1914. 
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CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, July 25, 1914. 
FARM TOPICS. 
A Permanent Timothy Meadow.. 942 
Doubling: Up the Crop..........942 
The Art of Haymaking:.943 
Asparagus Culture .944 
Rye on Poor Land.944 
Hope Farm Notes. 946 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Live Stock with Orcharding.943 
Profit in Pork. 958 
Dairying or Beef Making.958 
Horse with Cold.958 
Short Dairy Notes.959 
The Egg-Laying Contest.961 
Eggs Versus Feathers. 961 
Loss of Feathers.961 
Uneven Span Henhouse Roof.961 
Dairy Reports .962 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
Suggestions for Hairdressing.945 
The Wellesley Apron.945 
Flower Growing for Women.••947 
Good Words .947 
The Bright Side. ■■■• -947 
Making a High Scoring Milk.949, 950 
The Land of Fulfillment.955 
Actual Experience with Parcel Post.956 
Lunches for Motorists. 956 
Women as Farmers.956 
Clarifying Beeswax .956 
Discussion of Milk-room Wanted.956 
Market for Green Apples.956 
Selling Holders and Good Nature.956 
A Pippin That Traveled.956 
Tending Children .956 
The Sexton .950 
A Woman’s Backyard Garden.....950 
Returns from Subscribers’ Exchange.950 
The Most Important Thing.950 
Your Home to Yourself..950 
The Miserable Cockroach.950 
Let Drunkenness Cures Alone.951 
Meals Without Cooking.951 
Removing Surplus Hair.951 
Grease Trap in Septic Tank.951 
Poison Ivy Notes.951 
Canning Ear Corn... 951 
A Woman Hay Farmer.952 
Homemade Cheese Making.952 
The Summer Boarder. 953 
The City Boarder Saves Labor.953 
Management in Housekeeping.954 
Potatoes and Housework. 954 
How Do They Manage.954 
Reflections of a Ruralist.954 
A Maine Front Yard.954 
Cool Southern Housekeeping.954 
Support of Children.954 
To Take or Not to Take Under a Will.954 
Wages of Son.954 
Care of the Canary Bird.957 
Women on Health Boards.957 
Inexpensive Comforts .957 
The Chronic Kicker.957 
Plug the Melon and Eggs.957 
Automobile Notes .957 
Extracting Beeswax .957 
That Prize Baby of Yours.960 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Support of Adjacent Property.942 
Give the Storekeeper a Show.943 
The Pictures .943 
Market for Evaporated Apples.944 
Editorials .948 
Publisher’s Desk .962 
Humorous ..964 
Products, Prices and Trade. 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending July 17, 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 
. .$1.46 
1913 
$1.50 
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, 
2.68; 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^j 
to five cents per quart. 
BUTTKIt. 
Prices have been both up and down 
during the week, closing one cent higher 
on the top grades, which form a much 
smaller percentage of the receipts than 
usual. Lots scoring above 93 are scarce. 
From 91 down is an abundance at prices 
favoring buyers. 
Creamery, extra, lb. 27W@ 2S7! 
Good to Choice . 23 @ 26 ; 
Lower Grades. 20 @ 22 ; 
8tate Dairy, best. 25 @ 26 j 
Common to Good. 18 @ 23 
Factory. 16 @ 20 
Packiug Stock. 16 @ 19 
Elgin, 111., butter market 27cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 2S*'S cents. 
CHEESE, 
There has been an advance of one-half 
cent on the better grades of whole milk. 
Business is dull and speculative buying 
scarce. The tone of the market indicates 
a drop rather than further advances or 
even a holding of the present fractional 
premium over previous weeks. 
Whole Milk, fresh, specials. 1494® 15 
Average fancy. 11‘4® 14V£ 
Under grades . 10 l <.@ 
Daisies. 15 ® 15*4 
Skims, specials. .. 1114® llJft 
Good to choice . 1(1 ® II 
Poor to fair. 5 @ 91a 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Most of the new apples offered are un¬ 
attractive and selling at low figures. 
Choice hand-picked Astrachan and simi¬ 
lar early varieties sell readily at the top 
figures quoted. Le Conte pears selling 
well, mainly on the basis of $3 per bar¬ 
rel. A few Southern Elberta peaches 
have sold up to $3 per crate, but most 
other varieties running under $2, many 
down to $1.25. Strawberries are practi¬ 
cally gone, only a few Western New York 
arriving. Bush fruits considerably out 
of condition because 
of 
rain and 
muggy 
weather. 
Apples—New. bu. 
. 25 
@ 75 
Western, box. 
.1 00 
@2 00 
Strawberries. Western N. 
Y.. 
. 8 
@ 16 
Cherries, 81b. bkt. 
. 35 
@ 50 
Pears. Le Conte, bbl. 
@ 4 50 
Peaches. Del. and Md., crate . 
. 50 
@ 1 25 
Southern Elberta. 
@ 2 50 
Southern Belle. 
@ 2 00 
Nearby, bkt. 
. 25 
@ 50 
Currants, at.. 
@ 6 
Plums. 6-bkt. carrier. 
@ 1 50 
Raspberries, red. pint ... 
@ 8 
Black Caps, pint . 
@ 6 
Blackberries. Jersey, qt. . 
. 3 
@ 6 
Huckleberries, qt. 
@ 11 
Gooseberries, qt. 
@ 12 
Muskmelons. Md., bu.. 
. 1 50 
@ 2 25 
Virginia, bbl. 
@ 2 00 
Carolina, bu. 
@ 1 50 
Georgia, bu. 
@ 1 00 
Arkansas, bu. 
.... 
. 1 50 
@ 1 75 
Arizona, bu. 
@ 3 50 
California, bu. 
@ 2 75 
Watermelons, 11K). 
@20 00 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 
@ 4 90 
Medium . 
.3 GO 
@3 70 
Pea . 
. 3 10 
Red Kidney. 
@ 5 50 
White Kidney. 
@ 5 55 
Yellow Eye . 
.5 25 
@ 5 50 
Lima, California. 
@ 7 55 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes in considerably increased sup¬ 
ply and 50 to 75 cents per barrel lower, 
$3 being the top for best Long Island. 
Onion market dull. Choice Jersey corn 
brings $2 or more per 100, small or poor¬ 
ly filled ears $1 to 75 cents. Cabbage 
plentiful and mainly low. The recent 
disastrous prices of lettuce have slack¬ 
ened shipments, so that there has been 
some price improvement. Peas and string 
beans very low. 
Potatoes—Jersey, bbl. 2 25 @2 50 
Long Island, bbl,. 2 50 @ 3 00 
9weet Potatoes, bu. 40 @115 
Beets. 100 bunches.1 00 @ 1 50 
Carrots. 100 bunches . 1 00 @ 3 00 
Cucumbers, bu. 15 @ 25 
Corn. Jersey, 100. 1 00 @ 2 00 
Cabbage, bbl. 50 @100 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 25 @ 60 
Onions—Southern. New, bu. 1 50 @ 1 75 
Nearby, bu. 1 50 @ 2 00 
Okra, bu. 1 00 @ 2 00 
Peppers. Jersey, bu.1 25 @ 1 50 
Peas, bu. 50 @1 50 
Radishes, 100 bunches .1 00 @ 2 00 
8tring Beans, bu. 10 @ 30 
Squash. New. bu. 100 @2 00 
Egg Plants. Southern, bu. 50 @ 1 25 
Tomatoes. Jersey Acme, box. 2 00 @ 2 50 
Jersey, stone . 150 @ 2 00 
Del. and Md., 6-bkt. crate . 75 @ 1 25 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Broilers, lb. 21 @ 24 
Fowls . 16^@ 17 
Roosters. 12 @ 1214 
Ducks. 15 @ 13 
Geese. 10 @ 12 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Chickens choice broilers, lb. 32 @ 34 
Squab broilers, pair. 60 @ 65 
Broilers, common to good . 20 @ 25 
Fowls ... 15 @ 13 
Ducks, Spring... 14 @ 16 
Squabs, doz. 1 25 @3 75 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Prices are unchanged, but market is 
rather firm on better grades of large 
baled Timothy ; lower qualities and small 
bales weak. Demaiul for straw light. 
Hay. Timothy No. 1. ton . 20 00 @21 50 
No. 2.17 00 @18 00 
No. 3 .15 00 @16 Ol) 
Clover mixed.14 00 @18 UU 
Straw, Rye .14 00 @14 50 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 6 75 @ 9 50 
Bulls. 5 25 @ 6 95 
Cows. 3 50 @ 7 CO 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs. 9 50 @12 00 
Culls..... 6 00 @800 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 3 50 @ 5 00 
Lambs . 7 50 @ 9 50 
Hogs. 8 00 @ 8 75 
GRAIN. 
Very heavy movements of Winter wheat 
are noted at interior markets. The rec¬ 
ord for receipts was broken in Chicago 
July 15. when 1.153 cars arrived, nearly 
1.250.000 bushels. Prevailing prices at 
Chicago for No. 2 red wheat, were 78 to 
79 cents, 10 to 15 cents under prices paid 
to farmers in Kansas. 
Wheat. No. 1. Northern Spring. 1 00 @ 
No. 2, Red . S7^@ 
No. 2. Hard Winter .. S9 @ 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 78 @ 97 
Oats, us to weight, bush. 42 @ 44 
Rye. 65 @ 67 
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. 40 @ 45 
Mixed colors, new laid. 30 @ 35 
Ordinary grades. 20 @ 25 
Butter, fancy prints, lb. 32 @ 34 
Tub. choice. 27 @ 29 
Chickens, roasting, lb,. 30 @ 32 
Fowls. 25 @ 28 
Leg of lamb. 16 @ 18 
Lamb chops. IS @ 20 
Roasting beef . 18 @ 20 
Stewing beef . 12 @ 14 
WOOL, 
Ohio line unwashed. 27$^@ 28 
Quarter blood combing . 27 @ 27t^ 
New York Fleeces . 23 @ 23)s 
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EGGS. 
A wide price range is needed to cover 
current business, though the top figure 
given. 29 cents, represents but a small 
volume of sales, mainly because those 
qualities are scarce. Ungraded lots, aver¬ 
aging fairly good, bring 17 to 20 cents. 
Grades under this are in considerable 
surplus. 
White, choice to fancy, large . 28 @ 29 
Common to good . 21) @ 25 
Mixed colors, best. 25 @ 26 
Common to good. 17 @ 20 
Western fresh, white. 21 @ 22 
Lower grades. 15 @ 18 
The Codfish aristocracy, long before 
the public, will now have to give way iu 
prominence to the halibut trust, which 
lias been indicted by the Government un¬ 
der the Sherman anti-trust law. 
! * 
Since 1790 the excess of our exports 
of merchandise over imports amounted to 
$8,312,000,000, and the excess of gold 
and silver exports $1,609,000,000. Since 
1874 there have been only four years 
when merchandise imports exceeded ex¬ 
ports, viz; 1875, 1888, 1889, 1893. 
w. w. H. 
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WANTED—A good, steady man for general 
farm work; must be able to drive a team; a 
steady job: $30 per month and board. M. N. 
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FARMER’S DAUGHTER, with hospital expe¬ 
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POSITION WANTED BY YOUNG MAN as 
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