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CONTENTS 
The Rural New Yorker. February 5, 1910. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Muck Swamps . 120 
Rotation for a Pennsylvania harm... 12b 
Winter Handling of Manure. 120 
Manure on a Cement Floor. 120 
Tile Value of Coal Ashes. 127 
Sod Land in Missouri. 128 
A Large Ear of Corn. 129 
Sulphuric Acid on Farm. 130 
Breen Bone as Fertilizer. 132 
(Jetting Rid of Osage Orange. 134 
Studies of Nitrogen. 130 
Hope Farm Notes. 138 
Country Folks in Old York State. 149 
Seeding Meadow . 153 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Live Stock in Orchard. 144 
Garget . 144 
Arsenic for Horses. 144 
Cow with Fractured Tibia. 144 
Cream in Winter. 145 
Fancy Eggs. 145 
Unsafe Medicine . 145 
Worms . 145 
Unthrifty Colt . 145 
Staggers. 145 
How to Feed Sheep. 14(> 
Ventilating a Cow Barn. 140 
Condiments for Hogs. 148 
Chester Whites in Pennsylvania. 148 
Feeding Cotton-seed Meal in the South. 149 
White Diarrhoea in Chicks. 150 
The Cost of Milk. 150 
Husk and Cob Meal for Horses. 151 
New York State Breeders’ Meeting, Part 
II. 152 
Experience with an Incubator. 152 
Cream with Bad Flavor. 153 
HORTICULTURE. 
The Value of a Fruit Tree.125, 120 
Utilizing a Rough Tract... . 127 
The Farm Woman's Garden, Part I... 129 
Brussells Sprouts. 130 
New York State Fruit Growers’ Associa¬ 
tion . 131 
Ppnnprc 
Fla. Carrier. 1.50 @3.00 
Onions, state, bag. 1.00 @2.25 
Orange Co., bag.1 00 @ 2.00 
ltomaine, bbl.to ® 1.75 
String Beans, bu. 1.00 @ 4.50 
Spinach, bbl. 1.00 @ 1.75 
Squasn. Hubbard, bbl. 1.60 @ 2.25 
Tomatoes. 
F^a., 20-qt. carrier... 1.25 @ 2.50 
Turnips, Rutabaga, bbl .50 @1.00 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS 
Cucumbers, No. 1 doz. .75 @ 1.00 
No. 2, box. 2.50 @ 4.00 
Mushrooms, lb.15 @ .40 
Tomatoes, lb.10 @ .20 
Radishes, 100 bunches. 1.60. @3.00 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, lb. .15 @ 
Fowls.13 @ 
Roosters.II @ 
Ducks.17 @ 
Geese.13 @ .14 
Turkeys.13 @ .17 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkovs. Fey. 
.24 
@ .25 
•27@ 
.29 
Common to Good... 
. .20 
@ .22 
•22@ 
.20 
Chickens, roasting... 
. .21 
@ .27 
.26® 
.29 
Good to Choice. 
.. .18 
@ .22 
.19® 
.24 
Common Run. 
. .14 
® .16 
• 15@ 
.18 
Capons, fancy. 
. .28 
(a ) .30 
Common to Good... 
Sl'l 
@ .25 
Fowls. 
@ .18 
.15® 
.21 
Ducks. Spring.. 
© .21 
.18® .24 
Geese. 
@ .15 
Squabs, doz. 
@ 5.00 
LIVESTOCK 
Native Steers. 100 lbs. 
. 5X0 
@ 6.50 
Bulls. 
@ 4.80 
Cows. 
. 2.00 
@ 4 .00 
Calves, 
Prime Veal, 100 lb.. 
. 7.00 
@10.50 
Culls. 
.. 4.50 
fa) 6.00 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 
fa) 4.25 
Lambs. 
@ 8.00 
Hogs. 
. 8.25 
fti) 8.50 
COUNTRY 
DRESSED MEATS 
Calves, lb. 
. .08 
@ .14 
Lambs. 
Hothouse, head.... 
. 6.00 
@ 9.60 
Pork, 100 lbs. 
.11.00 
@12.50 
A Start in Strawberries. 131 
Tree Substitution. 132 
orchard Protection by Heating. 134 
Dwarf or Standard Apple Trees. 139 
Butternuts . 139 
A Barren Cherry Tree. 139 
•Bark Bursting” ou Fruit Trees. 139 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 142 
The Rural Patterns. 142 
Household Expenditures. 143 
Curing Bird Wings. 143 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
The Use of a Parcels Post. 120 
Heating the Country House. 1”7 
Co-operation with House Cleaners. 127 
Worms in Codfish. 130 
Pernicious Poison Ivy. 132 
The Albany Convention. 135 
Editorials. 140 
Events of the Week. 141 
Oil Escaping Into Spring. 151 
Wasted Fuel. 153 
Publisher's Desk. 154 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1, Nortb'n 
Duluth, bu. 1.26 
No. 2, Red. 1.30 
Corn, as to quality, bu. .65 @ .75 
Oats, as to weight, bu. .40 @ .50 
Rye.80 @ 85 
Barley, feeding.63 @ .65 
HAY AND STRAW 
Quotations for large bales. 
Small bales sell 50 cents to $1.00 
per ton less. 
Hay. No. 1, ton.22.00 @23.00 
No. 2.20.00 @21.00 
No. 3.18.00 @10.00 
Clover Mixed.19.00 @22 00 
Clover.18.00 @20.00 
Wild Hay.10.00 @13.00 
Straw. Rye.16.00 @17.00 
Oat and Wheat.10.00 @11.00 
Young Lady' (on first visit to Western 
ranch)—“For what purpose do you use 
that coil of line on your saddle?” Cow- 
MARKETS 
frees current at New York during week ending 
January 28. 1910. 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 Fultoo. 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 of butter, 
eases 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. 
Creamery, fancy, lb 
BUTTER 
Wholesale 
... .31 @ 32 
Retail 
•35@ .38 
Good to Choice.... 
... .28 
@ .30 
32® .34 
Lower Grades _ 
... .26 
@ .27 
28® .31 
State Dairy, best_ 
... .29 
@ .30 
,30@ .32 
Common to Good.. 
... .25 
@ .28 
.27® .29 
Factory. 
@ .25 
.24® .26 
Packing Stock. 
... .21 
MILK 
© .24 
New York Exchange price $1.91 per 
40-quart can. netting 4 cents to 
shippers inthe20-cont freight zone 
who have no additional station 
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... 
... .39 
@ .41 
.45® 
.48 
White, good to choice. .35 
® .37 
.38® 
.40 
Mixed Colors, best . 
... .*35 
@ .37 
.38® 
.40 
Common to Good. 
... .25 
® .30 
.30® 
.32 
Storage. 
® .24 
BEANS 
Marrow, bu. 
@ 3.00 
qt. 
.16 
Medium. 
.... 2.10 
@ 2.40 
Pea. 
® 2.40 
at 
.15 
Red Kiltiiev. 
@ 3.00 
White Kidney. 
. . 3.00 
@ 3.40 
Yellow Eye. 
@ 3.25 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice. 33 @ .34 
Common to Good.25 ® .30 
German. New Crop.68 @ .72 
• DRIED FRUITS 
puncher—“That line, as you call it, lady, 
we use for catching cattle and horses.” 
Young Lady—“I dare say. Now, may 1 
ask what do you use for bait?”—Judge. 
DAIRY SUPPLIES, 
Wo are headquarters for Milk Bottles, 
Cans, Caps, Churns, Carriers, Drain¬ 
ers .Separators, Pasteurizers,IceCrush- 
ers, etc., and every other utensil used 
by handlers of milk, cream, butter, 
eggs, ice cream or cheese. Best goods, 
fair prices, prompt shipments. Satis¬ 
faction guaranteed. Send ns today 
your list of needs. No order too small 
to receive careful attention. 
WisnerMfn. Co. 230-fl Greenwich St.. N.Y.C. 
Everything For Dairymen Always In Slock 
Send Us a Postal for a Price 
Just your name and address on a postal 
brings prices on all sizes of celebrated 
Racine Incubators and 
Brooders- —guaranteed to hatch 
highest percentage of eggs. Liberal 
Trial Plan. Best I nenbator Proposition 
on the market. Postal brings all printed 
matter and prices at once- Address 
Racine Hatcher Company 
Box 87, Racine, Wii. 
ALTON FARM,".— 
of Mammoth Imperial Pekin Ducks, Sin¬ 
gle Comb White Leghorns, Barred Plym¬ 
outh Rocks, White Wyandottes and Cor¬ 
nish Indian Games at reasonable prices, 
Send for descriptive booklet. Do it now. 
S. B. & E. W. TWINING, Yardley, Pa. 
LAKEHILL FARM. 
W. H. THACHEK 
The home of S. C. W. Leghorns. W. P. Rocks and 
Imperial Pekin Ducks. We offer good Leghorn 
Cockerels for $1 each, and I’ekin drakes for $2 and 
$3 each. Leghorn eggs for hatching, $1.50 per 15; 
$6 per 100: 90 per cent, fertility guaranteed. W. Rock 
.16 
.09® .13 
.22® .26 
26® .26 
Apples, evap. fancy... .in @ 11 
Kvap., com. to good. .06 @ .09 
Sun Dried.04 @ .07 
Chops. 100 lbs. 1.75 ® 1.85 
Cherries. 16 @ .18 lb. 
Raspberries.22 @ .22% lb. 
Huckleberries. 12 @ .15 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples, liubb'n, bbl... 2.00 @ 3.00 
York Imperial. 3.00 @4.50 
Spitz. 2.00 @ 3.50 
Spy. 2.U0 @ 3.50 
King.2.50 @ 4.50 
Bain win.2.00 @ 4.00 
Greening. 2.25 @ 4.50 
Jonathan.3.00 @ 4.50 
Western, box.2.00 @ 4.00 
Cranberries. 
Cape Cod, bbl. 4 00 @ 5.50 
New Jersey. 4.00 @ 4.25 
Strawberries. Fla., qt.. .40 @ .60 
„ VEGETABLES 
Potatoes. 
Bermuda, bbl.4.00 @ 4.75 
Maine, 165 lbs. 1.60 @ 1.75 
Jersey and Pa., bbl... 1.85 @ 1.75 
Sweet Potataes, bbl.. 1.50 ® 2.50 
Brussels Sorouts, qt... .07 @ .08 
Carrots, bbl. 1.00 @ 1.25 
Cabbage, ton.18.00 @28.00 
Cauliflowers, bbl.75 @ 3.50 
Celery, doz.10 @ 45 
Cucumbers. Fla. bu.... 1.25 @2.50 
Lettuce, bbl . 75 ® 3 00 each .03® .05 
1 eas, % bbl. bkt. 2.00 ®12.00 
eggs, $2.00 per 15, $10 per 100, and Duck eggs, $1.50 
per 10. $8 per 100: 80 per cent, fertility guaranteed. 
Atrial order will convince you. Correspondence 
invited. Address all communications to 
JOHN H. WEED, Mor., Hillside, Westchester Co., N. Y. 
EGGS, POULTRY, MEATS, PRODUCE 
Shipments Solicited. JF.LL1 FFE, WRIGHT A- 
Commission Merchants, 284 Washington St., New York. 
Dl.lCASE send a trial shipment to the Oldest Conn 
r mission House in New York. Est. 1838. Butter, 
Eggs. Poultry. Pork, Calves, Hay, Grain. Beans, 
Appies. etc. E. If. W001IWAH1), 302 (ireenvvicli St., N. Y. 
Spring (Hothouse) LAMBS 
CALVES, FANCY EGGS, 
LIVE POULTRY. 
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED. 
WM. H. COHEN & CO., COMMISSION MERCHANTS 
229 Washington Street, New York 
HOTHOUSE LAMBS, 
Calves, Poultry, Fancy Eggs, Hothouse Pro¬ 
ducts, Fruits, Y r egetables. Top prices secured 
for choice goods. Correspondence solicited. 
A-rchdeacon 6 Co., 100 Murray Street, N. Y. 
TflAM making a specialty of a 
_ 4H H.P. gasoline engine which 
is best suited for pumping water, 
grinding feed,sawing wood.shell- 
L*. ingcorn, operating cream 
sjggjk. seperators, churning and 
for general 
farm work 
ONLY *9155 
For My High Quality, Guaranteed 
4-2 H. P. Gasoline Engine 
The Sensation of the Season is the 
Caldwell Special Gasoline Engine 
T sell my engine di¬ 
rect from factory and 
can save you from §25 
to S100. 
All I ask is |for you 
to take the engine, 
try it free for sixty days 
on your own farm and if 
you are not fully satisfied 
with it, return it to me and 
I will pay freight charges 
both ways. 
All my engines are well 
built, finely finished and guaran¬ 
teed against defective material for mm i njiuin 
five years. My engine is so simple that 
you will not have the least difficulty in starting and 
successfully operating it at all times. Writ® for my 
free catalogue; compare my engine with any or ail 
engines you know of, then put my prices along sida 
t hose of others and see for yo urself what Icansaveyo u 
Write 
without 
fall 
for 
catalogue 
and 
price 
list. 
I. 0. Caldwell, Pres. 
The Caldwell - Hallowed m 
Mfg. Co. 
S11 Commercial 
Waterloo, Iowa 
WHITE LEGHORNS 
AND Leghorns both old 
and young to dispose 
PEKIN DUCKS): 1 ’, at 
Also some promising 
Mav hatched cockerels at $2.00 and $3.00 each. 
Grand early hatched Barred Rock cockerels sired 
by ten pound cocks for $3.00 and $5.00 each. A few 
more White Wyandotte yearling hens and cocks. 
Remember onr strain of Pekin ducks is second to 
none, that we have both old and young and over 
1,000 to select from. Prices of exhibition stock on 
application. Incubator eggs in any quantity. Cor¬ 
respondence invited. Satisfaction guaranteed. The 
only large successful plant in the vicinity of New 
Y’ork City. Bonnie Brae Poultry Farm, New Rochelle, N. Y. 
Lyon’s Rhode Island Reds. 
Choice Pure-Blooded Cockerels. Eggs for hatch¬ 
ing in season. L. S. LYON, West Somers, N.Y. 
R. C. Rhode Island Reds, Sfia:: 
ner Ducks. Vigorous, heavy laying strains High 
class birds for breeding, show or export SIN¬ 
CLAIR SMITH, 602 Fifth St.. Brooklyn. N. Y. 
W HITE HO 1.1.AM) TURKEYS, Diwton'g White Wvandottea, 
White Alii,an (4,linens an,I Rex. Holstein K-iIl Calves, 
Satisfaction guaranteed. WALNUT HILL STOCK. FARM, 
Nathaniki. Bacon, Mg,,, Tulcott, W. V». 
RHODE ISLAND REDS, 
Make big money for breeders. Easy 
to care for, too. Farmers prefer them 
to all others. “ Eggs to Hatch ” io 
cents each, $8 per ioo. My new A 
book, sent for 20 cents, tells how to^ 
raise the Reds and make ’em pay.fl 
Real color pictures show them trueH 
to life. With each copy goes coupon ■ 
good for 20c. on your first egg order^ 
WALTER SHERMAN ^ 
25 Boulevard Newport R. I. 
wsm 
1 
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IS ’ >t\\ 
wi 
ibJSr. 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORIMS 
.MAKE GOOD BROILERS; SO DO 
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 
8TANDA KD-BRED White and Brown 
Leghorn Hens and Cockerels. Great 
bred to lay strains. 
AMERICAN PET STOCK CO., Collins, Ohio. 
Choice Bred Bronze Turkeys 
Stamp. Mbs. Harriet Chcmblev, Draper, Va. 
UAN ALSTYNE’S R. I. REDS, bred for vigor and egg pro¬ 
duction. Breedingcoekerels and eggs for hatching. 
Edw. Van Alstyne& Son, Sunnyslde Farm, kimlerliooI.. X. V. 
L AltOE I* IK I \ DUCKS, Wl, .Wyandotts and W. Reek, Cockerels 
and Toulouse Geese for sale. E. Setilebei', Bneyms, O. 
P oultrymen—Send 10c. for our chock full of useful 
information. Describes and flitixtniTes 3’. varieties. You can't 
alibid to be without it. Hast Donegal Poultry Yurd»,Marietta,I’u 
If you want highest prices, now is the time to start 
your incubators. We have the fertile Eggs. 
WOODLANDS FARM (Inc.). IONA, N. J. 
SQUAB 
1910 
BOOK FREE 
Write for our hand¬ 
some 19 10 U ree 
Book, bow to make 
money breeding 
book now .332 pages. 136 
Mated pair 
kissing.— 
Eggs to : 
Squabs in| 
4 weeks. 
squabs. Cloth bound 
illustrations. IT’S OK EAT. We take subscrip¬ 
tions for the new splendid National Squab Maya- 
zine (monthly). Specimen copy lO cts. 
I'Ll MOUTH ROCK (SQUAB CO. 
335 Howard Street, ; : Melrose, Maas. 
Columbian Wyandotte Cockerels 
FOR SALE. Fine ones, large, Exhibition strain, 
excellent breeders. $2.00 each. MOUNTAIN 
VIEW POULTRY FARM, Gilman, W. Va. 
PARTRIDGE COCHINS 
Cockerels $2.00 to $3.00. Pullets $1.50 each. 
Selected Breeding Pen, 10 Pullets and 1 Cockerel, 
$25.00. MINCH BROS, Bridgeton, N. J. 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Winners at N. Y. Slate Fair; Tiios, $5; Eggs for 
Hatching, $1 for 15 : $5 tor 100. Catalog free. 
C. H. ZIMMER, Weedsport. N. V. 
S O U/ LEGHORN'S of exceptional vigor and 
>Ui If i quality. 250 acres devoted to the best 
in Leghorns. Send for circular. MT. PLEASANT 
FARM, Box Y, Havre de Grace, Md. 
W. H, TURKEYS, PURE BRED. 
TH0R0UCH-BRED POULTRY-Best twenty varieties. 
Good stock. Eggs, 15, $1.00; 40, $2.00. Catalog. 
H. K. MOHli. Quakertown, Pa., Route 3. 
T>OSITION WANTED as working manager on 
-*■ an up-to-date farm; American, 45, married; no 
incumbrance; results guaranteed: correspondence 
solicited. E. It. WALKER, Mayfield. N. Y. 
W ANTED— A Working Foreman, with from one to 
three boys past 15 years old, to take charge of 
a Jersey herd of cattle. Give reference and wages 
wanted. House furnished Feb. 28, 1910. Address 
W. F. SHRUM, R D. 2, Jeannette, Pa. 
W ANTED—A Shepherd at once. Young man 
preferred. POND HILL FARM,Springfield.Vt. 
Y OUNG MAN, 26, strong and willing, with five years 
on farm, desires employment during Coming 
season, within 100 miles. “ P. E. J II Grey stone 
Terrace, Yonkers, N. Y. 
I F YOU WANT A FARM of any kind write 
W. D. HAWKINS. Unadilla, N. Y. 
F OR SALE— Two horse tread power mounted on 
truck; also a one horse: cheap. 
WM. H. POSTER, Pleasantvilie, N. Y. 
pi:KB—Catalog of Magazine bargain*. I can oive you money. 
WKUKIi, “The Magazine Man,’' 112.'* Hancock, Philadelphia, pa. 
108 ACRES“K™ m " ou “ : 
sugar hush; two 
d hen house. 
$1,000 worth 
barns. 
21x51—34x46. Hog house and lien house. Water 
piped to buildings. Concrete watering troughs. 
Tuo apple orchards, pears, plums and cherries. 
Milk sold at door. 2k> miles railroad town. R.F.D. 
’Phone. $2,000. Torms. 
HALL’S FARM AGENCY, Owego, Tioga Co.. N.Y 
MRS. B. F. WRIGHT, Ransomvllle, N. Y. 
C olumbian Wyandottes—The grandest and most useful 
fowl on earth; wonderful layers. For a short 
time we will' sell males at $3 each and females at 
$2 each. All matured birds. Order direct from this 
adv. or write Aug. D. Arnold, Box 111, Dillsburg. Pa. 
W ILD and BRONZE TURKEYS and EGGS-Pure bred chick¬ 
ens. Handsome catalogue free showing Wild 
Gobbler right from the mountain. Satisfaction. 
Valley View Poultry Farm, - Belleville, Pa. 
W D Rock Cockerels, early hatched from tested 
■ • • heavy layers. $3 to $5 each. Trap nests 
used exclusively. A. S. BRIAN, Ml. Kiseo, N. Y. 
F OR SALE— 160 ACRE Dairy Farm; springs; 5 acres 
table grapes; 2 acres fruit, including oranges. 
Fine house; barn. Soft well water. Ideal loca¬ 
tion. GKO. C. HUSON. Corning, California. 
G OOD FARMS— All sizes; reasonable prices: nearly 
all parts of New York State. Catalog free. 
NORTHERN REALTY CO., Syracuse, N.Y. 
List Your Farms 
I have buyers for all kinds. 
II. T.KIHMEKMANN, 
G3G Carlton Avc., Brooklyn, N. Y, 
