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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, May 14, 1910. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Inoculating the Soil . 561, 562 
Profit in Keutilizing Ohio Soil . 562 
A Successful Pennsylvania Fanner .. 562 
Agriculture in the Common Schools .. 562 
The Cost of a Crop . 564 
Wireworms . 566 
A Farm in Southern Ohio . 565 
Seeding on Oats . 565 
Lime in the Manure . 567 
Hope Farm Notes . 568 
The Thirty-five-cent Dollar . 571 
A Log Float .. 577 
An Experience in Farming. 577 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Keep Your I-Iens at Home . 562 
Colony Coops for Growing Chicks .. . ., 563 
A Flock of Sheep. 574 
Mistakes in Management of Sheep .... 574 
Oats and Clover for Pigs . 575 
A Goose-egg Record . 575 
Raising Donkeys . 575 
The Pheasant Nuisance . 575 
A Cat Record . 575 
Worms in Horses . 575 
l’ercheron and French Draft Registry . 575 
Trespassing Stock . 575 
Stories from the Milk Country .576 
What is the Use? . 576 
Milk Inspection . 576 
Skunk Farming . 576 
Mare With Moon Rlindness . 576 
A Few Hen Notes . 576 
Bronze Turkeys . 57!) 
Boston Milk War . 579 
LIVE POULTRY 
Broilers, pair.90 ©1.00 
Fowls. .hi © .17)4 
Roosters.. .1 2 ® .15 
Ducks.14 © .15 
Geese.10 @ .11 
Turkeys.12 © .15 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys. Fcv. 
.22 
© .23 
.24© 
.26 
Common to Good... 
. .20 
@ .21 
.22© 
.25 
Chickens, roasting ... 
. .22 
® .23 
•23@ 
.26 
Good to Choice. 
. .18 
® .21 
.19© 
.22 
Common ltun. 
. .14 
® .16 
.15© 
.18 
Fowls. 
® .20 
18© 
.23 
Ducks, Spring. 
. .28 
© .29 
Geese. 
© .16 
Squabs, doz. 
.. 1.50 
@ 4.00 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs. 
. 6.75 
© 8.00 
Bulls. 
© 6.10 
Cows. 
Calves. 
. 2.0U 
© 5.40 
Prime Veal, 100 lb.. 
. 7.00 
© 8.50 
Culls. . 
.. 5.00 
fa) 6.50 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 
. 4.00 
© 6.00 
Lambs. 
. 7.00 
© 8.00 
Hogs. 
©10.00 
COUNTRY 
DRESSED MEATS 
Calves, lb. 
Lambs. 
. .07 
© .10)4 
Hothouse, head_ 
. 3.00 
© 6.50 
Pork, 100 lbs. 
.13.00 
@14.00 
• GRAIN 
Wheat. No. 1. North’n 
Duluth, bn. 
1 15 
No. 2, Red. 
1.14 
Corn, as to quality, bu. 
.62 
@ 
.63 
Oats, as to weight, bu. 
.48 
© 
.50 
Rye. 
.75 
© 
77 
HORTICULTURE. 
Spraying for the Codling Moth . 
The Oyster-shell Bark Louse . 
Notes on Daffodils . 
Hotbed Plants; Forced Rhubarb .... 
Borers in Oak Trees . 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day . 
Puddings Boiled and Baked ., 
The Rural Patterns . 
Samp . 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
564 
566 
569 
569 
569 
572 
573 
573 
HAY AND STRAW 
Quotations for large bales. 
Small bales sell 50 cents to $1.00 
per ton less. 
Hay. No. 1, ton.23.00 © 23.50 
No. 2.21 00 © 22.00 
No. 3.19.00 © 20.00 
Clover Mixed.19.00 © 21 00 
Clover.•. .... ..10.00 © 20.00 
Wild Hay.12.00 © 13.00 
Straw, Rye.13.00 © 14.00 
Oat aud Wheat.10.00 © 11.00 
BRONZE TURKEYS. 
Damage by the Pheasants. 563 
Direct Taxation . 566 
Railroad Fires . 566 
“Other People’s Money" . 567 
Cement Walk . 567 
Editorials . 570 
Letters from Public Men . 571 
Events of the Week . 571 
Publishers’ Desk . 578 
Humorous . 580 
Facts About Parcels Post . 575 
Wife's Property Rights . 576 
Trouble With a Well. 576 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week ending 
May o. 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 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 pnekage 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 grocers and small deal¬ 
ers who receive no direct shipments. 
BUTTER 
Wholesale 
Retail 
Creamery, fancy, lb. 
.29 
© 
.30 
.32© 
.34 
Good to Choice. 
.. .28 
© 
.28)4 
SO® 
.33 
Lower Grades . 
.. .23 
.25 
24© 
.27 
State Dairy, best. 
.. .28 
© 
.29 
.30© 
.32 
Common to Good.. 
.. .23 
® 
.25 
.25® 
.28 
Factory. 
.. .22 
® 
.23 
.24® 
.25 
Packing Stock. 
... .20 
® 
.21 
MILK 
New York Exchange price $1.51 per 
40-quart can. netting 3 cents to 
shippers inthe20-cent freight zone 
who have no additional station 
charges. 
qt. 
■09@ 
.12 
CHEESE 
Full Cream, best— 
... .16 
@ 
.17 
.20© 
.24 
Common to Good. 
... .12 
® 
.15 
.16® 
.18 
Skims. 
... .05 
@ 
.08 
.10® 
.12 
EGG! 
3 
Fancy White, doz.... 
... 23 
fob 
.25 
.28© 
.30 
White, good to choice. .22 
® 
.23 
.26® 
.28 
Mixed Colors, best.. 
... .23 
® 
.23)4 
.26® 
.28 
Common to Good.. 
... .18 
a 
.22 
•23@ 
.25 
BEANS 
Marrow, bu. 
.. 2.85 
© 
2.90 
qt. 
.15 
Medium. 
© 
2.25 
Pea. 
... 2.10 
® 
2.25 
qt 
.15 
Red Kidney. 
. 2.at) 
© 
3.25 
White Kidney. 
. 2.90 
© 
3.00 
Yellow Eye. 
.. 3.10 
© 
3.15 
HOP 
s 
Prime to Choice. 
.. .27 
@ 
.28 
• 
Common to Good.... 
... .25 
® 
.26 
German. New Crop.. 
.. .62 
® 
.68 
DRIED FRUITS 
Apples, evap. fancy... .09 © 10 
Evap., com. to good. .00 @ .08 
Sun Dried.04 @ .06)4 
Chops. 100 lbs. 1.50 © 1.65 
Cherries.10 © .1? lb. 
Raspberries.22 © .22)4 lb. 
Huckleberries.12 @ .14 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples. Newtown, bbl. 3.50 @ 5.00 
Hen Davis. 3.00 © 3.50 
Spy. 2.00 © 4.50 
Baldwin.3.50 @ 4.50 
Greening. 2.25 ® 5.00 
llusset.2.00 © 3.50 
Western, box. 1.50 © 2.50 
Strawberries. Md.. qt.. .09 © .12 
South Carolina . 07 © .09 
Norfolk.05 @ .09 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes. 
Florida, bbl.2.00 @ 3.75 
Bermuda, bbl. 3.00 @ 4.00 
State and West'u, bbl .75 ©1.25 
Asparagus, doz.75 © 2.25 
Carrots, bbl. 1.00 © 1.50 
Cabbage, new, bbl. cte. 1.50 © 2.50 
Lettuce. )4-bbl bkt.50 ©l.OO 
Peas, )4 bbl. bkt.75 © 2.00 
Peppers, 
Fla. Carrier. 1.00 ©2.50 
Onions, state, bag. 1.00 © 3.50 
Southern, new, bu.. 1.00 @2.00 
Romainc, )4-bbl. bkt.. .75 @1.25 
String Beans, bu.2.00 @ 3.50 
Spinach, bbl.30 @ .05 
Squash, new, bu. 1.00 © 1.50 
Tomatoes. 
each 
Fla., 20-qt. carrier... 1.25 ® 2.25 
Turnips, Rutabaga, bbl .50 @1.25 
.14 
■09@ .12 
.22© .25 
.25® .20 
.03© .05 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS 
Mushrooms, lb.15 © .35 
Radishes, 100 bunches. .50 © .75 
The picture at Fig. 228, page 563, 
shows H. J. Van Dyke, of Pennsylvania, 
and two of his Bronze toms. These 
birds weighed 32 pounds each at 10 
months, and are fine specimens of the 
breed. The Bronze is still the popular 
breed, and every year hundreds of farm¬ 
ers start turkey raising. They do not 
always succeed, hut where there is a 
good range and some one in the family 
to attend to the work the turkey crop 
is a good one. 
THE BOSTON MILK WAR. 
The milk situation in New England has 
been boiling for years and has now come 
to a head in a desperate struggle between 
the producers aud the Boston contractors. 
As wc dose our forms for the press, the 
situation is as follows; 
Boston Milk Producers’ Association, an 
association made up of the farmers of New 
England selling milk in • Boston, officers 
S. II. Abbott, president, W. A. Hunter, 
secretary, have been very active in getting 
the farmers in line to stand out for the 
same rate this Summer as lias been holding 
for Winter. Winter rates are 40 cents 
per 814-Quart can; Summer rates, 32 cents. 
Contracts are signed May 1 for Summer 
and November 1 for Winter rates. The 
Boston Milk Producers’ Association has al¬ 
ready erected a number of separators along 
the railroad lines, where they are going to 
take care of the milk taken from Boston 
markets. Cream is to he used for butter 
and skim-millc sent back to farms, when 
the farmers can feed hpgs, calves, etc. Con¬ 
tractors who handle most of milk in Bos¬ 
ton claim they cannot pay Winter rate in 
Summer, as cost of handling, etc., makes 
it impossible. Governor Draper has been 
very active in trying to brikg the conflict¬ 
ing parties together, but without result. 
Contraetors will not give in, and claim 
that they can get all milk needed for Bos¬ 
ton. Both sides are very confident. Con¬ 
tractors are drawing supplies from distant 
points, and may be able to keep up the 
supply all right for a while, but there is 
no doubt that the milk from near Boston is 
being kept back. The farmers are deter¬ 
mined to succeed, and they are certainly in 
the right. If Boston wants good milk, 
people have to pay more for it. It is 
claimed that the contractors are going as 
far north as Canada for milk, and that 
largo dealers in New Y'ork are sending 
large quantities in an effort to break down 
the producers. With the present high price 
of butter, the time is a good one for hold¬ 
ing out. An investigation into the cost of 
producing and handling milk is called for. 
All such things, honestly conducted, should 
lie welcomed by farmers. 
Hypodermic Injection. —A Mr. Blank 
traveled through Lehigh County, selling 
capsules of two kinds to destroy San Jos6 
scale. He loosened the bark of trees, 
placing under two of the capsules contain¬ 
ing a powder, then tacked the bark in 
place over the powder, claiming the circu¬ 
lation would absorb and carry poisonous 
substances to the twigs and destroy the 
scale. “What fools these mortals be.” 
w. II. s. 
R. N.-Y.—Right! If they were wise, 
how many of these fakers would be obliged 
to go to work. 
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The Greatest Hay Fork ever built. 
Handles Timothy and other heavy Hay 
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not shako loose and scatter about. 
When it is tripped it drops every straw 
slick and clean and spreads the hay well 
in the mow or on the stack. 
This fork is built of special steel, 
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it can be opened or closed with a slight 
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Ask your dealer to show you this fork. 
Don’t let him sell you something just as 
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HARRY VAIL, New Milford, N. Y. 
lOSE COMB BLACK MINORCAS—Eggs, $1 for 15. $3 
1 for 50.' GEO. BOWDISH, Esperance, N. Y. 
T URKEY EGGS—Bourbon Reds, $3.50 for 12; Mam¬ 
moth Bronze and Narragansetts, $3.00forl2: B. P. 
Rocks. S- O. R. I. Reds and S. ('. Black Minorcas. 
$1.00 for 17 eggs. W. R. CARLE, R.F.D. 1, Jacobsbura, 0- 
THE FARMER'S FOWL—Rose Comb Rods, best winter 
layers on earth. Eggs, $1.00 per 15. Catalogue 
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D ELAWARE FARMS —215 acres, 75 in timber, balance 
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