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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, January 8, 1910. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Asking Questions of the Soil.21, 22 
New York Agricultural Societies. 24 
Corn Prices in Nebraska. 24 
Crimson Clover with Peas and Oats.... 25 
A Rotation for Sandy Roam. 25 
Problems and Possibilities of the Hilly 
Districts of Ohio. Part 1. 20 
The Way the West Talks. 26 
Seaweed as Manure. 27 
Studies of Nitrogen. 28 
Farmer's Share of Ruckwheat Flour... 28 
The T'se of Swamp Muck. 20 
Wire Raskets for Testing Soil. 20 
Lime from Acetylene Plant. 20 
Value of Coal Ashes.-. 20 
Hope Farm Notes. 00 
Pennsylvania State Grange. 33 
A Woman Farmer...33 
Farmers’ Institutes in New York. 38 
Winter Protection for Alfalfa. 40 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
“Roasted" Turkey Raisers. 24 
French Canadian Cattle. 36 
Fattening Injured Horse. 36 
Horse Sale . 36 
A Combination Ration. 37 
Ration for Milch Cows. 37 
Cows. Calves and Ilogs. 37 
Shipping Milk Direct. 38 
Frothy Cream . 38 
State Dairymen’s Association. 40 
HORTICULTURE. 
Keep Perries Out of a Peach Orchard.. 22 
The Mulch Method vs. Cultivation. 22 
Handing for Codling Moth. 22 
The Second National Apple Show at 
Spokane . 23 
When Shall Gardeners Appu.v Manure? 23 
Starting Nut Seedlings. 24 
Scraping Bark of Apple Trees. 24 
Intel-planted Peach and Pear Trees.... 25 
Sterile Winesap Apple Trees. 25 
Apples for Pennsylvania. 25 
Lettuce and Cabbage Under Glass.... 26 
Hybridizing Gladiolus . 31 
The Rack Yard....'. 31 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 34 
The Rural Patterns. 34 
The Farmer's Wife as Poultry Keeper. 35 
Shrimp Stew . 35 
Washing Silk or Woolen. 35 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
A Continuous Cement Pipe. 27 
Editorials . 32 
Events of the Week. 33 
Products, Prices and Trade. 37 
Windmill for Pumping. 40 
Inside Wall for Cistern.. 40 
Publisher’s Desk . 42 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week ending 
December 31. 1909, wholesale except where other¬ 
wise indicated. The retail prices given do not. as 
n rule, cover either the highest or lowest sales, hut 
show what the bulk of consumers of moderate 
means pay for small quantities or produce bought 
in Fulton, Washington, Jefferson Markets, etc., 
and up-town grocery stores. “Retail” is rather 
an indetlmte word, but in this column it means 
less than barrel or other original package lots of 
fruits and vegetables, less than tubs ol butter, 
cases of eggs. etc. The trade of commission mer¬ 
chants Is strictly wholesale. The retail prices 
given are those secured by grocers and small deal¬ 
ers who receive no direct shipments. 
BUTTER 
Wholesale 
.30 ® 38 
Creamery, fancy, lb. 
Good to Choice.30 @ .33 
Lower Grades.26 @ .29 
Htaie Dairy, best.29 ® .33 
Common to Good.25 ® .28 
Factory. 22 @ .25 
Packing Slock.21 ® .24 
MILK 
New York Exchange price $2.01 per 
PI-quart, can. netting i'4 cents to 
shippers In the 20-oent freight zone 
who have no additional station 
Retail 
.38® .42 
32® .30 
28® .31 
.30® .35 
•27@ .29 
.24® .20 
charges. 
. qt. 
.09® 
.12 
CHEESE 
Full Cream, best. 
. .16 
@ .18 
.20® 
.24 
Common to Good... 
. .12 
® .15 
.16® 
.18 
Skims. 
® .08 
.10® 
.12 
EGGS 
Fancy White, doz. 
. .46 
fa) -50 
.60© 
.61) 
White, good to choice 
. .35 
@ .42 
.38® 
.4*; 
Mixed Colors, best — 
@ .38 
.40® 
.42 
Common to Good... 
. .25 
® .30 
.30® 
.32 
Storage. 
@ .24 
BEANS 
Marrow, bu. 
. 2.50 
© 2.90 
qt. 
.15 
.Medium.. 
.. 2.10 
© 2.30 
I’td. 
. 2.10 
® 2.30 
qt. 
.12 
Red Kidney. .. 
2.60 
© 2.80 
• 
White Kidney. . 
3.00 
© 3 25 
Yellow Eye. 
. 3.10 
© 3.25 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice. 
. .35 
@ .36 
Common to Good. 
. .25 
® .30 
German. New Crop... 
. .68 
@ .72 
DRIED FRUITS 
Apples, evap. fancy.. 
. .10 
© 11 
.16 
Ev&p., com. to good 
. .06 
@ .09 
.09® 
.13 
Sun Dried. 
. .04 
® .07 
Chops. 100 lbs. 
. 2.00 
® 2.12 
Cherries. 
® .17 
lb. 
.22© 
.26 
Raspberries. 
. .22 
@ .22W lb. 
.26© 
.26 
Huckleberries. 
. .11 
@ .12 
FliESH FRUITS 
Apples. Rubb’n, bbl... 2 00 ® 2.75 
Twenty-Ounce. 2.50 © 4.00 
York Imperial.3.0U @ 4.50 
Spitz. 2.00 ® 3.50 
Spy. 2.00 © .i.50 
King.2.50 131 4.50 
Baldwin.2.00 ® 3.25 
Greening. 2.25 © 6.00 
Jonathan.3.00 © 4.50 
Western, box. 2.00 © 4.25 
Poars. Duchess, bbl... 2.50 @ 3.75 
KielTer... 1.75 © 3.50 
Cranberries. 
Cape Cod, bbl. 4 00 ® 0.00 
New Jersey. 4.00 ® 4.25 
Btrawberries. Fla., qt.. .50 @ .00 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes. 
Bermuda, bbl.4.00 @ 5.00 
Maine. 165 lbs. LOO @187 
Jersey and Pa., bbl... 1.35 © 1.75 
Long Island. 1.75 ® 2.25 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl.. 1.50 @ 3.00 
Brussels 8arouts, qt... .00 © .12 
Ca-roi.s, bbl. 1.00 © 1.25 
Cabbage, ton.10.00 ©22.00 
Cauliflowers, bbl.75 © 3.00 
Celery, doz......10 @' .40 
Cucumbers. Fla. bu. .. 1.25 © 2.25 
Lettuce, pbl.75 ® I 50 
Peas. Hi bbl. bkt., 2.00 ® 0.00 
Peepers. 
Fla. Carrier. 1.50 ©3.00 
each .03® .05 
Onions, state, bag. 1.00 @ 2.00 
Orange Co., bag.1 00 @ 1.75 
Small Pickle, bu.... 1.00 © 1.25 
Romaine, bbl.75 ® 3.00 
String Beans, bu.1.00 ® 3.50 
Spinach, bbl.1.50 @ 1.75 
Squasn, Hubbard, bbl. .75 ©1.50 
Tomatoes. 
Fla., 20-qt. carrier... 1.25 @ 2.25 
Turnips, White, bbl.50 @ .75 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS 
Cucumbers, No. 1 doz. 1.00 © 1.25 
No. 2, box. 2.5(1 © 4.00 
Mushrooms, lb.25 © .50 
Tomatoes, lb.10 © .20 
Radishes. 100 bunches. 2.00 ® 3.00 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, lb.15 © 
Fowls.. .. .15Jjj@ 
Roosters. 1(1 @ 
Ducks. .16 © 
Geese.12 ® .14 
Turkeys;... .15 © .20 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys. Fey. 
.25 
© .26 
.28© .30 
Common to Good_ 
. .20 
® .24 
.22® .26 
Chickens, roasting ... 
. .22 
® .25 
.25® .28 
Good to Choice. 
. .18 
® .21 
.19® .23 
Common Run. 
. .14 
@ .16 
.15® .18 
Fowls. 
@ .17 
.15® .21 
Ducks, Spring. 
. .12 
® .21 
.18® .24 
Geese. 
. .15 
@ .20 
Squabs, doz. 
® 4.25 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs., 
. 5.00 
© 7.00 
Bulls. 
© 4 .50 
Cows. 
. 2.00 
© 4.50 
Calves, 
Prime Veal, 100 lb... 
. 7 .00 
@10.50 
Calls. . 
. 4.50 
fa' 5.00 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 
© 6.00 
Lambs.. 
. 7.50 
@ 9.00 
Hogs. 
. 8.25 
© 9.00 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEATS 
Calves, lb. 
.10 
® .141* ■ 
L‘ mbs. 
Hothouse, head . 
. 8 .00 
©10.00 
Pork. 100 lbs. 
11.00 
©12.50 
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FOR SALE. 
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Hall’s Farm Agency, Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y. 
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Unhusked corn, husked ears, 
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$8,760,000,000!! 
That’s the Value of Farm Prod¬ 
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It Great ? 
Think of producing on the farms of the 
United States twice as much new wealth in 
one year as is represented by all the gold 
money in the world outside of this country! 
No wonder our esteemed friend, Secretary 
James Wilson, of the Department of Agri¬ 
culture, is jubilant. 
It is a showing that every citizen is proud 
of, whether he had a hand in the production 
or not. 
The most gratifying story told by these 
figures is that they represent a gain over the 
previous year of $869,000,000. 
We are going ahead—going ahead rapidly. 
That is the best message we gather from 
this report of our results for 1909. 
But, instead of being content with these 
figures, let us take them only as an indica¬ 
tion of what our real possibilities are, and 
let us use them merely as a mile post in our 
climb to better things. 
Let each of us, for instance, look back over 
our operations of 1909 to determine whether 
or not we did our share toward making this 
showing possible. 
We all know that there are about 6.000,000 
farms in this country. Did 6,000,000 advance 
improve, produce more wealth—or did one 
million, two million, or three million do all 
of this pushing and improving of methods to 
make a gain of $809,000,000 possible? 
We ought to stop and think of what has i 
made the gains of former years possible. 
We must stop to realize that this gain of 
$869,000,000 for 1909 is not due to so much 
more land under cultivation, but has been | 
brought about primarily by better methods 
of Cultivating the same land that has been 
cultivated before; by better methods of 
preparing the soil, sowing the grain and 
harvesting the crops. 
Without the wonderful strides made in 
the develoDment of farm machines, an 
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the question. 
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