1910. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
719 
CONTENTS 
The Rusal New-Yobkbr, July 9, 1910. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Growing Fine Asparagus. 705 
Rainfall Under Control. 705, 700 
A Turnip Crop for Sheep. 700 
Killing Weeds by Spraying. 707 
Fertilizing Value of Rye Straw.709 
Weevils in Grain. 709 
Hope Farm Notes. 710 
Frosted Potato Tops. 711 
Concrete Silos. 711 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Ventilating a Barn. 700 
Is the Tuberculin Test Reliable?.... 700 
The Dairymen’s League in Business... 713 
That Celebrated Milk Case. 713 
Eggs in Storage. 713 
Clover in the Silo. 710 
Jersey Records . 710 
A Mighty Milch Cow. 710 
Shoe Roil on a Horse. 710 
Pya'inic Arthritis . 710 
Jersey Milk vs. Holstein. 717 
Value of Testing for Advanced Registry 717 
Special Premiums for Jersey Cattle.. 717 
Moon Blindness ... 717 
Founder .i. 717 
Ringworm; Anthrax .. 717 
HORTICULTURE. 
Smoke Saved the Strawberries. 700 
Sparrows and Peas . 708 
The Fruit Crop. 708 
’1 lie Labrador Tea. 711 
Apples and Pears for Michigan. 711 
Gardening-Questions . 711 
The Care of Onion Sets. 711 
Tomato Wilt . 711 
Loquats . 711 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Dy to Day. 714 
Corn and Beans. 714 
The Rural Patterns. 715 
Potato Fie . 715 
Cocoamit .Tumbles; Candied Citron.715 
Candying Cherries . 715 
Tested Boston Brown Broad. 715 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Making a “Cheap” Paint. 700 
A Beginner with Gasoline Power. 707 
The Draft of a Wagon. 709 
Some Troubles of Seedsmen. 709 
Direct Primary Nomination In Pennsyl¬ 
vania . 709 
Editorials . 712 
Other People's Money. 7.13 
Events of the Week. 713 
Publisher’s Desk . 718 
Products. Prices and Trade. 719 
Humorous . 720 
MARKETS 
Tomatoes. Jersey, box 1.50 © 8.00 
S'n., 20-qt. carrier... .50 ©2.00 
Turnips, Rutabaga, bbl 1.00 © 1.50 
White, bbl.75 @ 1.25 
LIVE POULTRY 
broilers, lb.27 ® .28 
Fowls.IS © .lv 
Roosters.ll»4@ .12 
Ducks.12 © .14 
Geese.09 ® .11 
Turkeys.10 ® .14 
DRKS 8 KD POULTRY 
Turkeys, Fey. 
.17 
id) .18 
. 20 ® 
.22 
Common to Good_ 
.15 
@ .16 
.18© 
.19 
Chickens, rousting_ 
.22 
© . 2-1 
.23® 
.36 
Good to Choice. 
.18 
« .21 
.19® 
.22 
Common Run. 
.14 
« .16 
.16® 
.18 
Fancy broilers, lb... 
.28 
© .83 
Fowls. 
.14 
K .la 
18® 
.20 
Ducks, Spring. 
.18 
@ .19 
Squabs, doz. 
1.50 
(4 5.75 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers. 100 lbs.. 
5.25 
fit) 8.10 
Hulls.. 
4.40 
© 5.25 
Cows. 
2.(0 
id 6 .( 0 
Calves, 
Prime Veal, 100 lb... 
t*> 50 
to 8.75 
Culls. 
© 6.00 
Sheep, iou lbs. 
8 . (1 
© 4.25 
Lambs. 
fit 8 .oU 
Hogi.. 
© 9.8J 
GRAIN 
Wlieut, No. 1, Nortb’n 
Spring, bn . 1 20 
No. 2, Red. LUO 
Corn, as to quality, bu. .07 © .69 
Outs, as to weight, bu. .44 © .4 i 
Rye.75 © .si! 
HAY AND STRAW 
Quotations for large bales. 
Small bales sell 50 cents to 11.00 
per ton less. 
Hay, No. 1, ton.21.00 © 22.50 
No. 2.19 00 © 20.50 
No. 3.17.00 © 18 50 
Clover Mixe<1.12.00 © 1910 
Clover.10.00 © 17.00 
Wild Hay.9.00 to 10.00 
Straw, Rye.9.00 © 10.00 
Oat and Wheat. 8.00 © 9.00 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
Strawberuies.- Receipts from nearby are 
about over, the best berries now coming 
from up-river and western New York, some 
of the latter bringing upwards of 15 cents. 
Fair to good run from live to 10 cents. 
Apple Exports.—A statistician who has 
figured the matter out says that during the 
past season 2,190,000 barrels of apples 
were shipped to Europe from the United 
States aud Canada. The port of Halifax, 
Nova Scotia, shipped nearly as many apples 
as New York and Boston together. 
Prices current at New York during week ending 
July t 191(1. 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 package lots of 
fruits and vegetables, loss 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 deni¬ 
ms who receive no direct shipments. 
BUTTK.R 
Wholesale 
Retail 
Creamery, fancy, lb... 
. 285 ) 1 © 
29 
.31© .34 
Good to Choice. 
.25 
M 
.27 
28 .30 
Lower Grades . 
.23 
@ 
.24 
24® .27 
State Dairy, best. 
.26 
© 
•27 MS 
.28-, ,i .31 
Common to Good.... 
.23 
@ 
.25 
.26® .26 
Factory. 
.22 
© 
.23 
.24® .25 
Packing Stock.. 
.20 
@ 
.21 
MILK. 
New York Rxehange price $1.51 per 
40-quart can. netting 3 cents to 
shippers in the 26-cent freight /.one 
who have no additional station 
charges... 
. qt. 
.09@ 
12 
CHKKSK 
Full Cream, best... 
... .14 
@ 
.15 
.16® 
.18 
Common to Good. 
... .12 
<4 
.13 
.14® 
.16 
ftlrlmK 
6ft 
.08 
. 10 © 
.12 
KGGS 
Kancv White, doz... 
... 24 
© 
.27 
.28© 
.34 
White, good to choice. .22 
@ 
.23 
.26© 
.27 
Mixed Colors, best.. 
.23 
@ 
.24 
.25 
.28 
Common to Good. 
... .18 
@ 
.20 
.23© 
.24 
B1CANH 
Marrow’, bu. 
kt) 
3.10 
qt 
.15 
Medium. 
© 
2.45 
.15 
Pea. 
© 
2.35 
qt 
Red Kidney. 
... 4.7o 
<d 
4 90 
White Kidney. 
<a> 
3 20 
Yellow Eye. 
... 3.25 
© 3.35 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice.... 
... .24 
© 
.26 
rniuttiou to Good... 
... .20 
© 
.22 
German. New Crop. 
... .(XI 
(4 
.(’•5 
CIDER VINEGAR 
Prices charged in N.Y. 
by wholesale dealers 
for single barrel iol s: 
Extra Choice Old, gal. .28 © .24 
Standard Grade.14 © .16 
DRIED FRUITS 
Apples, evap. fancy... .11 © 11 .15 
Kvap., com. to good. .06 ® .08 .09® .12 
Sun Dried.04 « .06*$ 
Chops. 100 lbs. 2.00 © 2.50 
FltKSH FRUITS 
Apples. Newtown, bbl. 4 00 © 6.00 
Bon Davis. 3.00 © 4.50 
Spy... 4 .00 © 6.(10 
Baldwin.3.50 ® 5.00 
Russet.2.00 ® 4.00 
Western, box. 
.. 1.50 
« 
3.00 
New, bu.. 
.. .75 
© 
1.25 
8 l rawberi ies 
Western N. Y. 
.. .05 
© 
.15 
Up River. 
.. .(>5 
© 
.10 
Staten Island. 
.. .03 
• © 
.08 
Huckleberries, qt... 
. .09 
< 8 * 
.14 
Blackberries, qt. 
<4 
.!! 
Raspberries, pint- 
.. .04 
.17 
Cherries, lb. 
.07 
Peaches. S'n., crate... 1.00 © 1.50 
Muskuielons, crate_1.50 © 1.75 
Watermelons, 100 . 30.00 ® 60.00 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, 
Southern, bbl.60 @ 1.25 
State and West’n. bbl .75 © 1.00 
Asparagus, doz.50 © 3.00 
Carrots, bbl.2.00 © S.DO 
Cabbage, new, bbl. cte. .25 © .60 
Corn. S’n., 100. 3.00 © 4.50 
Cucumbers, bbl.40 ® 2.75 
Cauliflowers, bbl. 1,00 © 2.00 
Egg Plants, box. 1.00 © 2.00 
Lettuce. Jfs-bbl. bkt.25 © 75 
Peas, Jjj bbl. bkt.75 @1.25 
Peppers, 
Fla Carrier.LOO © 2.50 
Onions, Maryland, bu. 1.26 © 1.62 
Southern, new, bu.. 1.00 @ 2.00 
Radishes, 100 bunches. A0 © .75 
String Beans, bu .50 @ 1.00 
Spinach, bbl.30 @ .60 
Squash, new, bbl.75 ® 1.25 
each .03® .05 
Peaches.— After the usual prelude of 
green and scrubby fruit, the receipts are 
showing a decided Improvement. Several 
carloads of the early arrivals were con¬ 
demned by the New York Board of Health 
as being too green. The Board gave the 
receivers an opportunity to sort over the 
crates, hut most of them declined to do 
this, as they thought the percentage saved 
would not pay the cost of sorting. It is 
understood that the transportation com¬ 
pany salved the abandoned fruit and made 
themselves safe on the freight charges. 
Wholesale prices received at present for 
Carman and Belle of Georgia run from $1 
to $1.50 per six-basket crate. 
Potatoes.— The market is very weak, 
owing to excessive receipts from the East¬ 
ern Shore and the Carolinas. During the 
past week new potatoes have wholesaled 
here as low as GO cents per barrel. This 
new stock does not keep like old potatoes, 
and has to be disposed of quickly in hot 
weather. Any that are held over must be 
sorti-d carefully as they soon become a de¬ 
cayed mass, with a vile odor only exceeded 
by rotten radishes. The present low prices 
have been particularly hard on truckers in 
the Atlantic coast section, and show the 
need of a wider distribution instead of 
pouring all of the crop into two or three 
great cities. This is one of the things that 
truckers’ associations will need to develop. 
There are many towns of 20,000 to 40,000 
inhabitants where a carload or two of pro¬ 
duce could he dropped off to the advantage 
of both producers aud consumers, and thus | 
save overloading New York, Philadelphia ! 
and Boston. All produce that is brought 
to these large centers and reshipped from 
there to smaller towns carries the increased 
expenses of cartage and handling, which is 
greatest in large cities. w. h. h. 
Garget. 
We have a cow that is over one year 
from fresh, will come in August 25. For 
about one mouth up to the present time 
there would be on the cloth after the milk 
was strained clots like scalded milk. Is 
there any cure for it, and will you tell me 
what is best to do? Is it best to use the 
milk? mrs. u. w. 
Connecticut. 
The condition which you describe is 
probably garget. Cows that have milked 
continuously for a long period are very 
apt to be troubled in this way, especially 
when not at pasture, or when not sup¬ 
plied with succulent food, such as silage 
or roots. Your cow may be all right 
on grass. If not, you might try the 
effect of a purgative, following this with 
four dram doses of saltpeter (nitrate of 
potassium) three times daily for two 
days. Gargcty milk is generally con¬ 
sidered unfit to use. c. s. M. 
Cow Sucking Herself.—I f the inquirer 
after a cure for a cow sucking herself will 
get the gall of a, beef and apply some of it 
on the udder and teats after milking he will 
lind that his cow will soon have no use for 
that kind of drink. w. s. r. 
West Virginia. 
Interior Dairy Barn of Anaconda Couper Mining, Bozeman. Montana. 
LETTER FROM H. C. GARDINER, MANAGER. 
Bozeman, Mont., Aug. 5,1909. 
Kent Mfg. Co., Fort Atkinson, Wis. 
Gentlemen.— Your let ter of January 7, ’09 forwarded to me here. Wo are greatly pleased 
with the James Sanitary Stalls, Stanchions, Feed and Litter Carriers you have furnished the 
Willow Glen Stock Farm of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company. 
I believe them to be the most perfect devices of the kind I have yet seen and in addition to 
their utility, consider them very economical from the standpoint of efficiency and cost. 
Yours very truly, H. C. Gardiner. 
The cost of tli is equipment is only a temporary consideration, for the saving in labor and inereaso in 
production on account of comfort and conditions will pay for the equipment complete in a single year. 
Write for catalog and full particulars to KENT Midi. CO., 130 Cano St., Ft. Atkinson, Wis. 
C M A P Mil Y. Jersey Cow, Brutus Countess Dewdrop, in Con- 
HI ILIV necticut Official Record, makes 2 quarts rich, 
milk on 1 lb. UNICORN DAIRY RATION, cost 1 cent per quart. Other 
astonishing records. Send for sample, etc. CHAPIN & CO., Buffalo, N. Y. 
rII Save You $50 
On a Manure Spreader 
If You'U Let Me -n 
Freight 
Paid 
This Is Just a little ad —but a postal will brinu my Bio 
Book— and give you my $50.00 Saving Price and Special 
Proposition. Yon can save as much answering this little ad¬ 
vertisement as if it coveted a page. 
My Spreader positively will do better work and last longer 
than any Spreader made—no mat¬ 
ter what the orice so why 
more? 40,000 forme. • 
•tamped their O. K. 
my spreader and 
saving prlco. 
Proposition wiil 
Just a postal addressed to Gal 
loway of Waterloo, Iowa, 
bring you everything postpaid. 
Will You Pay a Penny For 
Tha Postal and Sava $50.00? 
Address Wm. Galloway, Pros, 
WM. CALLOWAY CO. 
669 Calloway Sta. Waterloo, la. 
SPAVIN CURL 
.Never falling cure for Spavin, 1 
V Curb, Splint, Ringbone, nil I 
ll.nim-nrK*. Also a great ftun-1 
Illy liniment. *1 a KoUlr; 01 
Jfor S5. Ask druggists. I 
■“Treatise on the Horse” free] 
’ at drug stores or address 
Ur. B. J. KKNDAIX COMPANY 
Eaoeburg Kalis, VL 
Competent Dairyman 
1M1 ■ ■ —A permanent position with 
«nf SltlGtl E°°d salary awaits a coinpe- 
tent,practical and scientific 
dairyman who can take entire chavge of onr 
dairy farm. Wo have at present a herd of about 
30 head, but onr large new modern stable lias a 
capacity of 70 head. As soon as we have en¬ 
gaged our dairyman to direct affairs we shall 
erect feed barns, silos, milk house, etc. 
A man of practical experience and some 
scientific training, preferably in one of ttie 
agricultural schools, in modern dairying, will 
please apply at once. Address 
H. M. KING, M. D. 
Loomis Sanatorium 
LOOMIS, SULLIVAN CO., N. Y. 
\\7' \ XT r T' 17TV Married man with one or two 
* ’ rvlN 1 ihYJ i,oys to work on Jersey Stock 
Farm. W. " 
SHRUM, Jeannette. Pa. 
Do You Need Farm Help? 
The Jewish Agricultural and Industrial Aid So¬ 
ciety lias on its lists men wishing to obtain em¬ 
ployment upon farms. Most of them aro without 
experience, hut they aro 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 witli us, 
stating what you will pay, whether the work is 
permanent, and whether you 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. & I. 
A. S.. 174 Second Avenue. New York City. 
You Can SECURE A LIST of the 
RELIABLE COMMISSION MERCHANTS 
In 28 PRODUCE MARKETS by writing to 
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 
Dept. E, Buffalo, N. Y. 
Boston Produce Co. 
Commission Merchants, 
Fruits aud Produce. Consignments Solicited 
93-95 South Market St., - Boston. 
Eggs, Poultry, Meats, Produce. 
Shipments solicited. JELLIFFE, WRIGHT & CO.. Com¬ 
mission Merchants, 284 Washington St., New York. 
NATURAL 
FINE- 
Ground 
PHOSPHATE 
THE RELIABLE^ 1 The right amount 
LA N D^r applied just then, 
at not over $ 1.00 
ER^HS per acre cost per 
crop,will increase 
each crop grown dur¬ 
ing the rotation from 50 
10758 Write for free 
Booklet, telling all 
about it. 
THE FARMERS GROUND ROCK PHOSPHATE CO.ttnnesIel 
In Rotating Your 
Crops don’t fail a 
to apply Natural 
F i nc-G round 
Phosphate when 
breaking your clover, 
grass or grain stubble 
sods. This is the best 
time to apply it to the 
soil direct Address 
William H. Cohen &Co. 
ESTABLISHED 1844 
229 Washington St., New York City 
STRAWBERRIES, RASPBERRIES, 
CHERRIES, ( URRANTS, Etc. 
BERRIES PEACHES 
and all Fruits and Vegetables, Poultry, Fancy 
Eggs, Hothouse Products. Top prices secured 
for choice goods. Correspondence solicited. 
Archdeacon & Co., 100 Murray Street, N. Y. 
GKO. P. HAMMOND. K8T. 1875. FRANK W. GODWIN 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & CO., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers in all kinds of 
COUNTRY PRODUCE, Apples, Pearlies, Her 
ries Butter, Eggs. Cheese, Poultry. Mushrooms 
and Hot house Products a Specialty. Consignments 
solicited. 34 & 36 Little 13th St.. New York- 
Dl.KASK send a trial shipment to the Oldest Coni- 
* mission House in New York. Est. 1838. Rutter, 
Kggs, Poultry. Pork, Calves. Hay. Grain. Means, 
AppiflS. etc. K. It. WOOliWAItn, Sir.! UrvMinloli St.. N. Y. 
Highest prices guaranteed for White <>r Brown 
Leghorns or tnixod eggs. Also high grade butter. 
Write us for information. A trial will convince you 
of our ability to obtain extreme prices. Address 
JOHNSTONE Ct COUGHLAN, 
164 Duane Street : ; New York 
W. P. ROCK YEARUNGTSsrra 
stock. A. S. BRIAN, Mt. Kisco, New York. 
|Cf| forme FOR SALE CHEAP, in fertile 
IJU I Cl 11II0 Delaware Valley. Ntnv catalogue 
and map tree. Horace <t. Keeper, Newtown, Pa. 
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 MOKSE. -:- Hamilton, N. Y. 
| OP Anr0C _ ^ ood 9-room house; 3 barns, 30x40 
IfcU Hul CO each; 20 cow stalls. Water in house. 
Plenty fruit. Ou main road, 2 miles from two rail¬ 
road towns, R. F. D. and phone. $3,300; t, cash, 
balance 54. 
HALL’S FARM AGENCY, Chvego, Tioga Co.. N.Y. 
THE LEVIN PRUNER 
The best pruner. Cuts )4-inch dry- 
branch. Quick, clean, easy cut. We 
will send it post paid for club of two 
new yearly subscriptions at $1 each, 
or for club of 7 ten weeks trials at 10 
cents each. 
The Rural New-Yorker, New York 
