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CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yobkeb, June 4, 1910. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Building a Wooden IIoop Silo. 622 
Culture of tlio Soy Bean. Part II.... 623 
Farming on Shares in Pennsylvania.. 623 
Wheat Killed in Pennsylvania. 624 
A Talk About Asparagus. 624 
Paris Green on Corn. 625 
Thickening a Stand of Alfalfa. 625 
The Cost of a Crop. 627 
Cover Crop for Vermont. 627 
Concrete Wall for Manure Shed. 627 
Hope Farm Notes. 628 
Crop Notes . 631 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Soy Beans and Sugar Beets for Hogs 634 
A Group of Belted Stock. 634 
Blackleg . 634 
Diarrhoea in Dog. 634 
That Celebrated Milk Case. 635 
A New Butter Fat Record. 636 
Roaring . 636 
Coughing Cow . 636 
Tender Hoofs . 636 
Bloody Urine . 636 
Indigestion . 636 
Bone Tumor . 636 
Massachusetts Milk Prices. 636 
The Case of the Hen. Part II. 637 
Milk Dealers’ Profits. 637 
Railroad Rates for Live Stock Ex¬ 
hibitors . 637 
The Boston Milk Fight. 639 
New York Milk Standard. 639 
HORTICULTURE. 
Damage by Fire to Fruit Trees..621, 622 
Replanting a Wind-blown Tree. 622 
Spraying for Codling Moth. 624 
Permanent Labels . 625 
Summer Spray for the Scale. 625 
A Long Island Spraying Outfit. 626 
Fighting Them with Fire. 628 
Tree-Grown Laces and Fibers. 629 
Virginia Fruit Notes. 631 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 6.32 
Almost a Tragedy. 632 
Tapioca Desserts . 632 
The Rural Patterns. 633 
What I’ve Learned About Fireless 
Cookers . 633 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Country Merchant for Parcels Post... 621 
Figures from an Ohio School District.. 622 
Hawks and Strychnine. 626 
Products. Prices and Trade. 626 
A Concrete Coflin. 627 
Explosion of Air Tank. 627 
Editorials . 630 
Other People’s Money. 631 
Events of the Week. 631 
Figuring it Out. 631 
Publisher’s Desk . 638 
Humorous . 640 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week ending 
May 27. 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 or'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 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 
THE RURAL 
d'u-.Tan'f - r. r tt- - 
Wholesale 
Retail 
Creamery, fancy, lb... 
.28 ® 
.29 
.30® 
.49 
Gooff to Choice. 
.261.2® 
.2716 
28® 
.23 
Lower Grades . 
.23 © 
.25 
24® 
.27 
State Dairy, best. 
.27*6® 
.23 
.30® 
.32 
Common to Good.... 
.23 © 
.25 
.25© 
.28 
Factory. 
.22 © 
.23 
.24© 
.25 
Packing 8tOck. 
.20 @ 
.21 
MILK. 
New York Exchange price $1.51 per 
40-quart can. netting 3 cents to 
shippers in the26-cent freight zone 
who have no additional station 
charges.. 
qt. 
.09© 
.12 
CUKES 15 
Full Cream, best_ 
Common to Good.. 
@ 
.15 
,16@ 
.18 
.. .12 
© 
.13 
• 14@ 
.16 
Skims. 
@ 
.08 
.10© 
.12 
EGGS 
Fancy White, doz.... 
.. 24 
® 
.26 
.28® 
.32 
White, good to choice. .22 
.23 
.26<& 
.28 
Mixed Colors, best.. 
... .23 
® 
•23H, 
.26(.n 
.28 
Common to Good.. 
.. .18 
© 
.22 
.23® 
.25 
BEANS 
Marrow, bu. 
.. 2.85 
® 3.00 
qt 
.15 
Medium. 
® 
2.40 
Pea. 
.. 2.10 
@ 2.40 
qt 
.15 
Bed Kidney. 
® 
3.75 
White Kidney. 
. 2.90 
® 3.00 
Yellow Eye. 
.. 3.10 
® 
3.15 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice. 
@ 
.26 
Common to Good.... 
... .22 
@ 
.23 
German. New Crop.. 
.. .60 
@ 
.65 
CIDER VINEGAR 
Prices charged in N.Y. 
by wholesale dealers 
for single barrel lots: 
Extra Choice Old, gal. .22 ® .24 
Standard Grade.14 @ .16 
DRIED FRUITS 
Apples, evap. fancy... .09 
Kvap., com. to good. .06 
Sun Dried.04 
Chops. 100 lbs. 1.50 
Huckleberries.12 
@ 10 
@ .08 
@ .06 J6 
@ 1.75 
® .14 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples. Newtown, bbl. 3.50 @ 6.00 
Ben Davis. .... 3.00 
Spy. 4.00 
Baldwin.3.50 
Greening. 3.50 
Russet.2.00 
Western, box. 1.50 
Strawberries. Md., qt.. .03 
Delaware .03 
New Jersey.04 
Huckleberries.N.C.,qt. .12 
Blackberries, N. C., qt. .15 
Cherries, Va., qt.lu 
Peaches. Fla., crate... 2.25 
Muskmelons,Fla. crate 2.00 
Watermelons, Fla., 100 — 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, 
Southern, bbl.2.00 
Bermuda, bbl. 3.00 
State and West’n, bbl .75 
Asparagus, doz.75 
Carrots, bbl.2.00 
Cabbage, new, bbl.cte. 1.25 
Lettuce, 56-bbl. bkt.50 
Peas, Vi bbl. bkt.75 
Peppers, 
Fla. Carrier. 1.00 
Onions. Bermuda, bu.. 1.12 
Southern, new, bu.. .50 
Romaine, jt-bbl. bkt.. .76 
Radishes, 100 bunches. .50 
String Beans, bu.50 
ffi 4.00 
rd> 5.00 
@ 5.00 
® 5.00 
® 3.75 
® 2.50 
® .09 
@ .09 
@ .08 
@ .15 
© .17 
.15 
@ 2.75 
® 3 .00 
50.00 
@ 3.25 
© 4.00 
® 1.50 
ff 2-50 
® 2.50 
® 2.00 
@ 1.00 
® 2.00 
® 3.00 
® 1.75 
@ .75 
© 1.00 
® .75 
@ 2.00 
each .03® .0 
Spinach, bbl.30 @ .60 
Squash, new, bu.1.50 ® 2.00 
Tomatoes. 
Fla.. 20-qt. carrier... .75 @ 1.40 
Turnips, Rutabaga, bbl 1.50 © 2.25 
GUAIN 
Wheat, No. 1, North’n 
Duluth, bu. M3 
No. 2, Red. 1.09 
Corn, as to quality, bu. .68 ® .69 
Oats, as to weight, bu. .45 ® .48 
ltye. 75 ® 78 
NEW-YORKER 
>T * — t r c,7 —r T. r <-r- 
reduced standard. This would mean a daily 
loss to the people of New York of $6,600 
at the eight cent a quart rate for milk, 
or $2,190,000 a year. Gov. Hughes said 
that he had received a letter in opposition 
to the bill from George W. Sisson, Jr., of 
Potsdam, president of the New York State 
Breeders Association, who declared that the 
up-State breeders were against a lowering 
of standards. Gov. Hughes reserved his 
decision on the bill. 
THE BOSTON MILK FIGHT. 
The milk situation in Massachusetts 
remains the same, and yet not the same; 
we are seeing light in several different 
directions. The hearing going on before 
a committee appointed by the Legislature 
for the purpose of getting at the real 
truth of the situation and finding a rem¬ 
edy, if possible, is bearing fruit in differ¬ 
ent ways. The consumer is getting the 
side of the question he had heard little 
about before, the cost of production; an 
idea of the age of much of the milk de¬ 
livered to him, the methods used by the 
large contractors to drive out or keep 
out the small dealer from doing a suc¬ 
cessful business, and many other things 
of vital interest to him. The farmer is 
learning that his power is worth some¬ 
thing, and that unless he asks he will 
not receive. He is also learning that the 
city consumer is in most cases willing 
to pay a living price for a good or first- 
class product in the dairy line, and also 
that the consumer really wants a good 
article in that line. The outcome will be 
that as soon as possible legislation will 
be passed so that the producer can have 
a way of getting his goods promptly to 
the city and into the consumers’ hands 
in a fresh, attractive and usable con¬ 
dition. This is a privilege that is not 
possible now except by private team from 
nearby parties. We are very well sup¬ 
plied with steam and electric roads. As 
soon as laws are passed so that all will 
have equal rights in shipping on them, 
and not be forced to sell to a contractor 
or not at all, as is about the case at pres¬ 
ent (because the contractor practically 
controls all the transportation facilities; 
leases the car by the year and gets a spe¬ 
cial rate which is not possible for others 
to obtain) the farmer will come into his 
own. And it is undoubtedly going to be 
changed. When you get the matter be¬ 
fore the people and show it up as this is 
being shown up, and a large majority of 
the two large classes, the producers and 
consumers, both want it, as is the pres¬ 
ent case, it has got to come. The repre¬ 
sentative from our district says if we 
will only tell him what we want we shall 
have it, and the general mind of the Leg¬ 
islature is the same. He also offered to 
build us a creamery and equip it ready 
to run any time we say the word, and he 
is just as able as he is willing to do this 
thing. In fact everything looks favorable 
to us except the contractors, and with 
the consumers on our side, as they un¬ 
doubtedly are in many cases, I would not 
be surprised to see the contractors meet 
our demand very soon, and the sooner 
they come the less they will lose in many 
ways, both now and in the future. The 
strike has taught us much, which, if we 
profit by, as I think we will, the future 
will find us better fitted to fight our bat¬ 
tles and claim our rights. A. e. p. 
Hopkinton, Mass. 
.14 
.09® .12 
NEW YORK MILK STANDARD.— 
Health Commissioner Lederle, of New 
York City, made the principal speech 
before Governor Hughes, May 19, in 
opposition to the bill of Assemblyman 
Baumes which provides that the standard 
of milk in this State shall be lowered by 
declaring only such milk adulterated as 
contains less than 11% instead of less than 
12 per cent, of milk solids. Large delega¬ 
tions of dairymen from Orange and Dutchess 
counties who ship their milk to New York 
for sale there appeared to favor the bill, 
and they were backed up by Assemblymen 
Baumes. Myron Smith, Stivers and Chanler. 
In arguing fo’’ favorable consideration of 
the bill the dairymen and farmers said 
that they were working for their own in¬ 
terests as milk producers. They said the 
average dairyman could not produce milk 
to moot the present standard unless he kept 
a herd of Jersey cows and that they could 
not keep Jerseys and sell the milk by the 
quart at present prices at a profit, as Jer¬ 
seys were not as profitable to the producer 
and could not be fattened up and sold as 
other cows after they ceased to be profitable 
milkers. They said that under the present 
law they operated as lawbreakers if their 
milk was not put up to the 12 per cent, 
standard despite the fact that they had 
good dairies and produced pure milk. Be¬ 
sides the four legislators those who spoke 
for the farmers were D. C. Culver, of 
Amenia, George Knickerbocker, of Pine 
Plains, Wilson Carpenter, of Sanford, Albert 
Manning, of Otisville, master of the Orange 
County Grange, and Henry Youngs, of 
Goshen. Health Commissioner Lederle in 
opposition said that the big city of New 
York was the most concerned in this matter 
of a reduction of standard and that it was 
against the public interest to lower it 
and thus put a premium on adulteration. 
The reduction in the standard means an 
increase, he said, in the price to consum¬ 
ers by the deterioration in quality. New 
York City spends $75,000 through the coun¬ 
try districts in inspection of creameries, 
dairies and farms from which it gets its 
milk supply and was striving to keep up 
the standard of purity. The adoption of 
this lowering of standard would make it 
possible to water the milk supply for New 
York to the extent of 75,000 quarts of water 
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