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THE RURAb N PC W-YOKKER 
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CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, April 30, 1910. 
FARM TOPICS. 
The Smut Disease in Grain . 514 
The Soy Bean. Part II. 514 
Agriculture in Argentina . 514 
Figure the Cost of Crops . 515 
Wheat Failure in Tennessee . 517 
A Farm Pumping Tower . 519 
Corn After Buckwheat . 519 
Lime Before Plowing; Hnlless Barley. 520 
Use of Sewage . 520 
Hope Farm Notes . 522 
What is Acid Phosphate? . 529 
Rve as Green Manure . 530 
Breaking Up Large Bones . 531 
Charcoal as a Fertilizer . 531 
The Outlook in Montana . 531 
Twenty-nine Years of Chemicals .... 533 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Dry Mash and the Food Hoppers. 513 
Vinegar for Warts . 520 
Ducks and Bug Poison . 520 
Raising Game for Meat . 521 
Oleo Legislation . 525 
Stories from the Cow Country . 528 
Colt Losing Tail . 528 
Warts . 528 
Mortality of Sheep . 528 
Bloody Milk . 528 
Leaking Milk . 528 
Chronic Indigestion . 528 
Dairying as a Business. Part I. ... 529 
Ration for Holsteins . 530 
Brain Disease in Cow . 530 
‘•Big Wing" in Chicks . 530 
The "Exchange" Price for Milk . 531 
Effect of Salt on Poultry . 531 
Sales of Holsteins . 531 
French Draft Horse Association .... 531 
Ropy Milk . 532 
Vegetarian Hens . 532 
Disease of Calves . 532 
Mare With Kidney Disease . 533 
Milk Production Train . 535 
HORTICULTURE. 
Mulch Culture in Columbia Co., N. Y. 515 
Notes on the Curculio . 516 
Camphor Growing in Texas . 516 
Garden Fertility . 516 
Quince Varieties and Culture . 517 
Celery for Family Use . 518 
Bamboos . 518 
Plums Losing Fruit . 519 
Plowing a Peach Orchard . 519 
Regarding Gladiolus Diseases . 520 
Tallow on Fruit Trees .. 520 
Fertilizing Peach Trees . 520 
Failure with Currants . 520 
Overdoing Small Fruits . 520 
A Bulb Flower Bed . 523 
Brief Chapter on Quinces . 523 
The Hardy Orange in the North .... 523 
Preparing Laud for Strawberries .. 531 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day . 526 
Pot-pie Dumplings . 526 
Cleaning a Rusty Kettle . 526 
The Rural Patterns . 527 
Some of Grandmother's Favorites .... 527 
The Bookshelf . 527 
Nut Bread . 527 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Hornets as Fly Catchers . 515 
Soft Maples for Sap . 517 
"Briarwood” Pipes . 518 
Plural Votings . 518 
Right of Warehousemen . 519 
Wife's Rights in Divorce . 519 
Liability for Stored Property . 519 
Disputed Boundary . 519 
Postal Rates . 520 
Frog Spawn . 520 
Farm vs. the Machine Shop . 521 
Water Supply from Creek . 521 
Letters from Public Men . 525 
Events of the Week . 525 
Bringing Water Into House . 530 
Uses for Trial Subscriptions . 530 
Does Coal Depreciate With Age? .... 532 
The Physician and His Patient . 533 
Publisher’s Desk . 534 
Humorous . 536 
Editorial . 524 
MARKETS 
Pi ces current at New York during week ending 
April 22. lain, wbolesale 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 quantlties of produce bought 
in Fultoo, Washington. Jefferson Markets, etc., 
and ni>-towii 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 titan 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.. 
. .31 ® 
.32 
.52 ’a .35 
Good to Choice. 
. .28 © 
.29 
30". .33 
Lower Grades . 
. .23 © 
.25 
24® .27 
Htate Dairy, best. 
. .31 ® 
.32 
.33© -36 
Common toGuod... 
. .23 © 
.25 
.25© -28 
Factory. 
. .22 © 
.2.1 
.24®i .25 
Packing Stock. 
. .20 © 
.21 
M ILK 
New York Exchange 
price $1.81 per 
40-quart can, netting 344 cents to 
shippers in the 26-cent freight zone 
who have no additional station 
charges. 
.09© 12 
CHKKSE 
Full Cream, best. 
. .16 © 
.18 
.20© .24 
Common to Good... 
. .12 © 
.15 
-1 . 18 
Skims. 
. .05 <& 
.08 
JO© .12 
EGGS 
Fancv White, doz. 
. 24 ® 
.25 
.28© .30 
White, good to choice 
. .23 © 
.24 
.27® .29 
Mixed Colors, best ... 
. .23 © 
.24 
.26(«e .2S 
Common to Good... 
. .18 © 
.22 
213© .25 
BEANS 
Marrow, bu. 
2.90 qt. 
.15 
Medium. 
. 2.10 ® 
2.30 
Pea. 
. 2.10 @ 
2.25 qt. 
.15 
Red Kidnev. 
2.a0 ® 
3.25 
White Kidnev. 
3.00 © 
3.06 
Yellow Eye. 
. 3.io a 
3.15 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice .. . 
. .27 © 
.28 
common to Good. 
. .25 © 
.26 
German, New Crop... 
. .62 © 
.68 
DRIED- FRUITS 
Apples, evap. fancy.. 
. .09 ® 
10 
.14 
F.vap., com. to good 
. .06 © 
.08 
.09® .12 
Sun Dried. 
. .04 © 
.06 Vt 
Chops. 100 lbs. 
. 1.50 ® 
1.65 
Cherries. 
. .16 @ 
.18 lb. 
.22® .26 
Raspberries. 
. .22 © 
22H lb. 
.25© .20 
Huckleberries. 
. .12 © 
.If. 
FUF.SH FRUITS 
Apples. Newtown, bbl. 3.50 © 5.00 
rten Davis. 
© 3.60 
Spitz. 
. 2.00 
© 4.do 
Spy. 
. 2.00 
fa 4.50 
King. 
© 4.50 
Baldwin. 
© 4.25 
Greening. 
® 4.00 
Russet... 
.2.00 
3.50 
Western, box.. 
. 1.40 
® 2.60 
Cranberries. 
Cape Cod. bbl.. 
© 5.00 
New Jersev.... 
. 3.00 
© 3.60 
Strawberries. Fla., qt.. .07 
© .14 
South Carolina 
. 07 
© 11 
VEGETA BLES 
Potatoes. 
Florida, bbl_ 
© 6.00 
Bermuda, bbi.. 
.4.00 
© 7.00 
Maine. 165 lbs.. 
. 1 ‘.0 
© 1.30 
State a ud West' 
n. bbl .00 
© 1.15 
Asparagus, doz.. 
_ 1.00 
» 3.00 
Carrots, bbl. 
.1.00 
© 1.25 
Cabbage, ton. 
fa 45.00 
S’th n. new. bbi. cte. 1.50 © 3.25 
Celery, doz.10 © .50 
Lettuce. 14-bbi hkt.2u © 2 50 eacl 
Peas, Yi bbl. bkt. 1.00 © 2.25 
Peppers, 
Flit. Carrier. 1.00 ® 2.50 
Onions, state, bag. 1.00 @ 3.50 
Southern, new. bit.. 1.00 @ 1.8.> 
Itomainc, K-bbl. bkt.. .75 © 1.25 
String Beans, bu.l.(K) © 2.U) 
Spinach, bbl.30 fit. .50 
Squash, new, bu. 1.00 ® i 50 
Tomatoes. 
F.a., 20-qt. carrier... .75 © 1.50 
Turnips, Rutabaga, bbl .50 © I.1HI 
Southern, new. bbl.. l.Oil @ 1.50 
HOT HOUSE PRODUCTS 
Mushrooms, lb.15 ® .25 
Radishes, 100 bunches. 150 © 2.00 
LIVE POULTRY 
Broilers, pair.90 © 1.00 
Fowls.18 ® .20 
Roosters.12 © .!.> 
Ducks.10 ® .17 
Geese.10 © .11 
Turkeys.14 ® .18 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, Fey.22 ® .23 
Common to Good.20 © .21 
Chickens, roasting.22 © .24 
Good to Choice.18 @ .22 
Common Run.14 © .10 
Fowls.16 © .20 
Ducks, Spring.28 @ .30 
Geese.13 @ .10 
Squabs, doz. 1.50 @ 4.25 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs.. 6.75 ® 8.00 
Bulls.4.25 ® 0.25 
Cows.2.00 ® 5.75 
Calves, 
Prime Veal, 100 lb... 7.00 ®!0.25 
Culls.4.50 ® 5.00 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 4.00 ® 7.50 
Lambs.9.00 ©10.00 
Hogs. .9.50 ® 9.85 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEATS 
Calves, lb.09 © .1814 
Lambs. 
Hothonse. head.3.00 © 7.00 
Pork, IUU lbs.13.00 ®14.50 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. I, North'n 
Duluth, bu. 1.15 
No. 2. Red. 1.14 
Corn, as to quality, bu. .02 @ .63 
Oats, as to weight, bu. .50 ® .52 
Rye.75 ® 78 
HAY AND STRAW 
Quotations for large bales. 
Small bales sell 50 cents to $1.00 
per ton less. 
Hay. No. 1. ton.21.60 © 22 50 
No. 2.20.00 ® 21.00 
No. 3.19.00 © 20.00 
Clover Mixed.19.00 © 21 00 
Clover.16.00 @ 20.00 
Wild Hay.12.00 ® 14.00 
Straw, Rye.13.00 ® 14.00 
Oat and Wheat.10.00 ® 11.00 
.24® .23 
.22® .27 
.23© .27 
.19© .24 
.15© .18 
15© .21 
MILK PRODUCTION TRAIN. 
A milk production special train started 
from Corning, N. Y„ was run over the 
Erie lines of Southwestern New York on 
April 13, 13 and 14, by the New York State 
School of Agriculture of Alfred University, 
Alfred, N. Y., in cooperation with the Erie 
Railroad and under the personal direction 
of Mr. Luis Jackson, the industrial com¬ 
missioner of that road. Forty-five-minute 
lectures in the coaches were followed by 
a 13-miuute demonstration of two cows. 
Night meetings were held in Cuba and 
Jamestown. This train covered over 200 
miles of a section largely devoted to dairy¬ 
ing. and 4.321 people attended the lectures 
and demonstrations. One subject only was 
discussed during the whole trip and that 
was milk production. Under present con¬ 
ditions, the dairyman must either receive 
more for his product or reduce in some 
way the cost of iis production, in order to 
receive a remunerative profit from his 
operations. Emphasis was laid upon the 
fact that the cost of production might be 
lowered in three ways: By the more eco- 
nomknl feeding of home-grown feeds, as 
grain, clover or Alfalfa and silage or 
beds; by the weeding out of the hoarder 
cows by means of the scale and Babcock 
test; and by the grading up of the herd 
by the continued use of a purebred bull of 
a siugle dairy breed. Two coaches were 
devoted to this lecture. In a third coach 
lectures of interest to women and school 
children were given. After the lectures in 
the coaches the people gathered around the 
door of a palace horse car. where a prac¬ 
tical demonstration of a profitable and of 
an unprofitable type of cow for dairying 
was made. At the close of this demonstri- 
tion the point was emphasized that, though 
it is possible to know that a cow of ex¬ 
tremely undesirable dairy type cannot be a 
profitable producer, it is not possible to 
know that one of a desirable type will be 
a profitable producer unless her milk is 
weighed and tested for butter fat regularly 
and the cost of production known. The 
people gave every evidence of intense in¬ 
terest in the move to eliminate boarder 
cows and so to conduct the dairy opera¬ 
tions as to insure a good profit 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
Ergs. —Receipts at New York are very 
large, one day recently showing 1,290,000 
dozens, yet prices have kept up remark¬ 
ably well owing to the demand for the 
Hebrew holidays. 
Apple Notes. —During the past two 
weeks the market has improved, and those 
who have been holding apples are getting 
rid of them as rapidly as possible. It is 
generally understood that several New York 
dealers have lost heavily through the past 
season's apple deal, and others are still 
holding uncomfortably large quantities, 
which were bought at prices that will not 
bring them out whole if put on the mar¬ 
ket now. They are holding on in the hope 
of a more substantial advance. I know 
one concern with about 600 barrels on 
hand under such conditions. They will be 
sold this week if possible. These apples 
have considerable mold and will waste 25 
per cent or more. During the Winter there 
were very dull times when it seemed im¬ 
possible to move apples except in a petty, 
picayune way. Dealers who ordinarily do 
not care to sell in less than 10-barrel lots 
were obliged to peddle out single barrels. 
It ■might bo thought that the boxed apple 
trade bad something to do with this were 
it not that dealers in boxed fruit had about 
the same difficulty in selling, and there are 
holders of boxed apples in New York now 
who feel as shaky regarding the outlook 
as the barrel men. This dull market may 
be accounted for in part at least by the 
high prices of products that are considered 
more necessary than apples, viz.: butter, 
meats, clothing, furniture, rent, etc. Ap¬ 
ples have been put in the list of luxuries, 
tind. at 40 or 50 cents per dozen for clean 
fruit of fair size, this classification is not 
far wrong. 
From the past season’s experience one 
thing is very clear, that the difference be¬ 
tween what the apple grower must have 
to make a reasonable profit, and what the 
consumer will pay, is not enough to pay 
for transportation, storage, and all the 
European trips, automobiles and similar 
accompaniments of high living that cer¬ 
tain types of apple speculators have felt 
that they ought to get out of the business. 
Their idea of getting rich in two or three 
years by a series of plunges is bad for the 
apple trade, and often bad for them and 
their creditors. w. w. H. 
BLOODY MILK. 
We have a valuable purebred Ilolstein- 
Freisian two-year-old heifer that came 
fresh January 20 last. She hits troubled 
us by giving blood and bloody milk from 
one fore quarter of udder. She gave a 
good flow of milk for a heifer, but about 
two weeks ago commenced going wrong. 
At first just the strippings were a little 
bloody. and sometimes clotted blood 
would be in teat. We would think often 
that it was better, but all a<t once will 
start and give pnre blood. Udder has 
swollen but once, and then we were able 
to reduce it by using a paste for the 
trouble. Local rnan recommended lard and 
sweet oil, and we have used this care¬ 
fully. She has never been injured so 
far as we know, and has been carefully 
milked. There is no reliaole vuet inarian 
within 20 miles of us, and we should ap¬ 
preciate help. It. p. 
New York. 
Bathe the udder three times daily with 
cold water, and then with a solution of 
two teaspoonfuls of powdered alum in a 
pint of cold water. Mix a dram of dried 
sulphate of iron in her feed night and 
morning if she is not in calf. If in calf 
mix a dram or two of dilute hydrochloric 
acid in her drinking water night and 
morning. See that stall floor is well bedded. 
The trouble is due to rupture of small 
blood vessels from congestion, and the 
treatment advised may prove remedial. 
\. s. A. 
FOR THE LADIES 
SELF-HEATING 
FLAT IRONS 
Best made. Money bark if not suited. Agents 
wanted. STANDARD SUPPLY CO.. Chatham, New York. 
W ANTED AGENTS TO SELL FARMERS' ACCOUNT BOOK. 
Quick Seller, Big inducements. Exclusive Terri¬ 
tory. Address L. L. SYPHERS, Fori Wayne, Ind. 
FOR QA| C —One registered Brown Swiss Bull. 
rUil OHLL nearly one year old. Barge, fine 
animal. Might exchange. 0. A. HAGAMAN, 883 
Madison Avenue, Albany, N. Y. 
LARGE ENGLISH YORKSHIRES 
YOUNG PIGS from registered prize-winning 
stock. CHAS. H. lCMEXS, Spring Hill Farm, 
Binghamton, N. Y. 
L* C — Choice Buff Wyandotte Eggs for sale. 
75c. a setting of 15, $4.00 a hundred. 
CHAS. 1. MILLER. R.F.I). No 1, Hudson, N. Y. 
S C. B. LEGHORNS and BARRED ROCKS— Eggs from our 
i famous winter laying strains. 15 years bred 
for utility. 15 eggs. 75c.; 100, $4.00. Address 
MRS. W. C. GIBE. Van Wert. Ohio. 
CORNISH INDIANS. 
Aetive and vigorous record layers of large EGGS. 
A. F. WENNINGHOEF, Fort Wayne, Ind. 
D arlington poultry farm-white rocks ex¬ 
clusively; better than ever; no incubators or 
brooders used The natural way. Fine, healthy 
stock for sale. Eggs. $5 per lOff: Fishel and Van 
Orsdale strains. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
JAMES T. JONES. Darlington. Md. 
A Talk to the Inventor. 
What you should know before ap- 
_ plying for patent. Free book : write 
V——2-—^for it. Many inventors are gaining 
wealth. Yon may also. $275,000 of¬ 
fered for one idea : $3,000,000 spent on another. 
Opinions and advice free. Send rough sketch. 
NOTICE. I have withdrawn from firm of 
Woodward & Chandlee. 
H. L. WOODWARD, Registered Attorney 
719Ninth St. N. W. Opp. U. S. Patent Office 
WFI I drilling 
I yT Lf Lt Lt machines 
Over 70 sizes and styles, for drilling either tleep or 
(hallow wells in any kind of soil or rock. Mounted on 
wheels or on sills. \\ ith engines or horse powers. Strong, 
simple and durable. Any mechanic can operate them 
easuy. Send for catalog. 
WILLIAMS BROS.. Ithaca. N. Y. 
P.fll I IF Pll DC-From imported stock. Females 
DULL.IL I UlOcheap. Nelson Bros., Grove City, Pa. 
Frtr Colo—Thoroughbred COI.LIE PUPS. 
I Ul OdIC A. SCOTT ROBINSON, Fallston, Md. 
COON AND FOX HOUNDS. 
Pedigreed Walker, July and Birdsong strains 
sent on ten days’ trial. 
R. F. JOHNSON, Assumption, Ill. 
Y OUNG MAN, 23 years old, wishes a position on a 
poultry or truck farm, or assistant gardener. 
W. HIRSCHBERG, 1317 Boston Rd., Bronx. N.Y.C. 
W ANTED- An experienced fanner, preferably mar¬ 
ried, with small family. Farm near Ridgwood, 
N J. Good salary and living house. State experi¬ 
ence; references. “ Mac BAIN," care Rural N.-Y. 
UU B IJ TC (1— Genetal Farmer to take complete 
If Mil I Lll charge of a busy professional man's 
200 acre farm in Morris County, New Jersey, 30 
miles from New York. Generous share of farm 
products in lieu of salary. . Soil fertile and pro¬ 
ductive. Buildings modern and convenient. Farm 
machinery all new and implements for every need. 
Only experienced successful men with excellent 
references, wanting a permanent agreement con¬ 
sidered. School, church and social opportunities 
unusually good. Address 
"A. T. S., Chatham, R.F.D. Route 2, Nexv Jersey. 
WAMTFn- MHnaee ' tor a poultry farm. 1 am 
if HIT I LU considering the idea of turning my 
fifty-acre farm into a poultry farm, and wish to 
secure the services of some one that is acquainted 
with equipping and operating a good poultry farm, 
that understands the business and all its details; 
one that will either work on salary or on a share. 
The farm is located within three miles of Colum¬ 
bus. Ohio. A good opportunity for the right man. 
THOS. E. KNAL SS. 48 Wilson Ave., Columbus. O. 
Do You Need Farm Help? 
The Jewish Agricultural and Industrial Aid So¬ 
ciety has on its lists men wishjpg to obtain em¬ 
ployment upon farms. Most of them are without 
experience, but they are able-bodied and willing to 
work. They speak little or no English, although 
many of them speak German. If you can make 
use of such help, please communicate with us, 
stating what you will pay. whether the work is 
permanent, and whether yon prefer a single or 
married man. We are a philanthropic organiza¬ 
tion, whose object it is to assist and encourage 
Jews to become farmers. We charge no commis¬ 
sion to employer or employee. Address J. A. 5c I. 
A. S., 174 Second Avenue, New York City. 
Eggs, Poultry, Meats, Produce. 
Shipments solicited. JELLIFFE, WRIGHT 8 CO., Com¬ 
mission Merchants, 284 Washington St., New York. 
- ■ 
pi .EASE semi a trial shipment to the Oldest Com- 
| * mission House in New York. Est. 1838. Butter, 
Eggs. Poultry. Fork. Calves. Hay. Grain. Beans. 
Apples etc. K. Ik WOPPWaUH, 80S ttrrcmiH. st.. V V. 
Boston Produce Go. 
Commission Merchants. 
Fruits and Produce. Consignments Solicited 
93-95 South Market St., - Boston. 
STRAWBERRIES, 
Calves, Poultry, Fancy Eggs, Hothouse Pro¬ 
ducts. Fruits, Vegetables. Top prices secured 
for choice goods. Correspondence solicited. 
Archdeacon & Co., 100 Murray Street, N. Y. 
FREE 
DIRECTORY 
OF RELIABLE 
COMMISSION MERCHANTS 
in 28 produce markets fnr. 
nished oh application to Dept- 
E.. National League ot Cantnis. 
sion Merchants, Buifala, N. Y- 
flJOnn PROFIT AN A O UK.—Strawberry grow- 
OdUU Ing gives big profits. Twenty-two and a 
half acres, one half mile from town. $560. Get 
our list. KYON STEWART, Georgetown, Del. 
|7C Aproe -110 a, ' res machine worked land. 
I ( U HulGO $3,606 house; 300,000 ft. saw timber. 
To settle estate quick—$3,000; $1,000 cash. H \ LL’S 
FARM AGENCY. Owego. Tioga County, X. Y. 
|Cn Pocmo FOR SALE CHEAP, in fertile 
IUU lulllld Delaware Valley. New catalogue 
and map,free. Horace G. Reeder. Newtown, Pa. 
■ 
ready. AH special uargsm*. Btcfa lam)* *1‘» 
per acre au.i up. i'Uwte to bit: market'*. Mil«L 
healthy climate. Catalog tells all about this 
country: »eni free Write at once. Cotoe t<> 
Va. and jet u< show you. Dept. D. 
Middle Atlantic 1mm. Co., Cum- 
f moil wealth lildsr.. Richmond, Yn. 
SUMMER HOTEL 
ON FISHER'S ISLAND. NEW YORK, IN THE 
SOUND. JUST OFF NEW LONDON, CONN. 
One large house, two adjoining cottages, barns, etc. 18 acres. Fronting on the 
Sound with private dock and bathing beach. Accommodates about 100 guests. 
Completely furnished. Summer trade established for years. Present owners not 
situated to operate same. Will sell at a bargain or trade for property that does not 
require owner’s personal attention. Address 
SUMMER HOTEL, Box 739, care The Rural New-Yorker, New York. 
