1910. 
THE RTJFLA.I* NEW-YORKER 
911 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, September 24, 
1910. 
FARM TOPICS. 
In Eastern and Western Clearings. 893, 894 
Successful Clover in Maine. 894 
Storage for Grain. 895 
What to Do with Corn; the Silo. 895 
Conditions of Silo Corn. 895 
Cutting Corn by Hand. 897 
Limestone Dust . 897 
The Struggle for a Farm. 898 
Burning Stumps; the Heron Nest.... 898 
Paris Green on Seed Corn. 898 
Treatment of Alfalfa . 899 
Sowing Rye with Corn. 899 
Hope Farm Notes. 900 
Crop Notes . 903 
Market for Baled Fodder. 909 
Keeping Silage . 909 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Best Live Stock for Orchards. 894 
Treatment of Cream. 900 
Ventilating a Stable. 900 
Cost of liaising a Heifer. 900 
Hog'.iouse of Cement Blocks. 900 
Handling the Milk Question. 907 
Mar<> with Nose Bleed. 907 
Rickets in Pigs. 907 
Weak Foal . 907 
Osteoporosis . 907 
Seasonable Sheep Notes . 908 
Australian Hen Records. 909 
HORTICULTURE. 
A Pear Disease . 
A Fake Agent . 
Painting Fruit Trees. 
Ailing Pear Tree. 
Treatment of Cherry Orchard. 
Grafting Black Walnut Trees. 
Trouble with Clapp’s Favorite. 
Mulched Trees and Mice. 
Peach Seedlings Affected by Drought. . 
Apple Crops . 
Canadian Apple Prices. 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 
The Rural Patterns... 
Summer Vegetables . 
Using Chicken Feathers . 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
“Valuable Information'’ For Sale. 
The “Middleman” in Old Times. 
A Pneumatic Water System. 
A Homemade Cement Mixer. 
Insect on Spruce Trees. 
Vermont Seen by Casual Visitor. 
The Great New England Fair. 
A Leaking Tank. 
Hot Water Heating. 
A Dugout Icehouse . 
Muskrats and Cement Tile. 
Editorials . 
Other People's Money . 
Events of the Week. 
"No Place Like Home”. 
Publisher’s Desk . 
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MARKETS 
Prices current Yit New York during week ending 
September 16, 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 
lees 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 a 3U4 
Retail 
.34® .37 
Good to Choice. 
. .26 
® 
.30 
29 .32 
Lower Grades . 
, .23 
.25 
24® .28 
State Dairy, best.. 
, .26 
© 
.28 
.28© .31 
Common to Gaod_ 
.23 
® 
.25 
.250 .26 
Factory. 
. .22 
® 
.23 
.24© .25 
Packing Slock. — 
. .20 
@ 
.21 
MILK. 
New York Exchange price 11.81 per 
4(l-quart can. netting cents to 
shippers tnthe26-cent freight zone 
who have no additional station 
charges. 
qt. 
.09® 
12 
CHKKSK 
Full Cream, best— 
.. .15 
& 
.16 
.17® 
.19 
Common to Good.. 
.. .12 
© 
.13 
.14® 
.16 
Bklms. 
... .06 
© 
.08 
.10® 
.12 
EGGS 
White, good to choice. .28 
© 
.32 
.30® 
.36 
Mixed Colors, best . 
... .26 
® 
.30 
.28 
.34 
Common to Good.. 
.. .18 
© 
.20 
•23@ 
.24 
BEANS 
Marrow, bu. 
.. 2.86 
© 
3.10 
qt 
.15 
Medium. 
© 
2.70 
Pea. 
@ 
2.76 
qt 
.15 
Red Kidney. 
« 
1 50 
White Kidney. 
. 3.U0 
© 
8.25 
Yellow Eye. 
© 
3.30 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice. 
® 
.25 
Common to Good.... 
.. .18 
© 
.20 
German. New Crop.. 
.. .43 
® 
.48 
CIDER VINEGAR 
Priced charged in N.Y. 
by wholesale dealers 
for single barrel lots: 
Extra Choice Old, gal. .22 @ .24 
Standard Grade.13 @ .16 
DRIED FRUITS 
Apples, evap. fancy... .10 © 11 
Kvap., com. to good. .06 © .09 
Sun Dried.01 @ .06 
Waste, 100 lbs.2.00 @ 2.12 
Raspberries.21 © .22 
Cherries.12 ® .13 
Huckleberries.16 @ .16 
Blackberries.06 ® .07 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples. Duchess, bbl.. 2.60 @ 3.25 
Gravenstein. 2.50 © 3.25 
Blush.3.00 @ 3.50 
Alexander.3.00 ® 5.00 
Fall Pippin.2.60 ® 3.50 
Nyack Pippin. 2.25 ® 3.60 
Common. 1.00 © 2.00 
Crabappleg, bbl. 3.00 @ 6.00 
Huckleberries, qt.05 © .08 
Blackberries, qt.10 @ .13 
Peaches, up river, bkt. .30 @ .75 
Del. and Md., bkt.25 © 1.00 
Jersey, bkt.25 © 1.00 
l’ine Island.25 @ 1.00 
Pears, Beckel, bbl. 2.60 @ 4.00 
Clapp's Favorite.... 3.00 Co 4.50 
Bartlett.2.00 ® 5.UU 
Grapes, 18-lb. case.40 @ .75 
Plum8, 8 lb. bkt.10 ® .30 
Muskmelous, crate.25 ffi 1.50 
Watermelons, 100 . 5.00 @10.00 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, 
Southern, bbl. 1.00 @ 1.75 
Long Island, bbl .... 1.50 ® 2.12 
Jersey, bbl. 1.40 ® 1.90 
Maine. LOO ® 1.75 
.15 
4)9® .12 
Carrots, bbl. 1.25 « 1.60 
Cabbage, ton. ID.00 ®12.00 
Celery, doz.10 ® .25 
Corn. Jersey, 100.50 ® 1.25 
Cucumbers, bbl.75 @ 2.00 
Cauliflowers, bbl. 1.00 ® 4.00 
EggPlants, bbl.35 @ 1.00 
Lettuce. J4-bbl. bkt.76 ® 1.60 
Lima Beans, bu.25 ® 1.00 
Peas. H bbl. bkt. A0 ® 2.00 
Peppers. Jersey, bbl... .26 ® 1.50 
Onions, OrangeCo., bag 1.00 ® 2.00 
Conn. White, bbl... 2.50 ® 3.00 
Long Island, bbl_ 1.00 ® 2.00 
Jersey, bu.50 @ 1.00 
String Beans, bu.30 @ 1.00 
Squash, bbl.60 ® 1.00 
Tomatoes. Jersey, box .40 ® 1.00 
Turnips, Rutabaga, bbl .75 ® 1.00 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, lb.14 ® .U\i 
Fowls.15 ® .16 
Roosters.10 @ .11 
Ducks.12 ® .14 
Geese.11 ® .12 
Turkeys.12 ® .16 
each 
.03® 
.06 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys. Fcv.old. 
.21 
© 
.22 
.23® 
.26 
Common to Good_ 
. .15 
© 
.18 
.18® 
.21 
Spring.. 
. .25 
© 
.30 
.24 
Chickens, roasting_ 
. .19 
(ft 
.20 
.22® 
Good to Choice. 
. .17 
© 
.18 
.18® 
.20 
Common Run. 
. .14 
© 
.16 
.16@ 
.18 
Fancy broilers, lb.. 
. .23 
© 
.24 
Fowls. 
14 
@ 
.18 
16® 
.21 
Ducks, Spring. 
. .18 
@ 
.19 
Squabs, doz. 
3.75 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs.. 5.25 ® 7.50 
Balls.3.50 ® 6.00 
Cows.2.00 ® 4.60 
Calves, 
Prime Veal, 100 lb... 8.00 ($11 00 
Culls..4.00 ® 6.00 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 3.00 ® 4.00 
Lambs.6.00 ® 7.40 
Hogs.9.(0 ® 9.80 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1, North'n 
Spring, bu. 1 20 
No. 2. Red. 1.04 
Corn, as to quality, bu. .62 ® .64 
Oats, as to weight, bu. .38 ® .42 
Rye.75 ® 79 
HAY AND STRAW 
Quotations for large bales. 
Small bales sell 50 cents to $1.00 
per ton lees. 
Hay, No. 1, ton.21.00 ® 21.50 
No. 2.19.50 ® 20.00 
No. 3.15.00 © 10.00 
Clover Mixed.11.00 ® 18 00 
Clover.12.00 ® 15.00 
Straw, Rye. 11 .00 ® 12.00 
Oat and Wheat. 8.00 © 9.00 
Ohio Road Laws.— On page 839 L. S. of 
Ohio aomplains about road superintendent 
injuring approach to road. The Ohio 
Statutes, Sec. 4715A expressly prohibit this 
unless the work be ordered done by the j 
trustees, or the superintendent must put . 
in an underdrain and restore approach to 
original condition. The owner of the land 
may give such permission to the road 
superintendent also, but should the super¬ 
intendent destroy such approach upon only 
his own authority he must pay to the 
land owner $23, which may be recovered 
in a civil action before a justice of the 
peace. This seems to be the proper thing 
for L. S. to do. The writer is of the 
opinion that the trustees cannot charge 
and collect pay for work done in such 
cases as that of L. S. W. E. D. 
m Hillsboro, Ohio. 
Farm Ownership.—I wish to take ex¬ 
ception to what S. says regarding census 
statistics on page 777. If the. wife owns 
and manages the home farm she is re¬ 
ported on the population schedule as head I 
of the family and her husband merely in j 
whatever capacity he may be employed, but 
if the husband works or manages the 
farm It is reported on the agricultural 
schedule in his name. Another mistaken 
idea in this article states that unprin¬ 
cipled persons may show from census re¬ 
ports that a husband owns a wife’s farm, 
whereas no person can obtain from the 
census bureau or any of its employees in¬ 
formation concerning ownership of any per¬ 
son’s farm. The ownership paragraph 
(inquiry 6) merely serves to show the per¬ 
centage of owned or rented homes in the 
United States. g. 
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