cos Cob, Conn. 
CHRISTMAS POULTRY. FANCY EGGS 
WM. H. COHEN & CO., - 229 Washington St., New York 
Poultry for Christmas 
FANCY EGGS, HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS, APPLES, AND ALL 
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 
Top Prices fob Ohoick Goods 
ARCHDEACON & CO100 Murray St., New York 
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EXPERIENCED FARMER, to live In cottage 
FRANK COLBURN, Hollis, New Hampshire 
WANTED—New Black Walnuts from grower. 
Address, stating price, S. E. EMSON, Colliers 
Mill. N. J. 
TEN ACRES—Good buildings, orchard, spring. 
Write S. O. BROWN, It. F. D. 2, Andover, 
N. Y. 
FARMERS!—Where do you need a Graduate 
Veterinarian? H. B. BALLOU, North Adams, 
Mass. 
WANTED—Five pounds dry cultivated Ginseng 
Root, good quality. Offer $4.50 a pound. 
Address, W. E. SAUNDERS, London, Out., Can. 
COMPETENT FARM SUPERINTENDENT 
wishes position on country estate; American; 
several years’ experience; good references. 
Address, F. E. BLOWERS, Morrisville, N. Y. 
GRAIN FARM—150 acres, on pike road; 2 sets 
of buildings; fruit; quarter of mile to depot; 
$100 per acre; a bargain. JOHN A. SAND- 
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YOUNG MAN, 22, desires position on farm; 
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F., care of K. N.-Y., 333 West 30th St., New 
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What have you to offer? W. B. WELLING. 
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C ANVAS WAGON COVERS, STACK COVERS, ETC., at 
wholesale prices. State size required. Duck by 
the yard or bale. Stanley Mfg. Co., Victor. N. V. 
-95 CENTS ROLL— 108 Feet. 
Nails. Cement. RUBBER ROOFING 
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