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THE RUELA-Lv NEW-YORKER 
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CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, September 
10, 1910. 
FARM TOPICS. 
The Work of a Corn Binder. S54 
Land Loans in Russia. 854 
Cutting Corn by Hand; No Silo. 854 
July Corn . 854 
Prolonging Red Clover; Alfalfa. 854 
Failure of Onions. 856 
Drying Sweet Corn. 856 
Crop Notes.856 
Twenty-cent Cotton . 856 
Questions About Kainit. 857 
Destroying Sumach . 857 
Value of Vetch. 857 
Does Paris Green Spoil Seed Corn.. . 857 
Nitrate of Soda on Crops. 859 
Alfalfa in Drills. 859 
Hope Farm Notes. 860 
Field Peas and Lime. 861 
Cheap Barn Paints. 866 
Silo Filling; Advice to Beginners. 867 
A Larger Alfalfa Sermon. 869 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Mutton Sheep on Eastern Farms. 853 
Donkeys in New Mexico. 854 
Sheep' Raising in Maine. 866 
Late Hatched Chicks. 866 
Garget . 867 
Anemia . 867 
Warts, Tumors. 867 
Cows Poisoned by Salt. 868 
Tuberculosis and Fevered Calves.... 868 
Camels as Dairy Animals. 868 
Marking Pigs . 868 
Ruptured Hogs . 868 
Curing a Shoe Boil. 868 
Questions About Goats. 869 
Goats and Pigs for Clearing Brush.... 869 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Packing Fruit. 855 
Mildew on Peaches. 856 
Rye in Peach Orchard; Nitrate on 
Grass . 857 
Fruits for Long Island. 857 
New York State Fruit Growers’ Asso¬ 
ciation . 858 
Report, of Lime Sulphur Spraying.... 859 
A Red Rasnberry That Tips. 859 
Asters as Window Plants. 860 
Shield-Budding the Mango. 861 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 864 
The Rural Patterns. 865 
German Rye Bread. 865 
A Dish of Mushrooms. 865 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Moths in Beehives. 854 
An Arrangement for House Drainage. . 855 
A Toad Farm—the Latest. 855 
Closed Highways . 858 
Repair of Line Fence. 858 
Editorials ... . .. 862 
Other People’s Questions. 863 
Publisher’s Desk. 870 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during weekending 
September 2, 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 
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 
Creamery, fancy, lb... 
Wholesale 
.31 © 32 
Retail 
.34fa> .37 
Good to Choico. 
. .26 
(ft 
.30 
29 .32 
Gower Grades . 
, .23 
© 
.25 
24(a; .28 
State Dairy, best. 
, .2(1 
fa) 
.28 
.280,) .31 
Common to Good- 
.23 
(ft 
.25 
.25® .26 
Factory.. .•. 
. .22 
@ 
.23 
.24© .25 
Packing Stock. 
, .20 
© 
.21 
MILK. 
New York Exchange price 11.71 per 
Id-quart can, netting cents to 
shippers in the26-cent freight zone 
who have no additional station 
Full Cream, best... 
Common to Good. 
Mixed Colors, best... 
Common to Good. 
Marrow, bu. 
Pea. 
Yellow Eye. 
Common to Good.. 
German. New Crop 
CIDER VINEGAR 
qt. 
.09® 
12 
CHEESE 
... .15 ® 
.16 
.17® 
.19 
... .12 © 
.13 
.14® 
.16 
.08 
.10® 
.1”- 
EGGS 
:e. .25 © 
.30 
.26® 
.34 
... .25 @ 
.29 
.26 
.32 
... .18 @ 
.20 
.23® 
.24 
BEANS 
3.15 
qt 
.15 
2.70 
... 2.25 ® 
2.75 
qt 
.15 
4.60 
. 3.(10 © 
3.25 
3.35 
HOP8 
.22 
.20 
,.. .45 © 
.50 
Prices charged In N.Y. 
by wholesale dealers 
forsinglc barrCUots: 
Extra Choice Old, gal. .22 © .24 
Standard Grade.13 @ .16 
DUIKD FRUITS 
Apples, evap. fancy... .10 © 11 
Kvap., com. to good. .06 @ .09 
Sun Dried.04 @ .Otit^ 
Chops. 100 lbs.2.G0 © 2.50 
Raspberries.21 © .22 
Cherries.12 © 14 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples. Duchess, bbl.. 2.60 @ 3.25 
Gravenstein. 2.50 ® 3.25 
Blush.3.00 ® 3.50 
Alexander. 3.00 ® 4 00 
Fall Pippin.2.50 © 3.50 
Nyack Pippin. 2.26 ® 3.50 
Common. 1.00 © 2.00 
Huckleberries, qt.04 @ .10 
Blackberries, qt.07 @ .11 
Raspberries, pint.05 @ .08 
Peaches, Pa., bkt.50 ® .85 
Del. and Md., bkt.60 © 1.50 
Jersey, bkt.. .30 ® 1.25 
Pine island.25 ® .90 
Pears. KLelTer, bbl.1.25 ® 2.(10 
Clapp’s Favorite_3.00 ro 4.00 
Bartlett. 2.00 © 4.00 
Grapes, 18-lb. case.00 (To .90 
Plums, 8 lb. bkt.25 ® 1.00 
Muskmelous, crate.25 @ 2.00 
Watermelons, 100. 5.00 ®20.00 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, 
Southern, bbl.1.00 @ 1.75 
Long Island, bbl .... 1.60 ® 2.00 
Jersey, bbl. 1.40 © 1.90 
Maine. 1.50 ® 1.7 0 
.15 
.09® .12 
Carrots, bbl. 
1.60 
© 
1.75 
Cabbage, new, bbl. cte. 
.75 
© 
1.00 
celery, doz. 
.10 
0> 
.25 
Corn, Jersey, 100. 
Cucumbers, bbl. 
.50 
>'a) 
1 75 
.50 
© 
1.25 
Egg Plants, bu. 
.35 
© 
1.00 
Lettuce, J^-bbl. bkt_ 
.75 
@ 
1.75 
Peas. G) bbl. bkt. 
All 
® 
2.00 
Peppers, Jersey, bbl... 
.25 
© 
1.25 
Onions, OraugeCo., bag 
1.00 
© 
2.00 
Conn. White,bbl... 
3.00 
© 
3 50 
Long Island, bbl_ 
1.75 
fa) 
2.25 
Jersey, bit. 
© 
1.00 
String Beans, bu. 
.25 
<" 
.75 
Squash, bbl. 
@ 
1.00 
Tomatoes. Jersey, box 
.20 
© 
.76 
Turnips, Rutabaga, bbl 
.75 
@ 
1.00 
LIVE 
POULTRY 
Broilers, lb. 
.16 
f 3> 
.17 
Fowls. 
.16 
© 
.17 
Roosters. 
10 
@ 
.12 
Ducks. 
.12 
in 
.14 
Geese. 
.11 
® 
.12 
Turkeys. 
.10 
@ 
' .14 
each .03® .05 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys. Fey. 
.21 
© .22 
.23® 
.26 
Common to Good.... 
.15 
® .18 
.18© 
.21 
Chickens, roasting_ 
.19 
© .20 
.22® 
.24 
Good to Choice. 
.17 
© .18 
.18® 
.20 
Common Run. 
.14 
(ft .10 
.16® 
.18 
Fancy broilers, lb... 
.23 
@ -24 
Fowls. 
11 
® .17 
16© 
.21 
Ducks, Spring. 
.18 
© .19 
Squabs, doz,. 
2.00 
(ft 3.75. 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 10(1 lbs.. 
5.25 
© 7.25 
Bulls. 
3.50 
(a) 4,25 
Cows. 
2.00 
fa) 4.0U 
Calves. 
Prime Veal, 100 lb... 
8.00 
©11.00 
Culls. 
4.00 
© 6.00 
Sheep. HJt) lbs. 
3.00 
© 4.75 
Lambs. 
6.00 
© 8.00 
Hogs.9.75 © 9.90 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1. North’n 
Spring, bu. 
1 23 
No. 2. Red. 
1.07 
Corn, as to quality, bu. 
.67 
© 
.70 
Oats, as to weight, bu. 
..’18 
71 
.42 
Rye. 
.74 
fa) 
76 
HAY AND STRAW 
Quotations for large bales. 
Small bales sell 60 cents to $1.00 
per ton less. 
Hay, No. 1, ton.21.00 © 22.00 
No. 2.19.50 ® 20.511 
No. 3.17.0(1 ® 18X0 
Clover Mixed.13.00 © 19 90 
Clover.12.00 '© 17.00 
Straw, Rye.10.00 ® 13.00 
Oat and Wheat. 8.00 © 9.00 
AILING ANIMALS. 
Thin Horses. 
I have a pair of oldish horses, which are 
all sound as far as I know, but am unable 
to bring them up in llesh. I am now 
feeding them two quarts of cornmeal and 
two quarts of Union grain apiece to a feed, 
and am not working them except on or¬ 
dinary farm work, and only about seven 
or eight hours a day. The horses weigh 
about 1,000 and 1,100; they seem to eat 
all right, but still they are thin. c. T. L. 
Maine. 
Horses should grind their feed. This is 
necessary to perfect insalivation, and that 
to perfect digestion. If they cannot cliew 
properly, have their teeth attended to by 
a veterinary dentist; then feed sound, 
whole oats, bran and hay. Allow the 
drinking water before meals; not soon after 
eating. In Winter add ear corn to the 
ration. 
Backward Sow. 
I have a sow that is to farrow in three 
weeks. It will be her first pigs; she gives 
every satisfactory sign of being with pigs 
except that she lias not yet started to grow 
teats. As this is the first brood sow 1 own. 
would you tell me how long it takes a pig 
to make a teat and what I should feed to 
make milk? I have been feeding middlings 
with table scraps and potato peelings as 
I get them from our kitchen. 
Massachusetts. j. a. g. 
The sow should have thick slop made 
with warm water or milk, of middlings, 
cornmeal, bran, ground (screened) oats and 
a little flaxseed meal, lightly salted. She 
should be making udders now and they 
should develop fast, nearing farrowing time. 
Keep her bowels open and see that she takes 
plenty of exercise every day. 
Anthrax Suspected. 
What was the matter with my dog? Tt 
seemed unwell on Sunday morning; I could 
not get him to cat anything. On Monday 
there was a bloody discharge from his 
bowels, on Tuesday I picked him up and 
blood came out of his mouth. In the after¬ 
noon he lay with his mouth in a dish of 
water and died before night. He seemed 
to lose the use of his legs, could not walk 
without falling down. e. b. s. 
The symptoms indicate that the dog died 
of anthrax, due doubtless to eating meat 
from the carcase of an animal dead of 
anthrax. It is a ease which should lend 
to a careful Investigation to discover the 
source of the disease. When anthrax kills 
an animal the carcase should be burned. 
Try to find if any animals in your district 
have died recently of disease showing symp¬ 
toms similar to those seen in your dog; 
especially as regards the passage of blood 
from the natural orifices of the body after 
death. If you can hear of such the’ State 
veterinarian should be notified at once. • 
Thickened Tendon. 
I have a sorrel mare, eight years old, good 
until present trouble set in. She has re¬ 
cently been found somewhat ‘‘moon-eyed,” 
but the trouble 1 refer to is in her left front 
leg. She “knuckles,” and after standing in 
the stable for a while when moved seems 
to he unable for a step or two to lift her 
foot, and the toe of the loot catches and 
doubles over her pastern joint. After mov¬ 
ing a few steps it disappears-, and slie steps 
very well. The joints at knee and ankle 
seem right, hut all along the leader..tendon 
or sinew it is swollen and hard, and there 
is inflammation there at times. What is it? 
Can anything be done? The mare is in good 
condition, not lame at all, can “run like a 
streak.” She was on a mail route and 
driven steadily daily, is now on a farm. A 
man who does not know any of her troubles 
offered me $200 for her, but I am not in the 
business of selling horses that way. 
Pennsylvania. ‘ w. s. 
“Moon blindness” fperiodic ophthalmia) 
Is incurable, and an affected mare should not 
be used for breeding, as the tendency to the 
disease is considered hereditary. Tim ten¬ 
don is thickened and stiffened by hard work 
and possibly by a previous‘strain or sprain 
which caused lameness at the time. There 
Is little likelihood that the tendon will ever 
be perfectly sound. The best treatment 
would he to. have the tendon line-fired and 
blistered by a veterinarian. If this cannot 
be done then clip off the hair and blister the 
tendon with cerate of eantharides every 
three or four weeks until she goes naturally 
and without knuckling. 
Precocious Milking. 
We have a Jersey heifer from which we 
can get a quart or more of milk every 
day or two. 8he is only a year old and 
has never been bred, should she be milked 
or not? J- b- 
New Jersey. 
Unless the milk is kept stripped away 
the heifer will be likely to have an attack 
of garget, which would result in a spoiled 
udder or at least in a severer attack of the 
trouble at calving time. If there is any 
tendency to drying off of the flow en< ourage 
that by not taking all of the milk and 
rubbing in camphorated oil twice daily. 
Thin Marc. 
I nurchased a three-year-old mare some¬ 
time ago. She is very thin, has not shed 
off right; was wintered on straw and 
worked this Spring and driven around at 
night. I was thinking of feeding her 
Fowler’s solution of arsenic. I want to 
breed her; will the solution hurt a mare 
with foal? Please give remedy for pin 
worms. A. L. B. 
Pennsylvania. 
Have the mare clipped and as she is cut¬ 
ting teeth see that swollen gums are lanced 
and milk tooth crowns removed, if that is 
found necessary by the veterinarian. We 
would not give her arsenic solution. What 
she wants is plenty of good food, such as 
sound, whole oats, bran and best of hay 
and grass. It would be best to let her rest 
from work as she Is in foal and not in 
condition to work and nourish a fetus at 
one and the same time. It may he added, 
however, that we have given Fowler’s solu¬ 
tion of arsenic to a mare in foal without 
bad results. The dose is half an ounce 
twice daily for a period of 3 0 days or 
thereabouts and then gradually discontinue 
the medicine. A decoction of quassia chips 
injected Into the rectum will kill pin 
worms; or inject soapy warm water con¬ 
taining tobacco tea. 
Sick Calf; Distemper, 
1. I have a calf which came about Christ¬ 
mas ; it started off growing nicely, bur 
afterwards had a dry cough and is getting 
poor. When it lies down a lot of green 
watery stuff runs from its mouth. 2. My 
horses had the distemper last Spring; one 
has not got over it and hits large kernels 
on the side of throat and under the throat. 
I have tried everything I know of. They 
seem to he doing very well except those 
kernels. Please tell me what to do for 
these eases. g. e. w. 
Missouri. 
1. Examine the calf’s mouth, as it may 
show ulcers of the tongue and other soft 
membranes. Such ulcers are due to the 
bacillus neerophorus. They are best treated 
by careful scraping and then lightly rubbing 
with lunar caustic pencil. After treatment, 
consists in swabbing once a day with a 
1-500 solution of permanganate of potash. 
If no sores are found see that no foreign 
body is present in the tongue or gums, 
and that the teeth are sound and free from 
Irregularities. For cough give tablespoon¬ 
ful doses of glyco-lieroin as required. 2. 
Clip off the hair and each other day rub 
in a little iodine ointment. If this does 
not suffice give a dram of iodide of potash 
once dally in drinking water for five suc- 
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We have a limited number of 
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August farrow. Write for 
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F. HCn IS & SON. Evans Mills, N. Y. 
For Sale, 
Summer Berkshire PIGS. 
A few spring Boars; Sows bred for September 
farrow. S. WALTERS, Burlington, Conn. 
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Separators 
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