1913, 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1371 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, Dec. 20, 1913. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Good Words for Cover Crops.1342 
Agricultural Schools and Farm Labor.1342 
Shall We Build a Manure Pit?.1342 
The Old Lime Story.1342 
Reseeding an Old Meadow...1343 
Indian Buckwheat.1345 
A National Vegetable Exchange. Part II.. 1345 
Practical Methods of Tile Draining. Part I, .1345 
Husking and Shredding Corn Fodder.1346 
Spent Tanbark.1346 
Superphosphate and Acid Phosphate.1347 
Buckwheat as a Nurse Crop.1347 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings.1347 
A Danish Farmer in New York.1348 
Different Varieties of Alfalfa. Part 1.1349 
Hope Farm Notes. 1350 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Why Is the Purebred Better Than the Scrub ?. 1365 
Reports .1365 
Grading Up the Herd.1366 
Fattening a Bacon Hog.1366 
Renovating Butter.1366 
Danish Butter Making.1367 
Defective Cream Separation.1367 
Incubator Cellar.1368 
Sprouting Oats.1368 
Cross-bred Fowls.1368 
Space for Fowls; Dose of Salts.1368 
Laying Ration for Indian Runners.1368 
Blackhead in Market Turkeys.1368 
Fresh Raw Bone.1368 
Hens .1368 
Whole Wheat or Stale Bread.1368 
Growth on Wattles.1368 
Offal for Poultry.1368 
Stiff Cow.1368 
Carpitis; Warts.1368 
Puffs .1368 
The Third Egg-laying Contest.1369 
Flour for Poultry.1369 
Molting Pullets.1369 
Laying Ration.1369 
Amount of Grain for Hens.1369 
Hen Rations; Heaves.1369 
A Precocious Pullet.1369 
Death to Rats.1369 
Increasing Protein in Ration.1270 
Feeding for Milk Flow.1270 
HORTICULTURE. 
That Scale Parasite.1342 
Putting Humus in the Soil.1342 
An Orchard on a Hillside.1342 
Dynamite and Tree Feeding.1343 
Back to the Orchard.1343 
Apples for Grapefruit.1345 
Killing Out Blackberries.1345 
High-Grade New York Spitzenburgs.1347 
Grain in the Orchard.1347 
American Pomological Society. Part II_1349 
Home Plants and Insect Pests.1351 
Lime for Borers.1351 
Culture of Peonies.1351 
Cherries for Ohio.1351 
Caring for Peanuts.1351 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
The Mother at Home.1353 
The Best Meal.1353, 1356 
The Land of Fulfillment. Chapter 1.1354 
Business by Parcel Post.1355 
Reflections of a Ruralist.1355 
Married Women’s Property Rights.1356 
Deed from Husband to Wife.1356 
Guardianship of Estate.1356, 1357 
A Boy’s Bank Account.1357 
Care of the Old Folks.1357 
Interesting a Boy. 1357 
Christmas Plants. ...' .1358 
Women in Farm Labor.1358 
“Woman’s Work’’.1358 
The Glastonbury Thorn.1358 
Accessories Any Woman Can Make.1359 
Social Life in Winter. 1359 
In Bookland.1360 
Christmas Carol.1360 
The Little Gray Lamb.1360 
A Sermon on Beds.1361 
Owning Felix.1361 
The Christmas Dinner.1362 
“Work at Home’’.1362 
The Star in the East.1362 
The Travelers.*.1362 
The Housewives’ League.1363 
Organization for Farm Women.1363. 1364 
Heating an Upstairs Room.1364 
Home Treatment of Cuts.1364 
A Handy Milk Room.1364 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Water Will Seek Its Level.1342 
Well in Quicksand.1345 
Value of the Buzz Saw.1346 
Cotton Ginning Report.1347 
Limitations in Regard to Debts.1347 
Line Fences. 1347 
Aliens Holding Property.1347 
Events of the Week.1348 
Editorial .1352 
Publisher’s Desk.1270 
MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending Dec. 12, 1913. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, extra, lb. 35 @ 36 
Good to Choice . 30 @ 34 
Lower Grades. 24 @ 27 
Storage . 22 @ 32 
State Dairy, best. 30 @ 32 
Common to Good. 23 @ 29 
Factory. 19 @ 22 
Packing Stock. 18 20 
Elgin, 111., butter market tirm at 33 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 35 cents. 
CHEESE, 
Whole Milk, best. 16'i<a 16>4 
Common to Good . 14 @ 15 
8kims. 05 @ 10 
EGGS. 
White, choice to fancy, large . 45 a 47 
Good to prime. 49 @ 43 
Mixed colors, best. 40 @ 42 
Common to good. 35 @ 39 
8torage. best. 29 @ 30 
Medium and low grades . 20 @ 25 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples—Spitzenburg, bbl. 2 50 @ 4 00 
Jonathan. 2 50 <*6 00 
Spy. 2 50 @ 5 00 
King. 3 00 @ 5 00 
Hubbardston. 2 00 @4 00 
Greening . 2 00 @4 50 
York Imperial. 3 50 @ 4 50 
Baldwin. 2 50 @ 4 50 
Western, box. 1 50 @ 2 75 
Pears—Kieller, bbl. 2 00 @3 50 
Seckel. bbl. 3 00 @6 00 
Cranberries, Cape Cod, bbl. 8 50 @10 00 W 
Long Island, bbl. 7 00 @ 9 50 
Jersey, bbl. 6 00 @8 50 
Jersey, crate . 1 75 @ 2 00 
Strawberries, Fla., qt. . 55 @ 0 65 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 4 90 @ 5 45 
Medium . 3 70 @3 75 
Pea . 3 40 @ 3 70 
Red Kidney. 5 30 @ 5 35 
White Kidney. 5 S0@ 5 so 
Yellow Eye. 4 yo@5 00 
Lima, California. 5 95 @ 6 00 
HONEY. 
Clover, comb, lb.13 @ 16 
Buckwheat, lb.12 @ .13 
Extracted, gallon. 75 @ 1 00 
NUTS. 
Shelibarks, bu. of 50 lbs. 2 00 @ 3 00 
Butternuts, bu. 50 @ 75 
Black walnuts, bu. 1 00 ® 1 25 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 45 @ 48 
Common to good. 40 @ 44 
Pacific Coast . 24 @ 28 
Old stock. 15 @ 18 
German crop. 68 @ 73 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes—Long Island, bbl. 2 25 @2 75 
Jersey, bbl. 175 @2 00 
Maine, 180 lbs. 2 00 @2 25 
State, bulk. ISO lbs. 2 00 @ 2 12 
European. 168 lb. bag... J 25 @160 
Bermuda, bb!. 3 25 @ 5 50 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl. 1 00 @ 1 50 
Beets, bbl. 1 25 @ 1 50 
Brussel sprouts, qt. 16 @ 13 
Carrots, bbl. 1 00 @ 1 25 
Cucumbers, bu. 2 00 @ 3 50 
Cabbage. Danish seed, ton.27 00 @29 00 
Red .28 00 @33 00 
Imported .22 00 @24 00 
Celery, doz. 25 @ 65 
Cauliflower, bbl. 1 50 @ 6 00 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 1 00 @ 2 00 
Onions—White bu. 2 50 @ 2 10 
Red. 100 lb bag . 1 50 @ 1 85 
Peppers, Southern, bu. 2 00 @ 5 00 
Peas. Southern, bu. 1 50 @ 5 50 
Radishes, 100 bunches . 50 @ 1 00 
Spinach, bbl. .. 75 @ 125 
String Beans, bu. 2 00 @3 50 
Squash. Marrow, bbl .. 1 50 @2 01 
Hubbard, bbl. 2 00 @ 2 25 
New, bu. 1 00 @ 1 50 
Egg Plants. Southern, bu. 3 50 @ 4 50 
Tomatoes. Southern. 6 bkt. crate I... 2 00 @3 60 
Turnips, white, bbl. 1 25 @ 1 50 
Rutabaga . 90 @125 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS. 
Cucumbers. No. 1, doz. 1 00 @ 1 25 
No. 2. box. 2 50 @ 3 50 
Mushrooms, lb. 10 @ 25 
Radishes. 100 bunches. 150 @200 
Tomatoes, lb. 20 & 25 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens, broilers lb. 16 ® 15% 
Fowls . 16 @ 17 
Roosters . 11 @ 12 
Ducks. 15 @ 17 
Geese. 13 © 14 
Turkeys. 15 @ 16 
Guineas, pair. 60 @ 55 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, fresh killed, best . 27 @ 28 
Common to good. 16 © 22 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb. 26 @ 28 
Broilers, common to good . 21 @ 24 
Roasters, fancy. 23 @ 25 
Fowls. 14 @ 19 
Ducks. 10 @ 17 
Geese . 12 @ 18 
Squabs, doz. 1 00 @ 4 75 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay. Timothy No. 1. ton . 20 00 ©21 00 
Standard.19 00 @19 50 
No. 2.17 50 @13 50 
No. 3 .14 00 ©16 50 
Clover mixed.13 00 @18 50 
Straw. Rye .17 00 @18 00 
Oat.1100 @12 00 
MILLFEED. 
Wheat Bran, ton.23 00 @24 25 
Middlings .28 00 @30 00 
Red Dog.30 00 @31 00 
Corn Meal.29 00 @30 00 
Linseed Meal.31 00 @31 50 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 7 45 @ S 60 
Bulls. 5 00 @ 7 00 
Cows. 3 00 @ 6 25 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs. 9 00 @13 00 
Culls. 4 00 @7 00 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 3 50 @ 5 00 
Lambs . 7 25 @ 8 50 
Hogs. 7 00 @ 8 00 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS. 
Calves, best. 16@ 17 
Fair to good. 14@ 15 
Buttermilks. 08@ 09 
Lambs. Hothouse, each . 9 00@10 00 
Pork, light . 12© 12% 
Heavy. 08@ 09 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 1. Northern Spring. 98 @ 
No. 2. Red . 1 01 @ 
No. 2. Hard Winter. 1 00 @ 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 78 @ SO 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 45 @ 47 
Rye . 70 @ 71 
RETAIL PRICES AT NEW TORK. 
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. 42 @ 44 
Tub, choice. 32 @ 36 
Chickens, roasting, lb,. 30 @ 32 
Fowls .. 22 @ 25 
Turkeys. 26 @ 30 
BOSTON WHOLESALE PRICES, 
Butter, nenrbv creamery. 
34 
@ 
35 
Western creamery . 
32 
@ 
Si 
Eggs, nearby hennery. 
53 
@ 
DO 
Gathered iresh. 
. * 
48 
@ 
5*2 
Dressed Poultry—Fowls. 
19 
@ 
20 
Roasters. 
OO 
24 
10 
@ 1 
50 
Apples—Baldwin, bbl. 
. 4 
00 
@ 5 
00 
Greening . 
00 
@ 4 
00 
Hubbardston. 
50 
@ 3 
00 
Spy . 
00 
@ 5 
00 
Hay—No.-1. 
.21 
00 
@22 
00 
No. 2. 
.19 
50 
@20 
00 
No. 3. 
00 
(5*16 
00 
Stock Hay. 
00 
@15 
00 
Straw—Rve . 
.18 
50 
@19 
00 
Millfeed—Bran, ton.. 
.24 
50 
@25 
00 
Middlings. 
00 
@29 
00 
Mixed Feed. 
.27 
00 
@28 
00 
Gluten . 
00 
@30 
50 
Live Stock Milch Cows. 
.60 
00 
@100 
00 
Beef Cows, 100 lbs . 
50 
® 5 
00 
Steers . 
25 
(£ s 
50 
Calves. 100 lbs. 
00 
@ 9 
00 
Hogs, 100 lbs. 
00 
@ S 
75 
BUSINESS NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
Port Arthur, Ontario, on the north 
shore of Lake Superior, is an immense 
grain shipping point. Owing to the late 
Fall it is expected that shipments this 
season will total 170,000.000 bushels. 
Lumber dealers in the East are consid¬ 
ering the possibilities of importations 
from the Philippines, where there are said 
to be 200.000,000,000 feet of merchant¬ 
able timber. The opening of the Panama 
Canal will make an apparently cheap 
route to the Atlantic coast. 
On November 30 the total number of 
National banks organized was 10,463, of 
which 2,930 have been discontinued, 
leaving now 7.513 in existence, with total 
capital of .$1,069,029,175, and circulation 
outstanding secured by bonds, $739,677,- 
565. 
Wisconsin stock raisers are working 
for the establishment of a cooperative 
packing plant at La Crosse, to cost 
$250,000. 
The grape district of Toronto, Tulare 
and Kings counties, California, shipped 
2,655 cars of Emperor and Malaga grapes 
during the season. 
In November 2,120,000 bushels of po¬ 
tatoes were moved from Aroostook coun¬ 
ty, Maine. 
Subscribers 9 Exchange 
Complying -with several suggestions received 
recently, we open a department here to enable 
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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. 
WHITE RICE POPCORN 
FOR 
SALE. 
S. 
WHEELER, Sumner, Mo. 
VIRGINIA FRUIT FARM 
FOR 
SALE. 
For 
particulars write C. B. R., 
Crozet, Va. 
Swellings. 
Can you suggest cause . or treatment 
for two puffy swellings on a horse’s ab¬ 
domen, each about the size of half an 
apple? They are not inflamed or tender, 
and seem to cause no pain. First noticed 
them about four years ago. They appear 
to increase slowly in size. He is an old 
animal—over 20—but feeds and works 
fairly well. Has never been lame or sick, 
saving a few attacks of colic. H. w. 
New Jersey. 
I suspect that the horse is white in 
color and that the swellings are pigment 
or malanotic tumors and incurable. Such 
tumors are coucerous, malignant and pe¬ 
culiar to grey horses or white horses when 
growing old. They are commonly found 
about the anus or vulva or underside of 
tail, but may appear elsewhere. Treat¬ 
ment is useless. If they are not of that 
character paint each part each other day 
with tincture of iodine. They may have 
come from bruising. * a. s. a. 
Lameness. 
I have a nice mare that has navicular 
disease. She sprained her foot by over¬ 
reaching and pulling her shoe off. The 
veterinary blistered it as soon as it hap¬ 
pened, before taking the heat out, and it 
irritated it so it caused navicular trouble. 
He says now the only thing he can do 
is to unnerve it, and that will make it 
all right. She is a valuable mare, and 
I do not want to unnerve it if it can be 
cured any other way. This was 18 
months ago, and she has not been used 
since. She is very little lame, at any 
time, and a good deal of the time she 
does not go lame at all. Will you let 
me know whether there is any way to 
cure it? f. s. m. 
Massachusetts. 
Your description and history of the 
case do not suggest navicular disease, 
and unnerving may be unnecessary. If 
navicular disease is present the affected 
foot will be “pointed” forward, in front 
of the wxly, and she will start out lame 
and quickly “warm out of the lamness.” 
In navicular disease the hoof in time 
become contracted at the heels and 
smaller than the sound hoof. If you do 
not find these symptoms present and yet 
are sure that the foot is the seat of the 
lameness we would advise you to clip 
the hair from the hoof-head and blister 
repeatedly with cerate of cantharides at 
intervals of two or three weeks. Rub 
the blister in a little at a time for 15 
minutes; then smear more of the blister 
over the surface and tie the animal up 
short in stall. Wash the blister off in 
three days and then apply a little lard 
once daily and turn the mare into a box 
stall. She must be well tied up at each 
time of applying the blister to prevent 
her from lying down or biting the blis¬ 
tered part. In she does not "point” the 
foot when standing at rest the lameness 
is located elsewhere than in the foot, 
medicines cannot safely be given to & 
mare in foal. a. 8. a. 
WANTED—Pecans; also butter. E. W. ROB¬ 
INSON, Montclair. N. J. 
HOUSE AND 10 ACRES—Ideal for poultry; 
sell or lease. JOSEPH CHRISTIE, Thiells, 
N. Y. 
WANTED—Prairie State Incubators; state size, 
year, condition, price. MONTICELLO (N. Y.) 
EGG FARM. 
10-ACRE FARM—Good for trucks; near station; 
25 miles from Norfolk; 8700. Write owner, 
W. G. BATES, Gilmerton, Va. 
CHANCE for chicken man to buy complete 
plant: new house: 20 acres; fruit: consider 
exchange. R. D. BOX 36, Pomona, N. Y. 
SIX-ACRE POULTRY AND SMALL FRUIT 
farm for sale; excellent location; good build- 
ings^_ Inquire of H. G. HAND, Bridgehampton, 
FARM FOR SALE—117 acres; quantity timber, 
wood, fruit; buildings in tiptop shape; near 
market: school. WILLOWBROOK FARM, Ster¬ 
ling, Conn. 
AMERICAN, 27. temperate, desires position in 
commercial orcharding; apples preferred; col¬ 
lege training and experience. E. S. G., Tanners- 
ville, 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- 
HAMMER, Fulton, Ohio. 
COMPETENT Farm or Country Estate Superin¬ 
tendent, American, handy with tools and ma¬ 
chinery; 6 years’ reference in last place. T. 
G. W., care R. N.-Y., 333 West 30th St., N. Y. 
250 ACRES—Fifteen rooms, two barns, sheds, 
near two cities and town; trolleys, school, 
R. F. D. and ’phone; peach and apple orchard; 
possession at once; photos, and price. Address, 
G. S. Box 10, Mystic, Conn. 
WANTED—Green vegetables direct from grow¬ 
er by parcel post, package to be shipped 
every ten days; state what you have and what 
you can supply regularly, and price, to P. O. 
BOX 167, Litchfield, Conn. 
WANTED—Competent farmer April 1st to work 
on shares farm of 100 acres, cultivated; 30 
acres in orchard, 4 years planted; 20 acres 
wheat; farming tools; horses and hogs: 8-room 
house; silo buildings; 1 hour from New York 
City. J. T. KIRTLAND, 32 Park Row, New 
York City. 
WANTED—A good Herdsman, experienced with 
Ayrshire cattle, on farm in eastern Pennsyl¬ 
vania; must be good butter-maker and have 
reference as to honesty, temperauce: must be 
fond of animals. Steady position, good wages 
to right person. D., care of R. N'.-Y., 333 
West 30th St., New York. 
WANTED—Working farmer, gardener: married, 
no children; experienced general farming, 
gardening, fruit pruning; all farm animals, 
chickens, incubator; cottage, all improvements; 
good home for honest, industrious, sober, capable 
man; reference necessary. A. B. C.. care of 
R. N.-Y., 333 West 30th St., New York. 
FOR SALE—Farm in Central New York: 76 acres, 
including 20 acres young hardwood timber; 
75 young apple trees; also pear trees, cherries, 
etc: 9-room house; several outbuildings, good 
condition: all up-to-date implements; also 12 
head high-grade Holsteins and four-year-old 
work team. G. B. N'., care of R. N.-Y., 333 
West 30th St., New York. 
WANTED—Position by an American. 47 years 
of age. as superintendent or manager of large 
farm or gentleman's estate; familiar with all 
details of farming, dairying, poultry raisins, 
gardening, road building, gasoline engine, etc. 
Have been successful in handling of men. Best 
of references as to character and ability. P. O. 
BOX 343, Hempstead, L. I. 
CHRISTMAS POULTRY, FANCY EGGS 
and CALVES 
WM. H COHEN 8 CO., - 229 Washington St., New York 
QEO. P. HAMMOND. EST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & GO., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers in all kinds of 
COUNTRY l’KODICE, Apples, Peaches, Ber 
ries Butter, Eggs. Cheese, Poultry. Mush rooms 
ami Hot house Products ;t Specialty. Consignments 
solicited. 34 «& 36 Little 12tli St.. New York- 
Subscribers’ Exchange 
FINE HOME AND BUSINESS FARM, near 
Syracuse; 136 acres, 40 miles out, gravel loam 
soil, mellow machine-worked fields. House—15 
rooms, bath, hot and cold water, fire-place, 
maple shade, telephone: ideal for summer board¬ 
ers. Horse Barn—30x40; cow barn—40xS0, 46 
stanchions; 2 silos 16x30. Price. $8,000, terms; 
a business dairyman’s proposition. Address, 
F. J. POTTER, Altmar, N. Y. 
For Farm or Factory 
PORTABLE OR 
STATIONARY 
EASY 
TERMS 
TO 
RELIABLE 
PEOPLE 
Wood Sawing Outfits, Three Styles, AH Sizes 
MAKE MORE MONEY—DO LESS WORK 
FOR SALE—Beautiful poultry farm, 37 acres 
on Hudson River; two-tliirds In crops, balance 
fine oak woodland: 3 natural springs, fine water¬ 
ing system; 500 head thoroughbred Wyandottes 
and Leghorns (all white and young): one Guern¬ 
sey cow; one heifer: stock: Well-kept buildings 
(all new); tools and property for $16,000; half 
cash, half time payment: worth double. Owner 
wishes to buy in South. SPRINGSIDE FARMS, 
New Hamburgh. N. Y. 
YOU need on your farm right now one of our gasoline en¬ 
gines. They make money and save work. Take them 
wherever the work is. They are strong, durable, and reliable. 
In fact they are willing workers and never quit. Don't sleep 
another night till you have sent for information that means 
DOLLARS FOR YOU. Tel! us SIZE FARM YOU 
HAVE and get special proposition. DO IT NOW. 
R. CONSOLIDATED GASOLINE ENGINE CO. 
202 FULTON STREET, NEW YORK CITY 
GOOD 
.SALESMEN 
W WANTED 
mm 
To -SeliFruit Tree* 1 
Best terms known to the nursery world. Steady pay; 
cash weekly, exclusive territory, commission oil mail 
orders. Big money made every day selling our exclusive 
specialty and all our other hardy fruit trees, vines, etc. 
Satisfaction and profit from every tree. Ail the year 
around profitable and pleasant work. We pay freight 
deliver, collect. You can be our rprr tdppq rnp 
county manager if vou write today. _ rncc run 
Let us fully explain bur New Idea. ’ TRAVELING EXPENSES 
MISSOURI NURSERY CO.. Box 72. LOUISIANA. MO. 
