1914. 
THE 
RURAL, 
NEW-YORKER 
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CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, Sept. 26, 1914. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Small Farm Profits.1145, 1146, 
A Successful Farmers’ Co-operation, Part III 
Foolish Talk About Hen Manure.1148 
Defective Ears of Corn.1148 
A Weed Cover Crop.1149 
Crop Notes .1150 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings.1150 
Cleaning a Now England Pasturo.1151 
Potatoes on Maryland Soils.1151 
Hope Farm Notes.1152 
Agricultural Experiment Stations.1172 
Tenants’ Right to Crop.1174 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Tlio Hothouse Lamb .1166 
Live Stock in East Tennessee.1166 
Hog Growing on the Pacific Coast.1166, 1167 
Hogs in an Orchard.1167 
Buy Springers in the Fall....1167 
Fighting Animals; Dogs . 1167 
Partitioning a Silo.1168 
Plans for Cow Barn .1168 
Turnips in Silo .1168 
Fencing in Sheep .1163 
Ration for Milch Cow.1168 
Horse Walks to One Side.1168 
Locomotor Ataxia . 1168 
Controlling Dogs .1168 
Sore . 1168 
Spavin .1168 
Supernumerary Teat .1168 
The Favorite Hen...1170 
Leghorns as Mothers.1170 
The Egg-Laying Contest.1171 
Grains for Poultry .1171 
Trouble With Ducks .1171 
Experiment With Sweet Clover .1171 
Lico and Mites .1171 
Will Doublo-Yolkod Eggs Hatch?.1171 
HORTICULTURE. 
Crab Grass in Lawn.1149 
Small Plot Fertilizer Experiment.1149 
Fruit Notes From Missouri. 1153 
WOMAN AND HOME. 
That Pantry of Mandy’s.1156, 1161 
In Prison .1156 
A Little Parable .1156 
It Can’t Be Done...1156 
Home Economics in New Jersey.1156 
Beginning a Farm Business.1157 
A Business in Pickles.1157 
Always Mako a Written Contract.1157 
What Direct Trade Does.1157 
The 35-Cent Dollar ......1157 
Woman’s Work in Business .1157 
Board Near College Town.1157 
An Auto Truck Gardener.1157 
The Slender Woman’s Hat .1158 
A Melon-Seed Chain .1158 
“Tho Woman We Like”.1158 
The Rural Patterns .1158 
From the Home Dressmaker.1159 
The Scientific Buttonhole.1159 
Bathing Suits in Louisiana.1159 
Mother’s Sewing Room. Part II.1160 
Experience With Wash Goods .1160 
A Coming Potato Grower .1160 
“Music Hath Charms” .1160 
Producing Goat’s Milk .1161 
Canning Pork and Beef.1161 
Economy .1162 
The Housekeeper’s Creed.1162 
Moving Made Easy .1162 
Saving in Time .1162 
The Bathroom in the Farmhouse.1162 
Farm Women’s Problems .1162 
Cheap Kindling .1162 
A Boy Wanted .1164 
Lost: Ten Minutes . 1164 
Unfermented Grape Juice .1164 
Poison Ivy and Ants .1164 . 
Sweeping Compound .1164 
The Invalid .1164 
Painting Blinds .1164 
Cook Books .1164 
Destroying Mice . 1164 
Sanitary Floors .1164 
Shut Cellar Windows .1164 
Heating the Farmhouse .1165 
The School Lunch .1165 
The Wild Flower Collector . 1173 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Tho Vaccination Question Again .1146 
Labor and Land Contracts ..1146 
Bear Trap for Fruit Thieves .1146 
Well Goes Dry . 1149 
Purifying Well . 1149 
New York State News .!ll50 
Editorials . 1154 
Events of the Week.!ll69 
What Is an Education?.1172 
The New Public Markets ..1173 
Publisher’s Dosk .!!!ll74 
Products, Prices and Trade. 
Wholesale Prices at New York, 
Week Ending Sept. 18, 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 .$1.40 $1.50 
May . 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 S6 pounds to the 40-quart can 
the per quart price is as follows: April, 
3.10 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 $1.81 and $1.61 for 
B and C. Hotels and restaurants using 
two to three cans per day are paying five 
to 514 cents per quart, single quart prices 
from bakeries and grocery stores, six to 
seven cents; delivered milk, nine to 10 
cents. 
BUTT Bit. 
Business has been on a moderate scale 
during the week, without much pressure 
to sell, except on the lower grades. Pack¬ 
ing stock and city made are very dull. 
Creamery, extra, lb. 32 
Good to Choice . 26 
Lower Grades. ....’ 22 
State Dairy. best. 29 
Common to Good. 20 
Factory.!!”!" 21 
Packing Stock. 1 ‘) 
nu Klgin, Ill., butter market 30%'cents. 
I hlladolphia, western creamery, 32 cents. 
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CHEESE, 
The market is one-fourth cent lower 
011 nearby grades and trade quiet, with 
considerable stock going into storage. 
Whole Milk, fresh, specials. 16%@ 10% 
Average fancy. 16 @ 16% 
Prime.... . 14%@ 14% 
Under grades . 11 @ 14 
Daisies. 16 @ 16% 
Skims, specials. 13 @ 11 
Good to choice . 11%@ 12% 
Poor to fair. 7 ~@ 11 
EGGS. 
Business is unsettled. Receipts are 
quite heavy, but running medium or be¬ 
low in quality, very few being good 
enough to meet the top quotations. 
White, choice to fancy, large . 38 @ 40 
Common to good . 30 @ 35 
Mixed colors, best. 32 @ 33 
Common to good. 22 @ 2a 
Western fresh, white. 26 @ 32 
Lower grades. 18 @ 20 
Storage, best . 24 @ 25 
Lower grades. 20 @ 24 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Apple prices on the better grades of 
picked fruit have improved. Pears are 
with a large proportion bruised or small, 
top qualities. Peaches are still very low, 
with a large proportion bruised on small. 
Grape market dull and lower. Cranberry 
quotations are low because of the poor 
quality of the receipts. 
Apples—Alexander, bbl. 2 25 @ 3 00 
Gravenstein . 2 00 @3 00 
Duchess. 1 75 @ 2 75 
Wealthy . 2 CO @ 2 75 
Fall Pippin. 2 00 @3 00 
McIntosh. 2 00 @ 3 25 
Pears. Anjou, bbl. 2 00 @3 25 
Clapp’s Favorite . 3 00 @ 6 00 
Bartlett. 4 00 @ 6 00 
Peaches. Penn., crate. 75 @ 1 50 
W.Va., crate. 60 @150 
Nearby, bkt. 30 @ 90 
Grapes, 181b case. 10 @ 60 
Plums, till).-bkt. 10 @ 25 
Musktnelons. Md., bu. 25 @ 1 00 
Jersey, bu. 25 @ 1 00 
Watermelons, 100. 6 00 @15 UO 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 45 @ 47 
Common to good. 40 @ 44 
Pacific Coast . 22 @ 23 
Old stock. 10 @ 15 
HONEY. 
Clover, comb, lb. 12 @ 16 
Extracted, gallon. 60 @ 90 
BEANS. 
There is a decline of 10 cents per hun¬ 
dred on all kinds except California Lima, 
which are 10 cents higher. 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 6 80 @ 7 00 
Medium . 4 95 @ 5 05 
Pea . 4 40 @ 4 75 
lied Kidney. 5 90 @ 6 40 
White Kidney. 6 50 @6 55 
Lima, California. 7 75 @7 90 
VEGETABLES. 
Potato prices tire unchanged, at pres¬ 
ent they are proportionately lower here 
than at primary markets. Cabbage in 
surplus and dull, best nearby not ex¬ 
ceeding $10 per ton. Sweet corn getting 
scarce, some bringing $1.50 per 100. 
Onion market weak and lower on all 
grades. String beans from Maryland 
bringing good prices, in some cases $1.50 
per bushel. 
Potatoes—Jersey, bbl. 
Long Island, bbl. 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl. 
Beets. 100 bunches. 
Cariots. bbl. 
Cucumbers, bu. 
Corn. Jersey. 100. 
Cabbage, bid. 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket .. 
Onions—Orange Co., bag . 
Conn. Yellow. 100 lbs. 
Okra, bn. 
Peppers. Jersey, bbl. 
Peas, bu.. . .. 
Radishes. 100 bunches . 
String Beans, bu. 
Squash. Hubbard, bbl. 
Crook Neck . 
Egg Plants, bu. 
Tomatoes, Jersey, box. 
LIVE POULTRY. 
Broilers, lb. 
Fowls . 
Roosters. 
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DRESSED POULTRY. 
Chickens choice broilers, lb. 
Squab broilers, pair.. 
Broilers, common to good . 
Fowls . 
Ducks, Spring. 
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HAY AND STRAW. 
Market is extremely quiet and ware¬ 
houses getting crowded. Very little de¬ 
mand except for clover mixed. Straw 50 
cents per ton lower. 
llay. Timothy, new. No. 1. ton. 20 51) @21 00 
No. 2.17 56 @19 00 
No. 0 .15 50 @16 00 
Clover mixed.17 60 @19 00 
Straw.! Rye. choice.15 00 @16 60 
Short and tangled .10 00 @13 00 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 7 90 @10 25 
Bulls.. 5 50 @7 50 
Cows... 3 50 @ 7 00 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lb. 9 06 @13 50 
Culls. 6 66 @8 00 
Slieep. 100 lbs.3HO @ 5 75 
Lambs . 7 60 @9 25 
Hogs. 8 50 @ 9 50 
GRAIN. 
Wheat has dropped three to six cents 
during the week. The heavy speculative 
movement is slackening. Corn and oats 
are a cent or two lower, in sympathy 
with the wheat market. 
Wheat. No. 1. Northern Spring. 1 16 @ 
No. 2, Red . 1 19 @ 
No. 2. Hard Winter. 1 11 @ 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 85 @ 86 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 52 @ 54 
RETAIL PRICES AT NEW YORK. 
These are not the highest or lowest 
figures noted here, but represent produce 
of good quality- and the buying oppor¬ 
tunities of at least half of New York’s 
population. 
Eggs, fancy white, doz. 40 @ 45 
Mixed colors, new laid. 38 @ 40 
Ordinary grades.. ,,,, ,,,, 20 @ 25 
Butter, fancy prints, lb.-. 38 @ 40 
Tub, choice. 30 @ 34 
Chickens, roasting, lb. 28 @ 30 
Squab broilers, pair . 1 00 @ 1 50 
Broilers, common to good, lb. 30 @ 35 
Fricassee, lb. 23 @ 25 
Fowls. . 24 @ 26 
Leg of lamb. 16 @ 18 
Lamb chops. ]8 @ 20 
Roasting beef . 18 @ 20 
Stewing beef . 12 @ 14 
Pork Chops. 16 @ 18 
Loin of Pork . 15 @ 16 
Round Steak . 18 @ 20 
BUFFALO MARKETS. 
OTATOES, which retailed for $1 a 
bushel last month, are down to 90 
cents and not quoted above 80 cents 
wholesale. Beans remain high, on ac¬ 
count of the partial failure of the crop, 
quotations to retailors being $4.25 for 
marrows and $3 for pea beans. Cabbage 
and onions are low, cabbage, $2.50 to $3 
per 100 heads, and onions, $1 per bushel. 
Peaches are not above $2 per bushel, and 
good third-bushel baskets sell at 65 cents, 
retail. Butter runs as high as 34 cents 
wholesale and nothing being quoted lower 
than 22 cents. Cheese has not advanced, 
the highest regular quotation being 18 
cents. Eggs are 26 to 33 cents wholesale. 
Poultry, 21 to 23 cents for dressed tur¬ 
key, 15 to 17 cents for live; fowl, 18 to 
19 cents for fancy dressed, and 17 to 
18 cents live. The apple market is in 
an uncertain condition, buyers not being 
able to fix a price they would call safe 
which will be accepted by farmers. Sum¬ 
mer apples are plenty at 30 cents to $1 
per bushel, retail. The quality is much 
better than common. Pears are not a 
large crop. Bartletts wholesaling at 
$1.50 per bushel down and Clapp’s favor¬ 
ite a little lower. Plums are scarce at 
10 to 12 cents per six-pound basket for 
small blue, to 15 to 18 cents for large 
green. Home-grown grapes are coming 
in at 17 to 20 cents for seven-pound 
basket of blues and a trifle more for other 
colors. Melons are cheap, watermelons 
not being quoted above 35 cents wholesale 
and muskmelons at $1 per bushel. The 
season has been favorable to the crop. 
Corn is lower than it has been in some 
years, being eight cents per dozen, retail, 
for Golden Bantam and 10 cents for 
Evergreen. The quality is excellent. Cu¬ 
cumbers are more plenty than common, 
selling for 25 to 35 cents pe" bushel, or 
15 to 25 cents per 100 for pickles. Cauli¬ 
flower wholesales at 75 to $1 per bushel. 
Lettuce wholesales at 15 to 25 cents per 
dozen and retails at two heads for five 
cents. Celery is plenty at 40 to 45 cents 
per dozen for fancy. String beans are 50 
cents to $1 per bushel, peppers $1.50 per 
barrel, tomatoes 35 to 45 cents .er half 
bushel basket. J. c. 
Sept. 7. Plenty of rain. Grass look¬ 
ing green ; second cutting of clover about 
completed. Plowing for wheat mostly 
done; corn about ready for the silos. Po¬ 
tatoes will be a short crop ; peaches full 
crop, selling at 50 cents to $1.25 per 
bushel. Brood ewes $2.50 to $3.50 per 
head; not much change in cattle prices. 
Corn, 90: wheat, $1; potatoes, $1; 
chickens, 12; hens, 10; butter, 20; eggs, 
24. Sugar declining a little; no cause at 
the present time for it to be so high. 
Morgan Co., Ohio. w. b. ri. 
Cattle most grade Holstein around 
hei’e; good grades $85 to $115; cattle of 
other breeds $15-20 less apiece. Butter, 
creamery, 35, dairy 30; milk shipped to 
Buffalo, 15 cents a gallon, f.o.b. At ice 
cream plant price varies from .*1.10 per 
hundred to $2. usually $2 for one month, 
November. Pears very scarce; selling for 
$1 per bushel. Apples large crop. No 
silos made as yet in this section. Wheat 
$1.10; beans quoted at $3.25. L. J. K. 
Akron, N. Y. 
We had dry weather until about three 
weeks ago, since that we had abundance 
of rain, so much so that it bothered cut¬ 
ting oats. The potatoes are growing 
nicely, but many of them are rotting. 
There is a good crop of apples, Bartlett 
pears are shy, the pear crop is not over 
half a crop. It is said that in the Keuka 
belt the grapes are doing nicely. Hay is 
not an extra crop, but little clover, and 
there is considerable Alfalfa which is very 
good. There will be some steers fed for 
the Buffalo market. There are not many 
silos, but more will be established than 
heretofore. t. b. n. 
Ontario Co., N. Y. 
Subscribers’ Exchange 
Comply!.,g -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—Position as manager or foreman on 
a first-class fruit farm, 25 years’ experience; 
references furnished. Address W. II. SCHWEItK, 
East Otto, N. Y. 
WANTED—By ambitious man, 25 years of age, 
steady position on farm: have some knowledge; 
state salary, etc. Address W. E. S., Rural New- 
Yorker. 
YOUNG AMERICAN—Wishes position on coun¬ 
try place; experienced about house, garden, 
horses, poultry, stock: references; state wages. 
P. R. J., Care R. N.-Y. 
MARRIED COUPLE—Want position on farm; 
can do any work; two children; long expe¬ 
rience; best reference: state salary. NESNAD- 
NY r , Care Dr. Kucher, Rivervale, N. J. 
POSITION WANTEb—As farmer or herdsman 
by practical man. life experience with cattle, 
sanitary dairying, college training, good refer¬ 
ence; small family; state wages. Add'ress B. 
B., care of R. N.-Y. 
WANTED—A reliable farm barn foreman by 
Oct. 1; must understand care of farm horses, 
repairing harness, and he generally useful; 
steady position, good wages for right party. Ad¬ 
dress Box 212, Greenwich, Ct. 
FARMER WANTED—Married man as working 
farm foreman on Long Island milk farm; 
wages, $50, with house, fuel, vegetables, etc. 
State age, experience, nationality, size of fam¬ 
ily. S., Box 171 Saint James, L. I. 
TWO STRONG CITY BOYS, aged 18 years, 
want place on farm for two years to get prac¬ 
tical experience preparatory for agricultural 
college: salary not Important. Address ROBT. 
P. KEIIOE. 98 Morningside Ave., New York. 
FARMER—Experienced in modern methods of 
dairying, efficient with purebred cattle, poul¬ 
try and swine; a very useful, all-round man; 
married, but could' accept good position as single 
man for a certain length of time. Address 
BENJ. H. DAVIS, Roslyn, L. L 
HOUSEKEEPER WANTED—Middle-aged' wom¬ 
an, accust< med to farm work and butter; able 
to make and appreciate comfortable Christian 
home for owner. No objection to child if right 
sort. References required and given. Address 
“Housekeeper,” care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Steady, energetic young man to 
take charge of the poultry; must understand 
the running of Incubators and care of young 
chickens: able to milk and assist in dairy: 
wages, $35 and board; must have references 
from similar positions. Apply Supt. Harkness 
Estate, Waterford, Conn. 
POSITION WANTED—As superintendent or 
manager of a poultry plant, highest references 
as to ability, thoroughly experienced in modern 
methods; capable of planning or remodeling a 
plant on scientific principles, also experienced 
In general farm and orchard culture. G. H. 
SOMERS, Long Branch, N. J. 
A PRACTICAL, successful farm superintendent 
desires position on an np-to-date dairy farm; 
understands producing sanitary milk, also care 
and breeding of Holstein stock and feeding for 
A. R. (). records, and can produce results: high¬ 
est credentials: no liquors. Address N. X. Y., 
Care Rural New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Position as manager of commercial 
Agricultural Enterprise on large farm to be 
rnn on a business basis: scientific knowledge and 
practical experience in North and South; silos, 
crops, breeding, feeding; unquestionable evidence 
of ability and integrity: at liberty Oct. 1, or 
sooner; will not consider proposition paying less 
than $1,800; or might consider taking under 
lease a good farm all furnished. Add'ress B. D.. 
Care It. N.-Y. 
FARMER WANTED—Exceptional chance; on 
shares or percentage of profits, married, small 
family, on 20-aere Jersey farm. 6-room house, 
near Philadelphia; berries; 1,000 peach trees, 
grapes and early garden truck; must furnish 
horses, harness and wagons. We have all else. 
Give age, size and age of family; references, ex¬ 
perience and all details in first letter or no at- 
tion will be given. JAMES R. GWILLIAM, 
Merchantville, N. J. 
DAIRY' FARM AND STOCK FOR SALE—One 
of the best opportunities in the South to-day; 
write for particulars. L. DILLON, Bedford City. 
Va. Route 2. 
119-ACRE FARM in fertile part of New York. 
80 acres in fine tilth: large barns, silo, well 
with power pump, hotbed, asparagus, fine or¬ 
chard, strawberries. Large house with plumb¬ 
ing and modern furnace. Fine investment for 
city family; $9,000 for immediate sale. E. C. 
G., care R. N.-Y. 
“Why would not .Tijurs .patronize the 
fortune-teller? Was he afraid to have his 
future told?” “Oh, no; he said he didn’t 
care wliat she said about his future, but 
she threatened also to tell his past.”— 
Buffalo Express. 
FARM HANDS WANTED 
places, in Dutchess Co., 
for men who can milk and do general farm work; 
wagnsdopends upon capabilities. The OutchessEmploy- 
ment Bureau, No. 11 Washington Street, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
Subscribers’ Exchange 
ALFALFA HAY—F. P. ERKENBECIC, Fayette¬ 
ville. N. Y. 
I Wild, EXCHANGE first-class apples for sweet 
potatoes. L. I. WALDOCK, Cuba, N. Y'. 
NEW HONEY—Basswood or clover In sixty- 
pound’ cans. Write for prices. C. A. HATCH, 
Richland Center, Wis. 
WANTED—Young family cow, giving eighteen 
quarts 5 per cent. milk. Jersey preferred’; give 
particulars and price delivered. Box 56, Little 
Falls, N. J. 
FOR SALE—Dairy farm of 214 acres, located 
one mile from Drydeu village, Tompkins Co., 
N. Y.: farm has two houses, three barns, silo 
and other buildings; would take a mortgage for 
part of tlie consideration price, if desired. Price 
$30 per acre. Address owner, Box 356, Groton 
Tompkins Co., N. Y. 
tfEW ENGLAND FARM FOR SALE—To Close 
Estate—Forty acres cultivated land; eighty 
acres of pasturage ami good apple orchard: high 
ground; good view; four miles from Atlantic 
Ocean, in the town of North Stonington, Conn. 
Modern thirteen-room house and’ small barn: 
good water; one and one-half miles from trolley, 
and near State Road. Address ALLYN L. 
BItOWN, Admr., Norwich, Conn. 
I -41 -Will 1C 1UI1U, III UlM-UUSS Gnu- 
dition. 8 acres in wood and timber, value 
$1,000; level fields: one mile to Blooming Glen, 
mill, stores, etc.; 3 miles to Perkasie, it. II. and 
trolley, one-half to creamery and school, 30 from 
Philadelphia; attractive brick house of 12 rooms, 
slated roof; about 140 apples, pears and cherry 
and grapes trees, and 100 bearing peach trees; 
barn and other outbuildings, also In good condi¬ 
tion: price, $80 per acre; $4,000 may remain on 
easy terms; no agents. Add'ress S. A. SCHIL- 
STRA. Perkasie, Pa., It. 3. 
CONCRETE BLOCK outfit: mixer, etc., com¬ 
plete. O. REDFIELD. Salisbury, Md. 
FOR SALE—Valley farm 190 acres; fine build¬ 
ings; beautiful location. Address LARSON 
FARM, Willseyville, N. Y. 
MILKING MACHINE FOR SALE—Having quit 
dairying have a Hlninan Milker for sale; a 
bargain. F. E. BROWN, Newfleld, N. Y. 
