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CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, June 13, 1914. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Why Boys Leave the Farm.309, 810 
Is “Back to the Land” a Failure.810 
Agriculture in Canada.810 
Motor Car and Mower.811 
An Eastern Man in Nebraska.811 
Manure Ownership in Connecticut.811 
Filler for Homemade Fertilizer.812 
Why Not Cover Crops?.812 
A Farm in Vermont.812 
Spraying Vegetables ..813 
Hope Farm Notes.816 
Hellebore for Crow Poison.817 
Protecting Manure from Flies...817 
Monroe County Drainage Demonstration.819 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
A Jersey Gentleman. 
Identifying Young Ducks. 
Sour Milk for Chicks.. 
Care of Litter. 
Eggs for Hatching. 
Dried Brewers’ Grains for Poultry.... 
White Leghorns as Sitters. 
Inbreeding . 
Hemorrhage of Oviduct. 
Breding Leghorns . 
Horse Feed for Fowls. 
Beef Cattle in the East.. 
Raising an Orphan Foal. 
The “Eye Test” for Tuberculosis. 
Influence of Sire... 
Pit or Underground Silos. 
A Wyandotte Breeder Talks. 
The Egg-laying Contest. 
Henhouse Curtains; Egg Eaters. 
Protrusion of Oviduct. 
Cleansing an Incubator. 
Colds; Loss of Feathers. 
Bumble-foot . 
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HORTICULTURE. 
Quick Filling for Sprayer Tank. 
Hardy Climbing Roses; Sowbugs. 
Lime-Sulphur for Poison Ivy. 
Pickle-worm on Cantaloupes. 
Killing Weeds with Arsenate of Soda.. 
Pruning Cherries . 
Pruning Apple Trees. 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 
The Rural Patterns. 
Graham Flour Recipes. 
Cottage Cheese Variations. 
Seen in New York Shops. 
In a Vermont Dooryard. 
Cooking for Diabetics. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Cement Wall . 
Principles of Salesmanship. 
Fairs in New York State, 1914. 
Witness of Signature. 
Dispute Over Fences. 
Spraying Law in Ohio. 
Points of Law. 
Editorials . 
Pheasants and the New Game Law 
National Grange Matters. 
Massachusetts Grange . 
New York State News. 
Boston Markets . 
Buffalo Markets .. 
Publisher’s Desk . 
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Products, Prices and Trade. 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending June 6, 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-cent 
zone. For the 29 and 32-cent zones the 
schedule is 10 cents less for all months: 
April . 
1914 
May . 
........ 
_ 1.15 
June . 
_ 1.10 
July . 
_ 1.25 
August . 
_ 1.40 
September ... 
_ 1.50 
1913 
$1.50 
1.25 
1.10 
1.35 
1.45 
1.55 
Figuring S6 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. 
Wholesale prices paid by New York 
dealers are running $1.51 and $1.41 for 
B and C. Hotels and restaurants using 
two to three cans per day are paying 4% 
to five cents per quart. The supply for 
New York trade is increasing, but the 
demand is good and no special price re¬ 
ductions noted. 
BUTTER. 
Early in the week the market advanced 
one cent and was decidedly firm, but 
weakened later. The advance was held 
on the top grades, but considerable price 
cutting was noted on qualities running 
medium or lower. Speculators are on 
the watch for long lines of uniform qual¬ 
ity for storage, as for holding this is 
much preferable to small odd shipments. 
Creamery, extra, lb. 27 @ 274 
Good to Choice . 23 @ 26 
Lower Grades. 20 © 22 
State Dairy, best. 25 @ 26 
Common to Good. IS @ 23 
Factory. 16 © 19 
Packing Stock. 15 © 17,4 
Elgin. 111., butter market 25*4 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 27 cents. 
CHEESE, 
The market is active, owing to the 
large speculative demand, prices running 
from one-half to one cent above last 
week. Current receipts of whole milk 
are kept cleared up closely. Receipts of 
skims are only moderate, but business 
very quiet. 
Whole Milk, new, best. 144© 114 
Common to good . 11 © 13 
Skims. 5 @ 10 
EGGS. 
The market is firm on the better 
grades, which form a comparatively small 
part of the receipts. There is a general 
complaint of heat damage, which makes 
close candling necessary for supplying 
critical trade. Some very fine white duck 
eggs are seen, but the demand for them is 
slack and prices running barely on a 
level with liens’ eggs of similar quality. 
Most shippers nail the cover of egg cases 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
too firmly to the middle partition. A 
nail quite near each edge of the cover at 
this point is sufficient. The cover 
can ho removed without breaking, which 
often happens when trying to get out the 
inside nails. An egg case may have to 
be opened and closed two or three times 
before reaching the retailer. 
White, choice to fancy, large . 23 @ 234 
Common to good . 18 @ 22 
Mixed colors, best. 22 @ 23 
Common to good. 17 @ 20 
Western fresh, white. 21 ® 22 
Lower grades. 15 ® 18 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apple trade is dull mainly owing to 
the inferior quality of the applies offered. 
Peaches from Georgia are now arriving 
in carload lots, selling from $2 to $2.50 
per crate, wholesale. Strawberries are 
plentiful and very low. Some specula¬ 
tors who bought heavily in the Middle 
South have had heavy losses on the ship¬ 
ments sent here. At these low prices the 
wagon peddlers dispose of large quanti¬ 
ties. They are able to retail a fair 
quality at two quarts for 25 cents. 
Apples—Russet, bbl. 2 25 ® 3 00 
Spy. 3 00 © 5 00 
Ben Davis. 2 50 ® 3 00 
Newtown. 5 00 @ 6 00 
Baldwin. 2 50 @3 00 
Western, box. 1 25 @2 25 
Strawberries, Va., qt. 5 @ 10 
Jersey . 8 @ 14 
Maryland. SO 15 
Peaches. 6-basl;et crate . 1 75 © 2 50 
Blackberries. Carolina, qt. 12 @ 18 
Huckleberries, qt. 8 ® 13 
Gooseberries, qt. 8 @ 10 
Mnskmelons. Cal., crate. 3 00 @ 4 00 
Watermelons, 100....50 00 @60 00 
BEANS. 
Receipts are light but business ex¬ 
tremely dull on all varieties. 
Marrow, 100 lbs.. 
Medium . 
Pea . 
lied Kidney. 
WhiteKidney... 
Yellow Eye . 
Lima, California 
4 85 
3 70 
3 20 
5 70 
5 65 
5 25 
7 30 
© 5 25 
@ 3 SO 
® 3 70 
@ 5 85 
@ 5 75 
@ 5 50 
© 7 35 
HOPS. 
Reports from Oregon indicate that the 
crop there will be at least 10.000 bales 
loss than last year, and the California 
yield is expected to be cut nearly as 
much. Speculators are offering 14 to 15 
cents for the new crop with few takers. 
Prime to choice. 38 © 40 
Common to good. 34 © 37 
Pacific Coast . 18 @ 20 
Old stock. 15 © 18 
German crop. 63 @ 67 
VEGETABLES. 
Old potatoes picked up a little the 
latter part of the week, with a shilling 
advance on some grades of State and 
Western. Receipts of new from the 
South very large, some out of condition 
so that they were abandoned as worth¬ 
less or seized by the health authorities. 
Onions dull, except for the best grades. 
Peas and green beans very low and many 
of them in poor condition. Cabbage 
trade active, but prices practically un¬ 
changed. Cucumbers and tomatoes in 
heavy supply and low, except for the 
best. 
Potatoes—Maine. 180 lbs. 2 25 © 2 50 
State, bulk, ISO lbs. 2 00 © 2 50 
Bermuda, bbl, . 2 On © 4 50 
Southern, new . 1 75 @ 4 50 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. 40 © 60 
Beets. 1U0 bunches.1 00 © 3 00 
Carrots, bbl. 1 75 @ 3 25 
Cucumbers, bu. 25 © 1 00 
Corn. Southern. 100 . 3 00 @5 00 
Asparagus. Green, doz.1 75 @ 2 00 
White, doz. 1 00 @ 1 25 
Cabbage. New, bbl. crate. 50 © 1 50 
Kale, bbl. 25 © 50 
Lettuce, balf-bbl. basket. 25 @ 75 
Onions—Southern. New. bu.. 1 50 @ 2 50 
Okra, bu . 2 50 @5 00 
Peppers. Southern, bu.1 50 @ 2 50 
Peas. Southern, bu. 25 @2 00 
Radishes, 100 bunches . 50 @ 75 
Spinach, bbl. 50 @ 75 
String Beans, bu. 25 @ 1 00 
Squash. New. bu. 50 @ 1 00 
Egg Plants. Southern, bu.1 00 @ 2 25 
Tomatoes, Southern, 6 bkt. crate .... 100 @2 00 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Broilers, lb. 32 @ 38 
Fowls . 15 © 164 
Roosters. 9 © 10 
Ducks. 13 @ 14 
Geese. 10 © 11 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb. 40 © 42 
Squab broilers, pair. 60 @ SO 
Broilers, common to good . 30 © 35 
Fowls.'. 15 @ 184 
Ducks, Spring. 15 @ 16 
Geese . 9 @ 14 
Squabs, doz. 1 75 @ 4 25 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Receipts of hay are small, but demand 
light and few sales made at the top 
prices. There is some call for choice 
clover mixed, which is scarce. Straw 
market unchanged. 
Hay. Timothy No. 1. ton .21 00 @22 00 
No. 2.19 00 @20 00 
No. 3 ...17 00 ©ISO;) 
Clover mixed.16 00 @20 50 
Straw, Rye .16 00 @17 00 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 6 75 @8 90 
Bulls. 5 50 © 7 50 
Cows. 3 50 @ 6 80 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs. 8 50 @1125 
Culls. 6 Oil @ 8 00 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 4 00 @6 00 
Lambs . 9 00 @9 75 
Hogs. 8 50 @ 8 70 
GRAIN. 
Wheat. No. 1, Northern Spring. 103 © 
No. 2, Red . 954@ .. 
No. 2. Hard Winter. 105 @ 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 70 © 80 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 43 @ 47 
Rye . 70 © 73 
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. 30 @ 35 
Mixed colors, new laid. 24 @ 28 
Ordinary grades. 20 © 22 
Butter, fancy prints, lb. 32 @ 34 
Tub, choice. 27 © 29 
Chickens, rousting, lb. 30 ® 32 
Fowls. , . 25 @ 28 
May 24. We had a sudden drop in 
temperature and two hours’ cold, drizzly 
rain when 90 per cent, of the Baldwins 
were in full bloom, followed by 20 hours’ 
cold wind. Today is ideal. Bloom pro¬ 
fuse with Baldwin and Ben Davis; Green¬ 
ing fair, Wealthy and Duchess full. 
North River, N. Y. E. M. c. 
Hogs, live, 7% to eight; hogs, dressed, 
10. Butter 20-26; eggs IS ; chickens 14 ; 
veals, li ve, eight; good cows sold this 
Spring from $60 to $S0, as to condition. 
I think $70 would be a fair average. 
Cows are very .scarce. Farmers are rais¬ 
ing more calves now. Horses are very 
high; any good horse will bring from 
$200 to $300: three and four-year-olds 
from $150 to $250. Very few sheep kept 
(plenty of dogs). The writer sold two 
good grade ewes for $23. Potatoes $1 
a bushel. J. H. R. 
Woodcock, Pa. 
Cattle and horses are very high; form¬ 
er about nine cents per pound and horses 
all the way from $100 apiece to $500 a 
span, mules nearly same. In my county 
butter is 25; eggs 17; hogs $7.90 per 
100 pounds; potatoes $1.20. Hay $19; 
clover same; millet seed $1.50. Apples 
and peaches were very high last Fall and 
Winter; apples now are about $3 a 
bushel. Promise at present is for a fail- 
crop of peaches and apples. Not very 
many strawberries grown in our part of 
the State, and now very dry. Wheat and 
oats short. II. E. N. 
Curryville, Mo. 
May 24. Corn 95 per cwt.; wheat 90 
a bushel; oats 37; barley 50; rye 56; 
clover seed $7; Alsike $8; Timothy $2; 
Timothy hay, bales by farmer, $15.50; 
Timothy hay, baled by farmer and deliv¬ 
ered to car, $15.50; mixed $14; clover 
$12; potatoes 75; seed potatoes $1 to 
$1.50; eggs 16; butter 18 to 30. Season 
very late and wet; some corn up, but only 
about half corn planted. Planting will 
not be completed before June 1. Wheat, 
rye and grasses looking finest in years. 
Rye beginning to head. Oats coming 
along in good shape but seeded late. All 
fruit looks well, especially strawberries. 
New Haven, Ind. n. h. 
Dairy cows from $40 to $80, grades; 
bulls, registered, $35 to $100 per head. 
Beef cows $55 to $75; steers, two years, 
$55 to $65; three years $65 to $75. Hogs 
6(A to 7 1 /2 per pound ; sheep $2.50 to $5 
per head. Horses: mares, draft, 1.400- 
1.600 pounds, $175; 1.600-1.800 pounds 
$200; chunks. 1.200 pounds. $125; geld¬ 
ings. 1.400-1,600 pounds, $150. Mules. 
1,300-1.400 pounds. $175. Poultry, one 
dozen common. $3.50; turkeys 15 cents 
per pound; ducks 10 cents per pound. 
Butter, creamery, 30; farm butter 20; 
eggs 15-20 cents; butterfat 22-30. Al¬ 
falfa $7 to $7.50 per ton. These are cash 
prices, time sales bring higher prices. 
Caldwell, Idaho. G. P. 
At auction sales everything brings a 
good price for everything, household uten¬ 
sils, furniture, etc. There has been an 
unusual lot of sales the last three or 
four years, people disposing of everything 
to move on to Canada. Horses sell here 
at all prices from $50 to $250. according 
to age and condition. Cows are from 
$45 to $102. The latter was paid for a 
common cow in a sale. Cattle have 
brought unusually high prices; calves $6 
just born; yearling calves $20 in Fall. 
Chickens are from 40 to 45 cents; hogs 
very high; young pigs at weaning $7 a 
pair. This Spring there is an unusual 
lot of pigs in the immediate vicinity. 
Butter at stores IS; eggs 12V> at some 
towns, others 15. Cream 21 cents a 
pound for butterfat in cash, or 23 cents 
in trade. Two merchandise stores take 
cream from two different creameries; 
cream is shipped to Minot. This country 
has not advanced to have a creamery of 
its own, so it is only stations. Wheat 
and flax is the principle money crop here. 
An unusual amount of interest is cen¬ 
tered in silos, so a big acreage of corn is 
to be planted to fill these new ornaments. 
I understand they cost, say 14x30 feet, 
about $300 or $350. Garden truck is a 
fizzle here; no market, only once in 
a while. Onions sell readily at two cents 
a pound; potatoes sell around 50 cents 
to stores; they retail at 60. Considerable 
have been raised the last two years, each 
individual ships his own in carload lots. 
They go to St. Paul or Kansas City. 
Several report poor returns. Almost 
every farmer raises horses here. This 
Spring they are not in very good demand. 
Wages are $35 and $40 a month with 
board and washing. There are a num¬ 
ber of steam and gas plowing outfits. 
Oats 35; barley 50. Crop failure by hail 
last year. F. s. 
I.ansford, N. D . 
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ami wthont farming experience, who wish to work 
on farms. If you need a good, steady, sober man, 
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Agency Famous for Reliable Farm Help. No 
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Subscribers’ Exchange 
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will not be accepted for this column. 
WANTED—Intelligent, energetic woman or man 
to work on mouse farm, July or longer. A. 
LATIIROP, Granby. Mass. 
WANTED—Job on poultry farm by reliable 
young man. 18 years; references. ROGER 
RAMSAY. 1519 Sunnyside Ave., Chicago, 111. 
SITUATION WANTED on dairy or fruit farm 
bv city man: experience more than wages 
wanted. ' EXPERIENCE, care It. N.-Y., 333 
West 30th St.. New York. 
COLLEGE STUDENT WISHES WORK for the 
summer on general farm; very little remuner¬ 
ation expected. K. I. B. T., 141 Herkimer St.. 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 
YOUNG MAN. 19, wants work on farm for 
school vacation: milker, hand mower; three 
Summers’ experience; reference. R. A. MOORE. 
Rutland, Vt. 
FARMER’S DAUGHTER, with hospital experi¬ 
ence. wishes position as nurse or companion: 
physicians’ reference: please state compensa¬ 
tion. BOX 75. Hanover. York County, Pa. 
WANTED—By young married man of wide. 
practical experience, position In charge of 
purebreed herd where results are desired; fully 
familiar with breeding, feeding. A. R. O. work, 
butterinaking, etc. Address BOX 192, Peekskill. 
N. Y. 
WANTED A JOB FOR JULY AND AUGUST 
hr a high school boy. 1014 years: height 5 feet 
8 Inches, 192 lbs., on farm, place, camping or 
surveying party, where lie can make himse’f 
useful: bright and intelligent. Address CLARK, 
care R. N.-Y.. 333 West 30th St.. New York. 
POULTRYMAN—Graduate poultry course, with 
two years best practical experience: at pres¬ 
ent in full charge entire plant of 3.000 liens 
and ducks: best references from present and 
rast emplover. German,, age 33; single. WIL¬ 
LIAM SCHUKOWSKY. Lime Ridge Farm. 
Poughquag, N. Y. 
HOUSEKEEPER WANTED—Widow with young 
daughter; capable, cheerful, above reproach; 
pretty village home; churches, school near: easy 
place (myself and niece): no tobacco, drinking 
or dogs; no washing: permanent, peaceful home 
for right one. Address, giving full particulars, 
A. T. COOK. Seedsman, Hyde Park, Dutchess 
County. N. Y. 
WANTED—By strictly sober and industrious 
single man, position as herdsman or dairyman 
combined, or would accept either one singly. 
A1 butter-maker; life experience in handling 
and caring for stock: best of references given 
and required: state wages and full particulars 
in first letter. Address DAIRYMAN. General 
Delivery, Portchester. N. Y. 
WANTED—Position as herdsman or caretaker by 
strictly sober, single man: life experience in 
handling and caring for stock: fully capable of 
handling large farm and dairy; no encumbev- 
anee: can go anywhere. State wages and full 
particulars in first letter: no triflers need an¬ 
swer: best of references given and required. 
Address S. J., care R. N.-Y., 333 West 30th St., 
New York. 
ALFALFA HAY. F. P. ERKENBECK, Fayette¬ 
ville. N. Y. 
HORSES THOROUGHLY AND CAREFULLY 
broken to saddle for the road or field: distaiu-e 
no object. L. HOWARTH, Mt. Freedom, N. J. 
RUGS FOR SALE—Wove in hand-loom; firm. 
colored with old-fashioned dves. bright, pretty. 
Write CORDELIA A. PATTERSON, Groton, 
N. Y. R. D. No. 11. 
VERMONT MAPLE SYRUP & $1.00 PER GAL. 
Maple sugar. 10-pouiul pails. 15 cents per 
pound: fancy caked sugar. IS cents. Choice fresh 
eggs in any quantity. JAY T. SMITH, Rupert. 
Vermont. 
EARLY RICHMOND CHERRIES—June 25th to 
July 5th; Morenoy’s, July 5tli to 10th: 0 cents 
pound in baskets: delivered express office. 
Canned on the farm in 2-pound enameled sani¬ 
tary cans; syruped. with pits: $1.25 per dozen. 
SENECA FRUIT FARM, Waterloo. N. Y. 
MAPLE SYRI'P FOR SALE FROM THE MAPLE 
Grove: taking a first prize at the Centennial 
Exposition; guaranteed under the provisions of 
the Pure Food and Drug Act: in gallon cans, 
$1.25 for a gallon f.o.b Norwich. It. & M. R. R. 
Price of 50 gallons on application. GOVE HILL 
FARM. Donald MacKay. Supt.. Thetford Cen¬ 
ter. Yt. 
FOR SALE—Highland Farm. For particulars 
address GEO. W. MILES, Georgetown. Del. 
FOR SALE OR RENT. Morristown. N. J.—65 
acres: beautiful dwelling: every improvement. 
CLARKE. 2062 Rver Are.. Bronx. N. Y. 
FOR SALE—320-acre Virginia apple orchard: 
800 bearing trees; S00 two-year trees: station 
five miles. Enquire C. C. WHEAT, Rig Island, 
Virginia. 
TO RENT—Furnished house for Summer in a 
beautiful locality, six miles from Amsterdam, 
on macadam road. Address CHAS. 1. SCHUY¬ 
LER, R. D. 2, Amsterdam. N. Y. 
FLORIDA FARM FOR RENT—Crops growing 
every month in year: near church, school and 
I vest of markets; tenant to furnish good horse 
and tools. F. I,. ADAMS, West Tampa, Fla. 
FRUIT. TRUCK. POULTRY FARM FOR SALE 
—36 acres, excellent location and market: good 
buildings: all kinds fruit: strong soil; with or 
without stock, etc.: buv direct, saving commis¬ 
sion. HOMER TWEED. Quakertown, Pa. 
FOR SALE—Fruit farm. 140 acres: 600 barrels 
apples last year: prospect 500 this year. 
Price $4,000. For particulars apply C. G. 
ADAMS, Colcrnin. Mass. 
FOR SALE—Fruit and poultry farm: 32 acres; 
excellent land: good water: cherries, plums, 
pears and apples for market: fully equipped 
poultry plant: 10 minutes walk to station; tele¬ 
phone and R. D. GEO. WHITENACK. Skillmau. 
N. J. 
275 ACRES—Good buildings: cuts 60 tons hay; 
1 mile large railroad: village; adjoins large 
lake Summer resort: 500,000 feet timber; large 
sugar grove: four apple orchards. Cheap to a 
quick buyer; part cash. Address OWNER, 
Box S2, Wilmington, Yt. 
