1914. 
THE RURALT 
.5 W-YOR I< K hi 
1 1 y© 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. October 3, 1914. 
TARM TOPICS. 
When to Kill Brush.1178 
Farm Eveners and Hitches.1179 
Cutting Asparagus Tops.1130 
What to Do With New Clover.1180 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings.1180 
Tenants and the Limn Question.1181 
Cutting Alfalfa for Seed....1182 
Massachusetts Asparagus Growers.11S2 
Treating Wheat for Smut.1182 
Selecting Seed Potatoes.1182 
Potatoes and Old Soil.1183 
Sudan Grass .1183 
Harrowing Timothy Sod.1183 
Destroying Poison Ivy...1183 
Vegetable Cellar .1185 
Hope Farm Notes.1186 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Selecting the Laying Hen.1177, 1178 
Feeding Winter Lambs. 1192 
Dressing for Wounds of Animals.1193 
A Live-Stock Association.1103 
Cortland Dairymen Meet .1193 
New England Milk Conditions.1194 
Live Stock Bulletins .1134 
Milk Business at Providence, R. 1.1194 
Conditions in Southern Vermont.1196 
Skim-milk for Hogs.1195 
Value of Cow Testing.1195 
Utility Wyandottes . 1198 
Fat Laying Hens . 1196 
HORTICULTURE. 
Modified Culture for Orchards.1178 
Four Months’ Growth of Apple Graft.1178 
Fruits in Central New York.1178 
Orchard Quack Grass.1179,1180 
Girdling Fruit Trees .1181 
Strawberry L6af-Roller . 1181 
Slitting Bark for Blight .1182 
Tree Surgery .1182 
Cover Crop for Orchard .1183 
Notes From a Maryland Garden.1185 
Sorrel in a Lawn .1185 
Carbon Bisulphide and Squash Borers.1185 
Drying Persimmons in China.1187 
New Citrus Fruits .1187 
Geraniums ..1187 
Editorials .1188 
New York State News.1189 
The New Markets .1189 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day.1190 
Seen in New York Shops.1190 
Canning Grapes Without Sugar.1190 
Chili Sauce .1190 
Cooked Piccalilli .1190 
The Rural Patterns .1191 
Canning Fruit With Little or No Sugar.... 1191 
Tested and Tried .1191 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Private Lip-hting Plant.1181 
Locating Division Fences .1181 
Vaccination Law .1183 
Yellow Wash for Buildings.1183 
Use of Bromo Seltzer .1183 
Events of the Week .1184 
What Is An Education?.1196 
Publisher's Desk .1193 
Products, Prices and Trade. 
Wholesale Prices at New York. 
Week Ending Sept. 25. 1914. 
MILK. 
Tht! Borden milk schedule to producers 
for the six months beginning with Oc¬ 
tober is as follows. This is per 100 
pounds in the 26-eent zone. 
1014. 
October .$*2.00 
November .. 2.10 
December . 2.10 
January . 2.0. r > 
February . l.or* 
March . 1.00 
Wholesale prices paid by New York 
dealers are running $1.81 and $1.61 for 
B and C. Hotels ;iud restaurants using 
two to three cans per day are paying five 
to 5 l /j cents per quart, single quart prices 
from bakeries and grocery stores, six to 
seven cents; delivered milk, nine to 10 
cents. 
BUTTER. 
The price is 
cent below last 
only enough for 
one to one and one-half 
week. Buyers are taking 
immediate needs, and the 
market is decidedly weak and unsettled, 
especially on packing stock and process. 
Dreamery, extra, lb. 30 @ 30^ 
Good to Choice . 26 @ 29 
Lower Grades. 22 @ 25 
State Dairy, be«t. 28 @ 29 
Common to Good. 20 @ 23 
Factory. 21 @ 23 
Packing Stock. IS @ 22 
Elgin, Ill., butter market 29 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery, 31 cents. 
Cl I K ICS K. 
An advance of one-fourth cent is noted 
on most grades of whole milk. Business 
has been a trifle better than the previous 
week, except on skims. 
Whole Milk, fresh, specials. 
Average fancy. 
Prime . 
Under grades . 
Daisies. 
Skims, specials. 
Good to choice . 
Poor to fair. 
15*t@ 
16 @ 
UHi@ 
n @ 
16 @ 
13 @ 
llhi@ 
7 @ 
16 
15M 
15 
14 
16*4 
14 
12H 
11 
except of tl 
Medium grades are m 
going quite largely ini 
salable at present : 
EGGS. 
Receipts have been hu g 
best qualities, 
cumulating and 
storage, not l>ein„ .... 
shippers’ price limits. 
White, choice to fancy, large . 
Common to good . 
Mixed colors, best. 
Common to good. 
Western fresh, white. 
Lower grades.•.. 
Storage, best. 
Lower grades. 
FRKS11 FRUITS. 
The market is again ovei 
medium and under 
are made still worst 
Because of the Hebrew holidays a lai 
unmber of buyers have not been on I 
market this week, making slack trade 
apples as well as other fruits. Pei 
selling at a wide variation in price. T 
drought has made havoc with many 
the bite peaches from nearbv, wlii 
grade a., 
by the hot wen the 
35 
@ 
38 
30 
@ 
33 
30 
0 
32 
22 
@ 
25 
26 
@ 
32 
IS 
@ 
20 
24 
@ 
25 
18 
@ 
22 
•kod 
with 
es, 
which 
arc small and withered. An occasional 
lot from Pennsylvania brings $1.75 per 
six-basket crate. Half-bushel baskets 
range in price from 15 to DO cents. 
Plums, with tiie exception of German 
prune are selling slowly. Grapes from 
up the river are less plentiful, and very 
few from Western X. Y. here. No de¬ 
mand for cranberries yet. 
Apples—Alexander, bbl... 
Graven stein . 
Duchess. 
Wealthy . 
Fall Pippin. 
McIntosh. 
Jonathan . 
Twenty-ounce . 
King .. 
Greening . 
Blush .. 
Crabapples. bbl. 
Pears. Anjou, bbl. 
Clapp's Favorite . 
Bartlett. 
Seckel . 
Bose .. 
Clalrgenu. 
Sheldon. 
Peaches. Penn., crate. 
Nearby, bkL. 
CJrapes. 181 h ease. 
41b. bkt. 
Plums. Slb.-blct. 
Muskmelons. Md., bu. 
Colorado, bu. 
Watermelons. 100. 
. .. t 50 
.... lot! 
.... 1 50 
.... 1 50 
.... 1 50 
.... I 50 
.... 2 00 
.... 1 50 
... 150 
.... 1 25 
... 1 50 
.... 4 00 
....2 00 
.... 3 00 
.... 3 50 
.... 2 25 
.... 3 00 
.... 2 50 
.... 3 00 
.... 00 
.... 15 
.... 40 
.... 6 
.... 10 
.... 35 
.... 1 50 
....10 00 
(§i 3 00 
4® 2 75 
@ 2 50 
@ 2 25 
(<r. 2 50 
f» 3 00 
@ 3 00 
@ 2 00 
(SI 2 25 
@ 2 00 
@ 2 50 
@ s oo 
«® 3 25 
@ 5 00 
@ 5 50 
@ 3 25 
@ 4 50 
fa) 3 50 
@ 4 00 
@ 1 75 
@ 90 
@ no 
@ 7 
& 25 
<3 1 00 
@ 2 00 
@20 00 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 45 & 50 
Common to good. 42 @ 44 
Pacific Coast. 21 @ 22 
Old stock. 10 @ 16 
HONEY. 
Clover, comb, lb. 12 @ 16 
Extracted, gallon. 50 @ SO 
BKAN8. 
Marrow, Medium and Lima have de¬ 
clined 15 to 25 cents per hundred. Pea 
remain unchanged. 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 6 55 @ 6 TO 
Medium .4 SO @4 85 
Pea . 4 55 @ 4 TO 
Red Kidney. 6 25 @ 6 25 
Lima, California.T 60 @7 70 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes are lower both here and in 
primary markets, and trade very dull 
Onion market very weak and lower. Cab¬ 
bage in better demand and in some cases 
selling higher. A few peas from Western 
N. Y. have brought $2 per bushel. Sweet 
corn in rather light supply, but selling 
slowly because of dry weather damage. 
Prime from nearby brings $1.50 per hun¬ 
dred readily. Tomato market improved. 
Potatoes—Jersey, bbl. 1 T5 @ 2 00 
Long Island, bbl,. 1 85 @ 2 00 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl. I 50 @ 2 75 
Brussels Sprouts . 04 @ 10 
Beets. 100 bunches. 50 @ 1 00 
Cartots. bbl. 75 @100 
Cucumbers, bu.... 40 @ 75 
Corn. Jersey. 100 . 50 @ 150 
Cabbage, bbl. 60 @ 90 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket . 50 @ 1 00 
Onions—Orange Co., bag . 50 @ 1 00 
Conn. Yellow. 100 lbs. 75 @ 1 00 
Peppers. Jersey, bbl. To @100 
Peas, bu. 1 00 @ 2 00 
Radishes. 100 bunches . To @ 1 00 
String Beans, bu. 50 @ 1 25 
Squash. Hubbard, bbl. 60 @ To 
Marrow. 50 @ 75 
Egg Plants, bu. 25 @ 50 
Tomatoes. Jersey, box. 25 @100 
Chickens, lb 
Fowls.. 
Roosters .... 
Ducks. 
Geese. 
LIVE POULTRY. 
15 
@ 
16 
15)4® 
17 'A 
12 
@ 
13 
15 
@ 
17 
14 
@ 
15 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, choice, lb... 
Common to good . 
Chickens choice broilers, lb. 
Squab broilers, pair. 
Broilers, common to good . 
Fowls. 
Ducks, Spring. 
Squabs, doz. 
20 @ 25 
15 @ 18 
23 @ 25 
50 @ 65 
18 @ 20 
17 @ 19 
15 @ 16 
25 @ 3 50 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay market continues very dull, though 
prices are unchanged except on lower 
grades which are urged for sale and 
prices made accordingly. New straw is 
ruuuiug largely in the lower grades. 
Hay. Timothy, new. No. 1. ton. 
No. 2. 
.. 20 00 
@20 50 
@18 Um 
Clover mixed.. 
Straw, live, choice. 
Short and tangled . 
...IT 00 
...1000 
@ic on 
@10 00 
@16 00 
@13 00 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 
@ 9 60 
@ T 00 
Bulls. 
Calves, prime veal, 100 lb. 
Culls. 
Sheep. 100 lbs.. 
I iambs .... 
Hogs. 
@13 00 
@ 8 00 
@ 5 00 
@ 7 00 
@ 9 50 
GRAIN. 
Wheat has fluctuated durinp' the week 
but closes on nearly the same price basis 
as last reported. Corn is two cents high¬ 
er. Considerable export business in oats 
is noted, prices running 50 to 53 ceuts. 
Wheat. No. 1. Northern Spring. 112 @ 
No. 2. Red . I 16 @ 
No. 2. Hard Winter . 1 10 @ 
Corn, as to quality, bush. . So @ 86 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 52 @ 58 
Eye. US @ 1 00 
RETAIL PRICKS AT NEW YORK. 
These are not the highest or lowest fig¬ 
ures noted here, but represent produce of 
good quality, and the buying opportunities 
of at least half of New York’s popula¬ 
tion. 
Eggs, fnnev white, doz. 
40 
@ 
45 
Mixed colors, new laid. 
3S 
(fli 
40 
Ordinary grades. 
20 
@ 
25 
Butter, fancy prints. Ib.e. 
38 
& 
4U 
Tub. choice. 
3(1 
@ 
34 
Chickens, roasting. Ih. 
28 
@ 
30 
Squab broilers, pair . 
1 00 
(a 
1 50 
Broilers, common to good, lb. 
25 
@ 
28 
Fricassee, lb. 
20 
@ 
oo 
Fotvis.. 
IS 
@ 
20 
Leg of lamb... 
16 
IS 
Baiun chops. 
18 
20 
Roasting beef .. 
16 
18 
Stewing !>eef . 
12 
14 
Pork Chops. 
16 
<s> 
IK 
Loin of Pork . 
15 
16 
Round Steak . 
18 
<4 
20 
Orders for upwards of 25,000 horses 
are being filled for I'lnglnnd in the South 
and Middle West. 
A cargo of .‘1.400 barrels of dried her¬ 
ring from Iceland has been received at 
Chicago. The fish came from Rekjavik 
to New York, and was forwarded by rail. 
The output of the South African gold 
mines for the eight months of this year 
ending with August was 554,502 fine 
ounces valued at about $10,000,000. 
The United States uses about 4,000.000 
tons of sugar per year, one-fourth of 
which is produced here. An equal quan¬ 
tity comes from Porto Rico and Hawaii, 
and the remainder is foreign. 
BOSTON MARKETS. 
T HE market is large enough to more 
than supply all local demands, with 
one or two exceptions. Apples are 
coming in too plentifully to bring satis¬ 
factory prices, and cooking stock and 
others of the poorer grades hardly bring 
enough to pay for carting. Good Graven- 
stein, Wealthy, and McIntosh sell at 
about $1 per box. and few do much bet¬ 
ter than this. Some are sold for 75 
cents per box, while the common stock 
sells around 50 cents per bushel. Pears 
are not plenty and of course bring good 
prices; common stock easily brings $1 
and better per box. while Bartlett and 
other fancy stock bring $2.50 and better. 
Cranberries are a large crop, and even 
the early frosts have not reduced the 
amount enough t<> affect the prices much. 
$1.50 up to $2 per box and about $5 per 
barrel is the range they sell at. 
Peaches from Southern sources are 
plenty and reasonable 'n price. $2 or less 
per large basket, 75 to $1 half-bushel 
baskets, with seconds going at about one- 
third less. Plums have been plenty and 
prices fair; natives bring about 40 cents 
per small basket. California $2 per crate. 
Watermelons about 35 cents each, can¬ 
taloupes $2 per crate for Rocky Fords 
and 75 cents for Gems. Blueberries 
cleaning up at 15 cents per box. Oranges 
about $2 per box with small supplies 
and small demand; lemons S4. $5, $6 and 
$7 per box. 
Onions plenty but not in over supply 
as yet although crop is very good. Na¬ 
tives bring close to $1 per box, with Con¬ 
necticut Valley stock $1.50 per bag and 
foreign stork $2 per crate. Potatoes in 
good suonly to meet demand; local stock 
about SO cents per br.shel; bag stock 
$1.50 for two bushels. Sweets $2 per 
barrel and not too plenty as yet. Na¬ 
tive tomatoes are variable in price, some 
days going at 50 cents per box as the 
rule, and other days bring $1 and some¬ 
times more per box. Green ones not be¬ 
ing pushed very heavily as yet and bring 
50 cents. Squash a fair crop but not 
ready to market in heavy lots as yet. 
bring about $1 per barrel for marrow, 
with turban up to $1.50 per barrel. .Sum¬ 
mer crookneck and scallops 50 cents per 
box. Peppers 75 to $1 per box; celery 
$1 per dozen bunches. Cabbage plenty 
and very cheap, many selling as low as 
50 cents per barrel. Beans about done, 
those on hand bring $1 per box. in some 
cases 25 or 50 cents more. Cauliflower 
50 cents per bushel or $1 per long box. 
Lettuce 50 per box: cucumbers between 
seasons and not plenty enough to force 
prices down. $2 and $2.50 (hh- box is 
easily obtained, with pickles $2 to *5 per 
box. Turnips, white egg and purple tops 
50 and 75 per box. Rutabagas $1.50 
per barrel bag: beets 00 per bushel; car¬ 
rots 75; parsnips $1: spinach 50 and 75 
per Inix. Green corn still plenty. 50, 75 
and $1 per box. 
The butter market is slowly moving 
upward, owing to several causes; a short¬ 
age of 10,000.000 pounds over last year’s 
supply on September 1 is one cause, an¬ 
other the feeling that no imports from 
across the water are likely, in fact there 
may be a demand for our butter over 
there instead. Local conditions are not 
very promising for any heavy production 
this Winter to over-supply the market. 
Best stock now brings 22. 34 and 25. ac¬ 
cording to package and quality: medium 
grades 20 to 22. Cheese is steady hut 
not lively at 10. 17 and 18 for best and 
medium grades. Eggs are working up¬ 
ward owing to fresh supply dropping off 
some and storage stoek not overloaded. 
Fancy fresh up to 44: good fresh 28 and 
40: Western stock 20 to 35; storage 
stock about 28. 
Live poultry in demand with bens at 
17. and broiler chickens going at about 
the same: roosters 11 and 12. I Messed 
fowls, best nearby stock 21. good 11* and 
20: chickens 21 and 22. 
Beef cattle on hoof at Brighton in 
good demand and just fair supply. Fancy 
steers go at nine cents per pound: good 
N 1 /^ : fair about seven cents; others 3%, 
4. 5 and 11. Veal calves S: bogs 9$^. 
Milch cows plenty, but prices easy and 
demand just fair: prices range from $50 
to $100 each. Local demand for horses 
is slow as no one will buy unless to put 
on a job and prices are a little off except 
on extra heavy green ones which are not 
obtained much above the demand, l’rices 
range from $100 up to *425. High grain 
prices are forcing many second-hand 
horses on the market and prices rule low 
on them. a. E. I*. 
Dr. Biu.km : “My dear sir. it s a mir¬ 
acle that you arc alive to-day." l’atieut: 
"Yes. that’s what my friends said when 
I told them you were attending me.”— 
Life. 
“The whole trouble over there in Eu¬ 
rope. as near as l can make out.” says 
old Bop Crabbe. “is that your near neigh¬ 
bors don’t liev no respect for your fences.” 
—Cleveland Blain Dealer. 
FARMFRS^ Superintend*-nr.4. W : A i Fot-iLon, ; .Arden- 
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.jlltUKl I I V (bmp!*?*, Tuarr.sterB, Farmhamln, 
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MAPLE SYRUP to exchange for peaches, gr ipes. 
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NEW HONEY—Basswood or clover in sixty - 
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30O BARRELS good sprayed Baldwins, young. 
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