1914. 
TMEJ RURAL N Ei W -VURKhi; 
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CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, June 20, 1914, 
FARM TOPICS. 
Harvesting Grain with Poultry.830 
Drying Peas and Beans. 832 
Harrowing to Beat the Crows.834 
Coming Farmors’ Meetings.834 
Soy Beans in Silage Corn.834 
Monroe County Notes. 834 
Rye and Timothy for Hay.833 
Hope Farm Notes. 836 
"Doctoring” a Piece of Hard Soil.836 
The Marauder Crow.836 
Poisoning Corn .837 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Show Points of a Holstein Cow.829, 830 
Two Epoch-making Dairy Meetings.831 
Incubation Under Difficulties.835 
Killing and Dressing Ducks.835 
Fowls with Colds.835 
Egg-eating Hens.835 
Electric Incubation .835 
Precocious Cockerel .835 
Trimming Incubator Lamps.835 
Hawks and Poultry.835 
Another Laying Wonder.835 
Tapping a Bloated Animal.842 
Green Feed for Hogs.842 
Overdose of Tuberculin.843 
Milking Fresh Cow.843 
Age of Cattle....843 
Salivation . 843 
Grass for Work Horses.843 
Dropsical Swellings . 843 
The Idiiking Machine Saves Dairying.844 
Cow Keeping in New England.844 
Carpi tis ..844 
Scours . 844 
The Egg-laying Contest.645 
An "Innocent Pu-chaser” of Wyandottes.645 
Shrink in Laying.845 
Feeding Formula .845 
HORTICULTURE. 
Scientific Production of Fine Apples. Part I. .831 
Growing Mulch Material.832 
Driving Moles Away.833 
Late-planted Telephone Peas.834 
A Valued Brazilian Fruit.837 
Burnet, an Old-fashioned Plant.837 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.840 
Seen in New Yo It Shops.840 
A July Day Celebration Dinner.841 
Two Favorite Desserts.841 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
The County Agent and Co-operation.830 
A Sensible Country Agent Talks.830 
Why the Hired Man Left.832 
Slippery Concrete .832 
The Emergency Auto-Truck.833 
Field Stone for Building.833 
Line Fence Trouble.833 
Outlaw of Claim.833 
Old-age Pension; Increase of Assessment... .833 
Sewage Disposal in Country Homes.833 
Events of the Week.834 
Government Whitewash .834 
Editorials .839 
New York State News.840 
Buffalo Markets .846 
Publisher’s Desk .846 
Humorous .843 
Products, Prices and Trade. 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending June 12, 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: 
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 $6 pounds to the 40-quart can 
the per quart price is as follows; April, 
3.01 cents; May. 2.47; .Tune, 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. 
The week has shown a decline and ad¬ 
vance and is closing one-half cent un¬ 
der last week’s figures, with a fairly 
firm market. Considerable extra cream¬ 
ery was moved at 26V&. Medium and 
lower grades are accumulating, lower 
figures evidently being needed to move 
them. 
Creamery, extra, lb. 26Vf>@ 27 
Good to Choiee . 23 @ 25}s 
Lower tirades. 20 @ 22 
State Dairy, be*t. 25 @ 25J^ 
Common to Good. 18 @ 23 
Factory. 16 @ 19 
Packing Stock. 15 @ 1746 
tCIgin, 111., butter market2544 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 27 cunts. 
C111C ICS t£, 
There is it one-cent advance on the 
better grades of whole milk, and some 
desirable small sizes sell up to 15%. The 
advance has checked trade to some ex¬ 
tent but not enough to warrant cutting 
price on anything desirable. 
Whole Milk, new, best.. 15 @ 154» 
Common to good . 11 @ 13 
Skims... 5 @ 10 
1CGG8. 
The market is in decidedly unsettled 
condition owing to the large proportion 
of heat-damaged and tested-out stock. 
The usual hot weather tales of chicks 
hatched on the way are going the rounds. 
The candler hears a faint “peep” down 
in the egg crate, and fishes out a young 
Legnorn or P. Rock, as the case may he. 
The writer found one instance of this 
sort that appeared to be authentic. 
Nearby fancy eggs are one to two cents 
higher. In the early part of the flush 
season, before hot weather begins, buy¬ 
ers who want a good grade are able to get 
satisfactory supplies from the western 
gathered stock, but now they run more 
or less off in quality, so that particular 
buyers are obliged to take the nearby 
eggs, and pay the consequent advance. 
White, choice to fancy, large . 24 ® 25 
Common to good . 20 ® 23 
Mixed colors, best. 22 ® 23 
Common to good. 17 ® 20 
Western fresh, white. 20 ® 21 
Lower grades. 15 @ 18 
FRESH FRUITS. 
The range of available fruits is widen¬ 
ing, so that apples are the least desirable 
of market offerings. Western oranges 
have been better than last year and 
fairly reasonable in price, $2.50 to $4 
per box. Strawberries continue very 
plentiful and are low, except for extra 
choice, free from sand and white ends. 
Gandy is always at the top when in 
good condition, and some Chesapeake, 
from Maryland, have shown up extremely 
well, selling at a premium. Receipts of 
cherries were heavy the latter part of the 
week, a good many going at disappoint¬ 
ing prices because of irregular quality. 
The bell-shaped peach basket, so largely 
used is one of the poorest packages for 
cherries that are anywhere near ripe, as 
the weight on top is sure to crush those 
near the bottom. Eight-pound grape 
baskets are much better for this crop. 
Apples—Russet, bbl. 2 25 @3 00 
Spy. 3 00 @ 5 00 
Ben Davis. 2 50 @ 3 00 
Newtown. 5 00 @ fi 00 
Baldwin. 2 50 @ 3 (JO 
Western, box. 75 @2 00 
Strawberries. Up-river, qt. 7 @ 12 
Jersey . 6 ® 11 
Maryland. 5 @ 10 
Cherries, 81b. bkt. 35 @ 50 
Peaches. 6-basket crate .2 00 @ 3 00 
Blackberries. Carolina, qt. 10 @ 13 
IIuekleberries. qt. 8 @ 13 
Gooseberries, qt. 8 @ 10 
Muskmelons. Cal., crate. 2 50 @3 00 
Watermelons, 100.30 CO @60 00 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 4 25 @ 5 10 
Medium .3 71) @ 3 75 
Pea . 3 10 @3 71) 
Bed Kidney. 4 75 @5 80 
White Kidney. 5 65 @5 75 
Yellow Eye . 5 25 @ 5 50 
Lima, California. 7 30 @7 35 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 37 @ 39 
Common to good. 33 @ 36 
Pacific Coast . 17 @ 20 
Old stock. 15 ® 18 
German crop. 61 @ 65 
VEGETABLES. 
Old potatoes, reasonably 
selling 25 cents higher than 
but at interior markets they 
some Maine growers having 
per barrel to clear out the 
The market on new stock is 
cept for the best. Green peas in large 
supply and low. In commercial culture 
it is hard to get peas picked right. Of 
course there should be no empty pods, 
but over-ripe, whitish pods look worse 
and are sure to discount the price of the 
package. The bushel basket, either flat 
or bell-shaped is a much better package 
for peas in the pod than the burlap sack 
commonly used, as the pods get more or 
less bruised in the sacks and are likely 
.to heat if piled together. 
Potatoes—Maine. 180 lbs. 
State, bulk. 180 lbs. 2 37 
Bermuda, bbl, . 
Southern, new . 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. 
Beets. 100 bunches. 1 00 
Cariots. bbl. 1 ' 
Cucumbers, bu. 
Corn. Southern. 100. 
Asparagus. Green, doz. 1 25 
White, doz. 
Cabbage. New, bbl. crate. 
Kale, bbl. 25 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 
Onions—Southern. New. bu. ... 
Okra, bu . 
Peppers. Southern, bu. 1 25 
Peas. Southern, bu.. 
Radishes. ICO bunches . 
Spinach, bbl.. 
String Beans, bu.. 
Squash. New. bu. 
Egg Plants. Southern, bu. 
Tomatoes, Southern. 6 bkt. crate . 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Rroilers, lb. 
Fowls . . 
Roosters. 
Ducks. . 
Geese. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Chickens, choice broilers, lb. 
Squab broilers, pair. 
Broilers, common to good .... 
Fowls . . . 
Ducks, Spring. 
Geese . 
Squabs, doz. 
HAY AND STRAW. 
No changes in price are noted. Bi 
ness is dull in medium and low gra 
of Timothy and clover mixed. 
The output of anthracite coal dur 
the first five months of this year v 
26.S15.6C:! tons about 2.000.000 tons 1 
than last year. 
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last week, 
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Hay. Timothy No. 1. ton . 21 58 @22 06 
No. 2.111011 @20 00 
No. 3 .17 00 @18 0() 
Clover mixed.15 uO @20 50 
Straw, Rye .16 00 @16 50 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 6 75 @ S S>0 
Bulls.., . 5 50 @ 7 50 
Cows. 3 50 @ 6 80 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs. 8 50 @1150 
Culls. 6 00 @ 8 00 
Sheet*. 1110 lbs. 4 00 @ 5 "0 
Lambs . 9 00 @ 9 85 
Hogs. 8 50 @ 8 75 
GRAIN. 
W heat. No. 1. Northern Spring. 103 @ 
No. 2. Red . 93 @ 
No. 2. IIaril Winter. 1 |>3 ® 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 70 @ SO 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 43 @ 47 
Rye . 70 @ 73 
RETAIL PRICKS 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. 35 @ 38 
Mixed colors, new laid. 25 @ 30 
Ordinary grades. 21) @ 22 
Butter, fancy prints, lb. 32 @ 34 
Tub. ctioice. 27 @ 29 
Chickens, roasting, lb,. 30 ® 32 
Fowls. 25 @ 28 
* 
The price of new wool in both the Cen¬ 
tral States and the West has been on an 
unexpectedly high basis. F rom some 
points of view it seems unduly high as 
compared with foreign wools of similar 
grades. During the past month fine wool 
in Ohio has sold at 26 cents, and me¬ 
dium clips up to 27. In Montana choiee 
wool has brought 21 cents, and 19 to 20 
is reported from Texas. There are plenty 
of lower price prophecies in the near fu¬ 
ture, but some large holders show no dis¬ 
position to sell at the present figures, 
stating that they expect another cent or 
two advance. w. w. H. 
Collapsible Barrel. 
HE price of apple barrels has in¬ 
creased so much that comparatively 
few are thrown away now. They 
are picked up here and there, and after 
going through package hospitals, are 
shipped back to the country for further 
use. The chief objection to this is the 
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. 
I WANT A GOOD HOUSEKEEPER FOR TWO. 
LEROY L. BOND. South Vernon. Mass. 
FARMER. GARDENER, TRUCKER — Ma-rle-1 
man. one child, wants steady position; strictly 
temperate. P*OX 290, Westwood, N. J. 
EXPERIENCED FARMER AND GARDENER 
wants position: capable of taking charge: 
would lease if stocked. H. B. GILBERT, New 
Britain, Conn. 
BOY WANTS PERMANENT PLACE ON FARM 
where he can learn farming: wages no object 
to start. CHAS. HOELSCHER, 707 Amsterdam 
Ave., New York. 
A Barrel In The Flat. Fig. 339. 
high freight on a package so bulky as an 
empty barrel. The pictures show a bar¬ 
rel called the Ideal, which can be taken 
apart and put together quickly, and 
shipped in knockdown form. Fig. 339 
shows a barrel in the flat, wires stapled 
to the staves holding them in place. 
Fig 340. 
Fig. 340 shows 10 of these flats rolled 
up for shipment, occupying about the 
same space as an empty barrel. The 
heads and hoops go in a separate pack¬ 
age. The end hoops are adjustable and 
readily tightened with a key or wrench. 
Water Without 
Pumpirvg 
Plenty of It Too 
A BSOLUTE reliability, low 
. first cost, and no need of 
attention and repairs are the requisites 
of a perfect water system. Engines are 
often a source of annoyance, windmills 
depend entirely upon the wind, and hand 
pumping is enough to drive anyone off 
the farm. Be absolutely free from all 
water supply troubles — install a 
RIFE RAM 
Any stream in your neighborhood having a fall of 
three feet or more and a supply of three gallons or 
more per minute, will operate It. The Rife Rams 
vary in size from a machine for one family’s use to a 
city water system. Thus you can co-operate with 
your neighbor if there is no stream on your farm. 
REMEMBER: —Low First Cost — No Repairs 
for Years—No Freezing—No Fuel—No Labor 
^are the high qualities of the Rife Ram. 
No skilled labor required to in¬ 
stall it. Over 11,000 in daily 
use. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Write today for catalog and 
Tell Us Your Water 
Supply Conditions 
and we will scud free estimate on 
^ your require- 
RIFE ENGINE 
COMPANY 
New York City 
TYPEWRITERS, 
f Prices $15.00 ape SOLI* or KhNTKl) 
anywhere at 1 A to l FACTl* REUS* 
PKU KS, allowing RENTAL TO APPLY 
ON PRICE. Free Trial. Installment 
payments il desired. Write for catalog 15 
TYPEWRITER EMPORIUM. 34-36 W. Lake St . Cbieao 3 
WIDOW MUSTSELL200 ACRES; 
Buffalo, kj from bricked ronil to Buffalo; creamery, 
depot, churches, etc. Nearly neiv 9-room house, anil 
barn 40 by 80. 10 acres timber, practically level, dark 
loam soil. Price, $6,500. Easy terms. Free List. 
ELI.IS HKOS., - Smingville, New York 
DO YOU NEED FARM HELP 
We have runny able-bodied young men both with 
and w thorn, farming 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 th- encouragement of 
farming among Jews. THE JEWISH AGRICULTURAL 
SOCIETY, 176 Second Avenue, New York City. 
FARMERS’ SECURITY BUIfEAtT. NEW YORK 
Agency Famous for Reliable Farm Help. No 
Branch. SIDNEY SULLIVAN, Expert 99 Nassau Street 
POSITION WANTED by middle aged married 
man. no family, as gardener and caretaker 
on private place. COMPETENT, care R. N.-Y., 
333 West 30th St.. N. Y. 
WANTED P,Y JULY 1st or loth, by sober. 
steady voting man. work on New York fruit 
farm: wife, one child. E. V. MATTHEWS. 
Rockville, No. 3, Box 37, Montgomery Co., Md. 
YOUNG MAN, single, native New York State. 
life experience general farming, desires posi¬ 
tion: farm or poultrv work: state wages: give 
full information. RAYMOND C. WHEELER, 
Cuba, N. Y. R. D. No. 5. 
WANTED SINGLE MAN for general farm work; 
must l*e sober ami honest: good milker: owne- 
absent all the time: wages $25, board and 
washing; send reference first letter. PETER 
MARGOLIN, 560 Broadway, New York. 
FARMER WITH LONG EXPERIENCE and effi¬ 
cient manager, open for position to take charge 
of farm: expe-t agriculturist, dairyman ard 
fruit grower: men. machinery and tools: Ameri¬ 
can with small family. E. HOWE, Southbridge, 
Mass. 
ALFALFA HAY. F. P. ERKEXBECK, Fayette¬ 
ville. N. Y. 
HORSES THOROUGHLY AND CAREFULLY 
broken to saddle for the road or field; distance 
no object. 1.. HOWARTH, Mt. Freedom, N. J. 
WANTED—Winter Vetch: mammoth, medio- i 
and alsike clover; also barley: state quantity, 
price, and enclose sample. W. A. HENRY & 
SON, Wallingford, Conn. 
VERMONT MAPLE SYRUP <S> $1.10 PER GAL. 
Choice fresli eggs in 30-dozen cases dis 26 cent, 
per dozen. Potatoes in any quantity. JAY T. 
SMITH, Rupert. \ t. 
EARLY RICHMOND CHERRIES—.Tune 25th t> 
July 5th; Morenc/’s, July 5th to 10th; C cent; 
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 SYRUP 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. B. & M. R. R. 
Price of 50 gallons on application. GOVE HILT, 
FARM, Donald MacKav, Supt., Thetford Cen¬ 
ter. Vt. 
FOR SALE—Part of my farm, including build¬ 
ings or whole farm. 36 acres; stock and tools. 
CHAS. CHRISTENSEN. Shelton. Conn. 
IDEAL DUCK AND POULTRY FARM FOR SALE 
—19*4 acres: close to town and railroad: good 
buildings; total equipment included for $2,800. 
LEO WILLIS, Cordova. Md. 
FINE VILLAGE AND RIVER FARM FOR SAL’’ 
—Fine house, water, fruit: good barn: keep 25 
cows: iu. miles to depot. BOX 24, Rockland, 
N. Y. 
SMALL FARM FOR SALE—New bungalow, six 
rooms and bath: one-sixth acre land; part of 
large fruit farm: 1 * i miles from village o i 
trolley. BOX 154, IligUlaud-on-Hndson, Ulster 
County. N. Y. 
FRUIT. TRUCK. POULTRY FARM FOR SALE 
—30 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 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. WHITEXACK, Skillmau, 
N. J. 
FRUIT FARMING OPPORTUNITY—A gentle¬ 
man wishing to take up fruit farming either 
as an investment on shares, or to purchase out¬ 
right. farm near New York, should investigate 
by writing: FINE FRUITS, care R. N.-Y.. 333 
West 30th St., New York. 
FOR SALE—Farm, 55 acres: nice, light land; 
1.000 fruit trees; apple, peach, pear, cherry; 
new seven-room house: tine poultry and truck 
farm: large ben-house: good stables: close to 
school and town; will sell on easy terms if sold 
quick. CALEB BOGGS & SON. Cheswold. Del. 
FOR SALE—330 acres: one-half rich bottom. 
tlie remainder half sandy with clay subsoil 
and other lime: good water, everlasting; 30 
miles south of Montgomery. Ala.: half mile 
from L. & N. R.R.: in high state of cultivation: 
produced 90 bushels com per acre; 50 bushels of 
j oats; lVa bales cotton: 3 to 4 tons cured hay; 
plenty labor: good stock farm: perfectly healthy. 
. Owuer, J. E. BISHOP, Ft. Deposit, Ala. 
I FOR SALE—The highly developed stock farm, 
Idle Hour Place, formerly owned by T. U. 
! Russell: 275 acres, near Geneva. Ohio:' Impres¬ 
sive modern buildings: mansion house complete¬ 
ly furnished; combination gentleman’s estate 
and farm: up-to-date equipment; devoted for 
years to the breeding of Holstein-Friesian cat¬ 
tle. The property stands me over $75,000, but 
for business reasons must be sold and will take 
a loss. C. J. SCHEFFREEN, Owner, 1010 Old 
South Bldg., Boston, Mass. 
The FARMERS’ BUREAU 
agricultural help. Only first class farm help ami positions solic¬ 
ited. References Investigated. Scientific advice on farm proh- 
I lems. Dept. R, 150 Nassau St., N. Y. Phone, 5565 Beekiuau 
