1914. 
THE RUJRA.L. NEW-YORKER 
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CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, March 14, 1914. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Some Lockport Grange Activities.393, 394 
A Farm in Vermont.395 
Breeding Stock in Rice.395 
Sowing Rye and Clover.396 
“'Maud’s Wonder” Forage Plant.397 
Barn of Cement Blocks.400 
Eastern or Western Onion Seed.400 
Potash for Oats.401 
Cost of an Apple Orchard to Bearing Age. 
Part II.406 
Hope Farm Notes..... 410 
Otsego County, N. Y., Conditions.425 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Chicken Thieves and Rural Police.394 
“'My Friend, the Dog”.395 
The Heavy Feeding Cow. 416 
Value of Silage.416 
A Good Animal Should Never Possess a Scrub 
Owner . 
Building a Milk House. 
Grade Calf . 
Profitable Poultry . 
Milking Machines That Do Milk... 
Garget . 
Cholera . 
Grease Heel . 
Lice . 
Indigestion .. 
Pining Cow . 
Warts . 
Paralysis . 
A Word for Cats.. 
A Good Dog Law. 
Dog for Poultry Protection.. 
Continuous Hatching . 
Rye for Poultry. 
Blood Spots in Eggs. 
Feeding Poultry Offr.l. 
Securing Profits in Poultry. 
An Average Ration. 
Dairy Rations .. 
Feeding a Brood Sow. 
Rations for Cows and Pigs. 
Wart: Ration for Dainty Calf. 
Dairy Ration . 
Shrink in Milk... 
Colts with Eruptions. 
Turkey Raising . 
Co-operation in Selling Heifers. 
Sale of German Hares. 
Importing Poultry . 
Brooding Chicks in Large Flocks... 
Leg Weakness ... 
Why Don’t tli6 Hens Lay?.. 
Vertigo ... 
The Egg-laying Contest. 
Pulping Roots for Hens. 
Mustard for Hens. 
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HORTICULTURE. 
Fitting Soil for Violets.3<H 
Hill Strawberries ard Fertilizer.395 
The Pruning of Apnle Trees. Part II.? t> 6 
The New Berry Culture. Part II.397 
Experience with Nurserymen.3°3 
Chlorosis of Graue.400 
The Ben Davis Apple a Menace.4C0 
Imunity in Horticu'ture. Part II.401 
Roses on Sandy L-vr.d.461 
Apples on Long Island. Part II.403 
Random Fruit Notes.404 
Maryland Pecans ard Persian Walnuts.404 
Greenhouse Construction for Small Place. 
Part 1.405 
Chemicals for a Garden.407 
Beautifying the Home Grounds. Part III...407 
Rhododendrons on Uncongenial Soil.408 
Vines for House and Porch.408 
Fungus Diseases of Stone Fruits in the Mid¬ 
dle West. Part II.409 
Roses: Li'acs; Pecans.411 
Transplanting Hemlock Spruce.411 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.414 
The Rural Patterns.414 
Cooking for Diabetics.414 
Other Ways with Salt Pork.415 
Two Tested Recipes.415 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Editorials .412 
New York State News.413 
Agricultural Credits in New York.413 
Fake Fire Improvers.413 
Amendments to the Commission Men’s Law..413 
Events of the Week.421 
Tanning With the Fur On.425 
Publisher’s Desk .430 
MARKETS 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending Mar. 7, 1914. 
BUTTER. 
Creamery, extra, lb. 31 @ 3U4 
Good to Choice . 28 @ 80 
Lower Grades. 22 @ 25 
Storage . 22 © 29 
State Dairy, best. 29 @ 3J 
Common to Good. 20 @ 26 
Factory. IS @ 21 
Packing Stock... 15 @ l'j 
Elgin, 111., butter market firm at 30 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 32 cents. 
CHEESE, 
Whole Milk, best. 18 @ ISJ^ 
Common to Good . U @ 17 
Skims. 06 @ 12 
EGGS. 
White, choice to fancy, large . 32 @ 34 
Common to good . 29 @ 30 
Mixed colors, best. 29 @ 30 
Common to good. 27 @ 23 
Storage, best. 25 @ 26 
Medium and low grades . 20 @ 23 
European, fresh. 22 @ £3 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples—Spitzonburg, bbl. 4 00 @ 6 50 
Spy .. 4 CO @6 00 
King. 4 (10 @ 5 50 
Greening . 4 00 @ 5 75 
Winesap . 4 50 @ 6 UO 
Newtown. 6 0!) @7 00 
York Imperial. 4 00 @ 6 00 
Baldwin. 4 i>0 @5 50 
Western, box. 1 50 @ 3 00 
Pears—Kieffer. bbl . 200 @2 75 
Strawberries, Fla., qt. 20 @ CO 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs.. 4 55 @ 5 30 
Medium . 3 50 @ 3 55 
Pea . 3 25 @ 3 55 
Red Kidney. 5 11 @ 5 20 
White Kidney. 5 75 @6 80 
Yellow Eye . 4 6(1 @ 4 71) 
Lima, California. 6 00 @6 10 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 43 @ 45 
Common to good. 40 @ 42 
Pacific Coast . 20 @ 24 
Old stock. 15 @ 18 
German crop. 6S @ 72 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes—Long Island, bbl. 3 00 @3 25 
Maine, 180 lbs. 2 75 @8 00 
State, bulk, ISO lbs. 2 62 @ 2 S7 
European, 168 lb. bag. 1 00 @ 2 00 
Bermuda, bbl, . 4 0o @ 6 00 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl. 1 50 @ 2 00 
Beets, bbl. 1 50 w 2 00 
Carrots, bbl. 1 50 @ 2 25 
Cabbage. Danish seed, ton .'24 00 @38 00 
Red . . 24 no @28 i’ll 
Imported . . .20 00 @25 00 
New, bbl. crate ..1 TO @ 1 75 
Chicory, bbl. 2 00 @3 00 
Kale, bbl. 75 @ 1 00 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 2 00 @5 00 
Onions—White bu. 1 75 @2 50 
Red. 100 lb bag . 3 00 @3 25 
Okra, bu. 2 00 @ 3 00 
Peppers. Southern, bu. 1 50 @ 2 25 
Peas. Southern, bu. 2 00 @ 4 00 
Shallots, bbl. 3 00 @ 3 50 
Salsify, 1(0 bunches . 5(0 @6 00 
Spinach, bbl. 2 00 @ 3 00 
String Beans, bu. 2 00 @ 4 50 
Squash. Marrow, bbl . 2 25 @3 00 
Hubbard, bbl. 2 25 @3 00 
New, bu. 1 50 @ 2 50 
Egg Plants. Southern, bn. 2 00 @ 3 00 
Tomatoes. Southern. 6 bkt. crate _ 125 @3 00 
Turnips, white, bbl. 1 25 @ I 50 
Rutabaga . 75 @ 1 15 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS. 
Cucumbers. No. 1, doz. 1 00 @ 1 50 
No. 2, box. 2 00 2 50 
Mushrooms, lb. 15 @ 40 
Radishes, 100 bunches. 1 00 @ 3 00 
Tomatoes, lb. 20 @ 30 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens, for fricassee, lb. 15 @ 15><j 
Squab Broilers, pair, fancy. 75 @ 85 
Broilers, fair to good, pair. 45 @ 50 
Roasting chickens, lb. 18 @ 20 
Fowls . 16 @ 17 
Roosters. 12 @ 12J£ 
Ducks. 17 @ 18 
Geese. 13 @ 14 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, fresh killed, best . 24 @ 25 
Common to good. 18 © 24 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb. SO @ 35 
Squab broilers, pair. 75 @ 90 
Rroilers. common to good . 21 @ 25 
Roasters, fancy. 24 @ 25 
Fowls. 14 @ 18 
Capons, choice . 28 @ 30 
Ducks. 18 @ 19 
Geese . 13 @ 17 
Squabs, doz.. 2 50 @5 50 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay. Timothy No. 1. ton . 20 50 @21 00 
Standard.i8 60 @19 50 
No. 2.17 00 @IS0U 
No. 3 .13 00 @16 00 
Clover mixed.13 00 @17 50 
Straw. Rye .15 00 @17 00 
Oat.10 00 @1100 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers.8 15 @ 8 35 
Bulls. 6 00 @ 7 75 
Cows. 4 00 @ 7 0J 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs. 8 50 @12 75 
Culls ... . 4 00 @ 8 4.0 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 4 00 @ 5 13 
Lambs . 8 00 @ 8 75 
Hogs. 8 00 @ 9 25 
M1LLFKED. 
W heat Bran, ton.25 00 @26 00 
Middlings .27 00 @'_9 00 
Red Dog.29 00 @30 50 
Corn Meal.28 00 @29 00 
Linseed Meal.31 00 @31 50 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS. 
Calves, best.15!^@ 16J4 
Fair to good.12 @ 14 
Buacrmilks.09 @ 11 
Lambs, Hothouse, each . 4 00 @6 50 
Pork, light .11 @ 12 
Heavy.08 @ 09 
GRAIN. 
Wheat, No. 1, NorthernSpring. 103 @ 
No. 2. Red . 1 03 @ .. 
No. 2, Hard Winter. 1 01 @ 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 71 @ 73 
Oats,as to weight, bush. 43 @ 46 
Rye . 65 @ 68 
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. 38 @ 40 
Mixed colors, new laid. 32 @ 35 
Ordinary grades. 25 @ 28 
Butler, taney prints, lb. 35 @ 37 
Tub, choice. 30 @ S3 
Chickens, roasting, lb,. 27 @ 30 
Fowls. 22 @ 25 
Turkeys..... 28 @ 32 
Limberneck. 
On page 104 J. O. G. gives as a remedy 
for limber-neck the ax. This is not 
necessary. In August of last year I 
found three fine Leghorns with this 
peculiar trouble. One was so bad she 
lay with eyes shut and neck stretched 
out, and paid no attention to me. I 
carried them all to the barn and gave 
with an oil can such as is used for oiling 
machinery, a tablespoonful of castor oil 
to each bird. They all lived and in spite 
of husband’s assertion that the remedy 
would make anything want to die, were 
lively and ready to eat the following 
morning. mrs. james lampman. 
White Wyandotte Shape. 
In looking for a cockerel to head one 
of my yards, asking for a “utility” bird 
with an egg record back of him, two of 
the five present said they found it hard 
to keep their egg laying strains to 
standard requirements as to shape of 
body and size of comb. Mrs. Flora A. 
Haynes of Idaho, whose record we greatly 
admire, also writes "My flock has the 
faults (?) you speak of. They are too 
long-bodied (large combs too), as are all 
heavy laying White Wyandottes that I 
have seen pictures of. The English 
White Wyandottes that laid heavier than 
mine at Storrs show in their pictures a 
more pronounced long body than mine 
* * * Therefore I believe it is use¬ 
less to look for extra heavy layers and 
show birds in the same individual.” 
What say Cosgrove and others? 
S. T. W. 
I long ago made up my mind that tlio 
fanciers were mining the White Wyan¬ 
dotte from a utility standpoint, by their 
fad of breeding for a short body- While 
it was true that some of the short-bodied 
birds laid very well, it would be wonder¬ 
ful if none did, yet it was true that the 
longer-bodied birds as a rule were the 
better layers. Several years ago Prof. 
C. K. Graham, then at head of the 
poultry department at Storrs College, 
gave some lectures illustrated with 
lantern slides of 200-egg hens of different 
breeds. In every instance the picture 
showed a very long-bodied bird, no mat¬ 
ter what the breed was. I know a man 
who had bred his Wyandottes until they 
just suited the poultry show judges; he 
won at Springfield show in a large class 
of Wyandottes. I met him a year or 
two afterward in Hartford and inquired 
if he was still breeding Wyandottes? 
“No,” he said, “I got them so they would 
suit the judges, but they wouldn’t lay 
eggs, and what few they did lay wouldn’t 
hatch, so I got rid of all of them.” I 
like to see a hen with a long body, legs 
wide apart and plenty of abdomen; in 
short I want hens to have plenty of 
room in their egg factory. 
GEO. A. COSGROVE. 
Brooding Chicks in a Tent. 
We placed a portable hover ’ in an 
eight-ounce canvas tent (See Fig. 165) 
and after warming it up to 95 degrees 
put under it 100 S. C. White Leghorn 
chicks about 60 hours old- On the feed¬ 
ing board we sprinkled some fine grit 
and gave the chicks warmed water in a 
two-piece drinking fountain. Around the 
hover we made a circle of one-inch mesh 
wire netting one foot high. This was 
to keep the babies from wandering too 
far away until they got better acquainted 
with “mother.” Next morning they were 
given their first feed of rolled oats and 
the fountain was refilled with warmed 
water after they had eaten. Two and a 
half hours later they were given some 
commercial chick food on the feeding 
board with more grit. We continued 
feeding alternately every two and a half 
hours oatmeal and chick food. Second 
day after the tent was warmed up the 
wire was removed and chick food was 
sprinkled in the clover chaff, which had 
been spread about two inches over all the 
Tent For Chicks. Fig. 165. 
floor and under the hover. The third 
day at noon and every day following, 
they were fed from a dry mash composed 
as follows: 15 pounds bran, 10 pounds 
middlings, 10 pounds cornmeal, six 
pounds sifted meat scraps, two pounds 
fine granulated charcoal, two pounds bone 
meal. This they ate from shallow pans. 
When one week old they were allowed 
the run of a portable yard 6x16. 
After two weeks this yard was re¬ 
moved, and they had a yard in the or¬ 
chard 40 feet square. We carried an 
average temperature of 92 to 95 degrees 
the first week, reducing gradually to from 
88 to 90 the second week, and from 80 
to 85 the next two weeks. During the 
warm part of the day. when the chicks 
were two weeks old. the lamp was put 
out. The temperature outside was as 
low as 32 degrees. On the tenth day one 
chick died, and also one on the twenty- 
first day, apparently from eating dried 
grass in the yard. This left us 98 chicks, 
which when 2S days old required no more 
heat. We like the tent for several rea¬ 
sons. The light is so even—no dark 
corners nor bright sunshine spots for 
chicks to huddle in instead of going 
under the hover to warm up. Then there 
is plenty of fresh air and a tent is easy 
to change to fresh ground. Also the cost 
of a tent and hover combined is less 
than that of a colony house of wood. 
New York. f. m. van syckle. 
Subscribers Exchange 
WANTED for Connecticut Agricultural College. 
Instructor of I’oultrv Husbandry. Grad¬ 
uate of Agricultural College, with teaching and 
practical experience. Salary. $125 per month. 
Also Manager of Poultry Plant, college course 
required: $75 per mouth. Tests will be held 
March 2:3 at Hartford. Conn., or elsewhere to 
suit convenience. Send for application to State 
Civil Service Commission, Capitol, Hartford, 
Conn. 
35-T.B. COLT ACETYLENE GAS MACHINE for 
sale or exchange in good condition; full equip¬ 
ment. including pipes, brackets, etc. Price $50. 
J. B. BROWN, Bridgeliamptou, L. I., N. Y. 
SPRAYING, OUTFIT FOR SALE — 200-gallon 
tank: spiral agitator: Gould’s triplex pump: 
J Fairbanks engine. 3 horse-power: mounted on 
steel trucks with brakes: nearly new $150. F. 
ROSSMAX. Yalatie. N. Y. 
FARM—108 acres, best eorn land. $100 per acre. 
Address owner. D. E. CHILD. Findlay, Ohio. 
1 FOR SALE—182-acre farm: particulars, photo. 
W. T.. HANNAH, Freeport. Me. 
! SOUTH FLORIDA lake front fruit land to ex 
change for fruit land in New England or New 
j York. E. PUTNEY, Avon Park. Florida. 
5S5 ACRES—Dutchess County: choice dairy 
farm; two sets buildings: lake. Inquire, 
F. R. KEATOR. Attorney at Law, 22 Exchange 
Place, New York. 
I 50 ACRES FOR SALE—7-room house, barn, 
granary, hog pen. lien coop, milk house; all 
in good condition: 125 maple trees. 100 apple 
| trees: half mile from town: spring water at 
; house. Price $1,500: $500 down. FRED 
DRAKE. Shingle House, Pa. 
SPECIAL FARM FOR SALE—91-acre farm, I * 1 .. 
miles from Quakertown, near trolley line; 
bank barn for 30 head, and other outbuildings; 
l plenty of fruit, good water: six acres of woods: 
' all fields machine worked for quick sale. $6,500. 
; IRWIN NEIL, Quakertowu, R. D. No. 2. Bucks 
j County, Pa. 
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recently, we open a department here to enable 
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Products, Help and Positions Wanted admitted. 
For subscribers only. Dealers, jobbers and gen¬ 
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advertisements will go under proper headings on 
other pages. Seed and Nursery advertisements 
will not be accepted for this column. 
WANTED—Married man that understands dairy 
and poultry on a private place. Mr. ARTHUR 
BENNETT, Snpt-., Siegfried, Pa. 
GARDENER SEEKS SITUATION—Age 29: good 
references. S. STEVENSON, R. D. No. 5, 
Simeoe, Ontario. 
WANTED FARM HAND—Married; wages $30; 
cottage, garden. Connecticut. E. C. W., care 
R. N.-Y.. 333 West. 30th St., New York. 
WANTED AT ONCE—Two men to work in dairy 
barn. Address WOODCREST FARM, Rifton, 
WANTED—Single man to work on fruit and 
dairy farm; must be good milker: no cigar¬ 
ettes or booze. ROX 279, Wilson. N. Y. 
WANTED—Position as foreman of farm by 
young married man of experience and ability; 
best references. R. D. 50, BOX 72, Rhinebeck, 
N. Y. 
WANTED AT ONCE—A reliable married man 
for farm work; give age. family and wages 
in first letter. J. B. BRIGGS, Great Barring¬ 
ton. Mass. 
1912 GRADUATE of New York State College of 
Agriculture desires responsible position: good 
references. W. N. J., care R. N.-Y., 333 West 
30th St.. New York. 
WANTED—a single man as poultryman; state 
experience and wages expected in first letter; 
references required. GRASSLAND FARMS, 
Chapinville, Conn. 
WANTED—Sober, industrious man to assist with 
orchard, greenhouse, poultry: some experience 
necessary: $50; single preferred: references re¬ 
quired. C. R. WILLIAMSON. Lancaster, N. Y. 
FARM FOREMAN; married, one child; under¬ 
stands the care of horses, cows and poultry; 
also first-class gardener: wages $60 and found. 
G. McNALLY. 206 West 21st St., New York City. 
FARMER—Wanted married man as working 
farmer: house, fuel and farm produce sup¬ 
plied: give references and wages desired; West¬ 
chester County. Address W. A. F., care R. 
N.-Y.. 333 West 30th St., New York. 
WANTED—Cheerful, willing and efficient wom¬ 
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miles from Boston: no washing: permanent posi¬ 
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CRANE, 224 Huntington Ave.. Boston. 
WANTED—A man, either single or married, 
with no children, as working foreman on a 
small farm; wages and a commission will be 
paid. W. P., care R. N.-Y., 333 West 30th St., 
New York. 
FARM MANAGER wants position; married; 38 
years: practical life experience, all branches; 
first-class executive ability; sober, honest, reli¬ 
able: reference; state salarv. Address TRUST¬ 
WORTHY. care R. N.-Y., 333 West 30th St., 
New York. 
WANTED—Position on farm by capable, experi¬ 
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course graduate; good milker, good teamster: 
understands care of poultry and stock: best ref¬ 
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St.. New York. 
POSITION WANTED BY AMERICAN, age 42. 
as working farm manager or superintendent on 
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crops and Alfalfa, soiling, farm machinery, 
gasoline engines, poultry, etc.; best references; 
please give particulars and wages. Address 
P. O. BOX 16. Duinmerston Station, Vermont. 
FARM FOR SALE—For particulars address 
Airs. N. AI. K1STLER, Emporia. Virginia. 
FOR SALE—A suburban fruit and poultry farm. 
Address I. OWEN, P. O., Paterson, N. J. 
600 ACRES South Jersey farm, best climate, 
markets; location; $20 an acre. PURVIS, 
Roseuhayn, N. J. 
WANTED TO RENT, with the option to pur¬ 
chase, a small equipped poultry farm. J. V. T.. 
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