1914. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, August 8, 1914. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Some Cover Crop Questions.986 
Buying Winter Vetch Seed. 986 
Cleaning Up Field Stones.987 
Poisoning the Corn Worm...987 
Harvesting Sweet Potatoes...988 
Grasshoppers and Grandfathers...995 
Crop Reports .989 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings.990 
Hope Farm Notes.992 
Corn Doing Poorly.991 
Bone or Tankage for Grass.991 
Thickening New Seeding.991 
Time for Planting Cover Crops.991 
Delaware Crops .995 
State Testing Soy Beans.995 
Foreign Crops.995 
Government Crop Reports.,...995 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Making Commercial Poultry Pay 985, 986 
The Connecticut Poultry Meeting.995 
Raising Calves Without Skim-milk.998 
Feeding Calves Sour Milk. 998 
The Dutch Belted Breed.998 
Wisconsin Cow-testing Associations.998 
Beef Cattle for New Jersey.999 
Green Feed for Horses.999 
Paralysis .999 
Seedy Toe .999 
Carbolic Acid and Contagious Abortion.1000 
The Fat Cow and the Milk.1000 
Effects of Heavy Feeding.1000 
Octagonal Silo .1000 
Round Silo .1000 
Raising Pheasants; Forest Land.1000 
Leaking Teats .1000 
Disease of Cattle.1000 
Kittens With Distemper..........1000 
Garget .1000 
Skin Disease .1000 
Saddlo Sores .1000 
Red Water .1000 
The Egg-Laying Contest.1001 
The Missouri Egg-Laying Contest.1001 
Infectious Diarrhoea .1001 
Prevention of Lice and Mites.1001 
Feeding Dry Mash .1001 
Sweeny .1002 
HORTICULTURE. 
Making an Emulsion .986 
Utilizing Cull Apples .988 
In the Gypsy-Moth Country.988 
Double-Cropping Vegetables .989 
Runners from Non-bearing Strawberries.991 
Citrus Tree Sandwiches.993 
Grafting or Budding Roses.993 
Azaleas, Violets and Freezias.993 
Grafting Old Apple Tree.993 
Overhead Irrigation for Berries.993 
Nova Scotia Apples .995 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day .996 
The Rural Patterns .996 
Seen in New York Shops.996 
Honey Gems .996 
Catering for a Small Income.997 
Tomato Catsup and Preserves.997 
Books for Boys. 997 
To Darken the Stove . 997 
Green Tomato Pickles.997 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
The Local Storekeeper.987 
Ill-Smelling Water .989 
Events of the Week .890 
Locating a Well .991 
Keeping Stone Wall Dry. ...,991 
Lifting Water With Siphon.991 
Running Water Up Hill.991 
Deepening Old Ditch. 991 
Damage from Muskrats.991 
Editorials .994 
Opening of the Capo Cod Canal.995 
New York State News. 995 
Publisher’s Desk . 1002 
Humorous .1004 
Products, Prices and Trade. 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending July 31. 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 . 
$1.50 
May . 
1.25 
June . 
1.10 
July . 
. 1.25 
1.35 
August . 
. 1.40 
1.45 
►September . 
. 1.50 
1.55 
Figuring 86 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 $1.41 for 
B and C. Hotels and restaurants using 
two to three cans per day are paying five 
to 5*4 cents per quart single quart prices 
from bakeries and grocery stores, six to 
seven cents; delivered milk, nine to 10 
cents. 
BUTTER. 
The net price result for the week has 
been a half-cent advance on the better 
grades. Buyers for fancy trade found 
trouble in getting enough of the quality 
desired, the great majority being stock 
valued at 25 to 26 cents. Business in 
city-made butter and packing stock is 
quite good, mainly on basis of IS to 20 
cents. 
Creamery, extra, lb. 28 ® 29% 
Good to Choice . 23 @ 27 
Lower Grados. 20 @ 22 
State Dairy, best. 27 @ 27^ 
Common to Good. 18 @ 23 
Factory. 16 @ 20 
Packing Stock. 16 © 19 
Elgin, Ill., butter market 28 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 30 cents. 
CHEESE, 
Market is in a strong position except 
on low grades and skims. There is con¬ 
siderable surplus of the latter going into 
storage. 
Whole Milk, fresh, specials. 14%@ 15 
Average fancy. 14%@ I4t£ 
Prime. 13%@ 14 
Under grades . 10^0 13t$ 
Daisies.. 15 @ 15% 
Skims, specials. 11%© lib. 
Good to choice . 9%@ 10% 
Poor to fair. 5 @ 9% 
Fancy Cheese, Sago. 13 @ 19 
Swiss . 17 @ 20 
Young America 
Limburger . 
Roquefort. 
Stilton. 
Parmesan . 
16 ® 16% 
15 @ 17 
28 @ 30 
46 ® 48 
25X® 38 
EGGS. 
This week has added another cent to 
the top qualities. The price range is 
now very wide, as the medium and low 
grades are in surplus and prices freely 
cut to make sales. Some of the egg 
candlers struck, but their places have 
been tilled by non-union men and girls, 
the latter being quick to learn this work. 
White, choice to fancy, large . 29 @ 30 
Common to good . 22 ® 26 
Mixed colors, best. 26 © 28 
Common to good. 17 @ 20 
Western fresh, white. 21 @ 22 
Lower grades... 15 ® 18 
Storage, best . 24 @ 25 
Seconds. 22 © 23 
FRESH FRUITS. 
There is considerable surplus of wind¬ 
fall and cull apples. Good-sized hand¬ 
picked are selling well. Peach prices 
have improved slightly, though the in¬ 
crease applies to but a small proportion 
of receipts—fancy Elberta and Belle of 
Georgia. Currants and other small 
fruits damaged by rain. Muskmelons in 
heavy receipt and lower on all grades. 
Apples—New, bu. 
Cherries, 81b. bkt. 
Pears. Le Conte, bbl. 
Peaches. Del. and Md., crate 
Southern Elberta. 
W. Va., crate. 
Nearby, bkt. 
Currants, qt. 
Plums, 6-blct. carrier.. 
Raspberries, red, pint. 
Black Caps, pint . 
Blackberries, qt. 
Huckleberries, qt. 
Gooseberries, qt. 
Muskmelons, Md., bu. 
Carolina, bu. 
Arizona, bu. 
Watermelons, 100. 
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. 10 
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2 00 
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125 
@ 1 75 
1 50 
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, 60 
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HOPS. 
Market is generally dull. Weather re¬ 
ports from Oregon are unfavorable, as 
the drought and heat are injuring the 
growing crop. 
Prime to choice. 35 @ 37 
Common to good. 30 © 34 
Pacific Coast . 15 ® 18 
Old stock. io @ 15 
German crop. 58 ® 61 
HONEY. 
Clover, comb, lb . 14 @ 16 
Dark. 12 © 14 
Extracted, gallon. 60 @ 90 
BEANS. 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 4 70 @ 4 90 
Medium . 3 60 @ 3 70 
Pea . 3 10 © 3 65 
Red Kidney. 4 50 @ 5 50 
White Kidney.. 5 00 @5 50 
Yellow Eye . 5 50 @ 6 00 
Lima, California. 7 2.0 ©7 75 
VEGETABLES. 
Potato receipts have increased so large¬ 
ly that prices are 50 to 75 cents per bar¬ 
rel lower. The nearby crop is good, both 
in size of tuber and quality. Jersey corn 
selling in wide range of price—$2 per 
100 for best. Cucumbers in surplus and 
very low. Squash selling mainly at 50 
to 75 cents per barrel. Tomatoes ar¬ 
riving in bad condition because of wet 
weather. 
Potatoes-Jersey, bbl. 1 75 @ 1 90 
Long Island, bbl,. 1 75 © 2 00 
Sweet Potatoes, bu. 50 © 1 15 
Beets. 100 bunches. 50 @ 1 00 
Carrots. 100 bunches. 50 © 90 
Cucumbers, bu. 40 © 60 
Corn, Jersey, 100 . 75 @ 1 75 
Cabbage, bbl. 40 © 60 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket . To @ 1 50 
Onions—Southern, bu. 1 50 © 1 75 
Nearby, bu... 1 50 © 2 00 
Okra, bu . 75 © 1 00 
Peppers. Jersey, bbl.1 25 © I 75 
Peas, bu. 60 © 1 25 
Radishes, 100 bunches .1 00 ® 1 50 
8tring Beaus, bu. 25 © 75 
Squash. New.bbl. 50 @100 
Egg Plants, bu. 40 © 65 
Tomatoes, Jersey Acme, box. 1 00 @ 1 60 
Jersey, Stone. 75 @150 
Del. and Md., 6-bkt. crate . 60 @ 75 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Broilers, lb. 18 @ 21 
Fowls . 17%@ 18 
Roosters. 11 %@ 12 
Ducks. 16 © 17 
Geese. 12 © 14 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Chickens choice broilers, lb. 26 @ 30 
Squab broilers, pair. 60 @ 65 
Broilers, common to good . 20 © 25 
Fowls. 15 @ 19 
Ducks, Spring. 14 © 16 
Squabs, doz. 1 25 @ 3 75 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Receipt of hay are light, and some 
sales made at $1 to $1.50 above previous 
figures. These prices, however, represent 
but little business. Some prime straw 
has sold 50 cents above last week. 
Hay. Timothy No. 1. ton .21 50 @22 50 
No. 2.19 00 @20 00 
No. 3 .15 00 @18 0o 
Clover mixed.14 00 @19 00 
Straw, Rye .14 60 @15 00 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 6 75 © 9 45 
Bulls. 5 25 @ 7 00 
Cows. 3 50 @ 6 50 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lbs. 9 50 @12 00 
Culls. 6 00 @8 00 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 2 50 @ 1 35 
Lambs . 6 00 @8 50 
Hogs. 8 75 @ 9 75 
GRAIN. 
The high prices prevailing in the great 
markets this week are largely speculative, 
owing to war movements in Europe. 
Wheat is the first grain to be affected by 
a war scare, but the market on all other 
grains soon feels the pinch. There will 
be many “flurries” in wheat, as well as 
other products if the proposed crude, 
Costly and altogether deplorable method 
of adjusting difficulties holds in this case. 
It would not be considered sensible for 
a farmer or business man to settle dis¬ 
putes with his hired man or partner in 
such blood and thunder fashion. The re¬ 
sult might be profitable for menders of 
broken heads and vendors of arnica and 
sticking plaster, but bad for most others. 
Wheat. No. 1, Northern Spring. 1 09 ® 
No. 2, Red . 98 @ .. 
No. 2. Hard Winter. 1 00 @ 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 79 @ 281 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 43 @ 45 
Rye. 68 @ 70 
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. 18 @ 20 
Roasting beef . 18 @ 20 
Stewing beef . 12 © 14 
WOOL, 
Ohio fine unwashed. 28 @ 39 
Quarter blood combing . 27 @ 27% 
New York Fleeces . 23 @ 24 
July 22. The markets here are very un¬ 
satisfactory, as most of our produce has 
to go through the local merchants. Ship¬ 
ping facilities are poor, as the only rail¬ 
road through this part of the State is the 
Great Northern at Kalispell, 20 miles 
away. Prices, when there is a chance 
to sell, are something like this: Butter 
25; eggs 20; potatoes 50-75 per 100 
pounds; wheat $1.50 per 100 pounds; 
oats $1.25; strawberries $1.75 to $2 per 
24 quart crate; cherries 90 to $1 per 10 
pound crate, $2 24-quart crate. Milch 
cows $50 to $75; hogs 8; baled hay $12 
to $15. Apples in season $1 to $2 per 
box. Strawberries, and in places garden 
crops were cut short by late frost; grain 
fair crop. Quite a fruit industry is be¬ 
ing developed, especially around Flathead 
Lake, such as apples, cherries and plums. 
Bigfork, Mont. M. o. E. 
Labor Agents in Nebraska. 
1 WAS very much interested in the ar¬ 
ticle by John Anderson & Son in their 
effort to get help from New York 
and their putting up $5 to the labor 
agent. I am a labor agent, have been in 
the business for 28 years, and we make 
a specialty of farm help. We have over 
100 farmers we furnish help for and some 
of them have been getting help from this 
office for 22 years. I have been sending 
out farm hands when the best wages 
were $20 per month on a farm where now 
it is $30 to $35 and even $40 per month. 
We have farmers who get one man and 
possibly two in a year. We also have 
farmers who get from 100 to 150 hands 
during the year, but of course these farm¬ 
ers have several thousand acres in grain. 
I am getting help for a farmer here now 
in Iowa, who has 3,100 acres of corn, 
2.000 acres of grain and 1.600 of hay to 
care for. Instead of charging them $5, 
as the New York man does, we charge 
them nothing and we guarantee them 
good help, and then they come back again 
for help the next time; in. fact we send 
out nothing but first-class farm help, and 
they have to pass an examination before 
we book them for any farm job. We send 
out no Italians, Greeks or negroes unless 
we have an order, but we have never 
had an order for one of these nationalities 
except one negro in 27 years. Our farm 
help in this part of the world consists of 
Americans, Swedes, Danes, Bohemians, 
Germans, Polish, Austrians a few. These 
farm hands all pay an office fee at the 
office; they also pay their own railroad 
fare to the work. But we guarantee 
them work and at the wages agreed upon 
at the office. h. e. w. 
Nebraska. 
Cellulitis. 
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. 
WANTED—A housekeeper for small family. A. 
H. PENNY, Mattituck, N. Y. 
EXPERIENCED MAN wishes position as farr-. 
foreman or herdsman; married: best refer¬ 
ences. K. E., care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Reliable tenant for improved cotton 
and peach farm, Marion Co., Texas; terms 
will please. ROBT. ELSEA, Columbus, Ohio. 
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, Livonia, N. Y. 
WANTED—Single man, under 35, 
man; must be clean, dry-hand 
and board; give experience and 
GLENFREW FARM, Sewickley, Pa. 
for herds- 
milker; $33 
reference. 
POSITION WANTED—On farm, by married 
man, 40; family; life experience; capable of 
taking any position or taking charge; best of 
reference. W. A. MAYOR, Jermyn, Pa. R. 1. 
WANTED—Man and wife (no children), to work 
on small chicken farm; wife for housework; 
will give man interest in chickens; must have 
good references. It. O. KRIEBEL, Norristown. 
Pa., R. F. D. No. 1. 
WANTED—A place with a Christian family for 
boy 10 years old; used to horses and cows; 
can run furnace: small wages; within 40 miles 
of New York City. Apply SUPERINTENDENT. 
The Jennie Clarson Home for Children. Valhalla 
New York. 
POSITION WANTED—By practical American 
man; age 32: married, and strictly temperate; 
thorough knowledge of dairying and dairy farm¬ 
ing, . modern machinery for dairy and farm, in¬ 
cluding steam and gasoline engines. Babcock 
test, refrigerating machinery, mechanical milk¬ 
ers, etc.; milk production for high-class bottle 
trade a specialty: can handle men without fric¬ 
tion and get results; reference from present 
employer; reason for change sale of present 
business. H. G. TIBBETTS, Cambridge, Md., 
Algonquin Dairy. 
ALFALFA HAY—F. P. ERKENBECK, Fayette¬ 
ville. N. Y. 
■VERMONT MAPLE SYRUP. $1.10 gal.; fresh 
eggs in 30 doz. cases. 28c. dozen, F. O. B. Ru¬ 
pert. Vt. JAY T. SMITH. 
FOR SALE—For want of use. cow-pea harves¬ 
ter, cuts, threshes, cleans, in one operation, 
horse driven; price, $70. W. LERCH, Supt., 
Scobeyville, N. J., via Eatontown. 
FIG PRESERVES—Home made; a new delicacy 
for most people: made from choice fruit right 
from the tree; few people have ever tasted a 
fig as it ought to be; write for prices and sam¬ 
ple to MRS. M. A. PARKER, Rickerly, near 
Dauphin way. Mobile, Ala. 
105-ACRE FARM—Good buildings; 3 miles from 
county sent: will exchange for small farm. 
JOSEPH HAMPTON, Flemiugton, N. J. 
WANTED—Southern Connecticut farm for fruit; 
20 acres up; elevated above adiaceut land; 
Western view: Colonial house preferred. HAR¬ 
LEY KENDALL, Norwalk, Conn. 
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. 
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. 
M Y horse suddenly became lame in left 
front foot; limped just a little all 
day; could not find anything at all 
wrong. The third morning it broke at 
top of hoof, and suppurated. Later it 
broke on back of leg just below second 
joint. Both places have been running 
badly since. It has a very bad smell; 
the sore is eating all the time and have 
failed to get anything to stop it. It now 
bleeds at times until horse is very weak. 
What can be done? j. w. e. 
West Virginia. 
Infection has spread in the connective 
tissue from the original wound, and it is 
unlikely that home treatment will avail. 
A qualified veterinarian should be em¬ 
ployed and should give hypodermic in¬ 
jections of antistreptococcic serum. Bathe 
the sores twice daily with a 1-1000 solu¬ 
tion of bichloride of mercury, then dust 
freely with a mixture of one part of iodo¬ 
form and six parts of boric acid, covered 
with absorbent cotton, and clean band¬ 
ages. A. s. A. 
Indigestion. 
L AST Summer my horse commenced to 
run down. I doctored him for pin 
worms with good results. The horse 
seems to be lifeless and very poor, but 
has a good appetite. A. T. c. 
Massachusetts. 
Have the teeth attended to by a qual¬ 
ified veterinarian. If the coat is long 
and rough have it clipped, work or 
abundantly exercise the horse every day. 
In feed night and morning mix a table¬ 
spoonful of a mixture of equal parts of 
dried sulphate of iron, powdered nux 
vomica, gentian root, fenugreek and salt¬ 
peter. Continue this medicine for 10 
days; then skip 10 days and repeat the 
treatment if found necessary. a. s a. 
WILL SELL—Two sections timber land. oak. 
latitude 37: or exchange for farm near lati¬ 
tude 40, in Ohio; age of trees about 70 vears. 
L. W., care Rural New-Yorker, 333 West 30th 
\ St., N. Y. City. 
TWO FARMS FOR SALE—One of 67 acres. 
level; good S-rooui house and other buildings; 
another of 63 acres, fruit and poultry farm, one- 
third set with peach, cherry and quince trees; 
part in bearing; write for particulars. G. W. 
BLAINE, Califon, Hunterdon Co., N. J. 
100 ACRES—Irrigated ranch; fenced; 50 acres 
broken; at Los Alamos. New Mexico; 10 miles 
from Las Vegas: 3 miles from Onara P. O., 
main line Santa Fe 11. R.: very fertile soil; 
home of Alfalfa; 6,500 ft. elevation. Address 
Owner. CHAS. ED. MOYSES. Oyster Bay. N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Beautiful property, % of a mile 
from station, post office and school In Village 
of Washiugtonville. on the State road between 
Newburgh and Goshen; 230 feet front and 210 
feet deep: house of 11 rooms with all modern 
improvements. Write or call on REV. JOHN 
TETRF.AU, Washingtonville, N. Y. 
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. 
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 you 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 City. 
The FARMERS’ BUREAU 
agricultural help. Only first cla3* farm help and positions solic¬ 
ited. Kefrrencfs investigated. Scientific advice on farm prob¬ 
lems. Dept. R, 150 Nassau St., N. Y. Phone, 5565 Ueekman 
Farm fnr C a l~— Ten acres, improved, near Vine 
r drin lor dole land, oil trolley car line. Parti 
culars from M. M. PRESCOTT, Millville. N. J. 
