1914. 
'1' HE RURAL NRVY-VOkrER 
247 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, February 14, 1914 
FARM TOPICS. 
, An Experience with a Tractor.....209 
Mixing Lime with Manure.210 
What Shall the Landlords Do!.210 
Clover Seed in 1913.210 
Farming in New England.210 
Details of Early Tomato Growing. Part II,.211 
New York State Grange.214 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings.214 
Handling Crimson Clever.219 
Weedy Land for Potatoes.221 
Cover Crop in Corn.221 
Walnut Timber.223 
Fertilizer Value of Coal Ashes.223 
Pickles on Sour Soil. 223 
Is the Manure Sour.224 
Limo on Alfalfa.224 
Oats on Millet Sod.224 
Tools for Small Farms.225 
Equipment for Unloading Hay.225 
Hope Farm Notes.226 
Orchard Trees on Cleared Land.226 
The Story of a Co-operative Success. Part 1.229 
Another Farm of Direct Trade.229 
Poor Samples of Mixed Feed.229 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Fine Income from Butter Cows.232 
Raising Mules; Breeding Ewes.232 
Success with Winter Lambs.232, 233 
Hog Pasture .233 
The Square Silo.234 
Shipping Cream..234 
Pining Cow. 234 
Tumor .234 
Injured Ankle.231 
Depraved Appetite ..234 
Indigestion . 234 
Chorea .?.234 
Hogs on a Small Farm.236 
Shotguns and Thieves and Sheep.236 
The Value of a Dog.236 
Winter Dairying Pays.237 
Fresh Air Will Cut Down Feed Bills.237 
A Home-made Fireless Cooker.237 
Ration for Cows.238 
Bean Meal for Cattle.238 
Dairy Ration .233 
Boiled Beans for Cows.238 
A Horse Ration.238 
Ration for Young Stock.238 
Clover Cutters .238 
Milking Machine a Success.240 
Care of Freshening Cow.240 
Wanted—A Dog Law.240 
Bulgarian Culture for Buttermilk.240 
Kitchen Waste for Poultry.239 
Concrete Henhouse Floors.239 
Reducing Fat Sow; Roup.239 
Scaly Leg .239 
Frozen Comb .239 
Poultry Questions.239 
A Discussion of Line Breeding.240 
A Prize Turkey.240 
Two-Story Henhouse .240 
Condition Powders; Hurrying Pullets.240 
Poor Layers .240 
Brooding Chicks in Large Flocks.242 
Poor Laying .242 
Skim-Milk for Hens.244 
Pigeon Questions .244 
Mating Turkeys .244 
Care of Young Ducks.244 
Frozen Comb .244 
Poor Egg Yield.244 
The Egg-Laying Contest.245 
HORTICULTURE. 
Pruning Plum and Cherry Trees.212 
More About the Apple Maggot.212 
Big Western Fruit Stories.212 
Hedges and Wind-breaks. 212 
Behavior of Japan Plums.213 
Broom Corn for Garden Border.213 
Hen Manure for Fruit Trees.213 
Bark Bursting .213 
Hen Manure on Sandy Land.213 
Destroying Poison Sumach.213 
Fertilizer for Garden Crop.213 
Ashes and Strawberries.213 
The Ohio Apple Show.214 
Notes from a Maryland Garden.216 
Bearing Age of Apples.217 
Diseased Cauliflower Plants.217 
Whole-root or Piece-root Trees.217 
Beautify the Rural Home Grounds.218 
An Inexpensive Greenhouse. Part 1.222 
Scraping Bark off Fruit Trees.221 
Pruning Apples in Idaho.223 
Injured Maple .224 
Growing Budding Stocks.224 
Soil for Baldwin Apple.224 
The Shallot .227 
Apples on Long Island.227 
Azaleas from Seed.227 
Tariff on Gladiolus.227 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day...230 
The Mother’s Charge.230 
Warmth and Ventilation.230 
Water Glass Floor Paint.231 
Rare Northern Visitors.’ 231 
The Rural Patterns. 231 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Angora Cats and Rheumatism.210 
Events of the Work.214 
Events of the Week.214 
Fowler's Solution of Arsenic.! . .217 
What to Do With Hard Water.219 
Fire Extinguishers .219 
How to Tan a Hide..’.'.219 
Specific Performance of Contract. 220 
Telephone Rates .220 
Claim of Judgment Creditor Under Fore¬ 
closure .220 
New York State News. 220 
Earthworms in Well..221 
Cement Wall . \\ 221 
Cement Slab .221 
Market for Maple Syrup.223 
Market for Maple Syrup..... 223 
Sewage Disposal .' .025 
Publishers’ Desk ..!..!.!!!!*!" 226 
Editorials .”.!!!!!.228 
The New Currency Law. Part I.229 
MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending; Feb. 6, 1914. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, extra, lb. 27 @ 27H! 
Good to Choice . 24 @ 26 
Lower Grades. 22 @ 24 
8torage . 22 @ 27 
Statu Dairy, best. 26 @ 27 
Common to Good. 20 @ *>5 
Factory. 18 & jji 
Packing Stock. 17 <g> pj 
Elgin, 111., butter market tlrin at 26^ cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 28 cents. 
CHEESE, 
Wbolq Ml Ht. best... ]g jgiv 
Common to Good . 14 ® 17 
Skims. 06 « 12 
EGGS. 
White, choice to fancy, large . 36 @ 3S 
Common to good . 33 @ 35 
Mixed colors, best. 30 & 31 
Common to good. 27 @ 29 
Storage, best. 25 ® 26 
Medium and low grades . 20 @ 24 
European, fresh. 24 @ 26 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples—Spitzenburg, bbl. 3 : 50 @ 6 00 
Spy. 3 50 @ 5 50 
King. 4.00 @ 5 00 
Hubbardston. 3 00 @ 4 50 
Greening . 3 50 @4 15 
Winesap . 4 50 @ 6 00 
Newtown. 5 00 & 6 50 
York Imperial. 3 50 @5 25 
Baldwin. 3 50 @ 5 00 
Western, box. 1 50 @2 75 
Pears—KielTer, bbl .... 2 00 @3 75 
Cranberries, Cape Cod, bbl.10 00 @13 fO 
Long Island, bbl.10 00 @12 50 
Jersey, bbl.1200 @1300 
Jersey, crate . 2 60 @2 90 
Strawberries, Fla., qt. 25 @ 0 75 
BKAN8. 
Pea 
Yellow Eye .. 
Lima, Callfori 
Prime to cboh 
Common to gc 
Pacific Coast 
Old stock. 
German crop. 
HOPS. 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes-Long Island, bbl. 
Kale, bbl. 
Tomatoes. Southern, 6 bkt. crate .. 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS. 
Mushrooms, lb. 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Ducks.. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, fresh killed, best . 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb. 
Ducks. 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Standard 
No. 2. 
No. 3 .... 
LIVE STOCK. 
Cows. 
Lambs 
MI LLF E E D. 
M itld lings 
1 70 
@ 5 20 
i 60 
(2) o 55 
5 50 
@ 3 60 
> 00 
@5 05 
> 75 
@585 
150 
® 4 55 
,85 
@ 5 95 
45 
® 47 
40 
@ 44 
23 
@ 27 
15 
@ 20 
68 
@ 73 
1 50 
@ 2 75 
5 25 
@2 50 
1 25 
@ 2 37 
@ 185 
oil 
@ 5 25 
50 
@ 2 00 
1 50 
@ 1 75 
. 50 
@ 1 75 
! 00 
@26 00 
00 
@28 00 
i oo 
@22 00 
50 
@ 3 50 
50 
@ 65 
50 
@ 1 50 
50 
@ 2 00 
! 25 
@2 60 
1 00 
@ 2 50 
1 25 
@3 00 
100 
® 5 00 
00 
@ 3 00 
, 00 
@ 6 00 
75 
@ 1 25 
50 
@ 4 00 
! 25 
@ 2 50 
25 
® 3 00 
50 
@ 2 50 
50 
@ 3 50 
50 
@ 3 50 
25 
@ 1 50 
75 
@ 1 25 
00 
@ 1 50 
00 
<a 3 50 
15 
@ 25 
50 
@ 3 50 
20 
@ 25 
14 
@ 15 
16 
@ 17 
11«@ 12 
17 
@ 18 
13 
@ 14 
60 
@ 65 
24 
@ 25 
IS 
© 22 
28 
@ 30 
21 
@ 25 
24 
@ 25 
14 
@ IS 
is 
@ 30 
10 
@ 16 
15 
@ 17 
00 
@ 5 50 
50 
@21 00 
00 
@20 00 
50 
@18 50 
00 
<54*16 56 
00 
@19 00 
00 
@17 00 
100 
@11 00 
40 
<& 6 75 
00 
@ 7 00 
00 
@ 6 25 
00 
@12 00 
00 
@ 8 00 
00 
@ 5 23 
00 
@ 8 25 
ou 
@9 00 
50 
@26 00 
00 
@2S 50 
00 
@30 OO 
00 
@29 00 
00 
@32 OU 
1.inseed Meal. 
COUNTHY-DRESSED MEATS. 
Calves, best. 15 ® 16 
Fair to good. ll@ 13 
Buttermilks. 0S@ 10 
Lambs, Hothouse, each . 5IO@700 
12 
09 
Pork, light . n@ 
Heavy....’. 08@ 
GRAIN. 
Wheat. No. 1, Northern Spring. 102 @ 
No. 2, Red . 1 01 @ .. 
No. 2, Hard Winter. lull @ 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 70 @ 71 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 43 @ 45 
Rye . 65 @ 69 
RETAIL PRICES AT NEW YORK. 
These are not the highest or lowest current 
prices, but are fairly representative of what the 
majority of New York consumers pay; 
Eggs, fancy white, doz. 42 
Mixed colors, new laid. 
Ordinary grades. 
Butter, fancy prints, lb. 32 
Tub, choice. 
Chickens, roasting, lb,. 25 
Fowls. 
Turkeys. 
42 
@ 
45 
35 
@ 
oS 
@ 
32 
32 
@ 
34 
@ 
29 
25 
@ 
28 
22 
UP 
25 
26 
@ 
30 
PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
The one-fourth cent cut in wholesale 
milk referred to previously has been ex¬ 
tended to cover more business during the 
week. There is still, however, consider¬ 
able trade at prices previously reported, 
$1.71 to $1.S1 for C, and $1.91 for B. 
The new N. Y. health director has de¬ 
clined to extend the date for compulsory 
pasteurization, which was in effect Feb¬ 
ruary 1. This means that all B and C 
milk must be pasteurized, even though 
sold for cooking purposes. The only ex¬ 
ceptions to the order will be specially in¬ 
spected grade A and certified milk. 
* 
Butter advanced one cent during the 
week over its last reported low record 
for this part of the year. Most of the 
wholesale business in fresh creamery is 
in the range of 26% to 27%. Several 
hundred tubs of best storage creamery 
have sold at 27%. Trade in worked over 
and packing stock is dull, the receipts 
showing a heavy proportion of low qual¬ 
ity. During January, 210,000 pounds 
of foreign butter was received at New 
York. Practically all of it was sold at 
once to consumptive trade, only 800 
pounds being stored. According to the 
Custom House report the countries of 
import, quantities and values were as 
follows: 
Pounds Values 
Denmark . 15,072 $3,932 
Germany . 16,39S 2,682 
England . 44,523 11,149 
Canada . 25,213 4,790 
Argentina . 100,800 26.168 
Turkey, Asia . 6,158 1,364 
France . 726 243 
* 
Fancy white eggs are held at practical¬ 
ly the same price as last week, 39 cents, 
but this refers only to large sizes. Those 
with but a slight mixture of small sizes 
go at 35 to 37 cents, and few colored eggs 
bring over 33. In western gathered eggs 
of high quality, sales at 28 to 33 cents 
are noted. Prices are weak on storage 
stock, 26 to 27 for good grades. 
Up to January 16, cotton ginned in 
this country amounted to 13,589,171 
bales. In an average of seven years it 
has been found that at least 95 per cent 
of the current crop is ginned at this 
date. The figures given include 76,182 
bales of Sea Island cotton. 
The Boston wool market has been firm 
during the past week, and decidedly in 
the seller’s favor. Stocks in dealers 
warehouses are getting low, and con¬ 
tracts for several million pounds on the 
sheep’s back are reported in the west at 
prices running from 12 to 15 cents. Sales 
of fine unwashed Ohio and Michigan have 
been noted at 22 to 23 cents, and washed 
Delaine 27 to 27%. 
The Brooks weights and measures law 
is now in effect in N. Y. State. It pro¬ 
vides that: 
Bread must hereafter be sold by weight, 
marked on the loaf or wrapper in bold¬ 
face type. 
Candy in containers must be marked 
either with the net weight of the con¬ 
tents or with the gross weight and weight 
of container immediately thereunder, or 
with the number of pieces of candy. 
Wood shingles for building must be 
sold by numerical count. 
Salt must be marked with number of 
pounds in the package, a three per cent 
variation being allowed. 
Canned goods must bear net weight of 
contents in pounds or ounces, or by the 
weight of the fruit or vegetable and the 
weight of the immersing fluid separately, 
or by the total contents in gallons, quarts, 
pints, half pints, gills or fluid or fluid 
ounces. 
All meats, butter and cheese must be 
sold by weight, and packages containing 
those and poultry products must be plain¬ 
ly branded with the net quantity in terms 
of weight, measure or numerical count. 
Butter in prints must be marked iu avoir¬ 
dupois pounds or ounces iu letters at least 
three-sixteenths inch high. An extreme 
variation of three-eighths ounce will be 
allowed on a one-pound print, but on a 
lot of 12 prints the shortage must not 
average more than one-fourth ounce per 
pound. 
It has beeu a quite common practice 
with farmers to ship a case of eggs on a 
certain day, even though a dozen or two 
short of the full 30 dozen. This will ap¬ 
parently be against the law now unless 
the exact number is marked plainly on 
the case. 
Violations of the law are finable at 
from $25 to $100 for first or second of¬ 
fense and $100 to $500 for third offense. 
The FARMERS’ BUREAU 
agricultural help. Only first clasa farm help and positions sollo 
ite*l. Reft*retires invest 1 yattd. 8 1 ititiv advice on farm prob¬ 
lem*. Dept- II, 160Na»«an St., N. Y Phone, 5565 Bee km an 
Subscribers Exchange 
MUST SELL FARM—94 acres; boarding-house, 
26 rooms; new buildings; bargain; $ 1,000 
down. BOX 15. Accord, X. \ T . 
FOR SALE. TO SETTLE ESTATE—Extra good 
127-acre 20-cow dairy farm, situated in Mil- 
ton; main road, fine buildings, silo; modern 
conveniences; never-failing running water iu 
pasture and buildings; fruit, sugar orchard; 
equipped; telephone; mail delivered; very pleas¬ 
ant home; stock and tools if desired. CHAS. 
MeNALL, Milton. Vt. 
Subscribers’ Exchange 
Complying with several suggestions received 
recently, we open a department here to enable 
RURAL NEW-YORKER readers to supply each 
other’s wants. If you want to buy or sell or 
exchange, make it known here. This Rate will 
be 5 Cents a word,, payable in advance. The 
name and address must be counted as part of 
the advertisement. Copy must reach us not 
later than Friday to appear in the following 
week. No display type used, and only Farm 
Products, Help and Positions Wanted admitted. 
For subscribers only. Dealers, jobbers and gen¬ 
eral manufacturers’ announcements not admit¬ 
ted here. Poultry, Eggs and other live stock 
advertisements will go under proper headings on 
other pages. Seed and Nursery advertisements 
will not be accepted for this column. 
WANTED—Woman for general housework. Ap¬ 
ply to N. M. KISTLER, Emporia, Va. 
YOUNG MAN wishes position on commercial 
poultry plant. M. E . care R. N.-Y., 333 
West 30th St., New York. 
WANTED—Position as manager of a farm; 
fruit preferred; American; reliable, theoreti¬ 
cal and experienced; immediate liberty. E. 
GODFREY. Jr., Tannersville, N. Y. 
WANTED—Position as superintendent or fore¬ 
man of farm by mature man of experience, 
ability and high-class reference. BOX 100, 
White Lake, X. Y. 
POSITION WANTED BY AMERICAN, single. 
driving milk wagon by March 1st; peddled 
before; good references. R. W. DAVIES, Mata- 
moras. Pa. 
EXPERIENCED FARM MANAGER seeks posi¬ 
tion on country place or gentleman’s farm. 
Address J. B., care R. N.-Y., 333 West 30th St- 
New York. 
WANTED—A single man to do general farm 
work and teaming; must be sober and in¬ 
dustrious. BERKSHIRE INDUSTRIAL FARM, 
Canaan, N. Y. 
WANTED—Married barn man; 50 head: wife 
board two men; reliable parties only, who can 
furnish best of references: state fully wages, 
etc., first letter. D. N. COLT, Elmwood, Conn. 
SINGLE experience*] farmhand wanted on West¬ 
ern New York fruit farm; good teamster and 
willing worker; highest wages; no cigarette or 
drinking man wanted. Address SINGLE, care 
R. N.-Y., 333 West 30tli St., New York. 
WANTED—Position as working farm foreman 
or teamster on large farm: married; age 28; 
life experience; can handle all kinds ol’ farm 
machinery: five years last position. LOCK 
BOX 10, High Bridge, N. J.. 
WANTED—An energetic married man to man¬ 
age farm where another man is kept: must 
understand care of cows, pigs and chickens, in¬ 
cubators. brooders, etc.: wife for general house¬ 
work. BOX 13, Stevensville, Sullivan Co., N. Y. 
POSITION WANTED—To take charge of a 
poultry plant: single; 35 years; thoroughly 
experienced with utility and exhibition stock; 
also understands general farming; state wages. 
B. J., care R. N.-Y., 333 West 30th St., New 
York. 
OUR GRADUATES will be ready to accept posi¬ 
tions as dairymen, poultrymen, horticulturists 
and general farm help on March 1st. 1914. Ap¬ 
plications will be considered in the order re¬ 
ceived. Address BARON DE HIRSCII AGRI¬ 
CULTURAL SCHOOL. Woodbine. N. J.. Dept. B. 
ORCHAIIDIST OF EASTERN TRAINING and 
wide experience in East and Northwest solicits 
correspondence with orchard owners and fruit 
district officers that want results through a 
competent manager: modern business methods 
and economic efficiency: references. W. G. 
Y'EAGER. Sprankle Mills, Pa. 
ARE YOU INTERESTED in securing a prac¬ 
tical. up-to-date farm manager? Twenty years’ 
experience using practical, economical business 
methods. Not a theorist. One who knows how, 
why. and can produce results. References, bond. 
W. A. MAYOR, 332 Indiana Ave., Watertown, 
N. Y. 
WANTED—Position as Superintendent on gentle¬ 
man's place or large estate: married, no 
children; 30 years’ practical experience as mar¬ 
ket gardener and farmer on my farm, which is 
for sale; familiar with all machinery, fruit, 
stock, poultry, incubators and nationalities as 
help; state salary and privileges: references 
given and required. Address BOX 116. Center 
Moriches, X. Y. 
MAN AND WIFE—-No small children; working 
farmer to take charge 250-acre dairy and gen¬ 
eral farm in Central New York. Must be hon¬ 
est. industrious and capable: education and ex¬ 
perience in up-to-date methods preferred; un¬ 
usual opportunity for right party. To receive 
attention answer - list give full particulars re¬ 
garding applicant and be in own handwriting. 
Address D. W., care R. N.-Y., 333 West 30th 
St., New Y"ork. 
WANTED — Hens’ feathers. A. LATHROP. 
Grauby, Mass. 
MAPLE COVE FARM—Products direct to Con¬ 
sumers. ROUTE 24, Athens, Pa. 
APPLE SCIONS from healthy trees; McIntosh 
and other varieties. J. H. BARCLAY. Cran- 
bury, N. J. 
SIFTED SWEET CLOVER SOIL (surface).— 
Plants "lousey” with nodules. Apple scions 
from bearing orchard. ISAAC C. ROGERS, 
Dansville, N. Y. 
FRUIT TREES TRIMMED by practical fruit 
grower and largest peach producer of Bergen 
County, N. J. Orchards planned and planted. 
Special rates for Winter contracts. H. W. 
COBB, Glen Rock Fruit Farms, Ridgewood, N. J. 
FARM FOR SALE—225 acres. Apply to OWNER. 
Box 337, Emporia, Va. 
FOR SALE—63 acres, lake farm, good land anil 
buildings: lots of fruit. J. F. WILSON, 
Hayts Corners, X. 
EXCHANGE—A choice residential property In 
Montclair, X. J.. valued at #30.000: will ex¬ 
change all or part for desirable, well-improved 
farm in northern New Jersey. OWNER, care 
R. N.-Y"., 333 West 30th St., New York. 
WANTED—Small farm near New York City; 
Orange County preferred: must be low 
priced; near school. G. F. MOLXAK, 119 Howe 
Street. Bridgeport, Conn. 
320 ACRES at #20; virgin soil, in Western Neb¬ 
raska; easy access to railroad and markets; 
best reasons for selling: terms and full particu¬ 
lars of HOYT L. JOHNSTON. Owner. Ballston, 
Virginia. 
FINE POULTRY AND DAIRY FARM for Sale 
—116 acres, completely equipped with all ina 
ehinery; 1.000 White Leghorn chickens; horses 
cattle and hogs: 28 miles from Philadelphia. Pa. 
Call or write. L. R. McNEAL, Chester Springs, 
Pa. 
