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THE RURA1 NEW-YORKER 
104® 
CONTENTS 
The Rubai. New- Yorker, November 5, 1910. 
FARM TOPICS. 
A Chemical Farmer's Hay Crop.. 1021, 1022 
Selection of Corn for Exhibition. 1022 
A Meaningless “Contract". 1022 
Little Alfalfa Sermons. 1022 
New England Corn Notes. 1024 
Plowing Up Alfalfa. 1024 
“Plowing" Land With Dynamite. 1025 
One Year After Drainage. 1026 
Storing Cabbage for Winter. 1020 
Ten Acres Enough. 1026 
Tariff on Potatoes. 1020 
Crop Notes . 1029 
The Farmer’s Share on Potatoes.... 1029 
Hope Farm Notes. 1030 
Mixed Potatoes . 1031 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
New York State Horses. 1021 
Farm Horses for Ohio. 1021 
Making Prize Butter . 1036 
Streaky Butter . 1036 
A Concrete Floor for Stable. 1036 
Reduced Milk Flow. 1036 
Sidehone Lameness . 1036 
Indigestion . 1036 
Milk . 1037 
A Milk Commission for New York... 1037 
Milk in Northern New York. 1037 
The Prize Milk Dairy. 1037 
Poland China Hogs. 1038 
Cold Storage for Eggs. 1038 
Do Horses Think V. 1038 
Sweeny . 1038 
Prize Butter in North Dakota. 1039 
Michigan Dairies . 1039 
Dishorning Cattle . 1040 
Ringbone . 1040 
Abortion . 1040 
Decrease in Milk Flow. 1040 
Lame Cow . 1040 
Worms . 1040 
Lame Colt. 1040 
Was the Dog Poisoned?. 1041 
A Concrete Floor for Stable. 1041 
A French Coach Ilorse. 1041 
HORTICULTURE. 
A Long Island Apple Orchard. 1023 
Apple Trees and I’otatoes. 1023 
Story of the Apple. 1024 
A Few Apple Notes. 1024 
Dodge the "Big Stories". 1025 
Wood Ashes and Strawberries. 1025 
Working Over Kieffer Pears. 1025 
Keeping Dahlia Roots. 1026 
A New York Nut Orchard. 1026 
White Lead and Fruit Trees. 1027 
Fighting Borer and Rabbits. 1027 
Orchard Questions . 1028 
Trimming Young Vine Growth. 1028 
Hydrangea ; Boston Fern. 1028 
Direct Dealing With Apples. 1029 
Markets for Kansas Apples. 1029 
Sports at an Apple Carnival. 1029 
An Ohio Seedling Peach. 1031 
Transplanting Old Grapevines. 1031 
Propagating Ornamental Vines. 1031 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 1034 
Setting One’s Stores in Order. 1034 
Quilting by Machine. 1034 
The Rural Patterns. 1035 
Gluten Bread . 1035 
Four Good Soups. 1035 
Gloucester Blueberry Cake. 1035 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
The Express Company Robbers. 1022 
A “Chain Letter”. 1025 
Finishing Concrete Floor. 1026 
Casing Wells . 1027 
Manufactured Nitrogen . 1027 
That Leaking Tank.1028 
Earthworms in a Well. 1029 
A Sweet Job. 1029 
Happy Texas Days. 1029 
Editorials . 1032 
Farm and Garden. 1039 
Publisher’s Desk . 1042 
MARKETS 
Prices current at New York during weekending 
October 26 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 
Wholesale 
Retail 
Creamery, fancy, lb. 
.. .31 
a 
32 
Mfa 
.36 
Good to Choice.... 
... .26 
@ 
.30 
30 
.33 
Lower Grades _ 
... .23 
@ 
.25 
24® 
.28 
Storage. 
... .25 
@ 
.30 
.29® 
State Dairv, best — 
... .27 
® 
.29 
.32 
Common to Good. 
... .23 
<■' 
.25 
25® 
.26 
Factory. 
@ 
.23 
.24® 
.25 
Packing Stock. 
... .20 
@ 
.22 
CHEESE 
Full Cream, best... 
® 
.16 
• 17@ 
.19 
Common t,o Good .... 
@ 
.13 
.14® 
.16 
Skims. 
@ 
11 
.10® 
.13 
EGGS 
White, good to choice. .35 
@ 
.40 
.38® 
.43 
Mixed Colors, best.. 
... .32 
@ 
.35 
.33 
.38 
Common to Good., 
... .18 
@ 
.20 
23® 
.24 
Storage. 
.. .19 
@ 
.26 
BEANS 
Marrow, bu. 
® 
2.95 
qt 
.15 
Medium. 
® 
2.4a 
Pea.. 
... 2.25 
@ 
2.15 
Qt 
.15 
Yellow Eye. 
® 2.55 
Red Kidney. 
... 3.10 
fa) 3.15 
HOPS 
Prime to Choice. 
... .21 
@ 
.23 
Common to Good... 
... .18 
@ 
.20 
Pacific Coast. 
<<• 
.16 
German Crop, 1910., 
... .42 
.46 
CIDER VINEGAR 
Prices charged in N.Y. 
by wholesale dealers 
for single barrel lots: 
Extra Choice Old, gal. .22 @ .24 
Standard Grade.13 @ .16 
DRIED FKD1T8 
Apples, evap. fancy... .09 ® 10 .15 
Evap., com. to good. .06 @ .08 .09® .12 
Sun Dried.04 @ .06 
Raspberries.22 @ .24 
Cherries.11 @ .12 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples, Ben Davis, bbl 2.00 @3.50 
Snow. 2.50 @ 4.00 
Nyack Pippin.2.25 @ 3.15 
King. 3.00 @ 5.00 
McIntosh. 2.50 @ 5.60 
Twenty Ounce. 2.50 @ 5,00 
Greening. 2.00 ® 5.50 
Jonathan. 3.00 @ 5.50 
York Imperial. 3.00 @ 3.76 
Baldwin. 1.50 @ 3.75 
Quinces, bbl. 2.00 ® 4.00 
Cranberries, bbl. 
4.00 
@ 6.00 
Pears. Seekel, bbl. 
2.50 
@ 6.00 
Kieffer. 
1.25 
@ 3.00 
Bartlett. 
2.06 
@ 6.00 
Anjou. 
® 4.00 
Bose. 
3.00 
® 5.50 
Sheldon. 
.2.50 
® 4.00 
Louise Bonne. 
2.60 
@ 4.00 
Grapes, 4-Ib. bkt. 
.14 
® .17 
8-lb. bkt. 
.20 
® .23 
Bulk, ton. 
50.00 
@80.00 
Chestnuts, 60 lbs. 
NUTS 
4.00 @8.00 
Shellbarks, 50 lbs 
2.50 
® 3.00 
Black Walnuts, bu.... 
.75 
® 1.00 
HONEY 
White Clover, lb. 
.12 
® .16 
Buckwheat, lb. 
.11 
® 12 
Extracted, lb. 
.07 
® .09 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes. 
N. Y. State. 
1.50 
@ 1.60 
Long Island, bbl .... 
1.60 
® 2.12 
Jersey, bbl. 
1.50 
® 1.75 
Maine. 
1.25 
® 1.60 
Brussels Sprouts, qt... 
.05 
® .10 
Carrots, bbl. 
.75 
® 1.00 
Cabbage, ton. 
7.00 
@11.00 
Celery, doz. 
.15 
(at .35 
Cucumbers, bbl. 
@ 4.50 
Cauliflowers, bbl. 
.75 
@ 2.50 
Egg Plants, bbl. 
.75 
@ 1.25 
Lettuce.!6-bbl bkt_ 
.50 
@ 1 (10 
Lima Beans, bu. 
1.00 
@ 1.50 
Mushrooms, lb. 
.20 
(a) .45 
Peas, ±5 bbl. bkt. 
1.00 
@ 2.50 
Peppers. Jersey, bbl... 
.75 
@ 2.00 
Onions. OrangeCo., bag 1.00 
@ 1.50 
Conn. White,bbl... 
2.50 
@ 3.00 
White pickle, bu. 
1.00 
@ 1.25 
String Beans, bu. 
.25 
@ 1.00 
Squash, bbl. 
@ 1.00 
Tomatoes. Jersey, box 
.60 
@ 1.25 
Turnips, Rutabaga, bbl 
.75 
@ 1.00 
White, bbl. 
1.00 
@ 1.25 
LIVE POULTRY 
Chickens, lb. 
.12 
@ .14 
Fowls. .... 
.13 
@ .14 
Roosters. 
09 
@ .10 
Ducks. 
.16 
@ .17 
Geese. 
.13 
@ 14 
Turkeys. 
@ .16 
each ,03@ .05 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkeys, Fcv, old. 
.21 
@ 
.22 
.23® 
.26 
Common to Good_ 
.17 
.20 
.19® 
.22 
Spring. 
.22 
@ 
.23 
Chickens, roasting_ 
.19 
@ 
.21 
■22@ 
.25 
Good to Choice. 
.17 
@ 
.18 
.18® 
.20 
Common Run. 
.14 
@ 
.16 
.16® 
.18 
Fancy broilers, lb... 
.23 
@ 
.24 
Fowls. 
14 
.17 
16® 
.21 
Ducks, Spring. 
.15 
@ 
.20 
Geese, spring. 
.20 
@ 
.22 
Squabs, doz. 
@ 4.00 
Guineas, spring, pair.. 
.65 
1.00 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers. 100 lbs.. 
5.10 
@ 
6.80 
Bulls. 
3.60 
@ 
4.40 
Cows. 
Calves. 
2.20 
@ 
6.00 
Prime Veal, 100 lb... 
7-50 
@10 50 
Culls. . 
4.00 
fa) 
6.50 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 
3.00 
<Q) 
fa) 
4.50 
7.25 
Hogs. 
9.00 ® 9.45 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1, North’n 
Spring, bu. 1.14 
No. 2. Red. .99 
Corn, as to quality, bu. .56 ® .56 
Oats, as to weight, bu. .35 ® .40 
Rye.80 @ 84 
HAY AND STRAW 
Quotations for large bales. 
Small bales sell 50 cents to $1.00 
per ton less. 
Hay, No. 1, ton.21.00 ® 22.00 
No. 2.19.00 @ 20.00 
No. 3.16.00 ® 18.00 
Clover Mixed.13.00 ® 20 00 
Clover.13.00 ® 17.00 
Wild Hay..9.00 ® 11.00 
8traw, Rye.10.00 ® 11.00 
Oat and Wheat. 8.00 ® 9.00 
Garget. 
I have a very fine cow, calf five weeks 
old; at times her milk will clot or get 
lumpy, udder gets hard on first one side 
and then the other, and I can get no milk. 
It only lasts about a day or pight, then 
milk comes, hut is lumpy. Will you give 
me cause and remedy for same? 
Virginia. c. N. a. 
We cannot tell you the exact cause in 
this case, as garget is due to any one of 
a large number of different causes. Avoid 
rough or irregular milkiug, or change of 
food and see that there is no cause of 
bruising of the udder. At time of attack, 
bathe the udder with hot water, three 
times a day, and then rub with a mixture 
of equal parts of sweet oil and fluid ex¬ 
tract of poke root, used warm. a. s. a. 
Bloody Milk. 
What cau f do for my cow? She is giv¬ 
ing bloody milk from one teat. About two 
months ago she scratched her udder, be¬ 
tween the two fore teats. I treated it all 
the time with different things, it has about 
healed, hut she still gives bloody milk 
from one teat. She is au extra good cow. 
West Virginia. m. f. b. 
The milk will not be likely to have its 
normal appearance before the wound has 
fully healed. Wash the wound once daily 
with a 2 per cent, solution of coal tar dis¬ 
infectant and then apply a little oxide of 
zinc ointment. When the wound heals, 
should the present unsatisfactory condition 
of the milk persist, bathe the udder with 
cold water twice daily and then with a 
lotion composed of two teaspoonfuls of 
alum in a pint of cold water, and give a 
dram of sulphate of iron in the feed, night 
and morning for 10 days. Do not give the 
iron if the cow is in calf. If she will not 
take the drugged feed, add a couple of 
teaspoonfuls of salt with each dose of 
inediciue. a. s. a. 
Lamb With Cough, 
Some time ago I came in possession of i 
a few Spring lambs, one of which had a 
cough, resembling au old person who had 
contracted a severe cold, and which seemed 
very tight on the chest. I am at a loss 
what it can be. I have applied the only 
known remedy to me for a cold, pine tar 
applied on the nose, and also given in¬ 
ternally, but it does not seem to do any 
good. None of the rest of the flock seem 
to be troubled with it. What would you 
recommend? I have had the care of sheep 
for more than 20 years, but have never 
seen a case resembling this in all that 
time. It appears worse at night when 
they are resting. c. d. s. 
New York. 
The lamb doubtless has either chronic 
bronchitis or a slight pneumonia. Give a 
dessertspoonful of glycolleroin twice a day 
and if necessary increase to three such 
doses a day. We have found this medicine 
effective for lung troubles of sheep. See 
that the stable is kept clean and perfectly 
ventilated, if the sheep are housed at night. 
Cough often is due to noxious gases in the 
stable. Another common cause of cough is 
the presence of worms in the air passages 
of the lungs: hilt were that the cause in 
this case the other lambs no doubt would 
be similarly affected. a. s. a. 
Cow Holding Up Milk. 
A three-year-old heifer with second calf 
which has been vealed three months will 
not. give down her milk unless she has a 
pail of slop or ground food at time of 
milking. What can be done to break her 
of the habit? Will this habit of holding 
up her tnilk have a teudency to do any 
harm or would you get rid of her for 
beef? r. d. r. 
Pennsylvania. 
The milking operation evidently has at 
some time or another been an unpleasant 
or painful experience for this cow, and 
she therefore is nervous and holds up her 
milk. It may be that the teats are or have 
been sore. Apart from the annoyance 
caused the milker by the habit mentioned, 
holding up of milk can do no harm, so 
long as she is milked cleanly and reg¬ 
ularly. The giving of some food at milk¬ 
ing time is a quite common practice among 
dairymen. It diverts the cow’s attention 
and so lessens nervousness and tendency 
not to "let down” well. It is possible 
that without giving food the milk might 
be made to come down by simply giving 
a very gentle and soothing massage of 
the udder for a few minutes before actual¬ 
ly withdrawing milk. a. S. a. 
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WANTED IMMEDIATELY 
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OAT T7-FARM OF ONE HUN- 
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Increase your milk supply at the 
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CRESTED BLACK POLISH COCKERELS. 
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5000 FERRETS FOR SALE. Write for price 
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Choice breeders of 
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For Sale: 300 Pairs of Mated Homer Pigeons 
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