1910. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1© 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, January 1, 1910. 
FARM TOPICS. 
A Railroad Man Turns Farmer. 1 
Improving Farms Without I.ive Stock. 1 
The Value of "Nitrogen Cultures”.... 2 
A Deal in Alfalfa Seed. " 
Aid for Agricultural Education. 
Durum Wheat . 
The Use of Swamp Muck. Part I.... 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
New York State Dairymen’s Association 
Developing Draft Horses . 
Worms . 
Hog Cholera. 
Ration for Milch Cows. 
Buckwheat and Ground Oats for Cows. 
Another Dairy Ration . 
Ration for Fattening Cattle.- 
Building Blocks: Concrete Stable Floors 
Controlling a Vicious Horse. ......... 
Butter Making in Ohio.. 
HORTICULTURE. 
Success With a Mulched Orchard... 
The “Stunt" iu Peach Nursery Stock. 
Cauliflower Seed. 
Advice About Top-Working Pears.. 
Oriental Pears on French Stock... 
Producing Large Apricots. 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 
Easy Brown Bread. 
The Rural Patterns. 
Windows of Promise. 
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15 
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12 
12 
12 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Redwood Trees of California. .. . 
The Old Rural and the New.... 
Ilot-Water Heating. 
Editorials . 
Events of the Week . 
Now York Farmers' Institutes. . . 
Ventilation of a Cellar . 
Publisher's Desk. 
Croat Educational Convention . 
3 
5 
5 
10 
11 
11 
15 
18 
6 
MARKETS 
Wholesale 
Retail 
.36 
® 
.37 
.38® .42 
.30 
<3 
.32 
32® .38 
.26 
® 
.29 
28® .31 
.20 
@ 
.33 
.30® .35 
.25 
® 
.28 
•27@ .29 
.22 
® 
.25 
.24(4* .26 
.21 
@ 
.24 
Apples, evap. fancy... 
.50 
<d) 
n 
.16 
Evap., com. to good. 
.00 
® 
.09 
.09® 
.13 
Sun Dried. 
.04 
® 
.07 
Chops, 100 lbs. 
2.00 
is) 
2.12 
Cherries. 
.10 
<" 
.17 lb. 
.22® 
.26 
Raspberries. 
.22 
® 
lb. 
.25® 
.26 
Huckleberries. 
.11 
u 
.12 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples. Ilubb'n, bbl... 
2.00 
(& 
2.75 
Twenty-Ounce. 
2.50 
IS 
4 00 
York Imperial. 
IS 
4.50 
McIntosh. 
fit 
5.00 
Spitz. 
2.00 
® 
3.75 
Spy. 
2.00 
(d> 
.1.50 
King. 
2.50 
® 
4.50 
Baldwin. 
2.00 
Uf, 
3.25 
Greening. 
2.25 
f CL' 
0.00 
Jonathan. 
® 
4.50 
Western, box. 
2.00 
Ul 
4.50 
Pears, Duchess, bbl... 
2.50 
® 
3.50 
KietTer. 
1.75 
® 
8.50 
Cranberries, 
Cape Cod, bbl. 
4 00 
® 
6.00 
New Jersey. 
4.25 
5.00 
Grapes, 8-lb. bkt. 
.20 
® 
.25 
Western N.Y..41b.bkt 
.12 
(<L 
.16 
Strawberries, Fla., qt.. 
.40 
IS 
.50 
Potatoes. 
VEGETA BLISS 
Bermuda, bbl. 
4.00 
® 5.00 
Maine. 165 lbs. 
1.60 
(a 1.87 
Jersey and Pa., bbl... 
1.35 
ffl 1.75 
Long Island. 
2.00 
® 2 50 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl.. 
1.00 
® 2.25 
Brussels Sprouts, qt... 
.05 
® .08 
Carrots, bbl. 
.65 
ffl .75 
Cabbage, ton. 
1U.O0 
<0,20.00 
Cauliflowers, bbl. 
,7b 
(a 3 0.1 
Celerv. doz. 
.10 
® .40 
Cucumbers. F!a. bu — 
1.25 
(a 2.25 
Lettuce, bbl. 
) 00 
® 3.00 
Peas, % bbl. bkt. 
Paupers. 
2.00 
® 6.00 
Fla. Carrier. 
1.50 
IS 3.00 
Onions, state, bag. 
1.00 
@ 2.00 
Orange Co., bag. 
.75 
® 1.75 
Small Pickle, bu.... 
.75 
fa 1.25 
Iloniaine, bbl. 
String Beans, bu. 
1.50 
® 3.00 
1.00 
® 5.00 
Spinach, bbl. 
1.50 
® 1.75 
Squasn, Hubbard, bbl. 
'Tomatoes. 
.75 
® 1.50 
F.a., 20-qt. carrier... 
1.25 
® 2.50 
Turnips, White, bbl_ 
.50 
@ .75 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS 
Cucumbers, No. 1 doz. .00 ffl .00 
No. 2, box. 1.50 ffl 2.50 
Mushrooms, lb.25 ffl .50 
Toma oes. lb.10 ffl .22 
Radishes. 1UJ bunches. 1.00 ® 2.00 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, lb.15 ffl 
Fowls...15 ffl 
Boosters.- .10 ® 
Ducks.13 ffl .15 
Geese. .12 ® .Vi 
Turkeys. .16 & .23 
DRESSED POULTRY 
o 
Turkeys, Fey. 
. .26 
® 
.27 
.28® 
.31 
2 
Common to Good... 
. .20 
® 
.24 
.22® 
.26 
Chickens, roasting... 
.. .22 
® 
.25 
.25® 
.28 
4 
Good to Choice. 
.. .18 
® 
.21 
.19® 
.23 
Common Run. 
.. .14 
® 
.16 
.15® 
.18 
Fowls. 
.. .12 
® 
.17 
.15® 
.21 
6 
Ducks, Spring. 
.. .12 
® 
.21 
.18® 
.24 
14 
Geese.. 
® 
250 
14 
8quabs, doz. 
® 4.25 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs.. 4.25 ffl 7.05 
Bulls.3.00 ® 1.50 
Cows.2.00 ® 4.25 
Calves 
Prime Yeal, 100 lb... 7.00 ®10.50 
Culls.4.50 ® 6.00 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 3.00 ® 5.00 
Lambs.6.1X) @ 3.60 
Hogs.3.15 @ 8.50 
Prices current at New York during week ending 
December 24. 1300. wholesale except where other¬ 
wise indicated. The retail prices given do not. as 
a rule, cover either the highest or lowest sales, but 
show what the bulk of consumers of moderate 
means pay for small quantities of produce bought 
in Fulton, Washington, Jefferson Markets, etc., 
and up-town grocery stores. “Retail” is rather 
an indefinite word, but in this column it means 
less than barrel or other originnl package lots of 
fruits and vegetables, less than tubs of butter, 
cases of eggs. etc. The trade of commission mer¬ 
chants is strictly wholesale. The retail prices 
given are those secured by groeers and small deal¬ 
ers who receive no direct shipments. 
BUTTER 
Creamery, fancy, lb 
Good to Choice.... 
Cower Grades .... 
State Dairy, best- 
Common to Good- _ 
Factory...22 ® 
Packing Stock.21 ® 
MILK, 
New York Exchange price $2.01 per 
4(i-quart can. netting 4*4 cents to 
shippers in the26-eent freight zone 
who have no additional station 
Common to Good. 
Fancy White, doz.... 
White, good to choice 
Mixed Colors, best ... 
Common to Good 
Storage.18 
BEANS 
Marrow, bu. 2.50 ffl 2.30 qt. .15 
Medium. 2.10 ffl 2.25 
Pea.2.10 @2.25 qt. .12 
Bed Kidney. 2.o0 ffl 2.85 
White Kidney.. 3.00 @ 3 20 
Yellow Eye.3.10 @ 3.25 
HOI’S 
Prime to Choice.35 @ .36 
t’omraon to Good.25 @ .30 
Geimaa, New Crop.68 @ .72 
DRIED FRUITS 
D9@ 
.12 
CHEESE 
.. .16 @ 
.18 
.20® 
.24 
.. .12 ® 
.15 
.16® 
.18 
.08 
.10® 
.12 
EGGS 
.. .45 ffl 
.50 
.50® 
.60 
e. .35 @ 
.42 
.38® 
.46 
... .35 @ 
.38 
.40® 
.42 
.. .25 ® 
.80 
.30® 
.32 
.24 
The FARMERS’ GARDEN 
^ABeed Drill and Wheel Hoe is In¬ 
dispensable—not only in a village 
garden but on largest farms. 
Farmers should grow all manner 
Of vegetables and “live on the fat of 
the land.” Should provide succu¬ 
lent roots for Cattle, 8 w i ne, Poultry, 
and save high priced leed 
stuff. Great labor-sav¬ 
ing tools of special 
value forthehome 
as well as the 
market gar¬ 
den. Send 
for freo 
book. —. j! 
Only Ona 
of Many 
Iron Ago Tooll 
The 
most 
complete 
tool 
made 
BATEMAN MFG. CO.. Box I02-G GRENL0CH, N. J. 
The PORTER LITTER CARRIER 
Save6 labor and time, improves health condi¬ 
tions, enriches the field, promotes cleanliness and 
gives stock and dairy products a clean, salable 
appearance. The carrier runs on a steel track, 
■which is easily 
fastened to the 
wall or ceiling, 
and runs very 
easily as the 
wheels have rol¬ 
ler bearings and 
are swivelled so 
as to round 
curves. With a 
set of g e it r s, 
which are enclos¬ 
ed in the gear 
box, the tub is 
lowered for tilling 
and lifted for 
moving to the 
clump or the wagon, which increases the power. It 
is liquid tight and turns completely over when the 
litter is tipped out. The tub is made of heavy 
steel, tirmly riveted and has pivoted trncks to 
permit lateral swing, and frame is of strong pipe 
and malleable Iron. Send for a catalogue, which 
shows many exclusive features not mentioned here. 
J. E. PORTER COMPANY, Ottawa, Illinois 
MacKellar’s Charcoal 
For Poultry is best. Coarso or lino granulated, also 
powdered. Buy direct from largest manufacturers of 
Charcoal Products. Ask for prices and samples. Est.1844. 
R. MacKELLAR’S SONS CO., Peekskill. N.Y. 
coiimiMiin WYANDOTTES 
—Clmioe cockerel*, yards 
and White TV I M H U U I I LO nutted for reBuUa, 
Bred to win and lay. Farm mixed. Write WANTS, icon 
please you. Itulpli Woodward, Grafton, BIum*. 
Bourbon Bed, 
Narragansett and M. Bronze Toms, 
■l Will make standard weight birds 
at maturity. IV. K. Imlc, It. K D. Bio. 1, Juet>b«l>«rg, Ohio. 
Pnlljp Ptmo cheap, from imported champion stock 
uUIIIG rll(Jo roaldrivers. Ika Keller, Prospect,O. 
WANTED: 
—A BUCK GOAT, from a good 
milking strain. Must not be 
Angora, or over five vears old. Address— 
F. M. ABBOTT, Wellesley Hills, Mass. 
WE PAY HIGHEST PRICES FOR 
each ,03@ .05 
No. 1 
2 
3 
4 
St.oo 
83~00 
$2.00 
$1.00 
3.50 
2.50 
1.75 
1.00 
3.50 
260 
1.75 
.75 
3.25 
2.25 
1.25 
.60 
3.00 
2.00 
1.25 
.50 
3.60 
2.00 
1,25 
.60 
prices. 
Send 
[ for list for 
and also give you a share In the profit we make 
when we resell. 
Our new Profit-Sharing Plan makes Kann returns 
larger than you would get elsewhere. Fair treat¬ 
ment guaranteed by our 20 years of fur buying. 
Express charges paid and settlements made im¬ 
mediately. Write today for Price List and Profit- 
Sharing Plan 
KANN & COMPANY, 
41 East 10th Street, New York. 
SEND US YOUR FURS 
Make money on this Year’s catch by sending it to us. 
We Pay Hiohest Prices, and Guarantee Satisfactory Reiuros. 
Shipments held separate on request. Wo pay all 
express charges and charge no commission. 
Get our price-list and shipping tags now. Let 
us keep you posted. All sent free upon request. 
A postal brings them. Write today. 
References: EAST RIVER NATIONAL BANK. 
STRUCK-CHAITIN CO. 
Dept. F, 8 E. lath St., New York. 
SHIP YOUR RAW FURS 
by Express to 1C. A. SCHIIKM'.N. Raw Fur Dealer. Dept. D, 
121-123 . 
111. We are paying the 
3 Michigan Street, Cliieu 
following prices for Skunk : 
Minn.. N. & S. Dak..- 
Wis., Ia. & Neb. - ------ 
No. Ohio, tnd., Ills. & Mo. - - - 
Cent. O., Ind., Ills. & Kang. - - 
So. Ohio. Ind.. Ills. & Mo - - - 
Mich.. N. Y„ N. J., l’a. & Eastern 
M. ltats and Mink bring high . 
other furs. Itefereueo, Cout. Nat’l Bank and Foreman 
Bros. Hanking Co., Chicago. We pay all Express Charges. 
(OH A nroQ—2ttacres timber: 10-room house: 3barns, 
10 J HUGO 50x35: 52x35: 35x 24: hog house, heu 
house,silo; fruit: nice land. $2400. $000 cash 
HALL S FARM AGENCY. Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y. 
GAItI)ENEIl ANI) FRUIT GROWER. 
A practical man desires employment as such, 
either in the open or under glass. Can take charge 
in any of the usual departments of garden work, 
including the laying out. planting and management 
of fruit gardens ami orchards and estate improve¬ 
ments generally. Single man. In regard to reli¬ 
gious conviction, a Baptist. Will prove to ho sober, 
steady and reliable. First class references. 
Address—POMONA, care of Rural New Yorker. 
What Every Farmer 
You Can 
k 
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Free 
When yon write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee page 10. 
Forty Pages 
in Colors 
7 r tTST drop us a post 
card and we will send 
you, free, the latest 
edition of our Corn 
Book,containing the best 
information from the high¬ 
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corn. You can get more and better corn 
without increased cost by following this book. 
Every page illustrated and printed in colors. 
The fact that this book also contains a 
description of the 
Deere No. 9 Corn Planter 
the most highly perfected machine on the 
market, adds to its value. 
Increased accuracy secured hy the famous 
Deere edge-selection drop, means any¬ 
where from ten to fifteen bushels per acre 
over the old style of machine. 
Repeated tests have shown the above in¬ 
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We have plates for all kinds of corn and 
other seeds. Instantly changed from hill to 
drill drop without changing plates. 
Fertilizer attachment that distributes 
either in hill or drill. The illustration shows 
the regular runner, but stub runner or disc 
openers may be 
had on special 
order. In fact,the' 
Deere No. 9 is 
strictly up to date 
in all the real im 
provements. 
Address 
cere & Mansur Co. 
Deere No. 9 Edge-Drop Planter 
Highest Accuracy in Drop 
ICE PLOWS 
Cuts two rows. Equals 20 men 
with saws. Catalogue tells all 
about it. Ask for ('atalogue 25. 
Win. H. Fray, Verbank, N. Y. 
Virginia Farms and Homes. 
free catalogue of splendid bargains 
R. II. CHAFFIN <fc CO., Inc., Richmond, Va. 
GEO. P. HAMMOND. EST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & CO., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers in all kinds of 
COUNTRY PRODUCE, Apples, Peaches. Ber 
ries Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms 
and Hot-house Products a Specialty. Consignments 
solicited. 34 & 36 Little 13tli St.. New York- 
S AW your own 
wood 
and save 
time, coal and 
money; or saw 
your neighbors’ 
wood and 
MAKE 
$5 TO SI5 
A DAY 
Hundreds are doing it with an Appleton Wood Saw, 
Why not you? We make six styles—steel or wooden 
frames—and if desired will mount the saw frame on 
a substantial 4-whecl truck on which you can also 
mount your gasoline engine and thus have a 
! 
PORTABLE 
WOOD SAWING RIG 
in effective work and profitable 
that is unequalled 
operation. 
We make the celebrated Hero F riction Feed Drag 
Saw also, and complete lines of feed grinders, corn 
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Make Your Old 
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Just as strong and as good as ever 
and more convenient. Write us and 
let us show you how cheaply we 
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iich put an end to all break-downs. 
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WANTED —Herdsman for a registered herd 
of 
Holstein-Friesian cattle, located in 
northern New Jersey. This man will be directed 
by the owner, and is expected to be interested in 
the production of milk and raising of young stock. 
Married or single, if married will be required to 
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H.-F-. care Ruilal New Yorker, 
pi-KASE semi a trial shipment to the Oldest Com- 
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Eggs. Poultry. Pork. Calves. Hay, Grain. Beans, 
Apples etc. l r - II. WOODWARD, 302 tireennleli St., N. Y. 
JELLIFFE, WRIGHT & COMPANY, 
Commission Merchants, 284 Washington St., New York. 
Poultry, Eggs, Meats, Produce. Shipments Solicited. 
GET MY PRICE 
This Ad Saves Dealer, Jobber, Supply 
Men, Catalog-House Profits 
—Nobody Can Beat It 
Buy ditect from the biggest spreader factory in the world 
—my price has made it. No such price as I make on this 
high-grade spreader has ever been made before in all man¬ 
ure-spreader history. Here's the secret and reason : I make 
you a price on one based on a 30,000 quantity, and pay 
the freight right to your station. You only pay for actual 
material, labor and one small profit, based on this enor¬ 
mous quantity. 
” Galloway No. 5 
Complete Spreader 
—BY FARMERS OF AMER6CA 
Get my Clincher Proposition for 1910 with 
proof—lowest price ever made on a first-class 
spreader. No. 5, complete with steel trucks, 70- 
bo. size: or Galloway Famous Wagon-Box. 4 
6lzes, from 50 to 60-bu.—with my agreement to 
pay you back your money after you try it 12 
months if it’s not a paying investment. How’s 
that for a proposition? If I did not have the 
best spreader, I would not dare make such an 
offer. 40,000 farmers have stamped their O. K. 
Wm. Galloway Company of America, 
on it. They all tried it 90 days free, just like I 
ask you to try it—30 DAYS FREE. 
Drop me a postal, and say—“Galloway, send 
me your Clincher Proposition and Big Spreader 
Book, Free, with low prices direct from factory.” 
T. F. Stice, Oswego, Kans., writes me-"Often pull it 
with my small buggy team. Does good work. Have al¬ 
ways used the before. Galloway much the best. If 
going to bay a dozen more, they would all be Galloways. 
Thousands more letters like these. 
669 Galloway Station, Waterloo, Iowa 
Worth 
$25 to $50 
more than 
any other 
Make—You _ 
Try it and 70-bu.,S90 Freight 
See Prepaid North of Ten' 
a, i. n m ■ ■ aw a w nesses and East of 
No. 3 GALLOWAY Rockies. 
Complete With Steel Trucks 
Canalsotake Beater off in2minutPsbytaklngoff2bolts. 
Can remove a,iron In same time and use box if you wish. 
We defy all 
Competition 
on the Qual¬ 
ity of this 
Machine— 
Our Proof 
is the O. K. 
of 40.000 
Farmers 
Strong 
Wagon 
oars—Can 
Be Used 
For Other 
Purposes 
See Free Book for Gallo¬ 
way Wagon-Box. 5 sizes— 
from $42.30 up. F. O. B. 
Waterloo, $54.50 and up—Freight 
Prepaid. 
