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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, July 16, 
FARM TOFICS. 
Practical Farmers at Cornell. 
Weed Seeds in Manure. 
Building Stone Drains. 
Potatoes Under Straw. 
Clark Method of (irass Seeding. 
Nitrate of Soda; Spraying Mustard.. 
Iowa Corn and Politics. 
Hope Farm Notes. 
Pasture Grasses for Pennsylvania. 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Mule Raising in Vermont. 
The Boston Milk War.721, 
A Couple of Farm Ladies. 
Ice Cream Dairying. 
The French-Canadian Horse. 
Tumor . 
Para'yis . 
Butter Defects . 
Testing Butter for Fat. 
Apoplexy . 
HORTICULTURE. 
Dry Bordeaux... 
Cherries Cracking. 
Failure with Strawberries. 
Marshall Strawberries in Hills. 
Lime Sulphur for Peach Curl. 
Disappointing Moss Roses. 
A Talk on Climbing Roses. 
Crown Gall on Trees. 
The Fruit Crop. 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 
A Southern Quest for Pumpkin Pie... 
More Reclaimed Rubbish. 
The Rural Patterns. 
Good Housekeeping in West Virginia.. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
The Franking Mail Privilege. 
'The Growth of Law. 
Elm Trees and Lightning. 
Country Merchants and Parcels Post.. 
Auger for Blasting Holes. 
Editorials . 
other People’s Money. 
Events of the Week... 
Publisher's Desk. 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Wholesale 
Ketal) 
Creamery, fancy, lb... 
.28*.'© 
29 
.31© 
.34 
Good to Choice. 
.25 
@ 
.27 
28 
.30 
Lower Grades . 
.23 
@ 
.24 
24® 
.27 
State Dairy, best. 
.26 
© 
.27 
.28© 
.31 
Common to Good- 
.23 
<& 
.25 
.25® 
.26 
Factory. 
OO 
@ 
.23 
.24® 
.25 
Racking Stock. 
•2U 
@ 
.21 
MILK. 
New York Exchange price $1.51 per 
■Ill-quart can, netting 8 cents to 
shippers in the 26-cent freight zone 
who have no additional station 
charges. 
qt. 
.09® 
12 
CHEESE 
Full Cream, best... 
.15 
.16® 
.18 
Common to Good. 
... .12 ® 
.13 
.14® 
.16 
Skims. 
.08 
.10® 
.12 
EGGS 
Kancv White, doz... 
... 24 ® 
.27 
.28® 
.34 
Wtiite, good to choice. 22 @ 
.23 
.26® 
.27 
Mixed Colors, best... 
.23 @ 
.24 
.25 
.28 
Common to Good. 
... .18 ® 
.20 
.23® 
.24 
BEANS 
Marrow, bu. 
3.10 
qt 
.15 
M odium. 
....2.25 © 
2 45 
Pea. 
2.40 
qt 
.15 
tied Kidnev. 
... 4.7;> @ 
4.90 
White Kidney. 
. . 3.110 © 
3.20 
Yellow Eye. 
3.35 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice_ 
.26 
Common to Good... 
... .20 ® 
22 
German. New Crop. 
... .60 @ 
.*’•5 
ClDEli VINEGAR 
Prices charged in N.Y. 
by wholesale dealers 
for single barrel lots: 
Extra Choice Old, gal. .22 
Standard Grade.14 
.24 
.16 
DRIED FRUITS 
Apples, evap. fancy... 
.10 
© 11 
Kvap., com. to good. 
.(Hi 
® .08 
Sun Dried. 
.114 
® .06.1 
Chops. 100 lbs. 
2.CO 
© 2.50 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples, old, bbl. 
® 5.25 
Western, box. 
1.50 
© 2.00 
New. bu. 
© LOO 
Strawberries 
Western N. Y. 
.06 
® .11 
Up River. 
.03 
© .06 
Huckleberries, qt- . 
.07 
© .12 
Blackberries, qt. 
.05 
® .07 
Raspberries, pint. 
.04 
© .07 
Cherries, lb. 
.03 
.07 
Beaches. S'n., crate... 
.25 
@ 1.25 
Muskmelons, crate_ 
1.50 
© 1.75 
Watermelons, 100. 
20.00 
©40.1.0 
VEG 
ETA BLES 
Potatoes, 
Southern, bbl. 
.75 
@ 1.6)0 
Stateand West’ll, bbl 
.75 
© UK) 
L. I. & Jersey, new.. 
i .25 
© 1.68) 
Asparagus, doz. 
Carrots, bbl. 
.75 
© 2.50 
2.00 
© 2.50 
Cabbage, new, bbl. cte. 
.25 
fa) .00 
Celery, doz. 
.10 
® .50 
Corn. Jersey, 100. 
.75 
© 1.00 
Cucumbers, bbl. 
.40 
© 1.75 
Cauliflowers, bbl . 
1,00 
© 2.00 
Egg Plants, box. 
1.00 
@ 4.00 
Lettuce, 46-bbl bkt- 
.25 
® .75 
Peas, 43 bbl. bkt. 
.75 
® 1.25 
Peppers, 
Fla Carrier. 
1.00 
© 2.00 
.15 
.09® .12 
each .03® .06 
Onions, Maryland, bu. 1.12 @1.25 
Jersey, bu. 1.25 @1.50 
Radishes, 100 bunches. .50 © .75 
String Keans, bu.50 @ 1.00 
Spinach, bbl.80 @ .00 
Squasc, new, bbl.75 @ 1.25 
Tomatoes. Jersey, box 1.50 @ 2.50 
S'n., 2ll-qt. carrier... .50 @ 2.00 
Turnips, Rutabaga, bbl l.oO @ 1.50 
White, bbl.75 ® 1.25 
LIVE POULTRY 
Broilers, lb. 
... .23 
© 
.24 
Fowls. 
... .16 
© 
■16418 
Roosters. 
.10 
@ 
.11 
Ducks. 
© 
.14 
Geese. 
.09 
(<C 
.11 
Turkeys. 
fa) 
.14 
1910. 
Turkeys, Fey. 
.17 
@ 
.18 
.20© 
.22 
Common to Good.... 
.15 
® 
.16 
.18© 
.19 
Chickens, roasting.... 
.22 
@ 
.24 
.23® 
.26 
Good to Choice. 
.18 
@ 
.21 
•19@ .22 
. 722 
Common Run. 
.14 
@ 
.16 
• 16@ 
.18 
. 722 
Fancy broilers, lb... 
.28 
© 
-32 
. 722 
Fowls. 
.14 
@ 
.16 
18® .20 
. 722 
Ducks, Spring. 
@ 
.19 
. 723 
Squabs, doz. 
1.50 
3.75 
. 724 
LIVE STOCK 
. 724 
Native Steers, 100 lbs.. 
5.90 
© 8.30 
. 726 
Bulls. 
4.40 
© 5.25 
723 
721 
722 
722 
732 
732 
732 
732 
733 
733 
733 
724 
725 
725 
725 
727 
727 
727 
727 
729 
730 
730 
730 
731 
731 
722 
723 
723 
724 
727 
728 
729 
729 
734 
Cows.2.00 @ 5.00 
Q a 
Prime Veal, 100 lb... 7.00 
Culls. 4.00 
Sheep. 100 lbs.3.60 
Lambs.8.00 
Hog,.9.75 
@10 50 
© 6.00 
© 4.75 
© 9 .00 
©10.0U 
GRAIN 
Whent, No. 1, North'n 
Spring, bu. 
1 25 
No. 2. Red. 
1.09 
Corn, as to quality, bu. 
.07 
© 
.69 
Oats, as to weight, bu. 
.44 
a 
.47 
Rye. 
.75 
fa) 
.80 
HAY AND STRAW 
Quotations for large bales. 
Small bales sell 50 cents to $1.00 
per ton less. 
Hay, No. 1, ton.22.50 © 23.50 
No. 2.20 00 © 22.00 
No. 3.18.50 © 19.5 ) 
Clover Mixed.I2.U0 © 19 0 
Clover.10.00 © 17.00 
Wild Hay.9.00 © 10.00 
Straw, Rye.11.00 @ 12.00 
Oat and Wheat.8.00 © 9.00 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week ending 
July 8 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 
lit Fulton, Washington. Jefferson Markets, etc., 
and np-town grocery stores. "Retail” is rather 
an indetlmte word, but in this column It means 
less than barrel or other origtnnl 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 arc those secured by grocers and small deal¬ 
ers who receive no direct shipments. 
BUTTER 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
Peaches are selling very low, receipts be¬ 
ing heavy and size and quality interior. 
Some six-basket crates have sold down to 
35 cents, and $1.50 is the top figure noted 
at this writing. 
For the first six months of this year the 
fire losses in the United States and Canada 
amounted to $99,230,000. This is mater¬ 
ially less than for the corresponding period 
of the last two years. 
Heavy Customs Business. —During the 
year just past the port of New York did a 
larger customs business than in any pre¬ 
vious year, the appraised*value of merchan¬ 
dise entered being $961,962,392. 
Foreign Cotton. —In the East Indies, 
20,227,000 acres are planted to cotton. 
This is an increase of about 225,000 acres 
over last year, and is about three-fifths of 
the cotton acreage of the United States. 
The East Indian yield is expected to be 
about 4,500,000 bales. 
Eggs. —-For more than a week the egg 
market on anything but high grades has 
been in very bad condition. Receipts of 
stock from distant points were heavy, and 
the quality very uncertain owing to heat 
damage on the way or before shipment. 
This makes a great amount of rehandling 
necessary in order to get the eggs in sal- 
ab e condition. Every egg house has its 
expert ca.ndlers, and they are kept busy 
studying with a strong light the internal 
condition of the eggs. 
Those Greedy Faumebs. —The Congres¬ 
sional committee that has spent several 
months investigating the increased cost of 
living has now brought forth a report. It 
seems from this that the farmers are the 
cause of most of the trouble. Another im¬ 
portant item in the report is the statement 
that there is too much money in the coun¬ 
try, a thing that we have all noted. One 
finding that appears especially to have 
rasped the feelings of the investigators is 
the alleged fact that because of improved 
banking facilities in some agricultural 
localities, some farmers "have been 
able to hold their products and mar¬ 
ket to best advantage.” We judge that 
a recommendation is now in order to 
the effect that no farmer in future shall be 
allowed to have more buildings than a 
house and woodshed, so that he can have 
no place for this wicked storing of crops. 
He should sell them to the first speculator 
that comes along or let them rot in the 
great out-of-doors. A woodshed might be 
permitted on the ground that no man who 
has to start the fire with wet wood can be 
expected to develop the degree of patient 
resignation which the investigators evident¬ 
ly think the farmer should possess. Noth¬ 
ing is said by the Investigators as to the 
effect of the tariff on consumers; not a 
word about the duty on goods of common 
use which are either not produced at all 
in this country or Jiavc grown so far away 
from the "infant industry” idea that “pro¬ 
tection” is a farce. w. w. H. 
Examine the Scions.—I notice in exam¬ 
ining plum scions which have been set a 
month that most of them have cracked 
open, and while well started, need to have 
the wax pressed in about the tops and 
seams to save them. 1 think that while 
professional grafters seldom mention it, it 
is quite necessary for the owner to go 
around often and attend to this, as the only 
means of obtaining good results. Many 
scions well set will come to grief for lack 
of attention, and I have no doubt lead the 
amateur to think his work a failure, when 
it is due only to lack of later inspection 
and a little attention at the right time. 
Maine. g. s. Paine. 
SALESMAN WAHTEDr£^£°W% 0 °tt 
City house dealing in a general line of merchandise, 
wants a resident county salesman to represent it in each 
county in the Eastern States; bright future and splendid 
opportunity for energetic men to make money; write, 
giving full information as to past occujMition. age. 
length of time you have lived in your countv. if you 
have horse and buggy and give three references. 
Address WHITE, VAN GLAHX & COMPANY (The Old¬ 
est ami Most Reliable Mail Order House i:i America > 
37 Barclay Street, New York City. 
I SELL FARMS IX OCEANA, the best Co. in the IT.S. Fruit, ersln 
I and stock. Write for list. J. D. S. HANSON, Hart, Mich. 
FflR Q A I C— 85-acre farm, stock, tools and crop. 
I Ull OHLL FRED. DK8PUES, Uoyalston,Mass. 
IRfl Farms SAFE CHEAP, in fertile 
IJU I ul IIIO Delaware Valley. New 
and map free. Horace G. Reeder, 
catalogue 
Newtown, Pa. 
PERFECTION 
SWING STANCHION 
with frame fitted to stable, and 
witli New Latch that does not 
wear the Plate. Warranted the 
Best on the market. Sold on 30 
days’ trial. Also Water Basins, 
Steel Stall and Manger Parti¬ 
tions. Send for Booklet. 
BATES & SWIFT SPECIALTY MFG. CO. 
Box 5. Cuba. N. Y. 
PAINTING A HOOF 
ISA WASTE OF 
TIME AND MONET 
ROOFING 
yVeedsNoPainting 
U SING Amatite means ending 
your roofing troubles. It 
means that after it is once 
laid on your roof it will need abso¬ 
lutely no painting or attention. 
Its real mineral surface does away 
with this bother and expense entirely. 
And the beauty of it is that Ama¬ 
tite doesn’t cost any more than other 
ready roofings ; in fact, less than 
many. 
Amatite comes in convenient rolls 
ready to be laid on the roof. Any¬ 
one can do the job. Liquid cement 
for the laps and large headed nails 
are supplied free in the center of 
each roll. 
If you want to know something 
about the best roofing made and one 
that needs absolutely no painting, 
send for a sample and booklet re¬ 
garding Amatite. Address nearest 
office. 
Barrett Manufacturing Co. 
New York Chicago Philadelphia 
Boston Cincinnati Minneapolis 
Cleveland Pittsburg New Orleans' 
Kansas City St. Louis 
THE POPULARITY OF 
i flhe • g y. 
GUERNSEY COW/ 
> m/ 
has increased more than Ten Fold in last 
fifteen years and the work of the Guernsey 
Herd Register shows a growth of 
80 c /o during 1909 
OVER PRECEDING YEAR 
<J Full particulars regarding this remarkable breed by 
addressing 
The American Guernsey Cattle Club, 
Box R, Peterboro, N. H. 
Large Improved English Yorkshires 
A. A. BRADLEY -S- Frewsburg, N. Y. 
Boston Produce Co. 
Commission Merchants, 
Fruits and Produce. Consignments Solicited 
93-95 South Market St,, 
Boston. 
Highest prices guaranteed for White or Brown 
Leghorns or mixed eggs. Also high grade butter. 
Write us for information. Atrial will convince you 
of our ability to obtain extreme prices. Address 
JOHNSTONE 6 COUGHLAN. 
164 Duane Street : : New York 
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. 
JELUFFE, WRIGHT & COMPANY, 
Commission Merchants, 284 Washington St., New York. 
Poultry, Eggs, Meats, Produce. Shipments Solicited. 
DLEASE send a trial shipment to theOldest Com- 
* mission House in New York. Est. 1838. Butter, 
Eggs, Poultry. Pork. Calves, Hay, Grain. Beans, 
Apples, etc. K. It. WOODWARD, S02 Hreennlolt St.. N. V. 
FARMER WANTED to represent us in your vicin- 
rHIIHIbfl jty, No money required. Postal brings 
particulars. B. G. FOWLER, 39 Cortlandt St., New York. 
WAIITPn—competent, industrious, sober, mar- 
wIHIll LU ried man, position ns foreman, in Grain, 
Stock and fruit farm, or would consider a share proposi¬ 
tion, everything furnished. ‘‘C.W. H.,” cure Tiie R.N.-Y. 
Y^hich wheat did 
" V ou raise? 
Were there forty good, sound, heavy kernels to the head or 
fifteen light ones? Was the straw big and weak? Did the crop 
lodge? Did it rust? Was the yield fifteen bushels less than it 
might have been? Did you get the best possible 
return for your time, labor and trouble? 
Think about these things and ask yourself if you led the 
crop right. Did you do any real thinking before buying your 
wheat fertilizer or did you just buy the "same old brand”? 
A wheat fertilizer should contain from 6 to 10% of Potash. 
If it is not in the old brand, buy some Potash and put it in. 
We will sell it to you or your dealer—a carload or a ton. Write 
for prices. 
Send for our Free New Pamphlet, “Fall Fertilizers” 
showing you how to improve the old brand or make better ones 
at home for less money. It will pay you, for Potash Pays. 
GERMAN KALI WORKS 
Continental Building, Baltimore, Md. 
NO 
10% 
POTASH 
POTASH 
[2>2 
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 (I). L. & W.) for $2600. 
J. GRANT MORSE, -:- Hamilton, N. Y. 
We Can Spare A Few Well Grown 
Cockerels Twelve Weeks Old 
Breeders F rom 
Producing Breeders 
500 White Leghorn @ SI.00 
100 White PI. Rocks @ 2.50 
50 Black Orpington @ 5.00 
CASH WITH ORDER NO CORRESPONDENCE 
Satisfaction Guaranteed 
Richland Farms, 
C HEMUNG CO. BARGAIN— If taken at once, 135 acres, 
8 room house, basement barn, plenty fruit, 30 
acres timber, two horses, wagons, binder, mower, 
rake, plows, 3 cattle, 22 sheep, 30 hens, 2 hogs, ali 
crops, all tools. Ready for business. $4400. One- 
half cash. HALL’S FARM AGENCY. Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y. 
Competent Dairyman 
IIIf _ ■ J—A permanent position with 
||f flilTufl good salary awaits a compe¬ 
tent, practical and scientific 
dairyman who can take entire charge of our 
dairy farm. We have at present a herd of about 
30 head, but our large new modern stable has 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 the 
agricultural schools, in modern dairying, will 
please apply at once. Address 
H. M. KING, M. D. 
Loomis Sanatorium 
LOOMIS, SULLIVAN CO., N. Y. 
