1910. 
THE HDRAI> NEW-YORKER 
069 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, October S, 1910. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Social Life in the Country.987, 938 
Farming in Eastern Countries. 938 
Dodder in the Alfalfa. 939 
Struggles for a Farm. No. 1. 939 
Preparing an Offal Fertilizer. 939 
‘•Cuff’’ About Farmers. 939 
Corn Growing in New Jersey. 940 
The Consumer's Dollar. 940 
Getting Rid of Quack Grass. 941 
Trouble With Corn. 942 
What Killed the Weeds?. 943 
Cultivating Alfalfa; Spring Tooth 
Harrow Teeth .'. 943 
Odd Experience With Alfalfa. 943 
Marl for Lime. 943 
Gr und Oyster Shells and Potatoes... 943 
Hope Farm Notes. 946 
Use of Burnt Lime. 946 
Crop Notes . 949 
Keeping Silage . 953 
Shredded Fodder Notes. 955 
Feed Prices . 955 
Short Rotation . 956 
The Eastern Townships of Quebec. . . . 956 
Clover Experience . 957 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
The Cow Question. 949 
Fodder for Sheep in Ohio. 952 
Plans for a Slaughterhouse. 952 
Streaky Butter . 953 
Fattening Young Chickens.'.. 953 
Sheep Breeding in Maine. 953 
Working Oxen. 954 
Sprained Muscles . 954 
Milk Fever . 954 
Fistula . 954 
Bloody Milk . 954 
Weak Stilles . 954 
Rickets in Pigs. 954 
Cost of Milk at State Institution. 955 
Horses and Crimson Clover Hay. 956 
Cream from Two Cows. 957 
Feeding Cactus to Stock. 957 
Concrete Barn Floor. 957 
Preserving Eggs in Water Glass. 957 
Chicks in Turnips. 957 
HORTICULTURE. 
Ginseng and Mushroom Culture. 938 
The Cannonball Tree. 939 
Use of Small Evaporator. 940 
A Great Crop of Gooseberries. 940 
Cherries Fail to Ripen. 941 
Work of 17-Year Locusts. 942 
Plum Curculio . 942 
Why Russet Apples Wilt. 944 
Summer Control of San Jos6 Scale. . . 944 
Cost of Greenhouse. 947 
Wintering French Artichokes. 947 
Birds and Fruit. 947 
Tomatoes Crack Open. 947 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 950 
The Rural Patterns. 950 
Who Said Christmas. 951 
Hardening Soap . 951 
More About Chicken Feathers. 951 
The Bookshelf . 951 
Cocoanut Kisses . 951 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Emptying a Cement Tank. 938 
Hauling Turpentine .•. 938 
The Fountain of Youth. 938 
Denatured Alcohol Once More. 938 
Deepening a Well. 941 
Keeping Lemons . 941 
Damage by Cow. 
Breach of Contract. 
FRESH FRUITS 
Wholesale 
Retail 
.30 
IS) 
30 
.34© .36 
.26 
© 
.30 
29 .32 
.23 
© 
.25 
24© .28 
.26 
© 
.28 
.28© .31 
.23 
@ 
.25 
.25© .26 
.22 
("> 
.23 
.24© .25, 
.20 
© 
.22 
White, good to choice. 
Mixed Colors, best.28 
Common to Good. 
Marrow, bu. 2.85 
Medium.2.25 
White Kidney. 3.U0 @ 3.25 
Yellow Eye.3.UU © 3.10 
HORS 
Prime to Choice.21 @ .23 
Common to Good.18 @ .20 
Pacific Coast.12 @ .17 
CIDER VINEGAR 
Prices charged in N.Y. 
by wholesale dealers 
for single barrel lots: 
Extra Choice Old, gal. 
Standard Grade. 
qt. 
.09© 
.12 
CHEESE 
.17© 
.19 
.. .12 @ .13 
.14® 
.16 
.10© 
.1“? 
EGGS 
e. .33 © .36 
.35© 
.40 
... .28 @ .32 
.30 
.35 
.. .18 © .20 
.23© 
.24 
BEANS 
.. 2.85 © 3.10 
qt 
.16 
... 2.25 © 2.70 
Qt 
.15 
© 
@ 
.24 
.16 
.13 
DRIED FRUITS 
Apples, evap. fancy... .10 @ 11 
Evap., com. to good. .06 @ .09 
Sum Dried.01 © .06 
Raspberries.21 © .22 
Cherries.12 <3> 14 
.15 
■09@ .12 
Apples. Duchess, bbl.. 
2.60 
© 
3.75 
Gravenstein. 
2.60 
© 
4.00 
Klush . 
© 
4 00 
Alexander. 
3.00 
© 
4.50 
Fall Pippin. 
2.50 
fd) 
4.00 
Nyack Pippin. 
2.25 
© 
3.75 
King. 
2.00 
© 
4.00 
McIntosh. 
2.50 
© 
5.00 
Wealthy. 
2.60 
© 
4.25 
Twenty Onneo. 
3.20 
© 
4.00 
Greening. 
2.00 
© 
3.75 
Jonathan . 
3.00 
© 
5.50 
York Imperial. 
2.00 
© 
4.00 
Common. 
1.00 
© 
2.00 
Crabapples, bbl. 
3.00 
© 
6.00 
Fresh Figs, qt. 
.05 
© 
.10 
Huckleberries, qt. 
.07 
© 
.12 
Peaches, W. N. Y.. bkt. 
.30 
@ 
1.25 
W. Va., bkt. 
. .40 
© 
1.00 
Jersey, bkt. 
.25 
© 
.85 
Pine Island. 
.25 
© 
.65 
Pears. Seckel, bbl. 
2.50 
© 
6.00 
Kieffer. 
1.25 
© 
1.75 
Rartlett. 
2.00 
6.00 
Anjou. 
, 2.50 
© 
3.25 
BOsc. 
3.00 
© 
4.00 
© 
3.50 
Grapes, 18-lb. case_ 
.50 
© 
.90 
Plums, 8 lb. bkt. 
.25 
@ 
.40 
Muskmelons, crate.... 
.25 
© 
1.75 
Watermelons, car ..... 
.50.00 © 200.00 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes, 
Southern, bbl. 
1.25 
© 1.50 
Long Island, bbl .... 
1.50 
© 2.00 
Jersey, bbl. 
1.25 
© 1.75 
Maine. 
1.25 
© 1.35 
Carrots, bbl. 
1.00 
© 1.25 
Cabbage, ton. i 
10.00 
©12.00 
Celery, doz. 
.10 
© .25 
Corn. Jersey, 100. 
.50 
© 1.60 
Cucumbers, bbl. 
1.00 
© 2.00 
Cauli dowers, bbl. 
1.00 
fa) 3.75 
Egg Plants, bbl. 
.36 
© 1.00 
Lettuce. Bj-bbl. bkt_ 
.75 
© 1 25 
Lima Beans, bu. 
1.00 
© 1.50 
Pens. *4 bbl. bkt. 
.75 
© 1.50 
Peppers. Jersey, bbl... 
.75 
© 1.50 
Onions, OrangeCo., bag 1.00 
© 2.00 
Conn. White, bbl... 
2.50 
© 3.00 
Long Island, bbl_ 
1.00 
© 1.87 
Jersey, bu. 
.76 
© 1.00 
String Beans, bu. 
.35 
@ .75 
Squash, bbl. 
.50 
© 1.00 
Tomatoes. Jersey, box 
.30 
® .75 
Turnips, Rutabaga, bbl 
.75 
© 1.00 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, lb. 
.16 
© .17 
Fowls. 
.17 
© .18 
Roosters. 
.10 
@ .12 
each ,03© .05 
Ducks.15 @ .17 
Geese.11 © .13 
Turkeys.12 © .16 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, Fey, old. 
.21 
@ .22 
.23© .26 
Common to Good.... 
.15 
© .18 
.18® 
.31 
Spring. 
.25 
© .28 
Chickens, roasting_ 
.19 
@ .20 
.22© 
.24 
Good to Ctioiee. 
.17 
© .18 
.18© 
.20 
Common Run. 
.14 
@ .16 
.16© 
.18 
Fancy broilers, lb... 
.23 
© .24 
Fowls. 
14 
© .17 
16© 
.20 
Ducks. Spring. 
.15 
@ .19 
Squabs, doz. 
2.UU 
© 3.75 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs.. 
5.25 
© 6.75 
Bulls. 
3.50 
® 4.25 
Cows. 
2.00 
© 4 .60 
Calves. 
Prime Veal, 100 lb... 
8.00 
©11.00 
Culls. 
4.00 
® 7.00 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 
3.00 
© 4.60 
Lambs. 
6.50 
® 7.25 
Hogs. 
9.40 
© 9.00 
Wheat, No. 1 
GRAIN 
North’n 
941 
Spring, bu. 
1 19 
941 
No. 2, Red. 
1.01 
942 
Corn, as to quality, bu. 
.60 
© 
.62 
946 
Oats, as to weight, bu. 
.38 
© 
.42 
948 
Rye. 
.75 
r a) 
79 
Events of the Week. 949 
Republican Convention . 949 
Echoes of Ogdensburg Fair. 949 
Taxing Automobiles . 953 
Fencing Railway Line. 9._>7 
Division of Estate. J5< 
Ownership in Overhanging Limbs. 957 
The Consumer’s Dollar. 9;>7 
Publisher’s Desk . 958 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during weekending 
September 30 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 or 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, Ib... 
Good to Choice. 
Dower Grades . 
Htate Dairy, best. 
Common to Good. 
Factory.22 
Packing Stock. 
MILK 
New York Exchange price f 1.81 per 
40-quart can. netting 391 cents to 
shippers in the 20-ceut freight zone 
who have no additional station 
Common to Good.... 
HAY AND STRAW 
Quotations for large bales. 
Small bales sell 50 cents to Si.00 
per ton less. 
Hay, No. 1, ton.21.00 @ 22.00 
No. 2.19.00 © 20.00 
No. 3.15.00 © 17.00 
Clover Mixed.11.00 @ 17 00 
Clover. 15.00 
Straw, Rye.10.00 ® 11.00 
Oat and Wheat. 8.00 © 9.00 
SEE THAT 
this trade-mark is on 
every bottle of Cod 
Liver Oil you buy; 
it s t a n d s for the 
original standard 
and only genuine 
preparation of Cod 
Liver Oil in the 
world— 
Scott's Emulsion 
Cod Liver Oil preparations with¬ 
out this trade-mark are only cheap 
imitations, many of them containing 
harmful drugs or alcohol. Be SURE 
to get SCOTT’S, all druggists 
NO ROOF REPAIRS 
jpfoos'a 
WHICH WILL YOU BE? 
The milkman who is just makihg a living or tlie 
milkman who is making money. The difference 
between the two is a difference in equipment. The 
one who is making money adopts modern methods 
of delivery and uses a Parsons "Low-Down.” 
Write us to-day for complete description and you 
will be started on tffo road for making money. 
THE PARSONS WAGON CO., 
Dairy Dept. Karlville, N. V. 
Cook Feed | *Pa yS B« 
Get largest profits from horses, 
cows. hogs, sheep and poultry by 
feeding cooked feed. Costs loss 
than raw to reach market topping 
condition. The Farmers’ Favorite 
Feed Cooker and Boiler is practi¬ 
cal and i nexpensive. Boils sap, 
renders lard, cooks scrapple, ster¬ 
ilizes milk cans, boils spraying 
mixtures. Send for special sale list. 
LEWIS MFG. CO., Box C, Cortland, N.Y. 
Duroc Jersey Red Swine 
Mature early. Hardy and very Prolific. 
Choice Stock. Address 
R. W. McALLEN, - Fanuettsburg, Pa. 
JERSEYS 
-Combination and Golden Lad; for 
sale, 2 cows, 9 heifers, 7 bulls. 
S. E. NIVIN, Landenburg, Pa. 
Ringbone. 
I have a mare eight years old that has 
been worked very hard, and it has caused 
her to have ring bones in the foreleg. 
When on soft road she does not seem 
very sore, but on bard road she is quite 
lame. Will you tell me a remedy for 
such a ease? h. l. 
Massachusetts. 
The lameness of ringbone affecting a 
fore pastern is practically incurable by 
ordinary firing and blistering, such as 
may relieve ringbone of a hind pastern. 
Unnerving is the best remedy, and it 
has to be done above the pastern ( high 
operation). Unnerving can only be done 
by an expert, and is not really a remedy. 
It renders the parts below the severed 
nerves insensitive, so that pain is not felt. 
It should only be done on a horse that 
has good feet; otherwise sloughing may 
take place.. Indeed there always is some 
slight danger of sloughing of the hoof. If 
you cannot have the operation performed 
Clip the hair from ringbone and blister 
repeatedly with cerate of cantharrides at 
intervals of two or three weeks, a. s. a. 
Boston Produce Co. 
Commission Merchants, 
Fruits and Produce. Consignments Solicited 
93-95 South Market St., - Boston. 
fid AT^~ANGOKAS— Extra large Bucks and 
UUnlO nannies, good breeders. It pays to raise 
goats. There should be a breeder itt each locality. 
SH0H0LA FRUIT AND POULTRY FARM, Shohola. Pa. 
INDIAN RUNNER DUCKLINGS— from 260-egg strain—$1.00 
I and $2.00 each. C. GORDON. Sprakers. N. Y. 
pAI) CAT IT-S. C.W. LEGHORN COCKERELS. 
* v/ix vJi ID AD Young Strain, April hatch. 
$2.00 each; also a few S. C. B. Leghorn Cockerels, 
$1.50 each. Mrs. Alice Scarborough, Rt. 1, Dover, Del. 
FURS ARE HIGH 
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tells how to trap, hunt, skin, 
stretch and grade furs; about 
baits, scents, dead-falls, snares, 
guns, dogs, camps and every¬ 
thing you ought to know. SPECIAL. Send 25c. for 3 
mos. trial subscription and get FREE, “ Mink Trapping 
Secrets” and all game, fur and bounty laws. 
NEWS PUB. CO., 48 W. 24th Street, New York 
FUR 
Highest prices guaranteed for White or Brown 
Loghorns or mixed eggs. Also high grade butter. 
Write us for information. Atrial will convince you 
of our ability to obtain extreme prices. Address 
JOHNSTONE & COUGHLAN, 
164 Duane Street : ; New York 
Gheslnuts-Live Poultry-Fancy Eggs 
Ship to W. H. COHEN & CO.. 229 Washington St.. New York 
pi.ICASK semi a trial shipment to the Oldest Com- 
* mission House in New York. Est. 1838. Butter, 
Eggs, l’onitry. Pork, Calves. Hay, Grain, Beans, 
Apples, etc. H. li. tTOOlHVAKII, 31I2 (Jreennieli St., N. V 
Eggs, Poultry, Meats, Produce. 
Shipments solicited. JELLIFFE, WRIGHT & CO.. Com¬ 
mission Merchants, 284 Washington St., New York. 
WANTFn flGENTS T0 SELL FARMERS' ACCOUNT BOOK. 
TTHlilLU Easy to soil. Big inducements. Act 
Quick. Address, L. li. SYPHERS. Ft. Wayne, Ind. 
RAW FURS FRICEs’pAID 1 
FOR SKUNK MINK. MUSKAT. EIC. WE 
GUARANTEE FULL SATISFACTION OR RE 
TURK FURS FREE OF CHARGE. SEND 
FOR PRICE LIST AND MARKET REPORTS 
J. HENRY STICHT & CO. 
18 W. ZO™ STREET. NE W YORK 
P0HTIVIIY THE BEST FIRM TO SILl RAW FURS 
727 ; 
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The 
only 
robfing 
that never 
wears out is— 
Slate. Docs not 
'rust or water-soak, 
not melt — not af¬ 
fected by the went her or 
'climate. The only roof that is 
’'everlasting. SHELDON’S 
SEA GREEN AND PURPLE ROOFING 
. SLATE, the only material without an 
"equal. No more expensive than other higb- 
de roofing. Send today for our free book 
"The Boof Question,” and tell ua your wanta. 
r.C. Sheldon Slate Co. obahvYu.kJn.y. 
WAIITCn °" farm near Baltimore, experi- 
H (111 I CU perienced workingmanager; must 
thoroughly understand farming and care of stock; 
wife to attend poultry and he a gilt-edge butter 
maker. Scotchman preferred. State age, size of 
family, references and wages expected. Address 
WM. H. WHITRIDGE, 663 Calvert B uilding, Baltimore. 
I STCI.r, FARMS IN OCEANA, the best Co. in the U.S. Fruit,grain 
I mid stock. Write for list. J. D. S. il ANSON, Hart, Mich. 
71 ACRES, half cleared, five room honse, school, store, 
church, mill convenient. R. F. D.. Other farms. 
O. M. PURNELL, Snow Hill, Md. 
IRfl Forme F ° R sale cheap, 
IJU ■ □ I III O Delaware Valley. New 
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in fertile 
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Horace G. Reeder, Newtown, Pa. 
G OOD HOME FARMS and money makers at reason¬ 
able prices in nearly all parts of New York 
State. Catalogue free to intending buyers. 
NORTHERN REALTY COMPANY, Syracuse, N.Y. 
3STew J ©racy Farms 
FOR SALE—Choice Farms and Country prop¬ 
erties in the great garden, fruit and ponltry centre, 
Burlington County, the best for soil, markets, direct 
shipping; good home surroundings. Send for list. 
A. W. DRESSER, Bur lington, n. J. 
enD QAI CT_One Hundred and Thirty 
■ i\ OnLL Acres, thirty acres wood 
land, watered by springs, twolve room honse, large 
basement barn, applos and cherries, three miles 
from station and market. . Price, $3,001). Terms, 
$1,800 cash, balance mortgage. H A 1, L S 
FARM AGENCY, Owego, Tioga County, 
New York. 
CnR UCIIT-A 35 acre farm situated at Island 
run nen I Heights, N J.. with a 1000 ft. water 
front, house has hot wator heat, private water 
works and bath. Electric and gas on premises, also 
a ’phone and within 10 minutes of P.R.R. Station, 
stores and post office. Directly opposite Pine Beach 
Hotel, which is open all the year, with excellent 
local trade. The farm most all in grass. Rent 
$300.00, including farming utensils. Address 
W. H. PETTIB0NE, 102 So. GOtli Street, Philadelphia. Pa. 
_Choice Virginia Farms_ 
Along the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway As Low 
As $10 Per Acre 
Rich soil; mild winters : nearby Eastern 
markets. For handsome illustrated booklet, 
"Country Life in Virginia" (100 pages), and 
low twice-a-month excursion rates address 
<». B. WALL, Real Estate Agent, 
C. «fc O. Railway, Box N.Y,, Richmond, \a. 
RAW FURS 
WANTED. 
Free price list and best posting possiblo for 
the asking. 
LOWELL LAMB & CO., 
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Raw Furs Wanted 
Skunk, Mink, Raccoon. Opossum, Fox, Muskrat 
ami other furs arc bringing high prices In 
New York, the best market for you to ship 
to. Do you went to know 
“Howto Get More Money for Your Raw Furs?” 
VVriteand ask formy pricelist—it’sfrco. Highest 
commercial references. Address Dept. J 15 a 
F. N. MONJO, ISti W. 25th St., N. Y. 
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LET US TAN 
YOUR HIDE. 
Cattle or Horse hide. Calf. Dog, Deer, 
or any kind of skin with hair or fur on. 
We make them soft, light, odorless, 
wind, moth and water proof, and mako 
them into coats (for men or women) 
robes, rugs or gloves when so ordered. 
Your fur goods will cost you less than 
to buy them, anil be worth more. Send 
three or more cow or horse hides In one 
shipment from anywhere east of Den¬ 
ver and we pay the freight both ways. 
Get our illustrated catalog which 
gives prices of tanning, taxidermy and 
head mounting. Also prices of fur 
goods, and big mounted game heads 
we sell. 
The Crosby Frisian Fur Company, 
571 Lyell Ave., Rochester, N. Y. 
FURS 
You want good juices. Liberal assort¬ 
ment and prompt returns. Therefore 
send at once for price list and ship to 
M. F. Pf.ielzer & Co., 
6 East 12th Street. (Desk 22), 
New York City. 
NEW MODERN” LITTER CARRIER 
GLOR BROS. AND 
The most practical and up-to-date time and labor 
saver on the market. Carries the litter away from stables 
and saves you three-fourths the expense. 
Pays For Itself in a Short Time 
Double trolley, double chain hoists, easy to use and 
nothing to get out of order. Will last a lifetime. 
Our “New Modern” Swing Cattle Stanchion 
with individual manager and watering basin is the best yet. 
Write for catalogue. 
“ Everything for the Barn ” 
W1LL.IS MFG. CO., 56 Main Street, Attica, N. Y. 
