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CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, April 2, 1910. 
FARM TOPICS. 
An Ear to Row Corn Contest.409, 
Plan for Holding Manure.. 
The Spinach Worm . 
Nitrate for Cabbage Maggot . 
Grinding Corn Fodder . 
Fertilizing and Pitting Potato Land.. 
An Orchard for a Meadow . 
A Western Cabbage Variety . 
Improving Old Sod . 
Concrete for Barn Basement . 
Very Valuable Dirt . 
Crop Following Corn . 
Testing the Seed Corn . 
Fertilizer for Peas . 
The Farmers’ Share of the Dollar. 
Lime, Plaster or “Phosphate” . 
Leather as a Fertilizer . 
Killing Locust Stumps .. 
Hope Farm Notes . 
Decayed Wood for Fertilizer. 
A Succession of Green Crops . 
Two Silo Questions . 
Dangerous Gas in the Silo . 
Seeding Oats and Peas . 
Tomatoes, Turnips and Crimson Clover 
Cheap Farms and Taxes . 
Seeding Alfalfa on Wheat . 
One-Horse Cultivator . 
Silo for Apple Pomace . 
Chemicals for Pastures . 
Broom Corn and Broom Making. 
Oats on Rye . 
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LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Polypus ; Thrush . 
Enough is Enough . 
Feeding Cotton-Seed Meal .... 
Green Food for Small Flocks .. 
A Question in l’ig Feeding ... 
That “Butter Merger” Again .. 
Figures for the Hothouse Lamb 
That Hog Deal . 
Ration for Milch Cows. 
Best Roots for Stock Feed .... 
Short of Butter Fat . 
Killing a Calf’s Horns . 
A Business Farm Team . 
Live Stock in New England ... 
Heifer's First Calf . 
Partial Paralysis . 
Collar Sore . 
Weak Knees . 
Turkey Raising . 
Ventilating a Henhouse . 
Chicken Lice; Calystegia . 
Feed for Ailing Cow; Cribbing 
A Cow Ration . 
Ventilation for Incubators. 
Pacts About Rhode Island Reds 
Feeding Brood Sow . 
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HORTICULTURE. 
Grafting the Cherry . 
The Whiting Nursery Company . 
Pear Scab . 
Nitrate of Soda for Privet Hedge . . . . 
Prize Crop of Strawberries . 
Cultivating My Small Garden . 
Persian Walnuts in Canada . 
Notes on Grafting; Education . 
Seedling Apples and Pears. 
Plants for a Blooming Hedge . 
Self-Fertile Apples and Pears. 
Cutting Back Large Apple Trees. 
Building a Small Greenhouse . 
Clematis Panieulata . 
The Brown Grape . 
Lime Sulphur vs. Soluble Oils .. 
Spraying Notes from Virginia. 
Cut-Leaved Birch . 
Chestnut Failure . 
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WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day . 426 
The Rural Patterns . 426 
Retaining Color in Canned Beets .... 426 
Lily Cake . 426 
County Fair Cake . 426 
Boston Brown Bread . 427 
Another Side of Farm Conditions .... 427 
Chimney Corner Talk . 427 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
A Middleman and Consumer’s Dollar . . 
A Talk About Express Rates. 
A Veteran Farmer and Fruit Grower. . 
The Keynote is Organization . 
Using an Icehouse . 
The Standard for Vinegar . 
Foreclosure of Mortgage. 
Rights in Improvement . 
Cutting Brush Near Fence. 
Selling Manure on Rented Place. 
Purchase from Executors. 
Responsibility for Fire. 
Editorials . 
Events of the Week . 
Facts About a Spring . 
Bank Cellar for Vegetables . 
An Oneida County, N. Y., Town. 
Cleaning Chimneys . 
Lime Cement . 
Praise for Slate Roofs . 
Rats and Mice Without Water. 
Coal Prices on the Pacific .. 
Publisher’s Desk . 
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MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during weekending 
March 25. 1910, wholesale excent 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 original package lots of 
fruits and vegetables, less than tubs ot 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 
Retail 
Creamery, fancy, lb. 
,.. .33 ® 
.34 
.35® 
.37 
Good to Choice.... 
... .29 @ 
.30 
32(4 
.34 
Cower Grades __ 
... .23 ® 
.26 
24® 
.28 
State Dairy, best.... 
... .31 ® 
.32 
.33® 
Common toGjod.. 
.. .23 @ 
.26 
.25® 
.28 
Factory. 
... .22 @ 
.23 
.24® 
.25 
Packing Stock. . 
... .21 ® 
.23 
MILK 
New York Exchange price $1.81 
per 
4t)-quart can. netting 'AH cents to 
shippers in the20-cent freight 
zone 
who have no additional station 
charges. 
.09® 
12 
CHEESE 
Full Cream, best.... 
... ,1G @ 
.18 
.20® 
.24 
Common to Good.. 
... .12 @ 
.15 
.16® 
.18 
Skims. 
.08 
.10® 
.12 
EGGS 
Fancy White, doz.... 
... 24 ® 
.25 
.28® 
.30 
White, good to choice. .23 @ 
.24 
.27® 
.29 
Mixed Colors, best.. 
... .24 ® 
.25 
.26® 
.28 
Common to Good.. 
.. .20 Af 
.23 
.23® 
.25 
BEANS 
Marrow, bn. 
2.90 
@ 2.95 qt. 
.15 
Medium. 
2.10 
IS) 2.&5 
Pea. 
2.10 
® 2.35 ot. 
.15 
Red Kidney. 
2.60 
® 3.25 
White Kidney. 
3.00 
@ 3.35 
Yellow Eye. 
3.10 
® 3.15 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice. 
.32 
® .33 
Common to Good. 
.25 
® .30 
German, New Crop.... 
.65 
® .70 
DRIED FRUITS 
Apples, evap. fancy... 
■ SO 
® 10)4 
.14 
Evap., com. to good. 
.06 
® .08 
•09@ 
.12 
Sun Dried. 
.04 
® .0t)>4 
Chops. 100 lbs. 
1.50 
fa) 1.65 
Cherries. 
.16 
@ .18 lb. 
.22® 
.26 
Raspberries. 
.22 
@ .22)4 lb. 
.25® 
.26 
Huckleberries. 
.12 
@ .14 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples. Newtown, bbl. 
3.50 
@ 4.50 
Ren Davis. 
3.00 
® 3.50 
York Imperial. 
® 4.50 
Spitz. 
2.00 
@ 4.00 
Spy. 
2.00 
® 4.50 
King. 
2.50 
® 4.26 
Baldwin. 
2.00 
@ 4.25 
Greening. 
2.25 
® 4.00 
Russet. 
2.00 
® 3.00 
Western, box. 
2.00 
(id) 3.00 
Cranberries, 
Cape Cod, bbl. 
4.00 
® 5.00 
New Jersey. 
3.00 
@ 3.50 
Strawberries. Fla., qt.. 
.30 
® .80 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, 
Florida, bbl. 
4.00 
® 5.50 
Bermuda, bbl. 
4.00 
(4* 0.50 
Maine, 105 lbs. 
1.25 
® 1.46 
State and West’n, bbl 
1.26 
® 1.37 
Asparagus, doz. 
3.00 
« 9.00 
Brussels Sprouts, qt... 
.07 
@ .14 
Carrots, bbl. 
.75 
® 1.00 
Cabbage, ton. 
18.00 
®27.00 
S’th’n.new, bbl. cte. 2.01) 
la) 2.76 
Celery, doz. 
.10 
@ .50 
Lettuce. )4-bbl. bkt.... 
.75 
@ 3.(K) each 
.03® 
.05 
Peas, Vi bbl. bkt. 
1.00 
@ 5.00 
Peppers, 
Fla. Carrier. 
1.50 
® 3.50 
Onions, state, bag. 
1.00 
® 2.25 
Orange Co., bag. 
1.00 
@ 2.25 
Romaine, j^-bbl. bkt.. 
.75 
® 3.00 
String Beans, bu. 
1.00 
@ 3.00 
Spinach, bbl. 
.75 
@ 2.00 
Squasn, Hubbard, bbl. 1.50 
® 2.25 
Tomatoes. 
Fla., 20-qt. carrier... 
1.25 
® 2.50 
Turnips, Rutabaga, bbl 
.50 
@ 1.00 
Southern, new. bbl.. 
LOI) 
® 1.50 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS 
Cucumbers, No. 1 doz. 
l.tK) 
@ 1.25 
No. 2, box. 
2.50 
® 5.00 
Mushrooms, lb. 
.15 
® .40 
Tomatoes, lb. 
.10 
(a) .25 
Radishes, 100 bunches. 
2.00 
@ 3.50 
LIVE POULTRY 
Fowls.19 m .20 
Roosters.12 @ .13 
Ducks.18 ® .19 
Geese.11 ® .12 
Turkeys.13 ® .18 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys. Fey. 
.22 
@ .23 
.24® .27 
Common to Good.... 
.20 
@ .21 
.22® .23 
Chickens, roasting.... 
.22 
@ .24 
.23® .27 
Good to Choice. 
.18 
® .22 
.19® .24 
Common Run. 
.14 
® .16 
.15® .18 
Capons, fancy. 
.26 
® .28 
Common to Good.... 
.22 
® .25 
Fowls. 
@ .18 
.15® .21 
Ducks. 
.16 
@ .22 
.18® .24 
Geese. 
@ .16 
Squabs, doz. 
1.50 
® 5.00 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, UK) lbs.. 
5.75 
fa) 8.15 
Bulls. 
4.80 
® 6.00 
Cows. 
2.00 
(d 5.75 
Calves, 
Prime Veal, 100 lb... 
7.00 
®11.00 
Culls. 
4.50 
® 5.00 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 
4.IK) 
® 7.<M) 
Lambs. 
KUO 
® 10.25 
Hogs.10-00 
®11.00 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEATS 
Calves, lb. 
.08 
(d .15 
Lambs, 
Hothouse, head. 
5.00 
®11.00 
Pork, 100 lbs.' 
13.00 
®15.00 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1, North’n 
Duluth, bu. 
1 27 
No. 2, Red. 
1.29 
Corn, as to quality, bu. 
.65 
® .67 
Oats, as to weight, bu. 
.50 
® .55 
Rye. 
.80 
® 85 
553.50 
BUY A NEW YORK STATE WAGON 
DIRECT FROM FACTORY 
If you want the best made at the lowest $45.00 
possible price. We build wagons for 
service—not merely to sell. Wo are the 
only N. Y. State factory selling direct to 
user,saving ono-thirdof the costforyou. 
Send for 1 One on Approval 
Handy Wncron : Removable seats, 
drop en cl Kate, strong and durable. 
Can’t be duplicated anywhere. 
Retails for $70.00. 
Safe delivery guaranteed—no deposits or refer¬ 
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there will be no sale. Write today for catalog of easy riding, will last for many 
200 styles ami Wholesale Price Li*t. years. Retails for $65.00. 
Rochester Vehicle Company, 360 Main St., Rochester, hi. V. 
Sun-Ray MANTLE BURNERS 
im Sold at prices that defy competition; 
burns mantle like gas, making gaslight 
Mi from kerosene. Odorless, noiseless, abso- 
jOt - lutely safe. 100 to S00 candle power light; 
burns 10 hours on one quart of kerosene; 
lights like any lamp; needs no generating. 
Burner fits any screw collar lamp, in¬ 
cluding the Knyo. Satisfaction guaran¬ 
teed; for houses, stores and factories. 
Live agents wanted. Send for particulars. 
Dept. K, Simplex Gaslight Co,, 23 Park Row, New York City. 
Dunninrr Ulster everywhere on the farm in any 
nUlllllllg ndltJI quantity without expense for 
power and at low first cost with an automatic 
RIFE RAM 
Cheapest and most efficient 
water supply for country 
place, irrigation, farms, etc. 
Satisfaction guar a n t e e d. 
Booklet, plans, estimates free. 
Rife Engine Co. 2429 Trinity Bldg., N.Y. 
‘New Modern’ 
// Sanitary Steel Stalls 
Wood or Steel Stanchions (chain or 
swivel hung), Litter and Feed 
Carriers, Watering Basins, etc. 
Glor Bros. St Willis I>Ifg. Co. 
27 Main Street, Attica, N. Y. 
"EVERYTHING FOR THE EARN" 
CATTLE STANCHIONS 
OBMBHBHi —HE— miW iTU 
When in the market, write L. A. GREEN, 
Ogdensburg, N. Y., for Illustrated Circulars, 
Mentioning This Paper 
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The only thoroughly manufactured 
Silo on tho market. Full length stave. 
Continuous door frame complcto with 
ladder. Triple beveled silo door with 
hinges. Equipped witn extra heavy 
hoops at bottom. 
AIR TIGHT 
Sfake9 winter feed equal to June 
grass. THE ROSS will more than pay 
for itself in one season. Write to¬ 
day for catalog which givos facts that 
will savo you money. Agents wanted. 
The K. W. Itoss Co.(Est.l850) 
Box 13 SFKIHGflELD. OHIO 
B 
RONZE TURKEY and PEAR! GUINEA EGGS. 
POPLAR LAWN FARMS, Lockport, N. Y. 
R 
OSE COMB BLACK MINORCAS— Eggs, $1 for 15, $3 
for 50. GEO. BOWDISH, Esperanto, N. Y. 
W, H. TURKEY EGGS - 
Rodman, N. Y. 
EGGS 
at Half Price for April. R.C.Bnff Leghorns, 
bred to lay. Prize winners, $1 per 15, 
15 per 100. Oakdale Farms, Chester, N. J. 
FOR SALE—White Wyandotte Eggs 
Hatehinn 
or table use. Also a few nice COCKERELS 
MRS. GILBERT W. HARRIS, Belden Farm, Dover Plains, N.Y. 
Boston Produce Go. 
Commission Merchants, 
Fruits and Produce. Consignments Solicited. 
93-95 South Market St,, 
Boston. 
HOTHOUSE LAMBS, 
Calves, Poultry, Fancy Eggs, Hothouse Pro¬ 
ducts, Fruits, Vegetables. Top prices secured 
for choice goods. Correspondence solicited. 
Archdeacon 6 Co., 100 Murray Street, N. Y. 
DI,EASE send a trial shipment to the Oldest Com- 
* mission House in New York. Est. 1838. Butter, 
Eggs, 1 ouitry. Pork, Calves, Hay, Grain. Beans 
Apples, etc. li. I). WOOIMVAltP, 302 Greenwich St., N. V‘ 
Eggs, Poultry, Meats, Produce. 
Shipments solicited. JELLIFFE, WRIGHT 8 CO., Com¬ 
mission Merchants, 284 Washington St., New York. 
$8,000 Milk Route For Sale. 
Milk sells for 10c. per quart, cream 20c. per pint. 
Demand not supplied; turn down applications for 
milk and cream every day. Location IJk. miles 
from Greensboro, N. C., a growing Southern'city of 
30,000 inhabitants, in the Piedmont section of 
North Carolina. Drainage perfect; near splendid 
County School of four trained teachers; term 8 
months. Annual sales from milk and cream. $8,000. 
Will deliver route May 3d. Owner hns various 
other enterprises and contemplates going abroad 
this summer. Reference. Rraostreet. Address 
JOHN A. YOUNG. Greensboro. North Carolina. 
Wanted, at Laurel Farm 
A good farm hand. Must be clean milker 
and able to do all farm work with team. 
_J. GRANT MORSE. Hamilton, N. Y. 
Y ALE GRADUATE, best habits, character, experienced 
desires country employment; poultry farm 
preferred; others considered. W. £. GAMBLE, 
93 Lake Place, New Haven, Conn. 
YflliNR MAN -26, used ^ arm work, wants 
I UUIlU 1*1 “11 employment for coming season, 
Ne 
within 100 miles of New York. 
Greystone Terrace, Yonkers 
Write “1’. J., 11 
BROKEN CRACKERS are as fresh as whole ones and 
can be bought at $2.50 per barrel f.o.b. Worcester 
(about 60 pounds to tho barrel), from the factory of 
NEW ENGLAND BISCUIT CO., Worcester, Mass., 
manufacturers of tho famous “Toasted Butter 
Crackers,” "Little Brothers Lunch Biscuit,” etc. 
Check or money order must accompany order. Write us. 
HONEY 
Ptiro Saco Honey direct from bees. Fluent 
table delicacy, 10c. per lb., frel - lit prepaid. 
Generous sample by mail, 10c. stamps, which may apply ou 
order. Spencer ApiarltH, Nordhoif, Cal. 
P A S. C. White Leghorn, R. P. R. 
■■ |l l« ^ and W.W.,$.75 per 13, $1.35 per 
h U W W <>«. SLAYMAKER & SON, Wyomino, Del. 
W D BflPyQ - Bred for laying March Pul- 
i I i llUUhu lets, $2.50. Vlg. Cockerels, 
$3.50; eggs, $1.50 for 15; $6.10 . per 1UU. QUAKER 
HILL NURSERIES, Oxford Depot, N. Y. 
OH AO Leading varieties of Prize Poultry* 
fcw UUUO QliUw Hares, etc. Booklet Free, Illus¬ 
trated descriptive Catalog, 10 eta. F. G. WILE, TELFORD, PA. 
We Ship Quick from 
Buffalo, Kansas City, 
St. Paul or Racine 
f3 140-Egg 
"" Belle City 
Incubator 
Only $7.55 
Made 
$4.50 Buys the Best Brooder 
Both Incubator and Brooder, Ordered Together 
Cost You Only $ 11.50-^Freighl^?repaid 
W HY PAY MORE? Investigate—send your name and address 
today, the easiest way, by postal or letter. I tell you the 
prices right here—and how my machines are made. You can 
have 30 or 60 days’ trial on both Incubator 
and brooder—and I’ll send all money back 
if you return the machines to us as un¬ 
satisfactory. Be sure to send for my 
illustrated, free booklet, “Hatching Facts.” 
But, if in a hurry, you are perfectly safe 
ift ordering right now from this ad. 
Thousands do this way every year. I 
guarantee to ship all orders sent from this ad on day received —(from 
warehouse nearest you, freight prepaid.) No disappointments. 
BELLE CITY 
Incubators and Brooders 
14-O-Chick Belle City Brooder Only $4.50 
Order a Complete 140- 
Chick Belle City Hatching 
Outfit. Send only £11.50 for both Incubator and Brooder 
—freight prepaid when ordered 
together. You’ll surely need the brooder, 
too. So make the savings. Satisfaction 
Guaranteed or money back. No risk, how¬ 
ever you order. The editor of this paper 
knows me to be responsible—I’ve adver¬ 
tised in this paper for many years and treat 
my customers liberally. _ 
I’ve always given my customers more for their money than any 
other incubator manufacturer in the world—that’s why we do so 
much business. 
Belle City Incubators will hatch more chickens—under 
the same conditions—than any other incubator made, or 
your money will be refunded. This I guarantee. Double 
walls—dead air space all over—copper tank and boiler— 
hot-water heater—best regulator—deep, roomy nursery— 
strong egg tray—high legs—double door—and everything 
that’s any good on an Incubator—all in the Belle City. High- 
grade thermometer—egg tester—burner and safety lamp in¬ 
cluded. The Belle City Brooder is the only one having 
double walls and dead air spaces. I guarantee it to raise 
more healthy chicks than any other Brooder made. Hot- 
water top heat—large, roomy, wire runway yard, with 
platform—metal safety lamp and burner. 
Complete Hatching Outfit Only $11.50 
Over 50,000 machines in use—all doing perfect work. 
The Belle City should be your choice. Send your order 
now or send postal for “Hatching Facts” booklet and full 
particulars. Don’t pay more than my price. No machines, 
at any price, are better hatchers or brooders. 
J. V. ROHAN, President 
BELLE CITY INCUBATOR COMPANY 
Box 48 , Racine, Wis. 
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