1914. 
TH IS RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, August 1, 1914. 
FARM TOPICS. 
A Good Hayrack.966 
Questions About Moon and Phosphate.966 
Lime and Cultivation for Alfalfa.967 
A Permanent Timothy Meadow, Part II....967 
Shall We Plow the Soy Beans Under?.967 
Poisoning Army Worms.968 
Applying Commercial Fertilizer.968 
Crops .969 
West Kansas on the Boom.969 
Hope Farm Notes.972 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Larger Jersey Cattle Wanted.978 
Cow Testing in Wisconsin.978 
Chorea .978 
Catarrh .978 
Depraved Appetite ....978 
Contracted Hoof . 978 
Portable Hogpen .979 
Exhibiting Bull . 979 
Relining Silo .979 
Color in Dairy Products.979 
What is Dairy Cleanliness.979 
Summer Feeding of Dairy Cattle.980 
The Hog a Dairy Partner.980 
Do Old Hogs Pay?.980 
Uneven Span Henhouse Roof.980 
Tame Leghorns .981 
The Hen Contest.981 
Small Pens; Beef Scrap.982 
Chicks With Foreign Markings.982 
HORTICULTURE. 
Cost of Apple Production.965, 966 
Bisulphide of Carbon for Squash Borer.968 
Blighted Cucumbers .968 
Apple Trees Fail to Bear.973 
Mulch for Ginseng.973 
Grafting Chestnuts .973 
Tomatoes Not Setting Fruit.973 
Grapes Fail to Bear.973 
Apple Pomace Around Trees.972 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.976 
Seen in New York Shops.976 
The Rural Patterns.976 
Vermont Olives .976 
Buttermilk Food .976 
A Few Good Sandwiches.976 
The Country Church in Colorado.976 
Sweet Cucumber Pickles.976 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Preventing Ivy Poisoning.968 
Stocking Pond With Bass.968 
Foul Water .969 
A Cistern Filler.969 
Fixed Oils in Concrete. 969 
Raising Water with Rain.969 
Porch of Cement and Cobblestones.969 
Events of the Week.970 
Buffalo Markets . 970 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings.976 
Editorials . 974 
New York State News.975 
Co-operation Meeting.975 
Forming the Land Bank.975 
Boston Markets .981 
Publisher’s Desk .982 
Humorous .984 
Products, Prices and Trade. 
Wholesale l’rices at New York, 
Week Ending: July 24, 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 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, 
2.6S; 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 single quart prices 
from bakeries and grocery stores, six to 
seven cents; delivered milk, nine to 10 
cents. 
BUTTER. 
The price closes one cent above last 
week, with a fairly firm market on the 
better grades. A great many of the re¬ 
ceipts show hot weather damage. This 
is the fault of both creamery patrons 
and the butter-makers, but the latter arc 
helpless without co-operation of the pa¬ 
trons. Keeping the milk and cream in 
best condition during torrid weather 
makes a little more work, but the extra 
care is quite sure to be rewarded in im¬ 
proved price of the product and satisfac¬ 
tion of buyers. City butter, made from 
surplus milk, is selling at 20 cents or un¬ 
der. 
Creamery, extra, lb. 28 @ 29 
Good to Choice . 23 @ 27 
Lower Grades. 20 @ 22 
State Dairy, best. 26 @ 27 
Common to Good. 18 @ 23 
Factory. 16 @ 20 
Packing Stock. 16 @ 19 
Elgin, Ill., butter market 27!4 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 2SJ3 cents. 
CHKKSK, 
The demand for whole milk specials is 
active. Large quantities of under¬ 
grades and skims are going into cold 
storage because of surplus and unattrac¬ 
tive prices. Some small sizes, Daisies 
and Young Americas, have sold up to 
lG 1 /^ cents, but the main range of prices 
runs the same as last week. 
Whole Milk, fresh, specials. 15 
Average fancy. 14*4® 14*£ 
Prime. 13^@ 14 
Under grades . 10*s@ I3J-6 
Daisies. 15 (a) 1514 
Skims, specials. 1114® lilt 
Good to choice . 9J4® 10»l 
Poor to fair. 5 @ 91* 
Fancy Cheese, Sage. 18 @ 19 
Swiss . 17 @ 20 
Young America . 17 @ 18 
Llmburger . 15 @ 17 
Roquefort. 28 @ 30 
Stilton. 46 @ 48 
Parmesan . 25 @ 28 
KGGS. 
The top grades have been down and 
up one cent, prices at end of week re¬ 
maining on same basis as last reported. 
The threatened strike of New York egg 
candlers for shorter working periods and 
recognition of the union has not oc¬ 
curred, and is evidently more talk than 
powder. The egg candler is a necessity 
in large trade, but it is a business in 
which reasonable commercial efficiency 
can be learned quickly, so that a strike 
is likely to inconvenience the strikers 
more than the dealers. 
White, choice to fancy, large . 28 @ 29 
Common to good . 20 © 25 
Mixed colors, best. 25 © zG 
Common to good. '7 © °0 
Western fresh, white. . 'a) 
Lower grades. © 
Storage, best.© 14 
Seconds. <§> £6 
FRESH FBTJITS. 
Some improvement is noted in the new 
apples received, good hand-picked bring¬ 
ing up to $3 per barrel, prices ranging 
from this figure down to 50 cents. 
Peaches remain low, $2 per crate being 
practically the top wholesale figure, and 
large quantities of fair quality going un¬ 
der $1.50. Currants in considerable sur¬ 
plus and low; other small fruits selling 
well unless damaged by weather or tran¬ 
sit. Muskmelons going at a very wide 
range of prices—35 cents to $3.25 per 
bushel. The high priced ones are those 
running uniform in quality, the result of 
good cultural treatment and seed selec¬ 
tions, mainly the latter. The late L. M. 
Lyon was a pioneer in educating melon 
producers to the importance of using best 
seed. Ilis vigorous work iu the West¬ 
ern fields, where he out the best mel¬ 
ons for seed, was at first startling 
waste to the growers, but they very soon 
saw the point and were glad "to use 
the selected seed at high prices. Of 
course, blight can spoil any muskmelon, 
but some of the low quality laid to blight 
is the result of using seed from cull 
melons. 
Apples—New, bu. 25 @ 1 25 
Western, box. 3 00 @ 1 75 
Gherries, 81b. bkt. 20 @ 40 
Pears. Le Conte, bbl. 3 00 @5 00 
Peaches. Del. and Md., crate. 75 @ 1 50 
Southern Elberta. 1 50 @ 2 00 
Southern Belle. 1 37 © 2 00 
Nearby, bkt. 60 © 75 
Currants, at. .... 3 © 5 
Plums, 6 -b"kt. carrier. 1 00 @ 1 50 
Raspberries, red, pint. 4 © jo 
Black Caps, pint . 4 @ 6 
Blackberries, qt. 7 @ 13 
Huckleberries, qt. 5 @ 11 
Gooseberries, qt. 6 @ J2 
Muskmelons, Md., bu. 1 50 @ 3 00 
Carolina, bu. 75 @ 1 50 
Georgia, bu. 75 @ I 60 
Arkansas, bu.. 2 75 © 3 25 
Arizona, bu. 3 00 © 3 50 
Watermelons, 100 .12 50 @22 00 
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HOPS. 
Conditions on the Coast are favorable 
for the growing plant. In New York 
State considerable damage has been done 
by hail, battering the vines so that the 
harvest will be later than usual. 
Prime to choice. 
Common to good. 
Pacific Coast . 
Old stock. 
German crop. . 
HONEY. 
Clover, comb, lb . 14 
Dark. 12 
Extracted, gallon.. . . . . . 
VEGETABLES. 
Early in the week potatoes __ 
heavy surplus, but these were cleared out 
and prices improved somewhat at the 
close. Onion market unsettled because 
of heavy receipts of uuripened stock 
from nearby. Receipts of string beans 
and peas excessive, and prices low except 
for the best. Corn plentiful and lower, 
good Hackensack wholesaliug at $1.50 to 
$2 per 100. Lettuce again very low. To¬ 
matoes higher, $2 to $2.25 per box being 
had for choice Jersey Acme and Stone. 
Nearby cucumbers selling well; Maryland 
and Delaware pickings low. 
Potatoes—Jersey, bbl.2 25 
Long Island, bbl,. 2 50 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. 
Beets. 100 bunches. ,. 
Carrots. 100 bunches.. 1 00 
Cucumbers, bu. 40 
Corn, Jersey, 100. 
Cabbage, bbl. 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 
Onions—Southern, bu. 
Nearby, bu. 1 50 
Okra, bu. 75 
Peppers. Jersey, bu. 1 00 
Peas, bu. 
Radishes, 100 bunches .. 
String Beans, bu. 15 
Squash. New, bu. 
Egg Plants, bu.1 
Tomatoes, Jersey Acme, box. 
Jersey, stone . 
Del. aud Md., 6 -bkt. crate . 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Broilers more plentiful, and top quotei 
price rather high. Market 
fowls and roosters. 
Broilers, lb... 21 _ 
Fowls . 1 014® 
Roosters. 12 
Ducks. 15 
Geese. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Choice heavy fowls are scarce ; broilers 
running irregular in quality and low, ex¬ 
cept for fancy. Spring ducks in slow de¬ 
mand, wholesaliug mainly at 14 to 15 
cents. 
Chickens choice broilers, lb. 28 
Squab broilers, pair. 60 
Broilers, common to good . 20 
Fowls. 15 
Ducks, Spring. 14 
Squabs, Uoz. 1 25 
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Market is weak on all hay but large- 
baled Timothy. Small bales of all qual¬ 
ities very dull. Straw selling slowly at 
unchanged prices. 
Hay. Timothy No. 1. ton . 20 00 @21 50 
No. 2.18 0(1 @19 00 
No. 3 .15 00 @16 Qq 
Clover mixed.14 00 @18 00 
Straw, Rye .14 00 @14 50 
LIVE 8 TOCK. 
Native Steers. 7 25 © 8 85 
Bulls. 5 25 @7 00 
Cows. 3 50 @ 6 75 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs. 9 50 @12 00 
Culls .. 6 00 @ 8 00 
Sheep. 100 ibs. 2 50 @4 50 
Lambs . 6 00 @ 8 75 
Hogs. 8 75 @ 9 50 
GRAIN. 
Spring wheat advanced two cents ow¬ 
ing to rust damage report, and unfavor¬ 
able foreign crop outlook. Sales of toward 
200,000 bushels were reported for de¬ 
livery to Uruguay and Argentina, where 
the crop is inferior. At Buenos Aires 
wheat for September delivery is selling 
seven to eight cents above top prices 
Wheat. No. 1, NorthernSpring...._ 1 04 @ 
No, 2, Red . <J2*£@ .. 
No. 2. Hard Winter . 92 @ 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 79 @ 81 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 43 @ 45 
.. 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.,. 33 @ 35 
Tub, choice. 27 @ 29 
Chickens, roasting, lb,. 30 @ 32 
Fowls.. 25 @ 28 
Leg of lamb. 16 @ 18 
Lamb chops. ]8 @ 20 
Roasting beef . 18 @ 20 
Stewing beef . 12 @ 14 
WOOL, 
Ohio fine unwashed. 28 @ 29 
Quarter blood combing . 27 @ 27 
New York Fleeces . 23 @ 24 
* 
A steamer leaving Brisbane, East Aus¬ 
tralia, April 27, is unloading about 3,500 
tons of beef, lamb and mutton at New 
York. The steamer stopped at Uruguay 
for a shipment of beef, but most of the 
meat came from Sydney and Melbourne. 
Australia. This is the third recent 
steamer with direct meat shipments from 
Australia to New York, more than 13,000 
miles. 
* 
An item, about two 1 ickfuls long, is 
making the rounds of a large number of 
newspapers. It is almost identical, both 
in statement and tone, with items seen 
last year and the year before, and the 
tenor of them all is that meat-- will be 
higher. Quite likely they will, as it is in 
the power of those controlling the meat 
situation to jack up prices. This little 
item is part of their “campaign of educa¬ 
tion.” The consumer reads it, draws a 
long breath and prepares for the worst, 
aud many jobbers and retailers take ad¬ 
vantage of the suggestion to. the limit. As 
will be noted in the quotations given 
above, it is possible to get good meats at 
moderate prices in New York if the buyer 
looks about a little and will carry his 
purchases home instead of having them 
delivered. \y. w. h. 
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 hero. 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. 
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. 
ADAMS, Livouia, N. Y. 
WANTED—-October 1. settled Protestant woman 
for general housework in small village, winter 
resort section: small family, good home. Draw¬ 
er J., Aberdeen, North Carolina. 
POSITION WANTED—On farm, by married 
man, 40; family; life experience; capable of 
taking any position, or taking charge: best of 
references. W. A. MAYOR, Jermyn. Pa.. R 1. 
WANTED—Situation on dairy farm: begin work 
August 20; good milker and teamster; under¬ 
stand farm machinery; references. F. C. V., 
care WM. SHORT. R. R. 3, Canajoharie, N. Y. 
WANTED—Sober, industrious man, experienced 
_with horses, milk two cows, help in garden; 
§50 per month; no graduate; must have refer¬ 
ences. WILLIAMSON, Lombardy St., Lancas¬ 
ter, N. Y. 
WANTED—Single man for general farm work; 
must be strictly sober and honest; good milk¬ 
er; wages $25, board and washing; send ref¬ 
erence in first letter. H. H. MEADER, Supt., 
Oakhurst Farm, Millerton, N. Y. 
POSITION WANTED—As manager for farm or 
estate; would take good dairy farm on shares, 
thoroughly understand farm crops, up-to-date 
machinery, steam and gasolene engines, tractor 
plows, concrete work; New York State pre¬ 
ferred; strictly sober, reliable, married Ameri¬ 
can; small family; good references. Address 
Energetic, Care It. New-Yorker. 
A METHODICAL, practical, scientific and suc¬ 
cessful general farm and dairy manager cov¬ 
ering years of extensive and varied experience 
in exacting operations will be open for engage¬ 
ment Sept. 1. Eminent credentials will be fur¬ 
nished and nothing short of a first-class, respon¬ 
sible and remunerative position will be consid¬ 
ered. If desirous, might consider cash propo¬ 
sition of lease of entire property. Address T. J. 
A., care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED to lease, with the privilege of pur¬ 
chase, small poultry farm: north jersey pre¬ 
ferred. C. B., Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—Good, productive 160-acre farm; 
good buildings and location; fine lot of tim¬ 
ber: a bargain. Address Box 65, Route 1, Ox¬ 
ford, N. Y. 
FRUIT, TRUCK. POULTRY FARM—Will sell 
all or any portion of 36 acres; good buildings, 
excellent location; immediate possession; no 
agents. HOMER TWEED, Quakertown, Pa. 
The FARMERS’ BUREAU “.rE* 7 "; 
agricultural help. Only first class farm help and positions solic¬ 
ited. References investigated. Scientific advice on farm prob¬ 
lems. Dept. R, 100 Nassau St., N. Y. Phone, 5060 lioekman 
TO LET ON SHARES—A well-equipped farm 
of 165 acres, half of it in cultivation in Ber¬ 
gen County, N. J., adapted to dairying, pig 
raising or truck farming. M. N., Rural' New- 
Yorker. 
50%Sacrifice to Close Estate^S^,™* 
in New Jersey, all under cultivation. 2 miles from 2 1 t.lt. 
stations on macadam road. 68 miles from X. Y. City. It 
cost deceased owner $136 an acre. SCS an ac ewill buy it 
with buildings. E. E. SLOCUM, 141 Broadway, New York City 
DO YOU NEED FARM HELP 
We have many able-bodied young men both with 
and without 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 is the encouragement of 
farming among Jews. THE JEWISH AGRICULTURAL 
SOCIETY, 176 Second Avenue. New York Cily. 
LARGE EGG FARM—Tributary to New York; 
equipped, stocked, doing large business; of¬ 
fered because of ill health: part cash, balance 
mortgage. Address JAMES MAXWELL, Fin- 
derne. New Jersey. 
FOR SALE—-Farm of 100 acres; another of 50 
acres: one of 33 acres; near Wolcott. N. Y.; 
new buildings; large apple orchards aud some 
muck land; come and see, or write to A. H. 
CREQUR, Wolcott, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—265 acres A No. 1 land, for stock, 
fruit, or general farming; well watered; 
beautifully located; double house, three large 
barns and other buildings. C. H. HEREN- 
DEEN, owner, Shortsville, N. Y. 
Subscribers’ Exchange 
MAPLE COVE FARM—Products direct to Con¬ 
sumers. ROUTE 24, Athens, Pa. 
FOR SALE—Newtown Colony Brooders; demon¬ 
stration machines, practically new: bargains. 
JUSTA POULTRY FARM, Southampton, L. I. 
EARLY RICHMOND CHERRIES canned on the 
farm in No. 2 sauitarv cans; 81.25 per doz.; 
sy raped with pits. SENECA FRUIT FARM, 
Waterloo, N. Y'. 
FOR SALE—Power Greenbone Cutter: perfect 
condition, self feeder: also five International 
hovers; bargain: wanted, Climax box brooders. 
MONTICELLO EGG FARM, Alonticello, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—-“Perry" Compressed Air Water 
system: consists of Fairbanks air compressor, 
new engine, one Perry pump, air tank and quan¬ 
tity of pipe: In first class condition: also one 
small size "Niagara” ram: price reasonable; 
might exchange. F. N. GIDDINGS, Baldwins- 
ville, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Successful poultry plant, location 
convenient to market, modern equipped build¬ 
ings bousing 1X40 hens; must be seen to be ap¬ 
preciated; price reasonable; terms. Address 
BARGAIN, care Rural New-Yorker. 
COMMUTERS DAIRY OR STOCK FARM; 31 
miles N. Y. C.; express station; 114 acres; 
hill, rolling and wood, river; grand situation; 
large house, improvements, up-to-date barns, 
silo, stock, crops, machinery, complete $300 an 
acre; terms. H., care R. N.-Y. 
POSITION WANTED—On fruit farm, 25 years 
experience in apples, from planting to mar¬ 
keting; understand and can operate all kinds 
farm machinery, gasoline and steam engines; 
total abstainer from all intoxicants and tobacco. 
Permanent position wanted where quality 
counts. Address L., 333 West 30th St., N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Pleasant View Dairy, 130 acres: 
one of tiie best farms of its size in Bedford 
County: good buildings, lawn, splendid shade. 
Laud lies well, is adapted to all kinds of fruit, 
vegetables and grass, convenient to high school, 
hotel, stores, churches, and the best of neigh¬ 
bors; good borne market. Address owner, F. W. 
SHAW, Forest Depot, Va., R. F. D. No. 1. 
FARM FOR SALK—Four acres of strawberries, 
two grapes; nice chicken range. Box 1, North 
Emporia. Va. 
TWELVE ACRES—Good land; house, barn and 
tools; $1,200; $400 cash; easy terms. E. 
BALCOM, Castile, N. Y. 
FARM—For rent on shares, with some stock; 
possession at once. W. H., care R. N.-Y., 333 
West 30th St., New York. 
farm. Ulster County, New York. Oue mile from 
West Shore Railroad ' station and village of 
4,000; suitable for fruit, poultry or general far¬ 
ming; 2,000 fruit trees, 3 to 10 years in bear¬ 
ing: lots of small fruit: oue acre of strawber¬ 
ries; old-fashioned 12 -room house iu good con¬ 
dition; barn, stabling 16 cows and 6 horses; 
poultry house, granary and all farm imple¬ 
ments; springs and wells: to quick buyer 
8-1,000. Address MORTGAGEE, Box 97, Alkdi- 
son Square, P. O. New York. 
SHERMAN SQUARE HOTEL 
Broadway (Block Front) 7Qth and 71st Sts.. New York 
suuway scauon at aoor. Most convenient location uptown. A residential hote 
away from all the dust and noise of busy sections aud yet in point of time downtown 
Rooms with use of bath, $1, $1.50, $2 and $2.50 
Rooms with private bath, $3.50 and upward 
Suites in 2, 3 and 4 rooms with hath, furnished or unfurnished, by day or 
annual lease 
Write for further information or reservations. 
