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In [•; RUKAIi NEW-YORKER 
1075 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, August 29, 19X4. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Cooperative Silo Filling.1045, 1046 
Verbal Contract for Lime.1046 
The Need of Potash Fertilizer.1047 
The Army Worm—Part II.1047,1048 
Saving Seed Beans.1049 
Destroying Cockroaches in Grain Bin.1049 
Alfalfa in Minnesota.1049 
Drain Heads vs. Tile.1049 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Milking Machines . 1066 
Transmission of Bovine Tuberculosis.1066 
Increasing Butter Fat.1066 
Emergency Farm Harness.1066 
Fur-Producing Sheep .1066 
New Jersey Pigs Sold Abroad......1067 
New Jersey Cattle Breeders Incorporate... 1067 
When to Cut Silage Corn.1067 
Bog Spavin .1067 
Eczema .1067 
Splint .1067 
Brittle Hoof; Eczema ..1067 
Cats as Farm Stock.1070 
Lame Sliotos .1070 
Cutting Down Roughage.1070 
Preparing Corn for Hogs.1070 
Cow With Cough.1070 
Lump Jaw .1070 
Sheep Grubs . 1070 
Atrophy of Udder.1070 
Drooping Chicks . 1072 
Barron and Practical White Wyandottes... .1072 
Ailing Chicks ...1072 
Shall We “Swat the Rooster?”.1072 
Trap Nest; Brooding Hens; Sour Milk.1072 
Cob-House Silo . 1071 
Streaked Butter; Bees by the Pound.1071 
Hygroma .1071 
Jack Sores .1071 
Chorea .1071 
Foot Lameness; Cowpox; Ringworm.1071 
Warts . 1071 
The Egg-Laying Contest. 1073 
Molting and Breeding Ration.1073 
Prolapse of Oviduct. 1073 
Poor Feathering . 1073 
Chicks Fail to Grow. 1073 
Peas for Poultry. 1073 
Chicks That Swallow Nails.1073 
Drooping Chicks .,.1073 
HORTICULTURE. 
Big Stories Whittled Down.1046 
Nova Scotia Apple Figures. 1046 
Slitting the Bark for Blight.1049 
Spraying Trees Against Sheep.1049 
Greensboro Peach .1049 
Pot Bulbs in the House. 1053 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
John Henry Buys a Horse.1055 
No More Stove Wood.1055, 1057 
Waiting . 1056 
The Crickets .1056 
‘Unseen” . 1056 
The Machine Milk Kids.1056 
Milking Machines .1056 
Machine for Disabled Man.1056 
The Horrors of War.1056 
Woman's Work .1057 
The Two-Legged Peter. 1057 
Neighborly Chat .1057 
Antidote for Snako Bite.1057 
As Others See Us.1057 
How Busy Women Plan.1058 
A Few Good Stews. 1058 
A Woman’s Homo Management.1058 
Sewing on a Button.1058 
The City Housewife’s Problem.1059 
Odd Things About Poison Ivy.1059 
Life Insurance Policy.1059 
Who Has the Title?.1059 
A Traveling Table.1059 
A Homemade Fly-Trap.1060 
Toy-making at Home.1060 
The Business Gas Engine. 1060 
Different Grades of Goods.1060 
Co-operative Household Work.1060 
The Boon of Parcel Post.1060 
Flowing Water for the House.1060 
A Small Plant Business.1060 
Boarding and Caring for Invalids.1060 
A Business of Meat Canning.1060 
The Favorite Hen.1061 
My Mother-in-law’s Ways..1061 
Two Household Inventions.1061 
A Dead Owl Scarecrow.1061 
Rag Mittens .1061 
A Backyard Fruit Garden.1061 
Dandelion Coffee .1061 
Cleaning Waste Pipe .1061 
What Dishwashing Is .1062 
Housewives’ Har.dv Table . 1062 
Sugar in Canned Fruit .1062 
Why Are "New” Potatoes Best?.1062 
When Children Crave Meat.1062 
My Kitchen Apron .1062 
A Chrptor on Dress Collars.1063 
Handling the Bird .1063 
Mother's Sowing Room .1064 
The Tailored Suit .1064 
The Hen With One Chicken.1068 
Teach Courage .1068 
Children and Property Rights.1068 
Burned Bone for Children .1068 
What to Know .1068 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
War and Commerco . 1048 
Coming Farmers’ I 'actings .1048 
School Health Law .1049 
Legal Bushel of Walnuts .1049 
Permanganate of Potash for Ivy Poisoning 1049 
Roughing a Concrete Floor .1049 
Events of the Week .1050 
New York State News .1050 
Editorials .1054 
Publisher’s Desk .1074 
Products, Prices and Trade. 
Wholesale Prices at New York. 
Week Ending Aug. 21, 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 20-cent 
zone. For the 20 and 32-cent zones the 
schedule is 
10 
cents 
less for all 
months: 
1014. 
1013. 
April .... 
$1.50 
May . 
1.25 
•Tune . 
.1.10 
1.10 
•I uly . 
• • • 
. 
_ 1.25 
1.35 
August .. . 
1.45 
September 
.., 
. 
_ 1.50 
1.55 
.Figuring 
86 
pounds to the 40-quart can 
the per quart 
price 
is as follow 
s: April, 
3.10 cents; 
M: 
iv. 2.4 
7; Juno. 2.; 
36; July, 
-.68; August, 
3.01 ; 
September, 
3.22. 
^ holesale prices paid bv New York 
dealers are running $1.61 and $1.51 for 
'* and <Hotels and restaurants using 
two to three cans per day are paying five 
to 5Vi cents per quart, single quart prices 
from bakeries and grocery stores, six to 
seven cents; delivered milk, nine to 10 
cents. * 
11UTT Kit. 
Rest creamery has advanced one-half 
cent, other grades arc unchanged and 
market rather weak. There is consider¬ 
able surplus of undergrade butter which 
is hard to dispose of. Restaurants which 
formerly used butter greasy in texture or 
ill flavored have found that good butter 
is a profitable means of advertising their 
places. Many moderate priced restaur¬ 
ants now buy the best grades of creamery. 
Creamery, extra, lb. 
Good to Choice . 25 
Lower Grades. 
State Dairy, be*t. 
Common to Good. 18 
Factory. 19 
Packing Stock. 18 
Elgin, 111., butter market 30 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 31 cents. 
CHICKS K. 
Prices have advanced one-half cent, and 
many holders not ready to sell at this 
figure. The retail demand has dropped 
considerably and will slacken still more 
at further advances. The retailer who 
pays K>j 4 cents, charges his customers 
upwards of 20 cents, the difference being 
not all profit. There is some shrinkage 
and lie must give up weight with every 
pound or half pound sale, besides cutting 
a good many sample slices. 
Whole Milk, fresh, specials. 16?^® 
Average fancy. jo to 
Prime. 15)f@ 
Under grades . 11 <•<*> 
Daisies. . 
Skims, specials. 13 <3 
Good to choice . 11J4@ 
Poor to fair. 5 @ 
8 tring Beans, bu. 15 to 75 
Squash. Hubbard, bbl. 100 @ 1 50 
Crook Neck . 25 <9 75 
Egg Plants, bu. 40 (9 75 
Tomatoes, Jersey, box. 10 to 40 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Broilers, lb. 
Fowls . 
Boosters. 
Ducks... 
Geese. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Chickens choice broilers, lb. 
19 to 21 
' I5«@ 16 
12 to 12)4 
15 to 17 
13 to 14)4 
31 
Squab bro: 
25 
@ 
29 
Broilers. ci 
20 
@ 
22 
Fowls. 
28 
@ 
29)4 
Ducks, Spring 
18 
@ 
25 
Squabs, doz... 
19 
@ 
22 
18 
@ 
21 
26 
50 
20 
15 
15 
28 
60 
22 
19 
15& 
< 3 > 3 50 
HAY AND STRAW. 
New Hay is now arriving freely. Some 
exceptional lots have sold up to $24, but 
$22 is the top for most business. The mar¬ 
ket on straw is critical, only a small 
proportion of long rye bringing the top 
quotations. 
Hay. Timothy, new. No. 1. ton. 22 00 
No. 2.20 00 
No. 3.1.8 00 
Clover mixed.17 00 
Straw, Uye . 13 50 
@23 00 
@19 5n 
@19 50 
@16 00 
1694 
16)4 
15J4 
15 
16)4 
13)4 
12)4 
10 
EGGS. 
Another one cent advance has been 
mad*' in nearby white eggs. The market 
is burdened with mixed and lower 
grades, and because of the irregular qual¬ 
ity of current receipts, there is consid¬ 
erable demand for storage st< 
further shipments to Europe 
this week—about 20,000 dozen. 
White, choice to fancy, large . 34 
Common to good . 25 
Mixed colors, best. 28 
Common to good. 18 
Western fresh, white. 24 
Lower grades. 
Storage, best . 
Lower grades. 
FRESH FRUITS. 
There is a good demand for choice ap¬ 
ples of standard Fall varieties, like Alex¬ 
ander, Yellow Transparent and Duchess, 
the best selling up to $3 per barrel. The 
market is still loaded down with wind¬ 
falls and culls. A few carloads are go¬ 
ing to Europe this week. Usually they 
take a considerable quantity of our best 
Fall varieties from the Hudson River 
section. Peaches continue low, except 
for the host. Now and then a lot is found 
good enough to go above $2 per crate, 
but $1.50 is nearer an average of sales, 
and a great many have wholesaled for $1. 
Basket stock runs from 25 to 75 cents 
for 16 quarts. Small sizes are in sur¬ 
plus, the result of overloaded trees or 
market is weak, es- 
Bartlett, which are 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 6 60 @9 75 
Bulls.. 5 25 @ 6 55 
Cows. 3 50 @ 6 85 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lb .. 9 50 @1250 
Culls. 6 00 @8 00 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 3(6 @ 5 00 
Lambs . 6 76 <§ B ffl 
Hogs. 9 00 ® 9 50 
GRAIN. 
After several sharp speculative advan¬ 
ces and drops, the week closes from one 
to four cents higher on wheat; oats two 
cents higher; and corn, a cent lower, be¬ 
cause of last minute reports of rains in 
parts of the belt which had been suffering. 
Wheat. No. 1. Northern Spring. 
1 08 @ 
ck. 
$ 
ome 
are 
noted 
34 
@ 
35 
25 
@ 
32 
28 
@ 
30 
18 
® 
22 
24 
@ 
28 
18 
@ 
20 
26 
@ 
27 
19 
@ 
24 
No. 2. Red 
.... 1 01 
@ .. 
No. 2. Hard 
Winter . 
... 98 
@ 
Corn, as to quality. 
bush. 
90 
@ 92 
Oats, as to weight, 
bush.. 
@ 49 
Rye . 
1 
1 .. 82 
(0 SB 
RETAIL PRICES AT 
The quotations 
or lowest figures 
given 
but 
many thousand sales 
not delivered. Fruits 
low and used freely, 
quality vary widely in price 
the expenses of the retailer 
NEW YORK, 
are not the top 
fairly represent 
of goods that are 
and vegetables are 
Meats of the same 
depending 011 
iml his ideas 
as to profits, some being ready to do 
business on a much lower percentage than 
others. 
The pear 
on nearby 
drought, 
pecially 
small and lacking in color compared with 
the heavy receipts of this variety from 
the West. The earlier varieties of grapes, 
Champion and Moore’s Early are on hand 
from nearby points, but selling slowly 
because of the abundance of peaches. 
Apples—Alexander, bbl. 150 @ 3 00 
Yellow Transparent. 150 
Duchess. 1 50 
Astrachan . ] 50 
Bough. 1 50 
Pears. Le Conte, bbl. 1 00 
Clapp's Favorite .3 no 
Bartlett. 3 50 
Peaches. Del. and Md., crate. 75 
W. Va., crate.1 25 
Nearby, hkt. 25 
Grapes. 181h case. 30 
Plums. 6-bkt.. carrier. 85 
Raspberries, red, pint. 5 
Blackberries, qt. fi 
Huckleberries, qt. 6 
Muskmelons. Md., bu. 25 
Jersey, bu. 35 
Watermelons, 100.10 00 
nous. 
Prime to choice. 35 @ 37 
Common to good. 30 @ 34 
Pacific Coast . 17 @ 20 
Old stock. 10 @ 15 
HONEY. 
Clver. comb, lb. 15 @ 
Dark . 13 
Extracted, gallon. 60 
@ 3 00 
@ 2 50 
@ 2 50 
@2 25 
@2 50 
@5 00 
@ 4 50 
@ 1 75 
@ 175 
@ 75 
@ 60 
1 25 
8 
li 
14 
@ 1 25 
@ 85 
@25 00 
Eggs, fancy white, doz. 
.. 40 
@ 
45 
Mixed colors, new laid. 
.. 35 
@ 
38 
@ 
25 
Butter, fancy prints, lb. 
.. 36 
@ 
38 
Tub. choice. 
.. 28 
to 
32 
Chickens, roasting, ib. 
.. 30 
@ 
32 
Squab broilers, pair . 
.. 1 00 
to 1 
50 
Broilers, common to good. lb. .. 
.. 30 
to 
40 
Fricassee, lb. 
.. 25 
to 
28 
Fowls. 
.. 25 
to 
28 
Leg of lamb. 
to 
18 
Lamb chops. 
to 
20 
Roasting beef . 
to 
20 
Stewing beef . 
.. 12 
to 
14 
Fork Chops . 
.. 16 
to 
18 
Loin of Fork . 
to 
16 
Round Steak . 
to 
20 
Fresh Cod. 
14 
to 
Jo 
Forgies . 
.. 10 
to 
12 
Eels. 
to 
16 
.. 18 
(§1 
20 
Butterfish. 
... 6 
to 
7 
Tomatoes, qt. 
3 
... 1 
to 
a 
Cucumbers, each . 
to 
3 
Lettuce, each. 
1 
@ 
3 
Corn, doz. 
... 12 
to 
20 
Fotatoes, peck . 
.. 30 
to 
35 
String Beans, qt. 
... 5 
00 
Green Peas, qt. 
to 
1)0 
Lima Beans, in pod, qt. 
... 5 
to 
no 
Peaches, 16 qt. bkt. 
to l 
25 
@ 
to 
@ 
@ 
The pastures in this section are very 
poor, and likely to continue so, as there 
has been very little rain in the past six 
weeks. Milk prices abut the same as in 
former years. Every farmer keeps from 
three to 12 cows, grade Holstein as a 
rule. There is no particular effect made 
to improve the herd by keeping a pure¬ 
bred sire. In past years calves three days 
old could be bought for from $1 t<> $2 
per head. This season the price is $5. 
and scarce at that. More calves are being 
raised as cows sell from $50 to $80 per 
head. w. M. 
Le Roy, N. Y. 
| i,jj Subscribers’ Exchange 
BKAN9. 
The top notch of prices has evidently 
been reached, and the market is now at a 
standstill, with some sales under quota¬ 
tions by holders anxious to move their 
supply. 
Marrow. 100 lbs. 7 00 @ 7 30 
Medium . 5 30 @ 5 40 
Pea . 4 90 @5 15 
Red Kidney. 5 95 @ 6 85 
White Kidney. 6 75 @ 7 00 
Lima, California. 8 00 @8 25 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes are i i very heavy supply, 
large quantities wholesaling at* 50 cents 
per bushel or a trifle more. Best Long 
Island go above $2 per barrel. Sweet po¬ 
tatoes are scarce and higher. Onions 
arc in surplus and all grades lower. 
String beans and peas low. except for a 
few fancy. Sweet corn, market weak, 
averaging 50 cents per TOO. except best 
Hackensack, which brings $1.25. Toma¬ 
toes extremely low, many selling at 25 to 
30 cents per bushel. 
Potatoes- Jersey. bbl. 
Long Island, bbl. 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl.. 
Beets. 100 bunches. 
Carrots, bbl. 
Cucumbers, bu.. 
Corn. Jersey. 100. 
Cabbage, bbl. 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 
Onions—Southern, bu. 
Nearby, bu. 
Okra, bu . 1 UO 
Peppers. Jersey, bbl. 35 
Peas, bu. 
Radishes. 100 bunches . 
1 
50 
to 
l 
90 
1 
75 
to 
2 
25 
2 
50 
@ 
3 
P0 
50 
to 
1 
00 
75 
@ 
1 
00 
20 
to 
50 
25 
to 
1 
25 
25 
@ 
50 
25 
to 
40 
1 
00 
to 
1 
50 
75 
to 
1 
25 
1 
oo 
to 
1 
50 
35 
to 
75 
50 
@ 
1 
00 
75 
to 
1 
00 
WANTED—To buy or rent small farm within 
50 miles from New York City. HERBERT 
HOOS, West Second, Peru, Iud. 
FOR SALE—235 acres, good soil and buildings, 
fruit and stock farm in fine condition. 835 
acre. Inquire T. S. PAGE, Colioctou, N. Y., R3. 
FOR RENT—Well equipped poultry and gen¬ 
eral farm, for term of years: nearby retail 
market with good will. Box (l, Barnstable, 
Mass. 
GENERAL PURPOSE or dairy farm of SO acres 
with crops ami stock. Full description ami 
terms upon application. ROBERT GREGORY. 
Grantou, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Village poultry farm, near Putnam. 
Conn.; good buildings, poultry bouses for 400 
chickens; $1,500; $600 cash. Box No. 76, R. D. 
No. 1. Putnam, Conn. 
WANTED—Farm of about SO acres, 40 acres 
tillable; must have orchard, running water, 
woodland, pasture, dwelling and outbuildings, 
about 100 miles of New York City; no agencies. 
Address F. E. SCHEEL, 433 West 4*ith St.. 
New York City. 
FOR SALE—3.500 acres ranch. 400 acres in 
farm, 3 sets improvements, 4 silos. 1,520 acres 
deeded, balance leased; deeded land, $14 per 
acre, lease thrown in; crop, live stock and equip¬ 
ment put in at reasonable price. E. D. HUNT, 
Owner. Childless. Tex. 
FOR SALE—1,021 acres, farming, grazing and 
timber land in Allegheny Co., Md.. 11 miles 
from Cumberland, on North Branch River, C. & 
O. Canal, and West Maryland R. R. runs 
through property; near churches and school. 
Will sell in one pared or divide In sections. 
Liberal terms. R. M. W.. care R. N.-Y. 
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. 
SITUATION WANTED by married American 
man as herdsman or farmer. GEO. RYDER, 
Yantic, Ct. 
FARM PARTNER WANTED to work with own¬ 
er on shares; New York State; married man 
preferred; particulars exchanged. OWNER, care 
Rural New-Yorker. 
TEAMSTERS and Farm Laborers wanted to 
work in an institution; salary, $32 a month 
and maintenance to begin with. Address SU¬ 
PERINTENDENT. LetehwortU Village, Thiells, 
N. Y. 
WANTED SINGLE MAN—Must be good milker, 
who wants to learn advanced registry feeding 
and work; state nationality, age, wages wanted 
and reference. New York State, care Rural 
New-Yorker. 
AMERICAN—Single; offered a good steady posi¬ 
tion at $35 per month, room and board, with 
American family: to take charge of private 
stable and care of lawn and do chores about 
the house. W. II. PITKIN. Congers, N- Y., 
near New York City. 
A PRACTICAL HERDSMAN seeks position: am 
Scotch, married, 1 child, age 28 years: have 
been in this country several years and have 
held positions as herdsman and dairyman on 
some of the largest estates in the East; am 
well qualified ami can give highest credentials. 
Address A. D. STEVENSON, Griffin Farm, Port 
Chester. 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 bo 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. 
ALFALFA HAY—F. P. ERKENBECK. Favette 
vllle, N. Y. 
WANTED—Pair (heavy draft) fillies. C. H. 
SEIFERT. West Nyack, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Bartlett and other Pears by tree 
or bushel. ANTIETAM FARM, Landing Road. 
Smithtown, L. 1. 
CEMENT RLOCK MACHINE—Nearly new; will 
exchange for registered Ayrshire calf or cash. 
Write W. D. HAMMOND, Marathon. N. Y. 
BARTLETT and Clapp’s Favorite Pears, $1.50 
per (Ioz.; Early Richmond Cherries. $1.25 per 
doz.: sample can prepaid, 20c. SENECA FRUIT 
FARM, Waterloo, N. Y. 
FIG PRESERVES—Home made; a new delicacy 
for most people: made from choice fruit right 
from the tree; few i eople have ever tasted a 
fig as it ought to be; write for prices and sam¬ 
ple to MRS. M. A. PARKER, Itickerly, near 
Dauphin way. Mobile, Ala. 
PERFECT BARN 
EQUIPMENT 
$ 
$ 
>WS 
A Clean Barn 
Cow Comfort 
More Milk 
Added Profits 
Less Labor 
are results where Porter 
fixtures are used. Any 
cow, to do her best, must 
have the comfort, cleanli¬ 
ness and contentment 
suchasPorter Dairy Barn 
Equipment affords. It 
will actually pay for it¬ 
self in a year in added 
profits. Modernize your 
barn, make more money 
and save work by installing 
fixturesbearingthe name 
thatstandsforrecognized 
leadership, “Porter.” 
Better 
$ 
$ 
$ 
$ 
$ 
$ 
$ 
$ 
$ 
E PORTER CO.. 
OTTAWA.IIL, $ 
Wcmanufacture thebest 
litter-carrier, hay car¬ 
rier, barn door hang¬ 
ers, etc. on the market. 
Let our barn experts 
help you. Send us sketch 
showingsizeand arrange- 
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we will send floor plana 
complete, free. 
Write for Catalog No. 59. 
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