1914. 
THE RURAL NIS W-YORK UR 
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CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, May 30, 1914. 
FARM TOPICS. 
The Argument for Alfalfa as a New 
York State Crop .757, 758 
Seeding Grass in the Corn.758 
A Farm Tractor in Western, N. Y.758 
Ground Limestone and Potato Seed....759 
Alfalfa Questions .701 
Sa'wdust as a Manure.701 
Pine Shavings Hard to Rot.701 
Hope Farm Notes .704 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
“Rocky Mountain Canary’’ .759 
Brown Swiss Cattle .778 
Silage a Substitute for Dry Feed.778 
Milk Testing as a Profession.778 
Pigs on Witch Grass .77* 
Ayrshires at Auction .779 
Concrete Floor For Milk Room.779 
Removing Ilog Lice .779 
Garget .779 
Breeding Old Mare .779 
Nasal Gleet .779 
Perodic Ophthalmia .779 
Indigestion .780 
Horse With Worms .780 
Lump on Knee .780 
Stocked Legs .780 
Foul in Foot .780 
Lump in Teat .7S0 
Live Stock Notes and Prices .780 
Building a Poultry Business .781 
Talk About Capons .781 
Gas Heated Incubators .781 
Feeding at the California Contest.782 
A Satisfactory Concrete Henhouse.7S2 
Wrynecked Pullets .782 
Cholera; Diarrhoea in Chicks .782 
Tte Egg-Laying Contest .788 
Those English Wyandottes .783 
Hen Versus Hawk .783 
The Lady or the Silo .784 
Ham Sandwich for Cattle .784 
Dairy Ration .784 
Turnips or Mangels .784 
“Hollow Tail” .784 
Fits .784 
New England Milk Situation.7S5 
Wet or Dry Mash .780 
Eradicating lien Lice .780 
Charcoal for Poultry .780 
HORTICULTURE. 
Aphides on Rudbeckia .761 
New Blackberries .765 
Snapdragons .765 
Planting Beans Eye Down .765 
Birds and Spray Poison .765 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
The Land of Fulfillment, Contin¬ 
ued .702. 763 
The Four-legged Hero .767 
Short Stories .769 
Training the Other Woman’s Child... 70S 
Iler Biscuits .76S 
“Have an Apple” .768 
Advice to Young Writers .76S 
Advertising for Teachers .768 
Salicylic Acid in Canning .768 
A Woman’s Cooperative Store .770 
Business Canning for Neighborhood... 770 
A Hopeful Illinois Woman .770 
Keeping Summer Boarders .771 
Lay the January Egg Now .771 
Payment of Damage by Horse.773 
Second Wife’s Rights in Property.773 
Releasing Wife's Dower by Deed.773 
New Jersey Marriage License Law....773 
Descent of Property Under Will.773 
Inheritance of Illegitimate Child.773 
Descent of Property .773 
Votes for Women .773 
The Home Dressmaker .772 
Eating for the Fun of It.774 
A Canary at the Farm .775 
My Friend the Canary .775 
Care of the Pet Fish.775 
Back to the Farm .775 
As Others See Us .775 
The Wild Flower Collector .776 
Springtime Greens .7 >6 
The Hired Man’s Children .777 
Turkey Raising for Women .777 
Good Meals for Baby .777 
Husbands and Home Improvements....777 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Land Bank of the State of New York, 
Part V.758 
Building a Railroad .759 
“Swat the Fly” .759 
The Cooperative Conference .760 
Man-eating Sharks .761 
An Effective Fire Extinguisher .761 
Penalizing the Saloonkeeper.764 
A Little Discouraged at Parcel Post..764 
Events of the Week .785 
New York State News .785 
Publisher’s Desk .786 
Humorous .7S8 
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Products, Prices and Trade. 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending May 22, 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 26-eeut 
zone. For the 29 and 32-cent zones the 
schedule is 10 cents less for all mouths: 
1914 1913 
April .$1.40 $1.50 
May . 1.15 1.25 
June . 1.10 1.10 
July . 1.25 1.35 
August . 1.40 1.45 
September . 1.50 1.55 
Figuring 80 pounds to the 40-quart can 
the per quart price is as follows: April, 
3.01 cents; May. 2.47; June, 2.36; July, 
2.6S; August, 3.01; September, 3.22. 
Wholesale prices paid by New York 
dealers are running $1.51 and $1.41 for 
B and O. Hotels and restaurants using 
two to three cans per day are paying 4% 
to five cents per quart. 
butter. 
The early part of the week was de¬ 
cidedly a buyers’ market, but later, re¬ 
ceipts were higher and the accumulation 
was cleared up in better shape, prices 
running one-half to one cent below the 
previous week. There is some improve¬ 
ment in quality, but none of the new 
make is suitable to hold. 
Creamery, extra, lb. 25 @ 26 
Good to Choice . 22 @ 24 
Lower Grades. 19 @ 21 
Storage . 17 @ 22 
State Hairy, best. 24 @ 25 
Common to Good. 18 @ 22 
Factory. 14 @ 18 
Packing Stock. 13 @ 17 
Elgin. 111., butter market 25hj cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 26 cents. 
CHEESE. 
Receipts are large and prices generally 
one-fourth cent lower. Speculative buy¬ 
ing is slack, some having stock on hand 
that cannot be moved except at a loss. 
Whole Milk. new. best. 13J*@ 13^ 
Common to good . 11 @ 13 
Skims. 5 @ 10 
EGGS. 
The market is unsettled, with a general 
tendency toward lower prices, because of 
large receipts and irregular qualities. 
Careful candling is needed to weed out 
heat defects, nest eggs and incubators. 
White, choice to fancy, large . 22 @ 23 
Common to good . 18 @ 21 
Mixed colors, best. 21 @ 22 
Common to good. 17 @ 20 
Western fresh, white. 20 @ 21 
Lower grades. 15 @ 18 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apple receipts are light and quality 
below medium. Strawberries are plenti¬ 
ful but running poor this week, with 
many sales below 10 cents wholesale. At 
retail they bring 15 to 25 cents. 
Apples—Russet, bbl. 
Spy. 
Ben Davis.... 
Greening . 
Newtown. 
Baldwin. 
Western, box .... 
Strawberries, Va., qt. 
Carolina. 
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BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 4 85 @ 5 30 
Medium . 3 70 © 3 85 
Pea . 3 20 @ 3 75 
Red Kidney. 5 70 @5 85 
White Kidney. 5 65 @5 75 
Yellow Eye . 
. 525 
@ 5 50 
Lima, California... 
. 7 35 
@ 7 40 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice.... 
. 38 
@ 40 
Common to good... 
. 35 
@ 37 
Pacific Coast,. 
@ 20 
Old stock. 
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German crop. 
. 63 
VEGETABLES. 
The close of the old potato season 
finds an exceedingly weak market and 
heavy losses by some late holders. Re¬ 
ceipts have continued large with a con¬ 
siderable quantity from Europe. Part of 
the time new potatoes from Bermuda 
and the South have sold at prices that 
attracted buyers who ordinarily stick to 
old potatoes. The onion market is very 
firm and prices unusually high. Cabbage 
in heavy excess and low. Asparagus in 
large supply both from the South and 
nearby. 
Potatoes—Maine. 180 lbs. 2 50 @2 75 
State, bulk. ISO lbs. 2 25 @ 2 50 
Bermuda, bbl. 2 50 @5 00 
Southern, new . 2 00 @ 5 50 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. 40 @ 1 00 
Beets. 100 bunches. 2 00 @6 00 
Carrots, bbl. 1 50 ® 3 00 
Asparagus. Green, doz.175 @2 00 
White, doz. 1 75 @ 2 00 
Cabbage. New, bbl. crate. 75 @ 1 50 
Kale, bbl. 25 @ 30 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 75 @ 1 50 
Onions—Old. 100 lb. bag . 3 50 @ 4 50 
Southern. New, bu. 2 00 @ 2 75 
Okra, bu .... . 2 00 @ 3 00 
Peppers. Southern, bu. 1 25 @ 2 50 
Peas. Southern, bu. 75 @ 2 00 
Spinach, bbl. 25 @ 75 
String Beans, bu. 25 © 1 50 
Squash. New. bu. 50 @1 25 
Egg Plants. Southern, bu.100 @2 50 
Tomatoes. Southern, 6 bkt. crate _ 1 00 @ 1 75 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS. 
Cucumbers. No. 1, box. 2 00 @3 00 
No. 2. box. 1 00 @ 1 50 
Mushrooms, lb. 15 @ 35 
Tomatoes, lb. 10 @ 15 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Broilers, lb. 32 
Fowls . 15 
Roosters. 10 
Ducks. 13 
Geese. . 10 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb. 40 
Squab broilers, pair. 60 
Broilers, common to good . 30 
Fowls. 15 
Ducks. S 
Geese . 9 
Squabs, doz.2 00 
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HAY AND STRAW. 
Receipts are only moderate and prices 
on the same level as last week. The 
last Government report gave the amount 
of all hay on farms as 7.830.000 tons. 
This is 1.99S.000 less than in 1913 and 
3.080.000 more than in 1912. Private 
advices from Northern and Central Ohio 
are that about 10 per cent, of the old 
crop is in farmers’ hands, and that the 
outlook is favorable for a large new 
yield. In Western New York farmers 
still have large quantities of old hay on 
hand, which will be marketed as soon as 
the Spring planting is over. 
Hay. Timothy No. 1. ton .21 50 @22 00 
No. 2.utoo @20 50 
No. 3 .17 00 @18 00 
Clover mixed.15 00 @20 00 
Straw, Rye .16 00 @17 00 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 8 00 @8 75 
Bulls. 6 00 @ 7 75 
Cows. 3 50 @ 6 50 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs. 8 50 @1150 
Culls. 6 00 @ 6 00 
Sheep. 100 lbs... 5 00 @6 00 
Lambs . S 00 @8 25 
Hogs. 8 50 @ 9 00 
COUNTRY-DRESSED MEATS. 
Calves, best.12 @ 15 
Fair to good.09 @ ll 
Lambs, Hothouse, each . 4 00 @ 7 00 
GRAIN. 
VV heat. No. 1. Northern Spring. 1 05 @ 
No. 2. Red . 1 07 @ 
No. 2. Hard Winter. 1 07 @ 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 70 @ SO 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 43 @ 46 
Rye . 70 @ 75 
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. 28 @ 30 
Mixed colors, now laid. 24 @ 25 
Ordinary grades. 20 @ 22 
Butter, fancy prints, lb. 32 @ 34 
Tub, choice. 27 @ 29 
Chickens, roasting, lb,. 30 @ 32 
B’owls. 25 @ 28 
* 
During the first three months of this 
year, 1,S60,000 dozen eggs were shipped 
from China to the United States. These 
cost from 12 to 15 cents per dozen de¬ 
livered at shipping point. The freight 
cost to Seattle is about $2.10 per case 
of 30 dozen, but this does not include 
cold storage and would be the cold weath¬ 
er price by the Northern route. Re¬ 
frigeration would double the cost. In 
future all cases of eggs from China must 
be branded “Product of China.” Many 
of them have previously been labelled 
“Fresh Pullets,” as they often run small. 
* 
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COLLEGE STUDENT wants work on good gen¬ 
eral farm for 12 weeks during Summer. Ad¬ 
dress M. G. M., 517 W. Fourth St., Elmira, N. Y. 
POSITION WANTED AS WORKING FOREMAN 
by married man. 35 years old; five children; 
20 years' experience. B. .T., care R. N.-Y., 
333 West 30th St., New York. 
MAX WITH BIG EXPERIENCE HANDLING 
men on public works wants position on farm 
or estnte: practical farm and poultry experience; 
expert on grading and dynamite work. K. O., 
care R. N.-Y., 333 West 30th St.. New York. 
WANTED. A PRACTICAL FARMER, to take 
charge of a 34-aere farm near Greenwich, 
Conn. As a special inducement to good, reliable 
man. owner will make no charge for first year’s 
rent. Apply MADAME EUGENIE, 034 Fifth 
Ave.. New York. 
Is there a steady demand in New York 
city or nearby markets for white shell 
Indian Runner duck eggs (best grade) 
every month in the year? Can you quote 
me about what would be the average mar¬ 
ket price? w. s. b. 
These white duck eggs sell well in 
New York at times, but the market is 
irregular. Two months ago some of them 
brought 40 to 45 cents wholesale; now 
it is hard to sell them, a good many go¬ 
ing as low as 18 to 20 cents. The very 
finest were recently seen retailing at 25 
cents per dozen. It will be well to go 
slowly about starting a large white duck 
egg plant if New York market must be 
depended on to handle them. w. w. H. 
May 12.—Wheat SO; oats 45 ; corn 80; 
hay $15 per ton. Butter 20; cream 23: 
eggs 15. Hogs $1.75 per 100 pounds; 
milch cows $50 to $80; yearling steers 
and two-year-olds are selling at 7 cents 
per pound. Potatoes $1.20. shipped in. 
No demand for garden truck in a small 
town. j. h. 
Gira d, Kan. 
This is mainly a mixed farming country 
with corn, oats and wheat as the main 
crops, and dairying as a side line. Corn 
57; oats 32; wheat 70; cream 21)4 
cents. No milk sold as every farmer has 
a lot of pigs. Good milch cows $90. All 
stock cattle sell about the same as at 
Omaha. Eggs 15 cents; chickens 11 
cents. p. n. 
Leigh. Neb. 
May 14.—This section has extra good 
prospects for wheat, oats fair, corn plant- 
ting about done, being a little later than 
usual. Apples and peaches look well, 
cherries fair: very few strawberries and 
pears. We have had rather a cool Spring. 
Prices of live stock follow closely the 
Kansas City markets. Not much dairy¬ 
ing done here. Country butter 17; eggs 
16; hens 13. J. B. M. 
Butler, Mo. 
May 5.—Cattle are held at high prices, 
the large herds at about $8 to $8.50 per 
cwt., either a little more or less, accord¬ 
ing to condition. Dairy cows have sold 
at auction sales for about $S0; some ani¬ 
mals I saw sold for $80. and one cow for 
$92. Heifers were sold at public sale 
February 17 at $38 to $42. Pork at the 
market, now $9 per cwt. Potatoes sold 
in car lots in the Fall at 90 cents per 
cwt.; lately at 00 cents per cwt Apples 
sold last season, mixed lots, at $1 to 
$1.14; cherries sweet at five to seven 
cxnts; sour, three cents a pound; apricots 
five cents a pound. Butter 20; eggs 15. 
In the Winter butter was 25 to 30; eggs 
35. One of our local cattlemen told me 
a few days ago of a prospective deal of 
$50,000, lie to take a half interest; in 
that case the cattle, to be lumped at so 
much a head. During the Summer the 
cattle are pastured on government land 
on the hills; in Winter the feed is Alfalfa 
hay. c. L. g. 
Cedar Edge, Colo. 
Rheumatism. 
I have a fine cow dog (Great Dane) 
about two years old. About three months 
ago we noticed he acted as though he was 
sore in his loins. He used to jump and 
put his front paws on my shoulders, but 
now he cannot raise himself a foot from 
the ground. If ho runs fast he yelps with 
pain. Has had worms. His appetite is 
good, but is not anxious to work. What 
is the trouble? p. u. e. 
While it is possible that the dog has 
a chronic disease of the kidneys the dis¬ 
ease may prove to be lumbar rheumatism 
and that would offer more promise of re¬ 
covery. It would be best, if possible, to 
have the dog examined and prescribed for 
by a graduate veterinarian. He should 
also examine the urine. If you cannot 
have this done give the dog a five grain 
capsule of salol night and morning and 
if found necessary give a similar dose 
every four hours when the dog is suf¬ 
fering acutely. Keep him in a warm, dry 
place. a. s. A. 
ALFALFA HAY. F. P. ERKENBECIv, Fayette¬ 
ville. N. Y. 
WANTED—Family cow. goose eggs, goslings. 
for cash and light horse. MUELLER. R. F. 
D. 2. Westwood. N. J.. care HAUETER. 
VERMONT MAPLE SYRUP §1.00 PER GAL.: 
maple sugar. 5 and 10-pound pails, 15 cents 
per pound: fancy caked sugar, 18 cents. Choice 
fresh eggs in any quantity. JAY T. SMITH, 
Rupert. Vt. 
FOR SALE—A four and one-half and a thir¬ 
teen and one-half horse power gasoline en¬ 
gine. Will sell for seventy-five and two hun¬ 
dred dollars respectively. ONEIDA COMMUNI¬ 
TY. LIMITED, Oneida. N. Y. 
HOMEMADE NEEDLEWORK — Crochet linen 
Japanese whorl collars for coat or dresses, 
white or ecru: 75 cents post paid; also batting 
by the yard. 15, 20 and 25 cents. MRS. C. J. 
GILBERT. Cranesville, Erie Co.. Pa. It. F. I). 1. 
PURE MAPLE CANDIES—The Aimee Sweets 
were first made for critical tourists who 
passed on the road. They are now wanted every¬ 
where. From pure Vermont maple, with or 
without nuts. Sample boxes 25 aud 50 cents 
each. MRS. AMY A. HARWOOD. Dorset, Vt. R. 1 
GOLDEN BANTAM SWEET CORN — Home 
canned. The best variety known. Yellow, 
sweet, rich. Send 20 cents for a full-sized 
sample of this home prepared corn. “Like 
mother used to make.” MRS. W. A. SMITH. 
Clarkson, N. Y. 
PURE GRAPE JUICE—The Athens pure, home¬ 
made grape juice is made from ripe, selected 
Concord grapes raised on our own farm and 
made under onr own eye. We have sold to doc¬ 
tors. th churches and individuals. Prices: One 
quart. 35 cents; one gallon. §1.25; five gallons. 
$6.. CHERRY IIILL COTTAGE, New Paltz, 
N. Y. 
FARM FOTV'SALE. M. MUIR, Raymilton, Pa. 
FOR SALE—One of the best dairy, stock and 
timber farms in Northern New York. E. E. 
SMITH, Mooers Forks, N. Y. 
EXCELLENT FARM FOR SALE—S5 acres: cut 
$1,800 worth of hay this year. Price $12,000. 
Stock and tools included. OUTLOOK FARM, 
Monson, Mass. 
TO RENT—Furnished house for Summer in a 
beautiful locality, six miles from Amsterdam, 
on macadam road. Address CIIAS. I. SCHUY¬ 
LER. R. D. 2, Amsterdam, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Dairy farm, stock and tools: 110 
acres, keeping 40 cattle and three horses: mod¬ 
ern stable: 12-room house; steam heat, etc.: 
10 minutes’ walk from town. DR. W. R. SMITH, 
West Brookfield, Mass. 
FOR SALE—40-acre farm with fruit of all kinds 
soil clay loam: some is gravely; half mile to 
railroad; stone road to city; good building: 
wish to bear only from those interested. W. A. 
PLASNYNSKI, Box 25, Ludington, Mich. li. F. 
D. No. 1. 
COMPLETELY EQUIPPED commercial poultry 
farm, 35 acres: 3,000 capacity; thoroughbred 
stock: plenty fruit: large dwelling; mile from 
railroad. New York-Philadelphia. Successful 
business proposition, returning handsome profits; 
$15,000 part cash. BOX 256, Beverly, N. J. 
PEACH MOUNTAIN FARM—near Great Serpent 
Mound. Adams County, Ohio: 572 acres: 10.000 
peach, apple, cherry, pear, fruiting now; beauti¬ 
ful location 400 feet aliove station one mile 
away: full farm equipment; bargain terms 
Write owner. E. E. RICHARDS, Box 563, 
Columbus, Ohio. 
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 
i on account of ill health. For price and terms 
call or address GEO. A. PURDY. Oxford. N. Y 
or ALBERT BECKWITH, McDonough, N. Y. ’ 
DO YOU NEED FARM HELP 
We have many able-bodied young men both with 
anil without fanning experience, who wish to work 
on farms. If yon 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 >s the encouragement of 
farming among Jews. THE JEWISH AGRICULTURAL 
SOCIETY, 176 Second Avenue, New York City. 
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