1914. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
755 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, May 23, 1914. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Discussion of a Cabbage Crop..... 739 
“'Building Up” a Poor Soil.739 
”Frenching” of Corn.,740 
Oats and Sparrows.....740 
Scabby Potatoes ..740 
Rye Questions ..740 
Killing Out Johnson Grass.741 
Handling a Muck Soil.743 
Grimm Alfalfa .743 
Hope Farm Notes. 744 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Buying a Purebred Bull. 750 
American Jersey Cattle Club.750, 751 
The Egg-Laying Contest. 752 
The Figures on Baby Chicks.752 
Feeding Young Chicks.753 
Poor Hatch .753 
Loss of Young Chicks...753 
HORTICULTURE. 
Mushrooms in the House Cellar.737, 738 
Arsenate with Lime Sulphur......740 
Spraying to Save Material.741 
Bee Moth; Squash Borer.743 
Watermelon and Corn Questions.743 
Water Cress on the Farm.743 
Failing Boxwood .745 
Advice to a Nut Planter.745 
Mice Gnawing Peach Trees...745 
Wayne Co., N. Y., Fruit Notes.745 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 748 
The Rural Patterns.748 
Seen in New York Shops.748 
Making and Serving of Beverages.749 
More Notes from Colorado.749 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Poison Ivy . 738 
Experience with an Express Company.738 
The Local Store Question.739 
Events of the Week.742 
Protecting the Bank of a Stream.743 
Training a Dog...743 
Editorials . 746 
Organising the Land Bank.747 
Land Bank of the State of New York. Part 
IV.747 
The Farmer or the Pheasant.......747 
New York State News.747 
Publisher’s Desk .754 
Humorous . 756 
Products, Prices and Trade. 
PRODUCE RECEIPTS AT NEW YORK. 
Week ending May .4. 
Butter, lbs. 3.065.160 
Eggs. dor.. 5,533,536 
Apples, bushels . 55.300 
Potatoes, bushels . 103.700 
Hay. tons. 7-532 
Wheat, bushels . 962.500 
Corn, bushels.. 34.350 
Oats, bushels....... 408.000 
Wholesale Prices at New York. 
Week Ending May 15, 1914. 
MILK. 
The Borden milk schedule to producers 
for the six months beginning with April 
is as follows, compared with last year. 
This is per 100 pounds in the 20-cent 
zone. For 
schedule is 
April .. .. 
the 20 and 32-cent zones the 
10 cents less for all months: 
1014 1013 
.$1.50 $1.50 
June . 
. 1.10 
1.10 
July . 
1.35 
August .. . 
. 1.40 
1.45 
September 
. 1.50 
1.55 
Figuring 86 pounds to the 40-quart can 
the per quart price is as follows: April, 
3.01 cents; May, 2.47; June. 2.36: July, 
2.68; August. 3.01: September, 3.22. 
I-ast year the following premiums over 
contract prices were paid high-scoring 
dairies: April. May and June, seven 
cents per 100 pounds; July, eight; Au¬ 
gust. 10; September and October, 11; 
November, five.' 
Wholesale prices paid by New York 
dealers are running $1.31 and $1.41 for 
B and C. Hotels and restaurants using 
two to three cans per day are paying 514 
to 514 cents per quart. Two or three 
large milk concerns in New York are 
working up new restaurant trade on the 
basis of $1.85 per 40-quart can. 
BUTTER. 
The usual dt feets in changing from 
barn feed to pasture are very noticeable 
in this week’s receipts—a mixture of fla¬ 
vor which many consumers do not like. 
Buyers are taking only enough for cur¬ 
rent needs until this hay-to-grass condi¬ 
tion is over. This naturally makes the 
market unsettled and tending toward low¬ 
er prices. 
Creamery. extra, lb. 26 @ 26V4 
Good to Choice . 22 @ 24 
Lower Grades. 19 @ 21 
Storage . 17 @ 22 
State Dairy, best. 25 @ 26 
Common to Good..... IS @ 22 
Factory. 14 @ 18 
Packing Stock. 13 @ 17 
Elgin, 111., butter market 26 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery. 26 cents. 
CHKKSK. 
The market is weak and a good many 
cuts in price are noted—one-fourth cent 
regularly, and more if necessary to move 
stock. 
Whole Milk. new. best. 13 @ 14 
Old. best. 17V6® 1SJ4 
Common to good . 12 ® 15 
EGGS. 
Receipts are large, and quality run¬ 
ning poor. Considerable trouble is re¬ 
ported from mixtures of incubator eggs 
with fresh stock. In one instance 18 
dozen out of a 30-dozen case were incu¬ 
bators, with a large proportion of rots 
and spots. Of course such things are 
contrary to law, but who is going to en¬ 
force the law against the man who sends 
sueh stuff to market? Certainly, not the 
dealers in the city. They have all they 
can attend to without looking for further 
trouble. But the law of common sense 
ought to prevent this sort of abuse of 
the egg business. Anyone who thinks he 
is getting fresh-egg prices for these tested- 
out eggs is mistaken. If they are not 
rotten the receiver may make returns at 
what they are worth and not say any¬ 
thing, handling the deal the easiest way. 
White, choice to fancy, large . 22 @ 23 j 
Common to good . 18 @ 21 
Mixed colors, best. 21 ® 22 
Common to good. 17 @ 20 
Western fresh, white. 21 @ 22 
Lower grades. 15 @ 18 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apples in rather free supply and mar¬ 
ket dull except for fancy which are 
scarce. The writer has noticed more 
scald this year than for some time past. 
Strawberries are getting plentiful, and 
selling low, considering the good quality 
of a large proportion of the receipts. 
Apples—Russet, bbl. 3 00 ® i 00 
Spy .. 3 00 • @ 6 <10 
Ben Davis. 3 01) @ 4 00 
Greening . 4.00 @ 6 00 
Newtown .. 6 00 @7 00 
Baldwin. 3 00 @ 5 00 
Western, box. 1 25 @2 25 
Strawberries, Va., qt. 8 @ 12 
Carolina. 8 @ 15 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 4 85 @ 5 40 
Medium . 3 70 @3 85 
Pea . 3 20 @ 3 75 
Red Kidney. 5 70 @5 90 
White Kidney. 5 65 @5 75 
Yellow Eye . 5 25 @ 5 50 
Lima, California. 7 35 @7 40 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 38 @ 40 
Common to good. 35 @ 37 
Pacific Coast . 18 @ 20 
Old stock. 15 @ 18 
German crop. 63 @ 67 
VEGETABLES. 
Market on old potatoes very dull, and 
many sales 25 cents under last week’s 
figures. Prices at some interior points 
are on a higher basis than New York, 
there being less competition with the 
European and new southern crop. Flori¬ 
da stock is selling well and running bet¬ 
ter in quality. Asparagus is in large 
supply from nearby and discounting the 
southern in quality. New cabbage in 
better condition, some having sold up to 
$2 per barrel crate. 
Potatoes—Maine. 180 lbs. 2 37 @ 2 62 
State, bulk. ISO lbs. 2 25 @2 50 
Bermuda, bbl, ..255 @500 
Florida . 2 75 @ 5 35 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl .. 1 00 @ 2 00 
Beets. 100 bunches. 2 00 @6 00 
Cariots. bbl. 1 50 @ 3 00 
Asparagus. California, doz.100 @2 50 
Southern, doz. 75 @150 
Nearby . 1 25 @ 2 75 
Cabbage. New, bbl. crate. 1 25 @ 1 75 
Chicory, bbl.1 (0 @2 00 
Kale, bbl. 50 @ 75 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 25 @ 75 
Onions-Old. 1UU lb. bag . 2 50 @ 3 50 
Southern. New. bu . 1 50 @ 2 25 
Okra, bu . 2 00 @ 3 00 
Peppers. Southern, bu. 2 00 @2 75 
Peas. Southern, bu. 5u @ 1 75 
Shallots, bid. 2 00 ® 2 50 
Salsify. 100 bunches . 1 <U @5 00 
Spinach, bbl. ... . 25 @1 25 
String Beans, bu. 5J @ 3 00 
Squash. New. bu. 50 @125 
Egg Plants. Southern, bn.1 00 @ 3 00 
Tomatoes. Southern. 6 bkt. crate .... 1 OJ @2 50 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS. 
Cucumbers. No. 1, doz. 50 @ 75 
No. 2. box. 2 00 @ 3 50 
Mushrooms, lb. 15 @ 35 
Tomatoes, lb. 15 @ 20 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Broilers, lb. 35 @ 40 
Fowls . 15 @ IS 
Roosters. 11 @ 12 
Ducks. 13 @ 14 
Geese. 10 @ 11 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb. 40 @ 45 
Squab broilers, pair. 7U @ 90 
Broilers, common to good_.... 30 ® 35 
Fowls. 15 @ 18 
Ducks. 8 @ 13 
Geese . 9 @ 14 
Squabs, doz. 2 00 @ 4 50 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Most grades of hay are 50 cents lower, 
medium grades being in surplus. Straw 
market well and prices practically un¬ 
changed. 
llay. Timothy No. 1. ton . 21 50 @22 00 
Standard.21 U0 @21 50 
No. 2.19 00 @20 50 
No. 3 .17 00 @18 09 
Clover mixed.15 00 @20 00 
Straw, Rye .16 00 @17 00 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 7 25 @■7 50 
Bulls. 5 50 @ 7 60 
Cows. 3 25 @ 6 75 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs. 850 @1150 
Culls. 5 (Hi @ 6 00 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 4 25 @ 5 25 
Lambs . S 00 @ S 25 
llogs. 8 50 @ S 90 
sales,” or the highest or lowest prices, but 
are fairly representative of business with 
many thousands of consumers: Roasting 
beef, 11 to 15 cents, according to cut; 
leg of mutton, 1214 I leg of lamb, 15; leg 
of veal 16; pork chops, 18; stewing mut¬ 
ton, eight cents. 
When t $1; potatoes $1 by the car, by 
the bushel $1.10 to $1.15; oats 46; corn 
80; barley 75; rye 75; butter 28; eggs 
18; milk 16 a gallon; lard 16; bacon 
22; beef 14 to 20; veal 18 to 25; cows 
50 to 05; calves, four weeks old. from 
$8 to $10 per 100; fat cattle $7.50 to 
$0; pigs, four weeks old, $6 to $8 per 
pair. p. w. L. 
Balliettsville, Ta. 
Cows, fresh, $80 to $120 as to quality; 
demand for dairy cattle is very brisk. 
Milk at local creamery or shipping sta¬ 
tion $1.20 for a 40-quart can. No local 
butter is offered on market. Eggs 20 to 
21. Farmers in this locality have very 
little to offer outside of milk, eggs and 
poultry. p. m. D. 
No. Branch, N. J. 
Cows $50 and up; butter 28; milk 
six cents quart. A1 hay $14 ; apples 75 
to $1; potatoes 65; onions $1.50; fiats 
45 to 50; corn SO. These prices arc at 
private sale. ii. e. l. 
Rheims, N. Y. 
May 10. Farm horses run from $100 
to $250; mules about the same. At a 
public sale two days ago of unregistered 
Holstoins, prices for milch cows were 
as follows: 27 mature cows averaged 
$106 per head. 31 bred yearling heifers 
$70 per head. Milk delivered at cream¬ 
ery $1.60 per 100 pounds. j. w. c. 
Lincoln, Neb. 
This section produces corn, oats, hogs, 
cattle and horses. Farmers prepare and 
cultivate better than formerly; init more 
ground is plowed each year than should 
be. This is accounted for by the high 
rent paid by tenants, compelling them to 
got every dollar possible from the soil. 
Other farmers who own land, think they 
must do the same, and hence farms are 
getting poorer. But there are some, who 
grow Alfalfa and feed all their crops. 
Silos are getting plentiful; dairy cows 
are taking place of beef cattle. Much 
manure is wasted leaching and burning. 
Farmers are learning to control the San 
Jos£ scale in orchards. Corn 65; oats 
32; hogs 714 cents per pound; prime cat¬ 
tle 8; butcher stuff 7. Horses, chunks, 
$140 to $160; heavy horses $180 to $220; 
drivers $125 to $175. o. g. ii. 
Albany, Ind. 
Subscribers’ Exchange 
Complying: with several suggestions receive l 
recently, we open a department here to enab > 
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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, Ege-s and other live stock 
advertisements will go under proper headings on 
other pages. Seed and Nursery advertisements 
will not he accepted for this column. 
WANTED ON POULTRY FARM — Man and 
wife. E. L. TREWER. Freehold. X. J. 
WANTED—Superintendent 
in Maryland. A. N. L., 
W. 30th St.. New York. 
for small truck fa-m 
care R. N.-Y., 333 
POSITION WANTED—Poultry man with vears 
of exnerience in all lines, including turkevs, 
gepse. dunks and pheasants. C. F. YAKE, 
Lebanon. Pa. 
WANTED-—Good steady farmhand, able to do all 
kinds of farm wo ,- k including milking: state 
wages. RUFUS GERHARD, " R. D. No. 1, 
Weatherly. Ua. 
WANTED POSITION AS HERDSMAN in an 
At Gurnsey herd where an experienced A. R. 
feeder can get results: married, one child. 
BOX 102. Peek-skill. X. Y. 
WANTED—Single man for general farm wn-k. 
Must be strictly sober and honest: good milker; 
wages $25. board and washing. Send reference 
in fi^st letter. OAICHURST FARM, Millerton, 
N. Y. 
WANTED. A PRACTICAL FARMER, to take 
charge of a 34-acre farm near Greenwich, 
Conn. As a special inducement to good, reliable 
man. owner will make no for 
rent. Apply MADAME EUGENIE. 634 'Fifth 
Are., New York. 
CORNET T. AGRICULTURAL STUDENT, finish¬ 
ing third year, who has had five summers’ 
aetual farm experience, desires position during 
mention on an up-to-date fn-m within 100 mi'e? 
of New York: enp give references. C. B. H.. 
411 Dryden Road. Ithaca. N. Y. 
POSTTTON WANTED as working foreman by 
married man. 35 vears oirl. five ebUdren: 
hnstler: tweutv vears’ exnerience: fruit or 
dairy farm preferred: can take eharsre of S') 
cows with no help exeent during harvest: dees 
pot drink. B. J., care R. N.-Y.. 333 West 30th 
St.. New York. 
ALFALFA HAY. F. P. ERKEXBECK, Fayette 
ville, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Car good bav: $15 per ton. f. o. b 
L. H. STREVY. R. D. 47. New Albany. Pa. 
WANTED—2V> bushels each. wh : ta kidney and 
marrow beans. FRIEND TIP.RITTS, New 
Hartford. X. Y. 
Tows $30 to $100; milk from S to 10 
cents per quart; butter 30; eggs 15 
certs per pound; chicken 11; lard 13; 
potatoes 75; corn 75: oats 40; rye 65; 
wheat 05;. Ilay $15; hogs 1014; beef 
cattle, dressed. 1214 to 13; veal calves, 
live, 814 to 9; sheep, live 414; lambs 6. 
Barree, Pa. j. s. 
FOR SALE—Farmers’ Cement Tile Machine. 
used but little: 200 casings for 4 and 5-inr'i 
tile. WANTED—A second-hand lime sower. 
HENRY I.E CLAIR. Cnlosse. N. Y. 
TO EXCHANGE—V Bnrrowes’ home combina¬ 
tion pool and billiard table: perfect condition; 
value $50. Will exchange for pigs. R. I. R. 
bens, or registered Airedale bitch. MEAD, 
Amenia. N. Y. 
May 4. Prices of horses, say from 
$75 to $200: cows from $50 to $S0. 
Hogs $8.50 per cwt.: steers six to seven 
cents: calves 10; lambs six to seven. 
Butterfat 2214 : butter 25; eggs 17; corn 
60 to 65 per 70 pounds; oats 40 to 50 
as to quality, very poor light oats last 
year; wheat 02. Fowls 11; turkey 15; 
potatoes 50 to 65. Spring rather late, 
oats nearly sown and coming up, plow¬ 
ing for corn. Garden truck being plant¬ 
ed : had light frosts last week. We have 
considerable rain past two weeks. Old 
peach trees mostly killed, the younger 
trees seem to he more alive; cherry and 
jilum trees coming to bloom. This is one 
of the best farming counties in the State. 
Land price runs from $65 to $125 to the 
acre. It is a great onion raising coun¬ 
ty. Hundreds of acres raised each year, 
prices about 60 cents per bushel, last 
year. One firm is putting out nearly 100 
acres of onions this year. Farm help 
$25 per month and board, day help 
rather scarce. Wagon from $1 to $1.50 
per day. I think free trade is very wrong 
as it brings our high-priced land in 
competition with tho cheap lands of other 
countries. With the present high wages 
people can well afford to pay the ruling 
prices of produce. tv. d. 
Albion, Ill. 
FOR SALE—A four and one-half and a thir¬ 
teen and one-half horse power gasoline en¬ 
gine. Will sell for seventv-five and two hun¬ 
dred dollars respectively. ONEIDA COMMUNI¬ 
TY. LIMITED, Oneida. N. Y. 
WANTED chean Dutchess Countv farm, equipped. 
Write 41 MEADE AYE.. Uortehester. X. Y. 
GOOD JERSEY FARM-Well located, to rent 
almost frbe to good farmer with good stock 
and tools. L. E., care R. N.-Y., 333 West 30Gi 
S-t., New York. 
DAIRY FARM FOR SALE—240 acres: 40 acres 
timber: located in New York State. 50 miles 
west of Albany. Address C. L. C., care It. 
N.-Y.. 333 West 30th St.. New York. 
WANTED—Productive general and fruit farm. 
aliout 00 acres, with buildings and water; 
state price, terms, full particulars: no agents. 
G. H. S.. 405 Fourth St.. Brooklyn. N. Y. 
MAPLE SHADE FARM—115 acres: large house; 
barns and other buildings: gentleman’s ide.-i 
home on Litchfield Turnpike. For particulars 
I write EDWIN E. SMITH. Watertown. Conn. 
| - 
FOR SALE—-Fruit farm: 3.500 trees—apple. 
reach, pear, quince, cherry: 3 acres strawberries; 
all tillable: ten minutes’ walk to railroad sta¬ 
tion. Price $7,500. K. D. HUFFMAN. Owner, 
Marshall’s Creek. Monroe County. Pa. 
SHENANDOAH VALLEY FRT IT AND TRUCK 
Farm, adjoining city, with churches, high 
school, military academy, female college, public 
library, opera houses, etc.; 3.000 fruit trees. 
Address PRIVATE BOX. N. Kent St.. Winches¬ 
ter, Ya. 
CO U N T R Y - D R ESS K I) M K A TS. 
Calves, best.12 @ 15 
Fair to good.09 @ 11 
Lambs. Hothouse, each . 4 uU @ 7 50 
GRAIN. 
W heat. No. 1. Northern Spring. 1 OS @ 
No. 2. Red . 104 @ .. 
No. 2. Hard Winter. 1 03 @ 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 69 @ 78 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 43 @ 46 
Rye . 65 @ 70 
RETAIL FRICKS 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. 
. 30 
@ 
85 
Mixed colors, new laid. 
. 24 
@ 
25 
Ordinary grades. 
@ 
22 
Butter, fancy prints, lb. 
. ... 32 
@ 
34 
Tub. choice. . 
. 27 
29 
Chickens, roasting, lb. 
. 30 
@ 
32 
Fowls. 
. 25 
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The making of moving picture films in 
this country has become a large industry. 
During the nine months ending March 31. 
we exported 146.000,000 linear feet of 
film. England "takes nearly nine-tenths 
of our film exports. 
* 
Our imports of meats from Argentina 
suce January 1 have been: 208.000 quar¬ 
ters of beef. 73,000 carcasses of mutton 
and 37.000 of lamb. Following are cur¬ 
rent retail prices of meats in New York. 
These are not the figures of “special 
We live too close to Washington, D. 
C., for much farming to be done. About 
half of the inhabitants of this county 
(Alexandria) find employment in the 
city. Quite a lot of milk sold at 16 to 
17. cents per gallon to the middleman, 
Y\ inter price 20 to 22. Some' fruit grow¬ 
ing and trucking: the people along the 
mountain country produce the staple 
crops, such as cattle, hogs, hay. corn and 
wheat. Horses and cows are scarce and 
high. Grain and stock bring as much 
here as in the city. h. c. s. 
Barcroft. Ya. 
SAVE- 
THE- 
HORSE 
NOW—While Working 
hikI sweating. It |x*netrates Imth bone 
an«l tisMiu* reach I bc the cause—ami 
rurea without blistering: or loss of hair. 
A rtlgned i-uarnntoe Contract to 
return money it’remedy tail® on 
Ringbone—Thornpin—SI*A YIN—anti ALL 
—Shoulder. Knee. Ankle. H-»of and Ten¬ 
don Disease. Hut write. HOOK. Sample 
Contract and Advice—ALL FRKfc: (to 
Horse Owners and Managers). Address, 
TROY CHEMICAL CO.,24 Commerce Ave. 
Trade Mark Iter isle roil Binghimton, N. Y. 
Druggists everywhere sell Save-The-Horse WITH ■CON¬ 
TRACT, or we send by Parcel Post or Express paid. 
The FARMERS’ BUREAU SJST,?; 
agricultural help. Only first class farm help and positions solic¬ 
ited. References investigated. Scientific advice on farm prob¬ 
lems. Dept. R, 150 Nassau St., N. Y. Phone, 5565 Beekmau 
COMPLETELY EQCIPPED poultry 
farm, 35 acres: 3.000 capacity: thoroughbred 
stock: plenty fruit: lance dwelling: mile from 
railroad. New York-Philadelphia. Successful 
business proposition, returning handsome profits; 
$15,000 part cash. BOX 250, Beverly, X. J. 
COUPLE WOULD RENT VERY REASONABLE 
half of a large, modern farmhouse in Southern 
New England (Rhode Island!; high ground; fine 
view of ocean and country; ideal for elderly 
couple or party seeking health. Address SUNNY- 
SIDE, care R. N.-Y., 333 West 30th St., New 
York. 
FARM FOR SALE—Farm of 160 acres. 2 miles 
from McDonough Village: an excellent dairy 
farm: good market for milk: land lays level 
and is easy to till, and under good cultivation: 
buildings and fences are first-class and in good 
repair: 150 thousand feet of sawing lumber on 
the place, mostly hemlock; owner wishes to sell 
on account of ill health. For price ami terms 
call or address GEO. A. PURDY. Oxford. X. Y., 
or ALBERT BECKWITH, McDonongh, X. Y. 
DO YOU NEED FARM HELP 
W© have many able-bodied young men both with 
and w thout farming experience, who wish to work 
on farms If yon need a good, steady. sober man. 
write for an order blank. Ours is a philanfhrop • 
organization and we make no charge to employer 
or employee. Onr object s the encouragement of 
far min g among Jews. THE JEWISH AGRICULTURAL 
SOCIETY, 176 Second Avenue, New York City. 
FARMERS’ SECURITY BUREAU, NEW YORK 
Agency Famous for Reliable Farm Help. No 
Branch. SIDNEY SULLIVAN, Expert, 99 Nassau Street 
