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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, April 4, 1914. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Puncher and Tongs.514 
Special Need of Phosphoric Acid.....514 
Growing Hairy Vetch for Seed.. ..515 
Lime Ahead of Potatoes.516 
Fodder Crops for One Acre.517 
Cabbage Maggots .518 
Conducting a Pea Cannery.519 
Believes in Manure Spreaders...519 
Good Seed and a Fanning Mill.519 
The Farm Sale.522 
Beets, Carrots and Parsnips.522 
Scientific Cultivation of Corn.522 
Soaking Seed Potatoes for Scab.523 
Potato Blight in Winter.523 
Sulphur and Iron Pyrites as a Fertilizer.523 
Sweet Potato Questions.525 
The Use of Commercial “Humus”.527 
The Maple Sugar Season.527 
Seeding Alfalfa .529 
The Culture of Horseradish.529 
Hope Farm Notes.530 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Training a Saddle Horse.613, 514 
Corn Feeding for Mules.536 
Points for the Hampshire Sheep.536, 537 
Feed for Freshening Cow.538 
Light or Dark Cottonseed.538 
Cow Ration for Timothy Hay.538 
Feeding Work Horses.538 
Feeding Young Cows......538 
Ration for Young Pigs.538 
Feeding for Milk.538 
A Small Silo.539 
White Particles in Butter.539 
The Milch Goat.539 
Packing Butter . 539 
Care of English Rabbits.539 
Grain Hay . 539 
Wisconsin and Holstein Cattle,....540 
Feeding Dairy Calves. 540 
Power for Separator.540 
A Hoghouse .541 
Give Us a New Dog Tax. 541 
Harness Oil .541 
An Experience With Selling Cows.542 
Two Acres of Hog Pasture..542 
Wood and Stone Silos.542 
Indian Runners; Hatching Laying Stock.544 
White Diarrhoea .544 
Roup and Breeding Stock. 544 
Stove-heated Henhouse .544 
Skim-Milk for Chicks.544 
Suspected Tuberculosis .544 
Utilizing Old Hens. ........544 
The Egg-Laying Contest.545 
Fat Laying Hens.545 
Hens Lay After Dark.545 
Poultry Dog; Pasture for Hens.545 
House for 200 Hens. 545 
Damp Henhouse .446 
Ailing Turkeys .446 
Leg Weakness in Chicks.......446 
Feeding Laying Ducks.446 
Feeding Green Bone.446 
Mating Breeding Pens....446 
White or Brown Hens. 446 
Sending Eggs to Custom Hatchers.447 
Rough Eggs .447 
Imperfect Eggs . 447 
The Mule as a Farm Animal......548 
Churn or Creamery.£48 
Butter Fat and Butter.£48 
Rattling in Throat.549 
Picking Cut the Profit Makers.549 
Pulping Mangels in Cider Mill.549 
HORTICULTURE. 
Hardiness of Peaches. 514 
Growing the Osage Melon for Profit.....515 
Labels for a Large Orchard.516 
Grafting Black Walnuts.516 
Grafting Walnuts in Pennsylvania.516 
Training Young Trees.516 
A Handy Greenhouse.517 
Garden Peas . 517 
Ventilating a Greenhouse.518 
Building an Apple House.518 
Worm Killers .518 
Rossncy Pear .520 
Care of Raspberries.520 
Hardy Peach Buds.520 
An Old Man’s Tree Planting.527 
Fertilizing a Garden.528 
Waterproofing Muslin for Frames.528 
Planting Time for Vegetables.528 
Planting City Lots. 528 
Ohio Horticultural Notes.529 
Strawberries in Florida.531 
A Business in Flower Culture.531 
New York Flower Show...531 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.534 
The Unknown Teacher.534 
Boys in Housecleaning.534 
The Rural Patterns.535 
Chocolate Buds . 535 
Glimpses of Life in Colorado.535 
Oatmeal Crisps . 535 
Hot Beverages Wanted. 535 
Holland Cheese Loaf.535 
Removing Plaster Dust.535 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Ownership of Timber Along Roadside.521 
Title to Property on Seashore.....521 
“More or Less” in Deeds.521 
Owner’s Right in Adjoining Stream.521 
Getting Rid of Gray Squirrels.521 
Postal Package for Boiled Cider.523 
Taking Kinks Out of a Rope.518 
Events of the Week..... 524 
Editorials . 532 
The Food and Market Bill. 533 
Financing Southern Cotton Planters.533 
Those New York City Workers.533 
New York State News. 533 
Markets.543, 551 
Publisher’s Desk .550 
/ PRODUCTS, PRICES AND TRADE. 
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The Census Bureau states that we 
raised 7.383,557,500 pounds of cotton in 
1913. Its total value, including seed, 
will be about $1,000,000,000, or $80,- 
000,000 more than last year. 
I enclose New York quotations on im¬ 
ported eggs, 29 cents; State. 20, and 
would like to know why European eggs, 
which are on the water a week, and 
several days before that getting to steam¬ 
er, should bring several cents more than 
ours which are in New York 10 hours 
after express company gets them, and we 
are sending every day so they must be 
fresh. S. L. P. 
Cayuga Co., N. Y. 
The quotation referred to, from an up¬ 
state newspaper, is either a typographi¬ 
cal error or an item that has not been 
revised for several weeks, when eggs were 
much higher. At present there are but 
few European eggs on this market. Some 
are on the way, expected to sell at about 
22 cents if they show up well on arrival. 
Is it a business proposition to import 
eggs in natural state from Germany or 
Eastern Russia? If so, is it practiced 
by egg dealers and how can the eggs be 
compared with the native product. 
Massachusetts. N. n. 
Some eggs have been shipped to New 
York from Germany and Russia during 
the past season. Part were fresh and 
part limed or otherwise preserved. The 
quality was only fair and price ranged 
from 20 to 25 cents at time when good 
native eggs were bringing 10 to 15 cents 
more. There may be some future in this 
business, but it can be profitable only at 
times when eggs are scarce and high here. 
There is always risk of considerable dam¬ 
age on shipboard from heavy weather or 
heating. 
A coming industry in salmon and weak- 
fish has been started in Greenland. The 
output last year was about 3,000 one- 
pound cans. w. w. H. 
WORLD’S CROPS. 
The U. S. Bureau of Statistics states 
that the world’s reported corn area is 
about 170,000,000 acres. 130,000.000 be¬ 
ing in North and South America. The 
United States planted 105.000,000 acres 
and Argentina, 10.000.000. Southern 
Europe grows about 30.000,000 acres, 
mainly round flint varieties. Nearly 4,- 
000.000 acres are planted in Italy. Hun¬ 
gary and the adjoining States produced 
500,000,000, on 20,000.000 acres. Rou- 
mania, Bulgaria. Servia and Russia ex¬ 
port from 50.000,000 to SO,000,000 bush¬ 
els. At present Argentina exports the 
greater proportion of its corn, sending 
4,600,000 bushels to the United States 
during the last four months of 1913. the 
price of this corn at New York ranging 
from 73 to 80 cents per bushel, which was 
somewhat less than our native corn 
brought. The Argentine corn is mainly 
small kernel flint.- 
The area in oats is about 144,000,000 
acres, 85.000,000 in Europe, 38,500,000 
in United States, and 10.500.000 in Can¬ 
ada. European Russia alone exceeds the 
United States with 43,000,000 acres. The 
per acre yield in Canada last year was 
about 40 bushels, United States, 30; Ar¬ 
gentina, 40; Germany, 60; France, 32; 
Italy, 35; Russia, 28. 
Russia leads in production of barley, 
the last crop being 574.11S.000 bushels, 
on an area of 31.197,000 acres; United 
States. 17S.1S9.000; Austria- Hungary, 
158,628,000; Germany, 188,709,000; 
Spain, 68.772.000; Great Britain. 67,- 
727,000; Japan, 101.119.000 bushels. 
Rye covers about 108,000.000 acres. 
95 per cent, being in Europe. Russia 
produces far more than all other coun¬ 
tries together. 1.002,468.000 on 74,990,- 
000 acres; Germany, 481,169,000; Aus- 
tria-IIungarv, 164.574.000; United States, 
41.3S1.000. 
The world’s potato yield averages 
about 5,945,846,000 bushels, Germany 
producing 31 per cent, of this on 8.257,- 
000 acres. Russia exceeds Germany in 
area, 10,975,000 acres, but falls nearly 
500,000,000 short in yield. Other large 
acreages are: Austria-Hungary. 6,013,- 
000; France, 3,863,0( 4; United States, 
3,711,000. Only 28 per cent, of the Ger¬ 
man crop is used for human food, the 
remainder being fed to live stock or dis¬ 
tilled. 
Argentina has about 3,716.000 acres in 
flax; British India, 3,757,000; Russia, 
3,428,000; and the United States and 
Canada 4,873,000 acres. The yield of 
seed from these countries is about 96,- 
000,000 bushels. 
The ground has been frozen up and 
covered with snow for six weeks; the 
first good sleighing snow to last anytime 
in 20 years. The last week of January 
and about three days in February warm, 
and farmers plowed a good many acres; 
none since. Selling of milk by farmers is 
in the increase to the ice cream estab¬ 
lishments and to the stores in coke re¬ 
gion ; 85 cents for 20% cream, or 25 
cents per gallon for whole milk. Tree 
fruit, especially peaches and cherries, 
badly killed; wheat tops very brown 
but root looks all right. Grass so far 
very nice, also strawberries, as there has 
been no freezing and thawing. Cows are 
scarce and high. Buyers are bringing in 
from other counties, and holding sales 
where they run anywhere from $70 to 
$115. Good horses high and scarce. 
Corn, home grown, pretty well used up. 
Dunbar, Pa. J. t. s. 
All reports of examination of peach 
buds show no life in them, caused first by 
the warm weather in December and Jan¬ 
uary swelling the buds and making them 
more tender, then in February 10 to 20 
degrees below zero. Even the hardier 
kinds are almost entirely killed. 
Ashtabula, O. w. c. b. 
Prices for week ending March 21; 
Timothy hay $12.50; clover hay $10; 
mixed hay $11.50; straw $5.50, deliver- 
ered to elevator, baling paid for by pur¬ 
chaser. Oats 36: corn 80 per cwt.; 
wheat 91; clover seed $7.25; steers 614 
to 7; hogs, dressed $10.60; potatoes 80; 
eggs IS; hens 13. H. H. 
New Haven, Ind. 
Plenty of snow at present, but it will 
soon have to go now. There are a great 
many sales at this time here, so many 
people moving to better themselves of 
course. Good heavy sound horses are 
bringing $250; cows are very high, $60 
to $100 each. A cow with black and 
white color brings* the highest price, re¬ 
gardless of some other point that she 
might lack. Cabbage $20 per ton; hay 
$14 ; potatoes 60 per bushel; butter 25; 
eggs 23. w. d. s. 
Newfane, N. Y. 
Corn 75 to 80; we had only half crop. 
Oats 57; wheat 95 to $1. half crop; 
bran $1.25 at mill; Timothy hay $15; 
clover hay $13; potatoes $1.10. Milch 
cows $40 to $60: calves $9; horses $125 
to $150; sheep $4; lambs $5 to $7; beef 
cattle $7 per 100; hogs $7 to $8.40; 
butter 20; milk 20; skim-milk 10 cents 
per gallon at farm. Eggs 25; chickens 
12 cents; young roosters 9; young chick¬ 
ens 15 and 16. Gardening crops only 
for home consumption; a good many ap¬ 
ples raised here. I have about 1,200 
trees; had a half crop last year, but did 
not ship to commission house, stocked 
them myself and sold them at $1 per 
bushel this Winter. I have a good many 
cherries, plums and peaches, which we 
sell on farm for good prices. Grapes 
bring 2% to three cents per pound on 
farm. We make a good many ties, prices 
are for black oak 28 cents; white oak 
45 cents apiece; props, black oak five to 
seven cents, white oak 9 to 10 cents apiece. 
We have a good deal building material 
made which brings us $15 per 1,000. In 
Summer we keep boarders from city, so 
make good home use of our vegetables, 
frnits, eggs and butter. a. b. 
Bourbon. Mo. 
rz ITieTl Hito Dike hungry wolves 
2 r 1SI1 RSlie any time of the year 
if you use Magic-Fisb-Lnre. Best 
fish bait ever discovered. Keeps you busy 
pulling them out. Write to-dav and get a 
box to help introduce it. Agents wanted. 
J. F. Gregory, Dept. 99 St. Louis, Mo 
The FARMERS’ BUREAU SUSTr?; 
arricultural help. Oniv first class farm help and positions solic¬ 
ited. Reft*rene»*s investigated. Scientific advice on farm prob¬ 
lems. Dept. R, 150 Nassau St., N. Y. Phone, 5565 Beekmau 
DO YOU NEED FARM HELP 
We have many able-bodied young men both with 
and w thout farming experience, who wish to work 
on farms. If you need a good, steady, sober man, 
write for an order blank. Ours is a philanthropic 
organization and we make no charge to employer 
or employee. Our object is the eneonragement of 
farming among .Tews, THE JEWISH AGRICULTURAL 
SOCIETY, 176 Second Avenue, New York City. 
Subscribers’ Exchange 
SHENANDOAH VALLEY FRUIT AND TRUCK 
Farm, within mile of Military Academy; 
female seminarv. and high school buildings. 
Address PRIVATE BOX, N. Kud Kent, Win¬ 
chester, Ya. 
WANTED A FARM—No less than 10 acres, 
about 50 miles from New York, about two 
miles from railroad station; give full descrip¬ 
tion. GEO. DELECOURT, Spring Valley, N. Y. 
Ilox 530. 
WANTED—Small dairy and fruit farm. 25 to 
100 acres, good tillable soil, conveniently located 
in Orange, Ulster, or Dutchess counties: terms 
cash. Address L. P.. S., care R. N.-Y., 333 W. 
30th St., New York. 
FOR SAI.E—260-acre dairy farm, with stock 
and tools; double house for two families; 
roomers or summer boarders; fine summer home; 
for photo, and description address G. C. VAL¬ 
ENTINE, Deposit, N. Y. 
'FRUIT, TRUCK, POULTRY FARM FOR SALE 
—36 acres, excellent location and market; good 
buildings; all kinds fruit; strong soil; with or 
without stock, etc.: buy direct, saving commis¬ 
sion. HOMER TWEED, Quakertown. Pa. 
FOR SALE—570-acre farm. P.runswick County, 
Ya.; splendid ten-room dwelling; all neces¬ 
sary out-buildings; one mile from depot; on good 
improved road: good land. Address N. F. NEB- 
LETT, Meredithville. Ya. 
120 ACRES, NEW MEXICO—Grows anything; 
fruits, vegetables. Alfalfa: delightful climate: 
abundant pure water; near prosperous county 
seat and railroad: price reasonable. GEORGE 
SUMMERS. Inter-Southern Bldg.. Louisville, Ky. 
FOR SALE—Boarding house and dairy farm. 
128 acres: stables for 44 cows; milk station 
on farm; house has 30 rooms; accommodates 50 
guests: modern conveniences; telephone: price; 
$11,000. Write for photos, and terms. Address. 
OWNER, Willow Brook Cottage. Wallkill, N. Y.‘ 
MODEL POULTRY FARM—Successful business 
proposition, fully equipped with thoroughbred 
stock; 35 acres; capacity 3.000: large dwelling, 
mile from railroad: profits will return 20 per 
eeut. on investment; $15,000, part cash. BOX 256, 
Beverly, N. J. 
FOR SALE—One of the best farms in the Con¬ 
necticut Valley: 125 acres, stock and tools 
included; 12 -room house; plenty of out-buildings; 
bam 42x84. with basement; running water at 
house and barn: plenty of wood, lumber, fruit, 
cherries and berries of all kinds. Address 
M. HOLMAN, Unionvllle, Conn. 
SPECIAL FARM FOR SAI.E—91-acre farm, 1U. 
miles from Quakertown. near trolley line; 
bank barn for 30 head, and other outbuildings; 
plenty of fruit, good water; six acres of woods; 
all fields machine worked for quick sale. $6,500. 
IRWIN NEIL, Quakertown. It. I). No. 2, Bucks 
County. Pa. 
100-ACRE FARM FOR SALE—IS miles from 
Boston, near two fast trolley lines and rail¬ 
road; all fields machine worked: line old 11 -room 
house, with all modern improvements, shaded by 
four magnificent elms; new barn, some fruit; 
productive land: good roads; best of markets. 
M. 1.. FESK. Billerica, Mass. 
FOR SAI.E—Farm of about 140 acres, situated 
in suburb of large city; 50 acres or tuo-e hard 
wood, fit to cut; farm will carry 25 cows, and 
milk sells at 5’L> cents a quart at farm. 9 cents 
at city, 25 minutes’ drive away. Here is a 
place the right man can make good money with, 
and the probable increase in the value of land 
will be large in uear future. $5,000 down and 
balance as agreed. Address BOX 254, New Bed¬ 
ford. Mass. 
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. 
POUI.TRYMAN—experienced, single, reliable; 
best references. WEIN, 366 Ninth Ave.. New 
York. 
YOUNG MAN. 21 years, wants position on 
poultry farm; experienced; doesn’t drink or 
smoke. DROUT, 24 Edson St., Corona, N. Y. 
FARM HANDS WANTED in institution work; 
salary $32 a month and maintenance to begin 
with. Address SUPERINTENDENT, Letch- 
worth Village, Thiells, N. Y. 
WANTED—White woman for general housework 
on farm; three adults; no outside work: ref¬ 
erence given and required: $5 a week. SIGNAL 
FARM, Sewickley, Pa. 
WANTED—Capable, experienced, general house- 
worker; country, where few boarders are kept; 
reference given and required. K. H., Mont¬ 
gomery, N. Y. 
FARM MANAGER WANTS responsible position, 
or will buy or rent good dairy, poultrv, fruit 
farm. H. J. L., care R. N.-Y., 333 West 30th 
St., New York. 
YOUNG WOMAN must be out of city next two 
months; will help in house or garden; salary 
secondary. M. B., care It. N.-Y., 333 W. 30tii 
St., New York. 
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. 
POSITION WANTED—Young man, 21. intelli¬ 
gent, ambitious and desirous of learning farm¬ 
ing: willing worker: mother good German cook. 
J. McGUFFIN, 191 St. Nicholas Ave., New York 
City. 
TWO AMBITIOUS niGH SCHOOL GRADUATES 
wish positions, together or singly, on farm 
this summer; right young men for small farmer 
wishing help: wages no object. A. FINK, 
Ridgefield Park. N. J. 
WANTED POSITION to care for boats and ma¬ 
chinery, gentleman's estate; licensed engineer, 
pilot, hunter: carpentering: sober, industrious; 
satisfaction guaranteed. Address O. H. C., care 
R. N.-Y., 333 West 30th St.. New York. 
WANTED—Position as manager of large farm 
or orchard: would like to become partner or 
owner If satisfactory; best of references; am 
natural horticulturist, with training and prac¬ 
tice and executive ability. A. E. JOHNSON, 
Iola, Wis. 
YOUNG MAN—Practical farmer, with scientific 
and business education, desires position a« 
secretary or assistant to owner or manager of 
large farm or farm corporation: single: highest 
references. Address SECRETARY, care R. N.-Y.. 
333 West 30th St.. New York. 
TEMPERATE. PRACTICAL MANAGER, with 
some technical training wanted immediately 
for modern 170-acre farm: Alfalfa, potatoes, 
cows, pigs; desirable, permanent place for party 
willing to demonstrate at reasonable salary for 
first year. A. F. HOWES, 6 West Market St.. 
Wilkes-Barre. Pa. 
POSITION WANTED—-As manager of gentle¬ 
man's private estate by experienced married 
American, small family. 32 years old; thorough¬ 
ly understands all branches of farming, garden¬ 
ing and greenhouse work, and can furnish best 
of references: eight years in charge of present 
position. THOMAS A. CLARK, care of Burnett 
Bros., New York City. 
WANTED—Potato planter and digger. FRANK 
HARDING. Milford. Mass. 
FOR SALE—14 Prairie State Universal hovers 
with regulators. 1913 model. $4.25 each. Just 
half price. H. BACON. Berwyn. Maryland. 
FOR SALE—25 International Hovers: used sea¬ 
son 1913; $6 each. W. H. SCHROM, Berwyn, 
Maryland. 
WILL EXCHANGE a new No. 12 DeLaval Sepa 
rator for good 6 horse-power gasoline engine 
or registered Jersey heifer calf. L. A. CATHER. 
Fairmont. W. Va. 
BUY OF THE FARMER—Coarse Timothy Hay. 
CHANDLER BROS.. New Gloucester. Me. 
PURCHASE ALFALFA HAY direct of the pro¬ 
ducer and save money. F. P. ERKENBECK, 
Fayetteville, N. Y. 
WANTED—A carload of Alfalfa or Clover Hay: 
state price and quality. J. W. MILLER. 
Princeton, N. J.: R. 1). 2. 
THE ONONDAGA COUNTY FARM BUREAU 
is prepared to quote prices on Alfalfa, Timothy 
and Clover hay. 112 COURT HOUSE. Syracuse. 
N. Y. 
FARM—168 aeres. best eorn land, $100 per acre. 
Address owner, D. E. CHILD, Findlay. Ohio. 
FOR SALE—My farm of 245 acres; particulars 
address R. N. FAIRBANK, Bernardston, Mass. 
93 ACRES and 12 ACRES—Two aeres in grapes. 
Inquire N. M. K1STLER, Emporia, Va. 
30 ACRES good land for $250. M. RIGEL, 
Yellow Pine. Ala. 
FOR SAI.E—16 aeres fruit farm. J. C. SYVON, 
Sheridan. Oregon. 
WANTED—Good 50-aere farm for fruit, with 
buildings, water; state price and full par¬ 
ticulars: no agents. G. H. S., 405 Fourth St., 
New York City. 
46 ACRES—Fine cultivation: large house and 
barn; all kinds fruit trees, strawberries, 
never-failing water. HATTIE C. BENDER. 
Halsey Valley, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—80-aere irrigated farm in Idah > 
fruit belt, close to electric car; telephone and 
R. F. D.; live stock, machinery: easy payments. 
Address owner, G. PR1MBS, Caldwell, Idaho. 
