1910. 
THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
703 
Tije 
CONTENTS 
ral New-Yorker, July 2, 1910. 
FARM T0F1CS. 
The Principles 
Mulches 
and Practice of 
Earth 
689, 
Nitre Spots in Colorado Soil. 
The Man Who Drives the Steers. 
Producing a Blight-Proof Potato.i. 
Cover Crops for Northern New York. 
Rye and Vetch for Connecticut. 
Treatment of Old Asparagus Bed. 
An English Fertilizer Case. 
Hope Farm Notes. 
Fertilizer on Potato Seed. 
690 
690 
690 
691 
692 
692 
693 
693 
094 
695 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Clover Clippings for Fowls. 690 
That Celebrated Milk Case. 697 
Starting a Vermont lien Farm. 700 
The Choice of a Breed. 700 
Creamery a Secret Society. 700 
liens With Bare Backs. 701 
Farcy . 701 
Grease Heel ... 701 
Swelling; Obstructed Teat. 701 
Preve nting Dampness in llenhouse.... 702 
HORTICULTURE. 
Nova Scotia Apple Notes. 690 
Thinning Kieffer Pears. 692 
Peach Curl Disease Bad. 692 
Wonderberries in China. 692 
The Richest Land in the World. 693 
Peculiar Seed Pods. 695 
Tulips After Blooming; Pceonies. 695 
Summer Lime-Sulphur. 695 
The Fruit Crop. 697 
The Fruit Crop; Strawberry Notes.... 703 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 698 
Sweet Potato Pie. 699 
Canning Clams . 698 
The Rural Patterns. 698 
Dill Pickles . 698 
The First New Potatoes. 698 
Some Experience With Summer 
Boarders . 699 
Canning Asparagus . 699 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
The Rural Education Question. Part III. 691 
The Fee for Selling Farms. 691 
Events of the Week. 696 
Other People's Money. 697 
Events of the Week. 697 
Publisher’s Desk . 702 
MARKETS 
Frees current at New York daring week ending 
June 24 I'.iiII. wholesale except where other¬ 
wise Indicated. The retail prices given do not, as 
a rule, cover either the highest or lowest sales, bat 
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 
Irults and vegetables, less titan tubs oi butter, 
cases of eggs. etc. The trade of commission mer¬ 
chants is strictly wholesale. The retail prices 
given arc those seemed by grocers and small deal¬ 
ers who receive no direct shipments. 
HIJTTI 
HI 
W hole.sale 
Retail 
Creamery, fancy, lb. 
.. .27 
(V 
.28 
.30® .33 
Good to Choice. • ■ • 
... .25 
0(1 
.26 
27 .20 
Lower Grades_ 
... .23 
® 
.24 
24® .27 
State Dairy, best_ 
... .26 
.27 
.28® .BO 
Common to GjoiI. 
... .23 
C<0 
.25 
.25(5) .2(5 
Faculty. 
•)-) 
® 
.23 
.24® .25 
Packing Slock. . 
... .20 
® 
.21 
MILK. 
New York Exchange price $1.51 per 
40-quart can. netting Ji cents to 
shippers in the 2 ii-cent freight /.one 
who have no additional station 
charges. 
. qt. 
.09® 
12 
CHEESE 
Full Cream, bpst... 
... .14 
0i 
.15 
.16® 
.18 
Common to Good. 
... .12 
Ot 
.13 
.14® 
.16 
Skims. 
... .05 
@ 
•OS 
. 10 ® 
.12 
EGGS 
1 
Fancy White, doz... 
... 24 
© 
.27 
.28© 
.31 
White, good to choice. .22 
<" 
.23 
.26® 
.27 
Mixed Colors, best . 
... .23 
(" 
.24 
.25 
.28 
Common to Good., 
... .18 
® 
.20 
.23® 
.24 
BEANS 
Marrow, bu. 
.. 2.85 
© 
3.00 
qt 
.15 
Medium. 
... 2.25 
© 
2.40 
Pea. 
... 2.25 
c« 
2.30 
qt 
.15 
Red Kidney. 
4.7a 
© 
4.90 
White Kidnev. 
. 2.90 
© 
3.10 
Yellow Bye. 
... 3.25 
© 
3.35 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice... 
.. .24 
® 
.26 
common to Good..., 
... .20 
(4 
.22 
German. New Crop.. 
.. .60 
® 
.65 
CIDER VINEGAR 
Ib ices charged in N.Y. 
by wholesale dealers 
for single barrel lots: 
Extra Choice Old, gal. 
99 
© 
.24 
Standard Grade. 
.14 
(5> 
.16 
DRIED FRUITS 
Apples, evap. fancy... 
Evap., com. to good. 
.11 
© 
11 
.06 
® 
.08 
Sun Di ied. 
.01 
® 
.0013 
Chops, IUU lbs. 
1.80 
© 2.25 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples. Newtown, bbl. 
4 00 
G>. 
6.00 
Ren Davis. 
© 
4.50 
spy. 
4.00 
(d 
6.00 
Baldwin. 
(& 
5.00 
Western, box. 
New. bu. 
1.50 
<t 
3.00 
.75 
© 
1.50 
Si rawberrles 
New Jersey. 
.04 
® 
.10 
Up River. 
.06 
© 
.11 
Staten Island. 
.07 
fa 
.10 
Hilton A Irvington.. 
.08 
fa) 
.10 
Huclilebert ies.N.C- .qt. 
.09 
f<i ' 
.12 
Blackberries, N. C., qt. 
.06 
Ot 
.;o 
Raspberries, pint. 
.05 
© 
.10 
Cherries, lb. 
.04 
.08 
Peaches. S’n.. crate... 
1.00 
O' 
2.00 
Muskmelons.Fla. crate 1,511 
(a 
1.75 
Watermelons,Fla., 100 30.00 
©50.00 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, 
Southern, bbl.75 ® 1.25 
State and West’n. bbl 1.00 © 1.10 
Asparagus, do?..5U ® 2.00 
Carrots, bb).2.00 © 2.50 
cabbage, new, bbl. etc. .25 © .00 
Corn. S’n., 100. 1.00 <3> 3,00 
Cucumbers, bbl.50 @ 3.00 
Cauliflowers, bbl. 1,00 © 1.75 
Egg Pltnts, box. 1.00 ® 2.00 
Lettuce. J£-bbl. bkt. 10 ® 75 
Peas, bbl. bkt.75 @1.25 
Peppers, 
Fla Carrier... . ... 1.00 © 3.00 
Onions, Maryland, bit. 1.25 © 1.62 
Southern, new, bn.. 1.00 ® 2.00 
Radishes, 100 bunches. .50 © .75 
String Beans, bu.50 ® 1.00 
Spinach, bbl.30 Or .60 
Squaso, new, bbl.75 © 1.26 
Tomatoes. Jersey, box 2 (III 
F:a., 20-qt. carrier... .75 ® 2.00 
Turnips, Rutabaga, bbl 1.50 ® 2.00 
White, bbl.50 ® .75 
each 
.15 
■09 ® .12 
.03® .05 
LIVE POULTRY 
Broilers, lb. 
.24 
© 
.26 
Fowls. 
.16 
© 
.17 
Roosters. 
• 11 W® 
Ducks. 
.12 
(a) 
.14 
Geese. 
.09 
(<& 
.11 
Turkeys. 
.10 
(a) 
.14 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1, North'n 
Spring, bu. 
1 20 
No. 2, Red. 
1.06 
Corn, as to quality, bu. 
.67 
© 
.69 
Oats, as to weight, bu. 
,14 
© 
.46 
Rye. 
.75 
© 
78 
THE FRUIT CROP; STRAWBERRY EX- 
PERIENCE. 
In this vicinity the prospective fruit 
crops are large for everything but apples, 
which so far as 1 have observed will be 
the lightest ever known for apple year. 
Even Baldwin trees that bore nothing last 
yea • are often repeating the same perform¬ 
ance this year. My own apple trees have 
been gradually changing; over from the even 
to tli(> odd year, and this year the crop will 
be one of the smallest 1 ever harvested. 
Pears trees almost without exception 
blossomed white and a large set resulted, 
but the June drop is about over and there 
is generally a full set left, l’oach trees 
blossomed very full in this vicinity, al¬ 
though in the western portion of the State 
almost a total loss of the crop is reported 
from the severe cold spells last Winter. 
Greensboro, Waddell and Carman have per¬ 
haps three to five times more fruit than 
they can carry, while Ililcy, Belle of Geor¬ 
gia, Elberta and some others will require 
considerable thinning. In m.v orchard of 
400 three-year-old trees the latest varieties 
are the only ones on which fruit is set 
sparingly. But the drop has hardly begun 
yet. Cherry trees have a larger crop than 
for several years. Plums, raspberries, cur¬ 
rants and gooseberries all bid fair to be 
bountifully productive. The strawberry 
crop now on is good, but lias received 
about its limit of rain, and rotten berries 
will be the latter portion of the crop un¬ 
less fair weather conies to the rescue. With 
me the Senator Dunlap is by great odds 
easily king of all the strawberries I ever 
grew. It is early, dark red ’way through, 
fair flavor, never sour even if not fully ripe, 
very productive, large enough, roots deeply 
and a good plant maker, although In matted 
rows many plants have three to five fruit 
stalks. Perhaps it would lie rather soft 
for a long shipper, hut my retail trade gen¬ 
erally pronounce it tin* best berry they ever 
ate. I am looking for the companion berry 
to begin in mid season and carry out the 
rest of the way. Who can name’ it? The 
season which started eafly has been so 
cold for several weeks past that corn, to¬ 
matoes, beans and the vines showed only 
the most languid kind of growth until the 
hot days of .Tune 14 and 15, which jumped 
them ahead noticeably. 
I am trying several new strawberries this 
year as follows: Abington, followed Sena¬ 
tor Dunlap closely for early good-sized, 
bears fairly well, but is light colored, mild 
flavored, but does not color much in the 
shade, many berries having to be picked 
with a white side. Cardinal no good, very 
little fruit or size to it. Big Ben no good, 
almost no fruit and as for size of what 
there is would change name to Wee Ben. 
Stevens Late not ripe yet, but all sorts of 
mixed shapes. Good Luck poor bearer, no 
good. Klondike very hard berry, not large 
and few. Minute Man nice shape and 
flavor, fair hearer, no improvement over 
lots of old kinds. Chesapeake scalded bad¬ 
ly by sun and much of first fruit of poor 
quality, as near like the old Sharpless as 
anything. Amont nice large berries, hut 
few of them and plants made almost no 
runners. So much for the berries I'm try¬ 
ing thi-s season. I have just discarded the 
Brandywine on account of the latter berries 
being no good. I have tried many of the 
older varieties, Glen Mary. Win. Belt, 
Miner, Brunette (good but not prolific). 
Crescent, Belmont, handsome and late, but 
shy bearer; Bubaeli, TIaverland. Nick 
Ohmer, Tennessee, Prolific, Marshall, Bis¬ 
marck, Excelsior, Gandy, King Fhilip, and 
several others. f. t. j. 
West Barrington, R. I. 
MILCH GOATS vs. COWS 
* 
Cost l /b as much to buy;' 
Vio to feed; practically 
immune from disease and 
udder troubles; and 
NET 2% TIMES THE PROFIT 
Can be kept on very small place. 
Foundation Stock. 
T WIN IParm D ENLLYN 
REE r ARM rENNA. 
F O rt SA. Xj E 
Milch Goats, Toggenburg Swiss ami Egyptian 
Bucks. N. Y. INDUSTRIAL HOME AND BIBLE SCHOOL 
L E. KIMBALL, Manager Tappan, N. Y. 
Ff)R SAI F —registered Brown Swiss Bulls, 
i mu onLL one ten months old, one five months 
old. largo fine animals. Write for price. Address 
WILLIAM S. NAEGER. St. Genevieve, llo 
FOR SALE—A Handsome Jersey Bull 
old, perfectly marked. Ql'OQUE 
Old Mystic. Conn., J. M. Jenkins 
one year 
FARMS, 
TAUG 
, Supt. 
500 
each. J. L 
Thoroughbred, Single Comb. White 
Leghorn Yearling Hens for sale $1 00 
ELLIOTT. Flemington, N. J. 
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CANNING OUTFITS 
Factory and Home 
K. F. ROBINSON 
331 Second Street, Albany, N. Y. 
B 
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Mapes* Hen-Liee-Wax 
Has been such a boon to me and my liens that I 
decided to place it on the market. One application 
a year to the perches has given me absolute free¬ 
dom from mites. Write for particulars. 
O. W. MAPES, Middietown, N. Y. 
W ANTFD-Ma™<i man with one or two 
J : s to work on Jersey Stock 
Farm. W. 4. SHHUM, Jeannette, Pa. 
Farquhar O. K. 
Elevator Digger 
If you have three acres or more of potatoes planted, 
you should own a Farquhar O. K. Elevator Digger. 
This is the fastest, working, cleanest working digger 
to be bad. It gets them all. Saves hours of hard 
work daily. A light draft machine that works in any 
soil. Marvelously simple. Easy to handle. Is based on 
the famous Hallock patents, which we bought three 
years ago and have improved upon. Drop us a postal 
for a handsome free book picturing nnd describing this 
potato digger, and which also tells of the Success Jr. 
Plow Potato Digger for use by small potato growers. 
A. B. FARQUHAR, Ltd., 
Box 601, York, Penna. 
i Potato Piggers » 
Aro built to suit your needs* of the highest grade- of ma¬ 
terials, along tho simplest lines. You have just enough 
machinery to do your work. Just enough adjustment to get 
all of the potatoes without cutting them. Light weight. As 
light draft as is consistent with 
the work to he done. All adjust¬ 
ments made from tho seat. No 
neck weight. Write today for 
s p e c I al 
boo klefcs 
o u Dig¬ 
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for ‘‘iron 
Age” 
Cata- 
Priccs range from 
$75.00 to $105.00 
according to 
style and 
equipment. 
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Monarch 
Hydraulic 
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Great strength and ca¬ 
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sawmills, thresh- 
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Monarch Machinery Co* 609 CortlandtBldg.. New York 
your surplus fruit into 
ey. You can make 
idsome profits from the 
le of cider, vinegar or 
fruit j uices. Write for 
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PRESS CO.,312 Waters!., 
Syracuse, N. Y. 
CIDER PRESSES 
THE ORIGINAL MT. GILEAD HY - 0 
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Sizes 10 to 400 barrels daily, hand _ 
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(Oldest and largest manufacturers of cider 
presses in tho world.) _ 
137 Lincoln Avenue, Mount Gllenfl, Ohio 
Or Room 119 L 39 Cortlandt St., Now York, N. Y. 
SMALLEY 
SILO FILLERS 
Gearless. Immense Feeding Capacity, with the 
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All the old desirable fea¬ 
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Paddle-feed-rollers, Safety- 
fly-wheel-and-pulley. Re¬ 
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Cutters, Rio were, 
Curriers. 
HARDER MFG. CO. 
Box 11, CoblesklU, N.Y. 
GUMAX 
ENSILAGE 
CUTTERS 
Don’t buy an ensilage cutter until you have 
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“The Inward 
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The blunt, flattened 
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Sold by hardware dealers every¬ 
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handle, write us and we’ll see you 
are supplied. 
American Fork & Hoe 
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Largest Manufacturers of 
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Cleveland 
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Hydraulic ^ Cidler Presses 
All sizes. We have had 33 
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and map free. Horace G. Reeder, Newtown, Pa. 
two barns 30x40 , 24x36. 
Well watered. Near railroad town. $2600; $1000 
cash. HALL'S FARM AGENCY, Owego, Tioga 
County. N. V. 
THE TIME TO BUY A FARM 
IS WHEN THE CROPS ARE GROWING. Don’t wait until 
next winter. Nice farm of 61 acres two miles from 
railroad (D. L. & W.) for $ 2000 . 
J. GRANT MOUSE, -:- Hamilton, N. Y. 
WANTFn- Si,,ele lna " f ' a P ;l ble of handling one 
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L. H. TURNER, P. & L, E. R.R., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
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