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The Rural New Yorker, February 26, 1910 
FARM TOPICS. 
Growing Asparagus on Long Island. 
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2'*2 
221 
Lime Needed for Clover. 
Spent Hops as Manure. 
A Promising Agricultural School. zz.j 
Cutting Up “the Consumer's Dollar”.. 223 
Hold-up by the Farmers. 223 
Treating Seed Potatoes for Scab. 22o 
Land Plaster as Fertilizer. 226 
Wood Ashes and Nitrate of Soda. 226 
Wheat Growing in Maryland. 227 
Destroying Wild Radishes. 227 
Wood Ashes on Snow. 227 
Millet for Low Land. 227 
Alfalfa Without Inoculation. 227 
The Farmer and the Pheasant. 228 
Fertilizer Analysis. 228 
Coal Ashes as Fertilizer. 228 
The Value of Soap Dirt. 232 
Coal Ashes and lien Manure. 232 
Saving Asparagus Seed. 233 
Rye as Green Manure. 233 
Hope Farm Notes. 234 
Grass Without Nurse Crops. 240 
Purebred Iowa Corn. 244 
Questions About ('lover Fertilizers.... 246 
The Story of a‘ Canadian Farm. Part 
II. 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
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Expressage on Hog. 
Live Stock and Dairy Expressage on 
Hog . 
Hogs at Pasture. 
More Beef in New England. 
Tricks of the Oleo Trade. 
Hog Pasture in Maryland.. 
A Holstein Breeder Tal. s. 
Winter Care of Stock. 
Live Stock in Orchard. 
Durum Wheat for Chicks. 
Butter Fails to Come. 
A Business in Feeding Pigs. 
Curd Material in Skim-Milk. 
A Successful Hen Man Talks. 
Death of Foal. 
Indigestion . 
HORTICULTURE. 
A Nursery Contract Scheme. 
What Stock for Grafting Cherries. 
Campbell’s Early Grape. 
Garber and Le Conte Pears. 
Growing Cantaloupes in Southern In 
diana 
Western New York Horticultural So 
ciety. Part II. 
The True Lemon Cucumber. 
Nitrate of Soda on Strawberries. 
Early Apples for Virginia. 
Apple Growing in Georgia. 
English Gooseberries in This Country 
Double-Working the Apple Trees. 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day... 
Yeast for Vinegar Making. 
Two Hard Questions. 
Near Candies . 
The Rural Patterns. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Utilizing the Maple Orchard. 
Another Fight for Parcels Post. 
Rolling Snow Roads. 
Anti-Shipping League. 
Duty of a Rural Mail Carrier. 
Cleaning a Sooty Chimney. 
An Express Experience. 
Other People’s Money. 
Regulating Commission Men. 
Remedy for Ivy Poisoning. 
Express Companies and Express Routes 
The Law of the Commission Men. 
Publisher’s Desk . 
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MARKETS 
1’t'ces current at New York during weekending 
February 18. 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 hulk of consumers of moderate 
means pay for small quantities of produce bought 
in Fulton, Washington, Jefferson Markets, etc., 
and np-town grocery stores. ‘'Retail” is rather 
an indefinite word, but in this column it means 
less than barrel or other originnl package Jots 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 grocers and small deal¬ 
ers wtio receive no direct shipments. 
BUTTER 
Wholesale 
Retail 
Creamery, fancy, lb, 
... .30 
(S) 
.31 
.32® .34 
Good to Choice.... 
... .26 
® 
.28 
28® .30 
Lower Grades .... 
... .23 
@ 
.25 
24® .27 
State Dairy, best_ 
... .26 
ffl 
.28 
.28® .31 
Common to Good.. 
.. .23 
® 
.21 
.25® .27 
Factory. 
... .2? 
@ 
.23 
.24® .25 
Packing Stock. 
... .21 
@ 
.23 
MILK 
New York Exchange price $1.91 per 
tit-quart can. netting 4 cents to 
shippers in the 26-ccnt freight /.one 
who have no additional station 
charges. 
qt. 
.09® 
12 
CHEESE 
Full Cream, best. 
. .16 
® .IS 
.20® 
.24 
Common to Good... 
. .12 
® .15 
.16® 
.18 
Skims. 
® .08 
.10® 
.12 
EGGS 
Fancv White, doz. 
. 37 
® .38 
.40® 
.42 
White, good to choice 
. .30 
® .34 
.34® 
.36 
Mixed Colors, best ... 
. .31 
@ .85 
.34® 
.38 
Common to Good... 
® .25 
X 
N 
.30 
@ .’3 
BEANS 
Marrow, bu. 
. 2.90 
® 2.95 
qt. 
.15 
Medium.... . 
. 2.10 
® 2.40 
t*Cd. 
. 2.10 
@ 2.40 
qt. 
.15 
Red Kidney. 
® 3.15 
Whit > Kidney. . 
3.00 
(a) 3.45 
Yellow Eye. 
® 3.20 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice. 
. .33 
@ .34 
Common to Good. 
. .25 
® .3(1 
Gerrna t. Now Crop... 
. .68 
@ .72 
DRIED FRUITS 
Apples, evap. fancy.. 
. .10 
® 11 
.16 
Evap., com. to good 
. .06 
@ .09 
.09® 
.13 
Sun Dried. 
. .04 
® .07 
Chops, 10U lbs. 
. 1.75 
® 1.85 
Cherries. 
. .16 
@ .18 
lb. 
.22® 
.20 
Raspberries. 
. .22 
@ .22J4 lb. 
.25'a) 
.26 
1 luckleberries. 
. .12 
@ .15 
' FRESH FRUITS 
Apples. ITubb’n, bbl.. 
. 2 00 
@ 3.00 
■ten Davis. 
. 3.00 
@ 3.50 
York Imperial. 
. 3.00 
@ 4.25 
Spitz. 
2.00 
@ 4.25 
spy.. 
. 2.00 
® 4.00 
King. 
® 4.50 
Bald win. 
(<6 4.25 
Greening. 
. 2.25 
® 5.00 
Jonathan. 
. 3.00 
® 4.50 
Russet. 
. 2.( 0 
® 2.75 
Western, box. 
. 2.00 
® 4.t t; 
Cranberries, 
Cape Cod, bbl. 
. 4 00 
® 5.10 
New Jersey. 
, 4.00 
® 4.50 
Strawberries, Fla., qt. 
. .30 
® .75 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you'll get a quick reply and 
“a square deal.” See guarantee 
ANCHOR FENCE 
All styles for FIELD and 
LAWN. Best Material and 
construction. Free sample 
and catalog. 
Dept. 0. Anchor Fence & Manf. Co. Cleveland, 0. 
WANTED— Single Protestant man, 30 to 50 years old, 
on gentleman’s place, where horse, cow, poultry are 
kept; garden later; temperate, reliable and good 
reference. "J. P. 15.,” 27 Spring St., Stamford, Ct. 
W ANTED— Agents to sell the Farmers’ Account 
Book; quick seller; big inducements; farmers 
war.t it; act quick. Address L. L. SYPHERS, 
Fort Wayne, Iud. 
WANTFn- Foremal1 011 P rivate estate near 
if rill lull Boston. Give age, family, previous 
experience, full particulars. If satisfactory, fur¬ 
ther particulars of the place will be mailed. 
P. O. DRAWER 5221, Boston, Mass. 
WANTED 
Head Working Gardener on large 
place. Give full particulars regard= 
ing present and former employment. 
State age and salary desired. 
“ W. F. R.,” care Rural New=Yorker # 
pi,EASE send a trial shipment to the Oldest Com- 
* mission House in New York. Est. 1838. Butter, 
Eggs. Poultry, Pork, Calves. Hay, Grain. Beans. 
Apples, etc. I!. It. WOODWAKlt, 802 Greenwich St., N.'Y 
JELUFFE, WRIGHT & COMPANY, 
Commission Merchants, 284 Washington St., New York. 
Poultry, Eggs, Meats, Produce. Shipments Solicited. 
GKO. P. HAMMOND. EST. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & GO., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers in all kinds of 
I COUNTRY PRODUCE, Apples, Peaches, Ber 
ries Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms 
and Hot-house Products a Specialty. Consignments 
solicited. 34, & 36 Little I tit It St.. Nett York- 
I SELL FARMS IN OCEANA, the best Co. in the U.S. Fruit, grain 
I and stock. Write for list. J. D. S. HANSON, Hart, Mich. 
If You Want Farm Summer Home 
Write W. D. HAWKINS. Unadilla, N. Y. 
fif) Af'RFQ- Twelve - r00I > 1 house; two barns, 
UU MuHLo 40x40, 30x25: granary: two large 
lien houses; orchard. Telephone; 4 miles Owego. 
Owner away. Must go. $1,800. half cash. HALL’S 
FARM AGENCY, Owego, Tioga Co,, N. Y. 
fifl-APRF FARM for sale, close to the bay, Iks 
OU'nOHL miles from railroad station; $1,800,on 
easy terms. GKO. K. VAN NOTE, Barnegat, N.J. 
C HOICE Rose < omb Black Minorcas, Cockerels, 
$1.25 each. GEO. BOWDISH, Esperance, N. Y. 
T HOROUGH-BRED POULTRY —Best twenty varieties. 
Good stock. Eggs. 15, $1.00: 40, $2.00. Catalog. 
11. K. MOHR, Quakertowu, Pa., Route 3. 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Winners at N. Y. State Fair; Trios, $5: Eggs for 
Hatching, $1 for 15; $5 for 100. Catalog free. 
C. H. ZIMMER, Weedsport. N. Y. 
P ou I try men—Semi 10c. for out* J9»9 Catalog, chock full ofnneftil 
information. Describes ami illustrates 3.S varieties. You can’t 
afford to l>e without it. East Donegal Poultry Yanis Marietta,l’a 
B ABY CHICK, 10c. each. Single comb White Leg¬ 
horn from free range. Selected, healthy stock; 
can furnish in any number. Distance no objec¬ 
tion; circular free. Address CHAR. R. STONE, 
Baby Chicken Farm, Staatsburg-on-Hudson, N. Y. 
INDIAN RUNNKK DTK'KS, 2r.o Kgs; Strain, 42.00 each. I.ight 
I Brahmas, prize stock, $2 each. C. OOKDON, Speakers, N. Y. 
W ANTED— Several Bronze Turkey Hens and one 
Tom. Also several Imperial White Pekin 
Ducks and Two Drakes. Prices must be right. 
Address WILLIAM HARTWICK, Mgr. Osborn 
Farms, Box 75, Garrison, N. Y. 
G iant bronze turkey eggs, $ 3.00 per 
10. R. C. R. I. Reds, $1.00 per 15. Indian 
Runner Duck, $1.00 per 10 Choice Shropshire 
Sheep. Write H. J. VAN DYKE, Gettysburg, Pa. 
INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS- Great laying strain. Stock 
I and eggs from prize winners for sale. 
W. T. EASTON, Route 5, Delaware, Ohio. 
V AN ALSTYNE’S RHODE ISLAND REDS I 'Iggs for hatch¬ 
ing in any number, bred from stock that are 
vigorous egg producers. A few breeding Cockerels 
at $3 and $5. Baby Chicks hatched at $20 per 100. 
EDW. VAN ALSTYNE & SOX, Kinderhook, N. Y. 
Conn-Standard Bred for Eggs—White and 
JUUU Brown Leghorn and Black 'Minorca Hens 
and Cockerels. Eggs for hatching. THE AMERI¬ 
CAN PET STOCK CO., Collins, Ohio. 
E GGS.— $1 per 15, $2 per 40, from thoroughbred 
Brahmas, Rocks, Wyandottes, Reds, Leghorns 
S. Hamburgs; 14 varieties: catalogue: 26 years' 
experience. S. K. MOHR, B. F., Ooopersburg, Pa 
W HITE -HOLLAND TI'RKT.YS, Duston's White Wyandottes, 
White African Guineas and Ke^. Holstein Hull Calves. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. WALNUT HILL STOCK FA KM, 
Natuanikl Hacon, Big i „ Tulcott, W. Va. 
BLACK ORPINGTON EGGS 
FROM PRIZE WINNERS 
$1.50, $3.00 and $5.00 per 15; 1st and 3d on cockerel: 
2d and 3d on pen; 2d on pullet. Imperial Pekin 
duck oggs, $3.00 per 15; 1st on drake, 1st on duck. 
At Huntington Poultry Association, 1910. 
W. W. HAWXHURST, Huntington, L. I. 
Eggs for Hatching—Baby Chicks Rl 
:.C. Rhode 
_ Island 
Reds, Partridge Wyandottes, Indian Runner 
Bucks. Mati ng List sent on request. SINCLAIR 
SMITH, 602 Fifth Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Choice Bred Eronze Turkeys 
Stamp. Mrs. ~ 
ree Flocks ; 
mated, unrelated. 
Harriet Cnnini,EY, Draper, Va. 
S O VA/ I. EGHORXS of exceptional vigor and 
i U i fli quality. 250 acres devot'-d to the best 
! n Leghorns. Send for circular. MT. PLEASANT 
FARM, Box Y, Havre dc Grace. Md. 
W ILD and BRONZE TURKEYS and EGGS - Pure bred chick¬ 
ens. Handsome catalogue free showing Wild 
Gobbler right from the mountain. Satisfaction. 
Vat.t.ky View Pori.rnY Farm. Belleville, Pa. 
T HE FARMER’S FOWL —Rose Comb Reds, best winter 
layers on earth. Eggs, $1.00 per 15. Catalogue 
free. THOS. WILDER, Route 1, Richland, N. Y. 
The Thing That Interests Dairymen 
is not which Company has made the most failures in its 
attempts to make successful Cream Separators, or which 
Company has abandoned or discarded the most inventions 
because (by its own admissions) of the inferiority of those 
inventions, but 
Which Has the Best Cream Separator 
in 1910. 
The United States Separator beat all of its competitors 
and won the GRAND PRIZE at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific 
Exposition, June to October, 1909. 
The United States Separator beat all competitors at the 
Pan-American Exposition in 1901, in fifty (50) consecutive 
runs, with ten different breeds of cows and won the 
WORLD’S RECORD and continues to hold the WORLD’S 
RECORD in 1910. 
The best breeders and leading dairymen everywhere use 
the UNITED STATES SEPARATOR. 
Beautiful Illustrated Catalogue No. 159 will give you all other necessary information. 
VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO., BELLOWS FALLS, VT. 
RHODES DOUBLE CUT 
PRUNING SHEAR^^t^S 
RHODES MFQ. CO., 
GRAND RAPIDS, fllCH. 
Dept.' 
‘Pal’d June 2, 1903. 
HTHE only 
1 pruner 
made that cuts 
from both sides of 
the limb and does not 
bruise the bark. Made in 
all styles and sizes. We 
pay Express charges 
on all orders. 
Write for 
circular and 
prices. 
You’d Rather Wash With an 0. K. 
Than Have A Woman Around 
Why wear yourself out by a whole day over a wash tub 
or why go to the bother and expense of a washwoman around 
the house all day ? With one hour's easy, pleasant work you can 
dispose of the biggest washing with an 
O. K. Gearing Rotary Washer 
Makes clothes white as driven snow without injury. Runs so easy a 
child can turn i t. Nothing to get out of order. Never wabbles or warps. 
Steam-proof cover keeps water hot longest. Handsome and durable. 
Our Guarantee Inside. Send postal today for Free Washer Book. 
JERSEY BULL CALVES FOR SALE. 
We have for sale three pure-hred, registered 
Jersey bull calves, from four to six months old. 
all find, lnsty fellows, beautifully colored and well 
bred. These calves are by Loretta’s King and out 
of fine young cows in register of merit. These are 
royally bred animals, but wo will sell at farmers' 
prices. NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL OF AG¬ 
RICULTURE, John McLennan, Supt., Alfred, N.Y. 
FOR SALE AT FARMERS’ PRICES. 
Three yearlings and one two-year-old, pnre-bred 
and registered Holstein bulls, ready for service, 
well grown, well marked, well bred, straight and 
handsome. If the breeding and price is satisfac¬ 
tory they will be sold subject to approval, and if 
not found as represented may be returned at our 
expense. NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL OF AG¬ 
RICULTURE, Joint McLennan, Supt., Alfred, N.Y. 
REGISTERED SHROPSHIRES KKJ 
EWES, one to four years old, to lamb in April. 
FRED VAN VLEET, Lodi, N. Y. 
CCOTCH COLLI'KS, Spayed Females, two to 
“ eight mos. Circ. SI LAS DECKER, Montrose Pa. 
Pfll 1 IF DM DC— From imported stock. Females 
UULLIL. rUlOcheap. Nelson Bros., Grove City, Pa. 
COON AND FOX HOUNDS. 
Pedigreed Walker, July and Birdsong strains 
sent on ten days’ trial. 
R. F. JOHNSON, Assumption, III. 
IA/ D ROCKS— Eggs from tested heavy layers; 
• Vi 1 i $2 for 15, from best pens; Incubator Eggs, 
$6 per 100. A. S. BRIAN, Mt. Kisco, N. Y. 
0 C BREEDS POULTRY.— Bred for laying. Eggs for 
UU hatching. Big circular illustrated in colors 
free. JOHN E. HEATWOLE, Harrisonburg, Va. 
QUARTER wild and full stock bronze turkeys. Eggs. 
Geese, Rnnnerand Pekin Ducks. Barred Rocks and 
White Leghorn. Bert McConnell, Ligonier, Iud. 
OSBORN FARM Prize-winning White Leghorns: great 
U laying strain. Also Barred Rocks eggs for 
hatching, pens No. 1, $8 per 100; pens No. 2, $6 per 
100. Any number supplied. Visitors cordially in¬ 
vited. Address WILLIAM HARTWICK, Mgr. 
Osborn Farms, Box 75, Garrison, N. Y. 
WWHITE ROCKS and S. C. White Leghorns—business 
It fowls bred along standard lines. Eggs, $1.50 
per 13. Write for prices of larger lots. 
L. W. DRAPER, Amenia, N.Y. 
S. C, Rhode Island Reds ™:'“ 
finely marked; some worth $10 to $15. Will close 
out lot at $3.00 each. 
ST. MORITZ FARM. Ramsey, N, J. 
S. C. W. LEGHORNS. Wyckoff and Van Dresser strain. 
Celebrated for heavy egg production. Eggs $1 per 
15, $5 per 100. Geo. Lundgreen, Wyoming, Del. 
ALTON FARM.Tta;:':;: 
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. THACHER 
The home of S. C. W. Leghorns. W. P. Roeks and 
Imperial Pekin Ducks. We offer young Drakes 
weighing 7 and 8 lbs. for $2 and $3 each. Leghorn 
eggs for hatching, $1.50 per 15: $6 per 100: 90 per 
cent, fertility guaranteed. Duck eggs, $1.50 per 10, 
$8 per 100: 80 per cent, fertility guaranteed. No 
more W. Rock eggs to spare this month. A trial 
ordor will convince you. Correspondence invited. 
Address all communications to 
JOHN H. WEED, Mgr., Hillside, Westchester Co., N. Y. 
DAVIS S. C. R. I. REDS. 
200 egg strains. Greatest Winter Layers known. 
Large Brown Eggs, utility, $5 per 100: Special 
Matings, $1.50 and $2 per 13: $10 and $12 per 100. 
Winners at Worcester, Springfield shows, etc. 
Circular. 
DAVIS FOULTKY FAKM, Berlin, Mass 
Kean’s White Wyandottes & 
matings. Write for descriptive literature, 
E. FRANKIN KEAN, Stanley, N. Y. 
S.C.WHITE LEGHORNS 
Eggs for hatching from vigorous, mature birds. 
Our stock is the result of 15 years of selection and 
breeding for egg production. Write for prices. 
WHITE & RIGE, Yorktown, N. Y. 
“The Old Brick Farm.” 
I can supply a limited number of guaranteed, 
absolutely fresh eggs. Price 50 cents a dozen, at 
the farm, customers to pay expressage. S. !' Taber 
Willets, The Old Brick Farm, Rosiyn, Long Island. 
Mammoth Bronze Turkeys 
Winners at the leading: Connecticut shows. Ad¬ 
dress HEDGE LAWN FARM, Washington, Conn. 
I). S. Hartwell, Prop. 
THE CELEBRATED PARTRIDGES 
AND ENGLISH 
, PARTRIDGES AND PHEASANTS. 
Wild turkeys, quails, rabbits, deer, etc., for stock¬ 
ing purposes. Fancy pheasants, peafowl, cranes, 
swans, storks, ornamental geese and ducks, foxes, 
squirrels, ferrets, and all kinds of birds and ani¬ 
mals. WI1NZ & MACKENSEN, Dept. 10, Pheas- 
antry & Game Park, Yardley, Pa. 
