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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, November 7, 1914. 
FARM TOPICS. 
Concrete Floor for Barn ... 
Farm Economy—A Crop Rotation. 
Good Words for Seed Clover. 
How to Store Sweet Potatoes. 
Temporary Pasture for One Year. 
Pond Muck on Grass . 
Comparison of Stable Manure, Bedding and 
Tanners’ Refuse for Fertilizer. 
Recent Experiment Station Bulletins 
Farm News . 
Care of Harness . 
A Farmer in Palestine. 
Crop Reports . 
Corn With Defective Ears . 
Hope Farm Notes .. 
Substituting Corn for Cotton. 
Grain Notes by Experts . 
Coming Farmers' Meetings . 
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LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Steer Feeding in New Jersey. 
About the Devon Cattle . 
Meeting of the Dairymen’s League.. 
Farm Stock Breeding; Part IV. 
Decrease in Butter Fat . 
How Much Live Stock . 
Livo Stock Notes .. 
Making Small Cheese . 
Packed Butter ... 
The Brown Swiss Cattle. 
Ohio Cattle Men Organize . 
Suspicious Case . 
Itching Skin . 
Indigestion . 
Strong Milk . 
Tho Egg-Laying Contest . 
A Busy Man's Hen Record. 
Making Hens Pay ... • • 
Leghorn Feathers for Pillows. 
Medicated Eggs . 
Ailing Hens . 
Buckwheat for Hens; Apples for Pigs 
Small Poultry Plant . 
Farm-Raised Pheasants . 
Pullets Eating Feathers .. 
Arrangement of Henhouse Windows. 
Buff Orpingtons . 
Chicken Pox . 
Cross-Breeding Fowls . 
Limberneck . 
Thermostat for Incubator . 
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HORTICULTURE. 
A Fig Proposition—the Latest. 
Brazilian Method of oi....uring Trees... 
A Note About Nuts . 
The Gardens of tho East ... 
Pine Needles for Mulch . 
Lessons From tho Vegetable Growers’ 
vention . 
Notes From a Maryland Garden . 
Brassington Cherry . 
Perfume From Scented Geranium . 
California Poison Oak .. 
Advertiring On App.o Day . 
Apples Among Grapes . 
Orchard and Hens . 
Cherries Fail to Bear . 
Fop-Working Quinces . 
Rot of Hyacinths . 
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WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day .1322 
Workaday Dollies For Holiday Time .1322 
The Rural Patterns .1323 
Seen in New York Shops .1323 
A Washday Help .1323 
More Chili Sauce . 1323 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Breeding Habits of Snakes .1312 
Indian-Meal Moth in Dried Fruit.1312 
Distribution of Personal Property.1314 
Wife's Interest in Real Property .1314 
Descent of Wife’s Property .1314 
Tar For the Bats .1314 
Expense of Vaccination . 1314 
Hiving Wild Bees .1314 
Cost of Horse Power .1314 
The Question of Fence .1314 
Heating Inside Air .1314 
The Purchase of a Patent .1314 
Dry Wells .1314 
Contaminated Well .1315 
Events of the Week .1316 
Panning Gold Dust .1318 
Massachusetts Garage Law .1318 
Editorials .1320 
A Critic of The Land Bank.1321 
New York State News .1321 
Boston Markets . 1327 
Buffalo Markets .1327 
Publisher’s Desk ....1330 
Products, Prices and Trade. 
Wholesale Prices at New York. 
Week Ending Oct. 30. 1914. 
MILK. 
The Borden milk schedule to producers 
for the six months beginning with Octo¬ 
ber is as follows. This is per 100 pounds 
in the 26-cent zone. This is what is 
known as the “maximum" for milk test¬ 
ing 3.8 to 4.2 per cent, fat, and is 20 
cents per 100 pounds above the "flat” 
rate. 
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October .$2.00 
November . 2.10 
December . 2.10 
January . 2.05 
February . 1.05 
March . 1.00 
Wholesale prices paid by New York 
dealers are running $1.01 and $1.81 for 
B and O. Hotels and restaurants using 
two to three cans per day are paying five 
to six cents per quart, single quart prices 
from bakeries and grocery stores, six to 
seven cents; delivered milk, nine to 10 
cents. 
IIUTTICR. 
The better grades of fresh creamery 
have advanced one cent, qualities scor¬ 
ing 02 or above being scarce. Large 
• iuantities_ scoring S3 to 87 points have 
sold at 2:> to 28 cents. There has been 
considerable movement of storage. 
Creamery, extra.above 92 score, lb... 33l$@ 34 
Extra. 92 score . 32fe@ 334$ 
Good to Choice . 26 © 28 
Lower Grades. 22 @ 24 
Storage . 27 @ 32 
State Dairy, best. 31 © 32 
Common to Good. 22 © 25 
Ladles . 19 ® 22 
Packing Stock. is © 21 
Process . 22 © 26 
Elgin, III., butter market 35'.$ cents. 
Philadelphia, western oreamerv. 32 cents. 
Chicago creamery, 2G@32 . 
Cl I IQ ES K. 
l’riees are one-fourth to one-half cent 
higher on most grades of whole milk, and 
demand for high qualities good. 
The American Leghorns Win. 
A telegram from the egg-lay¬ 
ing contest at Storrs, Conn., 
received as we go to press, states 
that Francis F. Lincoln’s White 
Leghorns have won the contest 
by three eggs, over Tom Bar¬ 
ron’s White Wyandottes, the 
record being 2,088 to 2,085. 
Full particulars will lie given 
next week. 
Whole Milk, fresh, specials. 
Average fancy. 
Under grades . 
Daisies, Wisconsin . 
Skims, specials. 
Good to choice . 
Poor to fair. 
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EGGS. 
The top price on fancy white covers 
but a small amount of business, but this 
grade is so scarce at present t l t buy¬ 
ers who are not limited as to price can 
handle most of the receipts. Others who 
are usually in market for top grades are 
now taking brown and mixed colors at 
40 cents or under. Cracked and dirty 
eggs are in good demand at 14 to 20 
cents. 
W hite. choice to fancy, large . 52 @ 55 
Medium to good. 40 © 45 
Mixed colors, best. 35 © 38 
Common to good. 25 @ 30 
Western fresh, white. 35 @ 40 
Lower grades. 10 @ 25 
Storage, best . 24 @ 25 
Lower grades. 18 @ 20 
FRESH FRUITS. 
The apple market is in better condi¬ 
tion. many well graded lots selling 25 
to 50 cents per barrel higher. Kieffer 
pears lower; Seckel, Anjou and other 
high grades unchanged. Grapes very 
plentiful and market generally weak ex¬ 
cept on some special brands of Western 
N. Y. pack. Cranberry market very dull. 
Apples—Ben Davis, bbl.150 © 2H0 
Fall Pippin. 1 50 @ 3 UO 
Mclntosb. 2 ('0 @ 3 00 
Jonathan.2 On © 3 00 
Twenty-ounce . 1 50 © 2 75 
Spitz. 1 50 © 2 75 
Baldwin. 1 50 © 2 25 
King . 150 ©3 00 
Greening . 1 75 © 3 50 
Pears. Anjou, bbl.... 3 00 © 4 50 
Seckel . 3 no @ 5 00 
Bose . 3 00 © 6 00 
Clalrgeau. 3 00 © 4 50 
Sheldon ... 3 o« © 5 00 
Kieffer . 1 50 @ 2 00 
Grapes, 181b ease. 50 @ So 
Niagara. 41b. bkt. 8 @ 10 
Black.4lh. bkt . 7 @ 10 
Black,201b. bkt. 35 © 40 
Bulk. t>>n.34 00 @38 00 
Cranberries, Cape Cod. bbl. 2 50 © 5 50 
Jersey, Standard crate. 4 00 © 4 75 
HOPS. 
Prime to choice. 35 @ 38 
Common to good. 30 @ 34 
Pacific Coast . 12 @ 15 
Old stock. 09 @ 10 
HONEY. 
Clover, comb, lb. 12 © 16 
Extracted, gallon. 50 © 90 
NUTS. 
Chestnuts. Northern, bu. 3 00 @ 4 50 
Southern . 60 @ 3 00 
Cultivated, lb. 03 © 08 
Hickory Nuts, bu. 3 00 @3 50 
BEANS. 
Marrow. 100 lbs. 5 80 @ 6 00 
Medium . 4 25 @ 4 30 
Pea . 4 30 © 4 30 
Red Kidney. 5 10 @ 6 00 
Lima, California. 5 uo © 6 00 
VEGETABLES 
Potatoes continue low, partly because 
of the inferior quality of much of the 
stock offered. Cabbage one dollar per 
ton lower. Onion market slightly im¬ 
proved. 
Potatoes Jersey, bbl. .. 
Long Island, bbl, ..... 
State. 180 lbs. 
Maine. ISO lbs. 
Sweet Potatoes, bbl. 
Brussels Sprouts, qt.. 
Beets, bbl. 
Cartats. bbl.. 
Celery, doz. 
Cauliflower, bbl.. 
Cucumbers, bu. 
Cabbage, bbl. 
Ton . 
Lettuce, half-bbl. basket 
Onions—Red. bag . 
Yellow.. 
Peppers. Jersey, bbl.. 
Peas, bu.. 
Radishes. 100 bunches ... 
Spinach, bbl. 
String Beans, bu. 
Squash. Hubbard, bbl_ 
Marrow. 
Egg Plants, bn. 
Tomatoes, Jersey, box .. 
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LIVE POULTRY. 
Chickens, lb. 
Fowls . 
Roosters. 
Ducks. 
Geese. 
DRESSED POULTRY. 
Turkeys, choice, lb. 
Common to good . 
Chickens choice broilers, lb. 
Squab broilers, pair. 
Broilers, common to good .. 
Fowls. 
Ducks, Spring.. 
Squabs, doz... .".'.. . 
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HAY AND STRAW. 
Hay 50 cents per ton lower and in 
light demand except for best Timothy. 
Straw dull—very little prime rye on 
hand. 
Hay. Timothy, new. No. 1. ton.21) 01) @20 50 
No. 2.17 50 @18 50 
No. 3 .14 00 @15 00 
Clover mired.17 00 @18 50 
Straw. Rye. choice.12 00 @13 00 
Short and tangled ....10 00 @1100 
LIVE STOCK. 
Native steers. 6 00 @9 75 
Bulls. 5 25 @7 35 
Cows. 3 25 © 6 30 
Ca ves, prime veal. 100 lb. 8 50 @1235 
Culls. 6 00 @8 00 
Sheep. 100 lbs. 3 1 0 © 5 25 
Lambs . 7 25 @8 00 
Hogs.... 7 75 @8 00 
GRAIN 
Receipts are so heavy that there is 
no improvement in prices of wheat, in 
spite of the large export demand. Corn 
is two cents lower. Arrivals of oats 
from primary markets are large. 
VYhoat. No. 1. Northern Spring. 1 15 @ 
No. 2. Red .. .. 1 19 © .. 
No. 2, Hard Winter . 113- @ 
Corn, as to quality, bush. 80 @ 81 
Oats, as to weight, bush. 49 © 53 
Rye. 99 © 100 
RETAIL PRICES AT NEW YORK. 
These are not the highest or lowest 
figures noted here, but represent produce 
of good quality and the buying opportuni¬ 
ties of half of New York’s population. 
Eggs, fancy white, doz. 55 © 60 
Mixed colors, new laid. 45 @ 50 
Ordinary grades. 25 @ 35 
Butter, fancy prints, lb. 38 @ 40 
Tub. choice. 30 © 34 
Chickens, masting, lb. 25 @ 27 
Squab broilers, pair . 1 00 © 1 25 
Broilers, common to good, lb. 23 ®) 25 
Fricassee, lb. 18 © 20 
Fowls . 18 @ 20 
Leg of lamb. 16 © 18 
Lamb chops. 18 © 20 
Roasting beef . 15 @ 18 
Stewing beef . 12 © 14 
Pork Chops . 18 © 20 
Loin of Pork . 17 © 20 
Round Steak . 18 © 20 
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Shipment of 2SS carloads—about 9,- 
000.000 pounds of flour—is being made 
to Holland from New Orleans. 
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Tulsa County, in Northeastern Okla¬ 
homa, has sown 50,000,000 acres in 
wheat this Fall, more than double the 
last harvest acreage. 
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When the Federal reserve banks are 
opened, some time during November, an 
additional sum of $580,000,000 will be 
available for circulation. The new law 
permits National banks to reduce their 
reserve from 25 to 18 per cent, of their 
deposits. The 12 reserve are supposed 
to care for emergencies, so that there 
will be no need for the National banks 
to hoard large sums. The Federal re¬ 
serve banks must hold in gold or lawful 
money not less than 35 per cent, of their 
deposits. 
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California products this year will ex¬ 
ceed $120,000,000 in value. Citrus fruits 
make the largest item $33,0000.000. 
Other large sums in order are: Barley, 
$20.000,000 : beet sugar, $16,000,000; 
wine, $15,000,000; grapes. $6,900,000; 
Lima beans and muskmelons, each, $5,- 
000.000; raisins, $4,800,000; walnuts, 
$3,500,000; olive oil and cotton, each, $3- 
000,000. 
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One of Spain’s most valuabl» crops is 
the orange. The European demand is 
so poor this year that large quantities 
of Spanish oranges are expected to be 
marketed in the t’nited States. Oranges 
are being largely planted in Australia, 
and it is expected that many will be mar¬ 
keted here via Panama Canal. 
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Subscribers’ Exchange 
Comp!>..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 mu3t 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, Egrs 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—Farm board for work. B. AN¬ 
DREWS, Teachers’ College, New York. 
SINGLE middle-aged man wishes position to 
help on farm, wages no object. J. S. P., care 
R. N.-Y. 
EXPERIENCED young man, 19, desires work 
on farm; good references. C. MICHEL, 113 
West 111th st. 
A LADY—Practical and efficient, wishes a posi¬ 
tion in a home of refinement. Address O. B., 
R. N.-Y. New York City. 
YOUNG MARRIED MAN wants position on 
farm, one year's experience; good house, fair 
wages. Ad’dress B., care R. N.-Y. 
PRACTICAL experienced man desires position 
as superintendent of large estate, decease of 
enmloyer reason for change. Box 141. BeuP- 
ford, Mass. 
A CORNELL GRADUATE, with an experience 
of 25 years in making fine butter, desires a 
situation. C. F. LANE, Oneida, care Hotel 
Oneida. N. Y. 
COMMON SENSE experienced manager wishes 
position; salary or shares; married; Cornell 
training; references. LESTER HAYES, St. 
Johnsville, N. Y. 
MAN AND WIFE (no children)—Man for farm 
work and stock, wife cook and downstairs 
work; state ages, experience and wages desired. 
GREENFIELD FARMS, Center Square. Pa. 
PARTNER WANTED—-Florida live-stock propo 
sition, with capital, by university trained ag¬ 
riculturist; 500 acres rich clay soil, near Talla¬ 
hassee. L. IIEIMBURGER, Tallahassee. Fla. 
FARM MANAGER—Would like position to man¬ 
age anything in the line of agriculture, com¬ 
petent and up-to-date; can give best of refer¬ 
ence. MANAGER, care It. N.-Y., 333 West 
30th Street, New York. 
WANTED—Partner, worker to put §1.000 ad¬ 
ditional working capital in high-class poultry, 
truck and fruit farm; 25 acres in wealthy sub¬ 
urb of New York City: home ma-ket for every¬ 
thing; high prices; big opportunity for ex; eri- 
enced hustler take full charge and half profits. 
N. A. F„ care R. N.-Y. 
POSITION WANTED—By working farm fore¬ 
man. not afraid of hard work, who under¬ 
stands farm, garden, poultry, cattle, with ability 
to make good; at present employed; would like 
a change; Scotch, aged 39 years, married, no 
children. SCOTCHMAN, care A. E. Wheeler, 
166 West 23d St.. N. Y. C. 
GOOD STEADY POSITON for reliable, compe¬ 
tent man and 1 wife, no children, American or 
Scotch. To take charge of private stable (3 
horses, carriages and equipment), care of lawn 
and border beds and shrubs, do chores about 
house, good disposition, no dissipation, willing 
to be called upon, when necessary to do. or as¬ 
sist on any odd job about the premises; wife to 
do family laundry; §40 a month and cottage with 
modern conveniences rent free; only short dis¬ 
tance from N. Y. Citv. West Shore R. It. W. 
H. PITKIN, Congers, Rockland Co.. N. Y. 
A FRST CLASS family hotel in New York City 
wants to make arrangements for weekly ship¬ 
ments of butter direct from ereamery, to take 
about 1.000 pounds a month. Financial refer¬ 
ence furnished. State terms in tubs delivered 
New York. Address BUTTER SUPPLY, care 
THE R. N.-Y. 
BOXES AND CRATES quick on new and* repairs 
young man. reliable, strictly sober, now em¬ 
ployed as working foreman with New York 
builder, about to be laid off for Winter season, 
wants position: no objection to doing other light 
carpenter work; has tools; §30 per month and 
board. References. Address R. F. C.. ca.e Ru¬ 
ral New-Yorker. 
New York’s exports thus far this year 
have been valued at $723,000,000, which 
is about $120,000,000 less than our im¬ 
ports. Our exports are rapidly increas¬ 
ing, as Germany is now getting large 
quantities of our products, through neu¬ 
tral countries. As Great Britain has 
declared cotton not liable to seizure as 
contraband it is expected that heavy 
shipments will be made to Germany. 
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Usually Western New York puts up 
large quantities of apples in gallon cans 
for bakers’ use. This year the canned 
apple market is so poor that the pack 
will apparently be much lessened. The 
present price offered at New York, $2 
to $2.15 per dozen, delivered at New 
York, are said by canners to give less 
than 25 cents per dozen profit 
“I notice your little boy reads the 
war news assiduously. I am glad to see 
him taking such an intelligent interest 
in current events.” “His interest is 
purely selfish. His teacher is marooned 
abroad.”—Louisville Courier-Journal. 
Subscribers’ Exchange 
WILL, pay cash for equipped poultry fruit farm. 
P. L., Rural New-Yorker. 
BEAUTIFUL, rich farm cheap; investigate. 
YIERS. Huntingdon. Tenn. 
FOR SALE—Fully equipped poultry plant in 
San Joaquin Valley, Calif.; particulars free. 
O. C., care R. N.-Y. 
WANT—Small farm about 35 miles from N. Y., 
suitable for truck gardening. H. HOOS, 1950 
Boulevard, Jersey City. 
BERRY. TRUCK and Poultry Farm. 15 acres 
loam, good buildings, spring water, State 
road. Box 225, Sidney, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Two Farsons low down mi'k v li¬ 
ons. used but short time. HENRY T. FAY 
236 Main Street, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
BARGAIN—1.800 acres. $12.50 acre; suitable 
dairy, stock, grain; serviceable improvements; 
sell or trade. It 2. Box 108. Cartersville, \ a. 
water, on R. F. D., easy terms. BEN.T 
LEHMAN. Sharon Springs, Schoharie Co.. N. Y. 
FOR SALE—Small place. Sullivan Co.. N. Y . 
over two acres; good buildings; adapted tor 
chickens and truck. JOSEPH ROGERS. Farm 
ingdale. New Jersey. 
FOR SALE—Fa-m 85 acres, 65 wide. eu!ti v a 
tion apple and peach orchards, one-half mile 
of (Tepot and town of 1.000 inhabitants; bargain 
to quick purchaser. HANSON S. PHILLIPS 
Hebron, Md. 
ALFALFA HAY—F. P. KRKENBECK, Fayette¬ 
ville, N. Y. 
MAPLE COY E FARM—Products direct to Con 
sumers. ROUTE 24, Athens, Pa. 
NEW HONEY—Basswood or clover in sixty 
pound cans: write for prices. C. A. HATCH 
Richland Center. Wis. 
APPLES. APPLES. APPLES—For choice sprav 
ed Winter Apples. Please order to-dav. C. j. 
YODER, Grantsville, Md. 
ALFALFA FOR SALK—-Fiftv tons first cutting, 
thirty tons of second cutting, all cut early, 
well cured, bright and pea green; have sold 
farm and must dispose of Alfalfa, JOHN MC¬ 
LENNAN. Fayetteville. N V 
PUULTKX FARM FOR SALE—Paying good 
profits, fifty acres, beautiful home. % mile 
from depot. 6 miles large citv; 1,000 layers- 
broods 3,500; §10.000; $6.000' cash. Address 
POULTRY, Rural New-Yorker. 
FOR SALE—Dairy Equipment: small bottling 
plant; bottle washer, sterilizing oven, can 
washer, bottler, wooden bottling cases and 
“jeta\. 7- k 'L‘ vt ' ry ^ An in good condition. 
HENRY T. FAY, 236 Main Street, Poughkeepsie. 
N. Y. 
FOR SALE—200 acres dairy, fruit and vegeta¬ 
ble farm, one mile from City Hall, sidewalk 
uiid oiffi’tvlc litfht to tho farm: a good paving 
proposition or would’ make an ideal summer re¬ 
sort tor city people; full description and price. 
Address OWNER, Box 277. Montpelier, V;. 
