1914. 
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T H fcC PiUKAL, NEW-YORKER 
CONTENTS 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, October 17, 1914. 
FARM TOPICS. 
$140 Per Acre From Corn.1234 
Barns of Steel or Concrete.1234 
The Value of Sheep Manure.1234 
Winter Care of the Summer Machine.1235 
Celery in North Carolina.1236 
Leaving Onions Out All Winter.1236 
Farm News .1237 
Crop Notes .1238 
Coming- Farmers’ Meetings.1238 
Hope Farm Notes .1242 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
A Small Hen Woman.1234 
Wild Deer and Farm Stock .1235 
Farm Stock Breeding .1248. 1249 
Live Stock Notes .1249 
Butter That Will Keep .1250 
Dry Corn in the Silo .1250 
How to Preserve Silage .1250 
Dairy Conditions in Kentucky.1250 
Feedng Apple Pomace to Cows.1252 
Dairy Ration: Small Silo.1252 
The Egg-Laying Contest .1253 
Ducks Eating Feathers .1253 
HORTICULTURE. 
Pacific Coast Apples in South America.1244 
Treatment of An Apple Orchard .1234 
Organized Fruit Business in Michigan.1235 
Formalin for Fumigation .1236 
When to Trim Peach and Pear.1240 
Orchard Questions .1241 
The Muscatine Grape .1241 
Onion Questions .1243 
Distribitting Grape Root-Worm.1243 
Chinese Peonies .1243 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day .1246 
The Rural Patterns .1246 
Preserving Citron .1246 
School Conditions On the Great Plains.1247 
Seen in New York Shops.1247 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Plain Talks About Bees .1233, 1234 
Septic Tanks .1236 
Trouble From Rabbits .1236 
Waterproof Paint for Tents .1237 
Buildng a Watertight Cistern .1237 
Ditching in the South.1237 
Events of the Week .1238 
Enforcing a Contract .1241 
Hackman’s License .1241 
Editorials .1242 
New York State News . 1244 
The War and Commerce .1244 
Government Crop Report .1244 
Cement Railroad Storage .1244 
Boston Markets .1251 
Publisher’s Desk .1254 
by the six weeks drought. Nicely packed 
'shipments of Kieffers not larger than 
pullet eggs are seen, scarcely worth trans¬ 
portation charges. Plums and peaches 
scarce, the latter mainly poor. Grapes 
continue low, though the market is slight¬ 
ly improved except on white. 
Apples—Alexander, bbl. 150 @3 00 
Grnvenstein . 1 50 @ 2 75 
Duchess. 1 50 @ 1 7» 
Wealthy . 1 50 @ 3 00 
Fall Pippin. 1 75 @ 2 50 
McIntosh. 1 50 & 3 50 
Jonathan. 2 On @ 3 50 
Twenty-ounce . 1 50 @ 2 25 
Spitz. 1 50 @ 2 50 
-Baldwin. 1 25 @ 2 00• 
King . 1 50 @ 2 25 
Greening ... 150 @2 25 
Blush . 1 50 @ 2 25 
Crabapples, bbl. 100 @8 00 
Pears. Anjou, bbl.. 2 U0 @ 3 25 
Bartlett. 3 50 @ 5 50 
Seefcel . 2 50 @ 4 00 
Bose . 3 00 @ 4 50 
Clalrgcau. 2 50 @ 3 50 
Sheldon. 3 00 @ 4 00 
Peaches, bkt . 25 @ 1 00 
Grapes, 181 b case. 30 @ 65 
41b. bkt. 6 @ 10 
Plums. 81b.-bkt. 10 @ 25 
Figs, fresh, qt. 05 @ 10 
Muskmelons. Colorado, bu. 1 liO @ 1 50 
Watermelons, 100.10 00 @20 00 
HOP8. 
Prime to choice. 45 @ 48 
Common to good. 40 @ 44 
Pacific Coast . 16 @ 18 
Old stock. 10 @ 15 
HONEY. 
Clover, comb, lb. 12 @ 16 
Extracted, gallon. 50 @ 80 
NDTS. 
Arrivals of chestnuts considerably 
larger, and cultivated lower, as these 
do not meet much demand here when wild 
nuts are plentiful. Very few hickories 
in yet. 
Chestnuts. Northern, bu.3.50 @ 5.00 
Southern .3.00 (d> 4.00 
Cultivated, lb. 04 (Q) 08 
Bit A NS. 
Prices have dropped 15 to 20 cents per 
100 pounds on all varieties but Limas, 
which are 75 cents lower. . 
Marrow, 100 lbs. 6 25 @ 6 35 
Medium . 4 35 @ 4 45 
Pea . 4 00 @ 4 35 
Red Kidney. 5 00 @ 5 90 
Lima, California. 6 35 @6 40 
Products, Prices and Trade. 
Wholesale Prices at New York. 
Week Ending Oct. 9. 1914. 
MILK. 
The Borden milk schedule to producers 
for the six months beginning with Oc¬ 
tober is as follows. This is per 100 
pounds in the 26-cent zone. 
1914. 
October .$2.00 
November .2.10 
December . 2.10 
January . 2.05 
February . 1.95 
March . 1.90 
Wholesale prices paid bv 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 5cents per quart, single quart priees 
from bakeries and grocery stores, six to 
seven cents; delivered milk, nine to 10 
cents. 
BUTTER. 
As the quality of creamery has been 
running better the minimum score for 
extras has been raised two points, to 93. 
It will be lowered again when the aver¬ 
age quality of receipts warrants it. 
There has been a one-cent p e advance 
on the better grades including storage, of 
which there is supposed to be about 7.- 
000,000 pounds less than a year ago in 
the principal warehouses. 
Creamery, extra.above 93 score, lb... 31 @ 31J4 
Extra. SO score . 30 @ 30t| 
Good to Choice . 26 @ 28 ” 
Lower Grades. 22 @ 25 
Storage . 27 @ 31 
State Dairy, best. 29 @ 30 
Common to Good. 22 @ 26 
Ladles . 19 @ 22 
Packing Stock. IS @ 21 
Process . 22 @ 26 
Elgin, Ill., butter market 29 cents. 
Philadelphia, western creamery. 31 cents. 
Chicago creamery, 24@29J^. 
• CHEESE. 
There has been a decline of one-half 
cent on all grades, caused by weaker 
primary markets, particularly in the 
West. 
Whole Milk, fresh, spec'uls. 1 dIi@ l;>t£ 
Average fancy . . 149a@ 15 
Under grades . 11 @ u 
Daisies, Wisconsin . 14 @ 15 
Skims, specials. 12?4@ 13J{ 
Good to choice . 11 @ 12 
Poor to fair. 7 @ 11 
EGGS. 
Fancy nearby eggs .are scarce and 
three cents higher, but the market as a 
whole is dull and unsettled, loaded down 
with qualities selling from 20 to 25 
cents. The estimated storage stocks In 
New York and Chicago are 65,000.000 
dozen, but as with butter this is merely 
an estimate, many warehouses making 
no public report. 
White, choice to fancy, large .. 
Common to good . 
Mixed colors, best. 
Common to good. 
Western fresh, white. 
Lower grades. 
Storage, best . 
Lower grades. 
43 
@ 
45 
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33 
31 
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33 
22 
@ 
25 
29 
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34 
18 
@ 
20 
23 
@ 
24 
18 
@ 
22 
FRESH FRUITS. 
Good specimens of Alexander, Jona¬ 
than and McIntosh advanced 50 cents 
per barrel, and some of the standard 
Winter grades are 25 cents higher. Pears 
of good quality continue high, but a con¬ 
siderable proportion of the receipts run 
small, this is particularly true of nearby 
Kieffer, which have been badly pinched 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes very plentiful though priees 
on good stock are unchanged. Onion 
receipts excessive and prices 10 to 25 
cents per 100 pounds lower. Cabbage 
slightly improved. Tomatoes higher as 
the outdoor season closes. Squashes and 
turnips dull and low. 
Potatoes—Jersey, bbl. 1 65 @ 1 75 
Long Island, bbl,. 1 75 @ 2 01) 
Maine, ISO lbs. 165 @175 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl. 2 00 @ 2 50 
Brussels Sprouts, qt. 05 @ 10 
Beets. UK) bunches. 50 @ 1 00 
Carrots, bbl. 75 @ 1 00 
Celery, doz. 10 @ 25 
Cauliflower, bbl. 75 @ 3 50 
Cucumbers, bu... 50 @100 
Corn. Jersey. 100 . 50 @150 
Cabbage, bbl. 75 @ 1 00 
Ton .10 U0 @14 00 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket. 25 @ 1 00 
Onions—Orange Co., bag . 75 @ 1 00 
Conn. Yellow. 100 lbs. 75 @ 1 00 
Peppers. Jersey, bbl.1 00 @ 1 60 
Peas, bu... 1 UO @ 3 00 
Radishes. 100 bunches . 75 @ 1 00 
Spinach, bbl. 75 @100 
8tring Beans, bu. 100 @2 75 
Squash. Hubbard, bbl. 60 @ 75 
Marrow. 50 @ 75 
Egg Plants, bu. 50 @ 90 
Tomatoes. Jersey, box. 50 @ 90 
LIVE POULTRY. 
There is a fair demand for fowls, 
chickens and ducks. Geese and turkeys 
selling slowly. At the auction fowls sold 
at 16 to 18 cents. 
Chickens, lb. 14 © 16 
Fowls . 15 @ 18 
Roosters. 11 @ 11,4 
Ducks. 16 @ 16 
Geese. 13 @ 14 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Business in fresh-killed is dull, except 
on large fowls and roasting chickens, 
which are scarce. Spring ducks from 
Long Island showing poor quality. Mar¬ 
ket on frozen poultry is unsettled and 
holders anxious to sell. 
Turkeys, choice, lb. 23 @ 25 
Common to good .. .. 15 @ 20 
Chickens choice broilers, lb. 23 @ 25 
Squab broilers, pair ... 50 @ 65 
Broilers, common to good . 19 @ 21 
Fowls. 17 (a 20 
Ducks, Spring. 15 @ 16 
Squabs, doz..,. . . ....... 1 25 @360 
HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay demand is somewhat better, es¬ 
pecially on the better qualities. Straw 
prices unchanged. 
Hay. Timothy, new. No. 1. ton.30 50 @21 00 
No. 2....18 00 @19 50 I 
No. 3 .....15 00 @17 0o 
Clover mixed........17 00 @19 00 
Straw. Rye. choice.....1300 @14 00 
Short and tangled .1000 @1100 j 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native Steers. 7 50 @9 60 
Bulls... 5 00 @ 6 90 
Cows..... 3 25 @ 6 60 
Calves, prime veal. 100 lb. 8 50 @12 50 
Culls... ... 6 00 @ 8 00 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 3 e0 @ 5 00 
Lam bs . 7 65 @ 8 60 
Hogs. 8 00 @ 9 05 
GRAIN. 
Wheat has advanced one cent, but 
business dull. Corn a trifle lower on 
light trade and improved crop report. 
Oats moving raidly from primary mar¬ 
kets as export demand is large. 
Wheat. No. 1. Northern Spring. 
... 1 18 
@ 
No. 2. Red . 
... 1 16 
@ 
No. 2. Hard Winter .. 
... 1 09 
@ 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 
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Oats, us to weight, bush. 
.. 50 
@ 
53 
Rye. 
.. 94 
@ 
96 
RETAIL PRICES AT NEW YORK. 
These are not highest or lowest figures 
noted here, but represent produce of good 
quality and the buying opportunities of 
at least half of New York’s population. 
Eggs, fancy white.'doz. 45 @ 50 
Mixed colors, new laid. 40 @ 42 
Ordinary grades. 20 @ 30 
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. 24 @ 26 
Fricassee, lb. 18 @ 20 
Fowls. 19 @ 22 
Leg of lamb. 16 @ 18 
Lamb cbops. 18 @ 20 
Roasting beef . 16 @ 18 
Stewing beef . 12 @ 14 
Pork Chops. 18 @ 20 
Loin of Pork . 17 @ 19 
Round Steak . 18 @ 20 
* 
The harvest of Monmouth County, 
New Jersey, will this year total $5,000,- 
000. the potato crop alone bringing $2,- 
000 , 000 . 
MARKET FOR NUTS. 
Will yon tell me whether there is a 
market for the common black walnut, 
such as grow on our farms; also the 
white walnut? About what do they 
bring per bushel? m. n. M. 
Virginia. 
There is a limited sale for black wal¬ 
nuts in New York and most large cities. 
They seldom bring more than $1 per 
bushel, and often only 75 cents. Candy 
makers use them to some extent But¬ 
ternuts sell at 50 to 75 cents per bushel, 
wholesale. The great drawback to their 
extensive use is the difficulty in crack¬ 
ing, an anvil or heavy stone and large 
hammer being needed. The price on 
white walnuts, or hickories, varies from 
75 cents to $2.75 per bushel. A great 
proportion of the choice hickories never 
reach market, being sold locally. The 
percentage of these nuts of good size, 
thin shell and easily removed meats is 
small. 
Subscribers’ Exchange 
Complyl.ig 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. 
-AMERICAN young man seeks position on poul¬ 
try farm. Would accept small salary to start. 
S. H.. care R. N.-T. 
WANTED—Fanner, who will furnish team, to 
work farm in Virginia on shares; references 
required: state terms in first letter. Address 
M. M., Rural New-Yorker. 
EXPERIENCED farm hand wants position on 
farm, all-around work; vicinity of New York 
preferred: best references. E. BENECKE, 711 
Washington St.. Hoboken, N. J. 
WANTED—Position as farm manager, by. young 
American: married’; experienced with live 
stock, farm crops and gardening, Cornell course. 
References. R. F. D. 49, Box 1, Rhinebeek, 
N. Y. 
YOUNG MAN, 24. with good farm and business 
experience desires position on an up-to-date 
farm; married, one child; can furnish best of 
references; what have yon to offer? S. J., csire 
It. N.-Y. 
AMERICAN, 28, married, experienced, desires 
position at general farm work. Good hand 
with horses, some experience with poultry, 
handy with carpenter tools. Box 82 A, Route 4, 
Vineland. N. J. 
VALUE OF A BRAND. 
T HE commercial value of a brand on 
any food product depends on how 
much careful inspection the brand 
represents. This applies with special 
force to apples. For a long time it was 
a practice to put an imposing lot of 
symbols on apple barrels. XXXX, AAI, 
etc., supposed to represent superlative 
quality, when an investigation of the 
fruit showed that the alleged quality 
was only skin deep. This practice still 
prevails to some extent, though many 
States have laws forbidding such misrep¬ 
resentation. and in many places where 
there is no law, the common sense of the 
grower prevents it. These exaggerated 
brands seldom deceive buyers, who look 
on them as jokes and dig deeper into the 
barrel in their search for culls. 
Long before the western fruit associa¬ 
tions had become successful marketing J 
agents, individual farmers had estab- i 
lished their own private apple brands, 
which were eagerly sought after. Hun¬ 
dreds of farm-packed barrels and boxes 
are daily sold in New York and other 
large markets, without inspection, on the 
farmer’s mark, because the buyers have 
found that the mark stands for character. 
It may be a letter or monogram or even 
some peculiar pencil mark. Whatever 
it is its value is in the fact that buyers 
have translated it into quality so many 
times that they feel confidence in it. 
The brands of fruit associations have 
grown in importance in proportion to the 
amount of unbiased inspection they are 
found to stand for. It was learned 
early that the more publicity given to 
the exact methods used to safeguard a 
brand the better, so we have been told 
many times how the apples are handled, 
no man allowed to pack his own fruit, 
etc. The grape growers in N. Y. State 
have done creditable work in building up 
labels that have found important piaces 
in the market. 
No State has thus far been able to in¬ 
spect the apple output thoroughly enough 
to give any guarantee of the pack as a 
whole, but growers who supplement the 
State brand with their own private 
marks will get whatever benefit there is 
in the plan. Certainly no grower or 
packer who has any regard for the apple 
industry will misuse the State brand 
merely because he may without being de¬ 
tected by tbe authorities. His punish¬ 
ment will be the low price his dishonest 
pack will bring, because State branded 
fruit will be bought on market inspec¬ 
tion. 
FARMERS \ SmKuilildiidcDts, Working Foreman, GartSen- 
CC iVv 1 Dairy mem. SertUmexi, Farmer*, Milkers, 
SLLURlTY ^ Cout»l»*@, Ttwowntcrs Farmhands, Lai**rcra. 
DHD r 1 IT | SWorj Sullivun. Kapert Agencv, HD .Nassau 
DlIvtAU j SL S. Y. G48G Cart&and. Clamed by kastf. 
Subscribers’ Exchange 
ALFRED Ag. School studleut wishes position as 
herdsman, age 26. WM. J. WILCOX. Amity, 
N. Y. 
YOUNG FARMER, 22; understands engines. 
thrashers, all modern farm machinery, gen¬ 
eral farming; will manage farm or work as 
farmhand; no liquors; will peddle milk. Refer¬ 
ences. K. E., care It. N.-Y. 
POSITION ou farm near New York wanted by 
man and wife. Teamster, milker and light 
farm work. Wife capable and willing, nursing 
experience; exceptional reference. Address 
FARM HELP, care The R. N.-Y., 333 West 30th 
St., New York. 
YOUNG MAN of 20, of best character, strong 
and willing, who has taken one year in .Agri¬ 
cultural College, desires position on farm near 
N. Y. City at moderate wages, with good Chris¬ 
tian people. Address PERRY YOUNG. 1273 
Pacific St.. Brooklyn, N. Y. 
WANTED—Position as Superintendent to take 
complete charge of farm. Married: college 
graduate: thoroughly understand^ crops, stock, 
dairying and up-to-date methods, particularly 
production of sanitary milk. Excellent refer¬ 
ences. JOHN HESSE. Sniithtown, N. Y. 
SINGLE MAN wants position as superintendent 
of farm: experienced in handling help; pota¬ 
toes. orchards, sub-soiling, dairying, and all 
kinds of farm machinery; references: state par¬ 
ticulars in first letter; would consider renting 
farm stocked and tooled: at liberty Nov. 1. 
PERCY MILLIKEN, Somers. Conn. ' 
M ANTED—Position to farm place for salary or 
part salary and share of proceeds; am 26, 
married and energetic, ambitious and widely ex¬ 
perienced, especially with poultry, hogs, horses, 
machinery. Want permanent home with oppor- 
tunty to build up profitable farm business. Ref¬ 
erences exchanged. At present employed in 
Delaware. Box W. O., care R. N.-Y. 
WANTED—On a large farm in Niagara Co.. N. 
Y., two practical farmers of experience and 
ability, one practical experienced hog and live 
stock raiser and feeder, two practical experienced 
dairy men. oue competent experienced orchard- 
ist. Must have references from actual employ¬ 
ers. Good, permanent positions for practical, 
intelligent men. Good wages, privileges and op¬ 
portunities for right men. Address with refer¬ 
ences and’ past experience, Box 99. R. F. D. 14, 
La Salle, N. Y. 
SPRAYED winter apples for sale. C. M. HOFF¬ 
MAN. Oxford, N. Y. 
\ ALUABI.E PATENT on Combined Seed Plant¬ 
er and Fertilizer Distributor for sale cheap. 
Patentee financially unable to manufacture A. 
J. BURKETT. Wakefield. Va. 
FOR SALE—Fine team gray horses, 5 years old. 
weight, 3,000 lbs., well seasoned and suitable 
for any kind of heavy work. Address FARMER, 
care Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR RENT—For 1915 400-acre grain and stock 
farm; on river and near station. N. R. 
PALMES, Sweet Hall. Ya. 
GOOD FARM 200 ACRES, fine buildings, 14 
mile of store, school, depot. EMERSON 
GREGORY, Owner, Baugall, Dutchess Co. N. Z. 
FOR SALE—Small place. Sullivan Co., N. Y., 
over two acres; good buildings; adapted for 
chickens and truck. JOSEPH ROGERS. Farm 
ingdale. New Jersey. 
FOR SALE—Farm in rich Nehalem valley, west¬ 
ern Oregon; great dairy and fruit region; the 
country of the future. For particulars write 
MRS. W. J. D. YOUNG. Jewell, Oregon. 
FOR SALE—120-acre dairy farm with retail 
business, excellent markets, nearest dairy to 
great summer and hunting resort on Jersey 
coast: crops and stock included. Apply EMGE. 
care of R. New-Yorker. 
WANTED—Position as fruit pruner, fifteen 
years’ experience: best reference. Maryland 
preferred. F. SIMMONS, Wernersviile, Pa. 
MAN with family wants position as caretaker 
of estate: carpenter, gardener, etc.: useful 
all-round man. ARTHUR SILYANDER. North 
Colebrook, Conn. 
CITY MAX offers, from November 1. to expe¬ 
rienced’ American farmer, with working fam¬ 
ily. liberal share proposition Tollan County, 
Conn. farm. Including stock and tools. Refer¬ 
ences required. Address F. P. HAMILTON, 299 
Park Avenue. East Orange, N. J. 
FOR SALE—Seashore and village farm of 15V, 
acres, with fruit aud berries: within 15 min¬ 
utes’ walk from ocean, and two depots; 5 min¬ 
utes from school, stores and trolley; 7-roout 
house, barn, large greenhouse. OWNER, R F 
D. 2, Box 4, Belmnr. N. J. 
FARM 
FOR SALK—Farmer’s Farm. 600 acres, 
stocked, equipped and with 12-room furnished 
house: 2 tenant houses. 6 barns, silo. 3 orchards 
brook, wells and springs; about half tillable: 
balance woods and pasture; title perfect- 100 
miles N. Y. City: price §12.000, half cash. Ad- 
dres^ J. T. PETTY, It. F. D. 45, Red nook. 
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