1910. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
799 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, August 13, 1910. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Clark Method of Grass Culture. 7S6 
The Iowa Silo. 786 
Two Sides to Sweet Clover. 787 
Sweet Clover Not for Poor Land. 787 
Little Alfalfa Sermons. 788 
Bordeaux Injury. 788 
Figuring Cost of Crop-s. 789 
Nitrate of Soda on Clover. 789 
Potatoes After Cabbage. 789 
Destroying Cutworms. 789 
Hope Farm Notes. 790 
Crop Notes. 793 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Farm Drones.785, 786 
Some Angus Advantages. 796 
Wounded Mule. 796 
Injured Udder..’. 796 
Prnritis . 796 
Clearing Brush Land With Goats,.... 797 
Feeding for Milk.797 
Grain Ration to Fatten Cattle. 797 
Too Many Roosters. 797 
HORTICULTURE. 
Protection for Plant Originator. 786 
(lathering Pine Tree Seeds. 788 
Transplanting Old Strawberries. 789 
Fake Tree Remedy. 789 
Mice and Fruit Trees. 789 
Seeding a Lawn. 791 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day..... . 794 
Preparing Feathers for Pillows. 794 
Summer Drinks. 794 
The Rural Patterns. 795 
The Cult of the Ragbag. 795 
The Home Clipping Bureau. 795 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Some Strange Foods of Other Races. 
Part II. 791 
Editorials .792 
Other People’s Money. 793 
Events of the Week. 793 
Publisher’s Desk. 798 
Products, Prices and Trade. 799 
Humorous . 800 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during week ending 
August 5, 191(1, wholesale except where other¬ 
wise indicated. The retail prices given do not, as 
a rule, cover either the highest or lowest sales, bnt 
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 indetlnite 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 
Wholesale 
Retail 
Creamery, fancy, lb... 
.28 
© 
29 
30© 
.33 
Good to Choice. 
.25 
@ 
.27 
28 
.29 
Lower Grades . 
.23 
@ 
.24 
24® 
.27 
State Dairy, best. 
.26 
© 
.27 
.28© 
.30 
Common to Good.... 
.23 
@ 
.25 
•25@ 
.26 
Factory. 
.22 
@ 
.23 
.24® 
.25 
Packing Stock. 
.20 
@ 
.21 
MILK. 
New York Exchange price $1.71 per 
40-quart can, netting cents to 
shippers in the 26-cent freight zone 
who have no additional station 
charges.qt. 
CHEESE 
Full Cream, best.14 @ .15 
Common to Good.12 @ .13 
Skims.05 @ .08 
EGGS 
White, good to choice. .26 @ .28 
Mixed Colors, best..24 ® .27 
Common to Good.18 @ .20 
BEANS 
Marrow, bu.2.85 © 3.10 qt 
Medium.... .2.25 © 2.45 
Pea. 2.25 @2.45 qt 
Red Kidney. 4.25 © 4.75 
White Kidney. 3.00 @ 3.26 
Yellow Eye.3.25 © 3.35 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice.22 @ .24 
Common to Good.20 @ .21 
German. New Crop.55 @ .58 
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 FRU1T8 
Apples, evap. fancy... .10 © 11 
Evap., com. to good. .00 @ .09 
Sun Dried.04 @ .00^ 
Chops. 100 lbs.2.00 © 2.50 
Raspberries.21 @ .22 
Cherries.12 ffl .14 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples, new, bbl. 1.00 @ 3.50 
New, bu.50 © 1.00 
Currants, qt.11 
Huckleberries, qt.. .07 
Blackberries, qt.00 
Raspberries, pint.07 
Peaches, S’n., crate... .75 
Del. and Md„ bkt.50 
Pears, Kleffer, bbl . 1.50 
Clapp's Favorite.... 3.00 
Plums, South’n, crate.. .30 
Muskmelons, crate.... 1.00 
Watermelons, 1U0. 10.00 
© 
© 
.13 
.13 
.10 
ffl .12 
@ 2.30 
© .75 
@ 2.50 
® 4.00 
@ .75 
© 4.00 
©40.00 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, 
Southern, bbl. 
1.00 
@ 
1.75 
L. I. & Jersey. 
1.50 
ffl 
1.75 
Carrots, bbl. 
1.00 
© 
1.75 
Cabbage, new, bb). cte. 
.76 
© 
1.00 
Celery, doz. 
.10 
.25 
Cora. Jersey, 100. 
.75 
© 
1.25 
Cucumbers, bbl. 
1.00 
© 
1.50 
Egg Plants, box. 
.50 
@ 
1.50 
Lettuce,54-bbl. bkt.... 
.10 
® 
40 
Peas, bbl. bkt. 
1.00 
@ 
1.75 
Peppers, 
Jersey, box. 
.40 
© 
.75 
Onions, OranKGCo., bag 1.00 
© 
1.25 
Conn. White, bbl... 
3.00 
© 
3 50 
LoDg Island, bbl.... 
1.75 
ffl 
2.00 
Jersey, bu. 
.75 
@ 
1.00 
String Beans, bu. 
1.00 
@ 
1.75 
Squash, new, bbl. 
.75 
© 
1.25 
Tomatoes. Jersey, box 
.50 
f d 
1.00 
Turnins. Rutabaga, bbl 
.75 
@ 
1.00 
White, bbl. 
2 00 
@ 
2.50 
LIVE POULTRY 
Broilers, lb. 
.17 
© 
.18 
Fowls. 
.16 
© 
.17 
Roosters. 
.10 
@ 
.11 
Ducks. 
.12 
© 
.14 
Geese. 
.11 
@ 
.12 
Turkeys. 
.10 
© 
.14 
.09® 13 
.16® .18 
.14® .16 
.10@ .f2 
.26® .30 
.26 .29 
.23® .24 
.15 
.15 
.15 
.09® .12 
each ,03® .05 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys. Fey.... 
.19 
© 
.20 
.22® 
.24 
Common to Good.... 
.15 
@ 
.17 
.18© 
.20 
Chickens, roasting_ 
.22 
@ 
.24 
.23© 
.26 
Good to Choice. 
.18 
@ 
.21 
•19@ 
.22 
Common Hun. 
.14 
© 
.16 
.16® 
.18 
Fancy broilers, lb... 
.23 
@ 
.24 
.20 
Fowls. 
.14 
@ 
.16 
16® 
Ducks, Spring. 
.18 
@ 
.19 
Squabs, doz. 
2.00 
@ 
3.75 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs.. 4.25 ® 7.50 
Bulls.3.75 © 4.55 
Cows.2.00 ffl 4.85 
Prime Veal, 100 lb... 9.25 © 9.50 
Culls.4.00 © 6.00 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 3.00 © 4.00 
Lambs.6.50 © 7.75 
Hogs.8.75 © 9.25 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1, North’n 
Spring, bu. 125 
No. 2. Red. 1.07 
Corn, as to quality, bn. .67 © .70 
Oats, as to weight, bu. .44 ® 151 
Rye....75 ® 78 
HAY AND STRAW 
Quotations for large bales. 
Small bales sell 50 cents to $1.00 
per ton less. 
Hay, No. 1, ton.26.00 © 28.00 
No. 2.24.00 © 25.00 
No. o.20.00 ® 22.00 
Clover Mixed.19.00 © 22 00 
Clover.15.00 @ 20.00 
Wild Uay.10.00 © 12.00 
Straw, Rye.11.00 © 12.00 
Oat and Wheat.9.00 © 10.00 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
Butter in Tins.— "Look at those tins,” 
said a butter dealer, pointing to several 
pails holding about 14 quarts each. "I had 
to take out the butter and repack it into 
tubs, to get anywhere near what it is 
worth.” 
The reason for this is that the tins are 
often badly rusted and the butter is dis¬ 
colored and tastes rusty. Some buyers will 
take this, but others will not except at a 
discount sufficient to allow for considerable 
loss. Of course tirst class tin will not rust 
so quickly, but the inferior grades of which 
many vessels are made has but a very thin 
wash of tin. The only safe way is to use 
tin shipping vessels only when the butter 
dealer says be can handle them without dis¬ 
count. 
Renovated Butter Timber. —Standing on 
the sidewalk in front of a store where but¬ 
ter of the odds and ends variety is handled 
was a barrel three-quarters full of would-be 
butter, strong, dirty and minus all the quali¬ 
ties that make a product wholesome or even 
edible. This was intended for renovation, 
and after a process of semi-melting, clarify¬ 
ing and churning it will again be offered 
for human food. Of course the vessel hold¬ 
ing it must be branded as renovated butter, 
but very few consumers buy it for that. 
They ask the price of butter and take the 
grades that fit their purses. Probably many 
of them do not know that there is such a 
thing as renovated butter. It is a disgrace 
to the dairy business that such stuff is per¬ 
mitted to be worked over and sold, but in 
the multiplicity of pure food laws this seems 
to have been overlooked. Of course all but¬ 
ter is not eaually good, but there should 
be some wasonable “dead line” beyond 
which butter canuot go and retain its name. 
An Egg Proposition.— One of our readers 
wtfo lives in a residence section of Greater 
New York, is planning to work up a trade 
in fancy eggs and perhaps some other pro¬ 
ducts. He has observed that in his locality 
it is difficult to get the best eggs, fruits, 
etc., except at very tiigh prices. His plan 
is to get in touch with some producers and 
consumers and distribute these goods in 
an. economical manner. This man is in earn¬ 
est and. of course, willing to make the finan¬ 
cial end of deal safe for anyone he buys 
from. There is nothing mysterious or spe¬ 
cially new about the plan. It is merely an 
effort to shave off some of the extra profits 
that make food stuffs so expensive. This 
man’s address will be given to any pro¬ 
ducer who can supply fancy white eggs and 
cares to take up the matter with him. 
w. w. n. 
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Fertilizers; they enrich the earth and 
those who till it.”— Adv. 
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STRAWBERRY PLANTS ffCg 
Catalogue Free. BASIL PERRY, D. 18, Cool Spring, Del. 
For Best EXTENSION LADDER at ^u7t p « rices 
JOHN J. POTTER,14 Mill St.. Binghamton, N. Y. 
THflRfl RHRRFH SINGLE comb white leghorn 
inunuuunDntu yearlng hens also early pullets 
Bred to lay stock. J. L. Elliott, Flemington, N. J. 
FOR SAI F-? OOROSECOMB BLACK MINORCA yearling 
l Ull OnLL hens, $1.00 each. Fine birds, great 
layers._F. N. ADAMS. Orwell, Ohio. 
H OUSEKEEPER’S POSITION for aged couple or others 
interested in poultry and fruit. References ex- 
changed. Housekeeper,105 Monroe St., No. Arlington, Mass. 
WAMTFD _SMALr ' CKEAM SEPARATOR. 
nun i (u Rob’t Ingersoll, Mt. Kisco, N. Y. 
I SELL t’AliMS IX 0CE4XA, the best Co. in the U.S. Fruit,grain 
I end stock. Write for list. J. D. S. HANSON, llert, Mich. 
nri A WARF - I I ?. E . IDEAL FARMING COUNTRY. 
HbkHIIHni) Delightful climate; productive soil; 
best markets; money-making fruit, truck and poultry 
farms; free catalog. McDaniel & McDaniel, Dover, Del. 
CflD Cfll C— Farm of 130 Acres, ten room 
■ Mil OHtb house, barn with 24 cow stalls, 
granary, hen house, hog house, new mower, rake, 
corn planter and other tools. Fruit. One mile 
from station. Price, $2,400, one-half cash. 
HALL’S FARM AGENCY, Owego, Tioga Co., N.Y. 
WAIITCn —Good man as main help on small 
TV HU I LU dairy farm. Must be aide to milk 
well, handle horse team and do general farm work. 
Also woman as housekeeper. No liquor, no smok¬ 
ing around house or barns* Mail and wife pre¬ 
ferred. State wages and send references. 
0. A. KNEELAND, Mountain lake Farm, Waitsfield, Vt. 
has practically the same feed- f'l Atrtsr Hay is almost as g’ood for 
ing‘ value as Wheat Bran. V^IOVC* feeding 1 purposes. : : 
WHY NOT RAISE MORE ALFALFA AND CLOVER? 
You will probably say your soil will not grow Alfalfa or Clover. 
Lands often described as “Clover Sick” are simply soils that have become acid through the 
continued growing of crops that use up large amounts of lime or through improper fertilization. 
SWEETEN - TOUR SOIE AMD FERTILIZE PROPERLY' BY USLNG 
THOMAS PHOSPHATE POWDER as 
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for Alfalfa, Clover, Grass and all Fall Cereals. 
Contains 17 to 10% Phosphoric Acid and 35 to 50% Lime. 
“For the Alfalfa there is no equal. I had a very 
large crop this year of four cuttings of 4 to 6 tons per 
acre of very line Alfalfa, first crop average height of 
44 inches and the other threo crops about 24 inches 
each in height, ’ (signed) j os . E. Mahon (Mowing 
60 acres Alfalfa on Long Island.) 
Prof. Alva Agee of the Pennsylvania Agricultural 
College says: 
“The Basic Slag contains effective Lime. Basic 
Slag tends to sweeten sour land and to keep sweet 
soil sweet. It favors clover. We must have clover, 
and where clover is failing. Basic Slag at prevailing 
prices is the best fertilizer I know of. 
Alfalfa Seeding: Time Is About August loth. 
IT IS TIME TO ORDER YOUR SUPPLY NOW 
Our special booklet, “Fall Cereals and Forage Crops,” is sent free if you mention The Rural New-Yorker. 
The Coe-Mortimer Company, 
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Sole Manufacturers of E. Frank Coe Fertilizers aiul Peruvian Brands 
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OHIO STATE FAIR 
THE BATTLE of the BREEDS September 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 
Ohio State Fair Ribbons are badges of honor and business assets. To 
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It is an advertising medium. Exhibitors come in touch with those who have the notion 
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Aggressive and progressive, we have built an Exposition and a Fair beyond compare. 
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Those who want to get upstairs in their business can make better wages by attending 
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Tlie Date is September 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Columbus. 
Entries close August 20. Do it udw. Write for elegant colored and beautifully illus¬ 
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A* f*. SANDLES, Secretary, State House, Columbus, Ohio 
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Boston Produce Co. 
Commission Merchants, 
Fruits and Produce. Consignments Solicited 
93-95 South Market St,, ■ Boston, 
mno WHITE and BROWN Solicited. 
Lil_|_\ Prompt sales. Highest Prices. 
L U U O JOHN SCHOLL & BRO. 
w 147 Reads Street. New York. 
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Commission Merchants, 284 Washington St., New York. 
Poultry, Eggs, Meats, Produce. Shipments Solicited, 
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VT an manager ol dairy farm. State particular*, Address 
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rilltphman - Farm0r - * am *ly Six children, know 
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land, all under cultiva- 
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